Health care matters.
Summary
Establishes the therapeutic psilocybin research fund, administered by the division of mental health and addiction, to provide financial assistance to research institutions in Indiana to study the use of psilocybin to treat mental health and other medical conditions. Sets forth clinical study requirements. Requires a research institution that receives a grant to conduct a clinical study to prepare and submit a report to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services, the Indiana department of health, and the division of mental health and addiction. Allows, rather than requires, the Indiana department of health to grant an extension to the hospital for the filing of certain reports. Removes the requirement that a clinical preceptor must have at least 18 months of experience as a licensed nurse. Allows the majority of nursing program faculty to be part-time employees of an approved postsecondary educational institution or a hospital that conducts the nursing program. Allows the holder of a student permit issued by the respiratory care committee to perform certain respiratory care procedures on certain child patients. Provides that an individual who previously was employed to provide supervised surgical assistance in a health care facility may provide surgical assistance in a health care facility. Requires a contract with a third party administrator, pharmacy benefit manager, or prepaid health care delivery plan to provide that the plan sponsor has ownership of the claims data. Allows a contract holder to request an audit of a pharmacy benefit manager one time per calendar year and not earlier than six months after a previously requested audit. Allows a plan sponsor that contracts with a third party administrator, the office of the secretary of family and social services that contracts with a managed care organization to provide services to a Medicaid recipient, or the state personnel department that contracts with a prepaid health care delivery plan to provide group health coverage for state employees to request an audit one time in a calendar year and not earlier than six months after a previously requested audit. Sets forth requirements concerning an audit. Voids a provision in the Indiana Administrative Code relating to physician referrals for acupuncture services.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Mar 13, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 20, 2024 · House Jan 29, 2024
How they voted
48–0
Passed
Total votes 48
Feb 20, 2024
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican39
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
10
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 13, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 347: yeas 93, nays 5
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 329: yeas 45, nays 1
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Introduced
House dissented from Senate amendments
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 172: yeas 49, nays 0
upper
Feb 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 66: yeas 97, nays 0
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
3 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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