republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1385.md

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Bill	Emergency medical services.	Establishes the community cares initiative grant pilot program for the purpose of assisting in the costs of starting or expanding mobile integrated health care programs and mobile crisis teams in Indiana. Establishes the community cares initiative fund. Requires a health plan operator to provide payment to a nonparticipating ambulance service provider for ambulance service provided to a covered individual: (1) at a rate not to exceed the rates set or approved, by contract or ordinance, by the county or municipality in which the ambulance service originated; (2) at the rate of 400% of the published rate for ambulance services established under the Medicare law for the same ambulance service provided in the same geographic area; or (3) according to the nonparticipating ambulance provider's billed charges; whichever is less. Provides that if a health plan operator makes payment to a nonparticipating ambulance service provider in compliance with these requirements: (1) the payment shall be considered payment in full, except for any copayment, coinsurance, deductible, and other cost sharing amounts that the health plan requires the covered individual to pay; and (2) the nonparticipating ambulance service provider is prohibited from billing the covered individual for any additional amount. Provides that the copayment, coinsurance, deductible, and other cost sharing amounts that a covered individual is required to pay in connection with ambulance service provided by a nonparticipating ambulance service provider shall not exceed the copayment, coinsurance, deductible, and other cost sharing amounts that the covered individual would be required to pay if the ambulance service had been provided by a participating ambulance service provider. Requires a health plan operator that receives a clean claim from a nonparticipating ambulance service provider to remit payment to the nonparticipating ambulance service provider not more than 30 days after receiving the clean claim. Provides that if a claim received by a health plan operator for ambulance service provided by a nonparticipating ambulance service provider is not a clean claim, the health plan operator, not more than 30 days after receiving the claim, shall: (1) remit payment; or (2) send a written notice that: (A) acknowledges the date of receipt of the claim; and (B) either explains why the health plan operator is declining to pay the claim or states that additional information is needed for a determination whether to pay the claim. Removes the requirement that a health plan operator negotiate rates and terms with any ambulance service provider willing to become a participating provider, but retains the requirement that the state negotiate rates and terms with any ambulance service provider willing to become a participating provider.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	HB 1385	Indiana HB 1385 (2024)	bill	COUNTY GOVERNMENT HEALTH; Emergency Medical Services (EMS) INSURANCE; Health Insurance INSURANCE; Medicare LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Generally	enacted	Brad Barrett Ed Charbonneau Scott Baldwin Tyler Johnson	4	37	4	2024-01-11	2024-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a2a8bb5d-91b7-43e9-ac4e-6e39f8a379de	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1385	aaf1599e5e14ac3ae961967a31c4354c81f06e87abb2c8387b7675e6e6cbcd1f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1385 (2024) — Emergency medical services.

Establishes the community cares initiative grant pilot program for the purpose of assisting in the costs of starting or expanding mobile integrated health care programs and mobile crisis teams in Indiana. Establishes the community cares initiative fund. Requires a health plan operator to provide payment to a nonparticipating ambulance service provider for ambulance service provided to a covered individual: (1) at a rate not to exceed the rates set or approved, by contract or ordinance, by the county or municipality in which the ambulance service originated; (2) at the rate of 400% of the published rate for ambulance services established under the Medicare law for the same ambulance service provided in the same geographic area; or (3) according to the nonparticipating ambulance provider's billed charges; whichever is less. Provides that if a health plan operator makes payment to a nonparticipating ambulance service provider in compliance with these requirements: (1) the payment shall be considered payment in full, except for any copayment, coinsurance, deductible, and other cost sharing amounts that the health plan requires the covered individual to pay; and (2) the nonparticipating ambulance service provider is prohibited from billing the covered individual for any additional amount. Provides that the copayment, coinsurance, deductible, and other cost sharing amounts that a covered individual is required to pay in connection with ambulance service provided by a nonparticipating ambulance service provider shall not exceed the copayment, coinsurance, deductible, and other cost sharing amounts that the covered individual would be required to pay if the ambulance service had been provided by a participating ambulance service provider. Requires a health plan operator that receives a clean claim from a nonparticipating ambulance service provider to remit payment to the nonparticipating ambulance service provider not more than 30 days after receiving the clean claim. Provides that if a claim received by a health plan operator for ambulance service provided by a nonparticipating ambulance service provider is not a clean claim, the health plan operator, not more than 30 days after receiving the claim, shall: (1) remit payment; or (2) send a written notice that: (A) acknowledges the date of receipt of the claim; and (B) either explains why the health plan operator is declining to pay the claim or states that additional information is needed for a determination whether to pay the claim. Removes the requirement that a health plan operator negotiate rates and terms with any ambulance service provider willing to become a participating provider, but retains the requirement that the state negotiate rates and terms with any ambulance service provider willing to become a participating provider.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1385 - Barrett — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1385 - Johnson T - 3rd Reading — 44–5 (pass) · upper
• HB 1385 - Johnson T — 45–2 (pass) · upper
• HB 1385 - Barrett - 3rd Reading — 94–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brad Barrett — primary (person)
• Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
• Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
• Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
• Aaron Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Craig Snow — coauthor (person)
• Kyle Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)
• Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-11 Authored by Representative Barrett
• 2024-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Representatives Carbaugh, Snow C, Shackleford added as coauthors
• 2024-01-30 Senate sponsor: Senator Johnson T
• 2024-01-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 101: yeas 94, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-31 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2024-02-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 Senator Charbonneau added as second sponsor
• 2024-02-06 Senator Baldwin added as third sponsor
• 2024-02-12 Senator Freeman added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-13 Senator Walker K added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-15 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-19 Amendment #2 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-19 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 44, nays 5 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2024-03-04 House advisors appointed: Schaibley, Zent and Fleming
• 2024-03-04 House dissented from Senate amendments
• 2024-03-04 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2024-03-04 House conferees appointed: Barrett and Shackleford
• 2024-03-06 Senate advisors appointed: Qaddoura and Charbonneau
• 2024-03-06 Senate conferees appointed: Johnson T and Randolph Lonnie M
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-08 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 325: yeas 45, nays 2
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-08 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2024-03-08 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2024-03-08 Senator Qaddoura added as conferee
• 2024-03-08 Senator Qaddoura removed as advisor
• 2024-03-08 Senator Randolph Lonnie M removed as conferee
• 2024-03-13 Public Law 163 became-law
• 2024-03-08 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 342: yeas 97, nays 0

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2a8bb5d-91b7-43e9-ac4e-6e39f8a379de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).