Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that requires issues ordered by the state Department of Health last no longer than 14 days.

Highlights:

• Establishes that no order from the Department of Health shall be effective for a period exceeding 14 days (Sec. 3701.13).

• Establishes a joint committee on agency rule review to advise and assist state agencies in preparing the base and revised inventories of regulatory restrictions (Sec. 101.354).

• Requires the committee to submit a report each year to the speaker of the house and the president of the senate on the specified percentage reductions in regulatory restrictions (Sec. 101.354).

• Requires the committee to create and maintain a system that state agencies use to enter regulatory restriction data, create required inventories, and transmit copies of inventories, and reports, including a website that allows members of the public to request information about regulatory restrictions (Sec. 101.355).

• Authorizes the director of health to apply to the committee to approve the extension of an order for a period beyond 14 days (Sec. 101.36).

• Specifies that a majority vote of the members of the committee, including an affirmative vote from at least 3 members of the house and 3 members of the senate, is required to approve the order extension beyond 14 days (Sec. 101.36).

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