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IN HB1489
Bill
Status
1/14/2015
Primary Sponsor
Peggy Mayfield
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AI Summary
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Defines "Hoosier veteran" as an Indiana resident who served in the U.S. armed forces, select federal services, or reserve/National Guard components and received an honorable discharge.
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Requires Hoosier veterans to receive hiring preference in state employment and includes their military service time in seniority calculations for state civil service.
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Establishes an incentive program allowing the state to pay all or part of group life insurance costs for Indiana National Guard members enrolled in state employee policies.
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Creates a five-year veterans' recovery program and $2 million veterans' recovery fund to provide diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatment for veterans with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder, with authority to pursue reimbursement from federal and third-party payers.
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Provides liability protections for health care providers using hyperbaric oxygen treatment under the program and requires annual reporting to the governor and legislature on program outcomes and treatment success rates.
Legislative Description
Veterans matters. Establishes a definition for "Hoosier veteran". Provides for Hoosier veterans to receive a preference in hiring for state employment. Provides for an incentive program to be established to promote the enrollment of members of the Indiana national guard in a group policy of life insurance provided to state employees. Establishes, for five years, the veterans' recovery program (program) and veterans' recovery fund to provide treatment for veterans with traumatic brain injury or posttraumatic stress disorder and to obtain reimbursement from third parties. Requires the commissioner of insurance to establish program standards. Allows the commissioner of insurance to appoint
Last Action
Representative Baird removed as coauthor
1/14/2015