republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1461.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long term services."
description: "Requires the housing and community development authority to: (1) assess the feasibility of the development of new assisted living communities for low and middle income individuals; and (2) determine possible funding for the assisted living communities; and submit a report to the legislative services agency. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to contract with more than one entity to provide functional eligibility determinations for individuals applying for the aged and disabled Medicaid waiver. Requires the office to report to the budget committee and legislative council certain information concerning: (1) the average length of time to conduct function eligibility assessments; and (2) a plan to provide functional eligibility not later than 72 hours from the eligibility assessment. Removes the requirement that the transfer of comprehensive care beds in a health facility must equalize the number of certified Medicaid beds in the county. Allows a health facility that transfers comprehensive care beds to reduce the facility's count of licensed comprehensive care beds by the number of beds transferred. Allows the receiving facility to increase the: (1) count of licensed comprehensive care beds; and (2) number of beds that are Medicaid certified. Requires the office to reimburse the provider of assisted living services if an increase in the level of services for a recipient is approved by the office. Specifies that integrated health care coordination and transportation are assisted living services. Prohibits the office from reducing the scope of services that may be provided by an assisted living services provider under the Medicaid aged and disabled waiver, as in effect on July 1, 2021. Specifies provisions that must be included in a risk based managed care program or capitated managed care program for specified Medicaid recipients. Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish and administer the registration of a temporary health care service agency. Repeals current laws concerning the regulation of employment services. Removes references to a residential care facility administrator as a separate classification of license. Sets forth requirements for health facility administrators, residential care facility administrators, administrators in training, preceptors, and student interns. Sets forth notification requirements to the state department upon a vacancy or new hire of a residential care administrator. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1461"
citation: "Indiana HB 1461 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGED PERSONS", "ASSISTED LIVING ISSUES", "FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION", "HEALTH", "Home Health Care", "HEALTH", "State Department and Agencies", "HOUSING", "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL; LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY", "OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET", "WELFARE", "Medicaid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barrett", "Ed Charbonneau", "Liz Brown"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e71fd73a-cbba-4d77-856c-44227b966df9"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1461"
source_hash: "cab115bb6f66374a923beb0a807674492c38836282af6e8794d512d1b3832871"
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 1461 (2023) — Long term services.

Requires the housing and community development authority to: (1) assess the feasibility of the development of new assisted living communities for low and middle income individuals; and (2) determine possible funding for the assisted living communities; and submit a report to the legislative services agency. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to contract with more than one entity to provide functional eligibility determinations for individuals applying for the aged and disabled Medicaid waiver. Requires the office to report to the budget committee and legislative council certain information concerning: (1) the average length of time to conduct function eligibility assessments; and (2) a plan to provide functional eligibility not later than 72 hours from the eligibility assessment. Removes the requirement that the transfer of comprehensive care beds in a health facility must equalize the number of certified Medicaid beds in the county. Allows a health facility that transfers comprehensive care beds to reduce the facility's count of licensed comprehensive care beds by the number of beds transferred. Allows the receiving facility to increase the: (1) count of licensed comprehensive care beds; and (2) number of beds that are Medicaid certified. Requires the office to reimburse the provider of assisted living services if an increase in the level of services for a recipient is approved by the office. Specifies that integrated health care coordination and transportation are assisted living services. Prohibits the office from reducing the scope of services that may be provided by an assisted living services provider under the Medicaid aged and disabled waiver, as in effect on July 1, 2021. Specifies provisions that must be included in a risk based managed care program or capitated managed care program for specified Medicaid recipients. Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish and administer the registration of a temporary health care service agency. Repeals current laws concerning the regulation of employment services. Removes references to a residential care facility administrator as a separate classification of license. Sets forth requirements for health facility administrators, residential care facility administrators, administrators in training, preceptors, and student interns. Sets forth notification requirements to the state department upon a vacancy or new hire of a residential care administrator. 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/HB1461/versions/HB1461.06.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1461/versions/HB1461.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1461/versions/HB1461.03.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1461/versions/HB1461.04.COMS)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1461/versions/HB1461.05.COMS)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1461/versions/HB1461.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1461 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Barrett — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Ethan Manning — coauthor (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Coauthored by Representative Manning
- **2023-01-17** Authored by Representative Barrett
- **2023-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
- **2023-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Representatives Karickhoff and Shackleford added as coauthors
- **2023-02-21** Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L and Charbonneau
- **2023-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 185: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-03-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 442: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-20** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 467: yeas 93, nays 0
- **2023-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Public Law 149 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e71fd73a-cbba-4d77-856c-44227b966df9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).