Skip to main content
Independent and nonpartisan. SaveYourState is a civic information resource. It is not a government website and is not affiliated with any government agency, party, or campaign.

Indiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1385: Various hospital matters.

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 1385 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 8, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Various hospital matters. Primary sponsor: Brad Barrett (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 8, 2026): First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health.

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 (rather than allows) the development of programs designed to increase Medicaid reimbursement. Specifies that the reimbursement rates for a state directed payment program must be at least the Medicare reimbursement rates. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to perform a reconciliation of the capitation attributable to the incremental hospital fee. Prohibits money in the incremental hospital fee fund from being used to fund Medicaid. Amends the permissible use of funds collected under the hospital assessment fee. Removes language that allowed the hospital assessment fee to be used to fund a state directed payment program that depended upon the collection of the managed care assessment fee. Changes the definition of "prices" concerning the hospital statewide average rate study and pricing (study). Amends the requirements to conduct the study and the date by which the study must be completed.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brad BarrettPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse56

“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. First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
  2. Authored by Representative Barrett

Sources

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