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type: "Bill"
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title: "Direct support professionals."
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description: "Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services (division) to establish and maintain a direct support professional registry and to make the registry available to authorized division personnel and authorized service providers. Requires a direct support professional to register with the division in order to provide direct support services. Requires the division to adopt rules to implement the registry, including establishing definitions and levels for substantiated abuse, neglect, and exploitation, the highest of which is the minimum the division must report to the registry. Requires the division to consult with stakeholders and establish a tiered training certification program for direct support professionals. Requires the division to issue a request for proposals before January 1, 2024, to operate the training program. Requires the division to make every effort to contract with a vendor for the training program not later than January 1, 2025. Requires a selected vendor to begin operating the training program before July 1, 2025. Requires the division to first use any funds available from the federal American Rescue Plan Act in developing the registry before using other available funds. Allows the division to use any federal dollars available for the registry and training. Requires the division to apply to the federal government for approval of Medicaid reimbursement for services provided by a direct support professional."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1342"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1342 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES", "WELFARE", "Medicaid"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Julie Olthoff", "Liz Brown", "Stacey Donato", "Vaneta Becker"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-17"
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last_action: "2023-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eacaf472-60ce-4027-8807-879c6c807d73"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1342"
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source_hash: "1dcf13e7a9591b677e8a9faf44af4ae7c60ab88013992096d655a88fdb8ab99f"
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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 1342 (2023) — Direct support professionals.
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Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services (division) to establish and maintain a direct support professional registry and to make the registry available to authorized division personnel and authorized service providers. Requires a direct support professional to register with the division in order to provide direct support services. Requires the division to adopt rules to implement the registry, including establishing definitions and levels for substantiated abuse, neglect, and exploitation, the highest of which is the minimum the division must report to the registry. Requires the division to consult with stakeholders and establish a tiered training certification program for direct support professionals. Requires the division to issue a request for proposals before January 1, 2024, to operate the training program. Requires the division to make every effort to contract with a vendor for the training program not later than January 1, 2025. Requires a selected vendor to begin operating the training program before July 1, 2025. Requires the division to first use any funds available from the federal American Rescue Plan Act in developing the registry before using other available funds. Allows the division to use any federal dollars available for the registry and training. Requires the division to apply to the federal government for approval of Medicaid reimbursement for services provided by a direct support professional.
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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. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1342/versions/HB1342.06.ENRS)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1342/versions/HB1342.02.COMH)
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3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1342/versions/HB1342.03.COMH)
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4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1342/versions/HB1342.05.COMS)
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5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1342/versions/HB1342.04.COMS)
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6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1342/versions/HB1342.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1342 - Donato - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Julie Olthoff — primary (person)
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- Liz Brown — primary (person)
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- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
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- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
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- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
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- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Robb Greene — coauthor (person)
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- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy O'Brien — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-17** Coauthored by Representatives Clere and Greene
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- **2023-01-17** Authored by Representative Olthoff
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- **2023-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-19** Reassigned to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
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- **2023-02-07** Representative O'Brien T added as coauthor
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- **2023-02-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-13** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
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- **2023-02-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-27** Senate sponsor: Senator Donato
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- **2023-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 242: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-28** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2023-03-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
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- **2023-03-14** Senator Becker added as second sponsor
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- **2023-03-14** Senator Breaux added as third sponsor
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- **2023-03-21** Senator Becker removed as second sponsor
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- **2023-03-21** Senator Breaux removed as third sponsor
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- **2023-03-21** Senator Brown L added as second sponsor
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- **2023-03-21** Senator Becker added as third sponsor
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- **2023-03-21** Senators Niezgodski and Breaux added as cosponsors
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- **2023-03-23** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-06** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2023-04-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 370: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-12** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-04-13** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-13** House dissented from Senate amendments
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- **2023-04-18** House conferees appointed: Olthoff and Summers
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- **2023-04-18** House advisors appointed: Clere, Greene, O'Brien and Pryor
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- **2023-04-18** Senate conferees appointed: Donato and Yoder
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- **2023-04-18** Senate advisors appointed: Breaux and Brown L
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- **2023-04-19** Senator Crider added as advisor
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- **2023-04-27** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2023-04-27** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2023-04-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 519: yeas 47, nays 1
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- **2023-04-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 543: yeas 95, nays 0
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- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** Public Law 228 `became-law`
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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/eacaf472-60ce-4027-8807-879c6c807d73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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