Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.314 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.314
§ 5101.314. [Former R.C. 122.681, amended and renumbered as R.C. 5101.314 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Confidentiality of information
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except as permitted by this section, or when required by federal law, no person or government entity shall solicit, release, disclose, receive, use, or knowingly permit or participate in the use of any information regarding an individual receiving assistance pursuant to a department of job and family services program under sections 5101.311 to 5101.318 of the Revised Code for any purpose not directly related to the administration of a department assistance program. (B) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department, and any entity that receives department funds to administer a department program to assist individuals, shall release information regarding an individual assistance recipient to the following: (1) A government entity responsible for administering the assistance program for purposes directly related to the administration of the program; (2) A law enforcement agency for the purpose of any investigation, prosecution, or criminal or civil proceeding relating to the administration of the assistance program; (3) A government entity responsible for administering a children's protective services program, for the purpose of protecting children; (4) Any appropriate person in compliance with a search warrant, subpoena, or other court order. (C) To the extent permitted by federal law and section 1347.08 of the Revised Code, the department, and any entity administering a department program, shall provide access to information regarding an individual assistance recipient to all of the following: (1) The individual assistance recipient; (2) The authorized representative of the individual assistance recipient; (3) The legal guardian of the individual assistance recipient; (4) The attorney of the individual assistance recipient. (D) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department, and any entity administering a department program, may do either of the following: (1) Release information about an individual assistance recipient if the recipient gives voluntary, written authorization; (2) Release information regarding an individual assistance recipient to a state, federal, or federally assisted program that provides cash or in-kind assistance or services directly to individuals based on need. (E) The department of job and family services, or an entity administering a department program, shall provide, at no cost, a copy of each written authorization to the individual who signed it. (F) The department may adopt rules defining who may serve as an individual assistance recipient's authorized representative for purposes of division (C)(2) of this section. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.0328 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.0328
§ 5103.0328. Notice of arrest or conviction of foster caregiver
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Not later than ninety-six hours after receiving notice from the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation pursuant to section 109.5721 of the Revised Code that a foster caregiver has been arrested for, convicted of, or pleaded guilty to any foster caregiver-disqualifying offense, and not later than ninety-six hours after learning in any other manner that a foster caregiver has been arrested for, convicted of, or pleaded guilty to any foster caregiver-disqualifying offense, the department of children and youth shall provide notice of that arrest, conviction, or guilty plea to both the recommending agency relative to the foster caregiver and the custodial agency of any child currently placed with that caregiver. (B) If a recommending agency receives notice from the department of children and youth pursuant to division (A) of this section that a foster caregiver has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any foster caregiver-disqualifying offense, or if a recommending agency learns in any other manner that a foster caregiver has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any foster caregiver-disqualifying offense, the recommending agency shall assess the foster caregiver's overall situation for safety concerns and forward any recommendations, if applicable, for revoking the foster caregiver's certificate to the department for the department's review for possible revocation. (C) As used in this section, "foster caregiver-disqualifying offense" means any offense or violation listed or described in division (C)(1) of section 2151.86 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.20
§ 5162.20. Cost-sharing requirements
Status: in_force

September 18, 2020 House Bill 11 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The department of medicaid shall institute cost-sharing requirements for the medicaid program. The department shall not institute cost-sharing requirements in a manner that does either of the following: (1) Disproportionately impacts the ability of medicaid recipients with chronic illnesses to obtain medically necessary medicaid services; (2) Violates section 5164.09 or 5164.10 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) No provider shall refuse to provide a service to a medicaid recipient who is unable to pay a required copayment for the service. (2) Division (B)(1) of this section shall not be considered to do either of the following with regard to a medicaid recipient who is unable to pay a required copayment: (a) Relieve the medicaid recipient from the obligation to pay a copayment; (b) Prohibit the provider from attempting to collect an unpaid copayment. (C) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, no provider shall waive a medicaid recipient's obligation to pay the provider a copayment. (D) No provider or drug manufacturer, including the manufacturer's representative, employee, independent contractor, or agent, shall pay any copayment on behalf of a medicaid recipient. (E) If it is the routine business practice of a provider to refuse service to any individual who owes an outstanding debt to the provider, the provider may consider an unpaid copayment imposed by the cost-sharing requirements as an outstanding debt and may refuse service to a medicaid recipient who owes the provider an outstanding debt. If the provider intends to refuse service to a medicaid recipient who owes the provider an outstanding debt, the provider shall notify the recipient of the provider's intent to refuse service. (F) In the case of a provider that is a hospital, the cost-sharing program shall permit the hospital to take action to collect a copayment by providing, at the time services are rendered to a medicaid recipient, notice that a copayment may be owed. If the hospital provides the notice and chooses not to take any further action to pursue collection of the copayment, the prohibition against waiving copayments specified in division (C) of this section does not apply. (G) The department of medicaid may collaborate with a state agency that is administering, pursuant to a contract entered into under section 5162.35 of the Revised Code, one or more components, or one or more aspects of a component, of the medicaid program as necessary for the state agency to apply the cost-sharing requirements to the components or aspects of a component that the state agency administers.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.331 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.331
§ 5120.331. Annual report of inmate time served and releases
Status: in_force

September 30, 2011 House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly (A) Not later than the first day of April of each year, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall prepare an annual report covering the preceding calendar year that does all of the following: (1) Indicates the total number of persons sentenced to any institution, division, or place under its control and management who are delivered within that calendar year to its custody and control; (2) Indicates the total number of persons who, during that calendar year, were released from a prison term on any of the following bases: (a) On judicial release under section 2929.20 of the Revised Code; (b) On transitional control under section 2967.26 of the Revised Code; (c) As a result of successfully completing a risk reduction sentence under section 5120.036 of the Revised Code; (d) On parole; (e) Due to the expiration of the stated prison term imposed; (f) On any basis not described in divisions (A)(2)(a) to (e) of this section. (3) Lists each offense, by Revised Code section number and, if applicable, by designated name, for which at least one person who was released from a prison term in that calendar year was serving a prison term at the time of release; (4) For each offense included in the list described in division (A)(3) of this section, indicates all of the following: (a) The total number of persons released from a prison term in that calendar year who were serving a prison term for that offense at the time of release; (b) The shortest, longest, and average prison term that had been imposed for that offense upon the persons described in division (A)(4)(a) of this section and that they were serving at the time of release; (c) The shortest, longest, and average period of imprisonment actually served by the persons described in division (A)(4)(a) of this section under a prison term that had been imposed for that offense upon them and that they were serving at the time of release; (d) The total number of persons released from a prison term in that calendar year under each of the bases for release set forth in division (A)(2) of this section who were serving a prison term for that offense at the time of release; (e) The shortest, longest, and average prison term that had been imposed for that offense upon the persons in each category described in division (A)(4)(d) of this section and that they were serving at the time of release; (f) The shortest, longest, and average period of imprisonment actually served by the persons in each category described in division (A)(4)(d) of this section under a prison term that had been imposed for that offense upon them and that they were serving at the time of release. (B) No report prepared under division (A) of this section shall identify or enable the identification of any person released from a prison term in the preceding calendar year. (C) Each annual report prepared under division (A) of this section shall be distributed to each member of the general assembly. (D) As used in this section, "prison term" and "stated prison term" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.362 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.362
§ 5162.362. Federal financial participation for medicaid school claims
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid shall seek federal financial participation for each claim a qualified medicaid school provider properly submits to the department under section 5162.361 of the Revised Code. The department shall disburse the federal financial participation the department receives from the federal government for such a claim to the qualified medicaid school provider that submitted the claim. The department may not pay the qualified medicaid school provider the nonfederal share of the cost of the services for which the claim was submitted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.74
§ 5165.74. Uncorrected deficiencies constituting severity level one or two or severity level three, scope level two finding
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) If the department of health cites a deficiency, or cluster of deficiencies, that was not substantially corrected before a survey and constitutes a severity level three and scope level two finding, the department of medicaid or a contracting agency may, subject to sections 5165.82 and 5165.83 of the Revised Code, impose one or more of the following remedies: (1) Do either of the following: (a) Issue an order denying medicaid payments to the facility for all medicaid eligible residents admitted after the effective date of the order; (b) Impose a fine. (2) Issue an order denying medicaid payments to the facility for medicaid eligible residents admitted after the effective date of the order who have certain diagnoses or special care needs specified by the department or agency; (3) Issue an order requiring the facility to correct the deficiency or cluster of deficiencies under the plan of correction proposed by the facility and approved by the department of health under section 5165.69 of the Revised Code. (B) If the department of health cites a deficiency, or cluster of deficiencies, that was not substantially corrected before a survey and constitutes a severity level three and scope level one finding, the department of medicaid or a contracting agency may, subject to sections 5165.82 and 5165.83 of the Revised Code, impose one or more of the following remedies: (1) Impose a fine; (2) Issue an order denying medicaid payments to the facility for medicaid eligible residents admitted after the effective date of the order who have certain diagnoses or special care needs specified by the department or agency; (3) Issue an order requiring the facility to correct the deficiency or cluster of deficiencies under the plan of correction proposed by the facility and approved by the department of health under section 5165.69 of the Revised Code. (C) If the department of health cites a deficiency, or cluster of deficiencies, that was not substantially corrected before a survey and constitutes a severity level two and a scope level three or four finding, the department of medicaid or a contracting agency may, subject to sections 5165.82 and 5165.83 of the Revised Code, impose one or more of the following remedies: (1) Impose a fine; (2) Issue an order denying medicaid payments to the facility for medicaid eligible residents admitted after the effective date of the order who have certain diagnoses or special care needs specified by the department or agency; (3) Issue an order requiring the facility to correct the deficiency or cluster of deficiencies under the plan of correction submitted by the facility and approved by the department of health under section 5165.69 of the Revised Code. (D) If the department of health cites a deficiency, or cluster of deficiencies, that was not substantially corrected before a survey, constitutes a severity level two and scope level one or two finding, and is a repeat finding, the department of medicaid or a contracting agency may issue an order requiring the facility to correct the deficiency or cluster of deficiencies under the plan of correction submitted by the facility and approved by the department of health under section 5165.69 of the Revised Code. (E) If the department of health cites a deficiency, or cluster of deficiencies, that was not substantially corrected before a survey and constitutes a severity level one and scope level three or four finding, the department of medicaid or a contracting agency may issue an order requiring the facility to correct the deficiency or cluster of deficiencies under the plan of correction submitted by the facility and approved by the department of health under section 5165.69 of the Revised Code. (F) If the department of health cites a deficiency, or cluster of deficiencies, that was not substantially corrected before a survey, constitutes a severity level one and scope level two finding, and is a repeat finding, the department of medicaid or a contracting agency may issue an order requiring the facility to correct the deficiency or cluster of deficiencies under the plan of correction submitted by the facility and approved by the department of health under section 5165.69 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.029 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.029
§ 5126.029. Organization of board
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) Each county board of developmental disabilities shall hold an organizational meeting no later than the thirty-first day of January of each year and shall elect its officers, which shall include a president, vice-president, and recording secretary. After its annual organizational meeting, the board shall meet in such manner and at such times as prescribed by rules adopted by the board, but the board shall meet at least the following number of times annually in regularly scheduled sessions in accordance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code, not including in-service training sessions: (1) Unless division (A)(2) of this section applies to the board, ten; (2) If the board shares a superintendent or other administrative staff with one or more other boards of developmental disabilities, eight. (B) A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. The board shall adopt rules for the conduct of its business and a record shall be kept of board proceedings, which shall be open for public inspection.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.43
§ 5180.43. [Former R.C. 5101.1418, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Post-adoption special services subsidy payments
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) If, after a child's adoption is finalized, the department of children and youth considers the child to be in need of public care or protective services, the department may, to the extent state funds are available for this purpose, enter into an agreement with the child's adoptive parent under which the department may make post adoption special services subsidy payments on behalf of the child as needed when both of the following apply: (a) The child has a physical or developmental disability or mental or emotional condition that either: (i) Existed before the adoption petition was filed; or (ii) Developed after the adoption petition was filed and can be directly attributed to factors in the child's preadoption background, medical history, or biological family's background or medical history. (b) The department determines the expenses necessitated by the child's disability or condition are beyond the adoptive parent's economic resources. (2) Services for which the department may make post adoption special services subsidy payments on behalf of a child under this section shall include medical, surgical, psychiatric, psychological, and counseling services, including residential treatment. (3) The department shall establish clinical standards to evaluate a child's physical or developmental disability or mental or emotional condition and assess the child's need for services. (4) The total dollar value of post adoption special services subsidy payments made on a child's behalf shall not exceed ten thousand dollars in any fiscal year, unless the department determines that extraordinary circumstances exist that necessitate further funding of services for the child. Under such extraordinary circumstances, the value of the payments made on the child's behalf shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars in any fiscal year. (5) The adoptive parent or parents of a child who receives post adoption special services subsidy payments shall pay at least five per cent of the total cost of all services provided to the child; except that the department may waive this requirement if the gross annual income of the child's adoptive family is not more than two hundred per cent of the federal poverty guideline. (6) The department may use other sources of revenue to make post adoption special services subsidy payments, in addition to any state funds appropriated for that purpose. (7) The department may contract with another person to carry out any of the duties described in this section. (B) No payment shall be made on behalf of any person eighteen years of age or older beyond the end of the school year during which the person attains the age of eighteen or on behalf of a mentally or physically disabled person twenty-one years of age or older. (C) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to implement this section. The rules shall establish all of the following: (1) The application process for all forms of assistance provided under this section; (2) Standards for determining the children who qualify to receive assistance provided under this section; (3) The method of determining the amount, duration, and scope of services provided to a child; (4) The method of transitioning the post adoption special services subsidy program from public children services agencies to the department; (5) Any other rule, requirement, or procedure the department considers appropriate for the implementation of this section. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.74
§ 5101.74. Elder abuse commission
Status: in_force

