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Government

Pending Legislation

135th General Assembly

January 3, 2023 – December 31, 2024

State Legislation - Senate Bills
State Legislation - House Bills

HB 7

To support strong foundations for Ohio mothers and babies in their first one thousand days to address maternal and infant mortality, to improve health, developmental, and learning outcomes for babies and mothers through expanded prenatal, postnatal, infant, and toddler health care and early intervention and wraparound services and supports; to name this act the Strong Foundations Act; and to make appropriations.

HB 15

Revise informed consent law regarding abortions.

HB 22

To amend and enact sections of the Revised Code regarding the collection of stroke care data and the recognition of thrombectomy-capable stroke centers.

HB 24

Require health plan and Medicaid coverage of biomarker testing.

HB 33

State Budget Bill. Operating appropriations effective July 4, 2023. Other provisions generally effective October 3, 2023. Some provisions subject to special effective dates.

HB 36

To revise the law governing medical identifying devices and to name this act Paige's Law.

HB 47

To require the placement of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in each public and chartered nonpublic school and each public recreational facility and to require the Ohio Department of Health to develop a model emergency action plan for the use of AEDs.

HB 49

Regarding the availability of hospital price information.

HB 68

To enact sections of the Revised Code to enact the Saving Ohio Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act regarding gender transition services for minors, and to enact the Save Women's Sports Act to require schools, state institutions of higher education, and private colleges to designate separate single-sex teams and sports for each sex.

HB 70

Require schools adopt a policy regarding over-the-counter drugs.

HB 73

To authorize the prescribing of off-label medications and if prescribed, to generally require their dispensing and to name this act the Dave and Angie Patient and Health Provider Protection Act.

HB 80

Expands the scope of practice for pharmacists to test and treat certain health conditions such as influenza, COVID-19, and pharyngitis.

HB 89

Regards intimate examination of anesthetized, unconscious patient.

HB 92

Establish the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program, to name this act the Save Ohio Safe Rx Act, and to make an appropriation.

HB 97

To license certified mental health assistants.

HB 99

Regulate the practice of reducing benefits related to emergency services if a condition is determined, after the fact, to not be an emergency.

HB 102

To amend sections of the Revised Code to license advanced practice respiratory therapists.

HB 130

Establish an exemption to prior authorization requirements.

HB 152

To require health plan issuers to cover hearing aids and related services for persons twenty-one years of age and younger and to name this act Madeline's Law.

HB 168

Enact Ohio Adult Use Act to allow Ohioans age 21 and over to use recreational marijuana and levy a tax.

HB 169

Prohibit the provision of sun lamp tanning services to individuals under age 18 and to make changes regarding the titles that may be used by physicians.

HB 174

Establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan to provide universal health care coverage to all Ohio residents.

HB 177

Regarding co-pay accumulators. Prohibit certain health insurance cost-sharing practices.

HB 179

Relative to vicarious liability in tort actions and to provide that the tolling of the limitations period during the defendant's absence or concealment does not apply to statutes of repose.

HB 188

Recognize National Nursing Assistants Week.

HB 190

Designate the week of April 11-17 as Black Maternal Health Week.

HB 220

To prohibit certain licensed health care professionals from engaging in conversion therapy for minor patients.

HB 224

To allow a dedicated organ recovery vehicle to use a flashing light and siren, to prohibit failing to stop for, yield to, or proceed with caution around such vehicles, and to exempt the driver of a dedicated organ recovery vehicle from certain traffic laws.

HB 229

Require health care practitioners to provide information on Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy to at risk patients and to name the act the Brenna Brossard SUDEP Awareness Act.

HB 236

Prohibit a congregate care setting from denying a patient or resident access to an advocate and to name this act the Never Alone Act.

HB 246

Regarding self-direction in certain Medicaid home and community-based services waiver programs.

HB 249

Make changes to the law regarding involuntary treatment for persons with a mental illness subject to court order.

HB 275

Revise the law governing the review of patient information in the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System; establish requirements on the prescribing and dispensing of opioid analgesics; and establish the Medical Marijuana Control Program Fund.

HB 285

Require hospitals to establish registered nurse staffing plans.

HB 291

Regarding prescription drugs and medication switching.

