Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.026 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.026
§ 5123.026. Technology first task force
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of developmental disabilities shall establish a technology first task force consisting of representatives from the office of innovateohio; the departments of developmental disabilities, education and workforce, medicaid, aging, job and family services, mental health and addiction services, children and youth, and transportation; and the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency. (B) The task force shall do all of the following: (1) Expand innovative technology solutions within the operation and delivery of services to individuals with developmental disabilities; (2) Use technology to reduce the barriers individuals with developmental disabilities experience; (3) Align policies for all state agencies on the task force. (C) The department of developmental disabilities may enter into interagency agreements with any of the government entities on the task force. The interagency agreements may specify either or both of the following: (1) The roles and responsibilities of the government entities that are members of the task force, including any money to be contributed by those entities; (2) The projects and activities of the task force. (D) The department and state agencies may adopt rules to implement the task force. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.33
§ 5126.33. Complaint process
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) A county board of developmental disabilities may file a complaint with the probate court of the county in which an adult with a developmental disability resides for an order authorizing the board to arrange services described in division (C) of section 5126.31 of the Revised Code for that adult if the adult is eligible to receive services or support under section 5126.041 of the Revised Code and the board has been unable to secure consent. The complaint shall include all of the following: (1) The name, age, and address of the adult; (2) Facts describing the nature of the abuse, neglect, or exploitation and supporting the board's belief that services are needed; (3) The types of services proposed by the board, as set forth in the protective service plan described in division (J) of section 5126.30 of the Revised Code and filed with the complaint; (4) Facts showing the board's attempts to obtain the consent of the adult or the adult's guardian to the services. (B) The board shall give the adult notice of the filing of the complaint and in simple and clear language shall inform the adult of the adult's rights in the hearing under division (C) of this section and explain the consequences of a court order. This notice shall be personally served upon all parties, and also shall be given to the adult's legal counsel, if any. The notice shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to the hearing, although the court may waive this requirement upon a showing that there is a substantial risk that the adult will suffer immediate physical harm in the twenty-four hour period and that the board has made reasonable attempts to give the notice required by this division. (C) Upon the filing of a complaint for an order under this section, the court shall hold a hearing at least twenty-four hours and no later than seventy-two hours after the notice under division (B) of this section has been given unless the court has waived the notice. All parties shall have the right to be present at the hearing, present evidence, and examine and cross-examine witnesses. The Ohio Rules of Evidence shall apply to a hearing conducted pursuant to this division. The adult shall be represented by counsel unless the court finds that the adult has made a voluntary, informed, and knowing waiver of the right to counsel. If the adult is indigent, the court shall appoint counsel to represent the adult. The board shall be represented by the county prosecutor or an attorney designated by the board. (D)(1) The court shall issue an order authorizing the board to arrange the protective services if it finds, on the basis of clear and convincing evidence, all of the following: (a) The adult has been abused, neglected, or exploited; (b) The adult is incapacitated; (c) There is a substantial risk to the adult of immediate physical harm or death; (d) The adult is in need of the services; (e) No person authorized by law or court order to give consent for the adult is available or willing to consent to the services. (2) The board shall develop a detailed protective service plan describing the services that the board will provide, or arrange for the provision of, to the adult to prevent further abuse, neglect, or exploitation. The board shall submit the plan to the court for approval. The protective service plan may be changed only by court order. (3) In formulating the order, the court shall consider the individual protective service plan and shall specifically designate the services that are necessary to deal with the abuse, neglect, or exploitation or condition resulting from abuse, neglect, or exploitation and that are available locally, and authorize the board to arrange for these services only. The court shall limit the provision of these services to a period not exceeding six months, renewable for an additional six-month period on a showing by the board that continuation of the order is necessary. (E) If the court finds that all other options for meeting the adult's needs have been exhausted, it may order that the adult be removed from the adult's place of residence and placed in another residential setting. Before issuing that order, the court shall consider the adult's choice of residence and shall determine that the new residential setting is the least restrictive alternative available for meeting the adult's needs and is a place where the adult can obtain the necessary requirements for daily living in safety. The court shall not order an adult to a hospital or public hospital, as defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code, or a state institution, as defined in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. (F) The court shall not authorize a change in an adult's placement ordered under division (E) of this section unless it finds compelling reasons to justify a change. The parties to whom notice was given in division (B) of this section shall be given notice of a proposed change at least five working days prior to the change. (G) The adult, the board, or any other person who received notice of the petition may file a motion for modification of the court order at any time. (H) The county board shall pay court costs incurred in proceedings brought pursuant to this section. The adult shall not be required to pay for court-ordered services. (I)(1) After the filing of a complaint for an order under this section, the court, prior to the final disposition, may enter any temporary order that the court finds necessary to protect the adult with a developmental disability from abuse, neglect, or exploitation including, but not limited to, the following: (a) A temporary protection order; (b) An order requiring the evaluation of the adult; (c) An order requiring a party to vacate the adult's place of residence or legal settlement, provided that, subject to division (K)(1)(d) of this section, no operator of a residential facility licensed by the department may be removed under this division; (d) In the circumstances described in, and in accordance with the procedures set forth in, section 5123.191 of the Revised Code, an order of the type described in that section that appoints a receiver to take possession of and operate a residential facility licensed by the department. (2) The court may grant an ex parte order pursuant to this division on its own motion or if a party files a written motion or makes an oral motion requesting the issuance of the order and stating the reasons for it if it appears to the court that the best interest and the welfare of the adult require that the court issue the order immediately. The court, if acting on its own motion, or the person requesting the granting of an ex parte order, to the extent possible, shall give notice of its intent or of the request to all parties, the adult's legal counsel, if any. If the court issues an ex parte order, the court shall hold a hearing to review the order within seventy-two hours after it is issued or before the end of the next day after the day on which it is issued, whichever occurs first. The court shall give written notice of the hearing to all parties to the action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.62
§ 5165.62. Enforcement of provisions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid is hereby authorized to enforce sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 of the Revised Code. The department may enforce the sections directly or through contracting agencies. The department and agencies shall enforce the sections in accordance with the requirements of the "Social Security Act," sections 1819 and 1919, 42 U.S.C. 1395i-3 and 1396r, that apply to nursing facilities; with regulations, guidelines, and procedures adopted by the United States secretary of health and human services for the enforcement of those sections of the "Social Security Act"; and with the rules authorized by section 5165.61 of the Revised Code. The department and agencies shall enforce sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 of the Revised Code for purposes of the medicare program only to the extent prescribed by the regulations, guidelines, and procedures issued by the secretary under the "Social Security Act," section 1819, 42 U.S.C. 1395i-3.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.021
§ 5162.021. Adoption of rules by other state agencies
Status: in_force

November 22, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The medicaid director shall adopt rules under sections 5160.02 , 5162.02 , 5163.02 , 5164.02 , 5165.02 , 5166.02 , and 5167.02 of the Revised Code as necessary to authorize the directors of other state agencies to adopt rules regarding medicaid components, or aspects of medicaid components, the other state agencies administer pursuant to contracts entered into under section 5162.35 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.012 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.012
§ 5155.012. Board may enter contract for management of county home
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 290 - 131st General Assembly A board of county commissioners may enter into a contract with a public or private entity to aid the board in the execution of its powers and duties for the management and good government of the county home. Pursuant to such a contract, the board may authorize a public or private entity to select a superintendent or administrator for the county home. A superintendent or administrator may not be selected pursuant to a contract without the advice and consent of the board. An individual selected as a superintendent or administrator pursuant to a contract is not a public employee due to being selected to serve in that position or performing the duties of that position.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.53
§ 5165.53. Adoption of rules regarding change in operators
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5165.02 of the Revised Code to implement sections 5165.50 to 5165.53 of the Revised Code, including rules applicable to an exiting operator that provides written notification under section 5165.50 of the Revised Code of a voluntary withdrawal of participation. Rules adopted under this section shall comply with the "Social Security Act," section 1919(c)(2)(F), 42 U.S.C. 1396r(c)(2)(F), regarding restrictions on transfers or discharges of nursing facility residents in the case of a voluntary withdrawal of participation. The rules may prescribe a medicaid payment methodology and other procedures that are applicable after the effective date of a voluntary withdrawal of participation that differ from the payment methodology and other procedures that would otherwise apply. The rules shall specify all of the following: (A) The method by which written notices to the department required by sections 5165.50 to 5165.53 of the Revised Code are to be provided; (B) The forms and documents that are to be provided to the department of medicaid under sections 5165.511 and 5165.512 of the Revised Code, which shall include, in the case of such forms and documents provided by entering operators, all the fully executed leases, management agreements, merger agreements and supporting documents, and fully executed sales contracts and any other supporting documents culminating in the change of operator; (C) The method by which the forms and documents identified in division (B) of this section are to be provided to the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.02
§ 5122.02. Application for voluntary admission
Status: in_force

August 3, 2021 Senate Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any person who is eighteen years of age or older and who is, appears to be, or believes self to be mentally ill may make written application for voluntary admission to the chief medical officer of a hospital. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the application also may be made on behalf of a minor by a parent, a guardian of the person, or the person with custody of the minor, and on behalf of an adult incompetent person by the guardian or the person with custody of the incompetent person. Any person whose admission is applied for under division (A) or (B) of this section may be admitted for observation, diagnosis, care, or treatment, in any hospital unless the chief clinical officer finds that hospitalization is inappropriate, and except that, in the case of a public hospital, no person shall be admitted without the authorization of the board of the person's county of residence. (C) If a minor or person adjudicated incompetent due to mental illness whose voluntary admission is applied for under division (B) of this section is admitted, the court shall determine, upon petition by private or otherwise appointed counsel, a relative, or one acting as next friend, whether the admission or continued hospitalization is in the best interest of the minor or incompetent. The chief clinical officer shall discharge any voluntary patient who has recovered or whose hospitalization the officer determines to be no longer advisable. In the case of a voluntary patient who refuses to accept treatment consistent with the written treatment plan required by section 5122.27 of the Revised Code, the chief clinical officer may file an affidavit under section 5122.11 of the Revised Code. If the chief clinical officer decides not to file such an affidavit and to, instead, discharge the patient, and a trial court or prosecutor had, within the past twelve months, filed an affidavit in probate court pursuant to division (B)(1)(a)(v)(I) of section 2945.38 of the Revised Code relating to the patient, the chief clinical officer, to the extent that the chief clinical officer has knowledge of the patient's prior status, shall immediately notify such trial court or prosecutor of the intent to discharge. Not later than three court days after being notified of the intent to discharge, the trial court or prosecutor may file or cause to be filed with the court of the county where the patient is hospitalized, or the court of the county where the patient resides, an affidavit under section 5122.11 of the Revised Code. If such an affidavit is filed, the patient's discharge must be postponed until a hearing under section 5122.141 of the Revised Code is held. (D) 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 admit the person or be voluntarily admitted to a hospital 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. Last updated May 19, 2021 at 11:40 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.01
§ 5101.01. Referring to department or director of public welfare or human services; references to county department of job and family services; references to board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in the Revised Code, the "department of public welfare" and the "department of human services" mean the department of job and family services and the "director of public welfare" and the "director of human services" mean the director of job and family services. Except as provided in section 5160.011 of the Revised Code, whenever the department or director of public welfare or the department or director of human services is referred to or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to the department or director of job and family services, as the case may be. (B) As used in this chapter: (1) References to a county department of job and family services include a joint county department of job and family services established under section 329.40 of the Revised Code. (2) References to a board of county commissioners include the board of directors of a joint county department of job and family services established under section 329.40 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.045 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.045
§ 5123.045. Certification and licensing of providers
Status: in_force

June 30, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly No person or government entity shall receive payment for providing home and community-based services unless the person or government entity is one of the following: (A) Certified under section 5123.161 of the Revised Code; (B) Licensed as a residential facility under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.705 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.705
§ 5180.705. Responsible fatherhood initiative
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth, through the Ohio commission on fatherhood, must contract for the development and implementation of the responsible fatherhood initiative (RFI). The initiative must provide an opportunity for every father in the state to obtain information and inspiration that will motivate and enable him to enhance his abilities as a father, recognizing that some fathers have greater challenges than others and would benefit from greater support. (B) The initiative must include the following: (1) A statewide media campaign that increases the awareness of the importance of fathers being involved in their children's lives. The media campaign may include print, television, digital, and social media elements and appearances by and involvement from public figures and influencers. (2) Resources and information for fathers and father figures to increase engagement and involvement in their children's lives. (C)(1) The department must contract for the development and implementation of the initiative with a nonprofit (RFI manager) organization that has both of the following: (a) A history of focusing on responsible fatherhood, including providing online resources to fathers, and engaging fathers, father figures, and children through community-based and school-based events to encourage responsible fatherhood; (b) The organizational capacity to manage a statewide initiative and successfully carry out the requirements of this section. (2) The organization must collaborate with other relevant government agencies and private organizations to develop and implement the initiative. Those agencies and organizations must collaborate with the contracted organization to carry out the initiative. (3) The RFI manager must be solely responsible for developing, collaborating, and managing the RFI media campaign and the resources, content, and information for fathers. Last updated September 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5108.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5108 / § 5108.03
§ 5108.03. Model design for assistance or services to promote self sufficiency and personal responsibility
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly Under the prevention, retention, and contingency program, each county department of job and family services shall do both of the following in accordance with the statement of policies the county department develops under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code: (A) Provide benefits and services that individuals need to overcome immediate barriers to achieving or maintaining self sufficiency and personal responsibility; (B) Perform related administrative duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.48
§ 5165.48. Nursing facility not required to submit Medicaid claim for Medicare cost-sharing expenses under certain circumstances
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The provider of a nursing facility is not required to submit a claim to the department of medicaid regarding the medicare cost-sharing expenses of a resident of the nursing facility who, under federal law, is eligible to have the medicaid program pay for a part of the cost-sharing expenses if the provider determines that, under rules adopted under section 5165.02 of the Revised Code, the nursing facility would not receive a medicaid payment for any part of the medicare cost-sharing expenses. In such a situation, a claim for the medicare cost-sharing expenses shall be considered to have been adjudicated at no payment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.94 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.94
§ 5164.94. Delivery of services in culturally and linguistically appropriate manners
Status: in_force

