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... activities within a hospital's own web sites or online applications; (3) Advertisements based on the context of a user's current search query, visit to a web site, or online application; (4) Processing personal data solely for measuring or reporting advertising performance, reach, or frequency. (S) "Third-party payor" means an entity that is, by statute, contract, or agreement, legally responsible for payment ...

...spital's shoppable services or an internet-based price estimator tool.

...ital's publicly accessible internet web site or be accessible by selecting a dedicated link that is prominently displayed on that home page. If the hospital operates multiple locations and maintains a single internet web site, a separate list shall be posted for each location the hospital operates and shall be displayed in a manner that clearly associates the list with the applicable location. (F) The list shall sa...

...al provides the shoppable service and whether the standard charges included in the list apply at that location to the provision of that shoppable service in an inpatient setting, an outpatient department setting, or in both of those settings, as applicable; (2) Indicate if one or more of the shoppable services specified by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services is not provided by the hospital....

...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.

...pitals; (2) Auditing the internet web sites of hospitals for compliance; (3) Confirming that each hospital submits updated lists as required by section 3727.35 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) The director of health shall create and make publicly available a list that identifies each hospital that is not in compliance with division (A) of this section. The list of noncompliant hospitals shall include any hospital th...

...on 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 notice, the director shall indicate the form and manner in which the corrective action plan is to be submitted and clearly specify the date by which the hosp...

...eposited into the state treasury to the credit of the hospital price transparency fund created by section 3727.381 of the Revised Code.

...ll 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 public about the availability of hospital price information and other consumer rights under those sections.

... with primary responsibility for health legislation, the chairperson of the standing committee of the senate with primary responsibility for health legislation, and the governor.

...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.

...ic testing performed in a primary care setting. (6) "Third-party payor" means an entity, excluding any governmental health plan, that is, by statute, contract, or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care service. (7) "Self-pay individual" means an individual who does not have benefits for a health care service under a health plan offered by a third-party payor or who does not seek t...

...c; (2) On the facility's internet web site. (C) A freestanding emergency department shall use the national provider identifier, as assigned to the freestanding emergency department by the national provider system pursuant to 45 C.F.R. 162.408, on all claims for payment for health care services or goods. (D) The director of health may apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which a freestanding emerg...

...As used in this section and sections 3727.51 to 3727.57 of the Revised Code: (A) "Direct patient care" means care provided by a nurse with direct responsibility to carry out medical regimens or nursing care for one or more patients. (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...

...o treat patients. The hospital shall select the members of the committee, subject to all of the following: (1) The hospital's chief nursing officer shall be included as a member of the committee. (2) At least fifty per cent of the committee's membership shall consist of registered nurses who provide direct patient care in the hospital. (3) The number of registered nurses included as members of the committe...

...that the hospital has a staff of competent nurses with the specialized skills needed to meet patient needs in accordance with evidence-based safe nurse staffing standards; (2) The complexity of complete care, assessment on patient admission, volume of patient admissions, discharges and transfers, evaluation of the progress of a patient's problems, the amount of time needed for patient education, on...

...ent standards established by private accreditation organizations or governmental entities. The plan shall be based on multiple nurse and patient considerations that yield minimum staffing levels for inpatient care units that ensure that the hospital has a staff of competent nurses with specialized skills needed to meet patient needs. These considerations shall include both of the following: (...

...owing: (a) Affects inpatient care outcomes; (b) Affects clinical management; (c) Facilitates a delivery system that provides, on a cost-effective basis, quality nursing care consistent with acceptable and prevailing standards of safe nursing care and evidence-based guidelines established by national nursing organizations. (2) Make recommendations, based on the review conducted under division (A)(1) of this sectio...

...To provide staffing flexibility 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 ...

...s, conditions, or provisions of a collective bargaining agreement entered into by a hospital.

...corporate and politic that is responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than the state. (4) "Public hospital" means a hospital registered with the department of health under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code that is owned, leased, or controlled by this state or any agency, institution, instrumentality, or political subdivision of this state. "Public hospital" includes any state uni...

...er of a patient to another facility or setting. (D) "Discharging health care professional" means a health care professional who is authorized by division (B)(1) of section 3727.06 of the Revised Code to admit a patient to a hospital and who has assumed responsibility for directing the creation of the patient's discharge plan under section 3727.75 of the Revised Code. (E) "Guardian" has the same meaning as in sect...

...(A) In the case of a patient who is at least fifty-five years of age and not unconscious or otherwise incapacitated at the time of admission, a hospital shall offer the patient or the patient's guardian an opportunity to designate a lay caregiver for the patient. The offer shall be made after the patient's admission and before the patient's discharge. (B) In the case of a patient who is at least fifty-five years of...

...To the extent the information is available, record in the patient's medical record the lay caregiver's name, address, telephone number, electronic mail address, and relationship to the patient; (2) Request from the patient or guardian consent to disclose the patient's medical information to the lay caregiver in accordance with hospital policy and state and federal law. (B) If a patient or guardian declines to mak...