H.E.A. 1569, P.L. 90 Effective: July 1, 2023 Provides that the Department of Correction may not authorize the payment of any money, the use of any state resources, or the payment of any federal money administered by the state to provide or facilitate the provision of sexual reassignment surgery to an offender patient. Read the bill at: … [Read more...] about Restrictions on DOC provision of gender therapy
Court ordered expenses
H.E.A. 1009, P.L. 119 Effective: January 1, 2024 Specifies what a court shall order a father to pay for pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum expenses. Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1009 … [Read more...] about Court ordered expenses
Adoptions
H.E.A. 1560, P.L. 89 Effective: July 1, 2023 Provides that certain consent to adoption may be withdrawn not later than 15 days after the consent to adoption is signed and that certain persons must file a motion to contest an adoption after receiving certain notice. (Current law allows 30 days to withdraw.) Allows a consent to adoption to be executed or acknowledged in … [Read more...] about Adoptions
Behavioral health matters
S.E.A. 1, P.L. 162 Effective: §§4 & 10 effective on May 4, 2023, otherwise July 1, 2023 Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/1 … [Read more...] about Behavioral health matters
Conviction data
S.E.A. 136, P.L. 23 Effective: July 1, 2023 Defines "prohibited person" as a person prohibited from possessing a firearm or carrying a handgun. Provides that the office of judicial administration may establish a system to transmit certain data to assist in determining whether a person is a prohibited person. Read the bill at: … [Read more...] about Conviction data