Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.09
§ 5119.09. Physician specialists
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly The director of mental health shall prepare, and may amend from time to time, specifications descriptive of the duties, responsibilities, requirements, and desirable qualifications of physician specialists in the department of mental health. The director shall prepare, and may amend from time to time, classifications for those physician specialists, and they shall receive a salary fixed pursuant to section 124.15 or 124.152 of the Revised Code. The director may employ and classify physicians in the department as physician specialists, within the classifications and pay ranges fixed pursuant to section 124.15 or 124.152 of the Revised Code. Any physician employed in the department, whether previously classified pursuant to section 124.15 or 124.152 of the Revised Code or otherwise employed in the department, may be classified or reclassified as a physician specialist, pursuant to this section, upon order of the director; provided that, each such physician shall be qualified as required by this section and meet the specifications for the classification to which the physician is assigned. Any physician classified and designated a physician specialist under authority of this section may be assigned to a different physician specialist classification upon order of the director; the director shall certify each such reclassification, and the department of administrative services shall be governed by the certification; provided that, nothing in this section shall alter the powers and duties of the state personnel board of review under division (A)(1) of section 124.03 of the Revised Code. Each physician classified and designated as a physician specialist in the department, under authority of this section, shall be a reputable physician and a graduate of an accredited medical college, who has had special training and experience in the treatment of mental illness or other condition found in patients in the department. Last updated August 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.134 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.134
§ 5162.134. Annual report of integrated care delivery system evaluation
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Not later than the first day of each July, the medicaid director shall complete a report of the evaluation conducted under section 5164.911 of the Revised Code regarding the integrated care delivery system. The director shall provide a copy of the report to the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code. The director also shall make the report available to the public. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.233 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.233
§ 5103.233. Appropriate authority in receiving state
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in paragraph (A) of Article V of the interstate compact on the placement of children, the phrase "appropriate authority in the receiving state" with reference to this state shall mean the department of children and youth. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.071
§ 5126.071. Set aside for minority business enterprise contracts
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "minority business enterprise" has the meaning given in division (E)(1) of section 122.71 of the Revised Code. (B) Any minority business enterprise that desires to bid on a contract under division (C) or (D) of this section shall first apply to the department of development for certification as a minority business enterprise. The director of development shall approve the application of any minority business enterprise that complies with the rules adopted under section 122.71 of the Revised Code. The director shall prepare and maintain a list of minority business enterprises certified under this section. (C) From the contracts to be awarded for the purchases of equipment, materials, supplies, insurance, and nonprogram services, other than contracts entered into and exempt under sections 307.86 and 5126.05 of the Revised Code, each county board of developmental disabilities shall select a number of contracts with an aggregate value of approximately fifteen per cent of the total estimated value of such contracts to be awarded in the current calendar year. The board shall set aside the contracts so selected for bidding by minority business enterprises only. The bidding procedures for such contracts shall be the same as for all other contracts awarded under section 307.86 of the Revised Code, except that only minority business enterprises certified and listed under division (B) of this section shall be qualified to submit bids. Contracts set aside and awarded under this section shall not include contracts for the purchase of services such as direct and ancillary services, service and support administration, residential services, and family support services. (D) To the extent that a board is authorized to enter into contracts for construction which are not exempt from the competitive bidding requirements of section 307.86 of the Revised Code, the board shall set aside a number of contracts the aggregate value of which equals approximately five per cent of the aggregate value of construction contracts for the current calendar year for bidding by minority business enterprises only. The bidding procedures for the contracts set aside for minority business enterprises shall be the same as for all other contracts awarded by the board, except that only minority business enterprises certified and listed under division (B) of this section shall be qualified to submit bids. Any contractor awarded a construction contract pursuant to this section shall make every effort to ensure that certified minority business subcontractors and materials suppliers participate in the contract. In the case of contracts specified in this division, the total value of subcontracts awarded to and materials and services purchased from minority businesses shall be at least ten per cent of the total value of the contract, wherever possible and whenever the contractor awards subcontracts or purchases materials or services. (E) In the case of contracts set aside under divisions (C) and (D) of this section, if no bid is submitted by a minority business enterprise, the contract shall be awarded according to normal bidding procedures. The board shall from time to time set aside such additional contracts as are necessary to replace those contracts previously set aside on which no minority business enterprise bid. (F) This section does not preclude any minority business enterprise from bidding on any other contract not specifically set aside for minority business enterprises. (G) Within ninety days after the beginning of each calendar year, each county board of developmental disabilities shall file a report with the department of developmental disabilities that shows for that calendar year the name of each minority business enterprise with which the board entered into a contract, the value and type of each such contract, the total value of contracts awarded under divisions (C) and (D) of this section, the total value of contracts awarded for the purchases of equipment, materials, supplies, or services, other than contracts entered into under the exemptions of sections 307.86 and 5126.05 of the Revised Code, and the total value of contracts entered into for construction. (H) Any person who intentionally misrepresents that person as owning, controlling, operating, or participating in a minority business enterprise for the purpose of obtaining contracts or any other benefits under this section shall be guilty of theft by deception as provided for in section 2913.02 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 2:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.166 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.166
§ 5123.166. Adjudication order against certificate applicant or holder
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) If good cause exists as specified in division (B) of this section and determined in accordance with procedures established in rules adopted under section 5123.1611 of the Revised Code, the director of developmental disabilities may issue an adjudication order requiring that one or more of the following actions be taken against a person or government entity seeking or holding a supported living certificate: (1) Refusal to issue or renew a supported living certificate; (2) Revocation of a supported living certificate; (3) Suspension of a supported living certificate holder's authority to do any of the following: (a) Continue to provide supported living to one or more individuals who receive supported living from the certificate holder at the time the director takes the action; (b) Begin to provide supported living to one or more individuals who do not receive supported living from the certificate holder at the time the director takes the action; (c) Expand or add supported living services to one or more individuals who receive supported living from the certificate holder at the time the director takes action. (B) The following constitute good cause for taking action under division (A) of this section against a person or government entity seeking or holding a supported living certificate: (1) The person or government entity's failure to meet or continue to meet the applicable certification standards established in rules adopted under section 5123.1611 of the Revised Code; (2) The person or government entity violates section 5123.165 of the Revised Code; (3) The person or government entity's failure to satisfy the requirements of section 5123.081 or 5123.52 of the Revised Code; (4) Misfeasance; (5) Malfeasance; (6) Nonfeasance; (7) Confirmed abuse or neglect; (8) Financial irresponsibility; (9) Other conduct the director determines is or would be injurious to individuals who receive or would receive supported living from the person or government entity. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the director shall issue an adjudication order under division (A) of this section in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (D)(1) The director may issue an order requiring that action specified in division (A)(3) of this section be taken before a provider is provided notice and an opportunity for a hearing if all of the following are the case: (a) The director determines such action is warranted by the provider's failure to continue to meet the applicable certification standards ; (b) The director determines that the failure either represents a pattern of serious noncompliance or creates a substantial risk to the health or safety of an individual who receives or would receive supported living from the provider (c) If the order will suspend the provider's authority to continue to provide supported living to an individual who receives supported living from the provider at the time the director issues the order, both of the following are the case: (i) The director makes the individual, or the individual's guardian, aware of the director's determination under division (D)(1)(b) of this section and the individual or guardian does not select another provider. (ii) A county board of developmental disabilities has filed a complaint with a probate court under section 5126.33 of the Revised Code that includes facts describing the nature of abuse or neglect that the individual has suffered due to the provider's actions that are the basis for the director making the determination under division (D)(1)(b) of this section and the probate court does not issue an order authorizing the county board to arrange services for the individual pursuant to an individualized service plan developed for the individual under section 5126.31 of the Revised Code. (2) If the director issues an order under division (D)(1) of this section, sections 119.091 to 119.13 of the Revised Code and all of the following apply: (a) The director shall send the provider notice of the order by certified mail, return receipt requested, not later than twenty-four hours after issuing the order and shall include in the notice the reasons for the order, the citation to the law or rule directly involved, and a statement that the provider will be afforded a hearing if the provider requests it in writing within ten days of the time of receiving the notice. (b) If the provider requests a hearing within the required time and the provider has provided the director the provider's current address, the director shall immediately set, and notify the provider of, the date, time, and place for the hearing. If the provider's written request for a hearing includes a request that the hearing be held not later than thirty days after the director receives the provider's timely request for the hearing, the date set for the hearing by the director shall be within thirty days. (c) The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with section 119.09 of the Revised Code, except for all of the following: (i) The hearing shall continue uninterrupted until its close, except for weekends, legal holidays, and other interruptions the provider and director agree to. (ii) If the director appoints a referee or examiner to conduct the hearing, the referee or examiner, not later than ten days after the date the referee or examiner receives a transcript of the testimony and evidence presented at the hearing or, if the referee or examiner does not receive the transcript or no such transcript is made, the date that the referee or examiner closes the record of the hearing, shall submit to the director a written report setting forth the referee or examiner's findings of fact and conclusions of law and a recommendation of the action the director should take. (iii) The provider may, not later than five days after the date the director, in accordance with section 119.09 of the Revised Code, sends the provider or the provider's attorney or other representative of record a copy of the referee or examiner's report and recommendation, file with the director written objections to the report and recommendation. (iv) The director shall approve, modify, or disapprove the referee or examiner's report and recommendation not earlier than six days, and not later than fifteen days, after the date the director, in accordance with section 119.09 of the Revised Code, sends a copy of the report and recommendation to the provider or the provider's attorney or other representative of record. (3) The director may lift an order issued under division (D)(1) of this section even though a hearing regarding the order is occurring or pending if the director determines that the provider has taken action eliminating the good cause for issuing the order. The hearing shall proceed unless the provider withdraws the request for the hearing in a written letter to the director. (4) The director shall lift an order issued under division (D)(1) of this section if both of the following are the case: (a) The provider provides the director a plan of compliance the director determines is acceptable. (b) The director determines that the provider has implemented the plan of compliance correctly.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.0321 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.0321
§ 5103.0321. Duties of agency upon notice of conviction of certain offense by foster child
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly On receipt of notice under section 5103.0319 of the Revised Code, the recommending agency shall do all of the following: (A) Review the foster caregiver's foster home certificate. After review, the agency may recommend that the department of children and youth revoke the certificate. (B) Review the placement in the foster home of any child of whom the agency has temporary, legal, or permanent custody. After review, the agency may, consistent with any juvenile court order, remove the child from the foster home in which the child is residing and place the child in another certified foster home. (C) If the agency does not have temporary, legal, or permanent custody of a foster child residing in the foster home, notify the entity that has custody that it has received a notice under section 5103.0319 of the Revised Code. (D) Assess the foster caregiver's need for training because of the conviction, plea of guilty, or adjudication described in section 5103.0319 of the Revised Code and provide any necessary training. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.127 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.127
§ 5153.127. Collect and maintaining data from individual training needs assessment forms
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The executive director of each public children services agency or a person designated by the executive director shall collect and maintain the data from individual training needs assessments completed under sections 5153.125 and 5153.126 of the Revised Code for each PCSA caseworker and PCSA caseworker supervisor employed by the agency. The executive director or designated person shall compile and forward the data collected from the completed assessments to the regional training center established under section 5103.41 of the Revised Code for the training region the agency is located in. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.37
§ 5104.37. Activities to assist families and family child care homes; reports
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) In addition to the duties described in division (D) of section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, the director of children and youth shall engage in activities to do the following: (1) Encourage the establishment and licensure of family child care homes in this state, especially in areas with the greatest need for child care; (2) Connect families and caretaker parents in need of child care with family child care homes not meeting the license capacity specified on their licenses, as described in division (E) of section 5104.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The director may contract with one or more third-party entities to assist the director in performing the duties described in division (A) of this section. (C) Not later than May 30, 2023, and periodically thereafter, the director shall submit to the general assembly a report documenting any barriers that may prevent the establishment or licensure of family child care homes. The director shall submit the required report in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.015 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.015
§ 5104.015. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the operation of child care centers, including parent cooperative centers, part-time centers, and drop-in centers. The rules shall reflect the various forms of child care and the needs of children receiving child care or publicly funded child care and shall include specific rules for school-age child care centers that are developed in consultation with the department of education and workforce. The rules shall include the following: (A) Submission of a site plan and descriptive plan of operation to demonstrate how the center proposes to meet the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter for the initial license application; (B) Standards for ensuring that the physical surroundings of the center are safe and sanitary including the physical environment, the physical plant, and the equipment of the center; (C) Standards for the supervision, care, and discipline of children receiving child care or publicly funded child care in the center; (D) Standards for a program of activities, and for play equipment, materials, and supplies, to enhance the development of each child; however, any educational curricula, philosophies, and methodologies that are developmentally appropriate and that enhance the social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development of each child shall be permissible. As used in this division, "program" does not include instruction in religious or moral doctrines, beliefs, or values that is conducted at child care centers owned and operated by churches and does include methods of disciplining children at child care centers. (E) Admissions policies and procedures; (F) Health care policies and procedures, including procedures for the isolation of children with communicable diseases; (G) First aid and emergency procedures; (H) Procedures for discipline and supervision of children; (I) Standards for the provision of nutritious meals and snacks; (J) Procedures for screening children that may include any necessary physical examinations and shall include immunizations in accordance with section 5104.014 of the Revised Code; (K) Procedures for screening employees that may include any necessary physical examinations and immunizations; (L) Methods for encouraging parental participation in the center and methods for ensuring that the rights of children, parents, and employees are protected and that responsibilities of parents and employees are met; (M) Procedures for ensuring the safety and adequate supervision of children traveling off the premises of the center while under the care of a center employee; (N) Procedures for record keeping, organization, and administration; (O) Procedures for issuing, denying, and revoking a license that are not otherwise provided for in Chapter 119. of the Revised Code; (P) Inspection procedures; (Q) Procedures and standards for setting initial license application fees; (R) Procedures for receiving, recording, and responding to complaints about centers; (S) Procedures for enforcing section 5104.04 of the Revised Code; (T) Minimum qualifications for employment as an administrator or child care staff member, which shall not include requiring an administrator or child care staff member to hold or obtain a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree; (U) Requirements for the training of administrators and child care staff members, including training in first aid, in prevention, recognition, and management of communicable diseases, and in child abuse recognition and prevention; (V) Standards providing for the needs of children who have disabilities or who require treatment for health conditions while the child is receiving child care or publicly funded child care in the center; (W) A procedure for reporting of injuries of children that occur at the center; (X) Standards for licensing child care centers for children with short-term illnesses and other temporary medical conditions; (Y) Minimum requirements for instructional time for child care centers rated through the step up to quality program established pursuant to section 5104.29 of the Revised Code; (Z) Any other procedures and standards necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter regarding child care centers. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.365 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.365
§ 5119.365. Rules regarding intake and retention procedures
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of behavioral health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to do both of the following: (A) Streamline the intake procedures used by a community addiction services provider accepting and beginning to serve a new individual, including procedures regarding intake forms and questionnaires; (B) Enable a community addiction services provider to retain an individual as an active patient even though the patient last received services from the provider more than thirty days before resumption of services so that the individual and provider do not have to repeat the intake procedures. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.01
