Indiana 2023 Regular Session All Bills (Page 14)
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1356
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Cannabis. Decriminalizes the possession of: (1) two ounces or less of cannabis; or (2) five grams or less of hash oil or hashish. Establishes a per se intoxication level of 10 nanograms of THC per milliliter of whole blood for purposes of operating while intoxicated laws, and requires that the analysis of controlled substances in a person's blood measure only the controlled substance and not the metabolites of the controlled substance. Repeals the term "marijuana" and replaces with the term "cannabis". Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1456
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Certified technology parks. Specifies additional information that a certified technology park (park) is required to provide to the Indiana economic development corporation (corporation) in the course of a review. Provides that if a park has reached the limit on deposits and maintains its certification, the park shall become a Level 2 park. Increases, from $100,000 to $500,000, the annual additional incremental income tax deposit amount that a park captures once it has reached its limit on deposits. Clarifies the calculation of the additional incremental income tax deposit amount in the year in which a park reaches its limit on deposits. Provides that when the corporation certifies a Level 2 park, the corporation shall make a determination of whether the park shall continue to be designated as a Level 2 park.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1395
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Radon testing in school buildings. Requires the individual or entity having authority over a public school building to test for radon in the lowest level of the school building before January 1, 2026, and report the test results to the Indiana department of health (state department). Requires the state department to record the test results in a data base and use the data base in its efforts to reduce the health risks of radon.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1358
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Digital literacy pilot program. Establishes the digital literacy pilot program (pilot program) and fund. Provides that the department of education (department) shall administer the pilot program. Provides that the department may approve: (1) one or more program providers to participate in the pilot program; and (2) a school corporation or charter school to participate in the program; if the school corporation, charter school, and program provider meet certain requirements. Appropriates $500,000 to the digital literacy pilot program fund for each of the following: (1) 2024 state fiscal year. (2) 2025 state fiscal year. (3) 2026 state fiscal year.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1500
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
3/6/23
Kratom. Defines "kratom product" as a food product or dietary ingredient that: (1) is derived from the leaf or extract of mitragyna speciosa and has a level of residual solvent that is not more than permitted by USP 467; (2) does not contain a level of 7-hydroxymitragynine in the alkaloid fraction that is greater than 1% of the overall alkaloid composition of the product; and (3) does not contain any synthetic alkaloids including synthetic mitragynin, synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine, or any other synthetic compound of a kratom plant. Establishes requirements for the manufacture, labeling, and sale of kratom products. Specifies that a kratom product is not a controlled substance.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1442
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Outdoor refreshment areas. Allows a municipality to create an outdoor refreshment area (area) in which persons may consume alcoholic beverages purchased within the area with the approval of the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission). Allows minors within the area. Prohibits an area located within 200 feet of a school or church unless the school or church does not object. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor for a person to do any of the following: (1) Carry an alcoholic beverage into an area that was not purchased from a participating retailer or vendor. (2) Carry an alcoholic beverage into an area without wearing a wristband identification. (3) Carry an alcoholic beverage outside the area. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor for a participating retailer or vendor to: (1) sell a person more than one alcoholic beverage at a time or an alcoholic beverage that exceeds the volume limitations; or (2) allow a person who is not wearing a wristband identification to enter an area with an alcoholic beverage.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1445
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Refer
3/6/23
Refer
3/30/23
Report Pass
4/13/23
Enrolled
4/18/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Audit of Medicaid program prescription drug costs. Amends the requirements for a physician to provide office based opioid treatment. Provides that the attorney general may issue a request for proposal to audit the prescription drug programs within the state employee health plan and the Medicaid program. Provides that the attorney general may evaluate and determine whether to include specified metrics in the request for proposal. Provides that the audit look back period must be the previous five state fiscal years. Provides that the results of the audits must be provided to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services before September 1, 2024. Provides that a practitioner is not required to obtain information about a patient from the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking program (INSPECT) data base or through the patient's integrated health record before prescribing certain medications if the patient is enrolled in a hospice program.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1368
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
