OHIO LEGISLATIVE ALERT
Legislation: HB 49.
Status: Referred to committee with some hearings held
Hearing/Vote: None
Points of Contact: Your local Ohio State Representative and Senator, which you can find by visiting: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislators/find-my-legislators
Analysis
HB 49 is the Governor’s budget for the fiscal year 2018-2019, and will fund the government for that time period. Buried deep within this bill are two provisions that will significantly impact the practice of nutrition and dietetics in Ohio. The first would dissolve the State Board of Dietetics, and move it under the state medical board. Second, the legislation would empower the Director of the Department of Administrative Services to review and approve, or disapprove, certain board actions that have been referred to the Director by members of the public. Specifically, the Director can take action if the Board is engaging in practices that limit competition, even if authorized by law. This would make it possible for any member of the public to file a complaint about the Board of Dietetics, and potentially have the law invalidated, or more likely, the board frozen and prevented from acting until the law is fixed. This proposal represents our best effort in years to change Ohio for the better.
Recommendations
This is a major development and we should support this bill in the strongest means possible. Even if the Board of Dietetics is not dissolved, the Department of Administrative Services provision creates a realistic opportunity to force greater change later. Please send the action alert below to local state Representatives and Senators, and consider calling by phone to follow up.
SUPPORTER - SAMPLE LETTER TO SEND TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVE(S)
March 30, 2017
Dear______:
I noted with interest in the Governor’s budget proposal, HB 49, two very important provisions: The first would be to move the Board of Dietetics under the state medical board. The second would empower the Department of Administrative Services Director to review and approve, or disapprove, certain board or commission actions that have been referred to the Director. Specifically, law or actions that enable the members of the occupation the board regulates to engage in anticompetitive conduct that could be subject to antitrust law if undertaken by private persons.
As your constituent, I support these and ask that you vote to support them as well.
Under current law, only someone who is a dietician may provide any nutrition education, guidance, information, or assessment. This law has done nothing to improve the health for Ohioans, but has furthered a monopoly for dieticians. It’s a one-size-fits-all model that does more harm than good, and has restricted the practice of nutrition to one profession, education, credential and modality. There is absolutely no opportunity for competition.
The Board of Dietetics is composed of a majority of dietitians, and the law and its regulations have been written in such a way as to exclude competition, and give a monopoly to this one group over many others. I disagree with this. Everyone should be allowed to practice up to the level of their education and training, which would provide maximum choice for Ohioans, while also increasing employment, reducing healthcare costs, and improving our states’ healthcare system.
The practice of nutrition has never harmed anyone. Please support and vote for HB 49 and the aforementioned proposals so we can have honest and open competition in nutrition care, create more jobs, and more opportunities for Ohio.
Sincerely,
(Your signature here)
Ohio House of Representatives
Scott Wiggam (R) District 1 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1474 Email Representative Wiggam
Mark J. Romanchuk (R) District 2 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-5802 Email Representative Romanchuk
Theresa Gavarone (R) District 3 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8104 Email Representative Gavarone
Robert R. Cupp (R) District 4 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-9624 Email Representative Cupp
Timothy E. Ginter (R) District 5 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8022 Email Representative Ginter
Marlene Anielski (R) District 6 77 S. High St 12th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6041 Email Representative Anielski
Thomas F. Patton (R) District 7 Majority Whip 77 S. High St 14th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-4895 Email Representative Patton
Kent Smith (D) District 8 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-5441 Email Representative Smith, K
Janine R. Boyd (D) District 9 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-5079 Email Representative Boyd
Bill Patmon (D) District 10 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-7954 Email Representative Patmon
Stephanie D. Howse (D) District 11 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1414 Email Representative Howse
John Barnes, Jr. (D) District 12 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1408 Email Representative Barnes
Nickie J. Antonio (D) District 13 Minority Whip 77 S. High St 14th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-5921 Email Representative Antonio
Martin J. Sweeney (D) District 14 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-3350 Email Representative Sweeney
Nicholas Celebrezze (D) District 15 Assistant Minority Leader 77 S. High St 14th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-3485 Email Representative Celebrezze
Dave Greenspan (R) District 16 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-0961 Email Representative Greenspan
Adam C. Miller (D) District 17 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6005 Email Representative Miller
Kristin Boggs (D) District 18 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1896 Email Representative Boggs
Anne Gonzales (R) District 19 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-4847 Email Representative Gonzales
Heather Bishoff (D) District 20 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6002 Email Representative Bishoff
Mike Duffey (R) District 21 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6030 Email Representative Duffey
David Leland (D) District 22 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-2473 Email Representative Leland
Laura Lanese (R) District 23 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-9690 Email Representative Lanese
