republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1216.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid reimbursement for certain detainees."
description: "Removes provisions in current law specifying that services provided to an individual while the individual is committed to a facility for mental health services are medically necessary when provided in accordance with generally accepted clinical care guidelines. Requires Medicaid reimbursement for Medicaid covered services provided to a Medicaid recipient while the individual is detained to a facility for mental health services. Sunsets this provision on June 30, 2025. Requires, on or before February 1, 2025, the office of the secretary of family and social services to report to the budget committee certain information for Medicaid claims data ranging from July 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024. Amends the requirements for an application for detention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1216"
citation: "Indiana HB 1216 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Mental Health Facilities", "HEALTH; Medicaid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "Gregory Steuerwald", "Liz Brown", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef3174aa-abec-4563-8da6-d9589caf084d"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1216"
source_hash: "b23dc141dc5c626040ad2c79e4fe4959326655cc1a9a772449368479ae6ca4a3"
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 1216 (2024) — Medicaid reimbursement for certain detainees.

Removes provisions in current law specifying that services provided to an individual while the individual is committed to a facility for mental health services are medically necessary when provided in accordance with generally accepted clinical care guidelines. Requires Medicaid reimbursement for Medicaid covered services provided to a Medicaid recipient while the individual is detained to a facility for mental health services. Sunsets this provision on June 30, 2025. Requires, on or before February 1, 2025, the office of the secretary of family and social services to report to the budget committee certain information for Medicaid claims data ranging from July 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024. Amends the requirements for an application for detention.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1216/HB1216.05.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1216/HB1216.04.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1216/HB1216.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1216/HB1216.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1216 - Johnson T - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1216 - Steuerwald — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1216 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
- Chuck Moseley — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Authored by Representative Steuerwald
- **2024-01-09** Coauthored by Representatives McNamara, Jeter, Moseley
- **2024-01-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 22: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-22** Senate sponsors: Senators Johnson T, Charbonneau, Brown L
- **2024-01-23** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2024-03-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 280: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-05** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 299: yeas 94, nays 0
- **2024-03-13** Public Law 147 `became-law`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-13** 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/ef3174aa-abec-4563-8da6-d9589caf084d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).