Human Services Bills
Bills on this page generally fall under the purview of the CCAO Human Services Standing Committee, chaired in 2024 by Ashtabula County Commissioner Kathryn Whittington.
You can view the Human Services section of the Association's Legislative Platform here.
A bill's inclusion on this page does not mean that the committee has discussed the bill or that the Association has taken a position.
House Bill 428To establish a supplemental benefit allotment for certain recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits and to make an appropriation. Read More | Senate Bill 5To establish the Workforce Voucher Program, to terminate the provisions of the Voucher Program two years after the bill's effective date, to authorize tax credits for graduates of the Voucher Program, and to make an appropriation. Read More | |
Senate Bill 33To require Medicaid applicants to certify that they have been notified about the Medicaid estate recovery program. Read More | Senate Bill 31To establish legislative oversight of executive action regarding voluntary federal unemployment compensation programs. Read More | Senate Bill 176To allow child support orders to be issued, modified, or extended for children over 18 with a disability. Read More |
Senate Bill 105Regarding the composition of boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services; the authority of the boards; and the requirements for operation of recovery housing residences. Read More | House Bill 71To establish the Community Connectors Workforce Program and to make an appropriation. Read More | House Bill 7To support strong foundations for Ohio mothers and babies in their first one thousand days to address maternal and infant mortality, to improve health, developmental, and learning outcomes for babies and mothers through expanded prenatal, postnatal, infant, and toddler health care and early intervention and wraparound services and supports. Read More |
House Bill 231To establish a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis telephone line. Read More | ||
House Bill 227Regarding the composition of boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services; the authority of the boards; and the requirements for operation of recovery housing residences. Read More | House Bill 164To establish the Foster-to-College Scholarship Program, to require the Department of Education to hire a full-time school foster care liaison, and to make an appropriation for the Foster-to-College Scholarship Program. Read More | House Bill 14Regarding the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities to grant substantially equal time and responsibility for a child. Read More |
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