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Amanda Sines
Tracking group: Ohio ACEP
HB 15
Abortion
Gross, J. Lear, B.
To revise the informed consent law regarding abortions.
Text & Analysis
Introduced and Referred
in House (2/15/2023; Public Health Policy)
HB 22
Stroke Care
Schmidt, J. Hall, T.
Regarding the collection of stroke care data and the recognition of thrombectomy-capable stroke centers.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/19/2023; Health)
HB 33
Enacted
Operating Budget
Edwards, J.
To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025, to levy taxes, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.
Text & Analysis
Veto Overridden
in Senate (1/24/2024; Line item #24, Flavored tobacco pre-emption. Vote: 24-8)
HB 47
Enacted
AED
Brown, R. Bird, A.
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, to provide hospital relief payments, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/23/2024; Signed: July 23, 2024, Effective: October 20, 2024)
HB 49
Hospital Pricing
Ferguson, R. Barhorst, T.
Regarding the availability of hospital price information; and to amend the version of section 3701.83 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect on September 30, 2024, to continue the change on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
House Refuses to Concur in Senate Amendments
(6/26/2024; 2-92 (Robb Blasdel, Seitz))
HB 52
Enacted
Emergency Medical Services
Fowler Arthur, S. John, M.
To restore law related to emergency medical services training and continuing education programs, to amend the versions of sections 4765.10, 4765.11, and 4765.30 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect on December 29, 2023, to continue the changes on and after that date, and to declare an emergency.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(4/5/2023; Signed: April 5, 2023, Effective: April 5, 2023)
HB 73
Prescriptions
Gross, J. Loychik, M.
To authorize the prescribing of off-label drugs and if prescribed, to require their dispensing and to name this act the Dave and Angie Patient and Health Provider Protection Act.
Text & Analysis
House Refuses to Concur in Senate Amendments
(12/11/2024; 3-85)
Passed
in Senate Health (12/11/2024; 18-13 (Earlier: REPORTED-SUBSTITUTE))
HB 80
Pharmacist Care
Lipps, S.
Regards pharmacist care.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/28/2023; Health Provider Services)
HB 89
Health Examinations
Hillyer, B. Abdullahi, M.
Regards intimate examinations and anesthetized or unconscious patients.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (12/11/2024; Health)
HB 97
Mental Health Assistants
Pavliga, G.
To license certified mental health assistants and to amend the version of section 4755.48 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect December 29, 2023, to continue the change on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (11/14/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 99
Emergency Services
Manchester, S.
To regulate the practice of reducing benefits related to emergency services if a condition is determined, after the fact, to not be an emergency.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance (9/20/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 130
Prior Authorization
Miller, K.
To establish an exemption to prior authorization requirements.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance (5/22/2024; CONTINUED)
HB 151
Higher Education
Demetriou, S. Williams, J.
To enact the Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Higher Education (6/14/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 154
Registered Nurses
Skindell, M. Humphrey, L.
Regards staffing ratios and other employment conditions for registered nurses employed by hospitals.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (12/3/2024; CONTINUED)
HB 156
Physician-Administered Drugs
Manning, G. Oelslager, S.
To amend the law related to physician-administered drugs.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance (12/6/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 169
Sun Lamp Tanning
Hillyer, B.
To 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.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (12/5/2023; CONTINUED-AMENDED (No testimony))
HB 173
Enacted
Hospitals and Date Designation
Troy, D.
To require hospitals to publish certain price information and to designate "Ohio Black Media Week," "Hindu Heritage Month," and "Older Ohioans Month."
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(1/2/2025; Signed: January 2, 2025, Effective: April 2, 2025)
HB 179
Enacted
Vicarious Liability
Mathews, A. Stewart, B.
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.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/24/2024; Signed: July 24, 2024, Effective: October 21, 2024)
HB 229
Epilepsy
Sweeney, B. Patton, T.
To 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.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (1/24/2024; Health)
HB 230
Drug and Human Trafficking
Abrams, C. Swearingen, D.
To increase penalties for drug trafficking above certain amounts and to prohibit organized trafficking of persons.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary (6/12/2024; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 231
Crisis Telephone Line
Pavliga, G. Miller, A.
To establish a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis telephone line.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Finance (10/4/2023)
HB 249
Mental Health
Galonski, T. Hillyer, B.
To make changes to the law regarding involuntary treatment for persons with a mental illness subject to court order.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Behavioral Health (5/21/2024; CONTINUED-AMENDED (See separate story) )
HB 259
Death Penalty
Schmidt, J. Miller, A.
To abolish the death penalty and to modify the number of jurors that may be challenged in cases where a defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Finance (10/11/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 261
EMS Workers
Patton, T. Sweeney, B.
To make emergency medical services workers "public safety officers" under the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Pensions (10/24/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 265
Enacted
Public Records
Wiggam, S. Hall, T.
To revise the Public Records Law.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(1/8/2025; Signed: January 8, 2025, Effective: in 90 days)
HB 275
OARRS
Young, T. Plummer, P.
To revise 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.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (12/3/2024; CONTINUED)
HB 285
Registered Nurses
Ghanbari, H. Rogers, E.