March 20, 2014 Senate Bill 206 - 130th General Assembly The medicaid director shall implement within the medicaid program a system that encourages medicaid providers to provide medicaid services to medicaid recipients in culturally and linguistically appropriate manners.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.14
§ 5103.14. Enforcement powers
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of children and youth shall enforce sections 2151.39 , 5103.15 , and 5103.16 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.163 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.163
§ 5123.163. Term of supported living certificate
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly A supported living certificate is valid for a period of time established in rules adopted under section 5123.1611 of the Revised Code, unless any of the following occur before the end of that period of time: (A) The director of developmental disabilities issues an order requiring that action be taken against the certificate holder under section 5123.166 of the Revised Code. (B) The director issues an order terminating the certificate under section 5123.168 of the Revised Code. (C) The certificate holder voluntarily surrenders the certificate to the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5145.162 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5145 / § 5145.162
§ 5145.162. Office of enterprise development advisory board
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the office of enterprise development advisory board to advise and assist the department of rehabilitation and correction with the creation of training programs and jobs for inmates and releasees through partnerships with private sector businesses. The board shall consist of at least five appointed members. Each member shall have experience in labor relations, marketing, business management, or business. The members and chairperson shall be appointed by the director of the department of rehabilitation and correction. (B) Each member of the advisory board shall receive no compensation but may be reimbursed for expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties of the board. Members of the board who are state employees shall be reimbursed for expenses pursuant to travel rules promulgated by the office of budget and management. (C) The advisory board shall adopt procedures for the conduct of the board's meetings. The board shall meet at least once every quarter, and otherwise shall meet at the call of the chairperson or the director of the department of rehabilitation and correction. Sixty per cent of the members shall constitute a quorum. No transaction of the board's business shall be taken without the concurrence of a quorum of the members. The board may have committees with persons who are not members of the board but whose experience and expertise is relevant and useful to the work of the committee. (D) The advisory board shall have the following duties: (1) Solicit business proposals offering job training, apprenticeship, education programs, and employment opportunities for inmates, releasees, and Ohio penal industries; (2) Provide information and input to the office of enterprise development to support the job training and employment program of inmates and releasees and any additional, related duties as requested by the director of the department of rehabilitation and correction; (3) Recommend to the office of enterprise development any legislation, administrative rule, or department policy change that the board believes is necessary to implement the department's program; (4) Promote public awareness of the office of enterprise development and the office's employment program; (5) Familiarize itself and the public with avenues to access the office of enterprise development on employment program concerns; (6) Advocate for the needs and concerns of the office of enterprise development in local communities, counties, and the state; (7) Play an active role in the office of enterprise development's efforts to reduce recidivism in the state by doing all of the following: (a) Providing input and making recommendations for the office's consideration in monitoring employment program compliance and effectiveness; (b) Making suggestions on the appropriate priorities for the office's grant award criteria; (c) Being a liaison between the office and constituents of the board's members; (d) Working to develop constituent groups interested in employment program issues ; (8) Aid in the employment program development process by playing a leadership role in professional associations by discussing employment program issues. (E) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall initially screen each proposal obtained under division (D)(1) of this section to ensure that the proposal is a viable venture to pursue. If the department determines that a proposal is a viable venture to pursue, the department shall submit the proposal to the board for objective review against established guidelines. The board shall determine whether to recommend the implementation of the program to the department. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.34
§ 5120.34. Nonpartisan management of institutions
Status: in_force

November 7, 1975 House Bill 617 - 111th General Assembly Sec. 5120.34. The department of rehabilitation and correction shall make rules for the nonpartisan management of the institutions under its control. Any officer or employee of the department or any officer or employee of any institution under its control, who, by solicitation or otherwise, exerts his influence, directly or indirectly, to induce any other officer or employee of any such institutions to adopt his political views or to favor any particular person, issue, or candidate for office shall be removed from his office or position, by the department in case of an officer or employee and by the governor in case of the director of rehabilitation and correction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.74
§ 5164.74. Reimbursement of graduate medical education costs
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5164.02 of the Revised Code governing the calculation and payment of, and the allocation of payments for, graduate medical education costs associated with medicaid services rendered to medicaid recipients. Subject to section 5164.741 of the Revised Code, the rules shall provide for payment of graduate medical education costs associated with medicaid services rendered to medicaid recipients, including recipients enrolled in a medicaid managed care organization, that the department of medicaid determines are allowable and reasonable. Last updated October 6, 2021 at 11:01 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.271 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.271
§ 5180.271. [Former R.C. 3738.02, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Pregnancy-associated mortality review board - review during criminal investigation
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The PAMR board may not conduct a review of a pregnancy-associated death while an investigation of the death or prosecution of a person for causing the death is pending unless the prosecuting attorney agrees to allow the review. The law enforcement agency conducting the criminal investigation, on the conclusion of the investigation, and the prosecuting attorney prosecuting the case, on the conclusion of the prosecution, shall notify the chairperson of the PAMR board of the conclusion. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.201 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.201
§ 5167.201. Payment of nonsystem provider for emergency services
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly When a medicaid managed care organization's enrollee receives emergency services on or after January 1, 2007, from a provider that is not under contract with the organization, the provider shall accept from the organization, as payment in full, not more than the amounts (less any payments for indirect costs of medical education and direct costs of graduate medical education) that the provider could collect if the enrollee received medicaid other than through enrollment in a medicaid MCO plan. An agreement entered into by an enrollee, an enrollee's parent, or an enrollee's legal guardian that requires payment for emergency services in violation of this section is void and unenforceable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.611 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.611
§ 5101.611. Reimbursing costs of providing services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The department of job and family services may reimburse county departments of job and family services for all or part of the costs they incur in implementing sections 5101.60 to 5101.73 of the Revised Code. The director of job and family services shall adopt internal management rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code that provide for reimbursement of county departments of job and family services under this section. The director shall adopt internal management rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code that do both of the following: (A) Implement sections 5101.60 to 5101.71 of the Revised Code; (B) Require the county departments to collect and submit to the department, or ensure that a designated agency collects and submits to the department, data concerning the implementation of sections 5101.60 to 5101.73 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.0413 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.0413
§ 5123.0413. Rules to applicable in event county tax levy for services for individuals with developmental disabilities fails
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities, in consultation with the department of medicaid, office of budget and management, and county boards of developmental disabilities, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish both of the following in the event a county property tax levy for services for individuals with developmental disabilities fails: (A) A method of paying for home and community-based services; (B) A method of reducing the number of individuals a county board would otherwise be required by section 5126.0512 of the Revised Code to ensure are enrolled in home and community-based services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.53
§ 5101.53. Supplementing payments of recipients of aid under Title XVI of Social Security Act
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly The department of job and family services may enter into an agreement with the secretary of health and human services under Public Law 93-66 for the purpose of supplementing the payments of recipients of aid under Title XVI of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, to the extent necessary to provide individuals who were recipients of aid in December 1973 under former Chapters 5105., 5106., and 5151. of the Revised Code with income from all sources equal to the income of such individuals in December 1973, including correctly paid assistance. Upon authorization by the department, the director of budget and management shall provide for payment to the secretary of amounts equal to the expenditures of the secretary under the agreement. Such payments shall be charged to the administration and adjustment fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The department of job and family services may make aid payments to aged, blind, or disabled individuals who are determined as the result of a fair hearing to be eligible for such payments under former Chapter 5105., 5106., or 5151. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.03
§ 5160.03. Authority of medicaid director
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The medicaid director is the executive head of the department of medicaid. All duties conferred on the department by law or order of the director are under the director's control and shall be performed in accordance with rules the director adopts.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.61
§ 5120.61. Risk assessment reports for sexually violent offenders
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 136 - 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) Not later than ninety days after January 1, 1997, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt standards that it will use under this section to assess the following criminal offenders and may periodically revise the standards: (a) A criminal offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violent sex offense or designated homicide, assault, or kidnapping offense and is adjudicated a sexually violent predator in relation to that offense; (b) A criminal offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (A)(1)(b) of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code committed on or after January 2, 2007, and either who is sentenced under section 2971.03 of the Revised Code or upon whom a sentence of life without parole is imposed under division (B) of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code; (c) A criminal offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to attempted rape committed on or after January 2, 2007, and a specification of the type described in section 2941.1418 , 2941.1419 , or 2941.1420 of the Revised Code; (d) A criminal offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2905.01 of the Revised Code and also is convicted of or pleads guilty to a sexual motivation specification that was included in the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging that offense, and who is sentenced pursuant to section 2971.03 of the Revised Code; (e) A criminal offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to aggravated murder and also is convicted of or pleads guilty to a sexual motivation specification that was included in the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging that offense, and who pursuant to division (A)(2)(b)(ii) of section 2929.022 , division (A)(1)(e), (C)(1)(a)(v), (C)(2)(a)(ii), (D)(2)(b), (D)(3)(a)(iv), or (E)(1)(a)(iv) of section 2929.03 , or division (A) or (B) of section 2929.06 of the Revised Code is sentenced pursuant to division (B)(3) of section 2971.03 of the Revised Code; (f) A criminal offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to murder and also is convicted of or pleads guilty to a sexual motivation specification that was included in the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging that offense, and who pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 2929.02 of the Revised Code is sentenced pursuant to section 2971.03 of the Revised Code. (2) When the department is requested by the parole board or the court to provide a risk assessment report of the offender under section 2971.04 or 2971.05 of the Revised Code, it shall assess the offender and complete the assessment as soon as possible after the offender has commenced serving the prison term or term of life imprisonment without parole imposed under division (A), (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. Thereafter, the department shall update a risk assessment report pertaining to an offender as follows: (a) Periodically, in the discretion of the department, provided that each report shall be updated no later than two years after its initial preparation or most recent update; (b) Upon the request of the parole board for use in determining pursuant to section 2971.04 of the Revised Code whether it should terminate its control over an offender's service of a prison term imposed upon the offender under 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; (c) Upon the request of the court. (3) After the department of rehabilitation and correction assesses an offender pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section, it shall prepare a report that contains its risk assessment for the offender or, if a risk assessment report previously has been prepared, it shall update the risk assessment report. (4) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall provide each risk assessment report that it prepares or updates pursuant to this section regarding an offender to all of the following: (a) The parole board for its use in determining pursuant to section 2971.04 of the Revised Code whether it should terminate its control over an offender's service of a prison term imposed upon the offender under 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, if the parole board has not terminated its control over the offender; (b) The court for use in determining, pursuant to section 2971.05 of the Revised Code, whether to modify the requirement that the offender serve the entire prison term imposed upon the offender under 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 in a state correctional institution, whether to revise any modification previously made, or whether to terminate the prison term; (c) The prosecuting attorney who prosecuted the case, or the successor in office to that prosecuting attorney; (d) The offender. (B) When the department of rehabilitation and correction provides a risk assessment report regarding an offender to the parole board or court pursuant to division (A)(4)(a) or (b) of this section, the department, prior to the parole board's or court's hearing, also shall provide to the offender or to the offender's attorney of record a copy of the report and a copy of any other relevant documents the department possesses regarding the offender that the department does not consider to be confidential. (C) As used in this section: (1) "Adjudicated a sexually violent predator" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code, and a person is "adjudicated a sexually violent predator" in the same manner and the same circumstances as are described in that section. (2) "Designated homicide, assault, or kidnapping offense" and "violent sex offense" have the same meanings as in section 2971.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.021
§ 5103.021. Scholars residential centers
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, a "scholars residential center" is a center that meets all of the following: (1) The center is a certified affiliate in good standing of a national organization with a mission to help underserved children in middle school and high school in a comprehensive manner that is academically focused and service-oriented and in a family-like setting. (2) The center is private and not-for-profit. (3) The center does not receive Title IV-E funding or any associated Title IV funds related to child welfare. (4) The center only accepts children placed by their parents or legal custodian. (5) The center is voluntary and uses a competitive selection process. (B) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement standards regarding a scholars residential center. The rules shall be substantially similar, as determined by the director, to other similarly situated providers of residential care for children, including rules provided in Chapters 5101:2-5 and 5101:2-9 of the Administrative Code, except that the rules shall reflect all of the following: (1) A center is not subject to any policy that is not specific or relevant to the center. (2) A center is not required to provide discharge summaries. (3) A center is permitted to request agency waivers. (4) A center is not required to implement case plans or service plans. (5) Training requirements for center staff are limited to completion of all of the following: (a) Orientation training; (b) Current American red cross, American heart association, or equivalent first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification; (c) One hour of annual trauma training. (6) A center is not subject to existing rules regarding: (a) Recreation and leisure activity requirements, provided that the center has a recreation area available and permits children to swim if a person who has completed life-saving or water safety training is present; (b) Visiting and communications policies, provided that the center ensures that children have contact with their family; (c) Qualified residential treatment program requirements; (d) Treatment-focused requirements established for residential agencies. (7) A center shall provide notification and documentation of critical incidents to parents and legal custodians. (C) The director shall certify a scholars residential center that submits an application to the director, on a form prescribed by the director, that indicates to the director's satisfaction that the center meets the standards set forth in rules adopted under division (B) of this section. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.07
§ 5126.07. Discrimination prohibited - affirmative action plan
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly No county board of developmental disabilities or any agency, corporation, or association under contract with a county board of developmental disabilities shall discriminate in the provision of services under its authority or contract on the basis of race, color, sex, creed, disability, national origin, or the inability to pay. Each county board of developmental disabilities shall provide a plan of affirmative action describing its goals and methods for the provision of equal employment opportunities for all persons under its authority and shall ensure nondiscrimination in employment under its authority or contract on the basis of race, color, sex, creed, disability, or national origin.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.10
§ 5165.10. Annual cost report
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each nursing facility provider shall file with the department of medicaid an annual cost report for each of the provider's nursing facilities that participate in the medicaid program. The cost report for a year shall cover the calendar year or the portion of the calendar year during which the nursing facility participated in the medicaid program. Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the cost report is due not later than ninety days after the end of the calendar year, or portion of the calendar year, that the cost report covers. (B) If a nursing facility undergoes a change of provider that the department determines, in accordance with rules adopted under section 5165.02 of the Revised Code, is not an arm's length transaction, the new provider shall file the nursing facility's cost report in accordance with division (A) of this section and the cost report shall cover the portion of the calendar year during which the new provider operated the nursing facility and the portion of the calendar year during which the previous provider operated the nursing facility. (C) The provider of a new nursing facility is not required to file a cost report in accordance with division (A) of this section for the first calendar year that the provider has a provider agreement for the nursing facility if the initial provider agreement goes into effect after the first day of October of that calendar year. The provider shall file a cost report for the nursing facility in accordance with division (A) of this section for the immediately following calendar year. (D) The department may grant to a provider a fourteen-day extension to file a cost report under this section if the provider provides the department a written request for the extension and the department determines that there is good cause for the extension.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.73
§ 5119.73. Financial obligations
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon the state of Ohio by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder, as provided in sections 5119.70 to 5119.72 of the Revised Code, shall be made from appropriated funds upon presentation to the director of budget and management of itemized vouchers approved by the compact administrator.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.284 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.284
§ 5107.284. Reducing assistance for refusal to consent to release of records
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly The county department of job and family services shall require the parent of each participating student, or, if the student is eighteen or nineteen years of age, the student to consent to release of the student's school attendance records. If the parent or participating student refuses to consent, the county department shall reduce the assistance group's cash assistance payment for the month immediately following the month of the refusal and each month thereafter until consent is given. The cash assistance payment shall be reduced to the amount the assistance group would be eligible to receive if neither the participating student nor the parent were members of the assistance group.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.404 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.404
§ 5180.404. [Former R.C. 5101.134, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Uniform statewide automated child welfare information system - private agency use
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code that requires confidentiality of information that is contained in the uniform statewide automated child welfare information system established in section 5180.40 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regarding a private child placing agency's or private noncustodial agency's access, data entry, and use of information in the uniform statewide automated child welfare information system. (B)(1) The department of children and youth may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, as if they were internal management rules, as necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 5180.40 to 5180.403 of the Revised Code. (2) The department may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to carry out the purposes of division (A)(2) of section 5180.402 of the Revised Code. (C) Public children services agencies shall implement and use the information system established pursuant to section 5180.40 of the Revised Code in accordance with rules adopted by the department. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.42
§ 5153.42. Management and operation of district children's homes
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly District children's homes shall be established, operated, maintained, and managed in the same manner so far as applicable as county children's homes and shall be subject to the requirements of sections 5103.05 and 5103.051 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.13
§ 5139.13. Facilities for treatment and training of children
Status: in_force

