republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1391.md

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Bill	Services for the aged and disabled.	Allows the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary) to study and prepare a report containing recommendations for realigning and consolidating the local area agency on aging (area agency) planning and service areas. Amends the definition of "community and home care services" for purposes of community and home options to institutional care for the elderly and disabled program (CHOICE). Prohibits the division of aging from requiring a CHOICE provider to be certified under the Medicaid program or a Medicaid waiver program. Creates an exception for a provider of certain services. Requires an area agency to prioritize CHOICE funding to identify specified individuals and provide community and home care services to these individuals. Requires the office of the secretary, in negotiating reimbursement rates for CHOICE services, to consider the location and availability of service providers. Authorizes the office of the secretary to establish a Medicaid diversion pilot program to evaluate the effectiveness of home modification and telehealth enhanced chronic care services provided by specified area agencies in reducing Medicaid expenditures. Allows the office of the secretary, a managed care organization that has contracted with the office of Medicaid policy and planning, and a person who has contracted with a certain managed care organization or the office of the secretary to contract with an area agency to provide and receive reimbursement for a level of care assessment for the: (1) health and wellness Medicaid waiver; (2) traumatic brain injury Medicaid waiver; and (3) risk based managed care program for the covered population.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1391	Indiana HB 1391 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Long Term Care Facilities HEALTH; Billing and Costs HEALTH; Home Health Care HEALTH; Medicaid HEALTH; Physical Disabilities	enacted	Edward Clere Greg Goode La Keisha Jackson Liz Brown	4	29	3	2025-01-13	2025-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1ac56451-68b7-4b91-97ae-33898f17fc54	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1391	8a931cba44710cfe941f4685958ac6a8926793f91c40b5b75826491c6a7d23b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1391 (2025) — Services for the aged and disabled.

Allows the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary) to study and prepare a report containing recommendations for realigning and consolidating the local area agency on aging (area agency) planning and service areas. Amends the definition of "community and home care services" for purposes of community and home options to institutional care for the elderly and disabled program (CHOICE). Prohibits the division of aging from requiring a CHOICE provider to be certified under the Medicaid program or a Medicaid waiver program. Creates an exception for a provider of certain services. Requires an area agency to prioritize CHOICE funding to identify specified individuals and provide community and home care services to these individuals. Requires the office of the secretary, in negotiating reimbursement rates for CHOICE services, to consider the location and availability of service providers. Authorizes the office of the secretary to establish a Medicaid diversion pilot program to evaluate the effectiveness of home modification and telehealth enhanced chronic care services provided by specified area agencies in reducing Medicaid expenditures. Allows the office of the secretary, a managed care organization that has contracted with the office of Medicaid policy and planning, and a person who has contracted with a certain managed care organization or the office of the secretary to contract with an area agency to provide and receive reimbursement for a level of care assessment for the: (1) health and wellness Medicaid waiver; (2) traumatic brain injury Medicaid waiver; and (3) risk based managed care program for the covered population.

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 1391 - Clere — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1391 - Goode - 3rd Reading — 47–2 (pass) · upper
• HB 1391 - Clere - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edward Clere — primary (person)
• Greg Goode — primary (person)
• La Keisha Jackson — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Chris Garten — cosponsor (person)
• Cindy Ledbetter — coauthor (person)
• Ed Charbonneau — cosponsor (person)
• Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Raatz — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)
• Michael Crider — cosponsor (person)
• Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)
• Rodney Pol — cosponsor (person)
• Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Coauthored by Representatives Ledbetter, Goss-Reaves, Shackleford
• 2025-01-13 Authored by Representative Clere
• 2025-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
• 2025-02-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-17 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-19 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-20 Senate sponsors: Senators Goode, Brown L, Jackson L
• 2025-02-21 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 245: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-08 Senator Becker added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-10 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-10 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-04-14 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-15 Senator Garten added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-15 Senators Qaddoura, Pol, Charbonneau, Crider added as cosponsors
• 2025-04-15 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 438: yeas 47, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-15 Senator Raatz added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-16 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-21 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-21 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2025-04-21 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 502: yeas 80, nays 0
• 2025-04-22 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Public Law 167 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ac56451-68b7-4b91-97ae-33898f17fc54. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).