Bill InformationBIOMARKER TESTING
(WHITE A, WEST T)To require health benefit plan and Medicaid program coverage of biomarker testing.
CURRENT STATUS12/14/2022 - Informally Passed
PAID BEREAVEMENT LEAVE FOR DEATH OF CHILD
(BOYD J, RUSSO A)To establish family and medical leave insurance benefits and to require employers to provide an employee with paid bereavement leave on a stillbirth or death of a child.
CURRENT STATUS 12/13/2022 - House Families, Aging and Human Services, (First Hearing)
AUTHORIZE PREGNANT MINOR TO CONSENT TO HEALTH CARE
(BOGGS K, HICKS-HUDSON P)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.
CURRENT STATUS 12/13/2022 - House Families, Aging and Human Services, (First Hearing)
REGULATE PRACTICE OF CERTIFIED MIDWIVES
(KOEHLER K)To regulate the practice of certified nurse-midwives, certified midwives, and certified professional midwives and to amend the versions of sections 3701.351, 4723.431, and 4723.481 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect on September 30, 2024, to continue the changes to those sections on and after that date.
CURRENT STATUS 12/1/2022 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Families, Aging and Human Services, (Third Hearing)
PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED MORTALITY REVIEW BOARD
(KUNZE S, ANTONIO N)To modify the laws governing the Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Board and to require birthing facilities to report data on severe maternal morbidity.
CURRENT STATUS 11/16/2022 - Senate Health, (First Hearing)
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
(LEPORE-HAGAN M, MIRANDA J)Proposing to enact Section 22 of Article I of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to guarantee every individual a fundamental right to reproductive freedom.
CURRENT STATUS 11/15/2022 - Referred to Committee House Government Oversight
PREGNANCY ACCOMMODATIONS
(KELLY B, UPCHURCH T)To enact the "Pregnancy Accommodation Act" to generally require employers to make reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees.
CURRENT STATUS 11/15/2022 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor
LIFE DAY
(POWELL J, CLICK G)To designate June 24th as "Celebration of Life Day" to commemorate the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
CURRENT STATUS 11/15/2022 - Referred to Committee House Government Oversight
DESIGNATE JUNE 24-LIFE DAY
(HUFFMAN S)To designate June 24th as "Life Day."
CURRENT STATUS 11/15/2022 - Referred to Committee Senate General Government Budget
DESIGNATE PERSONHOOD FROM CONCEPTION
(CLICK G)To enact The Personhood Act to recognize the personhood of an unborn human individual from conception.
CURRENT STATUS 11/15/2022 - Referred to Committee House Government Oversight
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE-REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
(ANTONIO N, WILLIAMS S)Proposing to enact Section 22 of Article I of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to guarantee every individual a fundamental right to reproductive freedom.
CURRENT STATUS 5/31/2022 - Referred to Committee Senate Health
PROHIBIT ABORTIONS BASED ON CONDITION
(SCHMIDT J)To enact the Human Life Protection Act to prohibit abortions based upon a condition precedent.
CURRENT STATUS 5/26/2022 - House Government Oversight, (Third Hearing)
PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR ABORTION
(POWELL J, HALL T)To enact the 2363 Act to authorize a private right of action against a person for performing or inducing an abortion or engaging in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion.
CURRENT STATUS 5/26/2022 - House Families, Aging and Human Services, (First Hearing)
PHYSICIAN-ADMINISTERED DRUGS
(MANNING G, OELSLAGER S)To amend the law related to physician-administered drugs.
CURRENT STATUS 5/25/2022 - House Insurance, (Fifth Hearing)
REGARDING EMERGENCY BENEFITS
(MANCHESTER S, UPCHURCH T)To regulate the practice of reducing benefits related to emergency services if a condition is determined, after the fact, to not be an emergency.
CURRENT STATUS 5/18/2022 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Insurance, (Third Hearing)
CREATE CRIME - FRAUDULENT ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
(POWELL J)To create the crime of fraudulent assisted reproduction and civil actions for an assisted reproduction procedure without consent.
CURRENT STATUS 4/6/2022 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House Criminal Justice, (Fourth Hearing)
NOTICE OF POSSIBILITY OF ABORTION REVERSAL
(KOEHLER K, FOWLER S)Regarding pretreatment notice about the possibility of reversing a mifepristone abortion.
CURRENT STATUS 3/22/2022 - House Health, (Second Hearing)
REGARDING ABORTION-INDUCING DRUGS
(HUFFMAN S)Regarding abortion-inducing drugs.
CURRENT STATUS 3/2/2022 - Referred to Committee Senate Health
CUSTODY OF INFANTS - SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE
(JOHNSON T)To enact Dylan's Law regarding parental custody of infants born substance exposed.
CURRENT STATUS 2/8/2022 - Senate Judiciary, (Third Hearing)
ATTEMPTED ABORTIONS
(JOHNSON T, HUFFMAN S)To require reports to be made after a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion, to establish certain civil or criminal penalties for failing to preserve the health or life of such a child, and to make changes regarding variances from written transfer agreements.
CURRENT STATUS 12/22/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 3/23/22
CIVIL ACTION-CAUSING PREGNANCY
(MAHARATH T)To permit a person to file a civil action for damages and injunctive relief against another person who causes the person to have an unintended pregnancy, regardless of the circumstances.
CURRENT STATUS 11/10/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
PROHIBIT ABORTION
(ROEGNER K, O'BRIEN S)To enact the Human Life Protection Act to prohibit abortions based upon a condition precedent.
CURRENT STATUS 10/27/2021 - Senate Health, (Second Hearing)
REQUIRE ACCOMMODATIONS-PREGNANT WORKERS
(MAHARATH T)To enact the Ohio Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to generally require employers to make reasonable accommodations for employees who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
CURRENT STATUS 10/20/2021 - Senate Workforce and Higher Education, (First Hearing)
INFORMED CONSENT - ABORTIONS
(GROSS J)To revise the informed consent law regarding abortions.
CURRENT STATUS 9/22/2021 - Referred to Committee House Health
MEDICAL TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INFANTS
(JOHNSON T)To establish standards for the medical treatment of certain infants and to name the act Emery and Elliot's Law.
CURRENT STATUS 9/15/2021 - Senate Health, (Second Hearing)
REGARDING ACTIONS CHALLENGING STATUTES
(SEITZ B)Regarding intervention and legal representation in actions challenging statutes and to require the Attorney General to seek legislative approval before settling certain actions.
CURRENT STATUS 6/9/2021 - House State and Local Government, (Third Hearing)
ESTABLISH OHIO FAMILY STABILITY COMMISSION
(CLICK G, PAVLIGA G)To establish the Ohio Family Stability Commission.
CURRENT STATUS 5/6/2021 - BILL AMENDED, House Families, Aging and Human Services, (Second Hearing)
HEALTH CARE COST ESTIMATES
(HOLMES A)Regarding the provision of health care cost estimates.
CURRENT STATUS 3/10/2021 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)
MATERNAL MORTALITY AWARENESS
(MAHARATH T)To designate the month of May as "Maternal Mortality Awareness Month."
CURRENT STATUS 3/3/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Health
HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS/ BENEFITS
(CROSSMAN J, LIGHTBODY M)Regarding health insurance premiums and benefits.
CURRENT STATUS 2/24/2021 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)
SAVE OUR MOTHERS ACT
(CRAWLEY E)To enact the "Save Our Mothers Act" for the purpose of establishing continuing education requirements for birthing facility personnel and an initiative to improve birth equity, reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities, and address implicit bias in the healthcare system.
CURRENT STATUS 2/4/2021 - Referred to Committee House Health