HB 49 Ohio House · 135th Legislature (2023-2024)

Regards availability of hospital price information

This bill requires hospitals in the state to publish a list of standard charges for services that patients can schedule in advance, known as shoppable services. Hospitals must make this list available in a machine-readable format and update it to include at least 400 services within two years, increasing to 500 services within four years. The legislation also restricts hospitals from selling or using personal data collected from their online price tools for targeted advertising. Additionally, the state health director is tasked with monitoring compliance and maintaining a public list of hospitals that fail to meet these new requirements.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Sep 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2023 Last action Jun 26, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jun 12, 2024 · House Jun 27, 2023

How they voted

276
Passed
Total votes 33
Jun 12, 2024
D Democratic7
2 Yea 5 Nay
71% Nay
R Republican26
25 Yea 1 Nay
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Jun 26, 2024
Amended
Refused to concur in Senate amendments
lower
Jun 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Sep 13, 2023
Committee
Refer to Committee
upper
Jun 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Feb 16, 2023
Committee
Refer to Committee
lower
Feb 16, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
lower
2 primary · 60 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Ron Ferguson
Ron Ferguson
RRepublican
OH
96
P
Photo of Tim Barhorst
Tim Barhorst
RRepublican
OH
85
Co
Photo of Adam Bird
Adam Bird
RRepublican
OH
63
Co
Photo of Adam Holmes
Adam Holmes
RRepublican
OH
97
Co
Photo of Adam Mathews
Adam Mathews
RRepublican
OH
56
Co
Photo of Adam Miller
Adam Miller
DDemocratic
OH
6
Co
Photo of Angie King
Angie King
RRepublican
OH
84
Co
Photo of Bernie Willis
Bernie Willis
RRepublican
OH
74
Co
Photo of Beth Lear
Beth Lear
RRepublican
OH
61
Co
Photo of Bill Dean
Bill Dean
RRepublican
OH
71
Co
Photo of Bill Reineke
Bill Reineke
RRepublican
OH
26
Co
Photo of Bob Peterson
Bob Peterson
RRepublican
OH
91