As Passed by the House

125th General Assembly
Regular Session
2003-2004
Sub. H. B. No. 434


REPRESENTATIVES Calvert, Allen, Barrett, Beatty, D. Evans, Flowers, Hartnett, Hughes, Miller, T. Patton, Schneider, J. Stewart, Strahorn, Aslanides, Chandler, Collier, C. Evans, Otterman, Peterson, Schlichter, Setzer



A BILL
To amend sections 183.04 and 183.18 and to enact 1
sections 3313.717 and 3314.16 of the Revised Code 2
to provide for the distribution of money received 3
by the state pursuant to the Tobacco Master 4
Settlement Agreement by making operating and 5
capital appropriations for the biennium beginning 6
July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2006, and to 7
provide authorization and conditions for the 8
operation of state programs.9


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

       Section 1. That sections 183.04 and 183.18 be amended and 10
sections 3313.717 and 3314.16 of the Revised Code be enacted to 11
read as follows:12

       Sec. 183.04.  There is hereby created the tobacco use13
prevention and control foundation, the general management of which14
is vested in a board of trustees of twenty-four members as15
follows:16

       (A) Eight members who are health professionals, health17
researchers, or representatives of health organizations. Two of18
these members shall be appointed by the governor, two by the19
speaker of the house of representatives, one by the minority20
leader of the house of representatives, two by the president of21
the senate, and one by the minority leader of the senate.22

       (B) Two members, one of whom has experience in financial23
planning and accounting and one of whom has experience in media24
and mass marketing, who shall be appointed by the governor;25

       (C) One member, who shall be appointed by the governor from a26
list of at least three individuals recommended by the American27
cancer society;28

       (D) One member, who shall be appointed by the governor from a29
list of at least three individuals recommended by the American30
heart association;31

       (E) One member, who shall be appointed by the governor from a32
list of at least three individuals recommended by the American33
lung association;34

       (F) One member, who shall be appointed by the governor from a35
list of at least three individuals recommended by the association 36
of hospitals and health systems;37

       (G) One member, who shall be appointed by the governor from a38
list of at least three individuals recommended by the Ohio state39
medical association;40

       (H) One member, who shall be appointed by the governor from a41
list of at least three individuals recommended by the association 42
of Ohio health commissioners;43

       (I) One member, who shall be appointed by the governor from a 44
list of at least three individuals recommended by the Ohio dental 45
association;46

       (J) One nonvoting member, who shall be a member of the house47
of representatives of the political party of which the speaker of48
the house of representatives is a member and who shall be49
appointed by the speaker;50

       (K) One nonvoting member, who shall be a member of the house51
of representatives of the major political party of which the52
speaker of the house of representatives is not a member and who53
shall be appointed by the speaker;54

       (L) One nonvoting member, who shall be a member of the senate55
of the political party of which the president of the senate is a56
member and who shall be appointed by the president;57

       (M) One nonvoting member, who shall be a member of the senate58
of the major political party of which the president of the senate59
is not a member and who shall be appointed by the president;60

       (N) The director of health, the executive director of the61
commission on minority health, or the executive director's 62
designee, and the attorney general, who shall serve as ex officio63
members.64

       The appointments of the governor shall be with the advice and65
consent of the senate.66

       Terms of office for the non-legislative members appointed by67
the governor, president, speaker, and minority leaders shall be68
for five years. The terms of legislative members shall be for the69
biennial session of the general assembly in which they are70
appointed. Each member shall hold office from the date of71
appointment until the end of the term for which the member was72
appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior73
to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor74
was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term.75
Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration76
date of the member's term until the member's successor takes77
office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever78
occurs first. A vacancy in an unexpired term shall be filled in79
the same manner as the original appointment. The governor may80
remove any non-legislative member for malfeasance, misfeasance, or81
nonfeasance after a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the82
Revised Code.83

       The members of the board shall serve without compensation but84
shall receive their reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in85
the conduct of foundation business.86

       Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not apply to 87
the foundation.88

       Sec. 183.18.  Ohio's public health priorities trust fund is 89
hereby created in the state treasury. Money credited to the fund 90
shall be used for the following purposes:91

       (A) Minority health programs, on which not less than 92
twenty-five per cent of the annual appropriations from the trust 93
fund shall be expended;94

