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...n division (B) of this section, each hospital that has a maternity unit licensed under Chapter 3711. of the Revised Code shall modify operational processes not later than three months after the effective date of this section or three months after commencing operations, as applicable, to ensure that a woman giving birth in the hospital has the option of having a long-acting reversible contraceptive placed after deliv...

...rs or boards of trustees, a group of hospitals may conduct discussions or negotiations concerning the allocation of health care equipment or health care services, provided that the discussions or negotiations do not involve price-fixing or predatory pricing and are designed to achieve one or more of the following goals: (1) Reducing health care costs for consumers; (2) Improving access to health care services; (3)...

...of the Revised Code wish to have the hospitals they represent undertake a cooperative action proposed as a result of the discussions or negotiations, they may submit a request to the director of health on behalf of the hospitals for approval of an agreement to undertake the cooperative action. The request shall include all of the following: (1) A copy of the proposed agreement; (2) An implementation plan that state...

...The director of health may adopt rules for the implementation of sections 3727.21 and 3727.22 of the Revised Code, including rules establishing procedures and criteria for the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative agreements under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code. If rules are adopted, they shall ensure that there is opportunity for public comment during the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative ag...

... or boards of trustees of a group of hospitals who participate in discussions or negotiations authorized by section 3727.21 of the Revised Code, and to persons authorized by such directors or trustees to implement cooperative agreements approved under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code.

...ffective date of this section , each hospital that offers surgical services shall adopt and implement a policy designed to prevent human exposure to surgical smoke during any planned surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke. The policy shall include the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system. (C) The director of health may adopt any rules the director considers necessary to implement this se...

...e: (A) "Ancillary service" means a hospital item or service that a hospital customarily provides as part of a shoppable service. (B) "Chargemaster" means the list maintained by a hospital of each hospital item or service for which the hospital has established a charge. (C) "De-identified maximum negotiated charge" means the highest charge that a hospital has negotiated with all third-party payors for a hospital...

...A hospital shall make public both of the following: (A) As described in section 3727.33 of the Revised Code, a digital file in a machine-readable format that contains a list of all standard charges, expressed in dollar amounts, for all hospital items or services; (B) As described in section 3727.34 of the Revised Code, a consumer-friendly list of standard charges for the hospital's shoppable services or an intern...

...(A) A hospital shall maintain a list of all standard charges for all hospital items or services in accordance with this section. The hospital shall ensure that the list is available at all times to the public, including by posting the list electronically in the manner provided by this section. (B) The standard charges contained in the list shall reflect the standard charges applicable to that location of the hospit...

...t to division (E) of this section, a hospital shall maintain and make publicly available a list of the standard charges described in divisions (C)(2)(b), (c), (d), and (e) of section 3727.33 of the Revised Code for the hospital's shoppable services. With respect to the shoppable services that are included on the list, a hospital may select the shoppable services to be included on the list, subject to all of the follo...

...Each time a hospital updates a list or internet-based price estimator tool as required under sections 3727.33 and 3727.34 of the Revised Code, the hospital shall submit the updated list or a description of the updates to the internet-based price estimator tool to the director of health. The director shall prescribe the form in which the updated list or description is to be submitted.

...(A) No hospital shall do any of the following: (1)(a) Fail to comply with the requirement to make public the list described in section 3727.33 of the Revised Code; (b) Fail to comply with the requirements to make public the either the list or the internet-based price estimator tool described in section 3727.34 of the Revised Code. (2)(a) Fail to maintain the list required by section 3727.33 of the Revised Code ...

...director of health determines that a hospital has violated division (A) of section 3727.36 of the Revised Code, the director shall issue a notice of violation to the hospital. The director shall clearly explain in the notice the manner in which the hospital is not in compliance. When a notice of violation is issued, the director shall require the hospital to submit a corrective action plan to the director. In the n...

...mpose an administrative penalty on a hospital if the hospital does both of the following: (a) Violates division (A) of section 3727.36 of the Revised Code; (b) Violates division (D) of section 3727.37 of the Revised Code. (2) Each day a violation continues is considered a separate violation. (B) In imposing an administrative penalty under this section, the director of health shall act in accordance with Chapt...

...by created in the state treasury the hospital price transparency fund, consisting of administrative penalties collected under section 3727.38 of the Revised Code. The director of health shall administer the fund. The amounts deposited shall be used for purposes of administering and enforcing sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code, except that the director may use a portion for purposes of informing the publi...

...e director shall prepare a report on hospitals that are in violation of division (A) of section 3727.36 or division (D) of section 3727.37 of the Revised Code. (B) Within sixty days after any change to the federal price transparency law, the director shall prepare a report of the director's recommendations for conforming sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code with the change or, alternatively, stating tha...

...The director of health may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code. All rules adopted pursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...turally separate and distinct from a hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A freestanding emergency department shall provide notice that identifies the facility as a freestanding emergency department. The facility shall provide the notice by posting it in either of the following ways: (1) In a conspicuous place in an area of the facility that is accessible to the public; (2) On the fa...

.... (B) "Inpatient care unit" means a hospital unit, including an operating room or other inpatient care area, in which nursing care is provided to patients who have been admitted to the hospital. (C) "Nurse" means a person who is licensed to practice as a registered nurse under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code or, if the hospital employs licensed practical nurses, a person who is licensed to practice...

...(A) Each hospital shall convene a hospital-wide nursing care committee not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section or, if the hospital is not treating patients on the effective date of this section, ninety days after the hospital begins to treat patients. The hospital shall select the members of the committee, subject to all of the following: (1) The hospital's...

...A hospital-wide nursing care committee convened pursuant to section 3727.51 of the Revised Code shall do both of the following: (A) If one exists, evaluate the hospital's current nursing services staffing plan; (B) Recommend a nursing services staffing plan that is, at a minimum, consistent with current standards established by private accreditation organizations or governmental entities and ...

... division (B) of this section, each hospital shall create an evidence-based written nursing services staffing plan guiding the assignment of nurses hospital-wide. The staffing plan shall be implemented not later than ninety days after the hospital-wide nursing care committee is convened pursuant to section 3727.51 of the Revised Code, except that if the hospital's next fiscal yea...

...) At least once every two years, the hospital-wide nursing care committee convened pursuant to section 3727.51 of the Revised Code shall do both of the following: (1) Review how the nursing services staffing plan in effect at the time of the review does all of the following: (a) Affects inpatient care outcomes; (b) Affects clinical management; (c) Facilitates a delivery system that provides, on a cost-effective b...

...y to meet patient needs, every hospital shall identify a model for adjusting the nursing services staffing plan created under section 3727.53 of the Revised Code for each inpatient care unit.

...(A) A hospital shall provide copies of its nursing services staffing plan created under section 3727.53 of the Revised Code, in accordance with both of the following: (1) Free of charge, a copy of the staffing plan and subsequent changes to the plan shall be provided to each member of the hospital's nursing staff. (2) For a fee not to exceed actual copying costs, a copy of the staffing plan shall be provided ...