Loading chat...

OH SB54

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/17/2009

Primary Sponsor

Teresa Fedor

Click for details

Origin

Senate

128th General Assembly (2009-2010)

AI Summary

  • Designates November as "Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Awareness Month" to promote public awareness of the condition, also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome.

  • Requires the Ohio Department of Health to include information on its website about CRPS, including its causes, risk factors, available treatment options with risks and benefits, environmental safety information, and diagnostic and treatment services.

  • Mandates the Department of Health notify boards of health, hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare providers about the availability of CRPS information on the department's website.

  • Establishes that Section 3701.136 takes effect 90 days after the act's effective date.

  • Declares legislative findings that CRPS occurs in 5 percent of nerve injury cases, often goes misdiagnosed, and early treatment provides the best prognosis, with delayed treatment risking permanent disability.

Legislative Description

To designate November as "Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Awareness Month" and to require the Department of Health to include on its web site information regarding the syndrome.

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome-internet information about/awareness in November

Last Action

To Health, Human Services, & Aging

2/17/2009

Full Bill Text

No bill text available