HB 300

Establish a pilot program for remote treatment of opioid use disorder and to make an appropriation.

HB 319

Enact section 3792.07 of the Revised Code to prohibit discrimination against an individual for the refusal of certain medical interventions for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions, and to name this act the Conscientious Right to Refuse Act.

HB 356

Regarding cardiac monitoring for youth and to name the act the Healthy Cardiac Monitoring Act.

HB 359

Require health plan issuers and the Medicaid program to cover treatments and services related to Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome.

HB 362

Revise laws governing certified registered nurse anesthetists.

HB 384

Cap cost sharing for prescription insulin drugs, diabetes devices.

HB 400

Provide Medigap policies for Medicare-eligible individuals under the age of 65.

HB 434

Create the Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Accelerator pilot program.

HB 452

Regarding hospital violence prevention and related training, security plans, and incident reporting.

HB 463

Related to medical records of minors and to name the act the My Child-My Chart Act.

Previous Session

134th General Assembly

January 4, 2021 – December 31, 2022

State Legislation - Senate Bills

SB 6

Enter into Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.

SB 11

Designate February 7 to 14 as "Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week."

SB 13

Regards certain statutes of limitation and repose.

SB 17

Regards eligibility for SNAP, Medicaid, and unemployment.

SB 21

Regards emergency medical services and stroke patient protocols.

SB 22

Establish legislative oversight of the Governor's executive orders and certain public health orders, including by establishing the Ohio Health Oversight and Advisory Committee.

SB 30

Designate August 31 as "Ohio Overdose Awareness Day."

SB 48

Require cultural competency for certain health care professionals.

SB 50

Protect minors by prohibiting certain licensed health care professionals from engaging in conversion therapy when treating minor patients.

SB 60

Require Medicaid applicant certify notice of estate recovery.

SB 58

Enact Esther's Law to permit a resident of a long-term care facility to conduct electronic monitoring of the resident's room.

SB 82

Prohibit smoking in a motor vehicle if a child under six years of age is a passenger.

SB 111

To prohibit certain mandatory vaccinations and other activities related to an individual's vaccination status and to make an appropriation related to coronavirus local fiscal recovery.

SB 113

Revise the Fireworks Law.

The OOA issued an Action Alert against the bill prior to the Senate vote.

SB 129

To amend section 3727.53 and to enact section 3727.58 of the Revised Code to prohibit a hospital from requiring a nurse to work overtime as a condition of continued employment.

SB 150

To enact section 4113.66 of the Revised Code to prohibit the use of noncompete provisions in physician employment contracts.

SB 169

To enact sections 3792.02 and 3792.03 of the Revised Code to prohibit mandatory vaccinations against the coronavirus, to prohibit requiring proof of vaccinations generally, and to declare an emergency.

SB 191

Designate Stroke Awareness Week.

SB 209

Regarding mask mandates and facial covering requirements for public schools, state institutions of higher education, and businesses.

SB 216

To enact Dylan's Law regarding parental custody of infants born substance exposed.

SB 220

Cap cost sharing for prescription insulin drugs.

SB 253

To establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan to provide universal health care coverage to all Ohio residents.

SB 261

To revise the medical marijuana law.

SCR 4

To declare racism a public health crisis and to ask the Governor to establish a working group to promote racial equity in Ohio.

SCR 5

To denounce all forms of stigmatization, racism, and discrimination occurring as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

State Legislation - House Bills

HB 6

Modify the laws governing certain health professionals and educator preparation programs due to COVID-19 and other circumstances.

HB 37

Regards emergency prescription refills.

HB 41

Exempt certain mental health care providers' residential and familial information from disclosure under the Public Records Law.

HB 42

Enact the "Save Our Mothers Act" for the purpose of establishing continuing education requirements for birthing facility personnel and an initiative to improve birth equity, reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities, and address implicit bias in the healthcare system.

HB 50

Revise the law governing medical identifying devices and to name this act Paige's Law.

HB 56

To require persons to wear face coverings during general sessions and committee meetings of the House of Representatives and to declare an emergency.

HB 60

Authorize the use of medical marijuana for autism spectrum disorder.

HB 78

Permit a resident of a long-term care facility to conduct electronic monitoring of the resident's room, to designate this act as Esther's Law, and to make an appropriation.

