John R. Kasich, Governor
Tracy J. Plouck, Director
Missy Craddock, Deputy Director
• Summary of Opiate-related Legislation
• OhioMHAS Mid-Biennium Review Provisions
• Other legislative efforts
• Other OhioMHAS efforts that intersect with
criminal justice
• Medicaid Expansion
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House Bill 92 (Antonio, Sears) – Authorizes the establishment of syringe exchange
programs Pending in Senate Medicaid, Health & Human Services
House Bill 170 (Johnson, Stinziano) – Increases access to naloxone, an antidote to
a opiate overdose Signed by Governor Kasich, effective March 11, 2014
House Bill 314 (Baker, Kunze) – Requires informed consent by a responsible adult
to allow opioid prescriptions issued to minors Signed by Governor Kasich, effective
September 17,2014
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House Bill 315 (Wachtmann) – Requires reports to the Department of Health
regarding newborns diagnosed as opioid dependent Signed by Governor Kasich,
effective July 10, 2014
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House Bill 332 (Wachtmann, Antonio) – Establish standards and procedures for
opioid treatment of chronic, intractable pain resulting from noncancer conditions
Pending in House Health and Aging Committee, State Medical Board guidance
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House Bill 341 (Smith) – Establishes requirements to be followed by prescribers in
reviewing patient information in the State Board of Pharmacy’s Ohio Automated Rx
Reporting System Signed by Governor Kasich, effective September 16, 2014
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House Bill 359 (Sprague) – Requires distribution of one-page information sheet
regarding the addictive nature of drugs on Schedule II or containing an opioid
Pending in House Health and Aging
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House Bill 363 (Sprague, Driehaus) – Provides immunity from arrest, prosecution,
conviction, or supervised release sanctioning for a minor drug possession offense
for a person who seeks or obtains medical assistance for self of another person
who is experiencing a medical emergency and for whom medical assistance is
sought Pending in House Judiciary
House Bill 366 (Sprague) – Requires hospice care programs to establish policies to
prevent diversion of controlled substances that contain opioids Signed by Governor
Kasich, effective September 17, 2014
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House Bill 367 (Driehaus, Sprague) – Requires the health curriculum of each school
district to include instruction in prescription opioid abuse prevention Pending in
Senate Education
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House Bill 369 (Sprague) – Multiple provisions on establishment of a continuum of
care for opioid treatment and to promote recovery housing Inserted into Mid-
Biennium Review
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House Bill 378 (Smith, Sprague) – Prohibits a physician from prescribing of
personally furnishing certain drugs to treat opioid dependence or addiction unless
the patient is receiving appropriate behavioral counseling or treatment Pending in
House Health and Aging, State Medical Board looking at rules
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House Bill 381 (Sears) – Requires a retail terminal distributor of dangerous drugs to
verify identification when dispensing a controlled substance or tramadol Pending in
House Health and Aging
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House Bill 399 (Sheehy, Sprague) – Designates the first Friday of May as
“Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness and Education Day” Signed by Governor
Kasich, effective September 4, 2014
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Senate Bill 57 (Manning) – establishes a one-year pilot project in Lorain County to
allow qualified emergency responders in the county to obtain and administer
naloxone to revive a person suffering from an apparent opioid-related overdose
Signed by Governor Kasich, effective October 11, 2013
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House Bill 501 (Smith, Sprague) – Adds the drug Zohydro to the list of Schedule I
controlled substances Pending in House Health and Aging
House Bill 508 (Butler) – Expands the offense of murder to also prohibit causing the
death of another as a proximate result of selling the person a controlled substance
when the death is caused by an overdose and to provide for special life sentences
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for a violation Pending in House Judiciary
• Definition of Recovery Housing
• Requires each board to ensure essential elements of
the continuum of care are available to the
community, or OhioMHAS may withhold funds.
Modified to include specificity for opioid addiction
• Requires addiction providers to maintain a waiting
list to be able to track when a person does not have
immediate access to treatment
• Requires revisions to rules to streamline administrivia
for providers
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Distribution of of ALI $47.5 million for FY 15
SAPT-related prevention,
$1.5
Statewide Prevention,
$5.0
Residential State
Supplement program
improvements, $7.5
Gaps in care emphasizing
crisis and housing, $20.1
AoD hot spots, $2.5
Recovery housing, $5.0***
* amounts in millions
***Plus $5 M capital funding earmark
Payroll for specialty
dockets, $4.4
SAPT-related women's
network/ residential, $1.5
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• Senate Bill 43 (Burke, Tavares) – Makes changes to the laws
governing the civil commitment of and treatment provided to
mentally ill persons
• Modifies and clarifies commitment law to include court ordered
outpatient commitment.
• Not all probate judges interpreted the commitment law to allow
outpatient settings
• Main proponent: NAMI Ohio
• Option for families seeking to require their loved one to comply with
treatment
• Summer Committee work by the House based on criminal
justice needs – House Study Committee on Law Enforcement
Perspectives on the Drug Epidemic and Its Impact on Families
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• Community Innovations - $1.5 million in
administrative savings from the consolidation of
ODADAS and ODMH invested in projects in local jails
• Expansion of community linkage
• Historic Support for Drug Courts
• Addiction Treatment Pilot Program
• OASIS Therapeutic Community (Our Awareness of
Self Increases Success) at Pickaway Correctional
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• Will help thousands of individuals with mental health and
addiction, including many who are trapped in the revolving
criminal justice system
• Frees up dollars at local level to be used for recovery supports
such as housing and employment services
• “Medicaid expansion could make the most positive
contribution to criminal justice reform that I’ve seen in
nearly 40 years,” DRC Director Gary Mohr
• Medicaid expansion allows all adults with incomes up to
138% of poverty to gain coverage
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