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HB1338 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations.

Children Healthcare
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Representative Chris Campbell
Last action
2026-01-06
Official status
Introduced House Bill (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how this will affect current practices of sharing health information for minors.

Indiana Bill About Doctor Rules

This bill changes Indiana laws about doctors and patients, allowing doctors to share health information and discuss medical histories of minors without aiding in gender transition procedures.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows doctors to release a minor's health information to another doctor when providing care for the minor.
  • Permits doctors to discuss a minor's medical history with other doctors who are also treating the same minor.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Doctors and other healthcare providers in Indiana
  • Minors seeking or receiving care from multiple healthcare providers

Terms To Know

gender transition procedures
Medical treatments that help a person change their body to match the gender they identify with.
minor
A person who is not yet an adult, usually under 18 years old.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how doctors should handle sharing information about other medical treatments.
  • It's unclear if this will change current practices of how often or in what ways doctors share health information for minors.
  • This bill has passed the Indiana legislature but hasn't been signed into law yet.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-06 House

    Authored by Representative Campbell

  2. 2026-01-06 House

    Coauthored by Representatives Errington, Pierce M, Clere

  3. 2026-01-06 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations.
Physician standards of practice.

Current Bill Text

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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations.

Physician standards of practice.

Specifies that the provisions prohibiting a physician or practitioner from aiding or abetting in the provision of gender transition procedures to a minor do not prohibit a physician or other practitioner from: (1) releasing a minor's health information to another physician or other practitioner in the course of the receiving practitioner's care of the minor; or (2) discussing a minor's medical history with another physician or other practitioner providing care to the minor.