Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.073 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.073
§ 5101.073. ODJFS general services administration and operating fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the ODJFS audit settlements and contingency fund. The fund shall be used to pay for required audits, settlements, contingencies, and other related expenses. As necessary for the purposes of the fund, the director of job and family services may request the director of budget and management to transfer money from any of the funds used by the department of job and family services, except the general revenue fund, to the ODJFS audit settlements and contingency fund. Upon receipt of such a request, the director of budget and management may transfer the money requested. The director of budget and management, in consultation with the director of job and family services, may transfer money from the ODJFS audit settlements and contingency fund to any fund used by the department or to the general revenue fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.32
§ 5166.32. Medicaid waiver for individuals with cystic fibrosis
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If the department of medicaid terminates the 209(b) option, the department shall establish a medicaid waiver component under which an individual who has cystic fibrosis and is enrolled in the program for children and youth with special health care needs administered by the department of health under section 3701.023 of the Revised Code or the program the department of health administers pursuant to division (G) of that section may qualify for medicaid under the same type of spenddown process that is part of the 209(b) option. Last updated January 15, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.176 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.176
§ 5153.176. Information concerning child abuse or neglect by licensee
Status: in_force

March 14, 2017 House Bill 493 - 131st General Assembly As used in this section, "license" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (A) Notwithstanding division (I)(1) of section 2151.421 , section 5153.17 , or any other section of the Revised Code pertaining to confidentiality, the director of a public children services agency shall promptly provide to the superintendent of public instruction information regarding the agency's investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect made pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code involving a person who holds a license issued by the state board of education where the agency has determined that child abuse or neglect occurred and that abuse or neglect is related to the person's duties and responsibilities under the license. The information provided by the director shall include the following: (1) A summary of the nature of the allegations contained in the report of which the person is the subject and the final disposition of the investigation conducted in response to that report or, if the investigation is not complete, the status of the investigation; (2) Upon written request of the superintendent of public instruction, the additional information described in division (C) of this section regarding the agency's investigation of the report, unless the prosecuting attorney of the county served by the agency determines that such information may not be released pursuant to division (B) of this section. (B) Upon receipt of a written request from the superintendent of public instruction for the additional information described in division (C) of this section, the director shall determine if the prosecuting attorney of the county served by the public children services agency intends to prosecute the subject of the report based on the allegations contained in the report. If the prosecuting attorney intends to prosecute the subject of the report, the prosecuting attorney shall determine the information described in division (C) of this section that may be released, if any, and shall provide the director with written authorization to release the information so determined. The director shall provide the superintendent of public instruction with any information described in division (C) of this section that the prosecuting attorney determines may be released, but in no case shall the director provide any information that the prosecuting attorney determines shall not be released. If the prosecuting attorney does not intend to prosecute the subject of the report, the prosecuting attorney shall notify the director of that fact and the director shall provide all of the information described in division (C) of this section to the superintendent of public instruction. (C) In accordance with division (B) of this section, the director shall provide information to the superintendent of public instruction regarding the public children services agency's investigation of the report described in division (A) of this section, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The following information about the alleged child victim of the abuse or neglect: (a) Full name; (b) Date of birth; (c) Address and telephone number; (d) Grade level; (e) Name and contact information of the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian; (f) Name and contact information of any medical facility that provided treatment to the child, if the child was injured in connection with the abuse or neglect and if that information is available; (g) A summary of interviews with the child or, if an entity other than the agency conducted the interviews, the contact information for that entity. The summary shall include an accounting of the facts and circumstances of the alleged abuse or neglect, including, but not limited to, the time and place that the abuse or neglect occurred. (h) Copies of any written correspondence between the child and the alleged perpetrator of the abuse or neglect that was used by the agency to determine that abuse or neglect occurred, the release of which is not otherwise prohibited by law. (2) The following information about the alleged perpetrator of the abuse or neglect: (a) Full name; (b) Date of birth; (c) Address and telephone number; (d) Name of school district and school building that employed the alleged perpetrator at the time the report was made; (e) Name and contact information of any medical facility that provided treatment to the alleged perpetrator, if the alleged perpetrator was injured in connection with the abuse or neglect and if that information is available; (f) A summary of interviews with the alleged perpetrator or, if an entity other than the agency conducted the interviews, the contact information for that entity. The summary shall include an accounting of the facts and circumstances of the alleged abuse or neglect, including, but not limited to, the time and place that the abuse or neglect occurred. (g) Copies of any written correspondence between the alleged child victim and the alleged perpetrator that was used by the agency to determine that abuse or neglect occurred, the release of which is not otherwise prohibited by law; (h) If the alleged perpetrator has been the subject of any previous reports made pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code where the agency determined that physical or sexual child abuse occurred, a summary of the chronology of those reports; the final disposition of the investigations conducted in response to those reports, or if an investigation is not complete, the status of that investigation; and any underlying documentation concerning those reports. (3) The following information about each person, other than the alleged child victim and the alleged perpetrator, whom the agency has determined to be important to the investigation, except that the information shall not be provided about the person who made the report unless that person grants written permission for the director to release the information: (a) Full name; (b) Address and telephone number; (c) If the person has been interviewed regarding the alleged abuse or neglect, a summary of those interviews or, if an entity other than the agency conducted the interviews, the contact information for such entity. (D) Upon provision of any information to the superintendent of public instruction under this section, the director shall notify the superintendent of both of the following: (1) That the information is confidential; (2) That unauthorized dissemination of the information is a violation of division (I)(2) of section 2151.421 and section 3319.311 of the Revised Code and any person who permits or encourages unauthorized dissemination of the information is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree pursuant to section 2151.99 of the Revised Code. If the director determines that the superintendent of public instruction or any person involved in the conduct of an investigation under section 3319.311 of the Revised Code committed, caused, permitted, or encouraged the unauthorized dissemination of any information provided under this section, the director shall provide written notification of the unauthorized dissemination to the prosecuting attorney of the county or the village solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer of the municipal corporation in which the unauthorized dissemination occurred. A copy of the notification shall be retained in the investigative record maintained by the public children services agency. (E) The director shall include documentation of the information provided to the superintendent of public instruction under this section in the investigative record maintained by the public children services agency. The documentation shall include the following: (1) A list of the information provided; (2) The date the information was provided; (3) If the superintendent of public instruction designates a person to receive the information on the superintendent's behalf, the name of that person; (4) The reason for providing the information; (5) If written authorization to provide the information is required from the prosecuting attorney under division (B) of this section, a copy of that authorization. (F) No director of a public children services agency shall knowingly fail to comply with division (A) or (C) of this section. (G) A director of a public children services agency who provides information to the superintendent of public instruction in accordance with this section in good faith shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability that otherwise might be incurred or imposed for injury, death, or loss to person or property as a result of the provision of that information. (H) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the provisions of this section prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or contract for employment entered into after March 30, 2007.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5161.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5161 / § 5161.16
§ 5161.16. CHIP part III
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The component of the children's health insurance program authorized by section 5161.15 of the Revised Code shall be known as CHIP part III.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.32
§ 5104.32. Provider contracts
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 184 - 136th General Assembly (A) All purchases of publicly funded child care shall be made under a contract entered into by a licensed child care center, licensed type A family child care home, licensed type B family child care home, certified in-home aide, approved child day camp, licensed preschool program, licensed school child program, or border state child care provider and the department of children and youth. All contracts for publicly funded child care shall be contingent upon the availability of state and federal funds. The department shall prescribe a standard form to be used for all contracts for the purchase of publicly funded child care, regardless of the source of public funds used to purchase the child care. To the extent permitted by federal law and notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code that regulates state contracts or contracts involving the expenditure of state or federal funds, all contracts for publicly funded child care shall be entered into in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and are exempt from any other provision of the Revised Code that regulates state contracts or contracts involving the expenditure of state or federal funds. (B) Each contract for publicly funded child care shall specify at least the following: (1) That the provider of publicly funded child care agrees to be paid at the rate established pursuant to section 5104.30 of the Revised Code; (2) Whether the county department of job and family services, the provider, or a child care resource and referral service organization will make eligibility determinations, whether the provider or a child care resource and referral service organization will be required to collect information to be used by the county department to make eligibility determinations, and the time period within which the provider or child care resource and referral service organization is required to complete required eligibility determinations or to transmit to the county department any information collected for the purpose of making eligibility determinations; (3) That the provider, other than a border state child care provider, shall continue to be licensed, approved, or certified pursuant to this chapter and shall comply with all standards and other requirements in this chapter and in rules adopted pursuant to this chapter for maintaining the provider's license, approval, or certification; (4) That, in the case of a border state child care provider, the provider shall continue to be licensed, certified, or otherwise approved by the state in which the provider is located and shall comply with all standards and other requirements established by that state for maintaining the provider's license, certificate, or other approval; (5) Whether the provider will be paid by the department of children and youth or in some other manner as prescribed by rules adopted under section 5104.42 of the Revised Code; (6) That the contract is subject to the availability of state and federal funds. (C)(1) The department shall establish an automated child care system to track child attendance and enrollment and calculate payments for publicly funded child care. Not later than July 9, 2028, and thereafter, the department shall calculate payments for publicly funded child care based on a child's enrollment, as described in 45 C.F.R. 98.45(m), rather than on a child's attendance. (2) Each eligible provider that provides publicly funded child care shall participate in the automated child care system. A provider participating in the system shall not do any of the following: (a) Use or have possession of a personal identification number or password issued to a caretaker parent under the automated child care system; (b) Falsify child attendance or enrollment records; (c) Knowingly seek or accept payment for publicly funded child care for a child not enrolled with the provider or for which the provider was not eligible; (d) Knowingly seek or accept payment for child care for a child who resides in the provider's own home. (D) The department may withhold any money due under this chapter and may recover through any appropriate method any money erroneously paid under this chapter if evidence demonstrates that a provider of publicly funded child care failed to comply with either of the following: (1) The terms of the contract entered into under this section; (2) This chapter or any rules adopted under it. (E) If the department has evidence that a provider has employed an individual who is ineligible for employment under section 5104.013 of the Revised Code and the provider has not released the individual from employment upon notice that the individual is ineligible, the department may terminate immediately the contract entered into under this section to provide publicly funded child care. (F) Any decision by the department concerning publicly funded child care, including the recovery of funds, overpayment determinations, and contract terminations is final and is not subject to appeal, hearing, or further review under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated January 22, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.171
§ 5123.171. Respite care services
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly As used in this section, "respite care" means appropriate, short-term, temporary care provided to a person with a developmental disability to sustain the family structure or to meet planned or emergency needs of the family. The department of developmental disabilities shall provide respite care services to persons with developmental disabilities for the purpose of promoting self-sufficiency and normalization, preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care, and furthering the unity of the family by enabling the family to meet the special needs of a person with a developmental disability. In order to be eligible for respite care services under this section, the person with a developmental disability must be in need of services that are part of habilitation, as defined in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code. Respite care may be provided in a residential facility licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code, including a residential facility certified as an ICF/IID, and a respite care home certified under section 5126.05 of the Revised Code. The department shall develop a system for locating vacant beds that are available for respite care and for making information on vacant beds available to users of respite care services. ICFs/IID shall report vacant beds to the department but shall not be required to accept respite care clients. The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for both of the following: (A) Certification by county boards of developmental disabilities of respite care homes; (B) Provision of respite care services authorized by this section. Rules adopted under this division shall establish all of the following: (1) A formula for distributing funds appropriated for respite care services; (2) Standards for supervision, training, and quality control in the provision of respite care services; (3) Eligibility criteria for emergency respite care services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5109.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5109 / § 5109.99
§ 5109.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

November 25, 1969 House Bill 435 - 108th General Assembly Whoever violates section 5109.18 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.615 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.615
§ 5103.615. Suspension or revocation of family preservation center certification
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of children and youth may suspend or revoke a family preservation center's certificate pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if the center violates or fails to comply with section 5103.614 of the Revised Code 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 § 5103.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.53
§ 5103.53. Injunctive relief
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camp shall not operate without a license issued under section 5103.50 of the Revised Code. If the director of children and youth determines that a camp is operating without a license, the director may petition the court of common pleas in the county in which the camp is located for an order enjoining its operation. The court shall grant injunctive relief upon a showing that the camp is operating without a license. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.09
§ 5120.09. Division of business administration - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Under the supervision and control of the director of rehabilitation and correction, the division of business administration shall do all of the following: (A) Submit the budgets for the several divisions of the department of rehabilitation and correction, as prepared by the respective chiefs of those divisions, to the director. The director, with the assistance of the chief of the division of business administration, shall compile a departmental budget that contains all proposals submitted by the chiefs of the divisions and shall forward the departmental budget to the governor with comments and recommendations that the director considers necessary. (B) Maintain accounts and records and compile statistics that the director prescribes; (C) Under the control of the director, coordinate and make the necessary purchases and requisitions for the department and its divisions, except when goods and services are provided to the department as described in section 5119.44 of the Revised Code; (D) Administer within this state federal criminal justice acts that the governor requires the department to administer. In order to improve the criminal justice system of this state, the division of business administration shall apply for, allocate, disburse, and account for grants that are made available pursuant to those federal criminal justice acts and grants that are made available from other federal government sources, state government sources, or private sources. As used in this division, "criminal justice system" and "federal criminal justice acts" have the same meanings as in section 5502.61 of the Revised Code. (E) Audit the activities of governmental entities, persons as defined in section 1.59 of the Revised Code, and other types of nongovernmental entities that are financed in whole or in part by funds that the department allocates or disburses and that are derived from grants described in division (D) of this section; (F) Enter into contracts, including contracts with federal, state, or local governmental entities, persons as defined in section 1.59 of the Revised Code, foundations, and other types of nongovernmental entities, that are necessary for the department to carry out its duties and that neither the director nor another section of the Revised Code authorizes another division of the department to enter; (G) Exercise other powers and perform other duties that the director may assign to the division of business administration.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.244 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.244
§ 5167.244. Violations; penalty
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly No person shall violate the terms of the master state pharmacy benefit manager contract under section 5167.24 of the Revised Code or section 5167.241 of the Revised Code. Whoever violates those sections is subject to a civil penalty in an amount to be determined by the medicaid director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.15
§ 5119.15. Investigative powers
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of behavioral health may make such investigations as are necessary in the performance of its duties and to that end the director of behavioral health shall have the same power as a judge of a county court to administer oaths and to enforce the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books or papers. The department shall keep a record of such investigations stating the time, place, charges or subject, witnesses summoned and examined, and its conclusions. In matters involving the conduct of an officer, a stenographic report of the evidence shall be taken and a copy of such report, with all documents introduced, kept on file at the office of the department. The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as in the court of common pleas, but no officer or employee of the institution under investigation is entitled to such fees. Any judge of the probate court or of the court of common pleas, upon application of the department, may compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books or papers, and the giving of testimony before the department, by a judgment for contempt or otherwise, in the same manner as in cases before such courts. The department of behavioral health may appoint and commission any competent agency or person, to serve without compensation, as a special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a designated duty for the department. Specific credentials shall be given by the department to each person so designated. Each credential shall state the: (A) Name of the agent, investigator, or representative; (B) Agency with which such person is connected; (C) Purpose of appointment; (D) Date of expiration of appointment; (E) Such information as the department considers proper. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5161.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5161 / § 5161.20
§ 5161.20. Health benefits coverage
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly In accordance with the "Social Security Act," section 2101, 42 U.S.C. 1397aa, the children's health insurance program shall provide payments for obtaining health benefits coverage through any of the following: (A) Obtaining coverage that meets the requirements the "Social Security Act," section 2103, of 42 U.S.C. 1397cc; (B) Providing benefits under the medicaid program; (C) A combination of divisions (A) and (B) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.021
§ 5126.021. Membership of county boards
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Each county board of developmental disabilities shall consist of seven members. The board of county commissioners of the county shall appoint five members and the senior probate judge of the county shall appoint two members. (B) Beginning July 1, 2025, when making initial appointments to a county board of developmental disabilities, and when making an appointment to fill a vacancy pursuant to section 5126.027 of the Revised Code, an appointing authority shall do all of the following: (1) Appoint only individuals who are adult residents of the county the appointing authority serves, citizens of the United States, and interested and knowledgeable in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities and other allied fields; (2) Place emphasis on appointing individuals with developmental disabilities and family members of individuals with developmental disabilities; (3) Place emphasis on appointing individuals who have professional training and experience in business management, finance, law, health care practice, personnel administration, or government service; (4) Place emphasis on appointing individuals who reflect, as nearly as possible, the composition of the county that the county board serves. (C) If the appointing authority is a board of county commissioners, the board of county commissioners shall appoint the following: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, at least one individual with developmental disabilities; (2) At least one individual who is a family member of an individual with developmental disabilities. (D)(1) If the appointing authority is a senior probate judge, the senior probate judge shall appoint at least one individual with developmental disabilities or an immediate family member of an individual eligible for residential services or supported living. (2) If a senior probate judge appoints an individual with developmental disabilities under division (D)(1) of this section, that appointment satisfies the requirement under division (C)(1) of this section that a board of county commissioners appoint at least one such individual. (E) An appointing authority's unfilled vacancy does not prohibit that appointing authority from filling other vacancies on the county board of developmental disabilities. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 3:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5117.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5117 / § 5117.10
§ 5117.10. Payments to applicants
Status: in_force

