All bills are ordered by number and are for the 129th General Assembly

Senate BH Bills

SB 10 JUSTICE REINVESTMENT Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) and Shirley Smith (D-Cleveland) – This bill makes several changes around sentencing, prison administration, judicial release, and defining criminal offenses.   It is a reintroduction of SB 22 from the previous General Assembly and adds recommendations made by the Council of State Governments Justice Center (report available at http://justicereinvestment.org/states/ohio/pubmaps). For a very brief summary of items that impact behavioral health contained in SB 10, click here.

SB 59 DRUG OFFENDERS TREATMENT Charleta Tavares (D-Columbus) –Expands drug treatment intervention for 1st and 2nd time offenders and makes an appropriation.

SB 69 DRUG TESTING  Tim Schaffer (R- Lancaster)  To establish a drug testing requirement for adults who apply for need-based programs that provide cash assistance, medical assistance, housing assistance, food assistance, or energy assistance.

SB 73 EXPANSION OF WHOLESALE BEER & LIQUOR PURCHASING Gayle Manning (R-North Ridgeville) To allow manufacturers of nonbeverage food products to purchase at wholesale beer and intoxicating liquor from A and B liquor permit holders.

SB 127 Schiavoni – To require schools to expand and improve their anti-bullying policies, including a requirement to address cyberbullying (companion bill in the House is HB 155)

House of Representatives BH Bills:

HB 64 SYNTHETIC CANNABIONOID Rep. Ruhl (R-Mt. Vernon) and Rep. Burke (R-Marysville) and companion bill SB 57 sponsored by Senator Tavares (D-Columbus) –to add synthetic marijuana commonly known as K2 or Spice to the list of Schedule I controlled substances, prohibit the possession of Spice and prohibit trafficking in Spice.

HB_68 OHIO COUNCIL TO REFORM BEHAVIORAL HEALH CARE Rep. Burke (R-Marysville) – To create the Ohio Council to Reform Behavioral Health Care.

HB 71 –OHIO OFFICIAL PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM Rep. Luckie (D-Cleveland) – To create the Ohio Official Prescription Program and to require prescribers and pharmacists to obtain information from the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System.

HB 93 PILL MILLS Reps. Burke and Johnson – To establish and modify laws regarding the prevention of prescription drug abuse and development of information programs by the State Medical Board.  Click here to read the proponent testimony of Jody Demo-Hodgins, Executive Director of the Crawford-Marion Board of ADAMHS.

HB 116 ANTI-BULLYING Rep. Barnes (D-Cleveland) To enact the School Day Security and Anti-Bullying Act to require age-appropriate instruction on and parental notification of public schools’ policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying.

HB 155 Fedor and Garland – To require schools to expand and improve their anti-bullying policies, including a requirement to address cyberbullying (companion bill in the Senate is SB 127)