House Bill 505
Regulates biological product drugs
To amend sections 1751.04, 1751.72, 3715.01, 3715.64, 3923.041, 4729.01, 4729.38, 4729.99, and 5160.34 and to enact section 3715.011 of the Revised Code to regulate biological products and the substitution of interchangeable biological products, to revise certain deadlines related to prior authorization requirements, to establish an exemption from the laws governing health insuring corporations, to delay the expiration of certain supervision agreements between physicians and physician assistants, and to declare an emergency.
			
		Current Version
Effective Date
				December 19, 2016
				
				Emergency: effective December 19, 2016; Sections 1 and 2 effective March 20, 2017
			
							
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							In House Committee
						
							
							Reported By Committee
						
							
							Passed By House
						
							
							Introduced In Senate
						
							
							In Senate Committee
						
							
							Reported By Committee
						
							
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					Sent To The Governor
				
				
			
			
			
			
		Subjects
Committees
					
					House Health and Aging Committee
				
			
					Senate Health and Human Services Committee
					
				
			Primary Sponsors
											Stephen A. Huffman
										
										
											Dorothy Pelanda
										
									Cosponsors
Senators
										
											Bill Beagle
										
										
											Edna Brown
										
										
											Capri S. Cafaro
										
										
											William P. Coley, II
										
										
											Randy Gardner
										
										
											Bob D. Hackett
										
										
											Cliff Hite
										
										
											Jim Hughes
										
										
											Shannon Jones
										
										
											Peggy Lehner
										
										
											Thomas F. Patton
										
										
											Bob Peterson
										
										
											Joseph Schiavoni
										
										
											William Seitz
										
										
											Charleta B. Tavares
										
										
											Cecil Thomas
										
										
											Joe Uecker
										
										
											Kenny Yuko
										
										Representatives
										
											Ron Amstutz
										
										
											Marlene Anielski
										
										
											Nickie J. Antonio
										
										
											Nan A. Baker
										
										
											John Barnes, Jr.
										
										
											John Becker
										
										
											Tim W. Brown
										
										
											Tony Burkley
										
										
											Jim Butler
										
										
											Michael D. Dovilla
										
										
											Timothy E. Ginter
										
										
											Anne Gonzales
										
										
											Doug Green
										
										
											Cheryl L. Grossman
										
										
											Terry Johnson
										
										
											Jeffrey A. McClain
										
										
											Sean O'Brien
										
										
											John M. Rogers
										
										
											Kirk Schuring
										
										
											Barbara R. Sears
										
										
											Ryan Smith
										
										
											Robert Cole Sprague
										
										
											Martin J. Sweeney
										
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