Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.70
§ 5120.70. Federal equitable sharing fund
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 130 - 127th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the federal equitable sharing fund. The director of rehabilitation and correction shall deposit in the fund all money received by the department from the federal government as equitable sharing payments under 28 U.S.C. 524. The director shall establish rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the operation of the fund. (B)(1) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall use federally forfeited property and the proceeds of federally forfeited property only for law enforcement purposes. The department shall implement auditing procedures that will trace assets and interest to the equitable sharing fund. (2) Within sixty days of the close of the fiscal year, the department shall submit to the chairpersons of the committees of the senate and the house of representatives that consider criminal justice legislation all of the following information: (a) The annual certification report submitted to the United States department of justice and the United States department of treasury; (b) A report identifying all DAG-71 forms submitted to the federal government and a consecutive numbering log of the copies including identifiers for the type of asset, the amount, the share requested, the amount received, and the date received. (3) The department shall provide the committees with any documentation related to the reports that members of the committees request. The report may be submitted in a tangible format, an electronic format, or both.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.24
§ 5107.24. Eligibility of pregnant minor or minor parent
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Adult-supervised living arrangement" means a family setting approved, licensed, or certified by the department of job and family services, the department of mental health and addiction services, the department of developmental disabilities, the department of youth services, a public children services agency, a private child placing agency, or a private noncustodial agency that is maintained by a person age eighteen or older who assumes responsibility for the care and control of a minor parent, pregnant minor, or child of a minor parent or provides the minor parent, pregnant minor, or child of a minor parent supportive services, including counseling, guidance, and supervision. "Adult-supervised living arrangement" does not mean a public institution. (2) "Child of a minor parent" means a child born to a minor parent, except that the child ceases to be considered a child of minor parent when the minor parent attains age eighteen. (3) "Minor parent" means a parent who is under age eighteen and is not married. (4) "Pregnant minor" means a pregnant person who is under age eighteen and not married. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section and to the extent permitted by Title IV-A and federal regulations adopted under Title IV-A, a pregnant minor, minor parent, or child of a minor parent must reside in a place of residence maintained by a parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relative of the pregnant minor or minor parent as the parent's, guardian's, custodian's, or specified relative's own home to be eligible to participate in Ohio works first. (2) To the extent permitted by Title IV-A and federal regulations adopted under it, a pregnant minor, minor parent, or child of a minor parent is exempt from the requirement of division (B)(1) of this section if any of the following apply: (a) The minor parent or pregnant minor does not have a parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relative living or whose whereabouts are known. (b) No parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relative of the minor parent or pregnant minor will allow the pregnant minor, minor parent, or minor parent's child to live in the parent's, guardian's, custodian's, or specified relative's home. (c) The department of job and family services, the department of children and youth, a county department of job and family services, or a public children services agency determines that the physical or emotional health or safety of the pregnant minor, minor parent, or minor parent's child would be in jeopardy if the pregnant minor, minor parent, or minor parent's child lived in the same home as the parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relative. (d) The department of job and family services, the department of children and youth, a county department of job and family services, or a public children services agency otherwise determines that it is in the best interest of the pregnant minor, minor parent, or minor parent's child to waive the requirement of division (B)(1) of this section. (C) A pregnant minor, minor parent, or child of a minor parent exempt from the requirement of division (B)(1) of this section must reside in an adult-supervised living arrangement to be eligible to participate in Ohio works first. (D) The department of job and family services, whenever possible and to the extent permitted by Title IV-A and federal regulations adopted under it, shall provide cash assistance under Ohio works first to the parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relative of a pregnant minor or minor parent on behalf of the pregnant minor, minor parent, or minor parent's child. Last updated October 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.11
§ 5103.11. Foster care and adoption initiatives fund
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created the foster care and adoption initiatives fund. The fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but shall not be part of the state treasury. The fund shall consist of moneys collected under section 2919.1912 of the Revised Code. All interest earned on the fund shall be credited to the fund. The purpose of the fund is to provide funding for foster care and adoption services and initiatives. The department of children and youth shall allocate moneys from the fund according to the following distribution: (A) Fifty per cent of the moneys in the fund shall be used for foster care services and initiatives. (B) Fifty per cent of the moneys in the fund shall be used for adoption services and initiatives. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.53
§ 5153.53. Operating buses for educational purposes
Status: in_force

October 1, 1997 House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly The public children services agency may purchase, operate, and maintain buses to be used for educational purposes. The operation and maintenance of such buses shall be according to the law relating to school buses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.43
§ 5160.43. Adoption of rules regarding recovery of costs
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The medicaid director may adopt rules under section 5160.02 of the Revised Code to implement sections 5160.35 to 5160.43 of the Revised Code, including rules that specify what constitutes cooperating with efforts to obtain support or payments, or medical assistance payments, and when cooperation may be waived. (B) The department shall adopt rules under section 5160.02 of the Revised Code to do all of the following: (1) For purposes of the definition of "information" in division (A) of section 5160.35 of the Revised Code, any data other than the data specified in that division that should be included in the definition. (2) For purposes of division (C)(1)(a) of section 5160.39 of the Revised Code, the medium, format, and manner in which a third party must provide information to the department. (3) For purposes of division (C)(2) of section 5160.39 of the Revised Code, the method by which a third party must provide the department with access to information. (C) Rules authorized by division (A) of this section may be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. Rules authorized by division (B) of this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.515 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.515
§ 5165.515. Provider agreement with operator not complying with prior agreement
Status: in_force

January 1, 2015 Senate Bill 276 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid may enter into a provider agreement as provided in section 5165.07 of the Revised Code, rather than section 5165.511 or 5165.512 of the Revised Code, with an entering operator if the entering operator does not agree to a provider agreement that satisfies the requirements of division (A)(3) of section 5165.513 of the Revised Code. The department may not enter into the provider agreement unless the department of health certifies the nursing facility for participation in medicaid. The effective date of the provider agreement shall not precede any of the following: (A) The date that the department of health certifies the nursing facility; (B) The effective date of the change of operator; (C) The date the requirement of section 5165.51 of the Revised Code is satisfied.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.302 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.302
§ 5166.302. Continuing education requirements for home care attendants
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly A home care attendant shall complete not less than twelve hours of in-service continuing education regarding home care attendant services each year and provide the appropriate director evidence satisfactory to the appropriate director that the attendant satisfied this requirement. The evidence shall be submitted to the appropriate director not later than the annual anniversary of the issuance of the home care attendant's initial provider agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.50
§ 5107.50. Job search and readiness program
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly There is hereby established, as a work activity under Ohio works first, the job search and readiness program under which applicants for and participants of Ohio works first are trained in strategies and skills in obtaining employment and engage in self-directed, job search activities. County departments of job and family services shall develop and administer the program and may utilize the services of private or government entities under contract with the county department or the department of job and family services in operating the program. A county department may assign a minor head of household or adult applying for Ohio works first to the job search and readiness program before the applicant's eligibility for Ohio works first is determined. An applicant or participant assigned to the job search and readiness program may not participate in the program for more than six weeks, unless the unemployment rate of the state is at least fifty per cent greater than the unemployment rate of the United States, in which case the applicant or participant may participate in the program not more than twelve weeks. An applicant or participant may not participate in the program more than four consecutive weeks. For one time only per applicant or participant, a county department shall consider the applicant or participant to have participated in the program one week after the applicant or participant participates for three or four, as specified by the county department, days during the week.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.05
§ 5123.05. Audits of services and programs
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities may conduct audits of the services and programs that either receive funds through the department or are subject to regulation by the department. Audits shall be conducted in accordance with procedures prescribed by the department. Records created or received by the department in connection with an audit are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until a report of the audit is released by the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.059 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.059
§ 5126.059. Payment of nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly A county board of developmental disabilities shall pay the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures for medicaid case management services the county board provides to an individual with a developmental disability who the county board determines under section 5126.041 of the Revised Code is eligible for county board services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.03
§ 5166.03. Notice of intent to request medicaid waiver
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The medicaid director may not submit a request to the United States secretary of health and human services for a medicaid waiver under the "Social Security Act," section 1115, 42 U.S.C. 1315, unless the director provides the speaker of the house of representatives and president of the senate written notice of the director's intent to submit the request at least ten days before the date the director submits the request to the United States secretary. The notice shall include a detailed explanation of the medicaid waiver the director proposes to seek and confirmation that the department of medicaid has complied with the requirements of section 5162.08 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.30
§ 5121.30. Community mental health services definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in sections 5121.30 to 5121.56 of the Revised Code: (A) "Countable assets" means all of the following: (1) Cash; (2) Bank deposits; (3) Securities; (4) Individual retirement accounts; (5) Qualified employer plans, including 401(k) and Keogh plans; (6) Annuities; (7) Funds in a trust created under section 5815.28 of the Revised Code; (8) Investment property and income; (9) The cash surrender values of life insurance policies; (10) Assets acquired by gift, bequest, devise, or inheritance; (11) Any other asset determined by the department of mental health and addiction services to be equivalent to the assets enumerated in this division. (B) "Federal poverty level" or "FPL" means the income level represented by the poverty guidelines as revised annually by the United States department of health and human services in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C. 9902, as amended, for a family size equal to the size of the family of the person whose income is being determined. (C) "Federal poverty guidelines" means the poverty guidelines as revised annually by the United States department of health and human services in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C. 9902, as amended, for a family size equal to the size of the family of the person whose income is being determined. (D) "Hospital" means an institution, hospital, or other place established, controlled, or supervised by the department of mental health and addiction services under Chapter 5119. of the Revised Code, except when otherwise described only as a hospital operated by the department. (E) "Liable relative" means all of the following: (1) A patient's spouse; (2) A patient's mother or father, or both, if the patient is under eighteen years of age; (3) A patient's guardian. (F) "Patient" means a person admitted to a hospital for inpatient care or treatment, including a person transferred to a hospital from a state correctional institution or a person under indictment or conviction who has been transferred to a hospital. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.58
§ 5164.58. Agency action to recover overpayment to provider
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) If a state agency that enters into a contract with the department of medicaid under section 5162.35 of the Revised Code identifies that a medicaid overpayment has been made to a medicaid provider, the state agency may commence actions to recover the overpayment on behalf of the department. (B) In recovering an overpayment pursuant to this section, a state agency shall comply with the following procedures: (1) The state agency shall attempt to recover the overpayment by notifying the medicaid provider of the overpayment and requesting voluntary repayment. Not later than five business days after notifying the medicaid provider, the state agency shall notify the department in writing of the overpayment. The state agency may negotiate a settlement of the overpayment and notify the department of the settlement. A settlement negotiated by the state agency is not valid and shall not be implemented until the department has given its written approval of the settlement. (2) If the state agency is unable to obtain voluntary repayment of an overpayment, the agency shall give the medicaid provider notice of an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. If the medicaid provider timely requests a hearing in accordance with section 119.07 of the Revised Code, the state agency shall conduct the hearing to determine the legal and factual validity of the overpayment. On completion of the hearing, the state agency shall submit its hearing officer's report and recommendation and the complete record of proceedings, including all transcripts, to the medicaid director for final adjudication. The director may issue a final adjudication order in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The state agency shall pay any attorney's fees imposed under section 119.092 of the Revised Code. The department of medicaid shall pay any attorney's fees imposed under section 2335.39 of the Revised Code. (C) In any action taken by a state agency under this section that requires the agency to give notice of an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, if the agency gives notice of the opportunity for a hearing but the medicaid provider subject to the notice does not request a hearing or timely request a hearing in accordance with section 119.07 of the Revised Code, the agency is not required to hold a hearing. The agency may request that the medicaid director issue a final adjudication order in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (D) This section does not preclude the department of medicaid from adjudicating a final fiscal audit under section 5164.38 of the Revised Code, recovering overpayments under section 5164.57 of the Revised Code, or making findings or taking other actions authorized by state statutes governing the medicaid program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.99
§ 5165.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

