REPRESENTATIVES Faber, Seitz, Schmidt, Kearns, Reidelbach, Jolivette

To amend section 513.17 of the Revised Code to remove

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the limit on the amount of a secured line of

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credit for which the directors of a joint township

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hospital district board may contract.

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

Section 1. That section 513.17 of the Revised Code be amended	5
to read as follows:	6

Sec. 513.17.  (A) The board of hospital governors shall, with	7
the consent and approval of the joint township district hospital	8
board and as provided by sections 513.07 to 513.18 of the Revised	9
Code, prepare plans and specifications, and may employ technical	10
assistance if necessary, and proceed to erect, furnish, and equip	11
necessary buildings for a joint township general hospital. Except	12
where the hospital of the district is leased pursuant to section	13
513.171 of the Revised Code, such board of governors shall appoint	14
and fix the compensation of a suitable person to be superintendent	15
of the hospital for such period of time as it determines, and	16
shall employ and fix the compensation for such nurses and other	17
employees as are necessary for the proper conduct of the hospital.	18
Subject to the direction of the board of governors and to the	19
rules prescribed by it, any such superintendent shall have	20
complete charge and control of the operation of such hospital. He	21
The superintendent shall prepare and submit to the board of	22
governors, quarterly, a statement showing the average daily per	23
capita cost for the current expense of maintaining and operating	24
such hospital, including the cost of ordinary repairs.	25

(B)(1) For purposes of this division:

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(a) "Bank" has the same meaning as in section 1101.01 of the	27
Revised Code.	28

(b) "Savings and loan association" has the same meaning as in	29
section 1151.01 of the Revised Code.	30

(c) "Savings bank" has the same meaning as in section 1161.01	31
of the Revised Code.	32

(2) The board of hospital governors may enter into a contract	33
for a secured line of credit with a bank, savings and loan	34
association, or savings bank if the contract meets all of the	35
following requirements:	36

(a) The term of the contract does not exceed one hundred	37
eighty days;.	38

(b) The board's secured line of credit does not exceed five	39
hundred thousand dollars;	40

(c) The contract provides that any amount extended must be	41
repaid in full before any additional credit can be extended;.	42

(d)(c) The contract provides that the bank, savings and loan	43
association, or savings bank shall not commence a civil action	44
against the joint township district hospital board, any member of	45
the board, board of township trustees, township, or board of	46
county commissioners to recover the principal, interest, or any	47
charges or other amounts that remain outstanding on the secured	48
line of credit at the time of any default by the board of hospital	49
governors;.	50

(e)(d) The contract provides that no assets other than those	51
of the hospital can be used to secure the line of credit;.	52

(f)(e) The terms and conditions of the contract comply with	53
all state and federal statutes and rules governing the extension	54
of a secured line of credit.	55

(3) Any obligation incurred by a board of hospital governors	56
under this division is an obligation of that board only and not a	57
general obligation of the joint township district hospital board,	58
board of county commissioners, county, board of township trustees,	59
or township within the meaning of division (Q) of section 133.01	60
of the Revised Code.	61

(4) No board of hospital governors shall at any time have	62
more than one secured line of credit under this section.	63

(C) The board of hospital governors may grant to its	64
employees such of the following as it determines to be customary	65
and usual in the nonprofit hospital field in its community:	66

(1) Paid vacation and holiday leave, for holidays listed in	67
section 511.10 of the Revised Code, and other benefits for	68
full-time employees;	69

(2) Vacation leave and holiday pay for part-time employees on	70
a pro rata basis;	71

(3) Leave with full pay due to death in the employee's	72
immediate family, which shall not be deducted from the employee's	73
accumulated sick leave;	74

(4) Premium pay for working on holidays listed in section	75
511.10 of the Revised Code;	76

(5) Moving expenses for new employees;

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(6) Discounts on purchases from the hospital pharmacy;

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(7) Discounts on hospital supplies and services.

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The board of hospital governors may provide employee	80
recognition awards and hold employee recognition dinners.	81

The board of hospital governors may provide scholarships for	82
education in the health care professions, tuition reimbursement,	83
and other staff development programs to enhance the skills of	84
health care professionals for the purpose of recruiting or	85
retaining qualified employees.	86

The board of hospital governors may pay reasonable expenses	87
for recruiting physicians into the district or for retaining them	88
if all or part of the district has been designated as an area with	89
a shortage of personal health services under the "Health	90
Maintenance Organization Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 914, 42 U.S.C.	91
300e, as amended.	92

(D) The members of the board of governors shall serve without	93
compensation, but their necessary expenses, when engaged in the	94
business of the hospital board, shall be paid by the joint	95
township district hospital board.	96

(E) The board of hospital governors with the approval of the	97
county commissioners may employ counsel and institute legal action	98
in its own name for the collection of delinquent accounts. The	99
board may also employ any other lawful means for the collection of	100
delinquent accounts. Counsel employed under this section shall be	101
paid from the hospital's funds.	102

Section 2. That existing section 513.17 of the Revised Code	103
is hereby repealed.	104