December 31, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) On or before the fifteenth day of January, the director of development services shall pay each applicant determined eligible for a payment under divisions (A) and (B) of section 5117.07 of the Revised Code one hundred twenty-five dollars. (B) The director may withhold from any payment to which a person would otherwise be entitled under division (A) of this section any amount that the director determines was erroneously received by such person in a preceding year under this or the program established under Am. Sub. H.B. 230, as amended by Am. H.B. 937, Am. Sub. H.B. 1073, Am. Sub. S.B. 493, and Am. Sub. S.B. 523 of the 112th general assembly, provided the director has employed all other legal methods reasonably available to obtain reimbursement for the erroneous payment or credit prior to the commencement of the current program year. (C) Payments made under this section and credits granted under section 5117.09 of the Revised Code shall not be considered income for the purpose of determining eligibility or the level of benefits or assistance under section 329.042 or Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; the medicaid program; supplemental security income payments under Title XVI of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended; or any other program under which eligibility or the level of benefits or assistance is based upon need measured by income. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.681 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.681
§ 5101.681. Notice of petition
Status: in_force

September 29, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly Notice of a petition for the provision of court-ordered protective services as provided for in section 5101.68 of the Revised Code shall be personally served upon the adult who is the subject of the petition at least five working days prior to the date set for the hearing as provided in section 5101.682 of the Revised Code. Notice shall be given either orally or in writing in language reasonably understandable to the adult. The notice shall include the names of all petitioners, the basis of the belief that protective services are needed, the rights of the adult in the court proceedings, and the consequences of a court order for protective services. The adult shall be informed of the right to counsel and the right to appointed counsel if the adult is indigent and if appointed counsel is requested. Written notice by certified mail shall also be given to the adult's guardian, legal counsel, caretaker, and spouse, if any, or if the adult has none of these, to the adult's adult children or next of kin, if any, or to any other person as the court may require. The adult who is the subject of the petition may not waive notice as provided in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5117.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5117 / § 5117.071
§ 5117.071. Annual adjustment of total income amounts used for applications
Status: in_force

September 6, 2002 Senate Bill 200 - 124th General Assembly (A) In September of each year, the tax commissioner shall adjust the total income amounts set forth in sections 5117.07 and 5117.09 of the Revised Code to be used for applications submitted for the heating season commencing in the next calendar year, by completing the following steps: (1) Determine the percentage increase in the gross domestic product deflator determined by the bureau of economic analysis of the United States department of commerce for the preceding year; (2) Multiply that percentage increase by each of the total income amounts for the preceding year; (3) Add the resulting products to each of the total income amounts for the preceding year; (4) Round the resulting sums upward to the nearest multiple of ten dollars. The commissioner shall not make the adjustment in any year in which the amounts resulting from the adjustment would be less than the total income amounts for the preceding year. (B) In September of each year, the tax commissioner also shall adjust the current total income amounts set forth in sections 5117.07 and 5117.09 of the Revised Code. For any year, the current total income amounts shall equal one-half of the respective total income amounts set forth in those sections and adjusted under division (A) of this section for that year. (C) Each year, the tax commissioner shall provide both the adjusted total income amounts referred to in division (A) of this section and the current total income amounts referred to in division (B) of this section to the director of development. (D) The director of development and each energy company and energy dealer shall use the adjusted total income amounts and the current total income amounts determined under divisions (A) and (B) of this section in performing their duties under sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.13
§ 5168.13. Confidentiality
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Except as specifically required by sections 5168.01 to 5168.14 of the Revised Code, information filed under those sections shall not include any patient-identifying material. Information that includes patient-identifying material is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, and no patient-identifying material shall be released publicly by the department of medicaid or by any person under contract with the department who has access to such information. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.09
§ 5166.09. Reservation of participant capacity for individuals related to active duty military who were receiving services in another state
Status: in_force

