---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health diagnosis."
description: "Defines \"mental health diagnosis\" and sets forth requirements that must be met in order for certain licensed professionals to provide a mental health diagnosis. Requires certain mental health professionals who are making a mental health diagnosis and who determine that the patient may have a physical condition that requires medical attention or has not been examined by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant in the preceding 12 months to: (1) advise the patient to schedule, and offer to assist the patient with scheduling, a physical examination for the patient; (2) provide the patient with a list of practitioners and certain information concerning the practitioners; and (3) coordinate patient care with the practitioner as appropriate. Requires documentation of the actions of the licensed professional in the patient's medical record."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 82"
citation: "Indiana SB 82 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUMAN SERVICES", "Regulation and Licensing of Professionals", "MENTAL HEALTH", "Mentally Ill or Impaired Persons", "PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Cook", "Ed Charbonneau", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03e715e0-7c58-4e8f-8923-131e6fdaf7ff"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/82"
source_hash: "78d28e0f1bf21ab33a53cad4be7a330bef2b1a18ad361c72dbb42fac88628fd7"
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 SB 82 (2021) — Mental health diagnosis.

Defines "mental health diagnosis" and sets forth requirements that must be met in order for certain licensed professionals to provide a mental health diagnosis. Requires certain mental health professionals who are making a mental health diagnosis and who determine that the patient may have a physical condition that requires medical attention or has not been examined by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant in the preceding 12 months to: (1) advise the patient to schedule, and offer to assist the patient with scheduling, a physical examination for the patient; (2) provide the patient with a list of practitioners and certain information concerning the practitioners; and (3) coordinate patient care with the practitioner as appropriate. Requires documentation of the actions of the licensed professional in the patient's medical record.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0082/versions/SB0082.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0082/versions/SB0082.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0082/versions/SB0082.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0082/versions/SB0082.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 82 - Cook - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony Cook — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
- Cindy Ziemke — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- Jean Breaux — coauthor (person)
- Jon Ford — coauthor (person)
- Mike Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Grooms — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-05** Authored by Senator Crider
- **2021-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
- **2021-01-25** Senator Doriot added as coauthor
- **2021-01-28** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
- **2021-02-04** Senator Becker added as coauthor
- **2021-02-04** Senators Breaux, Yoder, Grooms added as coauthors
- **2021-02-04** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 82: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** House sponsor: Representative Cook
- **2021-02-09** Cosponsor: Representative Ziemke
- **2021-02-09** Senator Ford Jon added as coauthor
- **2021-02-10** Referred to the House
- **2021-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 288: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Representative Andrade M added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-24** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-19** Motion to dissent filed
- **2021-04-19** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-19** Senate conferees appointed: Crider and Yoder
- **2021-04-19** Senate advisors appointed: Charbonneau and Melton
- **2021-04-20** House conferees appointed: Cook and Porter
- **2021-04-20** House advisors appointed: Saunders, Snow and Shackleford
- **2021-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2021-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2021-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 490: yeas 92, nays 0
- **2021-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 480: yeas 49, nays 0
- **2021-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-29** Public Law 138
- **2021-04-29** 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/03e715e0-7c58-4e8f-8923-131e6fdaf7ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).