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July 31, 2008 (for 127th General Assembly 2007- 2008) Reverse chronological order

SB 339 UNIFORM GIFT ACT - To adopt the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. Second Hearing May 27, 2008. TEXT

SB 311 VACCINATED/STUDENTS ON CAMPUS/MENINGITIS - To amend sections 1713.55, 3332.25, 3345.85, and 3701.133 of the Revised Code to require that students living in on-campus housing at institutions of higher education be vaccinated for meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B or obtain a waiver. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. Third Hearing May 27, 2008. TEXT

SB 304 BABY SAFE HAVEN LAW -To amend section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code to increase the time after birth that a parent may voluntarily deliver the child to a safe haven without the parent expressing an intent to return for the child. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. Second hearing April 9, 2008. Third hearing April 16, 2008. TEXT

*SB 302 WILL EXECUTION - To amend sections 2107.03 and 2107.24 of the Revised Code to require a will to be attested and subscribed by the witnesses in the conscious presence, instead of in the presence, of the testator and to provide that a decedent who signs a document that is a purported will sign in the conscious presence of the witnesses. Passed out of the Senate April 30, 2008. Introduced in the House. Reported out of the House Judiciary Committee May 22, 2008. Passed out of the House May 28, 2008. Signed by the Governor: June 11, 2008; Effective in 90 days. TEXT

SB 278 COVERAGE OF CANCER TESTING - To enact sections 1751.69, 3923.651, and 5111.017 of the Revised Code to require certain health care policies, contracts, agreements, and plans, as well as the state's Medicaid program, to provide benefits for colorectal examinations and laboratory tests for cancer. Passed the Senate May 28, 2008.

SB 272 PACE PROGRAM - CARE FOR THE ELDERLY - To enact section 173.501 of the Revised Code to specify areas the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is to serve. Passed out of the Senate May 13, 2008. TEXT

SB 251 PILOT HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM - To enact sections 3701.94 and 3701.941 to 3701.945 of the Revised Code to create the Pilot Accessing to Health grant program and to make an appropriation. Introduced in the Senate November 2007. Second hearing January 29, 2008.

SB 245 ACUPUNCTURE -To amend sections 4725.01, 4730.11, 4762.02, 4762.03, 4762.031, 4762.04 to 4762.06, 4762.08 to 4762.11, 4762.13, 4762.131, 4762.132, 4762.15, 4762.16, and 4762.18 and to enact section 4762.22 of the Revised Code to modify the laws regarding the practice of acupuncturists, to specify the conditions that optometrists must meet when prescribing certain anti-inflammatory drugs, and to provide that certain physician assistant students are not required to obtain a master's or higher degree as a condition of being eligible to practice in Ohio. Passed out of the Senate February 5, 2008. Passed out of the House. Concurred by Senate May 14, 2008. TEXT .

SB 232 CHILD CARE LAWS - Revised Code to revise the law governing child care. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. Fourth Hearing May 27, 2008. TEXT

SB 230 OBSTETRIC ULTRSOUNDS - To amend section 4731.22 and to enact section 2317.561 of the Revised Code to require that a woman who is to have an abortion be given the opportunity to view any available obstetric ultrasound image. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. First hearing October 17, 2007. Second hearing October 24, 2007. TEXT

*SB 229 RADIOLOGY ASSISTANTS - To amend sections 4731.051, 4731.07, 4731.22, 4731.224, 4731.24, and 4731.25 and to enact sections 4774.01, 4774.02, 4774.03, 4774.031, 4774.04 to 4774.06, 4774.08 to 4774.11, 4774.13, 4774.131, 4774.132, 4774.14 to 4774.18, 4774.20, 4774.21, and 4774.99 of the Revised Code to regulate the practice of radiologist assistants. Passed out of the Senate April 23, 2008. Passed out of the House May 29, 2008. Concurred by Senate May 29, 2008. Signed by the Governor on June 11, 2008 - Effective in 90 days. TEXT

SB 203 PHARMACY STAFFING - To amend sections 2305.234, 2925.01, 2925.09, 3715.01, 3715.64, 3719.01, 3719.12, 3719.121, 4303.34, 4729.01, 4729.06, 4729.15, 4729.16, 4729.18, 4729.26, 4729.28, 4729.38, 4729.55, 4729.67, and 4729.99 and to enact sections 4729.271 and 4729.42 to 4729.50 of the Revised Code to require the State Board of Pharmacy to certify and regulate individuals who work as pharmacy technicians. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. Second hearing December 5, 2007. Third hearing May 7, 2008. TEXT