September 15, 2020 House Bill 287 - 133rd General Assembly Every home and community-based services medicaid waiver component shall reserve a portion of the participant capacity of the waiver for eligible individuals whose spouse or parent or legal guardian is an active duty military service member and, at the time of the service member's transfer to Ohio, the eligible individual was receiving home and community-based services in another state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.211 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.211
§ 5104.211. Random sampling of child day camps to determine compliance with background checks
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of children and youth may periodically conduct a random sampling of child day camps to determine compliance with section 5104.013 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) No child day camp shall fail to comply with section 5104.013 of the Revised Code in regards to a person it appoints or employs. (2) If the director determines that a camp has violated division (B)(1) of this section, the director shall do both of the following: (a) Consider imposing a civil penalty on the camp in an amount that shall not exceed ten per cent of the camp's gross revenues for the full month immediately preceding the month in which the violation occurred. If the camp was not operating for the entire calendar month preceding the month in which the violation occurred, the penalty shall be five hundred dollars. (b) Order the camp to initiate a criminal records check of the person who is the subject of the violation within a specified period of time. (3) If, within the specified period of time, the camp fails to comply with an order to initiate a criminal records check of the person who is the subject of the violation or to release the person from the appointment or employment, the director shall do both of the following: (a) Impose a civil penalty in an amount that is not less than the amount previously imposed and that does not exceed twice the amount permitted by division (B)(2)(a) of this section; (b) Order the camp to initiate a criminal records check of the person who is the subject of the violation within a specified period of time. (C) If the director determines that a child day camp has violated division (B)(1) of this section, the director may post a notice at a prominent place at the camp that states that the camp has failed to conduct criminal records checks of its appointees or employees as required by section 5104.013 of the Revised Code. Once the camp demonstrates to the department that the camp is in compliance with that section, the director shall permit the camp to remove the notice. (D) The director may include on the web site of the department of children and youth a list of child day camps that the director has determined to not be in compliance with the criminal records check requirements of section 5104.013 of the Revised Code. The director shall remove a camp's name from the list when the camp demonstrates to the director that the camp is in compliance with that section. (E) For the purposes of divisions (C) and (D) of this section, a child day camp will be considered to be in compliance with section 5104.013 of the Revised Code by doing any of the following: (1) Requesting that the bureau of criminal identification and investigation conduct a criminal records check regarding the person who is the subject of the violation of division (B)(1) of this section and, if the person does not qualify for the appointment or employment, releasing the person from the appointment or employment; (2) Releasing the person who is the subject of the violation from the appointment or employment. (F) The attorney general shall commence and prosecute to judgment a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to collect any civil penalty imposed under this section that remains unpaid. (G) This section does not apply to a child day camp that is an approved child day camp. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.70
§ 5119.70. Interstate compact on mental health
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly The "interstate compact on mental health" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party thereto with any other state which has legally joined in the compact as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH The contracting states solemnly agree that: Article I The party states find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the mentally ill and intellectually disabled can be facilitated by cooperative action, to the benefit of the patients, their families, and society as a whole. Further, the party states find that the necessity of and desirability for furnishing such care and treatment bears no primary relation to the residence or citizenship of the patient but that, on the contrary, the controlling factors of community safety and humanitarianism require that facilities and services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently, it is the purpose of this compact and of the party states to provide the necessary legal basis for the institutionalization or other appropriate care and treatment of the mentally ill and intellectually disabled under a system that recognizes the paramount importance of patient welfare and to establish the responsibilities of the party states in terms of such welfare. Article II As used in this compact: (a) "Sending state" shall mean a party state from which a patient is transported pursuant to the provisions of the compact or from which it is contemplated that a patient may be so sent. (b) "Receiving state" shall mean a party state to which a patient is transported pursuant to the provisions of the compact or to which it is contemplated that a patient may be so sent. (c) "Institution" shall mean any hospital or other facility maintained by a party state or political subdivision thereof for the care and treatment of mental illness or intellectual disability. (d) "Patient" shall mean any person subject to or eligible as determined by the laws of the sending state, for institutionalization or other care, treatment, or supervision pursuant to the provisions of this compact. (e) "After-care" shall mean care, treatment and services provided a patient, as defined herein, or convalescent status or conditional release. (f) "Mental illness" shall mean mental disease to such extent that a person so afflicted requires care and treatment for his own welfare, or the welfare of others, or of the community. (g) "Intellectual disability" shall mean intellectual disability as defined by appropriate clinical authorities to such extent that a person so afflicted is incapable of managing himself and his affairs, but shall not include mental illness as defined herein. (h) "State" shall mean any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Article III (a) Whenever a person physically present in any party state shall be in need of institutionalization by reason of mental illness or intellectual disability, he shall be eligible for care and treatment in an institution in that state irrespective of his residence, settlement or citizenship qualifications. (b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, any patient may be transferred to an institution in another state whenever there are factors based upon clinical determinations indicating that the care and treatment of said patient would be facilitated or improved thereby. Any such institutionalization may be for the entire period of care and treatment or for any portion or portions thereof. The factors referred to in this paragraph shall include the patient's full record with due regard for the location of the patient's family, character of the illness and probable duration thereof, and such other factors as shall be considered appropriate. (c) No state shall be obliged to receive any patient pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this article unless the sending state has given advance notice of its intention to send the patient; furnished all available medical and other pertinent records concerning the patient; given the qualified medical or other appropriate clinical authorities of the receiving state an opportunity to examine the patient if said authorities so wish; and unless the receiving state shall agree to accept the patient. (d) In the event that the laws of the receiving state establish a system of priorities for the admission of patients, an interstate patient under this compact shall receive the same priority as a local patient and shall be taken in the same order and at the same time that he would be taken if he were a local patient. (e) Pursuant to this compact, the determination as to the suitable place of institutionalization for a patient may be reviewed at any time and such further transfer of the patient may be made as seems likely to be in the best interest of the patient. Article IV (a) Whenever, pursuant to the laws of the state in which a patient is physically present, it shall be determined that the patient should receive after-care or supervision, such care or supervision may be provided in a receiving state. If the medical or other appropriate clinical authorities having responsibility for the care and treatment of the patient in the sending state shall have reason to believe that after-care in another state would be in the best interest of the patient and would not jeopardize the public safety, they shall request the appropriate authorities in the receiving state to investigate the desirability of affording the patient such after-care in said receiving state, and such investigation shall be made with all reasonable speed. The request for investigation shall be accompanied by complete information concerning the patient's intended place of residence and the identity of the person in whose charge it is proposed to place the patient, the complete medical history of the patient, and such other documents as may be pertinent. (b) If the medical or other appropriate clinical authorities having responsibility for the care and treatment of the patient in the sending state and the appropriate authorities in the receiving state find that the best interest of the patient would be served thereby, and if the public safety would not be jeopardized thereby, the patient may receive after-care or supervision in the receiving state. (c) In supervising, treating, or caring for a patient on after-care pursuant to the terms of this article, a receiving state shall employ the same standards of visitation, examination, care, and treatment that it employs for similar local patients. Article V Whenever a dangerous or potentially dangerous patient escapes from an institution in any party state, that state shall promptly notify all appropriate authorities within and without the jurisdiction of the escape in a manner reasonably calculated to facilitate the speedy apprehension of the escapee. Immediately upon the apprehension and identification of any such dangerous or potentially dangerous patient, he shall be detained in the state where found pending disposition in accordance with law. Article VI The duly accredited officers of any state party to this compact, upon the establishment of their authority and the identity of the patient, shall be permitted to transport any patient being moved pursuant to this compact through any and all states party to this compact, without interference. Article VII (a) No person shall be deemed a patient of more than one institution at any given time. Completion of transfer of any patient to an institution in a receiving state shall have the effect of making the person a patient of the institution in the receiving state. (b) The sending state shall pay all costs of and incidental to the transportation of any patient pursuant to this compact, but any two or more party states may, by making a specific agreement for that purpose, arrange for a different allocation of costs as among themselves. (c) No provision of this compact shall be construed to alter or affect any internal relationships among the departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of a party state, or between a party state and its subdivisions, as to the payment of costs, or responsibilities therefor. (d) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prevent any party state or subdivision thereof from asserting any right against any person, agency or other entity in regard to costs for which such party state or subdivision thereof may be responsible pursuant to any provision of this compact. (e) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to invalidate any reciprocal agreement between a party state and a nonparty state relating to institutionalization, care or treatment of the mentally ill or intellectually disabled, or any statutory authority pursuant to which such agreements may be made. Article VIII (a) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to abridge, diminish, or in any way impair the rights, duties, and responsibilities of any patient's guardian on his own behalf or in respect of any patient for whom he may serve, except that where the transfer of any patient to another jurisdiction makes advisable the appointment of a supplemental or substitute guardian, any court of competent jurisdiction in the receiving state may make such supplemental or substitute appointment and the court which appointed the previous guardian shall upon being duly advised of the new appointment, and upon the satisfactory completion of such accounting and other acts as such court may by law require, relieve the previous guardian of power and responsibility to whatever extent shall be appropriate in the circumstances; provided, however, that in the case of any patient having settlement in the sending state, the court of competent jurisdiction in the sending state shall have the sole discretion to relieve a guardian appointed by it or continue his power and responsibility, whichever it shall deem advisable. The court in the receiving state may, in its discretion, confirm or reappoint the person or persons previously serving as guardian in the sending state in lieu of making a supplemental or substitute appointment. (b) The term "guardian" as used in paragraph (a) of this article shall include any guardian, trustee, legal committee, conservator, or other person or agency however denominated who is charged by law with power to act for or responsibility for the person or property of a patient. Article IX (a) No provision of this compact except Article V shall apply to any person institutionalized while under sentence in a penal or correctional institution or while subject to trial on a criminal charge, or whose institutionalization is due to the commission of an offense for which, in the absence of mental illness or intellectual disability, said person would be subject to incarceration in a penal or correctional institution. (b) To every extent possible, it shall be the policy of states party to this compact that no patient shall be placed or detained in any prison, jail or lockup, but such patient shall, with all expedition, be taken to a suitable institutional facility for mental illness or intellectual disability. Article X (a) Each party state shall appoint a "compact administrator" who, on behalf of his state, shall act as general coordinator of activities under the compact in his state and who shall receive copies of all reports, correspondence, and other documents relating to any patient processed under the compact by his state either in the capacity of sending or receiving state. The compact administrator or his duly designated representative shall be the official with whom other party states shall deal in any matter relating to the compact or any patient processed thereunder. (b) The compact administrators of the respective party states shall have power to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact. Article XI The duly constituted administrative authorities of any two or more party states may enter into supplementary agreements for the provision of any service or facility or for the maintenance of any institution on a joint or cooperative basis whenever the states concerned shall find that such agreements will improve services, facilities, or institutional care and treatment in the fields of mental illness or intellectual disability. No such supplementary agreement shall be construed so as to relieve any party state of any obligation which it otherwise would have under other provisions of this compact. Article XII This compact shall enter into full force and effect as to any state when enacted by it into law and such states shall thereafter be a party thereto with any and all states legally joining therein. Article XIII (a) A state party to this compact may withdraw therefrom by enacting a statute repealing the same. Such withdrawal shall take effect one year after notice thereof has been communicated officially and in writing to the governors and compact administrators of all other party states. However, the withdrawal of any state shall not change the status of any patient who has been sent to said state or sent out of said state pursuant to the provisions of the compact. (b) Withdrawal from any agreement permitted by Article VII (b) as to costs or from any supplementary agreement made pursuant to Article XI shall be in accordance with the terms of such agreement. Article XIV This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state party thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.24
§ 5119.24. Annual report by boards specifying use of funds
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "administrative function" means a function related to one or more of the following: (1) Continuous quality improvement; (2) Utilization review; (3) Resource development; (4) Fiscal administration; (5) General administration; (6) Any other function related to administration that is required by Chapter 340. of the Revised Code. (B) Each board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services shall submit an annual report to the department of behavioral health specifying how the board used funds allocated to the board under section 5119.23 of the Revised Code for administrative functions in the year preceding the report's submission. The director of behavioral health shall establish the date by which the report must be submitted each year. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.34
§ 5104.34. Determination of eligibility
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Each county department of job and family services shall implement procedures for making determinations of eligibility for publicly funded child care. Under those procedures, the eligibility determination for each applicant shall be made no later than thirty calendar days from the date the county department receives a completed application for publicly funded child care. Each applicant shall be notified promptly of the results of the eligibility determination. An applicant aggrieved by a decision or delay in making an eligibility determination may appeal the decision or delay to the department of children and youth in accordance with section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. The due process rights of applicants shall be protected. To the extent permitted by federal law, the county department may make all determinations of eligibility for publicly funded child care, may contract with child care providers or child care resource and referral service organizations for the providers or resource and referral service organizations to make all or any part of the determinations, and may contract with child care providers or child care resource and referral service organizations for the providers or resource and referral service organizations to collect specified information for use by the county department in making determinations. If a county department contracts with a child care provider or a child care resource and referral service organization for eligibility determinations or for the collection of information, the contract shall require the provider or resource and referral service organization to make each eligibility determination no later than thirty calendar days from the date the provider or resource and referral organization receives a completed application that is the basis of the determination and to collect and transmit all necessary information to the county department within a period of time that enables the county department to make each eligibility determination no later than thirty days after the filing of the application that is the basis of the determination. The county department may station employees of the department in various locations throughout the county to collect information relevant to applications for publicly funded child care and to make eligibility determinations. The county department, child care provider, and child care resource and referral service organization shall make each determination of eligibility for publicly funded child care no later than thirty days after the filing of the application that is the basis of the determination, shall make each determination in accordance with any relevant rules adopted pursuant to section 5104.38 of the Revised Code, and shall notify promptly each applicant for publicly funded child care of the results of the determination of the applicant's eligibility. The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for monitoring the eligibility determination process. In accordance with those rules, the state department shall monitor eligibility determinations made by county departments of job and family services and shall direct any entity that is not in compliance with this division or any rule adopted under this division to implement corrective action specified by the department. (2)(a) All eligibility determinations for publicly funded child care shall be made in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to division (A) of section 5104.38 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all of the following apply: (i) Publicly funded child care may be provided only to eligible infants, toddlers, preschool-age children, school-age children under age thirteen, or children receiving special needs child care. (ii) For an applicant to be eligible for publicly funded child care, the caretaker parent must be employed or participating in a program of education or training for an amount of time reasonably related to the time that the parent's children are receiving publicly funded child care. This restriction does not apply to families whose children are eligible for protective child care. (iii) The eligibility period for publicly funded child care shall be at least twelve months. (b) If a caretaker parent who has been determined eligible to receive publicly funded child care no longer meets the requirements of division (A)(2)(a)(ii) of this section, the caretaker parent may continue to receive publicly funded child care for a period of at least three but not more than four months not to extend beyond the caretaker parent's eligibility period. (c) If a child turns thirteen, or if a child receiving special needs child care turns eighteen, during the eligibility period, the caretaker parent may continue to receive publicly funded child care until the end of that eligibility period. Subject to available funds, the department of children and youth shall allow a family to receive publicly funded child care unless the family's income exceeds the maximum income eligibility limit. Initial and continued eligibility for publicly funded child care is subject to available funds unless the family is receiving child care pursuant to division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of section 5104.30 of the Revised Code. If the department must limit eligibility due to lack of available funds, it shall give first priority for publicly funded child care to an assistance group whose income is not more than the maximum income eligibility limit that received transitional child care in the previous month but is no longer eligible because the eligibility period has expired. Such an assistance group shall continue to receive priority for publicly funded child care until its income exceeds the maximum income eligibility limit. (3) An assistance group that ceases to participate in the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code is eligible for transitional child care at any time during the immediately following twelve-month period that both of the following apply: (a) The assistance group requires child care due to employment; (b) The assistance group's income is not more than one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty line. An assistance group ineligible to participate in the Ohio works first program pursuant to section 5101.83 or section 5107.16 of the Revised Code is not eligible for transitional child care. (B) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department of children and youth may require a caretaker parent determined to be eligible for publicly funded child care to pay a fee according to the schedule of fees established in rules adopted under section 5104.38 of the Revised Code. The department shall make protective child care services and homeless child care services available to children without regard to the income or assets of the caretaker parent of the child. (C) A caretaker parent receiving publicly funded child care shall report to the entity that determined eligibility any changes in status with respect to employment or participation in a program of education or training not later than ten calendar days after the change occurs. (D) If the department of children and youth determines that available resources are not sufficient to provide publicly funded child care to all eligible families who request it, the department may establish a waiting list. The department may establish separate waiting lists within the waiting list based on income. (E) A caretaker parent shall not receive publicly funded child care from more than one child care provider per child during a week, unless a county department grants the family an exemption for one of the following reasons: (1) The child needs additional care during non-traditional hours; (2) The child needs to change providers in the middle of the week and the hours of care provided by the providers do not overlap; (3) The child's provider is closed on scheduled school days off or on calamity days. (F) As used in this section, "maximum income eligibility limit" means the amount of income specified in rules adopted under division (A) of section 5104.38 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.01
§ 5164.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Adjudication" has the same meaning as in section 119.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Behavioral health redesign" means revisions to the medicaid program's coverage of community behavioral health services beginning July 1, 2017, including revisions that update medicaid billing codes and payment rates for community behavioral health services. (C) "Clean claim" has the same meaning as in 42 C.F.R. 447.45(b). (D) "Community behavioral health services" means both of the following: (1) Alcohol and drug addiction services provided by a community addiction services provider, as defined in section 5119.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Mental health services provided by a community mental health services provider, as defined in section 5119.01 of the Revised Code. (E) "Early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services" has the same meaning as in the "Social Security Act," section 1905(r), 42 U.S.C. 1396d(r). (F) "Federal financial participation" has the same meaning as in section 5160.01 of the Revised Code. (G) "Federal poverty line" has the same meaning as in section 5162.01 of the Revised Code. (H) "Healthcheck" means the component of the medicaid program that provides early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services. (I) "Home and community-based services medicaid waiver component" has the same meaning as in section 5166.01 of the Revised Code. (J) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code. (K) "ICDS participant" means a dual eligible individual who participates in the integrated care delivery system. (L) "ICF/IID" has the same meaning as in section 5124.01 of the Revised Code. (M) "Integrated care delivery system" and "ICDS" mean the demonstration project authorized by section 5164.91 of the Revised Code. (N) "Mandatory services" means the health care services and items that must be covered by the medicaid state plan as a condition of the state receiving federal financial participation for the medicaid program. (O) "Medicaid managed care organization" has the same meaning as in section 5167.01 of the Revised Code. (P) "Medicaid provider" means a person or government entity with a valid provider agreement to provide medicaid services to medicaid recipients. To the extent appropriate in the context, "medicaid provider" includes a person or government entity applying for a provider agreement, a former medicaid provider, or both. (Q) "Medicaid services" means either or both of the following: (1) Mandatory services; (2) Optional services that the medicaid program covers. (R) "Nursing facility" has the same meaning as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code. (S) "Optional services" means the health care services and items that may be covered by the medicaid state plan or a federal medicaid waiver and for which the medicaid program receives federal financial participation. (T) "Prescribed drug" has the same meaning as in 42 C.F.R. 440.120. (U) "Provider agreement" means an agreement to which all of the following apply: (1) It is between a medicaid provider and the department of medicaid; (2) It provides for the medicaid provider to provide medicaid services to medicaid recipients; (3) It complies with 42 C.F.R. 431.107(b). (V) "State plan home and community-based services" means home and community-based services that, as authorized by section 1915(i) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396n(i), may be covered by the medicaid program pursuant to an amendment to the medicaid state plan. (W) "Terminal distributor of dangerous drugs" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.56
§ 5101.56. Use of state or local funds for abortion services
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "physician" means a person who holds a valid license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery issued under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code. (B) Unless required by the United States Constitution or by federal statute, regulation, or decisions of federal courts, state or local funds may not be used for payment or reimbursement for abortion services unless the certification required by division (C) of this section is made and one of the following circumstances exists: (1) The woman has a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. (2) The pregnancy was the result of an act of rape and the patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the person who made the report to the law enforcement agency, certifies in writing that prior to the performance of the abortion a report was filed with a law enforcement agency having the requisite jurisdiction, unless the patient was physically unable to comply with the reporting requirement and that fact is certified by the physician performing the abortion. (3) The pregnancy was the result of an act of incest and the patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the person who made the report certifies in writing that prior to the performance of the abortion a report was filed with either a law enforcement agency having the requisite jurisdiction, or, in the case of a minor, with a county children services agency established under Chapter 5153. of the Revised Code, unless the patient was physically unable to comply with the reporting requirement and that fact is certified by the physician performing the abortion. (C)(1) Before payment of or reimbursement for an abortion can be made with state or local funds, the physician performing the abortion shall certify that one of the three circumstances in division (B) of this section has occurred. The certification shall be made on a form created by the Ohio department of job and family services known as the "Abortion Certification Form." The physician's signature shall be in the physician's own handwriting. The certification shall list the name and address of the patient. The certification form shall be attached to the billing invoice. (2) The certification shall be as follows: I certify that, on the basis of my professional judgment, this service was necessary because: (a) The woman has a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion was performed; (b) The pregnancy was the result of an act of rape and the patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the person who made the report to the law enforcement agency certified in writing that prior to the performance of the abortion a report was filed with a law enforcement agency having the requisite jurisdiction; (c) The pregnancy was the result of an act of incest and the patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the person who made the report certified in writing that prior to the performance of the abortion a report was filed with either a law enforcement agency having the requisite jurisdiction or, in the case of a minor, with a county children services agency established under Chapter 5153. of the Revised Code; (d) The pregnancy was the result of an act of rape and in my professional opinion the recipient was physically unable to comply with the reporting requirement; or (e) The pregnancy was a result of an act of incest and in my professional opinion the recipient was physically unable to comply with the reporting requirement. (D) Payment or reimbursement for abortion services shall not be made with state or local funds for associated services such as anesthesia, laboratory tests, or hospital services if the abortion service itself cannot be paid or reimbursed with state or local funds. All abortion services for which a physician is seeking reimbursement or payment for the purposes of this division shall be submitted on a hard-copy billing invoice. (E) Documentation that supports the certification made by a physician shall be maintained by the physician in the recipient's medical record. When the physician certifies that circumstances described in division (C)(2)(b) or (c) of this section are the case, a copy of the statement signed by the patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the person who made the report shall be maintained in the patient's medical record. (F) Nothing in this section denies reimbursement for drugs or devices to prevent implantation of the fertilized ovum, or for medical procedures for the termination of an ectopic pregnancy. This section does not apply to treatments for incomplete, missed, or septic abortions. (G) If enforcement of this section will adversely affect eligibility of the state or a political subdivision of the state for participation in a federal program, this section shall be enforced to the extent permissible without preventing participation in that federal program. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.40
§ 5120.40. Qualification of teachers
Status: in_force