January 1, 2008 Senate Bill 10 - 127th General Assembly (A) The department of youth services shall do all of the following: (1) Control and manage all institutions for the rehabilitation of delinquent children and youthful offenders that are operated by the state, except where the control and management of an institution is vested by law in another agency; (2) Provide treatment and training for children committed to the department and assigned by the department to various institutions under its control and management, including, but not limited to, for a child committed to it for an act that is a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense, treatment that is appropriate for a child who commits an act that is a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense and that is intended to ensure that the child does not commit any subsequent act that is a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense; (3) Establish and maintain appropriate reception centers for the reception of children committed to the department and employ competent persons to have charge of those centers and to conduct investigations; (4) Establish and maintain any other facilities necessary for the training, treatment, and rehabilitation of children committed to the department. (B) As used in this section, "sexually oriented offense" and "child-victim oriented offense" have the same meanings as in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.167 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.167
§ 5123.167. Reapplication after negative adjudication on certificate
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly If the director of developmental disabilities issues an adjudication order under section 5123.166 of the Revised Code refusing to issue a supported living certificate to a person or government entity, refusing to renew a person or government entity's supported living certificate, or revoking the person or government entity's supported living certificate, neither the person or government entity nor a related party of the person or government entity may apply for another supported living certificate earlier than the date that is five years after the date the order is issued. If a person or government entity's authority to provide medicaid-funded supported living is revoked or renewal of the authority is refused pursuant to section 5123.1610 of the Revised Code, neither the person or government entity nor a related party of the person or government entity may apply for authority to provide medicaid-funded supported living again earlier than the date this is five years after the date the authority is revoked or expired.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.05
§ 5126.05. County board - powers and duties
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Subject to the rules established by the director of developmental disabilities pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for programs and services offered pursuant to this chapter, and subject to the rules established by the department of education and workforce pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for programs and services offered pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, the county board of developmental disabilities shall: (1) Administer and operate facilities, programs, and services as provided by this chapter and Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code and establish policies for their administration and operation; (2) Coordinate, monitor, and evaluate existing services and facilities available to individuals with developmental disabilities; (3) Provide early childhood services, supportive home services, and adult services, according to the plan and priorities developed under section 5126.04 of the Revised Code; (4) Provide or contract for special education services pursuant to Chapters 3317. and 3323. of the Revised Code and ensure that related services, as defined in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code, are available according to the plan and priorities developed under section 5126.04 of the Revised Code; (5) Adopt a budget, authorize expenditures for the purposes specified in this chapter and do so in accordance with section 319.16 of the Revised Code, approve attendance of board members and employees at professional meetings and approve expenditures for attendance, and exercise such powers and duties as are prescribed by the director of developmental disabilities; (6) Submit annual reports of its work and expenditures, pursuant to sections 3323.09 and 5126.131 of the Revised Code, to the director of developmental disabilities, the director of education and workforce, and the board of county commissioners at the close of the fiscal year and at such other times as may reasonably be requested; (7) Authorize all positions of employment, establish compensation, including but not limited to salary schedules and fringe benefits for all board employees, approve contracts of employment for management employees that are for a term of more than one year, employ legal counsel under section 309.10 of the Revised Code, and contract for employee benefits. A county board may provide benefits through an individual or joint self-insurance program as provided under section 9.833 of the Revised Code. (8) Provide service and support administration in accordance with section 5126.15 of the Revised Code; (9) Certify respite care homes pursuant to rules adopted under section 5123.171 of the Revised Code by the director of developmental disabilities; (10) Implement an employment first policy that clearly identifies community employment as the desired outcome for every individual of working age who receives services from the board; (11) Set benchmarks for improving community employment outcomes. (B) To the extent that rules adopted under this section apply to the identification and placement of children with disabilities under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, they shall be consistent with the standards and procedures established under sections 3323.03 to 3323.05 of the Revised Code. (C) Any county board may enter into contracts with other such boards and with public or private, nonprofit, or profit-making agencies or organizations of the same or another county, to provide the facilities, programs, and services authorized or required, upon such terms as may be agreeable, and in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder and in accordance with sections 307.86 and 5126.071 of the Revised Code. (D) A county board may combine transportation for children and adults enrolled in programs and services offered under Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code with transportation for children enrolled in classes funded under sections 3317.0213 and 3317.20 of the Revised Code. (E) A county board may purchase all necessary insurance policies, may purchase equipment and supplies through the department of administrative services or from other sources, and may enter into agreements with public agencies or nonprofit organizations for cooperative purchasing arrangements. (F) A county board may receive by gift, grant, devise, or bequest any moneys, lands, or property for the benefit of the purposes for which the board is established and hold, apply, and dispose of the moneys, lands, and property according to the terms of the gift, grant, devise, or bequest. All money received by gift, grant, bequest, or disposition of lands or property received by gift, grant, devise, or bequest shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of such board and shall be available for use by the board for purposes determined or stated by the donor or grantor, but may not be used for personal expenses of the board members. Any interest or earnings accruing from such gift, grant, devise, or bequest shall be treated in the same manner and subject to the same provisions as such gift, grant, devise, or bequest. (G) The board of county commissioners shall levy taxes and make appropriations sufficient to enable the county board of developmental disabilities to perform its functions and duties, and may utilize any available local, state, and federal funds for such purpose. Last updated September 21, 2023 at 8:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.33
§ 5163.33. Deducting personal needs allowance from recipient's income
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) In determining the amount of income that a medicaid recipient must apply monthly toward payment of the cost of care in a nursing facility or ICF/IID, a county department of job and family services shall deduct from the recipient's monthly income a monthly personal needs allowance in accordance with the "Social Security Act," section 1902(q), 42 U.S.C. 1396a(q). (B) In the case of a resident of a nursing facility, the monthly personal needs allowance shall be not less than fifty dollars for an individual resident and not less than one hundred dollars for a married couple if both spouses are residents of a nursing facility and their incomes are considered available to each other in determining eligibility. (C) In the case of a resident of an ICF/IID, the monthly personal needs allowance shall be as follows: (1) Prior to January 1, 2016, forty dollars unless the resident has earned income, in which case the monthly personal needs allowance shall be determined by the department of medicaid, or the department's designee, but shall not exceed one hundred five dollars; (2) For calendar year 2016 and each calendar year thereafter, not less than fifty dollars for an individual resident and not less than one hundred dollars for a married couple if both spouses are residents of an ICF/IID and their incomes are considered available to each other in determining eligibility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.16
§ 5123.16. Valid supported living certificate required
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 5123.16 to 5123.1613 of the Revised Code: (1) "Applicant" means any of the following: (a) The chief executive officer of a business that applies under section 5123.161 of the Revised Code for a certificate to provide supported living; (b) The chief executive officer of a business that seeks renewal of the business's supported living certificate under section 5123.164 of the Revised Code; (c) An individual who applies under section 5123.161 of the Revised Code for a certificate to provide supported living as an independent provider; (d) An independent provider who seeks renewal of the independent provider's supported living certificate under section 5123.164 of the Revised Code. (2) "Business" means an association, corporation, nonprofit organization, partnership, trust, or other group of persons. "Business" does not mean an independent provider. (3) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (4) "Disqualifying offense" means any of the offenses listed or described in divisions (A)(3)(a) to (e) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (5) "Independent provider" means a provider who provides supported living on a self-employed basis and does not employ, directly or through contract, another person to provide the supported living. (6) "Provider" means a person or government entity certified by the director of developmental disabilities to provide supported living. For the purpose of division (A)(8) of this section, "provider" includes a person or government entity that seeks or previously held a certificate to provide supported living. (7) "Minor drug possession offense" has the same meaning as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code. (8) "Related party" means any of the following: (a) In the case of a provider who is an individual, any of the following: (i) The spouse of the provider; (ii) A parent or stepparent of the provider or provider's spouse; (iii) A child of the provider or provider's spouse; (iv) A sibling, half sibling, or stepsibling of the provider or provider's spouse; (v) A grandparent of the provider or provider's spouse; (vi) A grandchild of the provider or provider's spouse. (b) In the case of a provider that is a person other than an individual, any of the following: (i) Any person or government entity that directly or indirectly controls the provider's day-to-day operations (including as a general manager, business manager, financial manager, administrator, or director), regardless of whether the person or government entity exercises the control pursuant to a contract or other arrangement and regardless of whether the person or government entity is required to file an Internal Revenue Code form W-2 for the provider; (ii) An officer of the provider, including the chief executive officer, president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer; (iii) A member of the provider's board of directors or trustees; (iv) A person owning a financial interest of five per cent or more in the provider, including a direct, indirect, security, or mortgage financial interest; (v) The spouse, parent, stepparent, child, sibling, half sibling, stepsibling, grandparent, or grandchild of any of the persons specified in divisions (A)(8)(b)(i) to (iv) of this section; (vi) A person over which the provider has control of the day-to-day operation; (vii) A corporation that has a subsidiary relationship with the provider. (c) In the case of a provider that is a government entity, any of the following: (i) Any person or government entity that directly or indirectly controls the provider's day-to-day operations (including as a general manager, financial manager, administrator, or director), regardless of whether the person or government entity exercises the control pursuant to a contract or other arrangement; (ii) An officer of the provider; (iii) A member of the provider's governing board; (iv) A person or government entity over which the provider has control of the day-to-day operation. (B) No person or government entity may provide supported living without a valid supported living certificate issued by the director of developmental disabilities. (C) A county board of developmental disabilities may provide supported living only to the extent permitted by rules adopted under section 5123.1611 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.611 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.611
§ 5123.611. Reviewing report of abuse, neglect, or a major unusual incident
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section, " developmental disabilities employee" means all of the following: (1) An employee of the department of developmental disabilities; (2) An employee of a county board of developmental disabilities; (3) An employee in a position that includes providing specialized services, as defined in section 5123.50 of the Revised Code, to an individual with a developmental disability. (B) At the conclusion of a review of a report of abuse, neglect, or a major unusual incident that is conducted by a review committee established pursuant to section 5123.61 of the Revised Code, the committee shall issue recommendations to the department. The department shall review the committee's recommendations and issue a report of its findings. The department shall make the report available to all of the following: (1) The individual with a developmental disability who is the subject of the report; (2) That individual's guardian or legal counsel; (3) The licensee, as defined in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code, of a residential facility in which the individual resides; (4) The employer of any developmental disabilities employee who allegedly committed or was responsible for the abuse, neglect, or major unusual incident. (C) Except as provided in this section, the department shall not disclose its report to any person or government entity that is not authorized to investigate reports of abuse, neglect, or other major unusual incidents, unless the individual with a developmental disability who is the subject of the report or the individual's guardian gives the department written consent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.35
§ 5180.35. [Enacted as R.C. 5180.40 by H.B. 315, 135th General Assembly, and recodified as R.C. 5180.35 pursuant to R.C. 103.131] Dolly Parton's imagination library of Ohio advisory board
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Dollywood foundation" means the Dollywood nonprofit foundation headquartered in Tennessee. (2) "Dolly Parton's imagination library of Ohio" means the nonprofit organization within the Dollywood foundation created to fund and manage the operations of the Dolly Parton's imagination library in the state. (B) The Dolly Parton's imagination library of Ohio advisory board is created. The board may do all of the following: (1) Work with the Dollywood foundation and local nonprofit organizations located in each participating county to ensure all books distributed under the program remain at no cost to Ohio families; (2) Provide advice and recommendations to the Dollywood foundation on the appointment and hiring of the Ohio director of the Dollywood foundation who will manage the daily operations of Dolly Parton's imagination library of Ohio; (3) Provide strategic advice to the state director; (4) In conjunction with the state director, act as the public representatives of the Dolly Parton's imagination library of Ohio; (5) Not sooner than July 1, 2025, and subject to funds appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose, enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Dollywood foundation to operate Dolly Parton's imagination library of Ohio for the fiscal biennium that begins on that date; (6) Enter into any subsequent memoranda of understanding with the Dollywood foundation to operate the Dolly Parton's imagination library of Ohio, as the Dollywood foundation determines necessary. However, each such memorandum only shall last the duration of one fiscal biennium, and the funding of the board shall be subject to funds appropriated by the general assembly for that biennium. (C) The board shall consist of the following twelve members: (1) Nine voting members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate; (2) One voting member appointed by the president of the senate; (3) One voting member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; (4) The director of children and youth, who shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member, or the director's designee. (D) Members shall not be compensated for work as members of the advisory board to the extent that serving on the board is considered a part of the member's regular duties of employment. (E) Each voting member appointed to the board shall serve a term of three years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as did the term which it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Each member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Members may be reappointed to an unlimited number of successive terms. (F) Any voting member of the board may be removed by the member's appointing authority for misconduct, incompetency, or neglect of duty. Pursuant to section 3.17 of the Revised Code, the board shall remove a voting member who fails to attend at least three-fifths of the regular and special meetings held by the board during any two-year period. Last updated March 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.011
§ 5126.011. Reference to county board
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly Whenever a county board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities is referred to or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to a county board of developmental disabilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.82
§ 5168.82. Waiver required
Status: in_force

