republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1225.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Opioid treatment programs."
description: "Requires an opioid treatment program to obtain prior authorization from the division of mental health and addiction (division) for patients receiving more than 14 days of opioid treatment medication from an opioid treatment program unless otherwise prescribed by the division. Allows the state opioid treatment authority (authority) to: (1) take certain remedial actions; and (2) impose a civil penalty of up to $10,000; in response to certain violations concerning the operation of an opioid treatment program. Specifies that the authority may issue a civil penalty for each violation found by the authority. Requires the division to report certain findings to the general assembly not later than April 1 of each year. Requires certain information to be provided to the division for the purpose of completing specified reporting requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1225"
citation: "Indiana HB 1225 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "Penalties", "DRUGS", "Treatment of Drug and Other Substance Abuse", "HUMAN SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Vermilion", "Ed Charbonneau", "Michael Crider", "Vaneta Becker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9576a1f-35c4-4dc7-bacb-94045bbc263f"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1225"
source_hash: "42936a22d33fb5efee6a62f2b1562b94fa250e3c8c3c3cc86bb46540b2901580"
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 HB 1225 (2021) — Opioid treatment programs.

Requires an opioid treatment program to obtain prior authorization from the division of mental health and addiction (division) for patients receiving more than 14 days of opioid treatment medication from an opioid treatment program unless otherwise prescribed by the division. Allows the state opioid treatment authority (authority) to: (1) take certain remedial actions; and (2) impose a civil penalty of up to $10,000; in response to certain violations concerning the operation of an opioid treatment program. Specifies that the authority may issue a civil penalty for each violation found by the authority. Requires the division to report certain findings to the general assembly not later than April 1 of each year. Requires certain information to be provided to the division for the purpose of completing specified reporting requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1225/versions/HB1225.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1225/versions/HB1225.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1225/versions/HB1225.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1225/versions/HB1225.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1225 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **31–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ann Vermilion — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Davisson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Representative Clere
- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Vermilion
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Representative Davisson added as coauthor
- **2021-01-28** Representative Shackleford added as coauthor
- **2021-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 25: yeas 96, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
- **2021-02-02** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Senator Charbonneau added as second sponsor
- **2021-03-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11** Senator Becker added as third sponsor
- **2021-03-11** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Placed back on second reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-12** Reread second time: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 419: yeas 31, nays 17 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2021-04-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Public Law 181
- **2021-04-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9576a1f-35c4-4dc7-bacb-94045bbc263f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).