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Bill Indiana department of health. Changes the statewide standing order for the dispensing of a smoking cessation product to a tobacco, vaping, or nicotine cessation product. Amends the date by which a hospital must submit the hospital's fiscal report and patient information report to the state department. Removes a requirement that a home health aide competency evaluation program include at least 75 hours of training and 16 hours of classroom training before supervised practical training. Adds Parkinson's disease to the definition of "chronic disease" for provisions concerning the chronic disease registry. Requires: (1) the state department to maintain a trauma registry; and (2) certain health care facilities to submit data to the registry. Establishes requirements for the handling and transporting of infectious waste. Sets forth factors the state department must consider in determining the nature of and civil penalty for a violation of infectious waste requirements. Expands provisions concerning epinephrine, including provisions allowing a pharmacist to dispense and an entity to prescribe epinephrine rather than auto-injectable epinephrine. Removes the expiration of provisions concerning lead screening for children. Requires a registered manufacturer, processor, repackager, or wholesale distributor of food, drugs, or cosmetics to comply with federal regulations concerning good manufacturing practices. Allows the state health commissioner to enter and inspect the premises of the manufacturer, processor, repackager, or wholesale distributor. Permits a local health department to conduct inspections of certain manufacturers, processors, repackagers, or wholesale distributors. Amends the information a local child fatality review team and the statewide child fatality review committee may review in conducting a child fatality review. Allows a suicide and overdose fatality review team and a fetal-infant mortality review team to provide records to the state department. Requires the state department to maintain the confidentiality of these records. Requires a medical school to: (1) include nutrition education in the school's curriculum; and (2) require students to complete a rural health rotation. Voids administrative rules concerning infectious waste and the state trauma registry. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2026 HB 1358 Indiana HB 1358 (2026)
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AGENCIES; Department of Health (IDOH)
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Tobacco and Nicotine Products
CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS)
CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities
Damages
and Penalties
ENVIRONMENT; Hazardous Waste
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Generally
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Hospitals
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Pharmacists
HEALTH; Behavioral Health; Mental Illness and Treatment
HEALTH; Lead Testing
HEALTH; Local Boards and Programs
SCHOOLS; Health and Safety Issues
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Brad Barrett
Ed Charbonneau
Justin Busch
4 23 3 2026-01-08 2026-03-04 openstates ocd-bill/2a769530-e56d-41aa-9e87-d90056ce5497 https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1358 d45ccba03803bb486353d37899e5e17adcebf4cf376600e046365bf8a8e48f7c 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Indiana HB 1358 (2026) — Indiana department of health.

Changes the statewide standing order for the dispensing of a smoking cessation product to a tobacco, vaping, or nicotine cessation product. Amends the date by which a hospital must submit the hospital's fiscal report and patient information report to the state department. Removes a requirement that a home health aide competency evaluation program include at least 75 hours of training and 16 hours of classroom training before supervised practical training. Adds Parkinson's disease to the definition of "chronic disease" for provisions concerning the chronic disease registry. Requires: (1) the state department to maintain a trauma registry; and (2) certain health care facilities to submit data to the registry. Establishes requirements for the handling and transporting of infectious waste. Sets forth factors the state department must consider in determining the nature of and civil penalty for a violation of infectious waste requirements. Expands provisions concerning epinephrine, including provisions allowing a pharmacist to dispense and an entity to prescribe epinephrine rather than auto-injectable epinephrine. Removes the expiration of provisions concerning lead screening for children. Requires a registered manufacturer, processor, repackager, or wholesale distributor of food, drugs, or cosmetics to comply with federal regulations concerning good manufacturing practices. Allows the state health commissioner to enter and inspect the premises of the manufacturer, processor, repackager, or wholesale distributor. Permits a local health department to conduct inspections of certain manufacturers, processors, repackagers, or wholesale distributors. Amends the information a local child fatality review team and the statewide child fatality review committee may review in conducting a child fatality review. Allows a suicide and overdose fatality review team and a fetal-infant mortality review team to provide records to the state department. Requires the state department to maintain the confidentiality of these records. Requires a medical school to: (1) include nutrition education in the school's curriculum; and (2) require students to complete a rural health rotation. Voids administrative rules concerning infectious waste and the state trauma registry.

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 1358 - Barrett — 960 (pass) · lower
  • HB 1358 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading — 404 (pass) · upper
  • HB 1358 - Barrett - 3rd Reading — 950 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Brad Barrett — primary (person)
  • Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
  • Justin Busch — primary (person)
  • Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
  • James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
  • Joanna King — coauthor (person)
  • Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
  • Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-01-08 Authored by Representative Barrett
  • 2026-01-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-01-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-01-22 Representatives King, Goss-Reaves, Porter added as coauthors
  • 2026-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 116: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-01-28 Senate sponsors: Senators Charbonneau, Busch
  • 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 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-10 Senator Tomes added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-02-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 193: yeas 40, nays 4 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-02-18 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
  • 2026-02-25 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2026-02-25 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 380: yeas 96, nays 0
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 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 96 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a769530-e56d-41aa-9e87-d90056ce5497. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).