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Indiana Senate
March 22, 2004

Final Action of legislation being monitored by ISNA
(updates from previous report shown in RED):

SB0041
Home health agency and hospice council - Health And Provider Services
Creates the home health agency and hospice council. Provides that the state department of health shall pay the council's expenses. Allows the council to propose rules and act as an advisory body.
Author: Patricia L. Miller
Sponsor: Charlie Brown
11/18/2003 S: Author Added Patricia L. Miller
11/18/2003 S: 1st Reading Assigned Health And Provider Services
01/14/2004 S: Committee Sched 9:00 a.m. Room 130 Health And Provider Services
01/21/2004 S: Committee Sched 9:00 a.m. Room Senate Chamber Health And Provider Services
01/21/2004 S: Committee Action Pass Amend(8-2) Health And Provider Services
01/22/2004 S: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
02/03/2004 S: Sponsor Added Charlie Brown
02/04/2004 H: 1st Reading Assigned Public Health
02/11/2004 H: Committee Sched 10:30 a.m. Room House Chamber Public Health
02/11/2004 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(11-0) Public Health
02/12/2004 H: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
02/16/2004 H: 2nd Reading Pass
02/19/2004 H: 3rd Reading Pass (90-0)
02/19/2004 H: Ret to Senate with Amendments
03/01/2004 S Senate dissented from House amendments
03/01/2004 S Senate conferee appointed: Miller and Howard
03/02/2004 H House conferees appointed: C. Brown and Budak
03/02/2004 H House advisors appointed: Welch and Buell
03/04/2004 S Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 325: Yeas 45 and Nays 0
03/04/2004 S Dissent withdrawn
03/04/2004 S: Ret 1st House Concur (45-0)
Signed by Governor
Effective Date:  7/1/04

SB0042
Chronic disease management and registry - Health And Provider Services
Removes exemption of the risk-based managed care program from the disease management program. Allows the state department of health to add chronic diseases to the chronic disease registry by administrative rule. Adds public and private third party payers as: (1) persons to be used by the office of Medicaid policy and planning in implementing a disease management program; and (2) persons that may report chronic disease cases for the chronic disease registry. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the select joint commission on Medicaid oversight.)
Authors: Rose Ann Antich Carr & Patricia L. Miller
Sponsor: Charlie Brown
12/02/2003 S: Committee Report do pass, adopted
01/13/2004 S: 2nd Reading Pass
01/15/2004 S: 3rd Reading Pass (45-0)
01/15/2004 S: Sponsor Added Charlie Brown
02/04/2004 H: 1st Reading Assigned Public Health
02/10/2004 H: Committee Sched 10:30 a.m. Room House Chamber Public Health
02/11/2004 H: Committee Action Pass(11-0) Public Health
02/12/2004 H: Committee Report do pass, adopted
02/16/2004 H: 2nd Reading Pass
02/19/2004 H: 3rd Reading Pass (92-0)
02/19/2004 H: Ret to Senate. No Amendments
Signed by Governor
Effective Date:  7/1/04

SB0070
Provider reporting of discounts and rebates - Health And Provider Services
See HB1251

