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HB578 • 2026

Require tick-related disease reporting to Department of Health

Require tick-related disease reporting to Department of Health

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Rodney Creech
Last action
Official status
As Passed by the House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Require tick-related disease reporting to Department of Health

To amend section 3701.23 of the Revised Code to modify disease reporting requirements.

What This Bill Does

  • To amend section 3701.23 of the Revised Code to modify disease reporting requirements.

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

  2. Ohio Legislature

    As Reported by the House Health Committee

  3. Ohio Legislature

    As Passed by the House

Official Summary Text

To amend section 3701.23 of the Revised Code to modify disease reporting requirements.

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As Passed by the House

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
Sub. H. B. No. 578

2025-2026

Representatives Creech, Schmidt

Cosponsors: Representatives
Brennan, Deeter, Ghanbari, Hiner, John, Johnson, Mathews, A., Miller,
J., Miller, K., Peterson, Robb Blasdel, Salvo, Somani, Williams,
Willis

To
amend section 3701.23 of the Revised Code
to
modify disease reporting requirements.

BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section
1.
That
section 3701.23 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec.
3701.23.
(A)
As used in this section, "health care provider" means any
person or government entity that provides health care services to
individuals. "Health care provider" includes, but is not
limited to, hospitals, medical clinics and offices, special care
facilities, medical laboratories, physicians, pharmacists, dentists,
physician assistants, registered and licensed practical nurses,
laboratory technicians, emergency medical service organization
personnel, and ambulance service organization personnel.

(B)
Boards of health, health authorities or officials, health care
providers in localities in which there are no health authorities or
officials, and coroners or medical examiners shall report promptly to
the department of health the existence of
any

all

of
the following:

(1)

Asiatic
cholera
Alpha-gal
syndrome;

(2)
As specified by the director, any of the following:

(a)
Diseases that can spread, directly or indirectly, from person to
person
;

(2)
Yellow fever
(b)
Foodborne and waterborne diseases
;

(3)
Diphtheria
(c)
Zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, including tick-related diseases
and conditions
;

(4)
Typhus or typhoid fever;

(5)
As specified by the director of health, other
(d)
Other
contagious
or infectious diseases, illnesses, health conditions, or unusual
infectious agents or biological toxins posing a risk of human
fatality or disability.

(C)
No person shall fail to comply with the reporting requirements
established under division (B) of this section.

(D)
The reports required by this section shall be submitted on forms, as
required by statute or rule, and in the manner the director of health
prescribes.

(E)
Information reported under this section that is protected health
information pursuant to section 3701.17 of the Revised Code shall be
released only in accordance with that section. Information that does
not identify an individual may be released in
summary,

statistical
,

or aggregate form.

Section
2.
That
existing section 3701.23 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.