       (B) Enforcing section 2927.02 of the Revised Code;95

       (C) Alcohol and drug abuse treatment and prevention programs, 96
including programs for adult and juvenile offenders in state 97
institutions and aftercare programs;98

       (D) A non-entitlement program funded through the department 99
of health to provide emergency assistance consisting of 100
medication, oxygen, or both to seniors whose health has been 101
adversely affected by tobacco use and whose income does not exceed 102
one hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines, on which 103
five per cent of the annual appropriations from the trust fund 104
shall be expended. However, if federal funding becomes available 105
for this purpose, the department shall utilize the federal funding 106
and the appropriations from the trust fund shall be used for the 107
other purposes authorized by this section. If the federal program 108
requires seniors described by this division to pay a premium or 109
copayment to obtain medication or oxygen, the director of health 110
shall recommend to the general assembly whether this division's 111
set-aside of five per cent of the appropriations from the trust 112
fund should be used to pay such premiums or copayments. As used in 113
this division, "federal poverty guidelines" has the same meaning 114
as in section 5101.46 of the Revised Code.115

       (E) Partial reimbursement, on a county basis, of hospitals, 116
free medical clinics, and similar organizations or programs that117
provide free, uncompensated care to the general public, and of 118
counties that pay private entities to provide such care using 119
revenue from a property tax levied at least in part for that 120
purpose.121

       All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the 122
fund.123

       Sec. 3313.717.  (A) As used in this section, "automated 124
external defibrillator" means a specialized defibrillator that is 125
approved for use as a medical device by the United States food and 126
drug administration for performing automated external 127
defibrillation, as defined in section 2305.235 of the Revised 128
Code.129

       (B) The board of education of each school district and the 130
administrative authority of each chartered nonpublic school may 131
require the placement of an automated external defibrillator in 132
each school under the control of the board or authority. If a 133
board or authority requires the placement of an automated external 134
defibrillator as provided in this section, the board or authority 135
also shall require that a sufficient number of the staff persons 136
assigned to each school under the control of the board or 137
authority successfully complete an appropriate training course in 138
the use of an automated external defibrillator as described in 139
section 3701.85 of the Revised Code.140

       (C) In regard to the use of an automated external 141
defibrillator that is placed in a school as specified in this 142
section, and except in the case of willful or wanton misconduct or 143
when there is no good faith attempt to activate an emergency 144
medical services system in accordance with section 3701.85 of the 145
Revised Code, no person shall be held liable in civil damages for 146
injury, death, or loss to person or property, or held criminally 147
liable, for performing automated external defibrillation in good 148
faith, regardless of whether the person has obtained appropriate 149
training on how to perform automated external defibrillation or 150
successfully completed a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.151

       Sec. 3314.16. (A)(1) As used in this section, "automated 152
external defibrillator" means a specialized defibrillator that is 153
approved for use as a medical device by the United States food and 154
drug administration for performing automated external 155
defibrillation, as defined in section 2305.235 of the Revised 156
Code.157

        (2) This section does not apply to an internet- or 158
computer-based community school.159

        (B) The governing board of a community school established 160
under this chapter may require the placement of an automated 161
external defibrillator in each school under the control of the 162
governing authority. If a governing authority requires the 163
placement of an automated external defibrillator as provided in 164
this section, the governing authority also shall require that a 165
sufficient number of the staff persons assigned to each school 166
under the control of the governing authority successfully complete 167
an appropriate training course in the use of an automated external 168
defibrillator as described in section 3701.85 of the Revised Code.169

        (C) In regard to the use of an automated external 170
defibrillator that is placed in a community school as specified in 171
this section, and except in the case of willful or wanton 172
misconduct or when there is no good faith attempt to activate an 173
emergency medical services system in accordance with section 174
3701.85 of the Revised Code, no person shall be held liable in 175
civil damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property, or 176
held criminally liable, for performing automated external 177
defibrillation in good faith, regardless of whether the person has 178
obtained appropriate training on how to perform automated external 179
defibrillation or successfully completed a course in 180
cardiopulmonary resuscitation.181

       Section 2. That existing sections 183.04 and 183.18 of the 182
Revised Code are hereby repealed.183

