IndianaIndiana bill would include trainees' care in mental health insurance rules
Certain Indiana insurance rules would count mental health and substance use care from listed licensed workers, interns, and trainees, even outside an insurer's network.
What it does
Certain Indiana insurance rules would include mental health and substance use care from listed licensed workers, interns, and trainees, whether or not the provider is in the insurer's network.
Argument forPeople seeing listed interns or trainees outside their insurer's network could have those visits recognized as treatment under these insurance rules.
Argument againstInsurers might face more complicated decisions when applying these rules to care from interns or trainees outside their networks.
More detail
The bill would include care from listed licensed workers, interns, and trainees in the definition of treatment. The definition applies to mental health and substance use treatment in two Indiana insurance sections. The text names an intern or a trainee pursuing study in medicine or psychology, or study toward a license under IC 25-23.6. The provider may be inside or outside the insurer's network. If enacted, the amendments would take effect July 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jan 5First reading: referred to Committee on InsuranceLatest
- Jan 5Coauthored by Representative Campbell
- Jan 5Authored by Representative AndradeIntroduced
HealthcareMental Health