SB 195 SMOKING - To amend sections 3794.01 and 3794.03 of the Revised Code to allow smoking in cigar bars and in outdoor seating areas of restaurants that are at least 20 feet away from an entrance, exit, or window of the restaurant. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. First hearing October 10, 2007. Second hearing October 17, 2007. Third hearing October 24, 2007. TEXT

SB 194 HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION - to create the Department of Health Care Administration; to transfer the Medicaid Program, Children's Health Insurance Program Parts I and II, Hospital Care Assurance Program, Disability Medical Assistance Program, Ohio's Best Rx Program, and Residential State Supplement Program to the new department; to require the new department to create a central pharmaceutical purchasing office; and to make an appropriation. Hearing October 10, 2007. TEXT

SB 186 INSURANCE COVERAGE - CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS - To amend sections 1739.05 and 1751.01 and to enact section 3923.80 of the Revised Code to prohibit insurers, public employee benefit plans, and multiple employer welfare arrangements from excluding coverage for routine patient care administered as part of a cancer clinical trial. Introduced in the Senate. An amended bill was reported out of the Senate Insurance Committee October 31, 2007. Passed the Senate January 15, 2008. Introduced in the House. Pending in the House Insurance Committee. First hearing February 5, 2008.

SB 178 DENTAL HYGIENISTS - To amend sections 4715.22, 4715.23, 4715.39, and 4715.64 and to enact sections 4715.221, 4715.222, 4715.223, 4715.224, 4715.225, 4715.226, 4715.227, 4715.228, 4715.229, and 4715.2210 of the Revised Code to permit dental hygienists to enter into collaboration agreements with dentists. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. Third hearing October 17, 2007. TEXT

SB 169 MEDICAID FRAUD - To enact sections 109.45, 109.46, 109.47, 109.48, and 109.49 of the Revised Code to prohibit and provide civil penalties for the filing of false or fraudulent claims with the state and for defrauding the state of money or property in relation to the Medicaid program, to create a procedure for the investigation by the Attorney General of suspected violations, and to authorize the Attorney General and private persons to bring civil enforcement actions on behalf of the state. Introduced in the Senate May 15, 2007. Pending in the Senate Judiciary on Civil Justice Committee. First hearing May 20, 2008 . TEXT

SB 168 UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE - To enact sections 3922.01 to 3922.15, 3922.21 to 3922.28, 3922.31, 3922.32, and 3922.33 of the Revised Code to establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan to provide universal health care coverage to all Ohio residents. Introduced in the Senate May 15, 2007. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. First hearing April 16, 2008. TEXT

SB 167 OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB & FAMILY SERVICES OVERSIGHT - To enact section 5101.90 of the Revised Code to create the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Oversight Commission. Introduced in the Senate May 15, 2007. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. TEXT

SB 147 RECRUITMENT OF NURSES - To amend section 5120.55 of the Revised Code to permit the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to recruit nurses and dentists through a loan repayment program. Passed the Senate April 9, 2008. TEXT

SB 138 MEDICAID/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY - To enact section 5111.0119 of the Revised Code regarding coverage of occupational therapy services under the Medicaid program. Introduced in the Senate April 5, 2007. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. TEXT

SB 127 UNIFORM CONTRACTING - To amend sections 1751.13 and 1753.09, to enact sections 3963.01 to 3963.09, and to repeal sections 1753.03, 1753.04, 1753.05, and 1753.08 of the Revised Code to establish certain uniform contract provisions between health care providers and third-party payers, to establish standardized credentialing, and to require third-party payers to provide to health care providers specified information concerning enrollees. Pending in the Senate Judiciary on Civil Justice Committee. First hearing May 20, 2008 . TEXT

SB 121 LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE - To amend sections 5111.011 and 5111.0118 and to enact section 5111.182 of the Revised Code to establish a Medicaid program for individuals who exhaust benefits under a qualified long-term care insurance policy. Introduced in the Senate March 20, 2007. Pending in the Senate Insurance Committee. Text

SB 120 SPECIALTY HOSPITALS/MANDATE EMERGENCY ROOMS - To amend section 3727.05 and to enact sections 3727.50 and 3727.51 of the Revised Code to require hospitals to operate emergency departments and maintain Medicaid and Medicare provider agreements, to provide exemptions to these requirements, and to permit the Director of Health to seek an injunction for violation of these requirements. Text Introduced in the Senate March 20, 2007. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. Fourth hearing June 20, 2007.