June 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The franchise fee shall not be imposed on any health insuring corporation plan unless there is in effect a waiver authorizing the franchise fee issued by the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant to section 1903(w)(3)(E) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396b(w)(3)(E).
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.612 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.612
§ 5103.612. Certification of family preservation center; waiver prohibited
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of children and youth shall certify the person's family preservation center if the center complies with all of the requirements imposed under section 5103.614 of the Revised Code and all of the rules adopted under section 5103.617 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall not issue a waiver to a person of compliance with any of the requirements imposed under this section or any of the rules adopted under section 5103.617 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.022
§ 5104.022. Licensing of foster homes as family child care homes
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly In no case shall the director of children and youth issue a license to operate a type A family child care home if the type A home is certified as a foster home or specialized foster home pursuant to Chapter 5103. of the Revised Code. In no case shall the director issue a license to operate a type B family child care home if the type B home is certified as a specialized foster home pursuant to Chapter 5103. of the Revised Code. Last updated January 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.35
§ 5153.35. Levying taxes and making appropriations for public children services agency
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The boards of county commissioners shall levy taxes and make appropriations sufficient to enable the public children services agency to perform its functions and duties under this chapter. If the board of county commissioners levies a tax for children services and the children services functions are transferred from a county children services board to the department of children and youth, or from the department of children and youth to a county children services board, the levy shall continue in effect for the period for which it was approved by the electors for the use by the public children services agency that provides children services pursuant to the transfer. In addition to making the usual appropriations, there may be allowed annually to the executive director an amount not to exceed one-half the executive director's official salary to provide for necessary expenses which are incurred by the executive director or the executive director's staff in the performance of their official duties. Upon the order of the executive director, the county auditor shall draw a warrant on the county treasurer payable to the executive director or such other person as the order designates, for such amount as the order requires, not exceeding the amount provided for in this section, and to be paid out of the general fund of the county. The bond of the executive director provided for by section 5153.13 of the Revised Code shall at all times be in sufficient amount to cover the additional appropriations provided for by this section. The executive director, annually, before the first Monday of January, shall file with the auditor a detailed and itemized statement, verified by the executive director, as to the manner in which the fund has been expended during the current year, and if any part of such fund remains in the executive director's hands unexpended, forthwith shall pay that amount into the county treasury. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.01
§ 5123.01. Department of developmental disabilities definitions
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Chief medical officer" means the licensed physician appointed by the managing officer of an institution for persons with intellectual disabilities with the approval of the director of developmental disabilities to provide medical treatment for residents of the institution. (B) "Chief program director" means a person with special training and experience in the diagnosis and management of persons with developmental disabilities, certified according to division (C) of this section in at least one of the designated fields, and appointed by the managing officer of an institution for persons with intellectual disabilities with the approval of the director to provide habilitation and care for residents of the institution. (C) "Comprehensive evaluation" means a study, including a sequence of observations and examinations, of a person leading to conclusions and recommendations formulated jointly, with dissenting opinions if any, by a group of persons with special training and experience in the diagnosis and management of persons with developmental disabilities, which group shall include individuals who are professionally qualified in the fields of medicine, psychology, and social work, together with such other specialists as the individual case may require. (D) "Education" means the process of formal training and instruction to facilitate the intellectual and emotional development of residents. (E) "Habilitation" means the process by which the staff of the institution assists the resident in acquiring and maintaining those life skills that enable the resident to cope more effectively with the demands of the resident's own person and of the resident's environment and in raising the level of the resident's physical, mental, social, and vocational efficiency. Habilitation includes but is not limited to programs of formal, structured education and training. (F) "Health officer" means any public health physician, public health nurse, or other person authorized or designated by a city or general health district. (G) "Home and community-based services" means medicaid-funded home and community-based services specified in division (A)(1) of section 5166.20 of the Revised Code provided under the medicaid waiver components the department of developmental disabilities administers pursuant to section 5166.21 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in section 5123.0412 of the Revised Code, home and community-based services provided under the medicaid waiver component known as the transitions developmental disabilities waiver are to be considered to be home and community-based services for the purposes of this chapter, and Chapters 5124. and 5126. of the Revised Code, only to the extent, if any, provided by the contract required by section 5166.21 of the Revised Code regarding the waiver. (H) "ICF/IID" and "ICF/IID services" have the same meanings as in section 5124.01 of the Revised Code. (I) "Indigent person" means a person who is unable, without substantial financial hardship, to provide for the payment of an attorney and for other necessary expenses of legal representation, including expert testimony. (J) "Institution" means a public or private facility, or a part of a public or private facility, that is licensed by the appropriate state department and is equipped to provide residential habilitation, care, and treatment for persons with intellectual disabilities. (K) "Licensed physician" means a person who holds a valid license issued under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code authorizing the person to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, or a medical officer of the government of the United States while in the performance of the officer's official duties. (L) "Managing officer" means a person who is appointed by the director of developmental disabilities to be in executive control of an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities. (M) "Medicaid case management services" means case management services provided to an individual with a developmental disability that the state medicaid plan requires. (N) "Intellectual disability" means a disability characterized by having significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficiencies in adaptive behavior, manifested during the developmental period. (O) "Person with an intellectual disability subject to institutionalization by court order" means a person eighteen years of age or older with at least a moderate level of intellectual disability and in relation to whom, because of the person's disability, either of the following conditions exists: (1) The person represents a very substantial risk of physical impairment or injury to self as manifested by evidence that the person is unable to provide for and is not providing for the person's most basic physical needs and that provision for those needs is not available in the community; (2) The person needs and is susceptible to significant habilitation in an institution. (P) "Moderate level of intellectual disability" means the condition in which a person, following a comprehensive evaluation, is found to have at least moderate deficits in overall intellectual functioning, as indicated by a full-scale intelligence quotient test score of fifty-five or below, and at least moderate deficits in adaptive behavior, as determined in accordance with the criteria established in the fifth edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders published by the American psychiatric association. (Q) "Developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability that is characterized by all of the following: (1) It is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or a combination of mental and physical impairments, other than a mental or physical impairment solely caused by mental illness, as defined in division (A) of section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. (2) It is manifested before age twenty-two. (3) It is likely to continue indefinitely. (4) It results in one of the following: (a) In the case of a person under three years of age, at least one developmental delay, as defined in rules adopted under section 5123.011 of the Revised Code, or a diagnosed physical or mental condition that has a high probability of resulting in a developmental delay, as defined in those rules; (b) In the case of a person at least three years of age but under six years of age, at least two developmental delays, as defined in rules adopted under section 5123.011 of the Revised Code; (c) In the case of a person six years of age or older, a substantial functional limitation in at least three of the following areas of major life activity, as appropriate for the person's age: self-care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living, and, if the person is at least sixteen years of age, capacity for economic self-sufficiency. (5) It causes the person to need a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or other type of care, treatment, or provision of services for an extended period of time that is individually planned and coordinated for the person. "Developmental disability" includes intellectual disability. (R) "State institution" means an institution that is tax-supported and under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities. (S) "Residence" and "legal residence" have the same meaning as "legal settlement," which is acquired by residing in Ohio for a period of one year without receiving general assistance prior to July 17, 1995, under former Chapter 5113. of the Revised Code, without receiving financial assistance prior to December 31, 2017, under former Chapter 5115. of the Revised Code, or assistance from a private agency that maintains records of assistance given. A person having a legal settlement in the state shall be considered as having legal settlement in the assistance area in which the person resides. No adult person coming into this state and having a spouse or minor children residing in another state shall obtain a legal settlement in this state as long as the spouse or minor children are receiving public assistance, care, or support at the expense of the other state or its subdivisions. For the purpose of determining the legal settlement of a person who is living in a public or private institution or in a home subject to licensing by the department of job and family services, the department of mental health and addiction services, or the department of developmental disabilities, the residence of the person shall be considered as though the person were residing in the county in which the person was living prior to the person's entrance into the institution or home. Settlement once acquired shall continue until a person has been continuously absent from Ohio for a period of one year or has acquired a legal residence in another state. A woman who marries a man with legal settlement in any county immediately acquires the settlement of her husband. The legal settlement of a minor is that of the parents, surviving parent, sole parent, parent who is designated the residential parent and legal custodian by a court, other adult having permanent custody awarded by a court, or guardian of the person of the minor, provided that: (1) A minor female who marries shall be considered to have the legal settlement of her husband and, in the case of death of her husband or divorce, she shall not thereby lose her legal settlement obtained by the marriage. (2) A minor male who marries, establishes a home, and who has resided in this state for one year without receiving general assistance prior to July 17, 1995, under former Chapter 5113. of the Revised Code or assistance from a private agency that maintains records of assistance given shall be considered to have obtained a legal settlement in this state. (3) The legal settlement of a child under eighteen years of age who is in the care or custody of a public or private child caring agency shall not change if the legal settlement of the parent changes until after the child has been in the home of the parent for a period of one year. No person, adult or minor, may establish a legal settlement in this state for the purpose of gaining admission to any state institution. (T)(1) "Resident" means, subject to division (T)(2) of this section, a person who is admitted either voluntarily or involuntarily to an institution or other facility pursuant to section 2945.39 , 2945.40 , 2945.401 , or 2945.402 of the Revised Code subsequent to a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity or incompetence to stand trial or under this chapter who is under observation or receiving habilitation and care in an institution. (2) "Resident" does not include a person admitted to an institution or other facility under section 2945.39 , 2945.40 , 2945.401 , or 2945.402 of the Revised Code to the extent that the reference in this chapter to resident, or the context in which the reference occurs, is in conflict with any provision of sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code. (U) "Respondent" means the person whose detention, commitment, or continued commitment is being sought in any proceeding under this chapter. (V) "Working day" and "court day" mean Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, except when such day is a legal holiday. (W) "Prosecutor" means the prosecuting attorney, village solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer who prosecuted a criminal case in which a person was found not guilty by reason of insanity, who would have had the authority to prosecute a criminal case against a person if the person had not been found incompetent to stand trial, or who prosecuted a case in which a person was found guilty. (X) "Court" means the probate division of the court of common pleas. (Y) "Supported living" and "residential services" have the same meanings as in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.34
§ 5153.34. Acquiring property and equipment
Status: in_force

October 1, 1997 House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly The public children services agency may acquire such property and equipment and purchase such supplies and services as are necessary for the proper conduct of its work, including the ownership, operation, and maintenance of motor vehicles. Neither the director nor an employee of the agency shall sell or supply any article to the agency, or to any institution maintained by such agency, or be personally interested in any contract made by the agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.316 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.316
§ 5101.316. [Former R.C. 122.70, amended and renumbered as R.C. 5101.316 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Board of directors of community action agencies - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The board of directors of a community action agency shall: (A) Select, appoint, and may remove the executive director of the community action agency; (B) Approve contracts, annual program budgets, and policies of the community action agency; (C) Advise the elected officials of any political subdivision located within its service area, and state and federal elected officials who represent its service area, of the nature and extent of poverty within its community, and advise them of any needed changes; (D) Convene public meetings to provide community members the opportunity to comment on public policies and programs to reduce poverty; (E) Annually evaluate the policies and programs of the community action agency according to criteria determined by department of job and family services rule; (F) Submit the results of the evaluation required by division (E) of this section, along with recommendations for improved administration of the community action agency, to the department; (G) Adopt a code of ethics for the board of directors and the employees of the community action agency; (H) Adopt written policies describing all of the following: (1) How the community action agency is to expend and distribute the community services block grant funds that it receives from the division under sections 5101.313 and 5101.315 of the Revised Code; (2) The salary, benefits, travel expenses, and any other compensation that persons are to receive for serving on the community action agency's board of directors; (3) The operating procedures to be used by the board to conduct its meetings, to vote on all official business it considers, and to provide notice of its meetings. The written operating procedures described in this division shall specify the methods by which the board may conduct meetings using virtual electronic technology, and shall specify that the board may provide notice of its meetings by any means deemed appropriate to the board. (I) Provide for the posting of notices in a conspicuous place indicating that the code of ethics described in division (G) of this section and the policies described in division (H) of this section are available for public inspection at the community action agency during normal business hours. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5149.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5149 / § 5149.06
§ 5149.06. Duties of field services section
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 130 - 127th General Assembly One of the primary duties of the field services section is to assist the counties in developing their own probation services on either a single-county or multiple-county basis. The section, within limits of available personnel and funds, may supervise selected probationers from local courts.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.57
§ 5126.57. Approving or disapproving application for residential facility linked deposit loan
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly In reviewing an application for a residential facility linked deposit loan, the eligible lending institution shall apply the same lending standards as it customarily applies to applications for loans for the development of residential property. The lending institution shall either approve or disapprove an application for a residential facility linked deposit loan within a reasonable time, in accordance with commercial practice. If the lending institution approves an application, it shall prepare and transmit each of the following to the county board of developmental disabilities: (A) A certification that it is an eligible lending institution; (B) A statement that it has approved a residential facility linked deposit loan to the eligible organization and the amount of the loan; (C) A copy of the eligible organization's loan application and a copy of the resolution of the eligible organization's board of trustees included with the loan application; (D) Any other information the board of county commissioners requires in the resolution adopted under sections 135.801 and 135.802 of the Revised Code. If the lending institution does not approve an application for a residential facility linked deposit loan, it shall promptly notify the county board of developmental disabilities of such disapproval.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.24
§ 5168.24. Audit
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid may audit a hospital to ensure that the hospital properly pays the amount it is assessed under section 5168.21 of the Revised Code. The department shall take action to recover from a hospital any amount the audit reveals that the hospital should have paid but did not pay. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.14
§ 5155.14. Reserve fund
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly At the request of the superintendent or administrator of the county home, the board of county commissioners or operator shall set apart from the county home fund, a reserve fund not to exceed five thousand dollars at any time, which, upon the order of the board or operator shall be paid to the superintendent or administrator and expended as needed for emergency supplies and expenses. The superintendent or administrator shall keep an accurate account of the reserve fund, in a book to be provided at the expense of the county for that purpose, and all expenditures from it shall be audited by the board or operator. The county home fund shall be reimbursed by the superintendent or administrator, in full, for any items expended by the superintendent or administrator from the reserve fund, which items are not allowed by the board or operator. When, and as often as such amount is entirely disbursed, on the order of the board or operator, the county auditor shall pay to the superintendent or administrator the amount so appropriated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.15
§ 5165.15. Calculation of payments to nursing facility providers
Status: in_force

