Health And Human Services : Mental Health And Disabilities
Ohio 132nd General Assembly
Require drug testing for certain applicants for unemployment comp [HB-704]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
To amend sections 4141.28 and 4141.29 and to enact section 4141.294 of the Revised Code to require applicants for unemployment benefits to submit to a drug test under certain circumstances, to require the Director of Job and Family Services to operate an Ohio Works First drug testing pilot program, and to make an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kyle Koehler
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 06/20/2018
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Operate demonstration mental health trauma center [HB-677]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
To enact section 5119.80 of the Revised Code to require the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to operate a demonstration program under which a mental health trauma center is established as part of a county hospital located in Cuyahoga County.
Sponsored by: Rep. John E. Barnes
Refer To Committee: Health on 06/05/2018
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Raise awareness about prevalence of mental illness [SCR-24]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
To raise awareness about the prevalence of mental illness in the United States and Ohio.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares
Refer To Committee: Health, Human Services And Medicaid on 05/23/2018
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Regards administering drugs for drug addiction treatment [HB-601]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
To amend sections 4723.52, 4729.45, 4729.553, 4730.56, and 4731.83 of the Revised Code regarding administration of drugs for drug addiction treatment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy E. Ginter
Reported: Health on 12/06/2018
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Regards PERS credit for nonteaching school employees [HB-547]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Disabilities ]
To enact section 145.018 of the Revised Code regarding Public Employees Retirement System service credit for services as a nonteaching school employee of a county board of development disabilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Edwards
Refer To Committee: Aging And Long Term Care on 03/20/2018
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Require Medicaid to cover white canes for visually impaired [HB-587]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
To enact section 5164.061 of the Revised Code to require Ohio's Medicaid program to cover white canes for blind or visually impaired recipients.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah LaTourette
Refer To Committee: Health on 05/15/2018
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Modify Board of Pharmacy and controlled substances laws [SB-229]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Cannabis ]
To amend sections 109.572, 109.71, 119.03, 149.43, 149.45, 1751.68, 2907.02, 2907.05, 2925.01, 2925.09, 2925.11, 2925.23, 2925.34, 3313.752, 3345.41, 3707.50, 3709.01, 3719.01, 3719.04, 3719.05, 3719.06, 3719.061, 3719.07, 3719.09, 3719.12, 3719.40, 3719.41, 3719.43, 3719.44, 3719.811, 3796.01, 3923.602, 4729.01, 4729.04, 4729.19, 4729.46, 4729.51, 4729.52, 4729.53, 4729.54, 4729.55, 4729.553, 4729.69, 4729.90, 4731.97, 4765.06, 5164.34, and 5164.7511, to enact sections 3709.011, 3709.42, 3719.45, and 4729.691, and to repeal section 4730.51 of the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Concurred In House Amendments on 12/13/2018
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Attack substance abuse [HB-427]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 121.22, 149.43, and 4731.22 and to enact sections 307.631, 307.632, 307.633, 307.634, 307.635, 307.636, 307.637, 307.638, 307.639, 340.038, 3701.049, 3705.161, 5119.63, 5119.64, and 5119.65 of the Revised Code to require monthly drug overdose death reports, to create three community and faith-based substance abuse grant programs, to provide for the establishment of drug overdose fatality review committees, and to make an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Re-referred: Finance on 06/05/2018
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License and regulate art therapists [HB-557]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 109.572, 1701.03, 1705.03, 1705.04, 1705.53, 1785.01, 1785.02, 1785.03, 1785.08, 4723.16, 4725.33, 4729.161, 4731.226, 4731.65, 4732.28, 4734.17, 4743.05, 4755.111, 4755.471, 4757.37, 4776.01, and 4776.20 and to enact sections 4785.01, 4785.02, 4785.03, 4785.04, 4785.05, 4785.06, 4785.07, 4785.08, 4785.09, 4785.10, 4785.11, 4785.12, 4785.13, 4785.14, and 4785.99 of the Revised Code to require the licensure of art therapists and to require the Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board to regulate the licensure
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Reported - Substitute: Health on 06/07/2018
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Authorize creation of veterans treatment courts [HB-409]
[Veterans ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
To enact sections 1927.01, 1927.02, 1927.03, and 1927.04 of the Revised Code to permit courts to create veterans treatment courts and to allow courts to divert certain criminal defendants to participate in veterans treatment court.
