House Bill 290

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General Assembly: 131

Short Title: Allows terminally ill patients to take unapproved drugs [ Show Long Title ]

Long Title: To amend sections 3721.10, 4729.01, 4729.291, 4729.51, 4729.57, 4731.22, 4731.227, 5155.01, 5155.012, and 5155.03 and to enact sections 4729.89, 4731.97, and 4745.04 of the Revised Code to permit a patient with a terminal condition to be treated with a drug, product, or device that is not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, to modify the laws governing the appointment of a county home superintendent or administrator, and to permit health care professionals to earn continuing education credit by providing volunteer health care services to indigent and uninsured persons.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Sprague, Representative Anielski

Version: As Enrolled

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Co-Sponsors	Rep. Blessing, Rep. Dever, Rep. Grossman, Rep. Hackett, Rep. Henne, Rep. Rezabek, Rep. Romanchuk, Rep. Thompson, Rep. Huffman, Rep. Antonio, Rep. Barnes, Rep. Bishoff, Rep. Brown, Rep. Butler, Rep. Johnson, Rep. Kuhns, Rep. LaTourette, Rep. Sykes, Rep. Antani, Rep. Arndt, Rep. Baker, Rep. Boccieri, Rep. Boose, Rep. Boyd, Rep. Burkley, Rep. Clyde, Rep. Dovilla, Rep. Fedor, Rep. Ginter, Rep. Green, Rep. Hagan, Rep. Hall, Rep. Hambley, Rep. Johnson, Rep. Lepore-Hagan, Rep. Maag, Rep. Manning, Rep. McClain, Rep. O'Brien, Rep. O'Brien, Rep. Patterson, Rep. Perales, Rep. Ramos, Rep. Reineke, Rep. Roegner, Rep. Ruhl, Rep. Ryan, Rep. Schuring, Rep. Sheehy, Rep. Young, Sen. Brown, Sen. Tavares, Sen. Balderson, Sen. Beagle, Sen. Burke, Sen. Cafaro, Sen. Coley, Sen. Eklund, Sen. Faber, Sen. Gardner, Sen. Hite, Sen. Hughes, Sen. Jones, Sen. Jordan, Sen. LaRose, Sen. Lehner, Sen. Manning, Sen. Obhof, Sen. Oelslager, Sen. Patton, Sen. Peterson, Sen. Sawyer, Sen. Schiavoni, Sen. Seitz, Sen. Skindell, Sen. Thomas, Sen. Uecker
Subjects	Commerce : Insurance, Health and Human Services : Health Care, Health and Human Services : Medicaid, Occupational Licensing and Regulation
Committees	Senate Health and Human Services, House Health and Aging
Effective Date	April 6, 2017

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