---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid reimbursement for children's hospitals."
description: "Extends the expiration date of language specifying Medicaid reimbursement for certain out-of-state children's hospitals from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2027."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1024"
citation: "Indiana HB 1024 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Hospitals", "HEALTH; Medicaid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold Slager", "Mike Bohacek", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c25e3189-0cc9-4f7d-b570-a648ea9eac9e"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1024"
source_hash: "8935d3cd6648ccf72def7df3e938aa2e3127b12ecdfad091706c5f1016907b2d"
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 1024 (2025) — Medicaid reimbursement for children's hospitals.

Extends the expiration date of language specifying Medicaid reimbursement for certain out-of-state children's hospitals from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2027.

## 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/124/2025/house/bills/HB1024/HB1024.06.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1024/HB1024.05.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1024/HB1024.04.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1024/HB1024.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1024 - Slager — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1024 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1024 - Slager - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harold Slager — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
- Carolyn Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Cyndi Carrasco — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
- Jean Leising — cosponsor (person)
- La Keisha Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Slager
- **2025-01-27** Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
- **2025-01-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27** Representative Porter added as coauthor
- **2025-02-06** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-02-13** Senate sponsors: Senators Niemeyer and Bohacek
- **2025-02-13** Representative Jackson C added as coauthor
- **2025-02-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 153: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Senator Charbonneau added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-13** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Senators Becker, Jackson L, Leising added as cosponsors
- **2025-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 382: yeas 43, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** House dissented from Senate amendments
- **2025-04-15** House conferees appointed: Slager and Porter
- **2025-04-15** House advisors appointed: Barrett, Clere and Jackson C
- **2025-04-15** Senator Carrasco added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-15** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-15** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
- **2025-04-17** Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Bohacek
- **2025-04-17** Senate conferees appointed: Niemeyer and Jackson L
- **2025-04-22** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2025-04-22** House reconsidered dissent and concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 513: yeas 86, nays 0
- **2025-04-23** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Public Law 219 `became-law`
- **2025-05-06** 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/c25e3189-0cc9-4f7d-b570-a648ea9eac9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).