republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1259.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care matters."
description: "Establishes the therapeutic psilocybin research fund, administered by the division of mental health and addiction, to provide financial assistance to research institutions in Indiana to study the use of psilocybin to treat mental health and other medical conditions. Sets forth clinical study requirements. Requires a research institution that receives a grant to conduct a clinical study to prepare and submit a report to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services, the Indiana department of health, and the division of mental health and addiction. Allows, rather than requires, the Indiana department of health to grant an extension to the hospital for the filing of certain reports. Removes the requirement that a clinical preceptor must have at least 18 months of experience as a licensed nurse. Allows the majority of nursing program faculty to be part-time employees of an approved postsecondary educational institution or a hospital that conducts the nursing program. Allows the holder of a student permit issued by the respiratory care committee to perform certain respiratory care procedures on certain child patients. Provides that an individual who previously was employed to provide supervised surgical assistance in a health care facility may provide surgical assistance in a health care facility. Requires a contract with a third party administrator, pharmacy benefit manager, or prepaid health care delivery plan to provide that the plan sponsor has ownership of the claims data. Allows a contract holder to request an audit of a pharmacy benefit manager one time per calendar year and not earlier than six months after a previously requested audit. Allows a plan sponsor that contracts with a third party administrator, the office of the secretary of family and social services that contracts with a managed care organization to provide services to a Medicaid recipient, or the state personnel department that contracts with a prepaid health care delivery plan to provide group health coverage for state employees to request an audit one time in a calendar year and not earlier than six months after a previously requested audit. Sets forth requirements concerning an audit. Voids a provision in the Indiana Administrative Code relating to physician referrals for acupuncture services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "Indiana HB 1259 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA)", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Nurses (Excluding Advanced Practice Registered Nurses)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barrett", "Ed Charbonneau", "Liz Brown"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03d5d345-030c-46e3-a3c5-a7beed3ea0a9"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1259"
source_hash: "a08224ffcd963d81b95625889b5fccab234962e1bc1c2c022381fe7ae62882dd"
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 1259 (2024) — Health care matters.

Establishes the therapeutic psilocybin research fund, administered by the division of mental health and addiction, to provide financial assistance to research institutions in Indiana to study the use of psilocybin to treat mental health and other medical conditions. Sets forth clinical study requirements. Requires a research institution that receives a grant to conduct a clinical study to prepare and submit a report to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services, the Indiana department of health, and the division of mental health and addiction. Allows, rather than requires, the Indiana department of health to grant an extension to the hospital for the filing of certain reports. Removes the requirement that a clinical preceptor must have at least 18 months of experience as a licensed nurse. Allows the majority of nursing program faculty to be part-time employees of an approved postsecondary educational institution or a hospital that conducts the nursing program. Allows the holder of a student permit issued by the respiratory care committee to perform certain respiratory care procedures on certain child patients. Provides that an individual who previously was employed to provide supervised surgical assistance in a health care facility may provide surgical assistance in a health care facility. Requires a contract with a third party administrator, pharmacy benefit manager, or prepaid health care delivery plan to provide that the plan sponsor has ownership of the claims data. Allows a contract holder to request an audit of a pharmacy benefit manager one time per calendar year and not earlier than six months after a previously requested audit. Allows a plan sponsor that contracts with a third party administrator, the office of the secretary of family and social services that contracts with a managed care organization to provide services to a Medicaid recipient, or the state personnel department that contracts with a prepaid health care delivery plan to provide group health coverage for state employees to request an audit one time in a calendar year and not earlier than six months after a previously requested audit. Sets forth requirements concerning an audit. Voids a provision in the Indiana Administrative Code relating to physician referrals for acupuncture services.

## 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/HB1259/HB1259.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1259/HB1259.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1259/HB1259.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1259/HB1259.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1259 - Barrett — **93–5** (pass) · lower
- HB 1259 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1259 - Barrett - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1259 - Brown L — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Barrett — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Cindy Ledbetter — coauthor (person)
- Ethan Manning — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Fleming — 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 Barrett
- **2024-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Representatives Manning, Ledbetter, Fleming added as coauthors
- **2024-01-29** Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L and Charbonneau
- **2024-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 66: yeas 97, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** 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 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 172: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-04** Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Charbonneau
- **2024-03-04** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
- **2024-03-04** House dissented from Senate amendments
- **2024-03-04** House conferees appointed: Barrett and Fleming
- **2024-03-04** House advisors appointed: Ledbetter, Goss-Reaves, Manning and Shackleford
- **2024-03-04** Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Yoder
- **2024-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 329: yeas 45, nays 1
- **2024-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 347: yeas 93, nays 5
- **2024-03-08** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
- **2024-03-08** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
- **2024-03-13** Public Law 152 `became-law`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03d5d345-030c-46e3-a3c5-a7beed3ea0a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).