§ 5160.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Dual eligible individual" has the same meaning as in the "Social Security Act," section 1915(h)(2)(B), 42 U.S.C. 1396n(h)(2)(B). A dual eligible individual is a medicare-medicaid enrollee (MME). (B) "Exchange" has the same meaning as in 45 C.F.R. 155.20. (C) "Federal financial participation" means the federal government's share of expenditures made by an entity in implementing a medical assistance program. (D) "Medical assistance program" means all of the following: (1) The medicaid program; (2) The children's health insurance program; (3) The refugee medical assistance program; (4) Any other program that provides medical assistance and state statutes authorize the department of medicaid to administer. (E) "Medical assistance recipient" means a recipient of a medical assistance program. To the extent appropriate in the context, "medical assistance recipient" includes an individual applying for a medical assistance program, a former medical assistance recipient, or both. (F) "Medicaid managed care organization" has the same meaning as in section 5167.01 of the Revised Code. (G) "Refugee medical assistance program" means the program that the department of medicaid administers pursuant to section 5160.50 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.30
§ 5163.30. Disposal of assets under market value after look-back date
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Assets" include all of an individual's income and resources and those of the individual's spouse, including any income or resources the individual or spouse is entitled to but does not receive because of action by any of the following: (a) The individual or spouse; (b) A person or government entity, including a court or administrative agency, with legal authority to act in place of or on behalf of the individual or spouse; (c) A person or government entity, including a court or administrative agency, acting at the direction or on the request of the individual or spouse. (2) "Home and community-based services" means home and community-based services furnished under a medicaid waiver granted by the United States secretary of health and human services under the "Social Security Act," section 1915(c) or (d), 42 U.S.C. 1396n(c) or (d). (3) "Institutionalized individual" means a resident of a nursing facility, an inpatient in a medical institution for whom a payment is made based on a level of care provided in a nursing facility, or an individual described in the "Social Security Act," section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI), 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI). (4) "Look-back date" means the date that is a number of months specified in rules adopted under section 5163.02 of the Revised Code immediately before either of the following: (a) The date an individual becomes an institutionalized individual if the individual is eligible for medicaid on that date; (b) The date an individual applies for medicaid while an institutionalized individual. (5) "Nursing facility equivalent services" means services that are covered by the medicaid program, equivalent to nursing facility services, provided by an institution that provides the same level of care as a nursing facility, and provided to an inpatient of the institution who is a medicaid recipient eligible for medicaid-covered nursing facility equivalent services. (6) "Undue hardship" means being deprived of either of the following: (a) Medical care such that an individual's health or life is endangered; (b) Food, clothing, shelter, or other necessities of life. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section and rules adopted under section 5163.02 of the Revised Code, an institutionalized individual is ineligible for nursing facility services, nursing facility equivalent services, and home and community-based services if the individual or individual's spouse disposes of assets for less than fair market value on or after the look-back date. The institutionalized individual's ineligibility shall begin on a date determined in accordance with rules adopted under section 5163.02 of the Revised Code and shall continue for a number of months determined in accordance with such rules. (C)(1) An institutionalized individual may be granted a waiver of all or a portion of the period of ineligibility to which the individual would otherwise be subjected under division (B) of this section if the ineligibility would cause an undue hardship for the individual. (2) An institutionalized individual may be granted a waiver of all or a portion of the period of ineligibility if the administrator of the nursing facility in which the individual resides has notified the individual of a proposed transfer or discharge under section 3721.16 of the Revised Code due to failure to pay for the care the nursing facility has provided to the individual, the individual or the individual's sponsor requests a hearing on the proposed transfer or discharge in accordance with section 3721.161 of the Revised Code, and the transfer or discharge is upheld by a final determination that is not subject to further appeal. (3) An institutionalized individual may be granted a waiver of all of the period of ineligibility if all of the assets that were disposed of for less than fair market value are returned to the individual or individual's spouse or if the individual or individual's spouse receives cash or other personal or real property that equals the difference between what the individual or individual's spouse received for the assets and the fair market value of the assets. Except as provided in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section, no waiver of any part of the period of ineligibility shall be granted if the amount the individual or individual's spouse receives is less than the difference between what the individual or individual's spouse received for the assets and the fair market value of the assets. (4) Waivers shall be granted in accordance with rules adopted under section 5163.02 of the Revised Code. (D) To secure compliance with this section, the medicaid director may require an individual, as a condition of initial or continued eligibility for medicaid, to provide documentation of the individual's assets up to five years before the date the individual becomes an institutionalized individual if the individual is eligible for medicaid on that date or the date the individual applies for medicaid while an institutionalized individual. Documentation may include tax returns, records from financial institutions, and real property records. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.10
§ 5167.10. Authority to contract with managed care orgainizations
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The department of medicaid may enter into contracts with managed care organizations under which the organizations are authorized to provide, or arrange for the provision of, health care services to medicaid recipients who are required or permitted to participate in the care management system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.56
§ 5120.56. Recovering cost of incarceration or supervision from offender
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 5120.56 to 5120.58 of the Revised Code: (1) "Ancillary services" means services provided to an offender as necessary for the particular circumstances of the offender's personal supervision, including, but not limited to, specialized counseling, testing, or other services not included in the calculation of residential or supervision costs. (2) "Cost debt" means a cost of incarceration or supervision that may be assessed against and collected from an offender as a debt to the state as described in division (D) of this section. (3) "Detention facility" means any place used for the confinement of a person charged with or convicted of any crime. (4) "Offender" means any inmate, parolee, person placed under a community control sanction, releasee, or other person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any felony or misdemeanor and is sentenced to any of the following: (a) A term of imprisonment, a prison term, a jail term, or another type of confinement in a detention facility; (b) Participation in another correctional program in lieu of incarceration. (5) "Community control sanction," "prison term," and "jail term" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (6) "Parolee" and "releasee" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of rehabilitation and correction may recover from an offender who is in its custody or under its supervision any cost debt described in division (D) of this section. To satisfy a cost debt described in that division that relates to an offender, the department may apply directly assets that are in the department's possession and that are being held for that offender without further proceedings in aid of execution, and, if assets belonging to or subject to the direction of that offender are in the possession of a third party, the department may request the attorney general to initiate proceedings to collect the assets from the third party to satisfy the cost debt. (C) Except as otherwise provided in division (E) or (G) of this section, all of the following assets of an offender shall be subject to attachment, collection, or application toward the cost debts described in division (D) of this section that are to be recovered under division (B) of this section: (1) Subject to division (E) of this section, any pay the offender receives from the state; (2) Subject to division (E) of this section, any funds the offender receives from persons on an approved visitor list; (3) Any liquid assets belonging to the offender and in the custody of the department; (4) Any assets the offender acquires or any other income the offender earns subsequent to the offender's commitment. (D) Costs of incarceration or supervision that may be assessed against and collected from an offender under division (B) of this section as a debt to the state shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following costs that accrue while the offender is in the custody or under the supervision of the department: (1) Any user fee or copayment for services at a detention facility or housing facility, including, but not limited to, a fee or copayment for sick call visits; (2) Assessment for damage to or destruction of property in a detention facility subsequent to commitment; (3) Restitution to an offender or to a staff member of a state correctional institution for theft, loss, or damage to the personal property of the offender or staff member; (4) The cost of housing and feeding the offender in a detention facility; (5) The cost of supervision of the offender; (6) The cost of any ancillary services provided to the offender; (7) The cost of any medical care provided to the offender. (E) The cost of housing and feeding an offender in a state correctional institution shall not be collected from a payment made to the offender for performing an activity at a state job or assignment that pays less than the minimum wage or from money the offender receives from visitors, unless the combined assets in the offender's institution personal account exceed, at any time, one hundred dollars. If the combined assets in that account exceed one hundred dollars, the cost of housing and feeding the offender may be collected from the amount in excess of one hundred dollars. (F)(1) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code to implement the requirements of this section. (2) The rules adopted under division (F)(1) of this section shall include, but are not limited to, rules that establish or contain all of the following: (a) A process for ascertaining the items of cost to be assessed against an offender; (b) Subject to division (F)(3) of this section, a process by which the offender shall have the opportunity to respond to the assessment of costs under division (B) of this section and to contest any item of cost in the department's calculation or as it applies to the offender; (c) A requirement that the offender be notified, in writing, of a final decision to collect or apply the offender's assets under division (B) of this section and that the notification be provided after the offender has had an opportunity to contest the application or collection; (d) Criteria for evaluating an offender's ongoing, permanent injury and evaluating the ability of that type of offender to provide for the offender after incarceration. (3) The rules adopted under division (F)(1) of this section may allow the collection of a cost debt as a flat fee or over time in installments. If the cost debt is to be collected over time in installments, the rules are not required to permit the offender an opportunity to contest the assessment of each installment. The rules may establish a standard fee to apply to all offenders who receive a particular service. (G) The department shall not collect cost debts or apply offender assets toward a cost debt under division (B) of this section if, due to an ongoing, permanent injury, the collection or application would unjustly limit the offender's ability to provide for the offender after incarceration. (H) If an offender acquires assets after the offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to an offense and if the transferor knows of the offender's status as an offender, the transferor shall notify the department in advance of the transfer. (I) There is hereby created in the state treasury the offender financial responsibility fund. All moneys collected by or on behalf of the department under this section, and all moneys currently in the department's custody that are applied to satisfy an allowable cost debt under this section, shall be deposited into the fund. The department may expend moneys in the fund for goods and services of the same type as those for which offenders are assessed pursuant to this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.21
§ 5153.21. Establishing children's home
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may establish a children's home upon the recommendation of the public children services agency and subject to certification by the department of children and youth under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code and the requirements of sections 5103.05 and 5103.051 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.111
§ 5153.111. Criminal records check
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The executive director of a public children services agency shall request the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to conduct a criminal records check with respect to any applicant who has applied to the agency for employment as a person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child. If the applicant does not present proof that the applicant has been a resident of this state for the five-year period immediately prior to the date upon which the criminal records check is requested or does not provide evidence that within that five-year period the superintendent has requested information about the applicant from the federal bureau of investigation in a criminal records check, the executive director shall request that the superintendent obtain information from the federal bureau of investigation as a part of the criminal records check for the applicant. If the applicant presents proof that the applicant has been a resident of this state for that five-year period, the executive director may request that the superintendent include information from the federal bureau of investigation in the criminal records check. (2) Any person required by division (A)(1) of this section to request a criminal records check shall provide to each applicant a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, provide to each applicant a standard impression sheet to obtain fingerprint impressions prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, obtain the completed form and impression sheet from each applicant, and forward the completed form and impression sheet to the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation at the time the person requests a criminal records check pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section. (3) Any applicant who receives pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code and a copy of an impression sheet prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of that section and who is requested to complete the form and provide a set of fingerprint impressions shall complete the form or provide all the information necessary to complete the form and shall provide the impression sheet with the impressions of the applicant's fingerprints. If an applicant, upon request, fails to provide the information necessary to complete the form or fails to provide impressions of the applicant's fingerprints, that agency shall not employ that applicant for any position for which a criminal records check is required by division (A)(1) of this section. (B)(1) Except as provided in rules adopted by the director of children and youth in accordance with division (E) of this section, no public children services agency shall employ a person as a person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child if the person previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: (a) A violation of section 2903.01 , 2903.02 , 2903.03 , 2903.04 , 2903.11 , 2903.12 , 2903.13 , 2903.16 , 2903.21 , 2903.34 , 2905.01 , 2905.02 , 2905.05 , 2907.02 , 2907.03 , 2907.04 , 2907.05 , 2907.06 , 2907.07 , 2907.08 , 2907.09 , 2907.21 , 2907.22 , 2907.23 , 2907.25 , 2907.31 , 2907.32 , 2907.321 , 2907.322 , 2907.323 , 2909.02 , 2909.03 , 2911.01 , 2911.02 , 2911.11 , 2911.12 , 2919.12 , 2919.22 , 2919.24 , 2919.25 , 2923.12 , 2923.13 , 2923.161 , 2925.02 , 2925.03 , 2925.04 , 2925.05 , 2925.06 , or 3716.11 of the Revised Code, a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of section 2919.23 of the Revised Code that would have been a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, had the violation occurred prior to that date, a violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a minor drug possession offense, or felonious sexual penetration in violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code; (b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, any other state, or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses or violations described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section. (2) A public children services agency may employ an applicant conditionally until the criminal records check required by this section is completed and the agency receives the results of the criminal records check. If the results of the criminal records check indicate that, pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, the applicant does not qualify for employment, the agency shall release the applicant from employment. (C)(1) Each public children services agency shall pay to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation the fee prescribed pursuant to division (C)(3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code for each criminal records check conducted in accordance with that section upon the request pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section of the executive director of the agency. (2) A public children services agency may charge an applicant a fee for the costs it incurs in obtaining a criminal records check under this section. A fee charged under this division shall not exceed the amount of fees the agency pays under division (C)(1) of this section. If a fee is charged under this division, the agency shall notify the applicant at the time of the applicant's initial application for employment of the amount of the fee and that, unless the fee is paid, the agency will not consider the applicant for employment. (D) The report of any criminal records check conducted by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code and pursuant to a request under division (A)(1) of this section is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person other than the applicant who is the subject of the criminal records check or the applicant's representative, the public children services agency requesting the criminal records check or its representative, and any court, hearing officer, or other necessary individual involved in a case dealing with the denial of employment to the applicant. (E) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section, including rules specifying circumstances under which a public children services agency may hire a person who has been convicted of an offense listed in division (B)(1) of this section but who meets standards in regard to rehabilitation set by the department. (F) Any person required by division (A)(1) of this section to request a criminal records check shall inform each person, at the time of the person's initial application for employment, that the person is required to provide a set of impressions of the person's fingerprints and that a criminal records check is required to be conducted and satisfactorily completed in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code if the person comes under final consideration for appointment or employment as a precondition to employment for that position. (G) As used in this section: (1) "Applicant" means a person who is under final consideration for appointment or employment in a position with the agency as a person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child. (2) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (3) "Minor drug possession offense" has the same meaning as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.40
§ 5104.40. Implementation of rules
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 House Bill 11 - 125th General Assembly A county department of job and family services shall not be held responsible for implementing any rule adopted under this chapter regarding publicly funded child care until the later of thirty days after the effective date of the rule or thirty days after the county department receives notice of the rule if such notification is required under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.162 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.162
§ 5120.162. Transferring children in custody of youth services department to correctional medical center
Status: in_force

November 13, 1992 Senate Bill 331 - 119th General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction may enter into an agreement with the department of youth services pursuant to which the department of youth services may transfer to a correctional medical center established by the department of rehabilitation and correction children who are within its custody, who have an illness, physical condition, or other medical problem, and who apparently would benefit from diagnosis or treatment at the center for that illness, condition, or problem. Notwithstanding the fact that portions of the center may be used for the benefit of children in the custody of the department of youth services, the center shall be considered a facility of the department of rehabilitation and correction and shall be controlled and operated in accordance with the agreement and the provisions of this section. A child who is in the custody of the department of youth services and who is transferred to the center shall be considered as remaining in the custody of the department of youth services during the period of his diagnosis, treatment, or housing for diagnosis or treatment in the center. During the development or renovation of a correctional medical center that is the subject of an agreement under this section, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall confer with the department of youth services to ensure that the center is planned and constructed or renovated to facilitate its use for the diagnosis or treatment of both prisoners in the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction and children in the custody of the department of youth services who may be transferred to the center. (B) All children who are in the custody of the department of youth services and who are transferred to a correctional medical center pursuant to an agreement under this section shall be housed in areas of the center that are totally separate and removed by sight and sound from all prisoners who are in the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction and who are being diagnosed, treated, or housed for diagnosis or treatment in the center or who otherwise are in the center. For purposes of this division, children who are being diagnosed, treated, or housed for diagnosis or treatment in a building or wing of a building in which no prisoners in the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction are being diagnosed, treated, or housed for diagnosis or treatment or otherwise are present are being housed totally separate from any prisoners who are in the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.304 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.304
