Rep. Beryl Piccolantonio

To amend sections 2151.011, 2151.411, 2151.412, 2151.416, 2151.417, 2151.4122, 2151.424, and 5103.161; to enact new sections 2151.4115, 2151.4116, 2151.4117, 2151.4118, 2151.4119, and 2151.4120 and section 2151.317; and to repeal sections 2151.4115, 2151.4116, 2151.4117, 2151.4118, 2151.4119, 2151.4120, and 2151.4121 of the Revised Code to enact the "Fostering Sibling Success Act" regarding the rights of sibling youths in foster care and to provide for continuation of a child's placement and limit kinship preference in foster care.

To amend section 1751.01 and to enact sections 3902.65 and 5164.11 of the Revised Code concerning insurance and Medicaid coverage for specified infertility services.

To enact section 5164.97 of the Revised Code regarding Medicaid coverage for treatment in place services provided by EMS organizations, and to make an appropriation.

Maddy summaryHB 871 proposes adding a new section to the state's Revised Code to officially designate the month of June as "Gun Violence Awareness Month." This legislative action directly affects state statutes by formally recognizing the month with a specific title. The bill does not alter existing laws regarding gun ownership, sales, or penalties, nor does it allocate funding or create new programs. Its primary function is symbolic, aiming to increase public awareness about gun violence during the designated period.

To amend sections 3317.011, 3317.012, 3317.018, 3317.0110, and 3317.022 and to enact section 3317.41 of the Revised Code and to amend Sections 265.10, as subsequently amended, 265.150, 265.190, and 265.450 of H.B. 96 of the 136th General Assembly regarding base cost calculation and use in the public school financing system, to express the General Assembly's intent to secure a thorough and efficient system of common schools, and to make an appropriation.

To establish the Ohio Economic Task Force on Gun Violence and Violent Crimes to study the impact of gun violence and other violent crimes on Ohio businesses.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes a state reinsurance program designed to help health insurance companies manage costs associated with high-risk individuals. To fund this program, the state will collect an annual one percent assessment from health insurance corporations based on their previous year's gross premiums. The reinsurance fund created by these assessments will provide payments to insurers, covering eighty percent of claims that exceed thirty thousand dollars but not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars per person. The program's specific payment limits can be adjusted annually depending on the amount of money available in the fund. Additionally, the bill authorizes the state insurance superintendent to request a federal waiver to support the creation of this fund.

Maddy summaryThis bill proposes to amend the Ohio Constitution to lower the minimum voting age from eighteen to sixteen years. It directly affects sixteen-year-old residents who would gain the right to vote in all state and local elections, including primary elections, provided they have been registered for thirty days. The measure requires a three-fifths vote in both legislative houses to place the change on the ballot for voters to decide. If approved by the electorate, the new voting age rule would take effect immediately upon adoption.

To enact sections 3901.85, 3901.851, 3901.852, 3901.853, 3901.854, 3901.855, 3901.856, 3901.857, and 3901.858 and to repeal section 125.95 of the Revised Code to establish the Prescription Drug Affordability Board and Prescription Drug Affordability Stakeholder Council, to authorize the establishment of upper payment limits on certain prescription drug products, to repeal the law establishing the Prescription Drug Transparency and Affordability Advisory Council, and to name this act the Prescription Relief and Inflation Cost Elimination or P.R.I.C.E. Act.

To amend sections 5162.20 and 5167.12 and to enact sections 3902.65 and 5164.094 of the Revised Code to require health benefit plans and the Medicaid Program to cover epinephrine and glucagon for individuals eighteen years of age and younger and to cap cost sharing for epinephrine and glucagon in any form.