SB0111
Drug regimen protocols - Health And Provider Services
See HB1251

SB0113
Distribution of unused drugs - Health And Provider Services
See HB1251

SB0133
Psychiatric advance directives - Health And Provider Services
Allows certain individuals to execute a psychiatric advance directive. Sets forth requirements for a psychiatric advance directive. Provides immunity for a person who violates a psychiatric advance directive for certain reasons. Specifies that a physician is not precluded from treating the patient in a manner that is in the best interest of the patient or another individual. Provides that a health care representative may act in accordance with a psychiatric advance directive. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the commission on mental health.)
Author: Connie Lawson
Sponsor: Charlie Brown
01/06/2004 S: Author Added Connie Lawson
01/06/2004 S: 1st Reading Assigned Health And Provider Services
01/14/2004 S: Committee Sched 9:00 a.m. Room 130 Health And Provider Services
01/28/2004 S: Committee Sched 8:30 a.m. Room Senate Chamber Health And Provider Services
01/28/2004 S: Committee Action Pass Amend(8-0) Health And Provider Services
01/29/2004 S: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
02/03/2004 S: Sponsor Added Charlie Brown
02/04/2004 H: 1st Reading Assigned Public Health
02/11/2004 H: Committee Sched 10:30 a.m. Room House Chamber Public Health
02/11/2004 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(11-0) Public Health
02/12/2004 H: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
02/16/2004 H: 2nd Reading Pass
02/19/2004 H: 3rd Reading Pass (95-0)
02/19/2004 H: Ret to Senate with Amendments
02/16/2004 H Second reading: ordered engrossed
02/19/2004 H Third reading: passed; Roll Call 212: Yeas 95 and Nays 0
02/19/2004 H Returned to the Senate with amendments
03/01/2004 S Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 309: Yeas 48 and Nays 0
Signed by Governor
Effective Date:  7/1/04

SB0188
Birth problems registry and cancer registry - Health And Provider Services
Allows the state department of health to record certain nonmalignant tumors and diseases in the cancer registry. Requires ambulatory outpatient surgical centers and health facilities to report to the cancer registry. Changes the date by which the state department must publish an annual report to December 31. Includes pervasive developmental disorders and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders as birth problems and requires these disorders to be recorded in the birth problems registry if recognized in a child before the child is five years of age. Changes the age at which a birth problem may be recognized and recorded in the birth problems registry for other disorders until the child is three years of age.
Author: Beverly J. Gard
Sponsor: William A. Crawford
01/06/2004 S Authored by Senator Gard
01/06/2004 S First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
01/15/2004 S Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
01/15/2004 S Senators Simpson, Landske and Breaux added as coauthors
01/20/2004 S Second reading: ordered engrossed
01/22/2004 S Third reading: passed; Roll Call 42: Yeas 47 and Nays 0
01/22/2004 S Referred to the House
01/22/2004 S House sponsor: Rep. Crawford
01/22/2004 S Cosponsor: Rep. Becker
01/29/2004 H Representative Welch added as cosponsor
02/04/2004 H First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
02/12/2004 H Committee report: do pass, adopted
02/16/2004 H Second reading: ordered engrossed
02/19/2004 H Third reading: passed
02/19/2004 H Returned to the Senate without amendments
Signed by Governor
Effective Date:  7/1/04

SB194
CHINS and child fatality review.
Synopsis: Conference committee report for ESB 0194. Provides that a child is a child in need of services (CHINS) if the child: (1) lives in the same household as another child who is the victim of certain sex offenses; (2) lives in the same household as the adult who committed the sex offense; (3) needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation that the child is not receiving and that is unlikely to be provided or accepted without the coercive intervention of the court; and (4) has been placed in or has been considered for placement in an informal adjustment program.  Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a child is a CHINS if: (1) another child in the same household has been the victim of a sex offense; (2) the offense was committed by an adult living in the hous ehold; and (3) the offense resulted in the conviction of the adult or a CHINS adjudication concerning the child victim. Provides that a child presumed to be a CHINS may not be taken into custody unless a court finds cause following a hearing. Establishes the statewide child f atality review committee to review the deaths of children who die suddenly or unexpectedly. Makes the testimony of a committee member inadmissible in certain proceedings.  Requires a juvenile court to order a child and the child's parent into counseling if the child is found to have committed a delinquent act that would be one of certain types of sex crimes if committed by an adult. Provides that records of state agencies regarding the death of a child who died as a result of abuse, abandonment, or neglect are not confidential. (The conference committee report: Removes the statewide child fatality review committee. Eliminates the provision requiring a juvenile court to order counseling under certain situations . Removes a provision relating to the records of state agencies.)
01/06/2004 S Authored by Senator Dillon
01/06/2004 S First reading: referred to Committee on Criminal and Civil and Public Policy
01/13/2004 S Senators Broden and Waterman added as coauthors
01/15/2004 S Committee report: do pass, adopted
01/15/2004 S Senator Skillman added as coauthor
01/15/2004 S Senator Clark added as second author
01/27/2004 S Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
01/27/2004 S Amendment 1 (Dillon), prevailed; Voice Vote
02/02/2004 S Third reading: passed; Roll Call 113: Yeas 49 and Nays 0
02/02/2004 S Referred to the House
02/02/2004 S House sponsor: Rep. Orentlicher
02/02/2004 S Cosponsor: Rep. Ruppel
02/02/2004 S Senator Zakas added as coauthor
02/04/2004 H First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
02/19/2004 H Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
02/25/2004 H Second reading: ordered engrossed
02/26/2004 H Third reading: passed; Roll Call 229: Yeas 96 and Nays 1
02/26/2004 H Returned to Senate with amendments
03/01/2004 S Senate dissented from House amendments
03/01/2004 S Senate conferee appointed: Dillon and Broden
03/01/2004 S Senate advisors appointed: Clark and Skinner
03/02/2004 H House conferees appointed: Orentlicher and Ruppel
03/02/2004 H House advisors appointed: Kuzman and Noe
03/03/2004 H Conference committee report 1 : filed in the House
03/04/2004 S Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate Roll Call 315: Yeas 46 and Nays 0
03/04/2004 H Rules suspended
03/04/2004 H Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the House; Roll Call 277: Yeas 91 and Nays 0
Signed by Governor
Effective Date:  7/1/04

