Rep. Ethan Manning

Authorizes an electric utility (defined for purposes of these provisions as a public utility that is subject to the jurisdiction of the utility regulatory commission (IURC)) to request approval from the IURC to implement a pilot program to do any of the following: (1) Install, own, or operate charging infrastructure and make-ready infrastructure for electric vehicles. (2) Provide incentives or rebates to customers to encourage customer investment in electric vehicles and in associated individual electric vehicle infrastructure. Provides that an electric utility's request may include a request for: (1) assurance of cost recovery for pilot program costs, up to the amount of an approved cost estimate; and (2) deferral of pilot program costs. Provides that the IURC shall approve an electric utility's request if the IURC finds the proposed pilot program and costs to be reasonable and consistent with state policy. Specifies that an electric utility is not prohibited from: (1) installing, owning, or operating charging infrastructure or make-ready infrastructure; and (2) seeking to include the associated costs in the electric utility's basic rates and charges by initiating a proceeding before the IURC. Provides that in such a case, the IURC shall approve the inclusion of the costs in the electric utility's basic rates and charges if the IURC finds that the costs incurred are reasonable and consistent with state policy.

Requires insurers offering policies of accident and sickness insurance and health maintenance organizations to provide an insured an additional 30 days from the date: (1) a preferred provider agreement or a participating provider contract is terminated; or (2) the insurer or health maintenance organization and a preferred provider or participating provider are required to complete the renegotiation of an agreement or a contract; to make a decision on the renewal of coverage under a policy of accident and sickness insurance or a health maintenance organization contract.

Specifies training requirements concerning Alzheimer's disease and other dementia for law enforcement officers. Requires training and continuing education requirements concerning Alzheimer's disease and other dementia for emergency medical responders. Requires the state department of health to develop a strategic plan concerning dementia in Indiana and employ a dementia coordinator. Establishes the Indiana dementia council (council) and sets forth duties of the council. Beginning June 30, 2023, requires the council to submit a report to the governor's office and the general assembly concerning dementia, research on Alzheimer's disease, and the outcomes of implementing the dementia strategic plan.

Provides that eligible rural employers qualify for loans under the rural broadband fund. Provides that the office of community and rural affairs (office) shall establish procedures for awarding grants to eligible rural employers. Specifies that the office shall act on an application not later than 30 days after receipt of an eligible rural employer's application.

Amends the acknowledgment and proof requirements for a conveyance, mortgage, or instrument of writing to be recorded. Provides that actions taken after June 30, 2020, regarding acknowledgment and proof for conveyances, mortgages, and instruments of writing to be recorded are legalized and validated to the extent provided for in this act.

Provides that a county may appoint a third deputy prosecuting attorney if the following conditions are met: (1) The county has two penal institutions. (2) The combined offender population housed by the county's penal institutions is at least 2,250 offenders.

Establishes an English language learner program or small school grant program for school corporations that have: (1) a current ADM (average daily membership) of less than 2,250; or (2) more than 1,000 pupils who are eligible for the English language learner program. Appropriates from the state general fund an amount sufficient to make the grants for the 2021-2023 biennium.

Establishes the following: (1) The health workforce student loan repayment program (program). (2) The health workforce council (council). (3) The health workforce student loan repayment program fund (fund) for the purpose of providing funds to repay outstanding student loans of certain health providers who meet the program requirements. Provides that the professional licensing agency (agency) shall, in coordination with the council, administer the program. Establishes: (1) the imposition of fees at the time a license is issued or renewed for certain health profession licenses; and (2) qualifications to receive a student loan repayment award under the program. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2022: (1) each board may award loan repayment to an eligible applicant who is a provider licensed by the board; and (2) the council may award loan repayment to an eligible applicant who is an eligible provider. Requires, not later than July 1, 2023, and not later than July 1 every two years thereafter, the agency to submit a report concerning the program and fund to the governor and the general assembly. Provides that money in the fund is continuously appropriated. Repeals provisions concerning the following: (1) The primary care physician loan forgiveness program. (2) The mental health services development programs. (3) The dental underserved area and minority recruitment program.

Amends the statute concerning the location of underground utility facilities (state 811 law) to provide that for any new or replacement underground facility that an operator installs or causes to be installed after June 30, 2020, the operator shall ensure that: (1) the materials from which the facility is constructed are capable of being detected from above ground level using standard equipment and technologies used by the utility locating industry; or (2) if the materials from which the facility is constructed are not capable of being detected from above ground level using standard locating techniques, the facility is encased by conductive material or is equipped with an electrically conducting wire or other means of locating the facility while it is underground.

Provides that a public utility that owns and operates a reliable capacity electric generation resource shall operate and maintain the unit using good utility practices and in a manner reasonably intended to support the availability of the unit for dispatch and for providing reliable service to customers of the public utility. Prohibits a public utility from terminating a power agreement with a legacy generation resource in which the public utility has an ownership interest unless the public utility provides the utility regulatory commission (IURC) with at least three years advance notice of the termination. Provides that the IURC shall determine the reasonable costs incurred by the public utility under the power agreement and allow the public utility to recover those costs in a fuel adjustment charge proceeding. Provides that a public utility may not retire, sell, or transfer a reliable capacity resource with a capacity of at least 80 megawatts before May 1, 2021, unless: (1) the public utility first provides written notice to the IURC of the public utility's intent to do so; and (2) the IURC conducts a public hearing to receive information concerning the reasonableness of the planned retirement, sale, or transfer. Requires the IURC to conduct the required hearing and issue its analysis and conclusions concerning the reasonableness of the planned retirement, sale, or transfer not later than 120 days after the date of the IURC's receipt of the public utility's written notice to the IURC. Provides that if the planned retirement, sale, or transfer: (1) was included in the public utility's preferred portfolio in the public utility's most recent integrated resource plan, the public utility may proceed with the planned retirement, sale, or transfer after the commission issues the commission's analysis and conclusions; or (2) was not included in the public utility's preferred portfolio in the public utility's most recent integrated resource plan, the public utility may not proceed with the planned retirement, sale, or transfer until at least six months have elapsed from the date of the commission's receipt of the public utility's written notice of the planned retirement, sale, or transfer. Provides that if a public utility cites a federal mandate as the basis, in whole or in part, for the planned retirement, sale, or transfer of the reliable capacity resource, the IURC may consider as part of its analysis and conclusions whether the cited federal mandate: (1) is in force; (2) has not expired or been revoked; and (3) is not merely anticipated to be enacted; at the time of the public utility's notice. Provides that these provisions expire May 1, 2021. Provides that in awarding high value workforce ready credit-bearing grants, the commission for higher education, in conjunction with the department of workforce development, shall give priority to an applicant who is a coal transition worker. Defines a "coal transition worker" as an individual who is laid off or terminated from the individual's employment: (1) at a commercial coal mine in Indiana; (2) at a coal fired electric generating unit in Indiana; or (3) in an Indiana based manufacturing or transportation supply chain serving: (A) a commercial coal mine; or (B) a coal fired electric generating unit; in Indiana.