Amended Substitute House Bill 168 Summary

• Remits funds from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund to repay federal unemployment insurance advances on August 31, 2021 and December 27, 2021, with amounts deposited to the federal unemployment trust fund.

• Appropriates $84,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for infrastructure improvements at pediatric behavioral health care facilities.

• Appropriates $422,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 to the Office of Budget and Management for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government (cities, villages, townships) on a population basis under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

• Requires the Department of Development to establish the Water and Sewer Quality Program and appropriates $250,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 to make grants to political subdivisions for water and sewer quality projects, with up to 1% available for administrative costs.

• Specified sections take effect immediately upon enactment and are exempt from referendum provisions under the Ohio Constitution.