Hearings begin for Senate Bills 120 and 179, Bill 106 awaits vote

     Please check the AMC/NOMA's website under Eye on the Statehouse, to view important information concerning these bills.

    * Senate Bill 120 seeks to modify the law of joint and several liability to apply liability more proportionally and help discourage frivolous lawsuits.

    * Senate Bill 179 was recently introduced and is now before the Senate Health, Human Services and Aging Committee.  It seeks to expand Ohio's peer review laws to cover emerging systems of integrated health care delivery that conduct quality improvement programs.  This bill would help ensure that health care professionals are not deterred from performing vital peer review activities that improve health care for Ohioans.

     * Senate Bill 106 was currently booted out of the Senate State and Local Government Committee and may soon be considered by the full Senate.  This bill seeks to clarify and limit liability for political subdivisions, such as school districts, municipalities, counties and townships, to ensure that Ohio taxpayers are not paying unfairly damages, settlements and fees from frivolous lawsuits against these groups.