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HB1106 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Ethan Manning
Last action
2026-01-05
Official status
Introduced House Bill (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Indiana Family and Juvenile Law Changes

This bill updates Indiana's family law by changing rules for child care providers, medical history forms, and false reporting crimes.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows a child care provider to keep getting money from vouchers until it is decided that they are no longer allowed to do so.
  • Says a child care center does not need a license if it follows the rules for child care ministries and registers with them.
  • Sets requirements for who can be the director of a child care center.
  • Requires the Department of Child Services to create and update medical history forms, which must be given to certain people.
  • Makes false reporting about crimes that could be felonies if true a Level 6 felony.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Child care providers
  • Parents with children in need of services

Terms To Know

voucher payment
Money given to help pay for child care.
Level 6 felony
A serious crime that can lead to jail time and fines.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify when the changes will take effect.
  • It is unclear how many child care centers this law will affect.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-05 House

    Authored by Representative Manning

  2. 2026-01-05 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.
Various family matters.

Current Bill Text

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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.

Various family matters.

Allows a provider to remain eligible to receive a voucher payment until a final determination is made that the provider's license or eligibility is no longer in good standing. Provides that a child care center is exempt from licensure if the child care center complies with all of the requirements for child care ministries, including registration. Provides certain qualifications that a child care center's director must meet. Requires the department of child services to create and periodically update a medical history form and ensure that certain people receive the medical history form. Provides that the crime of false reporting is a Level 6 felony if the alleged conduct, if true, would constitute certain felonies. Requires that, if a child is alleged to be a child in need of services and has been removed from the child's home and placed in an out-of-home placement, a court must order each biological parent who retains visitation or parenting time rights to complete a medical history form and may, under certain circumstances, temporarily suspend a biological parent's visitation or parenting time. Allows a biological parent to amend or complete the medical history form. Requires the court to reconsider any previous order suspending visitation or parenting time if the court makes certain findings. Makes conforming changes.