|
Enacted in the 126th Ohio General Assembly - 2005-2006
Current through the end of the 126th General Assembly
Listed below are the health-related bills that have been enacted in the 126th Ohio General Assembly
which opened in January 2005 and adjourned December 2006. We include links to the full text legislation and
the most recently available analysis from the Ohio Legislative
Service Commission. The bills are listed by number from the most recently introduced to the earliest with House bills listed first, followed by Senate bills.
You can also use
Find A Bill Online with the Ohio General Assembly Bills On-Line website to locate bills by number, keyword, or sponsor.
Use Find Your Legislator with the Ohio General Assembly On-Line website to locate
your particular legislator by name, district or zip code.
Tort Reform in Ohio
Health
Insurance Legislation
Health Bills Pending & Enacted in the 127th General
Assembly 2007-2008
Health Bills Enacted in the 125th General Assembly 2003-2004
Go to Senate bills
H.B. 468 - Best Rx Program
Sponsored by Representative John Hagan (R-Alliance)
Modifies the Ohio's Best Rx Program.
Effective April 6, 2007
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 403 - Occupational Therapy
Sponsored by Representative Diane Fessler (R-New Carlisle)
Makes changes to the occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers licensing laws.
Effective April 6, 2007
Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As reported by Senate Insurance, Commerce & Labor Committee
H.B. 287 - Birthing Centers
Sponsored by Representative Jim Aslanides (R-Coshocton)
Exempts certain freestanding birthing centers from the requirement that a center obtain a health care facility license from the Director of Health
and provides that there is no cause of action on a medical claim that because of an act or omission an abortion was not performed.
Effective August 17, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 257 - Nursing Home Vaccinations
Sponsored by Representative John Hagan (R-Alliance)
Requires nursing homes and other homes for the elderly to offer residents vaccinations against influenza and
pneumonia and requires hospitals to offer certain patients vaccinations against influenza and pneumonia.
Effective June 15, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 239 - Abortion
Sponsored by Representative Michelle Schneider (R-Cincinnati)
Prohibits the use of public funds or facilities for nontherapeutic abortions, proscribes public employees acting
in the scope of their employment from performing or inducing a nontherapeutic abortion, and declares
that it is the public policy of the state to prefer childbirth over abortion to the extent that is constitutionally permissible.
Effective April 5, 2007
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 197 - Hospital Information
Sponsored by Representative Jim Raussen (R-Cincinnati)
Revises the law governing information hospitals are to provide to the Department of Health
and the public.
Effective November 9, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 144 - Privilege Waiver
Sponsored by Representative Stephen Buehrer(R-Delta)
Waives the physician-patient and attorney-client privileges in probate cases under certain circumstances.
Effective June 15, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 143 - Dental Hygienist Anesthesia
Sponsored by Representative John Willamowski (R-Lima)
Effective May 12, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
S.B. 154 - Prescription Authority
Sponsored by Senator Lynn Wachtmann(R-Napoleon)
Regarding the practice of physician assistants, including the establishment of physician-delegated prescriptive
authority, and to modify the authority of advanced practice nurses to furnish supplies of drugs to patients.
Effective May 17, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
S.B. 126 - County Hospitals
Sponsored by Senator Lynn Wachtmann (R-Napoleon)
Modifies the laws governing county hospitals.
Effective March 30, 2007
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
S.B. 87 - Hospice Care
Sponsored by Senator Lynn Wachtmann (R-Napoleon)
Regarding the provision of hospice care in residential care facilities.
Effective April 14, 2006
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
|