October 29, 1996 Senate Bill 230 - 121st General Assembly All teachers employed in any institution under the jurisdiction of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall possess educator licenses or have the qualifications and approval that the superintendent of the Ohio central school system, after conference with the officers in charge of the several institutions, prescribes for the various particular types of service or service in the particular institutions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5161.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5161 / § 5161.10
§ 5161.10. State child health plan
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly In accordance with federal law governing the children's health insurance program, the medicaid director may submit a state child health plan to the United States secretary of health and human services to pay, except as provided in section 5161.22 of the Revised Code, for part or all of the cost of health benefits coverage for uninsured individuals under nineteen years of age with family incomes above one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty line but not exceeding two hundred per cent of the federal poverty line. If the director submits the plan, the director shall stipulate in the plan that the payments will be available only while federal financial participation is available for them.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.03
§ 5123.03. Management of institutions and facilities
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) The department of developmental disabilities shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain, operate, manage, and govern all state institutions for the care, treatment, and training of persons with intellectual disabilities; (2) Designate all such institutions by appropriate names; (3) Provide and designate facilities for the custody, care, and special treatment of persons of the following classes: (a) Dangerous persons in state institutions for persons with intellectual disabilities who represent a serious threat to the safety of the other patients of the institution; (b) Persons charged with crimes who are found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity and who are also persons with intellectual disabilities subject to institutionalization by court order. (4) Have control of all institutions maintained in part by the state for the care, treatment, and training of persons with intellectual disabilities; (5) Administer the laws relative to persons in such institutions in an efficient, economical, and humane manner; (6) Ascertain by actual examinations and inquiry whether institutionalizations are made according to law. (B) The department may do any of the following: (1) Subject to section 5139.08 of the Revised Code, receive from the department of youth services for observation, diagnosis, care, habilitation, or placement any children in the custody of the department of youth services; (2) Receive for observation any minor from a public institution other than an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities, from a private charitable institution, or from a person having legal custody of such a minor, upon such terms as are proper; (3) Receive from the department of mental health and addiction services any patient in the custody of the department who is transferred to the department of developmental disabilities upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the two departments. (C) In addition to the powers and duties expressly conferred by this section, the department may take any other action necessary for the full and efficient executive, administrative, and fiscal supervision of the state institutions described in this section. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.54
§ 5139.54. Medical release or discharge
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other provision for determining when a child shall be released or discharged from the legal custody of the department of youth services, including jurisdictional provisions in section 2152.22 of the Revised Code, the release authority, for medical reasons, may release a child upon supervised release or discharge the child from the custody of the department when any of the following applies: (1) The child is terminally ill or otherwise in imminent danger of death. (2) The child is incapacitated due to injury, disease, illness, or other medical condition and is no longer a threat to public safety. (3) The child appears to be a person with a mental illness subject to court order, as defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code, or a person with an intellectual disability subject to institutionalization by court order, as defined in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. (B) When considering whether to release or discharge a child under this section for medical reasons, the release authority may request additional medical information about the child or may ask the department to conduct additional medical examinations. (C) The release authority shall determine the appropriate level of supervised release for a child released under this section. The terms and conditions of the release may require periodic medical reevaluations as appropriate. Upon granting a release or discharge under this section, the release authority shall give notice of the release and its terms and conditions or of the discharge to the court that committed the child to the custody of the department. (D) The release authority shall submit annually to the director of youth services a report that includes all of the following information for the previous calendar year: (1) The number of children the release authority considered for medical release or discharge; (2) The nature of the injury, disease, illness, or other medical condition of each child considered for medical release or discharge; (3) The decision made by the release authority for each child, including the reasons for denying medical release or discharge or for granting it; (4) The number of children on medical release who were returned to a secure facility or whose supervised release was revoked. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 1:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5116.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5116 / § 5116.06
§ 5116.06. Rules
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules that are necessary to implement the comprehensive case management and employment program, including rules that do all of the following: (1) Provide for the program to do both of the following: (a) Help a work-eligible individual satisfy the work requirements of section 407 of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 607; (b) Help an Ohio works first participant who participates in the program do both of the following: (i) Satisfy other Ohio works first requirements, including requirements included in the participant's self-sufficiency contract entered into under section 5107.14 of the Revised Code; (ii) Obtain assistance or services the participant needs according to an assessment conducted under section 5107.70 of the Revised Code. (2) For the purpose of section 5116.11 of the Revised Code, establish procedures for both of the following: (a) Assessing the employment and training needs of individuals participating in the comprehensive case management and employment program; (b) Creating, reviewing, revising, and terminating individual opportunity plans. (3) For the purpose of section 5116.20 of the Revised Code, establish procedures, including procedures regarding timing, for a local workforce development board to decide whether to authorize the use of its youth workforce investment activity funds for the comprehensive case management and employment program; (4) Establish requirements for the plans required by division (A)(1) of section 5116.23 of the Revised Code; (5) For the purpose of division (A)(3) of section 5116.23 of the Revised Code, establish procedures for a lead agency to partner with the other local participating agency and subcontractors. (B) For the purposes of divisions (C) and (F) of section 5116.10 of the Revised Code, the rules adopted under this section may do either or both of the following: (1) Specify one or more additional mandatory participation groups that are required to participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program; (2) Specify one or more additional voluntary participation groups that may volunteer to participate in the program. (C) The rules adopted under this section shall be consistent with all of the following: (1) The Title IV-A state plan prepared under section 5101.80 of the Revised Code, amendments to the plan, and any waivers regarding the plan granted by the United States secretary of health and human services; (2) The combined state plan authorized by section 103 of the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3113, amendments to the plan, and any waivers regarding the plan granted by the United States secretary of labor. (D) The rules adopted under division (A)(1)(a) of this section may deviate from Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.046 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.046
§ 5126.046. Right to community-based services; list of providers
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided by 42 C.F.R. 431.51, an individual with a developmental disability who is eligible for home and community-based services has the right to obtain the services from any provider of the services that is qualified to furnish the services and is willing to furnish the services to the individual. A county board of developmental disabilities that has medicaid local administrative authority under division (A) of section 5126.055 of the Revised Code for home and community-based services and refuses to permit an individual to obtain home and community-based services from a qualified and willing provider shall provide the individual timely notice that the individual may appeal under section 5160.31 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as otherwise provided by 42 C.F.R. 431.51, an individual with a developmental disability who is eligible for ICF/IID services has the right to obtain the services from any provider that is qualified to furnish the services and is willing to furnish the services to the individual. (C) An individual with a developmental disability who is eligible for both home and community-based services and ICF/IID services has the right to choose whether to receive home and community-based services or ICF/IID services. (D) An individual with a developmental disability who is eligible for nonmedicaid residential services or nonmedicaid supported living has the right to obtain the services from any provider of the residential services or supported living that is qualified to furnish the residential services or supported living and is willing to furnish the residential services or supported living to the individual. (E) The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the implementation of this section. The rules shall include procedures for individuals to choose their providers.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.155 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.155
§ 5103.155. Surplus in putative father registry fund used to promote adoption of children with special needs
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in this section, "children with special needs" has the same meaning as in rules adopted under section 5153.163 of the Revised Code. If the department of children and youth determines that money in the putative father registry fund created under section 2101.16 of the Revised Code is more than is needed to perform its duties related to the putative father registry, the department may use surplus moneys in the fund to promote adoption of children with special needs. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5116.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5116 / § 5116.10
§ 5116.10. Participants
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Each work-eligible individual shall participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program as a condition of participating in Ohio works first if the individual is at least fourteen but not more than twenty-four years of age. (B) Each individual who is an in-school youth or out-of-school youth shall participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program as a condition of enrollment in workforce development activities funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (C) Each individual who is a member of a group, if any, specified in rules adopted under section 5116.06 of the Revised Code as an additional mandatory participation group shall participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program if funds are available for the group under the TANF block grant or the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (D) Any Ohio works first participant who is not a work-eligible individual may volunteer to participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program if the participant is at least fourteen but not more than twenty-four years of age. (E) Any individual receiving benefits and services under the prevention, retention, and contingency program may volunteer to participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program if the individual is at least fourteen but not more than twenty-four years of age. (F) Any individual who is a member of a group, if any, specified in rules adopted under section 5116.06 of the Revised Code as a voluntary participation group may volunteer to participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program if funds are available for the group under the TANF block grant or the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.33
§ 5123.33. Annual report
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly In its annual report, the department of developmental disabilities shall include a list of the officers and agents employed, and complete financial statement of the various institutions under its control. The report shall describe the condition of each institution, and shall state, as to each institution, whether: (A) The moneys appropriated have been economically and judiciously expended; (B) The objects of the institutions have been accomplished; (C) The laws in relation to such institutions have been fully complied with; (D) All parts of the state are equally benefited by the institutions. Such annual report shall be accompanied by the reports of the managing officers, such other information as the department considers proper, and the department's recommendations for the more effective accomplishment of the general purpose of this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.36
§ 5164.36. Credible allegation of fraud or disqualifying indictment; suspension of provider agreement
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Credible allegation of fraud" has the same meaning as in 42 C.F.R. 455.2, except that for purposes of this section any reference in that regulation to the "state" or the "state medicaid agency" means the department of medicaid. (2) "Disqualifying indictment" means an indictment of a medicaid provider or its officer, authorized agent, associate, manager, employee, or, if the provider is a noninstitutional provider, its owner, if either of the following applies: (a) The indictment charges the person with committing an act to which both of the following apply: (i) The act would be a felony or misdemeanor under the laws of this state or the jurisdiction within which the act occurred. (ii) The act relates to or results from furnishing or billing for medicaid services under the medicaid program or relates to or results from performing management or administrative services relating to furnishing medicaid services under the medicaid program. (b) The indictment charges the person with committing an act that would constitute a disqualifying offense. (3) "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. (4) "Noninstitutional medicaid provider" means any person or entity with a provider agreement other than a hospital, nursing facility, or ICF/IID. (5) "Owner" means any person having at least five per cent ownership in a noninstitutional medicaid provider. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (C) of this section and in rules authorized by this section, the department of medicaid shall suspend the provider agreement held by a medicaid provider on determining either of the following: (a) There is a credible allegation of fraud against any of the following for which an investigation is pending under the medicaid program: (i) The medicaid provider; (ii) The medicaid provider's owner, officer, authorized agent, associate, manager, or employee. (b) A disqualifying indictment has been issued against any of the following: (i) The medicaid provider; (ii) The medicaid provider's officer, authorized agent, associate, manager, or employee; (iii) If the medicaid provider is a noninstitutional provider, its owner. (2) Subject to division (C) of this section, the department shall also suspend all medicaid payments to a medicaid provider for services rendered, regardless of the date that the services are rendered, when the department suspends the provider's provider agreement under this section. (3) The suspension of a provider agreement shall continue in effect until the latest of the following occurs: (a) If the suspension is the result of a credible allegation of fraud, the department or a prosecuting authority determines that there is insufficient evidence of fraud by the medicaid provider; (b) Regardless of whether the suspension is the result of a credible allegation of fraud or a disqualifying indictment, the proceedings in any related criminal case are completed through dismissal of the indictment or through sentencing after conviction or entry of a guilty plea or through finding of not guilty or, if the department commences a process to terminate the suspended provider agreement, the termination process is concluded; (c) The medicaid provider pays in full all fines and debts due and owing to the department or makes arrangements satisfactory to the department to fulfill those obligations; (d) A civil action related to a credible allegation of fraud or disqualifying indictment is not pending against the medicaid provider. (4)(a) When a provider agreement is suspended under this section, none of the following shall take, during the period of the suspension, any of the actions specified in division (B)(4)(b) of this section: (i) The medicaid provider; (ii) If the suspension is the result of an action taken by an officer, authorized agent, associate, manager, or employee of the medicaid provider, that person; (iii) If the medicaid provider is a noninstitutional provider and the suspension is the result of an action taken by the owner of the provider, the owner. (b) The following are the actions that persons specified in division (B)(4)(a) of this section cannot take during the suspension of a provider agreement: (i) Own any other medicaid provider or risk contractor; (ii) Arrange, render, or order services on behalf of any other medicaid provider or risk contractor; (iii) Arrange or order services for medicaid recipients or render services to medicaid recipients; (iv) Receive direct payments under the medicaid program or indirect payments of medicaid funds in the form of salary, shared fees, contracts, kickbacks, or rebates from or through any other medicaid provider or risk contractor. (C) The department shall not suspend a provider agreement or medicaid payments under division (B) of this section if either of the following is the case: (1) The medicaid provider or, if the provider is a noninstitutional provider, the owner can demonstrate through the submission of written evidence that the provider or owner did not directly or indirectly sanction the action of its authorized agent, associate, manager, or employee that resulted in the credible allegation of fraud or disqualifying indictment. (2) The medicaid provider or, if the provider is a noninstitutional provider, the owner can demonstrate that good cause exists not to suspend the provider agreement or payments. With respect to the evidence described in division (C)(1) of this section, the department shall grant, prior to suspension, the provider or owner an opportunity to submit the written evidence to the department. With respect to a demonstration of good cause described in division (C)(2) of this section, the department shall specify in rules adopted under section 5164.02 of the Revised Code what constitutes good cause and the information, documents, or other evidence that must be submitted to the department as part of the demonstration. (D) After suspending a provider agreement under division (B) of this section, the department shall send notice of the suspension to the affected medicaid provider or, if the provider is a noninstitutional provider, the owner in accordance with the following time frames: (1) Not later than five days after the suspension, unless a law enforcement agency makes a written request to temporarily delay the notice; (2) If a law enforcement agency makes a written request to temporarily delay the notice, not later than thirty days after the suspension occurs subject to the conditions specified in division (E) of this section. (E) A written request for a temporary delay described in division (D)(2) of this section may be renewed in writing by a law enforcement agency not more than two times except that under no circumstances shall the notice be issued more than ninety days after the suspension occurs. (F) The notice required by division (D) of this section shall do all of the following: (1) State that payments are being suspended in accordance with this section and 42 C.F.R. 455.23; (2) Set forth the general allegations related to the nature of the conduct leading to the suspension, except that it is not necessary to disclose any specific information concerning an ongoing investigation; (3) State that the suspension continues to be in effect until the latest of the circumstances specified in division (B)(3) of this section occur; (4) Specify, if applicable, the type or types of medicaid claims or business units of the medicaid provider that are affected by the suspension; (5) Inform the medicaid provider or owner of the opportunity to submit to the department, not later than thirty days after receiving the notice, a request for reconsideration of the suspension in accordance with division (G) of this section. (G)(1) Pursuant to the procedure specified in division (G)(2) of this section, a medicaid provider subject to a suspension under this section or, if the provider is a noninstitutional provider, the owner may request a reconsideration of the suspension. The request shall be made not later than thirty days after receipt of a notice required by division (D) of this section. The reconsideration is not subject to an adjudication hearing pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (2) In requesting a reconsideration, the medicaid provider or owner shall submit written information and documents to the department. The information and documents may pertain to either of the following issues: (a) Whether the determination to suspend the provider agreement was based on a mistake of fact, other than the validity of an indictment in a related criminal case. (b) If there has been an indictment in a related criminal case, whether the indictment is a disqualifying indictment. (H) The department shall review the information and documents submitted in a request made under division (G) of this section for reconsideration of a suspension. After the review, the suspension may be affirmed, reversed, or modified, in whole or in part. The department shall notify the affected provider or owner of the results of the review. (I) Rules adopted under section 5164.02 of the Revised Code may specify circumstances under which the department would not suspend a provider agreement pursuant to this section. Last updated October 10, 2023 at 11:43 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.45
§ 5124.45. Deposits to general revenue fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities shall transmit to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general revenue fund amounts collected from the following: (A) Refunds required by, and interest charged under, section 5124.41 of the Revised Code; (B) Penalties imposed under section 5124.42 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 4, 2023 at 3:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.44
§ 5119.44. Providing goods and services to certain departments, agencies, and institutions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in this section, "free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 2305.2341 of the Revised Code. (A) The department of behavioral health may provide certain goods and services for the department of behavioral health, the department of developmental disabilities, the department of rehabilitation and correction, the department of youth services, and other state, county, or municipal agencies requesting such goods and services when the department of behavioral health determines that it is in the public interest, and considers it advisable, to provide these goods and services. The department of behavioral health also may provide goods and services to agencies operated by the United States government and to public or private nonprofit agencies, other than free clinics, that are funded in whole or in part by the state if the public or private nonprofit agencies are designated for participation in this program by the director of behavioral health for community addiction services providers and community mental health services providers, the director of developmental disabilities for community developmental disabilities agencies, the director of rehabilitation and correction for community rehabilitation and correction agencies, or the director of youth services for community youth services agencies. Designated community agencies or services providers shall receive goods and services through the department of behavioral health only in those cases where the designating state agency certifies that providing such goods and services to the agency or services provider will conserve public resources to the benefit of the public and where the provision of such goods and services is considered feasible by the department of behavioral health. (B) The department of behavioral health may permit free clinics to purchase certain goods and services to the extent the purchases fall within the exemption to the Robinson-Patman Act, 15 U.S.C. 13 et seq., applicable to nonprofit institutions, in 15 U.S.C. 13c, as amended. (C) The goods and services that may be provided by the department of behavioral health under divisions (A) and (B) of this section may include: (1) Procurement, storage, processing, and distribution of food and professional consultation on food operations; (2) Procurement, storage, and distribution of medical and laboratory supplies, dental supplies, medical records, forms, optical supplies, and sundries; (3) Procurement, storage, repackaging, distribution, and dispensing of drugs, the provision of professional pharmacy consultation, and drug information services; (4) Other goods and services. (D) The department of behavioral health may provide the goods and services designated in division (C) of this section to its institutions and to state-operated community-based mental health or addiction services providers. (E) After consultation with and advice from the director of developmental disabilities, the director of rehabilitation and correction, and the director of youth services, the department of behavioral health may provide the goods and services designated in division (C) of this section to the department of developmental disabilities, the department of rehabilitation and correction, and the department of youth services. (F) The cost of administration of this section shall be determined by the department of behavioral health and paid by the agencies, services providers, or free clinics receiving the goods and services to the department for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio pharmacy services fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall be used to pay the cost of administration of this section to the department. (G) Whenever a state agency fails to make a payment for goods and services provided under this section within thirty-one days after the date the payment was due, the office of budget and management may transfer moneys from the state agency to the department of behavioral health. The amount transferred shall not exceed the amount of overdue payments. Prior to making a transfer under this division, the office of budget and management shall apply any credits the state agency has accumulated in payments for goods and services provided under this section. (H) Purchases of goods and services under this section are not subject to section 307.86 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.40
§ 5124.40. Adjustment of rates
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly If an ICF/IID provider properly amends a cost report for an ICF/IID under section 5124.107 of the Revised Code and the amended report shows that the provider received a lower medicaid payment rate under the original cost report than the provider was entitled to receive, the department of developmental disabilities shall adjust the provider's rate for the ICF/IID prospectively to reflect the corrected information. The department shall pay the adjusted rate beginning two months after the first day of the month after the provider files the amended cost report. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 2:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.28
§ 5120.28. Fixing prices for labor and services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall fix the prices at which all labor and services performed, all agricultural products produced, and all articles manufactured in correctional and penal institutions shall be furnished to the state, the political subdivisions of the state, and the public institutions of the state and the political subdivisions, and to private persons. The prices shall be uniform to all and not higher than the usual market price for like labor, products, services, and articles. (B) Any money received by the department of rehabilitation and correction for labor and services performed shall be deposited into the institutional services fund created pursuant to division (A) of section 5120.29 of the Revised Code and shall be used and accounted for as provided in that section and division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code. (C) Any money received by the department of rehabilitation and correction for articles manufactured and agricultural products produced in penal and correctional institutions shall be deposited into the Ohio penal industries manufacturing fund created pursuant to division (B) of section 5120.29 of the Revised Code and shall be used and accounted for as provided in that section and division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.89 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.89
§ 5101.89. Youth and family ombudsmen office definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in sections 5101.89 to 5101.899 of the Revised Code: (A) "Youth" means a person who is any of the following: (1) Less than eighteen years of age; (2) An emancipated young adult; (3) Is in the temporary or permanent custody of a public children services agency, a planned permanent living arrangement, or in the Title-IV-E-eligible care and placement responsibility of a juvenile court or other governmental agency that provides Title IV-E reimbursable placement services. (B) "Emancipated young adult" has the same meaning as in section 5180.42 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.11
§ 5126.11. Family support services program
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "respite care" means appropriate, short-term, temporary care that is provided to an individual with a developmental disability to sustain the family structure or to meet planned or emergency needs of the family. (B) Subject to rules adopted by the director of developmental disabilities, and subject to the availability of money from state and federal sources, the county board of developmental disabilities shall establish a family support services program. Under such a program, the board shall make payments to an individual with a developmental disability or the family of an individual with a developmental disability who desires to remain in and be supported in the family home. Payments shall be made for all or part of costs incurred or estimated to be incurred for services that would promote self-sufficiency and normalization, prevent or reduce inappropriate institutional care, and further the unity of the family by enabling the family to meet the special needs of the individual and to live as much like other families as possible. Payments may be made in the form of reimbursement for expenditures or in the form of vouchers to be used to purchase services. (C) Payment shall not be made under this section to an individual or the individual's family if the individual is living in a residential facility that is providing residential services under contract with the department of developmental disabilities or a county board. (D) Payments may be made for the following services: (1) Respite care, in or out of the home; (2) Counseling, supervision, training, and education of the individual, the individual's caregivers, and members of the individual's family that aid the family in providing proper care for the individual, provide for the special needs of the family, and assist in all aspects of the individual's daily living; (3) Special diets, purchase or lease of special equipment, or modifications of the home, if such diets, equipment, or modifications are necessary to improve or facilitate the care and living environment of the individual; (4) Providing support necessary for the individual's continued skill development, including such services as development of interventions to cope with unique problems that may occur within the complexity of the family, enrollment of the individual in special summer programs, provision of appropriate leisure activities, and other social skills development activities; (5) Any other services that are consistent with the purposes specified in division (B) of this section and specified in the individual's service plan. (E) In order to be eligible for payments under a family support services program, the individual or the individual's family must reside in the county served by the county board, and the individual must be in need of habilitation. Payments shall be adjusted for income in accordance with the payment schedule established in rules adopted under this section. Payments shall be made only after the county board has taken into account all other available assistance for which the individual or family is eligible. (F) Before incurring expenses for a service for which payment will be sought under a family support services program, the individual or family shall apply to the county board for a determination of eligibility and approval of the service. The service need not be provided in the county served by the county board. After being determined eligible and receiving approval for the service, the individual or family may incur expenses for the service or use the vouchers received from the county board for the purchase of the service. If the county board refuses to approve a service, an appeal may be made in accordance with rules adopted by the department under this section. (G) To be reimbursed for expenses incurred for approved services, the individual or family shall submit to the county board a statement of the expenses incurred accompanied by any evidence required by the board. To redeem vouchers used to purchase approved services, the entity that provided the service shall submit to the county board evidence that the service was provided and a statement of the charges. The county board shall make reimbursements and redeem vouchers not later than forty-five days after it receives the statements and evidence required by this division. (H) A county board shall consider the following objectives in carrying out a family support services program: (1) Enabling individuals to return to their families from an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities; (2) Enabling individuals found to be subject to institutionalization by court order under section 5123.76 of the Revised Code to remain with their families with the aid of payments provided under this section; (3) Providing services to eligible children and adults currently residing in the community; (4) Providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities who are not receiving other services from the board. (I) The director shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules for the implementation of family support services programs by county boards. The rules shall include all of the following: (1) A payment schedule adjusted for income; (2) Standards for supervision, training, and quality control in the provision of respite care services; (3) Eligibility standards and procedures for providing temporary emergency respite care; (4) Procedures for hearing and deciding appeals made under division (F) of this section. Rules adopted under division (I)(1) of this section shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. Rules adopted under divisions (I)(2) to (4) of this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (J) All individuals certified by the superintendent of the county board as eligible for temporary emergency respite care in accordance with rules adopted under this section shall be considered eligible for temporary emergency respite care for not more than five days to permit the determination of eligibility for family support services. The requirements of divisions (E) and (F) of this section do not apply to temporary emergency respite care. (K) The county board shall not be required to make payments for family support services at a level that exceeds available state and federal funds for such payments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.73
§ 5164.73. Division of payments between physician or podiatrist and nurse
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The division of any medicaid payment between a collaborating physician or podiatrist and a clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner for services performed by the nurse shall be determined and agreed on by the nurse and collaborating physician or podiatrist. In no case shall the medicaid payment exceed the medicaid payment that the physician or podiatrist would have received had the physician or podiatrist provided the entire service.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.193 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.193
§ 5165.193. Exception review of assessment data
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of medicaid may, pursuant to rules authorized by this section, conduct an exception review of resident assessment data submitted by a nursing facility provider under section 5165.191 of the Revised Code. The department may conduct an exception review based on the findings of a medicaid certification survey conducted by the department of health, a risk analysis, or prior performance of the provider. Exception reviews shall be conducted by appropriate health professionals under contract with or employed by the department. The professionals may review resident assessment forms and supporting documentation, conduct interviews, and observe residents to identify any patterns or trends of inaccurate resident assessments and resulting inaccurate case-mix scores. (B) If an exception review is conducted before the effective date of a nursing facility's rate for direct care costs that is based on the resident assessment data being reviewed and the review results in findings that exceed tolerance levels specified in the rules authorized by this section, the department, in accordance with those rules, may use the findings to redetermine individual resident case-mix scores, the nursing facility's case-mix score for the quarter, and the nursing facility's annual average case-mix score. The department may use the nursing facility's redetermined quarterly and annual average case-mix scores to determine the nursing facility's rate for direct care costs for the appropriate calendar quarter or quarters. (C) The department shall prepare a written summary of any exception review finding that is made after the effective date of a nursing facility's rate for direct care costs that is based on the resident assessment data that was reviewed. Where the provider is pursuing judicial or administrative remedies in good faith regarding the finding, the department shall not withhold from the provider's current payments any amounts the department claims to be due from the provider pursuant to section 5165.41 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5165.02 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section. The rules shall establish an exception review program that does all of the following: (a) Requires each exception review to comply with Title XVIII and Title XIX; (b) Requires a written summary for each exception review that states whether resident assessment forms have been completed accurately; (c) Prohibits each health professional who conducts an exception review from doing either of the following: (i) During the period of the professional's contract or employment with the department, having or being committed to acquire any direct or indirect financial interest in the ownership, financing, or operation of nursing facilities in this state; (ii) Reviewing any provider that has been a client of the professional. (2) For the purposes of division (D)(1)(c)(i) of this section, employment of a member of a health professional's family by a nursing facility that the professional does not review does not constitute a direct or indirect financial interest in the ownership, financing, or operation of the nursing facility. Last updated September 18, 2023 at 11:01 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.68
§ 5120.68. Warden's report to parole board
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) When a prisoner becomes eligible for parole under section 2967.13 of the Revised Code, the warden of the institution in which the prisoner is incarcerated shall prepare a report containing all of the following information: (1) Information concerning the prisoner's participation in programs during the prisoner's time at the institution; (2) Information concerning the prisoner's compliance or noncompliance with rules while at the institution; (3) Information concerning the ability of the prisoner to seek and obtain employment upon release from incarceration. (B) The warden shall submit the report created under division (A) of this section to the parole board prior to any hearing to determine whether or not the prisoner should be paroled.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.44
§ 5122.44. Patients buried on department hospital grounds - definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in sections 5122.44 to 5122.47 of the Revised Code: (A) "Compilation" means a written list of the following information, as the department of behavioral health is able to reasonably ascertain, for every patient who was buried, entombed, or inurned prior to March 31, 2005, in a cemetery located on the grounds of or adjacent to the grounds of a public hospital: (1) Name; (2) Date of birth; (3) Date of death or burial; (4) Specific physical location of the burial, entombment, or inurnment, including the plot or grave site number if available. (B) "Patient" means an individual who died while admitted to a public hospital that was under the control of the department of behavioral health. (C) "Record" has the same meaning as in section 149.011 of the Revised Code. (D) "State agency" means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.651 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.651
§ 5120.651. Eligibility for program
Status: in_force

