republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/sb-10.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statewide maternal mortality review committee."
description: "Includes reporting to the statewide maternal mortality review committee (committee) for the release of mental health records without the consent of the patient. Requires the committee to review cases of maternal mortality involving the death of a woman occurring during pregnancy, through one year after the pregnancy. Requires a health care provider and a health facility to report deaths during pregnancy, through one year after a pregnancy to the committee for review. Requires the committee to review all cases of maternal death. Specifies that a health care provider includes a mental health professional for purposes of the review of records by the committee. Requires the committee to: (1) determine whether an abortion was performed on the individual and whether the abortion contributed to the maternal mortality; (2) determine whether a miscarriage occurred and whether the miscarriage contributed to the maternal mortality; and (3) include the findings in the committee's annual report. Requires the statewide maternal mortality review coordinator to establish a process to report cases to the committee. Changes the expiration date of the statewide maternal mortality review committee to June 30, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Indiana SB 10 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "Medical Records and Bills", "PREGNANCIES", "WOMEN'S ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cindy Ziemke", "Ed Charbonneau", "Jean Leising", "Vaneta Becker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be5c1f3b-82b6-43f2-9908-8ec68b22bec5"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/10"
source_hash: "bc5905975c567e284fd0df1029a3561d0ca186ececf73529c8b5a4626ff8af96"
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 10 (2021) — Statewide maternal mortality review committee.

Includes reporting to the statewide maternal mortality review committee (committee) for the release of mental health records without the consent of the patient. Requires the committee to review cases of maternal mortality involving the death of a woman occurring during pregnancy, through one year after the pregnancy. Requires a health care provider and a health facility to report deaths during pregnancy, through one year after a pregnancy to the committee for review. Requires the committee to review all cases of maternal death. Specifies that a health care provider includes a mental health professional for purposes of the review of records by the committee. Requires the committee to: (1) determine whether an abortion was performed on the individual and whether the abortion contributed to the maternal mortality; (2) determine whether a miscarriage occurred and whether the miscarriage contributed to the maternal mortality; and (3) include the findings in the committee's annual report. Requires the statewide maternal mortality review coordinator to establish a process to report cases to the committee. Changes the expiration date of the statewide maternal mortality review committee to June 30, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0010/versions/SB0010.05.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0010/versions/SB0010.03.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0010/versions/SB0010.06.ENRH)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0010/versions/SB0010.01.INTR)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0010/versions/SB0010.04.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0010/versions/SB0010.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 10 - Ziemke - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cindy Ziemke — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — primary (person)
- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
- Brad Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Ethan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Breaux — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Rita Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** Authored by Senator Leising
- **2021-01-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14** Senator Crider added as coauthor
- **2021-01-25** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
- **2021-01-25** Senator Becker added as third author
- **2021-01-25** Senators Glick and Breaux added as coauthors
- **2021-02-04** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2021-02-09** Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Amendment #2 (Brown L) prevailed; Division of the Senate: yeas 34, nays 10 `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Amendment #3 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 93: yeas 41, nays 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** Cosponsors: Representatives Barrett, Fleming, Manning
- **2021-02-11** House sponsor: Representative Ziemke
- **2021-02-12** Referred to the House
- **2021-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** Amendment #1 (Ziemke) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-15** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 264: yeas 97, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-29** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-01** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 308: yeas 45, nays 3 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-19** Public Law 65

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be5c1f3b-82b6-43f2-9908-8ec68b22bec5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).