Status of State Legislation: September 2015 9/9/2015 1:02 PM

Keyword(s) Chamber / # Introduced Sponsor(s) Description Key Co-Sponsors Status/Comments

Referred: House State Government Ohio State Reported from To require the Treasurer of State to Governement Committee: 3.18.15 House Bill 46 2/10/2015 Mike Dovilla and establish the Ohio State Government Expenditure House Floor: Expenditure Database Database 4.15.15 (95-0) Referred: Senate Finance Committee

To prohibit public employers from including on an employment application any question concerning the criminal background of the Referred: House applicant, to prohibit a felony conviction from Commerce and being used against an officer or employee "Ban the Box" on Labor when a public employer is undertaking Employment House Bill 56 2/10/2015 and Stephen Slesnick Reported from certain employment practices, unless the Applications Committee: 6.24.15 conviction occurs while the officer or House Floor: employee is employed in the civil service, and to remove the bar against sealing a Pending conviction record when the victim is 16 or 17 years old.

Privatization of To permit a county and muncipalities to Referred: House County/Municipal contract for private operation and House Bill 82 2/25/2015 Steven Hambley Ron Amstutz State Government correctional management of a correctional facility that facilities houses felon inmates

Referred: House Health & Aging Reported from Prohibits a health insurer from establishing a Dental Insurers-No Kirk Schuring, Jim Committee: 5.13.15 House Bill 95 3/3/2015 Anthony DeVitis fee schedule for dental providers for fee schedule Buchy House Floor: services not covered 6.10.15 (61-33) Referred: Senate Insurance Committee

Health Benefit , Nick Referred: House House Bill 109 3/10/2015 Michael Stinziano and Nickie Antonio To create the Ohio Health Benefit Exchange Exchange Celebrezze Insurance To provide for partial drug prescription refills Referred: House Prescription Refills House Bill 116 3/11/2015 Tim Brown and for the purpose of synchronizing multiple Health & Aging prescripton for one patient Status of State Legislation: September 2015 9/9/2015 1:02 PM

Referred: House To establish the DataOhio board, uniform Ron Amstutz, Ron State Government accounting system for public offices, online DataOhio House Bill 130 3/24/2015 Christina Hagan and Maag, Tim Brown, Bob Reported from catalog of public data, and Local Hackett Committee: Government Information Exchange Grant Amended 6.17.15

To revise the law governing health insurance coverage, medical malpractice claims, the Health Care Law- Referred: House House Bill 157 4/15/2015 Jim Butler and Terry Johnson Medicaid program, health care provider revise Insurance Committee discipline, and required and permitted health care provider disclosures

Ron Amstutz, Nickie To change the variations of the term Jonathan Dever and Stephanie Antonio, Dan Ramos, Referred: House Term change House Bill 158 4/15/2015 "mentally retarded person" to "person with Howse Kirk Schuring, Barbara Health & Aging an intellectual disability" Sears, Mike Dovilla

Referred: House Health & Aging To revise the laws governing pharmacy Reported from consult agreements and the laws governing Pharmacy Consult Committee: House Bill 188 5/5/2015 and Steve Huffman the circumstances under which a pharmacist Agreements Amended 6.24.15 may dispense or sell a drug without a prescription House Floor: 6.30.15 (80-0)

To prohibit certain health care plans and the Medicaid program from denying coverage for Referred: House ADFs House Bill 248 6/8/2015 Robert Sprague and Nickie Antonio opioid analgesic drugs with abuse-deterrent Health and Aging technology based soley on cost

Alternative State To modify the law governing re-employed Referred: House House Bill 257 6/10/2015 Budget retirants…and other changes Finance

To add extortion and perjury and certain Jim Buchy, Dorothy federal offenses to the offenses that may Pension Forfeiture House Bill 284 7/7/2015 Mike Dovilla and Marlene Anielski Pelanda, Barbara Referred: Pending result in forfeiture or termination of public Sears retirement systme benefits

Dispense Multi- To authorize pharmacists to dispense refills under certain House Bill 285 7/13/2015 Robert Sprague multiple refills of a prescritpion Referred: Pending circumstance simultaneously under certain circumstances Status of State Legislation: September 2015 9/9/2015 1:02 PM

To permit a physician to treat a terminally ill Terminally ill patient with a drug that is not approved by patient-prescribe House Bill 290 7/16/2015 Robert Sprague and Marlene Anielski the U.S. FDA and permit a drug Referred: Pending non FDA approved manufacturer to provide such a drug to the drug patient or physician

To provide that a firefighter who is disabled Firefighters with as a result of specified typers of cancer is cancer presumed for purposes of the laws presumption for House Bill 292 7/22/2015 Christina Hagan governing workers' compensaiton and the Referred: Pending disability from Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund to have BWC and OP&F incurred the cancer while performing official duties as a firefighter

To include new nonteaching employees of University of Akron House Bill 305 8/25/2015 Kirk Schuring The University of Akron as members of Referred: Pending Membership PERS

To base the percentage of an employee's salary that must be contributed to STRS to mitigate the effect of the employee's ARP Mitigating rate- House Bill 311 8/31/2015 Kirk Schuring participation in an ARP on the average Referred: Pending STRS percentage used to amortize the Retirement System's unfudned actuarial accrued pension liabilities.

Referred: Senate To make peace officers, firefighters, and Transportation, emergency medical workers diagnosed with Commerce and Workers' PTSD arising from employement without an Joe Schiavoni, Frank Labor Compensation- Senate Bill 5 2/2/2015 and Edna Brown accompnaying physical injury eligible for LaRose Reported from PTSD compensation and benefits under Ohio's Committee: 2.25.15 Workers' Compensation Law Re-Referred: Senate Finance 03.04.15

Hearing aid health To require health insurers to offer coverage Referred: Senate Senate Bill 98 3/4/2015 Edna Brown Charleta Tavares insurance coverage for hearing aids Insurance Committee Insurance Edna Brown, Scott To amend the law related to prior Referred: Senate authorization Senate Bill 129 3/16/2015 Randy Gardner and Capri Cafaro Oelslager, , authorization requirements of insurers Insurance Committee requirements

Health Benefit Michael Skindell and Charleta To establish the Health Benefit Exchange Referred: Senate Senate Bill 132 3/17/2015 Edna Brown Exchange Tavares Program Medicaid Committee Status of State Legislation: September 2015 9/9/2015 1:02 PM

To limit the out-of-pocket cost to an Edna Brown, Charleta Out-of-pocket costs Referred: Senate Senate Bill 135 3/25/2015 Capri Cafaro and Shannon Jones individual covered by a health plan for drugs Tavares, Frank for rare diseases Insurance Committee used to treat rare diseases LaRose

Referred: Senate To revise the laws governing pharmacy Health and Human consult agreements and the laws governing Services Pharmacy Consult Edna Brown, Bill Seitz, Senate Bill 141 4/14/2015 Dave Burke and the circumstances under which a pharmacist Reported from Agreements Bill Beagle, Cliff Hite may dispense or sell a drug without a Committee: 6.17.15 prescription Senate Floor: 6.24.15 (32-0)