As Introduced                            1            

123rd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                                H. B. No. 261    5            

      1999-2000                                                    6            


   REPRESENTATIVES ROMAN-SCHURING-AMSTUTZ-MEAD-NETZLEY-TIBERI-     8            

 JERSE-BRITTON-JACOBSON-GOODMAN-BENDER-CLANCY-SCHULER-GRENDELL-    9            

  O'BRIEN-VESPER-KREBS-TERWILLEGER-PADGETT-CORBIN-ROBERTS-HOOD-    11           

        VAN VYVEN-HOUSEHOLDER-WILLAMOWSKI-BUCHY-HOLLISTER                       


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                          A   B I L L                                           

             To repeal Sections 2 and 3 of Am. Sub. H.B. 218 of    14           

                the 121st General Assembly, as subsequently        15           

                amended, to repeal the scheduled repeal of the     16           

                laws that establish qualified immunity from civil               

                liability for health care providers that provide   17           

                free health care services to indigent and          18           

                uninsured persons.                                              




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        20           

      Section 1.  That Section 2 of Am. Sub. H.B. 218 of the       22           

121st General Assembly, as most recently amended by Am. Sub. H.B.  23           

612 of the 122nd General Assembly, which section contains a        24           

repeal of sections 2305.234, 3701.071, and 4731.295 of the         25           

Revised Code effective November 15, 2000, is hereby repealed.      26           

The intent of this section is to remove the limitation imposed by  27           

such repeal upon the continued existence of sections 2305.234,     28           

3701.071, and 4731.295 of the Revised Code, which intent is not    29           

affected by the rule of construction contained in section 1.57 of  30           

the Revised Code.                                                  31           

      Section 2.  That Section 3 of Am. Sub. H.B. 218 of the       33           

121st General Assembly, as most recently amended by Am. Sub. H.B.  34           

612 of the 122nd General Assembly, is hereby repealed.             35