1. Indiana State Nurses Association
Blayne Miley, JD
Director of Policy & Advocacy
@IndianaNurses
Indiana State Nurses Association

2. Indiana General Assembly Session
1,237 Bills Introduced
Session Deadlines
This week: Committee Reports
Feb. 26th: Initial Chamber Passage
Apr. 15th: Second Chamber Passage
Apr. 29th: Adjournment
Decisions are being made with or without you, no one going to ask permission
Nursing Code of Ethics (4 of 9) provisions #3: The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient
#6: The nurse participates in establishing, maintaining, and improving healthcare environments and conditions of employment conducive to the provision of quality healthcare and consistent with the values of the profession through individual and collective action.
#8: The nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public in promoting community, national, and international efforts to meet health needs.
#9: The profession of nursing, as represented by associations and their members, is responsible for articulating nursing values, for maintaining the integrity of the profession and its practice, and for shaping social policy.

4. How to Reach Legislators
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5. ISNA’s Role Inform Advocate Amplify
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6. Caregiver Mandates Caregivers mandates
Amended to be less prescriptive:
Offer opportunity to appoint caregiver
Request consent to release patient info to caregiver
Attempt to notify of discharge if patient can’t
Attempt to provide home care plan
May include live demonstration of aftercare
Lack of contact does not delay hospital services
HB 1265
House Chamber

7. Reducing Limitations on Prescribing
Allows APNs & PAs to prescribe controlled substances for weight loss
Changes the limitations on physician assistant prescribing from one year and 1,800 hours of practice for all controlled substances to just one year and only for schedule II controlled substances
HB 1183
Passed House Chamber

8. Opioid Prescribing
Requires other healthcare profession boards to adopt rules that conform to those adopted by the Medical Licensing Board on opioid prescribing
SB 534: deadline March 1, 2016
Senate Chamber
HB 1614: once adopted, no amendments without Medical Licensing Board approval
Failed at House Public Health Committee

9. Medical Malpractice Changes
Allow claims involving the removal of the wrong body part or leaving an instrument inside a patient to bypass the medical review board
SB 55
Failed before Senate Chamber
Increase damages caps from $1.25 million/$250,000 (total/individual portion) to $1.65 million/$300,000
HB 1043
House Chamber

10. Skilled Nursing Home Moratorium
Imposes a 3 year ban on new comprehensive care facilities
Does not include assisted living or projects already under development
Driven by levels of occupancy and state funding
SB 460
Passed Senate Chamber

11. Cultural Competency Training for Health Profession Licensees
Requires an individual seeking licensure in a health care profession to complete cultural competency training.
Applies to new licenses issued after June 30, 2015
Bill specifies topics, not duration of training
SB 47
Did not pass Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
chiropractors, dentists, health facility administrators, physicians, nurses, optometrists, pharmacists, podiatrists, speech-language pathologists/audiologists, psychologists, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, physician assistants, athletic trainers, dietitians, social workers, marriage/family therapists

12. Student Loan Repayment Assistance for Nurses, Teachers, and Social Workers
Establishes a $2,500 annual grant for those employed in the qualifying professions for up to 5 years from starting to make student loan repayments.
Would be administered by Commission on Higher Education
HB 1114
Did not pass House Ways and Means Committee

13. Advanced Policy Legislative Conference Mar. 5th
Presentations
State Legislator Q&A
RN Workforce Data Report
FSSA on Medicaid and HIP
Future Nurse Policy Goals
Downtown Indianapolis
Register at indiananurses.org