republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-132.md

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Bill	Professions and professional services.	Authorizes the office of the secretary of family and social services to implement a risk based managed care program for certain Medicaid recipients. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to convene a workgroup and, with managed care organizations, to conduct a claims submission testing period before the risk based managed care program is established.~ Provides that, during the first 210 days after the risk based managed care program is implemented, a provider that experiences a financial emergency due to claims payment issues shall receive temporary emergency assistance from the managed care organizations with which the provider is contracted. Amends statutes concerning Medicaid provider agreements, health insurance reimbursement agreements, and Medicare supplement insurance to specify that a 15 day period consists of 15 business days. Requires the Indiana department of health to grant a hospital an extension of time to file the hospital's fiscal report if the hospital shows good cause for the extension. Removes an expired provision concerning hospital fiscal reports. Eliminates the requirement that a provider who is licensed in Indiana, physically located outside Indiana, but providing telehealth services to patients who are in Indiana, file a certification constituting a waiver of jurisdiction. Makes a number of changes in the law concerning health facility administrators, including eliminating the requirement that a health facility administrator display the individual's license in a prominent location in the individual's principal office and providing that a particular course of study for administrators in training is not mandatory. Specifies: (1) the manner in which certain nurse applicants may demonstrate English proficiency; (2) that a graduate of a foreign nursing school must pass a specified examination; and (3) additional credentialing verification assessment organizations for certain nurse applicants. Prohibits a third party administrator or another person from arranging for a dental provider to provide dental services for a dental plan that sets the amount of the fee for any dental services unless the dental services are covered services under the dental plan. Provides that a contracting entity (a dental carrier, a third party administrator, or another person that enters into a provider network contract with providers of dental services) may not grant a third party access to the provider network contract or to dental services or contractual discounts provided pursuant to the provider network contract unless certain conditions are satisfied. Provides that when a dental provider network contract is entered into, renewed, or materially modified, any provider that is a party to the network contract must be allowed to choose not to participate in the third party access. Prohibits a contracting entity from: (1) altering the rights or status under a provider network contract of a dental provider that chooses not to participate in third party access; or (2) rejecting a provider as a party to a provider network contract because the provider chose not to participate in third party access. Authorizes the insurance commissioner to issue a cease and desist order against a person that violates any of these prohibitions and, if the person violates the cease and desist order, to impose a civil penalty upon the person and suspend or revoke the person's certificate of authority. Provides that if a covered individual assigns the covered individual's rights to benefits for dental services to the provider of the dental services, the dental carrier shall pay the benefits assigned by the covered individual to the provider of the dental services. However, prohibits the provider from billing the covered individual (except for a copayment, coinsurance, or a deductible amount) if the provider is in the dental carrier's network. Requires the Indiana state board of nursing to amend a specified administrative rule to conform with this act. Requires the medical licensing board to study certain rules concerning office based setting accreditations and report to the general assembly.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 132	Indiana SB 132 (2024)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Health (IDOH) AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Hospitals HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Dentistry HEALTH; Medicaid INSURANCE; Health Insurance INSURANCE; Medicare	enacted	Dennis Zent Ed Charbonneau Liz Brown Tyler Johnson	5	29	3	2024-01-08	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/7effb203-c63b-4090-8343-be99035a4abf	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0132	dd706627fd2eed1558c497862e3bea08a907bf641da8f5627f80697f1bfbb605	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 132 (2024) — Professions and professional services.

Authorizes the office of the secretary of family and social services to implement a risk based managed care program for certain Medicaid recipients. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to convene a workgroup and, with managed care organizations, to conduct a claims submission testing period before the risk based managed care program is established.~ Provides that, during the first 210 days after the risk based managed care program is implemented, a provider that experiences a financial emergency due to claims payment issues shall receive temporary emergency assistance from the managed care organizations with which the provider is contracted. Amends statutes concerning Medicaid provider agreements, health insurance reimbursement agreements, and Medicare supplement insurance to specify that a 15 day period consists of 15 business days. Requires the Indiana department of health to grant a hospital an extension of time to file the hospital's fiscal report if the hospital shows good cause for the extension. Removes an expired provision concerning hospital fiscal reports. Eliminates the requirement that a provider who is licensed in Indiana, physically located outside Indiana, but providing telehealth services to patients who are in Indiana, file a certification constituting a waiver of jurisdiction. Makes a number of changes in the law concerning health facility administrators, including eliminating the requirement that a health facility administrator display the individual's license in a prominent location in the individual's principal office and providing that a particular course of study for administrators in training is not mandatory. Specifies: (1) the manner in which certain nurse applicants may demonstrate English proficiency; (2) that a graduate of a foreign nursing school must pass a specified examination; and (3) additional credentialing verification assessment organizations for certain nurse applicants. Prohibits a third party administrator or another person from arranging for a dental provider to provide dental services for a dental plan that sets the amount of the fee for any dental services unless the dental services are covered services under the dental plan. Provides that a contracting entity (a dental carrier, a third party administrator, or another person that enters into a provider network contract with providers of dental services) may not grant a third party access to the provider network contract or to dental services or contractual discounts provided pursuant to the provider network contract unless certain conditions are satisfied. Provides that when a dental provider network contract is entered into, renewed, or materially modified, any provider that is a party to the network contract must be allowed to choose not to participate in the third party access. Prohibits a contracting entity from: (1) altering the rights or status under a provider network contract of a dental provider that chooses not to participate in third party access; or (2) rejecting a provider as a party to a provider network contract because the provider chose not to participate in third party access. Authorizes the insurance commissioner to issue a cease and desist order against a person that violates any of these prohibitions and, if the person violates the cease and desist order, to impose a civil penalty upon the person and suspend or revoke the person's certificate of authority. Provides that if a covered individual assigns the covered individual's rights to benefits for dental services to the provider of the dental services, the dental carrier shall pay the benefits assigned by the covered individual to the provider of the dental services. However, prohibits the provider from billing the covered individual (except for a copayment, coinsurance, or a deductible amount) if the provider is in the dental carrier's network. Requires the Indiana state board of nursing to amend a specified administrative rule to conform with this act. Requires the medical licensing board to study certain rules concerning office based setting accreditations and report to the general assembly.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 132 - Brown L — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 132 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 47–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 132 - Zent - 3rd Reading — 93–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dennis Zent — primary (person)
• Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
• Brad Barrett — cosponsor (person)
• Cory Criswell — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
• Rita Fleming — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Authored by Senators Brown L and Charbonneau
• 2024-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
• 2024-01-09 Senator Johnson T added as third author
• 2024-01-11 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Senator Bassler added as coauthor
• 2024-02-01 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-05 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Cosponsor: Representative Barrett
• 2024-02-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 125: yeas 47, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 House sponsor: Representative Zent
• 2024-02-06 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Representative Criswell added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-19 Representative Fleming added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-20 Referred to Committee on Insurance pursuant to House Rule 84
• 2024-02-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 221: yeas 93, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2024-02-29 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 241: yeas 45, nays 0
• 2024-03-05 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-11 Public Law 17 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7effb203-c63b-4090-8343-be99035a4abf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).