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R Indiana Senate · District 45 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Chris Garten

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Total votes
1,939
all sessions
Attendance
89%
217 missed
Lower than 95% of chamber peers
With party
97%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
2%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
478
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
478 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

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478
Primary
253
Co-sponsor
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Primary SB 3
Passed · Indiana Senate · Lead sponsor
Health care provider billing.

Prohibits billing a patient who receives emergency services: (1) from an out of network provider; and (2) at specified facilities that are in network; for amounts that exceed the cost paid by the patient's insurance plus any deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance amounts. Requires certain health care providers to provide, upon request from the patient, a good faith estimate to the patient for the cost of care at least five business days before a health care service or procedure is provided. Sets forth requirements of the good faith estimate. Requires the patient to acknowledge in writing receipt of the estimate and indicate whether to proceed with the service or procedure.

Passed Feb 10, 2020 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 72
Passed · Indiana Senate · Lead sponsor
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment pilot program.

Removes the requirement that rules adopted by the state department of health, in consultation with the department of veterans' affairs, include patient health improvement as a condition for approval of payment for treatment under the hyperbaric oxygen treatment pilot program (pilot program). Removes the requirement that the state department of health receive pretreatment and posttreatment evaluation documentation as a condition for approval of payment for hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Requires that rules adopted by the state department of health concerning the pilot program not include criteria requiring patient health improvement as a condition for approval of payment for treatment.

Passed Feb 4, 2020 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 457
In committee · Indiana Senate · Lead sponsor
Custody and parenting time.

Provides that there is a presumption, rebuttable by a preponderance of the evidence, that: (1) joint physical custody is in the best interests of a child; and (2) equally shared parenting time is in the best interests of a child. Provides, for purposes of each presumption, that the presumption does not apply if a parent of the child has requested or been granted a protective order against the other parent on behalf of the child. Amends the factors a court must consider when making a physical custody determination. Requires that a court that finds that equally shared parenting time is not in the best interests of the child shall order a parenting time schedule that maximizes the time each parent spends with the child without endangering the child's physical health and well-being or significantly impairing the child's emotional health.

In committee Jan 16, 2020 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 404
In committee · Indiana Senate · Lead sponsor
Clark County circuit court.

Establishes the Clark circuit courts No. 5 and No. 6, beginning January 1, 2025. Provides for the election of the judges of each of these circuit courts at the November 2024 general election. Establishes the Clark superior courts No. 4 and No. 5. Requires the governor to appoint the judge of each of these superior courts. Provides that each of these superior courts converts to Clark circuit courts No. 5 and No. 6 beginning January 1, 2025.

In committee Jan 13, 2020 0 co-sponsors
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