# Indiana HB 1555: Licensure of foreign trained physicians. Indiana HB 1555, Licensure of foreign trained physicians., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Beau Baird (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Signed by the Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1555-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana HB 1555 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Licensure of foreign trained physicians. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-21 - Last action: 2025-05-06, Signed by the Governor - Sponsor: Beau Baird (Republican) - Cosponsors: 7 - Subjects: public health, the senate, health and provider services - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (276 yes, 3 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary Establishes a limited medical license for individuals who: (1) have graduated from certain international medical programs; (2) obtain a health care facility sponsor in an underserved area; and (3) meet certain other criteria. Provides that a limited medical license authorizes the recipient to practice medicine only at a health care facility in an underserved area. Enables the medical licensing board of Indiana (board) to revoke a limited medical license if the recipient stops working as a physician at a health care facility in an underserved area. Provides that a limited medical license may be converted to an unlimited license. Allows the board to require a comprehensive evaluation to determine the individual's competency before issuing an unlimited medical license. Allows, until June 30, 2027, an applicant for an unlimited license to practice osteopathic medicine to take all levels of the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination not later than ten years from the date the applicant first passes level 1 of the examination. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Osteopathic doctors face licensing exam deadline: cost, low. Applicants seeking an unlimited Indiana license to practice osteopathic medicine must pass every level of the COMLEX-USA licensing exam. The deadline is 10 years after first passing Level 1. This temporary rule took effect upon passage and expires June 30, 2027. - Foreign-trained doctors gain licenses with practice limits: mixed, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana creates a limited license for eligible foreign-trained doctors, with a nonrefundable $100 application fee. Applicants must submit the board’s application and hold a medical doctorate or similar degree from an international program in good standing. They also need cer… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Beau Baird (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Andrea Hunley (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Jean Leising (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Joanna King (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Julie McGuire (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Liz Brown (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Susan Glick (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Victoria Garcia Wilburn (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-23 | Senate | Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate | pass | 47 | 0 | | | 2025-04-22 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House | pass | 90 | 1 | | | 2025-04-08 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 48 | 1 | | | 2025-02-13 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 91 | 1 | | ## Actions (31) - 2025-05-06: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-05-06: Public Law 234 (House) - 2025-04-29: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 492: yeas 47, nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 518: yeas 90, nays 1 (House) - 2025-04-22: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-22: CCR # 1 filed in the House (House) - 2025-04-14: House advisors appointed: King, Ledbetter and Bauer (House) - 2025-04-14: House conferees appointed: Baird and Garcia Wilburn (House) - 2025-04-10: Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Jackson L (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senate advisors appointed: Leising, Yoder and Glick (Senate) - 2025-04-09: House dissented from Senate amendments (House) - 2025-04-09: Motion to dissent filed (House) - 2025-04-09: Returned to the House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 365: yeas 48, nays 1 (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-20: First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2025-02-13: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 159: yeas 91, nays 1 (House) - 2025-02-13: Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L, Leising, Glick (House) - 2025-02-13: Cosponsor: Senator Hunley (House) - 2025-02-11: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-02-11: Amendment #1 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote (House) - 2025-02-04: Representatives McGuire and Garcia Wilburn added as coauthors (House) - 2025-02-04: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-02-03: Representative King added as coauthor (House) - 2025-01-21: Authored by Representative Baird (House) - 2025-01-21: First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1555/versions/HB1555.03.ENGH?format=pdf) - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1555/versions/HB1555.05.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1555/versions/HB1555.02.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1555/versions/HB1555.04.COMS?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1555/versions/HB1555.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (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 - [Engrossed House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1555/versions/HB1555.03.ENGH?format=pdf) - [Enrolled House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1555/versions/HB1555.05.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1555/versions/HB1555.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1555/versions/HB1555.04.COMS?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1555/versions/HB1555.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [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) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1555-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).