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Take Action to Support OH HB 49, Expanding Nutrition and Dietetic Practice in Ohio
NO LONGER ACTIVE – Congratulations! Bill Passed!
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Please take action on the alert below from our colleagues at Institute for Integrative Nutrition and let the Ohio legislature know that increasing access to providers of nutrition guidance is important to you and your family! Send a message of support for OH H.B. 49 now here.
Analysis
H.B. 49 is the Governor’s budget for the fiscal year 2018-2019, and will fund the government for that time period. Buried deep within this bill are two provisions that will significantly impact the practice of nutrition and dietetics in Ohio. The first would dissolve the State Board of Dietetics, and move it under the state medical board. Second, the legislation would empower the Director of the Department of Administrative Services to review and approve, or disapprove, certain board actions that have been referred to the Director by members of the public. Specifically, the Director can take action if the Board is engaging in practices that limit competition, even if authorized by law. This would make it possible for any member of the public to file a complaint about the Board of Dietetics, and potentially have the law invalidated, or more likely, the board frozen and prevented from acting until the law is fixed.
In addition to the Governor’s proposals, Rep. Brigid Kelly, with bipartisan support, has introduced an amendment to the budget bill that would roll back the dietetics law and immediately create competition and employment opportunities. Rep. Kelly’s amendment would convert Ohio into a Title Protection state, whereby under the law anyone may provide “wellness and lifestyle recommendations, nutritional guidance, counseling, analysis, or education,” so long they do not refer or imply that they are licensed.
Recommendations
Please support this bill in the strongest means possible. Even if the Board of Dietetics is not dissolved, or the exemptions adopted, the Department of Administrative Services provision creates a realistic opportunity to force greater change later. Please send the action alert here to local state Representatives and Senators, and consider calling by phone to follow up.
Ohio House of Representatives
Scott Wiggam (R)
District 1
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1474
Mark J. Romanchuk (R)
District 2
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5802
Theresa Gavarone (R)
District 3
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8104
Robert R. Cupp (R)
District 4
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9624
Timothy E. Ginter (R)
District 5
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8022
Marlene Anielski (R)
District 6
77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6041
Majority Whip
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-4895
Email Representative Patton
Kent Smith (D)
District 8
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5441
Janine R. Boyd (D)
District 9
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-5079
Bill Patmon (D)
District 10
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-7954
Stephanie D. Howse (D)
District 11
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1414
John Barnes, Jr. (D)
District 12
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1408
Nickie J. Antonio (D)
District 13
Minority Whip
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5921
Martin J. Sweeney (D)
District 14
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3350
Nicholas Celebrezze (D)
District 15
Assistant Minority Leader
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3485
Dave Greenspan (R)
District 16
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-0961
Adam C. Miller (D)
District 17
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6005
Kristin Boggs (D)
District 18
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1896
Anne Gonzales (R)
District 19
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-4847
Heather Bishoff (D)
District 20
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6002
Mike Duffey (R)
District 21
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6030
David Leland (D)
District 22
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2473
Laura Lanese (R)
District 23
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9690
Jim Hughes (R)
District 24
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614)466-8012
Bernadine Kennedy Kent (D)
District 25
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5343
Hearcel F. Craig (D)
District 26
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8010
Thomas E. Brinkman, Jr. (R)
District 27
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6886
Jonathan Dever (R)
District 28
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8120
Louis W. Blessing III (R)
District 29
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9091
Bill Seitz (R)
District 30
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8258
Brigid Kelly (D)
District 31
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5786
Catherine D. Ingram (D)
District 32
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1645
Alicia Reece (D)
District 33
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1308
Emilia Strong Sykes (D)
District 34
Assistant Minority Whip
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3100
Anthony DeVitis (R)
District 36
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1790
Kristina Roegner (R)
District 37
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1177
Marilyn Slaby (R)
District 38
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-5085
Fred Strahorn (D)
District 39
Minority Leader
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1607
Michael Henne (R)
District 40
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-8051
Jim Butler (R)
District 41
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6008
Niraj J. Antani (R)
District 42
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-6504
Jeffery S. Rezabek (R)
District 43
77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2960
Michael Ashford (D)
District 44
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1401
Teresa Fedor (D)
District 45
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6017
Michael Sheehy (D)
District 46
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1418
Derek Merrin (R)
District 47
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1731
Kirk Schuring (R)
District 48
Speaker Pro Tempore
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 752-2438
Thomas West (D)
District 49
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8030
Christina Hagan (R)
District 50
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9078
Wes Retherford (R)
District 51
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6721
Margaret Conditt (R)
District 52
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8550
Candice Keller (R)
District 53
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-5094
Paul Zeltwanger (R)
District 54
77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6027
Nathan H. Manning (R)
District 55
77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-5076
Daniel Ramos (D)
District 56
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5141
Dick Stein (R)
District 57
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9628
Michele Lepore-Hagan (D)
District 58
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9435
John A. Boccieri (D)
District 59
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614)-466-6107
John M. Rogers (D)
