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Provides that a public safety employee who: (1) becomes disabled on or after January 1, 2020; (2) receives a Class 1 or a Class 2 impairment benefit; and (3) is eligible for group health insurance coverage for the public safety employee and the public safety employee's spouse or dependents; must pay no more than the amount that the public safety employee would have been required to pay if still serving as a current active public safety employee employed by the local unit public employer. Specifies that the public safety employee must file a written request for insurance coverage with the employer before June 1, 2026, or within 90 days after the public safety employee begins receiving disability benefits, whichever is later. Specifies that if a public safety agency closes, merges, or otherwise ceases to exist, the local unit public employer that caused the public safety agency to cease to exist, shall continue to provide certain insurance coverage. Provides that a surviving spouse or dependent of a public safety employee who dies in the line of duty must pay the same amount that the public safety employee would have been required to pay if still serving as a current active public safety employee employed by the local unit public employer for coverage selected by the surviving spouse or dependent under the group health insurance program.
Introduced
Dec 2, 2025
Last Action
Feb 26, 2026
Session
IN 2026
Sponsors
4 primary · 6 co
Signed by the Governor
Public Law 38
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Signed by the Speaker
Motion to concur filed
House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 295: yeas 93, nays 0
Returned to the House with amendments
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 176: yeas 45, nays 0
Senator Hunley added as cosponsor
Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
Amendment #1 (Walker K) prevailed; voice vote
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
Senator Qaddoura added as third sponsor
First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions
Referred to the Senate
Senate sponsors: Senators Walker K, Crider
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 54: yeas 92, nays 0
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
Representative Davis added as coauthor
Representatives Lawson, Goss-Reaves added as coauthors
First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance
Authored by Representative Pressel
HB 1044 was introduced on Dec 2, 2025 by Michael Crider in IN session 2026. It is currently signed. Most recent action on Feb 26, 2026: Signed by the Governor.
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Public Law 38