Sen. Ronald Grooms

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.

Makes the following changes to provisions concerning resident tuition rate eligibility for active duty armed forces personnel and dependents of active duty armed forces personnel: (1) Defines "dependent". (2) Amends the definition of "qualified course". (3) Provides that spouses of active duty armed forces personnel are eligible for the resident tuition rate. (4) Provides that spouses and dependents of active duty armed forces personnel are eligible, from the date that the state educational institution accepts the spouse or dependent for enrollment, for the resident tuition rate if the spouse or dependent enrolls in the state educational institution within a certain amount of time. (5) Provides that a dependent or spouse of a person who serves on active duty in the armed forces is eligible for the resident tuition rate for the duration of the spouse's or dependent's continuous enrollment at a state educational institution regardless of whether the person serving on active duty continues, after the spouse or dependent is accepted for enrollment in the state educational institution, to satisfy certain resident rate tuition eligibility criteria.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Beverly Brown upon her retirement from the Indiana Senate.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Indiana University in recognition of its Bicentennial Anniversary on January 20, 2020.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing J. Robert Shine and urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a portion of State Road 64 the "J. Robert Shine Highway".

Sets the income eligibility requirements for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program at phased-in specified percentages of the federal income poverty level. Requires the division of family resources to amend the state TANF plan or take any other action necessary to implement the income requirements. Increases certain payment amounts under the TANF program beginning January 1, 2022. Requires the payments to be annually adjusted using the Social Security cost of living adjustment rate, but provides that the total adjustment in a year must be reduced to the extent the adjustment would result in the transfer to the Child Care and Development Fund grant program being less than the maximum allowable transfer under federal law. Authorizes emergency rulemaking concerning the payments. Repeals language requiring the division of family resources to apply a percentage reduction to the total needs of TANF applicants and recipients in computing TANF benefits.

Provides that art therapy services provided to an individual who receives mental health services or to an individual who receives services from a community mental health center are reimbursable under Medicaid. Provides for the licensure of professional art therapists and art therapist associates by the behavioral health and human services licensing board through the professional licensing agency. Establishes qualifications and requirements for a licensed art therapist and licensed art therapist associate.

Requires an individual to be at least 21 years of age (instead of at least 18 years of age) to: (1) purchase, possess, or sell tobacco, e-liquid, or electronic cigarettes; or (2) enter certain businesses where smoking is permitted.

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Randy Head upon his retirement from the Indiana Senate.

Defines the term "diagnostic imaging service" (service). Requires the person or entity responsible for the performance of a service to provide a patient or the patient's designee with a notification containing information related to the status of the service. Specifies certain exceptions. Requires a notification to contain the following information: (1) The name of the health care provider responsible for ordering the service. (2) The date of the service. (3) The date the complete results for a service were sent to the health care provider responsible for requesting the service. Specifies how a notification may be sent. Requires a notification to be sent to a patient or the patient's designee not later than 20 days after the complete results of a service are sent to the physician responsible for requesting the service. Specifies that the obligation to send a service notification exists in addition to any other notice requirement required by state or federal law. Requires the state department of health (department) to: (1) enforce compliance with the notification requirement as part of the department's licensure responsibilities; (2) establish a complaint procedure for noncompliance; and (3) make the complaint procedure visible on the department's publicly accessible Internet web site. Provides the department with rulemaking authority for the purpose of investigating and enforcing notification obligations.