Health care facilities are barred from hiring employees who have been convicted of certain criminal offenses, including felony convictions within the last five years related to “controlled substances.” Lawmakers want to introduce an exception for peer support professionals.

A Senate committee advances a bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion. Legislation heads to the Senate floor to continue cutting the state individual income tax rate. And a measure banning non-compete clauses for physicians clears a committee.

The Indiana Senate advanced a measure Thursday that would require children younger than 16 to get parental permission before creating social media accounts. Despite some concern about the bill's implementation, it was supported by most of the Senate.

A bill concerning additional skill tests for people who received a non-accredited, non-public high school diploma received robust debate in the House Education Committee this week and passed out of committee.

A House committee approved a bill that would make several funding changes to Indiana’s Medicaid expansion program. House Bill 1586 was supported by key health care stakeholders, such as the Insurance Institute of Indiana and the Indiana Hospital Association.

Several bills that would make Hoosiers pay some of the cost of building small modular nuclear reactors are working their way through the Indiana Statehouse. But a state Senate bill that passed committee on Thursday, SB 423, would allow the tech companies driving the need for these plants to share that cost.

Indiana law enforcement would be required to send notice to federal immigration officials if they have probable cause to believe someone they arrested is an undocumented immigrant. That’s under a bill approved by a House committee Thursday.

Lawmakers amended the bill to address certain concerns flagged during its last hearing. But Democratic lawmakers still oppose provisions that would gut some requirements for the Indiana secretary of education and allow public school districts to become charters.

An Indiana-based health network paid a $345 million settlement in 2023 after accusations that physicians received incentives for referrals – which goes against federal law. Now, state lawmakers want to make that practice a violation of state law as well.

Senate lawmakers advanced Senate Bill 475 Wednesday to ban non-compete agreements for doctors.