Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.102 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.102
§ 5120.102. Halfway house facility definitions
Status: in_force

July 1, 2014 House Bill 497 - 130th General Assembly As used in sections 5120.102 to 5120.105 of the Revised Code: (A) "Private, nonprofit organization" means a private association, organization, corporation, or other entity that is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(a) and is described in section 501(c) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 501, as amended. (B) "Governmental agency" means a state agency; a municipal corporation, county, township, other political subdivision or special district in this state established by or pursuant to law, or a combination of those political subdivisions or special districts; the United States or a department, division, or agency of the United States; or an agency, commission, or authority established pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement. (C) "State agency" means the state or one of its branches, offices, boards, commissions, authorities, departments, divisions, or other units or agencies of the state. (D) "Halfway house organization" means a private, nonprofit organization or a governmental agency that provides programs or activities in areas directly concerned with housing and monitoring offenders who are under the community supervision of the department of rehabilitation and correction or whom a court places in a halfway house pursuant to section 2929.16 or 2929.26 of the Revised Code. (E) "Halfway house facility" means a capital facility in this state to which all of the following apply: (1) The construction of the capital facility is authorized or funded by the general assembly pursuant to division (C) of section 5120.105 of the Revised Code. (2) The state owns or has a sufficient real property interest in the capital facility or in the site of the capital facility for a period of not less than the greater of the useful life of the capital facility, as determined by the director of budget and management using the guidelines for maximum maturities as provided under divisions (B), (C), and (E) of section 133.20 of the Revised Code and certified to the department of rehabilitation and correction and the treasurer of state, or the final maturity of obligations issued by the treasurer of state to finance the capital facility. (3) The capital facility is managed directly by, or by contract with, the department of rehabilitation and correction and is used for housing offenders who are under the community supervision of the department of rehabilitation and correction or whom a court places in a halfway house pursuant to section 2929.16 or 2929.26 of the Revised Code. (F) "Construction" includes acquisition, demolition, reconstruction, alteration, renovation, remodeling, enlargement, improvement, site improvements, and related equipping and furnishing. (G) "General building services" means general building services for a halfway house facility that include, but are not limited to, general custodial care, security, maintenance, repair, painting, decoration, cleaning, utilities, fire safety, grounds and site maintenance and upkeep, and plumbing. (H) "Manage," "operate," or "management" means the provision of, or the exercise of control over the provision of, activities that relate to the housing of offenders in correctional facilities, including, but not limited to, providing for release services for offenders who are under the community supervision of the department of rehabilitation and correction or are placed by a court in a halfway house pursuant to section 2929.16 or 2929.26 of the Revised Code, and who reside in halfway house facilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.0513 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.0513
§ 5103.0513. Education form
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) Not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section, the department of children and youth, in conjunction with the department of education and workforce, shall create a standard form to be used by a public children services agency or private child placing agency with custody of a child placed in a residential facility to convey information necessary to support the child's education. (B)(1) A public children services agency or private child placing agency with custody of a child shall complete the form under division (A) of this section for each child the agency places in a residential facility outside the county of the child's school district of residence. (2) The agency shall convey the information to the foster care liaison in a student's new school district verbally upon enrolling the child. Not later than five days after a child's enrollment in the new school district, the agency shall submit the form completed under division (B)(1) of this section to the district's foster care liaison. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.52
§ 5126.52. Shortage of suitable residential facilities
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly The general assembly finds that individuals with developmental disabilities residing in the state face a shortage of suitable residential facilities; that loans to finance the development of suitable residential facilities are subject to high interest rates; that eligible organizations, otherwise willing and able to develop suitable residential facilities, are unable to do so because of the high interest rates; and, consequently, that the shortage of suitable residential facilities is likely to continue and worsen. The residential facility linked deposit program, when implemented in a county, is intended to provide low-cost funds for lending purposes that will effectively reduce high interest rates and materially contribute to remedying the shortage of suitable residential facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities who reside in the county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5117.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5117 / § 5117.11
§ 5117.11. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

September 28, 1979 House Bill 830 - 113th General Assembly (A) No person shall purposely fail to grant the credit provided under division (A) of section 5117.09 of the Revised Code. Each day that each person entitled to the credit is not afforded the credit constitutes a separate offense. Clerical errors shall not be considered an offense under this division. (B) No person shall knowingly make a false statement for the purpose of obtaining a credit or payment. (C) No person, including an applicant, shall knowingly make a false certification attesting to physical or mental condition for purposes of qualifying himself or another person for a payment or credit. (D) No person shall fail to perform his obligations under division (A) of section 5117.04 or division (B) or (C) of section 5117.09 of the Revised Code. (E) Notwithstanding sections 4933.12 and 4933.121 of the Revised Code, no energy company shall purposely discontinue heating service during the months of December, January, and February to a residential customer for nonpayment during any period for which the customer is eligible to receive a credit under this program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.21
§ 5155.21. Removal of resident
Status: in_force

May 13, 1980 House Bill 561 - 113th General Assembly The superintendent or administrator of the county home may remove any person who is a resident of the home and who has no legal settlement in the state, to the county and state where such person has a legal settlement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.282 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.282
§ 5107.282. Notice of noncompliance with learnfare program's school attendance requirement
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly The first time during a school year that a participating student fails to comply with the learnfare program's school attendance requirement, the county department of job and family services shall send the parent a notice warning that, if the student fails a second or subsequent time in the school year to comply with the school attendance requirement, the assistance group's cash assistance payment for the second month following report of the failure under section 5107.287 of the Revised Code will be reduced to the amount the assistance group would be eligible to receive if the student was not a member of the assistance group. The county department shall send the notice not later than the last day of the month that it is informed of the first failure to comply. If a participating student fails two or more times in a school year to comply with the school attendance requirement, the county department shall reduce the assistance group's cash assistance payment for the second month following report of the failure. The county department shall reduce the cash assistance payment to the amount the assistance group would be eligible to receive if the participating student was not a member of the assistance group.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.47
§ 5119.47. Problem casino gambling and addictions fund; administration
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of behavioral health shall administer the problem casino gambling and addictions fund. The director shall use the money in the fund to support gambling addiction services, alcohol and drug addiction services, other services that relate to gambling addiction and substance abuse, and research that relates to gambling addiction and substance abuse. Treatment and prevention services supported by money in the fund under this section shall be services that are certified by the department of behavioral health. The director shall prepare an annual report describing the use of the fund for these purposes. The director shall submit the report to the Ohio casino control commission, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the governor. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.602 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.602
§ 5123.602. Compensation in class action cases
Status: in_force

October 1, 2012 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly If compensation for the work of attorneys employed by the Ohio protection and advocacy system or an agency or political subdivision of the state is awarded to the system in a class action lawsuit pursued by the system, the compensation shall be limited to the actual hourly rate of pay for that legal work.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.22
§ 5139.22. Transportation costs
Status: in_force

July 1, 1993 House Bill 152 - 120th General Assembly Each county shall bear all of the expenses incident to the transportation of a child committed to the department of youth services by the juvenile court of that county from that county to the institution to which the department has assigned the child and shall bear the fees and costs allowed in similar cases. The fees, costs, and expenses shall be paid from the county treasury upon itemized vouchers certified to by the judge of the juvenile court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.054 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.054
§ 5126.054. Annual plan
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Annually, on or before the thirty-first day of December each year, each county board of developmental disabilities shall submit to the department of developmental disabilities both of the following: (A) An annual waiver allocation projection that contains the projected number of individuals to whom the board intends to provide home and community-based services based on available funding as projected in the board's annual five-year projection report submitted pursuant to section 5126.053 of the Revised Code; (B) Assurances that the county board does both of the following: (1) Employs or contracts with a business manager, or has entered into an agreement with another county board that employs or contacts with a business manager to have that business manager serve both counties. The superintendent of a county board shall not serve as the business manager of the county board. (2) Employs or contracts with a medicaid services manager, or has entered into an agreement with another county board that employs or contracts with a medicaid services manager to have that medicaid services manager serve both counties. The superintendent of a county board shall not serve as the medicaid services manager of the county board. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 2:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.26
§ 5180.26. [Former R.C. 5101.76, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Procurement of epinephrine autoinjectors for camps
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) A residential camp, as defined in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, a child day camp, as defined in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code, or a child day camp operated by any county, township, municipal corporation, township park district created under section 511.18 of the Revised Code, park district created under section 1545.04 of the Revised Code, or joint recreation district established under section 755.14 of the Revised Code may procure epinephrine autoinjectors for use in emergency situations identified under division (C)(5) of this section by doing one of the following: (1) Having a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs, acting in accordance with section 4723.483 , 4730.433 , or 4731.96 of the Revised Code, personally furnish the epinephrine autoinjectors to the camp or issue a prescription for them in the name of the camp; (2) Obtaining a prescriber-issued protocol that includes definitive orders for epinephrine autoinjectors and the dosages of epinephrine to be administered through them. A camp that elects to procure epinephrine autoinjectors under this section is encouraged to maintain at least two epinephrine autoinjectors at all times. (B) A camp that elects to procure epinephrine autoinjectors under this section shall adopt a policy governing their maintenance and use. Before adopting the policy, the camp shall consult with a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs. (C) The policy adopted under division (B) of this section shall do all of the following: (1) Identify the one or more locations in which an epinephrine autoinjector must be stored; (2) Specify the conditions under which an epinephrine autoinjector must be stored, replaced, and disposed; (3) Specify the individuals employed by or under contract with the camp who may access and use an epinephrine autoinjector to provide a dosage of epinephrine to an individual in an emergency situation identified under division (C)(5) of this section; (4) Specify any training that employees or contractors specified under division (C)(3) of this section must complete before being authorized to access and use an epinephrine autoinjector; (5) Identify the emergency situations, including when an individual exhibits signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis, in which employees or contractors specified under division (C)(3) of this section may access and use an epinephrine autoinjector; (6) Specify that assistance from an emergency medical service provider must be requested immediately after an epinephrine autoinjector is used; (7) Specify the individuals to whom a dosage of epinephrine may be administered through an epinephrine autoinjector in an emergency situation specified under division (C)(5) of this section. (D)(1) The following are not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from an act or omission associated with procuring, maintaining, accessing, or using an epinephrine autoinjector under this section, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct: (a) A camp; (b) A camp employee or contractor; (c) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who personally furnishes or prescribes epinephrine autoinjectors, provides a consultation, or issues a protocol pursuant to this section. (2) This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a camp or camp employee or contractor or licensed health professional may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state. (E) A camp may accept donations of epinephrine autoinjectors from a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, and may accept donations of money from any person to purchase epinephrine autoinjectors. (F) A camp that elects to procure epinephrine autoinjectors under this section shall report to the department of children and youth each procurement and occurrence in which an epinephrine autoinjector is used from a camp's supply of epinephrine autoinjectors. (G) As used in this section, "licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs" and "prescriber" have the same meanings as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.17
§ 5153.17. Maintenance of records
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Each public children services agency shall prepare and keep written records of all of the following: (1) Investigations of families, children, and foster homes; (2) The care, training, and treatment afforded to children; (3) Such other records as are required by the department of children and youth. (B) Records under division (A) of this section shall be confidential, but, except as provided by division (B) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code, shall be open to inspection by the following: (1) The agency, the director of children and youth, and the director of the county department of job and family services, and by other persons upon the written permission of the executive director; (2) Upon request to an agency and subject to division (C) of this section, an adult who was formerly placed in foster care. (C)(1) With regard to an adult under division (B)(2) of this section, records subject to inspection include those pertaining to the adult's time placed in foster care. Records may include medical, mental health, school, and legal records and a comprehensive summary of reasons why the adult was placed in foster care. (2) The executive director or the director's designee may redact information that is specific to other individuals if that information does not directly pertain to the requesting adult's records that are subject to inspection under division (C)(1) of this section or the comprehensive summary of reasons why the adult was placed in foster care. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5147.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5147 / § 5147.13
§ 5147.13. Prisoners in workhouses or jails may be employed to manufacture articles for public institutions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Persons confined in any workhouse or jail may be employed in the manufacture of articles used by any department or public institution belonging to or controlled by the political subdivisions supporting or contributing to the support of any such workhouse or jail or to any political subdivision of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.06
§ 5163.06. Optional eligibility groups
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The medicaid program shall cover all of the following optional eligibility groups: (A) The group consisting of children placed with adoptive parents who are specified in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VIII) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VIII); (B) Subject to section 5163.061 of the Revised Code, the group consisting of women during pregnancy and the maximum postpartum period permitted under 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e) beginning on the last day of the pregnancy, infants, and children who are specified in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(IX) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(IX); (C) The group consisting of employed individuals with disabilities who are specified in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) (XIII) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A) (ii)(XIII); (D) Subject to sections 5163.09 to 5163.098 of the Revised Code, the group consisting of employed individuals with disabilities who are specified in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV); (E) Subject to sections 5163.09 to 5163.098 of the Revised Code, the group consisting of employed individuals with medically improved disabilities who are specified in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVI) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVI); (F) The group consisting of independent foster care adolescents who are specified in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVII) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVII); (G) The group consisting of women in need of treatment for breast or cervical cancer who are specified in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII). Last updated October 6, 2023 at 12:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.45
§ 5139.45. Office of quality assurance and improvement
Status: in_force

