Am. H.B. 297

127th General Assembly

(As Passed by the General Assembly)

Reps. Carmichael, Aslanides, Brown, Domenick, Evans, Fende, Flowers, Harwood, Hughes, Latta, Letson, J. McGregor, Miller, Peterson, Stebelton, Strahorn, Webster, Yuko, Daniels, Book, Collier, Lundy, Reinhard, Schneider, Setzer, Sykes, Hite, Bacon, Beatty, Budish, Chandler, Coley, Combs, DeBose, Dolan, Dyer, Gerberry, Gibbs, J. Hagan, Luckie, Otterman, Patton, Sayre, Schlichter, Skindell, Wagoner, B. Williams, Yates, Zehringer

Sens. Wagoner, D. Miller, Morano, Buehrer, Mumper, Goodman, Schuring, Seitz, Amstutz, Boccieri, Cafaro, Carey, Harris, Kearney, Mason, R. Miller, Niehaus, Padgett, Roberts, Sawyer, Schaffer, Schuler, Smith, Spada, Stivers

Effective date: *

ACT SUMMARY

· Designates May as "Ohio Lyme Disease Awareness Month."

CONTENT AND OPERATION

Lyme disease is a tick-transmitted disease characterized at first by a skin rash, headache, and fever and later by arthritis and heart damage. The act designates the month of May as "Ohio Lyme Disease Awareness Month" to increase public awareness of Lyme disease as a health concern (R.C. 5.2237).

HISTORY

ACTION	DATE
Introduced	08-16-07
Reported, H. State Gov't & Elections	10-30-07
Passed House (93-0)	12-12-07
Reported, S. Health, Human Services & Aging	02-07-08
Passed Senate (32-0)	05-29-08

08-hb297-127.doc/jc

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* The Legislative Service Commission had not received formal notification of the effective date at the time this analysis was prepared. Additionally, the analysis may not reflect action taken by the Governor.