Sen. Jean Breaux

Establishes the minority population chronic disease screening and education program to be administered by the office of minority health and the state department of health, in partnership with the Indiana Minority Health Coalition, Inc., to provide screening and education to minority populations concerning certain chronic diseases.

Provides that the department of education (department) shall post on the department's Internet web site the following: (1) The cash balance of each school corporation's education fund on June 30 of the immediately preceding school year. (2) The cash balance of the school corporation's rainy day fund on June 30 of the immediately preceding school year. (3) The most recently adopted school corporation budget. Provides that the department shall continue to develop, update, and publish reports that were developed, updated, and published between January 2017 and December 2020 by the department. Requires each report to use the same points of analysis used in the reports developed, updated, and published by the department between January 2017 and December 2020.

Provides that for calendar years beginning after December 31, 2021, a nonprofit corporation in an eligible county must attempt to raise an amount that is equal to at least 2% of the revenue required to fund the annual operating expenses of a public transportation project from private donors. Provides that for calendar years beginning after December 31, 2021, revenue raised to fund the annual operating expenses of a public transportation project may only be used: (1) to purchase, establish, operate, repair, or maintain a public transportation project authorized under public transportation project law; or (2) to provide transportation related services that benefit the eligible county.

Requires a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization contract to provide coverage for services provided by a doula to a covered individual before, during, and after childbirth. Requires Medicaid reimbursement for doula services (current law allows for reimbursement). Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to establish a separate category within Medicaid for providers of doula services for reimbursement purposes. Requires the office of the secretary to establish and maintain a doula registry.

Prohibits a juvenile arrestee who meets certain requirements from being housed with adult inmates prior to trial except when it would be in the best interests of justice to house the arrestee with adults. Requires the court to consider: (1) the age of the juvenile arrestee; (2) the physical and mental maturity of the juvenile arrestee; (3) the present mental state of the juvenile arrestee, including whether the juvenile arrestee presents an imminent risk of harm to himself or herself or others; (4) the nature and circumstances of the alleged offense; (5) any prior history of delinquent or criminal acts of the juvenile arrestee; and (6) the ability of the adult facility to meet the specific needs of the juvenile arrestee; in determining whether the best interests of justice require that the juvenile arrestee be housed with adults. Provides that a juvenile arrestee may not be held in an adult facility for more than 180 days unless good cause is shown. Requires the court to review its determination of placement every 30 days. Requires the county sheriff to refer to persons under 18 years of age by only their initials. Mandates that the county sheriff's weekly report of inmates in the county jail must be delivered to the Indiana criminal justice institute. Requires the Indiana criminal justice institute to make the report available to the public.

Requires a county election board to establish at least one satellite office in the county for an election. Requires a county to establish one additional satellite office in the county for each 30,000 active voters in the county. Requires that an absentee ballot marked and forwarded by a voter who subsequently dies be counted if the voter's name appears on the registration rolls for the precinct, and the absentee ballot would otherwise be entitled to be counted if the voter had not died.

Prohibits an insurer that issues a policy of life insurance, disability insurance, or long term care insurance from taking certain actions with respect to the coverage of individuals who are living organ donors. Specifies that certain actions constitute an unfair and deceptive act and practice in the business of insurance when taken against a living organ donor by an insurer.

States that the office of the secretary of family and social services and a managed care organization may not prohibit a provider from participating in another insurance network. Defines "weighted average negotiated charge" and requires the weighted average negotiated charge per service per provider type for Medicaid to be reported by hospitals and ambulatory outpatient surgical centers. Requires certain health care providers, beginning July 1, 2021, to provide a good faith estimate to individuals of the price for nonemergency health care services to be provided to the individual by the health care provider and sets forth requirements. Allows an individual to request a good faith estimate from a health care provider for the total price for nonemergency services that have been ordered, scheduled, or referred. and requires the health care provider to provide the good faith estimate. Sets forth requirements for the good faith estimate. Provides that an out of network practitioner who provides health care services to a covered individual in an in network facility may not charge more for the health care services provided to a covered individual than allowed according to the rate or amount of compensation established by the covered individual's network plan unless: (1) at least five days before the health care services are scheduled to be provided, the covered individual is provided a statement that: (A) informs the covered individual that the facility or practitioner intends to charge more than allowed under the network plan; and (B) sets forth an estimate of the charge; and (2) the covered individual signs the statement, signifying the covered individual's consent to the charge. Sets forth notice requirements. Sets forth provisions that a physician noncompete agreement must include in order to be enforceable. Provides for information and notification that an employer must give to a physician who leaves the employment of the provider. Allows an individual to request from a health carrier a good faith estimate of the amount of the cost of nonemergency health care services that the health carrier will pay for or reimburse and the applicable benefit limitations of the nonemergency health care service. Sets forth requirements of a good faith estimate by a health carrier and sets penalties for violations.

Provides that money earned by a child or a member of the child's family as a student participating in a paid internship, a work based learning course, or a paid postsecondary work experience that allows the individual to apply for a related apprenticeship is: (1) disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for assistance or the amount of assistance for a child under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); (2) disregarded for certain Medicaid category populations in determining eligibility for Medicaid; and (3) factored by applying a reasonable method to include a prorated portion of reasonably predictable future income in determining Medicaid eligibility for certain Medicaid category populations. Specifies that income earned by an individual employed in a temporary job as a census worker is not counted for purposes of: (1) TANF; (2) SNAP; (3) Medicaid; (4) a school lunch program; and (5) determining eligibility for certain scholarships, grants, or awards. Changes the amount of equity value in a motor vehicle disregarded for purposes of eligibility in the TANF program from $5,000 to $10,000.

Defines the terms "community based palliative care" and "palliative care". Provides that a hospice provider may provide community based palliative care to a patient who is not eligible for hospice care if the hospice provider: (1) meets certain licensing requirements; and (2) is certified in community based palliative care by an organization approved the state department of health.