Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.09
§ 5103.09. Benefits to children in the custody of a Title IV-E agency
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "Title IV-E agency" has the same meaning as in section 5101.132 of the Revised Code. (B) Upon receiving the care and placement of a child, a Title IV-E agency shall determine if the child is eligible for or receiving benefits administered by the United States social security administration, the United States department of veterans affairs, the Ohio public employee retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the state teachers retirement system of Ohio, the school employees retirement system of Ohio, or the Ohio highway patrol retirement system. If the child is eligible for or receiving such benefits, the agency shall not use the child's benefits to pay for or reimburse the agency, county, or state for any cost of the child's care. (C) The director of children and youth may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to implement this section, including the establishment of new procedures necessary to assist a Title IV-E agency in complying with this section. Last updated August 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.86
§ 5123.86. Consent for medical treatment
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), and (E) of this section, the chief medical officer shall provide all information, including expected physical and medical consequences, necessary to enable any resident of an institution for persons with i ntellectual disabilities to give a fully informed, intelligent, and knowing consent if any of the following procedures are proposed: (1) Surgery; (2) Sterilization; (3) Experimental procedures. (B) No resident shall be subjected to sterilization without the resident's informed consent. (C) If a resident is physically or mentally unable to receive the information required for surgery or an experimental procedure under division (A) of this section, or has been adjudicated incompetent, the information may be provided to the resident's natural or court-appointed guardian, including an agency providing guardianship services under contract with the department of developmental disabilities under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code. The guardian may give the informed, intelligent, and knowing written consent for surgery or the experimental procedure. If a resident is physically or mentally unable to receive the information required for surgery or an experimental procedure under division (A) of this section and has no guardian, then the information, the recommendation of the chief medical 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 institution is located. The court may approve the surgery or experimental procedure. Before approving the surgery or experimental procedure, the court shall notify the Ohio protection and advocacy system created by section 5123.60 of the Revised Code, and shall notify the resident of the resident's rights to consult with counsel, to have counsel appointed by the court if the resident is indigent, and to contest the recommendation of the chief medical officer. (D) If, in the judgment of two licensed physicians, delay in obtaining consent for surgery would create a grave danger to the health of a resident, emergency surgery may be performed without the consent of the resident if the necessary information is provided to the resident's guardian, including an agency providing guardianship services under contract with the department of developmental disabilities under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code, or to the resident's spouse or next of kin to enable that person or agency to give an informed, intelligent, and knowing written consent. If the guardian, spouse, or next of kin cannot be contacted through exercise of reasonable diligence, or if the guardian, spouse, or next of kin is contacted, but refuses to consent, then the emergency surgery may be performed upon the written authorization of the chief medical officer and after court approval has been obtained. However, if delay in obtaining court approval would create a grave danger to the life of the resident, the chief medical officer may authorize surgery, in writing, without court approval. If the surgery is authorized without court approval, the chief medical officer 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 resident's file and shall be given to the guardian, spouse, or next of kin of the resident, to the hospital at which the surgery was performed, and to the Ohio protection and advocacy system created by section 5123.60 of the Revised Code. (E) This chapter does not authorize any form of compulsory medical or psychiatric treatment of any resident who is being treated by spiritual means through prayer alone in accordance with a recognized religious method of healing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.17
§ 5180.17. Infant safe sleep screening procedure
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Contractor" means a person who provides personal services pursuant to a contract. (2) "Critical access hospital" means a facility designated as a critical access hospital by the director of health under section 3701.073 of the Revised Code. (3) "Crib" includes a portable play yard or other suitable sleeping place. (B) Each hospital and freestanding birthing center shall implement an infant safe sleep screening procedure. The purpose of the procedure is to determine whether there will be a safe crib for an infant to sleep in once the infant is discharged from the facility to the infant's residence following birth. The procedure shall consist of questions that facility staff or volunteers must ask the infant's parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the infant regarding the infant's intended sleeping place and environment. The director of children and youth shall develop questions that facilities may use when implementing the infant safe sleep screening procedure required by this division. The director may consult with persons and government entities that have expertise in infant safe sleep practices when developing the questions. (C) If, prior to an infant's discharge from a facility to the infant's residence following birth, a facility other than a critical access hospital or a facility identified under division (D) of this section determines through the procedure implemented under division (B) of this section that the infant is unlikely to have a safe crib at the infant's residence, the facility shall make a good faith effort to arrange for the parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the infant to obtain a safe crib at no charge to that individual. In meeting this requirement, the facility may do any of the following: (1) Obtain a safe crib with its own resources; (2) Collaborate with or obtain assistance from persons or government entities that are able to procure a safe crib or provide money to purchase a safe crib; (3) Refer the parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the infant to a person or government entity described in division (C)(2) of this section to obtain a safe crib free of charge from that source; (4) If funds are available for the cribs for kids program or a successor program administered by the department of children and youth, refer the parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the infant to a site, designated by the department for purposes of the program, at which a safe crib may be obtained at no charge. If a safe crib is procured as described in division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, the facility shall ensure that the crib recipient receives safe sleep education and crib assembly instructions from the facility or another source. If a safe crib is procured as described in division (C)(4) of this section, the department of children and youth shall ensure that the cribs for kids program or a successor program administered by the department provides safe sleep education and crib assembly instructions to the recipient. (D) The director of children and youth shall identify the facilities in this state that are not critical access hospitals and are not served by a site described in division (C)(4) of this section. The director shall identify not less than annually the facilities that meet both criteria and notify those that do so. (E) When a facility that is a hospital registers with the department of health under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code or a facility that is a freestanding birthing center renews its license in accordance with rules adopted under section 3702.30 of the Revised Code, the facility shall report the following information to the department of children and youth in a manner the department prescribes: (1) The number of safe cribs that the facility obtained and distributed by using its own resources as described in division (C)(1) of this section since the last time the facility reported this information to the department; (2) The number of safe cribs that the facility obtained and distributed by collaborating with or obtaining assistance from another person or government entity as described in division (C)(2) of this section since the last time the facility reported this information to the department; (3) The number of referrals that the facility made to a person or government entity as described in division (C)(3) of this section since the last time the facility reported this information to the department; (4) The number of referrals that the facility made to a site designated by the department as described in division (C)(4) of this section since the last time the facility reported this information to the department; (5) Demographic information specified by the director of children and youth regarding the individuals to whom safe cribs were distributed as described in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section or for whom a referral described in division (E)(3) or (4) of this section was made; (6) In the case of a critical access hospital or a facility identified under division (D) of this section, demographic information specified by the director of children and youth regarding each parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the infant determined to be unlikely to have a safe crib at the infant's residence pursuant to the procedure implemented under division (B) of this section; (7) Any other information collected by the facility regarding infant sleep environments and intended infant sleep environments that the director determines to be appropriate. (F) The director of children and youth shall prepare a written report that summarizes the information collected under division (E) of this section for the preceding twelve months, assesses whether at-risk families are sufficiently being served by the crib distribution and referral system established by this section, makes suggestions for system improvements, and provides any other information the director considers appropriate for inclusion in the report. On completion, the report shall be submitted to the general assembly with, and in the same manner as, the report that the department of medicaid submits to the general assembly pursuant to section 5162.13 of the Revised Code. A copy of the report also shall be submitted to the governor. (G) A facility, and any employee, contractor, or volunteer of a facility, that implements an infant safe sleep procedure in accordance with division (B) of this section is not liable for damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from an act or omission associated with implementation of the procedure, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. A facility, and any employee, contractor, or volunteer of a facility, that implements an infant safe sleep screening procedure in accordance with division (B) of this section is not subject to criminal prosecution or, to the extent that a person is regulated under Title XLVII of the Revised Code, professional disciplinary action under that title, for an act or omission associated with implementation of the procedure. This division does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a facility, or an employee, contractor, or volunteer of a facility, may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, or any other provision of the Revised Code, or the common law of this state. (H) A facility, and any employee, contractor, or volunteer of a facility, is neither liable for damages in a civil action, nor subject to criminal prosecution, for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from a crib obtained by a parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the infant as a result of any action the facility, employee, contractor, or volunteer takes to comply with division (C) of this section. The immunity provided by this division does not require compliance with division (D) of section 2305.37 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.063 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.063
§ 5163.063. Medicaid coverage of employed individuals with a disability
Status: in_force

October 3, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5163.02 of the Revised Code as necessary to provide medicaid coverage for the optional eligibility group described in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII). By requiring the medicaid program to provide coverage to the optional eligibility group consisting of employed individuals with disabilities under division (C) of section 5163.06 of the Revised Code, it is the intent of the general assembly to establish medicaid coverage for employed individuals with disabilities who are sixty-five years of age or older in a manner that is consistent with the coverage provided to individuals participating in the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program described in sections 5163.09 to 5163.098 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 5:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5145.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5145 / § 5145.05
§ 5145.05. Contents of daily record of conduct
Status: in_force

April 9, 1982 House Bill 654 - 113th General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction, upon the register required to be maintained by section 5145.04 of the Revised Code, shall enter notes of observed improvement or deterioration of character of the prisoner, the method of treatment employed for the prisoner, orders or alterations affecting his standing or situation, the prisoner's performance of labor while committed, and subsequent facts of personal history that may be officially brought to the knowledge of the department, bearing upon the propriety of the release or parole of the prisoner.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.55
§ 5101.55. Abortion
Status: in_force

April 5, 2007 House Bill 239 - 126th General Assembly (A) No person shall be ordered by a public agency or any person to submit to an abortion. (B) The refusal of any person to submit to an abortion or to give consent therefor shall not result in the loss of public assistance benefits or any other rights or privileges. (C) State or local public funds shall not be used to subsidize an abortion, except as provided in section 5101.56 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.132 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.132
§ 5162.132. Annual report outlining efforts to minimize fraud, waste, and abuse
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Not later than the thirty-first day of December of each year, the department of medicaid shall prepare a report on the department's efforts to minimize fraud, waste, and abuse in the medicaid program. The report shall include all of the following for the most recently concluded state fiscal year: (1) Improper medicaid payments and expenditures, including the individual and total dollar amounts for claims that were determined to be the result of fraud, waste, or abuse; (2) Federal and state recovered funds, including the dollar amounts per claim and the total dollar amounts concerning fraud, waste, and abuse in the medicaid program; (3) Aggregate data concerning improper payments and ineligible medicaid recipients who received medicaid services as a percentage of the claims investigated or reviewed; (4) The number of payments made in error, the dollar amount of those payments within the medicaid program, and the number of confirmed cases of intentional program violation and fraud. (B) Each report shall be made available on the department's web site. The department shall submit a copy of each report to the chairpersons and ranking members of the committees of the house of representatives and senate with jurisdiction over medicaid and the legislative service commission. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5109.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5109 / § 5109.18
§ 5109.18. Prohibiting sale without approval label
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly No person, public or private institution or agency, firm, association, or corporation shall manufacture, distribute, display, advertise, offer for sale, or sell goods or articles represented as made by blind persons unless such goods or articles bear an official imprint, stamp, symbol, or label designed or approved pursuant to section 5109.16 of the Revised Code by the bureau of services for the visually impaired which was attached by a person, institution, agency, firm, association, or corporation holding a valid certificate of registration issued by the bureau. A blind person offering for sale or selling a product made by the blind person is not required to apply for registration or to label such product. Last updated February 7, 2023 at 9:23 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.65
§ 5120.65. Prison nursery program
Status: in_force

