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HB1358Introduced in the House

Indiana department of health.

Passed

Introduced by Bradford Barrett, District 56

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Public Law 96

March 4, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

HouseStage: House - House concurred with Senate amendments · February 25, 2026

96

Yes

0

No

4

Absent or Not Voting

100 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

Bill history

  1. Authored by Representative Barrett

  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health

  3. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  4. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  5. Representatives King, Goss-Reaves, Porter added as coauthors

  6. Senate sponsors: Senators Charbonneau, Busch

  7. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 116: yeas 95, nays 0

  8. Referred to the Senate

  9. First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services

  10. Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations

  11. Senator Tomes added as cosponsor

  12. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  13. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  14. Senator Randolph added as cosponsor

  15. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 193: yeas 40, nays 4

  16. Returned to the House with amendments

  17. Motion to concur filed

  18. House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 380: yeas 96, nays 0

  19. Signed by the Speaker

  20. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  21. Signed by the President of the Senate

  22. Signed by the Governor

  23. Public Law 96

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