Insurance companies may require what’s known as prior authorization for medical services before they will cover it. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill Thursday to limit the use of the practice for state health plans like Medicaid — but an amendment to the bill stripped several key provisions.

Senate Bill 2 still makes major changes to the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP. That includes reintroducing Indiana's previously halted work requirements and an enrollment cap.

House Bill 1136 won't get a hearing but portions of it could be incorporated into other legislation before the session ends.

The Indiana House passed a bill on Thursday that aims to help ensure AI data centers coming into the state have the massive amount of power they need — primarily by subsidizing small nuclear plants and keeping coal plants online.

A controversial measure that would allow public schools to hire chaplains advanced past the Indiana Senate this week. Democrats raised concerns about the bill’s definition of chaplain and testimony against the bill during committee, but Republicans passed it anyway.

The latest plan will have the greatest impact on school districts in 2028, with an estimated reduction of more than $183 million in property tax revenue.

School administrators could be required to earn new literacy endorsements under a measure that advanced in the House Wednesday. In addition to expanding literacy endorsement requirements, the bill also carves out exceptions in the state’s reading retention law for some English language learners.

House Bill 1041 bans Indiana public and private higher education institutions from allowing transgender women to compete in sports.

Hoosiers have an estimated $2.2 billion of medical debt in collections — with even more on payment plans and credit cards. A Senate committee approved legislation Wednesday that introduces a variety of consumer protections against medical debt, including how hospitals create payment plans.

School board candidates would be forced to have a partisan label on the general election ballot under legislation approved by a House committee Wednesday.