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Amends the duties of the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) concerning Medicaid home and community based services waivers (waiver). Requires: (1) a provider of waiver services to provide certain documentation to a waiver recipient; (2) a waiver recipient to review the documentation and report errors or inconsistencies; and (3) the recipient's case manager to provide assistance to the recipient in reviewing the documentation and reporting any errors or inconsistencies. Requires certain Medicaid recipients to choose the recipient's provider of integrated health care coordination. Provides that integrated health care coordination provided by a provider of assisted living services is not duplicative of certain other services. Establishes a time frame in which the bureau of disabilities services must review and approve or deny requests for an increase in service units provided to certain individuals with a disability. Requires the office to apply to the federal government for: (1) a new Medicaid waiver to provide assisted living services; and (2) an amendment to a specific Medicaid home and community based services waiver to establish an individual cost limit of not more than the institutional cost of nursing facility services. Specifies that provisions concerning reimbursement for assisted living services for individuals who are aged and disabled and receiving services under a Medicaid waiver apply to the new assisted living Medicaid waiver. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2027, an individual is no longer a member of the covered population upon receiving nursing facility services for 100 consecutive days. Provides that on the one hundredth day, the individual is not a member of the covered population and shall receive Medicaid services under a fee for service program. Provides that a provision prohibiting the office from reducing reimbursement for home health services expires June 30, 2027. Requires the office to collaborate with certain entities to develop a new reimbursement methodology for home health services. Specifies that public notice of at least six months (rather than one year) must be provided before a health facility service reimbursement that results in a reduction in reimbursement may be changed. Amends the definition of "bulk drug substance" for provisions concerning drug compounding. Provides that a claim by the estate recovery unit of the office of Medicaid policy and planning (estate recovery unit) is forever barred unless the estate recovery unit files a claim in the court in which the decedent's estate is being administered not later than nine months after the date of death of the decedent.
Introduced
Jan 6, 2026
Last Action
Mar 12, 2026
Session
IN 2026
Sponsors
3 primary · 7 co
Public Law 160
Signed by the Governor
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the Speaker
CCR # 1 filed in the House
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 325: yeas 46, nays 4
Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 416: yeas 96, nays 0
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 416: yeas 96, nays 0
House conferees appointed: Barrett, Shackleford
House dissented from Senate amendments
Returned to the House with amendments
Motion to dissent filed
Senate advisors appointed: Busch, Yoder, Brown L
Senate conferees appointed: Crider, Jackson L
House advisors appointed: Goss-Reaves, Slager, Lopez, Bauer, Porter
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 250: yeas 47, nays 0
Amendment #8 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed; voice vote
Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote
Amendment #3 (Crider) prevailed; voice vote
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
Senator Charbonneau added as cosponsor
Senator Becker added as cosponsor
First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
Senator Busch added as cosponsor
Senator Brown L added as second sponsor
Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
Referred to the Senate
Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 180: yeas 93, nays 0
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Representative Slager added as coauthor
Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor
Representative Porter added as coauthor
Committee report: do pass, adopted
Authored by Representative Barrett
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
HB 1277 was introduced on Jan 6, 2026 by Brad Barrett in IN session 2026. It is currently dead. Most recent action on Mar 12, 2026: Public Law 160.
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Public Law 160