January 1, 2015 Senate Bill 276 - 130th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 5165.102 or division (E) of section 5165.08 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for the first offense and not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars for each subsequent offense. Fines paid under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. (B) Whoever violates division (D) of section 5165.88 of the Revised Code is guilty of registering a false complaint, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Last updated December 2, 2021 at 5:49 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.061
§ 5121.061. Modifying support charges
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The authority of the department of developmental disabilities to modify support charges pursuant to section 5121.04 of the Revised Code shall not be exercised until the resident or liable relative has petitioned the department for modification as provided in section 5121.07 of the Revised Code and has offered to the department satisfactory proof of the resident's or liable relative's earnings and assets. The department may modify the charges if its investigation warrants such modification.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.15
§ 5122.15. Full hearing
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Full hearings shall be conducted in a manner consistent with this chapter and with due process of law. The hearings shall be conducted by a judge of the probate court or a referee designated by a judge of the probate court and may be conducted in or out of the county in which the respondent is held. Any referee designated under this division shall be an attorney. (1) With the consent of the respondent, the following shall be made available to counsel for the respondent: (a) All relevant documents, information, and evidence in the custody or control of the state or prosecutor; (b) All relevant documents, information, and evidence in the custody or control of the hospital in which the respondent currently is held, or in which the respondent has been held pursuant to this chapter; (c) All relevant documents, information, and evidence in the custody or control of any hospital, facility, or person not included in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section. (2) The respondent has the right to attend the hearing and to be represented by counsel of the respondent's choice. The right to attend the hearing may be waived only by the respondent or counsel for the respondent after consultation with the respondent. (3) If the respondent is not represented by counsel, is absent from the hearing, and has not validly waived the right to counsel, the court shall appoint counsel immediately to represent the respondent at the hearing, reserving the right to tax costs of appointed counsel to the respondent, unless it is shown that the respondent is indigent. If the court appoints counsel, or if the court determines that the evidence relevant to the respondent's absence does not justify the absence, the court shall continue the case. (4) The respondent shall be informed that the respondent may retain counsel and have independent expert evaluation. If the respondent is unable to obtain an attorney, the respondent shall be represented by court-appointed counsel. If the respondent is indigent, court-appointed counsel and independent expert evaluation shall be provided as an expense under section 5122.43 of the Revised Code. (5) The hearing shall be closed to the public, unless counsel for the respondent, with the permission of the respondent, requests that the hearing be open to the public. (6) If the hearing is closed to the public, the court, for good cause shown, may admit persons who have a legitimate interest in the proceedings. If the respondent, the respondent's counsel, or the designee of the director or of the chief clinical officer objects to the admission of any person, the court shall hear the objection and any opposing argument and shall rule upon the admission of the person to the hearing. (7) The affiant under section 5122.11 of the Revised Code shall be subject to subpoena by either party. (8) The court shall examine the sufficiency of all documents filed and shall inform the respondent, if present, and the respondent's counsel of the nature and content of the documents and the reason for which the respondent is being detained, or for which the respondent's placement is being sought. (9) The court shall receive only reliable, competent, and material evidence. (10) Unless proceedings are initiated pursuant to section 5120.17 or 5139.08 of the Revised Code, an attorney that the board designates shall present the case demonstrating that the respondent is a person with a mental illness subject to court order. The attorney shall offer evidence of the diagnosis, prognosis, record of treatment, if any, and less restrictive treatment plans, if any. In proceedings pursuant to section 5120.17 or 5139.08 of the Revised Code, the attorney general shall designate an attorney who shall present the case demonstrating that the respondent is a person with a mental illness subject to court order. The attorney shall offer evidence of the diagnosis, prognosis, record of treatment, if any, and less restrictive treatment plans, if any. (11) The respondent or the respondent's counsel has the right to subpoena witnesses and documents and to examine and cross-examine witnesses. (12) The respondent has the right, but shall not be compelled, to testify, and shall be so advised by the court. (13) On motion of the respondent or the respondent's counsel for good cause shown, or on the court's own motion, the court may order a continuance of the hearing. (14) If the respondent is represented by counsel and the respondent's counsel requests a transcript and record, or if the respondent is not represented by counsel, the court shall make and maintain a full transcript and record of the proceeding. If the respondent is indigent and the transcript and record is made, a copy shall be provided to the respondent upon request and be treated as an expense under section 5122.43 of the Revised Code. (15) To the extent not inconsistent with this chapter, the Rules of Civil Procedure are applicable. (B) Unless, upon completion of the hearing the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is a person with a mental illness subject to court order, it shall order the respondent's discharge immediately. (C) If, upon completion of the hearing, the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is a person with a mental illness subject to court order, the court shall order the respondent for a period not to exceed ninety days to any of the following: (1) A hospital operated by the department of behavioral health if the respondent is committed pursuant to section 5139.08 of the Revised Code; (2) A nonpublic hospital; (3) The veterans' administration or other agency of the United States government; (4) A board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services or services provider the board designates; (5) Receive private psychiatric or psychological care and treatment; (6) Any other suitable facility or person consistent with the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment needs of the respondent. A jail or other local correctional facility is not a suitable facility. (D) Any order made pursuant to division (C)(2), (3), (5), or (6) of this section shall be conditioned upon the receipt by the court of consent by the hospital, facility, agency, or person to accept the respondent and may include a requirement that a person or entity described in division (C)(2), (3), (5), or (6) of this section inform the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services or community mental health services provider the board designates about the progress of the respondent with the treatment plan. (E) In determining the entity or person to which the respondent is to be committed under division (C) of this section, the court shall consider all of the following: (1) The respondent's diagnosis and prognosis made by a psychiatrist, licensed clinical psychologist, clinical nurse specialist who is certified as a psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse specialist by the American nurses credentialing center, or certified nurse practitioner who is certified as a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner by the American nurses credentialing center; (2) The respondent's preferences; (3) The respondent's projected treatment plan. The court shall order the implementation of the least restrictive alternative available and consistent with treatment goals. If the court determines that the least restrictive alternative available that is consistent with treatment goals is inpatient hospitalization, the court's order shall so state. (F) During the ninety-day period the entity or person shall examine and treat the respondent. If the respondent is receiving treatment in an outpatient setting, or receives treatment in an outpatient setting during a subsequent period of continued commitment under division (H) of this section, the entity or person to whom the respondent is committed shall determine the appropriate outpatient treatment for the respondent. If, at any time prior to the expiration of the ninety-day period, it is determined by the entity or person that the respondent's treatment needs could be equally well met in an available and appropriate less restrictive setting, both of the following apply: (1) The respondent shall be released from the care of the entity or person immediately and shall be referred to the court together with a report of the findings and recommendations of the entity or person; (2) The entity or person shall notify the respondent's counsel or the attorney designated by a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services or, if the respondent was committed to a board or a services provider designated by the board, it shall place the respondent in the least restrictive setting available consistent with treatment goals and notify the court and the respondent's counsel of the placement. The court shall dismiss the case or order placement in the least restrictive setting. (G)(1) Except as provided in division (G)(2) of this section, any person for whom proceedings for treatment have been commenced pursuant to section 5122.11 of the Revised Code, may apply at any time for voluntary admission or treatment to the entity or person to which the person was committed. Upon admission as a voluntary patient the chief clinical officer of the entity or the person immediately shall notify the court, the patient's counsel, and the attorney designated by the board, if the attorney has entered the proceedings, in writing of that fact, and, upon receipt of the notice, the court shall dismiss the case. (2) A person who is found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity and who is committed pursuant to section 2945.39 , 2945.40 , 2945.401 , or 2945.402 of the Revised Code shall not voluntarily commit the person pursuant to this section until after the final termination of the commitment, as described in division (J) of section 2945.401 of the Revised Code. (H) If, at the end of the first ninety-day period or any subsequent period of continued commitment, there has been no disposition of the case, either by discharge or voluntary admission or treatment, the entity or person shall discharge the patient immediately, unless at least ten days before the expiration of the period the attorney the board designates or the prosecutor files with the court an application for continued commitment. The application of the attorney or the prosecutor shall include a written report containing the diagnosis, prognosis, past treatment, a list of alternative treatment settings and plans, and identification of the treatment setting that is the least restrictive consistent with treatment needs. The attorney the board designates or the prosecutor shall file the written report at least three days prior to the full hearing. A copy of the application and written report shall be provided to the respondent's counsel immediately. The court shall hold a full hearing on applications for continued commitment at the expiration of the first ninety-day period and at least every two years after the expiration of the first ninety-day period. Hearings following any application for continued commitment are mandatory and may not be waived. For a respondent who is ordered to receive treatment in an outpatient setting, if at any time after the first ninety-day period the entity or person to whom the respondent was ordered determines that the respondent has demonstrated voluntary consent for treatment, that entity or person shall immediately notify the respondent, the respondent's counsel, the attorney designated by the board, and the court. The entity or person shall submit to the court a report of the findings and recommendations. The court may dismiss the case upon review of the facts. Upon request of a person who is involuntarily committed under this section, or the person's counsel, that is made more than one hundred eighty days after the person's last full hearing, mandatory or requested, the court shall hold a full hearing on the person's continued commitment. Upon the application of a person involuntarily committed under this section, supported by an affidavit of a psychiatrist or licensed clinical psychologist, alleging that the person no longer is a person with a mental illness subject to court order, the court for good cause shown may hold a full hearing on the person's continued commitment prior to the expiration of one hundred eighty days after the person's last full hearing. Section 5122.12 of the Revised Code applies to all hearings on continued commitment. If the court, after a hearing for continued commitment finds by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is a person with a mental illness subject to court order, the court may order continued commitment at places or to persons specified in division (C) of this section. (I) Unless the admission is pursuant to section 5120.17 or 5139.08 of the Revised Code, the chief clinical officer of the entity admitting a respondent pursuant to a judicial proceeding, within ten working days of the admission, shall make a report of the admission to the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services serving the respondent's county of residence. (J) A referee appointed by the court may make all orders that a judge may make under this section and sections 5122.11 and 5122.141 of the Revised Code, except an order of contempt of court. The orders of a referee take effect immediately. Within fourteen days of the making of an order by a referee, a party may file written objections to the order with the court. The filed objections shall be considered a motion, shall be specific, and shall state their grounds with particularity. Within ten days of the filing of the objections, a judge of the court shall hold a hearing on the objections and may hear and consider any testimony or other evidence relating to the respondent's mental condition. At the conclusion of the hearing, the judge may ratify, rescind, or modify the referee's order. (K) An order of the court under division (C), (H), or (J) of this section is a final order. (L) Before a board, or a services provider the board designates, may place an unconsenting respondent in an inpatient setting from a less restrictive placement, the board or services provider shall do all of the following: (1) Determine that the respondent is in immediate need of treatment in an inpatient setting because the respondent represents a substantial risk of physical harm to the respondent or others if allowed to remain in a less restrictive setting; (2) On the day of placement in the inpatient setting or on the next court day, file with the court a motion for transfer to an inpatient setting or communicate to the court by telephone that the required motion has been mailed; (3) Ensure that every reasonable and appropriate effort is made to take the respondent to the inpatient setting in the least conspicuous manner possible; (4) Immediately notify the board's designated attorney and the respondent's attorney. At the respondent's request, the court shall hold a hearing on the motion and make a determination pursuant to division (E) of this section within five days of the placement. (M) Before a board, or a services provider the board designates, may move a respondent from one residential placement to another, the board or services provider shall consult with the respondent about the placement. If the respondent objects to the placement, the proposed placement and the need for it shall be reviewed by a qualified mental health professional who otherwise is not involved in the treatment of the respondent. (N) The entity or person to whom the respondent was ordered for treatment in an outpatient setting may submit a report to the court indicating that the respondent has either failed to comply with the treatment plan or begun to demonstrate signs of decompensation that may be grounds for hospitalization. On receipt of the report, the court shall promptly schedule a hearing to review the case. The court shall conduct the hearing in a manner consistent with this chapter and due process of law. The board shall receive notice of the hearing and the board and entity or person treating the respondent shall submit a report to the court with a plan for appropriate alternative treatment, if any, or recommend that the court discontinue the court-ordered treatment. The court shall consider available and appropriate alternative placements but shall not impose criminal sanctions that result in confinement in a jail or other local correctional facility based on the respondent's failure to comply with the treatment plan. The court may not order the respondent to a more restrictive placement unless the criteria specified in division (L) of this section are met and may not order the respondent to an inpatient setting unless the court determines by clear and convincing evidence presented by the board that the respondent meets the criteria specified in divisions (A) and (B)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.36
§ 5101.36. Right of subrogation to department of job and family services for workers' compensation benefits
Status: in_force

December 31, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly Any application for public assistance gives a right of subrogation to the department of job and family services for any workers' compensation benefits payable to a person who is subject to a support order, as defined in section 3119.01 of the Revised Code, on behalf of the applicant, to the extent of any public assistance payments made on the applicant's behalf. If the director of job and family services, in consultation with a child support enforcement agency and the administrator of the bureau of workers' compensation, determines that a person responsible for support payments to a recipient of public assistance is receiving workers' compensation, the director shall notify the administrator of the amount of the benefit to be paid to the department of job and family services. For purposes of this section, "public assistance" means Ohio works first provided under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code or prevention, retention, and contingency benefits and services provided under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5145.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5145 / § 5145.03
§ 5145.03. Rules for government and employment of prisoners
Status: in_force

October 6, 1994 House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction, subject to the approval of the governor, shall make any rules for the government of prisoners that tend to promote their reformation, or be necessary for the purpose of sections 5145.01 to 5145.27 of the Revised Code, except that any rules that govern penal manufacturing and service industries and agriculture or labor performed by prisoners and that do not govern security shall be adopted pursuant to division (B) of this section. The department shall make provisions for the separation or classification of prisoners, their division into different grades with promotion or degradation according to merit or demerit, their instruction in industrial pursuits, and their education. (B) The director of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules for the administration of the department's program for employment of prisoners that is established pursuant to section 5145.16 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted, amended, and rescinded pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that rules governing security shall not be adopted pursuant to that chapter and except that no prisoner who is in the custody of the department and who is incarcerated has any legal right to attend any hearing that is held on the rules pursuant to that chapter and that is held outside the institution in which the prisoner is incarcerated; however, the attorney for any prisoner may attend the hearing on behalf of the prisoner. The director may hold hearings on the rules pursuant to that chapter at any of the department's correctional institutions to receive comment from prisoners, which hearings may be attended by prisoners incarcerated at the institution at which any of the hearings is held. The rules shall provide for the following: (1) A procedure for seeking the employment of prisoners in penal industries and agriculture, in private industry and agriculture located within or outside the department's institutions, in public works, in institutional jobs necessary for the proper maintenance or operation of the department's institutions, and in other appropriate forms of labor; (2) A system of compensation, allowances, hours, conditions of employment, and advancement for prisoners who are employed in any form of labor; (3) The regulation of the working conditions for prisoners who are employed in any form of labor; (4) The categorization of all jobs performed by prisoners into levels, grades within the levels, or other appropriate categories based upon the skills required to perform the job, the security required for the job, the location at which the job is performed, and any other relevant characteristics of the job; (5) A procedure for the assignment of prisoners to perform jobs in correctional industries and agriculture, and in private industry and agriculture, that are located in institutions under the control of the department other than the institutions to which the prisoners are committed; (6) A procedure for the periodic review of each prisoner's performance at his jobs and for the periodic evaluation of the prisoner's qualifications for other jobs at higher grades, levels, or categories, with different skill requirements, with different career potential, with other training potentials, or with other working conditions or schedules; (7) An accounting system for the allocation of the earnings of each prisoner; (8) A procedure for the transportation of prisoners whenever necessary between institutions and to and from private industry or agriculture to perform jobs; (9) A disciplinary procedure for violations of work or security requirements; (10) Any other rules on any subject that are otherwise necessary to administer sections 5145.16 and 5145.161 of the Revised Code or to provide employment for as many prisoners as possible. (C) The department shall keep a correct daily record of the conduct of each prisoner and of his fidelity and diligence in the performance of his work. Last updated October 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.701 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.701
§ 5123.701. Application for short-term care
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any person in the community who is eighteen years of age or older and who is or believes self to be a person with an intellectual disability may make written application to the managing officer of any institution for temporary admission for short-term care. The application may be made on behalf of a minor by a parent or guardian, and on behalf of an adult adjudicated mentally incompetent by a guardian. (B) For purposes of this section, short-term care shall be defined to mean appropriate services provided to a person with an intellectual disability for no more than fourteen consecutive days and for no more than forty-two days in a fiscal year. When circumstances warrant, the fourteen-day period may be extended at the discretion of the managing officer. Short-term care is provided in a developmental center to meet the family's or caretaker's needs for separation from the person with an intellectual disability. (C) The managing officer of an institution, with the concurrence of the chief program director, may admit a person for short-term care only after a medical examination has been made of the person and only if the managing officer concludes that the person has an intellectual disability. (D) A person who is found not guilty by reason of insanity shall not admit self to an institution for short-term care unless a hearing was held regarding the person pursuant to division (A) of section 2945.40 of the Revised Code and either of the following applies: (1) The person was found at the hearing not to be a person with an intellectual disability subject to institutionalization by court order; (2) The person was found at the hearing to be a person with an intellectual disability subject to institutionalization by court order, was involuntarily committed, and was finally discharged. (E) The person with an intellectual disability, liable relatives, and guardians of persons with intellectual disabilities admitted for respite care shall pay support charges in accordance with sections 5121.01 to 5121.21 of the Revised Code. (F) At the conclusion of each period of short-term care, the person shall return to the person's family or caretaker. Under no circumstances shall a person admitted for short-term care according to this section remain in the institution after the period of short-term care unless the person is admitted according to section 5123.70 , sections 5123.71 to 5123.76 , or section 2945.38 , 2945.39 , 2945.40 , 2945.401 , or 2945.402 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.612 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.612
§ 5101.612. Allocation of county adult protective services funds
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "federal poverty line" has the same meaning as in section 5162.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Within available funds, the department of job and family services shall distribute funds to the counties not later than thirty days after the beginning of each calendar quarter for a part of the counties' costs for protective services. Funds provided to a county under this section shall be deposited into the public assistance fund created under section 5101.161 of the Revised Code. (C) In each fiscal year, the amount of funds available for distribution under this section shall be allocated to counties as follows: (1) If the amount is less than the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year, each county shall receive an amount equal to the percentage of the funding it received in the immediately preceding fiscal year, exclusive of any releases from or additions to the allocation or any sanctions imposed under this section; (2) If the amount is equal to the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year, each county shall receive an amount equal to the amount it received in the preceding fiscal year, exclusive of any releases from or additions to the allocation or any sanctions imposed under this section; (3) If the amount is greater than the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year, each county shall receive the amount determined under division (C)(2) of this section as a base allocation, plus a percentage of the amount that exceeds the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year. The amount exceeding the amount initially appropriated in the immediately preceding fiscal year shall be allocated to the counties as follows: (a) Twelve per cent divided equally among all counties; (b) Forty-eight per cent in the ratio that the number of residents of the county aged sixty or older bears to the total number of such persons residing in this state; (c) Forty per cent in the ratio that the number of residents of the county with incomes under the federal poverty line bears to the total number of such persons in this state. (D) Not later than ninety days after the end of each state fiscal biennium, each county shall return any unspent funds to the department. (E) The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to allocate funds under this section and prescribe reports on expenditures to be submitted by the counties as necessary for the implementation of this section. Last updated September 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.02
§ 5126.02. County or multicounty board of developmental disability required
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) Each county shall have its own county board of developmental disabilities. Subject to division (B) of this section: (1) A county board shall be operated as a separate administrative and service entity. (2) The functions of a county board shall not be combined with the functions of any other entity of county government. (B) Division (A) of this section does not prohibit or restrict any county board from sharing administrative functions or personnel with one or more other county boards, including entering into an arrangement authorized by division (B) of section 5126.0219 of the Revised Code or an agreement with one or more other county boards to share the services of any employee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.67
§ 5168.67. Appeal of fee
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) An ICF/IID may appeal the franchise permit fee imposed under section 5168.61 of the Revised Code solely on the grounds that the department of developmental disabilities committed a material error in determining the amount of the fee. A request for an appeal must be received by the department not later than fifteen days after the date the department notifies the ICF/IID of the fee and must include written materials setting forth the basis for the appeal. (B) If an ICF/IID submits a request for an appeal within the time required under division (A) of this section, the department shall hold a public hearing in Columbus not later than thirty days after the date the department receives the request for an appeal. The department shall, not later than ten days before the date of the hearing, notify, electronically or by United States postal service, the ICF/IID of the date, time, and place of the hearing. The department may hear all requested appeals in one public hearing. (C) On the basis of the evidence presented at the hearing or any other evidence submitted by the ICF/IID, the department may adjust a fee. The department's decision is final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.85
§ 5168.85. Health insuring corporation franchise fee fund
Status: in_force