April 4, 2023 Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Quality assurance committee" means a committee that is appointed in the central office of the department of youth services by the director of youth services, a committee appointed at an institution by the managing officer of the institution, or a duly authorized subcommittee of that nature and that is designated to carry out quality assurance program activities. (2) "Institution" means a state facility that is created by the general assembly and that is under the management and control of the department of youth services or a private entity with which the department has contracted for the institutional care and custody of felony delinquents. (3) "Quality assurance program" means a comprehensive program within the department of youth services to systematically review and improve the quality of comprehensive services, including but not limited to, medical and mental health services within the department and the department's institutions, the safety and security of persons receiving care and services within the department and the department's institutions, and the efficiency and effectiveness of the utilization of staff and resources in the delivery of services within the department and the department's institutions. (4) "Quality assurance program activities" means the activities of a quality assurance committee, of persons who provide, collect, or compile information and reports required by a quality assurance committee, and of persons who receive, review, or implement the recommendations made by a quality assurance committee. "Quality assurance program activities" include, but are not limited to, credentialing, infection control, utilization review including access to patient care, patient care assessments, medical and mental health records, medical and mental health resource management, mortality and morbidity review, identification and prevention of medical or mental health incidents and risks, and other comprehensive service activities whether performed by a quality assurance committee or by persons who are directed by a quality assurance committee. (5) "Quality assurance record" means the proceedings, records, minutes, and reports that result from quality assurance program activities. "Quality assurance record" does not include aggregate statistical information that does not disclose the identity of persons receiving or providing services in institutions. (B) The director of the department of youth services shall appoint a central office quality assurance committee consisting of staff members from relevant divisions within the department. The managing officer of an institution may appoint an institutional quality assurance committee. (C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (F) of this section, quality assurance records are confidential and are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall be used only in the course of the proper functions of a quality assurance program. (2) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, no person who possesses or has access to quality assurance records and who knows that the records are quality assurance records shall willfully disclose the contents of the records to any person or entity. (D)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (F) of this section, a quality assurance record is not subject to discovery and is not admissible as evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding. (2) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, no member of a quality assurance committee or person who is performing a function that is part of a quality assurance program shall be permitted or required to testify in a judicial or administrative proceeding with respect to a quality assurance record or with respect to any finding, recommendation, evaluation, opinion, or other action taken by the committee, member, or person. (3) Information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources shall not be unavailable for discovery or inadmissible as evidence in a judicial or administrative proceeding under division (D)(1) of this section merely because they were presented to a quality assurance committee. No person testifying before a quality assurance committee or person who is a member of a quality assurance committee shall be prohibited from testifying as to matters within the person's knowledge, but the person shall not be asked about an opinion formed by the person as a result of the quality assurance committee proceedings. (E)(1) A person who, without malice and in the reasonable belief that the information is warranted by the facts known to the person, provides information to a person engaged in quality assurance program activities is not liable for damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property as a result of providing the information. (2) A member of a quality assurance committee, a person engaged in quality assurance program activities, or an employee of the department of youth services shall not be liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property for any acts, omissions, decisions, or other conduct within the scope of the functions of the quality assurance program. (3) Nothing in this section shall relieve any institution from liability arising from the treatment of a patient. (F) Quality assurance records may be disclosed, and testimony may be provided concerning quality assurance records, only to the following persons or entities or under the following circumstances: (1) Persons who are employed or retained by the department of youth services and who have the authority to evaluate or implement the recommendations of a quality assurance committee; (2) Public or private agencies or organizations if needed to perform a licensing or accreditation function related to institutions or to perform monitoring of institutions as required by law; (3) A governmental board or agency, a professional health care society or organization, or a professional standards review organization, if the records or testimony are needed to perform licensing, credentialing, or monitoring of professional standards with respect to medical or mental health professionals employed or retained by the department; (4) A criminal or civil law enforcement agency or public health agency charged by law with the protection of public health or safety, if a qualified representative of the agency makes a written request stating that the records or testimony are necessary for a purpose authorized by law; (5) In a judicial or administrative proceeding commenced by an entity described in division (F)(3) or (4) of this section for a purpose described in that division but only with respect to the subject of the proceedings. (G) A disclosure of quality assurance records pursuant to division (F) of this section does not otherwise waive the confidential and privileged status of the disclosed quality assurance records. The names and other identifying information regarding individual patients or employees of a quality assurance committee contained in a quality assurance record shall be redacted from the record prior to the disclosure of the record unless the identity of an individual is necessary for the purpose for which the disclosure is being made and does not constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Last updated March 8, 2023 at 1:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.164 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.164
§ 5123.164. Renewal of supported living certificate
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly Except as provided in sections 5123.166 and 5123.169 of the Revised Code, the director of developmental disabilities shall renew a supported living certificate if the certificate holder follows the renewal process established in rules adopted under section 5123.1611 of the Revised Code, continues to meet the applicable certification standards established in those rules, and pays the renewal fee established in those rules.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.911 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.911
§ 5164.911. Integrated care delivery system evaluation
Status: in_force

March 20, 2014 Senate Bill 206 - 130th General Assembly (A) If the medicaid director implements the integrated care delivery system and except as provided in division (C) of this section, the director shall annually evaluate all of the following: (1) The health outcomes of ICDS participants; (2) How changes to the administration of the ICDS affect all of the following: (a) Claims processing; (b) The appeals process; (c) The number of reassessments requested; (d) Prior authorization requests for services. (3) The provider panel selection process used by medicaid managed care organizations participating in the ICDS. (B) When conducting an evaluation under division (A) of this section, the director shall do all of the following: (1) For the purpose of division (A)(1) of this section, do both of the following: (a) Compare the health outcomes of ICDS participants to the health outcomes of individuals who are not ICDS participants; (b) Use both of the following: (i) A control group consisting of ICDS participants who receive health care services from providers not participating in ICDS; (ii) A control group consisting of ICDS participants who receive health care services from alternative providers that are not part of a participating medicaid managed care organization's provider panel but provide health care services in the geographic service area in which ICDS participants receive health care services. (2) For the purpose of division (A)(2) of this section, do all of the following: (a) To the extent the data is available, use data from all of the following: (i) The fee-for-service component of the medicaid program; (ii) Medicaid managed care organizations; (iii) Managed care organizations participating in the medicare advantage program established under Part C of Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1395w-21 et seq. (b) Identify all of the following: (i) Changes in the amount of time it takes to process claims and the number of claims denied and the reasons for the changes; (ii) The impact that changes to the administration of the ICDS had on the appeals process and number of reassessments requested; (iii) The number of prior authorization denials that were overturned and the reasons for the overturned denials. (3) Require medicaid managed care organizations participating in the ICDS to submit to the director any data the director needs for the evaluation. (C) The director is not required to conduct an evaluation under this section for a year if the same evaluation is conducted for that year by an organization under contract with the United States department of health and human services. Last updated May 6, 2021 at 5:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.192 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.192
§ 5124.192. Acuity groups for purpose of assigning case-mix scores
Status: in_force

July 1, 2018 House Bill 24 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The department of developmental disabilities shall establish six acuity groups for the purpose of assigning case-mix scores to ICF/IID residents. An ICF/IID resident's case-mix score shall be the score of the resident's acuity group as specified in rules authorized by this section. (B) The department shall place each ICF/IID resident into one of the acuity groups. In determining which acuity group an ICF/IID resident is to be placed into, the department shall do all of the following: (1) In accordance with rules authorized by this section and using the most recent resident assessment data for the ICF/IID resident available to the department, calculate for the resident an assessment score for each of the medical, behavioral, and adaptive skills domains on the resident assessment instrument used to compile or revise assessment data for ICF/IID residents under section 5124.191 of the Revised Code; (2) For each of the ICF/IID resident's domain assessment scores and using values specified in rules authorized by this section, assign the following points: (a) If the resident's assessment score for the domain is more than one standard deviation above the mean assessment score for the domain for all ICF/IID residents as of December 31, 2017, one point; (b) If the resident's assessment score for the domain is more than one-half standard deviation above the mean assessment score for the domain for all ICF/IID residents as of December 31, 2017, and not more than one standard deviation above that mean, two points; (c) If the resident's assessment score for the domain is more than the mean assessment score for the domain for all ICF/IID residents as of December 31, 2017, and not more than one-half standard deviation above that mean, three points; (d) If the resident's assessment score for the domain is not more than the mean assessment score for the domain for all ICF/IID residents as of December 31, 2017, and not more than one-half standard deviation below that mean, four points; (e) If the resident's assessment score for the domain is more than one-half standard deviation below the mean assessment score for the domain for all ICF/IID residents as of December 31, 2017, and not more than one standard deviation below that mean, five points; (f) If the resident's assessment score for the domain is more than one standard deviation below the mean assessment score for the domain for all ICF/IID residents as of December 31, 2017, six points. (3) Using the following weights, determine the weighted sum of the points assigned under division (B)(2) of this section to each of the ICF/IID resident's domain assessment scores and round the weighted sum to the nearest whole number: (a) Points assigned to the resident's assessment score for the medical domain shall be weighted at thirty-five per cent. (b) Points assigned to the resident's assessment score for the behavioral domain shall be weighted at thirty per cent. (c) Points assigned to the resident's assessment score for the adaptive skills domain shall be weighted at thirty-five per cent. (4) Place the ICF/IID resident into the following acuity group: (a) If the resident's weighted sum of points is five or lower, group one; (b) If the resident's weighted sum of points is at least six and not more than eight, group two; (c) If the resident's weighted sum of points is nine or ten, group three; (d) If the resident's weighted sum of points is eleven or twelve, group four; (e) If the resident's weighted sum of points is at least thirteen and not more than fifteen, group five; (f) If the resident's weighted sum of points is sixteen or higher, group six. (C)(1) The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section, including rules that do all of the following: (a) Subject to division (C)(2) of this section, specify case-mix scores for each acuity group established under this section; (b) Prescribe a methodology for calculating assessment scores for the medical, behavioral, and adaptive skills domains on the resident assessment instrument used to compile or revise assessment data of ICF/IID residents under section 5124.191 of the Revised Code; (c) Specify values to be used in assigning points to domain assessment scores. (2) The case-mix score specified for an acuity group shall be based on relative resource use by ICF/IID residents who are placed in the group and were included in a time study of ICF/IID residents performed by the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.10
§ 5139.10. Final discharges ends control by department
Status: in_force

November 24, 1981 House Bill 440 - 114th General Assembly Unless the child has already received a final discharge, the control by the department of youth services of a child committed as a delinquent shall cease when the child reaches the age of twenty-one years.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.45
§ 5153.45. Removal - vacancy
Status: in_force

September 14, 1957 House Bill 927 - 102nd General Assembly The joint board of county commissioners organized under section 5153.36 of the Revised Code may remove any trustee appointed under section 5153.39 of the Revised Code, but no such removal shall be made on account of the religious or political opinion of such trustee. The trustee appointed to fill any vacancy shall hold his office for the unexpired term of his predecessor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.254 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.254
§ 5126.254. Report of improper conduct investigation kept in personnel file
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The superintendent of each county board of developmental disabilities shall require that the reports of any investigation by the board of an employee regarding whether the employee has committed an act or offense for which the superintendent is required to make a report to the superintendent of public instruction under section 5126.253 of the Revised Code be kept in the employee's personnel file. If, after an investigation under division (A) of section 3319.311 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of public instruction determines that the results of that investigation do not warrant initiating action under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of the county board shall require the reports of the board's investigation to be moved from the employee's personnel file to a separate public file.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.236 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.236
§ 5103.236. Jurisdiction of court
Status: in_force

May 14, 2008 House Bill 214 - 127th General Assembly Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution in another state pursuant to Article VI of the interstate compact on the placement of children and shall retain jurisdiction as provided in Article V thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.70
§ 5101.70. Emergency order
Status: in_force

September 29, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Upon petition by the county department of job and family services, the department's designee, or the county prosecutor, the court may issue an order authorizing the provision of protective services on an emergency basis to an adult. The petition for any emergency order shall include all of the following: (1) The name, age, and address of the adult in need of protective services; (2) The nature of the emergency; (3) The proposed protective services; (4) The petitioner's reasonable belief, together with facts supportive thereof, as to the existence of the circumstances described in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of this section; (5) Facts showing the petitioner's attempts to obtain the adult's consent to the protective services. (B) Notice of the filing and contents of the petition provided for in division (A) of this section, the rights of the person in the hearing provided for in division (C) of this section, and the possible consequences of a court order, shall be given to the adult. Notice shall also be given to the spouse of the adult or, if the adult has none, to the adult's adult children or next of kin, and the adult's guardian, if any, if the guardian's whereabouts are known. The notice shall be given in language reasonably understandable to its recipients at least twenty-four hours prior to the hearing provided for in this section. The court may waive the twenty-four hours' notice requirement upon a showing that both of the following are the case: (1) Immediate and irreparable physical harm or immediate and irreparable financial harm to the adult or others will result from the twenty-four hour delay; (2) Reasonable attempts have been made to notify the adult, the adult's spouse, or, if the adult has none, the adult's adult children or next of kin, if any, and the adult's guardian, if any, if the guardian's whereabouts are known. Notice of the court's determination shall be given to all persons receiving notice of the filing of the petition provided for in this division. (C) Upon receipt of a petition for an order for emergency services, the court shall hold a hearing no sooner than twenty-four and no later than seventy-two hours after the notice provided for in division (B) of this section has been given, unless the court has waived the notice. The adult who is the subject of the petition shall have the right to be present at the hearing, present evidence, and examine and cross-examine witnesses. (D) The court shall issue an order authorizing the provision of protective services on an emergency basis if it finds, on the basis of clear and convincing evidence, all of the following: (1) The adult is an incapacitated person; (2) An emergency exists; (3) No person authorized by law or court order to give consent for the adult is available or willing to consent to emergency services. (E) In issuing an emergency order, the court shall adhere to the following limitations: (1) The court shall order only such protective services as are necessary and available locally to remove the conditions creating the emergency, and the court shall specifically designate those protective services the adult shall receive; (2) The court shall not order any change of residence under this section unless the court specifically finds that a change of residence is necessary; (3) The court may order emergency services only for fourteen days. The county department, the department's designee, or the county prosecutor may petition the court for a renewal of the order for a fourteen-day period upon a showing that continuation of the order is necessary to remove the emergency. (4) In its order the court shall authorize the director of the county department, the director's designee, or a representative of the department's designee to give consent for the person for the approved emergency services until the expiration of the order; (5) The court shall not order a person to a hospital or public hospital as defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. (F) If the county department or its designee determines that the adult continues to need protective services after the order provided for in division (D) of this section has expired, the county department, the department's designee, or the county prosecutor may petition the court for an order to continue protective services, pursuant to section 5101.68 of the Revised Code. After the filing of the petition, the county department or its designee may continue to provide protective services pending a hearing by the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.15
§ 5153.15. Vesting powers in single county agency
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly The powers and duties enumerated in sections 5153.16 to 5153.19 of the Revised Code, with respect to the care of children, needing or likely to need public care or services, shall be vested in a single agency of county government, namely, a county department of job and family services or a county children services board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.61
§ 5164.61. Scope of available remedies for recovery of excess payments
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The authority, under state and federal law, of the department of medicaid or a county department of job and family services to recover excess medicaid payments made to a medicaid provider is not limited by the availability of remedies under sections 5162.21 and 5162.23 of the Revised Code for recovering benefits paid on behalf of medicaid recipients.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.173 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.173
§ 5167.173. Community health worker services or services provided by public health nurse
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Board of health" means the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code. (2) "Certified community health worker" has the same meaning as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Community health worker services" means the services described in section 4723.81 of the Revised Code. (4) "Public health nurse" means a registered nurse employed or contracted by a board of health. (5) "Qualified community hub" means a central clearinghouse for a network of community care coordination agencies that meets all of the following criteria: (a) Demonstrates to the director of health that it uses an evidenced-based, pay-for-performance community care coordination model (endorsed by the federal agency for healthcare research and quality, the national institutes of health, and the centers for medicare and medicaid services or their successors) or uses certified community health workers or public health nurses to connect at-risk individuals to health, housing, transportation, employment, education, and other social services; (b) Is a board of health or demonstrates to the director of health that it has achieved, or is engaged in achieving, certification from a national hub certification program; (c) Has a plan, approved by the medicaid director, specifying how the board of health or community hub ensures that children served by it receive appropriate developmental screenings as specified in the publication titled "Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents," available from the American academy of pediatrics, as well as appropriate early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services. (B) Each medicaid managed care organization shall provide to an enrollee who meets the criteria in division (C) of this section, or arrange for the enrollee to receive, both of the following services provided by a certified community health worker or public health nurse, as applicable, who is employed by, or works under a contract with, a qualified community hub: (1) Community health worker services or services provided by a public health nurse; (2) Other services that are not community health worker services or services provided by a public health nurse but are performed for the purpose of ensuring that the enrollee is linked to employment services, housing, educational services, social services, or medically necessary physical and behavioral health services. (C) An enrollee qualifies to receive the services specified in division (B) of this section if the enrollee is pregnant or capable of becoming pregnant, resides in a community served by a qualified community hub, and has been recommended to receive the services by a physician, public health nurse, or another licensed health professional specified in rules adopted under division (D) of this section. (D) The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5167.02 of the Revised Code specifying the licensed health professionals, in addition to physicians and public health nurses, who may recommend that an enrollee receive the services specified in division (B) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.608 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.608
§ 5103.608. Infant eligibility for residential infant care center placement
Status: in_force

