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type: "Bill"
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title: "Licensure of foreign trained physicians."
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description: "Establishes a limited medical license for individuals who: (1) have graduated from certain international medical programs; (2) obtain a health care facility sponsor in an underserved area; and (3) meet certain other criteria. Provides that a limited medical license authorizes the recipient to practice medicine only at a health care facility in an underserved area. Enables the medical licensing board of Indiana (board) to revoke a limited medical license if the recipient stops working as a physician at a health care facility in an underserved area. Provides that a limited medical license may be converted to an unlimited license. Allows the board to require a comprehensive evaluation to determine the individual's competency before issuing an unlimited medical license. Allows, until June 30, 2027, an applicant for an unlimited license to practice osteopathic medicine to take all levels of the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination not later than ten years from the date the applicant first passes level 1 of the examination."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1555"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1555 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA)", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beau Baird", "Jean Leising", "Liz Brown", "Susan Glick"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-21"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed2e9bfd-22cb-486d-9673-9e27bd3ab756"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1555"
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source_hash: "55d0fd5e87b494b05c29cb0402eb4f8b2f2e9dffbc461be175ea60b7ae2ea4bd"
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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 HB 1555 (2025) — Licensure of foreign trained physicians.
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Establishes a limited medical license for individuals who: (1) have graduated from certain international medical programs; (2) obtain a health care facility sponsor in an underserved area; and (3) meet certain other criteria. Provides that a limited medical license authorizes the recipient to practice medicine only at a health care facility in an underserved area. Enables the medical licensing board of Indiana (board) to revoke a limited medical license if the recipient stops working as a physician at a health care facility in an underserved area. Provides that a limited medical license may be converted to an unlimited license. Allows the board to require a comprehensive evaluation to determine the individual's competency before issuing an unlimited medical license. Allows, until June 30, 2027, an applicant for an unlimited license to practice osteopathic medicine to take all levels of the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination not later than ten years from the date the applicant first passes level 1 of the examination.
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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. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1555/HB1555.03.ENGH.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1555/HB1555.05.ENRS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1555/HB1555.04.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1555/HB1555.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1555 - Baird - 3rd Reading — **91–1** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1555 - Baird — **90–1** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1555 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1555 - Brown L — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Beau Baird — primary (person)
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- Jean Leising — primary (person)
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- Liz Brown — primary (person)
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- Susan Glick — primary (person)
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- Andrea Hunley — cosponsor (person)
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- Joanna King — coauthor (person)
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- Julie McGuire — coauthor (person)
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- Victoria Garcia Wilburn — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Authored by Representative Baird
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- **2025-02-03** Representative King added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-04** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-04** Representatives McGuire and Garcia Wilburn added as coauthors
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- **2025-02-11** Amendment #1 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-13** Cosponsor: Senator Hunley
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- **2025-02-13** Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L, Leising, Glick
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- **2025-02-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 159: yeas 91, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-14** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-08** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 365: yeas 48, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-09** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-09** House dissented from Senate amendments
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- **2025-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Leising, Yoder and Glick
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- **2025-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Jackson L
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- **2025-04-14** House conferees appointed: Baird and Garcia Wilburn
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- **2025-04-14** House advisors appointed: King, Ledbetter and Bauer
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- **2025-04-22** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2025-04-22** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-22** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 518: yeas 90, nays 1
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- **2025-04-23** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 492: yeas 47, nays 0
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- **2025-05-06** Public Law 234 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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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/ed2e9bfd-22cb-486d-9673-9e27bd3ab756`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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