republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1271.md

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Bill	Payment of health claims.	Requires a hospital to: (1) disclose information concerning payment assistance programs; (2) post signs concerning the programs in specified locations of the hospital; and (3) make information concerning the programs available to individuals through the hospital's patient portal. Requires a hospital to make a reasonable effort to notify individuals of available payment assistance programs before beginning a collection action against the individual. Prohibits the use of downcoding in a specified manner. Prohibits a provider from using an automated process, system, or tool to submit a health benefits claim without the review of a provider or other person involved in the development of the claim for submission. Prohibits an insurer that issues a policy of accident and sickness insurance (insurer) and a health maintenance organization from retroactively reducing the reimbursement rate for any CPT code. Sets forth limitations on the time frame in which an insurer and a health maintenance organization: (1) may request repayment of an overpayment, adjust a subsequent claim, recoup a paid claim, or retroactively audit a paid claim; and (2) is required to correct a payment error to a provider. Provides that if an insurer or a health maintenance organization recoups payment from a provider due to an error in coordination of benefits, the provider may submit a claim for the same services to the appropriate insurer or health maintenance organization.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1271	Indiana HB 1271 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Insurance (IDOI) FINANCIAL SERVICES; Collection Agencies HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Hospitals HEALTH; Billing and Costs INSURANCE; Generally INSURANCE; Health Insurance INSURANCE; Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) TRADE REGULATIONS; Consumer Credit and Consumer Protection (Including the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC))	enacted	Julie McGuire Liz Brown Michael Crider Tyler Johnson	6	31	3	2026-01-06	2026-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/70f39fd9-c441-4500-8fb0-ed640fa17065	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1271	ccce45fc49190f39feabbd8549ea8dfb7e3bb8ae8ad1f754d4fbeafe6adb3de6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1271 (2026) — Payment of health claims.

Requires a hospital to: (1) disclose information concerning payment assistance programs; (2) post signs concerning the programs in specified locations of the hospital; and (3) make information concerning the programs available to individuals through the hospital's patient portal. Requires a hospital to make a reasonable effort to notify individuals of available payment assistance programs before beginning a collection action against the individual. Prohibits the use of downcoding in a specified manner. Prohibits a provider from using an automated process, system, or tool to submit a health benefits claim without the review of a provider or other person involved in the development of the claim for submission. Prohibits an insurer that issues a policy of accident and sickness insurance (insurer) and a health maintenance organization from retroactively reducing the reimbursement rate for any CPT code. Sets forth limitations on the time frame in which an insurer and a health maintenance organization: (1) may request repayment of an overpayment, adjust a subsequent claim, recoup a paid claim, or retroactively audit a paid claim; and (2) is required to correct a payment error to a provider. Provides that if an insurer or a health maintenance organization recoups payment from a provider due to an error in coordination of benefits, the provider may submit a claim for the same services to the appropriate insurer or health maintenance organization.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1271 - McGuire - 3rd Reading — 85–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1271 - McGuire — 87–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1271 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 46–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Julie McGuire — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)
• Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)
• Victoria Garcia Wilburn — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06 Authored by Representative McGuire
• 2026-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-08 Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor
• 2026-01-12 Representative Garcia Wilburn added as coauthor
• 2026-01-13 Representative Campbell added as coauthor
• 2026-01-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-22 Representatives Goss-Reaves, Garcia Wilburn, Campbell removed as coauthors
• 2026-01-27 Representatives Goss-Reaves, Carbaugh, Garcia Wilburn added as coauthors
• 2026-01-29 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-29 Amendment #4 (McGuire) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 179: yeas 85, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-02 Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L, Crider, Johnson T
• 2026-02-03 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-02-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-19 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-19 Committee report: Rules Committee Report; adopted voice vote
• 2026-02-19 Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #4 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 248: yeas 46, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-25 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-26 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 391: yeas 87, nays 0
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-04 Public Law 88 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70f39fd9-c441-4500-8fb0-ed640fa17065. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).