Ohio Advocacy

Welcome to the National Vaccine Information Center Ohio State Team page. This page, along with the email updates you will receive, will help keep you informed of what you can do in your state to help you protect and expand your rights to informed consent to vaccination.

Note: You must first register as a NVIC Team Member before you can view action alerts, legislation to watch, and announcements.

Action Needed Now

There are no active action alerts at this time, but please check back soon.

Bills to Watch

The following table lists the active bills of interest for all states.

State Bill Number Date Position Title Status
OH SB 144 2023-09-18 OPPOSE Authorizes pharmacy interns & technicians to give vaccines, lowers age to 5 years for flu & COVID shots from pharmacists, interns, & technicians Status: Scheduled for a hearing in Senate Health Committee on 9/20/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health Committee Members, your Senator, & Representative, ask them to OPPOSE
OH HB 136 2023-04-18 SUPPORT Prohibits pharmacy technicians and interns from administering vaccines at remove pharmacists if a supervising pharmacist is not present Status: Referred to House Health Provider Services Committee on 4/18/2023

Action: Contact House Health Provider Services Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
OH SB 80 2023-03-08 SUPPORT Requires the Dept. of Health to request proposals to conduct research on COVID-19 and myocarditis, make reports to the general assembly Status: Referred to the Senate Health Committee on 3/8/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health Committee Members, your Senator and Representative, ask to SUPPORT

Announcements

There are no announcements available at this time, but please check back soon.