Health And Human Services : Mental Health And Disabilities
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Exempt Ohio ABLE account funds from Medicaid Estate Recovery [SB-296]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Healthcare ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
To amend section 113.53 of the Revised Code to generally exempt funds in an Ohio ABLE account from collection under the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program.
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Exempt Ohio ABLE account funds from Medicaid Estate Recovery [HB-634]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Healthcare ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
To amend section 113.53 of the Revised Code to generally exempt funds in an Ohio ABLE account from collection under the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Require state employee training on neurodivergency engagement [HB-612]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
To enact sections 124.77 and 3304.25 of the Revised Code to require state officers and employees to complete annual training on engaging with individuals who are neurodivergent.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Recognizing the importance of perinatal mental health [HCR-16]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Recognizing the importance of perinatal mental health.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Regards child emergency placement facilities, treatment solutions [HB-512]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Mental Health ]
To enact sections 121.377 and 5101.91 of the Revised Code to create a streamlined licensure process for emergency placement facilities for children and to require the Ohio Family and Children First Cabinet Council to work with stakeholders to develop treatment and placement solutions for children with developmental or intellectual challenges and high acuity behaviors.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Enacts Lauren's Law regarding developmental disability care [HB-465]
[Healthcare ]
[Disabilities ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Human Services ]
To amend section 5123.01 and to enact sections 5123.1910, 5123.1911, 5123.1912, 5123.1913, 5123.1914, 5123.1915, 5123.1916, 5123.1917, and 5123.1918 of the Revised Code to permit a resident of a licensed residential facility to conduct electronic monitoring of the resident's room and to name this act Lauren's Law.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Enact the Building Safer Communities for Ohio's Children Act [HB-420]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To enact sections 5164.97, 5180.50, 5180.51, 5180.52, 5180.53, 5180.54, 5180.55, and 5180.56 of the Revised Code to establish the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention within the Department of Children and Youth, to require the Office to administer grant programs aimed at reducing firearm violence, to name this act the "Building Safer Communities for Ohio's Children Act," and to make an appropriation.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Enact Employment, Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Act [HB-427]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Disabilities ]
To amend sections 4111.06, 4111.14, 5122.28, 5123.022, 5123.023, and 5123.87 and to enact section 4111.061 of the Revised Code to phase out the subminimum wage for individuals with physical or mental disabilities and to name this act the Ohio Employment First and Greater Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Act.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Regards Ashtabula County and Conneaut Municipal courts [HB-413]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 1901.02 and 1907.11 of the Revised Code to replace two part-time judgeships in the Ashtabula County County Court with one full-time judge and to include the village of North Kingsville and Kingsville, Monroe, and Sheffield Townships within the territorial jurisdiction of the Conneaut Municipal Court.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Authorize income tax credit for disability-related home expenses [HB-405]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Disabilities ]
To amend sections 5747.08 and 5747.98 and to enact section 5747.86 of the Revised Code to authorize a refundable income tax credit for disability-related home expenses.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
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.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Revise laws governing accessible parking [HB-391]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
To amend sections 311.30, 505.541, 509.04, 3501.29, 3781.111, 4503.038, 4503.10, 4503.12, 4503.41, 4503.44, 4511.69, 4517.12, 4521.01, 4521.02, 4731.481, and 4734.161 and to enact sections 4503.441, 4503.442, 4503.443, 4503.444, 4503.445, 4503.446, 4503.447, 4503.448, 4511.691, 4511.692, 4511.693, 4511.694, 4511.695, 4511.696, 4511.697, 4511.698, and 4511.699 of the Revised Code to make changes to the laws governing accessible parking.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Establish an alternative to guardianship for certain adults [SB-213]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To enact sections 5123.68, 5123.681, 5123.682, 5123.683, 5123.684, 5123.685, and 5123.686 of the Revised Code to establish supported decision-making as a nonrestrictive alternative to guardianship for adults with developmental disabilities.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Establish Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Commission [HB-352]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Mental Health ]
To enact sections 103.55, 103.551, and 103.552 of the Revised Code to establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Commission.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Allow child support orders for children over 18 with a disability [HB-338]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
To amend sections 1901.08, 1901.261, 1907.261, 2303.201, 3119.01, 3119.66, 3119.86, and 3119.88 and to enact sections 3109.20, 3119.10, 3119.11, 3119.12, 3119.861, 3119.862, and 3119.863 of the Revised Code to allow child support orders to be issued, modified, or extended for children over 18 with a disability, to change the status of the judge of the Lebanon Municipal Court from part-time to full-time, and to clarify disbursement of funds related to computerization fees.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Recognize Prader-Willi syndrome as a developmental disability [HB-337]
[Disabilities ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 5123.01 and 5126.01 of the Revised Code to recognize Prader-Willi syndrome as a developmental disability.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Require correctional facilities to provide teletypewriter access [HB-325]
[Crime ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To enact sections 341.193, 753.022, and 5120.052 of the Revised Code to require municipal and county correctional facilities and state correctional institutions to provide inmates who are deaf, hard of hearing, or severely speech impaired with access to teletypewriters.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Regards childhood sexual abuse registrants, offense of grooming [HB-322]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2901.13, 3797.01, 3797.04, 3797.10, and 3797.12; to enact section 2907.071; and to repeal section 3797.11 of the Revised Code to impose a civil penalty, rather than a criminal penalty, on a person who fails to register with the childhood sexual abuse civil registry, to eliminate the residence restriction on such person, to create the offense of grooming, and to extend the limitation period for prosecuting a violation of the law requiring certain persons to report child abuse or neglect under certain circumstances.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Urge Congress support military, veteran mental health treatment [SCR-9]
[Mental Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Healthcare ]
To urge the U.S. Congress to support the provision of prompt and comprehensive mental health treatment to military personnel and veterans who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other service-related stress disorders.
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Urge federal govt reduce processing time-veteran disability claim [SCR-8]
[Veterans ]
To urge the President of the United States, the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the United States Congress to take prompt action to reduce the processing time for veterans' disability benefit claims.