       Section 3.  All items in Sections 4 to 13 of this act are184
hereby appropriated as designated out of any moneys in the state185
treasury to the credit of the designated fund that are not186
otherwise appropriated. For all appropriations made in this187
section, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2005 and188
those in the second column are for fiscal year 2006.189

       Section 4. ADA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION190
SERVICES191

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group 192
L87 038-403 Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Programs $ 500,000 $ 500,000 193
L87 038-405 Juvenile Offender Aftercare Program $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 194
TOTAL TSF Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group $ 3,500,000 $ 3,500,000 195
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 3,500,000 $ 3,500,000 196


       Section 5. AGO ATTORNEY GENERAL198

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group199

J87 055-635 Law Enforcement Technology, Training, and Facility Enhancements $ 8,647,000 $ 3,000,000 200
U87 055-402 Tobacco Settlement Oversight, Administration, and Enforcement $ 562,546 $ 573,797 201
TOTAL TSF Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group $ 9,209,546 $ 3,573,797 202
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 9,209,546 $ 3,573,797 203


       Section 6. DEV DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT205

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group206

M87 195-435 Biomedical Research and Technology Transfer $ 24,079,558 $ 23,896,239 207
TOTAL TSF Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group $ 24,079,558 $ 23,896,239 208
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 24,079,558 $ 23,896,239 209


       Section 7. DOH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH211

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group212

L87 440-404 Minority Health Care Data Development $ 350,000 $ 350,000 213
L87 440-409 Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment $ 450,000 $ 450,000 214
L87 440-410 Hepatitis C Prevention and Intervention $ 425,000 $ 425,000 215
L87 440-411 Dental Care Programs for Minority and Low-Income Populations $ 420,000 $ 420,000 216
L87 440-412 Emergency Medications and Oxygen for Low-Income Seniors $ 583,653 $ 583,653 217
L87 440-414 Uncompensated Care $ 3,852,400 $ 3,855,051 218
L87 440-421 Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative $ 266,000 $ 266,000 219
L87 440-428 Automated External Defibrillators $ 2,500,000 $ 0 220
TOTAL TSF Tobacco Master 221
Settlement Agreement Fund 222
Group $ 8,847,053 $ 6,349,704 223
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 8,847,053 $ 6,349,704 224

       AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS225

       The foregoing appropriation item 440-428, Automated External 226
Defibrillators, shall be used by the Department of Health for the 227
acquisition and placement of automated external defibrillators in 228
Ohio primary and secondary schools.229

       The Department of Health shall select one nonprofit 230
organization through a request for proposal process to receive 231
grants for the placement of automated external defibrillators in 232
primary and secondary schools. The request for proposal process 233
used shall be in accordance with rule 123:5-1-08 of the 234
Administrative Code. The grant recipient shall not charge any 235
school for the equipment costs associated with the initial 236
placement of an automated external defibrillator. The purpose of 237
the nonprofit organization selected shall include some type of 238
public health advocacy or activities.239

       Section 8. MIH COMMISSION ON MINORITY HEALTH240

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group 241
L87 149-402 Minority Health and Academic Partnership Grants $ 690,000 $ 690,000 242
L87 149-403 Training and Capacity Building $ 100,000 $ 100,000 243
L87 149-404 Academic, Scientific, and Community Partnerships $ 400,000 $ 400,000 244
TOTAL TSF Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group $ 1,190,000 $ 1,190,000 245
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 1,190,000 $ 1,190,000 246


       Section 9. DHS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY248

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group 249
L87 767-406 Under-Age Tobacco Use Enforcement $ 636,000 $ 636,000 250
TOTAL TSF Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund $ 636,000 $ 636,000 251
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 636,000 $ 636,000 252


       Section 10. NET SCHOOLNET COMMISSION254

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group255

S87 228-602 Education Technology Trust Fund $ 9,277,865 $ 6,274,109 256
TOTAL TSF Tobacco Master 257
Settlement Agreement Fund 258
Group $ 9,277,865 $ 6,274,109 259
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 9,277,865 $ 6,274,109 260

       SCHOOLNET PLUS261

       The Ohio SchoolNet Commission shall distribute SchoolNet Plus 262
Grants to qualifying school districts in fiscal year 2005 to 263
establish and equip at least one interactive computer workstation 264
for each five students enrolled in the seventh grade as reported 265
by school districts pursuant to division (A) of section 3317.03 of 266
the Revised Code.267

