Health Care Issues -
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Issues Update – Health Care Issues |
| June 17, 2013 |
| HB3 |
HEALTH INSURANCE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (SEARS B, KUNZE S) To specify licensing and continuing education requirements for insurance agents involved in selling, soliciting, or negotiating sickness and accident insurance through a health benefit exchange and to make changes to copayments, cost sharing, and deductibles for health insuring corporations. |
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Current Status: |
4/30/2013 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; Eff. 7/30/2013 |
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ORC Sections: |
1751.12, 3905.01, 3905.47, 3905.471, 3905.472, 3905.473, 3905.474, 4713.62 |
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| HB16 |
HEAD INJURIES-YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS (O’BRIEN S, HOTTINGER J) To correct a cross reference with regard to concussions and head injuries in athletic activities organized by youth sports organizations and to declare an emergency. |
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| Current Status: |
3/19/2013 - Referred to Committee Senate Medicaid, Health and Human Services |
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ORC Sections: |
3313.539, 3319.303, 3707.48 |
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| HB21 |
VOTING PROCESS-HEALTH CARE ISOLATION ELECTOR (STEBELTON G) To establish a process to permit an elector who is confined to a health care facility under isolation to vote with the assistance of bipartisan board of elections employees, and to permit the elector’s facsimile signature, provided by the hospital, to be used for signature verification purposes. |
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Current Status: |
2/26/2013 - House Policy and Legislative Oversight, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
3509.08 | |
| HB24 |
TAX EXPENDITURE REVIEW COMMITTEE (BOOSE T) To create a Tax Expenditure Review Committee for the purpose of periodically reviewing existing and proposed tax expenditures. |
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Current Status: |
6/12/2013 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
5703.95 | |
| HB26 |
SALES-USE TAX EXEMPTION (MAAG R) To exempt from sales and use taxes the sale or use of investment metal bullion and coins. |
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Current Status: |
6/5/2013 - House Ways and Means, (Second Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
5739.02 | |
| HB44 |
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES (MCCLAIN J) To develop protocols regarding the authority to administer, deliver, distribute, or dispense drugs during certain public health emergencies. |
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Current Status: |
6/12/2013 - REPORTED OUT, House Health and Aging, (Fourth Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
3701.048 | |
| HB48 |
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS (MILKOVICH Z) To change the age at which an individual may make a political contribution, to reduce the amount of political contributions that may be made by a contributor, and to similarly reduce the amount of contributions that political entities may accept. |
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Current Status: |
6/18/2013 - House Policy and Legislative Oversight, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
3517.102 | |
| HB59 |
BIENNIAL BUDGET (AMSTUTZ R) To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2015; to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs. |
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Current Status: |
6/18/2013 - , (First Hearing) |
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| HB79 |
LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT WITHDRAW-WITHHOLD (BOOSE T) To provide that an individual’s statutory priority to decide whether or not to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment for the individual’s relative is forfeited if the individual is charged with felonious assault or aggravated assault resulting in the relative being in a terminal condition from the physical harm suffered. |
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Current Status: |
3/13/2013 - House Judiciary, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
2133.08, 2133.09, 2133.12 |
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| HB82 |
OHIO’S CIVIL RIGHTS LAW EXEMPTION (HAYES B, BLAIR T) To exempt religious corporations, associations, educational institutions, or societies from the definition of “employer” for the purpose of Ohio’s Civil Rights law. |
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Current Status: |
3/6/2013 - House Judiciary, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
4112.01 | |
| HB83 |
PSYCHOLOGY LAWS (HACKETT R) To revise the laws governing the practice of psychology. |
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Current Status: |
4/23/2013 - Referred to Committee Senate Medicaid, Health and Human Services |