June 13, 2022 House Bill 265 - 134th General Assembly An infant is eligible to be placed in a residential infant care center if one of the following applies: (A) The infant was born substance exposed and requires additional care. (B) The infant's parent or caretaker requires additional education and support services regarding care for the infant. (C) A public children services agency or private child placing agency requires additional time to determine placement of the infant. Last updated March 21, 2022 at 4:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.051
§ 5123.051. Payment agreements with providers
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) If the department of developmental disabilities determines pursuant to an audit conducted under section 5123.05 of the Revised Code that money is owed the state by a provider of a service or program, the department may enter into a payment agreement with the provider. The agreement shall include the following: (1) A schedule of installment payments whereby the money owed the state is to be paid in full within a period not to exceed one year; (2) A provision that the provider may pay the entire balance owed at any time during the term of the agreement; (3) A provision that if any installment is not paid in full within forty-five days after it is due, the entire balance owed is immediately due and payable; (4) Any other terms and conditions that are agreed to by the department and the provider. (B) The department may include a provision in a payment agreement that requires the provider to pay interest on the money owed the state. The department, in its discretion, shall determine whether to require the payment of interest and, if it so requires, the rate of interest. Neither the obligation to pay interest nor the rate of interest is subject to negotiation between the department and the provider. (C) If the provider fails to pay any installment in full within forty-five days after its due date, the department shall certify the entire balance owed to the attorney general for collection under section 131.02 of the Revised Code. The department may withhold funds from payments made to a provider under section 5123.18 of the Revised Code to satisfy a judgment secured by the attorney general.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.421 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.421
§ 5120.421. Visitor searches
Status: in_force

March 31, 2003 House Bill 510 - 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Body cavity search" means an inspection of the anal or vaginal cavity of a person that is conducted visually, manually, by means of any instrument, apparatus, or object, or in any other manner. (2) "Deadly weapon" and "dangerous ordnance" have the same meanings as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (3) "Drug of abuse" has the same meaning as in section 3719.011 of the Revised Code. (4) "Intoxicating liquor" has the same meaning as in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code. (5) "Strip search" means an inspection of the genitalia, buttocks, breasts, or undergarments of a person that is preceded by the removal or rearrangement of some or all of the person's clothing that directly covers the person's genitalia, buttocks, breasts, or undergarments and that is conducted visually, manually, by means of any instrument, apparatus, or object, or in any other manner. (B) For purposes of determining whether visitors to an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction are knowingly conveying, or attempting to convey, onto the grounds of the institution any deadly weapon, dangerous ordnance, drug of abuse, intoxicating liquor, or electronic communications device in violation of section 2921.36 of the Revised Code, the department may adopt rules, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that are consistent with this section. (C) For the purposes described in division (B) of this section, visitors who are entering or have entered an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction may be searched by the use of a magnetometer or similar device, by a pat-down of the visitor's person that is conducted by a person of the same sex as that of the visitor, and by an examination of the contents of pockets, bags, purses, packages, and other containers proposed to be conveyed or already conveyed onto the grounds of the institution. Searches of visitors authorized by this division may be conducted without cause, but shall be conducted uniformly or by automatic random selection. Discriminatory or arbitrary selection searches of visitors are prohibited under this division. (D) For the purposes described in division (B) of this section, visitors who are entering or have entered an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction may be searched by a strip or body cavity search, but only under the circumstances described in this division. In order for a strip or body cavity search to be conducted of a visitor, the highest officer present in the institution shall expressly authorize the search on the basis of a reasonable suspicion, based on specific objective facts and reasonable inferences drawn from those facts in the light of experience, that a visitor proposed to be so searched possesses, and intends to convey or already has conveyed, a deadly weapon, dangerous ordnance, drug of abuse, intoxicating liquor, or electronic communications device onto the grounds of the institution in violation of section 2921.36 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in this division, prior to the conduct of the strip or body cavity search, the highest officer present in the institution shall cause the visitor to be provided with a written statement that sets forth the specific objective facts upon which the proposed search is based. In the case of an emergency under which time constraints make it impossible to prepare the written statement before the conduct of the proposed search, the highest officer in the institution instead shall cause the visitor to be orally informed of the specific objective facts upon which the proposed search is based prior to its conduct, and shall cause the preparation of the written statement and its provision to the visitor within twenty-four hours after the conduct of the search. Both the highest officer present in the institution and the visitor shall retain a copy of a written statement provided in accordance with this division. Any strip or body cavity search conducted pursuant to this division shall be conducted in a private setting by a person of the same sex as that of the visitor. Any body cavity search conducted under this division additionally shall be conducted by medical personnel. This division does not preclude, and shall not be construed as precluding, a less intrusive search as authorized by division (C) of this section when reasonable suspicion as described in this division exists for a strip or body cavity search.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.05
§ 5107.05. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The director of job and family services shall adopt rules to implement this chapter. The rules shall be consistent with Title IV-A, Title IV-D, 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 waivers granted by the United States secretary. Rules governing eligibility, program participation, and other applicant and participant requirements shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Rules governing financial and other administrative requirements applicable to the department of job and family services and county departments of job and family services shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. (A) The rules shall specify, establish, or govern all of the following: (1) A payment standard for Ohio works first based on federal and state appropriations that is increased in accordance with section 5107.04 of the Revised Code; (2) For the purpose of section 5107.04 of the Revised Code, the method of determining the amount of cash assistance an assistance group receives under Ohio works first; (3) Requirements for initial and continued eligibility for Ohio works first, including requirements regarding income, citizenship, age, residence, and assistance group composition; (4) For the purpose of section 5107.12 of the Revised Code, application and verification procedures, including the minimum information an application must contain; (5) The extent to which a participant of Ohio works first must notify, pursuant to section 5107.12 of the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services of additional income not previously reported to the county department; (6) For the purpose of section 5107.16 of the Revised Code, both of the following: (a) Standards for the determination of good cause for failure or refusal to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract; (b) The compliance activities a member of an assistance group must complete for the member to be considered to have ceased to fail or refuse to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract. (7) The department of job and family services providing written notice of a sanction under section 5107.161 of the Revised Code; (8) For the purpose of division (B) of section 5107.17 of the Revised Code, the circumstances under which the adult member of an assistance group or an assistance group's minor head of household whose failure or refusal, without good cause, to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract causes a sanction under section 5107.16 of the Revised Code must enter into a new, or amend an existing, self-sufficiency contract before the assistance group may resume participation in Ohio works first following the sanction; (9) Requirements for the collection and distribution of support payments owed participants of Ohio works first pursuant to section 5107.20 of the Revised Code; (10) For the purpose of section 5107.22 of the Revised Code, what constitutes cooperating in establishing a minor child's paternity or establishing, modifying, or enforcing a child support order and good cause for failure or refusal to cooperate; (11) The requirements governing the LEAP program, including the definitions of "equivalent of a high school diploma" and "good cause," and the incentives provided under the LEAP program; (12) If the director implements section 5107.301 of the Revised Code, the requirements governing the award provided under that section, including the form that the award is to take and requirements an individual must satisfy to receive the award; (13) Circumstances under which a county department of job and family services may exempt a minor head of household or adult from participating in a work activity or developmental activity for all or some of the weekly hours otherwise required by section 5107.43 of the Revised Code. (14) The maximum amount of time the department will subsidize positions created by state agencies and political subdivisions under division (C) of section 5107.52 of the Revised Code; (15) The implementation of sections 5107.71 to 5107.717 of the Revised Code by county departments of job and family services; (16) A domestic violence screening process to be used for the purpose of division (A) of section 5107.71 of the Revised Code; (17) The minimum frequency with which county departments of job and family services must redetermine a member of an assistance group's need for a waiver issued under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code; (18) Requirements for work activities, developmental activities, and alternative work activities for Ohio works first participants. (B) The rules adopted under division (A)(3) of this section regarding income shall specify what is countable income, gross earned income, and gross unearned income for the purpose of section 5107.10 of the Revised Code. The rules also shall specify the amount of an assistance group's gross earned income that is to be disregarded for the purpose of division (D)(3) of section 5107.10 of the Revised Code. The rules adopted under division (A)(10) of this section shall be consistent with 42 U.S.C. 654(29). The rules adopted under division (A)(13) of this section shall specify that the circumstances include that a school or place of work is closed due to a holiday or weather or other emergency and that an employer grants the minor head of household or adult leave for illness or earned vacation. (C) The rules may provide that a county department of job and family services is not required to take action under section 5107.76 of the Revised Code to recover an erroneous payment under circumstances the rules specify.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.395 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.395
§ 5119.395. Prohibition against advertising without being certified or accredited
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Beginning January 1, 2025, no person or government entity shall advertise or represent any residence or other building to be a recovery housing residence, sober living home, or any other alcohol and drug free housing for persons recovering from alcohol use disorder or drug addiction unless the residence or building meets either of the following conditions: (1) The residence or building is on the registry established and maintained under section 5119.394 of the Revised Code; (2) The residence or building is regulated by the department of rehabilitation and correction under section 2967.14 of the Revised Code. (B) If the director of behavioral health determines that a person or government entity is violating division (A) of this section, the director may request, in writing, that the attorney general petition the court of common pleas of the county where the person or government entity is operating the residence or other building to enjoin that person or government entity from engaging in the conduct that violates division (A) of this section. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.50
§ 5126.50. Standards for residential facility linked deposit program
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly If the board of county commissioners adopts a resolution under sections 135.801 and 135.802 of the Revised Code implementing a residential facility linked deposit program, the county board of developmental disabilities shall adopt a resolution that does all of the following: (A) Establishes standards for its review of applications and its approval or disapproval of proposed residential facilities under section 5126.55 of the Revised Code; (B) Prescribes the form of applications under section 5126.54 of the Revised Code; (C) Establishes standards for approval or disapproval of applications for linked deposit loans under section 5126.58 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.163 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.163
§ 5103.163. Resource family bill of rights
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish and enforce a resource family bill of rights for resource families providing care for individuals who are in the custody or care and placement of an agency that provides Title IV-E reimbursable services pursuant to sections 5103.03 to 5103.181 of the Revised Code. (B) If the rights of the resource family conflict with the rights of the individual established by section 2151.316 of the Revised Code, division (B) of section 2151.316 of the Revised Code shall apply. (C) The rights established by rules under this section shall not create grounds for a civil action against the department, the recommending agency, or the custodial agency. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.271 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.271
§ 5122.271. Consent to treatment
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), and (E) of this section, the chief clinical officer or, in a nonpublic hospital, the attending physician responsible for a patient's care shall provide all information, including expected physical and medical consequences, necessary to enable any patient of a hospital for persons with mental illnesses to give a fully informed, intelligent, and knowing consent, the opportunity to consult with independent specialists and counsel, and the right to refuse consent for any of the following: (1) Surgery; (2) Convulsive therapy; (3) Major aversive interventions; (4) Sterilizations; (5) Any unusually hazardous treatment procedures; (6) Psycho-surgery. (B) No patient shall be subjected to any of the procedures listed in divisions (A)(4) to (6) of this section until both the patient's informed, intelligent, and knowing consent and the approval of the court have been obtained, except that court approval is not required for a legally competent and voluntary patient in a nonpublic hospital. (C) If, after providing the information required under division (A) of this section to the patient, the chief clinical officer or attending physician concludes that a patient is physically or mentally unable to receive the information required for surgery under division (A)(1) of this section, or has been adjudicated incompetent, the information may be provided to the patient's natural or court-appointed guardian, who may give an informed, intelligent, and knowing written consent. If a patient is physically or mentally unable to receive the information required for surgery under division (A)(1) of this section and has no guardian, the information, the recommendation of the chief clinical officer, and the concurring judgment of a licensed physician who is not a full-time employee of the state may be provided to the court in the county in which the hospital is located, which may approve the surgery. Before approving the surgery, the court shall notify the Ohio protection and advocacy system created by section 5123.60 of the Revised Code, and shall notify the patient of the rights to consult with counsel, to have counsel appointed by the court if the patient is indigent, and to contest the recommendation of the chief clinical officer. (D) If, in a medical emergency, and after providing the information required under division (A) of this section to the patient, it is the judgment of one licensed physician that delay in obtaining surgery would create a grave danger to the health of the patient, it may be administered without the consent of the patient or the patient's guardian if the necessary information is provided to the patient's spouse or next of kin to enable that person to give informed, intelligent, and knowing written consent. If no spouse or next of kin can reasonably be contacted, or if the spouse or next of kin is contacted, but refuses to consent, the surgery may be performed upon the written authorization of the chief clinical officer or, in a nonpublic hospital, upon the written authorization of the attending physician responsible for the patient's care, and after the approval of the court has been obtained. However, if delay in obtaining court approval would create a grave danger to the life of the patient, the chief clinical officer or, in a nonpublic hospital, the attending physician responsible for the patient's care may authorize surgery, in writing, without court approval. If the surgery is authorized without court approval, the chief clinical officer or the attending physician who made the authorization and the physician who performed the surgery shall each execute an affidavit describing the circumstances constituting the emergency and warranting the surgery and the circumstances warranting their not obtaining prior court approval. The affidavit shall be filed with the court with which the request for prior approval would have been filed within five court days after the surgery, and a copy of the affidavit shall be placed in the patient's file and be given to the guardian, spouse, or next of kin of the patient, to the hospital at which the surgery was performed, and to the Ohio protection and advocacy system as defined in section 5123.60 of the Revised Code. (E) Major aversive interventions shall not be used unless a patient continues to engage in behavior destructive to self or others after other forms of therapy have been attempted. Major aversive interventions may be applied if approved by the director of mental health and addiction services. Major aversive interventions shall not be applied to a voluntary patient without the informed, intelligent, and knowing written consent of the patient or the patient's guardian. (F) Unless there is substantial risk of physical harm to self or others, or other than under division (D) of this section, this chapter does not authorize any form of compulsory medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment of any patient who is being treated by spiritual means through prayer alone in accordance with a recognized religious method of healing without specific court authorization. (G) For purposes of this section, "convulsive therapy" does not include defibrillation. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.131
§ 5103.131. Federal grant application for children's crisis care facilities
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of children and youth may apply to the United States secretary of health and human services for a federal grant under the "Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act," 42 U.S.C. 5116, and the "Family First Prevention Services Act," 42 U.S.C. 50711, 50723, and 50741, to assist children's crisis care facilities certified under section 5103.13 of the Revised Code in providing temporary residential and other care to preteens. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.103 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.103
§ 5165.103. Completion 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 5165.104 of the Revised Code and in accordance with the guidelines established under that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.80
§ 5165.80. Transfer of residents to other appropriate care settings
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Whenever a nursing facility is closed under sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 of the Revised Code, the department of medicaid or contracting agency shall arrange for the safe and orderly transfer of all residents, including residents who are not medicaid eligible residents, to other appropriate care settings. Whenever a nursing facility's participation in the medicaid program is terminated under sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 of the Revised Code, the department or agency shall arrange for the safe and orderly transfer of all medicaid eligible residents or, if the termination results in the closure of the facility, of all residents. The provider and all persons involved in the facility's operation shall cooperate with and assist in the transfer of residents. (B) After a nursing facility's participation in the medicaid program is terminated under section 5165.71 , 5165.72 , 5165.77 , 5165.771 , or 5165.85 of the Revised Code, the department of medicaid or contracting agency may appoint a temporary manager subject to the continuing consent of the provider, or may apply to the common pleas court of the county in which the facility is located for such injunctive relief as is necessary for the appointment of a special master, to ensure the transfer of medicaid eligible residents to other appropriate care settings and, if applicable, the orderly closure of the facility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.514 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.514
§ 5165.514. Exiting operator deemed operator pending change
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly In the case of a change of operator, the exiting operator shall be considered to be the operator of the nursing facility for purposes of the medicaid program, including medicaid payments, until the effective date of the entering operator's provider agreement if the provider agreement is entered into under section 5165.511 or 5165.512 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.27
§ 5155.27. Medical care contract
Status: in_force

