Indiana House of Representatives Update

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Notice: This confidential material is for the exclusive use of ISNA members and subscribers. DO NOT electronically distribute or photocopy this information under penalty of federal law. © 2005 Indiana State Nurses Association Indiana House of Representatives May 21, 2005 Final Action HB1069 Home and community based services. Voids rules adopted by the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services (DDARS) concerning home and community based services (HCBS). Requires DDARS to adopt new rules implementing: (1) the caretaker support program; and (2) standards for continuum of care providers; not later than January 1, 2006. Requires DDARS to consult with certain interested parties to ensure that the new rules: (1) protect consumers of HCBS; (2) address the specific needs of distinct populations of consumers; (3) do not create barriers to HCBS by imposing certain costs and requirements on providers; and (4) comply with the requirements of the statutes establishing long term care services and the community and home options to institutional care for the elderly and disabled (CHOICE) program. Requires DDARS to submit its written response to any comments received during the rulemaking process to the publisher of the Indiana Register for publication. Requires DDARS to report to the administrative rules oversight committee on the status of the rules not later than September 1, 2005. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the administrative rules oversight committee.) 01/06/2005 H: Author Added Phillip D. Hinkle 01/06/2005 H: Co Author Added Vaneta Becker 01/06/2005 H: 1st Reading Assigned Public Health 01/11/2005 H: Committee Sched 10:30 a.m. Room House Chamber Public Health 01/11/2005 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(12-0) Public Health 01/11/2005 H: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 01/13/2005 H: Co Author Added Craig R. Fry 01/18/2005 H: 2nd Reading Pass 01/18/2005 H: Committee Action Pass(11-0) Public Health 01/19/2005 H: Committee Report do pass, adopted 01/25/2005 H: 3rd Reading Pass (94-0) 01/25/2005 H: Sponsor Added R. Michael Young 01/25/2005 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Gregory D. Server 01/25/2005 H: Co Sponsor Added J. Murray Clark 01/25/2005 H: Co Sponsor Added Patricia L. Miller 02/14/2005 S: 1st Reading Assigned Health And Provider Services 03/30/2005 S: Committee Sched 9:00 a.m. Room Senate Chamber Health And Provider Services 04/04/2005 S: 2nd Reading Pass 04/05/2005 S: 3rd Reading Pass (49-0) 04/05/2005 S: Ret 1st House No Amendments 04/07/2005 H: Signed By the Speaker 04/08/2005 S: Signed By the President Pro Tem 04/12/2005 H: Received By Governor 04/19/2005 Governor Signed HB 1098 Prescription drugs and health professions. Establishes a program for the licensing and regulation of personal services agencies. Provides that home health agencies and personal services agencies are approved to provide home health or personal services under certain federal waivers. Provides that home health services include services that are required to be ordered or performed by certain health care professionals. Increases the home health agency license fee. Requires a personal services agency to comply with employee criminal history check requirements. Provides that a home health agency that operates a personal services agency is not required to obtain a license to operate the personal services agency. Makes operating or advertising an unlicensed personal services agency a Class A misdemeanor. Requires a placement agency to provide the consumer and worker with certain information when a home care services worker is placed in the consumer's home. Allows the state department of health to impose a civil penalty against a placement agency for failing to provide the notice. Relocates the definition of "attendant care services". Requires the board of pharmacy to establish procedures to ensure that pharmacies may return expired prescription drugs to drug wholesalers and manufacturers. Specifies information that the board must consider in establishing the procedures. Expands the requirements that must be met by a wholesale drug distributor for eligibility for licensure. Specifies prohibited acts. Allows certain state licensure exams to apply to the psychology reciprocity requirements. Amends several definitions concerning speech-language pathology and audiology. Requires licensure of speech-language pathology aides, associates, and assistants. Amends licensure requirements of speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Requires an audiologist to possess a doctorate degree after January 1, 2007, for an initial license. Allows the professional standards board to issue credentials to certain speech language professionals. Allows certified speech-language pathologists and audiologists who meet certain requirements to be