HB 90

Establish legislative oversight of the Governor's executive orders, certain public health orders, and emergency rules, including by establishing the Ohio Health Oversight and Advisory Committee.

HB 110

State biennial budget bill, creates appropriations for FY 2022-2023.

HB 120

To permit compassionate care visits in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 state of emergency, to establish criteria for those visits, and to declare an emergency.

HB 122

Establish and modify requirements regarding the provision of telehealth services..

HB 125

Regards health insurance premiums and benefits.

HB 135

Prohibit certain health insurance cost-sharing practices.

HB 136

Regards Medicaid coverage of chiropractic services.

HB 138

Regards the scope of emergency medical services.

HB 159

Prohibit the provision of sun lamp tanning services to individuals under age 18. The OOA submitted proponent testimony to the House Health Committee.

HB 160

Regards the provision of health care cost estimates.

HB 162

Remove derogatory disability terminology.

HB 163

Prohibit mandatory nurse overtime.

HB 168

To remit funds from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund to repay unemployment advances, to provide funds to support improvements at pediatric behavioral health care facilities, to require the Development Services Agency to establish the Water and Sewer Quality Program, and to make appropriations.

HB 172

Revise the Fireworks Law.

HB 176

Revise the Athletic Training Law.

HB 189

To require health plan issuers and the Medicaid program to cover treatments and services related to Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome.

HB 193

Regarding electronic prescriptions and schedule II controlled substances.

HB 196

Regulate the practice of surgical assistants.

HB 218

To address medical requirements for employees and students; to address qualified civil immunity regarding certain coronaviruses; to authorize emergency medical technicians to administer COVID-19 tests; and to expressly cover COVID-19 vaccine injuries under the workers' compensation system.

HB 221

Modify the laws governing the practice of advanced practice registered nurses and to designate these provisions as the Better Access, Better Care Act.

HB 244

Regarding technology-based educational opportunities for, and the enrollment of, military children; regarding public schools, state institutions of higher education, and prohibitions on mandatory vaccinations and discrimination; and regarding the authority of the Ohio Department of Health over matters of quarantine and isolation.

HB 248

Enact the Vaccine Choice and Anti-Discrimination Act to authorize an individual to decline a vaccination.

See the OOA Action Alert in OSTEOFACTS (June 4, 2021) and the written testimony submitted to the House Health Committee.

HB 251

Require the Director of Health to establish an indoor mold program.

HB 253

Regards proof of COVID-19 vaccinations.

HB 267

To amend section 3701.13 and to enact sections 101.361 and 107.44 of the Revised Code to limit the duration of public health orders and to allow the General Assembly to act via concurrent resolution in response to a public health emergency if the Governor or Department of Health does not.

HB 269

Repeal SB 22 regarding health orders.

HB 270

To amend sections 1753.28, 3727.09, 3923.65, and 4765.01 of the Revised Code to regulate the practice of reducing benefits related to emergency services if a condition is determined, after the fact, to not be an emergency.

HB 275

To amend the law governing the review of patient information in the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System, to establish requirements on the prescribing and dispensing of opioid analgesics, to establish the Medical Marijuana Control Program Fund and provide for a cash transfer, and to amend the version of section 4723.481 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect on September 30, 2024, to continue the changes to that section on and after that date.

HB 284

To enact section 3701.035 of the Revised Code regarding hand-hygiene education and guidelines for patients and residents of health care facilities.

HB 294

Enact Ohio Election Security and Modernization Act.

HB 305

To amend sections 3902.50, 3902.60, and 3902.70 and to enact section 3902.62 of the Revised Code to cap cost sharing for prescription insulin drugs.

HB 318

Revise law governing anesthesiologist assistant.

HB 328

Establish the Governor's Office of Drug Policy.

HB 336

Regards health plan issuers, Medicaid, pharmacies, cancer drugs.

HB 339

Regards wills, declarations, living wills, powers of attorney.

HB 350

Prohibit mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, vaccine proof.

HB 355

To authorize a pregnant minor to consent to receive health care to maintain or improve her life or the life of the unborn child she is carrying.

HB 371

To revise the laws governing coverage of screening mammography and patient notice of dense breast tissue.

