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HB 8
Biomarkers
White, A.
To require health benefit plan and Medicaid program coverage of biomarker testing.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Committee (4/30/2025; CONTINUED-AMENDED (See separate story) )
HB 12
Prescription Drugs
Gross, J. Swearingen, D.
Regards prescribing, dispensing, and administering drugs and to name this act the Jeff, Dave, and Angie Patient Right to Try Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Committee (6/11/2025; CONTINUED-AMENDED (No testimony))
HB 33
Health Screenings
Jarrells, D. Johnson, M.
To require health insurers to cover preventive screenings for certain men at high-risk for developing prostate cancer.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance Committee (5/6/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 52
Occupations - Nurse Anesthetists
Deeter, K.
To revise the law governing the practice of certified registered nurse anesthetists.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/25/2025; Health Committee)
HB 57
School Policies
Jarrells, D. Williams, J.
Regards school policies on the administration of overdose reversal drugs.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (6/24/2025; CONTINUED-SUBSTITUTE)
HB 96
Enacted
State Operating Budget
Stewart, B.
To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, to levy taxes, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/1/2025; Signed: June 30, 2025, Effective: 90 days)
HB 99
Insurance Regulations
Peterson, B.
To exclude nonprofit agricultural membership organizations from insurance regulations.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance Committee (4/8/2025; CONTINUED-AMENDED (See separate story))
HB 112
Medical Interventions
Gross, J. Lear, B.
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
Referred
in House (2/26/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 118
Lead
Demetriou, S. Thomas, J.
To revise the law governing lead testing, certification, and tax credits.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/26/2025; Ways & Means Committee)
HB 120
Firearm Safety Devices
Brewer, D. Gross, J.
To exempt from sales and use tax sales of firearm safety devices.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Ways & Means Committee (5/14/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 122
Organ Donors
Lampton, B. Hall, T.
To create an income tax credit for employers that provide paid leave to organ donors.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/25/2025; Ways & Means)
HB 128
Abortion
Tims, D. Somani, A.
Regards abortion, abortion-related laws, and reproductive health protections.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/26/2025; Health Committee)
HB 162
Medical Records
Click, G.
Relates to medical records of minors and to name the act the My Child-My Chart Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Committee (6/18/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 172
Mental Health
Newman, J.
To prohibit the provision of mental health services to minors without parental consent.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Committee (5/21/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 182
Public Water Systems
Dean, L.
To prohibit a public water system from adding fluoride to its water.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Natural Resources Committee (4/30/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 192
Pharmacies
Barhorst, T. Fischer, T.
To limit insurer accreditation requirements for pharmacies, to implement drug cost reporting requirements for pharmacy benefit managers, and to name this act the Community Pharmacy Protection Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance Committee (6/10/2025; CONTINUED-SUBSTITUTE (No testimony))
HB 214
Healthcare Coverage
Miller, K.
To require the Medicaid program and certain health insurers to report data about prior authorization requirements and to require an exemption to such requirements for certain providers.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance Committee (5/20/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 219
Health Insurers
Deeter, K.
To establish network adequacy standards for health insurers.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance Committee (5/6/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 220
Prior Authorizations
Workman, H.
Regards health insurance and Medicaid program prior authorization requirements.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance Committee (5/27/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 224
Midwives
McClain, R. Miller, M.
To regulate the practice of certified nurse-midwives, certified midwives, and licensed midwives and to designate May 5th as the "Day of the Midwife."
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Committee (5/21/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 229
Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Deeter, K.
To establish a stand-alone licensing process and new contractual requirements for pharmacy benefit managers.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House General Government Committee (6/10/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 235
Firearm Tax Credit
Lawson-Rowe, M. Brewer, D.
To authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for the cost of handgun training and firearms storage and locking devices.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (4/30/2025; Ways & Means Committee)
HB 237
Reproductive Care
Somani, A. Brown Piccolantonio, B.
To protect assisted reproduction care.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (4/30/2025; Health Committee)
HB 245
Pregnancy and Parenting
Somani, A. Grim, M.
Regards services provided through the Ohio parenting and pregnancy program.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (4/30/2025; Children & Human Services Committee)
HB 257
Medical Debt
Grim, M. Schmidt, J.
To limit the rate of interest on medical debt, to prohibit reporting medical debt to a consumer reporting agency, and to name this act the Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Committee (6/4/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 271
Breast Cancer Screenings
Schmidt, J. Williams, J.
To revise the law governing insurance and Medicaid coverage of breast cancer screenings and examinations and to name this act the Breast Examination and Screening Transformation Act, or BEST Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance Committee (5/27/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 281
Immigration Laws
Williams, J.
Regards hospitals and the enforcement of federal immigration law.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Public Safety Committee (6/11/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 324
Drug Sales
Mathews, A. Craig, M.
To prohibit certain sales of drugs causing severe adverse effects, to establish conditions on the prescribing of such drugs, and to name this act the Patient Protection Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Committee (6/11/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 25
Sun Lamp Tanning
Johnson, T.
To prohibit the provision of sun lamp tanning services to individuals under age 16.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health Committee (4/2/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 36
Optometry
Cirino, J.
To revise the law governing the practice of optometry.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health Committee (4/2/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 46
Health Screening
Ingram, C.
To add screening awareness to Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health Committee (4/2/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 137
Overdose Reversal Drugs
Johnson, T.
To require hospitals to provide overdose reversal drugs under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health Committee (6/18/2025; CONTINUED (No testimony))
SB 160
Medications
Liston, B. Johnson, T.
Regards prescription drugs and medication switching.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology Committee (6/17/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 161
SNAP
Schaffer, T. Johnson, T.
To require the Director of Job and Family Services to seek permission to exclude certain items from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health Committee (5/28/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 162
Health Insurers
Blessing, L.
Regards the timeframe for health insurer recoupment from health care providers.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/2/2025; Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology Committee)
SB 164
Health Insurers
Cutrona, A.
To regulate the use of artificial intelligence by health insurers.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/2/2025; Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology Committee)
SB 165
Insurers
Manchester, S.
To prohibit a health insuring corporation or sickness and accident insurer from reducing or denying a claim based on certain factors.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/2/2025; Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology Committee)
SB 166
Health Insurers
Manning, N.
To prohibit fees for electronic claims submission by health insurer and the Medicaid program.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/2/2025; Medicaid Committee)
SB 170
Investigational Treatments
Huffman, S. Roegner, K.
Regards individualized investigational treatments for life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health Committee (6/18/2025; CONTINUED-AMENDED)
SB 207
Health Insurance
Manchester, S. Liston, B.
To prohibit certain health insurance cost-sharing practices.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (5/28/2025; Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology Committee)
SB 209
Medication
Cutrona, A. Reynolds, M.
Regards prescribing, dispensing, and administering drugs and to name this act the Jeff, Dave, and Angie Patient Right to Try Act.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (5/28/2025; Health Committee)
SCR 5
Medicaid
Koehler, K.
To urge the President of the United States to support the Ohio Department of Medicaid's request to implement work requirements for certain Medicaid recipients.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (5/14/2025; ADOPTED (57-31))

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