Viewpoint: Legislative session a mixed bag for healthcare Dr. Richard Feldman View Comments The 2021 Indiana legislative session was unusual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The contracted number of bills actively considered focused on COVID-19-related issues, state budget creation, and the most concerning issues to legislators. This selected review of health-related legislation comes through the lens of a family physician and former public health official. The session was notable for what was not considered or did not survive the session; many bills were simply put off until next year. Scope of practice proposals including signature authority expansion for nurse practitioners (APRNs); more practice freedom and prescriptive authority for physician assistants; and a proposal, supported by the medical community, granting authority to pharmacists to prescribe birth control pills were unsuccessful.