Bill Text: IN HB1501 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Companion animal sterilization program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means [HB1501 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1501-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 15-20-4.
Synopsis: Companion animal sterilization program. Establishes the
Indiana companion animal sterilization fund and the Indiana
companion animal sterilization program (program) under the
administration of the Indiana state board of animal health to reimburse
veterinary services providers who participate in the program for
furnishing spaying or neutering services with respect to a dog or cat
owned or harbored by a Medicaid recipient at no charge to the
Medicaid recipient. Makes an appropriation.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 23, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
agriculture and animals and to make an appropriation.
Chapter 4. Indiana Companion Animal Sterilization Program
Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Board" refers to the Indiana state board of animal health established by IC 15-17-3-1.
(2) "Companion animal" means a dog or cat.
(3) "Fund" refers to the Indiana companion animal sterilization fund established by section 2 of this chapter.
(4) "Veterinary services provider" means:
(A) a veterinarian (as defined in IC 15-17-2-102), if the veterinarian provides veterinary services as a sole proprietor; or
(B) a professional services corporation or other business entity authorized under Indiana law to provide veterinary services, if a veterinarian provides veterinary services
through the veterinarian's affiliation with the professional
services corporation or other business entity.
Sec. 2. (a) The Indiana companion animal sterilization fund is
established for the purpose of receiving money from the sources
listed in subsection (b) for reimbursement of veterinary services
providers that perform spaying or neutering services of companion
animals on behalf of Medicaid recipients under this chapter. The
board shall administer the fund.
(b) The fund consists of the following:
(1) Appropriations by the general assembly.
(2) Donations.
(3) Federal grants or other federal appropriations.
(4) Interest and other earnings derived from investment of
money in the fund.
(5) Money reserved for refund claims.
(c) Expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money
in the fund.
(d) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that
accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(e) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not
revert to the state general fund.
Sec. 3. There is annually appropriated to the board three million
dollars ($3,000,000) for further credit to the fund from the state
general fund for its use in carrying out the purposes of this
chapter.
Sec. 4. Any unappropriated money in the fund not reserved for
refund claims is annually appropriated to the board for use by the
board in carrying out the purpose of the fund.
Sec. 5. (a) The board shall conduct a program to reimburse
veterinary services providers that perform spaying or neutering
services for a companion animal owned or harbored by a Medicaid
recipient at no charge to the Medicaid recipient.
(b) The board may contract with one (1) or more
nongovernmental entities, selected as the result of a competitive
process, to perform either or both of the following services:
(1) Contracting with veterinary services providers who wish
to participate in the program described in subsection (a).
(2) Administering the fund and processing reimbursement
claims by veterinary services providers under the program
described in subsection (a).
(c) If the board contracts with an organization selected under
subsection (b) to administer the fund, the organization shall
administer the fund in accordance with the requirements of this
chapter. An organization selected to administer the fund under
subsection (b) may not expend more than fifteen percent (15%) of
the fund annually for administrative costs.
Sec. 6. (a) Before January 1, 2015, the maximum reimbursement
amount under the program described in section 5 of this chapter
for the performance of a spaying or neutering service by a
veterinary services provider for a companion animal owned or
harbored by a Medicaid recipient is fifty-five dollars ($55). After
December 31, 2014, the maximum reimbursement changes in
accordance with subsection (b).
(b) Beginning January 1, 2015, and on each January 1
thereafter, the board shall determine the maximum reimbursement
amount applicable throughout the ensuing calendar year. The
amount of the maximum reimbursement amount is determined in
STEP THREE of the following STEPS:
STEP ONE: Divide:
(A) the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U) for the Midwest Region for all items as of
December 1 of the immediately preceding year, as
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United
States Department of Labor; by
(B) the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U) for the Midwest Region for all items as of
December 1, 2013, as published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
STEP TWO: Multiply:
(A) the STEP ONE result; by
(B) fifty-five dollars ($55).
STEP THREE: Round the STEP TWO result to the nearest
dollar.
The board shall publish the maximum reimbursement amount
determined under this subsection on the board's Internet web site
promptly after computing this amount.
Sec. 7. The board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for the
implementation of the reimbursement program described in
sections 5 and 6 of this chapter.
