HEA 1441 Summary

• Urges the Indiana legislative council to assign pest and vector abatement as a study topic to a statutory or interim study committee during the 2017 legislative interim.

• Directs the study committee to examine whether statutory definitions of "pest" and "vector" should be amended, where "pest" means an arthropod, vertebrate, or microorganism of health significance to humans.

• Requires the study committee to evaluate whether the state department of health and health and hospital corporation should be given authority to adopt rules concerning pests and vectors.

• Mandates the study committee to issue a final report to the legislative council by November 1, 2017, containing findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation in electronic format.

• Section 1 expires December 31, 2017, and an emergency is declared for the act.