September 19, 2014 Senate Bill 143 - 130th General Assembly An inmate is eligible to participate in the prison nursery program if she is pregnant at the time she is delivered into the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction, she gives birth on or after the date the program is implemented, she is subject to a sentence of imprisonment of not more than three years, and she and the child meet any other criteria established by the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.33
§ 5167.33. Strategies regarding payment to providers
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Not later than July 1, 2018, each medicaid managed care organization shall implement strategies that base payments to providers on the value received from the providers' services, including their success in reducing waste in the provision of the services. Not later than July 1, 2020, each medicaid managed care organization shall ensure that at least fifty per cent of the aggregate net payments it makes to providers are based on the value received from the providers' services. The department of medicaid may measure a medicaid managed care organization's compliance with this section based on the actions of the organization, the providers in the organization's provider panel, the organization's subcontractors, or any combination of the organization, providers, and subcontractors. (B) The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5167.02 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section, including rules that specify how all of the following are to be determined: (1) The value received from a provider's services; (2) A provider's success in reducing waste in the provision of services; (3) The percentage of a medicaid managed care organization's aggregate net payments to providers that are based on the value received from the providers' services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.201 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.201
§ 5126.201. Conditional status service and support administrator - minimum requirements
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 House Bill 113 - 131st General Assembly (A) A person may be employed by or under contract with a county board of developmental disabilities as a conditional status service and support administrator only if either of the following is true: (1) The person has at least an appropriate associate degree; (2) The person meets both of the following requirements: (a) The person was employed by the county board and performed service and support administration duties on June 30, 2005; (b) The person holds a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalence. (B) A conditional status service and support administrator shall perform the duties of service and support administration, as specified in division (B) of section 5126.15 of the Revised Code, only under the supervision of a management employee who is a service and support administration supervisor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.17
§ 5119.17. Addicted pregnant women and their children
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of behavioral health, in accordance with division (B) of this section, shall give priority to developing, and promptly shall develop, with available public and private resources a program that does all of the following: (1) Provides a manner of identifying the aggregate number of pregnant women in this state who are addicted to a drug of abuse; (2) Provides for an effective means of intervention to eliminate the addiction of pregnant women to drugs of abuse prior to the birth of their children; (3) Gives priority to the treatment of pregnant women addicted to drugs of abuse, including by requiring community addiction services providers that receive public funds to give priority to pregnant women referred for treatment; (4) Provides for the continued monitoring of women who were addicted to a drug of abuse during their pregnancies, after the birth of their children, and for the availability of treatment and rehabilitation for those women; (5) Provides a manner of determining the aggregate number of children who are born in this state to women who are addicted, at the time of birth, to a drug of abuse, and of children who are born in this state with an addiction to or a dependency on a drug of abuse; (6) Provides for the continued monitoring of children who are born in this state to women who are addicted, at the time of birth, to a drug of abuse, or who are born in this state with an addiction to or dependency on a drug of abuse, after their birth; (7) Provides for the treatment and rehabilitation of any child who is born to a woman who is addicted, at the time of birth, to a drug of abuse, and of any child who is born with an addiction to or dependency on a drug of abuse. (B) In developing the program described in division (A) of this section, the department may obtain information from the department of health and the department of job and family services, and those departments shall cooperate with the department of behavioral health in its development and implementation of the program. (C) Immediately upon its development of the program described in division (A) of this section, the department shall implement the program. (D) Any record or information that is obtained or maintained by the department in connection with the program described in division (A) of this section and could enable the identification of any woman or child described in division (A)(1) or (5) of this section is not a public record subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (E) A community addiction services provider that receives public funds shall not refuse to treat a person solely because the person is pregnant if appropriate treatment is offered by the provider. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.38
§ 5165.38. Reconsideration of rate
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 that establish a process under which a nursing facility provider, or a group or association of nursing facility providers, may seek reconsideration of medicaid payment rates established under this chapter, including a rate for direct care costs recalculated before the effective date of the rate as a result of an exception review of resident assessment data conducted under section 5165.193 of the Revised Code. The only issue that a provider, group, or association may raise in the rate reconsideration shall be whether the rate was calculated in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted under section 5165.02 of the Revised Code. The provider, group, or association may submit written arguments or other materials that support its position. The provider, group, or association and department of medicaid shall take actions regarding the rate reconsideration within time frames specified in rules authorized by this section. If the department determines, as a result of the rate reconsideration, that the rate determined for one or more nursing facilities is less than the rate to which the nursing facility is entitled, the department shall increase the rate. If the department has paid the incorrect rate for a period of time, the department shall pay the provider the difference between the amount the provider was paid for that period for the nursing facility and the amount the provider should have been paid for the nursing facility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.30
§ 5123.30. Books and accounts
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities shall keep in its office a proper and complete set of books and accounts with each institution, which shall clearly show the nature and amount of every expenditure authorized and made at such institution, and which shall contain an account of all appropriations made by the general assembly and of all other funds, together with the disposition of such funds. The department shall prescribe the form of vouchers, records, and methods of keeping accounts at each of the institutions, which shall be as nearly uniform as possible. The department may examine the records of any institution at any time. The department may authorize any of its bookkeepers, accountants, or employees to examine the records, accounts, and vouchers or take an inventory of the property of any institution, or do whatever is necessary, and pay the actual and reasonable expenses incurred in such service when an itemized account is filed and approved.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.56
§ 5139.56. Notice to victim of all release reviews, pending release hearings, supervised release revocation hearings, and discharge reviews
Status: in_force

