Articles tagged as: 2023 legislative session
February 14, 2023
Combined sewers put too much sewage into waterways. Bill would help cities avoid violations
The bill would make it so no water samples could get taken from a citys combined sewer overflow during or after heavy rains or flooding. That means the state couldnt slap them with a violation.
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Indiana house committee advances bill to increase birth control access
The Indiana House Committee on Public Health has unanimously approved House Bill 1568, which would allow pharmacists to prescribe hormonal birth control without an appointment.
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Rural hospitals worry as lawmakers move to lower costs for patients
Indiana lawmakers have seized on high health care costs as a priority problem to tackle this legislative session, but rural hospitals with thin profit margins are worried — and want more help from the state.
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2023
What is gender-affirming care?
Lawmakers have filed several bills to limit or outright ban gender-affirming care for minors in Indiana. But there are a lot of misconceptions about what that type of health care is and isnt.
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2023
‘There is no landlord accountability.’ Tenants call on lawmakers for better protections
Advocates are rallying around Senate Bill 202, which would allow tenants to place rent in escrow in order to pressure landlords into fixing critical problems with heat or water. A similar House bill is unlikely to get a hearing.
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2023
Indiana Senate passes bill to 'simplify' SNAP renewal for seniors, people with disabilities
About one in 10 Hoosier households report difficulties getting enough healthy food with consistency. Indiana senators passed Senate Bill 334 Tuesday to simplify access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, also known as food stamps, for people over 60 or who have disabilities and their households.
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2023
Hundreds rally to call on lawmakers to fully fund bill to create mental health crisis response system
Hundreds of Hoosiers rallied at the New Direction Church in Indianapolis Saturday to urge lawmakers to fully fund Senate Bill 1, which would bolster mental health care access and services across the state.
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2023
Weekly Statehouse update: Driving cards, committee complicates property tax relief
Legislation to allow speed cameras in a few highway work zones takes an unprecedented step. A Senate committee narrowly approves driving cards for undocumented immigrants. And property tax relief gets complicated.
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2023
Bill would let Indiana utilities charge ratepayers for 'unexpected,' additional costs
It would allow utilities to recover the cost of unexpected events that ended up being more expensive than what they budgeted for.
Read MoreFebruary 9, 2023
Property tax relief proposal gets complicated in House committee
Property tax relief legislation got a lot more complicated Thursday as a House committee tried to soften the blow such relief would have on local government and school budgets.
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