§ 5166.304. Nursing assistance by home care attendants
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) A home care attendant may assist a consumer with nursing tasks or self-administration of medication only after the attendant does both of the following: (1) Subject to division (B) of this section, completes consumer-specific training in how to provide the assistance that the authorizing health care professional authorizes the attendant to provide to the consumer; (2) At the request of the consumer, consumer's authorized representative, or authorizing health care professional, successfully demonstrates that the attendant has learned how to provide the authorized assistance to the consumer. (B) The training required by division (A)(1) of this section shall be provided by either of the following: (1) The authorizing health care professional; (2) The consumer or consumer's authorized representative in cooperation with the authorizing health care professional.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.14
§ 5107.14. Written self-sufficiency contracts
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) An assistance group is ineligible to participate in Ohio works first unless the following enter into a written self-sufficiency contract with the county department of job and family services: (1) Each adult member of the assistance group; (2) The assistance group's minor head of household. (B) A self-sufficiency contract shall set forth the rights and responsibilities of the assistance group as applicants for and participants of Ohio works first. Each self-sufficiency contract shall include, based on appraisals conducted under section 5107.41 of the Revised Code and assessments conducted under section 5107.70 of the Revised Code, the following: (1) The assistance group's plan, developed under section 5107.41 of the Revised Code, to achieve the goal of self sufficiency and personal responsibility through unsubsidized employment within the time limit for participating in Ohio works first established by section 5107.18 of the Revised Code; (2) Work activities, developmental activities, and alternative work activities to which members of the assistance group are assigned under sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code; (3) The responsibility of a caretaker member of the assistance group to cooperate in establishing a minor child's paternity and establishing, modifying, and enforcing a support order for the child in accordance with section 5107.22 of the Revised Code; (4) Other responsibilities that members of the assistance group must satisfy to participate in Ohio works first and the consequences for failure or refusal to satisfy the responsibilities; (5) An agreement that, except as otherwise provided in a waiver issued under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code, the assistance group will comply with the conditions of participating in Ohio works first established by this chapter and section 5101.83 of the Revised Code; (6) Assistance and services the county department will provide to the assistance group; (7) Assistance and services the child support enforcement agency and public children services agency will provide to the assistance group pursuant to a plan of cooperation entered into under section 307.983 of the Revised Code; (8) Other provisions designed to assist the assistance group in achieving self sufficiency and personal responsibility; (9) Procedures for assessing whether responsibilities are being satisfied and whether the contract should be amended; (10) Procedures for amending the contract. (C) No self-sufficiency contract shall include provisions regarding the LEAP program. (D) The county department shall provide without charge a copy of the self-sufficiency contract to each assistance group member who signs it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.56
§ 5121.56. Support of patients transferred from correctional institutions
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly The support and maintenance of patients confined in state hospitals for persons with mental illnesses, including persons transferred to them from state correctional institutions, and also including persons under indictment or conviction for crime, shall be collected and paid in accordance with sections 5121.30 to 5121.55 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:55 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.098 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.098
§ 5163.098. Program implementing rules; disregarded income
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5163.02 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program. The rules shall do all of the following: (1) Specify assets, asset values, and amounts to be disregarded in determining asset and income eligibility limits for the program; (2) Establish meanings for the terms "earned income," "health insurance," "resources," "spouse," and "unearned income"; (3) Establish additional eligibility requirements for the program that must be established for the United States secretary of health and human services to approve the program ; (B) The director may adopt rules under section 5163.02 of the Revised Code to specify amounts to be disregarded from an individual's earned income, unearned income, or both under division (C) of section 5163.093 of the Revised Code for the purpose of determining whether the individual is within the income eligibility limit for the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5117.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5117 / § 5117.12
§ 5117.12. Reporting impact on number of uncollectible accounts and past due residential accounts
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) On or before the thirty-first day of August of each year, each energy company shall file a written report with the director of development regarding the impact, if any, of the requirements of division (E) of section 5117.11 of the Revised Code on the number of uncollectible and past due residential accounts for the twelve-month period ending on the preceding thirty-first day of July. The report shall include such information as is prescribed by the director. The information shall be based on actual reviews of residential customer accounts and shall be presented in verifiable form. The director may consult with the public utilities commission and the consumers' counsel in prescribing the contents of such reports and complying with the requirements of division (C)(4) of this section. (B) Before the thirty-first day of January of each year, the director shall prepare a written report including a final review of the Ohio energy credit program for which applications were required to be mailed or provided by the fifteenth day of June of the second preceding calendar year pursuant to section 5117.03 of the Revised Code and an interim review of the program for which applications were required to be mailed or provided by the fifteenth day of June of the preceding calendar year under such section. On or before the thirty-first day of January of each year, the director shall provide written copies of such report to the speaker of the house of representatives, president of the senate, minority leaders of the house of representatives and senate, chairpersons of the house finance and appropriations committee and senate finance committee, chairpersons of the committees of the house of representatives and senate customarily entrusted with matters concerning public utilities, clerk of the house of representatives, and clerk of the senate. (C) Each report prepared under division (B) of this section shall include a review of: (1) Program costs; (2) The number of persons receiving credits or payments under the program; (3) Progress in the implementation of any changes in the program made by the general assembly within the period covered by the report; (4) The impact, if any, of the requirements of division (E) of section 5117.11 of the Revised Code on the number of uncollectible and past due residential accounts of energy companies for the twelve-month period ending on the preceding thirty-first day of July; (5) The impact of any federal energy assistance programs available to the same groups of people as are eligible for the energy credit program under sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code, together with any recommendations on modifications that may, because of the federal programs, be needed in the energy credit program; (6) Any suggestions for improving the program; (7) Any other matters considered appropriate by the director. (D) The director shall consult with energy companies, energy dealers, department of aging, and commission on Hispanic-Latino affairs in the preparation of any report under this section. The director may require information from such agencies for the purpose of preparing such report. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.45
§ 5123.45. Program for issuing of certificates
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) The department of developmental disabilities shall establish a program under which the department issues certificates to the following: (1) Developmental disabilities personnel, for purposes of meeting the requirement of division (D)(1) of section 5123.42 of the Revised Code to obtain a certificate or certificates to administer medications and perform health-related activities pursuant to the authority granted under division (C) of that section; (2) Registered nurses, for purposes of meeting the requirement of division (B) of section 5123.441 of the Revised Code to obtain a certificate or certificates to provide the developmental disabilities personnel training courses developed under section 5123.43 of the Revised Code. (B) To receive a certificate issued under this section, developmental disabilities personnel and registered nurses shall successfully complete the applicable training course or courses and meet all other applicable requirements established in rules adopted pursuant to this section. The department shall issue the appropriate certificate or certificates to developmental disabilities personnel and registered nurses who meet the requirements for the certificate or certificates. The department shall issue the appropriate certificate or certificates in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a certificate or certificates issued by another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as developmental disabilities personnel in a state that does not issue that certificate. (C) Certificates issued to developmental disabilities personnel are valid for one year and may be renewed. Certificates issued to registered nurses are valid for two years and may be renewed. To be eligible for renewal, developmental disabilities personnel and registered nurses shall meet the applicable continued competency requirements and continuing education requirements specified in rules adopted under division (D) of this section. In the case of registered nurses, continuing nursing education completed in compliance with the license renewal requirements established under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code may be counted toward meeting the continuing education requirements established in the rules adopted under division (D) of this section. (D) In accordance with section 5123.46 of the Revised Code, the department shall adopt rules that establish all of the following: (1) Requirements that developmental disabilities personnel and registered nurses must meet to be eligible to take a training course, including having sufficient written and oral English skills to communicate effectively and reliably with patients, their families, and other medical professionals; (2) Standards that must be met to receive a certificate, including requirements pertaining to an applicant's criminal background; (3) Procedures to be followed in applying for a certificate and issuing a certificate; (4) Standards and procedures for renewing a certificate, including requirements for continuing education and, in the case of developmental disabilities personnel who administer prescribed medications, standards that require successful demonstration of proficiency in administering prescribed medications; (5) Any other standards or procedures the department considers necessary to administer the certification program. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 5:35 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.081
§ 5165.081. Action against facility for breach of provider agreement or other duties
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly A nursing facility resident has a cause of action against a nursing facility provider for breach of the provider agreement obligations or other duties imposed by section 5165.08 of the Revised Code. The action may be commenced by the resident, or on the resident's behalf by the resident's sponsor or a residents' rights advocate, by the filing of a civil action in the court of common pleas of the county in which the nursing facility is located, or in the court of common pleas of Franklin county. If a court of common pleas finds that a provider has breached a provider agreement obligation or other duty imposed by section 5165.08 of the Revised Code, the court may do one or more of the following: (A) Enjoin the provider from engaging in the practice; (B) Order such affirmative relief as may be necessary; (C) Award to a resident and a sponsor or government entity that brings the action on behalf of a resident actual damages, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.543 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.543
§ 5101.543. SNAP high balance account monitoring
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly To ensure program integrity within the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the department of job and family services shall periodically monitor the balances of supplemental nutrition assistance program accounts. If the department discovers an account with a balance that exceeds five thousand dollars, the department shall take steps to determine whether the account is inactive and, if inactive, identify the causes for the accruing balance. Last updated August 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.377 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.377
§ 5123.377. Authority to change terms of agreement regarding the construction, acquisition, or renovation of community adult facility
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Adult services" has the same meaning as in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Community adult facility" means a facility in which adult services are provided or a facility associated with the provision of adult services. (3) "Renovation" means work done to a building to restore it to an acceptable condition and to make it functional for use by individuals with developmental disabilities. "Renovation" includes architectural and structural changes and the modernization of mechanical and electrical systems. "Renovation" does not include work that consists primarily of maintenance repairs and replacements necessary due to normal use, wear and tear, or deterioration. (B) The director of developmental disabilities may change the terms of an agreement entered into with a county board of developmental disabilities or a board of county commissioners pursuant to section 5123.36 of the Revised Code or other statutory authority in effect before July 1, 1980, regarding the construction, acquisition, or renovation of a community adult facility if all of the following apply: (1) The agreement was entered into on or before December 31, 1999. (2) The agreement requires the county board or board of county commissioners to use the community adult facility for at least forty years. (3) The county board or board of county commissioners submits to the director an application for a change in the agreement's terms that includes all of the following: (a) A statement of intent to close the facility and the anticipated date of closure; (b) The number of individuals with developmental disabilities served in the facility at the time of application; (c) Identification of alternative providers of services to be offered to those individuals; (d) A commitment and demonstration that those individuals will receive services from the alternative providers; (e) A resolution from the county board or board of county commissioners authorizing the application, including a commitment that if the facility is sold, the county board or board of county commissioners will do either of the following: (i) Reimburse the department of developmental disabilities the proceeds of the sale up to the outstanding balance owed under the agreement; (ii) Use the proceeds of the sale for the acquisition, renovation, or accessibility modification of housing for individuals with developmental disabilities that complies with the requirements established by the director. (4) The director may establish a deadline by which the county board or board of county commissioners shall use the proceeds of a sale pursuant to division (B)(3)(e)(ii) of this section. The director may extend the deadline as many times as the director determines necessary. (C) Agreement terms that may be changed pursuant to division (B) of this section include terms regarding the length of time the facility must be used as a community adult facility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.011
§ 5165.011. Nursing facility references
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whenever "skilled nursing facility," "intermediate care facility," or "dual skilled nursing and intermediate care facility" is referred to or designated in any statute, rule, contract, provider agreement, or other document pertaining to the medicaid program, the reference or designation is deemed to refer to a nursing facility. (B) A reference to or designation of an "intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities" or "ICF/IID" is not deemed to refer to a nursing facility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.038 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.038
§ 5104.038. Enrollment, health, and attendance records
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The administrator of each child care center shall maintain enrollment, health, and attendance records for all children attending the center and health and employment records for all center employees. The records shall be confidential, except that they shall be disclosed by the administrator to the director of children and youth upon request for the purpose of administering and enforcing this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. Neither the center nor the licensee, administrator, or employees of the center shall be civilly or criminally liable in damages or otherwise for records disclosed to the director by the administrator pursuant to this division. It shall be a defense to any civil or criminal charge based upon records disclosed by the administrator to the director that the records were disclosed pursuant to this division. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.18
§ 5107.18. Eligibility time limits
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) of this section, an assistance group is ineligible to participate in Ohio works first if the assistance group includes an individual who has participated in the program for thirty-six months as any of the following: an adult head of household, minor head of household, or spouse of an adult head of household or minor head of household. The time limit applies regardless of whether the thirty-six months are consecutive. (B) An assistance group that has ceased to participate in Ohio works first pursuant to division (A) of this section for at least twenty-four months, whether consecutive or not, may reapply to participate in the program if good cause exists as determined by the county department of job and family services. Good cause may include losing employment, inability to find employment, divorce, domestic violence considerations, and unique personal circumstances. The assistance group must provide a county department of job and family services verification acceptable to the county department of whether any members of the assistance group had employment during the period the assistance group was not participating in Ohio works first and the amount and sources of the assistance group's income during that period. If a county department is satisfied that good cause exists for the assistance group to reapply to participate in Ohio works first, the assistance group may reapply. Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), and (F) of this section, the assistance group may not participate in Ohio works first for more than twenty-four additional months. The time limit applies regardless of whether the twenty-four months are consecutive. (C) In determining the number of months a parent or pregnant woman has received assistance under Title IV-A, a county department of job and family services shall disregard any month during which the parent or pregnant woman was a minor child but was neither a minor head of household nor married to the head of an assistance group. (D) In determining the number of months an adult has received assistance under Title IV-A, a county department of job and family services shall disregard any month during which the adult lived on an Indian reservation or in an Alaska native village, as those terms are used in 42 U.S.C.A. 608(a)(7)(D), if, during the month, at least one thousand individuals lived on the reservation or in the village and at least fifty per cent of the adults living on the reservation or in the village were unemployed. (E) A county department of job and family services may exempt an Ohio works first assistance group from the time limit established by division (A) of this section by issuing a waiver of the time limit in accordance with section 5107.714 of the Revised Code. A county department may not exempt an assistance group until the group has exhausted its thirty-six months of cash assistance. An exemption granted under this division shall not count toward the twenty per cent limitation that applies to the exemptions granted under division (F) of this section. (F) A county department of job and family services may exempt not more than twenty per cent of the average monthly number of Ohio works first assistance groups from the time limit established by this section on the grounds that the county department determines that the time limit is a hardship. In the case of the time limit established by division (A) of this section, a county department may not exempt an assistance group until the group has exhausted its thirty-six months of cash assistance. (G) The department of job and family services shall continually monitor the percentage of the average monthly number of Ohio works first assistance groups in each county that is exempted under division (F) of this section from the time limit established by this section. On determining that the percentage in any county equals or exceeds eighteen per cent, the department shall immediately notify the county department of job and family services. (H) Only participation in Ohio works first on or after October 1, 1997, applies to the time limit established by this section. The time limit applies regardless of the source of funding for the program. Assistance under Title IV-A provided by any state applies to the time limit. The time limit is a lifetime limit. No assistance group shall receive assistance under the program in violation of the time limit for assistance under Title IV-A established by section 408(a)(7) of the "Social Security Act," as amended by the "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 2105, 42 U.S.C.A. 608 (a)(7).