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ORC Sections: |
102.02, 102.022, 102.03, 2152.54, 2919.271, 2945.37, 4732.01, 4732.02, 4732.03, 4732.06, 4732.07, 4732.09, 4732.10, 4732.11, 4732.12, 4732.13, 4732.14, 4732.141, 4732.142, 4732.151, 4732.16, 4732.17, 4732.172, 4732.173, 4732.18, 4732.21, 4732.22, 4732.221, 4732.31, 4732.33, 4755.13, 4757.42, 5120.55, 5122.01 |
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| HB84 |
HOME ACCESSIBILITY TAX CREDIT (STINZIANO M, GROSSMAN C) To authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for the purchase or construction of an accessible home or for the renovation of a home to improve its accessibility. |
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Current Status: |
6/12/2013 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
5747.78, 5747.98 |
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| HB85 |
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION (TERHAR L) To enhance the homestead exemption for military veterans who are 100% disabled from a service-connected disability. |
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Current Status: |
2/27/2013 - Referred to Committee House Finance and Appropriations |
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ORC Sections: |
323.151, 323.152, 323.153, 4503.065, 4503.066 |
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| HB94 |
HEALTH CARE INSURANCE (GONZALES A) To require a health insuring corporation, public employee benefit plan, or sickness and accident insurer to reimburse a board of health for any services provided to an individual by the board that is covered by a plan issued to the individual by the health insuring corporation, public employee benefit plan, or sickness and accident insurer upon request submitted by the board of health. |
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| Current Status: |
5/7/2013 - House Insurance, (Second Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
1739.05, 1751.50, 3923.84 |
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| HB103 |
NOTICE OF INTENT-MEDICAL CLAIM (HUFFMAN M) To specify the manner of sending a notice of intent to file a medical claim and to provide a procedure for the discovery of other potential defendants within a specified period after the filing of a medical claim. |
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Current Status: |
4/17/2013 - House Judiciary, (Second Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
2305.113, 2323.451 |
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| HB112 |
INCOME TAX REFUND CONTRIBUTIONS-OHIO BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROJECT (SCHURING K, GONZALES A) To allow taxpayers to contribute a portion of their income tax refunds to the Ohio Breast and Cervical Cancer Project and to require each income tax refund contribution category to generate $250,000 annually or be canceled. |
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Current Status: |
6/18/2013 - Senate Ways and Means, (Second Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
3701.601, 5747.113 |
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| HB121 |
OHIO HEALTH SECURITY ACT (HAGAN R, FOLEY M) To enact the Ohio Health Security Act to establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan to provide universal health care coverage to all Ohio residents. |
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Current Status: |
4/17/2013 - Referred to Committee House Insurance |
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| ORC Sections: |
109.02, 3920.01, 3920.02, 3920.03, 3920.04, 3920.05, 3920.06, 3920.07, 3920.08, 3920.09, 3920.10, 3920.11, 3920.12, 3920.13, 3920.14, 3920.15, 3920.21, 3920.22, 3920.23, 3920.24, 3920.25, 3920.26, 3920.27, 3920.31, 3920.32, 3920.33 |
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| HB123 |
TELEHEALTH SERVICES (GONZALES A, WACHTMANN L) Regarding Medicaid and health insurance coverage of telehealth services. |
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Current Status: |
6/12/2013 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED & REPORTED OUT, House Health and Aging, (Third Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
2305.25, 2305.252, 5111.0216 |
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| HB125 |
MEDICAID EXPANSION (CARNEY J, ANTONIO N) To permit the Medicaid program to cover the eligibility expansion group authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to make an appropriation. |
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Current Status: |
4/17/2013 - Referred to Committee House Finance and Appropriations |
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ORC Sections: |
5111.0126, 5111.0127, 5111.0128 |
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| HB139 |
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS (GONZALES A) To permit certain advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to admit patients to hospitals. |
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Current Status: |
6/19/2013 - House Health and Aging, (Fourth Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
