republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1210.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various health matters."
description: "Establishes penalties for intentionally interfering with an investigation and enforcement of a home health agency by the state department of health (department). Allows the department to use the immunization data registry to store and release nonimmunization personal health information. States that a responsible member of a family may release a deceased patient's medical records if the deceased patient does not have a surviving spouse or child or a personal representative of the estate. Allows mental health records to be disclosed without the consent of the patient for research purposes by rules of the Indiana archives and records administration and the oversight committee on public records. Allows health records to be disclosed by the Indiana archives and records administration to another provider or nonprofit research organization (current law is a nonprofit medical research organization) in connection with a scientific, statistical, or education project. Changes the title of a \"certified food handler\" to \"certified food protection manager\" (CFPM). Repeals the definition of \"food handler\". Requires a CFPM to provide certain documents to the food establishment and obtain a valid certificate every five years. Prohibits using the title \"certified food protection manager\" unless the person holds a certificate. Provides that a CFPM may be required to be present during all hours of operation if the department and food establishment agreed upon a variance concerning the requirements for the operation of the food establishment. Amends the establishments that are exempt from the certified food protection manager requirements. Establishes new penalties. Provides for the transition of an existing certified food handler to a certified food protection manager. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1210"
citation: "Indiana HB 1210 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH generally", "HEALTH", "State Department and Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Zent", "Ed Charbonneau", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fb44a4d-d966-47e3-a715-8355e907f4cd"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1210"
source_hash: "57a9bb053064177281a487f2b50515b773e997adb7fe5bfcb3763cb9c69c94fc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1210 (2020) — Various health matters.

Establishes penalties for intentionally interfering with an investigation and enforcement of a home health agency by the state department of health (department). Allows the department to use the immunization data registry to store and release nonimmunization personal health information. States that a responsible member of a family may release a deceased patient's medical records if the deceased patient does not have a surviving spouse or child or a personal representative of the estate. Allows mental health records to be disclosed without the consent of the patient for research purposes by rules of the Indiana archives and records administration and the oversight committee on public records. Allows health records to be disclosed by the Indiana archives and records administration to another provider or nonprofit research organization (current law is a nonprofit medical research organization) in connection with a scientific, statistical, or education project. Changes the title of a "certified food handler" to "certified food protection manager" (CFPM). Repeals the definition of "food handler". Requires a CFPM to provide certain documents to the food establishment and obtain a valid certificate every five years. Prohibits using the title "certified food protection manager" unless the person holds a certificate. Provides that a CFPM may be required to be present during all hours of operation if the department and food establishment agreed upon a variance concerning the requirements for the operation of the food establishment. Amends the establishments that are exempt from the certified food protection manager requirements. Establishes new penalties. Provides for the transition of an existing certified food handler to a certified food protection manager. Makes conforming changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1210/versions/HB1210.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1210/versions/HB1210.03.COMS)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1210/versions/HB1210.02.COMH)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1210/versions/HB1210.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1210 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- HB 1210 - Zent - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis Zent — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Brad Barrett — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Fleming — coauthor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Authored by Representative Zent
- **2020-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-23** Senate sponsor: Senator Charbonneau
- **2020-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 53: yeas 92, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-23** Representatives Fleming, Barrett, Shackleford added as coauthors
- **2020-01-24** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-17** Senator Crider added as second sponsor
- **2020-02-18** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 217: yeas 48, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-21** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** Motion to concur filed
- **2020-03-04** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 313: yeas 87, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 45

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fb44a4d-d966-47e3-a715-8355e907f4cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).