Lawmakers efforts to halt proposed cuts to a Medicaid program did not make it into legislation this session, despite outcry from families of medically complex children. Instead, they sent legislation to Gov. Eric Holcomb focusing on administrative requirements for the Family and Social Services Administration.
Legislation heading to the governor s desk will expand several state education programs and increase funding for some students. Indiana s Education Scholarship Account program will open up to the siblings of students who have disabilities, and students utilizing Career Scholarship Account funds could use that money to pay for driving instruction.
A Senate committee approved a bill Thursday that would increase access to postpartum, long-acting reversible contraceptives, also known as LARCs, for people on Medicaid.
A Senate committee amended a bill on Wednesday that changes how two of the states scholarship account programs are administered and who is eligible for them.