Overview

STATE BUDGET

Ohio enacts budgets on a two-year cycle, beginning July 1 of each odd-numbered year. The biennial budget will take effect on July 1 and is valid through June 30 of the following odd-numbered year. The governor is legally required to submit a balanced budget and the state legislature is legally required to pass a balanced budget.

STATE LEGISLATURE

The Ohio General Assembly consists of the 99-member Ohio House of Representatives and the 33-member Ohio Senate. Members of the Ohio Senate are limited to two consecutive four-year elected terms. House members serve two-year terms. Bills carry over from odd to even numbered years.

KEY RESOURCES

Ohio Legislature
Ohio Attorney General
Ohio Governor
Ohio Department of Insurance
Health Policy Institute of Ohio
Ohio Office of Budget and Management

2025 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

Ohio is considering SB78, which would create the Ohio Healthcare Plan, a statewide universal healthcare system.

Ohio Laws

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Ohio Rev. Code § 1751.13. Contracts with providers and health care facilities: Health Insuring Corporation Law – Ohio
Introduced: Status: Enacted
States that a “health insuring corporation shall, either directly or indirectly, enter into contracts for the provision of health care services with a sufficient number and types of providers and health care facilities to ensure […]
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Ohio Rev. Code § 1751.16. Option for conversion to individual contract issued on direct-payment basis: Health Insuring Corporations – Ohio
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Specifies the circumstances in which group health insuring corporations must issue conversion coverage to individuals; Establishes standards for conversion coverage premium rates. This law is suspended effective 1/1/2014 through 1/1/2022.
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Ohio Rev. Code § 1751.18. Cancelling or failing to renew coverage: Health Insuring Corporation Law – Ohio
Introduced: Status: Enacted
States that “No health insuring corporation shall cancel or fail to renew the coverage of a subscriber or enrollee because of any health status-related factor in relation to the subscriber or enrollee, the subscriber’s or […]
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Ohio Rev. Code § 1751.20. Unfair, untrue, misleading, or deceptive acts: Health Insuring Corporation Law – Ohio
Introduced: Status: Enacted
States that “No health insuring corporation, or agent, employee, or representative of a health insuring corporation, shall use any advertisement or solicitation document, or shall engage in any activity, that is unfair, untrue, misleading, or […]
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Ohio Rev. Code § 1751.32. Annual report: Health Insuring Corporation Law – Ohio
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Requires all health insurance corporations to file an annual report with the Ohio Superintendent of Insurance that contains, among other items, premium rates and payment information.
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