republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1568.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription for hormonal contraceptives."
description: "Allows pharmacists who meet certain requirements to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered hormonal contraceptives (contraceptives). Establishes requirements for pharmacists who elect to prescribe and dispense contraceptives. Provides that a pharmacist is not required to prescribe a contraceptive to a woman if the pharmacist believes the contraceptive is contraindicated or objects on ethical, moral, or religious grounds. Provides that an individual who is a pharmacy technician, pharmacy technician in training, pharmacist student, or pharmacist intern is not required to dispense a contraceptive to a woman if the individual objects on ethical, moral, or religious grounds. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) to revoke the license of a pharmacist who knowingly or intentionally prescribes a drug that is intended to cause an abortion. Establishes penalties for a pharmacist who prescribes a drug that is intended to cause an abortion. Requires the state health commissioner or the commissioner's designated public health authority to issue a standing order that allows a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense contraceptives until the board adopts rules that adopt the standing order. Establishes requirements for the standing order. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to reimburse a pharmacist for services and prescriptions for contraceptives provided to an eligible Medicaid recipient."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1568"
citation: "Indiana HB 1568 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUGS AND MEDICINES", "PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Rowray", "Jean Leising", "Susan Glick", "Vaneta Becker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa65f005-57b0-4bdf-a6b8-6247bc21c699"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1568"
source_hash: "a0d8891e6f6b14efacf7e57436b54bcd3fed659e97621ca18d600926054104f6"
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 1568 (2023) — Prescription for hormonal contraceptives.

Allows pharmacists who meet certain requirements to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered hormonal contraceptives (contraceptives). Establishes requirements for pharmacists who elect to prescribe and dispense contraceptives. Provides that a pharmacist is not required to prescribe a contraceptive to a woman if the pharmacist believes the contraceptive is contraindicated or objects on ethical, moral, or religious grounds. Provides that an individual who is a pharmacy technician, pharmacy technician in training, pharmacist student, or pharmacist intern is not required to dispense a contraceptive to a woman if the individual objects on ethical, moral, or religious grounds. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) to revoke the license of a pharmacist who knowingly or intentionally prescribes a drug that is intended to cause an abortion. Establishes penalties for a pharmacist who prescribes a drug that is intended to cause an abortion. Requires the state health commissioner or the commissioner's designated public health authority to issue a standing order that allows a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense contraceptives until the board adopts rules that adopt the standing order. Establishes requirements for the standing order. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to reimburse a pharmacist for services and prescriptions for contraceptives provided to an eligible Medicaid recipient.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1568/versions/HB1568.03.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1568/versions/HB1568.06.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1568/versions/HB1568.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1568/versions/HB1568.05.COMS)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1568/versions/HB1568.04.COMS)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1568/versions/HB1568.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1568 - Glick - 3rd Reading — **28–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Rowray — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
- Ann Vermilion — coauthor (person)
- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Fleming — coauthor (person)
- Scott Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Coauthored by Representatives Negele, Vermilion, Fleming
- **2023-01-19** Authored by Representative Rowray
- **2023-01-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Amendment #4 (Negele) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Senate sponsors: Senators Glick, Leising, Becker
- **2023-02-20** Cosponsor: Senator Alexander
- **2023-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 167: yeas 86, nays 12 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Senator Breaux added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-30** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Senator Bohacek added as cosponsor
- **2023-04-06** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
- **2023-04-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 379: yeas 28, nays 20 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2023-04-12** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Public Law 154 `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** 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/aa65f005-57b0-4bdf-a6b8-6247bc21c699`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).