republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1358.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indiana department of health."
description: "Changes the statewide standing order for the dispensing of a smoking cessation product to a tobacco, vaping, or nicotine cessation product. Amends the date by which a hospital must submit the hospital's fiscal report and patient information report to the state department. Removes a requirement that a home health aide competency evaluation program include at least 75 hours of training and 16 hours of classroom training before supervised practical training. Adds Parkinson's disease to the definition of \"chronic disease\" for provisions concerning the chronic disease registry. Requires: (1) the state department to maintain a trauma registry; and (2) certain health care facilities to submit data to the registry. Establishes requirements for the handling and transporting of infectious waste. Sets forth factors the state department must consider in determining the nature of and civil penalty for a violation of infectious waste requirements. Expands provisions concerning epinephrine, including provisions allowing a pharmacist to dispense and an entity to prescribe epinephrine rather than auto-injectable epinephrine. Removes the expiration of provisions concerning lead screening for children. Requires a registered manufacturer, processor, repackager, or wholesale distributor of food, drugs, or cosmetics to comply with federal regulations concerning good manufacturing practices. Allows the state health commissioner to enter and inspect the premises of the manufacturer, processor, repackager, or wholesale distributor. Permits a local health department to conduct inspections of certain manufacturers, processors, repackagers, or wholesale distributors. Amends the information a local child fatality review team and the statewide child fatality review committee may review in conducting a child fatality review. Allows a suicide and overdose fatality review team and a fetal-infant mortality review team to provide records to the state department. Requires the state department to maintain the confidentiality of these records. Requires a medical school to: (1) include nutrition education in the school's curriculum; and (2) require students to complete a rural health rotation. Voids administrative rules concerning infectious waste and the state trauma registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1358"
citation: "Indiana HB 1358 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Health (IDOH)", "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Tobacco and Nicotine Products", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS)", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities", "Damages", "and Penalties", "ENVIRONMENT; Hazardous Waste", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Generally", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Hospitals", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Pharmacists", "HEALTH; Behavioral Health; Mental Illness and Treatment", "HEALTH; Lead Testing", "HEALTH; Local Boards and Programs", "SCHOOLS; Health and Safety Issues"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barrett", "Ed Charbonneau", "Justin Busch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a769530-e56d-41aa-9e87-d90056ce5497"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1358"
source_hash: "d45ccba03803bb486353d37899e5e17adcebf4cf376600e046365bf8a8e48f7c"
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 1358 (2026) — Indiana department of health.

Changes the statewide standing order for the dispensing of a smoking cessation product to a tobacco, vaping, or nicotine cessation product. Amends the date by which a hospital must submit the hospital's fiscal report and patient information report to the state department. Removes a requirement that a home health aide competency evaluation program include at least 75 hours of training and 16 hours of classroom training before supervised practical training. Adds Parkinson's disease to the definition of "chronic disease" for provisions concerning the chronic disease registry. Requires: (1) the state department to maintain a trauma registry; and (2) certain health care facilities to submit data to the registry. Establishes requirements for the handling and transporting of infectious waste. Sets forth factors the state department must consider in determining the nature of and civil penalty for a violation of infectious waste requirements. Expands provisions concerning epinephrine, including provisions allowing a pharmacist to dispense and an entity to prescribe epinephrine rather than auto-injectable epinephrine. Removes the expiration of provisions concerning lead screening for children. Requires a registered manufacturer, processor, repackager, or wholesale distributor of food, drugs, or cosmetics to comply with federal regulations concerning good manufacturing practices. Allows the state health commissioner to enter and inspect the premises of the manufacturer, processor, repackager, or wholesale distributor. Permits a local health department to conduct inspections of certain manufacturers, processors, repackagers, or wholesale distributors. Amends the information a local child fatality review team and the statewide child fatality review committee may review in conducting a child fatality review. Allows a suicide and overdose fatality review team and a fetal-infant mortality review team to provide records to the state department. Requires the state department to maintain the confidentiality of these records. Requires a medical school to: (1) include nutrition education in the school's curriculum; and (2) require students to complete a rural health rotation. Voids administrative rules concerning infectious waste and the state trauma registry.

## 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/124/2026/house/bills/HB1358/HB1358.05.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1358/HB1358.04.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1358/HB1358.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1358/HB1358.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1358 - Barrett — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1358 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading — **40–4** (pass) · upper
- HB 1358 - Barrett - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Barrett — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Justin Busch — primary (person)
- Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
- James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
- Joanna King — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Lori Goss-Reaves — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Authored by Representative Barrett
- **2026-01-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-22** Representatives King, Goss-Reaves, Porter added as coauthors
- **2026-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 116: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-28** Senate sponsors: Senators Charbonneau, Busch
- **2026-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Senator Tomes added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 193: yeas 40, nays 4 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-25** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-25** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 380: yeas 96, nays 0
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-04** Public Law 96 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a769530-e56d-41aa-9e87-d90056ce5497`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).