April 29, 2005 House Bill 239 - 125th General Assembly The board of county commissioners or operator may contract with one or more competent physicians to furnish medical relief and medicines necessary for the residents of the county home, but no contract shall extend beyond one year. Medical statistics shall be kept by the facility. Those statistics shall show the nature and extent of the services rendered, to whom they were rendered, and the character of the diseases treated. The board or operator may discharge any such physician for proper cause. No medical relief shall be furnished by the county to persons in their own homes, except for persons who are not residents of the state or county for one year, or of a township or city for three months, and except under section 5155.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.19
§ 5139.19. Managing officers of institutions
Status: in_force

July 1, 1983 House Bill 291 - 115th General Assembly Subject to the rules of the department of youth services, each institution and community regional office under the jurisdiction of the department shall be under the control of a managing officer to be known as a superintendent or by other appropriate title. Such managing officer shall be appointed by the director of the department and shall be in the unclassified service and serve at the pleasure of the director. Each managing officer appointed under this section may, subject to the approval of the director, appoint an assistant managing officer and deputy managing officers, all of whom shall be in the unclassified civil service. Subject to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code, the director shall appoint the necessary employees and may remove such employees for cause.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.77 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.77
§ 5165.77. Emergency remedies
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) If the department of health finds during a survey that an emergency exists at a nursing facility, as the result of a deficiency or cluster of deficiencies that creates immediate jeopardy, the department of medicaid or a contracting agency shall impose one or more of the remedies described in division (A)(1) of this section and, in addition, may take one or both of the actions described in division (A)(2) of this section. (1) The department or agency shall impose one or more of the following remedies: (a) Appoint, subject to the continuing consent of the provider, a temporary manager of the facility; (b) Apply to the common pleas court of the county in which the facility is located for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or such other injunctive or equitable relief as is necessary to close the facility, transfer one or more residents to other nursing facilities or other appropriate care settings, or otherwise eliminate the condition of immediate jeopardy. If the court grants such an order, injunction, or relief, it may appoint a special master empowered to implement the court's judgment under the court's direct supervision. (c) Issue an order terminating the facility's participation in the medicaid program; (d) Regardless of whether the provider consents, appoint a temporary manager of the facility. (2) The department or agency may do one or both of the following: (a) Issue an order denying medicaid payments to the facility for all medicaid eligible residents admitted after the effective date of the order; (b) Impose remedies under sections 5165.72 to 5165.74 of the Revised Code appropriate to the severity and scope of the deficiency or cluster of deficiencies, except that the department or agency shall not impose a fine for the same deficiency for which the department or agency has issued an order under division (A)(2)(a) of this section. (B) If the department of health, department of medicaid, or a contracting agency finds on the basis of a survey or other visit to the facility by representatives of that department or agency that an emergency exists at a facility that is not the result of a deficiency or cluster of deficiencies that constitutes immediate jeopardy, the department of medicaid or contracting agency may do either of the following: (1) Appoint, subject to the continuing consent of the provider, a temporary manager of the facility; (2) Apply to the common pleas court of the county in which the facility is located for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or such other injunctive or equitable relief as is necessary to close the facility, transfer one or more residents to other nursing facilities or other appropriate care settings, or otherwise eliminate the emergency. If the court grants such an order, injunction, or relief, it may appoint a special master empowered to implement the court's judgment under the court's direct supervision. (C)(1) Prior to acting under division (A)(1)(b), (c), (d), or (2), or (B)(2) of this section, the department of medicaid or contracting agency shall give written notice to the facility specifying all of the following: (a) The nature of the emergency, including the nature of any deficiency or deficiencies that caused the emergency; (b) The nature of the action the department or agency intends to take unless the department of health determines that the facility, in the absence of state intervention, possesses the capacity to eliminate the emergency; (c) The rationale for taking the action. (2) If the department of health determines that the facility does not possess the capacity to eliminate the emergency in the absence of state intervention, the department of medicaid or contracting agency may immediately take action under division (A) or (B) of this section. If the department of health determines that the facility possesses the capacity to eliminate the emergency, the department of medicaid or contracting agency shall direct the facility to eliminate the emergency within five days after the facility's receipt of the notice. At the end of the five-day period, the department of health shall conduct a follow-up survey that focuses on the emergency. If the department of health determines that the facility has eliminated the emergency within the time period, the department of medicaid or contracting agency shall not act under division (A)(1)(b), (c), (d), or (2)(a), or (B)(2) of this section. If the department of health determines that the facility has failed to eliminate the emergency within the five-day period, the department of medicaid or contracting agency shall take appropriate action under division (A)(1)(b), (c), (d), or (2), or (B)(2) of this section. (3) Until the written notice required by division (C)(1) of this section is actually delivered, no action taken by the department of medicaid or contracting agency under division (A)(1)(b), (c), (d), or (2), or (B)(2) of this section shall have any legal effect. In addition to the written notice, the department of health survey team shall give oral notice to the facility, at the time of the survey, concerning any recommendations the survey team intends to make that could form the basis of a determination that an emergency exists. (D) The department of medicaid or contracting agency shall deliver a written order issued under division (A)(1) of this section terminating a nursing facility's participation in the medicaid program to the facility within five days after the exit interview. If the facility alleges, at any time prior to the later of the twentieth day after the exit interview or the fifteenth day after it receives the order, that the condition of immediate jeopardy for which the order was issued has been eliminated, the department of health shall conduct a follow-up survey to determine whether the immediate jeopardy has been eliminated. The order shall take effect and the facility's participation shall terminate on the twentieth day after the exit interview, unless the facility has eliminated the immediate jeopardy or did not receive notice from the department of medicaid or contracting agency within five days after the exit interview. In the latter case, the order shall take effect and the facility's participation shall terminate on the fifteenth day after the facility received the order. (E) Any action taken by the department of medicaid or a contracting agency under division (A)(1)(c), (d), or (2)(a) of this section is subject to appeal under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that the department or agency may take such action prior to and during the pendency of any proceeding under that chapter. No action taken by a facility under division (C) of this section to eliminate an emergency cited by the department of health shall be considered an admission by the facility of the existence of an emergency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.10
§ 5119.10. Director of behavioral health powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The director of behavioral health is the chief executive and appointing authority of the department of behavioral health. The director may organize the department for its efficient operation, including creating divisions or offices as necessary. The director may establish procedures for the governance of the department, conduct of its employees and officers, performance of its business, and custody, use, and preservation of departmental records, papers, books, documents, and property. Whenever the Revised Code imposes a duty upon or requires an action of the department or any of its institutions, the director or the director's designee shall perform the action or duty in the name of the department, except that the medical director appointed pursuant to section 5119.11 of the Revised Code shall be responsible for decisions relating to medical diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, quality assurance, and the clinical aspects of the following: licensure of hospitals and residential facilities, research, community addiction and mental health plans, and certification and delivery of addiction services and mental health services. (B) The director shall: (1) Adopt rules for the proper execution of the powers and duties of the department with respect to the institutions under its control, and require the performance of additional duties by the officers of the institutions as necessary to fully meet the requirements, intents, and purposes of this chapter. In case of an apparent conflict between the powers conferred upon any managing officer and those conferred by such sections upon the department, the presumption shall be conclusive in favor of the department. (2) Adopt rules for the nonpartisan management of the institutions under the department's control. An officer or employee of the department or any officer or employee of any institution under its control who, by solicitation or otherwise, exerts influence directly or indirectly to induce any other officer or employee of the department or any of its institutions to adopt the exerting officer's or employee's political views or to favor any particular person, issue, or candidate for office shall be removed from the exerting officer's or employee's office or position, by the department in case of an officer or employee, and by the governor in case of the director. (3) Appoint such employees, including the medical director, as are necessary for the efficient conduct of the department, and prescribe their titles and duties; (4) Prescribe the forms of affidavits, applications, medical certificates, orders of hospitalization and release, and all other forms, reports, and records that are required in the hospitalization or admission and release of all persons to the institutions under the control of the department, or are otherwise required under this chapter or Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code; (5) Exercise the powers and perform the duties relating to addiction and mental health facilities, addiction services, mental health services, 9-8-8 suicide and crisis response, and recovery supports that are assigned to the director under this chapter and Chapter 340. of the Revised Code; (6) Develop and implement clinical evaluation and monitoring of services that are operated by the department; (7) Adopt rules establishing standards for the performance of evaluations by a forensic center or other psychiatric program or facility of the mental condition of defendants ordered by the court under section 2919.271 , or 2945.371 of the Revised Code, and for the treatment of defendants who have been found incompetent to stand trial and ordered by the court under section 2945.38 , 2945.39 , 2945.401 , or 2945.402 of the Revised Code to receive treatment in facilities; (8) On behalf of the department, have the authority and responsibility for entering into contracts and other agreements with providers, agencies, institutions, and other entities, both public and private, as necessary for the department to carry out its duties under this chapter and Chapters 340., 2919., 2945., and 5122. of the Revised Code. Chapter 125. of the Revised Code does not apply to contracts the director enters into under this section for addiction services, mental health services, or recovery supports provided to individuals who have an addiction or mental illness by providers, agencies, institutions, and other entities not owned or operated by the department. (9) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying the supplemental services that may be provided through a trust authorized by section 5815.28 of the Revised Code; (10) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards for the maintenance and distribution to a beneficiary of assets of a trust authorized by section 5815.28 of the Revised Code. (C) The director may contract with hospitals licensed by the department under section 5119.33 of the Revised Code for the care and treatment of patients with mental illnesses, or with persons, organizations, or agencies for the custody, evaluation, supervision, care, or treatment of persons with mental illnesses receiving services elsewhere than within the enclosure of a hospital operated under section 5119.14 of the Revised Code. Last updated December 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.13
§ 5162.13. Annual report
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) On or before the first day of January of each year, the department of medicaid shall complete a report on the effectiveness of the medicaid program in meeting the health care needs of low-income pregnant women, infants, and children. The report shall include all of the following, delineated by race and ethnic group: (1) The estimated number of pregnant women, infants, and children eligible for the program; (2) The actual number of eligible persons enrolled in the program; (3) The actual number of enrolled pregnant women categorized by estimated gestational age at time of enrollment; (4) The average number of days between the following events: (a) A pregnant woman's application for medicaid and enrollment in the fee-for-service component of medicaid; (b) A pregnant woman's application for enrollment in a medicaid managed care organization and enrollment in the managed care organization. The information described in divisions (A)(4)(a) and (b) of this section shall also be delineated by county and the urban and rural communities specified in rules adopted under section 3701.142 of the Revised Code. (5) The number of prenatal, postpartum, and child health visits; (6) The estimated number of enrolled women of child-bearing age who use a tobacco product; (7) The estimated number of enrolled women of child-bearing age who participate in a tobacco cessation program or who use a tobacco cessation product; (8) The rates at which enrolled pregnant women receive addiction or mental health services, progesterone therapy, and any other service specified by the department; (9) A report on birth outcomes, including a comparison of low-birthweight births and infant mortality rates of medicaid recipients with the general female child-bearing and infant population in this state; (10) A comparison of the prenatal, delivery, and child health costs of the program with such costs of similar programs in other states, where available; (11) A report on performance data generated by the component of the state innovation model (SIM) grant pertaining to episode-based payments for perinatal care that was awarded to this state by the center for medicare and medicaid innovation in the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services; (12) A report on funds allocated for infant mortality reduction initiatives in the urban and rural communities specified in rules adopted under section 3701.142 of the Revised Code; (13) A report on the results of client responses to questions related to pregnancy services and healthcheck that are asked by the personnel of county departments of job and family services; (14) A comparison of the performance of the fee-for-service component of medicaid with the performance of each medicaid managed care organization on perinatal health metrics; (15) A report demonstrating cost savings resulting from program investments; (16) Beginning two years after April 30, 2024, a report on the medicaid coverage of doula services required by section 5164.071 of the Revised Code, including: (a) Outcomes related to maternal health and maternal morbidity; (b) Infant health outcomes; (c) The average costs of providing doula services to mothers and infants; (d) Estimated cost increases or savings as a result of providing doula coverage. (B) The department shall submit the report to the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code. The department also shall make the report available to the public. (C) The department shall provide to the legislative service commission a copy of the data used to calculate the information required in the report under division (A)(16) of this section. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.31
§ 5155.31. Closing of home - subsequent care
Status: in_force

