Indiana Senate Bill 4 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Enrolled on April 18 2023 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-04-20 - Senate dissented from House amendments
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Public health commission. Defines "core public health services" for purposes of public health laws. Adds members to the executive board of the Indiana department of health (state department). Removes a provision allowing the state department to establish branch offices. Provides that the state department may provide services to local health departments. Requires each local board of health to establish a local public health services fund to receive state funding. Provides a method of allocation of state funding to local boards of health, subject to state appropriations. Specifies the percentage of how additional funding may be expended on core public health services. Allows the local health department to enter into contracts or approve grants for core public health services. Allows the state department to issue guidance to local health departments. Requires the state department to make annual local health department reports available to the public. Changes the qualification requirements for a local health officer and requires certain training. Requires the state department to identify state level metrics and county level metrics and requires certain local health departments to report to the state department activities and metrics on the delivery of core public health services. Requires the state department to annually report on the metrics to the budget committee and publish information concerning the metrics on the Internet. Requires that a local health department post a position or contract for the provision or administration of core public health services for at least 30 days. Requires a local health department to provide certain education before administering a vaccine. Requires a multiple county health department to maintain at least one physical office in each represented county. Provides that a new city health department cannot be created after December 31, 2022, but allows current city health departments to continue to operate. Creates the Indiana trauma care commission. Allows a school corporation that cannot obtain an ophthalmologist or optometrist to perform the modified clinical technique vision test to conduct certain specified vision screenings. Requires the school to send to the parent of a student any recommendation for further testing by the vision screener. Allows for standing orders to be used for emergency stock medication in schools. Allows the state health commissioner or designee to issue a statewide standing order, prescription, or protocol for emergency stock medication for schools. Removes the distance requirement for an access practice dentist to provide communication with a dental hygienist. Repeals provisions concerning the Indiana local health department trust account.

Public health commission.

Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Jean Leising [R]	Sen. Clyde Perfect [R]	Sen. Eric Bassler [R]
Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Stacey Donato [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. Michael Crider [R]
Sen. Eddie Melton [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Brown [R]	Sen. Scott Baldwin [R]	Sen. Kyle Walker [R]
Sen. Chris Garten [R]	Sen. Susan Glick [R]	Sen. Jean Breaux [D]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]
Sen. David Niezgodski [D]	Sen. Shelli Yoder [D]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. Fady Qaddoura [D]
Rep. Bradford Barrett [R]	Rep. Michael Karickhoff [R]	Rep. Edward DeLaney [D]	Rep. Robert Cherry [R]
Rep. David Abbott [R]	Rep. Donna Schaibley [R]	Rep. Gerald Torr [R]	Rep. Earl Harris [D]
Rep. Tonya Pfaff [D]	Rep. Cherrish Pryor [D]	Rep. Vernon Smith [D]	Rep. Robin Shackleford [D]
Rep. Gregory Porter [D]	Rep. Vanessa Summers [D]	Rep. Sheila Klinker [D]	Rep. Maureen Bauer [D]
Rep. Ragen Hatcher [D]	Rep. Victoria Garcia Wilburn [D]	Rep. Mike Andrade [D]	Rep. Carey Hamilton [D]
Rep. Kyle Miller [D]	Rep. Justin Moed [D]	Rep. Chris Campbell [D]	Rep. Rita Fleming [D]
Rep. Renee Pack [D]	Rep. Carolyn Jackson [D]	Rep. Pat Boy [D]	Rep. Mitch Gore [D]
Rep. Charles Moseley [D]	Rep. John Bartlett [D]	Rep. Philip GiaQuinta [D]	Rep. Sharon Negele [R]
Rep. Dave Heine [R]	Rep. Wendy McNamara [R]	Rep. Elizabeth Rowray [R]	Rep. Ann Vermilion [R]
Rep. Jim Pressel [R]	Rep. Julie Olthoff [R]	Rep. Ethan Manning [R]	Rep. Edmond Soliday [R]
Rep. Mark Genda [R]	Rep. Dale DeVon [R]	Rep. Dennis Zent [R]

