As Passed by the House                        1            

123rd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                              H. B. No. 529      5            

      1999-2000                                                    6            


       REPRESENTATIVES TAYLOR-BRITTON-GRENDELL-D. MILLER-          7            

                  PRINGLE-REDFERN-VERICH-PERRY                     8            


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                          A   B I L L                                           

             To amend section 955.41 of the Revised Code to        11           

                increase the cap on the amount of reimbursement    12           

                that a person may receive for treatment of a                    

                rabies bite.                                                    




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        14           

      Section 1.  That section 955.41 of the Revised Code be       16           

amended to read as follows:                                        17           

      Sec. 955.41.  The board of county commissioners, not later   26           

than the third regular meeting after it is presented with the      27           

account provided for by section 955.42 of the Revised Code, shall  28           

examine such account, and, if found in whole or part correct and   29           

just, shall order the payment in whole or in part to the patient   30           

and to the physician who rendered such treatment, in accordance                 

with their respective claims.  A person shall not receive for one  31           

injury a sum exceeding two ONE THOUSAND FIVE hundred dollars.      32           

      Section 2.  That existing section 955.41 of the Revised      34           

Code is hereby repealed.                                           35