republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1555.md

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Bill	Licensure of foreign trained physicians.	Establishes a limited medical license for individuals who: (1) have graduated from certain international medical programs; (2) obtain a health care facility sponsor in an underserved area; and (3) meet certain other criteria. Provides that a limited medical license authorizes the recipient to practice medicine only at a health care facility in an underserved area. Enables the medical licensing board of Indiana (board) to revoke a limited medical license if the recipient stops working as a physician at a health care facility in an underserved area. Provides that a limited medical license may be converted to an unlimited license. Allows the board to require a comprehensive evaluation to determine the individual's competency before issuing an unlimited medical license. Allows, until June 30, 2027, an applicant for an unlimited license to practice osteopathic medicine to take all levels of the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination not later than ten years from the date the applicant first passes level 1 of the examination.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1555	Indiana HB 1555 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA) HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Generally	enacted	Beau Baird Jean Leising Liz Brown Susan Glick	4	31	4	2025-01-21	2025-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/ed2e9bfd-22cb-486d-9673-9e27bd3ab756	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1555	55d0fd5e87b494b05c29cb0402eb4f8b2f2e9dffbc461be175ea60b7ae2ea4bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1555 (2025) — Licensure of foreign trained physicians.

Establishes a limited medical license for individuals who: (1) have graduated from certain international medical programs; (2) obtain a health care facility sponsor in an underserved area; and (3) meet certain other criteria. Provides that a limited medical license authorizes the recipient to practice medicine only at a health care facility in an underserved area. Enables the medical licensing board of Indiana (board) to revoke a limited medical license if the recipient stops working as a physician at a health care facility in an underserved area. Provides that a limited medical license may be converted to an unlimited license. Allows the board to require a comprehensive evaluation to determine the individual's competency before issuing an unlimited medical license. Allows, until June 30, 2027, an applicant for an unlimited license to practice osteopathic medicine to take all levels of the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination not later than ten years from the date the applicant first passes level 1 of the examination.

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. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1555 - Baird - 3rd Reading — 91–1 (pass) · lower
• HB 1555 - Baird — 90–1 (pass) · lower
• HB 1555 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• HB 1555 - Brown L — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beau Baird — primary (person)
• Jean Leising — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Susan Glick — primary (person)
• Andrea Hunley — cosponsor (person)
• Joanna King — coauthor (person)
• Julie McGuire — coauthor (person)
• Victoria Garcia Wilburn — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-21 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Authored by Representative Baird
• 2025-02-03 Representative King added as coauthor
• 2025-02-04 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-04 Representatives McGuire and Garcia Wilburn added as coauthors
• 2025-02-11 Amendment #1 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-02-11 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-13 Cosponsor: Senator Hunley
• 2025-02-13 Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L, Leising, Glick
• 2025-02-13 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 159: yeas 91, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-14 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-02-20 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-04-07 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-08 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 365: yeas 48, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-09 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-09 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2025-04-09 House dissented from Senate amendments
• 2025-04-10 Senate advisors appointed: Leising, Yoder and Glick
• 2025-04-10 Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Jackson L
• 2025-04-14 House conferees appointed: Baird and Garcia Wilburn
• 2025-04-14 House advisors appointed: King, Ledbetter and Bauer
• 2025-04-22 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2025-04-22 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2025-04-22 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 518: yeas 90, nays 1
• 2025-04-23 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 492: yeas 47, nays 0
• 2025-05-06 Public Law 234 became-law
• 2025-04-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-05-06 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-24 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed2e9bfd-22cb-486d-9673-9e27bd3ab756. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).