Indiana House Bill 1421 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Passed on April 29 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-29 - Public Law 198
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Various health care matters. Provides that the state employee health plan statute does not prohibit the state personnel department from directly contracting with health care providers for health care services for state employees. Provides that if a woman who is in premature labor presents to a hospital, the hospital must inform the woman of the hospital's capabilities of treating the born alive infant and managing a high risk pregnancy. Sets forth requirements that a hospital must meet concerning: (1) a woman who is in premature labor; and (2) a born alive infant. Changes the date that ambulatory outpatient surgical centers are required to begin posting certain pricing information from March 31, 2021, to December 31, 2021. Specifies that the pricing information posted is the standard charge rather than the weighted average negotiated charge and sets forth what is included in the standard charge. Specifies that if an ambulatory outpatient surgical center offers less than 30 additional services, the center is required to post all of the services the center provides. Requires a hospital to post pricing information in compliance with the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as in effect on January 1, 2021, if: (1) the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule is repealed; or (2) federal enforcement of the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule is stopped. Defines "health carrier" for purposes of the law on health provider contracts. Prohibits the inclusion in a health provider contract of any provision that would: (1) prohibit the disclosure of health care service claims data, including for use in the all payer claims data base; (2) limit the ability of a health carrier or health provider facility to disclose the allowed amount and fees of services to any insured or enrollee, or to the treating health provider facility or physician of the insured or enrollee; or (3) limit the ability of a health carrier or health provider facility to disclose out-of-pocket costs to an insured or an enrollee. Requires the department of insurance to issue a report to: (1) the legislative council; and (2) the interim study committees on financial institutions and insurance and public health, behavioral health, and human services; setting forth its suggestions for revising the department's administrative rules to reduce the regulatory costs incurred by employers seeking to provide health coverage for their employees through multiple employer welfare arrangements.

Various health care matters.

Rep. Donna Schaibley [R]	Rep. Robert Heaton [R]	Rep. Ryan Lauer [R]	Rep. Anthony Cook [R]
Sen. Elizabeth Brown [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Andy Zay [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2021-04-20 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 91 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2021-04-20 - Senate - Senate Floor - (Y: 37 N: 11 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-04-01 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-03-10 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-22 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 90 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-02-11 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-29	House	Public Law 198
2021-04-29	House	Signed by the Governor
2021-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2021-04-23	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2021-04-22	House	Signed by the Speaker
2021-04-20	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 463: yeas 37, nays 11
2021-04-20	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 470: yeas 91, nays 0
2021-04-19	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2021-04-19	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2021-04-19	Senate	Senator Gaskill added as conferee
2021-04-19	Senate	Senator Yoder removed as conferee
2021-04-08	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Charbonneau and Breaux
2021-04-08	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Yoder
2021-04-08	House	House advisors appointed: Heaton, Lauer and Campbell
2021-04-08	House	House conferees appointed: Schaibley and Austin
2021-04-06	House	House dissented from Senate amendments
2021-04-06	House	Motion to dissent filed
2021-04-05	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2021-04-01	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2021-04-01	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 307: yeas 48, nays 0
2021-03-30	Senate	Amendment #3 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote
2021-03-30	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2021-03-11	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-03-01	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2021-02-23	House	Referred to the Senate
2021-02-22	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L, Charbonneau, Zay
2021-02-22	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 214: yeas 91, nays 0
2021-02-17	House	Amendment #7 (Austin) prevailed; voice vote
2021-02-17	House	Amendment #1 (Schaibley) prevailed; voice vote
2021-02-17	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2021-02-15	House	Representatives Lauer and Cook added as coauthors
2021-02-15	House	Representative Heaton added as coauthor
2021-02-11	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-01-14	House	Reassigned to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
2021-01-14	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2021-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Schaibley

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1421/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/5/a/6/b5a65d1d/HB1421.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/5/3/2/15325c4b/HB1421.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/c/4/f/1c4fec51/HB1421.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/6/0/2/060266fb/HB1421.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/4/8/9/2489ab16/HB1421.03.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/d/3/0/8d30a6af/HB1421.03.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/3/a/9/63a91c0d/HB1421.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/3/f/c/53fc65d6/HB1421.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/c/1/8/6c18a24f/HB1421.05.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/7/9/c/379cc755/HB1421.05.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/d/7/1/8d719d40/HB1421.06.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/8/7/d5875597/HB1421.06.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/c/2/6/9c26ec54/HB1421.07.ENRS.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/8/6/d/486dc3a9/HB1421.02.COMH.AMH001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/0/9/e/309e3b89/HB1421.02.COMH.AMH002.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/3/2/d/032d8bf9/HB1421.02.COMH.AMH003.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/7/c/4/b7c4b29f/HB1421.02.COMH.AMH004.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/e/e/6/4ee65809/HB1421.02.COMH.AMH005.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/f/5/8/4f5864fa/HB1421.02.COMH.AMH006.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/5/5/e/355e9fed/HB1421.02.COMH.AMH007.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/d/9/7/5d97b173/HB1421.05.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/c/3/7/ec37f0ce/HB1421.05.COMS.AMS002.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/e/5/1/6e51c7ca/HB1421.05.COMS.AMS003.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/3/a/9/c3a92708/HB1421.05.COMS.AMS004.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/f/5/2/3f52c0c2/HB1421.05.COMS.AMS005.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/5/9/c/859cbe83/HB1421.05.COMS.AMS006.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/5/0/2/c502c712/HB1421.05.COMS.AMS007.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/b/1/7/bb1731c1/HB1421.05.COMS.AMS008.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/1/b/d51b9e6d/HB1421.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/5/d/3/05d3208d/HB1421.01.INTR.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/a/f/d/8afd312f/HB1421.02.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/e/3/3/de3340a6/HB1421.03.ENGH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/3/5/f/535f03d9/HB1421.04.ENGH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/0/c/2/60c279a2/HB1421.04.ENGH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/7/2/1/0721e76d/HB1421.04.ENGH.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/8/9/f/089f5bb3/HB1421.05.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/a/8/d/ca8d2ab0/HB1421.06.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/e/a/4/1ea4fbbf/HB1421.06.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/8/4/a/884a9ed8/HB1421.06.ENGS.DIS01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/6/9/0/96908611/HB1421.07.ENRS.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/5/f/2/35f23fb0/HB1421.01.INTR.02.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/3/6/c/536c5baf/HB1421.214_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/2/d/f/a2dfc4fe/HB1421.04.ENGH.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/e/a/f/aeaf8544/HB1421.307_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/0/3/c/803c63a4/HB1421.463_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/6/8/3/268362e3/HB1421.470_H.pdf