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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Mental health services."
+description: "Requires the secretary of family and social services to certify integrated reentry and correctional support programs. Requires the owner of a recovery residence to register with the division of mental health and addiction (division). Sets forth the requirements for registration. Requires the division to post a list of registered recovery residences on the division's public website and include certain information concerning each recovery residence. Requires the division to adopt rules concerning: (1) the issuance, revocation, and denial of a registration; and (2) any rules necessary to implement these provisions. Allows the division to contract with certain entities to administer the registration of recovery residences."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1296"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1296 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADDICTION SERVICES; Generally", "AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Mental Health Facilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brett Clark", "Garrett Bascom", "Michael Crider"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-06"
+last_action: "2026-02-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92c1e1e9-0dbe-4846-9409-4bbd97138ee1"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1296"
+source_hash: "2e2c1ce25922b787606733443d060be3d594ae025890fa2ee36247ed85d2979e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana HB 1296 (2026) — Mental health services.
+
+Requires the secretary of family and social services to certify integrated reentry and correctional support programs. Requires the owner of a recovery residence to register with the division of mental health and addiction (division). Sets forth the requirements for registration. Requires the division to post a list of registered recovery residences on the division's public website and include certain information concerning each recovery residence. Requires the division to adopt rules concerning: (1) the issuance, revocation, and denial of a registration; and (2) any rules necessary to implement these provisions. Allows the division to contract with certain entities to administer the registration of recovery residences.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1296/HB1296.04.ENRS.pdf)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1296/HB1296.03.COMS.pdf)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1296/HB1296.02.COMH.pdf)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1296/HB1296.01.INTR.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1296 - Clark - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 1296 - Bascom - 3rd Reading — **92–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brett Clark — primary (person)
+- Garrett Bascom — primary (person)
+- Michael Crider — primary (person)
+- Brad Barrett — coauthor (person)
+- Daryl Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
+- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
+- La Keisha Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)
+- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
+- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-06** Coauthored by Representatives Barrett, Goss-Reaves
+- **2026-01-06** Authored by Representative Bascom
+- **2026-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-12** Representative Porter added as coauthor
+- **2026-01-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 127: yeas 92, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Clark
+- **2026-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Senator Crider added as second sponsor
+- **2026-02-05** Senators Ford J.D., Jackson L, Yoder, Becker added as cosponsors
+- **2026-02-05** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-09** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-10** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 152: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-10** Senator Schmitt added as cosponsor
+- **2026-02-11** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
+- **2026-02-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2026-02-12** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-02-18** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-02-24** Public Law 32 `became-law`
+- **2026-02-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92c1e1e9-0dbe-4846-9409-4bbd97138ee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+