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State Government / Indiana / Legislation / HB 1358

HB 1358Session 2026HouseBecame law

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.

Latest development · Mar 4, 2026

Public Law 96

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Session
2026
Introduced
Jan 8, 2026
Latest passage
Feb 27, 2026
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Topics and classification

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Budget & TaxesEducationHealthEnvironment & Energy

Source subjects

AGENCIES; Department of Health (IDOH)ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Tobacco and Nicotine ProductsCHILDREN AND MINORS; Children in Need of Services (CHINS)CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities, Damages, and PenaltiesENVIRONMENT; Hazardous WasteHEALTH CARE FACILITIES; GenerallyHEALTH CARE FACILITIES; HospitalsHEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; PharmacistsHEALTH; Behavioral Health; Mental Illness and TreatmentHEALTH; Lead TestingHEALTH; Local Boards and ProgramsSCHOOLS; Health and Safety Issues

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsorBrad Barrett
Primary sponsorEd Charbonneau
Primary sponsorJustin Busch
coauthorGregory Porter
cosponsorJames Tomes
coauthorJoanna King
cosponsorLonnie Randolph
coauthorLori Goss-Reaves

Action timeline

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View full action timeline23 actions⌄
  1. Mar 4, 2026

    Public Law 96

    Became LawHouse
  2. Mar 4, 2026

    Signed by the Governor

    Executive SignatureOffice of the Governor
  3. Feb 27, 2026

    Signed by the President of the Senate

    PassageSenate
  4. Feb 27, 2026

    Signed by the President Pro Tempore

    PassageSenate
  5. Feb 26, 2026

    Signed by the Speaker

    PassageHouse
  6. Feb 25, 2026

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

    House
  7. Feb 25, 2026

    Motion to concur filed

    FilingHouse
  8. Feb 18, 2026

    Returned to the House with amendments

    ReceiptSenate
  9. Feb 17, 2026

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

    PassageReading 3Reading 3Senate
  10. Feb 16, 2026

    Senator Randolph added as cosponsor

    Senate
  11. Feb 16, 2026

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

    Reading 2Senate
  12. Feb 12, 2026

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

    Committee PassageSenate
  13. Feb 10, 2026

    Senator Tomes added as cosponsor

    Senate
  14. Feb 5, 2026

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

    Committee PassageReferral CommitteeSenate
  15. Feb 2, 2026

    First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services

    Reading 1Referral CommitteeSenate
  16. Jan 29, 2026

    Referred to the Senate

    ReferralHouse
  17. Jan 28, 2026

    Senate sponsors: Senators Charbonneau, Busch

    House
  18. Jan 28, 2026

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

    PassageReading 3Reading 3House
  19. Jan 22, 2026

    Representatives King, Goss-Reaves, Porter added as coauthors

    House
  20. Jan 22, 2026

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

    Reading 2House
  21. Jan 20, 2026

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

    Committee PassageHouse
  22. Jan 8, 2026

    Authored by Representative Barrett

    House
  23. Jan 8, 2026

    First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health

    Reading 1Referral CommitteeHouse

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