Legislative Update
Janice Lanier JD RN
Liaison Public Policy Committee

Lame Duck session underway

HB 285, the nurse staffing ratio bill, introduced in October 2023, had its second hearing in the House Health Provider Services Committee on November 19th. The committee heard proponent and opponent testimony. Seven proponents, most of them representing the Ohio Nurses and Health Professionals Association, testified before the committee; seventy-one submitted written proponent testimony and three submitted written opponent testimony. Opponents included the Ohio Chamber of Commerce; joint testimony from the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA), the Ohio Children’s Hospital Association, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Ohio Business Roundtable; and the Christ Hospital’s Health Network.