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What’s Happening in the 2024 Legislative Session?

What’s Happening in the 2024 Legislative Session?

Total Bills introduced in Indiana's 2024 Legislative SessionTotal Bills identified with direct impact on health, health workforce or workforce included in the 2024 B4Total bills identified with direct implications for health workforce & distinguished separately. ...

Through My Eyes: Work Experience in Diversity

Through My Eyes: Work Experience in Diversity

Often, I have heard that you learn more by way of experience than from school. I found this to be true as during the past year and a half that I have worked with the Bowen Center. I have learned valuable information that has made me a well-rounded public health...

Through My Eyes: Black Maternal Health

Through My Eyes: Black Maternal Health

Black maternal health has been a professional passion of mine since completing an internship focused on data informed policy solutions to Black maternal health issues while in graduate school. As a Black woman, it has also been a personal passion. When I became a...

Data Dump on Indiana’s Nurses in 2023

Data Dump on Indiana’s Nurses in 2023

In the last month the Bowen Center has published our two bi-annual data and brief reports from license renewals, but also two separate briefs. These two extra briefs look at how the Demand for RNs is expected to grow (our RN Demand Brief) and Licensing of APRNs, how...

Indiana 2023 General Assembly & Health Committees

Indiana 2023 General Assembly & Health Committees

Indiana's 2023 Legislative session has started! Here is how the Indiana General Assembly is divided and who is on the health committees. For updates on health-related legislation in the 2023 session, check out our Bi-weekly Bill Brief (B4), starting...

The Upcoming 2023 Legislative Session

The Upcoming 2023 Legislative Session

The Bowen Center has monitored Indiana health workforce legislation for the past five legislative sessions through its  Bowen Bi-Weekly Bill Brief  or “B4.” In 2022, the Bowen Center rolled out a re-designed B4 to enhance the accessibility of customized information...

How is Indiana’s State Government Divided in 2022?

How is Indiana’s State Government Divided in 2022?

Indiana's last election was November 3, 2020 and the next election is November 3, 2022Indiana Senate The 50 seats in the senate are divided with Republicans in the majority.Republicans: 39Democrats: 11Indiana House The 100 seats in the house are divided with...

Indiana’s 2022 Legislative Session Wrap-up

Indiana’s 2022 Legislative Session Wrap-up

The Bowen Center monitors Indiana health workforce legislation through the Bowen Bi-Weekly Bill Brief or “B4.” Now it its fourth iteration, the B4 experienced a re-design in 2022 to enhance accessibility of customized information for users. Users can now search for...