July 4, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided by sections 5165.151 to 5165.158 and 5165.34 of the Revised Code, the total per medicaid day payment rate that the department of medicaid shall pay a nursing facility provider for nursing facility services the provider's nursing facility provides during a state fiscal year shall be determined as follows: (A) Determine the sum of all of the following: (1) The per medicaid day payment rate for ancillary and support costs determined for the nursing facility under section 5165.16 of the Revised Code; (2) The per medicaid day payment rate for capital costs determined for the nursing facility under section 5165.17 of the Revised Code; (3) The per medicaid day payment rate for direct care costs determined for the nursing facility under section 5165.19 of the Revised Code; (4) The per medicaid day payment rate for tax costs determined for the nursing facility under section 5165.21 of the Revised Code; (5) If the nursing facility qualifies as a critical access nursing facility, the nursing facility's critical access incentive payment paid under section 5165.23 of the Revised Code. (B) To the sum determined under division (A) of this section, add sixteen dollars and forty-four cents. (C) To the sum determined under division (B) of this section, add the per medicaid day quality incentive payment rate determined for the nursing facility under section 5165.26 of the Revised Code. (D) If the nursing facility qualifies as a low occupancy nursing facility, subtract from the sum determined under division (C) of this section the nursing facility's low occupancy deduction determined under section 5165.23 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 5, 2023 at 3:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.521 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.521
§ 5124.521. Withholding from medicaid payment due exiting operator
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (C), and (D) of this section, the department of developmental disabilities may withhold from payment due an exiting operator under the medicaid program the total amount specified in the notice provided under division (C) of section 5124.52 of the Revised Code that the exiting operator owes or may owe to the department and United States centers for medicare and medicaid services under the medicaid program. (B) In the case of a change of operator and subject to division (E) of this section, the following shall apply regarding a withholding under division (A) of this section if the exiting operator or entering operator or an affiliated operator executes a successor liability agreement meeting the requirements of division (F) of this section: (1) If the exiting operator, entering operator, or affiliated operator assumes liability for the total, actual amount of debt the exiting operator owes the department and the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services under the medicaid program as determined under section 5124.525 of the Revised Code, the department shall not make the withholding. (2) If the exiting operator, entering operator, or affiliated operator assumes liability for only the portion of the amount specified in division (B)(1) of this section that represents the franchise permit fee the exiting operator owes, the department shall withhold not more than the difference between the total amount specified in the notice provided under division (C) of section 5124.52 of the Revised Code and the amount for which the exiting operator, entering operator, or affiliated operator assumes liability. (C) In the case of a voluntary termination or facility closure and subject to division (E) of this section, the following shall apply regarding a withholding under division (A) of this section if the exiting operator or an affiliated operator executes a successor liability agreement meeting the requirements of division (F) of this section: (1) If the exiting operator or affiliated operator assumes liability for the total, actual amount of debt the exiting operator owes the department and the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services under the medicaid program as determined under section 5124.525 of the Revised Code, the department shall not make the withholding. (2) If the exiting operator or affiliated operator assumes liability for only the portion of the amount specified in division (C)(1) of this section that represents the franchise permit fee the exiting operator owes, the department shall withhold not more than the difference between the total amount specified in the notice provided under division (C) of section 5124.52 of the Revised Code and the amount for which the exiting operator or affiliated operator assumes liability. (D) In the case of an involuntary termination and subject to division (E) of this section, the following shall apply regarding a withholding under division (A) of this section if the exiting operator, the entering operator, or an affiliated operator executes a successor liability agreement meeting the requirements of division (F) of this section and the department approves the successor liability agreement: (1) If the exiting operator, entering operator, or affiliated operator assumes liability for the total, actual amount of debt the exiting operator owes the department and the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services under the medicaid program as determined under section 5124.525 of the Revised Code, the department shall not make the withholding. (2) If the exiting operator, entering operator, or affiliated operator assumes liability for only the portion of the amount specified in division (D)(1) of this section that represents the franchise permit fee the exiting operator owes, the department shall withhold not more than the difference between the total amount specified in the notice provided under division (C) of section 5124.52 of the Revised Code and the amount for which the exiting operator, entering operator, or affiliated operator assumes liability. (E) For an exiting operator or affiliated operator to be eligible to enter into a successor liability agreement under division (B), (C), or (D) of this section, both of the following must apply: (1) The exiting operator or affiliated operator must have one or more valid provider agreements, other than the provider agreement for the ICF/IID that is the subject of the involuntary termination, voluntary termination, facility closure, or change of operator; (2) During the twelve-month period preceding either the effective date of the involuntary termination or the month in which the department receives the notice of the voluntary termination or facility closure under section 5124.50 of the Revised Code or the notice of the change of operator under section 5124.51 of the Revised Code, the average monthly medicaid payment made to the exiting operator or affiliated operator pursuant to the exiting operator's or affiliated operator's one or more provider agreements, other than the provider agreement for the ICF/IID that is the subject of the involuntary termination, voluntary termination, facility closure, or change of operator, must equal at least ninety per cent of the sum of the following: (a) The average monthly medicaid payment made to the exiting operator pursuant to the exiting operator's provider agreement for the ICF/IID that is the subject of the involuntary termination, voluntary termination, facility closure, or change of operator; (b) Whichever of the following apply: (i) If the exiting operator or affiliated operator has assumed liability under one or more other successor liability agreements, the total amount for which the exiting operator or affiliated operator has assumed liability under the other successor liability agreements; (ii) If the exiting operator or affiliated operator has not assumed liability under any other successor liability agreements, zero. (F) A successor liability agreement executed under this section must comply with all of the following: (1) It must provide for the operator who executes the successor liability agreement to assume liability for either of the following as specified in the agreement: (a) The total, actual amount of debt the exiting operator owes the department and the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services under the medicaid program as determined under section 5124.525 of the Revised Code; (b) The portion of the amount specified in division (F)(1)(a) of this section that represents the franchise permit fee the exiting operator owes. (2) It may not require the operator who executes the successor liability agreement to furnish a surety bond. (3) It must provide that the department, after determining under section 5124.525 of the Revised Code the actual amount of debt the exiting operator owes the department and United States centers for medicare and medicaid services under the medicaid program, may deduct the lesser of the following from medicaid payments made to the operator who executes the successor liability agreement: (a) The total, actual amount of debt the exiting operator owes the department and the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services under the medicaid program as determined under section 5124.525 of the Revised Code; (b) The amount for which the operator who executes the successor liability agreement assumes liability under the agreement. (4) It must provide that the deductions authorized by division (F)(3) of this section are to be made for a number of months, not to exceed six, agreed to by the operator who executes the successor liability agreement and the department or, if the operator who executes the successor liability agreement and department cannot agree on a number of months that is less than six, a greater number of months determined by the attorney general pursuant to a claims collection process authorized by statute of this state. (5) It must provide that, if the attorney general determines the number of months for which the deductions authorized by division (F)(3) of this section are to be made, the operator who executes the successor liability agreement shall pay, in addition to the amount collected pursuant to the attorney general's claims collection process, the part of the amount so collected that, if not for division (H) of this section, would be required by section 109.081 of the Revised Code to be paid into the attorney general claims fund. (G) Execution of a successor liability agreement does not waive an exiting operator's right to contest the amount specified in the notice the department provides the exiting operator under division (C) of section 5124.52 of the Revised Code. (H) Notwithstanding section 109.081 of the Revised Code, the entire amount that the attorney general, whether by employees or agents of the attorney general or by special counsel appointed pursuant to section 109.08 of the Revised Code, collects under a successor liability agreement, other than the additional amount the operator who executes the agreement is required by division (F)(5) of this section to pay, shall be paid to the department of developmental disabilities for deposit into the appropriate fund. The additional amount that the operator is required to pay shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the attorney general claims fund created under section 109.081 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.601 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.601
§ 5123.601. Access to information by staff and attorneys
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The Ohio protection and advocacy system staff, and attorneys designated by the system to represent persons detained, hospitalized, or institutionalized under this chapter or Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code shall have ready access to all of the following: (1) During normal business hours and at other reasonable times, all records, except records of community residential facilities and records of contract agencies of county boards of developmental disabilities and boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, relating to expenditures of state and federal funds or to the commitment, care, treatment, and habilitation of all persons represented by the Ohio protection and advocacy system, including those who may be represented pursuant to division (D) of this section, or persons detained, hospitalized, institutionalized, or receiving services under this chapter or Chapter 340., 5119., 5122., or 5126. of the Revised Code that are records maintained by the following entities providing services for those persons: departments; institutions; hospitals; boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services; county boards of developmental disabilities; and any other entity providing services to persons who may be represented by the Ohio protection and advocacy system pursuant to division (D) of this section; (2) Any records maintained in computerized data banks of the departments or boards or, in the case of persons who may be represented by the Ohio protection and advocacy system pursuant to division (D) of this section, any other entity that provides services to those persons; (3) During their normal working hours, personnel of the departments, facilities, boards, agencies, institutions, hospitals, and other service-providing entities; (4) At any time, all persons detained, hospitalized, or institutionalized; persons receiving services under this chapter or Chapter 340., 5119., 5122., or 5126. of the Revised Code; and persons who may be represented by the Ohio protection and advocacy system pursuant to division (D) of this section. (5) Records of a community residential facility, a contract agency of a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, or a contract agency of a county board of developmental disabilities with one of the following consents: (a) The consent of the person, including when the person is a minor or has been adjudicated incompetent; (b) The consent of the person's guardian of the person, if any, or the parent if the person is a minor; (c) No consent, if the person is unable to consent for any reason, and the guardian of the person, if any, or the parent of the minor, has refused to consent or has not responded to a request for consent and either of the following has occurred: (i) A complaint regarding the person has been received by the Ohio protection and advocacy system; (ii) The Ohio protection and advocacy system has determined that there is probable cause to believe that such person has been subjected to abuse or neglect. (B) All records received or maintained by the Ohio protection and advocacy system in connection with any investigation, representation, or other activity under this section shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except as authorized by the person represented by the Ohio protection and advocacy system or, subject to any privilege, a guardian of the person or parent of the minor. Relationships between personnel and the agents of the Ohio protection and advocacy system and its clients shall be fiduciary relationships, and all communications shall be privileged as if between attorney and client. (C) The Ohio protection and advocacy system may compel by subpoena the appearance and sworn testimony of any person the Ohio protection and advocacy system reasonably believes may be able to provide information or to produce any documents, books, records, papers, or other information necessary to carry out its duties. On the refusal of any person to produce or authenticate any requested documents, the Ohio protection and advocacy system may apply to the Franklin county court of common pleas to compel the production or authentication of requested documents. If the court finds that failure to produce or authenticate any requested documents was improper, the court may hold the person in contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court, or a refusal to testify in the court. (D) In addition to providing services to persons with mental illness or persons with developmental disabilities, when a grant authorizing the provision of services to other individuals is accepted by the Ohio protection and advocacy system, the Ohio protection and advocacy system may provide advocacy to those other individuals and exercise any other authority granted by this section on behalf of those individuals. Determinations of whether an individual is eligible for services under this division shall be made by the Ohio protection and advocacy system. (E) The authority of the Ohio protection and advocacy system and its staff under this section shall not exceed the authority of an entity designated as a state protection and advocacy system specified in section 143 of the "Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000," 42. U.S.C. 15043. Last updated October 4, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.25
§ 5180.25. [Former R.C. 3701.614, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 1/1/2025] Educational materials regarding health risks of lead-based paint
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth shall develop educational materials describing the health risks of lead-based paint and measures that may be taken to reduce those risks. (B) As part of the home visiting services described in section 5180.21 of the Revised Code, each eligible family residing in a house, apartment, or other residence built before January 1, 1979, shall receive a copy of the educational materials described in this section. If the date on which the residence was built is unknown to the family or home visiting services provider, the family shall receive a copy of the educational materials. (C) The educational materials developed and distributed under this section shall be culturally and linguistically appropriate for the families described in division (B) of this section. Last updated January 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.21
§ 5168.21. Additional annual assessment
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) For the purposes specified in section 5168.25 of the Revised Code and subject to section 5168.28 of the Revised Code, there is hereby imposed an assessment on all hospitals each assessment program year. The amount of a hospital's assessment for an assessment program year shall equal the applicable assessment percentage of the hospital's total facility costs for the period of time specified in division (B) of this section. The amount of a hospital's total facility costs shall be derived from cost-reporting data for the hospital submitted to the department of medicaid for purposes of the hospital care assurance program. If a hospital has not submitted that cost-reporting data to the department, the amount of a hospital's total facility costs shall be derived from other financial statements that the hospital shall provide to the department as directed by the department. The cost-reporting data or financial statements used to determine a hospital's assessment is subject to the same type of adjustments made to the cost-reporting data under the hospital care assurance program. (B) The period of time specified in this division is the hospital's cost reporting period that ends in the state fiscal year that ends in the federal fiscal year that precedes the federal fiscal year that precedes the assessment program year for which the assessment is imposed. (C) The assessment imposed by this section on a hospital is in addition to the assessment imposed by section 5168.06 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.0418 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.0418
§ 5123.0418. Additional uses of funds
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) In addition to other authority granted the director of developmental disabilities for use of funds appropriated to the department of developmental disabilities, the director may use such funds for the following purposes: (1) All of the following to assist persons with developmental disabilities remain in the community and avoid institutionalization: (a) Behavioral and short-term interventions; (b) Residential services; (c) Supported living. (2) Respite care services; (3) Staff training to help the following personnel serve persons with developmental disabilities in the community: (a) Employees of, and personnel under contract with, county boards of developmental disabilities; (b) Employees of providers of supported living; (c) Employees of providers of residential services; (d) Other personnel the director identifies. (B) The director may establish priorities for using funds for the purposes specified in division (A) of this section. The director shall use the funds in a manner consistent with the appropriations that authorize the director to use the funds and all other state and federal laws governing the use of the funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.132 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.132
§ 5120.132. Prisoner programs fund
