Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio HB945: Regards regulation of hospice care programs
Status: In committee, May 20, 2026
To amend sections 3712.01, 3712.03, 3712.04, 3712.06, and 3712.062 and to enact sections 3712.20 and 3712.21 of the Revised Code regarding the regulation of hospice care programs.
What the bill says
To amend sections 3712.01, 3712.03, 3712.04, 3712.06, and 3712.062 and to enact sections 3712.20 and 3712.21 of the Revised Code regarding the regulation of hospice care programs.
From the introduced text, May 19, 2026:
To amend sections 3712.01, 3712.03, 3712.04, 3712.06, and 3712.062 and to enact sections 3712.20 and 3712.21 of the Revised Code regarding the regulation of hospice care programs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That sections 3712.01, 3712.03, 3712.04, 3712.06, and 3712.062 be amended and sections 3712.20 and 3712.21 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: Sec. 3712.01. As used in this chapter: (A) "Hospice care program" means a coordinated program of home, outpatient, and inpatient care and services that is operated by a person or public agency and that provides the following care and services to hospice patients, including services as indicated below to hospice patients' families, through a medically directed interdisciplinary team, under interdisciplinary plans of care established pursuant to section 3712.06 of the Revised Code, in order to meet the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and other special needs that are experienced during the final stages of illness, dying, and bereavement: (1) Nursing care by or under the supervision of a registered nurse; (2) Physical, occupational, or speech or language therapy, unless waived by the department of health pursuant to rules adopted under division (A) of section 3712.03 of the Revised Code; (3) Medical social services by a social worker under the direction of a physician; (4) Services …
Sponsors
- Andrea White (R, 36) · primary sponsor
- Bill Roemer (R, 31) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
Subjects: Health Care, Health and Human Services, Occupational Licensing and Regulation
Common questions
- What is HB945?
- HB945 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Regards regulation of hospice care programs.
- What does HB945 do?
- In its own words: To amend sections 3712.01, 3712.03, 3712.04, 3712.06, and 3712.062 and to enact sections 3712.20 and 3712.21 of the Revised Code regarding the regulation of hospice care programs.
- What is the status of HB945?
- In committee as of May 20, 2026. Latest action: Referred to committee (May 20, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB945?
- Andrea White (R, 36), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB945?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb945
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