# Indiana HB 1309: Pediatric mental health.

Indiana HB 1309, Pediatric mental health., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Mike Andrade (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-01-13 (Coauthored by Representatives Ledbetter and Garcia Wilburn) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana HB 1309
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Pediatric mental health.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-13
- Last action: 2025-01-13, Coauthored by Representatives Ledbetter and Garcia Wilburn
- Sponsor: Mike Andrade (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: public health
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Establishes the pediatric mental health professional recruitment pilot program. Provides that the purpose of the pilot program is to increase the availability of pediatric mental health care services for residents of Indiana by providing incentives to students who agree to provide pediatric mental health services in a pilot program county immediately after becoming pediatric mental health professionals. Specifies that the pilot program counties include Lake County, Marion County, and a county having a population of less than 65,000. Requires an applicant for a scholarship to execute a written agreement with the commission for higher education promising to provide pediatric mental health care services in a pilot program county for at least four years after graduation. Appropriates $1,000,000 per state fiscal year for the pilot program.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mike Andrade (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Cindy Ledbetter (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Victoria Garcia Wilburn (Democratic), House

## Actions (3)

- 2025-01-13: Coauthored by Representatives Ledbetter and Garcia Wilburn (House)
- 2025-01-13: Authored by Representative Andrade (House)
- 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1309/versions/HB1309.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed)
- SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed)
- SB 80: Code publication. (signed)
- SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed)
- SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed)
- SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1309/versions/HB1309.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related
- [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025)
- [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025)
- [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025)
- [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025)
- [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025)
- [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1309-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).