IN SB0513 | 2017 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Enrolled on April 7 2017 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-04-21 - Concurrence withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Summary

Drug testing of home health care employees. Requires home health agencies to drug test job applicants and employees who come in direct contact with patients. Exempts from drug testing certain licensed home health employees employed by a home health agency. Requires random drug testing of at least 50% of certain home health agency employees to occur at least annually. Allows for random drug testing upon reasonable suspicion of illegal controlled substance use. Requires verification of a positive drug test, and requires the employee to pay for the verification test. Specifies that, unless an employee has a valid prescription for the

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Title

Drug testing of home health care employees. Requires home health agencies to drug test job applicants and employees who come in direct contact with patients. Exempts from drug testing certain licensed home health employees employed by a home health agency. Requires random drug testing of at least 50% of certain home health agency employees to occur at least annually. Allows for random drug testing upon reasonable suspicion of illegal controlled substance use. Requires verification of a positive drug test, and requires the employee to pay for the verification test. Specifies that, unless an employee has a valid prescription for the

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2017-04-06 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 83 N: 13 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2017-03-27 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2017-02-02 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 43 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2017-01-25 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2017-04-21SenateConcurrence withdrawn
2017-04-18SenateMotion to concur filed
2017-04-18SenateDissent withdrawn
2017-04-17SenateSenate advisors appointed: Kruse, Melton and Doriot
2017-04-17HouseHouse advisors appointed: Siegrist, Pressel and Brown C
2017-04-17SenateSenate conferees appointed: Hershman and Niezgodski
2017-04-17HouseHouse conferees appointed: Kirchhofer and Shackleford
2017-04-17SenateSenate dissented from House amendments
2017-04-17SenateMotion to dissent filed
2017-04-07HouseReturned to the Senate with amendments
2017-04-06HouseThird reading: passed; Roll Call 419: yeas 83, nays 13
2017-04-04HouseRepresentative Pressel added as cosponsor
2017-04-04HouseAmendment #4 (Shackleford) failed; voice vote
2017-04-04HouseAmendment #1 (Siegrist) prevailed; voice vote
2017-04-04HouseSecond reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2017-03-27HouseCommittee report: do pass, adopted
2017-02-28HouseFirst reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2017-02-03SenateReferred to the House
2017-02-02SenateCosponsor: Representative Siegrist
2017-02-02SenateHouse sponsor: Representative Brown T
2017-02-02SenateThird reading: passed; Roll Call 56: yeas 43, nays 2
2017-01-31SenateAmendment #2 (Hershman) prevailed; voice vote
2017-01-31SenateSecond reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2017-01-30SenateSenator Kruse added as coauthor
2017-01-30SenateSenator Niezgodski added as third author
2017-01-30SenateSenator Doriot added as second author
2017-01-26SenateCommittee report: do pass, adopted
2017-01-17SenateFirst reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
2017-01-17SenateAuthored by Senator Hershman

Indiana State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/513/details
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/6/0/a/060af7a1/SB0513.01.INTR.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/c/f/f/1cff17d0/SB0513.01.INTR.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/f/4/f/7f4ff67d/SB0513.02.COMS.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/2/5/c/425cb671/SB0513.02.COMS.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/c/4/a/1c4ac4b8/SB0513.03.ENGS.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/6/6/d/866dda32/SB0513.03.ENGS.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/6/1/2/a612c552/SB0513.04.COMH.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/1/8/4/d184764d/SB0513.04.COMH.pdf
Texthttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/7/4/4/1744c3f9/SB0513.05.ENGH.pdf
Roll Callhttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/6/4/9/86499476/SB0513.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Callhttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/c/3/e/9c3e0a99/SB0513.56.pdf
Roll Callhttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/8/e/f/28ef5f6e/SB0513.03.ENGS.00.pdf
Roll Callhttp://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/4/3/2/04325e5e/SB0513.419.pdf

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