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Bill	Health and human services matters.	Amends the duties of the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) concerning Medicaid home and community based services waivers (waiver). Requires: (1) a provider of waiver services to provide certain documentation to a waiver recipient; (2) a waiver recipient to review the documentation and report errors or inconsistencies; and (3) the recipient's case manager to provide assistance to the recipient in reviewing the documentation and reporting any errors or inconsistencies. Requires certain Medicaid recipients to choose the recipient's provider of integrated health care coordination. Provides that integrated health care coordination provided by a provider of assisted living services is not duplicative of certain other services. Establishes a time frame in which the bureau of disabilities services must review and approve or deny requests for an increase in service units provided to certain individuals with a disability. Requires the office to apply to the federal government for: (1) a new Medicaid waiver to provide assisted living services; and (2) an amendment to a specific Medicaid home and community based services waiver to establish an individual cost limit of not more than the institutional cost of nursing facility services. Specifies that provisions concerning reimbursement for assisted living services for individuals who are aged and disabled and receiving services under a Medicaid waiver apply to the new assisted living Medicaid waiver. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2027, an individual is no longer a member of the covered population upon receiving nursing facility services for 100 consecutive days. Provides that on the one hundredth day, the individual is not a member of the covered population and shall receive Medicaid services under a fee for service program. Provides that a provision prohibiting the office from reducing reimbursement for home health services expires June 30, 2027. Requires the office to collaborate with certain entities to develop a new reimbursement methodology for home health services. Specifies that public notice of at least six months (rather than one year) must be provided before a health facility service reimbursement that results in a reduction in reimbursement may be changed. Amends the definition of "bulk drug substance" for provisions concerning drug compounding. Provides that a claim by the estate recovery unit of the office of Medicaid policy and planning (estate recovery unit) is forever barred unless the estate recovery unit files a claim in the court in which the decedent's estate is being administered not later than nine months after the date of death of the decedent.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1277	Indiana HB 1277 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Long Term Care Facilities HEALTH; Billing and Costs HEALTH; Developmental Disabilities HEALTH; Medicaid HEALTH; Physical Disabilities SENIOR CITIZENS	enacted	Brad Barrett Liz Brown Michael Crider	5	42	4	2026-01-06	2026-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/be60ec3b-f506-47d7-b304-d518e5c4600c	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1277	3c903e16dfbd09e0a0f0f7b1219ddd4e12b83c26787da6950482a9206488e201	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1277 (2026) — Health and human services matters.

Amends the duties of the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) concerning Medicaid home and community based services waivers (waiver). Requires: (1) a provider of waiver services to provide certain documentation to a waiver recipient; (2) a waiver recipient to review the documentation and report errors or inconsistencies; and (3) the recipient's case manager to provide assistance to the recipient in reviewing the documentation and reporting any errors or inconsistencies. Requires certain Medicaid recipients to choose the recipient's provider of integrated health care coordination. Provides that integrated health care coordination provided by a provider of assisted living services is not duplicative of certain other services. Establishes a time frame in which the bureau of disabilities services must review and approve or deny requests for an increase in service units provided to certain individuals with a disability. Requires the office to apply to the federal government for: (1) a new Medicaid waiver to provide assisted living services; and (2) an amendment to a specific Medicaid home and community based services waiver to establish an individual cost limit of not more than the institutional cost of nursing facility services. Specifies that provisions concerning reimbursement for assisted living services for individuals who are aged and disabled and receiving services under a Medicaid waiver apply to the new assisted living Medicaid waiver. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2027, an individual is no longer a member of the covered population upon receiving nursing facility services for 100 consecutive days. Provides that on the one hundredth day, the individual is not a member of the covered population and shall receive Medicaid services under a fee for service program. Provides that a provision prohibiting the office from reducing reimbursement for home health services expires June 30, 2027. Requires the office to collaborate with certain entities to develop a new reimbursement methodology for home health services. Specifies that public notice of at least six months (rather than one year) must be provided before a health facility service reimbursement that results in a reduction in reimbursement may be changed. Amends the definition of "bulk drug substance" for provisions concerning drug compounding. Provides that a claim by the estate recovery unit of the office of Medicaid policy and planning (estate recovery unit) is forever barred unless the estate recovery unit files a claim in the court in which the decedent's estate is being administered not later than nine months after the date of death of the decedent.

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

Votes

• HB 1277 - Crider — 46–4 (pass) · upper
• HB 1277 - Barrett - 3rd Reading — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1277 - Barrett — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1277 - Crider - 3rd Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brad Barrett — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Ed Charbonneau — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
• Harold Slager — coauthor (person)
• Justin Busch — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)
• Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-06 Authored by Representative Barrett
• 2026-01-13 Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
• 2026-01-13 Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor
• 2026-01-13 Representative Porter added as coauthor
• 2026-01-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-14 Representative Slager added as coauthor
• 2026-01-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-29 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-02 Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
• 2026-02-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 180: yeas 93, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-03 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-02-05 Senator Brown L added as second sponsor
• 2026-02-05 Senator Busch added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-05 Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Senator Becker added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-12 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-12 Senator Charbonneau added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-19 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #8 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #3 (Crider) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-02-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 250: yeas 47, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2026-02-25 House dissented from Senate amendments
• 2026-02-25 Senate conferees appointed: Crider, Jackson L
• 2026-02-25 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-25 House advisors appointed: Goss-Reaves, Slager, Lopez, Bauer, Porter
• 2026-02-25 House conferees appointed: Barrett, Shackleford
• 2026-02-25 Senate advisors appointed: Busch, Yoder, Brown L
• 2026-03-12 Public Law 160 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-27 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2026-02-27 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2026-02-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 416: yeas 96, nays 0
• 2026-02-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 325: yeas 46, nays 4
• 2026-03-02 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be60ec3b-f506-47d7-b304-d518e5c4600c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).