June 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the health insuring corporation franchise fee fund. All payments and penalties paid by health insuring corporations under sections 5168.77 , 5168.79 , and 5168.81 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the fund. money in the fund shall be used to make medicaid payments to medicaid providers and medicaid managed care organizations. (B) Any interest or other investment proceeds earned on money in the fund shall be credited to the fund and used to make medicaid payments in accordance with division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.46
§ 5121.46. Conditions for exemption of liable relatives
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of mental health and addiction services shall not charge a liable relative under sections 5121.33 and 5121.35 of the Revised Code who has done either of the following: (A) Paid all amounts charged by the department for the care and treatment of a particular patient for fifteen consecutive years; (B) Paid amounts charged by the department for the care and treatment of more than one patient for a total of fifteen consecutive years. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.85
§ 5164.85. Enrolling in group health plan
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "cost-effective" and "group health plan" have the same meanings as in the "Social Security Act," section 1906, 42 U.S.C. 1396e, and any regulations adopted under that section. (B) The department of medicaid may implement a program pursuant to the "Social Security Act," section 1906, 42 U.S.C. 1396e, for the enrollment of medicaid-eligible individuals in group health plans when the department determines that enrollment is cost-effective.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.711 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.711
§ 5123.711. Assessment of individual's needs
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Emergency" means either of the following that creates a risk of substantial harm to an individual or others if action is not taken within thirty days: (a) Health and safety conditions that pose a serious risk of immediate harm or death to the individual or others; (b) Changes in the emotional or physical condition of an individual that necessitates substantial accommodation that cannot reasonably be provided by the individual's existing caretaker. (2) "Priority" means a situation creating a risk of substantial harm to an individual or others, but for which action within thirty days is not necessary. (3) "Resources" has the same meaning as in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Prior to filing an affidavit under section 5123.71 of the Revised Code for the involuntary institutionalization of an individual, a person who is eligible to file under that section and intends to do so shall request that the county board of developmental disabilities conduct an assessment of the individual's needs. Not later than thirty days after the date a request is received, the board shall complete the assessment and provide to the person a report of its findings and recommendations. The report shall be delivered by certified mail. Within three working days after receiving a request for an assessment, the board shall notify the department of developmental disabilities that the request has been made and that there is the potential for court-ordered institutionalization of an individual. The department may provide assistance to the board in the performance of the assessment. (C) The board's assessment of an individual's needs shall include the following: (1) A determination of the current needs of the individual, including an appropriate plan for services; (2) A determination of whether the community is the least restrictive environment in which the individual may be appropriately served; (3) A determination of whether the individual meets the conditions for assistance on an emergency or priority basis; (4) Identification of available resources to meet the individual's needs, including service providers with the capability of appropriately meeting those needs, special ancillary services, and moneys to pay for the services necessary to meet the individual's needs within the community rather than in a state institution. (D) If the board's assessment of an individual identifies that county resources are available to meet the individual's needs in the community, the board shall provide services to the individual or arrange for the provision of services. If county resources are not available, the board shall petition the department of developmental disabilities for necessary resources that may be available from the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.23
§ 5166.23. Rules regarding payments for home and community-based services provided under medicaid component
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (D) of this section, the medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5166.02 of the Revised Code establishing the payment amounts or the methods by which the payment amounts are to be determined for home and community-based services specified in division (A)(1) of section 5166.20 of the Revised Code and provided under the components of the medicaid program that the department of developmental disabilities administers under section 5166.21 of the Revised Code. With respect to these rules, all of the following apply: (1) The rules shall establish procedures for the department of developmental disabilities to follow in arranging for the initial and ongoing collection of cost information from a comprehensive, statistically valid sample of persons and government entities providing the services at the time the information is obtained. (2) The rules shall establish procedures for the collection of consumer-specific information through an assessment instrument the department of developmental disabilities shall provide to the department of medicaid. (3) With the information collected pursuant to divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section, an analysis of that information, and other information the director determines relevant, the rules shall establish payment standards that do all of the following: (a) Assure that payment amounts are consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care; (b) Consider the intensity of consumer resource need; (c) Recognize variations in different geographic areas regarding the resources necessary to assure the health and welfare of consumers; (d) Recognize variations in environmental supports available to consumers. (B) As part of the process of adopting rules authorized by this section, the director shall consult with the director of developmental disabilities, representatives of county boards of developmental disabilities, persons who provide the home and community-based services, and other persons and government entities the director identifies. (C) The medicaid director and director of developmental disabilities shall review the rules authorized by this section at times they determine are necessary to ensure that the payment amounts or the methods by which the payment amounts are to be determined continue to meet the payment standards established under division (A)(3) of this section. (D) This section applies to home and community-based services provided under the medicaid waiver component known as the transitions developmental disabilities waiver only to the extent, if any, provided by the contract required by section 5166.21 of the Revised Code regarding the component.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.40
§ 5180.40. [Former R.C. 5101.13, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Uniform statewide automated child welfare information system - creation
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth shall establish and maintain a uniform statewide automated child welfare information system in accordance with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 674(a)(3)(C) and related federal regulations and guidelines. The information system shall contain records regarding any of the following: (1) Investigations of children and families, and children's care in out-of-home care, in accordance with sections 2151.421 and 5153.16 of the Revised Code; (2) Care and treatment provided to children and families; (3) Any other information related to children and families that state or federal law, regulation, or rule requires the department or a public children services agency to maintain. (B) "Out-of-home care" has the same meaning as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.053 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.053
§ 5104.053. Inspecting unlicensed type B homes
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As a precondition of approval by the department of education and workforce pursuant to section 3313.813 of the Revised Code for receipt of United States department of agriculture child and adult care food program funds established under the "National School Lunch Act," 60 Stat. 230 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 1751, as amended, the provider of child care in a type B family child care home that is not licensed by the director of children and youth shall request an inspection of the type B home by the fire marshal, who shall inspect the type B home pursuant to section 3737.22 of the Revised Code to determine that it is in compliance with rules established pursuant to section 5104.052 of the Revised Code for licensed type B homes. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.041
§ 5166.041. Provision of nursing services in a group visit under a home and community-based services medicaid waiver component
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 483 - 131st General Assembly A medicaid provider of nursing services may provide nursing services in a group visit under a home and community-based services medicaid waiver component if the component covers the nursing services, the number of medicaid recipients who receive the nursing services during the group visit does not exceed four, and all of the following apply to all of those medicaid recipients: (A) They are enrolled in the component; (B) They are medically fragile children; (C) They are siblings; (D) They reside together in the home of their caretaker relative.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.37
§ 5124.37. Timing of payments; calculations
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities shall make its best efforts each year to determine ICFs/IID's medicaid payment rates under this chapter in time to pay the rates by August fifteenth of each fiscal year. If the department is unable to calculate the rates so that they can be paid by that date, the department shall pay each provider the rate calculated for the provider's ICFs/IID under those sections at the end of the previous fiscal year. If the department also is unable to calculate the rates to make the payments due by the fifteenth day of September and the fifteenth day of October, the department shall pay the previous fiscal year's rate to make those payments. The department may increase by five per cent the previous fiscal year's rate paid for any ICF/IID pursuant to this section at the request of the provider. The department shall use rates calculated for the current fiscal year to make the payments due by the fifteenth day of November. If an ICF/IID's medicaid payment rate paid under this section is lower than the rate calculated for it for the current fiscal year, the department shall pay the provider the difference between the two rates for the number of days for which the provider is paid the lower rate. If an ICF/IID's medicaid payment rate paid under this section is higher than the rate calculated for it for the current fiscal year, the provider shall refund to the department the difference between the two rates for the number of days for which the provider is paid the higher rate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.027 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.027
§ 5126.027. Filling of vacancy on board for unexpired term
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly Within sixty days after a vacancy on a county board of developmental disabilities occurs, including a vacancy created under section 5126.0213 of the Revised Code, the appointing authority shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. Before filling a vacancy, the appointing authority shall cause a notice of the vacancy to be published on at least two separate dates in one or more newspapers serving the county or counties the county board serves. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.406 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.406
§ 5180.406. [Former R.C. 5101.136, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Uniform statewide automated child welfare information system - search request
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly If a person requests the department of children and youth to conduct a search of whether that person's name has been placed or remains in the statewide automated child welfare information system as an alleged perpetrator of child abuse or neglect and a search reveals that a "substantiated" disposition exists, the department shall send a letter to the person who requested the search indicating a "match." Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.0324 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.0324
§ 5103.0324. Assessor to conduct home study
Status: in_force

October 5, 2000 House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly A public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency to which the duty to inspect and approve a family foster home or treatment foster home has been delegated under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code shall provide for an assessor who meets the requirements of section 3107.014 of the Revised Code to conduct a home study of the home.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5116.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5116 / § 5116.22
§ 5116.22. Local responsibilities if the use of the funds is authorized
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) If a local workforce development board decides under section 5116.20 of the Revised Code to authorize the use of its youth workforce investment activity funds for the comprehensive case management and employment program for a fiscal biennial period, all of the following shall apply to that fiscal biennial period: (1) Before the beginning of the fiscal biennial period, the board shall enter into a written agreement with department of job and family services that, to the extent permitted by federal law, requires the board and the counties the board serves to operate the comprehensive case management and employment program in accordance with the program's requirements, including the requirements established by this chapter, rules adopted under section 5116.06 of the Revised Code, and any other rules applicable to the program. (2) Before the beginning of the fiscal biennial period, the board of county commissioners of each of the counties the local workforce development board serves shall designate either of the local participating agencies to serve as the county's lead agency for the purpose of the comprehensive case management and employment program. (B) After a board of county commissioners designates a local participating agency to serve as the county's lead agency for a fiscal biennial period, the board may designate the other local participating agency to take over as the county's lead agency for the remainder of the fiscal biennial period. (C) A board of county commissioners shall inform the department of job and family services of its designation of the lead agency under division (A)(2) of this section before the beginning of the fiscal biennial period for which the designation is made. A board shall notify the department of any redesignation of a lead agency under division (B) of this section not later than sixty days after the redesignation takes effect.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.341 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.341
§ 5119.341. Operations as permitted use
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Any person may operate a residential facility providing accommodations and personal care services for one to five unrelated persons and licensed as a residential facility that meets the criteria specified in division (B)(1)(b) of section 5119.34 of the Revised Code as a permitted use in any residential district or zone, including any single-family residential district or zone of any political subdivision. Such facilities may be required to comply with area, height, yard, and architectural compatibility requirements that are uniformly imposed upon all single-family residences within the district or zone. (B) Any person may operate a residential facility providing accommodations and personal care services for six to sixteen persons and licensed as a residential facility that meets the criteria specified in division (B)(1)(b) of section 5119.34 of the Revised Code as a permitted use in any multiple-family residential district or zone of any political subdivision, except that a political subdivision that has enacted a zoning ordinance or resolution establishing planned-unit developments as defined in section 519.021 of the Revised Code may exclude such facilities from such districts, and a political subdivision that has enacted a zoning ordinance or resolution may regulate such facilities in multiple-family residential districts or zones as a conditionally permitted use or special exception, in either case, under reasonable and specific standards and conditions set out in the zoning ordinance or resolution to: (1) Require the architectural design and site layout of the home and the location, nature, and height of any walls, screens, and fences to be compatible with adjoining land uses and the residential character of the neighborhood; (2) Require compliance with yard, parking, and sign regulation. (C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not affect any right of a political subdivision to permit a person to operate a residential facility licensed under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code in a single-family residential district or zone under conditions established by the political subdivision. (D)(1) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section and except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, a political subdivision that has enacted a zoning ordinance or resolution may limit the excessive concentration of licensed residential facilities that meet the criteria specified in division (B)(1)(b) of section 5119.34 of the Revised Code. (2) Division (D)(1) of this section does not authorize a political subdivision to prevent or limit the continued existence and operation of residential facilities existing and operating on September 10, 2012, and that meet the criteria specified in division (B)(1)(b) of section 5119.34 of the Revised Code. A political subdivision may consider the existence of such facilities for the purpose of limiting the excessive concentration of such facilities that meet the criteria specified in division (B)(1)(b) of section 5119.34 of the Revised Code that are not existing and operating on September 10, 2012.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.071
§ 5101.071. Support services state operating fund
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the support services state operating fund. The fund shall consist of payments made to the fund from other appropriation items by intrastate transfer voucher. Money in the fund shall be used to pay for both of the following: (A) The department of job and family services' costs for computer projects; (B) The operating costs of the parts of the department that provide general support services for the department's work units established under section 5101.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.07
§ 5166.07. Agency accountable for medicaid waiver components funds
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Each administrative agency is financially accountable for funds expended for medicaid services covered by the home and community-based services medicaid waiver components that the agency administers.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.73
§ 5162.73. Dental services for pregnant Medicaid recipients
Status: in_force

