Government

HB 256

Promotes awareness and education around organ donation by requiring the inclusion of organ and tissue donation information in Ohio’s health curriculum. For DOs, this aligns with a commitment to whole-person care and public health advocacy, reinforcing the importance of informed decision-making and expanding access to life-saving transplants.

HB 70

Requires Ohio schools to adopt policies governing the administration of over-the-counter medications to students. For DOs, this supports safer, more consistent medication practices in school settings and reinforces
the importance of coordinated care between families, physicians, and educators.

SB 9

Revise medical marijuana law.

SB 57

Designate May as Ohio Stroke Awareness Month.

SB 60

To amend sections of the Revised Code to license certified mental health assistants.

SB 81

To authorize certain clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse-midwives, and certified nurse practitioners to sign documents related to hospital patient admission, treatment, and discharge; 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.

SB 86

Regarding surgical smoke.

SB 126

Regards noncompete provisions in certain health care contracts.

SB 144

To allow pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy interns to administer vaccines to children.

SB 196

Regards authority of advanced practice registered nurses.

SR 189

A resolution to honor George F. Dunigan II.

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 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 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 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 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 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 89

Regards intimate examination of anesthetized, unconscious patient.

HB 97

To license certified mental health assistants.

HB 102

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

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 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 177

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

HB 188

Recognize National Nursing Assistants Week.

HB 220

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

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 246

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

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 291

Regarding prescription drugs and medication switching.

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 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 384

Cap cost sharing for prescription insulin drugs, diabetes devices.

HB 434

Create the Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Accelerator pilot program.

HB 463

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

SB 6

Enter into Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.

SB 13

Regards certain statutes of limitation and repose.

SB 21

Regards emergency medical services and stroke patient protocols.

SB 30

Designate August 31 as "Ohio Overdose Awareness Day."

SB 50

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

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 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 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 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 209

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

SB 220

Cap cost sharing for prescription insulin drugs.

SB 261

To revise the medical marijuana law.

SCR 5

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

HB 6

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

HB 41

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

HB 50

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

HB 60

Authorize the use of medical marijuana for autism spectrum disorder.

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 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 125

Regards health insurance premiums and benefits.

HB 136

Regards Medicaid coverage of chiropractic 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 162

Remove derogatory disability terminology.

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 176

Revise the Athletic Training Law.

HB 193

Regarding electronic prescriptions and schedule II controlled substances.

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 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 251

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

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 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 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 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 328

Establish the Governor's Office of Drug Policy.

HB 339

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

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 409

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

HB 420

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

HB 431

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

HB 446

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

HB 463

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

HB 495

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

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 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 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 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 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 97 Estimates for Health Care Preauthorization

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

SB 252 “Fail First”

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

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 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 328 Coverage for Doula Services

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

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.

HB 11 Prenatal Care

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

HB 63 Pharmacy Benefit Managers

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

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 132 School Immunizations

Regarding notice of school child immunization requirements and exemptions.

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 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 263 Occupational Licensing

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

HB 329 Tanning Beds

Prohibits sun lamp tanning services for those under 18.

HB 347 Vaping Products

To place restrictions on retailers of vapor products.

HB 412 Rare Diseases

Establishes Rare Disease Advisory Council.

HB 443 Insurance Coverage

Regarding mental health and substance use disorder benefit parity.

HB 484 Athletic Training

Regarding the practice of athletic training.

HB 624 COVID-19 Test Information

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

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 711 EMS Practice

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

HB 763 Terminate State of Emergency

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

SB 16 Cultural Competency

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

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 91 Universal Health Care

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

SB 98 Dental Therapists

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

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 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 121 Mammogram Coverage

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

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 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 249 Terminal Conditions

SB 259 Physician Assistants

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 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.

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 73 Pharmacy Sales

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

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.  

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.

HB 131 Physical Therapy

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

HB 167 Opioid Prescribing

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

HB 191 Nurse Anesthetists

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

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 241 Diabetes Registry

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

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 317 Tax Deduction for Volunteer Care

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

HB 332 Anatomical Gifts

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

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 416 Health Service Prices

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

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 464 Recognize stroke centers and establish stroke protocols

(Lipps, P. Antonio, N.) To provide for recognition of stroke centers and establishment of protocols for assessment, treatment, and transport to hospitals of stroke patients. 

HB 535 Drug Overdoses

(Gavarone, T.) To require certain reports regarding overdoses and naloxone, to include naltrexone within the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System, and to name this act the "Opioid Data and Communication Expansion Act."

HB 541 Volunteer Health Services

(Patterson, J., LaTourette, S.) To authorize health professionals licensed in other states to provide volunteer health services during charitable events.

HB 557 Art Therapy

(Anielski, M.) To require the licensure of art therapists and to require the State Medical Board to regulate the licensure and practice of art therapists.

HB 601 Drug Treatment

 (Ginter,T.) Regarding administration of drugs for drug addiction treatment.

HB 614 Drug Paraphernalia

(West, T.) To provide immunity from arrest, prosecution, or conviction for use or possession of drug paraphernalia for a person who seeks or obtains medical assistance for a drug overdose.

HB 618 Directive Forms

(West, T.) To require the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to develop a non-opioid directive form.