Requires a physician to be available for timely consultation with a certified registered nurse anesthetist who is administering anesthesia under the direction of the physician during a surgical procedure (current law requires the physician to remain present in the facility). Allows for a certified registered nurse anesthetist to administer anesthesia under the direction of a podiatrist in a hospital or ambulatory outpatient surgical center if a physician is available for a timely consultation. Provides that: (1) the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists; or (2) another certifying entity approved by the Indiana state board of nursing; may act as a certifying or recertifying entity for certified registered nurse anesthetists.
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the creation of a Medal of Honor Memorial Highway in Indiana.
Defines "licensed facility" to include gambling game facilities, satellite facilities, riverboats, and property that contains both a gambling game facility and a racetrack with live horse racing. Defines "law enforcement officer" to also include an off-duty law enforcement officer and a qualified retired law enforcement officer under 18 U.S.C. 926C. Requires the gaming commission (commission) to adopt rules: (1) permitting a law enforcement officer to carry a handgun in a licensed facility; (2) requiring a law enforcement officer who is carrying a handgun to notify an enforcement agent or the commission that the law enforcement officer is carrying a handgun; (3) requiring the licensed facility to provide the law enforcement officer with a wristband or other identifiable item that will inform the licensed facility and its agents that the law enforcement officer is carrying a handgun; and (4) implementing a reasonable method to enforce the new rules. Provides that the commission is not prohibited from adopting its own rules or policies concerning the carrying of handguns by its employees or enforcement agents.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Honda Manufacturing of Indiana for its contributions to the community.
Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee for the 2020 interim the task of studying carbon sequestration through conservation of forest lands, reforestation, and carbon farming.
Provides that, as part of the fiscal and management analysis of a bill, the legislative services agency shall indicate in the statement of fiscal impact prepared for the bill whether the bill includes one or more specified regulations affecting businesses. Requires the small business ombudsman, in coordination with the Indiana economic development corporation, the office of management and budget, and the department of workforce development (DWD), to submit: (1) an executive summary listing each state agency that may issue a license, and each of the specific license types that may be issued by each state agency; (2) an executive summary concerning the comparative advantages of regions across the state and strategies to promote small businesses and entrepreneurship; and (3) an executive summary with recommendations regarding regulatory oversight. Requires the Indiana professional licensing agency (IPLA) to prepare an executive summary concerning the portability and reciprocity of Indiana occupational licenses relative to other states. Requires the department of education (DOE), in coordination with the commission for higher education (CHE), to submit to the legislative council and the interim committee on commerce and economic development: (1) a report concerning the portability and reciprocity of Indiana teaching licenses relative to other states; and (2) an executive summary, and any recommendations, concerning portability and reciprocity of Indiana teaching licenses relative to other states. Requires the IPLA to: (1) identify bills enacted in the 2020 and 2021 legislative sessions that affect the portability and reciprocity of Indiana licenses relative to other states; and (2) issue to: (A) the legislative council; and (B) the interim committee on commerce and economic development; a report concerning the effect of the bills on the portability and reciprocity of Indiana licenses relative to other states. Requires the Indiana state board of education (state board), in consultation with the DOE, to issue an executive summary during the 2020 and 2021 legislative interims regarding: (1) guidance issued by the state board and by the DOE; (2) administrative rules proposed, adopted, amended, or repealed by the state board and by the DOE; and (3) executive orders and directives pertaining to K-12 education; in 2020 and 2021. Requires the CHE, in collaboration with the governor's workforce cabinet (GWC) and the DWD, to issue an executive summary during the 2020 and 2021 legislative interims regarding: (1) guidance issued by the CHE, by the GWC, and by the DWD; (2) administrative rules proposed, adopted, amended, or repealed by the CHE, by the GWC, and by the DWD; and (3) executive orders and directives pertaining to postsecondary education; in 2020 and 2021. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the topic of relocation and talent incentives, and specifies issues the study must encompass.
Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee (committee) the topic of studying issues related to invasive species. Specifies that the committee must consider the following: (1) An examination of the Indiana Invasives Initiative, including: (A) funding sources available to the Indiana Invasives Initiative; and (B) the potential for making the Indiana Invasives Initiative an agency of state government. (2) Funding sources available to the invasive species council.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Perinatal Palliative Care personnel in Indiana.
Makes changes to the statute governing the state chemist's authority to impose civil penalties for purposes of the law concerning pesticides, pesticide use, and pesticide application. Provides that the changes to the state chemist's imposition of civil penalties do not apply to the imposition of a civil penalty pursuant to a proceeding of the state chemist initiated before July 1, 2020.
Allows the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply for a Medicaid state plan amendment to allow school corporations to seek Medicaid reimbursement for medically necessary, school-based Medicaid covered services that are provided under federal or state mandates. Specifies possible services for Medicaid reimbursement. Adds physical therapy to the list of services a school psychologist may refer a student. Allows a school psychologist to make referrals to physical therapists for mandated school services.