SB0363
Council for people with disabilities.
Creates the governor's council for people with disabilities and the board of directors of the council to implement the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights act. (The council and board of directors are currently created by executive order.)
Author: Robert N. Jackman, D.V.M
Sponsor: Jeb Bardon
01/12/2004 S: Author Added Robert N. Jackman, D.V.M
01/12/2004 S: 1st Reading Assigned Governmental Affairs and Interstate Cooperation
01/28/2004 S: Committee Sched 1:00 p.m. Room 130 Governmental Affairs and Interstate Cooperation
01/28/2004 S: Committee Action Pass Amend(6-0) Governmental Affairs and Interstate Cooperation
01/29/2004 S: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
02/04/2004 S: 3rd Reading Pass (47-1)
02/04/2004 S: Sponsor Added Jeb Bardon
02/05/2004 H: 1st Reading Assigned Rules And Legislative Procedures
02/10/2004 H: Committee Sched 1:30 p.m. Room 156C Rules And Legislative Procedures
02/10/2004 H: Committee Action Pass(9-0) Rules And Legislative Procedures
02/12/2004 H: Committee Report do pass, adopted
02/16/2004 H: 2nd Reading Pass
02/19/2004 H: 3rd Reading Pass (94-0)
02/19/2004 H: Ret to Senate. No Amendments
03/04/2004 H Signed by the Speaker
03/04/2004 S Signed by the President Pro Tem
Signed by Governor
Effective Date:  7/1/04

SB0428
Hospital matters.
See HB1320

SB0449
CHOICE program.
CHOICE program. Allows the health finance commission to study the implementation of long term care services. Requires the office of family and social services to present a report to the health finance commission.
01/12/2004 S: Author Added Gregory D. Server
Sponsor: Charlie Brown
Co-Sponsor: Peggy Welch
01/12/2004 S: 1st Reading Assigned Health And Provider Services
01/21/2004 S: Committee Sched 9:00 a.m. Room Senate Chamber Health And Provider Services
01/21/2004 S: Committee Action Pass Amend(10-0) Health And Provider Services
01/22/2004 S: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
01/26/2004 S: 2nd Reading Pass
01/29/2004 S: 3rd Reading Pass (47-0)
01/29/2004 S: Sponsor Added Charlie Brown
02/04/2004 H: 1st Reading Assigned Public Health
02/10/2004 H: Committee Sched 10:30 a.m. Room House Chamber Public Health
02/12/04 H: Committee report amend do pass, adopted
02/12/04 H: Co-Sponsor Added Peggy Welch
02/16/2004 H: 2nd Reading Pass
02/19/2004 H: 3rd Reading Pass (94-0)
02/19/2004 H: Ret to Senate with Amendments
03/01/2004 S Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 310: Yeas 48 and Nays 0
Signed by Governor
Effective Date:  7/1/04 (Section 1)
  4/1/04 (Section 2)

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