HB 409

To require hospitals and long-term care facilities to establish patient or resident protection advisory boards.

HB 411

To prohibit mandatory disclosures related to an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status, to name the act the Individual Privacy and Anti-Discrimination Act, and to declare an emergency.

HB 420

To prohibit certain licensed health care professionals from engaging in conversion therapy when treating minor patients.

HB 426

To require the placement of automatic external defibrillators in each public and chartered nonpublic school and each public recreational facility and to require the Ohio Department of Health to develop a model emergency action plan for the use of automated external defibrillators.

HB 431

To to require the Department of Health to establish and maintain a stroke registry database.

HB 435

To address COVID-19 vaccine requirements for employees and students; to extend certain timelines for qualified civil immunity and expand immunity to include hearing aid dealers and hearing aid fitters; to authorize emergency medical technicians to administer COVID-19 tests; and to expressly cover COVID-19 vaccine injuries under the workers' compensation system.

HB 446

To establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan to provide universal health care coverage to all Ohio residents.

HB 451

To amend the law related to physician-administered drugs.

HB 463

To eliminate district advisory councils for general health districts, and transfer their duties and responsibilities to boards of county commissioners.

HB 469

To designate a portion of State Route 87 in Geauga County as the "Dr. Steven Takacs Memorial Highway." Steven Takacs, DO, was an OOA member and OU-HCOM graduate.

HB 495

To require specified health care professionals to offer their patients medical chaperones and establish certain mandatory reporting requirements for health care professionals.

HB 558

Modify the laws governing the drug repository program for donated prescription drugs.

133rd General Assembly

January 7, 2019 – December 31, 2020

State Legislation - Senate Bills

SB 1 Regulations

Require certain agencies to reduce the number of regulatory restrictions in their administrative rules, require the approval of the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review for Department of Health orders to be effective for more than fourteen days, and modify the Department's rulemaking authority.

SB 20 Drug Disposal

Requires a pharmacist who dispenses a drug containing a controlled substance in schedule II-V to distribute to the patient or patient's representative a chemical composition for use in disposing any unused portion of the drug.

SB 23 Detectable Heartbeat

Prohibits a person from knowingly and purposefully performing inducing an abortion with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of the life of an unborn human individual whose fetal heartbeat has been detected, including in cases of incest or rape resulting in conception.

SB 24 Alzheimer’s and Related Disease Task Force

Establishes the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Task Force.

SB 25 Medicaid Requirements

Regards Medicaid work and education requirement; establishes a minimum number of work or community engagement hours that able-bodied adults must complete in order to receive Medicaid benefits. There are exemptions such as for people with severe disabilities, pregnant women, parents, and caretakers among others.

SB 29 Medicaid Copay

Prohibits charging a co-payment to a Medicaid recipient if both of the following are true: 1. The recipient has a developmental disability or serious mental illness; and 2. The recipient's sole source of income is Social Security disability benefits, Supplemental Security Income benefits, or both.

SB 56 Long-Term Care Inspection

Creates a bipartisan long-term care facility inspection committee, to evaluate every long-term acute care facility in the state every two years, with or without advanced notice. The inspection will include observation of both a general meal time and a social activity at the residence.

SB 59 Pharmacist Education re Naloxone

The State Board of Pharmacy shall develop a program to educate providers about the authority of a pharmacist or pharmacy intern under direct supervision to dispense naloxone without a prescription.

SB 61 Drug Authority of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists

Amend sections of the Revised Code regarding the authority of certified registered nurse anesthetists to select, order, and administer certain drugs.

Require permission for contact tracing via oral, written, electronic or telephonic consent.

SB 72 Use of Consumer Grade Fireworks on Private Property

Revise fireworks law to allow use of consumer grade fireworks on private property while allowing counties or townships to ban the use.

SB 97 Estimates for Health Care Preauthorization

Require hospitals provide patient with verbal/written estimate for each scheduled service, 7 days in advance.

SB 178 Flu Shots

Regarding the authority of podiatrists to administer influenza vaccinations.

SB 252 “Fail First”

Prohibit “fail first” coverage of drugs to treat stage four advanced metastatic cancer.

SB 305 Telemedicine

Require health plan issuers to cover telemedicine services during a state of emergency and to declare an emergency.