April 4, 2023 Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the elder abuse commission. The commission shall consist of the following members: (1) The following members, appointed by the attorney general: (a) One representative of the AARP; (b) One representative of the buckeye state sheriffs' association; (c) One representative of the county commissioners' association of Ohio; (d) One representative of the Ohio association of area agencies on aging; (e) One representative of the board of nursing; (f) One representative of the Ohio coalition for adult protective services; (g) One person who represents the interests of elder abuse victims; (h) One person who represents the interests of elderly persons; (i) One representative of the Ohio domestic violence network; (j) One representative of the Ohio prosecuting attorneys association; (k) One representative of the Ohio victim witness association; (l) One representative of the Ohio association of chiefs of police; (m) One representative of the Ohio association of probate judges; (n) One representative of the Ohio job and family services directors' association; (o) One representative of the Ohio bankers league; (p) One representative of the Ohio credit union league; (q) Two representatives of national organizations that focus on elder abuse or sexual violence; (r) Two representatives of organizations that focus on elder abuse or sexual violence; (s) One representative representing the interests of geriatric medicine; (t) One representative of the state medical board; (u) One representative of the community bankers association of Ohio; (v) One representative of an organization representing the interests of senior centers; (w) One representative of an organization representing the policy interests of seniors; (x) One representative of a research-based academia representing elder abuse research; (y) One representative of a research-based organization that focuses on elder abuse research; (z) One representative of the Ohio judicial conference. (2) The following ex officio members: (a) The attorney general or the attorney general's designee; (b) The chief justice of the supreme court of Ohio or the chief justice's designee; (c) The governor or the governor's designee; (d) The director of aging or the director's designee; (e) The director of job and family services or the director's designee; (f) The director of health or the director's designee; (g) The director of mental health and addiction services or the director's designee; (h) The director of developmental disabilities or the director's designee; (i) The superintendent of insurance or the superintendent's designee; (j) The director of public safety or the director's designee; (k) The state long-term care ombudsman or the ombudsman's designee; (l) One member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; (m) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate; (n) One member of the house of representatives, appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives; (o) One member of the senate, appointed by the minority leader of the senate; (p) The director of commerce, or the director's designee; (q) The medicaid director, or the director's designee. (B) Members who are appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. (C) All members of the commission shall serve as voting members. The attorney general shall select from among the appointed members a chairperson. The commission shall meet at the call of the chairperson, but not less than four times per year. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson and shall be called by the chairperson at the request of the attorney general. The commission may establish its own quorum requirements and procedures regarding the conduct of meetings and other affairs. (D) Members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for mileage and other actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. (E) Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not apply to the elder abuse commission. Last updated October 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.549 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.549
§ 5101.549. SNAP waiver to exclude sugar-sweetened beverages
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of job and family services shall submit a request to the United States department of agriculture for a waiver to exclude sugar-sweetened beverages as items that may be purchased in this state under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. If a waiver submitted under this section is not approved, the director shall resubmit a request for a waiver on an annual basis. Last updated August 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.051
§ 5119.051. Books and accounts; form and method
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of behavioral health 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 each institution at any time. The department may authorize any of its bookkeepers, accountants, or employees to examine and check 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. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.87 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.87
§ 5101.87. Victims of human trafficking fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created in the treasury of state the victims of human trafficking fund consisting of money seized in connection with a violation of section 2905.32 , 2907.21 , or 2907.22 of the Revised Code or acquired from the sale of personal effects, tools, or other property seized because the personal effects, tools, or other property were used in the commission of a violation of section 2905.32 , 2907.21 , or 2907.22 of the Revised Code or derived from the proceeds of the commission of a violation of section 2905.32 , 2907.21 , or 2907.22 of the Revised Code and deposited pursuant to section 2981.12 of the Revised Code and such other money as may be appropriated or contributed to the fund. Money in the fund shall be used for the sole purpose of treating, caring for, rehabilitating, educating, housing, and providing assistance for victims of trafficking in persons. The office of the attorney general shall administer the fund. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 1:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.65
§ 5165.65. Exit interview with administrator
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) A department of health survey team shall conclude each survey of a nursing facility not later than one business day after the survey team ceases to need to be on site at the facility for the survey. Not later than the day that the survey team concludes the survey, the survey team shall conduct an exit interview with the administrator or other person in charge of the facility and any other facility staff members designated by the administrator or person in charge of the facility. During the exit interview, at the request of the administrator or other person in charge of the facility, the survey team shall provide one of the following, as selected by the survey team: (1) Copies of all survey notes and any other written materials created during the survey; (2) A written summary of the survey team's recommendations regarding findings of noncompliance with certification requirements; (3) An audio or audiovisual recording of the interview. If the survey team selects this option, at least two copies of the recording shall be made and the survey team shall select one copy to be kept by the survey team for use by the department of health. (B) All expenses of copying under division (A)(1) of this section or recording under division (A)(3) of this section, including the cost of the copy of the recording kept by the survey team, shall be paid by the facility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.05
§ 5122.05. Involuntary admission
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) The chief clinical officer of a hospital may, and the chief clinical officer of a public hospital in all cases of psychiatric medical emergencies, shall receive for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment any person whose admission is applied for under any of the following procedures: (1) Emergency procedure, as provided in section 5122.10 of the Revised Code; (2) Judicial procedure as provided in sections 2945.38 , 2945.39 , 2945.40 , 2945.401 , 2945.402 , and 5122.11 to 5122.15 of the Revised Code. Upon application for such admission, the chief clinical officer of a hospital immediately shall notify the board of the patient's county of residence. To assist the hospital in determining whether the patient is subject to involuntary hospitalization and whether alternative services are available, the board or an agency the board designates promptly shall assess the patient unless the board or agency already has performed such assessment, or unless the commitment is pursuant to section 2945.38 , 2945.39 , 2945.40 , 2945.401 , or 2945.402 of the Revised Code. (B) No person who is being treated by spiritual means through prayer alone, in accordance with a recognized religious method of healing, may be involuntarily committed unless the court has determined that the person represents a substantial risk of impairment or injury to self or others; (C) Any person who is involuntarily detained in a hospital or otherwise is in custody under this chapter, immediately upon being taken into custody, shall be informed and provided with a written statement that the person may do any of the following: (1) Immediately make a reasonable number of telephone calls or use other reasonable means to contact an attorney, a licensed physician, or a licensed clinical psychologist, to contact any other person or persons to secure representation by counsel, or to obtain medical or psychological assistance, and be provided assistance in making calls if the assistance is needed and requested; (2) Retain counsel and have independent expert evaluation of the person's mental condition and, if the person is unable to obtain an attorney or independent expert evaluation, be represented by court-appointed counsel or have independent expert evaluation of the person's mental condition, or both, at public expense if the person is indigent; (3) Have a hearing to determine whether or not the person is a person with a mental illness subject to court order. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.72
§ 5107.72. Referrals for family planning
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly Each county department of job and family services shall refer a parent participating in Ohio works first whose minor child is a member of the parent's assistance group to any private or public agency, medical doctor, clinic, or other person or organization which can advise the parent on methods of controlling the size and spacing of the parent's family, consistent with the parent's religious and moral views. A county department shall document each referral it makes under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.80
§ 5107.80. Quarterly report on employment of former participants
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly The director of job and family services, using information provided by employers under sections 3121.891 and 3121.892 of the Revised Code, shall determine quarterly whether individuals who have ceased to participate in Ohio works first have entered the workforce. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.536 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.536
§ 5180.536. [Former R.C. 5101.8811, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Kinship support program - rules
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of children and youth may adopt rules for the administration of the kinship support program in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.48
§ 5119.48. All roads lead to home program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of behavioral health shall create the all roads lead to home program. The program shall include all of the following initiatives: (1) A media campaign. As part of the campaign, the department shall develop public service announcements and shall make the announcements available to television and radio media outlets. The announcements shall be made available beginning on January 1, 2018. Thereafter, the announcements shall be made at least twice annually, once between January and March of each year, and once in September of each year as part of national recovery month. (2) A web site that meets the requirements described in division (C) of this section; (3) A twenty-four-hour hotline, that is operated by a call center, for the purpose of helping individuals access addiction services. (B) The media campaign described in division (A)(1) of this section shall do all of the following: (1) Include messages to reduce the stigma associated with seeking help for drug addiction; (2) Provide directions for people who are in need of drug addiction assistance to a web-based location that includes all of the following: (a) Information on where to find help for drug addiction; (b) Information on intervention and referral options; (c) Contact information for boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services. (3) Prioritize its efforts in media markets that have the highest rates of drug overdose deaths in this state; (4) Utilize television and radio public service announcements provided to media outlets, as well as internet advertising models such as low-cost social media outlets. (C) Before January 1, 2018, for purposes of division (A)(2) of this section, the department shall create a web site that is interactive and offers all of the following components: (1) If reasonably available for use, an evidence-based self-reporting screening tool approved by the department's medical director; (2) Community detoxification and withdrawal management options and community treatment options; (3) A searchable database of certified substance abuse providers organized by zip code; (4) Information on recovery supports, including recovery housing residences; (5) Clinical information regarding what a person may expect during detoxification, withdrawal, and treatment. (D) The department may contract with private vendors for the creation and maintenance of the web site described in division (C) of this section. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.221 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.221
§ 5119.221. Waiver or requirements; authority of director
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 (GA 136), Senate Bill 138 (GA 136) (A) The director of behavioral health, in accordance with procedures established under division (G)(5) of section 5119.22 of the Revised Code, may issue to a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services a time-limited waiver of the requirement of section 340.033 of the Revised Code that ambulatory detoxification and medication-assisted treatment be made available within the borders of the board's service district if the director determines that both of the following apply: (1) The board seeking the waiver has made reasonable efforts to make ambulatory detoxification and medication-assisted treatment available within the borders of the board's service district; (2) Ambulatory detoxification and medication-assisted treatment can be made available through one or more contracts between the board seeking the waiver and community addiction services providers that are located not more than thirty miles beyond the borders of the board's service district. (B) Each waiver issued under this section shall specify the amount of time for which it is in effect and whether it applies to ambulatory detoxification, medication-assisted treatment, or both. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5145.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5145 / § 5145.27
§ 5145.27. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

October 6, 1994 House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly No officer of employee of a state correctional institution, contractor, or the employee of such contractor, shall make a present to, receive a present from, or have barter or dealings with a convict. An officer shall not receive compensation for his services other than that prescribed by law, or for an act or service which he performs for or on behalf of a contractor, or the agent, or employee of such contractor. Whoever violates this section shall be dismissed, and a contractor, or the agent, or employee of such contractor, concerned in the violation, shall be expelled from the state correctional institution and not again permitted within it in such capacity.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.423 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.423
§ 5180.423. [Former R.C. 5101.146, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Title IV-E placement services agencies - penalties for noncompliance
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of children and youth shall establish the following penalties, which shall be enforced at the discretion of the department, for the failure of a public children services agency, private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, or government entity that provides Title IV-E reimbursable placement services to children to comply with procedures the department establishes to ensure fiscal accountability: (A) For initial failure, the department and the agency or entity involved shall jointly develop and implement a corrective action plan according to a specific schedule. If requested by the agency or entity involved, the department shall provide technical assistance to the agency or entity to ensure the fiscal accountability procedures and goals of the plan are met. (B) For subsequent failures or failure to achieve the goals of the plan described in division (A) of this section, one of the following: (1) For public children services agencies, the department may take any action permitted under division (C)(2), (4), (5), or (6) of section 5101.24 of the Revised Code. (2) For private child placing agencies or private noncustodial agencies, cancellation of any Title IV-E allowability rates for the agency involved pursuant to section 5180.42 of the Revised Code or revocation pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code of that agency's certificate issued under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code; (3) For government entities, other than public children services agencies, that provide Title IV-E reimbursable placement services to children, cancellation of any Title IV-E allowability rates for the entity involved pursuant to section 5180.42 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.423 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.423
§ 5120.423. Rules for designating equipment and programs that improve fighting skills
Status: in_force

October 4, 1996 House Bill 152 - 121st General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that designate devices and programs that, in addition to free weight exercise equipment as defined in sections 341.41 , 753.31 , and 5145.30 of the Revised Code and in addition to boxing, wrestling, and martial arts programs, would enable a person who uses a designated device or participates in a designated program to increase muscle mass and physical strength or to improve fighting skills.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.03
§ 5163.03. Medicaid coverage
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The medicaid program shall cover all mandatory eligibility groups. (B) The medicaid program shall cover all of the optional eligibility groups that state statutes require the medicaid program to cover. (C) The medicaid program may cover any of the optional eligibility groups to which either of the following applies: (1) State statutes expressly permit the medicaid program to cover the optional eligibility group. (2) The medicaid program covers the optional eligibility group on November 22, 2017. (D) The medicaid program shall not cover an optional eligibility group to which either of the following applies: (1) State statutes prohibit the medicaid program from covering the optional eligibility group. (2) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C)(1) of this section, the medicaid program does not cover the optional eligibility group on November 22, 2017. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.29
§ 5124.29. Limiting compensation of owners, their relatives, administrators, and resident meals outside facility
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 5124.30 of the Revised Code, the department of developmental disabilities, in determining whether an ICF/IID's direct care costs and indirect care costs are allowable, shall place no limit on specific categories of reasonable costs other than compensation of owners, compensation of relatives of owners, and compensation of administrators. Compensation cost limits for owners and relatives of owners shall be based on compensation costs for individuals who hold comparable positions but who are not owners or relatives of owners, as reported on ICFs/IID's cost reports. As used in this section, "comparable position" means the position that is held by the owner or the owner's relative, if that position is listed separately on the cost report form, or if the position is not listed separately, the group of positions that is listed on the cost report form and that includes the position held by the owner or the owner's relative. In the case of an owner or owner's relative who serves the ICFs/IID in a capacity such as corporate officer, proprietor, or partner for which no comparable position or group of positions is listed on the cost report form, the compensation cost limit shall be based on civil service equivalents and shall be specified in rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code. Compensation cost limits for administrators shall be based on compensation costs for administrators who are not owners or relatives of owners, as reported on ICFs/IID's cost reports. Last updated August 24, 2021 at 2:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.41
§ 5124.41. Redetermination of rates
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The department of developmental disabilities shall redetermine a provider's medicaid payment rate for an ICF/IID using revised information if either of the following results in a determination that the provider received a higher medicaid payment rate for the ICF/IID than the provider was entitled to receive: (1) The provider properly amends a cost report for the ICF/IID under section 5124.107 of the Revised Code; (2) The department makes a finding based on an audit under section 5124.109 of the Revised Code. (B) The department shall apply the redetermined rate to the periods when the provider received the incorrect rate to determine the amount of the overpayment. The provider shall refund the amount of the overpayment. The department may charge the provider the following amount of interest from the time the overpayment was made: (1) If the overpayment resulted from costs reported for calendar year 1993, the interest shall be not greater than one and one-half times the current average bank prime rate. (2) If the overpayment resulted from costs reported for a subsequent calendar year: (a) The interest shall be not greater than two times the current average bank prime rate if the overpayment was not more than one per cent of the total medicaid payments to the provider for the fiscal year for which the incorrect information was used to determine a rate. (b) The interest shall be not greater than two and one-half times the current average bank prime rate if the overpayment was more than one per cent of the total medicaid payments to the provider for the fiscal year for which the incorrect information was used to determine a rate. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 2:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.157 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.157
§ 5165.157. Alternative purchasing model for nursing facility services
Status: in_force

