Health & Human Services Legislative Report
Prepared by: CCAO Policy Team
Report created on April 24, 2024
 
HB24ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES (DOVILLA M, RETHERFORD W) To revise the laws governing the provision of adult protective services.
 Current Status:   5/25/2016 - Senate Health and Human Services, (Seventh Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-24
 
HB30CHILD SEAT-VEHICULAR HOMICIDE (PELANDA D) To restrict to cases of negligent vehicular homicide a provision of law that declares that the failure of an operator of a motor vehicle to secure a child in a car seat, in a booster seat, or with a seat belt is inadmissible as evidence in certain criminal actions and to allow the enforcement of child car seat, booster seat, and seat belt requirements as a primary offense if the child is less than eight years of age.
 Current Status:   3/3/2015 - House Judiciary, (Second Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-30
 
HB50FOSTER CARE-ADOPTION ASSISTANCE AGE (PELANDA D, GROSSMAN C) To extend the age for which a person is eligible for federal foster care and adoption assistance payments under Title IV-E to age twenty-one, to provide a ward's bill of rights, to require that a guardian receive the Ohio Guardianship Guide; and to conform to recent amendments to federal Title IV-E program requirements.
 Current Status:   6/13/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 9/13/16
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-50
 
HB63CHILD ABUSE-NEGLECT REPORTING (PELANDA D, GROSSMAN C) To require mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect to notify the county public children services agency when an attorney in fact under a document that purports to grant parental rights requests services from them, to require the agency to investigate the child's placement with the attorney in fact, and to require the agency to file a dependency complaint if it determines that the placement is unsafe for the child.
 Current Status:   12/8/2016 - Senate Civil Justice, (Third Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-63
 
HB85CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION (RAMOS D) With respect to age-appropriate student instruction in child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention and in-service staff training in child sexual abuse prevention.
 Current Status:   11/28/2016 - Senate Education, (Second Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-85
 
HB89MEDICAID SCHOOL PROGRAM (DEVITIS A) To authorize certain Medicaid providers to make referrals for certain services under the Medicaid School Program.
 Current Status:   12/19/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 3/21/2017
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-89
 
HB188PHARMACIST CONSULT AGREEMENTS (MANNING N, HUFFMAN S) To revise the laws governing pharmacist consult agreements and the laws governing the circumstances under which a pharmacist may dispense or sell a drug without a prescription.
 Current Status:   12/22/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 3/23/16
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-188
 
HB191MENTAL HEALTH-ADDICTION CLIENT ASSESSMENT (PELANDA D) Regarding the assessment of a client who has been referred to a community mental health or addiction services provider for treatment related to probation for a criminal offense.
 Current Status:   10/6/2015 - House Government Accountability and Oversight, (Second Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-191
 
HB196HEALTHIER BUCKEYE COUNCILS (AMSTUTZ R, DERICKSON T) To require boards of county commissioners to establish local healthier buckeye councils; to rename the Ohio Healthier Buckeye Advisory Council the Ohio Healthier Buckeye Council and to expand its duties; to establish the Healthier Buckeye Grant Program; to establish the Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program; and to make changes to the law governing the Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program.
 Current Status:   6/2/2015 - House Community and Family Advancement, (Second Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-196
 
HB251MEDICAID-BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (SPRAGUE R, DRIEHAUS D) To establish certain requirements regarding the Medicaid program's coverage of community behavioral health services.
 Current Status:   6/16/2015 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-251
 
HB275VISION CARE-HEALTH INSURERS (SCHURING K) Regarding limitations imposed by health insurers on vision care services.
 Current Status:   11/16/2016 - House Insurance, (Third Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-275
 
HB344ADOPTION FILES (PELANDA D) Regarding the maintenance of and access to adoption files and social and medical histories.
 Current Status:   10/13/2015 - House Community and Family Advancement, (Second Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-344
 
HB350AUTISM TREATMENT-COVERAGE (GROSSMAN C, TERHAR L) To mandate coverage of autism treatment.
 Current Status:   5/25/2016 - REPORTED OUT, House Government Accountability and Oversight, (Fifth Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-350
 
HB368HEALTH INSURANCE LIMITS-EXCLUSIONS (SEARS B) To make changes to the health coverage benefit limits and coverage exclusions for life and health insurance guaranty associations.
 Current Status:   11/4/2015 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-368
 
HB443STEP THERAPY-REQUIREMENTS (JOHNSON T, ANTONIO N) To adopt requirements related to step therapy protocols implemented by health plan issuers and the Department of Medicaid.
 Current Status:   2/9/2016 - Referred to Committee House Insurance
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-443
 
HB458FOSTER CARE-KINSHIP CAREGIVER (BOYD J, REZABEK J) To provide foster care maintenance payments for children in the care of a kinship caregiver without requiring the caregiver to be certified to provide foster care and to require, rather than permit, the creation of the statewide program of kinship care navigators.
 Current Status:   12/7/2016 - House Community and Family Advancement, (Second Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-458
 
