Indiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Indiana HB1271: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning insurance.
Status: Signed into law, February 27, 2026
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What the bill says
An act to amend the Indiana Code concerning insurance.
From the enrolled text:
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning insurance. SECTION 1. IC 16-18-2-52.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.188-2025, SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026]: Sec. 52.5. (a) "Charity care", for purposes of IC 16-21-6, IC 16-21-9, IC 16-21-9.5, and IC 16-40-6, means the unreimbursed cost to a hospital of providing, funding, or otherwise financially supporting health care services: (1) to a person classified by the hospital as financially indigent or medically indigent on an inpatient or outpatient basis; and (2) to financially indigent patients through other nonprofit or public outpatient clinics, hospitals, or health care organizations. (b) As used in this section, "financially indigent" means an uninsured or underinsured person who is accepted for care with no obligation or a discounted obligation to pay for the services rendered based on the hospital's financial criteria and procedure used to determine if a patient is eligible for charity care. The criteria and procedure must include income levels and means testing indexed to the federal poverty guidelines. A hospital may determine that a person is financially or medically indigent under the hospital's eligibility system after health care services are provided. (c) As used in this section, "medically indigent" means a person whose medical or hospital bills after payment by third party payors exceed a specified percentage of the …
Sponsors
- Julie McGuire (R, HD-093) · primary sponsor
- Lori Goss-Reaves (R, HD-031)
- Martin Carbaugh (R, HD-081)
- Victoria Garcia Wilburn (D, HD-032)
Latest actions
- : Public Law 88
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- : Signed by the President of the Senate
- : House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 391: yeas 87, nays 0
- : Signed by the Speaker
- : Motion to concur filed
- : Returned to the House with amendments
- : Third reading: passed; Roll Call 248: yeas 46, nays 1
- : Amendment #4 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote
Votes
- HB1271.06.ENGS.CON01 (February 26, 2026): 87 yea, 0 nay, passed
- HB1271.05.COMS (February 24, 2026): 46 yea, 1 nay, passed
- HB1271.03.ENGH (February 2, 2026): 85 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: INSURANCE; Health Insurance, AGENCIES; Department of Insurance (IDOI), FINANCIAL SERVICES; Collection Agencies, HEALTH; Billing and Costs, INSURANCE; Generally, INSURANCE; Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), TRADE REGULATIONS; Consumer Credit and Consumer Protection (Including the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC)), HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Hospitals
Common questions
- What is HB1271?
- HB1271 is a bill in the Indiana Legislature (2026 Regular Session): A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning insurance.
- What does HB1271 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the Indiana Code concerning insurance.
- What is the status of HB1271?
- Signed into law as of February 27, 2026. Latest action: Public Law 88 (March 4, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1271?
- Julie McGuire (R, HD-093), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1271?
- On the Indiana Legislature website: /2026/bills/hb1271
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