republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1426.md

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Bill	Long acting reversible contraceptives.	Requires a hospital that operates a maternity unit to ensure that a woman who is: (1) giving birth in the hospital; and (2) eligible for or receiving Medicaid assistance; has the option, if not medically contraindicated, of having a long acting reversible subdermal contraceptive implanted after delivery and before the woman is discharged. Allows a hospital to be exempt from the requirement if the hospital has a faith based objection. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to reimburse the hospital for the following provided to a Medicaid recipient: (1) A long acting reversible subdermal contraceptive, including the cost of stocking the long acting reversible subdermal contraceptive. (2) Placement of the long acting reversible subdermal contraceptive. Provides that the reimbursement must be separate from, and in addition to, the reimbursement for maternity services for the Medicaid recipient. Sunsets the provisions being added in the bill on June 30, 2025. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to develop a billing process that maximizes federal funding for purposes of the long acting reversible contraceptives reimbursement for a Medicaid recipient.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	HB 1426	Indiana HB 1426 (2024)	bill	HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Hospitals HEALTH; Contraceptives HEALTH; Medicaid HEALTH; Pregnancy	enacted	Rita Fleming Susan Glick	5	29	4	2024-01-16	2024-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/619590f7-32fc-4bbf-8de6-fed832f4af0e	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1426	78b5b3c83772ad404ab0a4a954779e564f37a04b6b3f019778d28688c65cbf35	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1426 (2024) — Long acting reversible contraceptives.

Requires a hospital that operates a maternity unit to ensure that a woman who is: (1) giving birth in the hospital; and (2) eligible for or receiving Medicaid assistance; has the option, if not medically contraindicated, of having a long acting reversible subdermal contraceptive implanted after delivery and before the woman is discharged. Allows a hospital to be exempt from the requirement if the hospital has a faith based objection. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to reimburse the hospital for the following provided to a Medicaid recipient: (1) A long acting reversible subdermal contraceptive, including the cost of stocking the long acting reversible subdermal contraceptive. (2) Placement of the long acting reversible subdermal contraceptive. Provides that the reimbursement must be separate from, and in addition to, the reimbursement for maternity services for the Medicaid recipient. Sunsets the provisions being added in the bill on June 30, 2025. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to develop a billing process that maximizes federal funding for purposes of the long acting reversible contraceptives reimbursement for a Medicaid recipient.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1426 - Fleming — 87–9 (pass) · lower
• HB 1426 - Glick - 2nd Reading — 11–38 (fail) · upper
• HB 1426 - Glick - 3rd Reading — 30–18 (pass) · upper
• HB 1426 - Fleming - 3rd Reading — 94–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rita Fleming — primary (person)
• Susan Glick — primary (person)
• Cindy Ledbetter — coauthor (person)
• Joanna King — coauthor (person)
• Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Maureen Bauer — coauthor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-16 Authored by Representative Fleming
• 2024-01-16 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Coauthored by Representatives Barrett, Ledbetter, Bauer M
• 2024-01-23 Representative Barrett removed as coauthor
• 2024-01-23 Representative King J added as coauthor
• 2024-01-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Amendment #2 (King) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-01 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 144: yeas 94, nays 4 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-05 Senate sponsors: Senators Glick and Becker
• 2024-02-06 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-12 Senator Becker removed as second sponsor
• 2024-02-22 Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-03-04 Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
• 2024-03-04 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2024-03-04 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Amendment #2 (Yoder) failed; Roll Call 249: yeas 11, nays 38 amendment-failure, failure
• 2024-03-05 Senator Bohacek added as cosponsor
• 2024-03-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 289: yeas 30, nays 18 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2024-03-06 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-03-06 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 303: yeas 87, nays 9
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-12 Public Law 91 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/619590f7-32fc-4bbf-8de6-fed832f4af0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).