INITIATIVE PETITION
Amendment to the Constitution
Proposed by Initiative Petition
To be Submitted Directly to the Electors
AMENDMENT
TITLE
Nursing Facility Patients’ Bill of Rights
SUMMARY
This Amendment would add section 12a to Article XV of the Ohio Constitution to require certain staff-to-patient ratios in nursing
facilities and require certain minimum daily amounts of direct care to nursing facility patients. In addition to other provisions, the
Amendment would:
• Provide that the provisions of the Amendment adopted by the voters will also be known as Carolyn’s Law.