Government
Pending Legislation
State Legislation - Senate Bills
SB 8 Abortion Consent(Grendell, Gillmor) To revise the procedures governing a hearing by which a court may permit a pregnant minor to consent to an abortion or by which a court may give judicial consent for a pregnant minor to have an abortion and to require a court to make its findings with respect to such a hearing by clear and convincing evidence. | SB 23 Terminal Patients(Tavaras) To provide that a terminally ill individual with an anticipated life expectancy of five years or less who is on a waiting list for the PACE program or a Medicaid waiver program providing home and community-based services is to have priority over other individuals on such a waiting list. |
SB 25 Medicaid Payments(Tavaras) To specify that the Ohio prompt payment law applies to payment of claims by Medicaid managed care organizations. | SB 26 Lab Services(Tavaras) To prohibit providers of clinical laboratory services from inducing physicians to refer patients in exchange for remuneration and from placing laboratory personnel in physician offices. |
SB 27 Smoking(Tavaras) To prohibit smoking in a motor vehicle in which a child under six years of age is a passenger. | SB 28 Telemedicine(Tavaras) Regarding insurance and Medicaid coverage of telemedicine services. |
SB 31 Cancer Treatment(Tavaras) To require certain insurers that provide coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment to provide coverage for certain prescribed, orally administered anticancer medication on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered or injected cancer medications that are covered under the policy. | SB 35 Driving Offenses(Tavaras) To prohibit driving a vehicle while using a handheld or manually operated mobile communication device and to establish the violation as a secondary traffic offense. |
SB 40 Pain Awareness Month(Kearney) To designate November as "Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Awareness Month" and to require the Department of Health to include on its web site information regarding the syndrome. | SB 60 Cultural Competency(TAVARES C) To require certain health care professionals to complete instruction in cultural competency. |
SB 77 Bicycle Helmets(Skindell) To require bicycle operators and passengers under 18 years of age to wear protective helmets when the bicycle is operated on a roadway and to establish the Bicycle Safety Fund to be used by the Department of Public Safety to assist low-income families in the purchase of bicycle helmets. | SB 79 Prescription Drug Marketing(Skindell) Regarding prescription drug marketing disclosures. |
SB 83 Prescriptive Authority(Oelslager) To modify the authority of certain advanced practice nurses to prescribe schedule II controlled substances. | SB 118 BodyMass Index Screenings - (Duplicate)(Cates, G) To make schools' implementation of body mass index screenings optional. |
SB 121 Physician Designations(Patton, T.) To establish standards for physician designations by health care insurers. | SB 123 eLicense Center(Bacon) To require that the Ohio eLicense Center web site include information submitted by certain health professionals to their licensing boards regarding the characteristics of their professional practices. |
SB 129 Medical Immunity(Bacon, K, Hite, C.) (Bacon, K., Hite, C.) To grant qualified civil immunity to a physician, physician assistant, dentist or optometrist who provides emergency medical, dental or optometric services, first-aid treatment or other emergency professional care in compliance with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act or as a result of a disaster and to a certified nurse-midwife, certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist or registered nurse who provides emergency services, first-aid treatment or other emergency professional care as a result of a disaster and to provide that these provisions to not apply to wrongful death actions. | SB 136 Health Care Services(Oelslager, S., Cafaro, C.) (To make changes to the law regarding preapproval of and payment for health care services. |
SB 276 Physicians Assistants(Hite, C.) To modify the laws governing physician assistants | SB 277 Health Exchange(Skindell, M.) To establish the Ohio Health Benefit Exchange Agency and to establish the Ohio Health Benefit Exchange Program consisting of an exchange for individual coverage and a Small Business Health Options Program |
State Legislation - House Bills
HB 63 Abortion Consent(Young, Slaby) To revise the procedures governing a hearing by which a court may permit a pregnant minor to consent to an abortion or by which a court may give judicial consent for a pregnant minor to have an abortion and to require a court to make its findings with respect to such a hearing by clear and convincing evidence. | HB 68 Behavioral Health(Burke) To create the Ohio Council to Reform Behavioral Health Care. |
HB 71 Prescription ProgramHB 71 PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (Luckie) To create the Ohio Official Prescription Program and to require prescribers and pharmacists to obtain information from the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System. | HB 78 Abortion(Uecker, Roegner) To revise the criminal laws governing post-viability abortions. |
HB 79 Abortion(Bubp, Uecker) To prohibit qualified health plans from providing coverage for certain abortions. | HB 85 Health Insurance(Hackett, Sears) To prohibit requiring an individual to obtain or maintain health insurance |
HB 93 Prescription Drugs(Burke, Johnsonl) To establish and modify laws regarding the prevention of prescription drug abuse, development of information programs by the State Medical Board, and Medicaid coverage of prescription drugs. | HB 119 Tanning Services(Combs) Regarding the regulation of chemical tanning applications and the use of tanning services by individuals under 18 years of age. |
HB 153 Biennial Budget(Amstutz, R.) To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2013, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs. | HB 214 Medical Marijuana(Yuko,K., Hagan, R.) Regarding the medical use of cannabis for medical purposes. |
HB 251 Oriental Medicine(Schuring,C.) Authorize an acupuncturist to utilize "supplemental techniques" when treating a patient. "Supplemental techniques" include the use of traditional and modern oriental therapeutics, heat therapy, moxibustion, acupressure and other forms of Chinese massage, and counseling that includes the provision of information regarding lifestyle modifications and the therapeutic use of foods and supplements, including homeopathics, glandulars, vitamins, and minerals. | HB 259 Alternative Health(Adams, J., Yuko, K.) Regarding the provision of complementary or alternative health services. |
HB 284 Physicians Assistants(Gonzales, A., Letson, T) To modify the laws governing physician assistants. | HB 303 Health Care Workers(Schuring, K.) To revise the law governing nurses, medication aides, dialysis technicians, and certified community health workers. |
HB 353 Hospital Reporting(Sears,B) To repeal certain hospital performance reporting requirements.
| HB 373 Prescription Dispensing(Johnson, T., Gonzales, A.) To prohibit a pharmacist from substituting another drug for a tamper resistant opioid analgesic drug unless the substituted drug is also tamper resistant or consent is obtained from the prescribing health professional.
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HB 376 Autism Coverage(Celeste, T., Garland, N) To prohibit health insurers from excluding coverage for specified services for individuals diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. | HB 399 Medical Orders(Butler, J.) To require each hospital to establish a policy governing authentication of verbal medical orders. |
HB 412 Health Insurance Exchange(Antonio, N.) To establish the Ohio Health Benefit Exchange Agency and to establish the Ohio Health Benefit Exchange Program consisting of an exchange for individual coverage and a Small Business Health Options Program. | HB 417 Physician Employment Contracts(Grossman, C.) Regarding responsibility for notifying patients that a physician's employment by a health care entity has been terminated. |
