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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Assistance for funeral and cemetery expenses."
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description: "Raises the dollar amounts considered when determining Medicaid payments for funeral director expenses and cemetery expenses. Requires the division to raise the dollar amounts considered when determining Medicaid payments for funeral director expenses and cemetery expenses by $100 each year for three years beginning on July 1, 2024."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 373"
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citation: "Indiana SB 373 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CEMETERIES AND DEAD BODIES", "FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS; FUNERAL EXPENSES", "WELFARE", "Medicaid"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Linda Rogers", "Mark Genda"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-19"
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last_action: "2023-04-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77d24022-8f07-4179-925e-43beefe9f769"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/373"
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source_hash: "f2377b6911012b5ad1bf0ed5de282dceb75ce095c6973dad629618e24be4a5f2"
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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 373 (2023) — Assistance for funeral and cemetery expenses.
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Raises the dollar amounts considered when determining Medicaid payments for funeral director expenses and cemetery expenses. Requires the division to raise the dollar amounts considered when determining Medicaid payments for funeral director expenses and cemetery expenses by $100 each year for three years beginning on July 1, 2024.
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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/2023/bills/SB0373/versions/SB0373.05.ENRH)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0373/versions/SB0373.01.INTR)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0373/versions/SB0373.04.COMH)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0373/versions/SB0373.03.COMS)
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5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0373/versions/SB0373.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 373 - Genda M - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
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- Mark Genda — primary (person)
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- Cory Criswell — cosponsor (person)
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- Joanna King — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-19** Authored by Senator Koch
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- **2023-01-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-06** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-13** Senator Rogers added as second author
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- **2023-02-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 144: yeas 45, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-21** House sponsor: Representative Genda
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- **2023-02-21** Cosponsor: Representative King J
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-13** Representative Criswell C added as cosponsor
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- **2023-03-28** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 339: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-04** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-04-06** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-04-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-04-18** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Public Law 47 `became-law`
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- **2023-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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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/77d24022-8f07-4179-925e-43beefe9f769`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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