| Provides that a bid specification that is entered into, issued, amended, or renewed after June 30, 2024, may not contain a provision requiring an employer to have or maintain a specified experience rating. Requires certain insurance companies that make a successful subrogation claim to revise an insured party's prior experience ratings in a specified manner. Provides exceptions. Defines terms and makes a conforming amendment. | House | 5/6/2024 | HB 1159 | Failed | 2024 |
| Permits an employee to choose the attending physician who will provide services and goods resulting from an employment injury or occupational disease for purposes of the workers compensation law. | House | 5/6/2024 | HB 1246 | Failed | 2024 |
| Relates to religious exemption from workers compensation; provides an exemption from workers compensation and occupational diseases coverage for a member of certain religious sects or a division of a religious sect who meets certain requirements and obtains a certificate of exemption from the workers compensation board. | Senate | 5/6/2024 | SB 264 | Failed | 2024 |
| Relates to employee misclassification. | Senate | 6/8/2023 | SB 32 | Failed | 2023 |
| Provides that a contract, bid specification, or agreement that is entered into, issued, amended, or renewed after June 30, 2023, may not contain a provision requiring an employer to have or maintain a specified experience rating; requires the workers compensation rating bureau of Indiana to nominate a president and submit the nominee for approval or denial to the commissioner of the department of insurance; requires certain insurance companies that make a successful subrogation claim to revise an insured party's prior experience ratings in a specified manner. | House | 6/8/2023 | HB 1298 | Failed | 2023 |
| Provides that if, after the occurrence of an accident, compensation is paid for temporary total disability or temporary partial disability, then the two year limitation period to file an application for adjustment of claim begins to run on the last date for which such compensation was paid. Increases benefits for injuries and disablements. | Senate | 5/4/2022 | SB 199 | Failed | 2022 |
| Relates to employee misclassification. Requires the department of state revenue, the state department of labor, the workers compensation board of Indiana, and the department of workforce development to report before November 1 of each year for three years, beginning November 1, 2022, to the interim study committee on employment and labor for the immediately preceding state fiscal year: (1) the number of employers that each department or the board determined during the immediately preceding state fiscal year improperly classified at least one worker as an independent contractor; (2) the total number of improperly classified workers employed by those employers; (3) the department's or board's calculation of actual revenue not collected or the additional costs to the state that the department or board attributes to the improperly classified workers; (4) the amount of the penalties and interest assessed against those employers by each department or the board, and the amount of the penalties and interest assessed that has been collected; and (5) the classification criteria used by the department or board to classify workers. Requires that the reports include information only in the form of aggregate statistics and not include information that can be used to identify specific employers or workers. | Senate | 5/4/2022 | SB 203 | Failed | 2022 |
| Relates to reporting on worker misclassification. Requires the department of state revenue, the state department of labor, the worker's compensation board of Indiana, and the department of workforce development to report before September 1 in 2022 through 2025 to the interim study committee on employment and labor for the immediately preceding three state fiscal years and in the aggregate for the three state fiscal year period: (1) the number of employers that each department or the board determined during the immediately preceding state fiscal year improperly classified at least one worker as an independent contractor; (2) the total number of improperly classified workers employed by those employers; (3) the department's or board's calculation of the revenue not collected or the additional costs to the state that the department or board attributes to the improperly classified workers; and (4) the amount of the penalties and interest assessed against those employers by each department or the board, and the amount of the penalties and interest assessed that has been collected. Excepts residential contractors from the term "employer" for purposes of the reporting requirements. | House | 5/4/2022 | HB 1336 | Failed | 2022 |
| Provides that if, after the occurrence of an accident, compensation is paid for temporary total disability or temporary partial disability, then the two year limitation period to file an application for adjustment of claim begins to run on the last date for which the compensation was paid; increases benefits for injuries and disablements by 3% each year for four years, beginning on July 1, 2023; adds an ambulatory outpatient surgical center to the definition of "medical service facility" under the workers compensation law; makes certain changes to the definition of "pecuniary liability;" establishes clean claim payment requirements related to workers compensation claims. | House | 3/22/2022 | HB 1153 | Enacted | 2022 |
