---
type: "Bill"
title: "Opioid prescriptions."
description: "Provides that if a prescriber issues a prescription for an opioid for administration through an intrathecal pump or epidural pain pump: (1) the prescription may not exceed a 180 day supply; and (2) the patient may not be required to have a face-to-face visit with the prescriber more than once every 180 days unless the prescriber determines an earlier follow up visit is medically necessary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1200"
citation: "Indiana HB 1200 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADDICTION SERVICES; Illicit Drugs", "Prescription Drugs", "Substances", "and Alcohol", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Pharmacies", "HEALTH; Medical Records", "HEALTH; Prescription Drugs and Medications", "VETERINARIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Behning", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b1adfe6-7bf1-4ac3-be75-8544e616fde0"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1200"
source_hash: "d8d6f6bad7187b5ba533198519c6046180345ca5ed04b7ef47864a1329a0fe3f"
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 1200 (2025) — Opioid prescriptions.

Provides that if a prescriber issues a prescription for an opioid for administration through an intrathecal pump or epidural pain pump: (1) the prescription may not exceed a 180 day supply; and (2) the patient may not be required to have a face-to-face visit with the prescriber more than once every 180 days unless the prescriber determines an earlier follow up visit is medically necessary.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1200/HB1200.03.ENGH.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1200/HB1200.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1200/HB1200.04.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1200/HB1200.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1200 - Johnson T - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1200 - Behning - 3rd Reading — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Behning — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Becky Cash — coauthor (person)
- Brad Barrett — coauthor (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — 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 Behning
- **2025-01-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27** Representative Barrett added as coauthor
- **2025-01-28** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28** Representative Cash added as coauthor
- **2025-01-28** Amendment #2 (Garcia Wilburn) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Johnson T
- **2025-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 50: yeas 87, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-01-30** Cosponsor: Senator Charbonneau
- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 246: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Public Law 34 `became-law`
- **2025-04-03** 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/4b1adfe6-7bf1-4ac3-be75-8544e616fde0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).