SB 308 Civil Liability During Disaster or Emergency

Revise the law governing immunity from civil liability and professional discipline for health care providers during disasters or emergencies, to provide qualified civil immunity to service providers providing services during and after a government-declared disaster, and to declare an emergency.

SB 311 Limit ODH Authority

Rescind certain orders of the Director of Health regarding COVID-19, require the approval of the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review for Department of Health orders to be effective for more than fourteen days, require statewide Department of Health orders to include the Governor's signature, modify the Department's rulemaking authority, allow in-person high school graduation ceremonies, and declare an emergency.

SB 326 Pregnancy Mortality Review Board

Modify the laws governing the Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Board and to designate May as Maternal Mortality Awareness Month.

SB 327 Equitable Birthing

Enact the Save Our Mothers Act for the purpose of establishing continuing education requirements for birthing facility personnel and an initiative to improve birth equity, reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities, and address implicit bias in the health care system.

SB 328 Coverage for Doula Services

Enact sections of the Revised Code related to Medicaid coverage of doula services.

SB 329 Tanning Services

Prohibit providing sun lamp tanning to persons under 18.

SB 348 Health Orders

To prohibit local boards of health from using certain threatening words in notifications to the public, to allow local boards of health to reject Department of Health orders during an emergency, to allow health care professionals who serve on a board of health to receive continuing education credit, and to change the makeup of local boards of health.

SCR 314 Racism

Declare racism a public health crisis and ask the Governor to establish a working group to promote racial equity in Ohio.

State Legislation - House Bills

HB 11 Prenatal Care

Address tobacco cessation and prenatal initiatives and to make an appropriation.

HB 61 Provider Public Record Exemption

Include forensic mental health providers, mental health evaluation providers, and regional psychiatric hospital employees as individuals whose residential and familial information is exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Law.

HB 63 Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Regarding pharmacy benefit managers, pharmacists, and the disclosure to patients of drug price information.

HB 90 Unborn Child’s Humanity

Require the development of an instructional program and educational and informational materials and the dissemination of those materials to protect the humanity of the unborn child and to make an appropriation.

HB 97 Bike Helmets

To require bicycle operators and passengers under 18 years of age to wear protective helmets and to establish the Bicycle Safety Fund.

HB 102 Medicaid for Chiropractic

To amend section 5162.06 and to enact sections 5164.061 and 5167.15 of the Revised Code regarding Medicaid coverage of chiropractic services.

HB 132 School Immunizations

Regarding notice of school child immunization requirements and exemptions.

HB 165 Health Education

To enact new section 3301.0718 and to repeal section 3301.0718 of the Revised Code regarding the adoption of health education standards.

HB 166 State Budget

Make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.

HB 177 APRN Scope of Practice

Eliminates standard care arrangements entered into by advanced practice registered nurses and collaborating physicians or podiatrists; prohibits physician prescribing of schedule II controlled substances from convenience care clinics; and changes clearances by licensed health professionals of concussed student athletes. See more in OSTEOFACTS and on the Take Action page.

HB 224 CRNA

Changes law regarding certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA). Maintains requirement to practice under supervision and consultation; grants authority to select anesthesia; select, order, and administer other drugs for treatment of conditions related to anesthesia; order fluids, treatments, drug(s, and diagnostic tests-evaluate these results (related to clinical functions); direct nurses and respiratory therapists to perform tasks, including drug administration.

HB 253 Fireworks

Revise the Fireworks Law. Legalizes the discharge of consumer grade fireworks, including bottle rockets, firecrackers, roman candles, and missiles.

HB 263 Occupational Licensing

Revise the initial occupational licensing restrictions applicable to individuals convicted of criminal offenses.

HB 323 Authorize Psychologist to Prescribe

Authorizes certain psychologists to prescribe drugs and therapeutic devices as part of the practice of psychology.

HB 329 Tanning Beds

Prohibits sun lamp tanning services for those under 18.

HB 341 Addiction Treatment

Regarding the administration of addiction treatment drugs, federal agency access to the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System, the Board of Pharmacy's exemption from open meetings requirements, the occasional sale of certain drugs at wholesale, and naloxone access and education.

HB 347 Vaping Products

To place restrictions on retailers of vapor products.

