Rep. Tonya Pfaff

Removes the topic of the department of education's responsibility for licensing teachers from the list of statutes that the legislative council is urged to assign to a study committee during the 2021 legislative interim. Removes the topic of high ability students (including high ability curriculum) from the list of statutes that the legislative council is urged to assign to a study committee during the 2021 legislative interim. Adds certain education topics to the list of statutes that the legislative council is urged to assign to a study committee during the 2023 legislative interim. Removes an expired proposed study topic.

Urging health insurers to donate some of their increased net earnings to state and local health departments to support COVID-19 vaccination programs.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing John Schoffstall.

Provides a child and dependent care refundable tax credit against an individual's Indiana adjusted gross income tax for employment related child and dependent care expenses based on the taxpayer's Indiana adjusted gross income and a percentage of the federal child and dependent care tax credit the taxpayer claimed for the taxable year for federal income tax purposes.

Provides for an adjusted gross income tax credit for donations to a public school foundation. Provides that the maximum individual taxpayer credit is $1,000 in the case of a single return or $2,000 in the case of a joint return. Provides that the maximum corporate taxpayer credit is the greater of 10% of the corporation's total adjusted gross income tax liability or $10,000.

Permits a voter to register at the polls by completing a voter registration form and an affirmation that the person has not voted elsewhere in the election and by providing proof of residence. Provides that the voter registration period in a general or municipal election continues up until the day before the general or municipal election. (Current law provides that the registration period in a general or municipal election ceases on the twenty-ninth day before a general or municipal election is conducted.)

Prohibits the state board of education from distributing human immunodeficiency virus literature to students without the consent of the governing body of the school corporation the students attend. Requires instruction in state accredited schools on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases to be based on information that is medically and scientifically accurate and age appropriate. Lists the criteria that instruction on human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases must meet.

Provides that the bureau of motor vehicles shall provide a link to the department of natural resources (department) web site for access to permits issued by the department.

Requires every health insurer, as a condition of doing business in Indiana, to participate in a plan under which health insurers will provide birth control coverage to eligible individuals who are covered under employee health plans that do not provide coverage for birth control drugs or devices intended to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg in the uterus. Provides that the coverage provided under the plan will consist only of the birth control coverage not provided by the employee health plans. Requires the department of insurance to adopt rules to establish the plan. Provides that the rules must: (1) enable eligible individuals to apply for the birth control coverage by submitting their names and contact information to the department; (2) ensure that deductible and coinsurance provisions of the coverage do not shift more of the cost of the birth control drugs or devices to an eligible individual than is usual and customary; (3) provide that an eligible individual who applies for the coverage will be assigned to a health insurer; and (4) require a health insurer to which an eligible individual is assigned to provide birth control coverage to the eligible individual. Requires the insurance commissioner to regulate rates for the birth control coverage to ensure that the rates are not excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory.

Requires a teacher preparation program to include content within the curriculum that: (1) prepares teacher candidates to use evidenced based trauma informed classroom instruction and recognition of social, emotional, and behavioral reactions to trauma that may interfere with a student's academic functioning; and (2) provides information on certain applicable Indiana laws. Requires a teacher preparation program to consider using certain curricula pertaining to student trauma.