republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-19.md

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Bill	Electronic technology for ophthalmic prescriptions.	Removes the restriction on the prescribing of ophthalmic devices through telemedicine and sets conditions on when a provider may, through telemedicine, prescribe medical devices. Establishes conditions that must be met before a prescriber may issue a prescription for an ophthalmic device through telemedicine. Prohibits making changes and substitutions to a prescription for contact lenses or prescription eye glasses unless under the direction of the prescriber. States that a prescriber is not liable for any damage or injury to an individual resulting from the packaging, manufacturing, or dispensing of the contact lenses or prescription eye glasses unless the prescriber is also the seller. Prohibits the optometry board from establishing restrictive standards concerning the practice of ocular telemedicine or ocular telehealth.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	SB 19	Indiana SB 19 (2020)	bill	OPTOMETRISTS AND OPTOMETRY HEALTH Health Care Professionals	enacted	Cindy Kirchhofer Ed Charbonneau Mark Messmer	5	23	2	2020-01-06	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/8b223ae6-d3d6-4313-8ac9-9108541a5c19	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/19	98d38a5977abf918b42c692caecb5996c76708f892b07bdad5c26e080aaf06a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 19 (2020) — Electronic technology for ophthalmic prescriptions.

Removes the restriction on the prescribing of ophthalmic devices through telemedicine and sets conditions on when a provider may, through telemedicine, prescribe medical devices. Establishes conditions that must be met before a prescriber may issue a prescription for an ophthalmic device through telemedicine. Prohibits making changes and substitutions to a prescription for contact lenses or prescription eye glasses unless under the direction of the prescriber. States that a prescriber is not liable for any damage or injury to an individual resulting from the packaging, manufacturing, or dispensing of the contact lenses or prescription eye glasses unless the prescriber is also the seller. Prohibits the optometry board from establishing restrictive standards concerning the practice of ocular telemedicine or ocular telehealth.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 19 - Kirchhofer - 3rd Reading — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 19 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cindy Kirchhofer — primary (person)
• Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
• Mark Messmer — primary (person)
• Ann Vermilion — cosponsor (person)
• Brad Barrett — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Authored by Senator Charbonneau
• 2020-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-06 Senator Messmer added as second author
• 2020-01-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-03 Amendment #2 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-02-03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 134: yeas 48, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-04 House sponsor: Representative Kirchhofer
• 2020-02-04 Cosponsors: Representatives Vermilion A and Barrett
• 2020-02-04 Senator Raatz added as coauthor
• 2020-02-05 Referred to the House
• 2020-02-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-17 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 184: yeas 96, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-19 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-03 Motion to concur filed
• 2020-03-04 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 322: yeas 49, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2020-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-16 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-18 Public Law 52
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b223ae6-d3d6-4313-8ac9-9108541a5c19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).