republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1458.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Doctor scope of treatment and do not resuscitate."
description: "Provides that a declarant may include a person for whom a proxy has executed an out of hospital do not resuscitate (DNR) declaration if the person: (1) is at least 18 years of age and is certified as a qualified person; (2) is incapacitated or incompetent; and (3) has no representative who is able and available to execute an out of hospital DNR declaration. Defines \"incapacitated\" as related to an out of hospital DNR declaration. Defines \"proxy\" as related to an out of hospital DNR declaration and a physician order for scope of treatment (POST). Provides that a person's proxy may execute an out of hospital DNR declaration if certain conditions are met. Creates a declaration and order form to be used by hospitals if the declarant is incapacitated or incompetent. Allows a qualified person's proxy to complete a POST form if the person is incapable of making health care decisions and no representative is able and available to act. Allows a proxy to revoke a POST form or request alternative treatment. Provides that if alternative treatment is requested, the treating medical provider shall review the POST form with the declarant, the declarant's representative, or the proxy who has priority to act for the declarant. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1458"
citation: "Indiana HB 1458 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH", "HEALTH", "Health Care Professionals", "HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barrett", "Liz Brown", "Scott Alexander", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f86d63b4-c12c-4a9e-bc70-8a81c7521f22"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1458"
source_hash: "d2b57093db3070e76f9b527b94536b94fd195a1bb5bf506b12ef03feac373d77"
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 1458 (2023) — Doctor scope of treatment and do not resuscitate.

Provides that a declarant may include a person for whom a proxy has executed an out of hospital do not resuscitate (DNR) declaration if the person: (1) is at least 18 years of age and is certified as a qualified person; (2) is incapacitated or incompetent; and (3) has no representative who is able and available to execute an out of hospital DNR declaration. Defines "incapacitated" as related to an out of hospital DNR declaration. Defines "proxy" as related to an out of hospital DNR declaration and a physician order for scope of treatment (POST). Provides that a person's proxy may execute an out of hospital DNR declaration if certain conditions are met. Creates a declaration and order form to be used by hospitals if the declarant is incapacitated or incompetent. Allows a qualified person's proxy to complete a POST form if the person is incapable of making health care decisions and no representative is able and available to act. Allows a proxy to revoke a POST form or request alternative treatment. Provides that if alternative treatment is requested, the treating medical provider shall review the POST form with the declarant, the declarant's representative, or the proxy who has priority to act for the declarant. 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/2023/bills/HB1458/versions/HB1458.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1458/versions/HB1458.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1458/versions/HB1458.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1458/versions/HB1458.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1458 - Johnson - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Barrett — primary (person)
- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Scott Alexander — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Cory Criswell — coauthor (person)
- Rita Fleming — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Hatfield — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Coauthored by Representative Fleming
- **2023-01-17** Authored by Representative Barrett
- **2023-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Johnson
- **2023-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 47: yeas 96, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** Representatives Hatfield and Criswell C added as coauthors
- **2023-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Senator Brown L added as third sponsor
- **2023-03-13** Senator Alexander added as second sponsor
- **2023-03-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 220: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 326: yeas 94, nays 0
- **2023-04-03** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Public Law 86 `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f86d63b4-c12c-4a9e-bc70-8a81c7521f22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).