republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1689.md

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Bill	Human services matters.	Provides that provisions of law concerning the statewide waiver ombudsman apply to an individual who has a disability and receives services administered by the bureau of disabilities services. (Current law specifies that these provisions apply to an individual who has a developmental disability and receives services under the federal home and community based services program.) Specifies that these provisions do not apply to an individual served by the long term care ombudsman program. Changes references from "statewide waiver ombudsman" to "statewide bureau of disabilities services ombudsman". Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary) to prepare an annual report on the provision of Medicaid home and community based waiver services. Specifies the information that must be included in the report. Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services advisory council to provide recommendations to the division of disability and rehabilitative services to ensure the delivery of appropriate high quality services to recipients. Requires the office of the secretary to provide to the division of disability and rehabilitative services advisory council reports on the office of the secretary's plans to provide services to individuals who require extraordinary care and specifies the timing of the reports.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1689	Indiana HB 1689 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) HEALTH; Developmental Disabilities HEALTH; Medicaid	enacted	Edward Clere Greg Goode J.D. Ford Spencer Deery	4	30	4	2025-01-21	2025-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/1ec564b4-c948-4515-ad68-385bd5c97f87	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1689	87704edc695c0dfe84cb42dacf09670236af80ddebe02250a7c9eec27b4a42dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1689 (2025) — Human services matters.

Provides that provisions of law concerning the statewide waiver ombudsman apply to an individual who has a disability and receives services administered by the bureau of disabilities services. (Current law specifies that these provisions apply to an individual who has a developmental disability and receives services under the federal home and community based services program.) Specifies that these provisions do not apply to an individual served by the long term care ombudsman program. Changes references from "statewide waiver ombudsman" to "statewide bureau of disabilities services ombudsman". Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary) to prepare an annual report on the provision of Medicaid home and community based waiver services. Specifies the information that must be included in the report. Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services advisory council to provide recommendations to the division of disability and rehabilitative services to ensure the delivery of appropriate high quality services to recipients. Requires the office of the secretary to provide to the division of disability and rehabilitative services advisory council reports on the office of the secretary's plans to provide services to individuals who require extraordinary care and specifies the timing of the reports.

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 1689 - Goode — 44–1 (pass) · upper
• HB 1689 - Clere - 3rd Reading — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1689 - Clere — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1689 - Goode - 3rd Reading — 47–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Edward Clere — primary (person)
• Greg Goode — primary (person)
• J.D. Ford — primary (person)
• Spencer Deery — primary (person)
• Cherrish Pryor — coauthor (person)
• Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
• Robert Behning — coauthor (person)
• Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-21 Authored by Representative Clere
• 2025-01-21 Coauthored by Representatives Porter, Behning, Pryor
• 2025-01-21 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-02-04 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-06 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-10 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 119: yeas 92, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-10 Cosponsor: Senator Yoder
• 2025-02-10 Senate sponsors: Senators Goode, Ford J.D., Deery
• 2025-02-11 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-01 Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-03 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-04-07 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-09 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-08 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 368: yeas 47, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-17 House conferees appointed: Clere and Porter
• 2025-04-17 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2025-04-17 House dissented from Senate amendments
• 2025-04-17 House advisors appointed: Barrett, Isa, Goss-Reaves and Pryor
• 2025-04-21 Senate advisors appointed: Yoder and Deery
• 2025-04-21 Senate conferees appointed: Goode and Jackson L
• 2025-04-23 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 538: yeas 91, nays 0
• 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2025-04-23 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 502: yeas 44, nays 1
• 2025-05-06 Public Law 243 became-law
• 2025-05-06 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-24 Signed by the Speaker passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ec564b4-c948-4515-ad68-385bd5c97f87. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).