Join the Human Services Advocacy Network (HSAN) for a special conversation with State Senator Vernon Sykes (D-28). Senator Sykes has been in public service for several decades and brings an important perspective to public policy discussions wherever he goes. As the federal government and state government consider massive public policy changes, it is strikingly important...
Tag: Ohio Senate
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Why Profiles? 3 Good Reasons
In the past year and a half, I have managed the creation of 303 different community data profiles. You’ve probably seen them–they are one-page fact sheets that contain data about different geographies. We’ve released them for each county in Ohio, each state and federal legislative district in Ohio, each neighborhood in Cleveland, and most recently,...
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Senate Veto Overrides: Senate Veto Overrides: Implications for Ohio’s Medicaid Program
On Tuesday, August 22, the Senate voted to override six of Governor Kasich’s Medicaid-related vetoes. In July, the House had overridden 11 of the governor’s vetoes, 10 of which dealt with Medicaid, meaning that the Senate can still act on four of those Medicaid-related provisions pushed forward by the House. Several of the veto overrides...
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Ohio Senate Medicaid Provisions Could Jeopardize Self-Reliance
Changes to the Medicaid program included in the Senate version of Ohio’s biennial budget would make it more difficult for some Ohio families to move toward self-sufficiency. By grandfathering individuals who are enrolled in Medicaid expansion at the end of the next fiscal year and closing all future enrollment in Group VIII (expansion), the Senate...
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Budget Update: Senate Finance Committee
On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, hours after members of the House Finance Committee accepted a substitute version of the budget bill (HB 49), their colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee began hearing the tax reforms put forth in Governor Kasich’s original budget proposal. Ohio Tax Commissioner Joe Testa testified in support of the administration’s tax...
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Commission on Infant Mortality has its first meeting
I attended the first meeting of the Commission on Infant Mortality last Wednesday in the Ohio Senate Finance Hearing Room. The meeting lasted for nearly 3 hours. Medicaid Director John McCarthy made the initial presentation, focusing on the new $13.4 million in the state budget for infant mortality work. He pointed out that Ohio’s high infant...