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Ohio · 136th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 8: Require health plan and Medicaid coverage of biomarker testing

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 8 is a bill introduced in the Ohio House on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Require health plan and Medicaid coverage of biomarker testing. Primary sponsor: Andrea White (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 18, 2026): Reported - Amended.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

To enact sections 3902.65 and 5164.13 of the Revised Code to require health benefit plan and Medicaid program coverage of biomarker testing.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Andrea WhitePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Jean SchmidtCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
Anita SomaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Reported - Amended
  2. Referred to committee
  3. Introduced

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source