July 4, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "SFF list" and "CMS" have the same meanings as in section 5165.26 of the Revised Code. (B) The medicaid director shall establish an alternative purchasing model for nursing facility services provided by designated discrete units of nursing facilities to medicaid recipients with specialized health care needs. The director shall do all of the following with regard to the model: (1) Establish criteria that a discrete unit of a nursing facility must meet to be designated as a unit that, under the alternative purchasing model, may admit and provide nursing facility services to medicaid recipients with specialized health care needs. Beginning July 1, 2023, the director shall not approve an application for a discrete unit of a nursing facility that provides ventilator services if, at the time of the application, the nursing facility is listed on table A or table D of the SFF list or is designated as having a one-star overall rating in CMS's nursing facility five-star rating system known as care compare. (2) Specify the health care conditions that medicaid recipients must have to have specialized health care needs, which may include dependency on a ventilator, severe traumatic brain injury, the need to be admitted to a long-term acute care hospital or rehabilitation hospital if not for nursing facility services, and other serious health care conditions; (3) For each fiscal year, set the total per medicaid day payment rate for nursing facility services provided by designated discrete units of nursing facilities under the alternative purchasing model at either of the following: (a) Thirty-four per cent of the statewide average of the total per medicaid day payment rate for long-term acute care hospital services as of the first day of the fiscal year; (b) Another amount determined in accordance with an alternative methodology that includes improved health outcomes as a factor in determining the payment rate. (4) Require, to the extent the director considers necessary, a medicaid recipient to obtain prior authorization for admission to a long-term acute care hospital or rehabilitation hospital as a condition of medicaid payment for long-term acute care hospital or rehabilitation hospital services. (C) The criteria established under division (B)(1) of this section shall provide for a discrete unit of a nursing facility to be excluded from the alternative purchasing model if the unit is paid for nursing facility services in accordance with section 5165.153 , 5165.154 , or 5165.156 of the Revised Code. The criteria may require the provider of a nursing facility that has a discrete unit designated for participation in the alternative purchasing model to report health outcome measurement data to the department of medicaid. (D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a discrete unit of a nursing facility that provides nursing facility services to medicaid recipients with specialized health care needs under the alternative purchasing model shall be paid for those services in accordance with division (B)(3) of this section instead of the total per medicaid day payment rate determined under section 5165.15 , 5165.153 , 5165.154 , or 5165.156 of the Revised Code. (E) Beginning January 1, 2024, a discrete unit of a nursing facility that provides ventilator services and that is listed on table A or table D of the SFF list or is designated as having a one-star overall rating by CMS under CMS's nursing facility five-star rating system known as care compare shall be paid the total per medicaid day payment rate determined under section 5165.15 , 5165.153 , 5165.154 , or 5165.156 of the Revised Code for those services instead of the rate determined in accordance with division (B)(3) of this section. The rate determined under this division applies to any resident who was admitted to the discrete unit on or after the later of January 1, 2024, or the date on which the nursing facility is added to table A or table D or receives a one-star overall rating. If the nursing facility is removed from table A or table D or no longer has a one-star overall rating, it shall be paid the rate determined in accordance with division (B)(3) of this section for ventilator residents in the discrete unit on or after the date on which the nursing facility is removed from table A or table D or no longer has a one-star overall rating. The director may waive the requirements of this division for a discrete unit of a nursing facility if the director determines that the waiver is necessary to ensure access to ventilator services in the area served by the discrete unit. Last updated October 5, 2023 at 3:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.03
§ 5155.03. Appointment of superintendent or administrator or contract with public or private entity
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 290 - 131st General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners or operator shall do either of the following: (1) Appoint a superintendent or administrator of the county home; (2) In accordance with section 5155.012 of the Revised Code, enter into a contract with a public or private entity that agrees to select a superintendent or administrator with the advice and consent of the board. (B) The superintendent or administrator may reside on the premises of the county home or another building contiguous to the county home. The superintendent or administrator and any administrative assistant shall each be allowed actual necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties. The superintendent or administrator shall perform the duties that the board or operator imposes and shall be governed in all respects by the board's or operator's rules. (C) A superintendent or administrator appointed under division (A)(1) of this section shall receive the compensation the board or operator determines and shall be in the unclassified civil service. (D) If the superintendent or administrator is a public employee, the board or operator may, by resolution, provide for the appointment by the superintendent or administrator of an assistant superintendent or administrator, who shall perform the duties at the county home prescribed by the superintendent or administrator. Otherwise, the board or operator may appoint an assistant superintendent or administrator. (E) No member of the board or operator shall serve as superintendent or administrator, nor shall any commissioner or trustee be eligible to any other office in the county home, or receive any compensation as physician or otherwise, directly or indirectly, wherein the appointing power is vested in the board of county commissioners or board of county hospital trustees, as applicable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.40
§ 5123.40. Services fund for individuals with developmental disabilities
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the services fund for individuals with developmental disabilities. On the death of the beneficiary of a trust created pursuant to section 5815.28 of the Revised Code, the portion of the remaining assets of the trust specified in the trust instrument shall be deposited to the credit of the fund. Money credited to the fund shall be used for individuals with developmental disabilities. In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the department of developmental disabilities may adopt any rules necessary to implement this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.0314 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.0314
§ 5103.0314. Recommending agencies ineligible for reimbursement
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of children and youth shall adopt rules regarding the compensation of a recommending agency for any training the agency requires a foster caregiver to undergo as a condition of the agency recommending the department certify the foster caregiver's foster home under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code if the training is in excess of the training required under section 5103.031 of the Revised Code. The department of children and youth shall adopt rules regarding the compensation of a recommending agency for any training the agency requires a foster caregiver to undergo as a condition of the agency recommending the department continue certifying the foster caregiver's foster home under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code if the training is in addition to the minimum training required under section 5103.032 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.302 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.302
§ 5103.302. Private agency enrollment conditioned on space
Status: in_force

September 21, 2006 Senate Bill 238 - 126th General Assembly The Ohio child welfare training program may condition a prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver's enrollment in its preplacement and continuing training provided under divisions (B) and (C) of section 5103.30 of the Revised Code on the availability of space in the training if the prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver's recommending agency is a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.181 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.181
§ 5101.181. Matching agency records to determine overpayment of public assistance
Status: in_force

December 31, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 5101.182 of the Revised Code, "public assistance" means any or all of the following: (1) Ohio works first; (2) Prevention, retention, and contingency; (3) Disability financial assistance provided prior to December 31, 2017, under former Chapter 5115. of the Revised Code; (4) General assistance provided prior to July 17, 1995, under former Chapter 5113. of the Revised Code. (B) As part of the procedure for the determination of overpayment to a recipient of public assistance under Chapter 5107. or 5108., or former Chapter 5115. of the Revised Code, the director of job and family services may furnish quarterly the name and social security number of each individual who receives public assistance to the director of administrative services, the administrator of the bureau of workers' compensation, and each of the state's retirement boards. Within fourteen days after receiving the name and social security number of an individual who receives public assistance, the director of administrative services, administrator, or board shall inform the auditor of state as to whether such individual is receiving wages or benefits, the amount of any wages or benefits being received, the social security number, and the address of the individual. The director of administrative services, administrator, boards, and any agent or employee of those officials and boards shall comply with the rules of the director of job and family services restricting the disclosure of information regarding recipients of public assistance. Any person who violates this provision shall thereafter be disqualified from acting as an agent or employee or in any other capacity under appointment or employment of any state board, commission, or agency. (C) The auditor of state may enter into a reciprocal agreement with the director of job and family services or comparable officer of any other state for the exchange of names, current or most recent addresses, or social security numbers of persons receiving public assistance under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq. (D) The auditor of state shall retain, for not less than two years, at least one copy of all information received under this section and sections 145.27 , 742.41 , 3307.20 , 3309.22 , 4123.27 , 5101.182 , and 5505.04 of the Revised Code. (E) The auditor shall review the information described in division (D) of this section to determine whether overpayments were made to recipients of public assistance under Chapters 5107. or 5108. and former Chapter 5115. of the Revised Code. The auditor of state shall initiate action leading to prosecution, where warranted, of recipients who received overpayments by forwarding the name of each recipient who received overpayment, together with other pertinent information, to the director of job and family services, the attorney general, and the county director of job and family services and county prosecutor of the county through which public assistance was received. (F) The auditor of state and the attorney general or their designees may examine any records, whether in computer or printed format, in the possession of the director of job and family services or any county director of job and family services. They shall provide safeguards which restrict access to such records to purposes directly connected with an audit or investigation, prosecution, or criminal or civil proceeding conducted in connection with the administration of the programs and shall comply with section 5101.27 of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the director of job and family services restricting the disclosure of information regarding recipients of public assistance. Any person who violates this provision shall thereafter be disqualified from acting as an agent or employee or in any other capacity under appointment or employment of any state board, commission, or agency. (G) Costs incurred by the auditor of state in carrying out the auditor of state's duties under this section shall be borne by the auditor of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.78 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.78
§ 5107.78. Support enforcement tracking system notice
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly With each cash assistance payment provided under Ohio works first to an assistance group residing in a county in which the computer system known as support enforcement tracking system is in operation, the department of job and family services shall include a notice of the amount of support payments due a member of the assistance group that a child support enforcement agency collected and paid to the department pursuant to section 5107.20 of the Revised Code during the most recent month for which the department has this information.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.14
§ 5123.14. Investigations
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities may make such investigations as are necessary in the performance of its duties and to that end the director of developmental disabilities 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. Witnesses shall be paid the fees and mileage provided for under section 119.094 of the Revised Code, 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 said courts.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.01
§ 5153.01. County children services definitions
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in the Revised Code, "public children services agency" means an entity specified in section 5153.02 of the Revised Code that has assumed the powers and duties of the children services function prescribed by this chapter for a county. (B) As used in this chapter: (1) "Certified foster home" means a foster home, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, certified under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code. (2) "Certified organization" means any organization holding a certificate issued pursuant to section 5103.03 of the Revised Code that is in full force and effect. (3) "Child" means any person under eighteen years of age or a person with a mental or physical disability, as defined by rule adopted by the director of children and youth, under twenty-one years of age. (4) "Executive director" means the person charged with the responsibility of administering the powers and duties of a public children services agency appointed pursuant to section 5153.10 of the Revised Code. (5) "Organization" means any public, semipublic, or private institution, including maternity homes and day nurseries, and any private association, society, or agency, located or operating in this state, incorporated or unincorporated, having among its functions the furnishing of protective services or care for children or the placement of children in certified foster homes or elsewhere. (6) "PCSA caseworker" means an individual employed by a public children services agency as a caseworker. (7) "PCSA caseworker supervisor" means an individual employed by a public children services agency to supervise PCSA caseworkers. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.101
§ 5163.101. Implementation of the presumptive eligibility for children option
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Children's hospital" has the same meaning as in section 2151.86 of the Revised Code. (2) "Federally qualified health center" has the same meaning as in section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B). (3) "Federally qualified health center look-alike" has the same meaning as in section 3701.047 of the Revised Code. (4) "Presumptive eligibility for children option" means the option available under section 1920A of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396r-1a, to make medical assistance with respect to health care items and services available to children under the medicaid program during presumptive eligibility periods. (5) "Qualified entity" has the same meaning as in section 1920A(b)(3) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396r-1a(b)(3). (B) The medicaid director shall implement the presumptive eligibility for children option. Children's hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and federally qualified health center look-alikes, if they are eligible to be qualified entities and request to serve as qualified entities, may serve as qualified entities for purposes of the presumptive eligibility for children option. The director may authorize other types of entities that are eligible to be qualified entities and request to serve as qualified entities to serve as qualified entities for purposes of the presumptive eligibility for children option.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.51
§ 5180.51. [Former R.C. 5101.851, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Kinship care navigator program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of children and youth shall establish a statewide kinship care navigator program to assist kinship caregivers who are seeking information regarding, or assistance obtaining, services and benefits available at the state and local level that address the needs of those caregivers residing in each county. The program shall provide to kinship caregivers information and referral services and assistance obtaining support services including the following: (A) Publicly funded child care; (B) Respite care; (C) Training related to caring for special needs children; (D) A toll-free telephone number that may be called to obtain basic information about the rights of, and services available to, kinship caregivers; (E) Legal services. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5161.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5161 / § 5161.17
§ 5161.17. Implementation of CHIP part III
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly If the medicaid director submits a waiver request to the United States secretary of health and human services under section 5161.15 of the Revised Code and the secretary grants the waiver, the director shall implement CHIP part III in accordance with the waiver.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.10
§ 5104.10. Whistleblower protection
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly No employer shall discharge, demote, suspend, or threaten to discharge, demote, suspend, or in any manner discriminate against any employee based solely on the employee taking any of the following actions: (A) Making any good faith oral or written complaint to the director of children and youth or other agency responsible for enforcing Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code regarding a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code; (B) Instituting or causing to be instituted any proceeding against the employer under section 5104.04 of the Revised Code; (C) Acting as a witness in any proceeding under section 5104.04 of the Revised Code; (D) Refusing to perform work that constitutes a violation of Chapter 5104., or the rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.51
§ 5165.51. Notice of change of operator
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 144 - 135th General Assembly (A) An exiting operator or owner and entering operator shall provide the department of medicaid written notice of a change of operator if the nursing facility participates in the medicaid program and the entering operator seeks to continue the nursing facility's participation. The written notice shall be provided to the department in accordance with the method specified in rules authorized by section 5165.53 of the Revised Code. The written notice shall be provided to the department not later than forty-five days before the effective date of the change of operator if the change of operator does not entail the relocation of residents. The written notice shall be provided to the department not later than ninety days before the effective date of the change of operator if the change of operator entails the relocation of residents. The department may waive the time requirements of division (A) of this section in an emergency, such as the death of the operator. The written notice shall include all of the following: (1) The name of the exiting operator and, if any, the exiting operator's authorized agent; (2) The name of the nursing facility that is the subject of the change of operator; (3) The exiting operator's seven-digit medicaid legacy number and ten-digit national provider identifier number for the nursing facility that is the subject of the change of operator; (4) The name of the entering operator; (5) The effective date of the change of operator; (6) The manner in which the entering operator becomes the nursing facility's operator, including through sale, lease, merger, or other action; (7) If the manner in which the entering operator becomes the nursing facility's operator involves more than one step, a description of each step; (8) Written authorization from the exiting operator or owner and entering operator for the department to process a provider agreement for the entering operator; (9) The names and addresses of the persons to whom the department should send initial correspondence regarding the change of operator; (10) If the nursing facility also participates in the medicare program, notification of whether the entering operator intends to accept assignment of the exiting operator's medicare provider agreement; (11) The signature of the exiting operator's or owner's representative. (B) An owner shall provide the department of medicaid written notice of a change of owner. The written notice shall be provided to the department in accordance with the method specified in rules adopted under section 5165.53 of the Revised Code. The written notice shall be provided to the department not later than forty-five days before the effective date of the change of owner. The department may waive the time requirements of division (B) of this section in an emergency, such as the death of the operator. The written notice shall include all of the following: (1) The name of the owner and the owner's authorized agent, if any; (2) The name of the nursing facility that is the subject of the change of owner; (3) The seven-digit medicaid legacy number and ten-digit national provider identification number for the nursing facility that is the subject of the change of owner; (4) The extent of the owner's interest in the nursing facility; (5) The effective date of the change of owner; (6) The manner in which the change of owner is accomplished, including through sale, merger, or other action; (7) If the manner in which the change of owner is accomplished involves more than one step, a description of each step; (8) The names and addresses of the persons to whom the department should send correspondence regarding the change of owner; (9) A statement describing any material increase in lease payments or other financial obligations of the operator to the owner resulting from the change of owner, or affirming that there is no material increase; (10) The signature of the owner's representative. (C) An exiting operator, entering operator, or owner immediately shall provide the department written notice of any changes to information included in a written notice provided under division (A) or (B) of this section that occur within one year after that notice is provided to the department. The notice of the changes shall be provided to the department in accordance with the method specified in rules authorized by section 5165.53 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 30, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.192 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.192
§ 5119.192. Provision of overdose reversal drugs to hospitals
Status: in_force

