Staff Report

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s two-year-long health crisis has ended.

Indiana legislators gave final approval Thursday, March 3, to administrative steps Gov. Eric Holcomb said were necessary to end the statewide COVID-19 public health emergency.

The governor’s office said Holcomb signed the bill into law after Indiana House members voted in favor of the bill.

Holcomb took action to halt the emergency status after nearly two years.

The bill includes changes sought by Holcomb that will allow the state to continue receiving about $40 million each month in enhanced federal funding for Medicaid and for about 200,000 households to continue receiving an additional $95 a month in federal food assistance.