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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dental plans."
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description: "Prohibits a dental plan (an insurance policy, a health maintenance organization contract, or a preferred provider plan) from directly or indirectly requiring a dental provider to provide a dental service to a covered individual at a fee amount that is: (1) set by the dental plan; or (2) subject to the approval of the dental plan; unless the dental service is a covered service under the dental plan. Prohibits a third party administrator or another person from arranging for a dental provider to provide dental services for a dental plan that sets the amount of the fee for any dental services unless the dental services are covered services under the dental plan. Authorizes the insurance commissioner to issue a cease and desist order against a person that violates any of these prohibitions and, if the person violates the cease and desist order, to impose a civil penalty upon the person and suspend or revoke the person's certificate of authority."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 136"
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citation: "Indiana SB 136 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["DENTISTS AND DENTISTRY; DENTAL HYGIENISTS", "HEALTH", "Health Care Costs; Health Insurance", "HEALTH", "Health Maintenance Organizations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "Dennis Zent", "Liz Brown", "Mike Bohacek"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-04"
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last_action: "2022-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c48ab9af-5d5f-4f4f-9d65-243043bf2a39"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/136"
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source_hash: "fac1cf75ce1383af727489d0373feb110e3385a011da7b226b684140ecbdcdf9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 136 (2022) — Dental plans.
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Prohibits a dental plan (an insurance policy, a health maintenance organization contract, or a preferred provider plan) from directly or indirectly requiring a dental provider to provide a dental service to a covered individual at a fee amount that is: (1) set by the dental plan; or (2) subject to the approval of the dental plan; unless the dental service is a covered service under the dental plan. Prohibits a third party administrator or another person from arranging for a dental provider to provide dental services for a dental plan that sets the amount of the fee for any dental services unless the dental services are covered services under the dental plan. Authorizes the insurance commissioner to issue a cease and desist order against a person that violates any of these prohibitions and, if the person violates the cease and desist order, to impose a civil penalty upon the person and suspend or revoke the person's certificate of authority.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0136/versions/SB0136.04.ENRH)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0136/versions/SB0136.01.INTR)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0136/versions/SB0136.03.COMH)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0136/versions/SB0136.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 136 - Zent - 3rd Reading — **93–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andy Zay — primary (person)
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- Dennis Zent — primary (person)
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- Liz Brown — primary (person)
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- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
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- Chris Garten — coauthor (person)
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- Donna Schaibley — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
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- James Buck — coauthor (person)
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- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Martin Carbaugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Matt Lehman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-04** Authored by Senator Zay
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- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-11** Senator Doriot added as second author
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- **2022-01-11** Senator Koch added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-13** Senator Bassler added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-20** Senator Koch removed as coauthor
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- **2022-01-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 50: yeas 46, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-24** House sponsor: Representative Zent
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- **2022-01-24** Cosponsors: Representatives Schaibley, Carbaugh, Lehman
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- **2022-01-24** Senator Doriot removed as second author
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- **2022-01-24** Senator Brown L added as second author
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- **2022-01-24** Senator Bohacek added as third author
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- **2022-01-24** Senator Buck added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-24** Senator Garten added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-24** Senator Rogers added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-25** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-26** Referred to the House
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- **2022-01-31** First reading: referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-15** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 218: yeas 93, nays 4 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-02-22** Motion to concur filed
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- **2022-02-24** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 257: yeas 47, nays 1 `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2022-03-08** Public Law 42
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c48ab9af-5d5f-4f4f-9d65-243043bf2a39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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