June 9, 2026 Senate Bill 137 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "overdose reversal drug" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Subject to available funds, the department of behavioral health shall provide overdose reversal drugs to hospitals to be provided to patients as described in section 3727.81 of the Revised Code. (C) The department of behavioral health, in coordination with the department of health, shall establish standards and procedures for reporting the occurrences in which overdose reversal drugs were provided as required by section 3727.811 of the Revised Code. Last updated May 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.17
§ 5167.17. Enhanced care management services for pregnant women and women capable of becoming pregnant
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly Each medicaid managed care organization shall provide enhanced care management services for pregnant women and women capable of becoming pregnant in the communities specified in rules adopted under section 3701.142 of the Revised Code. The services shall be provided in a manner intended to decrease the incidence of prematurity, low birth weight, and infant mortality, as well as improve the overall health status of women capable of becoming pregnant for the purpose of ensuring optimal future birth outcomes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.01
§ 5124.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Addition" means an increase in an ICF/IID's square footage. (B) "Affiliated operator" means an operator affiliated with either of the following: (1) The exiting operator for whom the affiliated operator is to assume liability for the entire amount of the exiting operator's debt under the medicaid program or the portion of the debt that represents the franchise permit fee the exiting operator owes; (2) The entering operator involved in the change of operator with the exiting operator specified in division (B)(1) of this section. (C) "Allowable costs" means an ICF/IID's costs that the department of developmental disabilities determines are reasonable. Fines paid under section 5124.99 of the Revised Code are not allowable costs. (D) "Capital costs" means an ICF/IID's costs of ownership and costs of nonextensive renovation. (E) "Case-mix score" means the measure determined under section 5124.192 or 5124.193 of the Revised Code of the relative direct-care resources needed to provide care and habilitation to an ICF/IID resident. (F) "Change of operator" means an entering operator becoming the operator of an ICF/IID in the place of the exiting operator. (1) Actions that constitute a change of operator include the following: (a) A change in an exiting operator's form of legal organization, including the formation of a partnership or corporation from a sole proprietorship; (b) A transfer of all the exiting operator's ownership interest in the operation of the ICF/IID to the entering operator, regardless of whether ownership of any or all of the real property or personal property associated with the ICF/IID is also transferred; (c) A lease of the ICF/IID to the entering operator or the exiting operator's termination of the exiting operator's lease; (d) If the exiting operator is a partnership, dissolution of the partnership; (e) If the exiting operator is a partnership, a change in composition of the partnership unless both of the following apply: (i) The change in composition does not cause the partnership's dissolution under state law. (ii) The partners agree that the change in composition does not constitute a change in operator. (f) If the operator is a corporation, dissolution of the corporation, a merger of the corporation into another corporation that is the survivor of the merger, or a consolidation of one or more other corporations to form a new corporation. (2) The following, alone, do not constitute a change of operator: (a) A contract for an entity to manage an ICF/IID as the operator's agent, subject to the operator's approval of daily operating and management decisions; (b) A change of ownership, lease, or termination of a lease of real property or personal property associated with an ICF/IID if an entering operator does not become the operator in place of an exiting operator; (c) If the operator is a corporation, a change of one or more members of the corporation's governing body or transfer of ownership of one or more shares of the corporation's stock, if the same corporation continues to be the operator. (G) "Cost center" means the following: (1) Capital costs; (2) Direct care costs; (3) Indirect care costs; (4) Other protected costs. (H)(1) Except as provided in division (H)(2) of this section, "cost report year" means the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which a fiscal year for which a medicaid payment rate determination is made begins. (2) When a cost report the department of developmental disabilities accepts under division (A) or (C)(1)(b) of section 5124.101 of the Revised Code is used in determining an ICF/IID's medicaid payment rate, "cost report year" means the period that the cost report covers. (I) "Costs of nonextensive renovations" means the actual expense incurred by an ICF/IID for depreciation or amortization and interest on renovations approved by the department of developmental disabilities as nonextensive renovations. (J)(1) "Costs of ownership" means the actual expenses incurred by an ICF/IID for all of the following: (a) Subject to division (J)(2) of this section, depreciation and interest on any capital assets that cost five hundred dollars or more per item, including the following: (i) Buildings; (ii) Building improvements that are not approved as nonextensive renovations for the purpose of section 5124.17 of the Revised Code; (iii) Equipment; (iv) Transportation equipment. (b) Amortization and interest on land improvements and leasehold improvements; (c) Amortization of financing costs; (d) Except as provided in division (AA) of this section, lease and rent of land, building, and equipment. (2) The costs of capital assets of less than five hundred dollars per item may be considered costs of ownership in accordance with an ICF/IID provider's practice. (K)(1) "Date of licensure" means the following: (a) In the case of an ICF/IID that was originally licensed as a nursing home under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code, the date that it was originally so licensed, regardless that it was subsequently licensed as a residential facility under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code; (b) In the case of an ICF/IID that was originally licensed as a residential facility under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code, the date it was originally so licensed; (c) In the case of an ICF/IID that was not required by law to be licensed as a nursing home or residential facility when it was originally operated as a residential facility, the date it first was operated as a residential facility, regardless of the date the ICF/IID was first licensed as a nursing home or residential facility. (2) If, after an ICF/IID's original date of licensure, more residential facility beds are added to the ICF/IID or all or part of the ICF/IID undergoes an extensive renovation, the ICF/IID has a different date of licensure for the additional beds or extensively renovated portion of the ICF/IID. This does not apply, however, to additional beds when both of the following apply: (a) The additional beds are located in a part of the ICF/IID that was constructed at the same time as the continuing beds already located in that part of the ICF/IID. (b) The part of the ICF/IID in which the additional beds are located was constructed as part of the ICF/IID at a time when the ICF/IID was not required by law to be licensed as a nursing home or residential facility. (3) The definition of "date of licensure" in this section applies in determinations of ICFs/IID's medicaid payment rates but does not apply in determinations of ICFs/IID's franchise permit fees under sections 5168.60 to 5168.71 of the Revised Code. (L) "Desk-reviewed" means that an ICF/IID's costs as reported on a cost report filed under section 5124.10 or 5124.101 of the Revised Code have been subjected to a desk review under section 5124.108 of the Revised Code and preliminarily determined to be allowable costs. (M) "Developmental center" means a residential facility that is maintained and operated by the department of developmental disabilities. (N) "Direct care costs" means all of the following costs incurred by an ICF/IID: (1) Costs for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and nurse aides employed by the ICF/IID; (2) Costs for direct care staff, administrative nursing staff, medical directors, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, speech therapists, audiologists, habilitation staff (including habilitation supervisors), qualified intellectual disability professionals, program directors, social services staff, activities staff, psychologists, psychology assistants, social workers, counselors, and other persons holding degrees qualifying them to provide therapy; (3) Costs of purchased nursing services; (4) Costs of training and staff development, employee benefits, payroll taxes, and workers' compensation premiums or costs for self-insurance claims and related costs as specified in rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code, for personnel listed in divisions (N)(1), (2), and (3) of this section; (5) Costs of quality assurance; (6) Costs of consulting and management fees related to direct care; (7) Allocated direct care home office costs; (8) Costs of off-site day programming, including day programming that is provided in an area that is not certified by the director of health as an ICF/IID under Title XIX and regardless of either of the following: (a) Whether or not the area in which the day programming is provided is less than two hundred feet away from the ICF/IID; (b) Whether or not the day programming is provided by an individual or organization that is a related party to the ICF/IID provider. (9) Costs of other direct-care resources that are specified as direct care costs in rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code. (O) "Downsized ICF/IID" means an ICF/IID that permanently reduced its medicaid-certified capacity pursuant to a plan approved by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.042 of the Revised Code. (P) "Effective date of a change of operator" means the day the entering operator becomes the operator of the ICF/IID. (Q) "Effective date of a facility closure" means the last day that the last of the residents of the ICF/IID resides in the ICF/IID. (R) "Effective date of an involuntary termination" means the date the department of medicaid terminates the operator's provider agreement for the ICF/IID or the last day that such a provider agreement is in effect when the department cancels or refuses to revalidate it. (S) "Effective date of a voluntary termination" means the day the ICF/IID ceases to accept medicaid recipients. (T) "Entering operator" means the person or government entity that will become the operator of an ICF/IID when a change of operator occurs or following an involuntary termination. (U) "Exiting operator" means any of the following: (1) An operator that will cease to be the operator of an ICF/IID on the effective date of a change of operator; (2) An operator that will cease to be the operator of an ICF/IID on the effective date of a facility closure; (3) An operator of an ICF/IID that is undergoing or has undergone a voluntary termination; (4) An operator of an ICF/IID that is undergoing or has undergone an involuntary termination. (V)(1) Subject to divisions (V)(2) and (3) of this section, "facility closure" means either of the following: (a) Discontinuance of the use of the building, or part of the building, that houses the facility as an ICF/IID that results in the relocation of all of the facility's residents; (b) Conversion of the building, or part of the building, that houses an ICF/IID to a different use with any necessary license or other approval needed for that use being obtained and one or more of the facility's residents remaining in the facility to receive services under the new use. (2) A facility closure occurs regardless of any of the following: (a) The operator completely or partially replacing the ICF/IID by constructing a new ICF/IID or transferring the ICF/IID's license to another ICF/IID; (b) The ICF/IID's residents relocating to another of the operator's ICFs/IID; (c) Any action the department of health takes regarding the ICF/IID's medicaid certification that may result in the transfer of part of the ICF/IID's survey findings to another of the operator's ICFs/IID; (d) Any action the department of developmental disabilities takes regarding the ICF/IID's license under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code. (3) A facility closure does not occur if all of the ICF/IID's residents are relocated due to an emergency evacuation and one or more of the residents return to a medicaid-certified bed in the ICF/IID not later than thirty days after the evacuation occurs. (W) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of this state, as specified in section 9.34 of the Revised Code. (X) "Franchise permit fee" means the fee imposed by sections 5168.60 to 5168.71 of the Revised Code. (Y) "Home and community-based services" has the same meaning as in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. (Z) "ICF/IID services" has the same meaning as in 42 C.F.R. 440.150. (AA)(1) "Indirect care costs" means all reasonable costs incurred by an ICF/IID other than capital costs, direct care costs, and other protected costs. "Indirect care costs" includes costs of habilitation supplies, pharmacy consultants, medical and habilitation records, program supplies, incontinence supplies, food, enterals, dietary supplies and personnel, laundry, housekeeping, security, administration, liability insurance, bookkeeping, purchasing department, human resources, communications, travel, dues, license fees, subscriptions, home office costs not otherwise allocated, legal services, accounting services, minor equipment, maintenance and repair expenses, help-wanted advertising, informational advertising, start-up costs, organizational expenses, other interest, property insurance, employee training and staff development, employee benefits, payroll taxes, and workers' compensation premiums or costs for self-insurance claims and related costs, as specified in rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code, for personnel listed in this division. Notwithstanding division (J) of this section, "indirect care costs" also means the cost of equipment, including vehicles, acquired by operating lease executed before December 1, 1992, if the costs are reported as administrative and general costs on the ICF/IID's cost report for the cost reporting period ending December 31, 1992. (2) For the purpose of division (AA)(1) of this section, an operating lease shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. (BB) "Inpatient days" means both of the following: (1) All days during which a resident, regardless of payment source, occupies a bed in an ICF/IID that is included in the ICF/IID's medicaid-certified capacity; (2) All days for which payment is made under section 5124.34 of the Revised Code. (CC) "Intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities" and "ICF/IID" mean an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded as defined in the "Social Security Act," section 1905(d), 42 U.S.C. 1396d(d). (DD) "Involuntary termination" means the department of medicaid's termination of, cancellation of, or refusal to revalidate the operator's provider agreement for the ICF/IID when such action is not taken at the operator's request. (EE) "Maintenance and repair expenses" means expenditures that are necessary and proper to maintain an asset in a normally efficient working condition and that do not extend the useful life of the asset two years or more. "Maintenance and repair expenses" includes the costs of ordinary repairs such as painting and wallpapering. (FF) "Medicaid-certified capacity" means the number of an ICF/IID's beds that are certified for participation in medicaid as ICF/IID beds. (GG) "Medicaid days" means both of the following: (1) All days during which a resident who is a medicaid recipient eligible for ICF/IID services occupies a bed in an ICF/IID that is included in the ICF/IID's medicaid-certified capacity; (2) All days for which payment is made under section 5124.34 of the Revised Code. (HH)(1) "New ICF/IID" means an ICF/IID for which the provider obtains an initial provider agreement following the director of health's medicaid certification of the ICF/IID, including such an ICF/IID that replaces one or more ICFs/IID for which a provider previously held a provider agreement. (2) "New ICF/IID" does not mean either of the following: (a) An ICF/IID for which the entering operator seeks a provider agreement pursuant to section 5124.511 or 5124.512 or (pursuant to section 5124.515 ) section 5124.07 of the Revised Code; (b) A downsized ICF/IID or partially converted ICF/IID. (II) "Nursing home" has the same meaning as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. (JJ) "Operator" means the person or government entity responsible for the daily operating and management decisions for an ICF/IID. (KK) "Other protected costs" means costs incurred by an ICF/IID for medical supplies; real estate, franchise, and property taxes; natural gas, fuel oil, water, electricity, sewage, and refuse and hazardous medical waste collection; allocated other protected home office costs; and any additional costs defined as other protected costs in rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code. (LL)(1) "Owner" means any person or government entity that has at least five per cent ownership or interest, either directly, indirectly, or in any combination, in any of the following regarding an ICF/IID: (a) The land on which the ICF/IID is located; (b) The structure in which the ICF/IID is located; (c) Any mortgage, contract for deed, or other obligation secured in whole or in part by the land or structure on or in which the ICF/IID is located; (d) Any lease or sublease of the land or structure on or in which the ICF/IID is located. (2) "Owner" does not mean a holder of a debenture or bond related to an ICF/IID and purchased at public issue or a regulated lender that has made a loan related to the ICF/IID unless the holder or lender operates the ICF/IID directly or through a subsidiary. (MM) "Partially converted ICF/IID" means an ICF/IID that converted some, but not all, of its beds to providing home and community-based services under the individual options waiver pursuant to section 5124.60 or 5124.61 of the Revised Code. (NN) For the purpose of the total per medicaid day payment rate determined for an ICF/IID under division (A) of section 5124.15 of the Revised Code and the initial total per medicaid day payment rate determined for a new ICF/IID under section 5124.151 of the Revised Code: (1) "Peer group 1" means each ICF/IID with a medicaid-certified capacity exceeding sixteen. (2) "Peer group 2" means each ICF/IID with a medicaid-certified capacity exceeding eight but not exceeding sixteen. (3) "Peer group 3" means each ICF/IID with a medicaid-certified capacity of seven or eight. (4) "Peer group 4" means each ICF/IID with a medicaid-certified capacity not exceeding six, other than an ICF/IID that is in peer group 5-A. (5) "Peer group 5" means each ICF/IID to which all of the following apply: (a) The ICF/IID is first certified as an ICF/IID after July 1, 2014. (b) The ICF/IID has a medicaid-certified capacity not exceeding six. (c) The ICF/IID has a contract with the department of developmental disabilities that is for fifteen years and includes a provision for the department to approve all admissions to, and discharges from, the ICF/IID. (d) The ICF/IID's residents are admitted to the ICF/IID directly from a developmental center or have been determined by the department to be at risk of admission to a developmental center. (6) "Peer group 6" means each ICF/IID to which all of the following apply: (a) The ICF/IID has submitted a best practices protocol for providing services to youth up to twenty-one years of age in need of intensive behavior support services that has been approved by the department of developmental disabilities. (b) The ICF/IID, or a distinct unit of the ICF/IID, has a medicaid-certified capacity not exceeding six. (c) The ICF/IID has a contract with the department that includes a provision for the department to approve all admissions to the ICF/IID. (d) The ICF/IID has agreed to be reimbursed in accordance with the reimbursement methodology established under the rules authorized by section 5124.03 of the Revised Code. (OO)(1) Except as provided in division (OO)(2) of this section, "per diem" means an ICF/IID's desk-reviewed, actual, allowable costs in a given cost center in a cost reporting period, divided by the facility's inpatient days for that cost reporting period. (2) When determining indirect care costs for the purpose of section 5124.21 of the Revised Code, "per diem" means an ICF/IID's actual, allowable indirect care costs in a cost reporting period divided by the greater of the ICF/IID's inpatient days for that period or the number of inpatient days the ICF/IID would have had during that period if its occupancy rate had been eighty-five per cent. (PP) "Provider" means an operator with a valid provider agreement. (QQ) "Provider agreement" means a provider agreement, as defined in section 5164.01 of the Revised Code, that is between the department of medicaid and the operator of an ICF/IID for the provision of ICF/IID services under the medicaid program. (RR) "Purchased nursing services" means services that are provided in an ICF/IID by registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, or nurse aides who are not employees of the ICF/IID. (SS) "Reasonable" means that a cost is an actual cost that is appropriate and helpful to develop and maintain the operation of resident care facilities and activities, including normal standby costs, and that does not exceed what a prudent buyer pays for a given item or services. Reasonable costs may vary from provider to provider and from time to time for the same provider. (TT) "Related party" means an individual or organization that, to a significant extent, has common ownership with, is associated or affiliated with, has control of, or is controlled by, a provider. (1) An individual who is a relative of an owner is a related party. (2) Common ownership exists when an individual or individuals possess significant ownership or equity in both the provider and the other organization. Significant ownership or equity exists when an individual or individuals possess five per cent ownership or equity in both the provider and a supplier. Significant ownership or equity is presumed to exist when an individual or individuals possess ten per cent ownership or equity in both the provider and another organization from which the provider purchases or leases real property. (3) Control exists when an individual or organization has the power, directly or indirectly, to significantly influence or direct the actions or policies of an organization. (4) An individual or organization that supplies goods or services to a provider shall not be considered a related party if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The supplier is a separate bona fide organization. (b) A substantial part of the supplier's business activity of the type carried on with the provider is transacted with others than the provider and there is an open, competitive market for the types of goods or services the supplier furnishes. (c) The types of goods or services are commonly obtained by other ICFs/IID from outside organizations and are not a basic element of resident care ordinarily furnished directly to residents by the ICFs/IID. (d) The charge to the provider is in line with the charge for the goods or services in the open market and no more than the charge made under comparable circumstances to others by the supplier. (UU) "Relative of owner" means an individual who is related to an owner of an ICF/IID by one of the following relationships: (1) Spouse; (2) Natural parent, child, or sibling; (3) Adopted parent, child, or sibling; (4) Stepparent, stepchild, stepbrother, or stepsister; (5) Father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; (6) Grandparent or grandchild; (7) Foster caregiver, foster child, foster brother, or foster sister. (VV) For the purpose of determining an ICF/IID's per medicaid day capital component rate under section 5124.17 of the Revised Code, "renovation" means an ICF/IID's betterment, improvement, or restoration, other than an addition, through a capital expenditure. (WW) "Residential facility" has the same meaning as in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code. (XX) "Secondary building" means a building or part of a building, other than an ICF/IID, in which the owner of one or more ICFs/IID has administrative work regarding the ICFs/IID performed or records regarding the ICFs/IID stored. (YY) "Sponsor" means an adult relative, friend, or guardian of an ICF/IID resident who has an interest or responsibility in the resident's welfare. (ZZ) "Title XIX" means Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396, et seq. (AAA) "Title XVIII" means Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1395, et seq. (BBB) "Voluntary termination" means an operator's voluntary election to terminate the participation of an ICF/IID in the medicaid program but to continue to provide service of the type provided by a residential facility as defined in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 4, 2023 at 3:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.30
§ 5122.30. Writ of habeas corpus
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly Any person detained pursuant to this chapter or section 2945.39 , 2945.40 , 2945.401 , or 2945.402 of the Revised Code shall be entitled to the writ of habeas corpus upon proper petition by self or by a friend to any court generally empowered to issue the writ of habeas corpus in the county in which the person is detained. No person may bring a petition for a writ of habeas corpus that alleges that a person involuntarily detained pursuant to this chapter no longer is a person with a mental illness subject to court order unless the person shows that the release procedures of division (H) of section 5122.15 of the Revised Code are inadequate or unavailable. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 1:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.422 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.422
§ 5180.422. [Former R.C. 5101.145, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Title IV-E placement services agencies - rules on financial requirements
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) In adopting rules under section 5180.42 of the Revised Code regarding financial requirements applicable to public children services agencies, private child placing agencies, private noncustodial agencies, and government entities that provide Title IV-E reimbursable placement services to children, the department of children and youth may establish both of the following: (1) A single form for the agencies or entities to report costs reimbursable under Title IV-E and costs reimbursable under medicaid; (2) Procedures to monitor cost reports submitted by the agencies or entities. (B) The procedures established under division (A)(2) of this section shall be used to do both of the following: (1) Determine which of the costs are reimbursable under Title IV-E; (2) Ensure that costs reimbursable under medicaid are excluded from determinations made under division (B)(1) of this section. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.61
§ 5126.61. Monitoring compliance - annual report
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The county investing authority shall monitor the compliance with sections 5126.51 to 5126.62 of the Revised Code of eligible lending institutions and eligible organizations receiving residential facility linked deposits and loans. The investing authority shall annually report to the board of county commissioners and county board of developmental disabilities with regard to the operation of the county's residential facility linked deposit program. The report shall list the eligible organizations receiving residential facility linked deposit loans under the residential facility linked deposit program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.682 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.682
§ 5101.682. Hearing
Status: in_force

