HB1555: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: House Bill (H)
• Current Chamber: house
• Origin Chamber: house
• Description: Licensure of foreign trained physicians.

Legislators

Actions (22 total)

• Apr 14, 2025, 3:34 PM: House advisors appointed: King, Ledbetter and Bauer
• Apr 14, 2025, 3:33 PM: House conferees appointed: Baird and Garcia Wilburn
• Apr 10, 2025, 2:07 PM: Senate advisors appointed: Leising, Yoder and Glick
• Apr 10, 2025, 2:06 PM: Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Jackson
• Apr 9, 2025, 1:19 PM: House dissented from Senate amendments
• Apr 9, 2025, 10:27 AM: Motion to dissent filed
• Apr 9, 2025, 5:25 AM: Returned to the House with amendments
• Apr 8, 2025, 11:51 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 365: yeas 48, nays 1
• Apr 7, 2025, 10:50 AM: Second reading: ordered engrossed
• Apr 3, 2025, 9:47 AM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
• Feb 20, 2025, 4:14 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
• Feb 14, 2025, 7:57 AM: Referred to the Senate
• Feb 13, 2025, 9:03 AM: Cosponsor: Senator Hunley
• Feb 13, 2025, 9:03 AM: Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L, Leising, Glick
• Feb 13, 2025, 9:02 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 159: yeas 91, nays 1
• Feb 11, 2025, 9:58 AM: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
• Feb 11, 2025, 9:57 AM: Amendment #1 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote
• Feb 4, 2025, 9:07 AM: Representatives McGuire and Garcia Wilburn added as coauthors
• Feb 4, 2025, 8:37 AM: Committee report: do pass, adopted
• Feb 3, 2025, 8:41 AM: Representative King added as coauthor
• Jan 21, 2025, 11:31 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
• Jan 21, 2025, 11:30 AM: Authored by Representative Baird

Digest

Establishes a limited medical license for individuals who: (1) have graduated from certain international medical programs; (2) obtain a health care facility sponsor in an underserved area; and (3) meet certain other criteria. Provides that a limited medical license authorizes the recipient to practice medicine only at a health care facility in an underserved area. Enables the medical licensing board of Indiana (board) to revoke a limited medical license if the recipient stops working as a physician at a health care facility in an underserved area. Provides that a limited medical license may be converted to an unlimited license at the discretion of the board. Allows the board to require a comprehensive evaluation to determine the individual's competency before issuing an unlimited medical license. Allows, until June 30, 2027, an applicant for an unlimited license to practice osteopathic medicine to take all levels of the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination not later than ten years from the date the applicant first passes level 1 of the examination.