September 3, 2004 House Bill 117 - 125th General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction may establish in one or more of the institutions for women operated by the department a prison nursery program under which eligible inmates and children born to them while in the custody of the department may reside together in the institution. If the department establishes a prison nursery program in one or more institutions under this section, sections 5120.651 to 5120.657 of the Revised Code apply regarding the program. If the department establishes a prison nursery program and an inmate participates in the program, neither the inmate's participation in the program nor any provision of sections 5120.65 to 5120.657 of the Revised Code affects, modifies, or interferes with the inmate's custodial rights of the child or establishes legal custody of the child with the department. (B) As used in sections 5120.651 to 5120.657 of the Revised Code: (1) "Prison nursery program" means the prison nursery program established by the department of rehabilitation and correction under this section, if one is so established. (2) "Public assistance" has the same meaning as in section 5101.58 of the Revised Code. (3) "Support" means amounts to be paid under a support order. (4) "Support order" has the same meaning as in section 3119.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.14
§ 5104.14. Readability of materials
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly All materials that are supplied by the department of children and youth to type A family child care home providers, type B family child care home providers, in-home aides, persons seeking to be type A family child care home providers, type B family child care home providers, or in-home aides, and caretaker parents shall be written at no higher than the sixth grade reading level. The department may employ a readability expert to verify its compliance with this section. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.0212 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.0212
§ 5126.0212. Participation by member in matter involving conflict of interest
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly In no circumstance shall a member of a county board of developmental disabilities participate in or vote on any matter before the county board concerning a contract agency of which the member or an immediate family member of the member is also a board member or an employee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.162 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.162
§ 5107.162. Request for state hearing on sanction
Status: in_force

June 30, 2000 Senate Bill 245 - 123rd General Assembly If an assistance group requests a state hearing under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code not later than fifteen calendar days after the department of job and family services mails the assistance group a written notice of a sanction under section 5107.161 of the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services shall postpone imposition of the sanction until the date a final decision is rendered in the state hearing, unless the assistance group withdraws the request for the state hearing because the assistance group is satisfied with the results of a county conference.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.103 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.103
§ 5167.103. Performance metrics; publication
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly In addition to the managed care performance payment program created under section 5167.30 of the Revised Code, the department of medicaid shall establish performance metrics that will be used to evaluate and compare how medicaid managed care organizations perform under the contracts entered into under section 5167.10 of the Revised Code. The performance metrics may include financial incentives and penalties. The department shall make available on its internet web site the metrics the department uses to determine how well medicaid managed care organizations perform. The department shall update its internet web site each quarter to reflect any changes it makes to the metrics.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.61
§ 5103.61. Family preservation center definition
Status: in_force

June 13, 2022 House Bill 265 - 134th General Assembly As used in sections 5103.61 to 5103.617 of the Revised Code, "family preservation center" means a certified children's crisis care facility or residential infant care center that has as its primary purpose the preservation of families. Last updated March 21, 2022 at 4:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.191 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.191
§ 5124.191. Definition of ICF/IID resident; assessment of residents
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 5124.191 to 5124.193 of the Revised Code, "ICF/IID resident" includes an individual who is on hospital or therapeutic leave from an ICF/IID. (B) In accordance with rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code, the department of developmental disabilities shall assess each ICF/IID resident regardless of payment source and compile complete assessment data on the residents. The department shall perform the initial assessment of an ICF/IID resident. The department may perform a subsequent assessment of an ICF/IID resident under any of the following circumstances: (1) The provider of the ICF/IID in which the resident resides or from which the resident is on hospital or therapeutic leave has submitted to the department under division (D) of this section revised assessment data for the resident or an attestation of no changes in the resident's assessment data and the department has reason to believe that the revised assessment data or attestation is inaccurate; (2) The department has reason to believe that the resident's most recent assessment no longer accurately reflects the resident's condition; (3) The department determines that the resident's most recent assessment should be updated because of the passage of time since that assessment was performed. (C) If an ICF/IID provider disagrees with the results of an assessment performed by the department under this section, the provider may request that the department reconsider the results in accordance with rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code. (D) After the department assesses an ICF/IID resident under this section, the provider of the ICF/IID in which the resident resides or from which the resident is on hospital or therapeutic leave shall submit to the department, not later than fifteen days after the end of each subsequent calendar quarter and through the medium or media specified in rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code, either of the following: (1) Revised assessment data for the resident if there are changes in the resident's assessment data; (2) An attestation that there are no changes in the resident's assessment data. (E) A resident assessment instrument specified in rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code shall be used to compile or revise assessment data of ICF/IID residents under this section. Last updated August 24, 2021 at 2:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.072 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.072
§ 5165.072. Revalidation
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid shall not revalidate a nursing facility provider agreement if the provider fails to maintain eligibility for the provider agreement as provided in section 5165.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.107 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.107
§ 5124.107. Amendments to reports
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and not later than three years after an ICF/IID provider files a cost report with the department of developmental disabilities under section 5124.10 or 5124.101 of the Revised Code, the provider may amend the cost report if the provider discovers a material error in the cost report or additional information to be included in the cost report. The department shall review the amended cost report for accuracy and notify the provider of its determination. (B) An ICF/IID provider may not amend a cost report if the department has notified the provider that an audit of the cost report or a cost report of the provider for a subsequent cost reporting period is to be conducted under section 5124.109 of the Revised Code. The provider may, however, provide the department information that affects the costs included in the cost report. Such information may not be provided after the adjudication of the final settlement of the cost report.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.43
§ 5124.43. Determination of interest rate
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly For the purposes of sections 5124.41 and 5124.42 of the Revised Code, the department of developmental disabilities shall determine the current average bank prime rate using statistical release H.15, "selected interest rates," a weekly publication of the federal reserve board, or any successor publication. If statistical release H.15, or its successor, ceases to contain the bank prime rate information or ceases to be published, the department shall request a written statement of the average bank prime rate from the federal reserve bank of Cleveland or the federal reserve board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.758 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.758
§ 5164.758. Adoption of rules for implementation of coordinated services program for medicaid users who abuse prescription drugs
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5164.02 of the Revised Code to implement a coordinated services program for medicaid recipients who are found to have obtained prescribed drugs under the medicaid program at a frequency or in an amount that is not medically necessary. The program shall be implemented in a manner that is consistent with the "Social Security Act," section 1915(a)(2), 42 U.S.C. 1396n(a)(2), and 42 C.F.R. 431.54(e).
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.241 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.241
§ 5167.241. State pharmacy benefit manager contract; payment arrangements
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly Medicaid managed care organizations shall use the state pharmacy benefit manager selected under section 5167.24 of the Revised Code pursuant to the terms of the master contract entered into under that section. All payment arrangements between the department of medicaid, medicaid managed care organizations, and the state pharmacy benefit manager shall comply with state and federal statutes, regulations adopted by the centers for medicare and medicaid services, and any other agreement between the department and the centers for medicare and medicaid services. The director may change a payment arrangement in order to comply with state and federal statutes, regulations adopted by the centers for medicare and medicaid services, or any other agreement between the department and the centers for medicare and medicaid services. Last updated February 13, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.261 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.261
§ 5180.261. [Former R.C. 5101.77, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Procurement of inhalers for camps
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "inhaler" means a device that delivers medication to alleviate asthmatic symptoms, is manufactured in the form of a metered dose inhaler or dry powdered inhaler, and may include a spacer, holding chamber, or other device that attaches to the inhaler and is used to improve the delivery of the medication. (B) A residential camp, as defined in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, a child day camp, as defined in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code, or a child day camp operated by any county, township, municipal corporation, township park district created under section 511.18 of the Revised Code, park district created under section 1545.04 of the Revised Code, or joint recreation district established under section 755.14 of the Revised Code may procure inhalers for use in emergency situations identified under division (D)(5) of this section. A camp that elects to procure inhalers under this section is encouraged to maintain at least two inhalers at all times. (C) A camp that elects to procure inhalers 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, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (D) A component of a policy adopted by a camp under division (C) of this section shall be a prescriber-issued protocol specifying definitive orders for inhalers, including the dosages of medication to be administered through them, the number of times that each inhaler may be used before disposal, and the methods of disposal. The policy also shall do all of the following: (1) Identify the one or more locations in which an inhaler must be stored; (2) Specify the conditions under which an inhaler must be stored, replaced, and disposed; (3) Specify the individuals employed by or under contract with the camp who may access and use an inhaler to provide a dosage of medication to an individual in an emergency situation identified under division (D)(5) of this section; (4) Specify any training that employees or contractors specified under division (D)(3) of this section must complete before being authorized to access and use an inhaler; (5) Identify the emergency situations, including when an individual exhibits signs and symptoms of asthma, in which employees or contractors specified under division (D)(3) of this section may access and use an inhaler; (6) Specify that assistance from an emergency medical service provider must be requested immediately after an employee or contractor, other than a licensed health professional, uses an inhaler; (7) Specify the individuals to whom a dosage of medication may be administered through an inhaler in an emergency situation specified under division (D)(5) of this section. (E) A camp or camp employee or contractor is 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 inhaler under this section, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a camp or camp employee or contractor may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of this state. (F) A camp may accept donations of inhalers 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 inhalers. (G) A camp that elects to procure inhalers under this section shall report to the department of children and youth each procurement and occurrence in which an inhaler is used from a camp's supply of inhalers. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.07
§ 5165.07. Provider agreement requirements
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in section 5165.072 of the Revised Code, the department of medicaid shall enter into a provider agreement with a nursing facility operator who applies, and is eligible, for the provider agreement. (B) A provider agreement shall require the department to make medicaid payments to the provider in accordance with this chapter for nursing facility services the nursing facility provides to its residents who are medicaid recipients eligible for nursing facility 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 5165.06 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 issues an audit report in accordance with section 5165.109 of the Revised Code, six years after all appeal rights relating to the audit report are exhausted; (3) File reports as required by the department; (4) Open all records relating to the costs of the nursing facility's services for inspection and audit by the department; (5) Open its premises for inspection by the department, the department of health, and any other state or local authority having authority to inspect; (6) Supply to the department such information as it requires concerning the nursing facility's services to residents who are, or are eligible to be, medicaid recipients; (7) Comply with section 5165.08 of the Revised Code. (D) A provider agreement may contain other provisions that are consistent with law and considered necessary by the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.306 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.306
§ 5166.306. Nursing assistance by home care attendants; written statement providing consent
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly To consent to a home care attendant assisting a consumer with nursing tasks or self-administration of medication, the consumer or consumer's authorized representative shall provide the appropriate director a written statement signed by the consumer or authorized representative under which the consumer or authorized representative consents to both of the following: (A) Having the attendant assist the consumer with nursing tasks or self-administration of medication; (B) Assuming responsibility for directing the attendant when the attendant assists the consumer with nursing tasks or self-administration of medication.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.52
§ 5162.52. Health care/medicaid support and recoveries fund
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The health care/medicaid support and recoveries fund is hereby created in the state treasury. All of the following shall be credited to the fund: (1) Except as otherwise provided by statute or as authorized by the controlling board, the nonfederal share of all medicaid-related revenues, collections, and recoveries; (2) Federal reimbursement received for payment adjustments made pursuant to section 1923 of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396r-4, under the medicaid program to state mental health hospitals maintained and operated by the department of mental health and addiction services under division (A) of section 5119.14 of the Revised Code; (3) Revenues the department of medicaid receives from another state agency for medicaid services pursuant to an interagency agreement; (4) The money the department of medicaid receives in a fiscal year for performing eligibility verification services necessary for compliance with the independent, certified audit requirement of 42 C.F.R. 455.304; (5) The nonfederal share of all rebates paid by drug manufacturers to the department of medicaid in accordance with a rebate agreement required by section 1927 of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396r-8; (6) The nonfederal share of all supplemental rebates paid by drug manufacturers to the department of medicaid in accordance with the supplemental drug rebate program established under section 5164.755 of the Revised Code; (7) Amounts deposited into the fund pursuant to sections 5162.12 , 5162.40 , and 5162.41 of the Revised Code; (8) The application fees charged to providers under section 5164.31 of the Revised Code; (9) The fines collected under section 5165.1010 of the Revised Code; (10) Amounts from assessments on hospitals under section 5168.06 of the Revised Code and intergovernmental transfers by governmental hospitals under section 5168.07 of the Revised Code that are deposited into the fund in accordance with the law. (B) The department of medicaid shall use money credited to the health care/medicaid support and recoveries fund to pay for all of the following: (1) Medicaid services; (2) Costs associated with the administration of the medicaid program; (3) Programs that serve youth involved with multiple government agencies; (4) Innovative programs that the department has statutory authority to implement and that promote access to health care or help achieve long-term cost savings to the state. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.451 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.451
§ 5180.451. [Former R.C. 5101.191, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Adoption grant program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The director of children and youth shall establish and administer the Ohio adoption grant program in accordance with sections 5180.45 to 5180.454 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall provide either of the following one-time payments for an adopted child to the child's adoptive parent if the requirements of division (A) of section 5180.452 of the Revised Code, but not division (B) of that section, are satisfied regarding the child: (1) Ten thousand dollars; (2) Fifteen thousand dollars, if the parent was a foster caregiver who cared for the child prior to adoption. (C) The director shall provide a one-time payment for an adopted child of twenty thousand dollars to the child's adoptive parent if the requirements of divisions (A) and (B) of section 5180.452 of the Revised Code are satisfied regarding the child. (D) The payment described in divisions (B) and (C) of this section shall be provided to all eligible applicants to the extent state funds are available for this purpose. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.31
§ 5164.31. Funding for implementing the provider screening requirements
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) For the purpose of raising funds necessary to pay the expenses of implementing the provider screening requirements of subpart E of 42 C.F.R. Part 455 and except as provided in division (B) of this section, the department of medicaid shall collect an application fee from a medicaid provider before doing any of the following: (1) Entering into a provider agreement with a medicaid provider that seeks initial enrollment as a provider; (2) Entering into a provider agreement with a former medicaid provider that seeks re-enrollment as a provider; (3) Revalidating a medicaid provider's continued enrollment as a provider. (B) The department is not to collect an application fee from a medicaid provider that is exempt from paying the fee under 42 C.F.R. 455.460(a). (C) The application fees shall be deposited into the health care/medicaid support and recoveries fund created under section 5162.52 of the Revised Code. Application fees are nonrefundable when collected in accordance with 42 C.F.R. 455.460 (a). (D) The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5164.02 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section, including a rule establishing the amount of the application fee to be collected under this section. The amount of the application fee shall not be set at an amount that is more than necessary to pay for the expenses of implementing the provider screening requirements.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.72
§ 5119.72. Supplementary agreements
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The compact administrator may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to articles VII and XI of the compact set forth in section 5119.70 of the Revised Code. In the event that such supplementary agreements require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this state or require or contemplate the provision of any service by this state, no such agreement shall have force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction the institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.02
§ 5155.02. Record of board's transactions respecting county home
Status: in_force