September 29, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The court shall hold a hearing on the petition as provided in section 5101.68 of the Revised Code within fourteen days after its filing. The adult who is the subject of the petition shall have the right to be present at the hearing, present evidence, and examine and cross-examine witnesses. The adult shall be represented by counsel unless the right to counsel is knowingly waived. If the adult is indigent, the court shall appoint counsel to represent the adult. If the court determines that the adult lacks the capacity to waive the right to counsel, the court shall appoint counsel to represent the adult's interests. (B) If the court finds, on the basis of clear and convincing evidence, that the adult has been abused, neglected, or exploited, is in need of protective services, and is incapacitated, and no person authorized by law or by court order is available to give consent, it shall issue an order requiring the provision of protective services only if they are available locally. (C) If the court orders placement under this section it shall give consideration to the choice of residence of the adult. The court may order placement in settings which have been approved by the department of job and family services as meeting at least minimum community standards for safety, security, and the requirements of daily living. The court shall not order an institutional placement unless it has made a specific finding entered in the record that no less restrictive alternative can be found to meet the needs of the individual. No individual may be committed to a hospital or public hospital as defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code pursuant to this section. (D) The placement of an adult pursuant to court order as provided in this section shall not be changed unless the court authorized the transfer of placement after finding compelling reasons to justify the transfer. Unless the court finds that an emergency exists, the court shall notify the adult of a transfer at least thirty days prior to the actual transfer. (E) A court order provided for in this section shall remain in effect for no longer than six months. Thereafter, the county department of job and family services shall review the adult's need for continued services and, if the department determines that there is a continued need, it shall apply for a renewal of the order for additional periods of no longer than one year each. The adult who is the subject of the court-ordered services may petition for modification of the order at any time.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.10
§ 5166.10. Transfer of enrollee in one medicaid waiver component to another
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly To the extent necessary for the efficient and economical administration of medicaid waiver components, the department of medicaid may transfer an individual enrolled in a medicaid waiver component administered by the department to another medicaid waiver component the department administers if the individual is eligible for the medicaid waiver component and the transfer does not jeopardize the individual's health or safety.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.46
§ 5126.46. Obligations to provide residential services
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) No county board of developmental disabilities shall be obligated to use any money other than money in the community developmental disabilities residential services fund to furnish residential services. (B) Except with respect to a child required to be provided services pursuant to section 121.38 of the Revised Code, no court or other entity of state or local government shall order or otherwise require a county board of developmental disabilities to use money from local sources for residential services for an individual with a developmental disability or to arrange for residential services for such an individual unless a vacancy exists in an appropriate residential setting within the county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.07
§ 5104.07. Additional requirements for licensing child care centers or type A family child care homes that provide publicly funded child care
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of children and youth may prescribe additional requirements for licensing child care centers or type A family child care homes that provide publicly funded child care pursuant to this chapter and any rules adopted under it. The director shall develop standards as required by federal laws and regulations for child care programs supported by federal funds. (B)(1) The department of children and youth shall develop a statewide plan for child care resource and referral services. The plan shall be based upon the experiences of other states with respect to child care resource and referral services, the experiences of communities in this state that have child care resource and referral service organizations, and the needs of communities in this state that do not have child care resource and referral service organizations. The plan shall be designed to ensure that child care resource and referral services are available in each county in the state to families who need child care. The department shall consider the special needs of migrant workers when it develops the plan and shall include in the plan procedures designed to accommodate the needs of migrant workers. (2) In addition to the requirements described in division (B)(1) of this section, the plan shall include all of the following: (a) A description of the services that a child care resource and referral service organization is required to provide to families who need child care; (b) The qualifications for a child care resource and referral service organization; (c) A description of the procedures for providing federal and state funding for county or multicounty child care resource and referral service organizations; (d) A timetable for providing child care resource and referral services to all communities in the state; (e) Uniform information gathering and reporting procedures that are designed to be used in compatible computer systems; (f) Procedures for establishing statewide nonprofit technical assistance services to coordinate uniform data collection and to publish reports on child care supply, demand, and cost and to provide technical assistance to communities that do not have child care resource and referral service organizations and to existing child care resource and referral service organizations; (g) Requirements governing contracts entered into under division (C) of this section, which may include limits on the percentage of funds distributed by the department that may be used for the contracts. (C) Child care resource and referral service organizations receiving funds distributed by the department may enter into contracts with local governmental entities, nonprofit organizations including nonprofit organizations that provide child care, and individuals under which the entities, organizations, or individuals may provide child care resource and referral services in the community with those funds, if the contracts are submitted to and approved by the department prior to execution. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.65
§ 5124.65. Reconversion of beds to ICF/IID use
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly No person or government entity may reconvert a bed to be used for ICF/IID services if the bed was converted to use for home and community-based services under section 5124.60 or 5124.61 of the Revised Code. This prohibition applies regardless of either of the following: (A) The bed is part of the licensed capacity of a residential facility. (B) The bed has been sold, leased, or otherwise transferred to another person or government entity.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.313 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.313
§ 5101.313. [Former R.C. 122.68, amended and renumbered as R.C. 5101.313 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Job and family services duties regarding community services assistance
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of job and family services shall: (A) Administer all federal funds appropriated to the state from the "Community Services Block Grant Act," 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C.A. 9901, and comply with requirements imposed by that act in its application for, and administration of, the funds; (B) Designate community action agencies to receive community services block grant funds; (C)(1) Subject to division (C)(2) of this section, disburse at least ninety-one per cent of the funds received in the state from the "Community Services Block Grant Act" to community action agencies that comply with the requirements of section 5101.315 of the Revised Code and migrant and seasonal farm worker organizations that are not designated community action agencies but which provide the services described in division (B)(1) of section 5101.315 of the Revised Code; (2) Disburse at least four and one-half per cent of the funds received in the state from the "Community Services Block Grant Act" to one or more nonprofit organizations to which both of the following apply: (a) The organization or organizations were incorporated under the laws of this state before January 1, 2015. (b) The primary purpose of the organization or organizations is to provide training and technical assistance to community action agencies that comply with the requirements of section 5101.315 of the Revised Code. (D) Provide technical assistance to community action agencies to improve program planning, development, and administration; (E) Conduct yearly performance assessments, according to criteria determined by department of job and family services rule, to determine whether community action agencies are in compliance with section 5101.315 of the Revised Code; (F) Annually prepare and submit to the United States secretary of health and human services, the governor, the president of the Ohio senate, and the speaker of the Ohio house of representatives, a comprehensive report that includes: (1) Certification that all community action agencies designated to receive funds from the "Community Services Block Grant Act" are in compliance with section 5101.315 of the Revised Code; (2) A program plan for the next federal fiscal year that has been made available for public inspection and that details how community services block grant funds will be disbursed and used during that fiscal year; (3) Information detailing how funds were expended for the current fiscal year; (4) An audit of community services block grant expenditures for the preceding federal fiscal year that is conducted in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles by an independent auditing firm that has no connection with any community action agency receiving community services block grant funds or with any employee of the division. (G) Serve as a statewide advocate for social and economic opportunities for low-income persons. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.06
§ 5153.06. Employment contract with executive director
Status: in_force

September 5, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly The county children services board may enter into a written contract with the board's executive director specifying terms and conditions of the executive director's employment. The executive director shall not be in the classified civil service. The period of the contract shall not exceed three years. Such a contract shall in no way abridge the right of the county children services board to terminate the employment of the executive director as an unclassified employee at will, but may specify terms and conditions for any such termination.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.47
§ 5168.47. Determination, notice, and payment of annual fee
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Not later than the fifteenth day of September of each year, the department of medicaid shall determine the annual franchise permit fee for each nursing home and hospital in accordance with section 5168.42 of the Revised Code and any adjustments made in accordance with sections 5168.44 and 5168.45 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than the first day of October of each year, the department shall notify, electronically or by United States postal service, each nursing home and hospital of the amount of the franchise permit fee that has been determined for the nursing home or hospital. (C) Subject to section 5168.48 of the Revised Code, each nursing home and hospital shall pay its fee under section 5168.42 of the Revised Code, as adjusted in accordance with sections 5168.44 and 5168.45 of the Revised Code, to the department in four installment payments not later than forty-five days after the last day of each October, December, March, and June.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.53
§ 5104.53. Early childhood education grant program
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 184 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Family services program" has the same meaning as in section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. (2) "IEP" has the same meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Resource caregiver" has the same meaning as in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The early childhood education grant program is created in the department of children and youth. Subject to available funds, the program shall support and invest in early learning and development programs operating in this state by awarding grants to programs that meet the conditions of this section in an amount that corresponds to the number of eligible children served by the programs. (C) To be eligible for a grant under this section, an early learning and development program shall meet each of the following conditions: (1) The program is rated through the step up to quality program established under section 5104.29 of the Revised Code at the tiered rating specified by the department in rules adopted under this section. (2) The program provides early learning and development services to one or more preschool-age children described in division (D) of this section. (3) The program meets any other eligibility condition specified by the department in rules adopted under this section. (D) A preschool-age child who meets all of the following conditions, as determined by a county department of job and family services, is eligible to participate in the early childhood education grant program if a slot is available: (1) Either the amount of the child's family income does not exceed two hundred per cent of the federal poverty line or the child meets one of the following conditions: (a) An IEP has been developed for the child; (b) The child is placed with a resource caregiver as described in Chapter 5103. of the Revised Code, with such placement documented by either a family case plan or kinship permanency incentive payments; (c) The child is homeless as described in division (V) of section 5104.01 of the Revised Code. (2) The child is a citizen of the United States or a qualified alien. (3) The child meets any other eligibility condition specified by the department in rules adopted under this section. (E) Any funds appropriated to the department for purposes of the early childhood education grant program shall be used as follows: (1) In each fiscal year, not more than two per cent of appropriated funds shall be used for program support and technical assistance. (2) Appropriated funds other than those described in division (E)(1) of this section shall be distributed to grant recipients. (F) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director shall adopt rules to implement this section and administer the early childhood education grant program, including rules addressing all of the following topics: (1) Eligibility conditions and other requirements for participation in the grant program by early learning and development programs, including the tiered rating at which a program becomes eligible to participate; (2) Eligibility conditions for children participating in the early childhood education grant program if a slot is available; (3) Standards, procedures, and requirements to apply for and distribute funds to participating early learning and development programs; (4) In the event funds are distributed in error under the program, methods by which the department may recover those funds. (G) The award of an early childhood education grant under this section shall not be considered publicly funded child care or a family services program. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.20
§ 5123.20. Prohibiting operation without license
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly No person or government agency shall operate a residential facility or receive an individual with a developmental disability as a resident of a residential facility unless the facility is licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code, and no person or governmental agency shall operate a respite care home or receive an individual with a developmental disability in a respite care home unless the home is certified under section 5126.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.542 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.542
§ 5101.542. Electronic benefit transfer card
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Immediately following a county department of job and family services' certification that a household determined under division (B) of section 5101.54 of the Revised Code to be in immediate need of nutrition assistance is eligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the department of job and family services shall provide for the household to be sent by regular United States mail an electronic benefit transfer card containing the amount of benefits the household is eligible to receive under the program. The card shall be sent to the member of the household in whose name application for the supplemental nutrition assistance program was made or that member's authorized representative. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the department shall replace any electronic benefit transfer card that is reported by a household to be lost, stolen, or damaged, within two business days of receiving notice of the card's condition, in accordance with 7 C.F.R. 274.6(b). (C)(1) The department shall implement the option described in 7 C.F.R. 274.6(b)(5) and shall withhold a replacement electronic benefit transfer card from a household that requests four or more replacement cards during a twelve-month period until the requirements specified in 7 C.F.R. 274.6(b)(5) have been satisfied. (2) The department shall not withhold a replacement card as described under division (C)(1) of this section if the individual requesting the replacement has a disability directly related to the loss of the card. (D) The department shall establish a process as part of the department's existing customer service telephone hotline that allows individuals to lock or unlock an electronic benefit transfer card that has been lost or stolen. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.741 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.741
§ 5164.741. Payment for graduate medical education costs to noncontracting hospitals
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the department of medicaid may deny medicaid payment to a hospital for direct graduate medical education costs associated with the delivery of medicaid services to any medicaid recipient if the hospital refuses without good cause to contract with a medicaid managed care organization that serves the area in which the hospital is located. (B) A hospital is not subject to division (A) of this section if all of the following are the case: (1) The hospital is located in a county in which participants in the care management system are required before January 1, 2006, to be enrolled in a medicaid managed care organization that is a health insuring corporation. (2) The hospital has entered into a contract before January 1, 2006, with at least one health insuring corporation serving the participants specified in division (B)(1) of this section. (3) The hospital remains under contract with at least one health insuring corporation serving participants in the care management system who are required to be enrolled in a health insuring corporation. (C) The medicaid director shall specify in the rules adopted under section 5164.02 of the Revised Code what constitutes good cause for a hospital to refuse to contract with a medicaid managed care organization.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.18
§ 5126.18. County eligibility to receive tax equity payments
Status: in_force