September 18, 2020 House Bill 11 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The Department of Medicaid may establish and administer a program to provide dental services to pregnant Medicaid recipients. If the program is established, all of the following shall apply: (1) Medicaid recipients who are members of the group described in section 5163.06 of the Revised Code shall be eligible to receive two dental cleanings per year. (2) The Department shall give priority to those Medicaid recipients residing in areas of the state with high preterm birth rates. (3) The Department shall inform Medicaid recipients about the program and market the program to Medicaid recipients. (B) The Department of Medicaid shall establish reimbursement rates for entities that educate Medicaid recipients about the importance of prenatal and postnatal dental care as part of the program described in section 3701.615 of the Revised Code, including reimbursement rates for all or part of the costs associated with developing and distributing educational materials related to the importance of prenatal and postnatal dental care.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.104 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.104
§ 5124.104. Duties of department
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities shall do all of the following: (A) Prescribe the form to be used for completing a cost report and a uniform chart of accounts for the purpose of reporting costs on the form; (B) Distribute a paper copy of the form, or computer software for electronic submission of the form, to each provider at least sixty days before the date the cost report is due; (C) Establish guidelines for completing the form.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.0424 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.0424
§ 5123.0424. Reimbursement of travel expenses of official members of workgroups
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Official member" means a member of an official workgroup who was appointed by the director of developmental disabilities. (2) "Official workgroup" means a workgroup, task force, council, committee, or similar entity that has been established by the director of developmental disabilities under the director's express or implied statutory authority. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, the director of developmental disabilities may, at the director's discretion, provide for an official member of an official workgroup to be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel expenses the member incurs in the performance of the member's duties on the workgroup, including attending the workgroup's meetings, if all of the following apply: (1) The official member serves on the official workgroup as a representative of the families of, or advocates for, individuals with developmental disabilities; (2) The official member does not receive reimbursement for the travel expenses from any other source; (3) The official member does not receive wages or other compensation from any other source for performing the member's duties on the official workgroup; and (4) No statute prohibits official members of the official workgroup from being reimbursed for travel expenses. (C) The amount the director provides for an official member of an official workgroup to be reimbursed under division (B) of this section shall not exceed the rates the director of budget and management establishes in rules adopted under division (B) of section 126.31 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.10
§ 5155.10. Order to return resident to home
Status: in_force

May 13, 1980 House Bill 561 - 113th General Assembly If the court of common pleas is satisfied, upon a hearing being had as provided by section 5155.09 of the Revised Code, that it is for the public welfare that a resident of a county home who left without the acknowledgement of the superintendent or administrator should be returned to such home, the court shall so order and shall issue an order authorizing the superintendent or administrator to take and keep such resident in the home until the further order of the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5108.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5108 / § 5108.11
§ 5108.11. Contract for county's prevention, retention, and contingency program
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly (A) To the extent permitted by section 307.982 of the Revised Code, a board of county commissioners may enter into a written contract with a private or government entity for the entity to do either or both of the following for the county's prevention, retention, and contingency program: (1) Certify eligibility for benefits and services that do not have a financial need eligibility requirement; (2) Accept applications and determine and verify eligibility for benefits and services that have a financial need eligibility requirement. (B) If a board of county commissioners enters into a contract under division (A) of this section with a private or government entity, the county department of job and family services shall do all of the following: (1) Ensure that eligibility for benefits and services is certified or determined and verified in accordance with the statement of policies adopted under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code; (2) Ensure that the private or government entity maintains all records that are necessary for audits; (3) Monitor the private or government entity for compliance with Title IV-A, this chapter of the Revised Code, and the statement of policies; (4) Take actions that are necessary to recover any funds that are not spent in accordance with Title IV-A or this chapter of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.39
§ 5103.39. Training program steering committee
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of children and youth shall establish the Ohio child welfare training program steering committee. Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not apply to the committee. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.0318 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.0318
§ 5103.0318. Applicability of zoning laws
Status: in_force

October 5, 2000 House Bill 332, House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly Any certified foster home shall be considered to be a residential use of property for purposes of municipal, county, and township zoning and shall be a permitted use in all zoning districts in which residential uses are permitted. No municipal, county, or township zoning regulation shall require a conditional permit or any other special exception certification for any certified foster home. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.037 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.037
§ 5120.037. Substance abuse recovery prison; feasibility study
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Not later than June 30, 2016, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall study the feasibility of converting an existing state correctional facility, another existing facility controlled by the department, an existing facility owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state, or an existing facility owned by a private entity into a substance abuse recovery prison. The purpose of the prison would be to help reduce relapses and recidivism while preparing offenders confined in the prison for reentry into the community. In conducting the study, the department shall do all of the following: (1) Explore all alternatives for providing substance abuse recovery for offenders confined in the prison; (2) Consider drug treatment and rehabilitation services to be provided in the prison to help to prepare offenders confined in the prison for reentry into the community; (3) Consider the categories of offenders that should be confined in the prison, including whether the department should be limited to placing an offender sentenced to or serving a prison term in the prison only if the department knows or has reason to believe that drug usage by the offender was a factor leading to the offense for which the offender was sentenced to the prison term. (B) Upon completion of the study specified in division (A) of this section, the department shall submit copies of the study to the president and minority leader of the senate, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and the governor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.35
§ 5124.35. Timing of payments after involuntary termination
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Medicaid payments may be made for ICF/IID services provided not later than thirty days after the effective date of an involuntary termination of the ICF/IID that provides the services if the services are provided to a medicaid recipient who is eligible for the services and resided in the ICF/IID before the effective date of the involuntary termination.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5145.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5145 / § 5145.30
§ 5145.30. Exercise activity and equipment - clothing
Status: in_force

June 30, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) Free weight exercise equipment means any equipment or device that is designed to increase the muscle mass and physical strength of the person using it. Free weight exercise equipment includes, but is not limited to, barbells, dumbbells, weight plates, and similar free weight-type equipment and other devices that the department of rehabilitation and correction, in rules adopted under section 5120.423 of the Revised Code, designates as enabling a person to increase muscle mass and physical strength. (2) Fixed weight exercise equipment means any equipment, machine, or device that is not designed primarily to increase muscle mass and physical strength but rather to keep a person in relatively good physical condition. Fixed weight exercise equipment includes, but is not limited to, weight machines that utilize weight plates, tension bands, or similar devices that provide weight training resistance like universal and nautilus equipment. Fixed weight exercise equipment includes machines that are usually assembled as a unit, are not readily dismantled, and have been specifically modified for prison use so as to make them secure and immobile. (B)(1) No officer or employee of a correctional institution under the control or supervision of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall do any of the following: (a) Provide a prisoner access to free weight exercise equipment; (b) Provide a prisoner access to fixed weight exercise equipment unless the prisoner is incarcerated in a minimum or medium security facility. Such a prisoner shall be allowed access to such equipment for no more than three hours per week. The prisoner shall be supervised at all times access is permitted, and a list documenting names of prisoners and supervising personnel, dates, and times of usage shall be maintained at each facility. (c) Allow a prisoner to provide or receive instruction in boxing, wrestling, karate, judo, or another form of martial arts, or any other program that the department, in rules adopted under section 5120.423 of the Revised Code, designates as enabling a person to improve fighting skills. (2) Nothing in division (B)(1) of this section prohibits an officer or employee of a correctional institution under the control or supervision of the department from allowing a prisoner to participate in jogging, basketball, stationary exercise bicycling, supervised calisthenics, or other physical activities that are not designed to increase muscle mass and physical strength or improve fighting skills. (C) All of the following apply regarding each correctional institution under the control or supervision of the department of rehabilitation and correction that houses any prisoners: (1) The department shall provide clothing for all prisoners who are housed in the institution that is conspicuous in its color, style, or color and style, that conspicuously identifies its wearer as a prisoner, and that is readily distinguishable from clothing of a nature that normally is worn outside the institution by non-prisoners, shall require all prisoners housed in the institution to wear the clothing so provided, and shall not permit any prisoner, while inside or on the premises of the institution or while being transported to or from the institution, to wear any clothing of a nature that does not conspicuously identify its wearer as a prisoner and that normally is worn outside the institution by non-prisoners. (2) The security classification schedule the department uses for prisoners housed in the institution shall require the consideration of all information relevant to the classification, including, but not limited to, all pending criminal charges against the prisoner being classified, the offense for which the prisoner will be confined in the institution, and all prior convictions of or pleas of guilty by the prisoner.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.76
§ 5165.76. Fine collected if termination order does not take effect
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly At the time the department of medicaid or a contracting agency, under section 5165.71 , 5165.72 , or 5165.77 of the Revised Code, issues an order terminating a nursing facility's participation in the medicaid program, the department or agency may also impose a fine, in accordance with sections 5165.72 to 5165.74 and 5165.83 of the Revised Code, to be collected in the event the termination order does not take effect. The department or agency shall not collect this fine if the termination order takes effect.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.34
§ 5122.34. Immunity
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 Senate Bill 43 - 130th General Assembly (A) Persons, including, but not limited to, boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services and community mental health services providers, acting in good faith, either upon actual knowledge or information thought by them to be reliable, who procedurally or physically assist in the hospitalization or discharge, determination of appropriate placement, court-ordered treatment, or in judicial proceedings of a person under this chapter, do not come within any criminal provisions, and are free from any liability to the person hospitalized or receiving court-ordered treatment or to any other person. (B) Regardless of whether any affirmative action has been taken under this chapter with respect to a mental health client or patient and except as otherwise provided in section 2305.51 of the Revised Code, no person shall be liable for any harm that results to any other person as a result of failing to disclose any confidential information about the mental health client or patient, or failing to otherwise attempt to protect such other person from harm by such client or patient. (C) This section applies to expert witnesses who testify at hearings under this chapter. (D) The immunity from liability conferred by this section is in addition to and not in limitation of any immunity conferred by any other section of the Revised Code or by judicial precedent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.09
§ 5168.09. Methodology to pay hospitals sufficient to expend all money in indigent care pool
Status: in_force

December 31, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5168.02 of the Revised Code establishing a methodology to pay hospitals that is sufficient to expend all money in the indigent care pool. Under the rules: (A) The department of medicaid may classify similar hospitals into groups and allocate funds for distribution within each group. (B) The department shall establish a method of allocating funds to hospitals, taking into consideration the relative amount of indigent care provided by each hospital or group of hospitals. The amount to be allocated shall be based on any combination of the following indicators of indigent care that the director considers appropriate: (1) Total costs, volume, or proportion of services to recipients of the medical assistance program, including recipients enrolled in health insuring corporations; (2) Total costs, volume, or proportion of services to low-income patients in addition to medicaid recipients, which may include recipients of Title V of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.; (3) The amount of uncompensated care provided by the hospital or group of hospitals; (4) Other factors that the director considers to be appropriate indicators of indigent care. (C) The department shall distribute funds to each hospital or group of hospitals in a manner that first may provide for an additional distribution to individual hospitals that provide a high proportion of indigent care in relation to the total care provided by the hospital or in relation to other hospitals. The department shall establish a formula to distribute the remainder of the funds. The formula shall be consistent with the "Social Security Act," section 1923, 42 U.S.C. 1396r-4, and shall be based on any combination of the indicators of indigent care listed in division (B) of this section that the director considers appropriate. (D) The department shall distribute funds to each hospital in installments not later than ten working days after the deadline established in rules for each hospital to pay an installment on its assessment under section 5168.06 of the Revised Code. In the case of a governmental hospital that makes intergovernmental transfers, the department shall pay an installment under this section not later than ten working days after the earlier of that deadline or the deadline established in rules for the governmental hospital to pay an installment on its intergovernmental transfer. If the amount in the hospital care assurance program fund created under section 5168.11 of the Revised Code and the portion of the health care - federal fund created under section 5162.50 of the Revised Code that is credited to that fund pursuant to division (B) of section 5168.11 of the Revised Code are insufficient to make the total distributions for which hospitals are eligible to receive in any period, the department shall reduce the amount of each distribution by the percentage by which the amount and portion are insufficient. The department shall distribute to hospitals any amounts not distributed in the period in which they are due as soon as moneys are available in the funds. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.06
§ 5139.06. Disposition of child
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) When a child has been committed to the department of youth services, the department shall do both of the following: (1) Place the child in an appropriate institution under the condition that it considers best designed for the training and rehabilitation of the child and the protection of the public, provided that the institutional placement shall be consistent with the order committing the child to its custody; (2) Maintain the child in institutional care or institutional care in a secure facility for the required period of institutionalization in a manner consistent with division (A)(1) of section 2152.16 and divisions (A) to (F) of section 2152.17 of the Revised Code, whichever are applicable, and with section 5139.38 or division (B), (C), or (D) of section 2152.22 of the Revised Code. (B) When a child has been committed to the department of youth services and has not been institutionalized or institutionalized in a secure facility for the prescribed minimum period of time, including, but not limited to, a prescribed period of time under division (A)(1)(a) of section 2152.16 of the Revised Code, the department, the child, or the child's parent may request the court that committed the child to order a judicial release to court supervision or a judicial release to department of youth services supervision in accordance with division (B), (C), or (D) of section 2152.22 of the Revised Code, and the child may be released from institutionalization or institutionalization in a secure facility in accordance with the applicable division. A child in those circumstances shall not be released from institutionalization or institutionalization in a secure facility except in accordance with section 2152.22 or 5139.38 of the Revised Code. When a child is released pursuant to a judicial release to court supervision under division (B) or (D) of section 2152.22 of the Revised Code, the department shall comply with division (B)(3) of that section and, if the court requests, shall send the committing court a report on the child's progress in the institution and recommendations for conditions of supervision by the court after release. When a child is released pursuant to a judicial release to department of youth services supervision under division (C) or (D) of section 2152.22 of the Revised Code, the department shall comply with division (C)(3) of that section relative to the child and shall send the committing court and the juvenile court of the county in which the child is placed a copy of the treatment and rehabilitation plan described in that division and the conditions that it fixed. The court of the county in which the child is placed may adopt the conditions as an order of the court and may add any additional consistent conditions it considers appropriate, provided that the court may not add any condition that decreases the level or degree of supervision specified by the department in its plan, that substantially increases the financial burden of supervision that will be experienced by the department, or that alters the placement specified by the department in its plan. Any violations of the conditions of the child's judicial release or early release shall be handled pursuant to division (E) of section 2152.22 of the Revised Code. (C) When a child has been committed to the department of youth services, the department may do any of the following: (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, Chapter 2151., or Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code that prescribe required periods of institutionalization, transfer the child to any other state institution, whenever it appears that the child by reason of mental illness or developmental disability ought to be in another state institution. Before transferring a child to any other state institution, the department shall include in the minutes a record of the order of transfer and the reason for the transfer and, at least seven days prior to the transfer, shall send a certified copy of the order to the person shown by its record to have had the care or custody of the child immediately prior to the child's commitment. Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, no person shall be transferred from a benevolent institution to a correctional institution or to a facility or institution operated by the department of youth services. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, Chapter 2151., or Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code that prescribe required periods of institutionalization, transfer the child under section 5120.162 of the Revised Code to a correctional medical center established by the department of rehabilitation and correction, whenever the child has an illness, physical condition, or other medical problem and it appears that the child would benefit from diagnosis or treatment at the center for that illness, condition, or problem. Before transferring a child to a center, the department of youth services shall include in the minutes a record of the order of transfer and the reason for the transfer and, except in emergency situations, at least seven days prior to the transfer, shall send a certified copy of the order to the person shown by its records to have had the care or custody of the child immediately prior to the child's commitment. If the transfer of the child occurs in an emergency situation, as soon as possible after the decision is made to make the transfer, the department of youth services shall send a certified copy of the order to the person shown by its records to have had the care or custody of the child immediately prior to the child's commitment. A transfer under this division shall be in accordance with the terms of the agreement the department of youth services enters into with the department of rehabilitation and correction under section 5120.162 of the Revised Code and shall continue only as long as the child reasonably appears to receive benefit from diagnosis or treatment at the center for an illness, physical condition, or other medical problem. (3) Revoke or modify any order of the department except an order of discharge as often as conditions indicate it to be desirable; (4) If the child was committed pursuant to division (A)(1)(b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 2152.16 of the Revised Code and has been institutionalized or institutionalized in a secure facility for the prescribed minimum periods of time under the division pursuant to which the commitment was made, assign the child to a family home, a group care facility, or other place maintained under public or private auspices, within or without this state, for necessary treatment and rehabilitation, the costs of which may be paid by the department, provided that the department shall notify the committing court, in writing, of the place and terms of the assignment at least fifteen days prior to the scheduled date of the assignment; (5) Release the child from an institution in accordance with sections 5139.51 to 5139.54 of the Revised Code in the circumstances described in those sections. (D) The department of youth services shall notify the committing court of any order transferring the physical location of any child committed to it in accordance with section 5139.35 of the Revised Code. Upon the discharge from its custody and control, the department may petition the court for an order terminating its custody and control.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.47
§ 5160.47. Membership in the public assistance reporting information system and other multistate cooperatives
Status: in_force

