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Fewer people will get food, Medicaid, unemployment under Ohio bill requiring more fraud checks, advocates say Laura Hancock, cleveland.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio Senate bill that seeks to catch fraud among people applying for and receiving social services will result in increased work for county case workers, as well as fewer low-income people obtaining food aid, Medicaid and unemployment benefits, advocates for the poor said Thursday.
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Senate Bill 17 requires case workers to cross-check applicants and enrollees against state data such as new hire records, wage records, lottery winnings and death records, said sponsor Sen. Tim Schaffer, a Lancaster Republican.
Ohio senator leaves committee meeting, after unmasked members of public change the socially distant seating arrangement
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
Members of the public showed up to an Ohio Senate committee on Wednesday to support a bill that allows the legislature to override Gov. Mike DeWine s public health orders and coronavirus rules. (Ohio Channel)
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They also chose not to wear masks, prompting one state senator to leave the hearing.
State Sen. Cecil Thomas, who has a daughter with a compromised immune system, said he had to leave the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee because there were dozens of people not wearing masks or keeping distance.
Ohio GOP lawmakers seek power to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s executive orders, coronavirus rules
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
Posted Jan 27, 2021
Ohio Republican senators have introduced a bill that would allow the Ohio General Assembly to overrule any executive order issued by the governor, as well as create a legislative committee that could strike down any of Gov. Mike DeWine s coronavirus orders. (David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com)
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COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio lawmakers on Tuesday took their first look at new legislation that would give the legislature the power to strike down any executive order or emergency declaration issued by the governor.
Senate Bill 22 would also create a new legislative committee that could overrule Gov. Mike DeWine’s coronavirus orders, and it would require legislative approval for health emergencies to last longer than 30 days.