Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 11 R cosponsors

SB 2 — Medicaid matters.

Last action — Public Law 126

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Mike Braun (Republican) on May 01, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    4 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (11 R).

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Summary

Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to report specified Medicaid data to the Medicaid oversight committee. Requires the office to annually prepare and present a report to the budget committee concerning the enforcement of the Medicaid five year look back period. Prohibits specified persons from advertising or otherwise marketing the Medicaid program. Provides that the office may adopt rules concerning permissible advertising or marketing indicating participation in the Medicaid program by a person that has contracted with the office. Allows the office to reimburse medical providers at the appropriate Medicaid fee schedule rate for certified medical claims prior to the beginning of benefits, provided the claims satisfy certain conditions. Repeals language allowing for marketing of the Medicaid program. Requires the office to receive and review data from specified federal and state agencies concerning Medicaid recipients to determine whether circumstances have changed that affect Medicaid eligibility for recipients and to perform a redetermination. Requires the office to establish: (1) performance standards for hospitals that make presumptive eligibility determinations and sets out action for when hospitals do not comply with the standards; and (2) an appeals procedure for hospitals that dispute the violation determination. Sets out a hospital's responsibilities when making a presumptive eligibility determination. Imposes corrective action and restrictions for failing to meet presumptive eligibility standards. Specifies requirements, allowances, and limitations for the healthy Indiana plan.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Public Law 126

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  5. Signed by the Speaker

  6. Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 470: yeas 37, nays 10

  7. Motion to concur filed

  8. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 390: yeas 66, nays 28

  10. Amendment #2 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 376: yeas 26, nays 67

  11. Amendment #1 (Garcia Wilburn) failed; Roll Call 375: yeas 28, nays 60

  12. Amendment #10 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 374: yeas 28, nays 60

  13. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  14. Amendment #4 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 378: yeas 27, nays 67

  15. Amendment #12 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 382: yeas 28, nays 67

  16. Amendment #6 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 381: yeas 28, nays 65

  17. Amendment #8 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 380: yeas 27, nays 64

  18. Amendment #7 (Porter) ruled out of order

  19. Amendment #3 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 377: yeas 28, nays 66

  20. Amendment #5 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 379: yeas 28, nays 65

  21. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  22. Representative Carbaugh added as cosponsor

  23. Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3

  24. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  25. First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health

  26. Referred to the House

  27. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 143: yeas 40, nays 9

  28. Cosponsor: Representative Thompson

  29. House sponsor: Representative Barrett

  30. Amendment #7 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 129: yeas 9, nays 39

  31. Amendment #1 (Mishler) prevailed; voice vote

  32. Amendment #5 (Yoder) failed; voice vote

  33. Amendment #2 (Yoder) failed; voice vote

  34. Amendment #8 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 130: yeas 9, nays 39

  35. Senator Young M added as coauthor

  36. Senator Johnson T added as coauthor

  37. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  38. Amendment #6 (Yoder) failed; voice vote

  39. Amendment #4 (Yoder) failed; voice vote

  40. Amendment #9 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote

  41. Senator Rogers added as coauthor

  42. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  43. Senator Raatz added as coauthor

  44. First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations

  45. Coauthored by Senator Gaskill

  46. Authored by Senators Mishler, Garten, Charbonneau

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 139 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (139)

139 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2 do?
Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to report specified Medicaid data to the Medicaid oversight committee. Requires the office to annually prepare and present a report to the budget committee concerning the enforcement of the Medicaid five year look back period. Prohibits specified persons from advertising or otherwise marketing the Medicaid program. Provides that the office may adopt rules concerning permissible advertising or marketing indicating participation in the Medicaid program by a person that has contracted with the office. Allows the office to reimburse medical providers at the appropriate Medicaid fee schedule rate for certified medical claims prior to the beginning of benefits, provided the claims satisfy certain conditions. Repeals language allowing for marketing of the Medicaid program. Requires the office to receive and review data from specified federal and state agencies concerning Medicaid recipients to determine whether circumstances have changed that affect Medicaid eligibility for recipients and to perform a redetermination. Requires the office to establish: (1) performance standards for hospitals that make presumptive eligibility determinations and sets out action for when hospitals do not comply with the standards; and (2) an appeals procedure for hospitals that dispute the violation determination. Sets out a hospital's responsibilities when making a presumptive eligibility determination. Imposes corrective action and restrictions for failing to meet presumptive eligibility standards. Specifies requirements, allowances, and limitations for the healthy Indiana plan.
Who sponsors SB 2?
SB 2 is sponsored by Martin Carbaugh (Republican), Jeffrey Thompson (Republican), Brad Barrett (Republican), Michael Young (Republican), Tyler Johnson (Republican), Linda Rogers (Republican), Jeff Raatz (Republican), Mike Gaskill (Republican), Ed Charbonneau (Republican), Chris Garten (Republican), and Ryan Mishler (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 2?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2025. Enacted.
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