July 1, 2019 House Bill 119 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The department of medicaid shall do both of the following: (1) Enter into any necessary agreements with the United States department of health and human services and neighboring states to join and participate as an active member in the public assistance reporting information system; (2) Explore joining other multistate cooperatives, such as the national accuracy clearinghouse, to identify individuals enrolled in public assistance programs outside of this state. (B) The department may disclose information regarding a medical assistance recipient to the extent necessary to participate as an active member in the public assistance reporting information system or other multistate cooperative.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.16
§ 5162.16. Reporting fraud, waste, or abuse
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly A government entity that administers one or more components of the medicaid program and has reasonable cause to believe that an instance of fraud, waste, or abuse has occurred in the medicaid program shall inform the department of medicaid. The department shall collect the information in the medicaid data warehouse system established under section 5162.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.058 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.058
§ 5103.058. Annual compliance visit
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth shall conduct a site visit of a residential facility at least annually to ensure certification compliance. The department may conduct a site visit more than once a year in accordance with rules adopted under division (B) of this section. The department is not required to provide advance notification to the residential facility of a site visit. (B) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish criteria for requiring more than one site visit per year under division (A) of this section. The rules shall specify that a residential facility is subject to more than one site visit per year after surpassing a threshold, to be determined by the director, of reports received under sections 2151.462 and 2151.464 of the Revised Code and concerns and complaints received under section 2151.467 and section 5103.055 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.08
§ 5162.08. Legislative notice of medicaid amendments and waivers
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, and in accordance with section 5166.03 of the Revised Code, the department of medicaid shall not seek or implement an amendment to the medicaid state plan or a medicaid waiver under section 1115 or 1915 of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1315 and 42 U.S.C. 1396n, that would expand medicaid coverage to any additional individuals or class of individuals or increase any net costs to the state, without first providing notice to the legislative service commission and the standing committees in the house of representatives and the senate with jurisdiction over medicaid. (B) The department shall provide regular updates to those committees, on a schedule determined by the chairpersons of each committee, regarding the status of any amendment to the medicaid state plan or medicaid waiver described in division (A) of this section. Last updated August 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.161 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.161
§ 5153.161. Place for providing care
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "qualified nonrelative" means a nonrelative adult whom a child or the current custodial caretaker of a child identifies as having a familiar and longstanding relationship or bond with the child or the child's family that will ensure the child's social and cultural ties. (B) Care provided by the public children services agency under division (A)(5) of section 5153.16 of the Revised Code shall be provided by the agency, by its own means or through other available resources, in the child's own home, in the home of a relative or qualified nonrelative, or in a certified foster home, any other home approved by the court, receiving home, school, hospital, convalescent home, or other public or private institution within or outside the county or state. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 11:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.54
§ 5119.54. Funds
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The treasurer of state shall have charge of all funds under the jurisdiction of the department of behavioral health and shall pay out the same only in accordance with this chapter. The department shall cause to be furnished a contract of indemnity to cover all funds received by it or by its managing officers, employees, or agents while the funds are in the possession of such managing officers, employees or agents. Such funds are designated as follows: (A) Funds which are due and payable to the treasurer of state as provided by Chapter 131. of the Revised Code; (B) Those funds which are held in trust by the managing officers, employees, or agents of the institution as local funds or accounts under the jurisdiction of the department. Such contract of indemnity shall be made payable to the state and the premium for such contract of indemnity may be paid from any of the moneys received for the use of the department under this chapter and Chapters 5121. and 5122. of the Revised Code. Funds collected from various sources, such as the sale of goods, and all miscellaneous articles, shall be transmitted on or before Monday of each week to the treasurer of state and a detailed statement of such collections shall be made to the department. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5108.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5108 / § 5108.10
§ 5108.10. Applying for participation
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly Eligibility for a benefit or service under a county's prevention, retention, and contingency program shall be certified in accordance with the statement of policies adopted under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code if the benefit or service does not have a financial need eligibility requirement. Eligibility for a benefit or service shall be determined in accordance with the statement of policies and based on an application containing information the county department of job and family services requires if the benefit or service has a financial need eligibility requirement. When a county department receives an application for such benefits and services, it shall follow verification procedures established by the statement of policies to verify the facts surrounding the application and to obtain such other information as may be required. On completion of the verification procedure, the county department shall determine whether the applicant is eligible for the benefits or services and the approximate date when the benefits or services are to begin.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.19
§ 5124.19. ICF/IID's per medicaid day direct care costs component rate
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) For each fiscal year, the department of developmental disabilities shall determine each ICF/IID's per medicaid day direct care costs component rate. An ICF/IID's rate shall be determined as follows: (1) Determine the product of the following: (a) The ICF/IID's quarterly case-mix score determined or assigned under section 5124.193 of the Revised Code for the following calendar quarter: (i) For the rate determined for fiscal year 2019, the calendar quarter ending December 31, 2017; (ii) For the rate determined for each subsequent fiscal year, the calendar quarter ending on the last day of March of the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins. (b) The lesser of the following: (i) The ICF/IID's cost per case-mix unit for the applicable cost report year as determined under division (B) of this section; (ii) The maximum cost per case-mix unit for the ICF/IID's peer group for the fiscal year for which the rate is determined as determined under division (C) of this section. (2) Adjust the product determined under division (A)(1) of this section by the inflation rate estimated under division (D) of this section. (B) To determine an ICF/IID's cost per case-mix unit for a cost report year, the department shall determine the quotient of the following: (1) The ICF/IID's desk-reviewed, actual, allowable, per diem direct care costs for the cost report year; (2) The ICF/IID's annual average case-mix score as determined under section 5124.193 of the Revised Code for the fiscal year for which the rate is determined. (C)(1) The maximum cost per case-mix unit for a peer group for a fiscal year, other than peer group 5, is the following percentage above the peer group's median cost per case-mix unit for that fiscal year: (a) For peer group 1, sixteen per cent; (b) For peer group 2, fourteen per cent; (c) For peer group 3, eighteen per cent; (d) For peer group 4, twenty-two per cent. (2) The maximum cost per case-mix unit for peer group 5 for a fiscal year is the ninety-fifth percentile of all ICFs/IID in peer group 5 for the applicable cost report year. (3) In determining the maximum cost per case-mix unit for a peer group under division (C)(1) of this section, the department shall exclude from its determination the cost per case-mix unit of any ICF/IID in the peer group that participated in the medicaid program under the same provider for less than twelve months during the applicable cost report year. (4) In determining the maximum cost per case-mix unit for a peer group under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section, the department shall exclude from its determination the cost per case-mix unit of any ICF/IID in the peer group that has a case-mix score that was assigned by the department to the ICF/IID under division (B) of section 5124.193 of the Revised Code. (5) The department shall not reset a peer group's maximum cost per case-mix unit for a fiscal year under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section based on additional information that the department receives after it sets the maximum for that fiscal year. The department shall reset a peer group's maximum cost per case-mix unit for a fiscal year only if it made an error in setting the maximum for that fiscal year based on information available to the department at the time it originally sets the maximum for that fiscal year. (D) The department shall estimate the rate of inflation for the eighteen-month period beginning on the first day of July of the applicable cost report year and ending on the last day of December of the fiscal year for which the rate is determined, using the following: (1) Subject to division (D)(2) of this section, the employment cost index for total compensation, health care and social assistance component, published by the United States bureau of labor statistics; (2) If the United States bureau of labor statistics ceases to publish the index specified in division (D)(1) of this section, the index that is subsequently published by the bureau and covers the staff costs of ICFs/IID. Last updated August 24, 2021 at 2:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.20
§ 5107.20. Assignment of rights to support
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly As used in this section, "support" means child support, spousal support, and support for a spouse or a former spouse. Participation in Ohio works first constitutes an assignment to the department of job and family services of any rights members of an assistance group have to support from any other person. The rights to support assigned to the department pursuant to this section constitute an obligation of the person who is responsible for providing the support to the state for the amount of cash assistance provided to the assistance group. The office of child support in the department of job and family services shall collect and distribute support payments owed to Ohio works first participants, whether assigned to the department or unassigned, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 654 B and 657 and regulations adopted under those statutes, state statutes, and rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code. Upon implementation of centralized collection and disbursement under Chapter 3121. of the Revised Code, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 654 B and 657 and regulations adopted under those statutes, the department shall deposit support payments it receives pursuant to this section into the state treasury to the credit of the child support collections fund or the child support administrative fund, both of which are hereby created. Money credited to the funds shall be used to make cash assistance payments under Ohio works first.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.06
§ 5162.06. Components requiring federal approval or funding
Status: in_force

June 13, 2022 House Bill 136 - 134th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other state statute except for section 5164.061 of the Revised Code, no component, or aspect of a component, of the medicaid program shall be implemented without all of the following: (1) Subject to division (B) of this section, if the component, or aspect of the component, requires federal approval, receipt of the federal approval; (2) Sufficient federal financial participation for the component or aspect of the component; (3) Sufficient nonfederal funds for the component or aspect of the component that qualify as funds needed to obtain the federal financial participation. (B) A component, or aspect of a component, of the medicaid program that requires federal approval may begin to be implemented before receipt of the federal approval if federal law authorizes implementation to begin before receipt of the federal approval. Implementation shall cease if the federal approval is ultimately denied. Last updated March 17, 2022 at 9:04 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.16
§ 5107.16. Sanctioning assistance group for noncompliance with contract
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) If a member of an assistance group fails or refuses, without good cause, to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract entered into under section 5107.14 of the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services shall sanction the assistance group as follows: (1) For a first failure or refusal, the county department shall deny or terminate the assistance group's eligibility to participate in Ohio works first for one payment month or until the failure or refusal ceases, whichever is longer; (2) For a second failure or refusal, the county department shall deny or terminate the assistance group's eligibility to participate in Ohio works first for three payment months or until the failure or refusal ceases, whichever is longer; (3) For a third or subsequent failure or refusal, the county department shall deny or terminate the assistance group's eligibility to participate in Ohio works first for six payment months or until the failure or refusal ceases, whichever is longer. (B) The director of job and family services shall establish standards for the determination of good cause for failure or refusal to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code. (C) An assistance group member who fails or refuses, without good cause, to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract must complete all compliance activities specified in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code in order for the failure or refusal to be considered to have ceased. (D) After sanctioning an assistance group under division (A) of this section, a county department of job and family services shall continue to work with the assistance group. (E) An adult eligible for medicaid who is sanctioned under division (A)(3) of this section for a failure or refusal, without good cause, to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract related to work responsibilities under sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code loses eligibility for medicaid unless the adult is otherwise eligible for medicaid pursuant to an eligibility category other than the category associated with Title IV-A. An assistance group that would be participating in Ohio works first if not for a sanction under this section shall continue to be eligible for all of the following: (1) Publicly funded child care in accordance with division (A)(3) of section 5104.30 of the Revised Code; (2) Support services in accordance with section 5107.66 of the Revised Code; (3) To the extent permitted by the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C. 201, as amended, to participate in work activities, developmental activities, and alternative work activities in accordance with sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5161.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5161 / § 5161.24
§ 5161.24. Cost-sharing by individual receiving health assistance under CHIP part II
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly To the extent permitted by the "Social Security Act," section 2103(e), 42 U.S.C. 1397cc(e), the medicaid director may require an individual seeking to enroll, or who is enrolled, in CHIP part II to pay a premium, deductible, coinsurance payment, or other cost-sharing expense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.60
§ 5164.60. Interest on Medicaid provider excess payments
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Any medicaid provider who, without intent, obtains payments under the medicaid program in excess of the amount to which the provider is entitled is liable for payment of interest on the amount of the excess payments for a period determined by the department, but not to exceed the period from the date on which payment was made to the date on which repayment is made to the state. The interest shall be paid at the average bank prime rate in effect on the first day of the calendar quarter during which the provider receives notice of the excess payment. The department of medicaid shall determine the average bank prime rate using statistical release H.15, "selected interest rates," a weekly publication of the federal reserve board, or any successor publication. If statistical release H.15, or its successor, ceases to contain the bank prime rate information or ceases to be published, the department shall request a written statement of the average bank prime rate from the federal reserve bank of Cleveland or the federal reserve board. Last updated October 5, 2023 at 3:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.14
§ 5122.14. Pre-hearing medical examination
Status: in_force

October 10, 1989 House Bill 317 - 118th General Assembly Immediately after acceptance of an affidavit required under section 5122.11 of the Revised Code, the court may appoint a psychiatrist, or a licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed physician to examine the respondent, and at the first hearing held pursuant to section 5122.141 of the Revised Code, such psychiatrist, or licensed clinical psychologist and licensed physician, shall report to the court his findings as to the mental condition of respondent, and his need for custody, care, or treatment in a mental hospital. The court may accept as evidence the written report of a psychiatrist, or the written report of a licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed physician, designated by the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services as the report and findings referred to in this section. The examination, if possible, shall be held at a hospital or other medical facility, at the home of the respondent, or at any other suitable place least likely to have a harmful effect on the respondent's health. The court shall prior to a hearing under section 5122.141 or 5122.15 of the Revised Code release a copy of the report to the respondent's counsel. Last updated February 17, 2023 at 9:16 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.66
§ 5120.66. Internet database of inmate offense, sentence, and release information; "Laura's Law"
Status: in_force

