republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/sb-325.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals."
description: "Requires certain nonprofit hospitals to hold an annual public forum for the purposes of: (1) obtaining feedback from the community about the nonprofit hospital's performance in the previous year; (2) discussing the pricing of health services provided at the nonprofit hospital; and (3) discussing the contributions made by the nonprofit hospital to the community. Requires a nonprofit hospital, at least 14 days before the public forum, to post on the nonprofit hospital's Internet web site: (1) a notice stating the date, time, location, and purposes of the public forum; and (2) information relating to the subjects to be discussed at the public forum. Allows the public forum to be held, either all or in part, through an interactive real time audio and video meeting that is accessible to the community through the Internet. Changes the date that ambulatory outpatient surgical centers are required to begin posting certain pricing information from March 31, 2021, to December 31, 2021. Specifies that the pricing information posted is the standard charge rather than the weighted average negotiated charge and sets forth what is included in the standard charge. Specifies that if an ambulatory outpatient surgical center offers less than 30 additional services, the center is required to post all of the services the center provides. Requires a hospital to post pricing information in compliance with the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as in effect on January 1, 2021, if: (1) the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule is repealed; or (2) federal enforcement of the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule is stopped. Requires a health carrier to hold an annual public forum. Specifies information to be discussed at the health carrier public forum and information to be disclosed before the forum. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 325"
citation: "Indiana SB 325 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "Health Care Costs; Health Insurance", "HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES", "NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "Ethan Manning", "Justin Busch"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9875baf3-5808-44d6-a35d-e9e32d88541e"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/325"
source_hash: "dabcf7f78466c2c0224e169a735f76ed5cf053a635387be6dbe677e0b9ea4be8"
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 325 (2021) — Hospitals.

Requires certain nonprofit hospitals to hold an annual public forum for the purposes of: (1) obtaining feedback from the community about the nonprofit hospital's performance in the previous year; (2) discussing the pricing of health services provided at the nonprofit hospital; and (3) discussing the contributions made by the nonprofit hospital to the community. Requires a nonprofit hospital, at least 14 days before the public forum, to post on the nonprofit hospital's Internet web site: (1) a notice stating the date, time, location, and purposes of the public forum; and (2) information relating to the subjects to be discussed at the public forum. Allows the public forum to be held, either all or in part, through an interactive real time audio and video meeting that is accessible to the community through the Internet. Changes the date that ambulatory outpatient surgical centers are required to begin posting certain pricing information from March 31, 2021, to December 31, 2021. Specifies that the pricing information posted is the standard charge rather than the weighted average negotiated charge and sets forth what is included in the standard charge. Specifies that if an ambulatory outpatient surgical center offers less than 30 additional services, the center is required to post all of the services the center provides. Requires a hospital to post pricing information in compliance with the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as in effect on January 1, 2021, if: (1) the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule is repealed; or (2) federal enforcement of the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule is stopped. Requires a health carrier to hold an annual public forum. Specifies information to be discussed at the health carrier public forum and information to be disclosed before the forum. Makes conforming changes.

## 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/SB0325/versions/SB0325.05.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0325/versions/SB0325.03.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0325/versions/SB0325.06.ENRH)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0325/versions/SB0325.01.INTR)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0325/versions/SB0325.04.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0325/versions/SB0325.02.COMS)

## Sponsors

- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Ethan Manning — primary (person)
- Justin Busch — primary (person)
- Brad Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Schaibley — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Prescott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Authored by Senators Busch and Charbonneau
- **2021-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** Amendment #1 (Busch) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-22** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** House sponsor: Representative Manning
- **2021-02-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 190: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Referred to the House
- **2021-03-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Representative Prescott added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-12** Appeal the ruling of the chair (Jacob); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 412: yeas 91, nays 3
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #11 (Manning) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #9 (Barrett) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #10 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #8 (Clere) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #13 (Nisly) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #7 (Judy) motion withdrawn `amendment-failure, amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #5 (Austin) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #2 (Austin) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #1 (Austin) failed; Roll Call 411: yeas 32, nays 63 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #12 (Nisly) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Appeal the ruling of the chair (Nisly); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 414: yeas 88, nays 2
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #3 (Hatfield) failed; Roll Call 413: yeas 32, nays 60 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #15 (Nisly) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #4 (Hatfield) failed; Roll Call 415: yeas 32, nays 59 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 434: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Representatives Barrett and Schaibley added as cosponsors
- **2021-04-14** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-14** Motion to dissent filed
- **2021-04-14** House conferees appointed: Manning and Hatfield
- **2021-04-14** House advisors appointed: Carbaugh, Lehman, Austin, Fleming and Shackleford
- **2021-04-14** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-14** Senate conferees appointed: Busch and Yoder
- **2021-04-14** Senate advisors appointed: Charbonneau and Breaux
- **2021-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2021-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2021-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 483: yeas 86, nays 0
- **2021-04-21** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 469: yeas 49, nays 0
- **2021-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Public Law 151
- **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/9875baf3-5808-44d6-a35d-e9e32d88541e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).