Dear Neighbor,
It's an honor to serve as your State Representative for the 63rd Ohio House District.
I invite everybody to read more about what I'm working on at the Statehouse by visiting my webpage here, or checking out my previous newsletters here.
God Bless,
Adam Bird
State Representative
Ohio's 63rd House District
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Rep. Bird is a Co-Sponsor of the
My Child-My Chart Act
Rep. Bird voted in support of House Bill 162 – the My Child-My Chart Act – legislation that works to allow parents to access their child’s medical charts.
The bill requires a health care provider utilizing an electronic health records system to ensure, to the fullest extent permitted under the federal HIPAA Privacy Rule and Ohio law, that a minor’s parent or guardian has access in that system to the minor’s health records.
House Bill 162 would require a health care provider maintaining protected health information for minor patients to annually inform each minor’s parent or guardian of all of the following:
- The circumstances in which Ohio law permits minors to receive health care without parental or guardian consent;
- That medical records related to care a minor received without parental or guardian consent may not be disclosed to a parent or guardian without the minor’s authorization;
- That a minor’s consent for parent or guardian access to the minor’s medical records is valid only for records regarding care provided to the minor by the health care provider obtaining the minor’s consent.
House Bill 162 now moves to the Senate for further consideration.
Rep. Bird Votes in Support of Resolution to Strengthen Electric Grid Security and Reliability
Rep. Bird voted in support of Senate Concurrent Resolution 2, legislation that urges the Governor of Ohio and the U.S. Congress to increase investment in grid diversification and site security for both Ohio’s and the nation’s electrical grid.
S.C.R 2 also encourages the 136th General Assembly to prioritize grid reliability and resilience as well as consider microgrid pilot program legislation.
The resolution underscores the importance of the electrical grid – and the vital role it plays in everyday life – while also highlighting the grid’s vulnerability to both natural and man-made threats, which can range from geomagnetic disturbances to cybersecurity attacks.
Legislation establishing microgrid pilot programs, as passed in other states, works to address concerns surrounding electric grid diversification and security. According to committee testimony, following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey created the Energy Resilience Bank, requiring new energy projects to abide by “blackstart” and “islanding” principles if they requested state funds.
Now that S.C.R 2 has been adopted by the Ohio House and Senate, a duly authenticated copy of the resolution will be transmitted to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the Commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Director of the Department of Development, the Director of the Department of Education and Workforce, and representatives from Duke Energy Corporation, American Electric Power Company, Inc., AES Corporation, and First Energy Corporation.
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