Indiana House Bill 1392 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
Pending: House Public Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Hospitals. Specifies that only general acute hospitals may post community wayfinding signage for hospitals. Requires the state department of health to, beginning May 1, 2020, designate hospitals as: (1) general acute hospitals; (2) specialty hospitals; or (3) limited service hospitals; when issuing or renewing a hospital license and sets forth requirements for each designation. Specifies that only a general acute hospital may use the term "hospital" when marketing to or soliciting business from the public. Beginning May 1, 2020, a hospital license expires two years from the date of issuance. (Current law requires a hospital license to expire one year after issuance.)

Hospitals. Specifies that only general acute hospitals may post community wayfinding signage for hospitals. Requires the state department of health to, beginning May 1, 2020, designate hospitals as: (1) general acute hospitals; (2) specialty hospitals; or (3) limited service hospitals; when issuing or renewing a hospital license and sets forth requirements for each designation. Specifies that only a general acute hospital may use the term "hospital" when marketing to or soliciting business from the public. Beginning May 1, 2020, a hospital license expires two years from the date of issuance. (Current law requires a hospital license to expire one year after issuance.)

Rep. Timothy Brown [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-14	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2019-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Brown T

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1392/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/1/c/b/a1cb448c/HB1392.01.INTR.pdf