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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.
Introduced
Jan 8, 2026
Last Action
Mar 4, 2026
Session
IN 2026
Sponsors
3 primary · 5 co
Public Law 96
Signed by the Governor
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 380: yeas 96, nays 0
Returned to the House with amendments
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 193: yeas 40, nays 4
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Senator Tomes added as cosponsor
Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
Referred to the Senate
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 116: yeas 95, nays 0
Senate sponsors: Senators Charbonneau, Busch
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Representatives King, Goss-Reaves, Porter added as coauthors
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
Authored by Representative Barrett
HB 1358 was introduced on Jan 8, 2026 by Ed Charbonneau in IN session 2026. It is currently signed. Most recent action on Mar 4, 2026: Public Law 96.
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Public Law 96