September 1, 1998 House Bill 526 - 122nd General Assembly (A) The victim of an act for which a child has been committed to the legal custody of the department of youth services may submit a written request to the release authority to notify the victim of all release reviews, pending release hearings, supervised release revocation hearings, and discharge reviews relating to the child, of the placement of the child on supervised release, and of the discharge of the child. If the victim is a minor, is incapacitated, incompetent, or chooses to be represented by another person, the victim may designate in writing a person to act on the victim's behalf as a victim's representative and to request and receive the notices. If the victim is deceased, the executor or administrator of the victim's estate or, if there is no executor or administrator of the victim's estate, a member of the victim's family may designate in writing a person to act on the victim's behalf as a victim's representative and to request and receive the notices. If more than one person seeks to act as the representative of the victim, the release authority shall designate one person to act as the victim's representative. If the victim chooses not to have a representative, the victim shall be the sole person accorded rights under this section. The release authority may give notice by any means reasonably calculated to provide prompt actual notice. If a victim, an executor or administrator, or a member of a victim's family designates a person in writing pursuant to this division to act on the victim's behalf as a victim's representative, the victim, executor, administrator, or family member, or the victim's representative, shall notify the release authority that the victim's representative is to act for the victim. A victim, executor, administrator, or member of a victim's family who has designated a person in writing pursuant to this division to act on the victim's behalf as a victim's representative may revoke the authority of that person to act as the victim's representative. Upon the revocation, the victim, executor, administrator, or member of the victim's family shall notify the release authority in writing that the authority of the person to so act has been revoked. At any time after the revocation, the victim, executor, administrator, or member of the victim's family may designate in writing a different person to act on the victim's behalf as a victim's representative. The victim or victim's representative shall provide the release authority an address or telephone number at which notice may be given and shall notify the release authority in writing of any changes in that information. If at any time the victim or victim's representative elects to waive notice and other rights afforded by this section, the victim or victim's representative may do so in a written statement to the release authority. (B) If a victim or victim's representative has requested notice of release reviews, pending release hearings, supervised release revocation hearings, and discharge reviews related to a child, of the placement of the child on supervised release, and of the discharge of the child, the release authority shall give that person notice of a release review, release hearing, or discharge review at least thirty days prior to the date of the review or hearing. The notice shall specify the date, time, and place of the review or hearing, the right of the victim or victim's representative to make an oral or written statement addressing the impact of the offense or delinquent act upon the victim or oral or written comments regarding the possible release or discharge, and, if the notice pertains to a hearing, the right to attend, and make the statements or comments at the hearing. Upon receiving notice that a release hearing is scheduled, a victim or victim's representative who intends to attend the release hearing, at least two days prior to the hearing, shall notify the release authority of the victim's or representative's intention to be present at the release hearing so that the release authority may ensure appropriate accommodations and security. If the child is placed on supervised release or is discharged, the release authority shall provide notice of the release or discharge to the victim or victim's representative in accordance with division (F) of section 5139.51 of the Revised Code. If the child is on supervised release, if a court has scheduled a hearing pursuant to division (F) of section 5139.52 of the Revised Code to consider the revocation of the supervised release, and if the release authority has been informed of the hearing, the release authority promptly shall notify the victim or victim's representative of the date, time, and place of the hearing. (C) If a victim or victim's representative has requested notice of release reviews, pending release hearings, supervised release revocation hearings, and discharge reviews related to a child, of the placement of the child on supervised release, and of the discharge of the child, and if a release review, release hearing, or discharge review is scheduled or pending, the release authority shall give that person an opportunity to provide a written statement or communicate orally with a representative of the release authority regarding the possible release or discharge or to make oral or written comments regarding the possible release or discharge to a representative of the release authority, regardless of whether the victim or victim's representative is present at a hearing on the matter. If a victim or victim's representative is present at a release hearing, the authority shall give that person an opportunity to make the oral or written statement or comments at the hearing. The oral or written statement and comments may address the impact of the offense or delinquent act upon the victim, including the nature and extent of any harm suffered, the extent of any property damage or economic loss, any restitution ordered by the committing court and the progress the child has made toward fulfillment of that obligation, and the victim's recommendation for the outcome of the release hearing. A written statement or written comments submitted by a victim or a victim's representative under this section are confidential, are not a public record, and shall be returned to the release authority at the end of a release hearing by any person who receives a copy of them. At a release hearing before the release authority, a victim or victim's representative may be accompanied by another person for support, but that person shall not act as a victim's representative. The release authority and other employees of the department of youth services shall make reasonable efforts to minimize contact between the child and the victim, victim's representative, or support person before, during, and after the hearing. The release authority shall use a separate waiting area for the victim, victim's representative, and support person if a separate area is available. (D) At no time shall a victim or victim's representative be compelled to disclose the victim's address, place of employment, or similar identifying information to the child or the child's parent or legal guardian. Upon request of a victim or a victim's representative, the release authority shall keep in its files only the address or telephone number to which it shall send notice of a release review, pending release hearing, supervised release revocation hearing, discharge review, grant of supervised release, or discharge. (E) No employer shall discharge, discipline, or otherwise retaliate against a victim or victim's representative for participating in a hearing before the release authority. This division generally does not require an employer to compensate an employee for time lost as a result of attendance at a hearing before the release authority. (F) The release authority shall make reasonable, good faith efforts to comply with the provisions of this section. Failure of the release authority to comply with this section does not give rise to a claim for damages against the release authority and does not require modification of a final decision by the release authority. (G) If a victim is in the legal custody of the department of youth services and resides in a secure facility or in another secure residential program, including a community corrections facility, or is incarcerated, the release authority may modify the victim's rights under this section to prevent a security risk, hardship, or undue burden upon a public official or agency with a duty under this section. If the victim resides in another state under similar circumstances, the release authority may make similar modifications of the victim's rights.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.657 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.657
§ 5120.657. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

March 15, 2001 House Bill 661 - 123rd General Assembly If the department of rehabilitation and correction establishes the prison nursery program, it shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules that establish requirements necessary and appropriate to the establishment, implementation, and operation of the program. The department shall adopt the rules prior to implementing the program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.07
§ 5123.07. Bureau of research - duties
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly There may be created in the department of developmental disabilities a bureau of research. The bureau shall: (A) Plan, direct, and coordinate all research programs conducted by the department; (B) Provide continuing evaluation of research programs; (C) Direct and coordinate scientific investigations and studies as undertaken under this section. The department shall institute and encourage scientific investigation by the staffs of the various institutions under its control and supervision, and publish bulletins and reports of the scientific and clinical work done in such institutions. Scientific investigation in the department shall be undertaken and continued only with the approval of the director of developmental disabilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.33
§ 5101.33. Electronic benefit transfers
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "benefits" means any of the following: (1) Cash assistance paid under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; (2) Supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits provided under section 5101.54 of the Revised Code; (3) Any other program administered by the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth under which assistance is provided or service rendered; (4) Any other program, service, or assistance administered by a person or government entity that the department determines may be delivered through the medium of electronic benefit transfer. (B) The department of job and family services or department of children and youth may make any payment or delivery of benefits to eligible individuals through the medium of electronic benefit transfer by doing all of the following: (1) Contracting with an agent to supply debit cards to the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth for use by such individuals in accessing their benefits and to credit such cards electronically with the amounts specified by the director of job and family services or the director of children and youth pursuant to law; (2) Informing such individuals about the use of the electronic benefit transfer system and furnishing them with debit cards and information that will enable them to access their benefits through the system; (3) Arranging with specific financial institutions or vendors, county departments of job and family services, or persons or government entities for individuals to have their cards credited electronically with the proper amounts at their facilities; (4) Periodically preparing vouchers for the payment of such benefits by electronic benefit transfer; (5) Satisfying any applicable requirements of federal and state law. (C) The department may enter into a written agreement with any person or government entity to provide benefits administered by that person or entity through the medium of electronic benefit transfer. A written agreement may require the person or government entity to pay to the department either or both of the following: (1) A charge that reimburses the department for all costs the department incurs in having the benefits administered by the person or entity provided through the electronic benefit transfer system; (2) A fee for having the benefits provided through the electronic benefit transfer system. (D) The department may designate which counties will participate in the medium of electronic benefit transfer, specify the date a designated county will begin participation, and specify which benefits will be provided through the medium of electronic benefit transfer in a designated county. (E) The department of job and family services or the department of children and youth may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the efficient administration of this section. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.20
§ 5120.20. Cooperative tests by agriculture and health departments
Status: in_force

