Inside SB 218: Health Payor Study

Hat tip to Blue Indiana for bringing SB 218 to the Blogmeister’s attention.  This bill, authored by Sen. Vi Simpson (D-Elletsville) would establish a commission to study different systems of health care payment and make recommentations to the Governor and General Assembly.

Apparently the bill is having some difficulty getting a hearing in the Senate Health and Provider Services Committtee.   Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan, via Blue Indiana, are urging people to contact the Committee Chair, Sen. Patricia Miller (R-Indianapolis) and ask her to schedule the bill for a hearing.

Bills and Resolutions Updated

Here are the current bills and resolutions filed in the statehouse this week.  The master list has been updated and is here.  As of Tuesday, House members may not file anymore bills.  Senators have until this Tuesday (according to my source at the Statehouse), even though the in.gov site states they had to be in last Tuesday.  Anyway, we are approaching the end of the filing period of this year’s General Assembly.

House:

• HB 1119 — Public safety retiree reemployment.
• HB 1120 — Prohibitions on certain detergents.
• HB 1121 — Natural resources matters.
• HB 1122 — Juvenile offenders and detention facilities.
• HB 1123 — 911 call mischief.
• HB 1124 — Sheriffs’ and deputies’ surviving spouse pension.
• HB 1125 — Update of references to the Internal Revenue Code.
• HB 1126 — Wrongful death or injury of a child.
• HB 1127 — Ban on use of cell phones while driving.
• HB 1128 — Indiana defense development corporation.
• HB 1129 — Archeology.
• HB 1130 — Kernan-Shepard study committee.
• HB 1131 — Development agreement with riverboat owner or operating agent.
• HB 1132 — Drug testing of public works contractor employees.
• HB 1133 — Disaster worker health coverage.
• HB 1134 — Sex offender Internet offense.
• HB 1135 — Uniform power of attorney act.
• HB 1136 — Tourism.
• HB 1137 — Technical corrections bill.
• HB 1138 — Cable programming arbitration.
• HB 1139 — Higher education accountability and reporting.
• HB 1141 — Child molesting.
• HB 1142 — Residency of police officers.
• HB 1143 — Farm vehicles.
• HB 1144 — Failure to report a dead body.
• HB 1146 — Bankruptcy and motor vehicle accident judgments.
• HB 1147 — Life insurance and Medicaid.
• HB 1149 — License agent service fees.
• HB 1150 — Bringing alcoholic beverages to an outdoor concert.
• HB 1151 — Home detention.
• HB 1152 — Certain sex offenders and school property.
• HB 1153 — Gaming in bars.
• HB 1154 — Senior citizen property tax credit.
• HB 1155 — Parent’s intestate share of child’s estate.
• HB 1156 — Police and firefighter death benefits.
• HB 1157 — Underground storage tank corrective actions.
• HB 1158 — Captive raised game birds.
• HB 1159 — Media production tax credit.
• HB 1160 — Study of interception of gaming winnings.
• HB 1161 — Taxation of military pension benefits or salary.
• HB 1162 — City council youth adviser.
• HB 1163 — Vaccines containing mercury.
• HB 1164 — Property tax deduction for model residences.
• HB 1165 — Homelessness, foster youth, and education.
• HB 1166 — Notice of foreclosure sales.
• HB 1167 — Hand held mobile telephone use.
• HB 1168 — Confined feeding operations and manure haulers.
• HB 1170 — Civil rights commission proceedings.
• HB 1171 — Autism training for EMS personnel.
• HB 1172 — Various professions and occupations.
• HB 1173 — Ignition interlock devices.
• HB 1174 — Military leave for state employees.
• HB 1175 — Display of new driver status on motor vehicle.
• HB 1176 — License plate replacement cycle.
• HB 1177 — Tax credit for anhydrous ammonia additives.
• HB 1178 — Controlled substances.
• HB 1179 — Recovery for restraint of trade.
• HB 1180 — Reconnection charges.
• HB 1181 — Rate adjustment mechanisms for utilities.
• HB 1182 — Sales tax exemption for agricultural equipment.
• HB 1183 — Historic rehabilitation income tax credit.
• HB 1184 — Scholarships for teachers.
• HB 1185 — Indoor air quality.
• HB 1186 — Public safety officer survivor insurance.
• HB 1187 — Nonprofit corporations.
• HB 1188 — Animal fighting contests.
• HB 1189 — Uniform county innkeeper’s tax.
• HB 1190 — Contraband in penal facilities; public nuisances.
• HB 1191 — Personal information.
• HB 1193 — Funding for adult education.
• HB 1194 — Hunting on rivers in an area of high population density.
• HB 1195 — Assessment of fault and compensatory damages.
• HB 1196 — Various election law matters.
• HB 1197 — Data breaches.
• HB 1198 — Admissions preference for Indiana residents.
• HB 1199 — Formation of townships.
• HB 1200 — Injuries to or death of an employee.
• HB 1201 — Elimination of townships outside Marion County.
• HB 1202 — Abraham Lincoln license plate.
• HB 1203 — Registration of certain school buses.
• HB 1204 — Emergency alert system advisory committee.
• HB 1205 — Joint legal custody.
• HB 1206 — Environmental permits.
• HB 1207 — Lobbying by former legislators.
• HB 1208 — Referenda for bond issues and lease rentals.
• HB 1209 — Review of sentences of certain habitual offenders.
• HB 1210 — Teacher certification.
• HB 1211 — Various home loan matters.
• HB 1212 — Collective bargaining for public employees.
• HB 1213 — Occupational health and safety training.
• HB 1214 — Vehicle protection products.
• HB 1215 — Common construction wage.
• HB 1216 — Forensic data base for missing children.
• HB 1218 — Eminent domain issues.

