Requires each county to establish and maintain a Project Lifesaver program. Tasks the division of disability and rehabilitative services (division) with ensuring compliance, and requires the division to report to the general assembly.
Requires the behavioral health and human services licensing board to administer the professional counselors licensure compact (compact). Adopts the compact. Sets forth requirements of a member state. Sets forth the duties and authority of the counseling compact commission (commission). Allows a counselor in a home state to practice via telehealth in a member state. Allows each member state to have one delegate on the commission. Establishes the procedure to withdraw from the compact. Makes conforming changes.
Provides that to obtain the homestead standard deduction for a desired calendar year in which property taxes are first due and payable, the statement to obtain the deduction must either be completed and dated in the immediately preceding calendar year and filed with the county auditor on or before January 5 of the calendar year in which the property taxes are first due and payable, or, subject to a processing fee of $100, completed, dated, and filed with the county auditor on or before April 30 of the year in which the property taxes are first due and payable.
Requires the department of environmental management (department) to establish and administer the greenhouse gas emissions inventory grant program. Provides that the department may award a grant to a town, city, or county that partners with the Indiana Sustainability Development Program or any other accredited college or university in Indiana to conduct a greenhouse gas emissions inventory. Provides the maximum amount of money the department may award in a grant to a town, city, or county based off of the population of the town, city, or county. Establishes the greenhouse gas emissions inventory fund. Makes an appropriation.
Raises the income eligibility limit for grants under the On My Way Pre-K program from 127% of the federal poverty level to 185% of the federal poverty level. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to report to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services (study committee): (1) whether: (A) Indiana's Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) plan for state fiscal years 2022 through 2024; and (B) the policies and administrative rules of the family and social services administration (FSSA); qualify Indiana for the maximum CCDF block grant amount for which Indiana is eligible under federal law; and (2) if not, the: (A) changes in Indiana's CCDF plan or in FSSA policies or rules; or (B) legislative changes; necessary to qualify Indiana for the maximum CCDF block grant amount for which Indiana is eligible under federal law. Urges the legislative council to assign to the study committee the task of: (1) considering the report; and (2) recommending to the general assembly legislation for introduction in the 2024 legislative session necessary to qualify Indiana for the maximum CCDF block grant amount for which Indiana is eligible under federal law.
Increases the maximum amount of the income tax credit for an individual employed as a teacher for amounts expended for classroom supplies from $100 to $500 per taxable year.
Increases, for any work week beginning on or after July 1, 2023, the minimum wage paid to certain employees from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour. Makes conforming amendments and a technical correction.
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.
Provides that the vision test for students in kindergarten and grade 1 shall be a comprehensive eye exam. Provides criteria for a comprehensive eye exam. Requires a comprehensive eye exam to be performed at the office of a licensed ophthalmologist or licensed optometrist. Makes conforming changes.
Requires that an owner or operator of a public accommodation must activate closed captioning on all television receivers that are in use during regular hours. Specifies that an owner or operator of a public accommodation that has multiple television receivers on display for sale is required to activate closed captioning on at least one television receiver per group of five television receivers. Allows the civil rights commission to investigate violations and enforce compliance.
