Regards long-term care facility resident's room monitoring [SB-154]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
To amend sections 3721.60, 3721.61, 3721.62, 3721.63, 3721.65, and 3721.66 of the Revised Code to make changes regarding electronic monitoring of a resident's room in a long-term care facility.
SB-154: Regards long-term care facility resident's room monitoring
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Ingram
Referred To Committee: Health on 03/26/2025
Regards the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program [HB-681]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
To amend section 5162.21 and to enact section 5162.213 of the Revised Code regarding the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brett Hudson Hillyer
Referred To Committee: Public Health Policy on 11/12/2024
Regards electronic monitoring in a long-term care facility [SB-314]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
To amend sections 3721.60, 3721.61, 3721.62, 3721.63, 3721.65, and 3721.66 of the Revised Code to make changes regarding electronic monitoring of a resident's room in a long-term care facility.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Ingram
Referred To Committee: Health on 11/12/2024
Increase awareness of cognitive impairment, dementia [HB-397]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
To enact section 3701.147 of the Revised Code to increase education, awareness, and understanding of cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, and other types of dementia.
HB-397: Increase awareness of cognitive impairment, dementia
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Referred To Committee: Health on 11/12/2024
Regards self-directed Medicaid services [HB-246]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
To amend section 5164.91 and to enact sections 173.525, 5162.137, 5166.122, and 5166.162 of the Revised Code regarding self-direction in certain Medicaid home and community-based services waiver programs.
HB-246: Regards self-directed Medicaid services
Sponsored by: Sen. Alessandro Cutrona
Referred To Committee: Public Health Policy on 09/12/2023
Enact Never Alone Act [HB-236]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
To enact sections 3792.05 and 3792.06 of the Revised Code to prohibit a congregate care setting from denying a patient or resident access to an advocate during public health emergencies and to name this act the Never Alone Act.
HB-236: Enact Never Alone Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Theresa Gavarone
Effective on 03/20/2025
Regards self-direction in certain Medicaid programs [HB-744]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
To amend section 5164.91 and to enact sections 173.525, 5162.137, 5166.122, and 5166.162 of the Revised Code regarding self-direction in certain Medicaid home and community-based services waiver programs.
HB-744: Regards self-direction in certain Medicaid programs
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Manchester
Refer To Committee: Families, Aging, And Human Services on 11/15/2022
Create the Ohio Disability Home Expense Grant Program [HB-644]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
To create the Ohio Disability Home Expense Grant Program and to repeal Sections 1 through 5 of the act on July 1, 2024, to abolish the Ohio Disability Home Expense Grant Program on that date, and to make an appropriation.
HB-644: Create the Ohio Disability Home Expense Grant Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Fraizer
Refer To Committee: Finance on 05/17/2022
Regards payments to certain residential care facilities [HB-572]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
To enact sections 173.57 and 5166.45 of the Revised Code to require the Departments of Aging and Medicaid to establish programs to provide payment to residential care facilities that have residents who are Assisted Living waiver recipients.
HB-572: Regards payments to certain residential care facilities
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Carfagna
Passed on 12/13/2022
Allow local governments establish investment funds, reduce taxes [HB-546]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Property Tax ]
[Investments ]
To amend sections 323.151, 323.152, 323.153, 323.156, 327.01, 327.02, 327.04, 739.02, 739.07, 739.08, 4503.064, 4503.065, 4503.068, and 5747.502 and to enact sections 507.081, 739.15, 5705.75, 5705.76, 5705.77, and 5705.78 of the Revised Code to allow local governments to establish investment funds and use interest earnings to reduce taxes and special assessments on senior citizen homesteads.
HB-546: Allow local governments establish investment funds, reduce taxes
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Jordan
Refer To Committee: Ways And Means on 02/15/2022
Regards penalty - failure to report adult abuse or neglect [HB-419]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
To amend sections 5101.63 and 5101.99 of the Revised Code to make failure to make a mandatory report of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation a fourth degree misdemeanor.
HB-419: Regards penalty - failure to report adult abuse or neglect
Sponsored by: Sen. Kyle Koehler
Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 11/30/2022
Regards criminal background checks for certain professions [SB-217]
[Crime ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 173.27, 173.38, 173.381, 718.01, and 718.39 of the Revised Code to modify the law regarding access to criminal record check information with respect to long-term care ombudsman programs, direct-care positions, community-based long-term care services, and certain persons serving as a municipal corporation tax administrator, and to declare an emergency.
SB-217: Regards criminal background checks for certain professions
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Passed on 12/08/2021
Revised expedited licensure inspections law and long-term care [HB-179]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 109.57, 109.572, 173.38, 173.381, 1337.11, 2133.01, 2317.54, 3701.362, 3701.881, 3701.916, 3721.02, 4715.36, 4719.01, 4723.431, 4729.43, 5101.63, 5164.34, and 5164.342; to amend, for the purpose of adopting a new section number as indicated in parentheses, section 3701.881 (3722.11); and to enact sections 3722.01, 3722.02, 3722.03, 3722.04, 3722.05, 3722.07, 3722.10, and 3722.99 of the Revised Code to modify the laws governing expedited licensure inspections and reviewing plans for long-term care facilities and to license providers
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HB-179: Revised expedited licensure inspections law and long-term care
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Ginter
Refer To Committee: Families, Aging, And Human Services on 03/09/2021
Enact Esther's Law re: long-term care facility room monitoring [SB-58]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
To amend section 3721.99 and to enact sections 3721.60, 3721.61, 3721.62, 3721.63, 3721.64, 3721.65, 3721.66, 3721.67, and 3721.68 of the Revised Code to permit a resident of a long-term care facility to conduct electronic monitoring of the resident's room and to designate this act as Esther's Law.
SB-58: Enact Esther's Law re: long-term care facility room monitoring
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Concurred In House Amendments on 12/08/2021
Enact Esther's Law re: long-term care room monitoring [HB-78]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
To amend section 3721.99 and to enact sections 3721.60, 3721.61, 3721.62, 3721.63, 3721.64, 3721.65, 3721.66, 3721.67, 3721.68, and 3721.69 of the Revised Code to permit a resident of a long-term care facility to conduct electronic monitoring of the resident's room, to designate this act as Esther's Law, and to make an appropriation.
HB-78: Enact Esther's Law re: long-term care room monitoring
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Howse
Refer To Committee: Families, Aging And Human Services on 02/10/2021
Require EMS / peace officers to undergo dementia-related training [HB-23]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Mental Health ]
To amend sections 4765.16 and 5503.01 and to enact sections 109.7410 and 4765.162 of the Revised Code to require emergency medical service personnel and peace officers to undergo dementia-related training and to increase the maximum allowable age for new state highway patrol troopers.
HB-23: Require EMS / peace officers to undergo dementia-related training
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Concurred In Senate Amendments on 12/13/2022