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.531 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.531
§ 5180.531. [Former R.C. 5101.881, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Kinship support program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly There is hereby established the kinship support program. The department of children and youth shall coordinate and administer the program to the extent funds are appropriated and allocated for this purpose. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.031
§ 5162.031. Powers of director
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The medicaid director may do all of the following as necessary for the department of medicaid to fulfill the duties it has, as the single state agency for the medicaid program, under the "Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003" Pub. L. No. 108-173: (1) Adopt rules in accordance with division (B) of this section; (2) Assign duties to county departments of job and family services; (3) Make payments to the United States department of health and human services from appropriations made to the department of medicaid for this purpose. (B) Rules authorized by division (A)(1) of this section shall be adopted as follows: (1) If the rules concern the department's duties regarding medicaid providers, under sections 5164.02 and 5165.02 of the Revised Code, as appropriate; (2) If the rules concern the department's duties concerning individuals' eligibility for medicaid services, under section 5163.02 of the Revised Code; (3) If the rules concern the department's duties concerning financial and operational matters between the department and county departments of job and family services, under section 5162.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.302 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.302
§ 5104.302. Analysis of child care price information
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly In addition to establishing payment rates for publicly funded child care providers in each odd-numbered year, as required by section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, the director of children and youth may contract with a third-party entity to analyze information regarding the prices charged for child care for the subsequent even-numbered year. Last updated August 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.99
§ 5139.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

October 7, 1963 House Bill 299 - 105th General Assembly Whoever violates section 5139.21 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.40
§ 5153.40. Meetings
Status: in_force

September 14, 1957 House Bill 927 - 102nd General Assembly A majority of the board of trustees appointed under section 5153.39 of the Revised Code constitutes a quorum. Board meetings shall be held quarterly. The executive secretary of each of the counties of the district organized pursuant to section 5153.36 of the Revised Code shall attend such meetings, or shall designate a member of his staff to do so. The members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services, except their actual traveling expenses, which, when properly certified, shall be allowed and paid.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.41
§ 5121.41. Calculation of discount - reduced charges for impoverished patients
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) If the assets of a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative do not exceed the countable asset limit in section 5121.40 of the Revised Code and the annual income of the patient, estate, or relative does not exceed four hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, the patient, estate, or relative shall be charged an amount discounted from the amount the department charges under section 5121.33 of the Revised Code for the first thirty days the patient is admitted as an inpatient in a hospital and for which the patient is liable for the cost of care. The amount of the discount shall be computed according to the following schedule: Annual Gross Income Expressed as a Percentage of FPL Inpatient Days at a Hospital 0 - 175 176 - 199 200 - 249 250 - 299 300 - 349 350 - 400 Percentage discount from charged amount 1 - 14 100 90 70 50 30 10 15 - 30 100 95 75 55 35 15 (B) A patient, estate, or relative who is charged a discounted amount for the first thirty days the patient is admitted as an inpatient and who has an annual income not greater than one hundred seventy-five per cent of the federal poverty level shall not be charged for the days the patient is admitted beyond the thirtieth day. (C) A patient, estate, or relative who is charged a discounted amount for the first thirty days the patient is admitted as an inpatient and who has an annual income greater than one hundred seventy-five per cent of the federal poverty level shall be charged an amount equal to the sum of the following for the days the patient is admitted beyond the thirtieth day: (1) The ancillary per diem rate that applies to the hospital, as determined under section 5121.32 of the Revised Code, multiplied by the number of days the patient was admitted to the hospital; (2) An amount that was previously charged but not paid. Last updated August 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.548 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.548
§ 5101.548. SNAP work requirements waivers and exemptions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the department of job and family services shall not implement the option available under section 6(o)(6) of the "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(6). (2) The department of job and family services may implement the option described in division (A)(1) of this section only to prevent a federal penalty and to maintain compliance with federal rules governing the supplemental nutrition assistance program. The department shall not delegate the authority to waive individual work requirements or otherwise grant exemptions to county departments of job and family services. The department shall notify the chairpersons of the standing committees having jurisdiction in both the house of representatives and the senate when implementing the option described in division (A)(1) of this section. (B) The department of job and family services shall not request, apply for, or renew a waiver authorized by section 6(o)(4) of the "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4). Last updated August 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.771 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.771
§ 5165.771. Special focus facility program
Status: in_force

July 4, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Special focus facility program" means the program conducted by the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant to the "Social Security Act," section 1919(f)(10), 42 U.S.C. 1396r(f)(10). (2) "Standard health surveys" mean the comprehensive on-site inspections conducted by the department of health on behalf of the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services every six months to evaluate the safety and quality of care provided by a nursing facility as required under the special focus facility program. (B) The department of medicaid shall issue an order terminating a nursing facility's participation in the medicaid program if either of the following apply: (1) The nursing facility fails to graduate from the special focus facility program after two standard health surveys while in the program. (2) The nursing facility is terminated from participation in the medicare or medicaid program by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services or voluntarily chooses not to continue participation in either of those programs. (C) Except as provided division (C)(1) or (2) of this section, a nursing facility may appeal, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, a termination order issued by the department under division (B) of this section. (1) A nursing facility shall not appeal to the department of medicaid any standard health survey findings that form the basis, in whole or in part, for an order issued pursuant to division (B) of this section terminating a nursing facility's participation in the medicaid program. Any challenges to standard health survey findings shall be made to the department of health. (2) A nursing facility shall not appeal to the department of medicaid a determination by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services to terminate a nursing facility's participation in the medicare or medicaid program. Any challenge to such a determination shall be made to the centers for medicare and medicaid services. (3) The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5165.02 of the Revised Code as necessary to provide for an appeal under this division. Notwithstanding the timeframes listed in section 119.07 of the Revised Code, the rules may provide for an expedited appeal under this division. (D) A nursing facility shall take all steps necessary to improve its quality of care to avoid having its participation in the medicaid program terminated pursuant to division (B) of this section. Technical assistance and quality improvement initiatives to help a nursing facility avoid having its participation in the medicaid program terminated pursuant to division (B) of this section are available through the nursing home quality initiative established under section 173.60 of the Revised Code or initiatives offered through a quality improvement organization under contract with the United States secretary of health and human services to carry out in this state the functions described in section 1154 of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1320c-3. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 10:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.03
§ 5167.03. Care management system
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As part of the medicaid program, the department of medicaid shall establish a care management system. The department shall implement the system in some or all counties. (B) The department shall designate the medicaid recipients who are required or permitted to participate in the care management system. Those who shall be required to participate in the system include medicaid recipients who receive cognitive behavioral therapy as described in division (A)(2) of section 5167.16 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in section 5166.406 of the Revised Code, no medicaid recipient participating in the healthy Ohio program established under section 5166.40 of the Revised Code shall participate in the system. (C) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the general assembly's authorization through the enactment of legislation is needed before home and community-based services available under a medicaid waiver component or nursing facility services are included in the care management system. ICDS participants, or participants in the ICDS successor program, may be required or permitted to obtain such services under the system. Medicaid recipients who receive such services may be designated for voluntary or mandatory participation in the system in order to receive other health care services included in the system. (D) the department may require or permit participants in the care management system to do either or both of the following: (1) Obtain health care services from providers designated by the department; (2) Enroll in a medicaid MCO plan. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5145.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5145 / § 5145.06
§ 5145.06. Ohio central school system
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall establish and operate a school system that is approved and chartered by the department of education and workforce and designated as the Ohio central school system to serve all of the correctional institutions under its control. The Ohio central school system shall provide educational programs for prisoners to allow them to complete adult basic education courses, earn Ohio certificates of high school equivalence, or pursue vocational training. To that end, the department may employ appropriately certified teachers, administrators, and support staff. The department shall provide classrooms, shops, and other appropriate facilities and necessary furniture, books, stationery, supplies, and equipment. (B)(1) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall require each prisoner who has not obtained a high school diploma to take courses leading toward an Ohio certificate of high school equivalence, an Ohio high school diploma pursuant to section 3313.61 of the Revised Code, or courses that provide vocational training. If a prisoner has obtained a high school diploma, the department shall encourage the prisoner to participate in a program of advanced studies or training for a skilled trade. (2) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules that prescribe disciplinary actions that the department may take if a prisoner refuses to participate in an educational program required under division (B)(1) of this section. (3) The failure of the department of rehabilitation and correction to provide, pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, an opportunity for any prisoner to participate in courses that lead toward an Ohio certificate of high school equivalence or an Ohio high school diploma, or that provide vocational training, does not give rise to a claim for damages against the department. (C) The department of rehabilitation and correction, for a clearly established medical, mental health, or security reason, may exclude certain prisoners from the requirement to take courses pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section. Any exclusion under this division shall be only for a clearly established medical, mental health, or security reason. Within six months after March 31, 2003, the department shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish the criteria and procedures for an exclusion under this division. Last updated September 21, 2023 at 9:11 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.05
§ 5124.05. Scope of coverage
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The medicaid program shall cover ICF/IID services when all of the following apply: (A) The ICF/IID services are provided to a medicaid recipient eligible for the services. (B) The ICF/IID services are provided by an ICF/IID for which the provider has a valid provider agreement. (C) Federal financial participation is available for the ICF/IID services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.0420 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.0420
§ 5123.0420. Training and certification program for individuals who provide evidence-based interventions to individuals with an autism spectrum disorder
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly As used in this section, "evidence-based intervention" means a prevention or treatment service that has been demonstrated through scientific evaluation to produce a positive outcome. The department of developmental disabilities shall establish a voluntary training and certification program for individuals who provide evidence-based interventions to individuals with an autism spectrum disorder. The department shall administer the program or contract with a person or other government entity to administer the program. The program shall not conflict with or duplicate any other certification or licensure process administered by the state. The director of developmental disabilities may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. If the director adopts rules, the rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.05
§ 5153.05. Advisory committee on children services
Status: in_force

October 1, 1997 House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly If a county children services board appointed under section 5153.03 of the Revised Code is a public children services agency for a county, the board may appoint an advisory committee on children services. If an entity specified in division (B) or (C) of section 5153.02 of the Revised Code is a public children services agency for a county, the board of county commissioners may appoint an advisory committee on children services. If appointed, an advisory committee may do all of the following: (A) Further cooperation between the public children services agency and other child-caring agencies in the county; (B) Carry out studies of the effectiveness and need for particular services to children in the county; (C) Advise the public children services agency on policies pertaining to the provision of services to children.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.44
§ 5139.44. RECLAIM advisory committee
Status: in_force

February 20, 2018 House Bill 31 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) There is hereby created the RECLAIM advisory committee that shall be composed of the following nine members: (a) Two members shall be juvenile court judges appointed by the Ohio association of juvenile and family court judges. (b) One member shall be the director of youth services or the director's designee. (c) One member shall be the director of budget and management or the director's designee. (d) One member shall be a member of a senate committee dealing with finance or criminal justice issues appointed by the president of the senate. (e) One member shall be a member of a committee of the house of representatives dealing with finance or criminal justice issues appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. (f) One member shall be a member of a board of county commissioners appointed by the county commissioners association of Ohio. (g) Two members shall be juvenile court administrators appointed by the Ohio association of juvenile and family court judges. (2) The members of the committee shall be appointed or designated within thirty days after September 26, 2003, and the director of youth services shall be notified of the names of the members. (3) Members described in divisions (A)(1)(a), (f), and (g) of this section shall serve for terms of two years and shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Members described in divisions (A)(1)(b) and (c) of this section shall serve as long as they hold the office described in that division. Members described in divisions (A)(1)(d) and (e) of this section shall serve for the duration of the session of the general assembly during which they were appointed, provided they continue to hold the office described in that division. The members described in divisions (A)(1)(a), (d), (e), (f), and (g) may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that term. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. (4) Membership on the committee does not constitute the holding of an incompatible public office or employment in violation of any statutory or common law prohibition pertaining to the simultaneous holding of more than one public office or employment. Members of the committee are not disqualified from holding by reason of that membership and do not forfeit because of that membership their public office or employment that qualifies them for membership on the committee notwithstanding any contrary disqualification or forfeiture requirement under existing Revised Code sections. (B) The director of youth services shall serve as an interim chair of the RECLAIM advisory committee until the first meeting of the committee. Upon receipt of the names of the members of the committee, the director shall schedule the initial meeting of the committee that shall take place at an appropriate location in Columbus and occur not later than sixty days after September 26, 2003. The director shall notify the members of the committee of the time, date, and place of the meeting. At the initial meeting, the committee shall organize itself by selecting from among its members a chair, vice-chair, and secretary. The committee shall meet at least once each quarter of the calendar year but may meet more frequently at the call of the chair. (C) In addition to its functions with respect to the RECLAIM program described in section 5139.41 of the Revised Code, the RECLAIM advisory committee periodically shall do all of the following: (1) Evaluate the operation of the RECLAIM program by the department of youth services, evaluate the implementation of the RECLAIM program by the counties, and evaluate the efficiency of the formula described in section 5139.41 of the Revised Code. In conducting these evaluations, the committee shall consider the public policy that RECLAIM funds are to be expended to provide the most appropriate programs and services for felony delinquents and other youthful offenders. (2) Advise the department of youth services, the office of budget and management, and the general assembly on the following changes that the committee believes should be made: (a) Changes to sections of the Revised Code that pertain to the RECLAIM program, specifically the formula specified in section 5139.41 of the Revised Code; (b) Changes in the funding level for the RECLAIM program, specifically the amounts distributed under the formula for county allocations, community correctional facilities, and juvenile correctional facility budgets.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.35
§ 5167.35. Meaningful employment of Medicaid recipients
