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OH HB421
Bill
Status
1/24/2012
Primary Sponsor
Courtney Combs
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AI Summary
HB 421 Summary
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Grants civil immunity to physicians who report a patient's use of drugs of abuse or certain medical conditions to the registrar of motor vehicles, law enforcement, employers, family members, or other entities reasonably able to prevent harm from motor vehicle operation.
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Creates new section 2305.331 establishing liability protections for physicians making reports about patients' drug use or conditions that pose risks related to operating motor vehicles, with confidentiality protections for reports to governmental bodies.
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Amends section 2305.33 to clarify that reporting an employee's drug use or medical conditions to transportation employers is not considered a breach of confidentiality and protects physicians from civil liability for such reports.
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Excludes physician reports about drug use or medical conditions from constituting "willfully betraying a professional confidence" under medical board disciplinary rules (section 4731.22).
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Requires physicians making such reports to also notify the patient in writing of the report made.
Legislative Description
To grant civil immunity to physicians who report a patient's use of a drug of abuse or other condition not involving such use to specified persons or entities, to exclude the making of those reports from the grounds for disciplinary action against physicians, and to apply the civil immunity of physicians who report to an employer in the business of public transportation an employee's use of a drug of abuse or other condition not involving such use to any violation of a patient's privacy rights.
Physicians-report drug use-immunity/no patient privacy right
Last Action
Committee Report - S
5/23/2012