Indiana Senate Bill 527 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 2 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-02 - Public Law 192
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Licensed professionals and child service agencies. Provides for the behavioral health and human services licensing board to issue a temporary permit to practice bachelor's degree social work to an individual who meets the educational requirements for a license as a bachelor's degree social worker. Exempts from licensure individuals who have completed a bachelor's degree in social work and are employed in a position for which the department of child services (department) has specified that other individuals with a bachelor's degree in certain other fields of study do not need to be licensed. Requires the department to prepare and submit to the general assembly a report: (1) concerning the department's progress in collaborating with providers that are subject to audits; and (2) that includes a plan for streamlining the auditing process for accredited and non-accredited providers. Requires the department to implement the streamlined auditing plan not later than July 1, 2020.

Licensed professionals and child service agencies. Provides for the behavioral health and human services licensing board to issue a temporary permit to practice bachelor's degree social work to an individual who meets the educational requirements for a license as a bachelor's degree social worker. Exempts from licensure individuals who have completed a bachelor's degree in social work and are employed in a position for which the department of child services (department) has specified that other individuals with a bachelor's degree in certain other fields of study do not need to be licensed. Requires the department to prepare and submit to the general assembly a report: (1) concerning the department's progress in collaborating with providers that are subject to audits; and (2) that includes a plan for streamlining the auditing process for accredited and non-accredited providers. Requires the department to implement the streamlined auditing plan not later than July 1, 2020.

Sen. Erin Houchin [R]	Sen. Randall Head [R]	Rep. Dale DeVon [R]	Rep. Carolyn Jackson [D]
Rep. Vanessa Summers [D]	Rep. Pat Boy [D]

2019-04-17 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-04-08 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2019-03-26 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-25 - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-18 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-02	Senate	Public Law 192
2019-05-02	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2019-04-29	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2019-04-24	House	Signed by the Speaker
2019-04-18	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2019-04-17	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 526: yeas 46, nays 0
2019-04-15	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2019-04-09	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2019-04-08	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 423: yeas 95, nays 0
2019-04-04	House	Amendment #4 (Mayfield) prevailed; voice vote
2019-04-04	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-03-26	House	Representatives Jackson, Summers, Boy added as cosponsors
2019-03-26	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2019-03-07	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
2019-02-26	Senate	Referred to the House
2019-02-25	Senate	House sponsor: Representative DeVon
2019-02-25	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 197: yeas 49, nays 0
2019-02-21	Senate	Amendment #1 (Houchin) prevailed; voice vote
2019-02-21	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-02-18	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-02-11	Senate	Senator Head added as second author
2019-01-14	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services
2019-01-14	Senate	Authored by Senator Houchin

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/527/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/b/d/e/fbde1cfc/SB0527.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/4/8/6/048656fc/SB0527.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/6/7/a/367af9e7/SB0527.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/2/a/1/12a115d3/SB0527.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/2/d/f/42df3e52/SB0527.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/f/c/6/1fc674a9/SB0527.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/8/4/8/e8481310/SB0527.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/3/b/e/a3be2119/SB0527.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/8/6/6/e86686b0/SB0527.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/7/0/5/b705ae1f/SB0527.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/2/7/7/42775ede/SB0527.06.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/8/d/8/98d8837e/SB0527.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/8/d/e/c8debe73/SB0527.197.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/2/7/1/1271caa2/SB0527.03.ENGS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/c/7/4/8c741c22/SB0527.423.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/4/6/1/b4616f7d/SB0527.526.pdf