District 60
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-7251
Ron Young (R)
District 61
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6074
Glenn W. Holmes (D)
District 63
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3488
Michael J. O’Brien (D)
District 64
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5358
John Becker (R)
District 65
77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8134
Doug Green (R)
District 66
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6034
Andrew Brenner (R)
District 67
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6711
Rick Carfagna (R)
District 68
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1431
Stephen D. Hambley (R)
District 69
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8140
Darrell Kick (R)
District 70
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2994
Scott Ryan (R)
District 71
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1482
Larry Householder (R)
District 72
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2500
Rick Perales (R)
District 73
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6020
Bill Dean (R)
District 74
77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1470
Kathleen Clyde (D)
District 75
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2004
Sarah LaTourette (R)
District 76
Assistant Majority Floor Leader
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-5088
Timothy O. Schaffer (R)
District 77
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8100
Ron Hood (R)
District 78
77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1464
Kyle Koehler(R)
District 79
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2038
Stephen A. Huffman (R)
District 80
77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8114
Robert McColley (R)
District 81
Assistant Majority Whip
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3760
Craig S. Riedel (R)
District 82
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-5091
Robert Cole Sprague (R)
District 83
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3819
Keith Faber (R)
District 84
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-6344
Nino Vitale(R)
District 85
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1507
Dorothy Pelanda (R)
District 86
Majority Floor Leader
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8147
Wesley A. Goodman (R)
District 87
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6265
Bill Reineke (R)
District 88
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1374
Steven M. Arndt (R)
District 89
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
614-644-6011
Terry Johnson (R)
District 90
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2124
Clifford A. Rosenberger (R)
District 91
Speaker of the House
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3506
Gary Scherer (R)
District 92
77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-7928
Ryan Smith (R)
District 93
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1366
Jay Edwards (R)
District 94
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2158
Andy Thompson (R)
District 95
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-8728
Jack Cera (D)
District 96
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3735
Brian Hill (R)
District 97
77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6014
Al Landis (R)
District 98
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8035
John Patterson (D)
District 99
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1405
Ohio State Senate
Cliff Hite (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8150
Email Senator Hite
Senate District 2
Randy Gardner (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8060
Email Senator Gardner
Senate District 3
Kevin Bacon (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8064
Email Senator Bacon
Senate District 4
William P. Coley, II (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8072
Email Senator Coley
Senate District 5
Bill Beagle (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-6247
Email Senator Beagle
Senate District 6
Peggy Lehner (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-4538
Email Senator Lehner
Senate District 7
Steve Wilson (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9737
Email Senator Wilson
Senate District 8
Lou Terhar (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8068
Email Senator Terhar
Senate District 9
Cecil Thomas (D)
Statehouse
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5980
Email Senator Thomas
Senate District 10
Bob D. Hackett (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3780
Email Senator Hackett
Senate District 11
Edna Brown (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5204
Email Senator Brown
Senate District 12
Matt Huffman (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-7584
Email Senator Huffman
Senate District 13
Gayle Manning (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-7613
Email Senator Manning
Senate District 14
Joe Uecker (R)
Statehouse
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8082
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Senate District 15
Charleta B. Tavares (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5131
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Senate District 16
Stephanie Kunze (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5981
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Senate District 17
Bob Peterson (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8156
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Senate District 18
John Eklund (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-7718
Email Senator Eklund
Senate District 19
Kris Jordan (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8086
Email Senator Jordan
Senate District 20
Troy Balderson (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8076
Email Senator Balderson
Senate District 21
Sandra Williams (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-4857
Email Senator Williams
Senate District 22
Larry Obhof (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-7505
Email Senator Obhof
Senate District 23
Michael J. Skindell (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5123
Email Senator Skindell
Senate District 24
Matt Dolan (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8056
Email Senator Dolan
Senate District 25
Kenny Yuko (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-4583
Email Senator Yuko
Senate District 26
Dave Burke (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8049
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Senate District 27
Frank LaRose (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-4823
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Senate District 28
Vernon Sykes (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-7041
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Senate District 29
Scott Oelslager (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-0626
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Senate District 30
Frank Hoagland (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-6508
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Senate District 31
Jay Hottinger (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5838
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Senate District 32
Sean O’Brien (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614)466-7182
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Senate District 33
Joseph Schiavoni (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 3rd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8285
Email Senator Schiavoni