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the prisoner programs fund. The director of rehabilitation and correction shall deposit in the fund all moneys received by the department from commissions on telephone systems and services provided to prisoners in relation to electronic mail, prisoner trust fund deposits, and the purchase of music, digital music players, and other electronic devices. The money in the fund shall be used only to pay for the costs of the following: (1) The purchase of material, supplies, and equipment used in any library program, educational program, religious program, recreational program, or pre-release program operated by the department for the benefit of prisoners; (2) The construction, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of buildings and structures owned by the department for use in any library program, educational program, religious program, recreational program, or pre-release program operated by the department for the benefit of prisoners; (3) The payment of salary, wages, and other compensation to employees of the department who are employed in any library program, educational program, religious program, recreational program, or pre-release program operated by the department for the benefit of prisoners; (4) The compensation to vendors that contract with the department for the provision of services for the benefit of prisoners in any library program, educational program, religious program, recreational program, or pre-release program operated by the department; (5) The payment of prisoner release payments in an appropriate amount as determined pursuant to rule; (6) The purchase of other goods and the payment of other services that are determined, in the discretion of the director, to be goods and services that may provide additional benefit to prisoners. (B) The director shall establish rules for the operation of the prisoner programs fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.011
§ 5123.011. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to do both of the following: (A) Define "developmental delay"; (B) For the purpose of division (Q)(4)(c) of section 5123.01 and division (F)(4)(c) of section 5126.01 of the Revised Code, specify how to determine whether a person six years of age or older has a substantial functional limitation in a major life activity as appropriate for the person's age.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.4214 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.4214
§ 5180.4214. [Former R.C. 5101.1417, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Rules to carry out federal foster care, adoption, and kinship guardianship assistance
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of children and youth shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 5180.42 , 5180.428 , and 5180.4213 of the Revised Code, and 42 U.S.C. 673(d) of the "Social Security Act," including rules that do all of the following: (A) Allow a kinship guardianship young adult described in division (C) of section 5180.428 of the Revised Code on whose behalf kinship guardianship assistance is received, to maintain eligibility while transitioning into, or out of, qualified employment or educational activities; (B) Require that a thirty-day notice of termination be given by the department to a person receiving kinship guardianship assistance for a kinship guardianship young adult described in division (C) of section 5180.428 of the Revised Code, who is determined to be ineligible for assistance. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.031
§ 5120.031. Pilot program of shock incarceration
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Certificate of high school equivalence" means either: (a) A statement that is issued by the department of education and workforce that indicates that its holder has achieved the equivalent of a high school education as measured by scores obtained on a high school equivalency test approved by the department of education and workforce pursuant to division (B) of section 3301.80 of the Revised Code; (b) A statement that is issued by a primary-secondary education or higher education agency of another state that indicates that its holder has achieved the equivalent of a high school education as measured by scores obtained on a similar nationally recognized high school equivalency test. (2) "Certificate of adult basic education" means a statement that is issued by the department of rehabilitation and correction through the Ohio central school system approved by the department of education and workforce and that indicates that its holder has achieved a 6.0 grade level, or higher, as measured by scores of nationally standardized or recognized tests. (3) "Deadly weapon" and "firearm" have the same meanings as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (4) "Eligible offender" means a person, other than one who is ineligible to participate in an intensive program prison under the criteria specified in section 5120.032 of the Revised Code, who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to, and has been sentenced for, a felony. (5) "Shock incarceration" means the program of incarceration that is established pursuant to the rules of the department of rehabilitation and correction adopted under this section. (B)(1) The director of rehabilitation and correction, by rules adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall establish a pilot program of shock incarceration that may be used for offenders who are sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment under the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction, whom the department determines to be eligible offenders, and whom the department, subject to the approval of the sentencing judge, may permit to serve their sentence as a sentence of shock incarceration in accordance with this section. (2) The rules for the pilot program shall require that the program be established at an appropriate state correctional institution designated by the director and that the program consist of both of the following for each eligible offender whom the department, with the approval of the sentencing judge, permits to serve the eligible offender's sentence as a sentence of shock incarceration: (a) A period of imprisonment at that institution of ninety days that shall consist of a military style combination of discipline, physical training, and hard labor and substance abuse education, employment skills training, social skills training, and psychological treatment. During the ninety-day period, the department may permit an eligible offender to participate in a self-help program. Additionally, during the ninety-day period, an eligible offender who holds a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalence may be permitted to tutor other eligible offenders in the shock incarceration program. If an eligible offender does not hold a high school diploma or certificate of high school equivalence, the eligible offender may elect to participate in an education program that is designed to award a certificate of adult basic education or an education program that is designed to award a certificate of high school equivalence to those eligible offenders who successfully complete the education program, whether the completion occurs during or subsequent to the ninety-day period. To the extent possible, the department shall use as teachers in the education program persons who have been issued a license pursuant to sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code, who have volunteered their services to the education program, and who satisfy any other criteria specified in the rules for the pilot project. (b) Immediately following the ninety-day period of imprisonment, and notwithstanding any other provision governing the early release of a prisoner from imprisonment or the transfer of a prisoner to transitional control, one of the following, as determined by the director: (i) An intermediate, transitional type of detention for the period of time determined by the director and, immediately following the intermediate, transitional type of detention, a release under a post-release control sanction imposed in accordance with section 2967.28 of the Revised Code. The period of intermediate, transitional type of detention imposed by the director under this division may be in a halfway house, in a community-based correctional facility and program or district community-based correctional facility and program established under sections 2301.51 to 2301.58 of the Revised Code, or in any other facility approved by the director that provides for detention to serve as a transition between imprisonment in a state correctional institution and release from imprisonment. (ii) A release under a post-release control sanction imposed in accordance with section 2967.28 of the Revised Code. (3) The rules for the pilot program also shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Rules identifying the locations within the state correctional institution designated by the director that will be used for eligible offenders serving a sentence of shock incarceration; (b) Rules establishing specific schedules of discipline, physical training, and hard labor for eligible offenders serving a sentence of shock incarceration, based upon the offender's physical condition and needs; (c) Rules establishing standards and criteria for the department to use in determining which eligible offenders the department will permit to serve their sentence of imprisonment as a sentence of shock incarceration; (d) Rules establishing guidelines for the selection of post-release control sanctions for eligible offenders; (e) Rules establishing procedures for notifying sentencing courts of the performance of eligible offenders serving their sentences of imprisonment as a sentence of shock incarceration; (f) Any other rules that are necessary for the proper conduct of the pilot program. (C)(1) If an offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment under the custody of the department, if the sentencing court either recommends the offender for placement in a program of shock incarceration under this section or makes no recommendation on placement of the offender, and if the department determines that the offender is an eligible offender for placement in a program of shock incarceration under this section, the department may permit the eligible offender to serve the sentence in a program of shock incarceration, in accordance with division (I) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code, with this section, and with the rules adopted under this section. If the sentencing court disapproves placement of the offender in a program of shock incarceration, the department shall not place the offender in any program of shock incarceration. If the sentencing court recommends the offender for placement in a program of shock incarceration and if the department subsequently places the offender in the recommended program, the department shall notify the court of the offender's placement in the recommended program and shall include with the notice a brief description of the placement. If the sentencing court recommends placement of the offender in a program of shock incarceration and the department for any reason does not subsequently place the offender in the recommended program, the department shall send a notice to the court indicating why the offender was not placed in the recommended program. If the sentencing court does not make a recommendation on the placement of an offender in a program of shock incarceration and if the department determines that the offender is an eligible offender for placement in a program of that nature, the department shall screen the offender and determine if the offender is suited for the program of shock incarceration. If the offender is suited for the program of shock incarceration, at least three weeks prior to permitting an eligible offender to serve the sentence in a program of shock incarceration, the department shall notify the sentencing court of the proposed placement of the offender in the program and shall include with the notice a brief description of the placement. The court shall have ten days from receipt of the notice to disapprove the placement. If the sentencing court disapproves of the placement, the department shall not permit the eligible offender to serve the sentence in a program of shock incarceration. If the judge does not timely disapprove of placement of the offender in the program of shock incarceration, the department may proceed with plans for placement of the offender. If the department determines that the offender is not eligible for placement in a program of shock incarceration, the department shall not place the offender in any program of shock incarceration. (2) If the department permits an eligible offender to serve the eligible offender's sentence of imprisonment as a sentence of shock incarceration and the eligible offender does not satisfactorily complete the entire period of imprisonment described in division (B)(2)(a) of this section, the offender shall be removed from the pilot program for shock incarceration and shall be required to serve the remainder of the offender's sentence of imprisonment imposed by the sentencing court as a regular term of imprisonment. If the eligible offender commences a period of post-release control described in division (B)(2)(b) of this section and violates the conditions of that post-release control, the eligible offender shall be subject to the provisions of sections 2929.141 , 2967.15 , and 2967.28 of the Revised Code regarding violation of post-release control sanctions. (3) If an eligible offender's stated prison term expires at any time during the eligible offender's participation in the shock incarceration program, the adult parole authority shall terminate the eligible offender's participation in the program and shall issue to the eligible offender a certificate of expiration of the stated prison term. (D) The director shall keep sentencing courts informed of the performance of eligible offenders serving their sentences of imprisonment as a sentence of shock incarceration, including, but not limited to, notice of eligible offenders who fail to satisfactorily complete their entire sentence of shock incarceration or who satisfactorily complete their entire sentence of shock incarceration. (E) Within a reasonable period of time after November 20, 1990, the director shall appoint a committee to search for one or more suitable sites at which one or more programs of shock incarceration, in addition to the pilot program required by division (B)(1) of this section, may be established. The search committee shall consist of the director or the director's designee, as chairperson; employees of the department of rehabilitation and correction appointed by the director; and any other persons that the director, in the director's discretion, appoints. In searching for such sites, the search committee shall give preference to any site owned by the state or any other governmental entity and to any existing structure that reasonably could be renovated, enlarged, converted, or remodeled for purposes of establishing such a program. The search committee shall prepare a report concerning its activities and, on the earlier of the day that is twelve months after the first day on which an eligible offender began serving a sentence of shock incarceration under the pilot program or January 1, 1992, shall file the report with the president and the minority leader of the senate, the speaker and the minority leader of the house of representatives, the members of the senate who were members of the senate judiciary committee in the 118th general assembly or their successors, and the members of the house of representatives who were members of the select committee to hear drug legislation that was established in the 118th general assembly or their successors. Upon the filing of the report, the search committee shall terminate. The report required by this division shall contain all of the following: (1) A summary of the process used by the search committee in performing its duties under this division; (2) A summary of all of the sites reviewed by the search committee in performing its duties under this division, and the benefits and disadvantages it found relative to the establishment of a program of shock incarceration at each such site; (3) The findings and recommendations of the search committee as to the suitable site or sites, if any, at which a program of shock incarceration, in addition to the pilot program required by division (B)(1) of this section, may be established. (F) The director periodically shall review the pilot program for shock incarceration required to be established by division (B)(1) of this section. The director shall prepare a report relative to the pilot program and, on the earlier of the day that is twelve months after the first day on which an eligible offender began serving a sentence of shock incarceration under the pilot program or January 1, 1992, shall file the report with the president and the minority leader of the senate, the speaker and the minority leader of the house of representatives, the members of the senate who were members of the senate judiciary committee in the 118th general assembly or their successors, and the members of the house of representatives who were members of the select committee to hear drug legislation that was established in the 118th general assembly or their successors. The pilot program shall not terminate at the time of the filing of the report, but shall continue in operation in accordance with this section. The report required by this division shall include all of the following: (1) A summary of the pilot program as initially established, a summary of all changes in the pilot program made during the period covered by the report and the reasons for the changes, and a summary of the pilot program as it exists on the date of preparation of the report; (2) A summary of the effectiveness of the pilot program, in the opinion of the director and employees of the department involved in its operation; (3) An analysis of the total cost of the pilot program, of its cost per inmate who was permitted to serve a sentence of shock incarceration and who served the entire sentence of shock incarceration, and of its cost per inmate who was permitted to serve a sentence of shock incarceration; (4) A summary of the standards and criteria used by the department in determining which eligible offenders were permitted to serve their sentence of imprisonment as a sentence of shock incarceration; (5) A summary of the characteristics of the eligible offenders who were permitted to serve their sentence of imprisonment as a sentence of shock incarceration, which summary shall include, but not be limited to, a listing of every offense of which any such eligible offender was convicted or to which any such eligible offender pleaded guilty and in relation to which the eligible offender served a sentence of shock incarceration, and the total number of such eligible offenders who were convicted of or pleaded guilty to each such offense; (6) A listing of the number of eligible offenders who were permitted to serve a sentence of shock incarceration and who did not serve the entire sentence of shock incarceration, and, to the extent possible, a summary of the length of the terms of imprisonment served by such eligible offenders after they were removed from the pilot program; (7) A summary of the effect of the pilot program on overcrowding at state correctional institutions; (8) To the extent possible, an analysis of the rate of recidivism of eligible offenders who were permitted to serve a sentence of shock incarceration and who served the entire sentence of shock incarceration; (9) Recommendations as to legislative changes to the pilot program that would assist in its operation or that could further alleviate overcrowding at state correctional institutions, and recommendations as to whether the pilot program should be expanded. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 11:32 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.424 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.424
§ 5180.424. [Former R.C. 5101.147, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Title IV-E placement services agencies - notice of noncompliance
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly If a public children services agency fails to comply with the fiscal accountability procedures established by the department of children and youth, the department shall notify the board of county commissioners of the county served by the agency. If a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency fails to comply with the fiscal accountability procedures, the department shall notify the executive director of each public children services agency that has entered into a contract for services with the private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.79
§ 5168.79. Determination of higher fee
Status: in_force