April 29, 2005 House Bill 239 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "county nursing home" means a facility that is owned and operated by the county or, if the board of county commissioners has transferred operational authority of the county home to a board of county hospital trustees, is operated by the board of county hospital trustees and that is used for the reception and care of individuals who by reason of illness or physical or mental impairment require skilled nursing care and of individuals who require personal assistance, as "mental impairment," "skilled nursing care," and "personal assistance" are defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Whenever the buildings of a county home or a county nursing home have become unsuitable for habitation, or whenever the population of a county home or a county nursing home is too small for economical and efficient operation, or for any other reason made of record, the board of county commissioners may close the home or sell it to a third party, and provide for the care of its residents and of other persons afterwards determined eligible for county care by housing them in another county home, a home licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code, or private homes within the county that the board considers proper, and upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the boards of the respective counties. (C) Whenever the board of county commissioners closes a county home or a county nursing home pursuant to division (B) of this section, the board may lease the county home to an individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation for the establishment of a home licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code. Any lease granted under this division and any renewals of it shall not be for a longer period than five years. The form of any lease shall be approved by the prosecuting attorney.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.35
§ 5160.35. Recovery of medical support definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in sections 5160.35 to 5160.43 of the Revised Code: (A) "Information" means all of the following: (1) An individual's name, address, date of birth, and social security number; (2) The group or plan number, or other identifier, assigned by a third party to a policy held by an individual or a plan in which the individual participates and the nature of the coverage; (3) Any other data the medicaid director specifies in rules authorized by section 5160.43 of the Revised Code. (B) "Medical support" means support specified as support for the purpose of medical care by order of a court or administrative agency. (C)(1) Subject to division (C)(2) of this section, and except as provided in division (C)(3) of this section, "third party" means all of the following: (a) A person authorized to engage in the business of sickness and accident insurance under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code; (b) A person or governmental entity providing coverage for medical services or items to individuals on a self-insurance basis; (c) A health insuring corporation as defined in section 1751.01 of the Revised Code; (d) A group health plan as defined in 29 U.S.C. 1167; (e) A service benefit plan as referenced in 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25); (f) A managed care organization; (g) A pharmacy benefit manager; (h) A third party administrator; (i) Any other person or governmental entity that is, by law, contract, or agreement, responsible for the payment or processing of a claim for a medical item or service for a medical assistance recipient. (2) Except when otherwise provided by the "Social Security Act," section 1862(b), 42 U.S.C. 1395y(b), a person or governmental entity listed in division (C)(1) of this section is a third party even if the person or governmental entity limits or excludes payments for a medical item or service in the case of a public assistance recipient. (3) "Third party" does not include the program for children and youth with special health care needs established under section 3701.023 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 11:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.03
§ 5164.03. Mandatory and optional services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The medicaid program shall cover all mandatory services. (B) The medicaid program shall cover all of the optional services that state statutes require the medicaid program to cover. (C) The medicaid program may cover any of the optional services to which either of the following applies: (1) State statutes expressly permit the medicaid program to cover the optional service; (2) State statutes do not address whether the medicaid program may cover the optional service. (D) The medicaid program shall not cover any optional services that state statutes prohibit the medicaid program from covering.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.84 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.84
§ 5165.84. Order denying payment when deficiency is not corrected within time limits
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The department of medicaid or a contracting agency shall issue an order denying medicaid payments to a nursing facility for all medicaid eligible residents admitted to the facility on or after the effective date of the order, if the facility has failed to substantially correct within ninety days after the exit interview a deficiency or cluster of deficiencies in accordance with the plan of correction it submitted under section 5165.69 of the Revised Code, as determined by the department of health on the basis of a follow-up survey. (B) The department of medicaid or contracting agency shall issue an order denying medicaid payments to a nursing facility for all medicaid eligible residents admitted to the facility on or after the effective date of the order, if during three consecutive standard surveys conducted after December 13, 1990, the department of health has found a condition of substandard care in a facility. (C) An order issued under division (A) or (B) of this section shall take effect on the later of the date the facility receives the order or the date the public notice required under division (F) of section 5165.82 of the Revised Code is published. The order is subject to appeal under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code; however the order may take effect prior to or during the pendency of any hearing under that chapter. In that case, the department or agency shall provide the facility an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with section 5165.87 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.0510 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.0510
§ 5103.0510. Residential facility 24-hour emergency on-call procedure
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly Each operator of a residential facility shall establish a twenty-four-hour emergency on-call procedure to respond to contact from hospitals, law enforcement officers, and first responders regarding emergencies involving a child under the care and supervision of the facility. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.05
§ 5101.05. Appointing employees
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly The director of job and family services may appoint such employees as are necessary for the efficient operation of the department of job and family services. The director may prescribe the title and duties of the employees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.58
§ 5123.58. Nomination of protective services agency as guardian, trustee or protector
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly An agency providing protective services under contract with the department of developmental disabilities may be nominated under any of the following conditions as guardian, trustee, protector, conservator, or as trustee and protector of a person with a developmental disability: (A) The person who needs or believes the person needs protective service may make application in writing. (B) Any interested person may make application in writing on behalf of a person with a developmental disability. (C) A parent may name the department or agency as guardian or successor guardian in a will. (D) A parent may name the department or agency as guardian, trustee, or protector, to assume such duties during the parent's lifetime. If the results of the comprehensive evaluation required under section 5123.57 of the Revised Code indicate that the person named in the nomination is in need of protective services, the agency or service either shall reject or accept the nomination as guardian, trustee, or conservator, subject to appointment by the probate court, or reject or accept the nomination as protector, or trustee and protector. At the time the nomination is accepted or when an appointment is made by the court, the person with a developmental disability and any person who made application for service on behalf of the person with a developmental disability under this section shall be informed by the agency, service, or court of the procedure for terminating the appointment or service. The agency or service shall cease to provide protective service as a protector pursuant to nomination under division (A), (B), or (D) of this section when a written request for termination is received by the agency from or on behalf of the person with a developmental disability. If the agency or service believes the person to be in need of protective service, the agency or service may file an application for guardianship, trusteeship, or protectorship with the probate court. Termination of any court appointment as guardian, trustee, or protector shall be by order of the probate court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.374 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.374
§ 5123.374. Rescission of approval of application
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of developmental disabilities may rescind approval of an application submitted under section 5123.37 of the Revised Code if either of the following occurs: (1) The county board of developmental disabilities or private, nonprofit agency that submitted the application fails, on or before the deadline or, if any, the last extended deadline established under section 5123.372 of the Revised Code for the county board or agency, to notify the director that the county board or agency is ready to acquire the replacement facility. (2) The county board or agency at any time notifies the director that the county board or agency no longer intends to acquire a replacement facility. (B) If the director rescinds approval of an application, the director shall use any funds the county board or agency paid to the director under section 5123.371 of the Revised Code to assist developmental disabilities construction projects under section 5123.36 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.162 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.162
§ 5101.162. Reimbursing county expenditures for county administration of food stamps or medicaid
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Subject to available federal funds and appropriations made by the general assembly, the department of job and family services may, at its sole discretion, use available federal funds to reimburse county expenditures for county administration of the supplemental nutrition assistance program or medicaid (excluding administrative expenditures for transportation services covered by the medicaid program) even though the county expenditures meet or exceed the maximum allowable reimbursement amount established by rules adopted under section 5101.161 of the Revised Code. The director of job and family services may adopt internal management rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to implement this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.07
§ 5162.07. Federal approval for permissive components not required
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The medicaid director shall seek federal approval for all components, and aspects of components, of the medicaid program for which federal approval is needed, except that the director is permitted rather than required to seek federal approval for components, and aspects of components, that state statutes permit rather than require be implemented. Federal approval shall be sought in the following forms as appropriate: (A) The medicaid state plan; (B) Amendments to the medicaid state plan; (C) Federal medicaid waivers; (D) Amendments to federal medicaid waivers; (E) Other types of federal approval, including demonstration grants.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.71
§ 5165.71. Deficiencies not substantially corrected
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) If the department of health cites a deficiency or deficiencies that was not substantially corrected before a survey and that does not constitute a severity level four finding or create immediate jeopardy, the department of medicaid or a contracting agency shall permit the nursing facility to continue participating in the medicaid program for up to six months after the exit interview, if all of the following apply: (1) The facility meets the requirements, established in regulations issued by the United States secretary of health and human services under Title XIX for certification of nursing facilities that have a deficiency. (2) The department of health has approved a plan of correction submitted by the facility under section 5165.69 of the Revised Code for each deficiency. (3) The provider agrees to repay the department of medicaid, in accordance with section 5165.85 of the Revised Code, the federal share of all payments made by the department to the facility during the six-month period following the exit interview if the facility does not within the six-month period substantially correct the deficiency or deficiencies in accordance with the plan of correction submitted under section 5165.69 of the Revised Code. (B) If any of the conditions in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section do not apply, the department of medicaid or contracting agency shall issue an order terminating the facility's participation in the medicaid program. An order issued under this division is subject to appeal under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The order shall not take effect prior to the later of the thirtieth day after it is delivered to the facility or, if the order is appealed, the date on which a final adjudication order upholding the termination becomes effective pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C) At the time the department of medicaid or contracting agency issues an order under division (B) of this section terminating a nursing facility's participation in the medicaid program, it may also impose, subject to section 5165.76 of the Revised Code, other remedies under sections 5165.72 to 5165.74 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.16
§ 5122.16. Hospital care or treatment by veterans' administration or other U.S. agency
Status: in_force

August 26, 1976 House Bill 244 - 111th General Assembly If a person, ordered to be hospitalized pursuant to section 5122.15 of the Revised Code, is eligible for hospital care or treatment by the veterans' administration or other agency of the United States government, such hospitalization may be ordered to those facilities provided by section 5905.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.20
§ 5167.20. Reference by managed care organization to noncontracting participant
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, when a medicaid managed care organization refers an enrollee to receive services, other than emergency services provided on or after January 1, 2007, at a hospital that participates in the medicaid program but is not under contract with the organization, the hospital shall provide the service for which the referral was made and shall accept from the organization, as payment in full, the amount derived from the payment rate used by the department of medicaid to pay other hospitals of the same type for providing the same service to a medicaid recipient who is not enrolled in a medicaid MCO plan. (B) A hospital is not subject to division (A) of this section if all of the following are the case: (1) The hospital is located in a county in which participants in the care management system are required before January 1, 2006, to be enrolled in a medicaid MCO plan; (2) The hospital has entered into a contract before January 1, 2006, with at least one health insuring corporation serving the participants specified in division (B)(1) of this section; (3) The hospital remains under contract with at least one health insuring corporation serving participants in the care management system who are required to be enrolled in a medicaid MCO plan. (C) The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5167.02 of the Revised Code specifying the circumstances under which a medicaid managed care organization is permitted to refer an enrollee to a hospital that is not under contract with the organization.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.84 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.84
§ 5119.84. 9-8-8 fund
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 211 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the 9-8-8 fund. The fund shall consist of all money from the following sources: (1) Appropriations made by the general assembly; (2) Money awarded to the state by donation, gift, or bequest, and other money received for purposes of this section; (3) Interest or other earnings on the fund. (B) Money in the fund shall be used to oversee and administer the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system. Last updated February 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.07
§ 5124.07. Department provider agreements; contents
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in section 5124.072 of the Revised Code, the department of medicaid shall enter into a provider agreement with an ICF/IID operator who applies, and is eligible, for the provider agreement. (B) A provider agreement shall require the department of developmental disabilities, pursuant to its agreement with the department of medicaid under section 5124.02 of the Revised Code, to make medicaid payments to the provider in accordance with this chapter for ICF/IID services the ICF/IID provides to its residents who are medicaid recipients eligible for ICF/IID services. (C) A provider agreement shall require the provider to do all of the following: (1) Maintain eligibility for the provider agreement as provided in section 5124.06 of the Revised Code; (2) Keep records relating to a cost reporting period for the greater of seven years after the cost report is filed or, if the department of developmental disabilities issues an audit report in accordance with section 5124.109 of the Revised Code, six years after all appeal rights relating to the audit report are exhausted; (3) File reports as the department of developmental disabilities requires; (4) Open all records relating to the costs of the ICF/IID's services for inspection and audit by the department of developmental disabilities; (5) Open its premises for inspection by the department of developmental disabilities, department of health, and any other state or local authority having authority to inspect; (6) Supply to the department of developmental disabilities such information as it requires concerning the ICF/IID's services to residents who are, or are eligible to be, medicaid recipients; (7) Comply with section 5124.08 of the Revised Code. (D) A provider agreement may contain other provisions that are consistent with law and considered necessary by the department of medicaid or the department of developmental disabilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.78 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.78
§ 5168.78. Documentation
Status: in_force

June 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The department of medicaid may request that a health insuring corporation provide the department documentation the department needs to verify the amount of the franchise fees imposed on the health insuring corporation plans administered by the corporation and to ensure the corporation's compliance with sections 5168.75 to 5168.86 of the Revised Code. On receipt of the request, the health insuring corporation shall provide the department the requested documentation. The department also may review relevant documentation possessed by other entities for the purpose of making such verifications.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.43
§ 5107.43. Placement in assigned activity
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly (A) After a minor head of household or adult is assigned to a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity under section 5107.42 of the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services shall place the minor head of household or adult in the assigned activity as soon as the activity becomes available. (B)(1) Except as provided in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code, a minor head of household or adult placed in one or more work activities or developmental activities shall participate in the activities at least the following number of hours each week as determined by the county department: (a) In the case of a minor head of household or adult in an assistance group that includes only one adult, thirty hours; (b) In the case of adults in an assistance group that includes two adults, thirty-five hours between the two adults. (2) Of the hours specified in division (B)(1) of this section, a minor head of household or adult shall participate in one or more work activities at least twenty hours a week. After the minor head of household or adult has participated in a work activity established under section 5107.58 of the Revised Code for one thousand forty hours, the minor head of household or adult may not participate in that work activity for more than five hours a week. The minor head of household or adult may participate in one or more developmental activities for up to ten hours a week, including a developmental activity that is identical to a work activity established under section 5107.58 of the Revised Code. (3) If a minor head of household or adult and county department agree, the minor head of household or adult may volunteer to participate in work activities and developmental activities for more than the number of weekly hours the county department determines under division (B)(1) of this section. (C) A minor head of household or adult placed in one or more alternative work activities shall participate in the activities a number of hours each week a county department determines.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.99
§ 5101.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 5101.27 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of section 5101.63 or division (C)(2) of section 5101.631 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.70
§ 5168.70. Investigation; enforcement
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities may make any investigation it considers appropriate to obtain information necessary to fulfill its duties under sections 5168.60 to 5168.71 of the Revised Code. At the request of the department, the attorney general shall aid in any such investigations. The attorney general shall institute and prosecute all necessary actions for the enforcement of sections 5168.60 to 5168.71 of the Revised Code, except that at the request of the attorney general, the county prosecutor of the county in which an ICF/IID that has failed to comply with those sections is located shall institute and prosecute any necessary action against the ICF/IID.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.221 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.221
§ 5123.221. Cultivating land - purchases from other institutions
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities shall determine and direct what lands belonging to institutions under its control shall be cultivated. The department of agriculture, the department of health, and the Ohio state university shall cooperate with the department of developmental disabilities, and the managing officer of each institution mentioned in section 5123.03 of the Revised Code, in making such cooperative tests as are necessary to determine the quality, strength, and purity of supplies, the value and use of farm lands, or the conditions and needs of mechanical equipment. The department may direct the purchase of any materials, supplies, or other articles for any institution subject to its jurisdiction from any other such institution at the reasonable market value, such value to be fixed by the department, and payments therefor shall be made as between institutions in the manner provided for payment for supplies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.25
§ 5164.25. Recipient with developmental disability who is eligible for medicaid case management services
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly The departments of developmental disabilities and medicaid may approve, reduce, deny, or terminate a medicaid service included in the individual service plan developed for a medicaid recipient with a developmental disability who is eligible for medicaid case management services. If either department approves, reduces, denies, or terminates a service, that department shall timely notify the medicaid recipient that the recipient may appeal pursuant to section 5160.31 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.60
§ 5168.60. Definitions for R.C. 5168.60 to 5168.71
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly As used in sections 5168.60 to 5168.71 of the Revised Code: (A) Unless modified under division (C)(2) of section 5168.61 of the Revised Code, "franchise permit fee rate" means the following: (1) For fiscal year 2020, twenty-three dollars and ninety-five cents; (2) For fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, twenty-four dollars and eighty-nine cents. (B) "Indirect guarantee percentage" means the percentage specified in the "Social Security Act," section 1903(w)(4)(C)(ii), 42 U.S.C. 1396b(w)(4)(C)(ii), that is to be used in determining whether a class of providers is indirectly held harmless for any portion of the costs of a broad-based health-care-related tax. If the indirect guarantee percentage changes during a fiscal year, the indirect guarantee percentage is the following: (1) For the part of the fiscal year before the change takes effect, the percentage in effect before the change; (2) For the part of the fiscal year beginning with the date the indirect guarantee percentage changes, the new percentage. (C) "ICF/IID" has the same meaning as in section 5124.01 of the Revised Code. (D) Except as provided in division (B) of section 5168.62 of the Revised Code, "inpatient days" has the same meaning as in section 5124.01 of the Revised Code. (E) "Medicaid-certified capacity" has the same meaning as in section 5124.01 of the Revised Code. (F) "Provider agreement" has the same meaning as in section 5124.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 8, 2021 at 5:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.0218 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.0218
§ 5126.0218. Eligibility of removed member for reappointment
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly A member of a county board of developmental disabilities who is removed from the county board is ineligible for reappointment to the board for not less than one year. The appointing authority shall specify the time during which the member is ineligible for reappointment. If the member is removed under division (A)(5) of section 5126.0213 of the Revised Code, the county board shall specify the training the member must complete before being eligible for reappointment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.101
§ 5139.101. Transitional services program
Status: in_force

April 4, 2023 Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly (A) The department of youth services, in coordination with any other agencies deemed necessary, may develop a program to assist a youth leaving the supervision, control, and custody of the department at twenty-one years of age. The program shall provide supportive services for specific educational or rehabilitative purposes, under conditions agreed upon by both the department and the youth and terminable by either. Services shall cease not later than when the youth reaches twenty-two years of age and shall not be construed as extending control of a child beyond discharge as described in section 5139.10 of the Revised Code. (B) The services provided by the program shall be offered to the youth prior to the youth's discharge date, but a youth may request and the department shall consider any such request for the services described up to ninety days after the youth's effective date of discharge, even if the youth has previously declined services. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.09
§ 5163.09. Medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program
Status: in_force