April 4, 2023 Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly (A) Within ninety days after November 23, 2005, but not before January 1, 2006, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall establish and operate on the internet a database that contains all of the following: (1) For each inmate in the custody of the department under a sentence imposed for a conviction of or plea of guilty to any offense, all of the following information: (a) The inmate's name; (b) For each offense for which the inmate was sentenced to a prison term or term of imprisonment and is in the department's custody, the name of the offense, the Revised Code section of which the offense is a violation, the gender of each victim of the offense if those facts are known, whether each victim of the offense was an adult or child if those facts are known, whether any victim of the offense was a law enforcement officer if that fact is known, the range of the possible prison terms or term of imprisonment that could have been imposed for the offense, the actual prison term or term of imprisonment imposed for the offense, the county in which the offense was committed, the date on which the inmate began serving the prison term or term of imprisonment imposed for the offense, and whichever of the following is applicable: (i) The date on which the inmate will be eligible for parole relative to the offense if the prison term or term of imprisonment is an indefinite term or life term with parole eligibility; (ii) The date on which the term ends if the prison term is a definite term; (iii) The date on which the inmate will be eligible for presumptive release under section 2967.271 of the Revised Code, if the inmate is serving a non-life felony indefinite prison term. (c) All of the following information that is applicable regarding the inmate: (i) If known to the department prior to the conduct of any hearing for judicial release of the defendant pursuant to section 2929.20 of the Revised Code in relation to any prison term or term of imprisonment the inmate is serving for any offense, notice of the fact that the inmate will be having a hearing regarding a possible grant of judicial release, the date of the hearing, and the right of any person pursuant to division (I) of section 2929.20 of the Revised Code to submit to the court a written statement regarding the possible judicial release. The department also shall post notice of the submission to a sentencing court of any recommendation for judicial release of the inmate submitted by the director of the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to division (O) of section 2929.20 of the Revised Code, as required by that division. (ii) If the inmate is serving a prison term pursuant to division (A)(3), (B)(1)(a), (b), or (c), (B)(2)(a), (b), or (c), or (B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 2971.03 of the Revised Code, prior to the conduct of any hearing pursuant to section 2971.05 of the Revised Code to determine whether to modify the requirement that the inmate serve the entire prison term in a state correctional facility in accordance with division (C) of that section, whether to continue, revise, or revoke any existing modification of that requirement, or whether to terminate the prison term in accordance with division (D) of that section, notice of the fact that the inmate will be having a hearing regarding those determinations and the date of the hearing; (iii) At least sixty days before the adult parole authority recommends a pardon or commutation of sentence for the inmate, at least sixty days prior to a hearing before the adult parole authority regarding a grant of parole to the inmate in relation to any prison term or term of imprisonment the inmate is serving for any offense, or at least sixty days prior to a hearing before the department regarding a determination of whether the inmate must be released under division (C) or (D)(2) of section 2967.271 of the Revised Code if the inmate is serving a non-life felony indefinite prison term, notice of the fact that the inmate might be under consideration for a pardon or commutation of sentence or will be having a hearing regarding a possible grant of parole or release, the date of any hearing regarding a possible grant of parole or release, and the right of any person to submit a written statement regarding the pending action; (iv) At least sixty days before the inmate is transferred to transitional control under section 2967.26 of the Revised Code in relation to any prison term or term of imprisonment the inmate is serving for any offense, notice of the pendency of the transfer, the date of the possible transfer, and the right of any person to submit a statement regarding the possible transfer; (v) Prompt notice of the inmate's escape from any facility in which the inmate was incarcerated and of the capture of the inmate after an escape; (vi) Notice of the inmate's death while in confinement; (vii) Prior to the release of the inmate from confinement, notice of the fact that the inmate will be released, of the date of the release, and, if applicable, of the standard terms and conditions of the release; (viii) Notice of the inmate's judicial release pursuant to section 2929.20 of the Revised Code. (2) Information as to where a person can send written statements of the types referred to in divisions (A)(1)(c)(i), (iii), and (iv) of this section. (B)(1) The department shall update the database required under division (A) of this section every twenty-four hours to ensure that the information it contains is accurate and current. (2) The database required under division (A) of this section is a public record open for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The department shall make the database searchable by inmate name and by the county and zip code where the offender intends to reside after release from a state correctional institution if this information is known to the department. (3) The database required under division (A) of this section may contain information regarding inmates who are listed in the database in addition to the information described in that division. (4) No information included on the database required under division (A) of this section shall identify or enable the identification of any victim of any offense committed by an inmate. (C) The failure of the department to comply with the requirements of division (A) or (B) of this section does not give any rights or any grounds for appeal or post-conviction relief to any inmate. (D) This section, and the related provisions of sections 2929.20 , 2967.03 , 2967.12 , and 2967.26 of the Revised Code enacted in the act in which this section was enacted, shall be known as "Laura's Law." (E) As used in this section, "non-life felony indefinite prison term" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 8, 2023 at 1:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.49
§ 5101.49. Establishing refugee assistance program and state legalization impact assistance program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of job and family services shall administer funds received under the "Refugee Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 102, 8 U.S.C.A. 1521, as amended. In administering the funds, the department may establish a refugee cash assistance program and a state legalization impact assistance program. The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code and issue appropriate orders as necessary for administration of these funds and programs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.033 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.033
§ 5120.033. Intensive program prisons for certain OVI offenders
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "third degree felony OVI offense" and "fourth degree felony OVI offense" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Within eighteen months after October 17, 1996, the department of rehabilitation and correction may develop and implement intensive program prisons for male and female prisoners who are sentenced pursuant to division (G)(2) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code to a mandatory prison term for a third or fourth degree felony OVI offense. If one or more intensive program prisons are established under this section, the department may contract pursuant to section 9.06 of the Revised Code for the private operation and management of the initial intensive program prison established under this section and may contract pursuant to that section for the private operation and management of any other intensive program prison established under this section. The intensive program prisons, if established under this section, shall include prisons that focus on educational achievement, vocational training, alcohol and other drug abuse treatment, community service and conservation work, and other intensive regimens or combinations of intensive regimens. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the department may place a prisoner who is sentenced to a mandatory prison term for a third or fourth degree felony OVI offense in an intensive program prison established pursuant to division (B) of this section if the sentencing judge, upon notification by the department of its intent to place the prisoner in an intensive program prison, does not notify the department that the judge disapproves the placement. If the stated prison term imposed on a prisoner who is so placed is longer than the mandatory prison term that is required to be imposed on the prisoner, the department may reduce the stated prison term upon the prisoner's successful completion of the prisoner's mandatory prison term in an intensive program prison. A prisoner whose term has been so reduced shall be required to serve an intermediate, transitional type of detention followed by a release under post-release control sanctions or, in the alternative, shall be placed under post-release control sanctions, as described in division (B)(2)(b)(ii) of section 5120.031 of the Revised Code. In either case, the placement under post-release control sanctions shall be under terms set by the parole board in accordance with section 2967.28 of the Revised Code and shall be subject to the provisions of that section and section 2929.141 of the Revised Code with respect to a violation of any post-release control sanction. If one or more intensive program prisons are established pursuant to division (B) of this section and if as described in that division the initial intensive program prison is to be privately operated and managed by a contractor pursuant to a contract the department entered into under section 9.06 of the Revised Code, upon the establishment of that initial intensive program prison the department shall comply with divisions (G)(2)(a) and (b) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code in placing prisoners in intensive program prisons under this section. (D) A prisoner who is sentenced to a mandatory prison term for a third or fourth degree felony OVI offense is not eligible to participate in an intensive program prison established under division (B) of this section if any of the following applies regarding the prisoner: (1) In addition to the mandatory prison term for the third or fourth degree felony OVI offense, the prisoner also is serving a prison term of a type described in division (B)(2)(a), (b), or (c) of section 5120.032 of the Revised Code. (2) The prisoner previously has been imprisoned for an offense of a type described in division (B)(2)(a) or (c) of section 5120.032 of the Revised Code or a comparable offense under the law in effect prior to July 1, 1996. (E) Intensive program prisons established under division (B) of this section are not subject to section 5120.032 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.27
§ 5119.27. Confidentiality of records pertaining to identity, diagnosis or treatment
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Federally assisted," "program," and "substance use disorder" have the same meanings as in 42 C.F.R. 2.11 and as further described in 42 C.F.R. 2.12(b). (3) "Post-release control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. (B) In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2, records or information created or maintained by a federally assisted program for the treatment of substance use disorders shall be kept confidential and may be disclosed only for the purposes and under the circumstances expressly authorized under 42 C.F.R. Part 2. (C) When the person, with respect to whom any record or information referred to in division (B) of this section is maintained, gives consent in the form of a written release signed by the person, the content of the record or information may be disclosed if the written release conforms to all of the requirements set forth in 42 C.F.R. 2.31. (D) In accordance with 42 C.F.R. 2.35, a person who is subject to a community control sanction, a post-release control sanction, is on parole, or is ordered to intervention in lieu of conviction, and who has agreed to participate in a federally assisted program for the treatment of substance use disorders as a condition of the community control sanction, post-release control sanction, parole, or intervention order, shall consent to the release of records and information relating to the progress of treatment, frequency of treatment, adherence to treatment requirements, and probable outcome of treatment. Release of information and records under this division shall be limited to the court or governmental personnel having the responsibility for supervising the person's community control sanction, post-release control sanction, parole, or intervention order. A person, described in this division, who refuses to allow disclosure may be considered in violation of the conditions of the person's community control sanction, post-release control sanction, parole, or intervention order. (E) In accordance with 42 C.F.R. 2.52 and 2.53, disclosure of a person's record may be made without the person's consent to qualified personnel for the purpose of conducting scientific research, management, financial audits, or program evaluation, but these personnel may not identify, directly or indirectly, any particular person in any report of the research, audit, or evaluation, or otherwise disclose a person's identity in any manner. (F) In accordance with 42 C.F.R. 2.66, upon the request of a prosecuting attorney or the director of behavioral health, a court of competent jurisdiction may order the disclosure of records or information referred to in division (B) of this section if the court has reason to believe that a federally assisted program for the treatment of substance use disorders is being operated or used in a manner contrary to law. The use of any information or record so disclosed shall be limited to the prosecution of persons who are or may be charged with any offense related to the illegal operation or use of the program, or to the decision to withdraw the authority of a the program to continue operation. For purposes of this division the court shall do all of the following: (1) Limit disclosure to those parts of the person's record considered essential to fulfill the objective for which the order was granted; (2) Require, where appropriate, that all information be disclosed in chambers; (3) Include any other appropriate measures to keep disclosure to a minimum, consistent with the protection of the persons seeking or receiving services, the provider-client relationship, and the administration of the program. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.042
§ 5123.042. Plans for development or modification of residential services; rules
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Except as provided in section 5123.197 of the Revised Code, each person or government entity seeking to develop new or modify existing residential services shall submit to the department of developmental disabilities a plan for the development or modification. The department shall approve a plan that is submitted in accordance with rules adopted under this section and meets the uniform standards for plans established in those rules. The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing the following: (A) Procedures for submitting plans under this section; (B) Uniform standards for the plans.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.38
§ 5122.38. Competency adjudications
Status: in_force

July 1, 1989 Senate Bill 156 - 117th General Assembly Each individual now or formerly hospitalized pursuant to this chapter or former Chapter 5123. of the Revised Code, is entitled to an adjudication of competency or incompetency or termination of guardianship upon written request by any such individual, his guardian, or the chief clinical officer to the probate court. The court, on its own motion, may initiate such a hearing. Upon filing of such application, or on the court's own motion, notice of the purpose, time, and place of the hearing shall be given to the person upon whose affidavit such adjudication was made, to the guardian of the applicant, and to his spouse at his residence, if such address is known. Upon hearing, if it is proven that such applicant is competent, the court shall so find and enter the finding on its journal. The adjudicating court shall send a transcript of the adjudication to the county of the patient's residence.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.23
§ 5165.23. Critical access incentive payments to qualified facilities
Status: in_force

July 4, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Each state fiscal year, the department of medicaid shall determine the critical access incentive payment for each nursing facility that qualifies as a critical access nursing facility. To qualify as a critical access nursing facility for a state fiscal year, a nursing facility must meet all of the following requirements: (1) The nursing facility must be located in an area that, on December 31, 2011, was designated an empowerment zone under the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," section 1391, 26 U.S.C. 1391. (2) The nursing facility must have an occupancy rate of at least eighty-five per cent as of the last day of the calendar year immediately preceding the state fiscal year. (3) The nursing facility must have a medicaid utilization rate of at least sixty-five per cent as of the last day of the calendar year immediately preceding the state fiscal year. (B) A critical access nursing facility's critical access incentive payment for a state fiscal year shall equal five per cent of the portion of the nursing facility's total per medicaid day payment rate for the state fiscal year that is the sum of the rates identified in divisions (A)(1) to (4) of section 5165.15 of the Revised Code. (C) Each state fiscal year, the department shall determine the low occupancy deduction for each nursing facility that qualifies as a low occupancy nursing facility. To qualify as a low occupancy nursing facility for a state fiscal year, a nursing facility must have an occupancy rate lower than sixty-five per cent. For purposes of this division, the department shall utilize a nursing facility's occupancy rate for the licensed beds reported on the facility's cost report for the calendar year preceding the fiscal year for which the rate is determined, or if the facility is not required to be licensed, the facility's occupancy rate for its certified beds. If the facility surrenders licensed or certified beds before the first day of July of the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins, the department shall calculate a nursing facility's occupancy rate by dividing the inpatient days reported on the facility's cost report for the calendar year preceding the fiscal year for which the rate is determined by the product of the number of days in the calendar year and the facility's number of licensed, or if applicable, certified beds on the first day of July of the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins. A low occupancy nursing facility's low occupancy deduction for a state fiscal year shall equal five per cent of the nursing facility's total per medicaid day payment rate for the state fiscal year identified in division (D) of section 5165.15 of the Revised Code, for the state fiscal year. This division does not apply to any of the following: (1) A nursing facility where the beds are owned by a county and the facility is operated by a person other than the county; (2) A nursing facility that opened during the calendar year preceding the fiscal year for which the rate is determined or the preceding fiscal year; (3) A nursing facility that underwent a renovation during the calendar year preceding the fiscal year for which the rate is determined if both of the following apply: (a) The renovation involved a capital expenditure of one hundred fifty thousand dollars or more, excluding expenditures for equipment; (b) The renovation included one or more rooms housing beds that are part of the nursing facility's licensed capacity and that were taken out of service for at least thirty days while the rooms were being renovated. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 9:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.62
§ 5120.62. Internet access for prisoners
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The director of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that govern the establishment and operation of a system that provides limited and monitored access to the internet for prisoners solely for a use or purpose approved by the managing officer of that prisoner's institution or by the managing officer's designee. The rules shall include all of the following: (A) Criteria by which inmates may be screened and approved for access or training involving the internet; (B) Designation of the authority to approve internet sites for authorized use; (C) A requirement that only pre-approved sites will be accessible; (D) A process for the periodic review of the operation of the system, including users of the system and the sites accessed by the system; (E) Sanctions that must be imposed against prisoners and staff members who violate department rules governing prisoner access to the internet. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 11:29 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.211 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.211
§ 5120.211. Quality assurance records are confidential
Status: in_force

