As Passed by the House                        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-REID-     10           

    CALLENDER-WOMER BENJAMIN-MILLER-WACHTMANN-HODGES-HARRIS-       11           

     VESPER-METZGER-JACOBSON-WILLIAMS-YOUNG-CORBIN-PERZ-OGG        12           


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                           A   B I L L                                          

             To enact section 5.2214 of the Revised Code to        16           

                designate the month of October as "Ohio Hepatitis  17           

                C Awareness  Month."                               18           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        19           

      Section 1.  That section 5.2214 of the Revised Code be       21           

enacted to read as follows:                                        22           

      Sec. 5.2214.  THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS "OHIO    24           

HEPATITIS C AWARENESS MONTH," TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF      25           

HEPATITIS C AS AN EMERGING HEALTH CONCERN.                         26