republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1296.md

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Bill	Mental health services.	Requires the secretary of family and social services to certify integrated reentry and correctional support programs. Requires the owner of a recovery residence to register with the division of mental health and addiction (division). Sets forth the requirements for registration. Requires the division to post a list of registered recovery residences on the division's public website and include certain information concerning each recovery residence. Requires the division to adopt rules concerning: (1) the issuance, revocation, and denial of a registration; and (2) any rules necessary to implement these provisions. Allows the division to contract with certain entities to administer the registration of recovery residences.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1296	Indiana HB 1296 (2026)	bill	ADDICTION SERVICES; Generally AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Mental Health Facilities	enacted	Brett Clark Garrett Bascom Michael Crider	4	22	2	2026-01-06	2026-02-24	openstates	ocd-bill/92c1e1e9-0dbe-4846-9409-4bbd97138ee1	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1296	2e2c1ce25922b787606733443d060be3d594ae025890fa2ee36247ed85d2979e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1296 (2026) — Mental health services.

Requires the secretary of family and social services to certify integrated reentry and correctional support programs. Requires the owner of a recovery residence to register with the division of mental health and addiction (division). Sets forth the requirements for registration. Requires the division to post a list of registered recovery residences on the division's public website and include certain information concerning each recovery residence. Requires the division to adopt rules concerning: (1) the issuance, revocation, and denial of a registration; and (2) any rules necessary to implement these provisions. Allows the division to contract with certain entities to administer the registration of recovery residences.

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 1296 - Clark - 3rd Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1296 - Bascom - 3rd Reading — 92–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brett Clark — primary (person)
• Garrett Bascom — primary (person)
• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Brad Barrett — coauthor (person)
• Daryl Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
• J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
• La Keisha Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)
• Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
• Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06 Coauthored by Representatives Barrett, Goss-Reaves
• 2026-01-06 Authored by Representative Bascom
• 2026-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-12 Representative Porter added as coauthor
• 2026-01-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 127: yeas 92, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-28 Senate sponsor: Senator Clark
• 2026-01-29 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Senator Crider added as second sponsor
• 2026-02-05 Senators Ford J.D., Jackson L, Yoder, Becker added as cosponsors
• 2026-02-05 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-09 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-10 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 152: yeas 50, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-10 Senator Schmitt added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-11 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2026-02-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-12 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-18 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-02-24 Public Law 32 became-law
• 2026-02-24 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92c1e1e9-0dbe-4846-9409-4bbd97138ee1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).