House Bill 290
Allows terminally ill patients to take unapproved drugs
To amend sections 3721.10, 4729.01, 4729.291, 4729.51, 4729.57, 4731.22, 4731.227, 5155.01, 5155.012, and 5155.03 and to enact sections 4729.89, 4731.97, and 4745.04 of the Revised Code to permit a patient with a terminal condition to be treated with a drug, product, or device that is not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, to modify the laws governing the appointment of a county home superintendent or administrator, and to permit health care professionals to earn continuing education credit by providing volunteer health care services to indigent and uninsured persons.
Current Version
Effective Date
April 6, 2017
Introduced In House
In House Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By House
Introduced In Senate
In Senate Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By Senate
Sent To The Governor
Subjects
Committees
House Health and Aging Committee
Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Primary Sponsors
Robert Cole Sprague
Marlene Anielski
Cosponsors
Senators
Troy Balderson
Bill Beagle
Edna Brown
Dave Burke
Capri S. Cafaro
William P. Coley, II
John Eklund
Keith Faber
Randy Gardner
Cliff Hite
Jim Hughes
Shannon Jones
Kris Jordan
Frank LaRose
Peggy Lehner
Gayle Manning
Larry Obhof
Scott Oelslager
Thomas F. Patton
Bob Peterson
Tom Sawyer
Joseph Schiavoni
William Seitz
Michael J. Skindell
Charleta B. Tavares
Cecil Thomas
Joe Uecker
Representatives
Niraj J. Antani
Nickie J. Antonio
Steven Arndt
Nan A. Baker
John Barnes, Jr.
Heather Bishoff
Louis W. Blessing III
John Boccieri
Terry Boose
Janine R. Boyd
Tim W. Brown
Tony Burkley
Jim Butler
Kathleen Clyde
Jonathan Dever
Michael D. Dovilla
Teresa Fedor
Timothy E. Ginter
Doug Green
Cheryl L. Grossman
Robert D. Hackett
Christina Hagan
David Hall
Stephen D. Hambley
Michael Henne
Stephen A. Huffman
Greta Johnson
Terry Johnson
Christie Bryant Kuhns
Sarah LaTourette
Michele Lepore-Hagan
Ronald Maag
Nathan H. Manning
Jeffrey A. McClain
Michael J. O'Brien
Sean O'Brien
John Patterson
Rick Perales
Daniel Ramos
Bill Reineke
Jeffery S. Rezabek
Kristina Roegner
Mark J. Romanchuk
Margaret Ann Ruhl
Scott Ryan
Kirk Schuring
Michael Sheehy
Emilia Strong Sykes
Andy Thompson
Ron Young
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