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2011-2012 Year in Review for Ohio Advocacy

Friday, July 27, 2012
More than 80 advocates gathered in the statehouse in Columbus for Ohio Lobby Day on March 14, delivering messages about three key issues in the Buckeye state: health education standards (Ohio is only one of two states without standards), tobacco prevention funding (Ohio is ranked 50th since the legislature stripped all funding a couple of years ago) and stroke systems of care. The timing couldn’t have been better on the stroke issue, as the House Committee on Health & Aging took proponent testimony that morning on HB 427 which would recognize Primary Stroke Centers in the state, establish a framework for a stroke registry, and strengthen stroke systems of care through better coordination between EMS and hospitals.

Ohio — Building for Tomorrow
  • House Bill 427, currently in the House Committee on Health and Aging, would recognize Primary Stroke Centers in the state, establish a framework for a stroke registry, and strengthen stroke systems of care through better coordination between EMS and hospitals.
  • We are still diligently working to restore state tobacco prevention and cessation funding by equalizing the Other Tobacco Products (OTP) tax with cigarettes. In other tobacco news, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled to uphold SmokeFree Ohio. Additionally, with funding provided by Americans for Nonsmokers Rights, we launched the Celebrate Ohio’s Smoke Free Casinos campaign which promoted Ohio’s new smoke free casinos in Cleveland and Toledo.

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Welcome to the online home for American Heart Association advocacy in the Great Rivers Affiliate! The Great Rivers Affiliate includes Delaware, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

We update regularly about our ongoing legislative issues (for example: tobacco prevention and cessation, childhood obesity, nutrition, stroke and STEMI systems of care, etc). We hope this blog proves to be a resource to keep our amazing advocates up-to-date with our fast-paced legislative happenings!

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