HB 388 Surprise Billing

To enact sections 3902.50, 3902.51, and 3902.52 of the Revised Code regarding out-of-network care.

HB 412 Rare Diseases

Establishes Rare Disease Advisory Council.

HB 418 Medication Switching

Regards prescription drugs and medication switching.

HB 443 Insurance Coverage

Regarding mental health and substance use disorder benefit parity.

HB 469 Accumulator Adjustor Programs

Prohibits certain health insurance cost-sharing practices. Directs insurers to count all payments towards a patient’s deductible—whether made by the patient or through a co-pay assistance program.

HB 484 Athletic Training

Regarding the practice of athletic training.

HB 606 Immunity for Essential Workers

Makes temporary changes related to qualified civil immunity for health care and emergency services provided during a government-declared disaster or emergency and for exposure to or transmission or contraction of certain coronaviruses, expands the definition of "governmental function" regarding political subdivision tort liability in relation to emergency declarations, expands state immunity to include actions undertaken under a duty during the COVID-19 pandemic, makes COVID-19 contracted by certain employees an occupational disease under the Workers' Compensation Law under specific circumstances, and declares an emergency.

HB 624 COVID-19 Test Information

Requires the reporting and release of certain COVID-19 testing and related information.

HB 671 Health Orders

Establish limits on certain public health orders issued by boards of health and the Department of Health, prohibit a licensing authority from taking disciplinary action against a licensee for engaging in permitted activities during a pandemic, and declare an emergency.

HB 673 Business, Professions, Education during COVID-19

Regarding the operation of businesses, practice of certain professions, and completion of education as it relates to COVID-19. Permits pharmacists to conduct COVID-19 and antibody tests and to supervise pharmacy interns and certified pharmacy technicians to do the same.

HB 679 Telehealth

Establishes and modifies requirements regarding the provision of telehealth services.

HB 711 EMS Practice

Regarding the scope of emergency medical services provided by emergency medical service personnel.

HB 747 Off-Label Drugs

Regards prescribing and dispensing drugs for off-label use.

HB 763 Terminate State of Emergency

To terminate the COVID-19 state of emergency in Ohio and to declare an emergency.

HCR 31 Racism

Declare racism a public health crisis and ask the Governor to establish a working group to promote racial equity in Ohio.

132nd General Assembly

January 3, 2017 – December 31, 2018

State Legislation - Senate Bills

SB 16 Cultural Competency

(Tavares, C.) To require certain health care professionals to complete instruction in cultural competency.

SB 55 Nurse Staffing

(Skindell, M.) To establish minimum ratios of direct-care registered nurses to patients in hospitals, to specify rights of registered nurses working in hospitals and to prohibit retaliatory actions by hospitals against registered nurses

SB 56 Step Therapy

(Lehner, P.) To adopt requirements related to step therapy protocols implemented by health plan issuers and the Department of Medicaid.

SB 87 Dental Non-covered Services

(Hacket, B., Huffman, M.) Prohibits a health insurer from establishing a fee schedule for dental providers for services that are not covered by any contract or participating provider agreement between the health insurer and the dental provider.

SB 91 Universal Health Care

(Skindell, M., Tavares, C.) To provide universal health care coverage to all Ohioans.

SB 93 Hearing Aids

(Brown, E.) Will require health insurers to provide coverage for hearing aids.

SB 98 Dental Therapists

(Leaner, P., Thomas, C.) To establish the license requirements for dental therapists.

SB 99 Medicaid Enrollment

(Coley, W.) To prohibit the Medicaid program from newly enrolling individuals as part of the expansion eligibility group.

SB 106 Smoking

(Tavares, C.) To prohibit smoking in a motor vehicle in which a child under six years of age is a passenger.

SB 109 Medical Information

(Tavares, C.) To establish the "Yellow Dot" motor vehicle medical information program within the Department of Public Safety.

SB 110 Health Care ID

(Tavares, C.) To require a health care professional to wear identification when providing care or treatment in the presence of a patient.

SB 119 Opioid Prescribing

(Hackett, R.) Addiction treatment and opioid prescribing by physicians and dentists.

SB 121 Mammogram Coverage

(Edlund, J.) To include tomosynthesis as part of required screening mammography benefits under health insurance policies.

