---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dementia care."
description: "Provides that an area agency on aging designated by the bureau of aging services (area agency) may establish a dementia care specialist program. Allows an area agency to designate at least one individual as a dementia care specialist to administer the program. Provides that the division of aging (division) may employ a dementia care specialist coordinator. Sets forth the duties of: (1) a dementia care specialist; and (2) the dementia care specialist coordinator; if an area agency or the division establishes those positions. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1422"
citation: "Indiana HB 1422 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGED PERSONS", "FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION", "MENTAL HEALTH", "Mentally Ill or Impaired Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Melton", "Gregory Porter", "Jean Leising", "Vaneta Becker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7fe6b7b-2b9a-413e-bced-9164837216fe"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1422"
source_hash: "1eaa5fdd43363f97cf849a97ac2e0e7048220b2a114f69200628946dc84119d1"
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 1422 (2023) — Dementia care.

Provides that an area agency on aging designated by the bureau of aging services (area agency) may establish a dementia care specialist program. Allows an area agency to designate at least one individual as a dementia care specialist to administer the program. Provides that the division of aging (division) may employ a dementia care specialist coordinator. Sets forth the duties of: (1) a dementia care specialist; and (2) the dementia care specialist coordinator; if an area agency or the division establishes those positions. Makes conforming changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1422/versions/HB1422.06.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1422/versions/HB1422.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1422/versions/HB1422.03.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1422/versions/HB1422.05.COMS)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1422/versions/HB1422.04.COMS)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1422/versions/HB1422.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1422 - Becker - 3rd Reading — **39–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eddie Melton — primary (person)
- Gregory Porter — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — primary (person)
- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
- Brad Barrett — coauthor (person)
- Carolyn Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — cosponsor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Coauthored by Representative Barrett
- **2023-01-17** Authored by Representative Porter
- **2023-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Reassigned to Committee on Public Health
- **2023-01-31** Representative Carbaugh added as coauthor
- **2023-02-07** Representative Jackson added as coauthor
- **2023-02-07** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
- **2023-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 182: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Senate sponsors: Senators Becker, Melton, Breaux
- **2023-02-22** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-03-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Senator Charbonneau added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-23** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-27** Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
- **2023-04-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 373: yeas 39, nays 9 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Senator Melton removed as second sponsor
- **2023-04-11** Senator Breaux removed as third sponsor
- **2023-04-11** Senator Leising added as second sponsor
- **2023-04-11** Senator Melton added as third sponsor
- **2023-04-11** Senator Breaux added as cosponsor
- **2023-04-12** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-17** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 445: yeas 90, nays 0
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Public Law 146 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7fe6b7b-2b9a-413e-bced-9164837216fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).