Health And Human Services : Public Health

State (Ohio)
Ohio 131st General Assembly

Addresses diabetes [SB-287] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
To enact sections 3701.90, 3701.901, and 3701.902 of the Revised Code to require state agencies to assess the prevalence of all types of diabetes in Ohio, to establish goals and plans to reduce that prevalence, and to submit biennial reports with findings and recommendations for fiscal and legislative policies on diabetes prevention, treatment, and management.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cliff Hite Refer To Committee: Health And Aging on 11/10/2016

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Ohio 131st General Assembly

Creates the Malnutrition Prevention Commission [SB-245] [Healthcare ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Health ] [Food ]
To create the Malnutrition Prevention Commission to study malnutrition among older adults.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gayle Manning Refer To Committee: Health And Aging on 11/10/2016

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Ohio 131st General Assembly

Exempts first $500 on optical aids from sales tax [SB-216] [Taxes ] [Consumer Protection ] [Healthcare ]
To amend sections 5739.01 and 5741.01 of the Revised Code to exempt the first $500 of prescription eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other optical aids sold by licensed dispensers from sales and use tax.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Burke Refer To Committee: Ways And Means on 09/30/2015

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 131st General Assembly

Prohibits selling microbeads [SB-193] [Environmental ] [Consumer Protection ] [Waste Management / Recycling ]
To amend section 3715.99 and to enact section 3715.522 of the Revised Code to prohibit the sale of microbeads.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Randall Gardner Refer To Committee: Energy And Natural Resources on 09/17/2015

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 131st General Assembly

Requires study on substance abuse recovery prison [SB-15] [Crime ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Criminal Justice ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Law Enforcement ]
To enact section 5120.035 of the Revised Code to require the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, by December 15, 2015, to study the feasibility of converting an existing facility into a substance abuse recovery prison and to specify that the General Assembly is to consider expanding the pilot program for medication-assisted treatment for drug offenders.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Keith Faber Introduced on 02/02/2015

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 131st General Assembly

Allows entities to withdraw from household sewage system rules [SB-118] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Public Health ]
To enact section 3718.026 of the Revised Code to authorize a board of county commissioners or municipal legislative authority to elect to withdraw the county or municipal corporation from the application of any rule adopted after January 1, 2014, by the Department of Health governing the design of household sewage treatment systems.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Eklund Refer To Committee: Energy And Natural Resources on 03/10/2015

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 131st General Assembly

Designates an awareness month [SB-117] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
To enact section 5.2298 of the Revised Code to designate October as "Rett Syndrome Awareness Month."

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Hughes Effective 2/1/16 on 02/01/2016

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 131st General Assembly

Establishes microcystin level requirements in public water [SB-114] [Water ] [Public Health ] [Environmental ]
To enact section 6109.25 of the Revised Code to establish requirements and procedures pertaining to levels of microcystin in public water systems.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Skindell Refer To Committee: Health And Human Services on 03/10/2015

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Ohio 131st General Assembly

Requires public buildings to have adult changing station [SB-112] [Disabilities ] [Public Health ] [Construction ] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ]
To amend section 3781.109 of the Revised Code to require public buildings to have at least one rest room facility with an adult changing station.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Peggy Lehner Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 03/10/2015

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Ohio 131st General Assembly

Provides building owners with hearing before township action [SB-104] [Housing ] [Construction ] [Real Estate ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
To amend sections 505.86 and 3929.86 of the Revised Code to provide owners and lienholders of insecure, unsafe, or structurally defective or unfit buildings with a right to a hearing before the board of township trustees proceeds to remove, repair, or secure the buildings.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta Tavares Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 03/04/2015

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 131st General Assembly

Addresses agricultural regulations and application of fertilizer [SB-1] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Waste Management / Recycling ]
To amend sections 6109.10 and to enact sections 903.40, 905.326, 905.327, 1511.10, 1511.11, 3745.50, and 6111.32 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 333.30 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly to require applicators of fertilizer or manure to comply with specified requirements, to establish requirements governing dredged material and phosphorous testing by publicly owned treatment works.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Peterson Effective 7/3/15 on 07/03/2015

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 131st General Assembly

Designates an awareness day [HB-98] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ]
To amend section 5.2281 of the Revised Code to designate the fourteenth day of May as "Childhood Apraxia of Speech Awareness Day."

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Brown Effective 5/17/16 on 05/17/2016

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Ohio 131st General Assembly

Reduce heroin addiction [HB-621] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Mental Health ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
To enact sections 5101.93, 5101.931, 5101.932, 5101.933, 5101.934, 5101.935, 5101.936, 5101.937, 5101.938, 5101.939, and 5101.9310 of the Revised Code to establish a program to reduce heroin addiction and death rates in Ohio and to make an appropriation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Niraj Antani Introduced on 11/29/2016

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 131st General Assembly

Designates an awareness week [HB-62] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ]
To enact section 5.2299 of the Revised Code to designate the second week of September as "Krabbe Disease Awareness Week."

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Buchy Effective 10/15/15 on 10/15/2015

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Ohio 131st General Assembly

Authorizes contributing tax refund to cancer reporting [HB-572] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Funding ]
To amend section 5747.113 and to enact section 3701.265 of the Revised Code to allow taxpayers to contribute all or a portion of their income tax refunds to support improved cancer reporting through the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System Fund.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Leland Refer To Committee: Ways And Means on 11/10/2016

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 131st General Assembly

Requires rules for reviews of restaurant inspectors [HB-551] [Agriculture ] [Public Health ] [Food ]
To enact section 3717.042 of the Revised Code to require the Director of Agriculture and the Director of Health to adopt rules governing reviews of registered sanitarians and sanitarians-in-training who conduct inspections of retail food establishments and food service operations.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Hill Refer To Committee: State Government on 05/17/2016

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 131st General Assembly

Creates a Parkinson's Disease registry [HB-499] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Science ]
To amend section 3701.571 and to enact sections 3701.90 and 3701.901 of the Revised Code to establish the Ohio Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Registry.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring Refer To Committee: Health And Aging on 04/13/2016

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 131st General Assembly

Regulates disposal of fetal remains from abortion [HB-419] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
To amend sections 3701.341 and 3705.17 and to enact sections 3701.3410, 3701.3411, 3701.3412, 3701.3413, and 3701.3414 of the Revised Code regarding the disposition of fetal remains from abortions.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Ginter Reported - Substitute: Health And Aging on 04/13/2016

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Ohio 131st General Assembly

Prohibits manufacture and sale of microbeads [HB-400] [Environmental ] [Consumer Protection ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Public Health ]
To amend section 3715.99 and to enact sections 3715.522, 3715.523, and 3715.524 of the Revised Code to prohibit the manufacture and sale of microbeads, and to create a consumer education program about best practices for microbeads.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Patterson Refer To Committee: Commerce And Labor on 01/20/2016

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 131st General Assembly

Repeals law prohibiting health insurance coverage of abortion [HB-360] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
To amend sections 3727.60 and 5101.57 and to repeal sections 9.04 and 3901.87 of the Revised Code to repeal the prohibitions against including abortion coverage in insurance plans purchased through the federal health insurance exchange and in health insurance policies, contracts, or plans offered to public officers and employees.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nickie Antonio Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 10/26/2015

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