3727.06 | |
| HB176 |
MEDICAID REFORMS (SEARS B) To require the Medical Assistance Director to implement Medicaid reforms, to permit the Medicaid program to cover an additional group under certain circumstances, to revise the duties of the Joint Legislative Committee on Medicaid Technology and Reform, and to make an appropriation. |
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Current Status: |
6/18/2013 - House Finance and Appropriations, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
101.391, 5111.0126, 5111.80, 5111.801, 5111.802, 5111.947 |
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| HB180 |
CARDIAC ARREST-YOUTH ACTIVITIES (PILLICH C) With regard to sudden cardiac arrest in youth athletic activities. |
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Current Status: |
6/19/2013 - House Health and Aging, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
3313.5310, 3314.03, 3326.11, 3707.56, 3707.57 |
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| HB182 |
NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM-SCID (BARNES, JR. J) To codify the genetic, endocrine, and metabolic disorders screened for under the existing Newborn Screening Program; to include severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) as an additional disorder to be screened for under the Program; and to declare an emergency. |
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Current Status: |
6/19/2013 - House Health and Aging, (Third Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
3701.501, 3701.503 |
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| HB183 |
NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM (BARNES, JR. J) To codify the genetic, endocrine, and metabolic disorders screened for under the existing Newborn Screening Program and to declare an emergency. |
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Current Status: |
6/19/2013 - House Health and Aging, (Third Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
3701.501, 3701.503 |
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| HB200 |
ABORTION NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS (HOOD R) To modify the notification requirements given by a physician 48 hours prior to the performance or inducement of an abortion, to require the physician to perform an obstetric ultrasound examination 48 hours prior to the performance or inducement of an abortion, to modify the definition of medical emergency that applies to the law regulating abortion, and to eliminate medical necessity as a reason to perform an abortion without complying with the 48-hour notification requirements. |
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Current Status: |
6/19/2013 - House Health and Aging, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
2305.11, 2317.56, 2919.171, 4731.22 |
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| HB208 |
MEDICAID REFORMS (AMSTUTZ R, SYKES V) To require the Medicaid Director to implement certain reforms to the Medicaid program, to require the Director of Job and Family Services to implement certain reforms to workforce development activities, to create the Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee to review proposed rules regarding the Medicaid and workforce development activity reforms, to require the Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee to issue reports recommending certain changes to the Medicaid program, and to abolish the Joint Legislative Committee on Health Care Oversight and the Joint Legislative Committee on Medicaid Technology and Reform. |
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Current Status: |
6/18/2013 - House Finance and Appropriations, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
103.41, 103.411, 103.412, 119.03, 5162.70, 6301.15 |
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| SB4 |
PULSE OXIMETRY SCREENING (MANNING G, OELSLAGER S) To require a pulse oximetry screening for each newborn born in a hospital or freestanding birthing center. |
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Current Status: |
5/29/2013 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED & REPORTED OUT, House Health and Aging, (Fifth Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
3701.5010 | |
| SB26 |
HEAD INJURIES-YOUTH SPORTS (SCHAFFER T) To correct a cross reference with regard to concussions and head injuries in athletic activities organized by youth sports organizations and to declare an emergency. |
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Current Status: |
5/28/2013 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; Eff. Immediately |
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ORC Sections: |
3313.539,
3319.303, 3707.48 |
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| SB49 |
PHYSICIAN DESIGNATION STANDARDS (PATTON T) To establish standards for physician designations by health care insurers. |
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Current Status: |
3/13/2013 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Second Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
