Senate Bill 391 - Bill Summary

• Local health officers must show official identification and obtain consent before entering premises for inspections, investigations, or disease prevention activities, with exceptions for court orders, imminent health threats, public places, and licensed facilities.

• Expands court enforcement powers for local board of health orders, citations, and administrative notices to include injunctions, judgments, license suspension/revocation, property vacation/demolition orders, penalties up to amounts set in IC 36-1-3-8(a)(10), and orders for compliance within specified timeframes.

• Specifies that Indiana death registration system entries are required only for deaths occurring after December 31, 2010, clarifying the scope of electronic filing requirements for death certificates.

• Prohibits Marion County small claims court from collecting docket fees and costs from the state or any political subdivision in actions brought by or on behalf of the state or political subdivision.

• Expands exemption for health and hospital corporations to include sale and lease of property in addition to disposal of surplus property, removing the "surplus" limitation.