considered to have a National Board of Professional Teaching Standards certification. Requires a referral to administer a test of vestibular function. Amends reciprocity licensure requirements for speech language pathologists and audiologists. Requires licenses to be displayed. Specifies criminal acts related to wholesale drug distribution and legend drugs. Allows the board of pharmacy to establish an electronic pedigree pilot program. Makes conforming changes. (This conference committee report: (1) adds provisions from SB 206 concerning personal services agencies and home health services; (2) adds provisions from SB 590 concerning wholesale drug distribution; (3) allows certain state licensure exams to apply to the psychology reciprocity requirements (HB 1599); and (4) adds provisions from HB 1599 concerning speech and language pathologists.) 04/27/2005 H Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the House; Roll Call 585: Yeas 87, Nays 0 04/28/2005 S Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate Roll Call 493: Yeas 48, Nays 1 05/11/2005 GOVERNOR SIGNED HB1306 Various health matters. (New language - see SB 224) Establishes the statewide independent living council. Requires the council to assist the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services (division) in the preparation of a state plan to provide independent living services and promote the development of a statewide network of centers for independent living. Authorizes state grants for centers for independent living. Requires the division to review certain centers receiving federal money for compliance with federal law. Requires a physician to provide certain information to an individual before referring the individual to a health care entity in which the physician has a financial interest. Provides certain exceptions. 04/28/2005 H: Conf Report Adopted(86-0) H 04/28/2005 S: Conf Report Adopted(48-0) S 05/11/2005 Governor Signed HB1320 (See HB 1494) Health entity construction projects. Requires public announcements before certain hospital and ambulatory outpatient surgical center construction projects may begin. 01/13/2005 H: Author Added Vaneta Becker 01/13/2005 H: Co Author Added Mary Kay Budak 01/13/2005 H: Co Author Added Charlie Brown 01/13/2005 H: Co Author Added David Nason Frizzell 01/13/2005 H: 1st Reading Assigned Public Health 02/01/2005 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(9-2) Public Health 02/03/2005 H: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 02/07/2005 H: 2nd Reading Pass 02/08/2005 H: 3rd Reading Pass (65-30) 02/08/2005 H: Sponsor Added Patricia L. Miller 02/08/2005 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Gregory D. Server 02/08/2005 H: Co Sponsor Added Vi Simpson 02/14/2005 S: 1st Reading Assigned Health And Provider Services 03/30/2005 S: Committee Sched 9:00 a.m. Room Senate Chamber Health And Provider Services 04/04/2005 S: 2nd Reading Pass 04/06/2005 S: 3rd Reading Pass (49-0) 04/06/2005 S: Ret 1st House No Amendments 04/11/2005 H: Signed By the Speaker 04/13/2005 S: Signed By the President Pro Tem 04/22/2005 H: Governor Signed 04/22/2005 H: Governor Signed HB1325 Medicaid prescription drugs. Allows the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) to provide a prescription drug benefit in the Medicaid risk based managed care program. Allows a managed care provider contract or provider agreement to include a prescription drug program. Establishes the mental health quality advisory committee. Allows the office to place restrictions on the certain prescription drugs under specified circumstances. Extends the prescription drug advisory committee (committee) and the members' terms to December 31, 2007. Requires the committee to make recommendations before September 1, 2005, to the secretary of the office of the secretary of family and social services (secretary)and the governor concerning redesigning the prescription drug program (program) to not conflict with the federal Medicare prescription drug benefit program. Allows the secretary to: (1) implement the committee's recommendations; (2) complete federal applications; and (3) enroll eligible individuals in the state program and the federal Medicare prescription drug benefit. 04/14/2005 H: Ret 1st House Concur(89-0) 04/18/2005 H: Signed By the Speaker 04/19/2005 S: Signed By the President Pro Tem 04/20/2005 H: Received By Governor 04/26/2005 H: Governor Signed HB1358 Rubella test. Repeals the requirement that a woman less than 50 years of age applying for a marriage license must be examined by a physician and tested for rubella. Makes conforming changes. 