SB 115 HEALTH INSURANCE/CHILDREN - To amend sections 1739.05, 1751.14, and 3923.24 and to enact section 3923.84 of the Revised Code to require health insurers to provide coverage for dependent children until the age of thirty if the child meets specified conditions. Text Reported out of the Senate Insurance Committee May 27, 2008 .

SB 114 EPILESPY DRUGS - To amend sections 4729.38 and 4729.99 and to enact section 4729.382 of the Revised Code regarding substitution of drugs intended to treat epilepsy. Text Pending in the Senate Health Committee. Fourth hearing April 16, 2008. Fifth hearing May 7, 2008. Sixth hearing May 14, 2008.

SB 110 STUDENT TESTING/DYSLEXIA & RELATED DISORDERS - To amend section 3314.03 and to enact section 3313.6015 of the Revised Code to require public and chartered nonpublic schools to test students for dyslexia and related disorders and to provide intervention services to students identified as having dyslexia or a related disorder. Text Pending in the Senate Education Committee. First hearing March 27, 2007.

SB 106 CANCER STUDY - To create the task force to study cancer death rates among African Americans in Ohio Text Pending in the Senate Health Committee. First hearing March 28, 2007. Second hearing May 9, 2007. Third hearing May 16, 2007.

SB 104 THIRD PARTY PAYERS/HEALTH INSURANCE - To amend section 3901.386 of the Revised Code to require insurers and other third-party payers to accept and honor assignment-of-benefit agreements entered into between plan beneficiaries and treating health care providers. Text

SB 99 DIABETES - HEALTH CARE COVERAGE - To amend section 1751.01 and to enact sections 1751.69, 3923.71, and 3923.72 of the Revised Code to require certain health care policies, contracts, agreements, and plans to provide benefits for equipment, supplies, and medication for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of diabetes and for diabetes self-management education. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Insurance Committee. First Hearing October 10, 2007. Second hearing November 14, 2007. Text

SB 98 AUTISM DIAGNOSIS EDUCATION PROGRAM - To enact section 3701.135 of the Revised Code to create the Autism Diagnosis Education Pilot Program and to provide funding for the Pilot Program by making an appropriation for the biennium beginning on July 1, 2007. Text Pending in the Senate Finance Committee. First hearing March 30, 2007.

SB 81 BRAIN ANEURYSM AWARENESS - To enact section 5.2250 of the Revised Code to designate the month of September as "Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month" in Ohio. Reported out of the Senate Health Committee. Passed out of the Senate May 10, 2007. Introduced in the House. Pending in the House State Government Committee. First hearing September 11, 2007. TEXT

SB 76 MARCH OF DIMES/CONTRIBUTIONS amend sections 1517.11, 1531.26, 5101.98, and 5747.113 and to enact section 3701.032 of the Revised Code to allow taxpayers to make contributions to the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation through their income tax returns.

SB 75 DIABETES ASSOC/CONTRIBUTIONS - To amend sections 1517.11, 1531.26, 5101.98, and 5747.113 and to enact section 3701.032 of the Revised Code to allow taxpayers to contribute to the American Diabetes Association through their income tax return

SB 68 PRACTICE OF MEDICINE - CULTURAL COMPETENCY - To amend sections 4731.091, 4731.14, and 4731.281 and to enact sections 4731.093 and 4731.284 of the Revised Code to require instruction in cultural competency to qualify to obtain or renew a certificate of registration to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. First hearing April 25, 2007 .

SB 65 NURSES/TUITION REIMBURSEMENT/TAX CREDITS/OVERTIME - To amend sections 5747.01, 5747.08, and 5747.98 and to enact sections 3727.18, 3727.181, 3727.182, 3727.183, 3727.184, 3727.185, 3727.186, 3727.187, 4723.11, 4723.111, and 5747.72 of the Revised Code regarding tuition reimbursement, tax credits, and mandatory overtime for nurses and nurse aides. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. First hearing March 28, 2007.

SB 63 STEM CELL RESEARCH - To enact sections 2307.54, 2927.16, 3701.86, and 3701.861 of the Revised Code regarding stem cell research

SB 61 NURSES/HEALTH CHECK/DOOR-TO-DOOR - To enact section 3701.142 of the Revised Code to require the Director of Health to establish pilot programs in seven counties for the purpose of providing door-to-door health checks by nurses or other health professionals in neighborhoods or areas that have traditionally lacked access to health care providers or services and to make an appropriation for the biennium beginning on July 1, 2007

SB 59 MANDATING ARBITRATION/MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS - To amend section 2305.113 and to enact sections 2339.01 to 2339.16 of the Revised Code to establish a pilot program mandating arbitration for claims of medical negligence prior to the filing of a complaint, to suspend, for nine years, sections 2711.21 to 2711.24 of the Revised Code as the sections apply to medical negligence claims, and to terminate the provisions of this act ten years after the effective date of this act by repealing sections 2339.01, 2339.02, 2339.03, 2339.04, 2339.05, 2339.06, 2339.07, 2339.08, 2339.09, 2339.10, 2339.11, 2339.12, 2339.13, 2339.14, 2339.15, and 2339.16 of the Revised Code on that date. Pending in the Senate Insurance Committee. Fourth hearing November 14, 2007.

