Sen. Blake Doriot

Provides for the assessment of a fee on managed care organizations to pay the state's share of the cost of Medicaid services provided under the Medicaid program. Changes the use of hospital assessment fees in state fiscal years in which a managed care assessment fee is imposed. Extends the law governing the hospital assessment fee to June 30, 2027.

Requires the Indiana department of transportation to, not later than June 30, 2027, install and provide access to an adult-sized changing table in each safety rest area.

Maddy summarySB 207 sets a deadline for new adverse possession claims in Indiana, prohibiting courts from hearing such cases after June 30, 2025. It directly affects individuals or entities attempting to gain legal ownership of property through long-term, open occupation without the owner's permission. The key provision establishes this cutoff date for filing new claims, while existing claims or cases filed before the deadline remain unaffected. This bill modifies Indiana’s property law to prevent future adverse possession disputes after the specified date.

Provides that a physician owned hospital that is ineligible to receive certain Medicaid or Medicare reimbursement is not considered to be a hospital for purposes of the hospital assessment fee. Extends the hospital assessment fee.

Requires the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to establish and administer a hyperbaric oxygen treatment program (program) to make grants to certain providers to provide diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatment to qualified service members. Establishes program requirements. Requires the Indiana department of health to: (1) issue a request for proposals to offer treatment under the program; and (2) adopt rules to implement these provisions, including rules concerning program eligibility, treatment plan requirements, criteria for approving payments for treatment, and confidentiality. Provides that funding for the program is paid from the military family relief fund. Makes conforming amendments related to the sunset of the hyperbaric oxygen treatment pilot program.

Provides that certain insurance providers may not request to raise the insurer's rate more than 10% in any one year. Requires certain insurance providers to justify any requested rate increase to the insurance commissioner.

Prohibits a person from knowingly or intentionally: (1) prescribing or possessing an abortion inducing drug; or (2) sending an abortion inducing drug to a person located in Indiana, if the person located in Indiana possesses the abortion inducing drug. Provides that each offense is a Class A misdemeanor with a Level 6 felony for subsequent offenses. Establishes a defense to possessing an abortion inducing drug. Provides for the discipline of a practitioner for a violation. Prohibits a nonprofit organization in Indiana from providing or offering to provide financial assistance to pay for, offset the cost of, or reimburse the cost of an abortion inducing drug. Gives the attorney general concurrent jurisdiction of actions concerning abortion inducing drugs. Requires a woman who is pregnant as a result of rape or incest to provide to her physician an affidavit attesting to the rape or incest before the physician performs the abortion. Prohibits state employee health plans, the state Medicaid program, policies of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance contracts from providing coverage for an abortion inducing drug. Makes conforming amendments.

Defines "squatter" as an individual who occupies the property of another and who does not and has never had: (1) a rental agreement; (2) permission of the owner; or (3) another legal interest in the property. Permits a property owner to execute an affidavit stating that a squatter is occupying the person's property, and requires a law enforcement agency to dispatch one or more law enforcement officers to remove the squatter within 48 hours (or a later period if necessary for reasons of public safety). Requires a dispatched law enforcement officer to remove the squatter from the property unless the law enforcement officer discovers credible written evidence that the person is not a squatter.

Prohibits the state or a political subdivision of the state from assisting an individual in seeking or obtaining an abortion. Allows for the state or a political subdivision to inform an individual of alternatives to an abortion.

Maddy summarySB 303 would change state tax law by defining a fetus as a "dependent child" for the purpose of claiming state tax exemptions on adjusted gross income. This means taxpayers who claim a dependent child on their state tax return could include a fetus as a qualifying dependent. The bill directly affects individuals filing state income taxes who seek to claim dependent exemptions, altering the eligibility criteria for these tax adjustments. The bill is currently pending review by the Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy after its introduction on January 13, 2025.