HB 1457

Bill Subjects

Agencies; Department Of Health (Idoh) Agencies; Office Of Administrative Legal Proceedings Agencies; Professional Licensing Agency (Pla) Civil Law And Procedure; Generally Corrections; Juvenile Inmates And Facilities Courts; Municipal Courts Courts; Supreme Court Criminal Law And Procedure; Sentencing Death And Deceased; Generally Health Care Facilities; Mental Health Facilities Health Care Professionals; Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Health Care Professionals; Doctors And Physicians Health Care Professionals; Nurses (Excluding Advanced Practice Registered Nurses) Health Care Professionals; Physician Assistants Health; Pregnancy Law Enforcement; Generally

Abstract

Specifies that provisions of law governing the office of administrative law proceedings apply to the Indiana department of health (state department) in matters concerning the involuntary transfer or discharge of a resident of a health facility. Provides that in regulating the licensure of hospitals and ambulatory outpatient surgical centers, the state department may use the most recent version of specified publications for purposes of enforcement. Requires the state department to list the version of each publication being utilized by the state department on its website. Requires the state department to, before utilizing a new version of a publication, publish a notice at least 180 days before the state department may take action using the new version. Amends the list of crimes or acts that preclude a home health aide, nurse aide, or other unlicensed employee from employment at a home health agency and certain health care facilities. Amends the list of crimes that preclude a person from operating a home health agency or personal services agency. Requires the state department to: (1) investigate any report that a nurse aide or home health aide has been convicted of a certain crime; and (2) remove the individual from the state nurse aide registry. Makes it a Class A infraction for a person convicted of a certain crime to knowingly or intentionally apply for a job as a home health aide or other unlicensed employee at a home health agency or certain health care facilities. For provisions concerning the women, infants, and children nutrition program (WIC program), defines "WIC vendor agreement". Requires the state department to: (1) select WIC program vendors based on selection criteria set forth in federal regulations; (2) review the selection criteria annually; (3) include the selection criteria in the WIC state plan; and (4) publish the selection criteria on the state department's website. For purposes of submitting a death record of a stillborn, requires the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) last in attendance to initiate the document process unless the physician, physician assistant, or APRN was not present upon the deceased. Includes reporting to local child fatality review teams, the statewide child fatality review committee, local fetal-infant mortality review teams, and suicide and overdose fatality review teams for the release of mental health records without the consent of the patient. Requires the state department to: (1) approve courses concerning auto-injectable epinephrine that meet criteria established by the state department (rather than courses offered by an approved organization as defined in current law); and (2) publish the criteria on its website. Removes a provision allowing the state department to contract with a third party to create a certificate of completion for a course. Amends the membership of the statewide child fatality review committee.