SB 126 Conversion Therapy

(Tavares, C.) To prohibit certain health care professionals from engaging in conversion therapy when treating minor patients.

SB 178 Life Sustaining Treatment

(Lehner, P.) To establish procedures for the use of medical orders for life-sustaining treatment and to make changes to the laws governing DNR identification and orders.

SB 177 Qualified Immunity

(Lehner, P.) To expand the circumstances in which qualified immunity from civil liability applies with respect to volunteer health care services provided to indigent and uninsured persons.

SB 154 Opioid Addiction

(Schiavone, J., Yuko, K.) To provide for the prevention and treatment of opioid addiction, to make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.

SB 227 Health Plan Claims

(Huffman, M.) To require health plan issuers to release certain claim information to group plan policyholders.

SB 249 Terminal Conditions

(Tavares, C.) To authorize an individual with a terminal condition and the capacity to make medical decisions to request a prescription for an aid-in-dying medication.

SB 253 Prescription Prices

(Tavares, C.) To establish requirements regarding prescription drug and medical equipment pricing.

SB 259 Physician Assistants

(Hackett, B.) To revise the law regulating physician assistant practice.

SB 262 Eating Disorders

(Tavares, C.) To require public schools annually to provide parents of students in any of grades five through twelve with educational information regarding eating disorders.

SB 264 Medical Marijuana

(Coley, B.) To require the Auditor of State to conduct and release a performance audit of the Medical Marijuana Control Program, to prohibit the Department of Commerce from issuing final cultivator, processor, or laboratory testing licenses until performance audit recommendations are implemented, and to declare an emergency.

SB 265 Pharmacy Services

(Dolan, M.) To permit certain health insurers to provide payment or reimbursement for services lawfully provided by a pharmacist and to recognize pharmacist services in certain other laws.

SB 287 Health Education

(Sykes, V.) To require the State Board of Education to develop and adopt health education standards for grades kindergarten through twelve and to require only venereal disease education standards and curriculum adopted by the State Board to be approved by concurrent resolution of the General Assembly.

SB 310 Non-Opioid Therapy

Tavares, C.) To establish procedures for using non-opioid directives, to require prescribers to inform patients about non-opioid therapies, and to require health insurers to cover non-opioid therapies for treating pain

State Legislation - House Bills

HB 7 Provider Immunity

(Cupp, R.) To grant qualified civil immunity to certain medical providers who provide emergency medical services as a result of a disaster; to provide that certain communications made regarding an unanticipated outcome of medical care, the development or implementation of standards under federal laws, and an insurer's reimbursement policies on health care are inadmissible as evidence in a medical claim; to provide that medical bills itemizing charges are inadmissible as evidence and an amount accepted as full payment for medical services is admissible as evidence of the reasonableness of the charges; to specify the manner of sending a notice of intent to file a medical claim and provide a procedure for the discovery of other potential claims within a specified period after the filing of a medical claim; to provide that any loss of a chance of recovery or survival by itself is not an injury, death, or loss for which damages may be recovered; to provide civil immunity to certain medical providers regarding the discharge of a patient with a mental condition that threatens the safety of the patient or others; to require that governmental agencies that receive peer review committee records maintain their confidentiality; and to clarify the definition of "medical claim."

HB 72 Step Therapy

(Johnson, T.) To adopt requirements related to step therapy protocols implemented by health plan issuers and the Department of Medicaid.

HB 73 Pharmacy Sales

(Rezabek, J., Koehler, K.) To prohibit sales of dextromethorphan without a prescription to persons under age 18.

HB 77 Child Care Centers

(Rutherford, W.) To provide for the licensure of sick-child care centers.

HB 99 Pneumoconiosis claims

(Cera, J.) To modify worker's compensation benefit amounts for occupational pneumoconiosis claims and to create the Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board to determine medical findings for such claims.

HB 101 Epinephrine Dispensing

(Merrin, D.) To authorize an epinephrine autoinjector substitution when a prescription is filled or refilled, to authorize epinephrine to be dispensed without a prescription under a physician-established protocol, and to declare the act the "Epinephrine Accessibility Act."

HB111 Mental Health Commitments

(Carfagma, R., Ryan S.) To authorize certain advanced practice registered nurses to have a person involuntarily transported to a hospital for a mental health examination.

