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Ohio Nursing Facilities Staff-to-Patient Ratios and Care Requirements Initiative (2023)
| Ohio Nursing Facilities Staff-to-Patient Ratios and Care Requirements Initiative | |
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| Election date November 7, 2023 | |
| Topic Healthcare | |
| Status Cleared for signature gathering | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Ohio Nursing Facilities Staff-to-Patient Ratios and Care Requirements Initiative may appear on the ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 7, 2023.
The ballot measure would establish staff-to-patient ratios in nursing facilities. The ballot measure would also require a minimum amount of care, measured in hours, that sick, injured, fragile, and disabled patients must receive in nursing facilities.[1]
Text of measure
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The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Ohio, the number of signatures required to get an initiated constitutional amendment placed on the ballot is equal to 10 percent of the votes cast in the preceding gubernatorial election. Ohio also requires initiative sponsors to submit 1,000 signatures with the initial petition application. Ohio has a signature distribution requirement, which requires that signatures be gathered from at least 44 of Ohio's 88 counties. Petitioners must gather signatures equal to a minimum of half the total required percentage of the gubernatorial vote in each of the 44 counties. Petitions are allowed to circulate for an indefinite period of time. Signatures are due 125 days prior to the general election that proponents want the initiative on.
The requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2023 ballot:
- Signatures: 413,488 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit the signatures was July 5, 2023.
County boards of elections are responsible for verifying signatures, and the secretary of state must determine the sufficiency of the signature petition at least 105 days before the election. If the first batch of signatures is determined to be insufficient, the petitioners are given a ten-day window to collect more signatures.
Stages of this initiative
- The ballot initiative was filed on June 24, 2021.[1]
- On June 30, 2021, the Ohio Attorney General approved the petition summary as fair and truthful and cleared the initiative to be sent to the Ohio Ballot Board to determine if it meets the state's single-subject rule.[2]
- On July 12, 2021, the Ohio Ballot Board certified the initiative as one constitutional amendment clearing the campaign for signature gathering.[3]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ohio Attorney General, "Nursing Facility Patients’ Bill of Rights (Carolyn’s Law)," accessed June 25, 2021
- ↑ Ohio Attornegy General, "Submitted Petition for Initiated Constitutional Amendment to Amend Article XV of the Ohio Constitution —'Nursing Facility Patients’ Bill of Rights,'" June 30, 2021
- ↑ Cincinnati.com, "Backers of Ohio ballot issue on nursing home patients' rights can start collecting signatures," July 12, 2021
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