Senate:

SB 0158 — Possession of firearms at state universities.

SB 0159 — Third party health service agreements.

SB 0160 — Environmental legal actions.

SB 0161 — Airline consumer advocate.

SB 0162 — Joint legal custody.

SB 0163 — Civil penalties for littering.

SB 0164 — Medicaid claim payments.

SB 0165 — Lobbying by former legislators.

SB 0166 — Mandated benefit task force.

SB 0167 — Crossing arms on school buses.

SB 0168 — Vehicle Bill.

SB 0169 — Health insurance reports.

SB 0170 — Community investment tax credits.

SB 0171 — Crimes against persons with a disability.

SB 0172 — Covenant marriage.

SB 0173 — Investment deduction.

SB 0174 — Absentee voting.

SB 0175 — INDOT bidding procedures.

SB 0176 — Courthouse preservation advisory commission.

SB 0177 — Medical examiners.

SB 0178 — Underground storage tank corrective actions.

SB 0179 — Bail and recovery agent continuing education.

SB 0180 — Child abduction and seduction.

SB 0181 — Order of priority for health care decisions.

SB 0182 — Occupational safety and health (IOSHA) violations.

SB 0183 — Carrying a handgun without a license.

SB 0184 — Use of DNA evidence.

SB 0185 — State rainy day fund reserves.

SB 0186 — Foreclosure of rental properties.

SB 0187 — Fetal development curriculum.

SB 0188 — Recovery for restraint of trade.

SB 0189 — Various issues concerning agriculture and animals.

SB 0190 — Title 15 recodification.

SB 0191 — Toilet facility access.

SB 0192 — Truth in music advertising.

SB 0193 — Impoundment of animals.

SB 0194 — Tuition and fee exemption for children of veterans.

SB 0195 — Motorists and insurance.

SB 0196 — Local government matters.

SB 0197 — Minority and women businesses.

SB 0198 — Towing and storage of abandoned vehicles.

SB 0199 — Environmental crimes.

SB 0200 — Department of environmental management matters.

SB 0201 — Alternate polling places.

SB 0202 — Licensure of genetic counselors.

SB 0203 — Information concerning state spending and revenues.

SB 0204 — Production of driver’s license.

SB 0205 — Candidates’ consumer credit scores.

SB 0206 — Prohibiting retention of certain access device data.

SB 0207 — Public records and criminal offenders.

SB 0208 — Deduction of tax payments from checking account.

SB 0209 — Toll road.

SB 0210 — Teachers’ retirement fund issues.

SB 0211 — Electronic copies of sentencing information.

SB 0212 — Expense advances to driver employees.

SB 0213 — Regional sewer districts.

SB 0214 — Qualifications for health facility administrator.

SB 0215 — Various election law matters.

SB 0216 — Crisis intervention training.

SB 0217 — Human and sexual trafficking.

SB 0218 — Study commission for single payer health coverage.

SB 0219 — Lactation support in the workplace.

SB 0220 — Employment of unauthorized aliens.

SB 0221 — Warning to pregnant women of tobacco use.

SB 0222 — Definition of contraception.

SB 0223 — Coal gasification and substitute natural gas.

SB 0224 — Various utility matters.

SB 0225 — Student media.

SB 0226 — Disposal of municipal utility property.

SB 0227 — Sexual assault victim advocate standards board.

SB 0228 — Qualified zone business contract goals.

SB 0229 — Commercial fertilizer law.

SB 0230 — Riverboat admissions tax for mental health.

SB 0231 — Oversight of public money.

SB 0232 — Property exempt from execution of judgments.

SB 0233 — Streamlined sales tax conformity.

SB 0234 — Public school transfers.

