Indiana 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 19)
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0140
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
1/23/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Engrossed
2/21/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
4/8/25
Enrolled
4/16/25
Passed
5/6/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Pharmacy benefits. Requires an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or any other administrator of pharmacy benefits to ensure that a network utilized by the insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator is reasonably adequate and accessible and file an annual report regarding the network with the commissioner of the department of insurance (commissioner). Sets forth certain limitations and requirements with respect to the provision of pharmacy or pharmacist services under a health plan. Allows any insured, pharmacy, or pharmacist impacted by an alleged violation to file a complaint with the commissioner. Provides that the commissioner may order reimbursement to any person who has incurred a monetary loss as a result of a violation. Requires, if a pharmacy benefit manger is used with regard to a state employee health plan, the state personnel department to either create a pharmacy benefit manager or contract with an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator. Prohibits a third party administrator from: (1) requiring, as a condition of a plan sponsor entering into a contract with the third party administrator, that the plan sponsor enter into a contract with a particular pharmacy benefit manager; or (2) charging a different fee for services provided by the third party administrator to a plan sponsor based on the plan sponsor's selection of a particular pharmacy benefit manager. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the task of studying the topic of contracts for pharmacy benefit coverage under the Medicaid program and a state employee health plan.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0163
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
1/16/25
Social work licensure compact. Establishes the social work licensure compact.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0101
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Registration of professional engineers. Provides a new pathway to registration as a professional engineer for an individual with at least 25 years of engineering experience who also passes the required examination on the individual's first attempt.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0132
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Childhood obesity study topics. Establishes the childhood obesity commission as a temporary commission to study childhood obesity. Requires the commission to submit an annual report to the governor and the general assembly not later than June 30, 2026.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0134
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Water management authority. Establishes the water management authority as an agency of state government. Requires the governor to appoint an administrator of the authority (administrator). Provides for the adoption and implementation of a statewide water management plan. Provides that, upon adoption of the statewide water management plan, the administrator assumes powers and duties related to: (1) water rights and emergency regulation of surface and ground water; (2) potable water rights; (3) water resources management; (4) the Great Lakes compact; (5) reservoirs; (6) preservation and legal action concerning lakes; (7) flood control; (8) construction of channels; and (9) conservancy districts. Establishes one regional water management council for each of nine hydrological regions in Indiana. Provides for the designation of a drainage project as a "drainage project of water management importance" if it meets certain conditions, and provides that a permit from the administrator is required for such a project. Requires an agency that constructs and repairs highways to consult with the administrator to limit sedimentation.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0166
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Marijuana advertising. Provides that a person may not advertise a product containing marijuana or a marijuana business by any medium within the borders of Indiana. Provides that the attorney general may seek civil penalties, an injunction, and other costs for violations. Provides that civil penalties shall be deposited in the state general fund.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0145
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Pharmacy matters. Requires the state health commissioner or the commissioner's designated public health authority to issue a standing order, prescription, or protocol (standing order) that allows a pharmacist to treat or screen, test, administer, or dispense for certain health conditions. Allows a pharmacist to order tests that are waived under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) or established under a standing order. Allows a pharmacy intern or a pharmacy technician to perform a test that is: (1) delegated by a supervising pharmacist; and (2) a waived test under CLIA. Allows a pharmacy technician who is certified to perform any activity delegated by a supervising pharmacist or pharmacist owner if the activities: (1) do not require the clinical judgment of a pharmacist; (2) are not prohibited by a rule adopted by the Indiana board of pharmacy; or (3) are not an activity required by law to be performed only by a pharmacist. Provides civil and criminal immunity for a pharmacist related to filling a prescription for a drug, medicine, or other prescribed substance. Establishes exceptions.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0122
