republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1458.md

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Bill	Doctor scope of treatment and do not resuscitate.	Provides that a declarant may include a person for whom a proxy has executed an out of hospital do not resuscitate (DNR) declaration if the person: (1) is at least 18 years of age and is certified as a qualified person; (2) is incapacitated or incompetent; and (3) has no representative who is able and available to execute an out of hospital DNR declaration. Defines "incapacitated" as related to an out of hospital DNR declaration. Defines "proxy" as related to an out of hospital DNR declaration and a physician order for scope of treatment (POST). Provides that a person's proxy may execute an out of hospital DNR declaration if certain conditions are met. Creates a declaration and order form to be used by hospitals if the declarant is incapacitated or incompetent. Allows a qualified person's proxy to complete a POST form if the person is incapable of making health care decisions and no representative is able and available to act. Allows a proxy to revoke a POST form or request alternative treatment. Provides that if alternative treatment is requested, the treating medical provider shall review the POST form with the declarant, the declarant's representative, or the proxy who has priority to act for the declarant. Makes conforming changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1458	Indiana HB 1458 (2023)	bill	DEATH HEALTH Health Care Professionals HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES	enacted	Brad Barrett Liz Brown Scott Alexander Tyler Johnson	4	23	1	2023-01-17	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/f86d63b4-c12c-4a9e-bc70-8a81c7521f22	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1458	d2b57093db3070e76f9b527b94536b94fd195a1bb5bf506b12ef03feac373d77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1458 (2023) — Doctor scope of treatment and do not resuscitate.

Provides that a declarant may include a person for whom a proxy has executed an out of hospital do not resuscitate (DNR) declaration if the person: (1) is at least 18 years of age and is certified as a qualified person; (2) is incapacitated or incompetent; and (3) has no representative who is able and available to execute an out of hospital DNR declaration. Defines "incapacitated" as related to an out of hospital DNR declaration. Defines "proxy" as related to an out of hospital DNR declaration and a physician order for scope of treatment (POST). Provides that a person's proxy may execute an out of hospital DNR declaration if certain conditions are met. Creates a declaration and order form to be used by hospitals if the declarant is incapacitated or incompetent. Allows a qualified person's proxy to complete a POST form if the person is incapable of making health care decisions and no representative is able and available to act. Allows a proxy to revoke a POST form or request alternative treatment. Provides that if alternative treatment is requested, the treating medical provider shall review the POST form with the declarant, the declarant's representative, or the proxy who has priority to act for the declarant. Makes conforming changes.

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1458 - Johnson - 3rd Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brad Barrett — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Scott Alexander — primary (person)
• Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
• Cory Criswell — coauthor (person)
• Rita Fleming — coauthor (person)
• Ryan Hatfield — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-17 Coauthored by Representative Fleming
• 2023-01-17 Authored by Representative Barrett
• 2023-01-17 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-24 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-01-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-01-30 Senate sponsor: Senator Johnson
• 2023-01-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 47: yeas 96, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-01-30 Representatives Hatfield and Criswell C added as coauthors
• 2023-01-31 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-02-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-13 Senator Brown L added as third sponsor
• 2023-03-13 Senator Alexander added as second sponsor
• 2023-03-14 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 220: yeas 47, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-15 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2023-03-27 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2023-03-28 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 326: yeas 94, nays 0
• 2023-04-03 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-04 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-20 Public Law 86 became-law
• 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f86d63b4-c12c-4a9e-bc70-8a81c7521f22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).