Bill Text: IN HB1315 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Professional health services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 274 [HB1315 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1315-Enrolled.html
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AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
(1) Inpatient hospital services.
(2) Nursing facility services.
(3) Physician's services, including services provided under IC 25-10-1 and IC 25-22.5-1.
(4) Outpatient hospital or clinic services.
(5) Home health care services.
(6) Private duty nursing services.
(7) Physical therapy and related services.
(8) Dental services.
(9) Prescribed laboratory and x-ray services.
(10) Prescribed drugs and pharmacist services.
(11) Eyeglasses and prosthetic devices.
(12) Optometric services.
(13) Diagnostic, screening, preventive, and rehabilitative services.
(14) Podiatric medicine services.
(15) Hospice services.
(16) Services or supplies recognized under Indiana law and specified under rules adopted by the office.
(17) Family planning services except the performance of abortions.
(18) Nonmedical nursing care given in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination to an individual qualified for Medicaid who depends upon healing by prayer and spiritual means alone in accordance with the tenets and practices of the individual's church or religious denomination.
(19) Services provided to individuals described in IC 12-15-2-8 and IC 12-15-2-9.
(20) Services provided under IC 12-15-34 and IC 12-15-32.
(21) Case management services provided to individuals described in IC 12-15-2-11 and IC 12-15-2-13.
(22) Any other type of remedial care recognized under Indiana law and specified by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(23) Examinations required under IC 16-41-17-2(a)(10).
SECTION 2. IC 25-23.5-3-1.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.134-2008, SECTION 35, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an occupational therapist may not provide occupational therapy services to a person until the person has been referred to the occupational therapist by, or the occupational therapist is acting on the order of, one (1) of the following:
(1) A physician or osteopathic physician licensed under IC 25-22.5.
(2) A podiatrist licensed under IC 25-29.
(3) An advanced practice nurse licensed under IC 25-23.
(4) A psychologist licensed under IC 25-33.
(5) A chiropractor licensed under IC 25-10.
(6) An optometrist licensed under IC 25-24.
(7) A physician assistant licensed under IC 25-27.5.
The occupational therapist shall report to the practitioner as specified by the practitioner who provided the referral or order. However, if the practitioner does not specify a reporting requirement, the occupational therapist shall report to the practitioner upon completion or termination of occupational therapy services.
(b) An occupational therapist may provide the following services without a referral from a
podiatrist licensed under IC 25-29, an advanced practice nurse licensed
under IC 25-23, a psychologist licensed under IC 25-33, a chiropractor
licensed under IC 25-10, or an optometrist licensed under IC 25-24:
person listed in subsection (a):
(1) Ergonomic or home assessment.
(2) Injury or illness prevention education and wellness services.
(3) Occupational therapy activities provided in an educational
setting.
(4) Occupational therapy activities that the board determines,
after reviewing the recommendations of the committee, are
appropriate to be conducted in a community based environment.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Governor of the State of Indiana
Date:
Time:
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