       Upon completion of the SchoolNet Plus Grant Program for the 268
seventh grade, the Ohio SchoolNet Commission shall distribute 269
SchoolNet Plus Grants to qualifying school districts in fiscal 270
year 2006 to establish and equip at least one interactive computer 271
workstation for each five children enrolled in the eighth grade as 272
reported by school districts pursuant to division (A) of section 273
3317.03 of the Revised Code.274

       Districts in the first two quartiles of wealth shall receive 275
up to $275 per pupil for students in the targeted grade to 276
purchase classroom computers. Districts in the third and fourth 277
quartiles shall receive up to $105 per pupil in the targeted 278
grade. If a district has met the state's goal of one computer to 279
every five students in the targeted grade, the district may use 280
the funds provided through SchoolNet Plus to purchase computers 281
for successive grades or to fulfill educational technology needs 282
in other grades as specified in the district's technology plan.283

       Section 11. SOA SOUTHERN OHIO AGRICULTURAL AND COMMUNITY284
DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION285

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group286

5M9 945-601 Operating Expenses $ 421,725 $ 430,277 287
K87 945-602 Southern Ohio Agricultural and Community Development Foundation $ 13,200,000 $ 12,600,000 288
TOTAL TSF Tobacco Master 289
Settlement Agreement Fund 290
Group $ 13,621,725 $ 13,030,277 291
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 13,621,725 $ 13,030,277 292


       Section 12. TAX DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION294

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group 295
T87 110-402 Tobacco Settlement Enforcement $ 223,563 $ 228,034 296
TOTAL TSF Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group $ 223,563 $ 228,034 297
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 223,563 $ 228,034 298


       Section 13. TUP TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CONTROL FOUNDATION300

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group 301
H87 940-601 Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation $ 0 $ 107,500,000 302
5M8 940-601 Operating Expenses $ 1,273,000 $ 1,298,000 303
TOTAL TSF Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Fund Group $ 1,273,000 $ 108,798,000 304
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 1,273,000 $ 108,798,000 305


       Section 14.  All items set forth in this section are hereby307
appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit308
of the Education Facilities Trust Fund (Fund N87) that are not309
otherwise appropriated.310

Appropriations

SFC SCHOOL FACILITIES COMMISSION
311

CAP-780 Classroom Facilities Assistance Program $ 243,200,000 312
Total School Facilities Commission $ 243,200,000 313
TOTAL Education Facilities Trust Fund $ 243,200,000 314


       Section 14.01.  Section 14 of this act shall remain in full316
force and effect commencing on July 1, 2004, and terminating on317
June 30, 2006, for the purpose of drawing money from the state318
treasury in payment of liabilities lawfully incurred thereunder,319
and on June 30, 2006, and not before, the moneys appropriated320
thereby shall lapse into the funds from which they are severally321
appropriated.322

       The appropriations made in Section 14 of this act are subject 323
to all provisions of the capital appropriations act governing the324
2004-2006 biennium that are generally applicable to such325
appropriations. Expenditures from appropriations contained in 326
Section 14 shall be accounted for as though made in the capital 327
appropriations act governing the 2004-2006 biennium.328

       Section 15.  PERSONAL SERVICE EXPENSES329

       Unless otherwise prohibited by law, each appropriation in330
this act from which personal service expenses are paid shall bear331
the employer's share of public employees' retirement, workers'332
compensation, disabled workers' relief, and all group insurance333
programs; the costs of centralized accounting, centralized payroll334
processing, and related personnel reports and services; the cost335
of the Office of Collective Bargaining; the cost of the Personnel336
Board of Review; the cost of the Employee Assistance Program; the337
cost of the Equal Opportunity Center; the costs of interagency338
information management infrastructure; and the cost of339
administering the state employee merit system as required by340
section 124.07 of the Revised Code. Such costs shall be determined341
in conformity with appropriate sections of law and paid in342
accordance with procedures specified by the Office of Budget and343
Management.344

       Section 16. REISSUANCE OF VOIDED WARRANTS345

       In order to provide funds for the reissuance of voided 346
warrants pursuant to section 117.47 of the Revised Code, there is 347
appropriated, out of moneys in the state treasury from the fund 348
credited as provided in section 117.47 of the Revised Code, that 349
amount sufficient to pay such warrants when approved by the Office 350
of Budget and Management.351

