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type: "Bill"
title: "Coverage for breast prostheses."
description: "Provides that a state employee health plan providing coverage for a mastectomy must also provide coverage for: (1) reconstructive surgery incident to the mastectomy, including all stages of reconstruction of the breast on which the mastectomy was performed and surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to produce symmetry; and (2) custom fabricated breast prostheses, including one additional breast prosthesis per breast affected by the mastectomy. Provides that a policy of accident and sickness insurance or health maintenance organization contract providing coverage for a mastectomy must also provide coverage for custom fabricated breast prostheses, including one additional breast prosthesis per breast affected by the mastectomy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Indiana SB 239 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE generally", "PROSTHETIC DEVICES", "INSURANCE", "Insurance Companies", "Agents", "and Brokers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "Linda Rogers", "Liz Brown", "Peggy Mayfield"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e673f05-617d-4385-bcb8-971431efa23d"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/239"
source_hash: "8e6a110d91dd68f7762098f83c3875b65ab623c68d5ff2ae1804a048d5033f0a"
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 SB 239 (2020) — Coverage for breast prostheses.
Provides that a state employee health plan providing coverage for a mastectomy must also provide coverage for: (1) reconstructive surgery incident to the mastectomy, including all stages of reconstruction of the breast on which the mastectomy was performed and surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to produce symmetry; and (2) custom fabricated breast prostheses, including one additional breast prosthesis per breast affected by the mastectomy. Provides that a policy of accident and sickness insurance or health maintenance organization contract providing coverage for a mastectomy must also provide coverage for custom fabricated breast prostheses, including one additional breast prosthesis per breast affected by the mastectomy.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0239/versions/SB0239.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0239/versions/SB0239.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0239/versions/SB0239.02.COMS)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0239/versions/SB0239.03.COMH)
## Votes
- SB 239 - Mayfield - 3rd Reading — **950** (pass) · lower
- SB 239 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **481** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Andy Zay — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Peggy Mayfield — primary (person)
- Ann Vermilion — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Jo Austin — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-09** Authored by Senator Brown L
- **2020-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Senator Rogers added as second author
- **2020-01-23** Senator Zay added as third author
- **2020-01-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 149: yeas 48, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-04** House sponsor: Representative Mayfield
- **2020-02-04** Cosponsor: Representative Fleming
- **2020-02-05** Referred to the House
- **2020-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Representative Carbaugh added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Representative Carbaugh removed as cosponsor
- **2020-02-20** Representative Vermilion A added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Representative Austin added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 210: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-26** 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 329: yeas 46, nays 3 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Public Law 67
- **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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e673f05-617d-4385-bcb8-971431efa23d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).