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Indiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1216: Hyperbaric oxygen treatment program.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1216 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 5, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Hyperbaric oxygen treatment program. Primary sponsor: Carey Hamilton (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 6, 2026): Representative Dant Chesser added as coauthor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to establish and administer a hyperbaric oxygen treatment program (program) to make grants to certain providers to provide diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatment to qualified service members. Establishes program requirements. Requires the Indiana department of health to: (1) issue a request for proposals to offer treatment under the program; and (2) adopt rules to implement these provisions, including rules concerning program eligibility, treatment plan requirements, criteria for approving payments for treatment, and confidentiality. Provides that funding for the program is paid from the military family relief fund. Makes conforming amendments related to the sunset of the hyperbaric oxygen treatment pilot program.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Carey HamiltonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Wendy Dant ChesserCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Representative Dant Chesser added as coauthor
  2. Authored by Representative Hamilton
  3. First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source