IN SB 85

died on adjournment

Health care debt and costs.

Indiana · 2026 Regular Session (2nd Regular Session, 124th General Assembly) · upper

Description

Authorizes the attorney general to enforce provisions concerning health care debt wage garnishment and principal residence lien restrictions and establish a complaint process. Requires hospitals to do the following: (1) Offer a person who meets certain income guidelines and has received health services the opportunity to pay the charges through a payment plan that satisfies certain requirements. (2) Develop a written notice about a charity care program operated by the hospital, provide the notice to patients, and post the notice. (3) Include certain information concerning financial assistance on a billing statement. (4) Requires a hospital that reports an annual gross patient revenue of at least $20,000,000 to provide written notice and information to a person who has requested an eligibility determination concerning a payment plan or charity care. Provides that the unpaid earnings of a consumer who meets specified income eligibility requirements may not be attached by garnishment if an individual makes 200% of the federal income poverty level or less, and limits the amount to be garnished over a certain amount of the individual's disposable earnings in satisfaction of: (1) health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by the consumer; or (2) any amount of the judgment that represents health care debt determined to be owed by the consumer. Provides that: (1) health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer; or (2) in an action against a consumer in which a judgment has been entered, the amount of the judgment that represents health care debt determined to be owed by the consumer; does not constitute a lien against the consumer's principal residence for a consumer. Requires the disclosure of whether a debt is a health care debt in the execution of a judgment. Provides that in any action filed in Indiana for the recovery of health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer, the principal residence of the consumer is not liable to judgment or attachment or to be sold on execution against the consumer.

Introduced: —
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-02-02 — First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

2025-12-08
First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-12-08
Authored by Senators Qaddoura, Charbonneau
2025-12-09
Senator Qaddoura removed as author
2025-12-09
Senator Charbonneau added as author
2025-12-09
Senator Qaddoura added as second author
2025-12-09
Senator Charbonneau removed as second author
2026-01-08
Senator Becker added as coauthor
2026-01-08
Senator Yoder added as coauthor
2026-01-22
Senator Deery added as coauthor
2026-01-22
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2026-01-28
Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2026-01-28
Second reading: ordered engrossed
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2026-01-29
Representative Barrett added as cosponsor
2026-01-29
Representative Smaltz added as cosponsor
2026-01-29
House sponsor: Representative McGuire
2026-01-29
Cosponsor: Representative Goss-Reaves
2026-01-29
Senators Alting, Doriot added as coauthors
2026-01-29
Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
2026-01-29
Senator Goode added as coauthor
2026-01-29
Senator Jackson L added as coauthor
2026-01-29
Senator Spencer added as coauthor
2026-01-29
Senator Taylor G added as coauthor
2026-01-29
Senators Walker G, Walker K, Bohacek added as coauthors
2026-01-29
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 135: yeas 33, nays 15
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2026-01-29
Referred to the House
referral
2026-02-02
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
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Votes

SB 85 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading
2026-01-29 · pass · 33-15
Member-level votes (49)
- Alting: yes
- Deery: yes
- Leising: yes
- Spencer: yes
- Bassler: yes
- Dernulc: yes
- Maxwell: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Bohacek: yes
- Doriot: yes
- Mishler: yes
- Tomes: yes
- Bray: yes
- Ford J.D.: yes
- Niemeyer: yes
- Walker G: yes
- Buck: yes
- Glick: yes
- Niezgodski: yes
- Walker K: yes
- Busch: yes
- Goode: yes
- Pol: yes
- Yoder: yes
- Carrasco: yes
- Holdman: yes
- Qaddoura: yes
- Charbonneau: yes
- Hunley: yes
- Randolph: yes
- Crider: yes
- Jackson, L: yes
- Schmitt: yes
- Alexander: no
- Byrne: no
- Garten: no
- Raatz: no
- Baldwin: no
- Clark: no
- Gaskill: no
- Rogers: no
- Brown: no
- Donato: no
- Johnson: no
- Young: no
- Buchanan: no
- Freeman: no
- Koch: no
- Becker: excused

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