Indiana Senate Bill 239 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on April 29 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-29 - Public Law 144
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Remote provision of child and family services. Requires the department of child services (department) to establish before October 1, 2021, policies and procedures to allow for child and family services to be provided remotely. Specifies factors that a child and family services provider and the department may consider in making a determination as to whether remote provision of services is appropriate for a child. Provides that a child and family services provider's first meeting with a family, or with a child who lives with the child's family, must be conducted in person unless a declared health emergency makes an in person meeting unsafe. Provides that after a child and family services provider's first meeting with a family or with a child who lives with the child's family, or for purposes of providing services to a child who does not live with the child's family, the provider has the discretion to provide services to the family or child remotely for up to 14 days after the initial request for consultation if providing services remotely is in the best interest of the child and family, unless: (1) a decision is reached on the use of remote services at a child and family team meeting less than 14 days after the request for consultation; or (2) the department communicates to the provider a preliminary determination as to the role of remote services pending the child and family team meeting.

Remote provision of child and family services.

Sen. Elizabeth Brown [R]	Sen. Jon Ford [R]	Sen. Andy Zay [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]
Rep. Dave Heine [R]	Rep. Dale DeVon [R]	Rep. Julie Olthoff [R]

2021-04-19 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-04-08 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 71 N: 15 NV: 1 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2021-04-06 - House - House - Amendment #3 (Jackson) failed (Y: 27 N: 64 NV: 4 Abs: 5) [FAIL]
2021-04-01 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-08 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-25 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-29	Senate	Public Law 144
2021-04-29	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2021-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2021-04-28	House	Signed by the Speaker
2021-04-23	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2021-04-19	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 451: yeas 48, nays 0
2021-04-16	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2021-04-09	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2021-04-08	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 375: yeas 71, nays 15
2021-04-06	House	Amendment #1 (Summers) motion withdrawn
2021-04-06	House	Amendment #3 (Jackson) failed; Roll Call 360: yeas 27, nays 64
2021-04-06	House	Amendment #4 (Summers) prevailed; voice vote
2021-04-06	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2021-04-01	House	Representative Olthoff added as cosponsor
2021-04-01	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-03-02	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
2021-02-09	Senate	Referred to the House
2021-02-08	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative DeVon
2021-02-08	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Heine
2021-02-08	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 67: yeas 48, nays 0
2021-02-04	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2021-02-04	Senate	Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote
2021-02-04	Senate	Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed
2021-02-01	Senate	Placed back on second reading
2021-01-28	Senate	Senator Ford Jon added as second author
2021-01-28	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-01-26	Senate	Senator Zay added as third author
2021-01-26	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2021-01-11	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services
2021-01-11	Senate	Authored by Senator Brown L

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/239/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/c/b/5/3cb5ba40/SB0239.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/e/0/5/de05474b/SB0239.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/7/2/f/372f15b8/SB0239.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/3/d/e/33de01ac/SB0239.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/3/b/4/f3b40eb5/SB0239.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/9/f/8/79f8f676/SB0239.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/9/9/d/e99d8b1f/SB0239.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/d/6/f/5d6f99dd/SB0239.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/2/1/0/6210a4d6/SB0239.05.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/6/e/6/36e68705/SB0239.05.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/4/c/6/04c6eee8/SB0239.06.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/3/4/1/0341d80c/SB0239.06.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/b/5/7/2b57cb8c/SB0239.07.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/f/6/2/ff62453e/SB0239.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/6/a/0/a6a0e8f5/SB0239.05.COMH.AMH001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/c/2/e/cc2e39b5/SB0239.05.COMH.AMH002.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/8/c/5/58c5d3e6/SB0239.05.COMH.AMH003.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/0/f/6/80f6e374/SB0239.05.COMH.AMH004.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/9/2/b/492b2b90/SB0239.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/6/1/4/5614555b/SB0239.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/2/0/7/0207dda5/SB0239.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/b/0/0/5b000197/SB0239.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/5/d/f/35df4588/SB0239.03.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/1/d/7/41d7ac61/SB0239.04.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/1/3/f/c13ff161/SB0239.04.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/1/a/d/41add970/SB0239.04.ENGS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/f/3/a/bf3a516e/SB0239.05.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/0/0/e/300ed2be/SB0239.06.ENGH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/7/8/b/b78bcf92/SB0239.06.ENGH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/8/5/d/885d7eb4/SB0239.06.ENGH.CON01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/f/0/7/ef072359/SB0239.07.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/7/d/1/87d1ed98/SB0239.01.INTR.03.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/1/0/3/a1036df3/SB0239.67_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/f/5/3/1f53cbdf/SB0239.04.ENGS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/0/1/8/30180376/SB0239.360_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/0/d/1/f0d1331c/SB0239.375_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/d/1/8/ed18d7c8/SB0239.451_S.pdf