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type: "Bill"
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title: "Certificates of public advantage."
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description: "Defines \"merger\" and \"merger agreement\" for purposes of the certificate of public advantage (certificate) for certain hospital mergers. Requires the state department of health (state department) to actively supervise a merger. Allows the state department to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization or a postsecondary educational institution to study the impacts of the certificate of public advantage on the community's health metrics and outcomes. Requires holders of a certificate to pay for reasonable charges incurred by the state department."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 298"
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citation: "Indiana SB 298 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES", "TRADE REGULATIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Morrison", "Ed Charbonneau", "Jon Ford"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-10"
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last_action: "2022-03-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1fa7bcd-2d8a-4ad6-bc91-3df280bd21a3"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/298"
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source_hash: "681875663d159e12c70d0b0a0bcd380d20e03da661ac36766643a1a990ddedfe"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 298 (2022) — Certificates of public advantage.
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Defines "merger" and "merger agreement" for purposes of the certificate of public advantage (certificate) for certain hospital mergers. Requires the state department of health (state department) to actively supervise a merger. Allows the state department to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization or a postsecondary educational institution to study the impacts of the certificate of public advantage on the community's health metrics and outcomes. Requires holders of a certificate to pay for reasonable charges incurred by the state department.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0298/versions/SB0298.04.ENGH)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0298/versions/SB0298.05.ENRH)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0298/versions/SB0298.01.INTR)
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4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0298/versions/SB0298.03.COMH)
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5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0298/versions/SB0298.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 298 - Morrison - 3rd Reading — **89–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Morrison — primary (person)
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- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
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- Jon Ford — primary (person)
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- Brad Barrett — cosponsor (person)
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- Rita Fleming — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-10** Authored by Senator Charbonneau
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- **2022-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 36: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-20** House sponsor: Representative Morrison
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- **2022-01-20** Cosponsor: Representative Barrett
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- **2022-01-20** Senator Ford Jon added as second author
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- **2022-01-21** Referred to the House
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- **2022-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-10** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-14** Representative Fleming added as cosponsor
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- **2022-02-22** Amendment #2 (Morrison) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2022-02-22** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 262: yeas 89, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-24** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-02-24** Motion to concur filed
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- **2022-03-02** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 323: yeas 46, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2022-03-10** Public Law 62
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1fa7bcd-2d8a-4ad6-bc91-3df280bd21a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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