Ohio State Resources:

1. State Insurance Commissioner:

Consumer Affairs provides services to Ohio insurance consumers and providers by answering questions, investigating complaints, and distributing educational material.

http://www.ohioinsurance.gov/Complaints/ComplaintMain.htm

2. State Medical Board:

To protect and enhance the health and safety of the public through effective medical regulation.

http://www.med.ohio.gov/consumers.htm#Section_07

3. State Minority Office:

The Equal Opportunity Division, within the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, provides assistance to state agencies to ensure equal access to state employment and contracting opportunities.

http://www.das.ohio.gov/eod/

4. State Nursing Board Complaint:

The mission of the Ohio Board of Nursing is to actively safeguard the health of the public through the effective regulation of nursing care.

http://www.nursing.ohio.gov/discipline.htm

5. State Midwifery Organization:

Founded in 1984, Ohio Midwives Alliance (OMA) is a professional organization of midwives and their advocates who recognize and support the practice of midwifery in all settings.

http://ohiomidwives.org/

6. State Friends of Midwives site:

The Ohio Friends of Midwives (OFOM) is a non-profit, grassroots, consumer-based organization dedicated to supporting and promoting midwifery, particularly direct-entry midwifery, also known as "lay midwifery", as a quality health care option for Ohio women and their families. OFOM serves as an educational resource for the public and for both professional and non-professional groups who share an interest in the Midwives Model of Care for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

http://www.ofom.org/

7. State Healthy Start or Associated Improved Pregnancy Program/Director's email:

Ohio Medicaid offers two programs for children, families and pregnant women with limited income to get health care.

http://jfs.ohio.gov/OHP/consumers/familychild.stm

8. State Pregnant Patient's Bill of Rights or Patient's Bill of Rights:

Unable to locate

9. State Medicaid Complaint Information:

http://jfs.ohio.gov/Ohp/bmhc/overview.stm, 1-800-324-8680