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Senate adopts series of amendments to health coverage bill to clarify billing, imaging and prior-authorization rules
Summary
The Indiana Senate approved several amendments to House Bill 1003 aimed at clarifying site-of-service billing, diagnostic imaging and lab definitions, and prior-authorization procedures after presenters said the changes restore prior law and reduce unwanted billing at hospital settings.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Senate voted on a string of amendments to House Bill 1003 on April 14, approving changes intended to limit hospital-site billing practices and to clarify definitions for diagnostic imaging and laboratory services.
Supporters said the amendments restore earlier statutory language and narrow the bill so it affects billing tied to true hospital settings while preserving dispute-resolution options for prior authorization.
Senator Charbonneau opened the bill’s second reading and yielded to Senator Sarah Johnson, who presented several amendments. Johnson said one amendment "really deals with the amendment that was added in appropriations on section 43" and that sponsors had worked to revert language "back to the language…
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