HB1393

Health care debt and duty to provide care.

Introduced·1/8/26
Intr Text

Indiana HB1393 prohibits health care providers from refusing necessary services based on health care debt.

Indiana HB1393 amends the Indiana Code to ensure health care providers cannot refuse necessary services to consumers or those legally responsible for them due to health care debt. The bill defines "necessary services" as those needed to prevent or treat serious conditions. It also outlines what constitutes a "health care provider" and "health care debt." Violating this prohibition is considered a deceptive act, enforceable by the attorney general. Effective July 1, 2026.

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Where it stands

Current
Public Health Committee
Next
Committee decision

Sponsors

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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

History

Jan 8

House

Authored by Representative Summers

Jan 8

House

First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health