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House Bills:
House Bill 1462:
HEALTH MATTERS (Vermilion, A) - Amends the requirements for a physician to provide office based opioid treatment. Requires an emergency department to annually submit to the Indiana department of health (department) a plan to initiate interventions with patients who have a substance use related emergency department visit. Sets forth the requirements of a substance use disorder treatment plan. Provides that the services provided to a patient under a substance use disorder treatment plan provided to the department are considered to be medically necessary. Provides that the office of the secretary of family and social services shall require managed care organizations to consider services provided to an individual under a substance use disorder treatment plan as medically necessary in both an inpatient facility of a hospital and an emergency department.
Committee Status:
House Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 10; Nays: 0
House Bill 1483:
PROHIBITING BULLYING IN SCHOOLS (Smith, V) - Requires the governing body of a school corporation to: (1) require a school corporation to prioritize the safety of a victim of an act of bullying; (2) require a school corporation to report an act of bullying to the parents of the victim within three business days and the parents of an alleged perpetrator within five business days after the incident is reported; (3) require a school corporation to determine the severity of an incident of bullying and whether the incident may warrant transfer of the victim or the alleged perpetrator to another school in the school corporation; (4) require a school corporation to approve the transfer of a victim or the alleged perpetrator of an act of bullying to another school in the school corporation under certain circumstances; and (5) allow certain parents to review audiovisual materials that contain graphic sexual or violent content used in a bullying prevention or suicide prevention program.
Committee Status:
House Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 12; Nays: 0
House Bill 1321:
PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING (Garcia Wilburn, V) - Requires the law enforcement training board to establish minimum standards for basic training and annual inservice training that address the mental health and wellness of law enforcement officers. Requires the executive training program to include training in mental health and wellness and suicide prevention of law enforcement officers. Provides that the mental health and wellness training may be provided online or by other means of virtual instruction. Provides that full-time firefighters' minimum training requirements must include the mental health and wellness training. Requires full-time firefighters and certain persons who provide emergency medical services to obtain annual inservice mental health and wellness training.
Committee Status:
House Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 11; Nays: 0
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