       Section 17. REAPPROPRIATION OF UNEXPENDED ENCUMBERED BALANCES 352
OF OPERATING APPROPRIATIONS353

       An unexpended balance of an operating appropriation or 354
reappropriation that a state agency lawfully encumbered prior to 355
the close of a fiscal year is reappropriated on the first day of 356
July of the following fiscal year from the fund from which it was 357
originally appropriated or reappropriated for the following period 358
and shall remain available only for the purpose of discharging the 359
encumbrance.360

       (A) For an encumbrance for personal services, maintenance, 361
equipment, or items for resale, other than an encumbrance for an 362
item of special order manufacture not available on term contract 363
or in the open market or for reclamation of land or oil and gas 364
wells, for a period of not more than five months from the end of 365
the fiscal year;366

       (B) For an encumbrance for an item of special order 367
manufacture not available on term contract or in the open market, 368
for a period of not more than five months from the end of the 369
fiscal year or, with the written approval of the Director of 370
Budget and Management, for a period of not more than twelve months 371
from the end of the fiscal year;372

       (C) For an encumbrance for reclamation of land or oil and gas 373
wells, for a period ending when the encumbered appropriation is 374
expended or for a period of two years, whichever is less;375

       (D) For an encumbrance for any other expense, for such period 376
as the Director of Budget and Management approves, provided such 377
period does not exceed two years.378

       Any operating appropriations for which unexpended balances 379
are reappropriated beyond a five-month period from the end of the 380
fiscal year pursuant to division (B) of this section shall be 381
reported to the Controlling Board by the Director of Budget and 382
Management by the thirty-first day of December of each year. The 383
report on each such item shall include the item, the cost of the 384
item, and the name of the vendor. This report to the Controlling 385
Board shall be updated on a quarterly basis for encumbrances 386
remaining open.387

       Upon the expiration of the reappropriation period set out in 388
division (A), (B), (C), or (D) of this section, a reappropriation 389
made pursuant to this section lapses, and the Director of Budget 390
and Management shall cancel the encumbrance of the unexpended 391
reappropriation not later than the end of the weekend following 392
the expiration of the reappropriation period.393

       Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, with the approval of 394
the Director of Budget and Management, an unexpended balance of an 395
encumbrance that was reappropriated on the first day of July 396
pursuant to this section for a period specified in division (C) or 397
(D) of this section and that remains encumbered at the close of 398
the fiscal biennium is hereby reappropriated pursuant to this 399
section on the first day of July of the following fiscal biennium 400
from the fund from which it was originally appropriated or 401
reappropriated for the applicable period specified in division (C) 402
or (D) of this section and shall remain available only for the 403
purpose of discharging the encumbrance.404

       If the Controlling Board approved a purchase, that approval 405
remains in effect as long as the appropriation used to make that 406
purchase remains encumbered.407

       Section 18.  Except as otherwise specifically provided in408
this act, the codified and uncodified sections of law contained in409
this act, and the items of law of which the codified and410
uncodified sections of law contained in this act are composed, are411
subject to the referendum. Therefore, under Ohio Constitution,412
Article II, Section 1c and section 1.471 of the Revised Code, the413
codified and uncodified sections of law contained in this act, and414
the items of law of which the codified and uncodified sections of415
law contained in this act are composed, take effect on the416
ninety-first day after this act is filed with the Secretary of417
State. If, however, a referendum petition is filed against any418
such codified or uncodified section of law contained in this act,419
or against any item of law of which any such codified or420
uncodified section of law contained in this act is composed, the421
codified or uncodified section of law, or item of law, unless422
rejected at the referendum, takes effect at the earliest time423
permitted by law.424

       Section 19. If any item of law that constitutes the whole or 425
part of a codified or uncodified section of law contained in this 426
act, or if any application of any item of law that constitutes the 427
whole or part of a codified or uncodified section of law contained 428
in this act, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other 429
items of law or applications of items of law that can be given 430
effect without the invalid item of law or application. To this 431
end, the items of law of which the codified and uncodified 432
sections of law contained in this act are composed, and their 433
applications, are independent and severable.434