Limits the civil liability of contractors that provide specified services under a contract with the department of child services (DCS).
Provides that a building is exempt from property taxation if it is owned by a nonprofit entity and is: (1) registered as a continuing care retirement community; or (2) licensed as a health care facility. Makes various changes to a provision granting a property tax exemption to cemetery owners.
Memorializing Representative Sally J. Siegrist.
Provides for the licensure of music therapists, art therapists, and art therapist associates by the medical licensing board of Indiana. Establishes requirements and procedures for an individual to be licensed as a music therapist, art therapist, and art therapist associate. Establishes an art therapy advisory council and a music therapy advisory council. Prohibits a person who is not licensed as a music therapist, art therapist, or an art therapist associate from using certain titles or certain words in a title.
Permits counties and municipalities in a case in which a municipality annexes an area in the county after the county has established a redevelopment district in that area to approve ordinances regarding the allocation of property tax proceeds derived from the municipality's component of the tax rate applied to the allocation area to be transferred to the redevelopment commission of the annexing municipality.
Requires each local unit that imposes a food and beverage tax to annually report information concerning distributions and expenditures of amounts received from the food and beverage tax. Authorizes the city of Columbia City to impose a food and beverage tax.
Specifies that Medicaid dental service reimbursement rates (reimbursement rates) must at least be in the fiftieth percentile of one of the specified fee schedules. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to: (1) annually review reimbursement rates; and (2) adjust the reimbursement rates based on the review. Requires the new reimbursement rates to be provided before December 15 of each year to the house committee on ways and means and the senate committee on appropriations.
Establishes the Indiana border safety grant program (program) and the Indiana border safety grant fund (fund). Provides that the program and fund are administered by the Indiana criminal justice institute (institute). Defines a "qualified law enforcement agency". Provides that a qualified law enforcement agency may apply to the institute for a grant for certain law enforcement equipment. Makes an appropriation.
Provides a property tax exemption for veterans who meet certain criteria.
Authorizes the attorney general to assess a civil penalty of $1 million on a corporation with a market capitalization of at least $100 billion for each instance in which the corporation knowingly makes available child sexually abusive material, and establishes a procedure for the investigation of a complaint relating to child sexually abusive material. Establishes the child sexually abusive material facilitation prevention fund. Specifies that money in the fund shall be used to: (1) fund the Internet crimes against children fund; and (2) offset forgone tax remittances. Makes an appropriation.
