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Bill
Dementia care.
Provides that an area agency on aging designated by the bureau of aging services (area agency) may establish a dementia care specialist program. Allows an area agency to designate at least one individual as a dementia care specialist to administer the program. Provides that the division of aging (division) may employ a dementia care specialist coordinator. Sets forth the duties of: (1) a dementia care specialist; and (2) the dementia care specialist coordinator; if an area agency or the division establishes those positions. Makes conforming changes.
us/states/in
Indiana General Assembly
2023
HB 1422
Indiana HB 1422 (2023)
AGED PERSONS
FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
MENTAL HEALTH
Mentally Ill or Impaired Persons
enacted
Eddie Melton
Gregory Porter
Jean Leising
Vaneta Becker
6
34
1
2023-01-17
2023-05-01
openstates
ocd-bill/b7fe6b7b-2b9a-413e-bced-9164837216fe
http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1422
1eaa5fdd43363f97cf849a97ac2e0e7048220b2a114f69200628946dc84119d1
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump
2026-07-06
reported
Indiana HB 1422 (2023) — Dementia care.
Provides that an area agency on aging designated by the bureau of aging services (area agency) may establish a dementia care specialist program. Allows an area agency to designate at least one individual as a dementia care specialist to administer the program. Provides that the division of aging (division) may employ a dementia care specialist coordinator. Sets forth the duties of: (1) a dementia care specialist; and (2) the dementia care specialist coordinator; if an area agency or the division establishes those positions. Makes conforming changes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
HB 1422 - Becker - 3rd Reading — 39– 9 (pass) · upper
Eddie Melton — primary (person)
Gregory Porter — primary (person)
Jean Leising — primary (person)
Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
Brad Barrett — coauthor (person)
Carolyn Jackson — coauthor (person)
Ed Charbonneau — cosponsor (person)
Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)
Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-01-17 Coauthored by Representative Barrett
2023-01-17 Authored by Representative Porter
2023-01-17 First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
2023-01-23 Reassigned to Committee on Public Health
2023-01-31 Representative Carbaugh added as coauthor
2023-02-07 Representative Jackson added as coauthor
2023-02-07 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
2023-02-07 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2023-02-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
2023-02-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
2023-02-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 182: yeas 92, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
2023-02-21 Senate sponsors: Senators Becker, Melton, Breaux
2023-02-22 Referred to the Senate referral
2023-03-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
2023-03-23 Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-03-23 Senator Charbonneau added as cosponsor
2023-03-23 Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
2023-03-27 Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
2023-04-06 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
2023-04-10 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
2023-04-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 373: yeas 39, nays 9 passage, reading-3, reading-3
2023-04-11 Senator Melton removed as second sponsor
2023-04-11 Senator Breaux removed as third sponsor
2023-04-11 Senator Leising added as second sponsor
2023-04-11 Senator Melton added as third sponsor
2023-04-11 Senator Breaux added as cosponsor
2023-04-12 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
2023-04-17 Motion to concur filed filing
2023-04-18 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 445: yeas 90, nays 0
2023-04-21 Signed by the Speaker passage
2023-04-21 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
2023-04-26 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
2023-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
2023-05-01 Public Law 146 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/b7fe6b7b-2b9a-413e-bced-9164837216fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).