April 29, 2005 House Bill 239 - 125th General Assembly The clerk of the board of county commissioners or, if there is no clerk of the board, the county auditor shall keep a record of the board's transactions respecting the county home, and this record shall be kept in the manner provided by sections 305.10 and 305.11 of the Revised Code. The board of county commissioners may determine that the clerk or, if there is no clerk of the board, the county auditor shall keep a separate record of the board's transactions respecting the county home. If a separate record is kept, it shall be kept in the manner provided by sections 305.10 and 305.11 of the Revised Code. Either record shall at all reasonable times be open to public inspection. The operator shall keep a record of its transactions regarding the county home in the manner provided in sections 305.10 and 305.11 of the Revised Code. The record shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.21
§ 5139.21. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

November 24, 1981 House Bill 440 - 114th General Assembly No person shall influence or attempt to influence any child under supervision of the department of youth services, to leave the institution or home in which he was placed, his home, or place of employment or to violate any of the conditions upon which he was released under supervision.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.28
§ 5122.28. Labor and tasks performed by patients
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly No patient of a hospital for persons with mental illnesses shall be compelled to perform labor which involves the operation, support, or maintenance of the hospital or for which the hospital is under contract with an outside organization. Privileges or release from the hospital shall not be conditional upon the performance of such labor. Patients who volunteer to perform such labor shall be compensated at a rate derived from the value of work performed, having reference to the prevailing wage rate for comparable work or wage rates established under section 4111.06 of the Revised Code. A patient may be required to perform therapeutic tasks which do not involve the operation, support, or maintenance of the hospital if those tasks are an integrated part of the patient's treatment plan and supervised by a person qualified to oversee the therapeutic aspects of the activity. A patient may be required to perform tasks of a personal housekeeping nature. Last updated January 25, 2023 at 11:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.191 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.191
§ 5123.191. Appointing receiver to operate residential facility
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The court of common pleas or a judge thereof in the judge's county, or the probate court, may appoint a receiver to take possession of and operate a residential facility licensed by the department of developmental disabilities, in causes pending in such courts respectively, when conditions existing at the facility present a substantial risk of physical or mental harm to residents and no other remedies at law are adequate to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents. Conditions at the facility that may present such risk of harm include, but are not limited to, instances when any of the following occur: (1) The residential facility is in violation of state or federal law or regulations. (2) The facility has had its license revoked or procedures for revocation have been initiated, or the facility is closing or intends to cease operations. (3) Arrangements for relocating residents need to be made. (4) Insolvency of the operator, licensee, or landowner threatens the operation of the facility. (5) The facility or operator has demonstrated a pattern and practice of repeated violations of state or federal laws or regulations. (B) A court in which a petition is filed pursuant to this section shall notify the person holding the license for the facility and the department of developmental disabilities of the filing. The court shall order the department to notify the facility owner, facility operator, county board of developmental disabilities, facility residents, and residents' parents and guardians of the filing of the petition. The court shall provide a hearing on the petition within five court days of the time it was filed, except that the court may appoint a receiver prior to that time if it determines that the circumstances necessitate such action. Following a hearing on the petition, and upon a determination that the appointment of a receiver is warranted, the court shall appoint a receiver and notify the department of developmental disabilities and appropriate persons of this action. (C) A residential facility for which a receiver has been named is deemed to be in compliance with section 5123.19 and Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code for the duration of the receivership. (D) When the operating revenue of a residential facility in receivership is insufficient to meet its operating expenses, including the cost of bringing the facility into compliance with state or federal laws or regulations, the court may order the state to provide necessary funding, except as provided in division (K) of this section. The state shall provide such funding, subject to the approval of the controlling board. The court may also order the appropriate authorities to expedite all inspections necessary for the issuance of licenses or the certification of a facility, and order a facility to be closed if it determines that reasonable efforts cannot bring the facility into substantial compliance with the law. (E) In establishing a receivership, the court shall set forth the powers and duties of the receiver. The court may generally authorize the receiver to do all that is prudent and necessary to safely and efficiently operate the residential facility within the requirements of state and federal law, but shall require the receiver to obtain court approval prior to making any single expenditure of more than five thousand dollars to correct deficiencies in the structure or furnishings of a facility. The court shall closely review the conduct of the receiver it has appointed and shall require regular and detailed reports. The receivership shall be reviewed at least every sixty days. (F) A receivership established pursuant to this section shall be terminated, following notification of the appropriate parties and a hearing, if the court determines either of the following: (1) The residential facility has been closed and the former residents have been relocated to an appropriate facility. (2) Circumstances no longer exist at the facility that present a substantial risk of physical or mental harm to residents, and there is no deficiency in the facility that is likely to create a future risk of harm. Notwithstanding division (F)(2) of this section, the court shall not terminate a receivership for a residential facility that has previously operated under another receivership unless the responsibility for the operation of the facility is transferred to an operator approved by the court and the department of developmental disabilities. (G) The department of developmental disabilities may, upon its own initiative or at the request of an owner, operator, or resident of a residential facility, or at the request of a resident's guardian or relative or a county board of developmental disabilities, petition the court to appoint a receiver to take possession of and operate a residential facility. When the department has been requested to file a petition by any of the parties listed above, it shall, within forty-eight hours of such request, either file such a petition or notify the requesting party of its decision not to file. If the department refuses to file, the requesting party may file a petition with the court requesting the appointment of a receiver to take possession of and operate a residential facility. Petitions filed pursuant to this division shall include the following: (1) A description of the specific conditions existing at the facility which present a substantial risk of physical or mental harm to residents; (2) A statement of the absence of other adequate remedies at law; (3) The number of individuals residing at the facility; (4) A statement that the facts have been brought to the attention of the owner or licensee and that conditions have not been remedied within a reasonable period of time or that the conditions, though remedied periodically, habitually exist at the facility as a pattern or practice; (5) The name and address of the person holding the license for the facility and the address of the department of developmental disabilities. The court may award to an operator appropriate costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, if it determines that a petitioner has initiated a proceeding in bad faith or merely for the purpose of harassing or embarrassing the operator. (H) Except for the department of developmental disabilities or a county board of developmental disabilities, no party or person interested in an action shall be appointed a receiver pursuant to this section. To assist the court in identifying persons qualified to be named as receivers, the director of developmental disabilities shall maintain a list of the names of such persons. The director shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish standards for evaluating persons desiring to be included on such a list. (I) Before a receiver enters upon the duties of that person, the receiver must be sworn to perform the duties of receiver faithfully, and, with surety approved by the court, judge, or clerk, execute a bond to such person, and in such sum as the court or judge directs, to the effect that such receiver will faithfully discharge the duties of receiver in the action, and obey the orders of the court therein. (J) Under the control of the appointing court, a receiver may bring and defend actions in the receiver's own name as receiver and take and keep possession of property. The court shall authorize the receiver to do the following: (1) Collect payment for all goods and services provided to the residents or others during the period of the receivership at the same rate as was charged by the licensee at the time the petition for receivership was filed, unless a different rate is set by the court; (2) Honor all leases, mortgages, and secured transactions governing all buildings, goods, and fixtures of which the receiver has taken possession and continues to use, subject to the following conditions: (a) In the case of a rental agreement, only to the extent of payments that are for the use of the property during the period of the receivership; (b) In the case of a purchase agreement only to the extent of payments that come due during the period of the receivership. (3) If transfer of residents is necessary, provide for the orderly transfer of residents by doing the following: (a) Cooperating with all appropriate state and local agencies in carrying out the transfer of residents to alternative community placements; (b) Providing for the transportation of residents' belongings and records; (c) Helping to locate alternative placements and develop discharge plans; (d) Preparing residents for the trauma of discharge; (e) Permitting residents or guardians to participate in transfer or discharge planning except when an emergency exists and immediate transfer is necessary. (4) Make periodic reports on the status of the residential program to the appropriate state agency, county board of developmental disabilities, parents, guardians, and residents; (5) Compromise demands or claims; (6) Generally do such acts respecting the residential facility as the court authorizes. (K) Neither the receiver nor the department of developmental disabilities is liable for debts incurred by the owner or operator of a residential facility for which a receiver has been appointed. (L) The department of developmental disabilities may contract for the operation of a residential facility in receivership. The department shall establish the conditions of a contract. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, contracts that are necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the receiver need not be competitively bid. (M) The department of developmental disabilities, the department of children and youth, and the department of health shall provide technical assistance to any receiver appointed pursuant to this section. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.54
§ 5123.54. Rehabilitation standard rules
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 5123.51 , 5123.52 , and 5123.53 of the Revised Code. The rules shall establish rehabilitation standards for the purposes of section 5123.53 of the Revised Code and specify circumstances, other than meeting the standards, that constitute good cause for the purposes of that section. Last updated October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.811 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.811
§ 5123.811. Reporting change of location, death or condition of resident
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The managing officer of an institution under the control of the department of developmental disabilities shall immediately report the removal, death, absence without leave, discharge, or trial visit of any resident, or return of an absent without leave or visiting resident to the department, the probate judge of the county from which such resident was institutionalized, and the probate judge of the county of the residence of such resident. In case of death, the managing officer shall also notify one or more of the nearest relatives of the deceased resident, if known to the managing officer, by letter, telegram, or telephone. If the place of residence of such relative is unknown to the managing officer, immediately upon receiving notification, the probate judge shall in the speediest manner possible notify such relatives, if known to the probate judge. The managing officer of the institution shall, upon the request of the probate judge of the county from which such resident was institutionalized or the probate judge of the county of the residence of such resident, make a report to such judge of the condition of any resident under the care, treatment, custody, or control of such managing officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.193 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.193
§ 5123.193. Searchable database of vacancies in licensed residential facilities
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The director of developmental disabilities shall include on the internet web site maintained by the department of developmental disabilities a searchable database of vacancies in licensed residential facilities. Each person or government entity operating a licensed residential facility shall provide current and accurate vacancy information to the department in accordance with procedures that the director shall establish.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.22
§ 5155.22. Admission to county home
Status: in_force

May 13, 1980 House Bill 561 - 113th General Assembly In any county having a county home, when the superintendent or administrator, after making the inquiry provided by law, is of the opinion that the person complained of is entitled to admission to such home, he shall forthwith complete a statement of facts showing cause for admission to the home. If it appears that such person is legally settled in the township or has no legal settlement in this state, or that such settlement is unknown, and the superintendent or administrator of the home is satisfied that such person should become a resident of the county home, the superintendent or administrator shall admit such person as a resident and shall receive and provide for him in such facility forthwith, or as soon as the physical condition of such person will so permit. The county shall not be liable for any relief furnished, or expenses incurred by the board of township trustees or by a municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.15
§ 5164.15. Mental health services
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Community mental health services provider or facility" means a community mental health services provider or facility that has its community mental health services certified by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.36 of the Revised Code or by the department of children and youth under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code. (2) "Mental health professional" means a person qualified to work with persons with mental illnesses under the standards established by the director of mental health and addiction services pursuant to section 5119.36 of the Revised Code. (B) The medicaid program may cover the following mental health services when provided by community mental health services providers or facilities: (1) Outpatient mental health services, including, but not limited to, preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, and palliative interventions rendered to individuals in an individual or group setting by a mental health professional in accordance with a plan of treatment appropriately established, monitored, and reviewed; (2) Partial-hospitalization mental health services rendered by persons directly supervised by a mental health professional; (3) Unscheduled, emergency mental health services of a kind ordinarily provided to persons in crisis when rendered by persons supervised by a mental health professional; (4) Assertive community treatment and intensive home-based mental health services. (C) The department of medicaid shall enter into a separate contract with the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5162.35 of the Revised Code with regard to the mental health services the medicaid program covers pursuant to this section. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.16
§ 5155.16. Annual report
Status: in_force

April 29, 2005 House Bill 239 - 125th General Assembly The superintendent or administrator or, if operational control has been transferred to an operator under section 5155.011 of the Revised Code, the operator of the county home shall submit to the board of county commissioners an annual report. The report shall show all of the following: (A) The number of residents at the beginning of the year, the number admitted during the year, the number born in the home, and the total number of resident days for the year; (B) The number of residents discharged, the number of deaths, the number removed to other counties, states, and institutions during the year, and the number of residents remaining; (C) The daily average census; (D) The total current expenses for the year; (E) The amount of salaries paid during the year to the superintendent or administrator and the administrative assistant, and the amount of wages paid other employees; (F) Any other information the board or operator requires.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.525 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.525
§ 5124.525. Determination of debt of exiting operator; summary report
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities shall determine the actual amount of debt an exiting operator owes the department and the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services under the medicaid program by completing all final fiscal audits not already completed and performing all other appropriate actions the department determines to be necessary. The department shall issue an initial debt summary report on this matter not later than sixty days after the date the exiting operator files the properly completed cost report required by section 5124.522 of the Revised Code with the department or, if the department waives the cost report requirement for the exiting operator, sixty days after the date the department waives the cost report requirement. The initial debt summary report becomes the final debt summary report thirty-one days after the department issues the initial debt summary report unless the exiting operator, or an affiliated operator who executes a successor liability agreement under section 5124.521 of the Revised Code, requests a review before that date. The exiting operator, and an affiliated operator who executes a successor liability agreement under section 5124.521 of the Revised Code, may request a review to contest any of the department's findings included in the initial debt summary report. The request for the review must be submitted to the department not later than thirty days after the date the department issues the initial debt summary report. The department shall conduct the review on receipt of a timely request and issue a revised debt summary report. If the department has withheld money from payment due the exiting operator under division (A) of section 5124.521 of the Revised Code, the department shall issue the revised debt summary report not later than ninety days after the date the department receives the timely request for the review unless the department and exiting operator or affiliated operator agree to a later date. The exiting operator or affiliated operator may submit information to the department explaining what the operator contests before and during the review, including documentation of the amount of any debt the department owes the operator. The exiting operator or affiliated operator may submit additional information to the department not later than thirty days after the department issues the revised debt summary report. The revised debt summary report becomes the final debt summary report thirty-one days after the department issues the revised debt summary report unless the exiting operator or affiliated operator timely submits additional information to the department. If the exiting operator or affiliated operator timely submits additional information to the department, the department shall consider the additional information and issue a final debt summary report not later than sixty days after the department issues the revised debt summary report unless the department and exiting operator or affiliated operator agree to a later date. Each debt summary report the department issues under this section shall include the department's findings and the amount of debt the department determines the exiting operator owes the department and United States centers for medicare and medicaid services under the medicaid program. The department shall explain its findings and determination in each debt summary report. The exiting operator, and an affiliated operator who executes a successor liability agreement under section 5124.521 of the Revised Code, may request, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, an adjudication regarding a finding in a final debt summary report that pertains to an audit or alleged overpayment made under the medicaid program to the exiting operator. The adjudication shall be consolidated with any other uncompleted adjudication that concerns a matter addressed in the final debt summary report.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.09
§ 5121.09. Appointment of guardian
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly In case the estate of any resident in an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities is sufficient for the resident's support, without hardship to any others who may be dependent thereon, and no guardian has been appointed for such estate, the agent of the department shall petition the probate court of the proper county to appoint a guardian.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.094 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.094
§ 5163.094. Amount of annual individual premium
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly An individual shall not be required to pay a premium as a condition of qualifying for the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.65
§ 5123.65. Self-administration of medication
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly In addition to the rights specified in section 5123.62 of the Revised Code, individuals with developmental disabilities who can safely self-administer medication or receive assistance with self-administration of medication have the right to self-administer medication or receive assistance with the self-administration of medication. The department of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules as it considers necessary to implement and enforce this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.01
§ 5163.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly As used in this chapter: "Caretaker relative" has the same meaning as in 42 C.F.R. 435.4 as that regulation is amended effective January 1, 2014. "Expansion eligibility group" means the medicaid eligibility group described in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII). "Federal financial participation" has the same meaning as in section 5160.01 of the Revised Code. "Federal poverty line" has the same meaning as in section 5162.01 of the Revised Code. "Healthy start component" has the same meaning as in section 5162.01 of the Revised Code. "Home and community-based services medicaid waiver component" has the same meaning as in section 5166.01 of the Revised Code. "Intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities" and "ICF/IID" have the same meanings as in section 5124.01 of the Revised Code. "Mandatory eligibility groups" means the groups of individuals that must be covered by the medicaid state plan as a condition of the state receiving federal financial participation for the medicaid program. "Medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program" means the component of the medicaid program established under sections 5163.09 to 5163.098 of the Revised Code. "Medicaid services" has the same meaning as in section 5164.01 of the Revised Code. "Medicaid waiver component" has the same meaning as in section 5166.01 of the Revised Code. "Nursing facility" and "nursing facility services" have the same meanings as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code. "Optional eligibility groups" means the groups of individuals who may be covered by the medicaid state plan or a federal medicaid waiver and for whom the medicaid program receives federal financial participation. "Other medicaid-funded long-term care services" has the meaning specified in rules adopted under section 5163.02 of the Revised Code. "Supplemental security income program" means the program established by Title XVI of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.043 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.043
§ 5104.043. Determination of serious risk of noncompliance; notice
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) If the department of children and youth determines that an act or omission of a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home constitutes a serious risk noncompliance, the licensee shall notify the caretaker parent of each child receiving care in the center or home of the department's determination. (B) With respect to the notice required by division (A) of this section, all of the following apply: (1) The licensee shall notify caretaker parents not later than fifteen business days after the department informs the licensee of the department's determination. If the licensee requests a review of the department's determination, the licensee shall notify caretaker parents not later than five business days after the department has completed its review. (2) The notice shall include a statement informing each caretaker parent of the web site maintained by the department and the location of further information regarding the determination. (3) The licensee may provide written or electronic notice to caretaker parents. (4) The licensee shall provide a copy of the notice to the department. (C) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules to enforce this section. (D) The requirements of this section do not apply if the department suspends the license of a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home pursuant to section 5104.042 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.245 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.245
§ 5167.245. Appeals process
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The medicaid director shall establish an appeals process by which pharmacies may appeal to the department of medicaid any disputes relating to the maximum allowable cost set by the state pharmacy benefit manager for a prescribed drug. All pharmacies participating in the care management system shall use the appeals process to resolve any disputes relating to the maximum allowable cost set by the state pharmacy benefit manager.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.16
§ 5160.16. Appointment of agents
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid may appoint and commission any competent person to serve as a special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a designated duty for and on behalf of the department. Specific credentials shall be given by the department to each person so designated, and each credential shall state the following: (A) The person's name; (B) The agency with which the person is connected; (C) The purpose of the appointment; (D) The date the appointment expires, if appropriate; (E) Such information as the department considers proper.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.10
§ 5123.10. Bond of employees
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities shall require any of its employees and each officer and employee of every institution under its control who may be charged with custody or control of any money or property belonging to the state or who is required to give bond to give a surety company bond, properly conditioned, in a sum to be fixed by the department which, when approved by the department, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The cost of such bonds, when approved by the department, shall be paid from funds available for the department. The bonds required or authorized by this section may, in the discretion of the director of developmental disabilities, be individual, schedule, or blanket bonds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.56
§ 5164.56. Lien for amount owed by provider
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Under the medicaid program, any amount determined to be owed the state by a final fiscal audit conducted pursuant to section 5164.55 of the Revised Code, upon the issuance of an adjudication order pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that contains a finding that there is a preponderance of the evidence that a medicaid provider will liquidate assets or file bankruptcy in order to prevent payment of the amount determined to be owed the state, becomes a lien upon the real and personal property of the provider. Upon failure of the provider to pay the amount to the state, the medicaid director shall file notice of the lien, for which there shall be no charge, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which it is ascertained that the provider owns real or personal property. The director shall notify the provider by mail of the lien, but absence of proof that the notice was sent does not affect the validity of the lien. The lien is not valid as against the claim of any mortgagee, pledgee, purchaser, judgment creditor, or other lienholder of record at the time the notice is filed. If the provider acquires real or personal property after notice of the lien is filed, the lien shall not be valid as against the claim of any mortgagee, pledgee, subsequent bona fide purchaser for value, judgment creditor, or other lienholder of record to such after-acquired property unless the notice of lien is refiled after the property is acquired by the provider and before the competing lien attaches to the after-acquired property or before the conveyance to the subsequent bona fide purchaser for value. When the amount has been paid, the provider may record with the recorder notice of the payment. For recording such notice of payment, the recorder shall charge and receive from the provider a base fee of one dollar for services and a housing trust fund fee of one dollar pursuant to section 317.36 of the Revised Code. In the event of a distribution of the provider's assets pursuant to an order of any court under the law of this state including any receivership, assignment for benefit of creditors, adjudicated insolvency, or similar proceedings, amounts then or thereafter due the state under the medicaid program have the same priority as provided by law for the payment of taxes due the state and shall be paid out of the receivership trust fund or other such trust fund in the same manner as provided for claims for unpaid taxes due the state. If the attorney general finds after investigation that any amount due the state under the medicaid program is uncollectable, in whole or in part, the attorney general shall recommend to the director the cancellation of all or part of the claim. The director may thereupon effect the cancellation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.037 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.037
§ 5104.037. Tuberculosis screening, testing of prospective employees
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Active tuberculosis" has the same meaning as in section 339.71 of the Revised Code. (2) "Latent tuberculosis" means tuberculosis that has been demonstrated by a positive reaction to a tuberculosis test but has no clinical, bacteriological, or radiographic evidence of active tuberculosis. (3) "Licensed health professional" means any of the following: (a) A physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; (b) A physician assistant who holds a current, valid license to practice as a physician assistant issued under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code; (c) A certified nurse practitioner as defined in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code; (d) A clinical nurse specialist as defined in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Tuberculosis control unit" means the county tuberculosis control unit designated by a board of county commissioners under section 339.72 of the Revised Code or the district tuberculosis control unit designated pursuant to an agreement entered into by two or more boards of county commissioners under that section. (5) "Tuberculosis test" means either of the following: (a) A two-step Mantoux tuberculin skin test; (b) A blood assay for m. tuberculosis. (B) Before employing a person as an administrator or employee, for the purpose of tuberculosis screening, each child care center shall determine if the person has done both of the following: (1) Resided in a country identified by the world health organization as having a high burden of tuberculosis; (2) Arrived in the United States within the five years immediately preceding the date of application for employment. (C) If the person meets the criteria described in division (B) of this section, the center shall require the person to undergo a tuberculosis test before employment. If the result of the test is negative, the center may employ the person. (D) If the result of any tuberculosis test performed as described in division (C) of this section is positive, the center shall require the person to undergo additional testing for tuberculosis, which may include a chest radiograph or the collection and examination of specimens. (1) If additional testing indicates active tuberculosis, then until the person is no longer infectious as determined by the county tuberculosis unit, the center shall not employ the person or, if employed, shall not allow the person to be physically present at the center's location. For purposes of this section, evidence that a person is no longer infectious shall consist of a written statement to that effect signed by a representative of the tuberculosis control unit. (2) If additional testing indicates latent tuberculosis, then until the person submits to the program evidence that the person is receiving treatment as prescribed by a licensed health professional, the preschool program shall not employ the person or, if employed, shall not allow the person to be physically present at the program's location. Once the person submits to the program evidence that the person is in the process of completing a tuberculosis treatment regimen as prescribed by a licensed health professional, the preschool program may employ the person and allow the person to be physically present at the program's location so long as periodic evidence of compliance with the treatment regimen is submitted in accordance with rules adopted under section 3701.146 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this section, evidence that a person is in the process of completing and is compliant with a tuberculosis treatment regimen shall consist of a written statement to that effect signed by the tuberculosis control unit that is overseeing the person's treatment. Last updated August 28, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.014 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.014
§ 5104.014. Medical statement of immunization
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Child" includes both of the following: (a) An infant, toddler, or preschool age child; (b) A school-age child who is not enrolled in a public or nonpublic school but is enrolled in a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home or receives child care from a certified in-home aide. (2) "In the process of being immunized" means having received at least the first dose of an immunization sequence and complying with the immunization intervals or catch-up schedule prescribed by the director of health. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, not later than thirty days after enrollment in a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home and every thirteen months thereafter while enrolled in the center or home and not later than thirty days after beginning to receive child care from a certified in-home aide and every thirteen months thereafter while continuing to receive child care from the aide, each child's caretaker parent shall provide to the center, home, or in-home aide a medical statement, as described in division (D) of this section, indicating that the child has been immunized against or is in the process of being immunized against all of the following diseases: (1) Chicken pox; (2) Diphtheria; (3) Haemophilus influenzae type b; (4) Hepatitis A; (5) Hepatitis B; (6) Influenza; (7) Measles; (8) Mumps; (9) Pertussis; (10) Pneumococcal disease; (11) Poliomyelitis; (12) Rotavirus; (13) Rubella; (14) Tetanus. (C)(1) A child is not required to be immunized against a disease specified in division (B) of this section if any of the following is the case: (a) Immunization against the disease is medically contraindicated for the child; (b) The child's parent or guardian has declined to have the child immunized against the disease for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions; (c) Immunization against the disease is not medically appropriate for the child's age. (2) In the case of influenza, a child is not required to be immunized against the disease if the seasonal vaccine is not available. (D)(1) The medical statement shall include all of the following information: (a) The dates that a child received immunizations against each of the diseases specified in division (B) of this section; (b) Whether a child is subject to any of the exceptions specified in division (C) of this section. (2) The medical statement shall include a component where a parent or guardian may indicate that the parent or guardian has declined to have the child immunized. Last updated August 23, 2023 at 9:15 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.50
§ 5165.50. Notice of facility closure or withdrawal of participation
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly An exiting operator or owner of a nursing facility participating in the medicaid program shall provide the department of medicaid written notice of a facility closure or voluntary withdrawal of participation not less than ninety days before the effective date of the facility closure or voluntary withdrawal of participation. The written notice shall be provided to the department in accordance with the method specified in rules authorized by section 5165.53 of the Revised Code. The written notice shall include all of the following: (A) The name of the exiting operator and, if any, the exiting operator's authorized agent; (B) The name of the nursing facility that is the subject of the written notice; (C) The exiting operator's medicaid provider agreement number for the nursing facility that is the subject of the written notice; (D) The effective date of the facility closure or voluntary withdrawal of participation; (E) The signature of the exiting operator's or owner's representative.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.43
§ 5119.43. Sale or lease of land or facilities
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The director of behavioral health may enter into agreements with any person, political subdivision, or state agency for the sale or lease of land or facilities under the jurisdiction of the director of behavioral health in the following manner: (1) The director of behavioral health shall designate lands and facilities that are not needed by the department of behavioral health and are under the jurisdiction of the department. (2) The director of behavioral health shall have a preliminary appraisal made of any lands or facilities designated under division (A)(1) of this section by a disinterested professional appraiser from the department of administrative services. The appraiser shall deliver to the director of behavioral health a signed certificate of the probable market value of the lands and facilities as determined from the preliminary appraisal. (3) The director of behavioral health shall certify to the clerk of the house of representatives and to the clerk of the senate a list of all lands and facilities which may be sold or leased, and shall include with the list the results of the preliminary appraisals of the lands and facilities, a general description of the land and facilities, and a description of the current use of the land and facilities. (4) Every list of lands and facilities certified by the director of behavioral health to the clerk of the house of representatives and to the clerk of the senate under division (A)(3) of this section, shall immediately be transmitted by the respective clerks to the committees in the house and the senate to which land conveyance bills are usually referred. If either committee files in its clerk's office, within sixty calendar days of the original certification of the lands and facilities by the director of behavioral health, a report disapproving the sale or lease of any lands or facilities, the sale or lease of the lands or facilities disapproved in the report shall not be made under this section. With respect to a sale or lease of lands and facilities that has not been disapproved under this division, the director of behavioral health shall certify those lands and facilities to the director of administrative services. (5) After certification to the director of administrative services under division (A)(4) of this section, the director of behavioral health shall have a formal appraisal made of the lands and facilities by a disinterested professional appraiser from the department of administrative services. The director of behavioral health may accept the formal appraisal or may reject it and order a new formal appraisal by a disinterested professional appraiser who shall not be from the department of administrative services. The director of behavioral health may then sell or lease the lands or facilities in accordance with this division and department of administrative services procedures as set forth in Chapter 123. of the Revised Code. Any such deed or lease shall be prepared and recorded pursuant to section 5301.13 of the Revised Code. The department of administrative services shall be the sole agent for the state and shall complete the sale or lease of the lands or facilities, up to and including the closing thereof, after the director of behavioral health approves the sale price. The director of behavioral health and the director of administrative services may, if it is determined to be in the best interests of the state, agree to sell surplus land for an amount less than the formal appraised value but shall not sell any land for less than two-thirds of the formal appraised value. (B) Coincident with the certification made under division (A)(3) of this section concerning lands which may be sold, the director of behavioral health shall give written notice of intention to sell the lands by certified mail to the executive officer of each county, township, municipal corporation, and school district within which the lands are situated. In each notice, the director of behavioral health shall specify the conditions under which the lands shall be sold, including whether the lands will be sold as a single unit or sold in specific parcels that the director designates, and shall solicit from the subdivision offers to purchase the lands in accordance with the conditions the director of behavioral health has specified and at a price equal to the preliminary appraised value determined pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section. If, within thirty days of having certified the lands to the director of administrative services under division (A)(4) of this section, the director of behavioral health receives from the executive officer of a subdivision a written offer to purchase the lands at or above the price specified in the original notice from the director of behavioral health to the officer, provided such offer otherwise complies with the conditions of purchase specified in the original notice from the director of behavioral health, the director of behavioral health shall forthwith enter into an agreement to sell the lands to the subdivision. The agreement shall incorporate any and all terms that are acceptable to both parties and that are consistent with the terms specified in the original notice from the director of behavioral health. If no offer to purchase is received by the director of behavioral health within the thirty-day period provided in this division, the original notice from the director of behavioral health shall be considered withdrawn and the director of behavioral health shall be under no obligation to sell any of the lands specified in the notice to the subdivision. If two or more offers to purchase the same parcels of land are received by the director of behavioral health within the required time period from the executive officers of two or more subdivisions, the director of behavioral health shall accept the offer or offers to purchase that the director considers to be in the best interests of the state and of the department of behavioral health and shall proceed to enter into agreements of sale pursuant to this division. If all of the original notices from the director of behavioral health relating to a given parcel of land become withdrawn, the director of behavioral health may thereupon proceed to sell the parcel as otherwise provided in this section. No subdivision may commence an action to enforce the provisions of this division, or to seek any other legal or equitable remedy relative to this division, with respect to any lands certified to the director of administrative services under division (A)(4) of this section, except within sixty days of the date on which the lands were so certified. (C) Any agreement under this section shall be at such terms as will be in the best interests of the state and the department of behavioral health. However, the terms of any agreement for sale shall include a provision that the purchaser will abide by any comprehensive plan for the area that has been adopted by the local government in which the property is located before the parties enter into the agreement. No lease shall be of a duration greater than fifteen years. No agreement, except an agreement entered into under division (B) of this section, shall be entered into before the proposal to sell or lease the land or facilities has been advertised once each week for four weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in every county in which the lands or facilities are located and if the preliminary appraised value of the land to be sold or leased is more than one hundred thousand dollars, advertisement shall be made once each week for four weeks in at least two newspapers in the state having a daily circulation of one hundred thousand or more. If a city in this state is served by more than one newspaper having a circulation of one hundred thousand or more, advertisement may be made in only one of the newspapers serving the city. (D) Each deed or lease prepared and recorded pursuant to this section shall contain a recital stating that all provisions of this section have been complied with. The recital shall be considered binding and conclusive against all subdivisions of the state provided no action has been commenced pursuant to division (B) of this section. Any deed or lease containing such a recital shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with this section insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees, or transferees of the property is concerned. (E) Nothing in this section shall be construed as establishing a precedent for the disposal of state lands and facilities by other departments of the state. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.154 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.154
§ 5124.154. Computing rate for services provided by developmental centers
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities is not required to pay the total per medicaid day payment rates determined under section 5124.15 of the Revised Code for ICF/IID services provided by developmental centers. Instead, the department may determine the medicaid payment rates for developmental centers according to the reasonable cost principles of Title XVIII.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.278 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.278
§ 5180.278. [Former R.C. 3738.09, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Pregnancy-associated mortality review board - rulemaking
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of children and youth shall adopt rules that are necessary for the implementation of sections 5180.27 to 5180.277 of the Revised Code, including rules that do all of the following: (A) Establish a procedure for the PAMR board to follow in conducting pregnancy-associated death reviews; (B) Specify the data and other relevant information the board must use when conducting pregnancy-associated death reviews; (C) Establish guidelines for the board to follow to prevent an unauthorized dissemination of confidential information in violation of division (B) of section 5180.275 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5145.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5145 / § 5145.17
§ 5145.17. Contracts for sale of roadmaking materials
Status: in_force

July 1, 1987 House Bill 171 - 117th General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction may make contracts for the sale of roadmaking materials prepared by prisoners pursuant to section 5145.15 of the Revised Code with any department, public institution, or subdivision of the state or with any person and for furnishing and delivering the roadmaking material for use upon the appropriate roads, streets, and highways. (B) Any money received for roadmaking materials prepared by prisoners shall be deposited into the Ohio penal industries manufacturing fund created pursuant to section 5120.29 of the Revised Code and shall be used and accounted for as provided in that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.45
§ 5164.45. Contracts for examination, processing, and determination of medicaid claims
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The department of medicaid may contract with any person or persons as a fiscal agent for the examination, processing, and determination of medicaid claims. The contracting party may provide any of the following services, as required by the contract: (1) Design and operate medicaid management information systems, including the provision of data processing services; (2) Determine the amounts of payments to be made upon claims for medicaid; (3) Prepare and furnish to the department lists and computer tapes of such claims for payment; (4) In addition to audits which may be conducted by the department and by the auditor of state, make audits of providers and the claims of medicaid providers according to the standards set forth in the contract; (5) Assist medicaid providers in the development of procedures relating to utilization practices, make studies of the effectiveness of such procedures and methods for their improvement, implement and enforce standards of medical policy, and assist in the application of safeguards against unnecessary utilization; (6) Assist any institution, facility, or agency to qualify as a medicaid provider; (7) Establish and maintain fiscal records for the medicaid program; (8) Perform statistical and research studies; (9) Develop and implement programs for medicaid cost containment; (10) Perform such other duties as are necessary to carry out the medicaid program. (B) The department may contract with any person or persons as an insuring agent for the examination, processing, and determination of medicaid claims, as provided in division (A) of this section, and for the payment of medicaid claims through an underwritten program in which the state pays the insuring agent a monthly premium and the insuring agent pays for medicaid services. The person with whom the department contracts, with respect to the awarding, provisions, and performance of such contract, shall not be subject to the provisions of Title XXXIX of the Revised Code or to regulation by the department of insurance, nor to taxation as an insurance company pursuant to section 5725.18 or 5729.03 of the Revised Code. A contract with an insuring agent shall specify the qualifications, including capital and surplus requirements, and other conditions with which the insuring agent must comply. (C) In entering into a contract under this section, the department, in cooperation with the director of budget and management, shall determine that the contracting party is qualified to perform the required services and shall follow applicable procedures required of the department of administrative services in sections 125.07 to 125.11 of the Revised Code. A contract shall be awarded to the bidder who, with due consideration to the bidder's experience and financial capability, offers the lowest and best bid to the state for control of the costs of the medicaid program consistent with meeting the obligations under that program for fair and equitable treatment of medicaid recipients and medicaid providers. Any arrangement whereby funds are paid to an insuring or fiscal agent for administrative functions under this section shall, for the purposes of section 125.081 of the Revised Code, be deemed to be a contract or purchase by the department of administrative services; however, money to be used by an insuring agent to pay for medicaid services shall not be deemed a contract or purchase within the meaning of such section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.47
§ 5165.47. Claim for medicaid payment for service provided to nursing facility resident
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly No person, other than a nursing facility provider, shall submit a claim for medicaid payment for a service provided to a nursing facility resident if the service is included in a medicaid payment made to the nursing facility provider under this chapter or in the allowable expenses reported on a provider's cost report for a nursing facility. No nursing facility provider shall submit a separate claim for medicaid payment for a service provided to a resident of the nursing facility if the service is included in a medicaid payment made to the provider under this chapter or in the allowable expenses on the provider's cost report for the nursing facility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.21
§ 5121.21. Recovery of payments by relatives
Status: in_force

January 1, 2006 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly If payment of any amount due the state under the provisions of Chapter 5121. of the Revised Code is made on account of a resident by any liable relative, as defined in division (A) of section 5121.06 of the Revised Code, such relative may recover the following amounts from the following persons; provided, that in no event may such relative recover in total more than such relative has paid the state, and provided, that in no event is the person from whom recovery is sought obliged to pay at a rate of support higher than such person would have paid had the state proceeded directly against such person: (A) Any liable person may recover from the resident, the resident's guardian, or from the executor or administrator of the resident's estate the full amount of payment made by such liable relative. (B) Any liable relative may recover from the resident's spouse the full amount of payment made by such liable relative. (C) A minor resident's mother may recover from such minor resident's father one-half of the amount of payment made by such mother. (D) Any liable relative, other than the resident's spouse and other than a minor resident's parent, may recover from such resident's adult sons and daughters as are liable under division (A)(4) of section 5121.06 of the Revised Code, the full amount of payment made by such liable relative; provided, that there may be recovered from each such son or daughter only such proportion of the total payment as the figure one bears to the total number of such adult sons and daughters. (E) An adult resident's mother may recover from an adult resident's father one-half of the amount of payment made by such mother.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.277 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.277
§ 5180.277. [Former R.C. 3738.08, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Pregnancy-associated mortality review board - reports
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The PAMR board shall prepare a biennial report that does all of the following: (1) Summarizes the board's findings from the reviews completed in the immediately preceding two calendar years, including any trends or patterns identified by the board; (2) Makes recommendations on how pregnancy-associated deaths may be prevented, including changes that should be made to policies and laws; (3) Includes any other information related to pregnancy-associated mortality the board considers useful. (B) A report shall not contain individually identifiable information regarding any woman whose death was reviewed by the board. (C) The board shall submit a copy of each report to the director of children and youth, the general assembly, and the governor. The copy to the general assembly shall be submitted in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code. The initial report shall be submitted not later than March 1, 2020, with subsequent reports submitted not later than March 1 every two years thereafter. The director shall make a copy of each report available on the department of children and youth's web site. (D) Reports prepared under this section are public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.99
§ 5103.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

March 14, 2003 House Bill 424 - 124th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 5103.03 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 5103.15 , 5103.16 , or 5103.17 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.061
§ 5163.061. Income eligibility threshold for pregnant women
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The income eligibility threshold is two hundred per cent of the federal poverty line for women during pregnancy and the postpartum period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy who are covered by the medicaid program under division (B) of section 5163.06 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 16, 2021 at 3:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.039 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.039
§ 5103.039. Summary suspension of an institution or association
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth may suspend, without a prior hearing, the certificate of an institution or association, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, which includes a foster caregiver, if any of the following occur: (1) A child dies or suffers a serious injury while placed or residing with the institution or association, including a foster home, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code. (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) A principal of the institution or association; (b) An employee or volunteer of the institution or association who has not immediately been placed on administrative leave or released from employment; (c) Any person who resides in the foster home. (3) One of the following is charged by an indictment, information, or complaint with an offense relating to the death, injury, abuse, or neglect of a child: (a) A principal of the institution or association; (b) An employee or volunteer of the institution or association who has not immediately been placed on administrative leave or released from employment. (4) The department, the recommending agency, a public children services agency, or a county department of job and family services determines that a principal, employee, or volunteer of the institution or association, including a foster caregiver, or a person residing in the foster home, created a serious risk to the health or safety of a child placed therein that resulted in or could have resulted in a child's death or injury. (5) The department determines that the owner of the institution or association or the foster caregiver does not meet the requirements of section 2151.86 , 5103.0310 , or 5103.053 of the Revised Code. (B) In suspending a license under division (A) of this section, the department shall comply with section 119.07 of the Revised Code. A principal of an institution or association, including a foster caregiver, may request an adjudicatory hearing before the department pursuant to sections 119.06 and 119.12 of the Revised Code. If a hearing is requested and the department does not issue its final adjudication order within one hundred twenty days after the suspension, the suspension is void on the one hundred twenty-first day after the suspension, unless the hearing on the suspension is continued on agreement by the parties or for good cause. (C) A 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) An institution or association shall not have children placed in the institution or association while a summary suspension remains in effect. Upon the issuance of the order of suspension, the department shall place a hold on the certificate or indicate that the certificate is suspended in Ohio's statewide automated child welfare information system. (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 certificates. (F) This section does not limit the authority of the department to revoke a certificate pursuant to section 5103.03 of the Revised Code. (G) As used in this section, "principal" means any of the following: (1) The institution or association's administrator or director; (2) The institution or association's owners or partners; (3) Members of the institution or association's governing body; (4) A foster caregiver. Last updated August 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.50
§ 5153.50. Meeting of county auditors of counties comprising district
Status: in_force

September 14, 1957 House Bill 927 - 102nd General Assembly The county auditors of the several counties composing a children's home district, shall meet at the district children's home, not less than once in six months, to adjust accounts and to transact such other duties in connection with the institution as pertain to the business of their office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.632 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.632
§ 5101.632. Access to educational materials
Status: in_force

September 29, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly Each entity that employs or is responsible for licensing or regulating the individuals required under section 5101.63 of the Revised Code to make reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of adults shall ensure that the individuals have access to the educational materials developed under division (B) of section 5101.62 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.20
§ 5119.20. Electroencephalogram combined transcranial magnetic stimulation program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "Electroencephalogram (EEG) combined transcranial magnetic stimulation" means treatment in which transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) frequency pulses are tuned to the patient's physiology and biometric data. "First responder" has the meaning defined in section 2903.01 of the Revised Code. "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning defined in section 9.69 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of behavioral health shall establish a program to make electroencephalogram (EEG) combined transcranial magnetic stimulation available for veterans, first responders, and law enforcement officers. Eligible individuals must have substance use disorders, mental illness, sleep disorders, traumatic brain injuries, sexual trauma, post traumatic stress disorder and accompanying comorbidities, concussions or other brain trauma, or other issues identified by the individual's qualified medical practitioner as issues that would warrant treatment under the program. The program shall be operated in conjunction with a supplier selected under this section. (C) The director shall choose a location for the program and for up to ten branch sites, and shall enter into a contract for the purchase of services related to the program. Each branch site may operate one or more portable units or EEG combined neuromodulation portable units if the director determines that portable units or EEG combined neuromodulation portable units are necessary to expand access to care. The contract shall include provisions requiring the supplier to create and conduct a clinical trial, to establish and operate a clinical practice, to evaluate outcomes of the clinical trial and the clinical practice, to expend payments received from the state as needed for purposes of the program, and to report quarterly regarding the program to the president of the senate and to the standing committee of the senate that generally considers legislation regarding veterans affairs. (D) There is the electroencephalogram (EEG) combined transcranial magnetic stimulation fund in the state treasury. It shall consist of moneys appropriated to it by the general assembly. The director, with the approval of the controlling board, may authorize a disbursement from the fund for services rendered under the contract. (E) The director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to administer this section. (F) The supplier, in conducting the clinical trial and in operating the clinical practice, shall adhere to all of the following: (1) The United States food and drug administration regulations governing the conduct of clinical practice and clinical trials; (2) A peer-to-peer support network shall be made available by the supplier to any individual receiving treatment under the program. (3) The program protocol shall use adapted stimulation frequency and intensity modulation based on EEG and motor threshold testing as well as clinical symptoms and signs, and biometrics. (4) Each individual who receives treatment under the program also shall receive neurophysiological monitoring, monitoring for symptoms of substance use and mental health disorders, and access to counseling and wellness programming. Each individual also shall participate in the peer-to-peer support network established by the supplier. (5) Clinical protocols and outcomes of the clinical trial, and of any treatment provided by the clinical practice, shall be collected and reported quarterly in a report provided by the supplier to the director of behavioral health and to the United States food and drug administration. (6) Any individual who receives treatment at the clinical practice shall be eligible for a minimum of two electroencephalograms, plus an additional electroencephalogram for every ten treatments, during the course of the individual's treatment. (7) The report required by this section shall include a thorough accounting of the use and expenditure of all funds received from the state under this section. (G) Contracts entered into under this section are subject to section 9.231 and Chapter 125. of the Revised Code. (H) Operation of the program established under this section is contingent upon an appropriation by the general assembly designated for that purpose. Last updated August 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.721 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.721
§ 5164.721. Claims by freestanding birthing centers
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly A hospital or freestanding birthing center that is a medicaid provider may submit to the department of medicaid or the department's fiscal agent a medicaid claim that is both of the following: (A) For a long-acting reversible contraceptive device that is covered by medicaid and provided to a medicaid recipient during the period after the recipient gives birth in the hospital or center and before the recipient is discharged from that location ; (B) Separate from another medicaid claim for other inpatient care the hospital or center provides to the medicaid recipient.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.56
§ 5119.56. Money and property of patients
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Money or property deposited with managing officers of institutions under the jurisdiction of the department of behavioral health by any patient under the department's control or by relatives, guardians, conservators, and others for the special benefit of such patient, as well as all other funds and all other income paid to the patient, the patient's estate, or on the patient's behalf, or paid to the managing officer or to the institution as representative payee or otherwise paid on the patient's behalf, shall remain in the hands of such officers in appropriate accounts for use accordingly. The managing officer shall keep itemized book accounts of the receipt and disposition of such money and property, which book shall be open at all times to the inspection of the department. The director of behavioral health shall adopt rules governing the deposit, transfer, withdrawal, or investment of the funds and the income thereof, as well as rules under which such funds and income shall be paid by managing officers for the support of the patients pursuant to Chapter 5121. of the Revised Code, or for their other needs. Whenever any patient confined in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department dies, escapes, or is discharged from such institution, and any personal funds of such person remain in the hands of the managing officer thereof and no demand for such funds is made upon such managing officer by the owner of the funds or the owner's legally appointed representative, the managing officer shall hold the funds in the personal deposit fund for a period of at least one year during which time the managing officer shall make every effort possible to locate the owner or the owner's legally appointed representative. If at the end of this period no demand has been made for the funds, the managing officer shall dispose of the funds as follows: (A) All money in a personal deposit fund in excess of ten dollars due for the support of a patient shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5121. of the Revised Code. (B) All money in a personal deposit fund in excess of ten dollars not due for the support of a patient shall be placed to the credit of the institution's local account designated as the "industrial and entertainment" fund. (C) The first ten dollars to the credit of a patient shall be placed to the credit of the institution's local account designated as the "industrial and entertainment" fund. Whenever any patient in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department dies, escapes, or is discharged from such institution, and any personal effects of such person remain in the hands of the managing officer thereof, and no demand is made upon such managing officer by the owner of the property or the owner's legally appointed representative, the managing officer shall hold and dispose of such property in the following manner. All the miscellaneous personal effects shall be held for a period of at least one year, during which time the managing officer shall make every effort possible to locate the owner or the owner's legal representative. If at the end of this period, no demand has been made by the owner of the property or the owner's legal representative, the managing officer shall file with the county recorder of the county of commitment of such owner, all deeds, wills, contract mortgages, or assignments. The balance of the personal effects shall be sold at public auction after being duly advertised, and the funds turned over to the treasurer of state for credit to the general revenue fund. If any of the property is not of a type to be filed with the county recorder and is not salable at public auction, then the managing officer of the institution shall destroy such property. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.36
§ 5119.36. Certifying community mental health services or addiction services providers
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) A person or government entity that seeks initial certification of one or more certifiable services and supports, or that seeks to renew certification of one or more certifiable services and supports, shall submit an application to the director of behavioral health. On receipt of the application, the director shall determine whether the standards established by division (B) of this section and any rules adopted under this section are satisfied or continue to be satisfied by the applicant. As part of the determination the director may conduct an on-site review of the applicant. In doing so, the director may conduct the review in cooperation with a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services that seeks to contract or has a contract with the applicant under section 340.036 of the Revised Code. Not later than fourteen days after receipt of an application for initial or renewed certification, the director shall inform the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services serving the alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district in which the applicant's certifiable services and supports will be provided of the receipt of the application. On the board's request, the director shall provide the board with a copy of the application. Not later than thirty days after a provider's certification ceases to be valid for any reason, including the provider's failure to renew the certification prior to expiration, the director's acceptance of the provider's surrender of the certification, or the issuance of a final order for disciplinary action under division (F) or (L) of this section, the director shall provide notice to the applicable board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services of the reason the certification ceased to be valid and the date it became invalid. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, beginning on October 3, 2023, an applicant seeking initial certification of certifiable services and supports shall be accredited by one or more national accrediting organizations specified in division (B)(3) of this section for certifiable services and supports for which national accreditation exists for such services and supports or equivalent services and supports. (2) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, beginning October 1, 2025, an applicant seeking to renew certification of certifiable services and supports shall be accredited by one or more national accrediting organizations specified in division (B)(3) of this section for certifiable services and supports for which national accreditation exists for such services and supports or equivalent services and supports. (3) For purposes of divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section, the director shall accept appropriate accreditation of an applicant's certifiable services and supports from any of the following national accrediting organizations: (a) The joint commission; (b) The commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities; (c) The council on accreditation; (d) Any other national accrediting organization the director considers appropriate. (4) The accreditation requirements of divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply to an applicant seeking an initial or renewed certification to provide prevention services, as that term is defined in rules adopted under this section. For such applicants, accreditation is optional. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, if the director determines that an applicant has paid any required certification fee, that the applicant's accreditation of certifiable services and supports is current and appropriate for the services and supports for which the applicant is seeking initial or renewed certification, and that the applicant meets any other requirements established by this section or rules adopted under it, the director shall certify the services and supports or renew the certification of the services and supports, as applicable. Except as provided in division (I) of this section, the director shall issue or renew the certification without further evaluation of the services and supports. (2) Prior to October 1, 2025, if an applicant that seeks to renew certification of certifiable services and supports is not accredited to provide those services and supports by one or more national accrediting organizations specified in division (B)(3) of this section, the director shall conduct an evaluation of the applicant to determine whether the applicant's certifiable services and supports satisfy the standards for certification. The evaluation is in addition to any on-site review conducted under division (A) of this section and shall be performed in cooperation with a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services that seeks to contract or has a contract with the applicant under section 340.036 of the Revised Code. If the director determines that an applicant has paid any required certification fee, that the applicant's certifiable services and supports satisfy the standards for renewed certification, and that the applicant meets any other requirements established by this section or the rules adopted under it, the director shall certify the certifiable services and supports. (D) For purposes of the accreditation requirements of this section, both of the following apply: (1) The director may review the accrediting organizations specified in division (B)(3) of this section to evaluate whether the accreditation standards and processes used by the organizations are consistent with service delivery models the director considers appropriate for mental health services, alcohol and drug addiction services, or physical health services. The director may communicate to an accrediting organization any identified concerns, trends, needs, and recommendations. (2) The director shall require a community mental health services provider and a community addiction services provider to notify the director not later than ten days after any change in the provider's accreditation status. The provider may notify the director by providing a copy of the relevant document the provider received from the accrediting organization. (E) The director may require a community mental health services provider or a community addiction services provider to submit to the director cost reports pertaining to the provider. (F) The director may refuse to certify certifiable services and supports, refuse to renew certification, or revoke certification if any of the following apply to an applicant for certification or the holder of the certification: (1) The applicant or holder is not in compliance with rules adopted under this section. (2) The applicant or holder has been cited for a pattern of serious noncompliance or repeated violations of statutes or rules during the current certification period or any previous certification period. (3) The applicant or holder has been found to be in violation of section 5119.396 of the Revised Code; (4) The applicant or holder submits false or misleading information as part of a certification application, renewal, or investigation. (5) The applicant does not have adequate staff and equipment to provide the certifiable services and supports. (6) The department has been notified under section 5119.367 of the Revised Code or is otherwise aware that the applicant, any owner or principal of the applicant, or any subsidiary of the applicant or owner has been the subject of an adverse action, as defined in that section, taken during the three-year period immediately preceding the date of notification or date of becoming aware of the adverse action. (G) Proceedings initiated to deny applications to certify certifiable services and supports, to refuse to renew certification, or to revoke certification are governed by Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. If an order has been issued suspending admissions to a community addiction services provider, as provided in division (L) of this section, the order remains in effect during the pendency of those proceedings. (H) The director may conduct an on-site review or otherwise evaluate a community mental health services provider or a community addiction services provider at any time based on cause, including complaints made by or on behalf of persons receiving mental health services or alcohol and drug addiction services and confirmed or alleged deficiencies brought to the attention of the director. This authority does not affect the director's duty to conduct the inspections required by section 5119.37 of the Revised Code. In conducting an on-site review under this division, the director may do so in cooperation with a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services that seeks to contract or has a contract with the applicant under section 340.036 of the Revised Code. In conducting any other evaluation under this division, the director shall do so in cooperation with such a board. (I) If the director proposes to take action under division (F) of this section, the director shall notify the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services serving the alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district in which the certifiable services and supports will be or were provided, and provide the board opportunity to respond as specified in division (A) of this section with respect to initial or renewal applications. When a final order is issued by the director under division (F) of this section, the director may request that the appropriate board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services reallocate any funds for the certifiable services and supports the applicant was to provide to a community mental health services provider or community addiction services provider whose certifiable services and supports satisfy the standards. If the board does not reallocate such funds in a reasonable period of time, the director may withhold state and federal funds for the certifiable services and supports and allocate those funds directly to a community mental health services provider or community addiction services provider whose certifiable services and supports satisfy the standards. (J) Each applicant seeking initial or renewed certification of its certifiable services and supports shall pay a fee for the certification required by this section, unless the applicant is exempt under rules adopted under this section. Fees shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the sale of goods and services fund created pursuant to section 5119.45 of the Revised Code. (K) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section. The rules shall do all of the following: (1) Subject to section 340.034 of the Revised Code, specify the types of recovery supports that are required to be certified under this section; (2) Establish certification standards for certifiable services and supports that are consistent with nationally recognized applicable standards and facilitate participation in federal assistance programs. The rules shall include as certification standards only requirements that improve the quality of certifiable services and supports or the health and safety of persons receiving certifiable services and supports. The standards shall address at a minimum all of the following: (a) Reporting major unusual incidents to the director; (b) Procedures for applicants for and persons receiving certifiable services and supports to file grievances and complaints; (c) Seclusion; (d) Restraint; (e) Requirements regarding the physical facilities in which certifiable services and supports are provided; (f) Requirements with regard to health, safety, adequacy, and cultural specificity and sensitivity; (g) Standards for evaluating certifiable services and supports; (h) Standards and procedures for granting full, probationary, and interim certification of the certifiable services and supports of an applicant; (i) Standards and procedures for revoking the certification of a community mental health services provider's or community addiction services provider's certifiable services and supports that do not continue to meet the minimum standards established pursuant to this section; (j) The limitations to be placed on a provider whose certifiable services and supports are granted probationary or interim certification; (k) Development of written policies addressing the rights of persons receiving certifiable services and supports, including all of the following: (i) The right to a copy of the written policies addressing the rights of persons receiving certifiable services and supports; (ii) The right at all times to be treated with consideration and respect for the person's privacy and dignity; (iii) The right to have access to the person's own psychiatric, medical, or other treatment records unless access is specifically restricted in the person's treatment plan for clear treatment reasons; (iv) The right to have a client rights officer provided by the provider or board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services advise the person of the person's rights, including the person's rights under Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code if the person is committed to the provider or board. (l) Documentation that must be submitted as evidence of holding appropriate accreditation; (m) A process by which the director may review the accreditation standards and process used by the national accrediting organizations specified in division (B)(3) of this section. (3) Establish the process for certification of certifiable services and supports; (4) Set the amount of initial and renewal certification fees and any reasons for which applicants may be exempt from the fees; (5) Specify the type of notice and hearing to be provided prior to a decision on whether to reallocate funds; (6) Establish a process by which the director, based on deficiencies identified as a result of conducting an on-site review or otherwise evaluating a community mental health services provider or community addiction services provider under division (H) of this section, may take any range of correction actions, including revocation of the provider's certification. (L)(1) The director may issue an order suspending admissions to a community addiction services provider that provides overnight accommodations if the director finds either of the following: (a) The provider's certifiable services and supports are not in compliance with rules adopted under this section; (b) The provider has been cited for more than one violation of statutes or rules during any previous certification period of the provider. (2)(a) Except as provided in division (L)(2)(b) of this section, proceedings initiated to suspend admissions to a community addiction services provider that provides overnight accommodations are governed by Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (b) If a suspension of admissions is proposed because the director has determined that the provider has demonstrated a pattern of serious noncompliance or that a violation creates a substantial risk to the health and safety of patients, the director may issue an order suspending admissions before providing an opportunity for an adjudication under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The director shall lift the order for the suspension of admissions if the director determines that the violation that formed the basis for the order has been corrected. (3) Appeals from proceedings initiated to order the suspension of admissions shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, unless the order was issued before providing an opportunity for an adjudication, in which case all of the following apply: (a) The provider may request a hearing not later than ten days after being served in accordance with sections 119.05 and 119.07 of the Revised Code. (b) If a timely request for a hearing that includes the provider's current address is made, the hearing shall commence not later than thirty days after the department receives the request. (c) After commencing, the hearing shall continue uninterrupted, except for Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, unless other interruptions are agreed to by the provider and the director. (d) If the hearing is conducted by a hearing examiner, the hearing examiner shall file a report and recommendations with the department not later than ten days after the last of the following: (i) The close of the hearing; (ii) If a transcript of the proceedings is ordered, the hearing examiner receives the transcript; (iii) If post-hearing briefs are timely filed, the hearing examiner receives the briefs. (e) The hearing examiner shall send a written copy of the report and recommendations, by certified mail, to the provider, or the provider's attorney, if applicable, not later than five days after the report is filed with the department. (f) Not later than five days after receiving the report and recommendations, the provider may file objections with the department. (g) Not later than fifteen days after the hearing examiner files the report and recommendations, the department shall issue an order approving, modifying, or disapproving the report and recommendations. (h) Notwithstanding the pendency of the hearing, the department shall lift the order for the suspension of admissions if the department determines the violation that formed the basis for the order has been corrected. (M)(1) In a proceeding initiated to suspend admissions to a community addiction services provider that provides overnight accommodations, to deny an application for certification of certifiable services and supports, to refuse to renew certification, or to revoke certification, the department may order the suspension, denial, refusal, or revocation regardless of whether some or all of the deficiencies that prompted the proceedings have been corrected at the time of the hearing. (2) When the department issues an order suspending admissions to a community addiction services provider that provides overnight accommodations, denies an application for certification of certifiable services and supports, refuses to renew certification, or revokes a certification, the department shall not grant an opportunity for submitting a plan of correction. (N) The department of behavioral health shall maintain a current list of community addiction services providers and shall provide a copy of the list to a judge of a court of common pleas who requests a copy for the use of the judge under division (H) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code. The list shall identify each provider by its name, its address, and the county in which it is located. (O) No person shall represent in any manner that a community mental health services provider's or community addiction services provider's certifiable services and supports are certified by the director if the certifiable services and supports are not so certified at the time the representation is made. (P) If a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services requests the department of behavioral health to investigate a community mental health services provider or community addiction services provider pursuant to this section, the department shall initiate the investigation not later than ten business days after receipt of the request. If the department initiates an investigation of a community mental health services provider or community addiction services provider under this section for any other reason, the department shall notify the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services serving the applicable alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district of the investigation and the reason for the investigation not later than three business days after the investigation begins. On the board's request, the department shall provide the board with information specifying the status of the investigation and the final disposition of the investigation. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.38
§ 5164.38. Adjudication orders of department
Status: in_force