June 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly If the department of medicaid determines that the amount of a franchise fee that a health insuring corporation paid is less than the amount it should have paid, the department shall notify the health insuring corporation. Except as otherwise provided by the results of a reconsideration conducted under section 5168.80 of the Revised Code, the health insuring corporation shall pay the amount due.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.04
§ 5155.04. Bond
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon official duties, the superintendent or administrator of the county home shall give bond as the board of county commissioners or operator requires, with a surety acceptable to the board or operator, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of that office. The bond, with the approval of the board or operator and the oath of office of the superintendent or administrator, required by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code and by Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, endorsed on it, shall be deposited with the county treasurer and kept in the treasurer's office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5145.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5145 / § 5145.24
§ 5145.24. Administrative release for certain escapees
Status: in_force

March 17, 1998 Senate Bill 111 - 122nd General Assembly (A) The director of rehabilitation and correction may grant an administrative release, as defined in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code, to a prisoner who escaped from a state correctional institution and whose whereabouts are unknown when both of the following apply: (1) The ninetieth anniversary of the prisoner's birth has passed; (2) A period of at least twenty years has passed since the date of the prisoner's escape. (B) The director shall adopt rules pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code for the granting of an administrative release under this section. (C) An administrative release granted under this section does not operate to restore the rights and privileges forfeited by conviction as provided in section 2961.01 of the Revised Code. (D) The authority to grant an administrative release that is contained in this section is independent of the administrative release provisions contained in section 2967.17 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.892 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.892
§ 5101.892. Office duties; annual report
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The youth and family ombudsmen office shall perform all of the following duties: (A) Receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve complaints from citizens, including children in the custody of a public children services agency or in the care and placement of a Title IV-E agency, related to government services regarding child protective services, foster care, and adoption; (B) Establish procedures for receiving, investigating, and resolving complaints, consistent with state and federal law; (C) Provide an annual report to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, president of the senate, minority leadership of the house of representatives and senate, the director of job and family services, the director of children and youth, and representatives of the overcoming hurdles in Ohio youth advisory board. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5145.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5145 / § 5145.01
§ 5145.01. Length of sentences
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 130 - 127th General Assembly Courts shall impose sentences to a state correctional institution for felonies pursuant to sections 2929.13 and 2929.14 of the Revised Code. All prison terms may be ended in the manner provided by law, but no prison term shall exceed the maximum term provided for the felony of which the prisoner was convicted as extended pursuant to section 2929.141 or 2967.28 of the Revised Code. If a prisoner is sentenced for two or more separate felonies, the prisoner's term of imprisonment shall run as a concurrent sentence, except if the consecutive sentence provisions of sections 2929.14 and 2929.41 of the Revised Code apply. If sentenced consecutively, for the purposes of sections 5145.01 to 5145.27 of the Revised Code, the prisoner shall be held to be serving one continuous term of imprisonment. If a court imposes a sentence to a state correctional institution for a felony of the fourth or fifth degree, the department of rehabilitation and correction, notwithstanding the court's designation of a state correctional institution as the place of service of the sentence, may designate that the person sentenced is to be housed in a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse if authorized pursuant to section 5120.161 of the Revised Code. If, through oversight or otherwise, a person is sentenced to a state correctional institution under a definite term for an offense for which a definite term of imprisonment is not provided by statute, the sentence shall not thereby become void, but the person shall be subject to the liabilities of such sections and receive the benefits thereof, as if the person had been sentenced in the manner required by this section. As used in this section, "prison term" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.21
§ 5101.21. Written grant agreements between director and county
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 5101.21 to 5101.212 of the Revised Code: (1) "County grantee" means all of the following: (a) A board of county commissioners; (b) A county children services board appointed under section 5153.03 of the Revised Code; (c) A county elected official that is a child support enforcement agency. (2) "County subgrant" means a grant that a county grantee awards to another entity. (3) "County subgrant agreement" means an agreement between a county grantee and another entity under which the county grantee awards the other entity one or more county subgrants. (4) "Fiscal biennial period" means a two-year period beginning on the first day of July of an odd-numbered year and ending on the last day of June of the next odd-numbered year. (5) "Grant" means an award for one or more family services duties of federal financial assistance that a federal agency provides in the form of money, or property in lieu of money, to the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth and that either department awards to a county grantee. "Grant" may include state funds the department awards to a county grantee to match the federal financial assistance. "Grant" does not mean either of the following: (a) Technical assistance that provides services instead of money; (b) Other assistance provided in the form of revenue sharing, loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies, or insurance. (6) "Grant agreement" means an agreement between the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth and a county grantee under which either department awards the county grantee one or more grants. (B) The director of job and family services and the director of children and youth may award grants to counties only through grant agreements entered into under this section. (C) The directors shall enter into one or more written grant agreements with the county grantees of each county. If a county has multiple county grantees, the director shall jointly enter into the grant agreement with all of the county grantees. Except as provided in rules adopted under this section, subsequent grant agreements shall be entered into before the first day of each successive fiscal biennial period and shall be in effect for that fiscal biennial period or, in the case of a grant agreement entered into after the first day of a fiscal biennial period and except as provided by section 5101.211 of the Revised Code, for the remainder of the fiscal biennial period. A grant agreement shall do all of the following: (1) Comply with all of the conditions, requirements, and restrictions applicable to the family services duties for which the grants included in the agreement are awarded, including the conditions, requirements, and restrictions established by the department, federal or state law, state plans for receipt of federal financial participation, agreements between the departments and a federal agency, and executive orders issued by the governor; (2) Establish terms and conditions governing the accountability for and use of the grants included in the grant agreement; (3) Specify both of the following: (a) The family services duties for which the grants included in the agreement are awarded; (b) The private and government entities designated under section 307.981 of the Revised Code to serve as the county family services agencies performing the family services duties; (4) Provide for the department of job and family services and the department of children and youth to award the grants included in the agreement in accordance with a methodology for determining the amount of the award established by rules adopted under this section; (5) Specify the form of the grants which may be a cash draw, reimbursement, property, advance, working capital advance, or other forms specified in rules adopted under this section; (6) Provide that the grants are subject to the availability of federal funds and appropriations made by the general assembly; (7) Specify annual financial, administrative, or other incentive awards, if any, to be provided in accordance with section 5101.23 of the Revised Code; (8) Include the assurance of each county grantee that the county grantee will do all of the following: (a) Ensure that the grants included in the agreement are used, and the family services duties for which the grants are awarded are performed, in accordance with conditions, requirements, and restrictions applicable to the duties established by the departments, a federal or state law, state plans for receipt of federal financial participation, agreements between the departments and a federal agency, and executive orders issued by the governor; (b) Utilize a financial management system and other accountability mechanisms for the grants awarded under the agreement that meet requirements the departments establish; (c) Do all of the following with regard to a county subgrant: (i) Award the subgrant through a written county subgrant agreement that requires the entity awarded the county subgrant to comply with all conditions, requirements, and restrictions applicable to the county grantee regarding the grant that the county grantee subgrants to the entity, including the conditions, requirements, and restrictions of this section; (ii) Monitor the entity that is awarded the subgrant to ensure that the entity uses the subgrant in accordance with conditions, requirements, and restrictions applicable to the family services duties for which the subgrant is awarded; (iii) Take action to recover subgrants that are not used in accordance with the conditions, requirements, or restrictions applicable to the family services duties for which the subgrant is awarded. (d) Promptly reimburse the departments the amount that represents the amount the county grantee is responsible for, pursuant to action the departments take under division (C) of section 5101.24 of the Revised Code, of funds the departments pay to any entity because of an adverse audit finding, adverse quality control finding, final disallowance of federal financial participation, or other sanction or penalty; (e) Take prompt corrective action, including paying amounts resulting from an adverse finding, sanction, or penalty, if the departments, auditor of state, federal agency, or other entity authorized by federal or state law to determine compliance with the conditions, requirements, and restrictions applicable to a family services duty for which a grant included in the agreement is awarded determines compliance has not been achieved; (f) Ensure that any matching funds, regardless of the source, that the county grantee manages are clearly identified and used in accordance with federal and state laws and the agreement. (9) Provide for the departments taking action pursuant to division (C) of section 5101.24 of the Revised Code if authorized by division (B)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of that section; (10) Provide for timely audits required by federal and state law and require prompt release of audit findings and prompt action to correct problems identified in an audit; (11) Provide for administrative review procedures in accordance with section 5101.24 of the Revised Code; (12) Establish the method of amending or terminating the agreement and an expedited process for correcting terms or conditions of the agreement that the directors and each county grantee agree are erroneous. (D) A grant agreement does not have to be amended for a county grantee to be required to comply with a new or amended condition, requirement, or restriction for a family services duty established by federal or state law, state plan for receipt of federal financial participation, agreement between the departments and a federal agency, or executive order issued by the governor. (E) The departments shall make payments authorized by a grant agreement on vouchers they prepare and may include any funds appropriated or allocated to them for carrying out family services duties for which a grant included in the agreement is awarded, including funds for personal services and maintenance. (F)(1) The directors shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code governing grant agreements. The directors shall adopt the rules as if they were internal management rules. Before adopting the rules, the directors shall give the public an opportunity to review and comment on the proposed rules. The rules shall establish methodologies to be used to determine the amount of the grants included in the agreements. The rules also shall establish terms and conditions under which an agreement may be entered into after the first day of a fiscal biennial period. The rules may do any or all of the following: (a) Govern the award of grants included in grant agreements, including the establishment of, and restrictions on, the form of the grants and the distribution of the grants; (b) Specify allowable uses of the grants included in the agreements; (c) Establish reporting, cash management, audit, and other requirements the directors determine are necessary to provide accountability for the use of the grants included in the agreements and determine compliance with conditions, requirements, and restrictions established by the departments, a federal or state law, state plans for receipt of federal financial participation, agreements between the departments and a federal agency, and executive orders issued by the governor. (2) A requirement of a grant agreement established by a rule adopted under this division is applicable to a grant agreement without having to be restated in the grant agreement. A requirement established by a grant agreement is applicable to the grant agreement without having to be restated in a rule. Last updated January 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5161.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5161 / § 5161.25
§ 5161.25. Premium payments
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 shall require an individual seeking to enroll, or who is enrolled, in CHIP part III to pay the following as a term of enrollment: (A) A premium of not less than forty dollars per month for a family with one individual seeking to enroll, or who is enrolled, in the part; (B) A premium of not less than eighty dollars per month for a family with two individuals seeking to enroll, or who is enrolled, in the part; (C) A premium of not less than one hundred twenty dollars per month for a family with three or more individuals seeking to enroll, or who are enrolled, in the part.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.272 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.272
§ 5101.272. Authorization form
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) For the purposes of section 5101.27 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 governmental 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 one of the following: (a) A description of how the individual or authorized representative may revoke the authorization; (b) If the department of job and family services' or department of children and youth's privacy notice contains a description of how the individual or authorized representative may revoke the authorization, a reference to that privacy notice. (10) A statement that treatment, payment, enrollment, or eligibility for public assistance cannot be conditioned on signing the authorization unless the authorization is necessary for determining eligibility for the public assistance program. (B) When an individual requests information pursuant to section 5101.27 of the Revised Code regarding the individual's receipt of public assistance 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. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.651 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.651
§ 5101.651. Temporary restraining order
Status: in_force

September 29, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly If, during the course of an investigation conducted under section 5101.65 of the Revised Code, any person, including the adult who is the subject of the investigation, denies or obstructs access to the residence of the adult, the county department of job and family services may file a petition in court for a temporary restraining order to prevent the interference or obstruction. The court shall issue a temporary restraining order to prevent the interference or obstruction if it finds there is reasonable cause to believe that the adult is being or has been abused, neglected, or exploited and access to the person's residence has been denied or obstructed. Such a finding is prima-facie evidence that immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage will result, so that notice is not required. After obtaining an order restraining the obstruction of or interference with the access of the protective services representative, the representative may be accompanied to the residence by a peace officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.333 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.333
§ 5126.333. Investigation of allegation of substantial risk
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly Any person who has reason to believe that there is a substantial risk to an adult with a developmental disability of immediate physical harm or death and that the responsible county board of developmental disabilities has failed to seek an order pursuant to section 5126.33 or 5126.331 of the Revised Code may notify the department of developmental disabilities. Within twenty-four hours of receipt of such notice, the department shall cause an investigation to be conducted regarding the notice. The department shall provide assistance to the county board to provide for the health and safety of the adult as permitted by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.49
§ 5121.49. Petition for release, modification, or cancellation of charge
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Any person who has been charged under section 5121.33 or 5121.35 of the Revised Code may petition the department of mental health and addiction services to do the following: (1) Release the person from a charge; (2) Modify or cancel a charge. (B) The department shall respond to a petition in writing and inform the petitioner of whether a release, modification, or cancellation has been approved. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.04
§ 5180.04. [Former R.C. 5104.50, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Children and youth advisory council
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The governor shall create the children and youth advisory council in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1) and 20 U.S.C. 1441 and shall appoint one of its members to serve as chairperson of the council with the director of children and youth serving as co-chairperson. (B)(1) The council shall serve as both the state advisory council on early childhood education and care, as described in 42 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1), and the state interagency coordinating council, as described in 20 U.S.C. 1441. (2) The council shall advise the governor on the availability, accessibility, affordability, and quality of services provided through the prenatal and child-serving systems. This includes fostering a continuum of care that promotes family-centered programs and services that acknowledge and support the social, emotional, cognitive, intellectual, and physical development of children and the vital role of families in ensuring the well-being and success of children. (3) The council shall advise the director of children and youth on matters affecting the licensing of centers, type A homes, and type B homes and the certification of in-home aides. The council shall make an annual report to the director that addresses the availability, affordability, accessibility, and quality of child care and that summarizes the recommendations and plans of action that the council has proposed to the director during the preceding fiscal year. The director shall provide copies of the report to the governor, speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and the president and minority leader of the senate and, on request, shall make copies available to the public. (C)(1) The advisory council shall include up to twenty-five members appointed by the governor, including the following: (a) At least one representative of the department of children and youth; (b) At least one representative of the department of medicaid; (c) At least one representative of the department of job and family services; (d) At least one representative of the department of behavioral health; (e) At least one representative of the department of education and workforce; (f) At least one representative of the department of health; (g) At least one representative of the department of developmental disabilities; (h) At least one representative of the department of youth services; (i) At least one representative from each of the following stakeholder groups, selected from multi-sized municipal corporations and geographically diverse areas of the state, including rural, urban, and suburban areas: (i) Maternal and infant vitality; (ii) Early intervention; (iii) Home visiting; (iv) Early childhood education; (v) Child care centers providing publicly funded child care; (vi) Family child care homes providing publicly funded child care; (vii) School child programs; (viii) Preschool programs; (ix) Children's services. (2) In making appointments to the advisory council, the governor shall ensure that the membership of the council reasonably represents the population of the state. (D)(1) The advisory council shall create topic-specific advisory groups that address a continuum of services including the following: (a) Early childhood education and care; (b) Children services; (c) Maternal and infant vitality; (d) Early childhood mental health services and supports; (e) Early intervention services. (2) No representative of the department of children and youth shall serve as a chairperson for a topic-specific advisory group. (3) The governor shall appoint additional members as necessary to the early childhood education and care advisory group and the early intervention services advisory group to satisfy the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1) and 20 U.S.C. 1441. (4) The director of children and youth shall appoint each representative appointed pursuant to division (C)(1)(i) of this section to at least one topic-specific advisory group. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.87 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.87
§ 5165.87. Appeals
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the following remedies are subject to appeal under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code: (1) An order issued under section 5165.71 , 5165.72 , 5165.77 , or 5165.85 of the Revised Code terminating a nursing facility's participation in the medicaid program; (2) Appointment of a temporary manager of a facility under division (A)(1)(b) or (2)(b) of section 5165.72 , or division (A)(1)(d) of section 5165.77 of the Revised Code; (3) An order issued under section 5165.72 , 5165.73 , 5165.74 , 5165.77 , or 5165.84 of the Revised Code denying medicaid payments to a facility for all medicaid eligible residents admitted after the effective date of the order; (4) An order issued under section 5165.72 , 5165.73 , or 5165.74 of the Revised Code denying medicaid payments to a facility for medicaid eligible residents admitted after the effective date of the order who have certain diagnoses or special care needs specified by the department or agency; (5) A fine imposed under section 5165.72 , 5165.73 , or 5165.74 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of medicaid or contracting agency may do any of the following prior to or during the pendency of any proceeding under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code: (1) Issue and execute an order under section 5165.72 , 5165.77 , or 5165.85 of the Revised Code terminating a nursing facility's participation in the medicaid program; (2) Appoint a temporary manager under division (A)(1)(b) or (2)(b) of section 5165.72 or division (A)(1)(d) of section 5165.77 of the Revised Code; (3) Issue and execute an order under section 5165.72 , 5165.73 , 5165.77 , or 5165.84 of the Revised Code denying medicaid payments to a facility for all medicaid eligible residents admitted after the effective date of the order; (4) Issue and execute an order under section 5165.72 or 5165.73 or division (A), (B), or (C) of section 5165.74 of the Revised Code denying medicaid payments to a facility for medicaid eligible residents admitted after the effective date of the order who have specified diagnoses or special care needs. (C) Whenever the department or agency imposes a remedy listed in division (B) of this section prior to or during the pendency of a proceeding, all of the following apply: (1) The provider against whom the action is taken shall have ten days after the date the facility actually is served in accordance with sections 119.05 and 119.07 of the Revised Code to request a hearing. (2) The hearing shall commence within thirty days after the date the department or agency receives the provider's request for a hearing. (3) The hearing shall continue uninterrupted from day to day, except for Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, unless other interruptions are agreed to by the provider and the department or agency. (4) If the hearing is conducted by a hearing examiner, the hearing examiner shall file a report and recommendations within ten days after the close of the hearing. (5) The provider shall have five days after the date the hearing officer files the report and recommendations within which to file objections to the report and recommendations. (6) Not later than fifteen days after the date the hearing officer files the report and recommendations, the medicaid director or the director of the contracting agency shall issue an order approving, modifying, or disapproving the report and recommendations of the hearing examiner. (D) If the department or agency imposes more than one remedy as the result of deficiencies cited in a single survey, the proceedings for all of the remedies shall be consolidated. If any of the remedies are imposed during the pendency of a hearing, as permitted by division (B) of this section, the consolidated hearing shall be conducted in accordance with division (C) of this section. The consolidation of the remedies for purposes of a hearing does not affect the effective dates prescribed in sections 5165.60 to 2165.85 of the Revised Code. (E) If a contracting agency conducts administrative proceedings pertaining to remedies imposed under sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 of the Revised Code, the department of medicaid shall not be considered a party to the proceedings. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 10:55 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5149.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5149 / § 5149.33
§ 5149.33. Prohibiting reducing local funding
Status: in_force

September 30, 2011 House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly No municipal corporation, county, or group of counties receiving a subsidy under division (A)(1) of section 5149.31 of the Revised Code shall reduce, by the amount of the subsidy it receives or by a greater or lesser amount, the amount of local, nonfederal funds it expends for corrections, including, but not limited to, the amount of local, nonfederal funds it expends for the operation of the county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, for any county or municipal probation department, or for any community corrections program. Each subsidy shall be used to make corrections expenditures in excess of those being made from local, nonfederal funds. No subsidy or portion of a subsidy shall be used to make capital improvements. If a recipient violates this section, the department of rehabilitation and correction may discontinue subsidy payments to the recipient.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.81
§ 5168.81. Penalty for overdue payments
Status: in_force