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Nonprofit loan center loans for state employees. Provides that not later than: (1) September 1, 2025, in the case of a state agency other than a state educational institution or a school corporation; (2) September 1, 2026, in the case of a state agency that is a state educational institution; or (3) September 1, 2027, in the case of a state agency that is a school corporation; a state agency shall partner with each nonprofit loan center (NLC) operating in Indiana to become a participating employer in the NLC's nonprofit loan center program (NLC program) by offering voluntary payroll deductions for eligible full-time employees to make payments toward the balance of a nonprofit loan center loan (NLC loan) made by a nonprofit loan center lender (NLC lender). Provides that after becoming a participating employer in an NLC program, a state agency shall allow an eligible employee to: (1) voluntarily request and establish payroll deductions for an NLC loan at any time; and (2) revoke the employee's authorization for payroll deductions for an NLC loan at any time; including any time that falls outside a designated open enrollment period for benefits. Defines an "NLC loan" as a loan that meets certain requirements with respect to the principal amount, loan term, finance charge, authorized fees, method of repayment, and other loan terms. Authorizes the state comptroller to authorize the electronic transfer of funds from the state treasury to a designated NLC lender in payment of an NLC loan on behalf of an eligible employee who has voluntarily given the state comptroller written authorization to make the transfer. Specifies that: (1) a loan made under the bill's provisions; or (2) a person that makes a loan under the bill's provisions; is subject to the requirements of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code chapter governing consumer loans. Provides that a depository institution may make a loan under the same terms and conditions that apply with respect to a nonprofit loan center loan to an employee of: (1) a state agency; or (2) any other employer; as long as the loan is made in compliance with any applicable law. Allows a wage assignment to be made for the purpose of making payment to a depository institution in repayment of a loan that is made to the employee by the depository institution under the same terms and conditions that apply with respect to an NLC loan. Authorizes the electronic transfer of funds from the state treasury on behalf of an employee of a state agency in payment of a loan made by a depository institution to the employee under the same terms and conditions that apply to an NLC loan.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0165
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Requirements of short term insurance plans. Requires an insurer that issues a short term insurance plan to cover certain medical services. Prohibits an insurer that issues a short term insurance plan from retroactively cancelling a short term insurance plan except in the case of fraud. Amends current provisions exempting short term insurance plans from accident and sickness insurance policy requirements to provide for a term of not more than 6 months (current law provides for a term of 364 days).
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0131
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Access to employee restrooms. Provides that if a retail establishment has a restroom facility on its premises for the use of the retail establishment's employees, a customer who suffers from an eligible medical condition must, upon request, be allowed to use the restroom facility during normal business hours if certain conditions are met. Specifies that a customer who uses the retail establishment's employee restroom facility is responsible for leaving the restroom facility in the same condition as when the customer entered the restroom facility. Provides immunity from civil liability for any act or omission in allowing a customer to use an employee restroom facility if all of the specified conditions for use of the facility are met, provided that the act or omission: (1) is not willful or grossly negligent; and (2) occurs in an area of the retail establishment that is not accessible to the public. Imposes a maximum $100 civil penalty on an owner, operator, or employee of a retail establishment for violating these provisions.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0149
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Electronic monitoring program immunity. Adds judicial officers to the list of persons immune from civil liability for certain acts or omissions that occur in connection with the statute establishing electronic monitoring standards. (Current law provides that immunity does not apply to gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.)
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0112
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Service animals. Amends the definition of "service animal" to include a service animal in training for purposes of provisions governing service animals on the premises of a public accommodation. Provides that misrepresenting an animal as a service animal to obtain a right or privilege in a public accommodation is a Class C infraction.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0161
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Enforcement of prohibitions on public camping. Prohibits a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing any policy that prohibits or discourages the enforcement of any order or ordinance prohibiting public camping, sleeping, or other obstruction of a sidewalk. Authorizes the attorney general to bring a civil action to enjoin a political subdivision that adopts or enforces such a policy.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0094
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
2/6/25
Engrossed
2/12/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
4/1/25
Enrolled
4/10/25
Refer
4/10/25
Alcohol and gaming matters. Provides that the state lottery commission shall not operate or authorize the operation of a lottery courier service. Requires the state lottery commission to adopt rules regarding the bulk purchase of lottery products. Allows a wine dealer that is not a package liquor store to deliver wine to a customer's residence or office. Provides three-way permits, subject to certain conditions, to the city of Warsaw and the town of Syracuse. Increases the number of gallons of liquor an artisan distiller may produce in a calendar year from 20,000 gallons to 30,000 gallons. Allows the holder of an artisan distiller's permit to manufacture liquor for another holder of an artisan distiller's permit if certain conditions are met. Provides that a municipality may not require a designated permittee or vendor within a designated refreshment area to purchase containers for alcoholic beverages from a certain vendor.
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Indiana 2025 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0123
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Unemployment compensation. Reduces the maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits to 14 times the individual's weekly benefit. (Under current law, the maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits is 26 times the individual's weekly benefit or 28% of the individual's wage credits, whichever is less.) Provides for additional benefits in an amount not to exceed two times the individual's weekly benefit if the individual meets certain conditions. Removes outdated provisions. Makes conforming changes.