March 17, 1998 Senate Bill 111 - 122nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Quality assurance committee" means a committee that is appointed in the central office of the department of rehabilitation and correction by the director of rehabilitation and correction, a committee appointed at a state correctional institution by the managing officer of the institution, or a duly authorized subcommittee of a committee of that nature and that is designated to carry out quality assurance program activities. (2) "Quality assurance program" means a comprehensive program within the department of rehabilitation and correction to systematically review and improve the quality of medical and mental health services within the department and its institutions, the safety and security of persons receiving medical and mental health services within the department and its institutions, and the efficiency and effectiveness of the utilization of staff and resources in the delivery of medical and mental health services within the department and its institutions. (3) "Quality assurance program activities" includes the activities of the institutional and central office quality assurance committees, of persons who provide, collect, or compile information and reports required by quality assurance committees, and of persons who receive, review, or implement the recommendations made by quality assurance committees. "Quality assurance program activities" includes credentialing, infection control, utilization review including access to patient care, patient care assessments, medical and mental health records, medical and mental health resource management, mortality and morbidity review, and identification and prevention of medical or mental health incidents and risks, whether performed by a quality assurance committee or by persons who are directed by a quality assurance committee. (4) "Quality assurance records" means the proceedings, records, minutes, and reports that emanate from quality assurance program activities. "Quality assurance records" does not include aggregate statistical information that does not disclose the identity of persons receiving or providing medical or mental health services in state correctional institutions. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, quality assurance records are confidential and are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, and shall be used only in the course of the proper functions of a quality assurance program. (2) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, no person who possesses or has access to quality assurance records and who knows that the records are quality assurance records shall wilfully disclose the contents of the records to any person or entity. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, no quality assurance record shall be subject to discovery, and is not admissible in evidence, in any judicial or administrative proceeding. (2) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, no member of a quality assurance committee or a person who is performing a function that is part of a quality assurance program shall be permitted or required to testify in a judicial or administrative proceeding with respect to quality assurance records or with respect to any finding, recommendation, evaluation, opinion, or other action taken by the committee, member, or person. (3) Information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources are not to be construed as being unavailable for discovery or admission in evidence in a judicial or administrative proceeding merely because they were presented to a quality assurance committee. No person testifying before a quality assurance committee or person who is a member of a quality assurance committee shall be prevented from testifying as to matters within the person's knowledge, but the witness cannot be asked about the witness' testimony before the quality assurance committee or about an opinion formed by the person as a result of the quality assurance committee proceedings. (D)(1) A person who, without malice and in the reasonable belief that the information is warranted by the facts known to the person, provides information to a person engaged in quality assurance program activities is not liable for damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property to any person as a result of providing the information. (2) A member of a quality assurance committee, a person engaged in quality assurance program activities, and an employee of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall not be liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property to any person for any acts, omissions, decisions, or other conduct within the scope of the functions of the quality assurance program. (3) Nothing in this section shall relieve any institution or individual from liability arising from the treatment of a patient. (E) Quality assurance records may be disclosed, and testimony may be provided concerning quality assurance records, only to the following persons or entities or in the following circumstances: (1) Persons who are employed or retained by the department of rehabilitation and correction and who have authority to evaluate or implement the recommendations of an institutional or central office quality assurance committee; (2) Public or private agencies or organizations if needed to perform a licensing or accreditation function related to state correctional institutions or to perform monitoring of state correctional institutions as required by law; (3) A governmental board or agency, a professional health care society or organization, or a professional standards review organization, if the records or testimony are needed to perform licensing, credentialing, or monitoring of professional standards with respect to medical or mental health professionals employed or retained by the department; (4) A criminal or civil law enforcement agency or public health agency charged by law with the protection of public health or safety, if a qualified representative of the agency makes a written request stating that the records or testimony is necessary for a purpose authorized by law; (5) In a judicial or administrative proceeding commenced by an entity described in division (E)(3) or (4) of this section and for a purpose described in that division, but only with respect to the subject of the proceedings. (F) A disclosure of quality assurance records pursuant to division (E) of this section does not otherwise waive the confidential and privileged status of the disclosed quality assurance records. The names and other identifying information regarding individual patients, employees, or members of a quality assurance committee contained in a quality assurance record shall be deleted from the record prior to the disclosure of the record unless the identity of an individual is necessary to the purpose for which disclosure is being made and does not constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.52
§ 5119.52. Industrial and entertainment fund; commissary fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Each managing officer of an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of behavioral health as described in section 5119.14 of the Revised Code, with the approval of the director of behavioral health, may establish local institution funds designated as follows: (A) Industrial and entertainment fund created and maintained for the entertainment and welfare of the patients of the institution. The director shall establish rules for the operation of the industrial and entertainment fund. (B) Commissary fund created and maintained for the benefit of patients in the institution. Commissary revenue over and above operating costs and reserve shall be considered profits. All profits from the commissary fund operations shall be paid into the industrial and entertainment fund and used only for the entertainment and welfare of patients. The director shall establish rules for the operation of the commissary fund. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.28
§ 5155.28. Sub-acute detoxification services
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Nursing facility" has the same meaning as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "PASRR" means the preadmission screening and annual resident review of individuals with mental illnesses and intellectual disabilities required by the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396r(e)(7). (B) A county home or district home that is a nursing facility may provide sub-acute detoxification services to residents who have been determined by PASRR to be addicted to opioids. The sub-acute detoxification services shall include monitoring of such residents twenty-four hours a day by health care professionals.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.131
§ 5126.131. Regional council and county board annual cost report
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) Each regional council established under section 5126.13 of the Revised Code shall file with the department of developmental disabilities an annual cost report detailing the regional council's income and expenditures. (2) Each county board of developmental disabilities shall file with the department an annual cost report detailing the board's income and expenditures. (B)(1)(a) Unless the department establishes a later date for all regional council cost reports, each council shall file its cost report not later than the last day of April. At the written request of a regional council, the department may grant a fourteen-day extension for filing the cost report. (b) Unless the department establishes a later date for all county board cost reports, each board shall file its cost report not later than the last day of May. At the written request of a board, the department may grant a fourteen-day extension for filing the board's cost report. (2) The cost report shall contain information on the previous calendar year's income and expenditures. Once filed by a regional council or board, no changes may be made to the cost report, including the submission of additional documentation, except as otherwise provided in this section. (C) Each cost report filed under this section by a regional council or board may be audited by the department or an entity designated by the department, utilizing methodology approved by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services. The department or designated entity shall notify the regional council or board of the date on which the audit is to begin. The department may permit a regional council or board to submit changes to the cost report before the audit begins. If the department or designated entity determines that a filed cost report is not auditable, it shall provide written notification to the regional council or board of the cost report's deficiencies and may request additional documentation. If the department or designated entity requests additional documentation, the regional council or board shall be given sixty days after the request is made to provide the additional documentation. After sixty days, the department or designated entity shall determine whether the cost report is auditable with any additional documentation provided and shall notify the regional council or board of its determination. The determination of the department or designated entity is final. (D) The department or designated entity shall certify its audit as complete and file a copy of the certified audit in the office of the clerk of the governing body, executive officer of the governing body, and chief fiscal officer of the audited regional council or board. Changes may not be made to a cost report once the department or designated entity files the certified audit. The cost report is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until copies of the cost report are filed pursuant to this section. (E) The department may withhold any funds that it distributes to a regional council or board as subsidy payments if either of the following is the case: (1) The cost report is not timely filed by the regional council or board with the department in accordance with division (B) of this section. (2) The cost report is determined not auditable under division (C) of this section after the department or designated entity gives the regional council or board sixty days to provide additional documentation. (F) Cost reports shall be retained by regional councils and boards for seven years. The department shall provide annual training to regional council and board employees regarding cost reports required by this section. (G) The department, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt any rules necessary to implement this section. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 2:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.03
§ 5126.03. Direct services contract definitions
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly As used in this section and in sections 5126.031 to 5126.034 of the Revised Code: (A) "Direct services contract" means any legally enforceable agreement with an individual, agency, or other entity that, pursuant to its terms or operation, may result in a payment from a county board of developmental disabilities to an eligible person or to a member of the immediate family of an eligible person for services rendered to the eligible person. "Direct services contract" includes a contract for supported living pursuant to sections 5126.40 to 5126.47 of the Revised Code, family support services under section 5126.11 of the Revised Code, and reimbursement for transportation expenses. (B) "Eligible person" means a person eligible to receive services from a county board or from an entity under contract with a county board. (C) "Former board member" means a person whose service on the county board ended less than one year prior to commencement of services under a direct services contract. (D) "Former employee" means a person whose employment by the county board ended less than one year prior to commencement of services under a direct services contract.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.371 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.371
§ 5160.371. Disclosure of third-party payer information
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly In addition to the requirement of division (C) of section 5160.37 of the Revised Code to cooperate with the department of medicaid and county department of job and family services, a medical assistance recipient and the recipient's attorney, if any, shall cooperate with each medical provider of the recipient. Cooperation with a medical provider shall consist of disclosing to the provider all information the recipient and attorney, if any, possess that would assist the provider in determining each third party that is responsible for the payment or processing of a claim for medical assistance provided to the recipient. If disclosure is not made in accordance with this section, the recipient and the recipient's attorney, if any, are liable to reimburse the department or county department for the amount that would have been paid by a third party had the third party been disclosed to the provider by the recipient or the recipient's attorney.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.28
§ 5168.28. Determination of assessment as impermissible health care-related tax
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly If the United States secretary of health and human services determines that the assessment imposed by section 5168.21 of the Revised Code is an impermissible health care-related tax under the "Social Security Act," section 1903(w), 42 U.S.C. 1396b(w), the medicaid director shall take all necessary actions to cease implementation of sections 5168.20 to 5168.27 of the Revised Code and shall promptly refund to each hospital the amount of money in the hospital assessment fund at the time the refund is to be made that the hospital paid under section 5168.23 of the Revised Code, plus any corresponding investment earnings on that amount. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.86
§ 5139.86. Cafeteria fund - industrial and entertainment fund - youth benefit fund - employee food service fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 1997 House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly (A) Each managing officer of an institution or regional office under the jurisdiction of the department of youth services, with the approval of the director of the department, may establish local funds designated as follows: (1) The cafeteria fund, created and maintained for the benefit of the institution, into which shall be deposited all money received from the sale of cafeteria meals. The fund shall be used to pay costs of providing employee meals, and to reimburse the employee food service fund for amounts spent from that fund to support cafeteria operations. Reimbursements to the employee food service fund shall be made in such amounts and at such times as directed by the director of budget and management. (2) The industrial and entertainment fund, created and maintained for the benefit of the children confined in the institution or placed in the region. The fund shall receive profits from commissary sales, any vocational education programs provided under section 5139.131 of the Revised Code, vending machine leases, and yearbook sales; unclaimed youth benefit funds; any moneys received from commissions on telephone systems established for the use of confined children; any amounts transferred to the fund pursuant to division (A) or (B) of section 5139.85 of the Revised Code; and any donations designated for the benefit of confined children or children placed in the region. Expenditures from the industrial and entertainment fund shall be used solely for the benefit of the children confined in the institution or placed in the region. (3) The youth benefit fund, created and maintained for the benefit of the children who are confined in the institution or placed in the region. The fund may receive and disburse all benefits that are due a child, including, but not limited to, social security payments, railroad retirement payments, veterans administration payments, any allowances, and any monetary compensation of the child as provided in section 5139.07 of the Revised Code. (B) The managing officer of the institution or regional office, subject to the approval of the director of the department, shall establish policies and procedures for the operation of the cafeteria fund, industrial and entertainment fund, and youth benefit fund. (C) There is hereby created in the state treasury the employee food service fund, consisting of money received from institutional cafeterias and money received from the sale of surplus property. The fund shall be used to purchase food, supplies, and cafeteria equipment for the institutions. (D) As used in this section, "profits" means the revenue from the sale of commissary items over and above operating costs and a reserve established by the managing officer of the institution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.951 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.951
§ 5164.951. Standards for medicaid payments for services provided through teledentistry
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 Senate Bill 259 - 132nd General Assembly As used in this section, "teledentistry" has the same meaning as in section 4715.43 of the Revised Code. The department of medicaid shall establish standards for medicaid payments for services provided through teledentistry. The standards shall provide coverage for services to the same extent that those services would be covered by the medicaid program if the services were provided without the use of teledentistry.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.211 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.211
§ 5119.211. State certification of certified community behavioral health clinics
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of behavioral health may establish a process and standards for the state certification of certified community behavioral health clinics. The process and standards may be based on the provisions of section 223 of the "Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014," 42 U.S.C. 1396a note. If the department establishes a process and standards for the state certification of certified community behavioral health clinics, the department may coordinate with local, state, and federal government entities for the development and establishment of the clinics. The director of behavioral health may adopt rules as the director considers necessary to implement this section. If the director adopts rules, the rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated August 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.424 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.424
§ 5120.424. Purchasing fixed weight exercise equipment
Status: in_force

