House Bill 257

To amend sections 145.01, 145.191, 145.38, 145.384, 145.471, 145.472, 145.58, 742.26, 1509.01, 1509.02, 1509.11, 1509.34, 2305.234, 2305.2341, 3307.01, 3307.35, 3307.352, 3309.341, 3309.344, 3501.13, 5703.052, 5703.19, 5739.01, 5747.02, 5747.05, 5747.08, 5747.41, 5749.01, 5749.02, 5749.03, 5749.04, 5749.06, 5749.07, 5749.08, 5749.10, 5749.12, 5749.13, 5749.14, 5749.15, and 5749.17, to enact sections 190.01, 190.02, 190.03, 190.04, 321.50, 3701.034, 5163.04, and 5747.027, and to repeal sections 145.381, 145.382, 1509.50, 3307.353, and 3309.345 of the Revised Code to modify the law governing re-employed retirants; to expand the immunity from liability for certain health care professionals, workers, and organizations when providing care to indigent and uninsured individuals; to require the Department of Health to ensure that certain funds are not used to perform elective abortions, or promote or affiliate with any entity that performs elective abortions; to modify the method of calculating the severance tax; to make certain changes to the sales tax; to modify the income tax rates and calculation; and to reduce General Revenue Fund appropriations for the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 2017; and to eliminate Medicaid funding for the group described in section 192(a)(10)(i)(VIII) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII).