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OH SB54
Bill
Status
2/17/2009
Primary Sponsor
Teresa Fedor
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AI Summary
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Designates November as "Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Awareness Month" to promote public awareness of the condition, also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome.
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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.
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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.
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Establishes that Section 3701.136 takes effect 90 days after the act's effective date.
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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