Health And Human Services

State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brigid Kelly Refer To Committee: Health on 05/17/2022

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Fraizer Refer To Committee: Finance on 05/17/2022

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein Refer To Committee: Families, Aging, And Human Services on 05/17/2022

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

Regards liability for donations of perishable food [SB-333] [Food ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ]
To amend section 2305.37 of the Revised Code to alter the law governing immunity from liability for donations of perishable food.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kristina D. Roegner Reported: Government Oversight And Reform on 12/07/2022

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Skindell Refer To Committee: Health on 05/17/2022

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sara P. Carruthers Refer To Committee: Agriculture And Conservation on 05/17/2022

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

Urge President recommend not closing Chillicothe VA Med Center [HCR-46] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
To urge President Biden not to recommend to Congress that the Veterans Affairs Medical Center located in Chillicothe, Ohio be closed.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein Refer To Committee: Veterans And Public Safety on 11/15/2022

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kenny Yuko Refer To Committee: Health on 03/16/2022

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

Designate Ohio Stroke Awareness Month [SB-305] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ]
To enact section 5.2529 of the Revised Code to designate May as "Ohio Stroke Awareness Month."

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sandra R. Williams Refer To Committee: Health on 03/02/2022

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Vernon Sykes Refer To Committee: Workforce And Higher Education on 02/16/2022

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita The Committee(s) On Hhh Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 02/10/2022

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2022 Regular Session

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)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin Refer To Committee: Families, Aging, And Human Services on 11/09/2021

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kent Smith Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 11/02/2021

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Carfagna Refer To Committee: Health on 11/02/2021

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas F. Patton Refer To Committee: Health on 05/31/2022

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin Refer To Committee: Families, Aging, And Human Services on 10/26/2021

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Hall Refer To Committee: Health on 10/26/2021

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas E. West Refer To Committee: Insurance on 10/13/2021

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 134th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 10/06/2021

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