Indiana Senate Bill 61 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: Passed on March 14 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-14 - Public Law 20
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Authorizes a municipal corporation to provide programs of disability insurance (programs) to its emergency medical services providers who become disabled as the result of an injury or illness: (1) that is not covered by worker's compensation or occupational diseases compensation; or (2) for which worker's compensation or occupational diseases compensation has been exhausted. Provides that the elimination or waiting period before a benefit begins may not be greater than: (1) 30 days, for a short term disability program; or (2) 120 days, for a long term disability program. Allows a municipal corporation to provide the programs by purchasing policies of group insurance or establishing a self-insurance program. Requires the fiscal body of a municipal corporation to approve the establishment of a self-insurance program. Allows the programs to exclude part-time employees and individuals who provide services to the municipal corporation under a contract. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the pension management oversight commission.)

Emergency medical services provider disability benefits.

Sen. Philip Boots [R]	Sen. Lindel Hume [D]	Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. James Arnold [D]
Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Karlee Macer [D]	Rep. Dan Forestal [D]

2014-02-24 - House - House Floor - (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2014-02-18 - House - House Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions - Roll Call 006102 (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2014-01-14 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2014-01-08 - Senate - Senate Committee on Pensions and Labor - Roll Call 006101 (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-14	Senate	Public Law 20
2014-03-14	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2014-03-05	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2014-03-05	Senate	Signed by the Speaker
2014-02-24	House	Returned to the Senate without amendments
2014-02-24	House	Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 246: yeas 95 and nays 0
2014-02-20	House	Second reading: engrossed.
2014-02-18	House	Representative Forestal added as cosponsor.
2014-02-18	House	Representative Macer added as cosponsor.
2014-02-18	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted.
2014-02-10	House	First Reading: Referred to Employment, Labor and Pensions
2014-01-15	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor.
2014-01-14	Senate	Representative Frye added as sponsor.
2014-01-14	Senate	Referred to the House
2014-01-14	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 12: yeas 49 and nays 0
2014-01-13	Senate	Second reading: engrossed
2014-01-09	Senate	Senator Kruse added as coauthor.
2014-01-09	Senate	Senator Arnold added as coauthor.
2014-01-09	Senate	Senator Buck added as third author.
2014-01-09	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted.
2014-01-07	Senate	First Reading: Referred to Pensions and Labor
2014-01-07	Senate	Authored by Senator Boots, Hume

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/senate/61/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/2/9/6/c2964e56/SB0061.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/6/a/4/36a487b6/SB0061.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/b/1/3/eb13eb35/SB0061.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/4/0/a/640ae476/SB0061.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/a/3/9/da391ba0/SB0061.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/8/7/3/6873d4c1/SB0061.04.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/9/a/8/f9a84b9d/SB0061.02.COMS.12.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/c/4/e/8c4e7fd5/SB0061.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/b/7/6/fb763980/SB0061.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/a/3/6/3a3618a5/SB0061.03.COMH.246.pdf