March 20, 2014 Senate Bill 206 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 5163.09 to 5163.098 of the Revised Code: "Applicant" means an individual who applies to participate in the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program. "Earned income" has the meaning established by rules authorized by section 5163.098 of the Revised Code. "Employed individual with a medically improved disability" has the same meaning as in the "Social Security Act," section 1905(v), 42 U.S.C. 1396d(v). "Family" means an applicant or participant and the spouse and dependent children of the applicant or participant. If an applicant or participant is under eighteen years of age, "family" also means the parents of the applicant or participant. "Health insurance" has the meaning established by rules authorized by section 5163.098 of the Revised Code. "Income" means earned income and unearned income. "Participant" means an individual who has been determined eligible for the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program and is participating in the program. "Resources" has the meaning established by rules authorized by section 5163.098 of the Revised Code. "Spouse" has the meaning established by rules authorized by section 5163.098 of the Revised Code. "Unearned income" has the meaning established by rules authorized by section 5163.098 of the Revised Code. (B) The medicaid program's coverage of the optional eligibility groups specified in the "Social Security Act," section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV) and (XVI), 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV) and (XVI) shall be known as the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.137 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.137
§ 5162.137. Cost savings study
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Annually, the department of medicaid shall conduct a cost savings study of the medicaid program and prepare a report based on that study recommending measures to reduce costs under that program. The department shall submit its report to the governor. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 4:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.301 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.301
§ 5164.301. Medicaid provider agreements for physician assistants
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "group practice" has the same meaning as in section 4731.65 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of medicaid shall establish a process by which a physician assistant may enter into a provider agreement. (C)(1) Subject to division (C)(2) of this section, a claim for medicaid payment for a medicaid service provided by a physician assistant to a medicaid recipient may be submitted by the physician assistant who provided the service or the physician, group practice, clinic, or other health care facility that employs the physician assistant. (2) A claim for medicaid payment may be submitted by the physician assistant who provided the service only if the physician assistant has a valid provider agreement. When submitting the claim, the physician assistant shall use only the medicaid provider number the department has assigned to the physician assistant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.109 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.109
§ 5165.109. Audit
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of medicaid may conduct an audit, as defined in rules adopted under section 5165.02 of the Revised Code, of any cost report filed under section 5165.10 or 5165.522 of the Revised Code. The decision whether to conduct an audit and the scope of the audit, which may be a desk or field audit, may be determined based on prior performance of the provider, a risk analysis, or other evidence that gives the department reason to believe that the provider has reported costs improperly. A desk or field audit may be performed annually, but is required whenever a provider does not pass the risk analysis tolerance factors. (B) Audits shall be conducted by auditors under contract with the department, auditors working for firms under contract with the department, or auditors employed by the department. The department may establish a contract for the auditing of nursing facilities by outside firms. Each contract entered into by bidding shall be effective for one to two years. (C) The department shall notify a provider of the findings of an audit of a cost report by issuing an audit report. The audit report shall include notice of any fine imposed under section 5165.1010 of the Revised Code. The department shall issue the audit report not later than three years after the earlier of the following: (1) The date the cost report is filed; (2) The date a desk or field audit of the cost report or a cost report for a subsequent cost reporting period is completed. (D) The department shall prepare a written summary of any audit disallowance that is made after the effective date of the rate that is based on the cost. Where the provider is pursuing judicial or administrative remedies in good faith regarding the disallowance, the department shall not withhold from the provider's current payments any amounts the department claims to be due from the provider pursuant to section 5165.41 of the Revised Code. (E)(1) If an audit is conducted by an auditor under contract with the department, the audit shall be conducted in accordance with procedures agreed upon between the department and the auditor. (2) If an audit is conducted by the department, the department shall develop an audit plan or approach before the audit begins. The scope of the audit may change during the course of the audit based on observations and findings during the audit. (3) All of the following apply to each field audit conducted by an auditor under contract with the department: (a) During the period of the auditor's contract, firm's contract, or auditor's employment with the department, the auditor or firm does not have and is not committed to acquire any direct or indirect financial interest in the ownership, financing, or operation of nursing facilities in this state. (b) The auditor does not audit any provider that has been a client of the auditor or the auditor's firm. (c) The auditor is otherwise independent as determined by the standards of independence included in the government auditing standards produced by the United States government accountability office. Last updated October 5, 2023 at 3:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.18
§ 5101.18. Determining what payments shall be regarded or disregarded as income in determining aid
Status: in_force

