Require drug testing for certain applicants for unemployment comp [HB-704]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
To amend sections 4141.28 and 4141.29 and to enact section 4141.294 of the Revised Code to require applicants for unemployment benefits to submit to a drug test under certain circumstances, to require the Director of Job and Family Services to operate an Ohio Works First drug testing pilot program, and to make an appropriation.
HB-704: Require drug testing for certain applicants for unemployment comp
Sponsored by: Sen. Kyle Koehler
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 06/20/2018
Regards communications with reporters of elder abuse [HB-700]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
To amend section 5101.63 of the Revised Code regarding communication with persons who make reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of the elderly.
HB-700: Regards communications with reporters of elder abuse
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Carfagna
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 06/05/2018
Creates an initiative and a team for health equity [SB-302]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
To amend sections 103.13, 106.031, 111.15, and 119.03 and to enact sections 103.132, 103.133, 127.181, and 3701.36 of the Revised Code to create the Health and Equity in All Policies Initiative and the Health and Equity Interagency Team.
SB-302: Creates an initiative and a team for health equity
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta Tavares
Refer To Committee: Health, Human Services And Medicaid on 06/05/2018
Notify students of Job and Family Services and Medicaid services [HB-663]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
To enact section 3333.0417 of the Revised Code to require the establishment of a program to notify college students of eligibility for programs and services of the Departments of Job and Family Services and Medicaid.
HB-663: Notify students of Job and Family Services and Medicaid services
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Ramos
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 06/05/2018
Provide paint for lead abatement/lead poisoning registry [HB-673]
[Public Health ]
[Housing ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Environmental ]
To enact sections 3742.11 and 3742.12 of the Revised Code to require the Director of Health to develop a program in partnership with paint manufacturers and retailers to provide low-cost paint for use in lead abatement and to establish a registry of residential units where lead poisoning has occurred.
HB-673: Provide paint for lead abatement/lead poisoning registry
Sponsored by: Rep. John Barnes
Refer To Committee: Health on 06/05/2018
Refuse child's gender-based treatment not basis for custody [HB-658]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
To enact sections 2131.14, 2131.141, 2131.142, 2131.143, 2131.144, 2131.145, 2131.146, 2131.147, 2131.148, 2131.149, and 2919.30 of the Revised Code to prohibit a court from using a parent, guardian, or custodian's refusal to allow a child to undergo gender-based treatment as a basis for determining custody of the child.
HB-658: Refuse child's gender-based treatment not basis for custody
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Brinkman
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 06/05/2018
Rank municipalities in supporting academic success [HB-652]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Poverty ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
To enact section 182.01 of the Revised Code to create the Loving State Index and the Loving State Index Commission to evaluate and rank municipal corporations in Ohio regarding critical supports that are vital to student academic success in order to identify gaps in opportunity for low-income individuals and minority individuals.
HB-652: Rank municipalities in supporting academic success
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Howse
Refer To Committee: Education And Career Readiness on 06/05/2018
Regards nutrition assistance program benefit eligibility [HB-608]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
To amend section 5101.54 and to enact sections 5101.545, 5101.546, 5101.547, and 5101.548 of the Revised Code regarding eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
HB-608: Regards nutrition assistance program benefit eligibility
Sponsored by: Rep. Wes Retherford
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 05/15/2018
Increase solid waste transfer and disposal fees [HB-463]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
To amend section 3734.57 of the Revised Code to increase one of the state fees levied on the transfer or disposal of solid waste in Ohio, the proceeds of which are deposited into the Soil and Water Conservation District Assistance Fund, and to make an appropriation.
HB-463: Increase solid waste transfer and disposal fees
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah LaTourette
Refer To Committee: Energy And Natural Resources on 01/24/2018
Relates to medical marijuana payment processing [SB-254]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
To amend section 3796.031 of the Revised Code relating to the closed-loop payment processing system under the medical marijuana control program.
SB-254: Relates to medical marijuana payment processing
Sponsored by: Sen. Louis Terhar
Refer To Committee: Finance on 02/20/2018
Regards social workers and abuse reporting [HB-523]
[Animals ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 109.46, 959.99, 2151.421, 4757.10, 4757.13, 4757.18, 4757.22, 4757.23, 4757.32, and 4757.33 and to enact sections 959.07, 959.08, 959.09, 959.10, 2151.4210, 2919.252, and 4757.25 of the Revised Code to establish animal abuse reporting requirements, to require the Department of Defense Family Advocacy Program to be notified when a person serving in the armed forces is investigated for child abuse or neglect or domestic violence, and to modify the laws regulating counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists.
