Rep. Dave Heine

Honoring the New Haven Food Bank.

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and St. Patrick's Day.

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.

Removes the threshold conditions for establishing a residential housing development program and a tax increment allocation area for the program, including the condition that the governing body of each school corporation affected by the program pass a resolution approving the program before the program may go into effect. Provides that the fiscal body of a county may adopt an ordinance to designate an economic development target area.

Removes the threshold conditions that apply to a county or municipality for establishing a residential housing development program and a tax increment allocation area for the program.

Provides that a Medicare product solicitation may not be made by means of a telephone call to an individual whose principal residence is in Indiana, regardless of where the telephone call originates. Provides an exemption from this prohibition if the solicitor has an existing business relationship with the individual to whom the communication is made. Provides that a violation of this prohibition constitutes an unfair and deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance.

Provides that before July 1, 2023, the state police board (board) shall establish a new salary matrix for police employees. Provides that the base salary of a police employee with the rank of trooper (excluding longevity increases) must be equal to or greater than the average of the 10 highest base salaries (excluding longevity increases) for a nonpromoted patrolman employed by any law enforcement department in Indiana. Requires the natural resources commission to categorize conservation officer years of service through the fifteenth year after June 30, 2023, rather than through the twentieth year. Provides that the department of natural resources shall adjust the salaries of conservation officers in accordance with changes made by the board. Requires the department of workforce development to provide certain information relating to salaries to the board. Provides that, after June 30, 2023, the number of salary increase increments for each rank for state police officers and conservation officers is reduced from 20 years to 15 years.

Provides that a railroad company that is classified as a Class II or Class III carrier is entitled to a credit against the railroad company's state income tax liability equal to 50% of the amount of qualified railroad expenditures or qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures made by the railroad company during the taxable year. Provides that: (1) for qualified railroad expenditures, the credit may not exceed an amount equal to the product of: (A) $5,000; multiplied by (B) the number of miles of railroad track owned or leased in Indiana by the taxpayer as of the close of the taxable year; and (2) the total amount of credits authorized for qualified railroad expenditures may not exceed $9,500,000 annually. Provides that: (1) for qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures, the amount of the credit may not exceed $500,000 for each project; and (2) the total amount of credits authorized for qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures may not exceed $10,000,000 annually.

Requires an insurer and a health maintenance organization to provide a contracted provider with a current reimbursement rate schedule: (1) every two years; and (2) when three or more Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code rates change in a 12 month period. Requires an insurer and a health maintenance organization to provide a contracted provider with notice of a proposed material change to the agreement between the insurer or health maintenance organization and the contracted provider at least 90 days prior to the proposed effective date. Establishes requirements for the contents of a notice of a proposed material change. Requires an insurer or health maintenance organization to provide a contracted provider with notice at least 15 days prior to a change to an existing prior authorization, precertification, notification, referral program, edit program, or specific edits.

Provides tax credits for: (1) the sale of higher ethanol blend; and (2) the: (A) sale of blended biodiesel; and (B) blending of biodiesel. Provides that the amount of the higher ethanol blend tax credit is $0.05 per gallon of higher ethanol blend sold at the taxpayer's fueling station. Provides that the total amount of higher ethanol blend tax credits that may be awarded for a state fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000. Provides that the amount of the biodiesel tax credit is computed as follows: (1) $0.05 per gallon of blended biodiesel of at least 5% but not more than 10%: (A) sold at the taxpayer's fueling station; or (B) sold by a distributor directly to the final user. (2) $0.10 per gallon of blended biodiesel that is more than 10% but not more than 20%: (A) sold at the taxpayer's fueling station; or (B) sold by a distributor directly to the final user. (3) $0.18 per gallon of blended biodiesel that is more than 20%: (A) sold at the taxpayer's fueling station; or (B) sold by a distributor directly to the final user. (4) For a person who blends biodiesel, the product of: (A) $0.035; multiplied by (B) the number of gallons of blended biodiesel that are produced by blending biodiesel at a terminal located in Indiana. Provides that the biodiesel tax credit is refundable. Provides that the total amount of biodiesel tax credits that may be awarded for a state fiscal year may not exceed $5,000,000.