republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1392.md

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Bill	Physician assistants and nurses.	Beginning January 1, 2021, allows a physician assistant who: (1) performs under a collaborative agreement that allows the physician assistant to certify the cause of death and submit death records as delegated by the collaborating physician; and (2) is last in attendance upon the deceased; and (3) certifies the cause of death of a deceased individual; to enter or sign a record on a death into the Indiana death registration system. Beginning January 1, 2021, allows an advanced practice registered nurse who is last in attendance upon the deceased to certify the cause of death of a deceased individual and to enter or sign a record on a death into the Indiana death registration system. Provides that one of the registered nurses appointed to the Indiana state board of nursing (board) must be an advanced practice registered nurse who has, or has had, prescriptive authority. Amends the qualifications of registered nurse members and practical nurse members of the board.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	HB 1392	Indiana HB 1392 (2020)	bill	DEATH NURSES AND NURSING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS	enacted	Ben Smaltz Ed Charbonneau Justin Busch	5	25	2	2020-01-15	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/60713a35-e344-4379-af6a-8c546838dc7a	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1392	01e0e705cac27bbc356ac2010ebe4b469fc8fef12154bdc6de1417bed4124553	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1392 (2020) — Physician assistants and nurses.

Beginning January 1, 2021, allows a physician assistant who: (1) performs under a collaborative agreement that allows the physician assistant to certify the cause of death and submit death records as delegated by the collaborating physician; and (2) is last in attendance upon the deceased; and (3) certifies the cause of death of a deceased individual; to enter or sign a record on a death into the Indiana death registration system. Beginning January 1, 2021, allows an advanced practice registered nurse who is last in attendance upon the deceased to certify the cause of death of a deceased individual and to enter or sign a record on a death into the Indiana death registration system. Provides that one of the registered nurses appointed to the Indiana state board of nursing (board) must be an advanced practice registered nurse who has, or has had, prescriptive authority. Amends the qualifications of registered nurse members and practical nurse members of the board.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1392 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1392 - Smaltz - 3rd Reading — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Smaltz — primary (person)
• Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
• Justin Busch — primary (person)
• Carolyn Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
• James Buck — cosponsor (person)
• Jean Leising — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
• Peggy Mayfield — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-15 Authored by Representative Smaltz
• 2020-01-15 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Representative Mayfield added as coauthor
• 2020-01-28 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-30 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-30 Representative Jackson added as coauthor
• 2020-02-03 Senate sponsors: Senators Charbonneau and Busch
• 2020-02-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 170: yeas 92, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-04 Referred to the Senate
• 2020-02-17 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Senator Melton added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-18 Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-03-02 Amendment #1 (Charbonneau) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-03-02 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-03-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 318: yeas 48, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-03 Senators Leising, Buck, Rogers added as cosponsors
• 2020-03-04 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-05 Motion to concur filed
• 2020-03-09 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 336: yeas 79, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2020-03-10 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-30 Public Law 131

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60713a35-e344-4379-af6a-8c546838dc7a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).