No Senate session on developmental centers planned before end of its summer recess

July 28, 2015 at 3:26p.m.

COLUMBUS — The Republican head of the Ohio Senate said today he doesn’t expect to call his chamber back into session before the end of the summer recess, but he is seeking assurances of quality care options for families affected by the closing of state facilities that house residents with developmental disabilities.

Senate President Keith Faber, a Republican from Celina, also said there has been no movement by lawmakers to overturn a veto by Gov. John Kasich of a provision in the state budget to postpone the closing of developmental enters in the Youngstown and Dayton areas.

“Any veto override has to start in the House,” Faber told reporters. “Right now I haven’t heard from the House any willingness to work on that issue.”

Brittany Warner, a spokeswoman for Republican House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger, said she was not aware of any plans to overturn the governor’s vetoes.

Families, workers and other supporters of the Youngstown Developmental Center in Austintown have continued to call for lawmakers to return to session and push ahead with the creation of a closure commission to review the Kasich administration’s earlier-announced plans to close the facility in the next two years.