republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1457.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indiana department of health."
description: "Specifies that provisions of law governing the office of administrative law proceedings apply to the Indiana department of health (state department) in matters concerning the involuntary transfer or discharge of a resident of a health facility. Specifies conditions for the use of updated publications for design enforcement by the state department in the regulation of hospitals and ambulatory outpatient surgical centers. Amends the list of crimes or acts that preclude a home health aide, nurse aide, or other unlicensed employee from employment at a home health agency and certain health care facilities. Amends the list of crimes that preclude a person from operating a home health agency or personal services agency. Requires the state department to: (1) investigate any report that a nurse aide or home health aide has been convicted of a certain crime; and (2) remove the individual from the state nurse aide registry. Makes it a Class A infraction for a person convicted of a certain crime to knowingly or intentionally apply for a job as a home health aide or other unlicensed employee at a home health agency or certain health care facilities. For provisions concerning the women, infants, and children nutrition program (WIC program), defines \"WIC vendor agreement\". Requires the state department to: (1) select WIC program vendors based on selection criteria set forth in federal regulations; (2) review the selection criteria annually; (3) include the selection criteria in the WIC state plan; and (4) publish the selection criteria on the state department's website. For purposes of submitting a death record of a stillborn, requires the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) last in attendance to initiate the document process unless the physician, physician assistant, or APRN was not present upon the deceased. Includes reporting to local child fatality review teams, the statewide child fatality review committee, local fetal-infant mortality review teams, and suicide and overdose fatality review teams for the release of mental health records without the consent of the patient. Requires the state department to: (1) approve courses concerning auto-injectable epinephrine that meet criteria established by the state department (rather than courses offered by an approved organization as defined in current law); and (2) publish the criteria on its website. Removes a provision allowing the state department to contract with a third party to create a certificate of completion for a course. Removes the expiration of the statewide maternal mortality review committee. Amends the membership of the statewide child fatality review committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1457"
citation: "Indiana HB 1457 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Health (IDOH)", "AGENCIES; Office of Administrative Legal Proceedings", "AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA)", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally", "CORRECTIONS; Juvenile Inmates and Facilities", "COURTS; Municipal Courts", "COURTS; Supreme Court", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sentencing", "DEATH AND DECEASED; Generally", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Mental Health Facilities", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Advanced Practice Registered Nurses", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Doctors and Physicians", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Nurses (Excluding Advanced Practice Registered Nurses)", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Physician Assistants", "HEALTH; Pregnancy", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barrett", "Ed Charbonneau"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dd4672f-91c0-46d0-bf4b-e4864486e9c2"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1457"
source_hash: "fd594d90664ef7aacfef911f4fe8cbc6033d3ae667ed23a2b269a2f48db22b98"
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 1457 (2025) — Indiana department of health.

Specifies that provisions of law governing the office of administrative law proceedings apply to the Indiana department of health (state department) in matters concerning the involuntary transfer or discharge of a resident of a health facility. Specifies conditions for the use of updated publications for design enforcement by the state department in the regulation of hospitals and ambulatory outpatient surgical centers. Amends the list of crimes or acts that preclude a home health aide, nurse aide, or other unlicensed employee from employment at a home health agency and certain health care facilities. Amends the list of crimes that preclude a person from operating a home health agency or personal services agency. Requires the state department to: (1) investigate any report that a nurse aide or home health aide has been convicted of a certain crime; and (2) remove the individual from the state nurse aide registry. Makes it a Class A infraction for a person convicted of a certain crime to knowingly or intentionally apply for a job as a home health aide or other unlicensed employee at a home health agency or certain health care facilities. For provisions concerning the women, infants, and children nutrition program (WIC program), defines "WIC vendor agreement". Requires the state department to: (1) select WIC program vendors based on selection criteria set forth in federal regulations; (2) review the selection criteria annually; (3) include the selection criteria in the WIC state plan; and (4) publish the selection criteria on the state department's website. For purposes of submitting a death record of a stillborn, requires the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) last in attendance to initiate the document process unless the physician, physician assistant, or APRN was not present upon the deceased. Includes reporting to local child fatality review teams, the statewide child fatality review committee, local fetal-infant mortality review teams, and suicide and overdose fatality review teams for the release of mental health records without the consent of the patient. Requires the state department to: (1) approve courses concerning auto-injectable epinephrine that meet criteria established by the state department (rather than courses offered by an approved organization as defined in current law); and (2) publish the criteria on its website. Removes a provision allowing the state department to contract with a third party to create a certificate of completion for a course. Removes the expiration of the statewide maternal mortality review committee. Amends the membership of the statewide child fatality review committee.

## 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/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/HB1457.05.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/HB1457.04.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/HB1457.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/HB1457.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1457 - Barrett - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1457 - Barrett — **84–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1457 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Barrett — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Danny Lopez — coauthor (person)
- Joanna King — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Garcia Wilburn — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Authored by Representative Barrett
- **2025-02-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** Representatives King, Lopez, Garcia Wilburn added as coauthors
- **2025-02-17** Senate sponsor: Senator Charbonneau
- **2025-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 96, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-09** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 363: yeas 48, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2025-04-17** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 495: yeas 84, nays 0
- **2025-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Public Law 171 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dd4672f-91c0-46d0-bf4b-e4864486e9c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).