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Consistent with the requirements of the care management system implemented on February 1, 2023, to address medicaid population health and social determinants of health and encourage optimal health and self-sufficiency of medicaid enrollees, the department of medicaid, in collaboration with the department of job and family services, shall develop a program to assist medicaid enrollees with securing meaningful employment. (B) As part of that program, each medicaid managed care organization shall develop a specialized component of its medicaid MCO plan to provide referral and support to medicaid enrollees in obtaining and maintaining meaningful employment. Each medicaid managed care organization shall give priority to identified enrollees who are of working age and are able-bodied, or who would benefit from assistance to overcome unemployment or underemployment. In carrying out the requirements of this section, each medicaid managed care organization shall do all of the following: (1) Identify any barriers that an identified enrollee has to achieving greater financial independence, including the following: (a) Education; (b) Employment; (c) Physical and behavioral health care; (d) Transportation; (e) Childcare; (f) Housing; (g) Legal history, including prior conviction of a criminal offense. (2) Develop state and local relationships that link and refer identified enrollees to assessments, resources, and supports that assist with obtaining and maintaining meaningful employment. (3) Utilize a standard health risk assessment form established by the medicaid director to identify enrollees to receive assistance under the program established by this section. (C)(1) Not later than six months after the effective date of this section, the medicaid director and the director of job and family services shall convene a workgroup. The workgroup shall consist of the following members, selected by the directors: (a) Representatives of the director of opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities, the director of developmental disabilities, and director of mental health and addiction services ; (b) Representatives of the Ohio job and family services directors' association and workforce development agencies; (c) Representatives of technical, career, and higher education; (d) Representatives of each medicaid managed care organization; (e) Representatives of other organizations with expertise and resources involved in career and job development, as determined by the medicaid director and director of job and family services. (2) The workgroup shall do all of the following: (a) Identify state and local resources that provide job skills and career development, including available resources to support identified enrollees to seek employment and develop needed skills; (b) Develop models for local agreements or protocols for collaboration between medicaid managed care organizations and other community agencies; (c) Identify conflicts among program requirements that should be addressed by state agencies and the general assembly to facilitate identified enrollees' ability to secure and maintain employment. (D) The medicaid director may do any of the following with respect to the program established under this section: (1) Establish additional requirements for medicaid managed care organizations; (2) Create supplemental assessments to assist in identifying barriers to achieving financial independence, in addition to the barriers identified in division (B)(1) of this section; (3) Adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, as necessary to implement these provisions. (E) The medicaid director and the director of job and family services shall report to the governor, the senate medicaid committee, and any other standing legislative committee having jurisdiction over medicaid regarding the implementation and operation of the program. The directors shall report on a periodic basis during the first year of the program. Thereafter, the directors shall report not less than annually. Last updated October 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.38
§ 5153.38. Accepting gifts and bequests
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly When any person donates or bequeaths the person's real or personal estate, or any part thereof, to the use and benefit of a district children's home, the board of trustees of the home may accept and use such donation or bequest as they deem for the best interests of the institution, and consistent with the conditions of such bequest. The facilities or services to be established or maintained through any such gift shall be subject to the approval of the department of children and youth. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.03
§ 5107.03. Administration of program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly There is hereby established the Ohio works first program. The department of job and family services shall administer the program, as long as federal funds are provided for the program, in accordance with Title IV-A, federal regulations, state law, the Title IV-A state plan submitted to the United States secretary of health and human services under section 5101.80 of the Revised Code, amendments to the plan, and federal waivers granted by the United States secretary.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.054 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.054
§ 5104.054. Zoning for type B family child care home
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Any type B family child care home, whether licensed or not licensed by the director of children and youth, shall be considered to be a residential use of property for purposes of municipal, county, and township zoning and shall be a permitted use in all zoning districts in which residential uses are permitted. No municipal, county, or township zoning regulations shall require a conditional use permit or any other special exception certification for any such type B family child care home. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.22
§ 5120.22. Division of business administration - property management duties
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The division of business administration shall examine the conditions of all buildings, grounds, and other property connected with the institutions under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, the methods of bookkeeping and storekeeping, and all matters relating to the management of such property. The division shall study and become familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of each as to location, freight rates, and efficiency of farm and equipment, for the purpose of aiding in the determination of the local and general requirements both for maintenance and improvements. (B) The division, with respect to the various types of state-owned housing under jurisdiction of the department, shall adopt, in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, rules governing maintenance of the housing and its usage by department personnel. The rules shall include a procedure for determining charges for rent and utilities, which the division shall assess against and collect from department personnel using the housing. All money collected for rent and utilities pursuant to the rules shall be deposited into the property receipts fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. Money in the fund shall be used for any expenses necessary to provide housing of department employees, including but not limited to expenses for the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, reconstruction, or demolition of land and buildings. (C) The division may enter into a lease or agreement with a state agency, political subdivision of the state, or private entity to use facilities or other property under the jurisdiction of the department that is not being utilized by the department. All money collected for leasing and services performed in accordance with the lease or agreement shall be deposited into the property receipts fund created under division (B) of this section. Money in the fund shall be used for any expenses resulting from the lease or agreement, including, but not limited to, expenses for services performed, construction, maintenance, repair, reconstruction, or demolition of the facilities or other property. (D) If, after meeting the expenditure obligations required by divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the division determines that the property receipts fund has excess funds, the division may use money in the fund for services performed, construction, maintenance, repair, reconstruction, or demolition of any other facilities or property owned by the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.29
§ 5153.29. Sale, lease or other use of county children's home
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The board of county commissioners of any county having a county children's home, may, upon the recommendation of the public children services agency and with the approval of the department of children and youth, abandon the use of such home and proceed to sell or lease the site, building, furniture, and equipment of such home in the manner most advantageous to the county, or it may use the home for other necessary and proper purposes. The net proceeds of any such sale or lease shall be paid into the county treasury. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.0411 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.0411
§ 5123.0411. Mandamus
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities may bring a mandamus action against a county board of developmental disabilities that fails to pay the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures that the county board is required by sections 5126.059 and 5126.0510 of the Revised Code to pay. The department may bring the mandamus action in the court of common pleas of the county served by the county board or in the Franklin county court of common pleas.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.701 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.701
§ 5101.701. Ex parte emergency order authorizing provision of protective services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) A court, through a probate judge or a magistrate under the direction of a probate judge, may issue by telephone an ex parte emergency order authorizing the provision of protective services, including the relief available under division (B) of section 5101.702 of the Revised Code, to an adult on an emergency basis if all of the following are the case: (1) The court receives notice from the county department of job and family services, an authorized employee of the county department, the department's designee, or an authorized employee of the department's designee, that the county department, designee, or employee believes an emergency order is needed as described in this section. (2) There is reasonable cause to believe that the adult is incapacitated. (3) There is reasonable cause to believe that there is a substantial risk to the adult of immediate and irreparable physical harm, immediate and irreparable financial harm, or death. (B)(1) The judge or magistrate shall journalize any order issued under this section. (2) An order issued under this section shall be in effect for not longer than twenty-four hours, except that if the day following the day on which the order is issued is not a working day, the order shall remain in effect until the next working day. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, not later than twenty-four hours after an order is issued under this section, a petition shall be filed with the court in accordance with division (A) of section 5101.70 of the Revised Code. (2) If the day following the day on which the order was issued is not a working day, the petition shall be filed with the court on the next working day. (3) Except as provided in section 5101.702 of the Revised Code, proceedings on the petition shall be conducted in accordance with section 5101.70 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.122 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.122
§ 5123.122. Support rate
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly Notwithstanding section 5121.04 of the Revised Code and except as provided in section 5123.194 of the Revised Code, the liable relative of a person with a developmental disability who is a minor receiving residential services pursuant to a contract entered into with the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.18 of the Revised Code shall be charged for the minor's support the percentage of a base support rate determined in accordance with division (B)(2) of section 5121.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.0414 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.0414
§ 5123.0414. Methods of notice by department
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) When the director of developmental disabilities sends a party a notice by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, that the director intends to take action against the party authorized by section 5123.166 , 5123.168 , 5123.19 , 5123.45 , 5123.51 , or 5126.25 of the Revised Code and the notice is returned to the director with an endorsement indicating that the notice was refused or unclaimed, the director shall resend the notice by ordinary mail to the party. (B) If the original notice was refused, the notice shall be deemed received as of the date the director resends the notice. (C) If the original notice was unclaimed, the notice shall be deemed received as of the date the director resends the notice unless, not later than thirty days after the date the director sent the original notice, the resent notice is returned to the director for failure of delivery. If the notice concerns taking action under section 5123.51 of the Revised Code and the resent notice is returned to the director for failure of delivery not later than thirty days after the date the director sent the original notice, the director shall cause the notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of the party's last known residence or business and shall mail a dated copy of the published notice to the party at the last known address. The notice shall be deemed received as of the date of the publication. If the notice concerns taking action under section 5123.166 , 5123.168 , 5123.19 , 5123.45 , or 5126.25 of the Revised Code and the resent notice is returned to the director for failure of delivery not later than thirty days after the date the director sent the original notice, the director shall resend the notice to the party a second time. The notice shall be deemed received as of the date the director resends the notice the second time.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5161.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5161 / § 5161.01
§ 5161.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in the Revised Code, "children's health insurance program" and, when used as an acronym for the children's health insurance program, "CHIP" mean the program of child health assistance authorized by Title XXI of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq. CHIP part I, CHIP part II, and CHIP part III, as authorized by this chapter, are components of CHIP. Any reference in statute enacted by the general assembly to medicaid or the medicaid program also means CHIP to the extent, if any, that CHIP is provided under the medicaid program. (B) As used in this chapter, "federal poverty line" means the official poverty line defined by the United States office of management and budget based on the most recent data available from the United States bureau of the census and revised by the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant to the "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981," section 673(2), 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.47
§ 5164.47. Contracting for review and analysis, quality assurance and quality review
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "OCHSPS" means the private, not-for-profit corporation known as the Ohio children's hospital solutions for patient safety, which was formed for the purpose of improving pediatric patient care in this state, which performs functions that are included within the functions of a peer review committee as defined in section 2305.25 of the Revised Code, and which consists of all of the following members: Akron children's hospital, Cincinnati children's hospital medical center, Cleveland clinic children's hospital, Dayton children's medical center, mercy children's hospital, nationwide children's hospital, rainbow babies & children's hospital, and Toledo children's hospital. (B) If, as authorized by section 5160.10 of the Revised Code, the medicaid director chooses to contract with a person to perform either or both of the following services, the director may contract with any qualified person, including OCHSPS, to perform the service or services on behalf of the department of medicaid: (1) Review and analyze claims for medicaid services provided to children in accordance with all state and federal laws governing the confidentiality of patient-identifying information; (2) Perform quality assurance and quality review functions, other than those described in division (B)(1) of this section, related to medicaid services provided to children. The functions specified in division (B)(2) of this section may include those recommended by the best evidence for advancing child health in Ohio now (BEACON) council. (C) If the director enters into a contract with OCHSPS for OCHSPS to perform either or both of the services described in division (B) of this section, OCHSPS shall, only for purposes of section 5160.12 of the Revised Code, be considered a public entity and the director shall seek federal financial participation for costs incurred by OCHSPS in performing the service or services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5147.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5147 / § 5147.29
§ 5147.29. Collection and disbursal of prisoner's earnings from work-release program
Status: in_force

June 19, 1978 House Bill 398 - 112th General Assembly (A) A prisoner participating in a work-release program shall surrender his earnings, less standard payroll deductions required by law, to a person designated by the court which has established the work-release program. (B) The person designated by the court to collect the earnings of the prisoner shall maintain complete and accurate records as to all prisoners employed in a work-release program with respect to all moneys received and disbursed. Each prisoner shall be furnished a written statement of his account at least every sixty days. (C) The earnings of the prisoner participating in a work- release program shall be disbursed in the following order: (1) Reimbursement of the county or city for the direct costs of administering the program and the cost of boarding the prisoner in accordance with division (D) of this section; (2) Support of the prisoner's dependents as ordered by the sentencing judge; (3) Necessary travel expenses to and from work and other expenses incidental to employment; (4) Payment of fines, court costs, and debts acknowledged by the prisoner in writing subsequent to his sentencing or which have resulted in garnishment or other attachment of personal earnings; (5) The balance to the prisoner upon discharge from the sentence. (D) The court may establish rules to determine the amount of the payments that are required to be made under division (C) (1) of this section from a prisoner's earnings to reimburse the county or city for the costs of boarding the prisoner while on the work-release program. The rules shall require the payment for each day of boarding to be based upon a uniform schedule based upon the average weekly earnings of the prisoner and upon the number of persons actually dependent upon the prisoner for their support. The payment may be less than, but shall not exceed, the actual cost of boarding the prisoner for a day.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.22
§ 5101.22. Establishing performance and administrative standards for county agencies
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of job and family services and the department of children and youth, as applicable, may establish performance and other administrative standards for the administration and outcomes of family services duties and determine at intervals the departments decide the degree to which a county family services agency complies with a performance or other administrative standard. The departments may use statistical sampling, performance audits, case reviews, or other methods they determine necessary and appropriate to determine compliance with performance and administrative standards. Last updated January 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.02
§ 5166.02. Rules governing medicaid waiver components
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The medicaid director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing medicaid waiver components. The rules may establish all of the following: (1) Eligibility requirements for the medicaid waiver components; (2) The type, amount, duration, and scope of medicaid services the medicaid waiver components cover; (3) The conditions under which the medicaid waiver components cover medicaid services; (4) The amounts the medicaid waiver components pay for medicaid services or the methods by which the amounts are determined; (5) The manners in which the medicaid waiver components pay for medicaid services; (6) Safeguards for the health and welfare of medicaid recipients receiving medicaid services under a medicaid waiver component; (7) Procedures for prioritizing and approving for enrollment individuals who are eligible for a home and community-based services medicaid waiver component and choose to be enrolled in the component; (8) Procedures for enforcing the rules, including establishing corrective action plans for, and imposing financial and administrative sanctions on, persons and government entities that violate the rules. Sanctions shall include terminating provider agreements. The procedures shall include due process protections. (9) Other policies necessary for the efficient administration of the medicaid waiver components. (B) The director may adopt different rules for the different medicaid waiver components. The rules shall be consistent with the terms of the waiver authorizing the medicaid waiver component. (C) The following apply to procedures established under division (A)(7) of this section: (1) Any such procedures established for the medicaid-funded component of the PASSPORT program shall be consistent with section 173.521 of the Revised Code. (2) Any such procedures established for the medicaid-funded component of the assisted living program shall be consistent with section 173.542 of the Revised Code. (3) Any such procedures established for the Ohio home care waiver program shall be consistent with section 5166.121 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 10:31 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.70
