SB 222 changesFamily and social services administration matters.

What changed

+163 / −343 words · LargeConfidence: high

This version represents the transition of SB 222 from an engrossed bill to an enrolled act, reflecting final legislative approval. The changes are primarily procedural: the bill now includes an emergency clause enabling immediate effect upon passage, while removing the bill digest, committee reports, and legislative history that appeared in the engrossed version. Substantively, the enrolled act eliminates a temporary provision that would have allowed home health agencies to continue receiving Medicaid reimbursement while awaiting Medicare enrollment approval (if applications were submitted before April 1, 2026), and removes the legislative services agency's explicit authorization to prepare conforming legislation. The document formatting has been standardized to enrolled act conventions.

Change log

• APPENDIX >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Temporary Medicaid reimbursement provision for home health agencies removed

  This section is deleted in its entirety. Previously, it allowed home health agencies licensed under IC 16-27-1 and enrolled as Medicaid providers to continue receiving Medicaid reimbursement while their Medicare enrollment applications were pending, provided they submitted applications or initiated enrollment before April 1, 2026. The removal eliminates this temporary authorization for continued Medicaid payments during the Medicare enrollment process.

• PREAMBLE >cont.

  removedhigh confidence

  Legislative authority for conforming legislation removed

  The bill removed a provision that previously authorized the legislative services agency to prepare any legislation necessary to conform with the bill's changes. This authorization to draft conforming legislation is no longer included in the bill. The removal may reflect a decision that such conforming legislation is unnecessary or that such authority is implied in other procedural mechanisms.

• APPENDIX

  removedhigh confidence

  Committee reports and emergency declaration removed

  The bill's appendix, which contained procedural materials including Senate and House committee reports and an emergency declaration, has been removed. The Senate committee report documented various amendments to the bill, including changes to language about addiction certification bodies, divisions of aging, and intellectual disabilities terminology. The House committee report indicated the beginning of an additional section. These materials are no longer part of the bill text.

• SECTION 122

  addedhigh confidence

  Emergency clause added to authorize immediate effect upon passage

  A new section declares an emergency for this act, which typically allows the legislation to take effect immediately upon passage and approval rather than on the standard effective date. The section includes signature lines for the President of the Senate, President Pro Tempore, Speaker of the House, and Governor with spaces for date and time.

• PREAMBLE

  modifiedhigh confidence

  Bill format changed from engrossed digest to enrolled act with standard legislative printing code

  The preamble transitioned from an engrossed bill digest dated February 3, 2026, containing a summary of provisions and legislative history, to a formal enrolled act format. The enrolled version removes all digest content, sponsor names, committee referrals, and vote tallies, replacing them with standard printing code instructions explaining how amendments, additions, and deletions are styled in the text. The formal enacting clause 'Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana' now appears in place of the previous digest and procedural history.