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Bill Mental health disability review panels. Establishes mental health disability review panels (review panel) for evaluation of members of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund) who have been determined to have an impairment for mental illness. Includes mental illness in the description of "occupational diseases" for purposes of determining whether a 1977 fund member has an impairment. Makes the final determination of an impairment for a mental illness provisional for two years: (1) beginning July 1, 2020, for a final determination made after December 31, 2012, and before July 1, 2020; or (2) from the date of the final determination, for a final determination made after June 30, 2020. Requires that, during that time, the 1977 fund member participate in a mental health treatment plan, at the employer's cost, and at the end of the two year period, requires the review panel to evaluate the 1977 fund member to determine if the 1977 fund member: (1) is medically able to return to duty; or (2) may continue for another two year provisional disability period. Requires that, at the end of the second provisional period, the review panel evaluate the 1977 fund member to determine if the 1977 fund member: (1) is medically able to return to duty; or (2) has a permanent impairment. Provides that the evaluations conducted by the mental health disability review panels are confidential. Provides that the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system may suspend a 1977 fund member's disability benefits if the member fails to comply with reasonable requests for information by the mental health disability review panel. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.) us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2020 SB 25 Indiana SB 25 (2020)
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MENTAL HEALTH
Mentally Ill or Impaired Persons
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Police Pensions and Benefits
FIREFIGHTERS; FIREFIGHTERS' PENSIONS AND BENEFITS
enacted
Chris Garten
Philip Boots
Randall Frye
4 26 2 2020-01-06 2020-03-18 openstates ocd-bill/9726b517-f244-41f7-abb7-efe64e28759e http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/25 caaf0d056a96d2bc03cdc69a4f5dcdfe4980e525e67059ecce1b212b0322ba43 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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us-in

Indiana SB 25 (2020) — Mental health disability review panels.

Establishes mental health disability review panels (review panel) for evaluation of members of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund) who have been determined to have an impairment for mental illness. Includes mental illness in the description of "occupational diseases" for purposes of determining whether a 1977 fund member has an impairment. Makes the final determination of an impairment for a mental illness provisional for two years: (1) beginning July 1, 2020, for a final determination made after December 31, 2012, and before July 1, 2020; or (2) from the date of the final determination, for a final determination made after June 30, 2020. Requires that, during that time, the 1977 fund member participate in a mental health treatment plan, at the employer's cost, and at the end of the two year period, requires the review panel to evaluate the 1977 fund member to determine if the 1977 fund member: (1) is medically able to return to duty; or (2) may continue for another two year provisional disability period. Requires that, at the end of the second provisional period, the review panel evaluate the 1977 fund member to determine if the 1977 fund member: (1) is medically able to return to duty; or (2) has a permanent impairment. Provides that the evaluations conducted by the mental health disability review panels are confidential. Provides that the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system may suspend a 1977 fund member's disability benefits if the member fails to comply with reasonable requests for information by the mental health disability review panel. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • SB 25 - Frye - 3rd Reading — 890 (pass) · lower
  • SB 25 - Boots - 3rd Reading — 490 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Chris Garten — primary (person)
  • Philip Boots — primary (person)
  • Randall Frye — primary (person)
  • Ben Smaltz — cosponsor (person)
  • Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
  • Chuck Moseley — cosponsor (person)
  • David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
  • Gregory Steuerwald — cosponsor (person)
  • J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
  • Karen Tallian — coauthor (person)
  • Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-06 Authored by Senator Boots
  • 2020-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2020-01-07 Senator Tallian added as coauthor
  • 2020-01-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2020-01-09 Senator Garten added as second author
  • 2020-01-09 Senators Doriot and Niezgodski added as coauthors
  • 2020-01-09 Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
  • 2020-01-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-01-14 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 13: yeas 49, nays 0 reading-3, passage
  • 2020-01-14 House sponsor: Representative Frye R
  • 2020-01-14 Cosponsors: Representatives Smaltz and Steuerwald
  • 2020-01-14 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
  • 2020-01-15 Referred to the House
  • 2020-02-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2020-02-25 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2020-02-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-27 Representative Moseley added as cosponsor
  • 2020-03-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 233: yeas 89, nays 0 reading-3, passage
  • 2020-03-03 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 324: yeas 48, nays 0 amendment-failure
  • 2020-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  • 2020-03-11 Signed by the Speaker
  • 2020-03-18 Public Law 54
  • 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/9726b517-f244-41f7-abb7-efe64e28759e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).