Label
Council Member Melden
Title
Urging the Statehouse to pass House Bill 281.
Summary
WHEREAS, House Bill 281 replaces various statutory terms related to people with disabilities or mental illness; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 281 updates statutory provisions relating to assistance dogs, braille teacher standards, the Children with Medical Handicaps Program, the former Ohio Commission for the Blind, and accessible parking spaces; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 281 designates the legislation as the “Mental Health and Disability Terminology Act; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 281 will eliminate and substitute language terms for disability and mental illness; and
WHEREAS, the City of Toledo recently passed a resolution to support the “5 I’s of Disability Justice Policy Framework” for use in the development of City policies to assure inclusion for individuals with disabilities in the areas of employment, education, housing, healthcare, transportation, physical access and social opportunity; NOW, THEREFORE,
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That Toledo City Council urges the Statehouse to pass House Bill 281.
SECTION 2. That this Resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.
Adopted: June 8, 2021 yeas 12, nays 0
Adopted: June 8, 2021: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Gerald E. Dendinger Matt Cherry
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: June 8, 2021
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor