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.
SB-287: Addresses diabetes
Sponsored by: Sen. Cliff Hite
Refer To Committee: Health And Aging on 11/10/2016
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.
SB-216: Exempts first $500 on optical aids from sales tax
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Burke
Refer To Committee: Ways And Means on 09/30/2015
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.
SB-193: Prohibits selling microbeads
Sponsored by: Sen. Randall Gardner
Refer To Committee: Energy And Natural Resources on 09/17/2015
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.
SB-15: Requires study on substance abuse recovery prison
Sponsored by: Rep. Keith Faber
Introduced on 02/02/2015
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.
SB-118: Allows entities to withdraw from household sewage system rules
Sponsored by: Sen. John Eklund
Refer To Committee: Energy And Natural Resources on 03/10/2015
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."
SB-117: Designates an awareness month
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Hughes
Effective 2/1/16 on 02/01/2016
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.
SB-112: Requires public buildings to have adult changing station
Sponsored by: Sen. Peggy Lehner
Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 03/10/2015
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.
SB-104: Provides building owners with hearing before township action
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta Tavares
Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 03/04/2015
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.
SB-1: Addresses agricultural regulations and application of fertilizer
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Peterson
Effective 7/3/15 on 07/03/2015
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."
HB-98: Designates an awareness day
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Brown
Effective 5/17/16 on 05/17/2016
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.
HB-621: Reduce heroin addiction
Sponsored by: Sen. Niraj Antani
Introduced on 11/29/2016
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."
HB-62: Designates an awareness week
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Buchy
Effective 10/15/15 on 10/15/2015
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.
HB-572: Authorizes contributing tax refund to cancer reporting
Sponsored by: Rep. David Leland
Refer To Committee: Ways And Means on 11/10/2016
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.
HB-551: Requires rules for reviews of restaurant inspectors
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Hill
Refer To Committee: State Government on 05/17/2016
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.
HB-499: Creates a Parkinson's Disease registry
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Refer To Committee: Health And Aging on 04/13/2016
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.
HB-419: Regulates disposal of fetal remains from abortion
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Ginter
Reported - Substitute: Health And Aging on 04/13/2016
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.
HB-400: Prohibits manufacture and sale of microbeads
Sponsored by: Rep. John Patterson
Refer To Committee: Commerce And Labor on 01/20/2016
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.
HB-360: Repeals law prohibiting health insurance coverage of abortion
Sponsored by: Sen. Nickie Antonio
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 10/26/2015