§ 5164.70. Limitations on medicaid payments for services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly Except as otherwise required by federal statute or regulation, no medicaid payment for any medicaid service provided by a hospital, nursing facility, or ICF/IID shall exceed the limits established under Subpart C of 42 C.F.R. Part 447.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.047 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.047
§ 5126.047. Information regarding residential services
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) When an individual with a developmental disability or a person acting on such an individual's behalf contacts a county board of developmental disabilities about residential services, the county board shall inform the individual or person about the different types of programs and services offered as residential services, including both ICF/IID services and home and community-based services. When informing the individual or person about ICF/IID services and home and community-based services, the county board at a minimum shall do both of the following: (1) Provide the individual or person a copy of the written pamphlet developed by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5124.69 of the Revised Code; (2) Assist the individual or person in accessing the searchable database of vacancies in licensed residential facilities that the department of developmental disabilities includes on its internet web site pursuant to section 5123.193 of the Revised Code. (B) If an individual with a developmental disability or a person acting on such an individual's behalf contacts a county board to express interest in ICF/IID services, the county board shall provide the individual or person contact information for all ICFs/IID located in the county that the county board serves and contiguous counties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.173 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.173
§ 5120.173. Report of child abuse or neglect to state highway patrol
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Any person who is required to report abuse or neglect of a child under eighteen years of age that is reasonably suspected or believed to have occurred or the threat of which is reasonably suspected or believed to exist pursuant to division (A) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code, any person who is permitted to report or cause a report to be made of reasonably suspected abuse or neglect of a child under eighteen years of age pursuant to division (B) of that section, any person who is required to report suspected abuse or neglect of a person with a developmental disability pursuant to division (C) of section 5123.61 of the Revised Code, and any person who is permitted to report suspected abuse or neglect of a person with a developmental disability pursuant to division (F) of that section and who makes or causes the report to be made, shall direct that report to the state highway patrol if the child or the person with a developmental disability is an inmate in the custody of a state correctional institution. If the state highway patrol determines after receipt of the report that it is probable that abuse or neglect of the inmate occurred, the patrol shall report its findings to the department of rehabilitation and correction, to the court that sentenced the inmate for the offense for which the inmate is in the custody of the department, and to the attorney general. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.60
§ 5165.60. Definitions for sections 5165.60 to 5165.89
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly As used in this section, "a resident's rights" means the rights of a nursing facility resident under sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code, the "Social Security Act," sections 1819(c) and 1919(c), 42 U.S.C. 1395i-3(c) and 1396r(c), and federal regulations issued under those sections of the "Social Security Act." As used in sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 of the Revised Code: (A) "Certification requirements" means the requirements for nursing facilities established under the "Social Security Act," sections 1819 and 1919, 42 U.S.C. 1395i-3 and 1396r. (B) "Compliance" means substantially meeting all applicable certification requirements. (C) "Contracting agency" means a state agency that has entered into a contract with the department of medicaid under section 5165.63 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) "Deficiency" means a finding cited by the department of health during a survey, on the basis of one or more actions, practices, situations, or incidents occurring at a nursing facility, that constitutes a severity level three finding, severity level four finding, scope level three finding, or scope level four finding. Whenever the finding is a repeat finding, "deficiency" also includes any finding that is a severity level two and scope level one finding, a severity level two and scope level two finding, or a severity level one and scope level two finding. (2) "Cluster of deficiencies" means deficiencies that result from noncompliance with two or more certification requirements and are causing or resulting from the same action, practice, situation, or incident. (E) "Emergency" means either of the following: (1) A deficiency or cluster of deficiencies that creates a condition of immediate jeopardy; (2) An unexpected situation or sudden occurrence of a serious or urgent nature that creates a substantial likelihood that one or more residents of a nursing facility may be seriously harmed if allowed to remain in the facility, including the following: (a) A flood or other natural disaster, civil disaster, or similar event; (b) A labor strike that suddenly causes the number of staff members in a nursing facility to be below that necessary for resident care. (F) "Finding" means a finding of noncompliance with certification requirements determined by the department of health under section 5165.66 of the Revised Code. (G) "Immediate jeopardy" means that one or more residents of a nursing facility are in imminent danger of serious physical or life-threatening harm. (H) "Medicaid eligible resident" means a person who is a resident of a nursing facility, or is applying for admission to a nursing facility, and is eligible for nursing facility services under the medicaid program. (I) "Noncompliance" means failure to substantially meet all applicable certification requirements. (J) "Nursing facility" includes a skilled nursing facility to the extent the context requires. (K) "Repeat finding" or "repeat deficiency" means a finding or deficiency cited pursuant to a survey, to which both of the following apply: (1) The finding or deficiency involves noncompliance with the same certification requirement, and the same kind of actions, practices, situations, or incidents caused by or resulting from the noncompliance, as were cited in the immediately preceding standard survey or another survey conducted subsequent to the immediately preceding standard survey of the facility. For purposes of this division, actions, practices, situations, or incidents may be of the same kind even though they involve different residents, staff, or parts of the facility. (2) The finding or deficiency is cited subsequent to a determination by the department of health that the finding or deficiency cited on the immediately preceding standard survey, or another survey conducted subsequent to the immediately preceding standard survey, had been corrected. (L)(1) "Scope level one finding" means a finding of noncompliance by a nursing facility in which the actions, situations, practices, or incidents causing or resulting from the noncompliance affect one or a very limited number of facility residents and involve one or a very limited number of facility staff members. (2) "Scope level two finding" means a finding of noncompliance by a nursing facility in which the actions, situations, practices, or incidents causing or resulting from the noncompliance affect more than a limited number of facility residents or involve more than a limited number of facility staff members, but the number or percentage of facility residents affected or staff members involved and the number or frequency of the actions, situations, practices, or incidents in short succession does not establish any reasonable degree of predictability of similar actions, situations, practices, or incidents occurring in the future. (3) "Scope level three finding" means a finding of noncompliance by a nursing facility in which the actions, situations, practices, or incidents causing or resulting from the noncompliance affect more than a limited number of facility residents or involve more than a limited number of facility staff members, and the number or percentage of facility residents affected or staff members involved or the number or frequency of the actions, situations, practices, or incidents in short succession establishes a reasonable degree of predictability of similar actions, situations, practices, or incidents occurring in the future. (4) "Scope level four finding" means a finding of noncompliance by a nursing facility causing or resulting from actions, situations, practices, or incidents that involve a sufficient number or percentage of facility residents or staff members or occur with sufficient regularity over time that the noncompliance can be considered systemic or pervasive in the facility. (M)(1) "Severity level one finding" means a finding of noncompliance by a nursing facility that has not caused and, if continued, is unlikely to cause physical harm to a facility resident, mental or emotional harm to a resident, or a violation of a resident's rights that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to the resident. (2) "Severity level two finding" means a finding of noncompliance by a nursing facility that, if continued over time, will cause, or is likely to cause, physical harm to a facility resident, mental or emotional harm to a resident, or a violation of a resident's rights that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to the resident. (3) "Severity level three finding" means a finding of noncompliance by a nursing facility that has caused physical harm to a facility resident, mental or emotional harm to a resident, or a violation of a resident's rights that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to the resident. (4) "Severity level four finding" means a finding of noncompliance by a nursing facility that has caused life-threatening harm to a facility resident or caused a resident's death. (N) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of the Revised Code. (O) "Substandard care" means care furnished in a facility in which the department of health has cited a deficiency or deficiencies that constitute one of the following: (1) A severity level four finding, regardless of scope; (2) A severity level three and scope level four finding, in the quality of care provided to residents; (3) A severity level three and scope level three finding, in the quality of care provided to residents. (P)(1) "Survey" means a survey of a nursing facility conducted under section 5165.64 of the Revised Code. (2) "Standard survey" means a survey conducted by the department of health under division (A) of section 5165.64 of the Revised Code and includes an extended survey. (3) "Follow-up survey" means a survey conducted by the department of health to determine whether a nursing facility has substantially corrected deficiencies cited in a previous survey.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.10
§ 5124.10. Cost reports
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 483 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section and divisions (C)(2) and (4) of section 5124.101 of the Revised Code, each ICF/IID provider shall file with the department of developmental disabilities an annual cost report for each of the provider's ICFs/IID for which the provider has a valid provider agreement. The cost report for a year shall cover the calendar year or portion of the calendar year during which the ICF/IID participated in the medicaid program. Except as provided in division (E) of this section, the cost report is due not later than ninety days after the end of the calendar year, or portion of the calendar year, that the cost report covers. (B)(1) If an ICF/IID undergoes a change of provider that the department determines, in accordance with rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code, is not an arms length transaction, the new provider shall file the ICF/IID's cost report in accordance with division (A) of this section and the cost report shall cover the portion of the calendar year during which the new provider operated the ICF/IID and the portion of the calendar year during which the previous provider operated the ICF/IID. (2) If an ICF/IID undergoes a change of provider that the department determines, in accordance with rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code, is an arms length transaction, the new provider shall file with the department a cost report for the ICF/IID not later than, except as provided in division (E) of this section, ninety days after the end of the ICF/IID's first three full calendar months of operation under the new provider. The cost report shall cover the period that begins with the ICF/IID's first day of operation under the new provider and ends on the first day of the month immediately following the first three full months of operation under the new provider. (C) If the medicaid payment rate for a new ICF/IID was most recently determined in accordance with section 5124.151 of the Revised Code, the provider shall file with the department a cost report for the new ICF/IID not later than, except as provided in division (E) of this section, ninety days after the end of the new ICF/IID's first three full calendar months of operation. The cost report shall cover the period that begins with the ICF/IID's first day of operation and ends on the first day of the month immediately following the first three full months of operation. (D) An ICF/IID provider is not required to file a cost report for an ICF/IID for a calendar year in accordance with division (A) of this section if the provider files a cost report for the ICF/IID under division (B)(2) or (C) of this section and that cost report covers a period that begins after the first day of October of that calendar year. The provider shall file a cost report for the ICF/IID in accordance with division (A) of this section for the immediately following calendar year. (E) The department may grant to a provider a fourteen-day extension to file a cost report under this section or section 5124.101 of the Revised Code if the provider provides the department a written request for the extension and the department determines that there is good cause for the extension.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.183 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.183
§ 5101.183. Rules regarding recovering cost of social services provided or diverted to ineligible persons
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of job and family services and the director of children and youth, in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, may adopt rules under which county family services agencies shall take action to recover the cost of the following benefits and services available under programs administered by the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth: (1) Benefits or services provided to any of the following: (a) Persons who were not eligible for the benefits or services but who secured the benefits or services through fraud or misrepresentation; (b) Persons who were eligible for the benefits or services but who intentionally diverted the benefits or services to other persons who were not eligible for the benefits or services. (2) Any benefits or services provided by a county family services agency for which recovery is required or permitted by federal law for the federal programs administered by the agency. (B) A county family services agency may bring a civil action against a recipient of benefits or services to recover any costs described in division (A) of this section. (C) A county family services agency shall retain any money it recovers under division (A) of this section and shall use the money to meet a family services duty, except that, if federal law requires the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth to return any portion of the money so recovered to the federal government, the county family services agency shall pay that portion to the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth. Last updated January 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.0110 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.0110
§ 5104.0110. Rules requiring a physical examination
Status: in_force

January 1, 2014 Senate Bill 316 - 129th General Assembly To the extent that any rules adopted for the purposes of this chapter require a health care professional to perform a physical examination, the rules shall include as a health care professional a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.35
§ 5165.35. Payments made to facility for services provided after involuntary termination
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Medicaid payments may be made for nursing facility services provided not later than thirty days after the effective date of an involuntary termination of the nursing facility that provides the services if the services are provided to a medicaid recipient who is eligible for the services and resided in the nursing facility before the effective date of the involuntary termination.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.03
§ 5153.03. Appointment to county board
Status: in_force

October 1, 1997 House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly If a county children services board is a public children services agency for a county, the board of county commissioners shall appoint five members of the county children services board and for good cause may remove any member so appointed. Each of these members shall be appointed for the term of four years, but the board shall stagger their terms so that the terms of not more than two of the required members of the board expire in one year. The elected chairperson of any citizens advisory committee established under section 5153.05 of the Revised Code shall be an ex officio voting member of the county children services board. In addition to the five members it is required to appoint, a board of county commissioners of a county having less than one hundred thousand population according to the last federal census may appoint up to five or a board of county commissioners of a county having a population of one hundred thousand or more according to such census may appoint up to nine additional members of the county children services board. If these additional members are appointed, they shall be appointed for initial terms of one, two, three or four years as will maintain balance in the expiration dates of the members of the board. After the expiration of these original terms, these additional members shall be appointed for four-year terms. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.31
§ 5123.31. Confidentiality
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly (A) The department of developmental disabilities shall keep a record showing the name, residence, sex, age, nativity, occupation, condition, and date of entrance or commitment of every resident in the institutions governed by it, the date, cause, and terms of discharge and the condition of such person at the time of leaving, and also a record of all transfers from one institution to another, and, if such person dies while in the care or custody of the department, the date and cause of death. These and such other facts as the department requires shall be furnished by the managing officer of each institution within ten days after the commitment, entrance, death, or discharge of a resident. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the department shall maintain the records described in this division in its office. The department shall make the records accessible only to its employees, except by the consent of the department or the order of the judge of a court of record. (B) In case of an accident or injury or peculiar death of an institution resident the managing officer shall make a special report to the department within twenty-four hours thereafter, giving the circumstances as fully as possible. (C) After a period of time determined by the department, the records described in division (A) of this section may be deposited with the Ohio history connection. Neither the records nor the information contained in them shall be disclosed by the Ohio history connection, except as provided in section 5123.89 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.07
§ 5163.07. Income eligibility threshold for parents and caretaker relatives
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The medicaid director shall implement the option authorized by the "Social Security Act," section 1931(b)(2)(C), 42 U.S.C. 1396u-1(b)(2)(C), to set the income eligibility threshold at ninety per cent of the federal poverty line for parents and caretaker relatives who are covered by the medicaid program under that section of the "Social Security Act."