*SB 58 PHARMACISTS/IMMUNIZATION ADMINISTRATION - To amend sections 4729.01, 4729.17, and 4729.41 of the Revised Code to modify the authority of pharmacists to administer immunizations and to make changes in certain voting procedures of the State Board of Pharmacy. Signed by the Governor May 31, 2007. Effective August 30, 2007. TEXT

SB 53 CLINICAL COUNSELORS/HOSPITAL TRANSPORTING PERSONS - To amend section 5122.10 of the Revised Code to permit a licensed professional clinical counselor to take certain persons into custody and transport those persons to a hospital. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. Third hearing June 6, 2007 .

SB 47 UNREIMBURSED MEDICAL EXPENSES/TAX DEDUCTION - To amend section 5747.01 of the Revised Code to increase the amount of unreimbursed medical expenses that an individual may deduct in computing Ohio income tax.

SB 43 EMS - AMBULANCE STAFFING - To amend sections 4765.01, 4765.11, 4765.28, 4765.29, 4765.30, 4765.43, 4765.50, and 4765.99 of the Revised Code to modify the ambulance staffing and personnel certification requirements for emergency medical service organizations that use volunteers.

SB 33 ACUPUNCTURE/CHIROPRACTORS/DRUG REPOSITORY PROGRAM - To amend sections 1701.03, 1705.03, 1705.04, 1705.53, 1785.01, 1785.02, 1785.03, 1785.08, 3715.87, 3715.871, 3715.872, 3715.873, 4723.16, 4725.33, 4729.161, 4731.226, 4731.23, 4731.65, 4732.28, 4734.10, 4734.15, 4734.16, 4734.17, 4734.19, 4734.31, 4734.311, 4734.34, 4734.36, 4734.37, 4734.38, 4734.39, 4734.47, 4734.49, 4734.50, 4734.55, 4734.99, 4755.471, 4762.01, 4762.02, 4762.09, 4762.10, 4762.11, 4762.12, and 4762.18 and to enact sections 4734.141, 4734.142, 4734.211, 4734.28, 4734.281, 4734.282, 4734.283, 4734.284, 4734.285, and 4734.286 of the Revised Code regarding the practice of acupuncture by chiropractors, the State Medical Board's use of private attorneys as temporary hearing examiners, and to modify the immunity from liability that applies under the Drug Repository Program. Passed out of the Senate. Passed out of the House May 15, 2007. TEXT

SB 27 BOOSTER SEAT REQUIREMENTS - To amend section 4511.81 of the Revised Code to require certain children who are between four and eight years of age to be secured in a booster seat. Pending in the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee. First hearing April 24, 2007 .

SB 13 STATE HEALTH POLICY - To formally state the intention of the 127th General Assembly to deliberate on how to improve the provision of, and payment for, health care services in Ohio in a manner that promotes Ohio's economic development and to revise the laws of this state to achieve improvements in these matters.

SB 5 MEDICAID/PASSPORT/ASSISTED LIVING - To amend sections 5111.89 and 5111.891 and to enact sections 173.351, 173.401, and 5111.894 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing the PASSPORT, Assisted Living Medicaid waiver, and Residential State Supplement programs and to allow for the transfer of funds for the operation of the programs. Reported out of the Senate Finance Committee and Passed out of the Senate March 13, 2007. Introduced in the House. Pending in the House Finance Committee.

SB 4 MEDICAID BUY-IN - To amend sections 5111.011, 5111.0118, and 5111.851 and to enact sections 5111.182, 5111.70, 5111.701, 5111.702, 5111.703, 5111.704, 5111.705, 5111.706, 5111.707, 5111.708, 5111.709, and 5111.7010 of the Revised Code to establish the Medicaid Buy-In for Workers with Disabilities Program and a Medicaid program for individuals who exhaust benefits under a qualified long-term care insurance policy. Reported out of the Senate Finance Committee and Passed out of the Senate March 13, 2007. Introduced in the House. Pending in the House Finance Committee.