2023-04-17 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 78 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-04-13 - House - House - Motion to Suspend House Rule 118 (DeLaney) failed (Y: 27 N: 68 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [FAIL]
2023-04-13 - House - House - Amendment #21 (Porter) failed (Y: 30 N: 65 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [FAIL]
2023-04-13 - House - House - Amendment #18 (DeLaney) failed (Y: 32 N: 62 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [FAIL]
2023-02-23 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 41 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
Senate - Senate - (Y: 39 N: 10 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
House - House - (Y: 74 N: 21 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-20	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2023-04-20	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2023-04-18	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2023-04-17	House	Representatives Negele, Heine, McNamara, Rowray E, Vermilion A, Pressel, Olthoff, Manning, Soliday, Genda M, DeVon, Zent added as cosponsors
2023-04-17	House	Representatives Abbott D, Schaibley, Torr, Harris, Pfaff, Pryor, Smith, V., Shackleford, Porter, Summers, Klinker, Bauer M, Hatcher, Garcia Wilburn V, Andrade M, Hamilton, Miller K, Moed, Campbell, Fleming, Pack R, Jackson, Boy, Gore M, Moseley, Bartlett, GiaQuinta added as cosponsors
2023-04-17	House	Rule 105.1 suspended
2023-04-17	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 423: yeas 78, nays 21
2023-04-13	House	Motion to Suspend House Rule 118 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 416: yeas 27, nays 68
2023-04-13	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-04-13	House	Amendment #19 (DeLaney) motion withdrawn
2023-04-13	House	Amendment #8 (Jeter) prevailed; voice vote
2023-04-13	House	Amendment #21 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 415: yeas 30, nays 65
2023-04-13	House	Amendment #11 (Cash) prevailed; voice vote
2023-04-13	House	Amendment #18 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 414: yeas 32, nays 62
2023-04-13	House	Amendment #28 (Prescott) motion withdrawn
2023-04-13	House	Amendment #3 (Jordan) prevailed; voice vote
2023-04-13	House	Amendment #2 (Jordan) prevailed; voice vote
2023-04-13	House	Amendment #22 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote
2023-04-11	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-04-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2023-04-04	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-03-16	House	Representative Cherry added as cosponsor
2023-02-28	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2023-02-24	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-02-23	Senate	Senator Qaddoura added as coauthor
2023-02-23	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Karickhoff and DeLaney
2023-02-23	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Barrett
2023-02-23	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 152: yeas 41, nays 7
2023-02-21	Senate	Senator Johnson added as coauthor
2023-02-20	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-02-20	Senate	Amendment #2 (Johnson) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-20	Senate	Amendment #1 (Johnson) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-20	Senate	Amendment #3 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-20	Senate	Amendment #9 (Charbonneau) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-20	Senate	Amendment #8 (Charbonneau) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-16	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2023-02-16	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-06	Senate	Senator Yoder added as coauthor
2023-02-06	Senate	Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
2023-02-06	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
2023-02-02	Senate	Senators Garten, Glick, Breaux added as coauthors
2023-02-02	Senate	Senator Walker K added as coauthor
2023-02-02	Senate	Senator Bohacek removed as coauthor
2023-02-02	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2023-01-30	Senate	Senators Crider, Melton, Brown L, Baldwin added as coauthors
2023-01-30	Senate	Senators Bassler, Becker, Bohacek, Donato, Raatz added as coauthors
2023-01-26	Senate	Senator Perfect added as third author
2023-01-26	Senate	Senator Leising added as second author
2023-01-09	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2023-01-09	Senate	Authored by Senator Charbonneau

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#3.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#4.ENGS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#5.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#6.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#7.ENGH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#8.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#S152
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#H414
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#H415
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#H416
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#H423
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#H529
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/4/#S500