A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Ron Grooms upon his retirement from the Indiana Senate.
Specifies that the compliance of a practitioner and a provider facility with federal law meets the good faith estimate requirements concerning health service costs. Allows the commissioner of the department of insurance to issue an order to discontinue a violation of a law (current law specifies orders or rules). Requires a domestic stock insurer to file specified information with the department of insurance. Prohibits a health plan from requiring a health care provider to submit a prior authorization request to a third party and requires the health plan to transmit the request to the third party through secure electronic transmission. Amends the deadline by which a health plan must respond to a nonurgent care prior authorization request. Requires a health plan to offer a health care provider that submitted a prior authorization and received an adverse determination the option to request a peer to peer review by a clinical peer concerning the adverse determination. Requires a health plan to post notice of a technical issue with its claims submission system on the health plan's Internet web site. Requires a health plan to post on its Internet web site not later than February 1 of each year: (1) the 30 most frequently submitted CPT codes in the previous calendar year; and (2) the percentage of the 30 most frequently submitted CPT codes that were approved in the previous calendar year. Establishes an approval process for a health plan's proposed premium rate increase of 5% or greater as compared to the previous calendar year. Prohibits an insurer and a health maintenance organization from altering a CPT code for a claim unless the medical record of the claim has been reviewed by an employee who is a licensed physician. Requires an insurer and a health maintenance organization to provide a contracted provider with a current reimbursement rate schedule: (1) every two years; and (2) when three or more CPT code rates change in a 12 month period. Urges the study by an interim committee of prior authorization exemptions for certain health care providers.
Establishes the 1977 fund defined contribution plan (plan). Provides that current employees may make contributions to the plan. Specifies rules and requirements for the plan concerning items that include member elections, member contributions, vesting, rollover distributions, and withdrawal of funds. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)
Provides that the fiscal body of a county may adopt an ordinance to establish a property tax amnesty program and require a waiver of interest and penalties added before January 1, 2022, on delinquent taxes and special assessments on real property in the county if: (1) all of the delinquent taxes and special assessments on the real property were first due and payable before January 1, 2022; and (2) before November 1, 2023, the taxpayer has paid all of these delinquent taxes and special assessments and has also paid all of the taxes and special assessments that are first due and payable after December 31, 2021. Requires the waiver of interest and penalties in these circumstances, notwithstanding any payment arrangement entered into by the county treasurer and the taxpayer. Provides that the waiver of interest and penalties under a program shall not apply to interest and penalties added to delinquent property tax installments or special assessments on real property that was purchased or sold in any prior tax sale.
Provides that, subject to the approval of a county adopting body, a fire protection district or a qualified fire protection territory may apply for distributions of tax revenue. Provides that a township that provides fire protection or emergency medical services (other than a township in Marion County) may apply to a county adopting body for a distribution of tax revenue for public safety purposes. Requires the adopting body to conduct a public hearing to review and approve the application. Specifies the method for determining the amount of the distribution to the qualified township.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Judge Edward W. Najam, Jr., for his 30 years of service on the Indiana Court of Appeals.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Dr. Bonnie Stephens for being named the 2021 Elementary School Principal of the Year by the Indiana Association of School Principals.
Establishes the Lake County convention and entertainment district fund (fund). Specifies permissible uses for money in the fund. Provides that the Northwest Indiana regional development authority (development authority) administers the fund. Requires the licensed owner of a riverboat operating in Vigo County to pay 0.5% of the riverboat's adjusted gross receipts in a year to the development authority for deposit in the fund for 10 years. Allows the Lake County fiscal body to adopt an increase in the county innkeeper's tax. Provides that part of the revenue from an increase in the county innkeeper's tax must be deposited in the fund. Authorizes the city of Gary to impose a food and beverage tax on transactions occurring in a specified area. Specifies the distribution of the revenue from the food and beverage tax. Allows the Lake County legislative body to adopt an ordinance establishing a convention and entertainment district development area (tax area). Requires the legislative body to make findings when adopting an ordinance. Requires the legislative body to submit an ordinance establishing a tax area to the budget committee and budget agency for review and approval. Allows a tax area to receive incremental state and local income tax revenue and incremental sales tax revenue attributable to the tax area. Provides that the revenue attributable to the tax area must be deposited in the fund. Limits the amount of incremental tax revenue that may be allocated to $8,000,000 per year. Provides that a tax area terminates not later than 20 years after incremental tax revenues are first allocated to the tax area. Changes population parameters to reflect the population count determined under the 2020 decennial census.
A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing the life of Zachary Steven Eckert.
Permits the commissioner of the department of insurance to cease operation of the political subdivision risk management fund and the political subdivision catastrophic liability fund upon a determination by the commissioner that: (1) all members have withdrawn from the fund; and (2) all payment of liabilities of former members of the fund have been determined and finalized. Removes a requirement that notice of a claim against a political subdivision be provided to the political subdivision risk management commission.