School scholarships. Amends the definition of "eligible choice scholarship student" for purposes of eligibility under the choice scholarship program. Amends the definition of "eligible student" for purposes of eligibility under the Indiana education scholarship account program.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1410
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
3/1/23
Multiple employer welfare arrangements. Requires a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) providing benefits for employers that are public entities to provide each public entity that has 51 or more employees covered under the arrangement access to claims data specific to that public entity. Provides that, within a reasonable time after receiving a written request from a participating employer that is a public entity, a MEWA must provide to the public entity certain loss history information concerning the benefits provided by the MEWA for the public entity. Also imposes the duty to provide the loss history information upon the insurer providing the group insurance policy if the MEWA provides benefits for the public entity through a group insurance policy and upon the health maintenance organization if the MEWA provides benefits for the public entity through a group health maintenance contract. Provides that a policy of stop loss insurance issued by a reinsurer to a MEWA providing benefits for a public entity must cover claims submitted within the timely filing limit of the policy and the policy provisions of the stop loss coverage. Prohibits the department of insurance from adopting or enforcing any rule that would reduce the timely filing limit specified within the policy and the policy provisions of the stop loss coverage. Makes the violation of the requirements relating to a MEWA that provides benefits for a public entity an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act and practice for which the insurance commissioner may issue a cease and desist order, impose a civil penalty, and suspend or revoke a MEWA's certificate of registration.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1434
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Counting early high school graduates. Requires that the February count of a school corporation's average daily membership (ADM) must be increased by the number of students who, during the students' expected graduation year: (1) were enrolled in the school corporation on the September ADM count day; (2) completed graduation requirements before the February ADM count day; and (3) were not enrolled in the school corporation on the February ADM count day.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1462
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Refer
3/6/23
Refer
3/9/23
Health matters. Amends the requirements for a physician to provide office based opioid treatment. Requires an emergency department to annually submit to the Indiana department of health a substance use disorder treatment plan (plan) to initiate interventions with patients who have a substance use related emergency department visit. Requires the plan to provide an overall analysis and evaluation of the emergency department's ability to implement specified provisions. Provides that the services provided to a patient under a substance use disorder treatment plan provided to the department are considered to be medically necessary and reimbursable. Provides that the office of the secretary of family and social services shall require managed care organizations to consider services provided to an individual under a substance use disorder treatment plan as medically necessary in both an inpatient facility of a hospital and an emergency department. Removes the expiration of the laws concerning maternal mortality review. Provides that a practitioner is not required to obtain information about a patient from the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking program (INSPECT) data base or through the patient's integrated health record before prescribing certain medications if the patient is enrolled in a hospice program.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1466
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Refer
2/27/23
Refer
3/9/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/28/23
Enrolled
4/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Juror compensation. Increases the jury fee collected from a defendant who has committed a crime or committed certain violations to $6. (Current jury fee is $2.) Requires the clerk to collect a jury fee of $75 from a party filing a civil tort or plenary action. Increases the jury appearance fee to $30 per day for each day a juror is in attendance until the jury is impaneled. (Current rate is $15 per day.) Increases the juror payment rate to $80 per day for the first five days of trial and to $90 per day starting on the sixth day of trial until the jury is discharged. (Current rate is $40 per day.) Specifies that a prospective juror is considered to be in actual attendance if certain criteria are met, regardless of whether the prospective juror is not seated or is removed.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1470
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Worker misclassification. Requires, for public works contracts awarded after June 30, 2023, a: (1) bidder to submit a statement, under oath, that the contractors in all contractor tiers working on the public works project will not misclassify an employee as an independent contractor; and (2) public agency that will own a public works project to conduct a specified audit concerning employee misclassification. Requires the department of state revenue, the department of labor, the worker's compensation board of Indiana, and the department of workforce development to report before September 1 in 2023 through 2026 to the interim study committee on employment and labor for the immediately preceding three state fiscal years and in the aggregate for the three state fiscal year period: (1) the number of employers that each department or the board determined during the immediately preceding state fiscal year improperly classified at least one worker as an independent contractor; (2) the total number of improperly classified workers employed by those employers; (3) the department's or board's calculation of the revenue not collected or the additional costs to the state that the department or board attributes to the improperly classified workers; and (4) the amount of the penalties and interest assessed against those employers by each department or the board, and the amount of the penalties and interest assessed that has been collected. Excepts residential contractors from the term "employer" for purposes of the reporting requirements.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1480