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.0512 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.0512
§ 5126.0512. Number enrolled in home and community-based services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in rules adopted under section 5123.0413 of the Revised Code, each county board of developmental disabilities shall ensure that the number of individuals eligible under section 5126.041 of the Revised Code for services from the county board who are enrolled in home and community-based services is no less than the sum of the following: (1) The number of individuals eligible for services from the county board who are enrolled in home and community-based services on June 30, 2007; (2) The number of home and community-based services slots the county board requested before July 1, 2007, that were assigned to the county board before that date but in which no individual was enrolled before that date. (B) An individual enrolled in home and community-based services after March 1, 2007, due to an emergency reserve capacity waiver assignment shall not be counted in determining the number of individuals a county board must ensure under division (A) of this section are enrolled in home and community-based services. (C) An individual who is enrolled in home and community-based services to comply with the terms of the consent order filed March 5, 2007, in Martin v. Strickland, Case No. 89-CV-00362, in the United States district court for the southern district of Ohio, eastern division, shall be excluded in determining whether a county board has complied with division (A) of this section. (D) A county board shall make as many requests for individuals to be enrolled in home and community-based services as necessary for the county board to comply with division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.367 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.367
§ 5119.367. Adverse action related to certifiable services and supports
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "adverse action" means an action by a state, provincial, federal, or other licensing or regulatory authority other than the department of behavioral health to deny, revoke, suspend, place on probation, or otherwise restrict a license, certification, or other approval to provide certifiable services and supports or an equivalent to certifiable services and supports. (B)(1) When submitting an application for initial or renewed certification of one or more certifiable services and supports, the applicant shall notify the department of behavioral health of any adverse action taken against the following during the three-year period immediately preceding the date of application: (a) The applicant; (b) Any owner or principal of the applicant; (c) Any subsidiary of the applicant or owner. (2) Not later than seven days after receiving a notice of adverse action, the holder of a certification issued under section 5119.36 of the Revised Code shall notify the department of the action. (C) To notify the department as required by this section, a copy of the notice of adverse action shall be provided to the department. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.67
§ 5107.67. Public employee and unemployment compensation laws do not apply
Status: in_force

October 1, 1997 House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly Except for a participant of Ohio works first who is assigned to a work activity established under section 5107.52 or division (A) of section 5107.60 of the Revised Code, credit for work performed by a participant in a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity does not constitute remuneration for the purpose of Chapter 124., 144., or 145. of the Revised Code and services performed by the participant do not constitute employment for the purpose of Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.342 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.342
§ 5119.342. Appointing receiver for residential facility
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Upon petition by the director of behavioral health, the court of common pleas or the probate court may appoint a receiver to take possession of and operate a residential facility licensed pursuant to section 5119.34 of the Revised Code, when conditions existing at the residential facility present a substantial risk of physical or mental harm to residents and no other remedies at law are adequate to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents. Petitions filed pursuant to this section shall include: (1) A description of the specific conditions existing at the residential facility which present a substantial risk of physical or mental harm to residents; (2) A statement of the absence of other adequate remedies at law; (3) The number of individuals residing at the facility; (4) A statement that the facts have been brought to the attention of the owner or licensee and that conditions have not been remedied within a reasonable period of time or that the conditions, though remedied periodically, habitually exist at the residential facility as a pattern or practice; and (5) The name and address of the person holding the license for the residential facility. (B) A court in which a petition is filed pursuant to this section shall notify the person holding the license for the facility of the filing. The department shall send notice of the filing to the following, as appropriate: the Ohio protection and advocacy system as defined in section 5123.60 of the Revised Code; facility owner; facility operator; board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services; board of health; department of developmental disabilities; department of job and family services; facility residents; and residents' families and guardians. The court shall provide a hearing on the petition within five court days of the time it was filed, except that the court may appoint a receiver prior to that time if it determines that the circumstances necessitate such action. Following a hearing on the petition, and upon a determination that the appointment of a receiver is warranted, the court shall appoint a receiver and notify the department of behavioral health and appropriate persons of this action. In setting forth the powers of the receiver, the court may generally authorize the receiver to do all that is prudent and necessary to safely and efficiently operate the residential facility within the requirements of state and federal law, but shall require the receiver to obtain court approval prior to making any single expenditure of more than five thousand dollars to correct deficiencies in the structure or furnishings of a facility. The court shall closely review the conduct of the receiver and shall require regular and detailed reports. (C) A receivership established pursuant to this section shall be terminated, following notification of the appropriate parties and a hearing, if the court determines either of the following: (1) The residential facility has been closed and the former residents have been relocated to an appropriate facility; (2) Circumstances no longer exist at the residential facility which present a substantial risk of physical or mental harm to residents, and there is no deficiency in the residential facility that is likely to create a future risk of harm. Notwithstanding division (C)(2) of this section, the court shall not terminate a receivership for a residential facility that has previously operated under another receivership unless the responsibility for the operation of the facility is transferred to an operator approved by the court and the department of behavioral health. (D) Except for the department of behavioral health or appropriate board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, no party or person interested in an action shall be appointed a receiver pursuant to this section. To assist the court in identifying persons qualified to be named as receivers, the director of behavioral health shall maintain a list of the names of such persons. The department of behavioral health, the department of job and family services, and the department of health shall provide technical assistance to any receiver appointed pursuant to this section. Before entering upon the duties of receiver, the receiver must be sworn to perform the duties faithfully, and, with surety approved by the court, judge, or clerk, execute a bond to such person, and in such sum as the court or judge directs, to the effect that such receiver will faithfully discharge the duties of receiver in the action, and obey the orders of the court therein. (1) Under the control of the appointing court, a receiver may do the following: (a) Bring and defend actions in the appointee's name as receiver; (b) Take and keep possession of property. (2) The court shall authorize the receiver to do the following: (a) Collect payment for all goods and services provided to the residents or others during the period of the receivership at the same rate as was charged by the licensee at the time the petition for receivership was filed, unless a different rate is set by the court; (b) Honor all leases, mortgages, and secured transactions governing all buildings, goods, and fixtures of which the receiver has taken possession, but, in the case of a rental agreement only to the extent of payments that are for the use of the property during the period of the receivership, or, in the case of a purchase agreement, only to the extent that payments come due during the period of the receivership; (c) If transfer of residents is necessary, provide for the orderly transfer of residents by: (i) Cooperating with all appropriate state and local agencies in carrying out the transfer of residents to alternative community placements; (ii) Providing for the transportation of residents' belongings and records; (iii) Helping to locate alternative placements and develop plans for transfer; (iv) Encouraging residents or guardians to participate in transfer planning except when an emergency exists and immediate transfer is necessary. (d) Make periodic reports on the status of the residential facility to the court; the appropriate state agencies; and the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services. Each report shall be made available to residents, their guardians, and families. (e) Compromise demands or claims; and (f) Generally do such acts respecting the residential facility as the court authorizes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, contracts which are necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the receiver need not be competitively bid. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.32
§ 5180.32. [Former R.C. 5123.0421, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 1/1/2025] Rulemaking
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary to implement the state's part C early intervention services program, including rules that specify all of the following: (A) Eligibility requirements to receive program services; (B) Eligibility requirements to be a program service provider; (C) Operating standards and procedures for program service providers, including standards and procedures governing data collection, program monitoring, and program evaluation; (D) Procedures to appeal the denial of an application to receive program services or the termination of program services; (E) Procedures to appeal a decision by the department of developmental disabilities to deny an application to be a program service provider or to terminate a provider's status; (F) Procedures for addressing complaints by persons who receive program services; (G) Criteria for the payment of program service providers; (H) The metrics or indicators used to measure program service provider performance. Last updated January 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.48
§ 5168.48. Redetermination of franchise permit fees
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Not later than the last day of February of each year, the department of medicaid shall redetermine each nursing home's and hospital's franchise permit fee if one or more bed surrenders occur during the period beginning on the first day of May of the preceding calendar year and ending on the first day of January of the calendar year in which the redetermination is made. (B) In redetermining nursing homes' and hospitals' franchise permit fees under this section, the department shall do both of the following: (1) Provide for the redetermination to be conducted in a manner consistent with the terms of the waiver sought under section 5168.43 of the Revised Code; (2) Recalculate each nursing home's and hospital's franchise permit fee in accordance with division (A) or (B) of section 5168.42 of the Revised Code with the following changes: (a) In the case of a nursing home or hospital for which one or more bed surrenders occurred during the period beginning on the first day of May of the preceding calendar year and ending on the first day of January of the calendar year in which the redetermination is made, the number of beds included in the calculation for the purpose of division (A)(1) or (B)(1) of section 5168.42 of the Revised Code shall exclude the beds for which bed surrenders occurred during that period. (b) The number of days used in the calculation under division (A)(2) or (B)(2) of section 5168.42 of the Revised Code shall be the number of days in the first half of the calendar year in which the redetermination is made. (c) The franchise permit fee rate shall reflect adjustments made under sections 5168.44 and 5168.45 of the Revised Code. (C) Not later than the first day of March of each year, the department shall notify, electronically or by United States postal service, each nursing home and hospital of the amount of its redetermined franchise permit fee. (D) Each nursing home and hospital shall pay its redetermined fee to the department in two installment payments not later than forty-five days after the last day of March and June of the calendar year in which the redetermination is made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.103 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.103
§ 5124.103. Form of cost reports
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Cost reports shall be completed using the form prescribed under section 5124.104 of the Revised Code and in accordance with the guidelines established under that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.184 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.184
§ 5119.184. Providing educational grants or tuition reimbursement for employees
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of behavioral health may provide educational grants or tuition reimbursements to upgrade the education, training, and professional achievement of its employees, whenever it determines that provision of such grants or reimbursements is essential to the achievement of its goals. The department may enter into agreements with its employees for the purposes of this section. The agreements may require, as a condition of each grant or reimbursement, that the employee continue employment with the department or with another federal, state, or local public agency designated by the department for a period of time stated in the agreement. If an employee does not fulfill the employment requirement stated in the agreement, the department may take action to recover the amount of all educational grants or tuition reimbursements paid to the employee under this section, plus interest at the rate of ten per cent per year calculated from the date of payment of each grant or reimbursement. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5149.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5149 / § 5149.07
§ 5149.07. Maintenance of files and records
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 Senate Bill 160 - 129th General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction shall maintain central files and records pertaining to the work of the adult parole authority, and shall coordinate the department's record-keeping with that of the adult parole authority. Additionally, the department shall not later than the first Monday of January of odd-numbered years prepare and submit to the governor for the governor's approval and signature a written report showing each case of pardon, commutation, or reprieve granted during the preceding biennium, stating the name and crime of the convict or prisoner, the sentence, its date, and the date of the clemency action, together with the reasons listed therefor in the governor's clemency record. The report shall conform to the requirements of Section 11 of Article III, Ohio Constitution. The department shall conduct research relative to the functioning of clemency, probation, and parole as part of the adult corrections program in this state, which research shall be designed to yield information upon which the division of parole and community services, the department of rehabilitation and correction, the governor, and the general assembly can base policy decisions. At the end of each quarter, the department shall submit to the chairpersons of the committees of the senate and the house of representatives that consider criminal justice legislation a report on the number and results of parole hearings conducted during the quarter and a list of persons incarcerated for committing offenses of violence who were granted parole and a summary of the terms and conditions of their parole. The department shall provide the committees with any documentation related to the reports that members of the committees may request. Upon request, the department shall provide a detailed statement, supported by documentation, of the reasons why a particular prisoner was granted parole to the law enforcement agency that arrested the prisoner, the prosecuting attorney who prosecuted the case, or any person who is a member of the general assembly at the time the person makes the request.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.12
§ 5162.12. Contracts for the management of Medicaid data requests
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The medicaid director shall enter into a contract with one or more persons to receive and process, on the director's behalf, requests for medicaid recipient or claims payment data, data from reports of audits conducted under section 5165.109 of the Revised Code, or extracts or analyses of any of the foregoing data made by persons who intend to use the items prepared pursuant to the requests for commercial or academic purposes. (B) At a minimum, a contract entered into under this section shall do both of the following: (1) Authorize the contracting person to engage in the activities described in division (A) of this section for compensation, which must be stated as a percentage of the fees paid by persons who are provided the items; (2) Require the contracting person to charge for an item prepared pursuant to a request a fee in an amount equal to one hundred two per cent of the cost the department of medicaid incurs in making the data used to prepare the item available to the contracting person. (C) Except as required by federal or state law and subject to division (E) of this section, both of the following conditions apply with respect to a request for data described in division (A) of this section: (1) The request shall be made through a person who has entered into a contract with the medicaid director under this section. (2) An item prepared pursuant to the request may be provided to the department of medicaid and is confidential and not subject to disclosure under section 149.43 or 1347.08 of the Revised Code. (D) The medicaid director shall use fees the director receives pursuant to a contract entered into under this section to pay obligations specified in contracts entered under this section. Any money remaining after the obligations are paid shall be deposited in the health care/medicaid support and recoveries fund created under section 5162.52 of the Revised Code. (E) This section does not apply to requests for medicaid recipient or claims payment data, data from reports of audits conducted under section 5165.109 of the Revised Code, or extracts or analyses of any of the foregoing data that are for any of the following purposes: (1) Treatment of medicaid recipients; (2) Payment of medicaid claims; (3) Establishment or management of medicaid third party liability pursuant to sections 5160.35 to 5160.43 of the Revised Code; (4) Compliance with the terms of an agreement the medicaid director enters into for purposes of administering the medicaid program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.22
§ 5162.22. Transfer of personal needs allowance account
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Commissioner" means a person appointed by a probate court under division (E) of section 2113.03 of the Revised Code to act as a commissioner. (2) "Home" has the same meaning as in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code. (3) "Personal needs allowance account" means an account or petty cash fund that holds the money of a resident of a residential facility or home and that the facility or home manages for the resident. (4) "Residential facility" means a residential facility licensed under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code that provides accommodations, supervision, and personal care services for three to sixteen unrelated adults. (B) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, the owner or operator of a home or residential facility shall transfer to the department of medicaid the money in the personal needs allowance account of a resident of the home or facility who was a medicaid recipient no earlier than sixty days but not later than ninety days after the resident dies. The home or facility shall transfer the money even though the owner or operator of the facility or home has not been issued letters testamentary or letters of administration concerning the resident's estate. (C) If funeral or burial expenses for a resident of a home or residential facility who has died have not been paid and the only resource the resident had that could be used to pay for the expenses is the money in the resident's personal needs allowance account, or all other resources of the resident are inadequate to pay the full cost of the expenses, the money in the resident's personal needs allowance account shall be used to pay for the expenses rather than being transferred to the department of medicaid pursuant to division (B) of this section. (D) If, not later than sixty days after a resident of a home or residential facility dies, letters testamentary or letters of administration are issued, or an application for release from administration is filed under section 2113.03 of the Revised Code, concerning the resident's estate, the owner or operator of the home or facility shall transfer the money in the resident's personal needs allowance account to the administrator, executor, commissioner, or person who filed the application for release from administration. (E) The transfer or use of money in a resident's personal needs allowance account in accordance with division (B), (C), or (D) of this section discharges and releases the home or residential facility, and the owner or operator of the home, from any claim for the money from any source. (F) If, sixty-one or more days after a resident of a home or residential facility dies, letters testamentary or letters of administration are issued, or an application for release from administration under section 2113.03 of the Revised Code is filed, concerning the resident's estate, the department of medicaid shall transfer the funds to the administrator, executor, commissioner, or person who filed the application, unless the department is entitled to recover the money under the medicaid estate recovery program instituted under section 5162.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.617 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.617
§ 5103.617. Family preservation center certification rules
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Not later than ninety days June 13, 2022, the director of children and youth shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the certification of family preservation centers. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.59
§ 5126.59. Residential facility linked deposit agreement
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly On acceptance of a residential facility linked deposit loan by the county board of developmental disabilities, the county's investing authority shall enter into a residential facility linked deposit agreement with the eligible lending institution. The agreement shall include all of the following terms: (A) An agreement by the investing authority to place certificates of deposit with the eligible lending institution, in the amount of the residential facility linked deposit specified in the resolution, at an interest rate of up to five per cent per year below current annual market rates, for a term considered appropriate by the investing authority, not to exceed five years, and to renew the certificates of deposit for up to four additional terms, each additional term not to exceed five years; (B) An agreement by the eligible lending institution to lend the value of the certificates of deposit placed with the institution to the eligible organization at an annual interest rate that is the same number of percentage points below the annual borrowing rate currently applicable to similar loans as the annual interest rate agreed to for certificates of deposit placed pursuant to division (A) of this section is below current annual market rates; (C) An agreement by the eligible lending institution to pay interest on the certificates of deposit at times determined by the investing authority; (D) The form in which the eligible lending institution is to make the certification required by section 5126.60 of the Revised Code; (E) Any other terms necessary to carry out the purpose of sections 5126.51 to 5126.62 of the Revised Code. The agreement may contain terms specifying the period of time during which the eligible lending institution is to lend funds upon placement of the residential facility linked deposit. The investing authority shall determine current market rates under the agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.22