June 30, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Taxable value" means the taxable value of a county certified under division (B) of this section. (2) "Per-mill yield" means the quotient obtained by dividing the taxable value of a county by one thousand. (3) "Population" of a county means that shown by the federal census for a census year or, for a noncensus year, the population as estimated by the department of development. (4) "Six-year moving average" means the average of the per-mill yields of a county for the most recent six years. (5) "Yield per person" means the quotient obtained by dividing the six-year moving average of a county by the population of that county. (6) "Tax equity payments" means payments to county boards of developmental disabilities under this section or a prior version of this section from money appropriated by the general assembly to the department of developmental disabilities for that purpose. (7) "Eligible county" means a county determined under division (C) of this section to be eligible for tax equity payments for the two-year period for which that determination is made. (8) "Threshold county" means the county with the lowest yield per person that is determined not to be eligible to receive tax equity payments. (B) At the request of the director of developmental disabilities, the tax commissioner shall certify to the director the taxable value of property on each county's most recent tax list of real and public utility property. The director may request any other tax information necessary for the purposes of this section. (C) Beginning in 2011, on or before the thirty-first day of May of that year and of every second year thereafter, the director of developmental disabilities shall determine whether a county is eligible to receive tax equity payments for the ensuing two fiscal years as follows: (1) The director shall determine the six-year moving average, population, and yield per person of each county in the state, based on the most recent information available. (2) The director shall calculate a tax equity funding threshold by adding the population of the county with the lowest yield per person and the populations of individual counties in order from lowest yield per person to highest yield per person until the addition of the population of another county would increase the aggregate sum to over thirty per cent of the total state population. A county is eligible to receive tax equity payments for the two-year period if its population is included in the calculation of the threshold and the addition of its population does not increase such sum to over thirty per cent of the total state population. (D)(1) Except as provided in divisions (D)(2) and (3) of this section, beginning in fiscal year 2012 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the director shall make tax equity payments to each eligible county equal to the population of the county multiplied by the difference between the yield per person of the threshold county and the yield per person of the eligible county. For purposes of this division, the population and yield per person of a county equal the population and yield per person most recently determined for that county under division (C)(1) of this section. The payments shall be made in quarterly installments of equal amounts not later than the thirtieth day of September, the thirty-first day of December, the thirty-first day of March, and the thirtieth day of June of each fiscal year. (2) In fiscal year 2012, if the amount determined under division (D)(1) of this section for an eligible county is at least twenty thousand dollars greater than or twenty thousand dollars less than the amount of tax equity payments the county received in fiscal year 2011, the county's tax equity payments for fiscal years 2012 through 2014 shall equal the following: (a) For fiscal year 2012, one-fourth of the amount calculated for the eligible county under division (D)(1) of this section plus three-fourths of the amount of tax equity payments the county received in fiscal year 2011; (b) For fiscal year 2013, one-half of the amount calculated for the eligible county under division (D)(1) of this section plus one-half of the amount of tax equity payments the county received in fiscal year 2011; (c) For fiscal year 2014, three-fourths of the amount calculated for the eligible county under division (D)(1) of this section plus one-fourth of the amount of tax equity payments the county received in fiscal year 2011. (3) In any fiscal year, if the total amount of tax equity payments for all eligible counties as determined under divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this section is greater than the amount appropriated to the department of developmental disabilities for the purpose of making such payments in that fiscal year, the director shall reduce the payments to each eligible county board in equal proportion. If the total amount of tax equity payments as determined under that division is less than the amount appropriated to the department for that purpose, the director shall determine how to allocate the excess money after consultation with the Ohio association of county boards serving people with developmental disabilities. (4) Tax equity payments shall be paid only to an eligible county board of developmental disabilities and not to a regional council established under section 5126.13 of the Revised Code or any other entity. (E)(1) Except as provided in division (E)(2) of this section, a county board of developmental disabilities shall use tax equity payments solely to pay the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures it is required to pay under sections 5126.059 and 5126.0510 of the Revised Code. Tax equity payments shall not be used to pay any salary or other compensation to county board personnel. (2) Upon the written request of a county board, the director of developmental disabilities may authorize a county board to use tax equity payments for infrastructure improvements necessary to support medicaid waiver administration. (3) The director may audit any county board receiving tax equity payments to ensure appropriate use of the payments in accordance with this section. If the director determines that a county board is using payments inappropriately, the director shall notify the county board in writing of the determination. Within thirty days after receiving the director's notification, the county board shall submit a written plan of correction to the director. The director may accept or reject the plan. If the director rejects the plan, the director may require the county board to repay all or a portion of the amount of tax equity payments used inappropriately. The director shall distribute any tax equity payments returned under this division to other eligible county boards in accordance with a plan developed by the director after consultation with the Ohio association of county boards serving people with developmental disabilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.14
§ 5120.14. Notice of escape and of apprehension of escapee
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) If a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense escapes from a correctional institution in this state under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction or otherwise escapes from the custody of the department, the department immediately after the escape shall report the escape, by telephone and in writing, to all local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction in the county in which the institution from which the escape was made or to which the person was sentenced is located, to all local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction in the county in which the person was convicted or pleaded guilty to the offense for which the escaped person was sentenced, to the state highway patrol, to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the institution from which the escape was made or to which the person was sentenced is located, to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the person was convicted or pleaded guilty to the offense for which the escaped person was sentenced, to a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the institution from which the escape was made or to which the person was sentenced is located, and to a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the escaped person was indicted for an offense for which, at the time of the escape, the escaped person had been sentenced to that institution. The written notice may be by facsimile transmission, electronic mail, or mail. A failure to comply with this requirement is a violation of section 2921.22 of the Revised Code. (B) Upon the apprehension of the escaped person, the department shall give notice of the apprehension by telephone and in writing to the persons who were given notice of the escape under division (A) of this section. Last updated September 18, 2023 at 10:59 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.25
§ 5126.25. Uniform standards and procedures for certification and registrations of persons seeking employment
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 (GA 134), House Bill 509 (GA 134) (A) The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules under division (C) of this section establishing uniform standards and procedures for the certification and registration of persons, other than the persons described in division (I) of this section, who are seeking employment with or are employed by either of the following: (1) A county board of developmental disabilities; (2) An entity that contracts with a county board to operate programs and services for individuals with developmental disabilities. (B) No person shall be employed in a position for which certification or registration is required pursuant to the rules adopted under this section without the certification or registration that is required for that position. The person shall not be employed or shall not continue to be employed if the required certification or registration is denied, revoked, or not renewed. (C) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as the director considers necessary to implement and administer this section, including rules establishing all of the following: (1) Positions of employment that are subject to this section and, for each position, whether a person must receive certification or receive registration to be employed in that position; (2) Requirements that must be met to receive the certification or registration required to be employed in a particular position, including standards regarding education, specialized training, and experience, taking into account the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities and the specialized techniques needed to serve them, except that the rules shall not require a person designated as a service employee under section 5126.22 of the Revised Code to have or obtain a bachelor's or higher degree; (3) Procedures to be followed in applying for initial certification or registration and for renewing the certification or registration. (4) Requirements that must be met for renewal of certification or registration, which may include continuing education and professional training requirements; (5) Subject to section 5126.23 of the Revised Code, grounds for which certification or registration may be denied, suspended, or revoked and procedures for appealing the denial, suspension, or revocation. (D) Each person seeking certification or registration for employment shall apply in the manner established in rules adopted under this section. (E)(1) Except as provided in division (E)(2) of this section, the superintendent of each county board is responsible for taking all actions regarding certification and registration of employees, other than the position of superintendent, early intervention specialist, or investigative agent. For the position of superintendent, early intervention specialist, or investigative agent, the director of developmental disabilities is responsible for taking all such actions. Actions that may be taken by the superintendent or director include issuing, renewing, denying, suspending, and revoking certification and registration. All actions shall be taken in accordance with the rules adopted under this section. The superintendent may charge a fee to persons applying for certification or registration. The superintendent shall establish the amount of the fee according to the costs the county board incurs in administering its program for certification and registration of employees. A person subject to the denial, suspension, or revocation of certification or registration may appeal the decision. The appeal shall be made in accordance with the rules adopted under this section. (2) Pursuant to division (C) of section 5126.05 of the Revised Code, the superintendent may enter into a contract with any other entity under which the entity is given authority to carry out all or part of the superintendent's responsibilities under division (E)(1) of this section. (F) A person with valid certification or registration under this section on the effective date of any rules adopted under this section that increase the standards applicable to the certification or registration shall have such period as the rules prescribe, but not less than one year after the effective date of the rules, to meet the new certification or registration standards. (G) A person with valid certification or registration is qualified to be employed according to that certification or registration by any county board or entity contracting with a county board. (H) The director shall monitor county boards to ensure that their employees and the employees of their contracting entities have the applicable certification or registration required under this section and that the employees are performing only those functions they are authorized to perform under the certification or registration. The superintendent of each county board or the superintendent's designee shall maintain in appropriate personnel files evidence acceptable to the director that the employees have met the requirements. On request, representatives of the department of developmental disabilities shall be given access to the evidence. (I) The certification and registration requirements of this section and the rules adopted under it do not apply to either of the following: (1) A person who holds a valid license issued or certificate issued under Chapter 3319. of the Revised Code and performs no duties other than teaching or supervision of a teaching program; (2) A person who holds a valid license or certificate issued under Title XLVII of the Revised Code and performs only those duties governed by the license or certificate. (J)(1) Beginning January 1, 2025, the rules adopted under this section shall not require an individual employed by a county board of developmental disabilities to be certified to provide, or supervise the provision of, adult services. (2) Beginning on the date that is one year after the effective date of this amendment, the rules adopted under this section shall not establish varying levels of certification for an individual to receive an investigative agent certification and instead shall establish uniform qualifications for all applicants and a process for converting any existing certificates of varying levels to a single level of certification for investigative agents. (K) The director shall issue a certification or registration in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to a person if either of the following applies: (1) The person holds a license, certification, or registration in another state. (2) The person has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter in a state that does not issue that license, certification, or registration. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 5:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.80
§ 5162.80. Good faith estimates for charges and payments
Status: in_force

January 1, 2017 House Bill 52 - 131st General Assembly (A) A provider of medical services licensed, accredited, or certified under Chapter 3721., 3727., 4715., 4725., 4731., 4732., 4734., 4747., 4753., 4755., 4757., or 4779. of the Revised Code shall provide in writing, before products, services, or procedures are provided, a reasonable, good-faith estimate of all of the following for the provider's non-emergency products, services, or procedures: (1) The amount the provider will charge the patient or the consumer's health plan issuer for the product, service, or procedure; (2) The amount the health plan issuer intends to pay for the product, service, or procedure; (3) The difference, if any, that the consumer or other party responsible for the consumer's care would be required to pay to the provider for the product, service, or procedure. (B) Any health plan issuer contacted by a provider described in division (A) of this section in order for the provider to obtain information so that the provider can comply with division (A) of this section shall provide such information to the provider within a reasonable time of the provider's request. (C) As used in this section, "health plan issuer" means an entity subject to the insurance laws and rules of this state, or subject to the jurisdiction of the superintendent of insurance, that contracts, or offers to contract, to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any of the costs of health care services under a health benefit plan, including a sickness and accident insurance company and a health insuring corporation. "Health plan issuer" also includes a managed care organization under contract with the department of medicaid and, if the services are to be provided on a fee-for-service basis, the Medicaid program. (D) The medicaid director shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to carry out this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.09
§ 5104.09. Discrimination prohibited
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly No administrator, employee, licensee, or child care staff member shall discriminate in the enrollment of children in a child care center, type A home, licensed type B home, or approved child day camp upon the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, or national origin. Last updated August 31, 2023 at 10:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.29
§ 5104.29. Step up to quality program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the department of children and youth the step up to quality program, under which the department of children and youth, in cooperation with the department of education and workforce, shall develop a tiered quality rating and improvement system for all early learning and development programs in this state. The step up to quality program shall include all of the following components: (1) Quality program standards for early learning and development programs; (2) Accountability measures that include tiered ratings representing each program's level of quality; (3) Program and provider outreach and support to help programs meet higher standards and promote participation in the step up to quality program; (4) Financial incentives for early learning and development programs that provide publicly funded child care and are linked to achieving and maintaining quality standards; (5) Parent and consumer education to help parents learn about program quality and ratings so they can make informed choices on behalf of their children. (B) The step up to quality program shall have the following goals: (1) Increasing the number of low-income children, special needs children, and children with limited English proficiency participating in quality early learning and development programs; (2) Providing families with an easy-to-use tool for evaluating the quality of early learning and development programs; (3) Recognizing and supporting early learning and development programs that achieve higher levels of quality; (4) Providing incentives and supports to help early learning and development programs implement continuous quality improvement systems. (C) Under the step up to quality program, participating early learning and development programs may be eligible for grants, technical assistance, training, and other assistance. Programs that maintain a quality rating may be eligible for unrestricted monetary awards. (D) The tiered ratings developed pursuant to this section shall be based on an early learning and development program's performance in meeting program standards in the following four domains: (1) Learning and development; (2) Administration and leadership practices; (3) Staff quality and professional development; (4) Family and community partnerships. The ratings developed under this section shall not take into consideration whether an administrator or employee of an early learning and development program holds or obtains a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree. (E) The director of children and youth, in collaboration with the director of education and workforce, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement the step up to quality program described in this section. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.49
§ 5119.49. Director's collaboration in establishment and administration of drug take-back program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The director of behavioral health shall collaborate with the state board of pharmacy and attorney general in the establishment and administration of a drug take-back program, as provided under section 4729.69 of the Revised Code. (B) The department may accept grants, gifts, or donations for purposes of the program. Money received under this division shall be deposited into the drug take-back program fund established under section 109.90 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.42
§ 5165.42. Additional penalties
Status: in_force