To require hospitals to establish registered nurse staffing plans that protect patient safety, to create the Nursing Student Loan-to-Grant Program, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (11/19/2024; CONTINUED)
HB 291
Prescriptions
Liston, B. Carruthers, S.
Regards prescription drugs and medication switching.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance (2/7/2024; CONTINUED-AMENDED (No testimony))
HB 300
Opioid Use Treatment
Baker, R. Ray, S.
To establish a pilot program for remote treatment of opioid use disorder and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Behavioral Health (5/7/2024; CONTINUED (No testimony))
HB 303
Enacted
Healthcare Professionals
Hall, T. Santucci, N.
To establish a process for the revision of training subjects for EMS personnel and to revise the law governing medication aides.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(12/19/2024; Signed: December 19, 2024, Effective: March 18, 2025)
HB 315
Enacted
Townships, Healthcare, and Housing
Hall, T. Seitz, B.
To make various changes to township and other local and state government law, to name a portion of the act Madeline's Law, to name a portion of the act the Homebuyer Protection Act, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(1/2/2025; Signed: January 2, 2025, Effective: April 2, 2025)
HB 319
Medical Interventions
Gross, J. Wiggam, S.
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.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (12/10/2024; REPORTED)
HB 321
9-1-1 Database
Click, G. Lorenz, B.
To establish a statewide 9-1-1 special needs database.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Homeland Security (5/1/2024; CONTINUED (No testimony))
HB 326
Marijuana Taxation
Abrams, C.
To express the General Assembly's intent to use revenue from a tax on adult use marijuana to fund peace officer training.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (11/14/2023; Homeland Security)
HB 343
Abortion
Somani, A. Liston, B.
Regards abortion, abortion-related laws, and reproductive health protections; to amend the version of section 3702.30 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect September 30, 2024; and to repeal the version of section 5103.11 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2025, to continue the changes on and after those dates.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Public Health Policy (12/4/2024; CONTINUED)
HB 354
Recreational Marijuana
Callender, J.
To modify the law governing the cultivation, processing, dispensing, testing, and taxation of adult use cannabis and to levy a gross receipts tax on marijuana cultivators.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Finance (12/13/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 357
Text Messaging
Ghanbari, H.
To enact the Safe and Reliable Texting Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Technology & Innovation (6/26/2024; CONTINUED (No testimony))
HB 362
Nurse Anesthetists
Baker, R. Robb Blasdel, M.
To revise the law governing the practice of certified registered nurse anesthetists
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (5/14/2024; CONTINUED)
HB 371
Ohio Constitution
Dean, B. Gross, J.
To enact the Issue 1 Implementation Act.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (1/9/2024; Civil Justice)
HB 434
Traumatic Brain Injuries
Loychik, M.
To establish the Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Accelerator Pilot Program and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Finance (6/12/2024; CONTINUED)
HB 452
Enacted
Hospital Safety and Civil Immunity
White, A. Baker, R.
Regards hospital violence prevention and related training, security plans, and incident reporting and to generally grant civil immunity for certain injuries to a person who acts in self-defense or defense of another during the commission, or imminent commission, of an offense of violence to protect the members or guests of a nonprofit corporation under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(1/8/2025; Signed: January 8, 2025, Effective: in 90 days)
HB 463
Child Medical Records
Click, G.
To medical records of minors and to name the act the My Child-My Chart Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (12/10/2024; CONTINUED)
HB 502
Reproductive Care
Somani, A. Piccolantonio
To protect assisted reproduction care.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Public Health Policy (12/4/2024; CONTINUED)
HB 506
Overdose Reversal Drugs
Jarrells, D.
Regards school policies on the administration of overdose reversal drugs.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Primary & Secondary Education (11/13/2024; CONTINUED)
HB 536
Child Safety
Cross, J. Miller, K.
To make failure to wear a seat belt and failure to properly secure a child in the appropriate booster seat or seat belt a primary offense, rather than a secondary offense, and to make other specified changes regarding those offenses.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Criminal Justice (6/25/2024; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 670
Physician Assistants
Baker, R. Santucci, N.
To change the professional title used by physician assistants to "physician associate" and to make related changes in the laws pertaining to their profession; and to amend the versions of sections 4723.481, 4730.411, and 4761.01 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect on September 30, 2024, to continue the changes on and after that date and to amend the version of 1876 section 5101.19 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2025, to continue the changes on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (11/12/2024; Health Provider Services)
HB 672
Naturopathic Medicine
Barhorst, T. Santucci, N.
To license and regulate the practice of naturopathic medicine.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (11/12/2024; Health Provider Services)
SB 28
Enacted
Physician Assistant Licensure Compact
Roegner, K.
To enter into the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact, revise the law governing the certification and practice of medication aides, and remove residency conditions related to limited licenses to practice veterinary medicine.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/24/2024; Signed: July 24, 2024, Effective: October 21, 2024)
SB 44
Occupational Licensing
Brenner, A.
To require a state occupational licensing agency to accept electronic license applications.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (12/11/2024; 61-11)
SB 57
Month Designation
Antonio, N. Manning, N.
