HB 227 Summary

• Ohio ratifies and enters "The Health Care Compact" with other states that legally join, creating an interstate agreement to shift healthcare regulatory authority from the federal government to member states.

• Member states gain authority to suspend conflicting federal healthcare laws, rules, regulations, and orders within their borders through state legislation.

• Each member state receives federal funding up to its "Member State Current Year Funding Level" based on 2010 baseline spending adjusted for population changes and inflation, funded as mandatory spending without annual appropriation conditions.

• Establishes the Interstate Advisory Health Care Commission with up to two members per state to study healthcare regulation issues, make non-binding recommendations, and compile healthcare data while protecting individual health information.

• Compact becomes effective upon adoption by at least two states and congressional consent; member states may withdraw with six months' notice, and the compact dissolves if all but one state withdraws.