HB117 Opioid Therapy

(Huffman, S., Brenner, A.) To establish a statewide pilot program for the provision of long-acting opioid antagonist therapy for offenders convicted of an opioid-reated offense who will be released from confinement on supervised release, and to specify that the therapy is to be provided during both their confinement and their supervised release.

HB 131 Physical Therapy

(Gavarone, T., Reineke, B.) To modify the laws governing the practice of physical therapy.

HB 145 Confidential Treatment

(Huffman, S., Sprague, R.) To provide for the establishment of a confidential program for the treatment of certain impaired practitioners and to declare an emergency.

HB 167 Opioid Prescribing

(Edwards, J.) Addiction treatment and opioid prescribing by physicians and dentists.

HB 172 Medical Records

(Schuring, K.) To modify the laws governing access to a patient's medical records.

HB 191 Nurse Anesthetists

(Gonzales, A.) Regarding the practice of certified registered nurse anesthetists.

HB 193 Flu Vaccines

(Hagan, C.) To prohibit an employer from taking an adverse employment action against a person who has not been or will not be vaccinated against influenza.

HB 214 Abortion

(LaTourette, S.) To prohibit a person from performing, inducing, or attempting to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman who is seeking the abortion because an unborn child has or may have Down Syndrome.

HB 231 Containers for Controlled Substances

(Ginter, T., Sprague, R.) To enact section 3719.051 of the Revised Code to require pharmacists to offer to dispense controlled substances in lockable or tamper-evident containers.

HB 241 Diabetes Registry

(Barnes, J.) To establish the Ohio Diabetes Registry.

HB 273 Maintenance of Certification

(Gavarone, T.) To prohibit a physician from being required to secure a maintenance of certification as a condition of obtaining licensure, reimbursement, or employment or obtaining admitting privileges or surgical privileges at a hospital or health care facility.

HB 286 Palliative Care

(LaTourette, S.) To create the Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Council, to establish the Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program, and to require health care facilities to identify patients and residents who could benefit from palliative care.

HB 289 Occupational Licensing

(Hood, R.) Establishes a statewide policy on occupational regulation, to require standing committees of the General Assembly to periodically review occupational licensing boards regarding their sunset, to require the Common Sense Initiative Office to review certain actions taken by occupational licensing boards, and to require the Legislative Service Commission to perform assessments of occupational licensing bills and state regulation of occupations.

HB 317 Tax Deduction for Volunteer Care

(Young, R.) Tax deduction for providing uncompensated and unreimbursed medical care.

HB 326 Prescribing Authority for Psychologists

(Seitz, B., Gavarone, T.) Allows psychologists to prescribe psychotrops.

HB 332 Anatomical Gifts

(Antonio, N.) Regarding anatomical gifts, transplantation, and discrimination on the basis of disability.

HB 367 Dental Non-covered Services

(DeVitis, A.) Prohibits a health insurer from establishing a fee schedule for dental providers for services that are not covered by any contract or participating provider agreement between the health insurer and the dental provider.

HB 397 Newborn Screening

(Boggs, K, Butler, J.) To include spinal muscular atrophy as an additional disorder to be screened for under the Newborn Screening Program.

HB 399 Health Insurance

(Henne, M., Butler, J.) To enact the Ohio Right to Shop Act to require health insurers to establish shared savings incentive programs for enrollees.

HB 416 Health Service Prices

(Huffman, S.) Regarding the provision of cost estimates for scheduled health care services and healthcare services requiring insurer preauthorization.

HB 427 Substance Abuse

(Young, R.) To require the Department of Health to publish monthly drug overdose death information for each county, to create grant programs to support faith-based substance abuse services, to authorize an income tax deduction for physicians providing such services for free, and to allocate funds and make an appropriation for the grant programs.

HB 456 Prohibit requiring nurses to work overtime

(Sprague, R.) To prohibits a hospital from requiring a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse to work overtime as a condition of continued employment.

HB 462 Procedures before closing a hospital

(Schuring, K. West, T.) This bill will require that a hospital and its affiliated health care facilities in certain counties follow specified procedures before permanently ceasing operations or closing, to terminate the provisions of this act on June 19, 2018, and to declare an emergency.

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