Sponsored by: Rep. James L. Butler
Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 11/28/2017
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Adopt international symbol of access having sense of movement [SCR-18]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To urge Congress to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act and adopt an international symbol of access that includes a dynamic character leaning forward with a sense of movement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Introduced And Referred To Committee: Health on 11/27/2018
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Enact Opioid Data and Communication Expansion Act [HB-535]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Data Privacy ]
To amend sections 4729.01, 4729.44, 4729.75, 4729.79, and 4729.85 and to enact sections 3727.25 and 4765.45 of the Revised Code 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."
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Refer To Committee: Health, Human Services And Medicaid on 06/19/2018
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Regards PERS service credit for nonteaching DD board employees [HB-572]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To amend sections 145.01, 145.016, 145.33, 145.332, 145.362, 145.384, 145.45, 145.571, 145.62, 742.03, 742.05, 3307.05, 3307.14, 3307.20, 3307.231, 3307.25, 3307.251, 3307.26, 3307.28, 3307.351, 3307.352, 3307.39, 3307.44, 3307.48, 3307.501, 3307.56, 3307.562, 3307.58, 3307.60, 3307.62, 3307.66, 3307.71, 3307.74, 3307.761, 3309.01, 3309.011, 3309.22, and 3309.671, to enact section 145.018, and to repeal sections 3307.23, 3307.241, 3307.96, 3307.97, and 3307.98 of the Revised Code to revise the laws governing the Public Employees Retirement System,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Effective 3/22/19 on 03/22/2019
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Pay parents for providing care to child enrolled in Medicaid [HB-574]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
To amend sections 5123.01, 5166.01, 5166.20, 5166.22, 5166.23, and 5166.30 of the Revised Code to permit parents and guardians to be paid for providing personal care or similar services to their children or wards enrolled in a Medicaid waiver program under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine D. Ingram
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 04/10/2018
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Restrict firearm transfers; require background checks [SB-283]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 2929.28 and 5122.311 and to enact section 2923.26 of the Revised Code to prohibit a firearm transfer from a person who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer to a person who is not a dealer unless it is done through a dealer, through a law enforcement agency, or pursuant to a specified exception, and to require that background checks be conducted when a firearm is transferred through a federally licensed firearms dealer or a law enforcement agency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares
Refer To Committee: Government Oversight And Reform on 04/11/2018
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Extend adoption tax credit to adopting disabled adult [HB-304]
[Taxes ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
To amend section 5747.37 of the Revised Code to extend a personal income tax credit available for the adoption of a minor child to include a disabled adult adopted by the adult's stepparent.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Young
Refer To Committee: Ways And Means on 09/12/2017
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Prohibit public places from excluding service animals. [HB-303]
[Animals ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To amend sections 955.011, 955.99, 4112.01, 4112.04, 4112.05, and 4112.99, to enact section 4112.025, and to repeal section 955.43 of the Revised Code to prohibit places of public accommodation from preventing the use of a service animal.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Carfagna
Refer To Committee: Economic Development, Commerce, And Labor on 09/12/2017
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Specify disabled person's state ID card does not expire [HB-300]
[Disabilities ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Unemployment ]
To amend sections 4507.50 and 4507.52 of the Revised Code to provide that any nondriver identification card that is issued to a resident of Ohio who is permanently or irreversibly disabled must be issued with an 8-year expiration date and to exempt such cardholders who are also unemployed from the identification card fees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Passed on 12/27/2018
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Give notice before action for access; allow attorney's fees [HB-271]
[Disabilities ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
To enact section 4112.16 of the Revised Code to authorize an alleged aggrieved party to provide a notice of an alleged accessibility law violation in advance of filing a civil action and to establish the circumstances under which an alleged aggrieved party is entitled to attorney's fees in a civil action based on the violation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares
Passed on 12/12/2018
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Address opioid prescribing and addiction treatment [SB-119]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 4723.52, 4729.01, 4729.44, 4729.75, 4729.79, 4729.85, 4730.56, 4731.83, and 5119.363, to amend, for the purpose of adopting a new section number as indicated in parentheses, section 3715.08 (3719.064), and to enact sections 3719.063, 4729.283, and 4765.45 of the Revised Code regarding naloxone, naltrexone, and medication-assisted treatment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Concurred In House Amendments on 12/12/2018