Jim Hughes (R) District 24 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614)466-8012 Email Representative Hughes
Bernadine Kennedy Kent (D) District 25 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-5343 Email Representative Kent
Hearcel F. Craig (D) District 26 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8010 Email Representative Craig
Thomas E. Brinkman, Jr. (R) District 27 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6886 Email Representative Brinkman
Jonathan Dever (R) District 28 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8120 Email Representative Dever
Louis W. Blessing III (R) District 29 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-9091 Email Representative Blessing
Bill Seitz (R) District 30 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8258 Email Representative Seitz
Brigid Kelly (D) District 31 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-5786 Email Representative Kelly
Catherine D. Ingram (D) District 32 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1645 Email Representative Ingram
Alicia Reece (D) District 33 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1308 Email Representative Reece
Emilia Strong Sykes (D) District 34 Assistant Minority Whip 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-3100 Email Representative Sykes
Vacant District 35
Anthony DeVitis (R) District 36 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1790 Email Representative DeVitis
Kristina Roegner (R) District 37 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1177 Email Representative Roegner
Marilyn Slaby (R) District 38 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-5085 Email Representative Slaby
Fred Strahorn (D) District 39 Minority Leader 77 S. High St 14th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1607 Email Representative Strahorn
Michael Henne (R) District 40 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-8051 Email Representative Henne
Jim Butler (R) District 41 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6008 Email Representative Butler
Niraj J. Antani (R) District 42 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-6504 Email Representative Antani
Jeffery S. Rezabek (R) District 43 77 S. High St 12th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-2960 Email Representative Rezabek
Michael Ashford (D) District 44 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1401 Email Representative Ashford
Teresa Fedor (D) District 45 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6017 Email Representative Fedor
Michael Sheehy (D) District 46 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1418 Email Representative Sheehy
Derek Merrin (R) District 47 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1731 Email Representative Merrin
Kirk Schuring (R) District 48 Speaker Pro Tempore 77 S. High St 14th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 752-2438 Email Representative Schuring
Thomas West (D) District 49 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8030 Email Representative West
Christina Hagan (R) District 50 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-9078 Email Representative Hagan
Wes Retherford (R) District 51 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6721 Email Representative Retherford
Margaret Conditt (R) District 52 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8550 Email Representative Conditt
Candice Keller (R) District 53 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-5094 Email Representative Keller
Paul Zeltwanger (R) District 54 77 S. High St 12th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6027 Email Representative Zeltwanger
Nathan H. Manning (R) District 55 77 S. High St 12th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-5076 Email Representative Manning
Daniel Ramos (D) District 56 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-5141 Email Representative Ramos
Dick Stein (R) District 57 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-9628 Email Representative Stein
Michele Lepore-Hagan (D) District 58 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-9435 Email Representative Lepore-Hagan
John A. Boccieri (D) District 59 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614)-466-6107 Email Representative Boccieri
John M. Rogers (D) District 60 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-7251 Email Representative Rogers
Ron Young (R) District 61 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6074 Email Representative Young
P. Scott Lipps (R) District 62 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6023 Email Representative Lipps
Glenn W. Holmes (D) District 63 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-3488 Email Representative Holmes
Michael J. O'Brien (D) District 64 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-5358 Email Representative O'Brien
John Becker (R) District 65 77 S. High St 12th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8134 Email Representative Becker
Doug Green (R) District 66 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6034 Email Representative Green
Andrew Brenner (R) District 67 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6711 Email Representative Brenner
Rick Carfagna (R) District 68 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1431 Email Representative Carfagna
Stephen D. Hambley (R) District 69 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8140 Email Representative Hambley
Darrell Kick (R) District 70 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-2994 Email Representative Kick
Scott Ryan (R) District 71 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1482 Email Representative Ryan
Larry Householder (R) District 72 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-2500 Email Representative Householder
Rick Perales (R) District 73 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6020 Email Representative Perales
Bill Dean (R) District 74 77 S. High St 12th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1470 Email Representative Dean
Kathleen Clyde (D) District 75 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-2004 Email Representative Clyde
Sarah LaTourette (R) District 76 Assistant Majority Floor Leader 77 S. High St 14th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-5088 Email Representative LaTourette
Timothy O. Schaffer (R) District 77 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8100 Email Representative Schaffer
Ron Hood (R) District 78 77 S. High St 12th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1464 Email Representative Hood