| In part, requires that, not later than December 31, 2022, the department of education to: (1) issue a request for proposals for the purpose of contracting with a company to provide; or (2) enter into a memorandum of understanding with a statewide entity to facilitate the procurement of; adequate employer liability and workers compensation insurance coverage for employers that employ students in work based learning courses; provides that the total amount of funds that the department may expend to carry out the request for proposals or the memorandum of understanding must be less than $100,000; provides that an employer: (1) may purchase the employer liability and workers compensation coverage; and (2) is responsible for paying any costs associated with purchasing the coverage. | House | 3/17/2022 | HB 1094 | Enacted | 2022 |
| In part, repeals and strikes provisions under which mutual insurance associations and reciprocal associations formed and operating for the writing of workers compensation insurance are exempt from certain laws. | House | 4/26/2021 | HB 1432 | Enacted | 2021 |
| Relates to employee misclassification; in part, requires the department of state revenue, the state department of labor, the worker's compensation board of Indiana, and the department of workforce development to report before November 1 of each year for three years, beginning November 1, 2021. | Senate | 3/5/2021 | SB 257 | In House Committee | 2021 |
| Relates to workers compensation; provides that if, after the occurrence of an accident, compensation is paid for temporary total disability or temporary partial disability, then the two year limitation period to file an application for adjustment of claim begins to run on the last date for which such compensation was paid. Increases benefits for injuries and disablements by 2% each year for three years, beginning on July 1, 2021. | Senate | 3/3/2021 | SB 220 | In House Committee | 2021 |
| In part, adds an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) to the providers who may perform an examination and provide a statement concerning an injured employee for purposes of workers compensation claims. | House | 1/14/2021 | HB 1399 | In House Committee | 2021 |
| Relates to choice of physician for worker injury or disease; permits an employee to choose the attending physician who will provide services and goods resulting from an employment injury or occupational disease for purposes of the workers compensation law. | House | 1/12/2021 | HB 1339 | In House Committee | 2021 |
| Relates to religious exemption from workers compensation; in part, provides an exemption from workers compensation and occupational diseases coverage for a member of certain religious sects or a division of a religious sect who meets certain requirements and obtains a certificate of exemption from the worker's compensation board. | Senate | 1/12/2021 | SB 347 | In Senate Committee | 2021 |
| Relates to reporting on worker misclassification. Requires the department of state revenue, the state department of labor, the worker's compensation board of Indiana, and the department of workforce development to report before September 1 in 2021 through 2024 to the interim study committee on employment and labor for the immediately preceding state fiscal year. | House | 1/6/2021 | HB 1132 | In House Committee | 2021 |
| Establishes a presumption that individuals providing labor for certain government supported projects are employees; specifies that the general contractor for these projects is jointly liable with any subcontractor or professional employer organization for penalties and unpaid taxes or deposits with a governmental entity resulting from failure to comply with any law, regulation, ordinance, or contract provision requiring licensing, bonding, insurance or self-insurance, or misclassification of an employee as an independent contractor. | Senate | 1/5/2021 | SB 126 | In Senate Committee | 2021 |
| In part, requires the Board of Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education to establish best practices to improve safety and health outcomes for firefighters. Provides that the workers compensation Rating Bureau of Indiana may provide a premium or rate discount towards workers compensation insurance to political subdivisions and volunteer fire departments that implement best practices. | Senate | 4/22/2020 | SB 258 | Enacted | 2020 |
