Ohio-ACC members participated in the Ohio-ACC Legislative Day on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. We discussed the following:

ISSUE #1: Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease in Newborns – Support S.B. 4
Sponsor: Senator Gayle Manning (R-13)Co-Sponsors: Senators Keith Faber (R-12), Larry Obhof (R-22), Frank La Rose (R-27), Bill Beagle (R-5), Peggy Lehner (R-6), Shannon Jones (R-7), Cliff Hite (R-1), Kevin Bacon (R-3), Joseph Uecker (R-14), Thomas Patton (R-24), Randall Gardner (R-2), John Eklund (R-18)

ISSUE #2: Medicaid Expansion – Support H.B. 59, New and Revised Subsections under Sec. 5162, 5163, 5164, 5165, 5166, 5167, 5168, and Sections 5302.221, 5209.082
Sponsor: Representative Ron Amstutz (R-1)

ISSUE #3: Funding for Tobacco Use Prevention Fund – Support H.B. 59 Sections 285.10 & 285.20
Sponsor: Representative Ron Amstutz (R-1)Status: House Committee on Finance and Appropriations

ISSUE #4: Enhance Ohio’s Medical Liability Protections/Tort Reform

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