June 13, 1975 House Bill 1 - 111th General Assembly The department of agriculture, department of health, and Ohio state university shall cooperate with the department of rehabilitation and correction in making such cooperative tests as are necessary to determine the quality, strength, and purity of supplies, the value and use of farm lands, or conditions and needs of mechanical equipment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.166 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.166
§ 5153.166. Additional rules governing agency performance of duties
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly In addition to other rules specifically authorized by the Revised Code, the director of children and youth may adopt rules governing public children services agencies' performance of their family services duties, including the family services duties that public children services agencies have under sections 5153.16 to 5153.19 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.061
§ 5101.061. Office of human services innovation
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby established in the department of job and family services the office of human services innovation. The office shall develop recommendations, as described in division (B) of this section, regarding the coordination and reform of state programs to assist the residents of this state in preparing for life and the dignity of work and to promote individual responsibility and work opportunity. The director of job and family services shall establish the office's organizational structure, may reassign the department's staff and resources as necessary to support the office's activities, and is responsible for the office's operations. The department of education and workforce, chancellor of higher education, and director of the governor's office of workforce transformation shall assist the director of job and family services with leadership and organizational support for the office. (B) Not later than January 1, 2015, the office shall submit to the governor recommendations for all of the following: (1) Coordinating services across all public assistance programs to help individuals find employment, succeed at work, and stay out of poverty; (2) Revising incentives for public assistance programs to foster person-centered case management; (3) Standardizing and automating eligibility determination policies and processes for public assistance programs; (4) Other matters the office considers appropriate. (C) Not later than three months after September 15, 2014, the office shall establish clear principles to guide the development of its recommendations, shall identify in detail the problems to be addressed in the recommendations, and shall make an inventory of all state and other resources that the office considers relevant to the recommendations. (D) The office shall convene the directors and staff of the departments, agencies, offices, boards, commissions, and institutions of the executive branch of the state as necessary to develop the office's recommendations. The departments, agencies, offices, boards, commissions, and institutions shall comply with all requests and directives that the office makes, subject to the supervision of the directors of the departments, agencies, offices, boards, commissions, and institutions. The office also shall convene other individuals interested in the issues that the office addresses in the development of the recommendations to obtain their input on, and support for, the recommendations. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.12
§ 5155.12. Subpoena of witnesses
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly Witnesses may be subpoenaed on a hearing under section 5155.09 of the Revised Code. They shall be entitled to receive the same fees and mileage as provided by section 2335.08 of the Revised Code. Such subpoenas may be served by the sheriff or the superintendent or administrator of the county home. The sheriff and the jurors shall receive the same fees and mileage as provided by sections 311.17 and 2313.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.15
§ 5123.15. Appointing special agents and persons
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities may appoint and commission any competent agency or person, to serve without compensation, as a special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a designated duty for and in behalf of the department. Specific credentials shall be given by the department to each person so designated, and each credential shall state the: (A) Name; (B) Agency with which such person is connected; (C) Purpose of appointment; (D) Date of expiration of appointment; (E) Such information as the department considers proper.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.08
§ 5166.08. Agency contracting for medicaid waiver components; assurance of compliance
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Each state agency and political subdivision that enters into a contract with the department of medicaid under section 5162.35 of the Revised Code to administer a home and community-based services medicaid waiver component, or one or more aspects of such a component, shall provide the department a written assurance that the agency or subdivision will not violate any of the requirements of sections 5166.01 to 5166.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.35
§ 5121.35. Discounted charges applied to eligible parties
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of mental health and addiction services shall charge a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative an amount discounted from the amount the department charges under section 5121.33 of the Revised Code if the department determines through the application process described in section 5121.36 of the Revised Code or through the financial assessment process described in section 5121.37 of the Revised Code that the patient, estate, or relative is eligible for a discount.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.018 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.018
§ 5104.018. Adoption of rules governing the licensure of type B family child care homes
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the licensure of type B family child care homes. The rules shall provide for safeguarding the health, safety, and welfare of children receiving child care or publicly funded child care in a licensed type B family child care home and shall include all of the following: (A) Requirements for the type B home to notify parents with children in the type B home that the type B home is certified as a foster home under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code; (B) Standards for ensuring that the type B home and the physical surroundings of the type B home are safe and sanitary, including physical environment, physical plant, and equipment; (C) Standards for the supervision, care, and discipline of children receiving child care or publicly funded child care in the home; (D) Standards for a program of activities, and for play equipment, materials, and supplies to enhance the development of each child; however, any educational curricula, philosophies, and methodologies that are developmentally appropriate and that enhance the social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development of each child shall be permissible; (E) Admission policies and procedures; (F) Health care, first aid and emergency procedures; (G) Procedures for the care of sick children; (H) Procedures for discipline and supervision of children; (I) Nutritional standards; (J) Procedures for screening children, including any necessary physical examinations and the immunizations required pursuant to section 5104.014 of the Revised Code; (K) Procedures for screening administrators and employees, including any necessary physical examinations and immunizations; (L) Methods of encouraging parental participation and ensuring that the rights of children, parents, and administrators are protected and the responsibilities of parents and administrators are met; (M) Standards for the safe transport of children when under the care of administrators; (N) Procedures for issuing, denying, or revoking licenses; (O) Procedures for the inspection of type B homes that require, at a minimum, that each type B home be inspected prior to licensure to ensure that the home is safe and sanitary; (P) Procedures for record keeping and evaluation; (Q) Procedures for receiving, recording, and responding to complaints; (R) Standards providing for the needs of children who have disabilities or who receive treatment for health conditions while the child is receiving child care or publicly funded child care in the type B home; (S) Requirements for the amount of usable indoor floor space for each child; (T) Requirements for safe outdoor play space; (U) Qualification and training requirements for administrators and employees, which shall not include requiring an administrator or employee to hold or obtain a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree; (V) Procedures for granting a parent who is the residential parent and legal custodian, or a custodian or guardian access to the type B home during its hours of operation; (W) Requirements for the type B home to notify parents with children in the type B home that the type B home is certified as a foster home under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code; (X) Minimum requirements for instructional time for type B homes rated through the step up to quality program established pursuant to section 5104.29 of the Revised Code; (Y) Any other procedures and standards necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter regarding licensure of type B homes. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.60
§ 5107.60. Administering additional work activities
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly In accordance with Title IV-A, federal regulations, state law, the Title IV-A state plan prepared under section 5101.80 of the Revised Code, and amendments to the plan, county departments of job and family services shall establish and administer the following work activities, in addition to the work activities established under sections 5107.50 , 5107.52 , 5107.54 , and 5107.58 of the Revised Code, for minor heads of households and adults participating in Ohio works first: (A) Unsubsidized employment activities, including activities a county department determines are legitimate entrepreneurial activities; (B) On-the-job training activities, including training to become an employee of a child care center or type A family child care home, administrator of a licensed type B family child care home, or in-home aide; (C) Community service activities including a program under which a participant of Ohio works first who is the parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relative responsible for the care of a minor child enrolled in grade twelve or lower is involved in the minor child's education on a regular basis; (D) Vocational educational training activities; (E) Jobs skills training activities that are directly related to employment; (F) Education activities that are directly related to employment for participants who have not earned a high school diploma or certificate of high school equivalence; (G) Education activities for participants who have not completed secondary school or received a certificate of high school equivalence under which the participants attend a secondary school or a course of study leading to a certificate of high school equivalence, including LEAP participation by a minor head of household; (H) Child-care service activities aiding another participant assigned to a community service activity or other work activity. A county department may provide for a participant assigned to this work activity to receive training necessary to provide child-care services. Last updated August 17, 2023 at 2:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.521 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.521
§ 5165.521. Withholding amounts owed from medicaid payments to exiting operator
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (C), and (D) of this section, the department of medicaid 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 5165.52 of the Revised Code that the exiting operator owes or may owe to the department 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 under the medicaid program as determined under section 5165.525 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 5165.52 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 withdrawal of participation 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 under the medicaid program as determined under section 5165.525 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 5165.52 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 under the medicaid program as determined under section 5165.525 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 5165.52 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 nursing facility that is the subject of the involuntary termination, voluntary withdrawal of participation, 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 withdrawal of participation or facility closure under section 5165.50 of the Revised Code or the notice of the change of operator under section 5165.51 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 nursing facility that is the subject of the involuntary termination, voluntary withdrawal of participation, 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 nursing facility that is the subject of the involuntary termination, voluntary withdrawal of participation, 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 under the medicaid program as determined under section 5165.525 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 5165.525 of the Revised Code the actual amount of debt the exiting operator owes the department 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 under the medicaid program as determined under section 5165.525 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 5165.52 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 medicaid 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. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 10:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.08
§ 5165.08. Nursing facilities' provider agreement terms
Status: in_force

January 1, 2015 Senate Bill 276 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "Bed need" means the number of long-term care beds a county needs as determined by the director of health pursuant to division (B)(3) of section 3702.593 of the Revised Code. "Bed need excess" means that a county's bed need is such that one or more long-term care beds may be relocated from the county according to the director's determination of the county's bed need. (B) Every provider agreement with a nursing facility provider shall do both of the following: (1) Permit the provider to exclude one or more parts of the nursing facility from the provider agreement, even though those parts meet federal and state standards for medicaid certification, if all of the following apply: (a) The nursing facility initially obtained both its nursing home license under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code and medicaid certification on or after January 1, 2008. (b) The nursing facility is located in a county that has a bed need excess at the time the provider excludes the parts from the provider agreement. (c) Federal law permits the provider to exclude the parts from the provider agreement. (d) The provider gives the department of medicaid written notice of the exclusion not less than forty-five days before the first day of the calendar quarter in which the exclusion is to occur. (2) Prohibit the provider from doing either of the following: (a) Discriminating against a resident on the basis of race, color, sex, creed, or national origin; (b) Subject to division (D) of this section, failing or refusing to do either of the following: (i) Except as otherwise prohibited under section 5165.82 of the Revised Code, admit as a resident of the nursing facility an individual because the individual is, or may (as a resident of the nursing facility) become, a medicaid recipient unless at least twenty-five per cent of the nursing facility's medicaid-certified beds are occupied by medicaid recipients at the time the person would otherwise be admitted; (ii) Retain as a resident of the nursing facility an individual because the individual is, or may (as a resident of the nursing facility) become, a medicaid recipient. (C) For the purpose of division (B)(2)(b)(ii) of this section, a medicaid recipient who is a resident of a nursing facility shall be considered a resident of the nursing facility during any hospital stays totaling less than twenty-five days during any twelve-month period. (D) Nothing in this section shall bar a provider from doing any of the following: (1) If the provider is a religious organization operating a religious or denominational nursing facility from giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination; (2) Giving preference to persons with whom the provider has contracted to provide continuing care; (3) If the nursing facility is a county home organized under Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code, admitting residents exclusively from the county in which the county home is located; (4) Retaining residents who have resided in the provider's nursing facility for not less than one year as private pay patients and who subsequently become medicaid recipients, but refusing to accept as a resident any person who is, or may (as a resident of the nursing facility) become a medicaid recipient, if all of the following apply: (a) The provider does not refuse to retain any resident who has resided in the provider's nursing facility for not less than one year as a private pay resident because the resident becomes a medicaid recipient, except as necessary to comply with division (D)(4)(b) of this section; (b) The number of medicaid recipients retained under division (D)(4) of this section does not at any time exceed ten per cent of all the residents in the nursing facility; (c) On July 1, 1980, all the residents in the nursing facility were private pay residents. (E) No provider shall violate the provider agreement obligations imposed by this section. (F) A nursing facility provider who excludes one or more parts of the nursing facility from a provider agreement pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section does not violate division (C) of section 3702.53 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.105 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.105
§ 5120.105. Providing construction services for halfway houses
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall provide for the construction of a halfway house facility in conformity with Chapter 153. of the Revised Code, except that construction services may be provided by the department of rehabilitation and correction. (B) The director of rehabilitation and correction may enter into an agreement with a halfway house organization for the management of a halfway house facility. The halfway house organization that occupies, will occupy, or is responsible for the management of a halfway house facility shall pay the costs of management of and general building services for the halfway house facility as provided in an agreement between the department of rehabilitation and correction and the halfway house organization. (C) No state funds, including state bond proceeds, shall be spent on the construction of a halfway house facility under sections 5120.102 to 5120.105 of the Revised Code, unless the general assembly has specifically authorized the spending of money on, or has made an appropriation to the department of rehabilitation and correction for, the construction of the halfway house facility or rental payments relating to the financing of the construction of that facility. An authorization to spend money or an appropriation for planning a halfway house facility does not constitute an authorization to spend money on, or an appropriation for, the construction of that facility. Capital funds for the construction of halfway house facilities under sections 5120.102 to 5120.105 of the Revised Code shall be paid from the adult correctional building fund created in division (F) of section 154.24 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.89 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.89
§ 5164.89. Case management of nonemergency transportation services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid may require county departments of job and family services to provide case management of nonemergency transportation services provided under the medicaid program. County departments shall provide the case management if required by the department in accordance with rules adopted under section 5164.02 of the Revised Code. The department shall determine, for the purposes of claiming federal financial participation, whether it will claim expenditures for nonemergency transportation services as administrative or program expenditures.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.707 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.707
§ 5180.707. Responsible fatherhood initiative - grant recipient duties
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) A nonprofit organization that receives a grant under section 5180.706 of the Revised Code must address the unique needs of the fathers of children who are served by the organization. The organization must do all of the following: (1) Conduct an initial assessment of its engagement with those fathers and its provision of and referral to father-oriented services; (2) Create an action plan to address any gaps identified through the assessment and implement the action plan; (3) Engage with the Ohio commission on fatherhood to build relationships with fathers, help identify their needs, assist them in accessing services, and communicate with the organization about the challenges faced by these fathers and how to appropriately meet their unique needs. (B) The Ohio commission on fatherhood must annually review how all recipient organizations are meeting the needs of fathers, including how the organizations are helping fathers establish positive, stable relationships with their children and assisting fathers in receiving needed services. All recipient organizations must provide any relevant information on how they are meeting the needs of these fathers to the commission. The information must be included in the annual report required under section 5180.702 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.04
§ 5103.04. Articles of incorporation to be filed with department of children and youth
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly No association whose object embraces the care of dependent, neglected, abused, or delinquent children, or the placing of such children in private homes, shall be incorporated unless the proposed articles of incorporation have been submitted first to the department of children and youth. The secretary of state shall not issue a certificate of incorporation to such association until there is filed in the secretary of state's office the certificate of the department that it has examined the articles of incorporation, that in its judgment the incorporators are reputable and respectable persons, the proposed work is needed, and the incorporation of such association is desirable and for the public good. Amendments proposed to the articles of incorporation of any such association shall be submitted in like manner to the department, and the secretary of state shall not record such amendment or issue a certificate therefor until there is filed in the secretary of state's office the certificate of the department that it has examined such amendment, that the association in question is performing in good faith the work undertaken by it, and that such amendment is a proper one, and for the public good. Last updated January 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.02
§ 5160.02. Rules
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 § 5123.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.35
§ 5123.35. Ohio developmental disabilities council
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the Ohio developmental disabilities council, which shall serve as an advocate for all persons with developmental disabilities. The council shall act in accordance with the "Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000," 42 U.S.C. 15001. The governor shall appoint the members of the council in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 15025. (B) The council shall develop the state plan required by federal law as a condition of receiving federal assistance under 42 U.S.C. 15021 to 15029. The department of developmental disabilities, as the state agency selected by the governor for purposes of receiving the federal assistance, shall receive, account for, and disburse funds based on the state plan and shall provide assurances and other administrative support services required as a condition of receiving the federal assistance. (C) The federal funds may be disbursed through grants to or contracts with persons and government agencies for the provision of necessary or useful goods and services for persons with developmental disabilities. The council may award the grants or enter into the contracts. (D) The council may award grants to or enter into contracts with a member of the council or an entity that the member represents if all of the following apply: (1) The member serves on the council as a representative of one of the principal state agencies concerned with services for persons with developmental disabilities as specified in 42 U.S.C. 15025(b)(4), a representative of a university affiliated program as defined in 42 U.S.C. 15002(5), or a representative of the Ohio protection and advocacy system, as defined in section 5123.60 of the Revised Code. (2) The council determines that the member or the entity the member represents is capable of providing the goods or services specified under the terms of the grant or contract. (3) The member has not taken part in any discussion or vote of the council related to awarding the grant or entering into the contract, including service as a member of a review panel established by the council to award grants or enter into contracts or to make recommendations with regard to awarding grants or entering into contracts. (E) A member of the council is not in violation of Chapter 102. or section 2921.42 of the Revised Code with regard to receiving a grant or entering into a contract under this section if the requirements of division (D) of this section have been met. (F)(1) Notwithstanding division (C) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, the requirement for a member's presence in person at a meeting in order to be part of a quorum or to vote does not apply if the council holds a meeting by interactive video conference and all of the following apply: (a) A primary meeting location that is open and accessible to the public is established for the meeting of the council; (b) A clear video and audio connection is established that enables all meeting participants at the primary meeting location to witness the participation of each member; (c) The minutes of the council identify which members participated by interactive video conference. (2) Notwithstanding division (C) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, the requirement for a member's presence in person at a meeting in order to be part of a quorum or to vote does not apply if the council holds a meeting by teleconference and all of the following apply: (a) The council has determined its membership does not have access to and the council cannot provide access to the equipment needed to conduct interactive video conferencing; (b) A primary meeting location that is open and accessible to the public is established for the meeting of the council; (c) A clear audio connection is established that enables all meeting participants at the primary meeting location to hear the participation of each member; (d) The minutes of the council identify which members participated by teleconference. (3) The council shall adopt any rules the council considers necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. At a minimum, the rules shall do all of the following: (a) Authorize council members to remotely attend a council meeting by interactive video conference or teleconference in lieu of attending the meeting in person; (b) Establish a minimum number of members required to be physically present in person at the primary meeting location if the council conducts a meeting by interactive video conference or teleconference; (c) Establish a policy for distributing and circulating necessary documents to council members, the public, and the media in advance of a meeting at which members are permitted to attend by interactive video conference or teleconference; (d) Establish a method for verifying the identity of a member who remotely attends a meeting by teleconference. Last updated October 4, 2023 at 2:57 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.55
§ 5120.55. Licensed health professional recruitment program
Status: in_force