HB467UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND (BUTLER, JR. J) To establish a loan from the Budget Stabilization Fund to the Unemployment Compensation Fund, to require the Director of Job and Family Services to recommend a program to incentivize the purchase of private unemployment insurance, and to require a study on the solvency of the Unemployment Compensation Fund.
 Current Status:   4/13/2016 - Referred to Committee House Insurance
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-467
 
HB470PALLIATIVE CARE LICENSURE (SCHURING K) To establish an exemption from the requirement that a certificate of need be obtained for certain projects regarding palliative care, to establish requirements for hospital after-care and discharge planning, to prohibit assisting suicide, and to require the development of recommendations concerning the operation of memory care units.
 Current Status:   12/19/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 3/21/2017
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-470
 
HB483MBR-DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (AMSTUTZ R) To modify programs administered by the Department of Developmental Disabilities, to modify certain laws pertaining to tax levies for developmental disabilities, to modify certain laws regarding ABLE savings accounts and Ohio's disability savings account program, to designate October as "Disability History and Awareness Month," to require acceptance of certain certificate of need applications regarding relocation of long-term care facility beds, to remove behavioral health services from inclusion as direct care costs of nursing facilities, to delay certain laws regarding community behavioral health services, and to make an appropriation.
 Current Status:   7/13/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 10/12/16
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-483
 
HB497OPIOID THERAPY-OFFENDERS (BRENNER A, HUFFMAN S) To establish a statewide pilot program for the provision of long-acting opioid antagonist therapy for offenders confined in a state or local correctional facility or a community residential facility under a sentence imposed for a felony opioid-related offense or a sentence of at least 30 days for a misdemeanor opioid-related offense who will be released on supervised release, and to specify that the therapy is to be provided during both their confinement and their supervised release.
 Current Status:   4/19/2016 - House Judiciary, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-497
 
HB500CASE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (ARNDT S) To revise the Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program, to establish a case management pilot program, to transfer cash from the Economic Development Program Fund (Fund 5JC0) to the Case Management Pilot Program Fund (Fund 5SK0), and to make an appropriation.
 Current Status:   4/26/2016 - House Finance, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-500
 
HB511FAMILY-MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (KUHNS C, BOYD J) To establish family and medical leave insurance benefits to provide paid leave to allow an individual to address the individual's own serious health condition, to care for a family member, or to bond with a new child and to exempt those benefits from personal income tax.
 Current Status:   12/6/2016 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-511
 
HB523MEDICAL MARIJUANA (HUFFMAN S) To authorize the use of marijuana for medical purposes and to establish the Medical Marijuana Control Program.
 Current Status:   6/8/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 9/8/16
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-523
 
HB530SICK-CHILD CENTER-LICENSURE (RETHERFORD W) To provide for the licensure of sick-child care centers.
 Current Status:   5/17/2016 - House Commerce and Labor, (Second Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-530
 
HB535EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION-NATIONAL GUARD (PERALES R) To extend employment and reemployment protection to a person who is a member of another state's national guard or organized militia and who is employed in Ohio.
 Current Status:   11/29/2016 - Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-535
 
HB568EMPLOYEE DEFINITION-LABOR LAWS (PHILLIPS D, ROGERS J) To create a generally uniform definition of employee for specified labor laws, to create a uniform standard to determine whether an individual performing services for an employer is an employee of that employer, and to regulate the payment of wages via payroll card.
 Current Status:   11/10/2016 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-568
 
HCR12INFANT MORTALITY-PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS (LATOURETTE S, ANTONIO N) To declare Ohio's rate of infant mortality a public health crisis and urge comprehensive preterm birth risk screening for all pregnant women in Ohio.
 Current Status:   6/30/2015 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; House Does Concur with Senate Amendments, Vote 87-1
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HCR-12
 
HCR21CMS-EMPLOYMENT SERVICES (ROMANCHUK M, ANTONIO N) To urge the Congress of the United States to request that the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services revise its guidance on employment services for individuals with developmental disabilities to maintain their right to participate in programs offered by facility-based day programs, training centers, and sheltered workshops.
 Current Status:   4/20/2016 - Senate Medicaid, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HCR-21
 
SB8PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REVIEW (BURKE D) Regarding the General Assembly’s review of public assistance programs.
 Current Status:   2/4/2015 - Referred to Committee Senate Government Oversight and Reform
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-8
 
SB9INFANT MORTALITY-DATA COLLECTION (JONES S, LEHNER P) Regarding data collection on state-administered services provided in the home that are aimed at reducing infant mortality and negative birth outcomes or health disparities among women who are pregnant or capable of becoming pregnant and who belong to a racial or ethnic minority and Medicaid coverage of certain services for pregnant women, new mothers, or women who may become pregnant.
 Current Status:   6/3/2015 - BILL AMENDED, Senate Medicaid, (Second Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-9
 
