A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing former Indiana House of Representatives employee Brad Burk on his 25th anniversary leading the American Cancer Society in Indiana.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the bridge on State Highway 27 over I-70 as the "Officer Seara Burton Memorial Bridge".
Reaffirming the commitment of sister ties between Indiana and Taiwan.
Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying specific issues concerning homeowners associations.
Memorializing Representative Sally J. Siegrist.
Provides that a bill for health care services provided by a provider in an office setting must be submitted on an individual provider form. Prohibits an insurer, health maintenance organization, employer, or other person responsible for the payment of the cost of health care services from accepting a bill that is submitted on an institutional provider form. Requires the Indiana department of health to adopt rules for the enforcement of these provisions.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Jack Russell and congratulating him for being named Indiana Chamber Executive of the Year.
Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) to prescribe a credentialing application form to be used by: (1) a provider who applies for credentialing by a managed care organization or a contractor of the office (contractor); and (2) a managed care organization or contractor that performs credentialing activities. Requires a managed care organization or contractor to notify a provider concerning: (1) any deficiency in the provider's unclean credentialing application; and (2) the status of the provider's clean credentialing application. Provides that if the managed care organization or contractor fails to issue a credentialing determination within 30 days after receiving a provider's completed credentialing application, the managed care organization or contractor shall provisionally credential the provider if the provider meets certain criteria. Provides that if the managed care organization or contractor fully credentials a provider, then reimbursement payments to the provider shall be paid retroactive to the date on which the initial credentialing application was received and the provider shall be reimbursed at the rates determined by the contract between the provider and the managed care organization or contractor.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Dr. Scott Robison on his retirement and honoring his thirty-eight years of dedicated service to Indiana's schools.
Provides that if the dispositional decree entered in the case of a child who is removed from the home of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian provides for reunification of the child with the parent, guardian, or custodian, the department of child services (department) shall conduct random, unannounced, in-home, face-to-face assessments of the child not less than once each week for the first six months following the child's return to the home. Provides that: (1) if the dispositional decree entered in the case of a child who is removed from the home of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian: (A) provides for reunification of the child with the parent, guardian, or custodian; and (B) requires the parent, guardian, or custodian to participate in an addiction treatment program; the dispositional decree must require the parent, guardian, or custodian to submit to weekly, random drug testing for the first six months following the child's return to the home; and (2) if the parent, guardian, or custodian tests positive for a controlled substance or fails to submit to a required drug test after the child's return to the home, the department shall change the placement of the child and file an emergency motion with the court or request the court to issue a temporary order for an emergency change in the child's placement. Provides that if a child who is removed from the home of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian is returned to the home of the parent, guardian, or custodian for purposes of a trial home visit, the department shall conduct random, unannounced, in-home, face-to-face assessments of the child not less than once each week for the duration of the trial home visit. Provides that: (1) if a child is removed from the home of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian and the child's dispositional decree requires the child's parent, guardian, or custodian to participate in an addiction treatment program, the dispositional decree must require that the parent, guardian, or custodian submit to weekly, random drug testing for the duration of a trial home visit; and (2) if the parent, guardian, or custodian tests positive for a controlled substance or fails to submit to a required drug test during a trial home visit, the department shall terminate the trial home visit. Provides that a trial home visit must be at least three months in duration, subject to circumstances necessitating removal of the child from the home. Provides that if a dispositional decree requires a child's parent, guardian, or custodian to participate in a program of care, treatment, or rehabilitation and the court finds that the parent, guardian, or custodian has failed to make consistent and timely progress toward the goals set forth in the dispositional decree: (1) the department: (A) shall not allow the parent, guardian, or custodian supervised visitation with the child until the court finds that the parent, guardian, or custodian is making consistent and timely progress toward the goals set forth in the dispositional decree; and (B) shall not return the child to the home of the parent, guardian, or custodian, including for purposes of a trial home visit, or allow the parent, guardian, or custodian unsupervised visitation with the child, until the parent, guardian, or custodian completes the services required under the program of care, treatment, or rehabilitation; and (2) the court shall not modify the dispositional decree to reduce the number of services in which the parent, guardian, or custodian is required to participate unless the court finds that a compelling reason exists for the modification.