November 22, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly In addition to the other penalties authorized by this chapter, the department of medicaid may impose the following penalties on a nursing facility provider: (A) If the provider does not furnish invoices or other documentation that the department requests during an audit within sixty days after the request, a fine of no more than the greater of the following: (1) One thousand dollars per audit; (2) Twenty-five per cent of the cumulative amount by which the costs for which documentation was not furnished increased the total medicaid payments to the provider during the state fiscal year for which the costs were used to determine a rate. (B) If an exiting operator or owner fails to provide notice of a facility closure or voluntary withdrawal of participation in the medicaid program as required by section 5165.50 of the Revised Code, or an exiting operator or owner and entering operator fail to provide notice of a change of operator as required by section 5165.51 of the Revised Code, a fine of not more than the current average bank prime rate plus four per cent of the last two monthly payments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.036 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.036
§ 5120.036. Risk reduction programming and treatment
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall provide risk reduction programming and treatment for inmates whom a court under section 2929.143 of the Revised Code recommends serve a risk reduction sentence and who meet the eligibility criteria described in division (B) of this section. (B) If an offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a state correctional institution and the sentencing court recommended that the offender serve a risk reduction sentence, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall conduct a validated and objective assessment of the person's needs and risk of reoffending. If the offender cooperates with the risk assessment and agrees to participate in any programming or treatment ordered by the department, the department shall provide programming and treatment to the offender to address the risks and needs identified in the assessment. (C) If the department determines that an offender serving a term of incarceration for whom the sentencing court recommended a risk reduction sentence under section 2929.143 of the Revised Code has successfully completed the assessment and treatment or programming required by the department under division (B) of this section, the department shall release the offender to post-release control under one or more post-release control sanctions after the offender has served each mandatory prison term to which the offender was sentenced, if any, and a minimum of eighty per cent of the aggregated nonmandatory prison terms to which the offender was sentenced. The placement under post-release control sanctions shall be under terms set by the parole board in accordance with section 2967.28 of the Revised Code and shall be subject to the provisions of that section and sections 2929.141 and 2967.15 of the Revised Code regarding violation of post-release control sanctions. No mandatory prison term shall be reduced by, or as a result of, an offender's service of a risk reduction sentence. The department shall notify the sentencing court that the offender has successfully completed the terms of the risk reduction sentence at least thirty days prior to the date upon which the offender is to be released. (D) As used in this section: (1) "Mandatory prison term" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Nonmandatory prison term" means a prison term that is not a mandatory prison term. (3) "Post-release control" and "post-release control sanction" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.25
§ 5119.25. Withholding of funds for failure to comply with statutory or regulatory provisions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 (GA 136), Senate Bill 138 (GA 136) (A) The director of behavioral health may withhold funds, in whole or in part, that otherwise are to be allocated to a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services under section 5119.23 of the Revised Code if either of the following circumstances apply: (1) The board fails to comply with Chapter 340. or 5119. of the Revised Code or rules of the department of behavioral health; (2) The board denies available service on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, military status, sex, age, national origin, disability as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, or developmental disability. (B) The director shall withhold funds, in whole or in part, that otherwise are to be allocated to a board under section 5119.23 of the Revised Code if either of the following circumstances apply: (1) The director, under division (H) of section 5119.22 of the Revised Code, disapproves all or part of the board's proposed community addiction and mental health plan, budget, or list of addiction services, mental health services, and recovery supports; (2) The board's use of state and federal funds fails to comply with the board's approved budget, including approved amendments to the budget. (C) The director shall issue a notice identifying the areas of noncompliance and the action necessary to achieve compliance. The director may offer technical assistance to the board to achieve compliance. The board shall have thirty days from receipt of the notice of noncompliance to present its position that it is in compliance or to submit to the director evidence of corrective action the board took to achieve compliance. Before withholding funds, the director or the director's designee shall hold a hearing within thirty days of receipt of the board's position or evidence to determine if there are continuing violations and that either assistance is rejected or the board is unable, or has failed, to achieve compliance. The director may appoint a representative from another board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services to serve as a mentor for the board in developing and executing a plan of corrective action to achieve compliance. Any such representative shall be from a board that is in compliance with Chapter 340. of the Revised Code, this chapter, and the department's rules. Subsequent to the hearing process, if it is determined that compliance has not been achieved, the director may allocate all or part of the withheld funds to one or more community mental health services providers or community addiction services providers to provide the mental health service, addiction service, or recovery support for which the board is not in compliance until the time that there is compliance. (D) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.0320 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.0320
§ 5103.0320. Denying certificate based on misconduct of resident
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of children and youth may deny a foster home certificate on the grounds that a person at least twelve years of age but less than eighteen years of age residing with the foster caregiver or prospective foster caregiver has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense described in division (A) of section 5103.0319 of the Revised Code or has been adjudicated to be a delinquent child for committing an act that if committed by an adult would have constituted such an offense. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.53
§ 5139.53. Employees authorized to apprehend violators
Status: in_force

July 5, 2002 House Bill 393 - 124th General Assembly (A)(1) The director of youth services shall designate certain employees of the department of youth services, including regional administrators, as persons who are authorized, in accordance with section 5139.52 of the Revised Code, to execute an order of apprehension or a warrant for, or otherwise to arrest, children in the custody of the department who are violating or are alleged to have violated the terms and conditions of supervised release or judicial release to department of youth services supervision. (2) The director of youth services may designate some of the employees designated under division (A)(1) of this section as employees authorized to carry a firearm issued by the department while on duty for their protection in carrying out official duties. (B)(1) An employee of the department designated by the director pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section as having the authority to execute orders of apprehension or warrants and to arrest children as described in that division shall not undertake an arrest until the employee has successfully completed training courses regarding the making of arrests by employees of that nature that are developed in cooperation with and approved by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission. The courses shall include, but shall not be limited to, training in arrest tactics, defensive tactics, the use of force, and response tactics. (2) The director of youth services shall develop, and shall submit to the governor for the governor's approval, a deadly force policy for the department. The deadly force policy shall require each employee who is designated under division (A)(2) of this section to carry a firearm in the discharge of official duties to receive training in the use of deadly force, shall specify the number of hours and the general content of the training in the use of deadly force that each of the designated employees must receive, and shall specify the procedures that must be followed after the use of deadly force by any of the designated employees. Upon receipt of the policy developed by the director under this division, the governor, in writing, promptly shall approve or disapprove the policy. If the governor, in writing, disapproves the policy, the director shall develop and resubmit a new policy under this division, and no employee shall be trained under the disapproved policy. If the governor, in writing, approves the policy, the director shall adopt it as a department policy and shall distribute it to each employee designated under (A)(2) of this section to carry a firearm in the discharge of official duties. An employee designated by the director pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section to carry a firearm in the discharge of official duties shall not carry a firearm until the employee has successfully completed both of the following: (a) Training in the use of deadly force that comports with the policy approved by the governor and developed and adopted by the director under division (B)(2) of this section. The training required by this division shall be conducted at a training school approved by the Ohio peace officer training commission and shall be in addition to the training described in divisions (B)(1) and (2)(b) of this section that the employee must complete prior to undertaking an arrest and separate from and independent of the training required by division (B)(2)(b) of this section. (b) A basic firearm training program that is conducted at a training school approved by the Ohio peace officer training commission and that is substantially similar to the basic firearm training program for peace officers conducted at the Ohio peace officer training academy and has received a certificate of satisfactory completion of that program from the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission. The training described in this division that an employee must complete prior to carrying a firearm shall be in addition to the training described in division (B)(1) of this section that the employee must complete prior to undertaking an arrest. (C) After receipt of a certificate of satisfactory completion of a basic firearm training program, to maintain the right to carry a firearm in the discharge of official duties, an employee authorized under this section to carry a firearm shall successfully complete a firearms requalification program in accordance with section 109.801 of the Revised Code. (D) Each employee authorized to carry a firearm shall give bond to the state to be approved by the clerk of the court of common pleas in the county of that employee's residence. The bond shall be in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned to save the public harmless by reason of the unlawful use of a firearm. A person injured or the family of a person killed by the employee's improper use of a firearm may have recourse on the bond. (E) In addition to the deadly force policy adopted under division (B)(2) of this section, the director of youth services shall establish policies for the carrying and use of firearms by the employees that the director designates under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.19
§ 5165.19. Per medicaid day payment rate for direct care costs
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Semiannually, except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the department of medicaid shall determine each nursing facility's per medicaid day payment rate for direct care costs by multiplying the facility's semiannual case-mix score determined under section 5165.192 of the Revised Code by the cost per case-mix unit determined under division (C) of this section for the facility's peer group. (2) Beginning January 1, 2024, during state fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the department shall determine each nursing facility's per medicaid day payment rate for direct care costs by multiplying the cost per case-mix unit determined under division (C) of this section for the facility's peer group by the case-mix score specified in division (A)(2)(a) or (b) of this section, as selected by the nursing facility not later than October 1, 2023. If the nursing facility does not make a selection by October 1, 2023, the case-mix score specified in division (A)(2)(a) of this section shall apply. The case-mix score may be either of the following: (a) The semiannual case-mix score determined for the facility under division (A)(1) of this section; (b) The facility's quarterly case-mix score from March 31, 2023, which shall apply to the facility's direct care rate from January 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. (B) For the purpose of determining nursing facilities' rates for direct care costs, the department shall establish three peer groups. (1) Each nursing facility located in any of the following counties shall be placed in peer group one: Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, and Warren. (2) Each nursing facility located in any of the following counties shall be placed in peer group two: Allen, Ashtabula, Champaign, Clark, Cuyahoga, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Geauga, Greene, Hancock, Knox, Lake, Licking, Lorain, Lucas, Madison, Mahoning, Marion, Medina, Miami, Montgomery, Morrow, Ottawa, Pickaway, Portage, Preble, Ross, Sandusky, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Union, and Wood. (3) Each nursing facility located in any of the following counties shall be placed in peer group three: Adams, Ashland, Athens, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Gallia, Guernsey, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Highland, Hocking, Holmes, Huron, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Logan, Meigs, Mercer, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Paulding, Perry, Pike, Putnam, Richland, Scioto, Shelby, Tuscarawas, Van Wert, Vinton, Washington, Wayne, Williams, and Wyandot. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(4) of this section, the department shall determine a cost per case-mix unit for each peer group established under division (B) of this section. The cost per case-mix unit determined under this division for a peer group shall be used for subsequent years until the department conducts a rebasing. To determine a peer group's cost per case-mix unit, the department shall do both of the following: (a) Determine the cost per case-mix unit for each nursing facility in the peer group for the applicable calendar year by dividing each facility's desk-reviewed, actual, allowable, per diem direct care costs for the applicable calendar year by the facility's annual average case-mix score determined under section 5165.192 of the Revised Code for the applicable calendar year; (b) Subject to division (C)(2) of this section, identify which nursing facility in the peer group is at the seventieth percentile of the cost per case-mix units determined under division (C)(1)(a) of this section. (2) In making the identification under division (C)(1)(b) of this section, the department shall exclude both of the following: (a) Nursing facilities that participated in the medicaid program under the same provider for less than twelve months in the applicable calendar year; (b) Nursing facilities whose cost per case-mix unit is more than one standard deviation from the mean cost per case-mix unit for all nursing facilities in the nursing facility's peer group for the applicable calendar year. (3) The department shall not redetermine a peer group's cost per case-mix unit under this division based on additional information that it receives after the peer group's per case-mix unit is determined. The department shall redetermine a peer group's cost per case-mix unit only if it made an error in determining the peer group's cost per case-mix unit based on information available to the department at the time of the original determination. (4) The department shall multiply each cost per case-mix unit determined under division (C)(1) of this section by the peer group average case-mix score in effect on December 31, 2025, divided by the peer group average case-mix score determined under section 5165.192 of the Revised Code for the semiannual period beginning January 1, 2026. The product determined under this division for each nursing facility's peer group shall be the cost per case-mix unit used to determine the nursing facility's per medicaid day payment rate for direct care costs under division (A)(1) of this section for the period beginning January 1, 2026, and ending on the day before the department's next rebasing conducted after that date takes effect. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.53
§ 5180.53. [Former R.C. 5101.88, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Kinship support program - definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in sections 5180.531 to 5180.536 of the Revised Code: (A) "Cost-of-living adjustment" has the same meaning as in section 5107.04 of the Revised Code. (B) "Kinship caregiver" has the same meaning as in section 5180.50 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.51
§ 5153.51. Expenses of county commissioners
Status: in_force

