Interim Study Committe on Fiscal Policy

THE COMMITTEE IS CHARGED WITH STUDYING THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

(A)Issues related to Medicaid including the following:

(i) Health care expenditures by major categories for the most recent five(5) years for which information is available.

(ii) Key cost drivers and trends.

(iii) Pilot opportunities for a value based health care system to reduce health care costs and enhance price transparency and outcomes, including for long-term care.

The Committee may request that the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in collaboration with the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute provide to the Committee either the submission of an executive summary in electronic format under IC 5-14-6 or testimony, or both, on the current health payment system and the legal system as each relate to the provision of mental health and addiction treatment services to individuals against whom criminal charges are filed or who are incarcerated. (Source: Letter from Rep. Kirchhofer; Rep. Carbaugh; Rep.Shackleford; Rep. Austin; Sen. Ruckelshaus; Sen.Bassler; and Sen. Spartz.)

(B)Reimbursement of Medicaid-covered services for qualifying Medicaid children recipients for treatment received at an out of state hospital. (Source: Letter from Rep. Soliday, Sen. Charbonneau, Rep. Candelaria Reardon, Rep. Harris, and Sen.Tallian.)

(C)Criteria for formation of regional development authorities and imposition of taxes for regional development authorities. (Source: SEA 565-2019.)

(D)Complexity index used under IC 20-43-13 for providing funding to students  enrolled in Kindergarten through Grade 12. (Source: HEA 1001-2019.)

(E)Taxation of CBD oil and vaping products. (Source: EHB 1444-2019 (as reprintedApril 16, 2019).)

(F)State tax credits and other issues related to workforce housing and affordable housing. (Source: HB 1234-2019 (as introduced); Letter Lt. Gov. Crouch.)

(G)A multi-year review of workforce related program reports from the Legislative

Services Agency for which statute requires a Committee hearing (Source:IC 2-5-42.4-6.)(H)A multi-year review of tax incentives reports from the Legislative Services


Agency for which a statute requires a Committee hearing. (Source: IC 2-5-3.2-1.)