---
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).