October 4, 1996 House Bill 152 - 121st General Assembly Section 6. On and after the effective date of this act, no moneys in the treasury of the state, or moneys coming lawfully into the possession or custody of the Treasurer of State, except moneys donated by gift, devise, or bequest specifically for this purpose, shall be used to purchase any fixed weight exercise equipment authorized by the act, and no moneys in the treasury of any subdivision of the state, or moneys coming lawfully into the possession or custody of the treasurer of any subdivision, shall be used to purchase any fixed weight exercise equipment for use at any facility described in Section 5 of this act.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.091 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.091
§ 5164.091. Coverage for opioid analgesics
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 319 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Benzodiazepine" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Chronic pain" has the same meaning as in section 4731.052 of the Revised Code. (3) "Hospice care program" and "hospice patient" have the same meanings as in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Opioid analgesic" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (5) "Prescriber" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (6) "Terminal condition" means an irreversible, incurable, and untreatable condition that caused by disease, illness, or injury and will likely result in death. A terminal condition is one in which there can be no recovery, although there may be periods of remission. (B)(1) With respect to the medicaid program's coverage of prescribed drugs, the department of medicaid shall apply prior authorization requirements or other utilization review measures as conditions of providing coverage of an opioid analgesic prescribed for the treatment of chronic pain, except when the drug is prescribed under one of the following circumstances: (a) To an individual who is a hospice patient in a hospice care program; (b) To an individual who has been diagnosed with a terminal condition but is not a hospice patient in a hospice care program; (c) To an individual who has cancer or another condition associated with the individual's cancer or history of cancer. (2) When implementing division (B)(1) of this section, the department shall consider either or both of the following, as applicable to the case in which the opioid analgesic is prescribed: (a) If the course of treatment with the drug continues for more than ninety days, the requirements of section 4731.052 of the Revised Code; (b) If the morphine equivalent daily dose for the drug exceeds eighty milligrams or the individual is being treated with a benzodiazepine at the time the opioid analgesic is prescribed, the guidelines established by the governor's cabinet opiate action team and presented in the document titled "Ohio Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for the Treatment of Chronic, Non-terminal Pain 80 mg of a Morphine Equivalent Daily Dose (MED) 'Trigger Point'" or a successor document, unless the guidelines are no longer in effect at the time the opioid analgesic is prescribed. (C) If the department measures the efficiency, quality of care, or clinical performance of a prescriber, including through the use of patient satisfaction surveys, it shall not penalize the prescriber, financially or otherwise, for deciding not to prescribe an opioid analgesic.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.36
§ 5126.36. Authorization administer medications and perform health-related activities and tube feedings
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 483 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "health-related activities" and "prescribed medication" have the same meanings as in section 5123.41 of the Revised Code. (B) In accordance with sections 5123.42 and 5123.651 of the Revised Code, an employee of a county board of developmental disabilities or an entity under contract with the board who is not specifically authorized by other provisions of the Revised Code to administer medications, perform health-related activities, or provide assistance in the self-administration of prescribed medications may do so pursuant to the authority granted under those sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.60
§ 5101.60. Adult protective services definitions
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly As used in sections 5101.60 to 5101.73 of the Revised Code: (A) "Abandonment" means desertion of an adult by a caretaker without having made provision for transfer of the adult's care. (B) "Abuse" means the infliction upon an adult by self or others of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or cruel punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish. (C) "Adult" means any person sixty years of age or older within this state who is disabled by the infirmities of aging or who has a physical or mental impairment which prevents the person from providing for the person's own care or protection, and who resides in an independent living arrangement. (D) "Area agency on aging" means a public or private nonprofit entity designated under section 173.011 of the Revised Code to administer programs on behalf of the department of aging. (E) "Caretaker" means the person assuming the primary responsibility for the care of an adult by any of the following means: (1) On a voluntary basis; (2) By contract; (3) Through receipt of payment for care; (4) As a result of a family relationship; (5) By order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (F) "Community mental health agency" means any agency, program, or facility with which a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services contracts to provide the mental health services listed in section 340.99 of the Revised Code. (G) "Court" means the probate court in the county where an adult resides. (H) "Emergency" means that the adult is living in conditions which present a substantial risk of immediate and irreparable physical harm or death to self or any other person. (I) "Emergency services" means protective services furnished to an adult in an emergency. (J) "Exploitation" means the unlawful or improper act of a person using, in one or more transactions, an adult or an adult's resources for monetary or personal benefit, profit, or gain when the person obtained or exerted control over the adult or the adult's resources in any of the following ways: (1) Without the adult's consent or the consent of the person authorized to give consent on the adult's behalf; (2) Beyond the scope of the express or implied consent of the adult or the person authorized to give consent on the adult's behalf; (3) By deception; (4) By threat; (5) By intimidation. (K) "In need of protective services" means an adult known or suspected to be suffering from abuse, neglect, or exploitation to an extent that either life is endangered or physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness results or is likely to result. (L) "Incapacitated person" means a person who is impaired for any reason to the extent that the person lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make and carry out reasonable decisions concerning the person's self or resources, with or without the assistance of a caretaker. Refusal to consent to the provision of services shall not be the sole determinative that the person is incapacitated. (M) "Independent living arrangement" means a domicile of a person's own choosing, including, but not limited to, a private home, apartment, trailer, or rooming house. "Independent living arrangement" includes a residential facility licensed under section 5119.22 of the Revised Code that provides accommodations, supervision, and personal care services for three to sixteen unrelated adults, but does not include any other institution or facility licensed by the state or a facility in which a person resides as a result of voluntary, civil, or criminal commitment. (N) "Mental illness" means a substantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life. (O) "Neglect" means any of the following: (1) Failure of an adult to provide for self the goods or services necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness; (2) Failure of a caretaker to provide such goods or services; (3) Abandonment. (P) "Outpatient health facility" means a facility where medical care and preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or palliative items or services are provided to outpatients by or under the direction of a physician or dentist. (Q) "Peace officer" means a peace officer as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (R) "Physical harm" means bodily pain, injury, impairment, or disease suffered by an adult. (S) "Protective services" means services provided by the county department of job and family services or its designated agency to an adult who has been determined by evaluation to require such services for the prevention, correction, or discontinuance of an act of as well as conditions resulting from abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Protective services may include, but are not limited to, case work services, medical care, mental health services, legal services, fiscal management, home health care, homemaker services, housing-related services, guardianship services, and placement services as well as the provision of such commodities as food, clothing, and shelter. (T) "Reasonable decisions" means decisions made in daily living that facilitate the provision of food, shelter, clothing, and health care necessary for life support. (U) "Senior service provider" means a person who provides care or specialized services to an adult. (V) "Working day" means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, except when such day is a holiday as defined in section 1.14 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.33
§ 5180.33. [Former R.C. 5123.0423, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 1/1/2025] Request for student data verification code
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in this section, "school district of residence" has the same meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code. The director of children and youth shall request a student data verification code from the independent contractor engaged by the department of education and workforce to create and maintain such codes for school districts and community schools under division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code for each child who is receiving services from the state's part C early intervention services program. The director shall request from the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child, or from any other person who is authorized by law to make decisions regarding the child's education, the name and address of the child's school district of residence. The director shall submit the data verification code for that child to the child's school district of residence at the time the child ceases to receive services from the part C early intervention services program. The director and each school district that receives a data verification code under this section shall not release that code to any person except as provided by law. Any document that the director holds in the director's files that contains both a child's name or other personally identifiable information and the child's data verification code is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.362 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.362
§ 5119.362. Duties of community addiction services provider
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) In accordance with rules adopted under section 5119.363 of the Revised Code, each community addiction services provider shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain a waiting list for the provider's included opioid and co-occurring drug addiction services and recovery supports; (2) Notify an individual included on the provider's waiting list when the provider has a slot available for the individual and, if the individual does not contact the provider about the slot within a period of time specified in the rules, contact the individual to determine why the individual did not contact the provider and to assess whether the individual still needs the included opioid and co-occurring drug addiction services and recovery supports; (3) Remove an individual from the waiting list if either of the following applies: (a) The individual withdraws the individual's request for included opioid and co-occurring drug addiction services and recovery supports; (b) When the provider notifies the individual about an available slot, the individual does not contact the provider about the slot within the period of time specified in the rules or otherwise vacates the slot before beginning to receive the services and supports. (4) As part of the process of maintaining the waiting list, determine both of the following: (a) For each individual who seeks from the provider included opioid and co-occurring drug addiction services and recovery supports, the number of days that starts with the day the individual first contacts the provider about accessing the services and supports and ends on the following day: (i) If the individual is required to be assessed for the individual's clinical need for the services and supports, the day of the assessment; (ii) If the individual is not required to be assessed for the individual's clinical need for the services and supports, the first day of the individual's access to the services and supports. (b) For each such individual who is required to be assessed for the individual's clinical need for the services and supports, the number of days that starts with the day of the assessment and ends with the first day of the individual's access to the services and supports. (5) Using information the provider acquires by maintaining the waiting list, determine whether included opioid and co-occurring drug addiction services and recovery supports are insufficient to meet the needs of individuals on the waiting list; (6) Subject to division (B) of this section, report all of the following information not later than the last day of each month to the department of behavioral health: (a) An unduplicated count of all individuals who were included on the provider's waiting list during the immediately preceding month and each type of included opioid and co-occurring drug addiction services and recovery supports for which they were waiting; (b) The total number of days each such individual had been on the provider's waiting list during the immediately preceding month; (c) The last known type of residential setting in which each such individual resided during the immediately preceding month; (d) The total number of individuals who did not contact the provider after receiving, during the immediately preceding month, the notices under division (A)(2) of this section about the provider having slots available for the individuals and, if known, the reasons the contacts were not made; (e) The total number of such individuals who withdrew, in the immediately preceding month, their requests for included opioid and co-occurring drug addiction services and recovery supports, each type of service and support that those individuals had requested or been assessed as having a clinical need for, and, if known, the reasons those individuals withdrew their requests; (f) An unduplicated count of all individuals who were referred to another community addiction services provider because the referring provider does not provide the type of included opioid and co-occurring drug addiction services and recovery supports that those individuals had requested or been assessed as having a clinical need for and each type of service and support for which those individuals were referred; (g) All other information specified in the rules. (B) Each report that a community addiction services provider provides to the department under this section shall do both of the following: (1) For the purposes of divisions (A)(6)(a) and (f) of this section, specify the counties of residence of the individuals in the unduplicated counts and include identifying information required by the rules adopted under section 5119.363 of the Revised Code so that the department is able to identify any individuals who are inadvertently duplicated in the counts; (2) For the purpose of the information reported under division (A)(6)(c) of this section, identify the types of residential settings at least as either institutional or noninstitutional. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.032
§ 5103.032. Continuing training
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and in section 5103.033 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth may revoke a foster home certificate under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code if the foster caregiver fails to successfully complete continuing training in accordance with the foster caregiver's needs assessment and continuing training plan developed and implemented under section 5103.035 of the Revised Code. (B) A foster caregiver shall be given an additional amount of time within which the foster caregiver must complete the continuing training required under division (A) of this section in accordance with rules adopted by the department of children and youth if either of the following applies: (1) The foster caregiver has served in active duty outside this state with a branch of the armed forces of the United States for more than thirty days in the preceding two-year period. (2) The foster caregiver has served in active duty as a member of the Ohio organized militia, as defined in section 5923.01 of the Revised Code, for more than thirty days in the preceding two-year period and that active duty relates to either an emergency in or outside of this state or to military duty in or outside of this state. Last updated January 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.38
§ 5101.38. Appointment of agents
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of job and family services or the department of children and youth may appoint and commission any competent officer, employee, agency, or person to serve as a special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a designated duty for and in behalf of the department. Specific credentials shall be given by the department to each person so designated, and each credential shall state: (A) The person's name; (B) Agency with which such person is connected; (C) Purpose of appointment; (D) Date of expiration of appointment, if appropriate; (E) Such information as the department considers proper. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.46
§ 5160.46. Authorization form
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) For the purposes of section 5160.45 of the Revised Code, an authorization shall be made on a form that uses language understandable to the average person and contains all of the following: (1) A description of the information to be used or disclosed that identifies the information in a specific and meaningful fashion; (2) The name or other specific identification of the person or class of persons authorized to make the requested use or disclosure; (3) The name or other specific identification of the person or government entity to which the information may be released; (4) A description of each purpose of the requested use or disclosure of the information; (5) The date on which the authorization expires or an event related either to the individual who is the subject of the request or to the purposes of the requested use or disclosure, the occurrence of which will cause the authorization to expire; (6) A statement that the information used or disclosed pursuant to the authorization may be disclosed by the recipient of the information and may no longer be protected from disclosure; (7) The signature of the individual or the individual's authorized representative and the date on which the authorization was signed; (8) If signed by an authorized representative, a description of the representative's authority to act for the individual; (9) A statement of the individual or authorized representative's right to prospectively revoke the written authorization in writing, along with either of the following: (a) A description of how the individual or authorized representative may revoke the authorization; (b) If the department of medicaid has established a privacy notice that contains a description of how the individual or authorized representative may revoke the authorization, a reference to the privacy notice. (10) A statement that treatment, payment, enrollment, or eligibility for a medical assistance program cannot be conditioned on signing the authorization unless the authorization is necessary for determining eligibility for the program. (B) An authorization for the release of information regarding a medical assistance recipient to the recipient's attorney under division (D)(3) of section 5160.45 of the Revised Code may include a provision specifically authorizing the release of the recipient's electronic health records, if any, in accordance with rules authorized by section 5160.48 or 5160.481 of the Revised Code. (C) When an individual requests information pursuant to section 5160.45 of the Revised Code regarding the individual's enrollment in a medical assistance program and does not wish to provide a statement of purpose, the statement "at request of the individual" is a sufficient description for purposes of division (A)(4) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.46
§ 5119.46. Department of behavioral health trust fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the department of behavioral health trust fund. The trust fund shall receive all amounts, subject to any provisions in bond documents, received from the sale or lease of lands and facilities by the department. All moneys in the trust fund are subject to appropriation by the general assembly or may be used with the approval of the controlling board. The use of moneys in the trust fund pursuant to this section does not represent an ongoing commitment to the continuation of the trust fund or to the use of moneys in the trust fund. Last updated August 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.404 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.404
§ 5166.404. Points award system
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The medicaid director shall establish a system under which points are awarded in accordance with this section to healthy Ohio program debit swipe cards. One dollar of medicaid funds shall be deposited into a healthy Ohio program participant's buckeye account for each point awarded to the participant under this section. (B) The director shall provide a one-time award of twenty points to a healthy Ohio program participant who provides for the participant's contributions under division (C) of section 5166.402 of the Revised Code to be made by electronic funds transfers from the participant's checking or savings account. Twenty points shall be deducted from the participant's card if the participant terminates the electronic funds transfers. (C) The director may award up to two hundred points annually to a healthy Ohio program participant who achieves health care goals. The points shall be awarded in accordance with the rules authorized by section 5166.409 of the Revised Code. A participant shall not be awarded more than two hundred points per year under this division regardless of the number of health care goals the participant achieves that year. (D) Up to one hundred points may be awarded annually to a healthy Ohio program participant by one or more primary care physicians who verify that the participant has satisfied health care benchmarks set by the physicians. A participant shall not be awarded more than one hundred points per year under this division regardless of how many primary care physicians award points to the participant that year and the number of points the primary care physicians award the participant that year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.54
§ 5103.54. Rules
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish the following: (1) Policies and procedures for enforcing the minimum standards of operation for private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camps; (2) Procedures the director shall follow if the director determines that conditions at a camp pose imminent risk to the life, health, or safety of one or more children at a camp. (B) Rules adopted under this section shall be substantially similar, as determined by the director, to rules applicable to other residential care providers to children. (C) The director may issue, deny, or revoke a license according to procedures set forth in rules adopted under this section or section 5103.50 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.12
§ 5104.12. Certification of in-home aides to provide publicly funded child care
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) A county director of job and family services may certify in-home aides to provide publicly funded child care pursuant to this chapter and any rules adopted under it. Any in-home aide who receives a certificate pursuant to this section to provide publicly funded child care is an independent contractor and is not an employee of the county department of job and family services that issues the certificate. (2) Every person desiring to receive certification as an in-home aide shall apply for certification to a county director of job and family services on such forms as the director of children and youth prescribes. A county director shall provide at no charge to each applicant a copy of rules for certifying in-home aides adopted pursuant to this chapter. (B) To be eligible for certification as an in-home aide, a person shall not be either of the following: (1) The owner of a center or home whose license was revoked pursuant to section 5104.04 of the Revised Code within the previous five years; (2) An in-home aide whose certificate was revoked under division (C)(2) of this section within the previous five years. (C)(1) If the county director of job and family services determines that the applicant complies with this chapter and any rules adopted under it, the county director shall certify the person as an in-home aide and issue the person a certificate to provide publicly funded child care. The county director shall furnish a copy of the certificate to the parent, custodian, or guardian. The certificate shall state the name and address of the in-home aide and the name and telephone number of the county director who issued the certificate. (2) The county director may revoke the certificate in either of the following circumstances: (a) The county director determines, pursuant to rules adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that revocation is necessary; (b) The in-home aide does not comply with division (C)(2) of section 5104.32 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) The county director of job and family services shall inspect every home of a child who is receiving publicly funded child care in the child's own home while the in-home aide is providing the services. Inspections may be unannounced. Upon receipt of a complaint, the county director shall investigate the in-home aide, shall investigate the home of a child who is receiving publicly funded child care in the child's own home, and division (D)(2) of this section applies regarding the complaint. The caretaker parent shall permit the county director to inspect any part of the child's home. The county director shall prepare a written inspection report and furnish one copy each to the in-home aide and the caretaker parent within a reasonable time after the inspection. (2) Upon receipt of a complaint as described in division (D)(1) of this section, in addition to the investigations that are required under that division, both of the following apply: (a) If the complaint alleges that a child suffered physical harm while receiving publicly funded child care in the child's own home from an in-home aide or that the noncompliance with law or act alleged in the complaint involved, resulted in, or poses a substantial risk of physical harm to a child receiving publicly funded child care in the child's own home from an in-home aide, the county director shall inspect the home of the child. (b) If division (D)(2)(a) of this section does not apply regarding the complaint, the county director may inspect the home of the child. (3) Division (D)(2) of this section does not limit, restrict, or negate any duty of the county director to inspect a home of a child who is receiving publicly funded child care from an in-home aide that otherwise is imposed under this section, or any authority of the county director to inspect such a home that otherwise is granted under this section when the county director believes the inspection is necessary and it is permitted under the grant. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.761 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.761
§ 5164.761. Beta testing of updates to billing codes or payment rates
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly Before the department of medicaid or department of mental health and addiction services updates medicaid billing codes or medicaid payment rates for community behavioral health services as part of the behavioral health redesign, the departments shall conduct a beta test of the updates. Any medicaid provider of community behavioral health services may volunteer to participate in the beta test. An update may not begin to be implemented outside of the beta test until at least half of the medicaid providers participating in the beta test are able to submit under the beta test a clean claim for community behavioral health services that is properly adjudicated not later than thirty days after the date the clean claim is submitted. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM