GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HITS INDIANA STATE GOVERNMENT AS DOZENS OF EMPLOYEES PREPARE FOR NO PAY

Four dozen Indiana Department of Health employees may be furloughed Nov. 9 as the government shutdown barrels into its second month.

It's the shutdown's latest blow for Hoosiers, which became the longest in modern U.S. history the evening of Nov. 4.

The 48 employees work for the Consumer Services and Healthcare Regulation Commission, which is funded with state and federal money. But while the furloughed federal employees will eventually be paid, IDOH employees will not because they work for the state, spokesperson Lisa Welch told IndyStar in an email.

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The commission's responsibilities include licensing and certifying health care facilities, from nursing homes to birthing centers.

In a post on Facebook, a deputy director for IDOH who also received a furlough notice, said enough employees were retained to "investigate the most egregious complaints."

"It's a sad sad day for a LOT of people I care a lot about," she wrote in the post.

If the shutdown continues and the health department employees are furloughed, they will join roughly 24,000 civilian federal employees going without pay in Indiana. Democratic senators are split on whether to vote to reopen the government, but Republicans only need a handful of Democrats to crack to end the shutdown.

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This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Government shutdown hits Indiana state government as dozens of employees prepare for no pay

2025-11-06T21:16:38Z