December 31, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly When the director of job and family services adopts rules under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code regarding income requirements for the Ohio works first program, the director shall determine what payments shall be regarded or disregarded. In making this determination, the director shall consider: (A) The source of the payment; (B) The amount of the payment; (C) The purpose for which the payment was made; (D) Whether regarding the payment as income would be in the public interest; (E) Whether treating the payment as income would be detrimental to any of the programs administered in whole or in part by the department of job and family services and whether such determination would jeopardize the receipt of any federal grant or payment by the state or any receipt of aid under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.55
§ 5121.55. Department guidelines for cost of client support
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The cost for support of a client of state-operated community mental health services is an amount determined using guidelines the department of mental health and addiction services shall issue. The guidelines shall be based on cost findings and rate-settings applicable to such services. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.90
§ 5168.90. Quarterly report to LSC
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) At least quarterly, the medicaid director shall report to the legislative service commission both of the following: (1) The fee rates and the aggregate total of the fees assessed for each of the following: (a) The hospital assessment established under section 5168.21 of the Revised Code; (b) The nursing home and hospital long-term care unit franchise permit fee under section 5168.41 of the Revised Code; (c) The ICF/IID franchise permit fee under section 5168.61 of the Revised Code; (d) The health insuring corporation franchise fee under section 5168.76 of the Revised Code. (2) If there is a rate increase for any of the fee rates listed under division (A)(1) of this section pending before the centers for medicare and medicaid services. (B) The director may adopt rules under section 5162.02 of the Revised Code to compile and submit the reports required under this section, including rules, as authorized under section 5162.021 of the Revised Code, that specify the information that must be submitted to the director by the department of developmental disabilities regarding the ICF/IID franchise permit fee. Last updated August 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.50
§ 5168.50. Direct billing for franchise permit fee prohibited
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly No nursing home or hospital shall directly bill its residents for the franchise permit fee paid under section 5168.47 or 5168.48 of the Revised Code or otherwise directly pass the fee through to its residents.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.20
§ 5103.20. Interstate compact for placement of children adopted
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The interstate compact for the placement of children is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I. PURPOSE The purpose of this compact is to: (A) Provide a process through which children subject to this compact are placed in safe and suitable homes in a timely manner. (B) Facilitate ongoing supervision of a placement, the delivery of services, and communication between the states. (C) Provide operating procedures that will ensure that children are placed in safe and suitable homes in a timely manner. (D) Provide for the promulgation and enforcement of administrative rules implementing the provisions of this compact and regulating the covered activities of the member states. (E) Provide for uniform data collection and information sharing between member states under this compact. (F) Promote coordination between this compact, the Interstate Compacts for Juveniles, the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance and other compacts affecting the placement of and which provide services to children otherwise subject to this compact. (G) Provide for a state's continuing legal jurisdiction and responsibility for placement and care of a child that it would have had if the placement were intrastate. (H) Provide for the promulgation of guidelines, in collaboration with Indian tribes, for interstate cases involving Indian children as is or may be permitted by federal law. ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS As used in this compact: (A) "Approved placement" means the public child placing agency in the receiving state has determined after an assessment that the placement is both safe and suitable for the child. (B) "Assessment" means an evaluation of a prospective placement by a public child placing agency in the receiving state to determine if the placement meets the individualized needs of the child, including but not limited to the child's safety and stability, health and well-being, and mental, emotional, and physical development. An assessment is only applicable to a placement by a public child placing agency. (C) "Child" means an individual who has not attained the age of eighteen (18). (D) "Certification" means to attest, declare, or swear to before a judge or notary public. (E) "Default" means the failure of a member state to perform the obligations or responsibilities imposed upon it by this compact, the bylaws or rules of the Interstate Commission. (F) "Home study" means an evaluation of a home environment conducted in accordance with the applicable requirements of the state in which the home is located, and documents the preparation and the suitability of the placement resource for placement of a child in accordance with the laws and requirements of the state in which the home is located. (G) "Indian tribe" means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians recognized as eligible for services provided to Indians by the Secretary of the Interior because of their status as Indians, including any Alaskan native village as defined in section 3 (c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act at 43 USC section 1602(c). (H) "Interstate Commission for the Placement of Children" means the commission that is created under Article VIII of this compact and which is generally referred to as the Interstate Commission. (I) "Jurisdiction" means the power and authority of a court to hear and decide matters. (J) "Legal risk placement" ("legal risk adoption") means a placement made preliminary to an adoption where the prospective adoptive parents acknowledge in writing that a child can be ordered returned to the sending state or the birth mother's state of residence, if different from the sending state, and a final decree of adoption shall not be entered in any jurisdiction until all required consents are obtained or are dispensed with in accordance with applicable law. (K) "Member state" means a state that has enacted this compact. (L) "Non-custodial parent" means a person who, at the time of the commencement of court proceedings in the sending state, does not have sole legal custody of the child or has joint legal custody of a child, and who is not the subject of allegations or findings of child abuse or neglect. (M) "Non-member state" means a state which has not enacted this compact. (N) "Notice of residential placement" means information regarding a placement into a residential facility provided to the receiving state including, but not limited to the name, date, and place of birth of the child, the identity and address of the parent or legal guardian, evidence of authority to make the placement, and the name and address of the facility in which the child will be placed. Notice of residential placement shall also include information regarding a discharge and any unauthorized absence from the facility. (O) "Placement" means the act by a public or private child placing agency intended to arrange for the care or custody of a child in another state. (P) "Private child placing agency" means any private corporation, agency, foundation, institution, or charitable organization, or any private person or attorney that facilitates, causes, or is involved in the placement of a child from one state to another and that is not an instrumentality of the state or acting under color of state law. (Q) "Provisional placement" means a determination made by the public child placing agency in the receiving state that the proposed placement is safe and suitable, and, to the extent allowable, the receiving state has temporarily waived its standards or requirements otherwise applicable to prospective foster or adoptive parents so as to not delay the placement. Completion of the receiving state requirements regarding training for prospective foster or adoptive parents shall not delay an otherwise safe and suitable placement. (R) "Public child placing agency" means any government child welfare agency or child protection agency or a private entity under contract with such an agency, regardless of whether they act on behalf of a state, county, municipality, or other governmental unit and which facilitates, causes, or is involved in the placement of a child from one state to another. (S) "Receiving state" means the state to which a child is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought. (T) "Relative" means someone who is related to the child as a parent, step-parent, sibling by half or whole blood or by adoption, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or first cousin or a non-relative with such significant ties to the child that they may be regarded as relatives as determined by the court in the sending state. (U) "Residential Facility" means a facility providing a level of care that is sufficient to substitute for parental responsibility or foster care, and is beyond what is needed for assessment or treatment of an acute condition. For purposes of the compact, residential facilities do not include institutions primarily educational in character, hospitals, or other medical facilities. (V) "Rule" means a written directive, mandate, standard, or principle issued by the Interstate Commission promulgated pursuant to Article XI of this compact that is of general applicability and that implements, interprets or prescribes a policy or provision of the compact. "Rule" has the force and effect of an administrative rule in a member state, and includes the amendment, repeal, or suspension of an existing rule. (W) "Sending state" means the state from which the placement of a child is initiated. (X) "Service member's permanent duty station" means the military installation where an active duty Armed Services member is currently assigned and is physically located under competent orders that do not specify the duty as temporary. (Y) "Service member's state of legal residence" means the state in which the active duty Armed Services member is considered a resident for tax and voting purposes. (Z) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands and any other territory of the United States. (AA) "State court" means a judicial body of a state that is vested by law with responsibility for adjudicating cases involving abuse, neglect, deprivation, delinquency or status offenses of individuals who have not attained the age of eighteen (18). (BB) "Supervision" means monitoring provided by the receiving state once a child has been placed in a receiving state pursuant to this compact. ARTICLE III. APPLICABILITY (A) Except as otherwise provided in Article III, Section B, this compact shall apply to: (1) The interstate placement of a child subject to ongoing court jurisdiction in the sending state, due to allegations or findings that the child has been abused, neglected, or deprived as defined by the laws of the sending state, provided, however, that the placement of such a child into a residential facility shall only require notice of residential placement to the receiving state prior to placement. (2) The interstate placement of a child adjudicated delinquent or unmanageable based on the laws of the sending state and subject to ongoing court jurisdiction of the sending state if: (a) The child is being placed in a residential facility in another member state and is not covered under another compact; or (b) The child is being placed in another member state and the determination of safety and suitability of the placement and services required is not provided through another compact. (3) The interstate placement of any child by a public child placing agency or private child placing agency as defined in this compact as a preliminary step to a possible adoption. (B) The provisions of this compact shall not apply to: (1) The interstate placement of a child in a custody proceeding in which a public child placing agency is not a party, provided, the placement is not intended to effectuate an adoption. (2) The interstate placement of a child with a non-relative in a receiving state by a parent with the legal authority to make such a placement provided, however, that the placement is not intended to effectuate an adoption. (3) The interstate placement of a child by one relative with the lawful authority to make such a placement directly with a relative in a receiving state. (4) The placement of a child, not subject to Article III, Section A, into a residential facility by his parent. (5) The placement of a child with a non-custodial parent provided that: (a) The non-custodial parent proves to the satisfaction of a court in the sending state a substantial relationship with the child; and (b) The court in the sending state makes a written finding that placement with the non-custodial parent is in the best interests of the child; and (c) The court in the sending state dismisses its jurisdiction in interstate placements in which the public child placing agency is a party to the proceeding. (6) A child entering the United States from a foreign country for the purpose of adoption or leaving the United States to go to a foreign country for the purpose of adoption in that country. (7) Cases in which a U.S. citizen child living overseas with his family, at least one of whom is in the U.S. Armed Services, and who is stationed overseas, is removed and placed in a state. (8) The sending of a child by a public child placing agency or a private child placing agency for a visit as defined by the rules of the Interstate Commission. (C) For purposes of determining the applicability of this compact to the placement of a child with a family in the Armed Services, the public child placing agency or private child placing agency may choose the state of the service member's permanent duty station or the service member's declared legal residence. (D) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prohibit the concurrent application of the provisions of this compact with other applicable interstate compacts including the Interstate Compact for Juveniles and the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance. The Interstate Commission may in cooperation with other interstate compact commissions having responsibility for the interstate movement, placement or transfer of children, promulgate like rules to ensure the coordination of services, timely placement of children, and the reduction of unnecessary or duplicative administrative or procedural requirements. ARTICLE IV. JURISDICTION (A) Except as provided in Article IV, Section H and Article V, Section B, paragraph two and three concerning private and independent adoptions, and in interstate placements in which the public child placing agency is not a party to a custody proceeding, the sending state shall retain jurisdiction over a child with respect to all matters of custody and disposition of the child which it would have had if the child had remained in the sending state. Such jurisdiction shall also include the power to order the return of the child to the sending state. (B) When an issue of child protection or custody is brought before a court in the receiving state, such court shall confer with the court of the sending state to determine the most appropriate forum for adjudication. (C) In cases that are before courts and subject to this compact, the taking of testimony for hearings before any judicial officer may occur in person or by telephone, audio-video conference, or such other means as approved by the rules of the Interstate Commission; and judicial officers may communicate with other judicial officers and persons involved in the interstate process as may be permitted by their Canons of Judicial Conduct and any rules promulgated by the Interstate Commission. (D) In accordance with its own laws, the court in the sending state shall have authority to terminate its jurisdiction if: (1) The child is reunified with the parent in the receiving state who is the subject of allegations or findings of abuse or neglect, only with the concurrence of the public child placing agency in the receiving state; or (2) The child is adopted; or (3) The child reaches the age of majority under the laws of the sending state; or (4) The child achieves legal independence pursuant to the laws of the sending state; or (5) A guardianship is created by a court in the receiving state with the concurrence of the court in the sending state; or (6) An Indian tribe has petitioned for and received jurisdiction from the court in the sending state; or (7) The public child placing agency of the sending state requests termination and has obtained the concurrence of the public child placing agency in the receiving state. (E) When a sending state court terminates its jurisdiction, the receiving state child placing agency shall be notified. (F) Nothing in this article shall defeat a claim of jurisdiction by a receiving state court sufficient to deal with an act of truancy, delinquency, crime or behavior involving a child as defined by the laws of the receiving state committed by the child in the receiving state which would be a violation of its laws. (G) Nothing in this article shall limit the receiving state's ability to take emergency jurisdiction for the protection of the child. (H) The substantive laws of the state in which an adoption will be finalized shall solely govern all issues relating to the adoption of the child and the court in which the adoption proceeding is filed shall have subject matter jurisdiction regarding all substantive issues relating to the adoption except: (1) When the child is a ward of another court that established jurisdiction over the child prior to the placement; or (2) When the child is in the legal custody of a public agency in the sending state; or (3) When a court in the sending state has otherwise appropriately assumed jurisdiction over the child, prior to the submission of the request for approval of placement. (I) A final decree of adoption shall not be entered in any jurisdiction until the placement is authorized as an "approved placement" by the public child placing agency in the receiving state. ARTICLE V. ASSESSMENTS (A) Prior to sending, bringing, or causing a child to be sent or brought into a receiving state, the public child placing agency shall provide a written request for assessment to the receiving state. (B) For placements by a private child placing agency, a child may be sent or brought, or caused to be sent or brought, into a receiving state, upon receipt and immediate review of the required content in a request for approval of a placement in both the sending and receiving state public child placing agency. The required content to accompany a request for approval shall include all of the following: (1) A request for approval identifying the child, birth parent(s), the prospective adoptive parent(s), and the supervising agency, signed by the person requesting approval; and (2) The appropriate consents or relinquishments signed by the birth parents in accordance with the laws of the sending state, or, where permitted, the laws of the state where the adoption will be finalized; and (3) Certification by a licensed attorney or authorized agent of a private adoption agency that the consent or relinquishment is in compliance with the applicable laws of the sending state, or, where permitted, the laws of the state where finalization of the adoption will occur; and (4) A home study; and (5) An acknowledgment of legal risk signed by the prospective adoptive parents. (C) The sending state and the receiving state may request additional information or documents prior to finalization of an approved placement, but they may not delay travel by the prospective adoptive parents with the child if the required content for approval has been submitted, received, and reviewed by the public child placing agency in both the sending state and the receiving state. (D) Approval from the public child placing agency in the receiving state for a provisional or approved placement is required as provided for in the rules of the Interstate Commission. (E) The procedures for making and the request for an assessment shall contain all information and be in such form as provided for in the rules of the Interstate Commission. (F) Upon receipt of a request from the public child placing agency of the sending state, the receiving state shall initiate an assessment of the proposed placement to determine its safety and suitability. If the proposed placement is a placement with a relative, the public child placing agency of the sending state may request a determination for a provisional placement. (G) The public child placing agency in the receiving state may request from the public child placing agency or the private child placing agency in the sending state, and shall be entitled to receive supporting or additional information necessary to complete the assessment. (H) The public child placing agency in the receiving state shall approve a provisional placement and complete or arrange for the completion of the assessment within the timeframes established by the rules of the Interstate Commission. (I) For a placement by a private child placing agency, the sending state shall not impose any additional requirements to complete the home study that are not required by the receiving state, unless adoption is finalized in the sending state. (J) The Interstate Commission may develop uniform standards for the assessment of the safety and suitability of interstate placements. ARTICLE VI. PLACEMENT AUTHORITY (A) Except as otherwise provided in this compact, no child subject to this compact shall be placed into a receiving state until approval for such placement is obtained. (B) If the public child placing agency in the receiving state does not approve the proposed placement then the child shall not be placed. The receiving state shall provide written documentation of any such determination in accordance with the rules promulgated by the Interstate Commission. Such determination is not subject to judicial review in the sending state. (C) If the proposed placement is not approved, any interested party shall have standing to seek an administrative review of the receiving state's determination. (1) The administrative review and any further judicial review associated with the determination shall be conducted in the receiving state pursuant to its applicable Administrative Procedures Act. (2) If a determination not to approve the placement of the child in the receiving state is overturned upon review, the placement shall be deemed approved, provided however that all administrative or judicial remedies have been exhausted or the time for such remedies has passed. ARTICLE VII. STATE RESPONSIBILITY (A) For the interstate placement of a child made by a public child placing agency or state court: (1) The public child placing agency in the sending state shall have financial responsibility for: (a) The ongoing support and maintenance for the child during the period of the placement, unless otherwise provided for in the receiving state; and (b) As determined by the public child placing agency in the sending state, services for the child beyond the public services for which the child is eligible in the receiving state. (2) The receiving state shall only have financial responsibility for: (a) Any assessment conducted by the receiving state; and (b) Supervision conducted by the receiving state at the level necessary to support the placement as agreed upon by the public child placing agencies of the receiving and sending state. (3) Nothing in this provision shall prohibit public child placing agencies in the sending state from entering into agreements with licensed agencies or persons in the receiving state to conduct assessments and provide supervision. (B) For the placement of a child by a private child placing agency preliminary to a possible adoption, the private child placing agency shall be: (1) Legally responsible for the child during the period of placement as provided for in the law of the sending state until the finalization of the adoption. (2) Financially responsible for the child absent a contractual agreement to the contrary. (C) The public child placing agency in the receiving state shall provide timely assessments, as provided for in the rules of the Interstate Commission. (D) The public child placing agency in the receiving state shall provide, or arrange for the provision of, supervision and services for the child, including timely reports, during the period of the placement. (E) Nothing in this compact shall be construed as to limit the authority of the public child placing agency in the receiving state from contracting with a licensed agency or person in the receiving state for an assessment or the provision of supervision or services for the child or otherwise authorizing the provision of supervision or services by a licensed agency during the period of placement. (F) Each member state shall provide for coordination among its branches of government concerning the state's participation in, and compliance with, the compact and Interstate Commission activities, through the creation of an advisory council or use of an existing body or board. (G) Each member state shall establish a central state compact office, which shall be responsible for state compliance with the compact and the rules of the Interstate Commission. (H) The public child placing agency in the sending state shall oversee compliance with the provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 USC 1901 et seq.) for placements subject to the provisions of this compact, prior to placement. (I) With the consent of the Interstate Commission, states may enter into limited agreements that facilitate the timely assessment and provision of services and supervisions of placements under this compact. ARTICLE VIII. INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN The member states hereby establish, by way of this compact, a commission known as the "Interstate Commission for the Placement of Children." The activities of the Interstate Commission are the formation of public policy and are a discretionary state function. The Interstate Commission shall: (A) Be joint commission of the member states and shall have the responsibilities, powers and duties set forth herein, and such additional powers as may be conferred upon it by subsequent concurrent action of the respective legislatures of the member states. (B) Consist of one commissioner from each member state who shall be appointed by the executive head of the state human services administration with ultimate responsibility for the child welfare program. The appointed commissioner shall have the legal authority to vote on policy related matters governed by this compact binding the state. (1) Each member state represented at a meeting of the Interstate Commission is entitled to one vote. (2) A majority of the member states shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, unless a larger quorum is required by the bylaws of the Interstate Commission. (3) A representative shall not delegate a vote to another member state. (4) A representative may delegate voting authority to another person from their state for a specified meeting. (C) In addition to the commissioners of each member state, the Interstate Commission shall include persons who are members of interested organizations as defined in the bylaws or rules of the Interstate Commission. Such members shall be ex officio and shall not be entitled to vote on any matter before the Interstate Commission. (D) Establish an executive committee which shall have the authority to administer the day-to-day operations and administration of the Interstate Commission. It shall not have the power to engage in rulemaking. ARTICLE IX. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION The Interstate Commission shall have the following powers: (A) To promulgate rules and take all necessary actions to effect the goals, purposes, and obligations as enumerated in this compact. (B) To provide for dispute resolution among member states. (C) To issue, upon request of a member state, advisory opinions concerning the meaning or interpretation of the interstate compact, its bylaws, rules, or actions. (D) To enforce compliance with this compact or the bylaws or rules of the Interstate Commission pursuant to Article XII. (E) Collect standardized data concerning the interstate placement of children subject to this compact as directed through its rules which shall specify the data to be collected, the means of collection, and data exchange and reporting requirements. (F) To establish and maintain offices as may be necessary for the transacting of its business. (G) To purchase and maintain insurance and bonds. (H) To hire or contract for services of personnel or consultants as necessary to carry out its functions under the compact and establish personnel qualification policies, and rates of compensation. (I) To establish and appoint committees and officers including, but not limited to, an executive committee as required by Article X. (J) To accept any and all donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services, and to receive, utilize, and dispose thereof. (K) To lease, purchase, accept contributions or donations of, or otherwise to own, hold, improve or use any property, real, personal, or mixed. (L) To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon, or otherwise dispose of any property, real, personal, or mixed. (M) To establish a budget and make expenditures. (N) To adopt a seal and bylaws governing the management and operation of the Interstate Commission. (O) To report annually to the legislatures, governors, the judiciary, and state advisory councils of the member states concerning the activities of the Interstate Commission during the preceding year. Such reports shall also include any recommendations that may have been adopted by the Interstate Commission. (P) To coordinate and provide education, training, and public awareness regarding the interstate movement of children for officials involved in such activity. (Q) To maintain books and records in accordance with the bylaws of the Interstate Commission. (R) To perform such functions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this compact. ARTICLE X. ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION (A) Bylaws: (1) Within 12 months after the first Interstate Commission meeting, the Interstate Commission shall adopt bylaws to govern its conduct as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the compact. (2) The Interstate Commission's bylaws and rules shall establish conditions and procedures under which the Interstate Commission shall make its information and official records available to the public for inspection or copying. The Interstate Commission may exempt from disclosure information or official records to the extent they would adversely affect personal privacy rights or proprietary interests. (B) Meetings: (1) The Interstate Commission shall meet at least once each calendar year. The chairperson may call additional meetings and, upon the request of a simple majority of the member states shall call additional meetings. (2) Public notice shall be given by the Interstate Commission of all meetings and all meetings shall be open to the public, except as set forth in the rules or as otherwise provided in the compact. The Interstate Commission and its committees may close a meeting, or portion thereof, where it determines by two-thirds vote that an open meeting would be likely to: (a) Relate solely to the Interstate Commission's internal personnel practices and procedures; or (b) Disclose matters specifically exempted from disclosure by federal law; or (c) Disclose financial or commercial information which is privileged, proprietary, or confidential in nature; or (d) Involve accusing a person of a crime, or formally censuring a person; or (e) Disclose information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or physically endanger one or more persons; or (f) Disclose investigative records compiled for law enforcement purposes; or (g) Specifically relate to the Interstate Commission's participation in a civil action or other legal proceeding. (3) For a meeting, or portion of a meeting, closed pursuant to this provision, the Interstate Commission's legal counsel or designee shall certify that the meeting may be closed and shall reference each relevant exemption provision. The Interstate Commission shall keep minutes which shall fully and clearly describe all matters discussed in a meeting and shall provide a full and accurate summary of actions taken, and the reasons therefore, including a description of the views expressed and the record of a roll call vote. All documents considered in connection with an action shall be identified in such minutes. All minutes and documents of a closed meeting shall remain under seal, subject to release by a majority vote of the Interstate Commission or by court order. (4) The bylaws may provide for meetings of the Interstate Commission to be conducted by telecommunication or other electronic communication. (C) Officers and Staff: (1) The Interstate Commission may, through its executive committee, appoint or retain a staff director for such period, upon such terms and conditions and for such compensation as the Interstate Commission may deem appropriate. The staff director shall serve as secretary to the Interstate Commission, but shall not have a vote. The staff director may hire and supervise such other staff as may be authorized by the Interstate Commission. (2) The Interstate Commission shall elect, from among its members, a chairperson and a vice chairperson of the executive committee and other necessary officers, each of whom shall have such authority and duties as may be specified in the bylaws. (D) Qualified Immunity, Defense and Indemnification: (1) The Interstate Commission's staff director and its employees shall be immune from suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for a claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused or arising out of or relating to an actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided, that such person shall not be protected from suit or liability for damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by a criminal act or the intentional or willful and wanton misconduct of such person. (a) The liability of the Interstate Commission's staff director and employees or Interstate Commission representatives, acting within the scope of such person's employment or duties for acts, errors, or omissions occurring within such person's state may not exceed the limits of liability set forth under the Constitution and laws of that state for state officials, employees, and agents. The Interstate Commission is considered to be an instrumentality of the states for the purposes of any such action. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to protect such person from suit or liability for damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by a criminal act or the intentional or willful and wanton misconduct of such person. (b) The Interstate Commission shall defend the staff director and its employees and, subject to the approval of the Attorney General or other appropriate legal counsel of the member state shall defend the commissioner of a member state in a civil action seeking to impose liability arising out of an actual or alleged act, error or omission that occurred within the scope of Interstate Commission employment, duties or responsibilities, or that the defendant had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of Interstate Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, provided that the actual or alleged act, error, or omission did not result from intentional or willful and wanton misconduct on the part of such person. (c) To the extent not covered by the state involved, member state, or the Interstate Commission, the representatives or employees of the Interstate Commission shall be held harmless in the amount of a settlement or judgment, including attorney's fees and costs, obtained against such persons arising out of an actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred within the scope of Interstate Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, or that such persons had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of the Interstate Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, provided that the actual or alleged act, error, or omission did not result from intentional or willful and wanton misconduct on the part of such persons. ARTICLE XI. RULEMAKING FUNCTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION (A) The Interstate Commission shall promulgate and publish rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of the compact. (B) Rulemaking shall occur pursuant to the criteria set forth in this article and the bylaws and rules adopted pursuant thereto. Such rulemaking shall substantially conform to the principles of the "Model State Administrative Procedures Act," 1981 Act, Uniform Laws Annotated, Vol. 15, p.1 (2000), or such other administrative procedure acts as the Interstate Commission deems appropriate consistent with due process requirements under the United States Constitution as now or hereafter interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. All rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified, as published with the final version of the rule as approved by the Interstate Commission. (C) When promulgating a rule, the Interstate Commission shall, at a minimum: (1) Publish the proposed rule's entire text stating the reason(s) for that proposed rule; and (2) Allow and invite any and all persons to submit written data, facts, opinions and arguments, which information shall be added to the record, and be made publicly available; and (3) Promulgate a final rule and its effective date, if appropriate, based on input from state or local officials, or interested parties. (D) Rules promulgated by the Interstate Commission shall have the force and effect of administrative rules and shall be binding in the compacting states to the extent and in the manner provided for in this compact. (E) Not later than 60 days after a rule is promulgated, an interested person may file a petition in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia or in the Federal District Court where the Interstate Commission's principal office is located for judicial review of such rule. If the court finds that the Interstate Commission's action is not supported by substantial evidence in the rulemaking record, the court shall hold the rule unlawful and set it aside. (F) If a majority of the legislatures of the member states rejects a rule, those states may by enactment of a statute or resolution in the same manner used to adopt the compact cause that such rule shall have no further force and effect in any member state. (G) The existing rules governing the operation of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children superseded by this act shall be null and void no less than 12, but no more than 24 months after the first meeting of the Interstate Commission created hereunder, as determined by the members during the first meeting. (H) Within the first 12 months of operation, the Interstate Commission shall promulgate rules addressing the following: (1) Transition rules; (2) Forms and procedures; (3) Time lines; (4) Data collection and reporting; (5) Rulemaking; (6) Visitation; (7) Progress reports/supervision; (8) Sharing of information/confidentiality; (9) Financing of the Interstate Commission; (10) Mediation, arbitration and dispute resolution; (11) Education, training and technical assistance; (12) Enforcement; (13) Coordination with other interstate compacts. (I) Upon determination by a majority of the members of the Interstate Commission that an emergency exists: (1) The Interstate Commission may promulgate an emergency rule only if it is required to: (a) Protect the children covered by this compact from an imminent threat to their health, safety and well-being; or (b) Prevent loss of federal or state funds; or (c) Meet a deadline for the promulgation of an administrative rule required by federal law. (2) An emergency rule shall become effective immediately upon adoption, provided that the usual rulemaking procedures provided hereunder shall be retroactively applied to said rule as soon as reasonably possible, but no later than 90 days after the effective date of the emergency rule. (3) An emergency rule shall be promulgated as provided for in the rules of the Interstate Commission. ARTICLE XII. OVERSIGHT, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, ENFORCEMENT (A) Oversight: (1) The Interstate Commission shall oversee the administration and operations of the compact. (2) The executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and the rules of the Interstate Commission and shall take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact's purposes and intent. The compact and its rules shall be binding in the compacting states to the extent and in the manner provided for in this compact. (3) All courts shall take judicial notice of the compact and the rules in any judicial or administrative proceeding in a member state pertaining to the subject matter of this compact. (4) The Interstate Commission shall be entitled to receive service of process in any action in which the validity of a compact provision or rule is the issue for which a judicial determination has been sought and shall have standing to intervene in any proceedings. Failure to provide service of process to the Interstate Commission shall render any judgment, order or other determination, however so captioned or classified, void as to the Interstate Commission, this compact, its bylaws or rules of the Interstate Commission. (B) Dispute Resolution: (1) The Interstate Commission shall attempt, upon the request of a member state, to resolve disputes which are subject to the compact and which may arise among member states and between member and non-member states. (2) The Interstate Commission shall promulgate a rule providing for both mediation and binding dispute resolution for disputes among compacting states. The costs of such mediation or dispute resolution shall be the responsibility of the parties to the dispute. (C) Enforcement: (1) If the Interstate Commission determines that a member state has defaulted in the performance of its obligations or responsibilities under this compact, its bylaws or rules, the Interstate Commission may: (a) Provide remedial training and specific technical assistance; or (b) Provide written notice to the defaulting state and other member states, of the nature of the default and the means of curing the default. The Interstate Commission shall specify the conditions by which the defaulting state must cure its default; or (c) By majority vote of the members, initiate against a defaulting member state legal action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or, at the discretion of the Interstate Commission, in the federal district where the Interstate Commission has its principal offices, to enforce compliance with the provisions of the compact, its bylaws or rules. The relief sought may include both injunctive relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation including reasonable attorney's fees; or (d) Avail itself of any other remedies available under state law or the regulation of official or professional conduct. ARTICLE XIII. FINANCING OF THE COMMISSION (A) The Interstate Commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization and ongoing activities. (B) The Interstate Commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the Interstate Commission and its staff which must be in a total amount sufficient to cover the Interstate Commission's annual budget as approved by its members each year. The aggregate annual assessment amount shall be allocated based upon a formula to be determined by the Interstate Commission which shall promulgate a rule binding upon all member states. (C) The Interstate Commission shall not incur obligations of any kind prior to securing the funds adequate to meet the same; nor shall the Interstate Commission pledge the credit of any of the member states, except by and with the authority of the member state. (D) The Interstate Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the Interstate Commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the Interstate Commission shall be audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the Interstate Commission. ARTICLE XIV. MEMBER STATES, EFFECTIVE DATE AND AMENDMENT (A) Any state is eligible to become a member state. (B) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than 35 states. The effective date shall be the later of July 1, 2007 or upon enactment of the compact into law by the 35th state. Thereafter it shall become effective and binding as to any other member state upon enactment of the compact into law by that state. The executive heads of the state human services administration with ultimate responsibility for the child welfare program of non-member states or their designees shall be invited to participate in the activities of the Interstate Commission on a non-voting basis prior to adoption of the compact by all states. (C) The Interstate Commission may propose amendments to the compact for enactment by the member states. No amendment shall become effective and binding on the member states unless and until it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the member states. ARTICLE XV. WITHDRAWAL AND DISSOLUTION (A) Withdrawal: (1) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every member state; provided that a member state may withdraw from the compact specifically repealing the statute which enacted the compact into law. (2) Withdrawal from this compact shall be by the enactment of a statute repealing the same. The effective date of withdrawal shall be the effective date of the repeal of the statute. (3) The withdrawing state shall immediately notify the president of the Interstate Commission in writing upon the introduction of legislation repealing this compact in the withdrawing state. The Interstate Commission shall then notify the other member states of the withdrawing state's intent to withdraw. (4) The withdrawing state is responsible for all assessments, obligations and liabilities incurred through the effective date of withdrawal. (5) Reinstatement following withdrawal of a member state shall occur upon the withdrawing state reenacting the compact or upon such later date as determined by the members of the Interstate Commission. (B) Dissolution of Compact: (1) This compact shall dissolve effective upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the member state which reduces the membership in the compact to one member state. (2) Upon the dissolution of this compact, the compact becomes null and void and shall be of no further force or effect, and the business and affairs of the Interstate Commission shall be concluded and surplus funds shall be distributed in accordance with the bylaws. ARTICLE XVI. SEVERABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION (A) The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable. (B) The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. (C) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prohibit the concurrent applicability of other interstate compacts to which the states are members. ARTICLE XVII. BINDING EFFECT OF COMPACT AND OTHER LAWS (A) Other Laws: (1) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with this compact. (B) Binding Effect of the Compact: (1) All lawful actions of the Interstate Commission, including all rules and bylaws promulgated by the Interstate Commission, are binding upon the member states. (2) All agreements between the Interstate Commission and the member states are binding in accordance with their terms. (3) In the event any provision of the compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any member state, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of the conflict with the constitutional provision in question in that member state. ARTICLE XVIII. INDIAN TRIBES Notwithstanding any other provision in this compact, the Interstate Commission may promulgate guidelines to permit Indian tribes to utilize the compact to achieve any or all of the purposes of the compact as specified in Article I. The Interstate Commission shall make reasonable efforts to consult with Indian tribes in promulgating guidelines to reflect the diverse circumstances of the various Indian tribes. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 12:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.38
§ 5120.38. Duties of managing officer
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 House Bill 56 - 131st General Assembly Subject to the rules of the department of rehabilitation and correction, each institution under the department's jurisdiction other than an institution operated pursuant to a contract entered into under section 9.06 of the Revised Code shall be under the control of a managing officer known as a warden or other appropriate title. The managing officer shall be appointed by the director of rehabilitation and correction and shall be in the unclassified service and serve at the pleasure of the director. Appointment to the position of managing officer shall be made from persons who have criminal justice experience. A person who is appointed to the position of managing officer from a permanent, classified position within the department shall retain the right to resume the position and status that the person held in the classified service immediately prior to the person's appointment to the position in the unclassified service, regardless of the number of positions the person held in the unclassified service. An employee's right to resume a position in the classified service may be exercised only when an appointing authority demotes the employee to a pay range lower than the employee's current pay range or revokes the employee's appointment to the position in the unclassified service. An employee who holds a position in the classified service and who is appointed to a position in the unclassified service on or after January 1, 2016, shall have the right to resume a position in the classified service under this section only within five years after the effective date of the employee's appointment in the unclassified service. An employee forfeits the right to resume a position in the classified service if the employee is removed from a position in the unclassified service due to incompetence, inefficiency, dishonesty, drunkenness, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public, neglect of duty, a violation of this chapter or the rules of the department or the director of administrative services, any other failure of good behavior, any other acts of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, or conviction of or plea of guilty to a felony while employed in the civil service. An employee also forfeits the right to resume the prior position in the classified service upon transfer to a different agency. Reinstatement to a position in the classified service shall be to a position substantially equal to the position in the classified service that the person previously held, as certified by the director of rehabilitation and correction and approved by the director of administrative services. If the position the person previously held in the classified service has been placed in the unclassified service or is otherwise unavailable, the person shall be appointed to a position in the classified service within the department that the director of administrative services certifies is comparable in compensation to the position the person previously held in the classified service. Service in a position in the unclassified service shall be counted as service in the position in the classified service held by the person immediately preceding the person's appointment to the position in the unclassified service. When a person is reinstated to a position in the classified service, as provided in this section, the person is entitled to all rights and benefits and any status accruing to the position in the classified service during the time of the person's service in the position in the unclassified service. The managing officer, under the director of rehabilitation and correction, shall have entire executive charge of the institution for which the managing officer is appointed. Subject to civil service rules and regulations, the managing officer shall appoint the necessary employees and the managing officer or the director may remove such employees for cause.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.102 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.102
§ 5165.102. Fines excluded from cost report
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly No nursing facility provider shall report fines paid under sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 or section 5165.99 of the Revised Code in a cost report filed under section 5165.10 or 5165.522 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.293 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.293
§ 5160.293. Construction
Status: in_force