HB-523: Regards social workers and abuse reporting
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan Manning
Refer To Committee: Health, Human Services And Medicaid on 11/28/2018
Regards PERS credit for nonteaching school employees [HB-547]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Disabilities ]
To enact section 145.018 of the Revised Code regarding Public Employees Retirement System service credit for services as a nonteaching school employee of a county board of development disabilities.
HB-547: Regards PERS credit for nonteaching school employees
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Edwards
Refer To Committee: Aging And Long Term Care on 03/20/2018
Relates to medical marijuana payment processing [HB-495]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
To amend section 3796.031 of the Revised Code relating to the closed-loop payment processing system under the medical marijuana control program.
HB-495: Relates to medical marijuana payment processing
Sponsored by: Rep. William Seitz
Refer To Committee: Government Accountability And Oversight on 02/14/2018
Increase solid waste transfer and disposal fees [SB-228]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
To amend section 3734.57 of the Revised Code to increase one of the state fees levied on the transfer or disposal of solid waste in Ohio, the proceeds of which are deposited into the Soil and Water Conservation District Assistance Fund, and to make an appropriation.
SB-228: Increase solid waste transfer and disposal fees
Sponsored by: Sen. John Eklund
Refer To Committee: Energy And Natural Resources on 11/29/2017
Attack substance abuse [HB-427]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 121.22, 149.43, and 4731.22 and to enact sections 307.631, 307.632, 307.633, 307.634, 307.635, 307.636, 307.637, 307.638, 307.639, 340.038, 3701.049, 3705.161, 5119.63, 5119.64, and 5119.65 of the Revised Code to require monthly drug overdose death reports, to create three community and faith-based substance abuse grant programs, to provide for the establishment of drug overdose fatality review committees, and to make an appropriation.
HB-427: Attack substance abuse
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Re-referred: Finance on 06/05/2018
Regulate chemical capture and euthanasia of animals [HB-552]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 955.16, 959.06, 4729.01, 4729.531, 4729.532, 4729.54, and 4729.55 and to enact sections 955.151, 959.134, 3719.091, 4729.533, 4729.534, 4729.535, 4729.542, 4729.991, and 4741.201 of the Revised Code to establish requirements governing the chemical capture of animals, prohibit the use of gas chambers when euthanizing an animal, and to make changes to the law governing euthanasia of an animal by lethal injection.
HB-552: Regulate chemical capture and euthanasia of animals
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey Rezabek
Refer To Committee: Agriculture on 11/14/2018
License and regulate art therapists [HB-557]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 109.572, 1701.03, 1705.03, 1705.04, 1705.53, 1785.01, 1785.02, 1785.03, 1785.08, 4723.16, 4725.33, 4729.161, 4731.226, 4731.65, 4732.28, 4734.17, 4743.05, 4755.111, 4755.471, 4757.37, 4776.01, and 4776.20 and to enact sections 4785.01, 4785.02, 4785.03, 4785.04, 4785.05, 4785.06, 4785.07, 4785.08, 4785.09, 4785.10, 4785.11, 4785.12, 4785.13, 4785.14, and 4785.99 of the Revised Code to require the licensure of art therapists and to require the Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board to regulate the licensure
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HB-557: License and regulate art therapists
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Reported - Substitute: Health on 06/07/2018
Restore Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program [HCR-15]
[Immigration ]
[Children and Youth ]
To urge the President of the United States to restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program and to urge the Congress of the United States to pass the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2017.
HCR-15: Restore Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Kristin Boggs
Introduced And Referred To Committee: Federalism And Interstate Relations on 09/19/2017
Exempt forensic and mental health examiners from public records [HB-406]
[Mental Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 149.43 and 149.45 of the Revised Code to include forensic mental health providers, mental health evaluation providers, and regional psychiatric hospital employees as individuals whose residential and familial information is exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Law, and whose addresses public offices, upon request, must redact from records available to the general public on the internet.
HB-406: Exempt forensic and mental health examiners from public records
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Carfagna
Introduced on 06/26/2018