S.E.A. 464, P.L. 209-2015 Effective: §1-16 and §18-23 effective July 1, 2015; §17 retroactively effective January 1, 2015, §24 effective June 30, 2015 Specifies limitations for reimbursement for methadone by: (1) the state employee health plan; (2) Medicaid; (3) certain policies of accident and sickness insurance; and (4) certain health maintenance organization contracts; if the dru … [Read more...] about Mental health issues
Serious sex offenders
S.E.A. 522, P.L. 235-2015 Effective: July 1, 2015 Defines "serious sex offender". Makes entry on school property by a serious sex offender a Level 6 felony. Provides that a serious sex offender is entitled to vote by mail. Requires the department of correction to inform a serious sex offender at the time of discharge from the department: (1) that a serious sex offender who knowingly … [Read more...] about Serious sex offenders
Human trafficking, promoting prostitution, and adult entertainment performers
S.E.A. 532, P.L. 237-2015 Effective: July 1, 2015 Provides that, for purposes of the law concerning actions for indecent nuisances, an indecent nuisance includes a public place in or upon which human trafficking is conducted, permitted, continued, or exists, and the personal property and contents used in conducting and maintaining the place for such a purpose. Establishes the human … [Read more...] about Human trafficking, promoting prostitution, and adult entertainment performers
Various criminal law matters
S.E.A. 559, P.L. 238-2015 Effective: July 1, 2015 Adds unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon to the definition of "crimes of violence". Establishes new caps for consecutive sentences that result from a single episode of criminal conduct. Defines "emergency medical services provider". Provides that a person is a habitual offender if the state proves the person … [Read more...] about Various criminal law matters
Budget bill [sentencing – mitigating factors]
H.E.A. 1001, P.L. 213-2015 Effective: § 261 effective July 1, 2015 Amends IC 35-38-1-7.1 to add the fact that a person has post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or a post concussive brain injury to the list of mitigating factors that a court may consider as favoring suspending a sentence and imposing probation. This legislation also authorizes the court to r … [Read more...] about Budget bill [sentencing – mitigating factors]