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| To enact section 3701.66 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| create the Commission on Infant Mortality. | 2 |
| Section 1. That section 3701.66 of the Revised Code be | 3 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 4 |
| Sec. 3701.66. (A) There is hereby created the commission on | 5 |
| infant mortality. The commission shall: | 6 |
| (1) Conduct a complete inventory of services provided or | 7 |
| administered by the state that are available to address the infant | 8 |
| mortality rate in this state; | 9 |
| (2) For each service identified under division (A)(1) of this | 10 |
| section, determine both of the following: | 11 |
| (a) The sources of the funds that are used to pay for the | 12 |
| service; | 13 |
| (b) Whether the service and its funding sources have a | 14 |
| connection with programs provided or administered by local or | 15 |
| community-based public or private entities and, to the extent they | 16 |
| do not, whether they should. | 17 |
| (B) The commission shall consist of the following members: | 18 |
| (1) Two members of the senate, one from the majority party | 19 |
| and one from the minority party, each appointed by the senate | 20 |
| president; | 21 |
| (2) Two members of the house of representatives, one from the | 22 |
| majority party and one from the minority party, each appointed by | 23 |
| the speaker of the house of representatives; | 24 |
| (3) The executive director of the office of health | 25 |
| transformation or the executive director's designee; | 26 |
| (4) The director of medicaid or the director's designee; | 27 |
| (5) The director of health or the director's designee; | 28 |
| (6) The executive director of the commission on minority | 29 |
| health or the executive director's designee; | 30 |
| (7) The attorney general or the attorney general's designee; | 31 |
| (8) A health commissioner of a city or general health | 32 |
| district, appointed by the governor; | 33 |
| (9) A coroner, deputy coroner, or other person who conducts | 34 |
| death scene investigations, appointed by the governor; | 35 |
| (10) Two individuals who represent community-based programs | 36 |
| that serve pregnant women or new mothers whose infants tend to be | 37 |
| at a higher risk for infant mortality, appointed by the governor. | 38 |
| (C) The commission members described in divisions (B)(1), | 39 |
| (2), (8), (9), and (10) of this section shall be appointed not | 40 |
| later than thirty days after the effective date of this act. An | 41 |
| appointed member shall hold office until a successor is appointed. | 42 |
| A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original | 43 |
| appointment. | 44 |
| From among the members, the president of the senate and | 45 |
| speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint two to serve | 46 |
| as co-chairpersons of the commission. | 47 |
| A member shall serve without compensation except to the | 48 |
| extent that serving on the commission is considered part of the | 49 |
| member's regular duties of employment. | 50 |
| (D) The commission may request assistance from the staff of | 51 |
| the legislative service commission. | 52 |
| (E) Not later than six months after the effective date of | 53 |
| this section, the commission on infant mortality shall prepare a | 54 |
| written report of its findings and recommendations concerning the | 55 |
| matters described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section. On | 56 |
| completion, the commission shall submit the report to the governor | 57 |
| and, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code, the | 58 |
| general assembly. | 59 |
| (F) The president of the senate and speaker of the house of | 60 |
| representatives shall determine the responsibilities of the | 61 |
| commission following submission of the report under division (E) | 62 |
| of this section. | 63 |
| (G) The commission is not subject to sections 101.82 to | 64 |
| 101.87 of the Revised Code. | 65 |