INDIANAPOLIS - The upcoming new year will bring some new laws to the Hoosier state.

Among those taking effect in 2022 are laws tackling surprise medical bills, e-prescribing, and school internet policies.

Starting January 1st, the state's surprise billing law and the federal No Surprises Act will take effect. The bill will require a “good faith estimate” for patients to review before getting care. Indiana patients should receive estimates five days before a procedure. The estimate should include in-network costs and out-of-network costs, as well as a chance for a patient to approve or opt-out of a procedure.

A new e-prescriptions law also goes into effect in 2022. Many providers already moved from handwritten prescriptions to electronic ones because the law was supposed to go into effect in 2021.

Finally, in the new year, public school districts and charter schools will be required to post their internet use policies online. A school's policy should ban “sending, receiving, viewing or downloading” inappropriate material. It needs to also list penalties for violators. Schools will also need to use hardware or software to block kids from accessing inappropriate content.

2022 also comes with some new tax laws and a handful of other laws.