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OH HB556

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/15/2018

Primary Sponsor

Daniel Ramos

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Origin

House of Representatives

132nd General Assembly (2017-2018)

AI Summary

  • Creates the Frances Lewandowski Memorial Medical Research Fund administered by the Chancellor of Higher Education to provide grants to accredited medical and osteopathic schools at state institutions for research on terminal, chronic, or incurable diseases.

  • Establishes a Frances Lewandowski Memorial Medical Research Fund Board within 90 days to solicit, accept, and review grant applications, with board members required to have demonstrated experience in medical research.

  • Requires the board to begin accepting and reviewing applications and awarding grants within 180 days of the law's effective date.

  • Mandates the General Assembly appropriate not less than one-tenth of one percent of the total General Revenue Fund appropriations from the previous fiscal year for grants under this program.

  • Transfers unawarded funds at the end of each fiscal year to the Medical University Research Reserve Fund for awarding grants in subsequent years, and appropriates an initial transfer on July 1, 2018.

Legislative Description

Provide grants for research on terminal or incurable diseases

Education

Last Action

Refer to Committee: Finance

3/20/2018

Committee Referrals

Finance3/20/2018

Full Bill Text

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