| Provides that for workers compensation and occupational diseases compensation, not later than 14 days from the date that the first installment of compensation is due, an employer or the employer's insurance carrier must file with the workers compensation board a report of payment of compensation. Provides that for workers compensation and occupational diseases compensation, the presentation to the employee or to the employee's dependents of certain payments from the employer or the employer's insurance carrier is sufficient tender of the workers compensation or occupational diseases compensation. Provides that for workers compensation and occupational diseases coverage, an employer must notify certain employees of the employer's intent to terminate the employee's temporary total disability benefits, and for all instances of termination of benefits, file an electronic notice with the board. Provides that for workers compensation and occupational diseases compensation for injuries occurring on or after July 1, 1991, compensation amounts determined for visual impairments shall be: (1) based on the Functional Vision Score; and (2) except in cases of permanent and complete loss of vision by enucleation, be paid as a whole person rating. Removes from the compensation schedule for workers compensation and occupational diseases compensation, for injuries occurring on or after July 1, 1991, that a reduction of vision to 1/10 of normal vision with glasses is 35 degrees of permanent impairment. Provides that the board may dispose of all papers for files when compensation has been awarded either by agreement or upon hearing two years after the termination of the compensation period for files related to workers compensation and workers occupational diseases compensation. | Senate | 3/24/2020 | SB 269 | Enacted | 2020 |
| Provides that ambulatory surgical centers may be reimbursed in an amount not to exceed 275% of the ambulatory surgical center's Medicare reimbursement rate. Provides that the payment to an ambulatory surgical center for a medical device under workers compensation may not exceed the invoice amount plus 3%. Increases benefits for injuries and disablements by 2% each year for three years, beginning on July 1, 2020. Provides that a medical service facility may be reimbursed in an amount not to exceed 200% of the medical service facility's Medicare reimbursement rate. | House | 3/4/2020 | HB 1332 | Amended and Passed Senate | |
| In part, repeals and consolidates various fraud, deception, and mischief offenses. | Senate | 2/11/2020 | SB 43 | In House Committee | |
| Increases benefits for injuries and disablements by 2% each year for three years, beginning on July 1, 2020. | Senate | 2/11/2020 | SB 202 | In House Committee | |
| Employee misclassification. Requires the department of state revenue, the state department of labor, the worker's compensation board of Indiana, and the department of workforce development to report certain information to the interim study committee on employment and labor for the immediately preceding state fiscal year before November 1 of each year for three years, beginning November 1, 2020. Provides that the worker's compensation board of Indiana may impose monetary fines on an employer for failure to procure workers compensation coverage for its employees, if required to do so under the law. Increases certain civil penalties assessed by the worker's compensation board of Indiana. Requires the department of state revenue, the state department of labor, the worker's compensation board of Indiana, and the department of workforce development to enter into a memorandum of understanding concerning issues relating to the investigation and enforcement of employee misclassification laws. Establishes the employee misclassification investigation and enforcement fund. | Senate | 2/11/2020 | SB 309 | In House Committee | |
| Establishes a five year medical cannabis pilot program, administered by the state department of health, to permit the use of medical cannabis in Indiana. Imposes a medical cannabis cultivation tax. | House | 1/16/2020 | HB 1359 | In House Committee | |
| Requires the department of labor (DOL), the department of workforce development (DWD), the department of state revenue (DOR), and the worker's compensation board (WCB) to share information concerning instances in which a construction contractor paid a worker in cash. Establishes the payroll fraud task force (task force), consisting of the commissioners of the DOL, DWD, and DOR, and the chair of the WCB, or their designees, to investigate suspected instances of payroll fraud, employee misclassification, and violations of other state labor and employment statutes occurring on commercial and industrial construction projects. Requires the DOL to hire and assign to the task force an investigator to conduct the task force's investigation and enforcement activities. Establishes a nonreverting and annually appropriated payroll fraud task force administrative fund to carry out the administrative purposes and functions of the task force. | Senate | 1/15/2020 | SB 201 | In Senate Committee | |
| Provides an exemption from workers compensation and occupational diseases coverage for a member of certain religious sects or a division of a religious sect who meets certain requirements and obtains a certificate of exemption (certificate) from the workers compensation board (board). Provides that, if an employee for whom a certificate is issued no longer meets the requirements for a certificate, the employee and the employee's employer are required to notify the board in writing. Requires the employer to provide workers compensation and occupational diseases coverage for that employee beginning on the date of the notice. | Senate | 1/14/2020 | SB 393 | Introduced | |