As Reported by the House Health, Retirement and Aging Committee   1            

122nd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                              Am. S. B. No. 183  5            

      1997-1998                                                    6            


   SENATORS DRAKE-SHEERER-FURNEY-J. JOHNSON-SUHADOLNIK-McLIN-      8            

HOWARD-HAGAN-LATELL-GARDNER-DiDONATO-REPRESENTATIVES TERWILLEGER-  9            

      GRENDELL-VAN VYVEN-TAYLOR-PATTON-BRADING-OLMAN-WHALEN        10           


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             To enact section 5.2214 of the Revised Code to        14           

                designate the month of October as "Ohio Hepatitis  15           

                C Awareness  Month."                               16           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        17           

      Section 1.  That section 5.2214 of the Revised Code be       19           

enacted to read as follows:                                        20           

      Sec. 5.2214.  THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS "OHIO    22           

HEPATITIS C AWARENESS MONTH," TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF      23           

HEPATITIS C AS AN EMERGING HEALTH CONCERN.                         24