Ohio House Bill 421 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-05-23 - Committee Report - S
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

To amend sections 2305.33, 2317.02, and 4731.22 and to enact section 2305.331 of the Revised Code to grant civil immunity to physicians who report a patient's use of a drug of abuse or other condition not involving such use to specified persons or entities, to exclude the making of those reports from the grounds for disciplinary action against physicians, and to apply the civil immunity of physicians who report to an employer in the business of public transportation an employee's use of a drug of abuse or other condition not involving such use to any violation of a patient's privacy rights.

To grant civil immunity to physicians who report a patient's use of a drug of abuse or other condition not involving such use to specified persons or entities, to exclude the making of those reports from the grounds for disciplinary action against physicians, and to apply the civil immunity of physicians who report to an employer in the business of public transportation an employee's use of a drug of abuse or other condition not involving such use to any violation of a patient's privacy rights.

Rep. Marlene Anielski [R]	Rep. Courtney Combs [R]	Rep. Nancy Garland [D]	Sen. Terry Johnson [R]
Rep. Ron Maag [R]	Rep. Ross McGregor [R]	Sen. Sean O'Brien [D]	Rep. Lynn Slaby [R]
Rep. Gerald Stebelton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-05-23		Committee Report - S
2012-01-24		To Criminal Justice
2012-01-24		Introduced to House

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23			Amended Code	Citation Text
23	05		Amended Code	Citation Text
23	05	33	Amended Code	Citation Text
23	05	331	New Code	See Bill Text
23	17		Amended Code	Citation Text
23	17	02	Amended Code	Citation Text
47			Amended Code	Citation Text
47	31		Amended Code	Citation Text
47	31	22	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=129_HB_421
Text	http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_421_I_Y.html
Text	http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_421_RH_Y.html