October 9, 2021 House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "licensed health professional" means any or all of the following: (1) A dentist who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code to practice dentistry; (2) A licensed practical nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code that authorizes the practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse; (3) An optometrist who holds a current, valid certificate of licensure issued under Chapter 4725. of the Revised Code that authorizes the holder to engage in the practice of optometry; (4) A physician who is authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery; (5) A psychologist who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code that authorizes the practice of psychology as a licensed psychologist; (6) A registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code that authorizes the practice of nursing as a registered nurse, including such a nurse who is also licensed to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse as defined in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The department of rehabilitation and correction may establish a recruitment program under which the department, by means of a contract entered into under division (C) of this section, agrees to repay all or part of the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan incurred by a licensed health professional who agrees to provide services to inmates of correctional institutions under the department's administration. (2)(a) For a physician to be eligible to participate in the program, the physician must have attended a school that was, during the time of attendance, a medical school or osteopathic medical school in this country accredited by the liaison committee on medical education or the American osteopathic association, a college of podiatry in this country in good standing with the state medical board, or a medical school, osteopathic medical school, or college of podiatry located outside this country that was acknowledged by the world health organization and verified by a member state of that organization as operating within that state's jurisdiction. (b) For a nurse to be eligible to participate in the program, the nurse must have attended a school that was, during the time of attendance, a nursing school in this country accredited by the commission on collegiate nursing education or the national league for nursing accrediting commission or a nursing school located outside this country that was acknowledged by the world health organization and verified by a member state of that organization as operating within that state's jurisdiction. (c) For a dentist to be eligible to participate in the program, the dentist must have attended a school that was, during the time of attendance, a dental college that enabled the dentist to meet the requirements specified in section 4715.10 of the Revised Code to be granted a license to practice dentistry. (d) For an optometrist to be eligible to participate in the program, the optometrist must have attended a school of optometry that was, during the time of attendance, approved by the state vision professionals board. (e) For a psychologist to be eligible to participate in the program, the psychologist must have attended an educational institution that, during the time of attendance, maintained a specific degree program recognized by the state board of psychology as acceptable for fulfilling the requirement of division (B)(2) of section 4732.10 of the Revised Code. (C) The department shall enter into a contract with each licensed health professional it recruits under this section. Each contract shall include at least the following terms: (1) The licensed health professional agrees to provide a specified scope of medical, osteopathic medical, podiatric, optometric, psychological, nursing, or dental services to inmates of one or more specified state correctional institutions for a specified number of hours per week for a specified number of years. (2) The department agrees to repay all or a specified portion of the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by the licensed health professional for the following expenses to attend, for up to a maximum of four years, a school that qualifies the licensed health professional to participate in the program: (a) Tuition; (b) Other educational expenses for specific purposes, including fees, books, and laboratory expenses, in amounts determined to be reasonable in accordance with rules adopted under division (D) of this section; (c) Room and board, in an amount determined to be reasonable in accordance with rules adopted under division (D) of this section. (3) The licensed health professional agrees to pay the department a specified amount, which shall be no less than the amount already paid by the department pursuant to its agreement, as damages if the licensed health professional fails to complete the service obligation agreed to or fails to comply with other specified terms of the contract. The contract may vary the amount of damages based on the portion of the service obligation that remains uncompleted. (4) Other terms agreed upon by the parties. The licensed health professional's lending institution or the department of higher education may be a party to the contract. The contract may include an assignment to the department of rehabilitation and correction of the licensed health professional's duty to repay the principal and interest of the loan. (D) If the department of rehabilitation and correction elects to implement the recruitment program, it shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish all of the following: (1) Criteria for designating institutions for which licensed health professionals will be recruited; (2) Criteria for selecting licensed health professionals for participation in the program; (3) Criteria for determining the portion of a loan which the department will agree to repay; (4) Criteria for determining reasonable amounts of the expenses described in divisions (C)(2)(b) and (c) of this section; (5) Procedures for monitoring compliance by a licensed health professional with the terms of the contract the licensed health professional enters into under this section; (6) Any other criteria or procedures necessary to implement the program. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:10 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.63
§ 5123.63. Distributing copies of rights
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly Every state agency, county board of developmental disabilities, or political subdivision that provides services, either directly or through a contract, to persons with developmental disabilities shall give each provider a copy of the list of rights contained in section 5123.62 of the Revised Code. Each public and private provider of services shall carry out the requirements of this section in addition to any other posting or notification requirements imposed by local, state, or federal law or rules. The provider shall make copies of the list of rights and shall be responsible for an initial distribution of the list to each individual receiving services from the provider. If the individual is unable to read the list, the provider shall communicate the contents of the list to the individual to the extent practicable in a manner that the individual understands. The individual receiving services or the parent, guardian, or advocate of the individual shall sign an acknowledgement of receipt of a copy of the list of rights, and a copy of the signed acknowledgement shall be placed in the individual's file. The provider shall also be responsible for answering any questions and giving any explanations necessary to assist the individual to understand the rights enumerated. Instruction in these rights shall be documented. Each provider shall make available to all persons receiving services and all employees and visitors a copy of the list of rights and the addresses and telephone numbers of the Ohio protection and advocacy system, the department of developmental disabilities, and the county board of developmental disabilities of the county in which the provider provides services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.403 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.403
§ 5180.403. [Former R.C. 5101.133, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Uniform statewide automated child welfare information system - use and disclosure of information
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly No person shall access or use information contained in the information system established and maintained under section 5180.40 of the Revised Code other than in accordance with section 5180.402 of the Revised Code or rules authorized by that section. No person shall disclose information obtained from the information system established and maintained under section 5180.40 of the Revised Code in a manner not specified by rules authorized by section 5180.404 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.24
§ 5123.24. Businesses located near institutions
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly A person, firm, or corporation may file a petition in the court of common pleas of the county in which an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities is located, in which petition the desire to erect or carry on at a less distance than that prescribed in section 3767.19 of the Revised Code shall be set forth, the business prohibited, the precise point of its establishment, and the reasons and circumstances, in its opinion, why the erection or carrying on thereof would not annoy or endanger the health, convenience, or recovery of the residents of such institution. The petitioner shall give notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of the pendency and prayer of the petition for at least six consecutive weeks before the day set for hearing the petition and serve a written notice upon the superintendent of the institution at least thirty days before the day set for hearing the petition. If, upon the hearing of the petition, it appears that the notice has been given as required and the court is of the opinion that no good reason exists why such establishment may not be erected or such business carried on and that by the erection or carrying on thereof at the point named, the institution will sustain no detriment, the court may issue an order granting the prayer of the petitioner. Thereafter the petitioner may locate such establishment or carry on such business at the point named in the petition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.426 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.426
§ 5120.426. Rules governing access to materials
Status: in_force

November 3, 1999 House Bill 62 - 123rd General Assembly (A) The director of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules, and each warden shall adopt regulations that govern the form, medium, and quantity of materials that each prisoner confined in the warden's institution is permitted to receive and retain. Those rules and regulations shall be consistent with sections 5120.425 to 5120.428 of the Revised Code. The regulations adopted by the warden shall be consistent with the rules that the director of rehabilitation and correction adopts pursuant to this division. (B) The director of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt a rule establishing a standard for determining whether material is a prohibited inflammatory material. In establishing the standard for determining whether material is a prohibited inflammatory material, the director shall consider all relevant information, including, but not limited to, the standard established for material that is harmful to juveniles in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code; in establishing the standard under this division, the director shall not be governed or limited by the standard established by section 2907.01 of the Revised Code. (C) The director of rehabilitation and correction shall appoint a publication review committee of one or more persons. The member or members of the committee shall review withholding determinations pursuant to section 5120.428 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.30
§ 5180.30. Lead agency for part C early intervention services program
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of children and youth shall serve as the "lead agency," as described by 20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(10), to implement the state's part C early intervention services program, through which early intervention services are provided to eligible infants and toddlers in accordance with part C of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act," 20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq., and regulations implementing that part in 34 C.F.R. part 303. Last updated January 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.0217 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.0217
§ 5126.0217. Removal of member prohibited before conclusion of hearing
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly If a member of a county board of developmental disabilities requests a hearing within the time required by section 5126.0216 of the Revised Code, the appointing authority may not remove the member from the board before the conclusion of the hearing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.85
§ 5139.85. Disposing of property of former inmates
Status: in_force

July 22, 1994 House Bill 715 - 120th General Assembly (A) Whenever any child under the jurisdiction of the department of youth services dies, and any personal funds or property of the child remain in the hands of the department and no demand is made upon the department by the decedent's legally appointed executor or administrator, all money and other personal property of the decedent remaining in the custody or possession of the department shall be held by the department for a period of one year from the date of death of the decedent, for the benefit of the heirs, legatees, or successors in interest of the decedent, during which time the department shall make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or his legally appointed executor or administrator. Upon the expiration of the one-year period, any money remaining unclaimed in the custody or possession of the department shall be delivered to the state treasurer for deposit in the general revenue fund, except that of the total amount of unclaimed money in a child's personal account, the department may transfer an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars to the industrial and entertainment fund established under the authority of section 5139.86 of the Revised Code. Upon the expiration of the one-year period, all personal property, other than cash, remaining unclaimed in the custody or possession of the department shall be disposed of as provided in division (C) of this section. (B) Whenever any child under the jurisdiction of the department of youth services escapes, or is discharged or paroled, and any personal funds in excess of twenty dollars or property of the child remain in the hands of the department, and no demand is made upon the department by the owner of the funds or property or his legally appointed representative, all money in excess of twenty dollars and other intangible property of the child, other than deeds, contracts, assignments, or transfers, remaining in the custody or possession of the department shall be held for the period of the minority of such ward and for a period of one year thereafter, for the benefit of such ward or his successors in interest, during which time the department shall make reasonable effort to locate the owner or his legally appointed executor or administrator. Any personal funds in amounts of twenty dollars or less shall be transferred to the industrial and entertainment fund established under section 5139.86 of the Revised Code unless they are demanded by the child or his legal representative at the time of discharge or parole. Upon the expiration of such period of time, any money in excess of twenty dollars or other intangible personal property, other than deeds, contracts, assignments, or transfers, remaining unclaimed in custody or possession of the department shall be delivered to the state treasurer for deposit in the general revenue fund, except that of the total amount of unclaimed money in a child's personal account, the department may transfer an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars to the industrial and entertainment fund established under the authority of section 5139.86 of the Revised Code. Upon the expiration of one year from the date of such escape, discharge, or parole, any tangible personal property shall be disposed of as provided in division (C) of this section. (C) Any property remaining after the provisions of divisions (A) and (B) of this section have been complied with shall be disposed of as follows: (1) All deeds, contracts, assignments, or transfers shall be filed by the department with the county recorder of the county of commitment of such child or as otherwise provided by law. (2) All tangible personal property other than money, remaining unclaimed in the department's custody or possession, shall be sold by the department at public auction and the proceeds of the sale delivered to the state treasurer for deposit in the general revenue fund. If the department considers it expedient, it may accumulate the property of several children and sell the property in such lots as it may determine, provided that it makes a determination as to each child's share of the proceeds. (3) If any tangible personal property covered by this section is not salable at public auction, or if it has no intrinsic value, or if the value is not sufficient to justify its retention by the department to be offered for sale at public auction at a later date, the department may order it destroyed.