Requires the state personnel department to: (1) evaluate whether to offer state employees a health reimbursement arrangement benefit and consider the population of state employees to whom the benefit should be offered; and (2) report to the general assembly on the department's findings by November 1, 2020. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to study the feasibility of: (1) changing Indiana's Medicaid program to a block grant; (2) establishing a consumer-directed Medicaid pilot program; and (3) restructuring Medicaid payments for long term care. Requires a nonprofit hospital that deducts an amount for charity care that exceeds the Medicare reimbursement rate for the services to disclose in its annual report to the state department of health a breakdown of the components of the deduction that were taken by the nonprofit hospital in determining net patient revenue. Establishes limitations on covenants not to compete concerning physicians. Requires specified licensing boards to submit information and recommendations on various licensure matters. Allows a party to audit a pharmacy benefit manager with which it has a contract. Requires the department of insurance (department) to take certain action on association health plans in compliance with federal law. Sets forth requirements of short term insurance plans and insurers that issue these plans. Requires the department to examine various integration opportunities. Urges the legislative council to assign various topics for study during the 2020 legislative interim. Requires the department to assess the feasibility of allowing the sale of health insurance across state lines and a multistate reciprocity system. Requires specified agencies to report on Medicaid claim auditing and fraud. Requires the department and the secretary of family and social services to develop a framework for long term care insurance policies and sets requirements. Requires the attorney general to make recommendations on enhancing strict antitrust enforcement of anticompetitive practices. Requires the commission on higher education to provide an executive summary on medical training programs. Requires the department of workforce development to provide an executive summary on health worker supply needs. Requires the medical licensing board of Indiana to provide an executive summary concerning the creation and implementation of expedited licensure pathways. Requires the trustee of the net level Indiana trust fund to report on trust assets in health care related infrastructure. Requires the Indiana economic development corporation to provide a report concerning incentive programs related to health care infrastructure. Requires the department and the office of the secretary of family and social services to assess the feasibility of applying for federal 1332 waivers concerning the insurance market.
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Fishers Junior High School "We the People" team on winning the 2019 "We the People" State Finals.
Requires a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization contract to provide coverage for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS), including treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the New Palestine High School softball team.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Anderson High School Marching Highlanders for their achievements at the 2019 Indiana State Fair.
Reinstates a property tax deduction for the rehabilitation of residential property that occurs after December 31, 2020. (Current law limits this deduction to residential rehabilitation occurring before January 2, 2017.) Provides that after December 31, 2020, the deduction applies only to homesteads. Increases the maximum assessed value of the improvements for purposes of the deduction. Amends the definition of "rehabilitation". Removes the scheduled expiration of the deduction. Makes conforming changes.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Honda Manufacturing of Indiana for its contributions to the community.
For certain serious offenses committed by a juvenile: (1) reduces the minimum age for committing the child to the department of correction from 13 to 12; (2) adds an attempt to commit certain serious offenses to the list of serious offenses allowing wardship by the department of correction; and (3) permits the court to commit a juvenile to the department of correction for up to six years. Requires the department of correction to provide the court with a progress report for a child committed to the department for six years at the time the child turns 18, and requires the court to review the report and determine the appropriateness of release. Specifies that the juvenile court lacks jurisdiction over certain juveniles charged with an attempt to commit certain crimes. Establishes a two-year disproportionality review panel staffed by the Indiana criminal justice institute to study the issue of disparate racial impact with respect to juvenile court direct file, discretionary transfer, and waiver provisions. Defines "young offender" and prohibits the department of correction from housing a young offender with the general population of a penal facility. Prohibits a jail from housing a child less than eighteen years of age in the same cell as an adult.
Establishes a two year pilot program whereby Greene Township, in St. Joseph County, may initiate a process to disannex from an existing school corporation and annex to another existing school corporation.
Provides that, after June 30, 2020, a person shall not sell or issue to an Indiana consumer any gift certificate or store gift card with an expiration date unless certain conditions are met. Provides that, with respect to a gift certificate or a store gift card that is sold or issued to an Indiana consumer after June 30, 2020, if at any time after the gift certificate or store gift card is issued or sold: (1) the merchant for which the gift certificate or store gift card was originally sold or issued: (A) for any reason ceases to do business in Indiana; or (B) for any reason: (i) substantially changes; or (ii) ceases to offer; the types of goods or services that were offered to consumers at the time the gift certificate or store gift card was originally sold or issued; and (2) any expiration date: (A) authorized under the bill's provisions; and (B) applicable to the gift certificate or store gift card (or to the underlying funds associated with either) has not elapsed; the merchant for which the gift certificate or store gift card was originally sold or issued shall, upon the request of an Indiana consumer who is the rightful holder of the gift certificate or store gift card, promptly refund to the holder the balance of the underlying funds or provide the holder with the remaining balance in some other manner. Provides that a person that violates the bill's provisions: (1) commits a deceptive act that is actionable by an aggrieved consumer and the attorney general under the deceptive consumer sales act; and (2) is subject to the penalties and remedies set forth in the deceptive consumer sales act. Authorizes the attorney general to adopt rules to implement these provisions.
Defines "private low stakes card game" and provides a defense to certain gambling crimes if the gambling was a private low stakes card game. Defines "cheating" and makes cheating at gambling a Class A misdemeanor, and increases the penalty for the offense based on the gain obtained by cheating. Makes conforming amendments.
Requires that the distressed unit appeal board (DUAB) hold a public hearing on the Gary Community School Corporation's current status as a distressed unit before December 31, 2022. Establishes the distressed political subdivision school improvement fund (fund). Provides that DUAB administers the fund. Provides that the following amount of money withheld from the distribution of state tuition support for common school fund obligations of a school corporation that has been designated a distressed political subdivision must be deposited in the fund: (1) For state fiscal years 2021 through 2023, 100% of the money that the state board of finance withholds from the distribution of state tuition support. (2) For state fiscal years 2024 through 2026, 75% of the money that the state board of finance withholds from the distribution of state tuition support. (3) For state fiscal years 2027 through 2030, 50% of the money that the state board of finance withholds from the distribution of state tuition support. Provides that the deposit of withheld state tuition support amounts into the fund ends July 1, 2030. Requires the state board of finance to extend the term of the common school fund obligations to account for the deposits into the fund. Provides that a school corporation that has been designated as a distressed political subdivision may submit a request to DUAB for money from the fund for projects approved by the DUAB after recommendations from the mayor of the city in which the school corporation is located. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation may enter into a public-private agreement for the construction of new school buildings after review of the agreement by the budget committee. Provides that, if the Gary community school corporation sells real property, a building, or other structure owned by the school corporation, the proceeds from the sale must be deposited into the fund.