§ 5160.22. Examination of records regarding medical assistance programs
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The auditor of state and attorney general, or their designees, may examine any records, whether in computer or printed format, in the possession of the medicaid director or any county director of job and family services, regarding medical assistance programs. The auditor of state and attorney general shall do both of the following regarding the records: (1) Provide safeguards that restrict access to the 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; (2) Comply, and ensure that their designees comply, with section 5160.45 of the Revised Code and rules of the medicaid director restricting the disclosure of information regarding medical assistance recipients. (B) Any person who fails to comply with the restriction specified in division (A) of this section is disqualified from acting as an agent or employee or in any other capacity under appointment or employment of any state board, commission, or agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.04
§ 5160.04. Assistant director; powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The medicaid director shall appoint one assistant director for the department of medicaid. The assistant director shall exercise powers, and perform duties, as ordered by the medicaid director. The assistant director shall act as the medicaid director in the medicaid director's absence or disability and when the position of medicaid director is vacant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.222 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.222
§ 5126.222. Service and support administrator and supervisor training
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) A superintendent of a county board of developmental disabilities shall ensure that a service and support administrator, a conditional status service and support administrator, and a service and support administration supervisor successfully completes a web-based training program established by the department of developmental disabilities not later than thirty days after being hired. The training shall include all of the following topics: (1) Empowering individuals serviced through the development of person-centered individual service plans; (2) Coordinating services; (3) Enhancing team effectiveness; (4) Understanding medicaid; (5) An overview of ICFs/IID; (6) An overview of medicaid home and community-based services waivers administered by the department of developmental disabilities and county boards of developmental disabilities, including self-directed services, budget authority, and employer authority; (7) Targeted case management; (8) Employment navigation. (B) Before a superintendent of a county board of developmental disabilities renews the certification of a service and support administrator or service and support administration supervisor, the superintendent shall ensure that the renewal applicant has successfully completed the training program described in division (A) of this section. Last updated August 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.37
§ 5160.37. Right of recovery for cost of medical assistance
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) A medical assistance recipient's enrollment in a medical assistance program gives an automatic right of recovery to the department of medicaid and a county department of job and family services against the liability of a third party for the cost of medical assistance paid on behalf of the recipient. When an action or claim is brought against a third party by a medical assistance recipient, any payment, settlement or compromise of the action or claim, or any court award or judgment, is subject to the recovery right of the department of medicaid or county department. Except in the case of a medical assistance recipient who receives medical assistance through a medicaid managed care organization, the department's or county department's claim shall not exceed the amount of medical assistance paid by the department or county department on behalf of the recipient. A payment, settlement, compromise, judgment, or award that excludes the cost of medical assistance paid for by the department or county department shall not preclude a department from enforcing its rights under this section. (B)(1) In the case of a medical assistance recipient who receives medical assistance through a medicaid managed care organization that has a capitation agreement with a provider, the amount of the department's or county department's claim shall be the amount the medicaid managed care organization would have paid in the absence of a capitation agreement. (2) In the case of a medical assistance recipient who receives medical assistance through a medicaid managed care organization that does not have a capitation agreement with a provider, the amount of the department's or county department's claim shall be the amount the medicaid managed care organization pays for medical assistance rendered to the recipient, even if that amount is more than the amount the department or county department pays to the medicaid managed care organization for the recipient's medical assistance. (C) A medical assistance recipient, and the recipient's attorney, if any, shall cooperate with the departments. In furtherance of this requirement, the medical assistance recipient, or the recipient's attorney, if any, shall, not later than thirty days after initiating informal recovery activity or filing a legal recovery action against a third party, provide written notice of the activity or action to the department of medicaid or county department if it has paid for medical assistance under a medical assistance program. (D) The written notice that must be given under division (C) of this section shall disclose the identity and address of any third party against whom the medical assistance recipient has or may have a right of recovery. (E) No settlement, compromise, judgment, or award or any recovery in any action or claim by a medical assistance recipient where the department or county department has a right of recovery shall be made final without first giving the department or county department written notice as described in division (C) of this section and a reasonable opportunity to perfect its rights of recovery. If the department or county department is not given the appropriate written notice, the medical assistance recipient and, if there is one, the recipient's attorney, are liable to reimburse the department or county department for the recovery received to the extent of medical assistance payments made by the department or county department. (F) The department or county department shall be permitted to enforce its recovery rights against the third party even though it accepted prior payments in discharge of its rights under this section if, at the time the department or county department received such payments, it was not aware that additional medical expenses had been incurred but had not yet been paid by the department or county department. The third party becomes liable to the department or county department as soon as the third party is notified in writing of the valid claims for recovery under this section. (G)(1) Subject to division (G)(2) of this section, the right of recovery of the department or county department does not apply to that portion of any judgment, award, settlement, or compromise of a claim, to the extent of attorneys' fees, costs, or other expenses incurred by a medical assistance recipient in securing the judgment, award, settlement, or compromise, or to the extent of medical, surgical, and hospital expenses paid by such recipient from the recipient's own resources. (2) Reasonable attorneys' fees, not to exceed one-third of the total judgment, award, settlement, or compromise, plus costs and other expenses incurred by the medical assistance recipient in securing the judgment, award, settlement, or compromise, shall first be deducted from the total judgment, award, settlement, or compromise. After fees, costs, and other expenses are deducted from the total judgment, award, settlement, or compromise, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the department of medicaid or county department shall receive no less than one-half of the remaining amount, or the actual amount of medical assistance paid, whichever is less. A party may rebut the presumption in accordance with division (L)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, as applicable. (H) A right of recovery created by this section may be enforced separately or jointly by the department of medicaid or county department. To enforce its recovery rights, the department or county department may do any of the following: (1) Intervene or join in any action or proceeding brought by the medical assistance recipient or on the recipient's behalf against any third party who may be liable for the cost of medical assistance paid; (2) Institute and pursue legal proceedings against any third party who may be liable for the cost of medical assistance paid; (3) Initiate legal proceedings in conjunction with any injured, diseased, or disabled medical assistance recipient or the recipient's attorney or representative. (I) A medical assistance recipient shall not assess attorney fees, costs, or other expenses against the department of medicaid or a county department when the department or county department enforces its right of recovery created by this section. (J) The right of recovery given to the department under this section includes payments made by a third party under contract with a person having a duty to support. (K) The department of medicaid may assign to a medical assistance provider the right of recovery given to the department under this section with respect to any claim for which the department has notified the provider that the department intends to recoup the department's prior payment for the claim. (L)(1) Prior to any payment to the department or a county department pursuant to the department's or county department's right of recovery under this section, a party that desires to rebut the presumption in division (G) of this section shall submit to the department or county department a request for a hearing in accordance with the procedure the department establishes in rules required by division (O) of this section. The amount sought by the department or county department shall be held in escrow or in an interest on lawyers' trust account until the hearing examiner renders a decision or the case is otherwise concluded. A party successfully rebuts the presumption by a showing of clear and convincing evidence that a different allocation is warranted. (2) A medical assistance recipient who has repaid money, on or after September 29, 2007, to the department or a county department pursuant to the department's or county department's right of recovery under this section, section 5160.38 of the Revised Code, or former section 5101.58 or 5101.59 of the Revised Code may request a hearing to rebut the presumption in division (G) of this section. The request shall be made in accordance with the procedure the department establishes for this purpose in rules required by division (O) of this section. It must be made not later than one hundred eighty days after September 29, 2015, or ninety days after the payment is made, whichever is later. A party successfully rebuts the presumption by a showing of clear and convincing evidence that a different allocation is warranted. (3) A medical assistance recipient who has repaid money, between April 6, 2007 and September 28, 2007, to the department or a county department pursuant to the department's or county department's right of recovery under this section, section 5160.38 of the Revised Code, or former section 5101.58 or 5101.59 of the Revised Code may request a hearing to rebut the presumption in division (G) of this section. The request shall be made not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this amendment in accordance with the procedure the department establishes for this purpose in rules required by division (O) of this section. The presumption is successfully rebutted if the requestor demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that a different allocation is warranted. (4) With respect to a hearing requested under division (L)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, all of the following are the case: (a) The hearing examiner may consider, but is not bound by the allocation of, medical expenses specified in a settlement agreement between the medical assistance recipient and the relevant third party; (b) The department or county department may raise affirmative defenses during the hearing, including the existence of a prior settlement with the medical assistance recipient, the doctrine of accord and satisfaction, or the common law principle of res judicata; (c) If the parties agree, live testimony shall not be presented at the hearing; (d) The hearing may be governed by rules adopted under section 5160.02 of the Revised Code. If such rules are adopted, Chapter 119. of the Revised Code applies to the hearing only to the extent specified in those rules; (e) The hearing examiner's decision is binding on the department or county department and the medical assistance recipient unless the decision is reversed or modified on appeal to the medicaid director as described in division (M) of this section; (f) A request for a hearing may be submitted by any of the following: (i) The medical assistance recipient; (ii) The medical assistance recipient's authorized representative; (iii) The executor or administrator of a medical assistance recipient's estate authorized to make or pursue a request; (iv) A court-appointed guardian; (v) An attorney who has been directly retained by the medical assistance recipient, or the recipient's parent, legal guardian, or court-appointed guardian. (M)(1) A medical assistance recipient who disagrees with a hearing examiner's decision under division (L) of this section may file an administrative appeal with the medicaid director in accordance with the procedure the department establishes for this purpose in rules required by division (O) of this section. A hearing is not required during the administrative appeal, but the director or the director's designee shall review the hearing examiner's decision and any prior relevant administrative action. After the review, the director or the director's designee shall affirm, modify, remand, or reverse the hearing decision. A decision made under this division is final and binding on the department or county department and the medical assistance recipient unless it is reversed or modified on appeal to a court of common pleas as described in division (N) of this section. (2) An administrative appeal may be governed by rules adopted under section 5160.02 of the Revised Code. If such rules are adopted, Chapter 119. of the Revised Code applies to an administrative appeal only to the extent specified in those rules. (N) A party to an administrative appeal described in division (M) of this section may file an appeal with a court of common pleas in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code. (O) The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5160.02 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section, including rules establishing procedures a party may use to request a hearing under division (L)(1), (2), or (3) of this section or an administrative appeal under division (M)(1) of this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (P) Divisions (L) to (N) of this section are remedial in nature and shall be liberally construed by the courts of this state in accordance with section 1.11 of the Revised Code. Those divisions specify the sole remedy available to a party who claims the department or a county department has received or is to receive more money than entitled to receive under this section, section 5160.38 of the Revised Code, or former section 5101.58 or 5101.59 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.13
§ 5104.13. Publishing state statutes and rules governing certification of type B family child care homes
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of children and youth shall prepare a guide describing the state statutes and rules governing the licensure of type B family child care homes. The department may publish the guide electronically or otherwise and shall do so in a manner that the guide is accessible to the public, including type B home providers. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.057 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.057
§ 5103.057. Revocation of conditional use permit
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) A county, township, or municipal corporation may revoke any conditional use permit issued by the county, township, or municipal corporation respecting real property used as a residential facility, if the operator of the facility fails to comply with the requirements of the permit or has failed to fulfill the requirements of a corrective action plan issued by the department of children and youth for a finding of noncompliance. The department may provide notification of the failure to fulfill the requirements of a corrective action plan to the county, township, or municipal corporation. (B) The county, township, or municipal corporation shall notify the holder of the permit either by certified mail or, if the county, township, or municipal corporation has record of an internet identifier of record associated with the holder, by ordinary mail and by that internet identifier of record of its intent to revoke the permit under division (A) of this section and of the holder's right to a hearing before the county, township, or municipal corporation, within thirty days of the mailing of the notice, if the holder so requests. If the holder requests a hearing, the county, township, or municipal corporation shall set a time and place for the hearing and notify the holder. At the hearing, the holder may appear in person, by the holder's attorney, or by other representative, or the holder may present the holder's position in writing. The holder may present evidence and examine witnesses appearing for or against the holder. If no hearing is requested, the county, township, or municipal corporation may revoke the permit without a hearing. The authority to revoke a permit is in addition to any other means of zoning enforcement provided by law. (C) As used in this section, "internet identifier of record" has the same meaning as in section 9.312 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.70
§ 5162.70. Reforms to medicaid program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "CPI" means the consumer price index for all urban consumers as published by the United States bureau of labor statistics. (2) "CPI medical inflation rate" means the inflation rate for medical care, or the successor term for medical care, for the midwest region as specified in the CPI. (3) "Successor term" means a term that the United States bureau of labor statistics uses in place of another term in revisions to the CPI. (B) The medicaid director shall implement reforms to the medicaid program that do all of the following: (1) Limit the growth in the per member per month cost of the medicaid program, as determined on an aggregate basis for all eligibility groups, for a fiscal biennium to not more than the lesser of the following: (a) The average annual increase in the CPI medical inflation rate for the most recent three-year period for which the necessary data is available as of the first day of the fiscal biennium, weighted by the most recent year of the three years; (b) The projected medical inflation rate for the fiscal biennium, as determined under section 103.412 of the Revised Code. (2) Achieve the limit in the growth of the per member per month cost of the medicaid program under division (B)(1) of this section by doing all of the following: (a) Improving the physical and mental health of medicaid recipients; (b) Providing for medicaid recipients to receive medicaid services in the most cost-effective and sustainable manner; (c) Removing barriers that impede medicaid recipients' ability to transfer to lower cost, and more appropriate, medicaid services, including home and community-based services; (d) Establishing medicaid payment rates that encourage value over volume and result in medicaid services being provided in the most efficient and effective manner possible; (e) Implementing fraud and abuse prevention and cost avoidance mechanisms to the fullest extent possible. (3) Reduce the prevalence of comorbid health conditions among, and the mortality rates of, medicaid recipients; (4) Reduce infant mortality rates among medicaid recipients. (C) When determining the growth in the per member per month cost of the medicaid program for purposes of the reforms required by this section, the medicaid director shall not exclude any medicaid eligibility group, provider wages, or service. The director may exclude one-time expenses or expenses that are not directly related to enrollees. (D) The medicaid director shall implement the reforms under this section in accordance with evidence-based strategies that include measurable goals. (E) By October first of each calendar year, the medicaid director shall submit to the legislative service commission a report detailing the reforms implemented under this section. In even-numbered years, the report shall include the department's historical and projected medicaid program expenditure and utilization trend rates by medicaid program and service category for each year of the upcoming fiscal biennium and an explanation of how the trend rates were calculated. (F) The reforms implemented under this section shall, without making the medicaid program's eligibility requirements more restrictive, reduce the relative number of individuals enrolled in the medicaid program who have the greatest potential to obtain the income and resources that would enable them to cease enrollment in medicaid and instead obtain health care coverage through employer-sponsored health insurance or an exchange. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.081
§ 5124.081. Resident's cause of action for breach
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly An ICF/IID resident has a cause of action against the provider of the ICF/IID for breach of the provider agreement obligations or other duties imposed by section 5124.08 of the Revised Code. The action may be commenced by the resident, or on the resident's behalf by the resident's sponsor, by the filing of a civil action in the court of common pleas of the county in which the ICF/IID is located or in the court of common pleas of Franklin county. If a court of common pleas finds that a provider has breached a provider agreement obligation or other duty imposed by section 5124.08 of the Revised Code, the court may do one or more of the following: (A) Enjoin the provider from engaging in the practice; (B) Order such affirmative relief as may be necessary; (C) Award to a resident and a sponsor that brings the action on behalf of a resident actual damages, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.405 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.405
§ 5166.405. Cessation of participation
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) A healthy Ohio program participant's participation in the program shall cease if any of the following applies: (1) Unless the participant is pregnant, a monthly installment payment to the participant's buckeye account is sixty days late. (2) The participant fails to submit documentation needed for a redetermination of the participant's eligibility for medicaid before the sixty-first day after the documentation is requested. (3) The participant becomes eligible for medicaid on a basis other than being included in the category identified by the department of medicaid as covered families and children or being included in the expansion eligibility group. (4) The participant becomes a ward of the state. (5) The participant ceases to be eligible for medicaid. (6) The participant exhausts the annual or lifetime payout limit specified in division (D) of section 5166.401 of the Revised Code. (7) The participant requests that the participant's participation be terminated. (B) A healthy Ohio program participant who ceases to participate in the program under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section may not resume participation until the former participant pays the full amount of the monthly installment payment or submits the documentation needed for the former participant's medicaid eligibility redetermination. The former participant shall not be transferred to the fee-for-service component of medicaid or the care management system as a result of ceasing to participate in the healthy Ohio program under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. (C) Except as provided in section 5166.407 of the Revised Code, a healthy Ohio program participant who ceases to participate in the program shall be provided the contributions that are in the participant's buckeye account at the time the participant ceases participation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.04
§ 5162.04. No state cause of action to enforce federal laws
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly As used in this section, "state agency" has the same meaning as in section 9.23 of the Revised Code. No provision of Title LI of the Revised Code or any other law of this state that incorporates any provision of federal medicaid law, or that may be construed as requiring the state, a state agency, or any state official or employee to comply with that federal provision, shall be construed as creating a cause of action to enforce such state law beyond the causes of action available under federal law for enforcement of the provision of federal law.