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(123rd General Assembly)(Substitute House Bill Number 642)
AN ACT
To enact sections 3701.90, 3701.901, 3701.902, 3701.903, 3701.904, 3701.905,
3701.906, and 3701.907 of the Revised Code to create the Council on Stroke
Prevention
and Education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1 . That sections 3701.90, 3701.901, 3701.902, 3701.903,
3701.904, 3701.905, 3701.906, and 3701.907 of the Revised Code be enacted to
read as follows:
Sec. 3701.90. There is hereby created in the department of health
the council on stroke prevention and education. The department shall, to the
extent funds are available,
provide office space and staff assistance for the council. Sec. 3701.901. (A) The membership of the council on stroke
prevention and education shall consist of one representative of
each of the following: (1) Brain injury association of Ohio; (2) Ohio academy of family physicians; (3) American college of emergency physicians Ohio
chapter; (4) Ohio chapter of the American college of
cardiology; (5) Ohio state neurosurgical society; (6) Ohio heart and vascular research foundation; (7) Ohio geriatrics society; (8) Ohio nurses association; (9) Ohio association of rehabilitation facilities; (10) Ohio hospital association; (11) Northeast Ohio stroke association; (12) American heart association Ohio valley
affiliate; (13) American association of retired persons Ohio
office; (14) Ohio department of health; (15) Ohio commission on minority health; (16) Ohio state medical association; (17) Ohio osteopathic association; (18) Ohio physical therapy association; (19) A university research facility in Ohio specializing in
biotechnology; (20) A health insuring corporation, as defined in section 1751.01
of the Revised Code; (21) a small employer, as defined in section 3924.01 of the
Revised
Code; (22) An employer that provides health benefits to its employees
through a self-insurance program, as defined in section 3959.01 of the
Revised Code. (B) The director of health shall appoint the members of the
council. The director shall request from each entity listed
in division (A) of this section a list of three persons qualified
to serve as members of the council. In making appointments to the council,
the director shall
select one member from the list submitted by each entity. If the director
does not receive a list
from an entity not later than sixty days after making a request,
the director shall appoint a member to serve as the representative of that
entity. The director shall appoint as members of the council no fewer than
six persons who are authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice
medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (C) The director of health shall appoint the chair and vice-chair
of the council from among its members. Sec. 3701.902. Members of the council on stroke prevention and
education shall serve without compensation, but shall, to the extent funds are
available, be reimbursed by
the department of health for the actual and necessary expenses they
incur in the performance of their official duties. A member may
serve until a replacement is appointed by the director of health.
Replacement members shall be appointed in the same manner as the
initial members. Sec. 3701.903. (A) The council on stroke prevention and
education
shall, to the extent funds are available, do all of the following: (1) Develop and implement a comprehensive statewide public
education program on stroke prevention, targeted to high-risk
populations and to geographic areas where there is a high incidence of
stroke, including information developed or compiled by the council on all of
the following: (a) Healthy lifestyle practices that reduce the risk of
stroke; (b) Signs and symptoms of stroke and action to be taken when
signs occur; (c) Determinants of high-quality health care for stroke; (d) Other information the council considers appropriate for
inclusion in the public education program. (2) Develop or compile for primary care physicians recommendations
that
address risk factors for stroke, appropriate screening for risk
factors, early signs of stroke, and treatment strategies; (3) Develop or compile for physicians and emergency health care providers
recommendations on the initial treatment of stroke; (4) Develop or compile for physicians and other health care providers
recommendations on the long-term treatment of stroke; (5) Develop or compile for physicians, long-term care providers, and
rehabilitation providers recommendations on rehabilitation of stroke
patients; (6) Take other actions consistent with the purpose of the council
to ensure that the public and health care providers are informed with
regard to the most effective treatment strategies for stroke prevention
and treatment. (B) The council may use information developed or made available
by other public or private entities to meet the requirements of division
(A) of this section. (C) The department of health shall make information developed or
compiled by
the council available to the public and disseminate to the appropriate
persons the recommendations developed or compiled by the council. Sec. 3701.904. (A) the council on stroke prevention and
education
shall meet at the call of the chair to conduct its official business. (B) A majority of the voting members of the council constitutes a
quorum. The council may take action only by affirmative vote of a majority of
a quorum. Sec. 3701.905. The council on stroke prevention and education
shall, to the extent funds are available, prepare a report describing the
actions the council has
taken under section 3701.903 of the Revised Code. The
report may
include recommendations as the council deems appropriate. The
council shall submit the report to the governor, the director of
health, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the
speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives not
later than June 1, 2002. Sec. 3701.906.
After the issuance of the
report required by section 3701.905 of the Revised Code, the
Council shall meet at least once annually, at the call of the chair, to review
and make amendments as necessary to the recommendations developed or
compiled by the council under division (A) of section 3701.903 of
the Revised Code. Sec. 3701.907.
The council on stroke prevention and education is
exempt from the requirements of section 101.84 of the Revised
Code.
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