Jan. 10, 2020
2020 Legislative Priorities
The Senate Republican Caucus has announced our 2020 legislative priorities. During the upcoming months, I will work with my colleagues to prioritize the following initiatives.
Increase health care cost transparency
Recent studies have demonstrated that Hoosiers pay considerably more for some health care costs than citizens in other states. Price transparency is a critical first step in addressing this issue, and I will support efforts to provide transparency, including creating an All-Payer Claims Database and eliminating surprise billing.
Hold K-12 schools harmless for ILEARN test results Transitioning from one state test to another can create challenges for schools and teachers, as Indiana saw with the 2019 ILEARN results. My colleagues and I will support legislation that will hold K-12 schools and teachers harmless for the 2019 and 2020 test scores.
Reduce government debt
Indiana revenue is performing above projections, meaning that the state has some unexpected one-time cash on hand that can be used to cash fund projects. I will be supporting efforts to pay for capital projects that were approved in the 2020-21 budget with cash in order to save taxpayers millions of dollars in interest payments.
To stay up to date on what is happening at the Statehouse during session, visit iga.in.gov to view session meetings, committee hearings, calendars, proposed legislation, vote tallies and more.
Contact my office at 800-382-9467 or Senator.Bassler@iga.in.gov with any questions, comments or concerns you may have on these or other issues.
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