SB28CORONER-LABORATORY SURVEY (PATTON T) To require the Director of Health to survey coroners and laboratories concerning the collection, retention, and processing of blood and tissue specimens for postmortem genetic testing, to recommend legislative and fiscal policies after analyzing survey results, and to establish an advisory council to assist the Director with those responsibilities.
 Current Status:   11/18/2015 - Senate Health and Human Services, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-28
 
SB30OHIO FAMILY STABILITY COMMISSION (TAVARES C) To create the Ohio Family Stability Commission and to repeal section 5101.345 of the Revised Code four years after the effective date of that section.
 Current Status:   12/19/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 3/21/2017
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-30
 
SB90HEALTH CARE WORKER-IDENTIFICATION (TAVARES C) To require that a health care professional wear identification when providing care or treatment in the presence of a patient.
 Current Status:   11/18/2015 - Senate Health and Human Services, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-90
 
SB94MEDICAID SCHOOL PROGRAM (BACON K, LEHNER P) Regarding the Medicaid School Program.
 Current Status:   3/25/2015 - Senate Medicaid, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-94
 
SB107JFS-FUNERAL SERVICES (TAVARES C) To require that, under certain circumstances, the Department of Job and Family Services pay funeral, cremation, cemetery, and burial expenses of deceased recipients of public assistance.
 Current Status:   9/27/2016 - Senate Finance, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-107
 
SB147DISABILITY EXPENSE-SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (EKLUND J, JONES S) To require the Treasurer of State to create a program offering federally tax-advantaged savings accounts used to pay for a person's qualified disability expenses and to disregard the value of and income from that account in determining whether that person is eligible for state or local means-tested public assistance.
 Current Status:   6/3/2015 - Senate Ways and Means, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-147
 
SB177PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS (JORDAN K) To prohibit a physician from submitting patient medical records to an electronic database maintained by another party without patient authorization and from asking a patient about firearm ownership or possession.
 Current Status:   6/16/2015 - Referred to Committee Senate Health and Human Services
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-177
 
SB223HEALTH COVERAGE LIMITS-EXCLUSIONS (BACON K) To make changes to the health coverage benefit limits and coverage exclusions for life and health insurance guaranty associations.
 Current Status:   12/22/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 12/22/15, certain provisions effective 3/23/16
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-223
 
SB245MALNUTRITION PREVENTION COMMISSION (MANNING G) To create the Malnutrition Prevention Commission to study malnutrition among older adults.
 Current Status:   11/16/2016 - House Health and Aging, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-245
 
SB248MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION-MEDICAID PAYMENT (PATTON T) To increase the Medicaid payment rates for certain medical transportation services.
 Current Status:   4/20/2016 - Senate Medicaid, (Second Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-248
 
SB262CHILD SUPPORT (JONES S) To make changes to the laws governing child support.
 Current Status:   5/4/2016 - Senate Civil Justice, (Third Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-262
 
SB268STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS-EMPLOYER (SEITZ B) To modify Ohio civil rights laws related to employment and the statute of limitations for other specified claims against an employer.
 Current Status:   11/30/2016 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED & AMENDED, Senate Civil Justice, (Third Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-268
 
SB283RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES (CAFARO C) To authorize alternative sanctions for residential care facilities, to authorize memory care units in residential care facilities, to provide funds to regional long-term care ombudsman programs to hire additional staff, and to make an appropriation.
 Current Status:   4/12/2016 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-283
 
SB300PSYCHOLOGIST-PRESCRIBING POWER (SEITZ B) To authorize certain psychologists to prescribe psychotropic and other drugs for the treatment of drug addiction and mental illness.
 Current Status:   11/16/2016 - Senate Health and Human Services, (Third Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-300
 
SB301PREGNANCY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION ACT (JONES S, CAFARO C) To enact the "Pregnancy Reasonable Accommodation Act" to generally require employers to make reasonable accommodations for employees who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
 Current Status:   11/30/2016 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, Senate Civil Justice, (Fourth Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-301
 
SB307FAMILY-MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (CAFARO C) To establish family and medical leave insurance benefits to provide paid leave to allow an individual to address the individual's own serious health condition, to care for a family member, or to bond with a new child and to exempt those benefits from personal income tax.
 Current Status:   5/11/2016 - Senate Transportation, Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-307
 
SB319OPIATE MBR (EKLUND J) To revise certain laws regarding the regulation of drugs, the practice of pharmacy, and the provision of addiction services.
 Current Status:   1/4/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 4/6/17
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-319
 
SB323CHILD ABUSE-NEGLECT REPORTING (JONES S) To make changes in the child abuse and neglect reporting law.
 Current Status:   5/18/2016 - Senate Civil Justice, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-323
 
SB324REGISTERED NURSES (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.
 Current Status:   5/4/2016 - Referred to Committee Senate Health and Human Services
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-324
 
SB328HOST FAMILY AFFIDAVITS (COLEY W) Regarding host family affidavits for the care of children.
 Current Status:   5/18/2016 - BILL AMENDED, Senate Civil Justice, (First Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-328
 
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