July 1, 2019 House Bill 119 - 132nd General Assembly Nothing in sections 5160.29 to 5160.292 of the Revised Code prevents the department of medicaid or any entity with which the department has entered into an agreement under section 5160.30 of the Revised Code from doing either of the following: (A) Receiving or reviewing information related to individuals' eligibility for a medical assistance program beyond the information specified in division (A) of section 5160.29 of the Revised Code; (B) Contracting with one or more independent vendors to provide such additional information for such purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.407 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.407
§ 5180.407. [Former R.C. 5101.137, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Uniform statewide automated child welfare information system - expungement policy
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of children and youth shall work with stakeholders to establish an expungement policy regarding dispositions of child abuse or neglect in Ohio's central registry on child abuse and neglect by March 1, 2024. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.365 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.365
§ 5162.365. Responsibility for repaying overpayments
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A qualified medicaid school provider is solely responsible for timely repaying any overpayment that the provider receives under the medicaid school component of the medicaid program and that is discovered by a federal or state audit. This is the case regardless of whether the audit's finding identifies the provider, department of medicaid, or department of education and workforce as being responsible for the overpayment. (B) The department of medicaid shall not do any of the following regarding an overpayment for which a qualified medicaid school provider is responsible for repaying: (1) Make a payment to the federal government to meet or delay the provider's repayment obligation; (2) Assume the provider's repayment obligation; (3) Forgive the provider's repayment obligation. (C) Each qualified medicaid school provider shall indemnify and hold harmless the department of medicaid for any cost or penalty resulting from a federal or state audit finding that a claim submitted by the provider under section 5162.361 of the Revised Code did not comply with a federal or state requirement applicable to the claim, including a requirement of a medicaid waiver component. Last updated September 21, 2023 at 9:17 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.042
§ 5104.042. Suspension of child care center and home licenses without hearing
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth may suspend, without a prior hearing, the license of a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home if any of the following occur: (1) A child dies or suffers a serious injury while receiving child care in the center, type A home, or licensed type B home. (2) A public children services agency receives a report pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code, and the person alleged to have inflicted abuse or neglect on the child who is the subject of the report is any of the following: (a) The owner, licensee, or administrator of the center, type A home, or licensed type B home; (b) An employee of the center, type A home, or licensed type B home who has not immediately been placed on administrative leave or released from employment; (c) Any person who resides in the type A home or licensed type B home. (3) An owner, licensee, administrator, or employee of the center, type A home, or licensed type B home, or a resident of the type A home or licensed type B home is charged by an indictment, information, or complaint with an offense relating to the abuse or neglect of a child. (4) The department or a county department of job and family services determines that the center, type A home, or licensed type B home created a serious risk to the health or safety of a child receiving child care in the center, type A home, or licensed type B home that resulted in or could have resulted in a child's death or injury. (5) The department determines that the owner or licensee of the center, type A home, or licensed type B home does not meet the requirements of section 5104.013 of the Revised Code. (B) The department shall serve a written order of suspension on the licensee as described in sections 119.05 and 119.07 of the Revised Code. The licensee may request an adjudicatory hearing before the department pursuant to sections 119.06 to 119.12 of the Revised Code. (C) Any summary suspension imposed under this section shall remain in effect until any of the following occurs: (1) The public children services agency completes its investigation of the report pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code and determines that all of the allegations are unsubstantiated. (2) All criminal charges are disposed of through dismissal or a finding of not guilty. (3) The department issues pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code a final order terminating the suspension. (D) The center, type A home, or licensed type B home shall not provide child care while the summary suspension remains in effect. Upon issuance of the order of suspension, the licensee shall inform the caretaker parent of each child receiving child care in the center, type A home, or licensed type B home of the suspension. (E) The director of children and youth may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards and procedures for the summary suspension of licenses. (F) This section does not limit the authority of the department to revoke a license pursuant to section 5104.04 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.717 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.717
§ 5107.717. Department to monitor implementation of program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly The department of job and family services shall monitor county departments of job and family services' implementation of sections 5107.71 to 5107.716 of the Revised Code to ensure that the county departments comply with those sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.031
§ 5167.031. Recognition of pediatric accountable care organizations
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Children's care network" means any of the following: (a) A children's hospital; (b) A group of children's hospitals; (c) A group of pediatric physicians. (2) "Children's hospital" has the same meaning as in section 2151.86 of the Revised Code. (B) If the department of medicaid includes in the care management system, pursuant to section 5167.03 of the Revised Code, individuals under twenty-one years of age who are included in the category of individuals who receive medicaid on the basis of being aged, blind, or disabled, the department may recognize entities as pediatric accountable care organizations. An entity recognized by the department as a pediatric accountable care organization may develop innovative partnerships between relevant groups and may contract directly or subcontract with the state to provide care coordination and other services to the medicaid recipients under twenty-one years of age described in this division who are permitted or required to participate in the care management system. (C)(1) To be recognized by the department as a pediatric accountable care organization, an entity shall meet the standards established by the department. Unless required by section 2706 of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 124 Stat. 325 (2010) and the "Social Security Act," section 1895, 42 U.S.C. 1395jjj, the regulations adopted pursuant to those sections, and the laws of this state, the department shall not require that an entity be a health insuring corporation as a condition of receiving the department's recognition. (2) Any of the following entities may receive the department's recognition, if the standards for recognition have been met: (a) A children's care network; (b) A children's care network that may include one or more other entities, including, but not limited to, health insuring corporations or other managed care organizations; (c) Any other entity the department determines is qualified. (D) The medicaid director shall consult with all of the following in adopting rules authorized by division (E) of this section necessary for an entity to be recognized by the department as a pediatric accountable care organization: (1) The superintendent of insurance; (2) Children's hospitals; (3) Medicaid managed care organizations; (4) Any other relevant entities, as determined necessary by the department, with interests in pediatric accountable care organizations. (E) In adopting rules under section 5167.02 of the Revised Code, the medicaid director shall do all of the following: (1) Establish application procedures to be followed by an entity seeking recognition as a pediatric accountable care organization; (2) Ensure that the standards for recognition as a pediatric accountable care organization are the same as and do not conflict with those specified in section 2706 of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 124 Stat. 325 (2010) and the "Social Security Act," section 1895, 42 U.S.C. 1395jjj or the regulations adopted pursuant to those sections; (3) Establish requirements regarding the access to pediatric specialty care provided through or by a pediatric accountable care organization; (4) Establish accountability and financial requirements for an entity recognized as a pediatric accountable care organization; (5) Establish quality improvement initiatives consistent with any state medicaid quality plan established by the department; (6) Establish transparency and consumer protection requirements for an entity recognized as a pediatric accountable care organization; (7) Establish a process for sharing data. (F) This section does not limit the authority of the department of insurance to regulate the business of insurance in this state.