01/13/2005 H: Author Added Charlie Brown 01/13/2005 H: Co Author Added Vaneta Becker 01/13/2005 H: Co Author Added Tim Brown 01/13/2005 H: 1st Reading Assigned Public Health 02/01/2005 H: Committee Sched 10:30 a.m. Room House Chamber Public Health 02/01/2005 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(11-1) Public Health 02/01/2005 H: Co Author Added Kathy Kreag Richardson 02/03/2005 H: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 02/07/2005 H: 2nd Reading Pass 02/08/2005 H: 3rd Reading Pass (95-0) 02/08/2005 H: Sponsor Added Patricia L. Miller 02/08/2005 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Earline S. Rogers 02/08/2005 H: Co Sponsor Added Gary Dillon 02/14/2005 S: 1st Reading Assigned Health And Provider Services 03/23/2005 S: Committee Sched 9:30 a.m. Room Chamber Health And Provider Services 03/23/2005 S: Committee Action Pass(7-0) Health And Provider Services 03/24/2005 S: Committee Report do pass, adopted 03/24/2005 S: Co Sponsor Added Rose Ann Antich-Carr 03/28/2005 S: 2nd Reading Pass 03/29/2005 S: 3rd Reading Pass (49-0) 03/29/2005 S: Ret 1st House No Amendments 04/07/2005 H: Signed By the Speaker 04/08/2005 S: Signed By the President Pro Tem 04/12/2005 H: Received By Governor 04/19/2005 H: Governor Signed HB1553 Health and hospital corporation. Changes various duties of the health and hospital corporation of Marion County and the corporation's board. Removes: (1) residency requirements of the board members; and (2) the requirement that one board member be a physician. Allows board members to waive compensation. Allows certain documents to be maintained in an electronic format. Allows the board to codify ordinances. Provides the division of public health with the powers and duties of a local department of health. Changes the responsibilities of the director of the division of public health. Establishes procedures for enforcing certain orders. Makes technical and conforming changes. Amends surplus property laws concerning hospitals. Repeals laws concerning the corporation's personnel system and tuberculosis commitment proceedings. 01/18/2005 H: Author Added Lawrence Lee Buell 01/18/2005 H: 1st Reading Assigned Public Health 02/01/2005 H: Committee Sched 10:30 a.m. Room House Chamber Public Health 02/01/2005 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(10-0) Public Health 02/01/2005 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(10-0) Public Health 02/08/2005 H: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 02/14/2005 H: 2nd Reading Pass 02/15/2005 H: 3rd Reading Pass (94-0) 02/15/2005 H: Sponsor Added Patricia L. Miller 02/15/2005 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Billie J. Breaux 02/24/2005 S: First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services 03/16/2005 S: Committee Action Pass(9-0) Health And Provider Services 03/17/2005 S: Committee Report do pass, adopted 03/16/2005 S: Committee Action Pass(9-0) Health And Provider Services 03/17/2005 S: Committee Report do pass, adopted 03/21/2005 S: 2nd Reading Pass Amend 03/21/2005 S: Amendment #1 (Miller), prevailed; 03/28/2005 S: 3rd Reading Pass (48-0) 03/28/2005 S: Ret 1st House Amendments 03/21/2005 S: 2nd Reading Pass Amend 03/28/2005 S: 3rd Reading Pass (48-0) 03/28/2005 S: Ret 1st House Amendments 04/18/2005 H: Ret 1st House Concur(87-0) 04/29/2005 H: Signed By the Speaker 04/29/2005 S: Signed By the President Pro Tem 05/06/2005 Governor Signed HB1662 Medicaid health facility quality assessment. Provides that if a health facility fails to pay the quality assessment to the department of state revenue or a nursing facility fails to pay the quality assessment to the office of Medicaid policy and planning, the state department of health must notify the facility and revoke the facility's license. Requires a health facility to pay interest on late payments. 01/19/2005 H: Author Added David Nason Frizzell 01/19/2005 H: 1st Reading Assigned Public Health 01/19/2005 H: Co Author Added Michael B. Murphy 01/25/2005 H: Committee Sched 10:30 a.m. Room House Chamber Public Health 01/25/2005 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(9-0) Public Health 01/25/2005 H: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 01/31/2005 H: Co Author Removed Michael B. Murphy 01/31/2005 H: Co Author Added Vaneta Becker 01/31/2005 H: Co Author Added Charlie Brown 01/31/2005 H: Co Author Added William A. Crawford 01/31/2005 H: 2nd Reading Pass Amend 01/31/2005 H: Amendment #1 (Orentlicher), prevailed; Voice Vote 02/01/2005 H: 3rd Reading Pass (89-4) 02/01/2005 H: Sponsor Added Patricia L. Miller 02/01/2005 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Billie J. Breaux 02/14/2005 S: First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services 03/23/2005 S: Committee Sched 9:30 a.m. Room Chamber Health And Provider Services 03/23/2005 S: Committee Sched 9:30 a.m. Room Chamber Health And Provider Services 03/23/2005 S: Committee Action Pass Amend(7-0) Health And Provider Services 03/24/2005 S: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 03/31/2005 S: 2nd Reading Pass Amend 04/06/2005 S: 3rd Reading Pass (49-0) 04/06/2005 S: Ret 1st House Amendments 04/18/2005 H: Ret 1st House Concur(86-1) 05/06/2005 Governor Signed


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