To designate May as "Ohio Stroke Awareness Month."
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health (4/19/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 59
Sun Lamp Tanning
Johnson, T.
To prohibit the provision of sun lamp tanning services to individuals under age 18.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health (11/20/2024; CONTINUED-AMENDED (No testimony))
SB 60
Mental Health Assistants
Gavarone, T.
To license certified mental health assistants and to amend the version of section 4755.48 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect December 29, 2023, to continue the change on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (12/10/2024; CONTINUED)
SB 78
Firearms
Craig, H. Ingram, C.
To restore local authority to generally regulate firearms-related conduct.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Veterans & Public Safety (5/30/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 81
Enacted
Health Professionals
Romanchuk, M.
To authorize certain advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to sign documents related to psychiatric inpatients; to revise the law governing the Board of Nursing's monitoring of impaired practitioners; and to modify the law governing insurance navigators and to amend the version of section 4723.431 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.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/21/2024; Signed: June 21, 2024, Effective: September 30, 2024)
SB 83
Higher Education
Cirino, J.
To enact the Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Higher Education (12/6/2023; REPORTED (See separate story))
SB 95
Enacted
Remote Pharmacies
Reynolds, M.
To remote dispensing pharmacies and other changes to the pharmacy law and to license certified mental health assistants.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(1/8/2025; Signed: January 8, 2025, Effective: in 90 days)
SB 106
Enacted
Workers' Compensation
Schaffer, T.
Regards workers' compensation coverage for testing when certain medical professionals are exposed to chemical substances or bodily fluids in the course of employment and regarding medical release forms for workers' compensation claims.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/13/2024; Signed: March 13, 2024, Effective: June 10, 2024)
SB 109
Enacted
Sex Offenses
Hackett, B.
Regards sex offenses and individuals regulated by the State Medical Board, regarding unauthorized intimate examinations, and to amend the version of section 2305.111 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect October 12, 2028, to continue the change on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(12/20/2024; Signed: December 20, 2024, Effective: March 19, 2025)
SB 126
Noncompete Agreements
Johnson, T.
Regards the use of noncompete provisions in certain health care professional employment contracts with nonprofit hospitals.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health (1/24/2024; CONTINUED)
SB 129
Optometry
Cirino, J.
To revise the law governing the practice of optometry and to amend the versions of sections 4725.13, 4725.18, and 4725.26 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect on December 29, 2023, to continue the changes on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health (6/12/2024; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 144
Enacted
Health Care
Romanchuk, M.
Regards immunizations administered by pharmacists, pharmacy interns, and pharmacy technicians; regarding certificates of need and change of operator procedures for nursing homes; regarding the per Medicaid day payment rate for specified ICFs/IID; regarding medication aides and certified nurse aides, including competency evaluation programs and training and competency evaluation programs; regarding nursing home quality improvement projects; regarding conditional employment in homes and adult day care programs; regarding grants provided to adult day care providers, and regarding the Ohio Medical Quality Foundation.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/25/2024; Signed: July 25, 2024, Effective: October 22, 2024; With line-item veto.)
SB 177
Universal Health Care
DeMora, B. Hicks-Hudson, P.
To establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan to provide universal health care coverage to all Ohio residents.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Insurance (6/12/2024; CONTINUED)
SB 196
Enacted
Advanced Practice Nurses
Roegner, K.
Regards the authority of advanced practice registered nurses.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(12/19/2024; Signed: December 19, 2024, Effective: March 18, 2025)
SB 205
Substance Use
Johnson, T.
With regard to instruction in the harmful effects of and legal restrictions against drug abuse, alcoholic beverages, marijuana, and tobacco in schools
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education (5/21/2024; CONTINUED (No testimony))
SB 234
Enacted
Month Designation, Law Enforcement, and Education
Gavarone, T.
To designate May as "Food Allergy Awareness Month" and as "Lupus Awareness Month"; to authorize certain peace officers to use epinephrine autoinjectors acquired by their law enforcement agencies; and to require schools and higher education institutions to advertise the national suicide and crisis lifeline telephone number to students, and to require higher education institutions to provide information about declarations for mental health treatment.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(1/8/2025; Signed: January 8, 2025, Effective: in 90 days)
SB 255
Coroners
Huffman, S. Johnson, T.
To revise the law governing coroners and death certificates.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health (12/4/2024; CONTINUED (No testimony))
SB 339
Employment
Blessing, L. DeMora, B.
To prohibit agreements that restrain engaging in a lawful profession or business after the conclusion of an employment relationship.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (12/11/2024; General Government)
SR 215
Issue 1
Roegner, K. Reynolds, M.
Expresses the Senate's opposition to Issue 1, the proposed constitutional amendment regarding abortion.
Text & Analysis
Adopted
in Senate (10/11/2023; 22-7)
SR 216
Issue 2
Romanchuk, M. Johnson, T.
Expresses the Ohio Senate's opposition to Issue 2, which would legalize the use and retail sale of recreational marijuana.
Text & Analysis
Adopted
in Senate (10/11/2023; 22-7)
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