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...(A)(1) The department of health shall recognize as a comprehensive stroke center a hospital that satisfies the requirements of division (B)(1) of section 3727.12 of the Revised Code and submits a complete application. (2) The department shall recognize as a thrombectomy-capable stroke center a hospital that satisfies the requirements of division (B)(2) of section 3727.12 of the Revised Code and submits a complete ...

...s affected by stroke, the department of health shall establish and maintain a process for the collection, transmission, compilation, and oversight of data related to stroke care. Such data shall be collected, transmitted, compiled, and overseen in a manner prescribed by the director of health. As part of the process and except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the department shall establish or utiliz...

... of the Revised Code, the department of health shall recognize a hospital certified at that additional level. For purposes of this section, the department and a hospital shall comply with sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code as if the certification and recognition described in this section were one of the four levels described in sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code.

...The director of health may adopt rules as the director considers necessary for the implementation of sections 3727.11 to 3727.14 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section, "fetal death" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include either of the following: (1) The product of human conception of at least twenty weeks of gestation; (2) The purposeful termination of a pregnancy, as described in section 2919.11 of the Revised Code. (B) If a woman presents herself at a hospital as a result of a fetal d...

...Each hospital shall provide a staff person to do all of the following: (A) Meet with each unmarried mother who gave birth in or en route to the hospital within twenty-four hours after the birth or before the mother is released from the hospital; (B) Attempt to meet with the father of the unmarried mother's child if possible; (C) Explain to the unmarried mother and the father, if the father is present, the be...

... total membership shall be comprised of health care employees who provide direct patient care for the hospital system or hospital. (B) All of the following apply to a security plan established under this section: (1) The plan shall be based on the results of a security risk assessment, which, in the case of a hospital system, shall be conducted for each hospital in the system. The assessment shall address all hig...

...scriminating or retaliating against any health care employee for reporting to, or seeking assistance or intervention from, the employer, security agencies, law enforcement authorities, including hospital police departments, local emergency service organizations, or government agencies, or for participating in an incident investigation. All hospital systems and hospitals shall use their reporting systems to track th...

...(A) All hospitals shall post the notice described in division (B) of this section in accordance with this division. The notice may be posted in print or a digital sign format. Each hospital shall consider posting the notice in a conspicuous location in all of the following areas: (1) Major waiting room areas, including the waiting room areas of the emergency department, the labor and delivery department, the surgic...

...fuse vaccination. (D) The director of health may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as the director considers appropriate to implement this section.

...the hospital notifies the department of health in writing that it has a faith-based objection to the requirement.

...gotiations 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) Improving the quality of patient care. Directors or trustees who participa...

...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 states how and when the cooperative action identified in the agreement will meet one or more of the goals specified in division (A) of section 3727.21 of the Re...

...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...

...uire the state, through the director of health and attorney general, to provide direction, supervision, and control over approved cooperative agreements entered into under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code. To achieve the goals specified in section 3727.21 of the Revised Code, this state direction, supervision, and control of cooperative agreements will provide state action immunity under federal antitrust laws to...

...acuation system. (C) The director of health may adopt any rules the director considers necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...w" means section 2718(e) of the "Public Health Service Act," 42 U.S.C. 300gg-18, and hospital price transparency rules adopted by the United States department of health and human services and the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services implementing that section, including the rules and requirements under 45 C.F.R. 180. (G) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3722.01 of the Revised Code. ...

...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...

...y the name of the third-party payor and health plan associated with the charge and displayed in a manner that clearly associates the charge with each third-party payor and health plan; (f) Any code used by the hospital for purposes of accounting or billing for the hospital item or service, including the current procedural terminology (CPT) code, healthcare common procedure coding system (HCPCS) code, diagnosis rela...

...y the name of the third-party payor and health plan associated with the charge and displayed in a manner that clearly associates the charge with the third-party payor and health plan; (3) The discounted cash price that applies to each shoppable service included on the list and any ancillary service or, if the hospital does not offer a discounted cash price for one or more of the shoppable or ancillary services on t...

...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.

...the Revised Code. (B) The director of health shall monitor each hospital's compliance with division (A) of this section. The monitoring may occur by any of the following methods: (1) Reviewing any credible analysis prepared regarding compliance or noncompliance by hospitals; (2) Auditing the internet web sites of hospitals for compliance; (3) Confirming that each hospital submits updated lists as required by ...

...(A) If the 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 directo...

...on of the Revised Code, the director of health shall impose 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...

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