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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana Bill HB 1072 Regulates Organ Procurement Organizations and Imposes Deceptive Practice Penalties
Last action · January 12, 2026: Representative Smaltz added as coauthorSponsors: Mark Genda and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1072 establishes new consumer protection, transparency, and notification rules for organ and tissue s operating in Indiana, making certain violations actionable as s starting July 1, 2026.
Changes operational requirements for s and funeral providers, altering how donor families are consulted, how human remains are transported, and what financial disclosures must be published annually.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Procurement organizations
Must comply with new licensing restrictions, notification duties, disclosure requirements, and annual reporting mandates under threat of deceptive trade practice penalties.
Licensed funeral providers
Must receive advance notifications before human remains are removed or transported outside Indiana by procurement organizations.
Decedent families
Receive enhanced disclosures during consent requests and are protected from having specific funeral providers recommended by procurement organizations.
Key Facts
- A violation of specific provisions regarding anatomical gifts, notification rules, disclosures, or annual reporting constitutes a deceptive consumer act actionable under Indiana law.
- Procurement organizations are banned from obtaining or operating under a funeral home branch license or a crematory registration.
- Procurement organizations are prohibited from selecting or recommending a specific licensed funeral provider to a donor's family, except through a neutral rotating list.
- Procurement organizations must notify selected licensed funeral providers before removing human remains, unless doing so would jeopardize organ viability.
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- Procurement organizations must provide clear oral or written disclosures when seeking consent for an anatomical gift, explaining third-party processing and potential compensation.
- By April 1 of each year, procurement organizations must publish a public report disclosing aggregate donation counts, revenues, and third-party transfer lists.
- Transporting human remains outside of Indiana for evaluation or recovery requires prior notification to the selected licensed funeral provider and the local health department.
Frequently Asked Questions
What new rules apply when a procurement organization seeks consent for an anatomical gift?
Can an organ procurement organization recommend a funeral home to a grieving family?
What reporting requirements are placed on procurement organizations?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Jan 12, 2026HouseRepresentative Smaltz added as coauthor
- Dec 5, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Dec 5, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Genda
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Increased Oversight of Organ Procurement
The bill shifts oversight by tying violations of anatomical gift statutes directly to Indiana's deceptive consumer acts law.
Connected Entities
Sources
iga.in.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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