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Education reporting requirements. Repeals provisions that require the following: (1) Annual school performance reports by school corporations and charter schools. (2) Annual financial reports by school corporations. (3) An annual report regarding foster care youth educational outcomes by the state board of education (state board). (4) An annual report on homeless youth educational outcomes by the state board. (5) The department of education (department) to publish certain information on the department's website regarding teachers and administrators. (6) The department to report on the department's website the median earned income of graduates of a particular school year. (7) An annual report of information concerning the high school equivalency pilot program by participating school corporations. Removes a corresponding provision that provides a school corporation may not issue certain bonds unless the school corporation has filed an annual financial report. Establishes a data base for education information sharing among state agencies. Establishes requirements regarding use of the data base and requesting information from school corporations and public schools. Establishes the education information committee (committee). Requires the committee to: (1) study and make recommendations for reducing and streamlining information requests and production from school corporations and public schools; and (2) submit a report to the governor and legislative council concerning the committee's recommendation.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1499
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
3/1/23
Report Pass
4/11/23
Enrolled
4/18/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Various tax matters. Makes certain changes to the qualification requirements for the: (1) deduction for individuals who are at least 65 years of age; and (2) additional credit for certain homesteads. Increases the amount of the supplemental homestead deduction for property taxes first due and payable in 2024 and 2025. Provides that if a taxpayer presents an appraisal to the county property tax assessment board of appeals (county board) that meets specified requirements, the appraisal is presumed to be correct. Provides that if the county board disagrees with the taxpayer's appraisal, the county board may seek review of the appraisal or obtain an independent appraisal. Provides that after the assignment of value, the parties shall retain their rights to appeal to the Indiana board of tax review. Provides that, notwithstanding any increase in assessed value of property from the previous assessment date, the total amount of operating referendum tax that may be levied by a school corporation for taxes first due and payable in 2024 may not increase by more than 3% over the maximum operating referendum tax that could be levied by the school corporation in the previous year. Provides a calculation to be used in determining the maximum levy growth quotient in 2024 and 2025. Modifies, through December 31, 2024, the threshold amounts used for determining whether a political subdivision's project is a controlled project and whether the petition and remonstrance process or the referendum process applies based on the political subdivision's total debt service tax rate, but excludes certain projects for which a public hearing to issue bonds or enter into a lease has been conducted before July 1, 2023. Creates an exception, through December 31, 2024, to a provision subjecting a controlled project in a political subdivision with a total debt service rate of $0.80 per $100 of assessed valuation to the referendum process, if: (1) the political subdivision submits a request to the department of local government finance (DLGF) seeking a waiver of the provision; (2) the proposed controlled project is a response to a maintenance emergency; and (3) the DLGF determines that the maintenance emergency is sufficient to waive the provision. Amends an exclusion from the definition of "controlled project" for projects required by a court order. Authorizes a county fiscal body to adopt an ordinance to provide property tax relief for property tax liability attributable to homesteads for qualified individuals. Provides that a county may adopt a resolution to require a local income tax supplemental distribution to first be distributed and used to lower the county's levy freeze tax rate. Requires the DLGF to approve a county's request to decrease its levy freeze tax rate if the DLGF finds that the lower rate, in addition to the supplemental distribution amount determined under the resolution adopted by the county, would fund the levy freeze dollar amount. Requires the department of state revenue (department) to annually provide each resident individual taxpayer who paid adjusted gross income taxes in the immediately previous taxable year a taxpayer receipt statement in an electronic format explaining how the individual taxpayer's taxes are being used. Requires the department, in consultation with the budget agency, to create and administer an Internet web page on which individual taxpayers may access an estimate of the allocation of their adjusted gross income taxes to various expenditure categories for the most recent state fiscal year based on the adjusted gross income taxes paid by the taxpayer. Specifies the information that must be provided on the web page. Defines "maintenance emergency". Makes conforming changes.