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| Bill | Health care advance directives. | Allows an individual to make a health care advance directive that gives instructions or expresses preferences or desires concerning any aspect of the individual's health care or health information and to designate a health care representative to make health care decisions and receive health information for the individual. Consolidates definitions of "life prolonging procedures". Requires the state department of health to prepare a sample advance directive. Provides that the appointment of a representative or attorney in fact to consent to health care that was legally executed before January 1, 2023, is valid as executed. Adds definitions of "notarial officer", "observe", "present", and "telephonic interaction" to allow a mentally competent declarant to sign an advance directive by using technology to interact in real time with a notarial officer or with two attesting witnesses. Specifies certain prerequisites when witnessing specified directives through telephonic interaction. Provides for remote witnessing or signing of separate paper counterparts that are assembled later into a complete composite paper advance directive. Provides that the new health care directive provisions do not affect the consent provisions concerning abortion or a minor's medical or hospital care and treatment with respect to the minor's pregnancy, delivery, or postpartum care. Provides that an attending advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant may perform the same functions and have the same responsibilities as an attending physician for purposes of an out of hospital do not resuscitate declaration. Adds cross references. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming changes. Makes technical changes. | us/states/in | Indiana General Assembly | 2021 | SB 204 | Indiana SB 204 (2021) |
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Indiana SB 204 (2021) — Health care advance directives.
Allows an individual to make a health care advance directive that gives instructions or expresses preferences or desires concerning any aspect of the individual's health care or health information and to designate a health care representative to make health care decisions and receive health information for the individual. Consolidates definitions of "life prolonging procedures". Requires the state department of health to prepare a sample advance directive. Provides that the appointment of a representative or attorney in fact to consent to health care that was legally executed before January 1, 2023, is valid as executed. Adds definitions of "notarial officer", "observe", "present", and "telephonic interaction" to allow a mentally competent declarant to sign an advance directive by using technology to interact in real time with a notarial officer or with two attesting witnesses. Specifies certain prerequisites when witnessing specified directives through telephonic interaction. Provides for remote witnessing or signing of separate paper counterparts that are assembled later into a complete composite paper advance directive. Provides that the new health care directive provisions do not affect the consent provisions concerning abortion or a minor's medical or hospital care and treatment with respect to the minor's pregnancy, delivery, or postpartum care. Provides that an attending advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant may perform the same functions and have the same responsibilities as an attending physician for purposes of an out of hospital do not resuscitate declaration. Adds cross references. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming changes. Makes technical changes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
Sponsors
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- John Young — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Brad Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Hatfield — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lanane — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-11 Authored by Senator Rogers
- 2021-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
reading-1, referral-committee - 2021-01-14 Senator Koch added as second author
- 2021-01-14 Senator Brown L added as third author
- 2021-02-04 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2021-02-11 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-02-11 Placed back on second reading
reading-2 - 2021-02-15 Amendment #6 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-failure, amendment-passage - 2021-02-15 Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-02-15 Senator Lanane added as coauthor
- 2021-02-15 Senator Young M added as coauthor
- 2021-02-16 House sponsor: Representative Young J
- 2021-02-16 Cosponsors: Representatives Barrett and Hatfield
- 2021-02-16 Senator Raatz added as coauthor
- 2021-02-16 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 125: yeas 46, nays 0
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-17 Referred to the House
- 2021-03-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
reading-1, referral-committee - 2021-03-25 Committee report: do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2021-03-29 Appeal the ruling of the chair (Nisly); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 309: yeas 87, nays 3
- 2021-03-29 Amendment #1 (Nisly) ruled out of order
amendment-failure - 2021-03-29 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-03-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 329: yeas 92, nays 0
passage, reading-3 - 2021-03-31 Returned to the Senate without amendments
- 2021-04-05 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- 2021-04-07 Signed by the Speaker
- 2021-04-14 Signed by the President of the Senate
- 2021-04-15 Signed by the Governor
executive-signature - 2021-04-15 Public Law 50
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3162beba-875d-431f-b04c-c6ce9b3cc4c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).