SB 0235 — Vote centers.

SB 0236 — Driving privileges of minors who commit felonies.

SB 0237 — Automobile franchise practices.

SB 0238 — Education service centers.

SB 0239 — Alcoholic beverage issues.

SB 0240 — Purchases of recycled components.

SB 0241 — Department of homeland security funds.

SB 0242 — Tax delinquent properties.

SB 0243 — Vehicle Bill.

SB 0244 — Vehicle Bill.

SB 0245 — Area plan commission executive director.

SB 0246 — Recreational trail liability.

SB 0247 — Home medical equipment licensing.

SB 0248 — Scholarship granting organization tax credit.

SB 0249 — Emergency medical services commission.

SB 0250 — Indiana Veterans’ Home.

SB 0251 — Local unit contracts for imported drugs.

SB 0252 — Disaster relief fund.

SB 0253 — Vehicle Bill.

SB 0254 — Vehicle Bill.

SB 0255 — Incentive payment reporting.

SB 0256 — Silicosis.

SB 0257 — Mechanic’s liens.

SB 0258 — Discharge of long term inmates.

SB 0259 — State and local spending caps.

SB 0260 — Finance in a consolidated city.

SB 0261 — False informing and DNA collection.

SB 0262 — Student attendance in former school corporation.

SB 0263 — Property tax deduction for the blind and disabled.

SB 0264 — County executive.

SB 0265 — Criminal gangs.

SB 0266 — Child support obligations of inmates.

SB 0267 — Income tax deduction or credit for property tax.

SB 0268 — Disposal of state owned real estate.

SB 0269 — Coverage for prosthetic devices.

SB 0270 — Jail inmate health care.

SB 0271 — Commercial driver’s license violations.

SB 0272 — Property tax benefits for trusts.

SB 0273 — Reimbursement of jail costs.

SB 0274 — Renames the department of workforce development.

SB 0275 — Mortgage lending issues.

SB 0276 — School debt.

SB 0277 — Dispensing drugs by pharmacies.

SB 0278 — Secretary of state investigations.

SB 0279 — Property tax assessment.

SB 0280 — Marion County government.

SB 0281 — Convictions and elections.

SB 0282 — Adult education programs.

SB 0283 — Online or mail renewal of driver’s license.

SB 0284 — Purchase price of certain medications.

SB 0285 — Removal of child receiving foster care.

SB 0286 — Ballast water and sediment in oceangoing vessels.

SB 0287 — Building standards.

SB 0288 — Various election matters.

SB 0289 — Property tax exemption for certain entities.

SB 0290 — Keys and lead safety.

SB 0291 — Labeling consumer commodities.

SB 0292 — Reporting of campus crime to neighboring law enforcement.

SB 0293 — Expungement of arrest records.

SB 0294 — Trustee duties concerning life insurance.

SB 0295 — Renewable energy standards.

SB 0296 — Madison County courts.

SB 0297 — Local government matters.

SB 0298 — Cost effectiveness analysis of state agencies.

SB 0299 — Victim confidentiality.

SB 0300 — Historic rehabilitation income tax credit.

SB 0301 — Power of attorney for a decedent’s body.

SB 0302 — Professional and occupational licensing.

SB 0303 — Native American Indian affairs commission.

SB 0304 — Arrest records.

SB 0305 — Controlled substances.

SB 0306 — Bias crimes.

SB 0307 — Various business matters.

SB 0308 — Safe distance when overtaking a bicycle.

SB 0309 — Restructuring county and township government.

SB 0310 — Death penalty and mental illness.

SB 0311 — Use of medically accurate information in school instruction.

SB 0312 — County executives.

SB 0313 — Animal cruelty.

SB 0314 — Department of agriculture.

SB 0315 — Long term care screening and counseling.

SB 0316 — Practice of veterinary medicine.

SB 0317 — Bail.

SB 0318 — Use of library capital projects fund.

SB 0319 — Determination of high school graduation rates.

SB 0320 –

SB 0321 — Veteran’s lifetime license to hunt, fish, and trap.

SB 0322 — Reporting of deaths to coroner.

SB 0323 — Retirement benefit adjustment.

SB 0324 –

SB 0325 — Election day registration.

SB 0326 — Credit time for tutoring inmates.

SB 0327 — Parental notice of abstinence-only education.

SB 0328 — Grading system for use in food establishment inspections.

SB 0329 — Judges’ pensions.

SB 0330 — Eligibility for long term care policy deduction.

SB 0331 — Health coverage for dependents.

SB 0332 — Medicaid disproportionate share providers.

SB 0333 — Government reorganization.

SB 0334 — Severe weather warning sirens.

SB 0335 — Illegal alien matters.

SB 0336 — Stroke prevention task force.