September 14, 1957 House Bill 927 - 102nd General Assembly Members of the board of county commissioners who meet by appointment to consider the organization of a district children's home, shall, upon presentation of properly certified accounts, be paid their necessary expenses upon a warrant drawn by the county auditor of their county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.753 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.753
§ 5164.753. Dispensing fee
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly In December of every even-numbered year, the medicaid director shall establish dispensing fees, effective the following July, for terminal distributors of dangerous drugs that are providers of drugs under the medicaid program. In establishing dispensing fees, the director shall take into consideration the results of the survey conducted under section 5164.752 of the Revised Code. The director may establish dispensing fees that vary by terminal distributor, taking into consideration the volume of drugs a terminal distributor dispenses under the medicaid program or any other criteria the director considers relevant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5161.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5161 / § 5161.27
§ 5161.27. Application for medicaid
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly A completed application for medicaid shall be treated as an application for the children's health insurance program if the application is for an assistance group that includes a child under nineteen years of age and is denied.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.042
§ 5101.042. Public assistance benefits systems update
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "public assistance benefits" means all of the following: (1) Supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits; (2) Benefits funded in part by the temporary assistance for needy families block grant; (3) Cash assistance provided through the Ohio works first program; (4) Benefits provided by the medicaid program; (5) Publicly funded child care as defined in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of job and family services shall update the systems used by the department and by county departments of job and family services to determine eligibility for public assistance benefits programs. The updates shall include a mechanism by which application information input by individual caseworkers may be tracked and audited and shall require county departments of job and family services to provide caseworker training regarding improper determinations. Last updated August 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.01
§ 5180.01. Department of children and youth
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth shall serve as the state's primary children's services agency and shall facilitate and coordinate the delivery of children's services in this state, including, but not limited to, those related to adoption, child care, child welfare, early childhood education, early intervention, foster care, home visiting, infant and early childhood mental consultation, and preschool special education. (B) For purposes of this chapter and in addition to the services described in division (A) of this section, children's services include, but are not limited to, one or more government programs focused on any of the following: (1) Adoption, child welfare, and foster care services; (2) Early identification and intervention regarding behavioral health, including, but not limited to, early intervention services, early childhood mental health initiatives, multi-system youth services, and family support services administered through the Ohio family and children first cabinet council, Ohio commission on fatherhood, and children's trust fund board; (3) Early learning and education, including, but not limited to, child care and preschool licensing, early learning assessments, head start, preschool special education, publicly funded child care, and the step up to quality program; (4) Maternal and child physical health, including, but not limited to, infant vitality, home visiting, maternal and child health, maternal and infant support, and Medicaid-funded child health services. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.37
§ 5119.37. Requirements to operate opioid addiction treatment programs
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1)(a) Except as provided in division (A)(1)(b) of this section, no person or government entity shall operate an opioid treatment program requiring certification, as certification is defined in 42 C.F.R. 8.2, unless the person or government entity is a community addiction services provider and the program is licensed under this section. (b) Division (A)(1)(a) of this section does not apply to a program operated by the United States department of veterans affairs. (2) No community addiction services provider licensed under this section shall operate an opioid treatment program in a manner inconsistent with this section and the rules adopted under it. (B) A community addiction services provider seeking a license to operate an opioid treatment program shall apply to the department of behavioral health. The department shall review all applications received. (C) The department may issue a license to operate an opioid treatment program to a community addiction services provider only if all of the following apply: (1) During the three-year period immediately preceding the date of application, the provider and each of the following, as the case may be, have been in good standing to operate an opioid treatment program in all other locations where the provider or such other person has been operating a similar program: an owner, sponsor, medical director, administrator, or principal of the provider; a subsidiary of the provider; or a subsidiary of the provider's owner or sponsor. Good standing shall be evidenced by both of the following: (a) Not having been denied a license, certificate, or similar approval to operate an opioid treatment program by this state or another jurisdiction; (b) Not having been the subject of any of the following in this state or another jurisdiction: (i) An action that resulted in the suspension or revocation of the license, certificate, or similar approval of the provider or other person; (ii) A voluntary relinquishment, withdrawal, or other action taken by the provider or other person to avoid suspension or revocation of the license, certificate, or similar approval; (iii) A disciplinary action that was based, in whole or in part, on the provider or other person engaging in the inappropriate prescribing, dispensing, administering, personally furnishing, diverting, storing, supplying, compounding, or selling of a controlled substance or other dangerous drug. (2) It affirmatively appears to the department that the provider is adequately staffed and equipped to operate an opioid treatment program. (3) It affirmatively appears to the department that the provider will operate an opioid treatment program in strict compliance with all laws relating to drug abuse and the rules adopted by the department. (4) Except as provided in division (D) of this section and section 5119.371 of the Revised Code, if the provider is seeking an initial license for a particular location, the proposed opioid treatment program is not located on a parcel of real estate that is within a radius of five hundred linear feet of the boundaries of a parcel of real estate having situated on it a public or private school, child care center licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, or child-serving agency regulated by the department under this chapter. (5) The provider meets any additional requirements established by the department in rules adopted under division (F) of this section. (D) The department may waive the requirement of division (C)(4) of this section if it receives, from each public or private school, child care center, or child-serving agency that is within the five hundred linear feet radius described in that division, a letter of support for the location. The department shall determine whether a letter of support is satisfactory for purposes of waiving the requirement. (E)(1) Except as provided in division (E)(2) of this section, a license to operate an opioid treatment program shall expire two years from the date of issuance. Licenses may be renewed. (2) In circumstances in which the director of behavioral health has concerns regarding compliance of a community addiction services provider licensed as an opioid treatment program, the department shall notify the provider of those concerns and stipulate that the provider's license expires annually on a date determined by the department. (F) The department shall establish procedures and adopt rules for licensing, inspection, and supervision of community addiction services providers that operate an opioid treatment program. The rules shall establish standards for the control, storage, furnishing, use, dispensing, and administering of medications used in medication-assisted treatment; prescribe minimum standards for the operation of the opioid treatment program component of the provider's operations; and comply with federal laws and regulations. All rules adopted under this division shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. All actions taken by the department regarding the licensing of providers to operate opioid treatment programs shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except as provided in division (L) of this section. (G)(1) The department shall inspect all community addiction services providers licensed to operate an opioid treatment program. Inspections shall be conducted at least biennially and may be conducted more frequently. In addition, the department may inspect any provider or other person that it reasonably believes to be operating an opioid treatment program without a license issued under this section. (2) When conducting an inspection, the department may do both of the following: (a) Examine and copy all records, accounts, and other documents relating to the provider's or other person's operations, including records pertaining to patients or clients; (b) Conduct interviews with any individual employed by or contracted or otherwise associated with the provider or person, including an administrator, staff person, patient, or client. (3) No person or government entity shall interfere with a state or local government official acting on behalf of the department while conducting an inspection. (H) A community addiction services provider shall not administer or dispense methadone in a tablet, powder, or intravenous form. Methadone shall be administered or dispensed only in a liquid form intended for ingestion. A community addiction services provider shall not administer or dispense a medication used in medication-assisted treatment for pain or other medical reasons. (I) As used in this division, "program sponsor" means a person who assumes responsibility for the operation and employees of the opioid treatment program component of a community addiction services provider's operations. A provider shall not permit an individual to act as a program sponsor, medical director, or director of the provider if the individual is receiving a medication used in medication-assisted treatment from any community addiction services provider. (J) The department may issue orders to ensure compliance with all laws relating to drug abuse and the rules adopted under this section. Subject to section 5119.27 of the Revised Code, the department may hold hearings, require the production of relevant matter, compel testimony, issue subpoenas, and make adjudications. Upon failure of a person without lawful excuse to obey a subpoena or to produce relevant matter, the department may apply to a court of common pleas for an order compelling compliance. (K) The department may refuse to issue, or may withdraw or revoke, a license to operate an opioid treatment program. A license may be refused if a community addiction services provider does not meet the requirements of division (C) of this section. A license may be withdrawn at any time the department determines that the provider no longer meets the requirements for receiving the license. A license may be revoked in accordance with division (L) of this section. Once a license is issued under this section, the department shall not consider the requirement of division (C)(4) of this section in determining whether to renew, withdraw, or revoke the license or whether to reissue the license as a result of a change in ownership. (L) If the department finds reasonable cause to believe that a community addiction services provider licensed under this section is in violation of any state or federal law or rule relating to drug abuse, the department may issue an order immediately revoking the license, subject to division (M) of this section. The department shall set a date not more than fifteen days later than the date of the order of revocation for a hearing on the continuation or cancellation of the revocation. For good cause, the department may continue the hearing on application of any interested party. In conducting hearings, the department has all the authority and power set forth in division (J) of this section. Following the hearing, the department shall either confirm or cancel the revocation. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that the provider shall not be permitted to operate an opioid treatment program pending the hearing or pending any appeal from an adjudication made as a result of the hearing. Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to the contrary, a court shall not stay or suspend any order of revocation issued by the department under this division pending judicial appeal. (M) The department shall not revoke a license to operate an opioid treatment program unless all clients receiving medication used in medication-assisted treatment from the community addiction services provider are provided adequate substitute medication or treatment. For purposes of this division, the department may transfer the clients to other providers licensed to operate opioid treatment programs or replace any or all of the administrators and staff of the provider with representatives of the department who shall continue on a provisional basis the opioid treatment component of the provider's operations. (N) Each time the department receives an application from a community addiction services provider for a license to operate an opioid treatment program, issues or refuses to issue a license, or withdraws or revokes a license, the department shall notify the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services of each alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district in which the provider operates. (O) Whenever it appears to the department from files, upon complaint, or otherwise, that a community addiction services provider has engaged in any practice declared to be illegal or prohibited by section 3719.61 of the Revised Code, or any other state or federal laws or regulations relating to drug abuse, or when the department believes it to be in the best interest of the public and necessary for the protection of the citizens of the state, the department may request criminal proceedings by laying before the prosecuting attorney of the proper county any evidence of criminality which may come to its knowledge. (P) The department shall maintain a current list of community addiction services providers licensed by the department under this section and shall provide a copy of the current list to a judge of a court of common pleas who requests a copy for the use of the judge under division (H) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code and to a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services that requests a copy for purposes of division (I)(3) of section 340.08 of the Revised Code. The list of licensed community addiction services providers shall identify each licensed provider by its name, its address, and the county in which it is located. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.333 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.333
§ 5119.333. Prohibiting keeping or maintaining unlicensed hospital
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly No person shall keep or maintain a hospital for the care or treatment of persons with mental illnesses unless it is licensed by the department of behavioral health, as provided by section 5119.33 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.262 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.262
§ 5180.262. [Former R.C. 5101.78, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Procurement of glucagon for camps
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs" and "prescriber" have the same meanings as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A residential camp, as defined in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code; a child day camp, as defined in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code; or a child day camp operated by any county, township, municipal corporation, township park district created under section 511.18 of the Revised Code, park district created under section 1545.04 of the Revised Code, or joint recreation district established under section 755.14 of the Revised Code may procure injectable or nasally administered glucagon for use in emergency situations identified under division (D)(5) of this section by doing one of the following: (1) Having a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs, acting in accordance with section 4723.4811 , 4730.437 , or 4731.92 of the Revised Code, personally furnish the injectable or nasally administered glucagon to the camp or issue a prescription for the drug in the name of the camp; (2) Obtaining a prescriber-issued protocol that includes definitive orders for injectable or nasally administered glucagon and the dosages to be administered; A camp that elects to procure injectable or nasally administered glucagon under this section is encouraged to maintain at least two doses of the drug at all times. (C) A camp that elects to procure injectable or nasally administered glucagon under this section shall adopt a policy governing maintenance and use of the drug. Before adopting the policy, the camp shall consult with a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs. (D) The policy adopted under division (C) of this section shall do all of the following: (1) Identify the one or more locations at the camp in which injectable or nasally administered glucagon must be stored; (2) Specify the conditions under which injectable or nasally administered glucagon must be stored, replaced, or disposed; (3) Specify the individuals employed by or under contract with the camp, or who volunteer at the camp, who may access and use injectable or nasally administered glucagon in an emergency situation identified under division (D)(5) of this section; (4) Specify any training that employees, contractors, or volunteers specified under division (D)(3) of this section must complete before being authorized to access and use injectable or nasally administered glucagon; (5) Identify the emergency situations, including when an individual exhibits signs and symptoms of severe hypoglycemia, in which employees, contractors, or volunteers specified under division (D)(3) of this section may access and use injectable or nasally administered glucagon; (6) Specify that assistance from an emergency medical service provider must be requested immediately after a dose of glucagon is administered; (7) Specify the individuals to whom a dose of glucagon may be administered in an emergency situation specified under division (D)(5) of this section. (E)(1) The following are not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from an act or omission associated with procuring, maintaining, accessing, or using injectable or nasally administered glucagon under this section, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct: (a) A camp; (b) A camp employee, contractor, or volunteer; (c) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who personally furnishes or prescribes injectable or nasally administered glucagon, provides a consultation, or issues a protocol pursuant to this section; (2) This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a camp; camp employee, contractor, or volunteer; or licensed health professional may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state. (F) A camp may accept donations of injectable or nasally administered glucagon from a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs or manufacturer of dangerous drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, and may accept donations of money from any person to purchase the drug. (G) A camp that elects to procure injectable or nasally administered glucagon under this section shall report to the department of children and youth each procurement and each occurrence in which a dose of the drug is used from the camp's supply. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.0317 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.0317
§ 5103.0317. Limit of children in foster home
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January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of children and youth shall adopt rules concerning the maximum number of children a foster home may receive and any exceptions to the maximum number. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.603 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.603
§ 5123.603. Joint committee to examine protection and advocacy system
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A joint committee to examine the activities of the state's protection and advocacy system and client assistance program is hereby established. (B) The joint committee shall consist of three members of the senate appointed by the senate president, two from the majority party and one from the minority party, and three members of the house of representatives, two from the majority party and one from the minority party, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. In odd-numbered years, the senate president shall designate a member of the senate as the chairperson of the committee and in even-numbered years, the speaker of the house of representatives shall designate a member of the house of representatives as the chairperson of the joint committee. Last updated October 4, 2023 at 3:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.50
§ 5163.50. Improving medicaid eligibility determinations and processing
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of medicaid shall issue one or more requests for information relating to medicaid eligibility data and operations to identify and assess systems and solutions that may be available to improve or augment the management, efficiency, frequency, and accuracy of medicaid eligibility determinations and processing. The requests for information shall include systems and data relating to all of the following: (1) Medicaid enrollee or applicant identity verification; (2) Medicaid enrollee death verification; (3) Employment and wages; (4) Lottery winnings; (5) Residency verification including residency relating to concurrent enrollment in medicaid programs in other states; (6) Household composition; (7) Medicaid enrollee incarceration status; (8) Third-party liability verification; (9) Asset verification; (10) Any other records or systems the department considers appropriate in order to strengthen program integrity, reduce costs, and reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in the medicaid program. (B) As part of the considerations under division (A) of this section, the department shall consider augmenting existing vendor arrangements relating to processing and managing medicaid eligibility cases. (C) The department may procure one or more vendors to implement any solutions identified as cost effective and feasible. Any vendor compensation under this section shall be performance-based. (D) The department shall prepare and submit a report to the chairpersons of the standing committees in the house of representatives and senate with jurisdiction over medicaid detailing its findings from the requests for information and considerations conducted under this section. Last updated August 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.07
§ 5119.07. Businesses located near institutions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly A person, firm, or corporation may file a petition in the court of common pleas of the county in which a benevolent institution of the department of behavioral health 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 of the business would not annoy or endanger the health, convenience, or recovery of the patients 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 managing officer 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 of the business 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. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.192 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.192
§ 5123.192. Licensing for ICF/IID after 7/1/2013
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) A person or government agency operating, on September 10, 2012, an ICF/IID pursuant to a nursing home license issued under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code shall do both of the following as a condition of continuing to operate the ICF/IID on and after July 1, 2013: (1) Not later than February 1, 2013, apply to the director of developmental disabilities for a residential facility license under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code for the ICF/IID; (2) Not later than July 1, 2013, obtain the residential facility license for the ICF/IID. (B) The nursing home license of an ICF/IID shall cease to be valid at the earliest of the following: (1) The date that the ICF/IID's nursing home license is revoked or voided under section 3721.07 of the Revised Code; (2) The date that a residential facility license is obtained for the ICF/IID under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code; (3) July 1, 2013. (C) Except for existing nursing home beds not certified as ICF/IID beds and relocated in accordance with a move authorized by a certificate of need under Chapter 3702. of the Revised Code, no bed that is part of an ICF/IID that is licensed as a nursing home on September 10, 2012, may be used as part of a nursing home on and after the earlier of the following: (1) The date that a residential facility license is obtained for the ICF/IID under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code; (2) July 1, 2013.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.50
§ 5123.50. Registry of employees guilty of abuse, neglect or misappropriation definitions
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly As used in sections 5123.50 to 5123.542 of the Revised Code: (A) "Abuse" means all of the following: (1) The use of physical force that can reasonably be expected to result in physical harm or serious physical harm; (2) Sexual abuse; (3) Verbal abuse. (B) "Misappropriation" means depriving, defrauding, or otherwise obtaining the real or personal property of an individual by any means prohibited by the Revised Code, including violations of Chapter 2911. or 2913. of the Revised Code. (C) " Developmental disabilities employee" means all of the following: (1) An employee of the department of developmental disabilities; (2) An employee of a county board of developmental disabilities; (3) An employee in a position that includes providing specialized services to an individual with a developmental disability; (4) An independent provider as defined in section 5123.16 of the Revised Code. (D) "Neglect" means, when there is a duty to do so, failing to provide an individual with any treatment, care, goods, or services that are necessary to maintain the health and safety of the individual. (E) "Offense of violence" has the same meaning as in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code. (F) "Physical harm" and "serious physical harm" have the same meanings as in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code. (G) "Prescribed medication" has the same meaning as in section 5123.41 of the Revised Code. (H) "Sexual abuse" means unlawful sexual conduct or sexual contact. (I) "Specialized services" means any program or service designed and operated to serve primarily individuals with developmental disabilities, including a program or service provided by an entity licensed or certified by the department of developmental disabilities. A program or service available to the general public is not a specialized service. (J) "Verbal abuse" means purposely using words to threaten, coerce, intimidate, harass, or humiliate an individual. (K) "Sexual conduct," "sexual contact," and "spouse" have the same meanings as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code.