Indiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Indiana HB1012: Medicaid matters.
Status: In committee, January 13, 2026
Amends the duties of the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) concerning home and community based services waivers (waiver). Sets forth requirements for conducting an audit of a provider of waiver services. Requires: (1) a waiver recipient to review the recipient's monthly statement and report errors or inconsistencies; and (2) the recipient's case manager to provide assistance to the recipient in reviewing the statements and reporting any errors. Establishes the home and community based services waiver waiting list assistance fund (fund) to provide individuals on a waiver waiting list with access to certain supports. Provides that when the office determines an individual is ineligible for Medicaid, the office shall provide the specific reason for determining the individual is ineligible. Requires the office to review certain bank accounts in determining an individual's Medicaid eligibility. Requires a provider of waiver services to provide a recipient and the recipient's care coordinator with certain billing statements. Provides that appropriations in the budget bill for Medicaid assistance that are budgeted for a waiver that remain unexpended and unencumbered at the close of the state fiscal year and that would otherwise lapse and be returned to the state general fund do not revert to the state general fund, but instead shall be deposited in the fund. Provides that, for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, appropriations in the budget bill for Medicaid assistance in an amount sufficient to cover costs incurred by the office in carrying out specified duties that remain unexpended and unencumbered at the close of the state fiscal year and that would otherwise lapse and be returned to the state general fund do not revert to the state general fund, but instead shall remain available to the office to cover these costs.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services.
From the amended text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services. SECTION 1. IC 4-13-2-19, AS AMENDED BY P.L.9-2024, SECTION 90, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026]: Sec. 19. (a) Except as specifically provided for in appropriation acts, every appropriation or part thereof remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the close of any fiscal year shall lapse and be returned to the general revenue fund. However, an appropriation for purchase of real estate or for construction or other permanent improvement shall not lapse until the purposes for which the appropriation was made shall have been accomplished or abandoned, unless such appropriation has remained during an entire fiscal biennium without any expenditure therefrom or encumbrance thereon. (b) Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the provisions of this section shall apply to every appropriation of a stated sum for a specified purpose or purposes made from the general revenue fund, but shall not, unless expressly so provided by law, apply to any fund or balance of a fund derived wholly or partly from special taxes, fees, HB 1012--LS 6241/DI earnings, fines, federal grants, or other sources which are by law appropriated for special purposes by standing, continuing, rotary, or revolving appropriations. (c) In the case of federal funds encumbered by a state agency that is the …
Sponsors
- Edward Clere (R, HD-072) · primary sponsor
- Victoria Garcia Wilburn (D, HD-032)
- Lori Goss-Reaves (R, HD-031)
- Becky Cash (R, HD-025)
Latest actions
- : Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
- : Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
- : First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
- : Authored by Representative Clere
- : Coauthored by Representatives Garcia Wilburn, Goss-Reaves, Cash
Subjects: HEALTH; Medicaid, GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Budget and Appropriations, STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding, AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)
Common questions
- What is HB1012?
- HB1012 is a bill in the Indiana Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Medicaid matters.
- What does HB1012 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services.
- What is the status of HB1012?
- In committee as of January 13, 2026. Latest action: Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 (January 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1012?
- Edward Clere (R, HD-072), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1012?
- On the Indiana Legislature website: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1012
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