June 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly If a health insuring corporation fails to pay the full amount of a component of a franchise fee when due, the department of medicaid may assess a ten per cent penalty on the amount due for each month or fraction thereof that the component of the franchise fee is overdue.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.21
§ 5180.21. Help me grow program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth shall establish the help me grow program as the state's evidence-based parent support program that encourages early prenatal and well-baby care, as well as provides parenting education to promote the comprehensive health and development of children. The program shall provide home visiting services to families with a pregnant woman or child under five years of age that meet the eligibility requirements established in rules adopted under this section. Home visiting services shall be provided through evidence-based home visiting models or innovative, promising home visiting models recommended by the children and youth advisory council created under section 5180.04 of the Revised Code. (B) Families shall be referred to the appropriate home visiting services through the central intake and referral system created under section 5180.22 of the Revised Code. (C) To the extent possible, the goals of the help me grow program shall be consistent with the goals of the federal home visiting program, as specified by the maternal and child health bureau of the health resources and services administration in the United States department of health and human services or its successor. (D) The director of children and youth shall enter into an interagency agreement with one or more state agencies, including the department of developmental disabilities, department of job and family services, department of medicaid, commission on minority health, Ohio fatherhood commission, and children's trust fund board, to implement the help me grow program, to ensure coordination of early childhood programs, and to maximize reimbursement for the help me grow program from any federal source. In addition to creating the central intake and referral system as described in section 5180.22 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth shall ensure there is a consistent comprehensive screening and connection program to support the coordination of home visiting services across the state, including through the department of health, department of developmental disabilities, department of job and family services, department of medicaid, and commission on minority health. Following the program's establishment, the department of children and youth shall evaluate the program's effectiveness in coordinating home visiting services at least once annually. (E) The director may distribute help me grow program funds through contracts, grants, or subsidies to entities providing services under the program. (F) As a condition of receiving payments for home visiting services, providers shall report to the director data on the program performance indicators, specified in rules adopted under division (G) of this section, that are used to assess progress toward achieving all of the following: (1) The benchmark domains established for the federal home visiting program, including improvement in maternal and newborn health; reduction in child injuries, abuse, and neglect; improved school readiness and achievement; reduction in crime and domestic violence; and improved family economic self-sufficiency; (2) Improvement in birth outcomes and reduction in stillbirths, as that term is defined in section 5180.12 of the Revised Code; (3) Reduction in tobacco use by pregnant women, new parents, and others living in households with children. The providers shall report the data in the format and within the time frames specified in the rules. The director shall prepare an annual report on the data received from the providers. Each report shall include an evaluation addressing the number of families and children served, the number and type of services provided, health and developmental outcomes for participating families and children, and variation in outcomes between the types of home visiting programs specified in division (B)(3) of section 5180.22 of the Revised Code. The director shall submit the report to the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code and make the report available on the internet web site maintained by the department of children and youth. (G) Pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director shall adopt rules that are necessary and proper to implement this section. The rules shall specify all of the following: (1) Subject to division (H) of this section, eligibility requirements for home visiting services; (2) Eligibility requirements for providers of home visiting services; (3) Standards and procedures for the provision of program services, including data collection, program monitoring, and program evaluation; (4) Procedures for appealing the denial of an application for program services or the termination of services; (5) Procedures for appealing the denial of an application to become a provider of program services or the termination of the department's approval of a provider; (6) Procedures for addressing complaints; (7) The program performance indicators on which data must be reported by providers of home visiting services under division (F) of this section, which, to the extent possible, shall be consistent with federal reporting requirements for federally funded home visiting services; (8) The format in which reports must be submitted under division (F) of this section and the time frames within which the reports must be submitted; (9) Criteria for payment of approved providers of program services; (10) Any other rules necessary to implement the program. (H) When adopting rules required by division (G)(1) of this section, the director shall specify that families residing in the urban and rural communities specified in rules adopted under section 3701.142 of the Revised Code and families in the child welfare system are to receive priority over other families for home visiting services. (I) The department, in collaboration with the departments of job and family services and medicaid, shall propose strategies to increase the workforce capacity of home visiting service providers and parenting support professionals, including efforts to incentivize and retain such providers and professionals in this state. Last updated September 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.031
§ 5123.031. Nonpartisan management
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The director of developmental disabilities may require the performance of duties by the officers of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities so as fully to meet the requirements, intents, and purposes of this chapter. In case of an apparent conflict between the powers conferred upon any managing officer and those conferred by this chapter upon the department, the presumption shall be conclusive in favor of the department. The director shall adopt rules for the nonpartisan management of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the department. An officer or employee of the department or any officer or employee of any institution under its control who, by solicitation or otherwise, exerts the officer's or employee's influence directly or indirectly to induce any other officer or employee of the department or any of its institutions to adopt the officer's or employee's political views or to favor any particular person, issue, or candidate for office shall be removed from the officer's or employee's office or position, by the department in case of an officer or employee, and by the governor in case of the director. The managing officer of any institution under the jurisdiction of the department shall submit reports to the director relating to the admission, examination, comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any resident. The director, or a person designated by the director, shall visit each institution regularly to review the admission procedures of all new residents and to investigate complaints made by any resident or by any person on behalf of a resident. The director shall prescribe the forms of affidavits, applications, comprehensive evaluations, orders of institutionalization and release, and all other forms that are required in the institutionalization, admission, and release of all persons with respect to institutions under the jurisdiction of the department, and of reports and records provided for under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.32
§ 5139.32. Child unable to benefit from programs
Status: in_force

January 1, 2002 Senate Bill 179 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Whenever a child committed to the department of youth services is unable to benefit from the programs conducted by the department, as found under division (B) of this section, the department forthwith shall release or discharge such child from its jurisdiction and either return the child to the committing court, provided that such court so consents or directs, or otherwise secure for the child an environment more beneficial to the child's future development. (B) The determination that a child is unable to benefit from the programs conducted by the department shall be made by the committing court on its own motion or upon application by the department or by a parent or the guardian of the person of the child, or, if the child has been institutionalized or institutionalized in a secure facility, whichever is applicable, for the prescribed minimum period set forth in Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code and the child's commitment order, by the department itself.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.02
§ 5162.02. Rules for implementation of chapter
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The medicaid director shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.602 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.602
§ 5103.602. Application for residential infant care center certification
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A person seeking to operate a residential infant care center after June 13, 2022, shall apply to the director of children and youth to obtain a certificate for the facility. (B) A person who, on June 13, 2022, is operating a children's crisis care facility that has as its primary purpose the provision of residential services for infants affected by substance use and the preservation of families through infant diversion practices and programs shall be deemed a residential infant care center by the director if the center is in compliance with the requirements and rules described under division (B) of section 5103.603 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.18
§ 5167.18. Identification of fraud, waste, and abuse
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly Each medicaid managed care organization shall comply with federal and state efforts to identify fraud, waste, and abuse in the medicaid program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.06
§ 5119.06. Records
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of behavioral health shall keep in its office, accessible only to its employees, except by the consent of the department or the order of the judge of a court of record, a record showing the name, residence, sex, age, nativity, occupation, condition, and date of entrance or commitment of every patient in the institutions governed by it, the date, cause, and terms of discharge and the condition of such person at the time of leaving, and also a record of all transfers from one institution to another, and, if such person dies while in the care or custody of the department, the date and cause of death. These and such other facts as the department requires shall be furnished by the managing officer of each institution within twenty-four hours after the commitment, entrance, death, or discharge of a patient. In case of an accident or injury or peculiar death of a patient the managing officer shall make a special report to the department within twenty-four hours thereafter, giving the circumstances as fully as possible. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5108.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5108 / § 5108.051
§ 5108.051. Inapplicability of RC 5108.05
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly A county department of job and family services is not required to follow division (C) of section 5108.05 of the Revised Code when amending its statement of policies under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code. Division (C) of section 5108.05 of the Revised Code applies only when a county department adopts its initial and updated statement of policies under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.26
§ 5165.26. Nursing facility's per medicaid day quality incentive payment rate
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 184 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Base rate" means the portion of a nursing facility's total per medicaid day payment rate determined under divisions (A) and (B) of section 5165.15 of the Revised Code. (2) "CMS" means the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services. (3) "Long-stay resident" means an individual who has resided in a nursing facility for at least one hundred one days. (4) "Nursing facilities for which a quality score was determined" includes nursing facilities that are determined to have a quality score of zero. (5) "SFF list" means the list of nursing facilities that the United States department of health and human services creates under the special focus facility program. (6) "Special focus facility program" means the program conducted by the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant to section 1919(f)(10) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396r(f)(10). (B) Subject to divisions (D) and (E) and except as provided in division (F) of this section, the department of medicaid shall determine each nursing facility's per medicaid day quality incentive payment rate as follows: (1) Determine the sum of the quality scores determined under division (C) of this section for all nursing facilities. (2) Determine the average quality score by dividing the sum determined under division (B)(1) of this section by the number of nursing facilities for which a quality score was determined. (3) Determine the sum of the total number of medicaid days for all of the calendar year preceding the fiscal year for which the rate is determined for all nursing facilities for which a quality score was determined. (4) Multiply the average quality score determined under division (B)(2) of this section by the sum determined under division (B)(3) of this section. (5) Determine the value per quality point by determining the quotient of the following: (a) The sum determined under division (E)(2) of this section. (b) The product determined under division (B)(4) of this section. (6) Multiply the value per quality point determined under division (B)(5) of this section by the nursing facility's quality score determined under division (C) of this section. (C)(1) Except as provided in divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section, a nursing facility's quality score for a state fiscal year shall be the sum of the following: (a) The total number of points that CMS assigned to the nursing facility under CMS's nursing facility five-star quality rating system for the following quality metrics, or CMS's successor metrics as described below, based on the most recent four-quarter average data, or the average data for fewer quarters in the case of successor metrics, available in the database maintained by CMS and known as nursing home compare in the most recent month of the calendar year during which the fiscal year for which the rate is determined begins: (i) The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents at high risk for pressure ulcers who had pressure ulcers; (ii) The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents who had a urinary tract infection; (iii) The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened; (iv) The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents who had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder. If CMS ceases to publish any of the metrics specified in division (C)(1)(a) of this section, the department shall use the nursing facility quality metrics on the same topics that CMS subsequently publishes. (b) Seven and five-tenths points for fiscal year 2024 and three points for fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years if the nursing facility's occupancy rate is greater than seventy-five per cent. For purposes of this division, the department shall utilize the facility's occupancy rate for licensed beds reported on its 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 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. (c) Beginning with state fiscal year 2025, the total number of points that CMS assigned to the nursing facility under CMS's nursing facility five-star quality rating system for the following quality metrics, or successor metrics designated by CMS, based on the most recent four-quarter average data available in the database maintained by CMS and known as nursing home compare in the most recent month of the calendar year during which the fiscal year for which the rate is determined begins: (i) The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased; (ii) The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury; (iii) The percentage of the nursing facility's long-stay residents who were administered an antipsychotic medication; (iv) Adjusted total nurse staffing hours per resident per day using quintiles instead of deciles by using the points assigned to the higher of the two deciles that constitute the quintile. If CMS ceases to publish any of the metrics specified in division (C)(1)(c) of this section, the department shall use the nursing facility quality metrics on the same topics CMS subsequently publishes. (2) In determining a nursing facility's quality score for a state fiscal year, the department shall make the following adjustment to the number of points that CMS assigned to the nursing facility for each of the quality metrics specified in divisions (C)(1)(a) and (c) of this section: (a) Unless division (C)(2)(b) or (c) of this section applies, divide the number of the nursing facility's points for the quality metric by twenty. (b) If CMS assigned the nursing facility to the lowest percentile for the quality metric, reduce the number of the nursing facility's points for the quality metric to zero. (c) If the nursing facility's total number of points calculated for or during a state fiscal year for all of the quality metrics specified in divisions (C)(1)(a), and if applicable, division (C)(1)(c) of this section is less than a number of points that is equal to the twenty-fifth percentile of all nursing facilities, calculated using the points for the July 1 rate setting of that fiscal year reduce the nursing facility's points to zero until the next point calculation. If a facility's recalculated points under division (C)(3) of this section are below the number of points determined to be the twenty-fifth percentile for that fiscal year, the facility shall receive zero points for the remainder of that fiscal year. (3) A nursing facility's quality score shall be recalculated for the second half of the state fiscal year based on the most recent four quarter average data, or the average data for fewer quarters in the case of successor metrics, available in the database maintained by CMS and known as the care compare, in the most recent month of the calendar year during which the fiscal year for which the rate is determined begins. The metrics specified by division (C)(1)(b) of this section shall not be recalculated. In redetermining the quality payment for each facility based on the recalculated points, the department shall use the same per point value determined for the quality payment at the start of the fiscal year. (D) A nursing facility shall not receive a quality incentive payment if the Department of Health assigned the nursing facility to the SFF list under the special focus facility program and the nursing facility is listed in table A, on the first day of May of the calendar year for which the rate is being determined. (E) The total amount to be spent on quality incentive payments under division (B) of this section for a fiscal year shall be determined as follows: (1) Determine the following amount for each nursing facility: (a) The amount that is five and two-tenths per cent of the nursing facility's base rate for nursing facility services provided on the first day of the state fiscal year plus one dollar and seventy-nine cents plus sixty per cent of the per diem amount by which the nursing facility's cost per case-mix unit changed as a result of the rebasing conducted under section 5165.36 of the Revised Code. The nursing facility's cost per case-mix unit is determined under division (C) of section 5165.19 of the Revised Code and for purposes of this division shall not be multiplied by the facility's semiannual case-mix score determined under section 5165.192 of the Revised Code. (b) Multiply the amount determined under division (E)(1)(a) of this section by the number of the nursing facility's medicaid days for the calendar year preceding the fiscal year for which the rate is determined. (2) Determine the sum of the products determined under division (E)(1)(b) of this section for all nursing facilities for which the product was determined for the state fiscal year. (3) To the sum determined under division (E)(2) of this section, add one hundred twenty-five million dollars. (F)(1) Beginning July 1, 2023, a new nursing facility shall receive a quality incentive payment for the fiscal year in which the new facility obtains an initial provider agreement and the immediately following fiscal year equal to the median quality incentive payment determined for nursing facilities for the fiscal year. For the state fiscal year after the immediately following fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, the quality incentive payment shall be determined under division (C) of this section. (2) A nursing facility that undergoes a change of operator with an effective date of July 1, 2025, or later shall not receive a quality incentive payment until the earlier of the first day of January or the first day of July that is at least six months after the effective date of the change of operator. Thereafter any quality incentive payment shall be determined under division (C) of this section. (G) The intent of the general assembly, in amending this section, is to clarify statutory language in response to the decision of the Ohio Supreme Court in the case State ex rel. LeadingAge Ohio v. Ohio Dept. of Medicaid, Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-3066 and to require the department to continue calculating and paying the quality incentive payments in the manner they were actually paid in state fiscal years 2024 and 2025. The general assembly acknowledges that the department calculated the quality incentive pool in the way the general assembly originally intended. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.31
§ 5167.31. Financial incentive awards
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid may provide financial incentive awards to medicaid managed care organizations that meet or exceed performance standards specified in provider agreements or rules adopted by the medicaid director under section 5167.02 of the Revised Code. The department may specify in a contract with a medicaid managed care organization the amounts of financial incentive awards, methodology for distributing awards, types of awards, and standards for administration by the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.52
§ 5120.52. Contract for sewage services
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 130 - 127th General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction may enter into a contract with any person or with a political subdivision in which a state correctional institution is located under which an institution will provide water or sewage treatment services for the person or political subdivision if the institution has a water or sewage treatment facility with sufficient excess capacity to provide the services. Any such contract shall include all of the following: (A) Limitations on the quantity of sewage that the facility will accept or the quantity of potable water that the facility will provide that are compatible with the needs of the state correctional institution; (B) The bases for calculating reasonable rates to be charged the person or political subdivision for potable water or for sewage treatment services and for adjusting the rates; (C) All other provisions the department considers necessary or proper to protect the interests of the state in the facility and the purpose for which it was constructed. All amounts due the department under the contract shall be paid to the department by the person or political subdivision at the times specified in the contract. The department shall deposit all such amounts in the state treasury to the credit of the correctional institution water and sewage treatment facility services fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall be used by the department to pay costs associated with operating and maintaining the water or sewage treatment facility.