republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1199.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Palliative care.	Defines the terms "community based palliative care" and "palliative care". Provides that a hospice provider may provide community based palliative care to a patient who is not eligible for hospice care if the hospice provider: (1) meets certain licensing requirements; and (2) is certified in community based palliative care by an organization approved the state department of health.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	HB 1199	Indiana HB 1199 (2020)	bill	HOSPICES HEALTH State Department and Agencies HEALTH Local Boards and Programs	enacted	Edward Clere John Ruckelshaus Mark Messmer Ronald Grooms	4	22	2	2020-01-13	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/c9407291-f66a-4ba1-b32e-8fcfff65e9f3	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1199	8deaccd923b964ea584adff1823773d0b2136017596de2287f1e1850359889cb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1199 (2020) — Palliative care.

Defines the terms "community based palliative care" and "palliative care". Provides that a hospice provider may provide community based palliative care to a patient who is not eligible for hospice care if the hospice provider: (1) meets certain licensing requirements; and (2) is certified in community based palliative care by an organization approved the state department of health.

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1199 - Grooms - 3rd Reading — 42–2 (pass) · upper
• HB 1199 - Clere - 3rd Reading — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edward Clere — primary (person)
• John Ruckelshaus — primary (person)
• Mark Messmer — primary (person)
• Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
• Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Rita Fleming — coauthor (person)
• Ronald Bacon — coauthor (person)
• Shane Lindauer — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-13 Authored by Representative Clere
• 2020-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Representatives Lindauer, Bacon, Fleming added as coauthors
• 2020-01-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Senate sponsors: Senators Grooms, Messmer, Ruckelshaus
• 2020-01-28 Cosponsor: Senator Breaux
• 2020-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 93: yeas 97, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-29 Referred to the Senate
• 2020-02-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 245: yeas 42, nays 2 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-26 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-03 Motion to concur filed
• 2020-03-04 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-04 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 308: yeas 92, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2020-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-14 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-30 Public Law 44

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9407291-f66a-4ba1-b32e-8fcfff65e9f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).