Enact Health Equity In All Health Related Policy Act [HB-653]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
To amend section 103.13 and to enact sections 103.132 and 3701.35 of the Revised Code to require the Legislative Service Commission to create health impact statements for introduced bills, to create the Health and Equity Interagency Team, and to name this act the Health Equity In All Health Related Policy Act.
HB-653: Enact Health Equity In All Health Related Policy Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Brigid Kelly
Refer To Committee: Health on 05/17/2022
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 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility [HB-651]
[Food ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
To amend section 5101.54 and to enact sections 5101.546, 5101.547, 5101.548, and 5101.549 of the Revised Code regarding eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
HB-651: Regards Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Refer To Committee: Families, Aging, And Human Services on 05/17/2022
Regards employment conditions for certain registered nurses [HB-637]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
To amend sections 3727.50, 3727.51, 3727.52, and 3727.53 and to enact sections 3727.80, 3727.81, 3727.82, 3727.83, 3727.84, 3727.85, 3727.86, 3727.87, 3727.88, and 3727.89 of the Revised Code regarding staffing ratios and other employment conditions for registered nurses employed by hospitals.
HB-637: Regards employment conditions for certain registered nurses
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Skindell
Refer To Committee: Health on 05/17/2022
Designate responsibilities regarding special use pools [HB-627]
[Public Health ]
To amend sections 993.01, 3749.01, 3749.03, 3749.04, and 3749.07 and to enact section 993.11 of the Revised Code to designate the regulatory responsibilities regarding special use pools.
HB-627: Designate responsibilities regarding special use pools
Sponsored by: Rep. Sara P. Carruthers
Refer To Committee: Agriculture And Conservation on 05/17/2022
Require coverage of medically necessary donor human milk [SB-314]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
To enact sections 3701.62, 3902.63, and 5164.072 of the Revised Code to require health benefit plan and Medicaid coverage of medically necessary donor human milk.
SB-314: Require coverage of medically necessary donor human milk
Sponsored by: Sen. Kenny Yuko
Refer To Committee: Health on 03/16/2022
Regards domestic worker wages, overtime, other employment matters [SB-295]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To amend sections 4111.02, 4111.08, 4111.10, 4111.13, 4111.14, 4111.99, 4112.01, 4112.02, and 4112.052 and to enact sections 4111.021, 4111.031, and 4112.025 of the Revised Code regarding wages, overtime, and other matters related to the employment of domestic workers.
SB-295: Regards domestic worker wages, overtime, other employment matters
Sponsored by: Sen. Vernon Sykes
Refer To Committee: Workforce And Higher Education on 02/16/2022
Relating To Purchases Of Health And Human Services Under Chapter 103f, Hawaii Revised Statutes. [HB-1663]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Requires state moneys used to procure health and human services to be the funding source of last resort. Requires a purchasing agent to give a preference to an applicant that is a qualified medicaid provider when evaluating competitive purchase of health and human services contract proposals. Specifies that if 2 otherwise equally qualified applicants are seeking the same purchases of services contract, the purchasing agency shall select the applicant who is a qualified medicaid provider. Requires the Department of Health to provide an explanation
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HB-1663: Relating To Purchases Of Health And Human Services Under Chapter 103f, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita
The Committee(s) On Hhh Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 02/10/2022
Relating To Health And Human Services. [HB-730]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Requires a purchasing agent to give a preference to an applicant that is a qualified medicaid provider when evaluating competitive purchase of health and human services contract proposals. Specifies that if two otherwise equally qualified applicants are seeking the same purchases of services contract, the purchasing agency shall select the applicant who is a qualified medicaid provider. Requires the department of health to provide an explanation of how providers may capture federal medicaid moneys. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
HB-730: Relating To Health And Human Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson
Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021
Authorize private right of action for abortion or aiding abortion [HB-480]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
To amend section 1.59 and to enact sections 2919.08, 2919.081, 2919.082, 2919.083, 2919.084, 2919.085, 2919.086, 2919.087, 2919.088, 2919.089, 2919.0810, and 2919.0811 of the Revised Code to enact the 2363 Act to authorize a private right of action against a person for performing or inducing an abortion or engaging in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion.
HB-480: Authorize private right of action for abortion or aiding abortion
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin
Refer To Committee: Families, Aging, And Human Services on 11/09/2021
Increase penalty-certain assault offenses against peace officers [HB-475]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Gaming ]
To amend sections 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2935.01, and 4973.17 of the Revised Code to increase penalties for certain assault offenses if the victim is a hospital police officer or special police officer, to provide a municipal corporation or county with immunity for certain actions of a hospital police officer, and to include gaming agents of the Casino Control Commission as peace officers under the general statutory definition of that term.
HB-475: Increase penalty-certain assault offenses against peace officers
Sponsored by: Sen. Kent Smith
Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 11/02/2021
Designate The Night We Remember [HB-474]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
To enact section 5.2529 of the Revised Code to designate the third Friday of November as "The Night We Remember" in honor of those whose lives have been touched by cancer.
HB-474: Designate The Night We Remember
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Carfagna
Refer To Committee: Health on 11/02/2021
Establish 9-8-8 suicide and mental health crisis line [HB-468]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
To enact sections 5119.80, 5119.801, and 5119.802 of the Revised Code to establish a 9-8-8 suicide hotline in Ohio.
HB-468: Establish 9-8-8 suicide and mental health crisis line
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas F. Patton
Refer To Committee: Health on 05/31/2022
Enact the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act [HB-454]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
To enact sections 3129.01, 3129.02, 3129.03, 3129.04, 3129.05, 3129.06, 3129.07, and 3129.08 of the Revised Code to prohibit certain procedures to alter a minor child's sex and to designate this act as the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act.
HB-454: Enact the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin
Refer To Committee: Families, Aging, And Human Services on 10/26/2021
Require Director of Health license certain swimming facilities [HB-457]
[Public Health ]
[Recreation ]
[Water ]
To enact section 3749.021 of the Revised Code to require the Director of Health to establish licensing and safety requirements governing commercial enterprises that allow swimming or other aquatic activities on man-made ponds, lakes, or other similar bodies of water.
HB-457: Require Director of Health license certain swimming facilities
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Hall
Refer To Committee: Health on 10/26/2021
Regards prescription drug readers for visually impaired patients [HB-448]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To amend sections 3902.50, 3902.60, 3902.70, and 5167.12 and to enact sections 3902.80, 4729.362, and 5164.092 of the Revised Code regarding prescription drug readers for visually impaired patients.
HB-448: Regards prescription drug readers for visually impaired patients
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas E. West
Refer To Committee: Insurance on 10/13/2021
Require asbestos plaintiff to file specified disclosure statement [SB-252]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To enact section 2307.931 of the Revised Code to require a plaintiff in a tort action alleging an asbestos claim to file a sworn statement of specified disclosures.
SB-252: Require asbestos plaintiff to file specified disclosure statement
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 10/06/2021