3959.18, 3964.01, 3964.02, 3964.03, 3964.04, 3964.05, 3964.06, 3964.07, 3964.08, 3964.09, 5111.0216 |
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| SB54 |
MAMMOGRAMS (KEARNEY E, EKLUND J) To require a physician interpreting a mammogram who determines that the patient has dense breast tissue to specify this in the mammography report sent to the patient. |
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Current Status: |
3/20/2013 - Senate Medicaid, Health and Human Services, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
4731.45 | |
| SB57 |
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS (MANNING G) To establish a pilot project in Lorain County from August 1, 2013, to July 31, 2014, pursuant to which qualified emergency responders in that County may obtain and administer naloxone to revive a person suffering from an apparent opioid-related overdose. |
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Current Status: |
6/18/2013 - House Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
None | |
| SB88 |
OHIO HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE PROGRAM (SKINDELL M) To establish the Ohio Health Benefit Exchange Agency and to establish the Ohio Health Benefit Exchange Program consisting of an exchange for individual coverage and a Small Business Health Options Program. |
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Current Status: |
4/10/2013 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
124.14, 3924.01, 3965.01, 3965.02, 3965.03, 3965.04, 3965.05, 3965.06, 3965.07, 3965.08, 3965.09, 3965.10, 3965.11, 3965.12, 3965.13, 3965.14 |
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| SB100 |
PROMPT PAYMENT LAW-MEDICAID CLAIMS (TAVARES C) To specify that the Ohio prompt payment law applies to payment of claims by Medicaid managed care organizations. |
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Current Status: |
4/10/2013 - Referred to Committee Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions |
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ORC Sections: |
3901.38, 3901.3814, 3901.383 |
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| SB101 |
FEDERAL MILITARY-RELATED HEALTH CARE BENEFITS (BURKE D) To establish a process for identifying individuals who are medical assistance recipients that may be eligible to receive federal military-related health care benefits. |
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Current Status: |
4/10/2013 - Referred to Committee Senate Medicaid, Health and Human Services |
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ORC Sections: |
5101.274, 5902.021 |
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| SB104 |
OHIO HEALTH CARE PLAN (SKINDELL M) To establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan to provide universal health care coverage to all Ohio residents. |
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Current Status: |
4/16/2013 - Referred to Committee Senate Medicaid, Health and Human Services |
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ORC Sections: |
109.02, 3920.01, 3920.02, 3920.03, 3920.04, 3920.05, 3920.06, 3920.07, 3920.08, 3920.09, 3920.10, 3920.11, 3920.12, 3920.13, 3920.14, 3920.15, 3920.21, 3920.22, 3920.23, 3920.24, 3920.25, 3920.26, 3920.27, 3920.28, 3920.31, 3920.32, 3920.33 |
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| SB140 |
INSURANCE HOLDING COMPANY SYSTEMS LAW (BACON K) To make changes to the law governing insurance holding company systems, to eliminate the petition requirement for domestic mutual companies that wish to merge or consolidate with another company, to eliminate the commission created to hear and determine petitions for merger and consolidation, to provide the requirements for maintaining a risk management framework and completing an own risk and solvency assessment, and to provide guidance and instructions for filing an own risk and solvency assessment summary report with the superintendent of insurance. |
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Current Status: |
6/12/2013 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (First Hearing) |
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ORC Sections: |
1751.25, 3901.043, 3901.17, 3901.32, 3901.321, 3901.33, 3901.34, 3901.341, 3901.35, 3901.351, 3901.36, 3901.371, 3901.372, 3901.373, 3901.374, 3901.375, 3901.376, 3901.377, 3901.378, 3901.41, 3901.62, 3901.621, 3901.63, 3901.631, 3901.64, 3906.01, 3906.02, 3906.03, 3906.04, 3906.05, 3906.06, 3906.07, 3906.08, 3906.09, 3906.10, 3906.11, 3906.12, 3906.13, 3906.14, 3906.15, 3907.14, 3913.34, 3921.21, 3925.08, 3939.01, 3953.15 |
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| SB145 |
MEDICAID REFORMS (BURKE D, CAFARO C) To require the Medicaid Director to implement certain reforms to the Medicaid program, to require the Director of Job and Family Services to implement certain reforms to workforce development activities, to create the |
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Current Status: |
6/13/2013 - Introduced |
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ORC Sections: |
103.41, 103.411, 103.412, 119.03, 5162.70, 6301.15 |
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