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2021-2022 pt. 4 1 (2021-2022)

handle is hein.ssl/ssoh0308 and id is 1 raw text is: (134th General Assembly)
(Substitute Senate Bill Number 22)
AN ACT
To amend sections 106.022, 111.15, 119.03, 2743.03, 3701.13, 3701.14, 3707.01,
3707.26, 3715.74, and 4935.03 and to enact sections 101.36, 103.65, 103.651,
107.42, 107.43, 3707.11, 3707.54, 3709.212, and 3709.50 of the Revised Code to
establish legislative oversight of certain orders and rules issued by the executive
branch, including by establishing the Ohio Health Oversight and Advisory
Committee.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That sections 106.022, 111.15, 119.03, 2743.03, 3701.13, 3701.14, 3707.01,
3707.26, 3715.74, and 4935.03 be amended and sections 101.36, 103.65, 103.651, 107.42, 107.43,
3707.11, 3707.54, 3709.212, and 3709.50 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 101.36. (A)(1) If the department of health issues a special or standing order or rule for.
preventing the spread of contagious or infectious disease under section 3701.13 of the Revised Code,
the general assembly may rescind that special or standing order or rule, in whole or in part, by
adopting a concurrent resolution.
(2) If the director of health takes an action to control and suppress the cause of disease or
illness, including contagious, infectious, epidemic, pandemic, or endemic conditions, under section
3701.14 of the Revised Code, the general assembly may rescind that action, in whole or in part, by
adopting a concurrent resolution.
(3) If the general assembly rescinds a special or standing order or rule or an action by the
department of health, in whole or in part, pursuant to division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, the
department shall not reissue that special or standing order or rule or rescinded portion thereof, issue a
substantially similar special or standing order or rule or rescinded portion thereof, take that action or
rescinded portion thereof or a substantially similar action or portion thereof again, or issue a
restriction contained in the rescinded special or standing order or rule, rescinded action, or portion.
thereof, for a period of sixty calendar days following the adoption of a concurrent resolution by the
general assembly.
(B) Within sixty calendar days of the general assembly rescinding a special or standing order
or rule or action under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, the governor, on behalf of the department
of health or director of health, may submit a request to the general assembly to permit the department
or director to issue a special or standing order or rule, or take an action, rescinded by the general
assembly. Upon review, the general assembly may adopt a concurrent resolution authorizing the
department or director to issue that rescinded special or standing order or rule or take that rescinded
action, in whole or in part.
(C) A special or standing order or rule issued, or action taken, by the department or director