J. Kyle Koehler (R) District 79 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-2038 Email Representative Koehler
Stephen A. Huffman (R) District 80 77 S. High St 12th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8114 Email Representative Huffman
Robert McColley (R) District 81 Assistant Majority Whip 77 S. High St 14th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-3760 Email Representative McColley
Craig S. Riedel (R) District 82 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-5091 Email Representative Riedel
Robert Cole Sprague (R) District 83 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-3819 Email Representative Sprague
Keith Faber (R) District 84 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-6344 Email Representative Faber
A. Nino Vitale (R) District 85 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1507 Email Representative Vitale
Dorothy Pelanda (R) District 86 Majority Floor Leader 77 S. High St 14th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8147 Email Representative Pelanda
Wesley A. Goodman (R) District 87 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6265 Email Representative Goodman
Bill Reineke (R) District 88 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1374 Email Representative Reineke
Steven M. Arndt (R) District 89 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 614-644-6011 Email Representative Arndt
Terry Johnson (R) District 90 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-2124 Email Representative Johnson
Clifford A. Rosenberger (R) District 91 Speaker of the House 77 S. High St 14th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-3506 Email Representative Rosenberger
Gary Scherer (R) District 92 77 S. High St 12th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-7928 Email Representative Scherer
Ryan Smith (R) District 93 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1366 Email Representative Smith, R.
Jay Edwards (R) District 94 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-2158 Email Representative Edwards
Andy Thompson (R) District 95 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-8728 Email Representative Thompson
Jack Cera (D) District 96 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-3735 Email Representative Cera
Brian Hill (R) District 97 77 S. High St 13th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-6014 Email Representative Hill
Al Landis (R) District 98 77 S. High St 11th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8035 Email Representative Landis
John Patterson (D) District 99 77 S. High St 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-1405 Email Representative Patterson
Ohio State Senate
Senate District 1
Cliff Hite (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8150 Email Senator Hite
Senate District 2
Randy Gardner (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8060 Email Senator Gardner
Senate District 3
Kevin Bacon (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8064 Email Senator Bacon
Senate District 4
William P. Coley, II (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8072 Email Senator Coley
Senate District 5
Bill Beagle (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-6247 Email Senator Beagle
Senate District 6
Peggy Lehner (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-4538 Email Senator Lehner
Senate District 7
Steve Wilson (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-9737 Email Senator Wilson
Senate District 8
Lou Terhar (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8068 Email Senator Terhar
Senate District 9
Cecil Thomas (D) Statehouse 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-5980 Email Senator Thomas
Senate District 10
Bob D. Hackett (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-3780 Email Senator Hackett
Senate District 11
Edna Brown (D) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-5204 Email Senator Brown
Senate District 12
Matt Huffman (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-7584 Email Senator Huffman
Senate District 13
Gayle Manning (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-7613 Email Senator Manning
Senate District 14
Joe Uecker (R) Statehouse 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8082 Email Senator Uecker
Senate District 15
Charleta B. Tavares (D) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-5131 Email Senator Tavares
Senate District 16
Stephanie Kunze (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-5981 Email Senator Kunze
Senate District 17
Bob Peterson (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8156 Email Senator Peterson
Senate District 18
John Eklund (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 644-7718 Email Senator Eklund
Senate District 19
Kris Jordan (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8086 Email Senator Jordan
Senate District 20
Troy Balderson (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8076 Email Senator Balderson
Senate District 21
Sandra Williams (D) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-4857 Email Senator Williams
Senate District 22
Larry Obhof (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-7505 Email Senator Obhof
Senate District 23
Michael J. Skindell (D) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-5123 Email Senator Skindell
Senate District 24
Matt Dolan (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8056 Email Senator Dolan
Senate District 25
Kenny Yuko (D) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-4583 Email Senator Yuko
Senate District 26
Dave Burke (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8049 Email Senator Burke
Senate District 27
Frank LaRose (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-4823 Email Senator LaRose
Senate District 28
Vernon Sykes (D) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-7041 Email Senator Sykes
Senate District 29
Scott Oelslager (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-0626 Email Senator Oelslager
Senate District 30
Frank Hoagland (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-6508 Email Senator Hoagland
Senate District 31
Jay Hottinger (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-5838 Email Senator Hottinger
Senate District 32
Sean O'Brien (D) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614)466-7182 Email Senator O'Brien
Senate District 33
Joseph Schiavoni (D) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 3rd Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 466-8285 Email Senator Schiavoni