September 29, 2023 Senate Bill 21, House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Party" has the same meaning as in division (G) of section 119.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Revalidate" means to approve a medicaid provider's continued enrollment as a medicaid provider in accordance with the revalidation process established in rules authorized by section 5164.32 of the Revised Code. (B) This section does not apply to either of the following: (1) Any action taken or decision made by the department of medicaid with respect to entering into or refusing to enter into a contract with a managed care organization pursuant to section 5167.10 of the Revised Code; (2) Any action taken by the department under division (D)(2) of section 5124.60 , division (D)(1) or (2) of section 5124.61 , or sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 of the Revised Code. (C) Except as provided in division (E) of this section and section 5164.58 of the Revised Code, the department shall do any of the following by issuing an order pursuant to an adjudication conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code: (1) Refuse to enter into a provider agreement with a medicaid provider; (2) Refuse to revalidate a medicaid provider's provider agreement; (3) Suspend or terminate a medicaid provider's provider agreement; (4) Take any action based upon a final fiscal audit of a medicaid provider. (D) Any party who is adversely affected by the issuance of an adjudication order under division (C) of this section may appeal to the court of common pleas in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code. (E) The department is not required to comply with division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of this section whenever any of the following occur: (1) The terms of a provider agreement require the medicaid provider to hold a license, permit, or certificate or maintain a certification issued by an official, board, commission, department, division, bureau, or other agency of state or federal government other than the department of medicaid, and the license, permit, certificate, or certification has been denied, revoked, not renewed, suspended, or otherwise limited. (2) The terms of a provider agreement require the medicaid provider to hold a license, permit, or certificate or maintain certification issued by an official, board, commission, department, division, bureau, or other agency of state or federal government other than the department of medicaid, and the provider has not obtained the license, permit, certificate, or certification. (3) The medicaid provider's application for a provider agreement is denied, or the provider's provider agreement is terminated or not revalidated, because of or pursuant to any of the following: (a) The termination, refusal to renew, or denial of a license, permit, certificate, or certification by an official, board, commission, department, division, bureau, or other agency of this state other than the department of medicaid, notwithstanding the fact that the provider may hold a license, permit, certificate, or certification from an official, board, commission, department, division, bureau, or other agency of another state; (b) Division (D) or (E) of section 5164.35 of the Revised Code; (c) The provider's termination, suspension, or exclusion from the medicare program or from another state's medicaid program and, in either case, the termination, suspension, or exclusion is binding on the provider's participation in the medicaid program in this state; (d) The provider's pleading guilty to or being convicted of a criminal activity materially related to either the medicare or medicaid program; (e) The provider or its owner, officer, authorized agent, associate, manager, or employee having been convicted of one of the offenses that caused the provider's provider agreement to be suspended pursuant to section 5164.36 of the Revised Code; (f) The provider's failure to provide the department the national provider identifier assigned the provider by the national provider system pursuant to 45 C.F.R. 162.408. (4) The medicaid provider's application for a provider agreement is denied, or the provider's provider agreement is terminated or suspended, as a result of action by the United States department of health and human services and that action is binding on the provider's medicaid participation. (5) The medicaid provider's provider agreement and medicaid payments to the provider are suspended under section 5164.36 or 5164.37 of the Revised Code. (6) The medicaid provider's application for a provider agreement is denied because the provider's application was not complete; (7) The medicaid provider's provider agreement is converted under section 5164.32 of the Revised Code from a provider agreement that is not time-limited to a provider agreement that is time-limited. (8) Unless the medicaid provider is a nursing facility or ICF/IID, the provider's provider agreement is not revalidated pursuant to division (B)(1) of section 5164.32 of the Revised Code. (9) The medicaid provider's provider agreement is suspended, terminated, or not revalidated because of either of the following: (a) Any reason authorized or required by one or more of the following: 42 C.F.R. 455.106, 455.23, 455.416, 455.434, or 455.450; (b) The provider has not billed or otherwise submitted a medicaid claim for two years or longer. (F) In the case of a medicaid provider described in division (E)(3)(f), (6), (7), or (9)(b) of this section, the department may take its action by sending a notice explaining the action to the provider. The notice shall be sent to the medicaid provider's address on record with the department. The notice may be sent by regular mail. (G) The department may withhold payments for medicaid services rendered by a medicaid provider during the pendency of proceedings initiated under division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of this section. If the proceedings are initiated under division (C)(4) of this section, the department may withhold payments only to the extent that they equal amounts determined in a final fiscal audit as being due the state. This division does not apply if the department fails to comply with section 119.07 of the Revised Code, requests a continuance of the hearing, or does not issue a decision within thirty days after the hearing is completed. This division does not apply to nursing facilities and ICFs/IID. Last updated August 7, 2023 at 2:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.056 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.056
§ 5103.056. Evidence of corrective action after violation
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly If the department of children and youth has determined that a residential facility has violated a requirement for certification and issues a corrective action plan for the facility to remedy the violation, the operator of the facility shall provide documentary evidence of the correction. Self-attestation of the correction without documentary evidence shall not be sufficient proof of correction of the violation. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.011
§ 5122.011. Application of chapter
Status: in_force

July 1, 1997 Senate Bill 285 - 121st General Assembly The provisions of this chapter regarding hospitalization apply to a person who is found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity and is committed pursuant to section 2945.39 , 2945.40 , 2945.401 , or 2945.402 of the Revised Code to the extent that the provisions are not in conflict with any provision of sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code. If a provision of this chapter is in conflict with a provision in sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code regarding a person who has been so committed, the provision in sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code shall control regarding that person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.425 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.425
§ 5180.425. [Former R.C. 5101.148, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] No unnecessary removal of children from foster homes due to sanction
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly If the department of children and youth sanctions a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency, it shall take every possible precaution to ensure that any foster children that have been placed by the agency under sanction are not unnecessarily removed from the certified foster homes in which they reside. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.83
§ 5123.83. Civil and public or private employment rights
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly No person shall be deprived of any civil right, or public or private employment, solely by reason of the person's having received services, voluntarily or involuntarily, for a developmental disability. Any person in custody, voluntarily or involuntarily, under the provisions of this chapter, retains all rights not specifically denied the person under this or any other chapter of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.33
§ 5104.33. Forms for eligibility determinations for publicly funded child care
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth shall prescribe an application form for use in making eligibility determinations for publicly funded child care. The form shall be as brief and simple as practicable. (B) In administering the process of applying for publicly funded child care, the county department of job and family services shall implement policies designed to ensure that the application process is as accessible to the public as possible. These policies shall include making the application forms available at appropriate locations selected by the county department and making arrangements that enable applicants to complete the application process at times outside their normal working hours, and at locations, convenient for them. The arrangements may include stationing certain of their employees at various sites in the county for the purpose of assisting applicants in completing the application process and of making eligibility determinations at those locations. The arrangements may also include providing training and technical assistance to appropriate entities that qualify them to provide assistance in completing the application process and, to the extent permitted by federal law, to make eligibility determinations. Each county department of job and family services shall submit to the department of children and youth for approval its plan for ensuring that the application process is as accessible to the public as possible and complies with this division. The county department shall make any changes to its plan that the department determines are necessary for compliance with this division and with any state standards adopted for the administration of this division. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.18
§ 5120.18. Classifying public buildings - purchase of articles
Status: in_force

August 26, 1977 House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction shall, with the advice and consent of the department of administrative services, classify public buildings, offices, and institutions and determine the kinds, patterns, designs, and qualities of articles to be manufactured for use therein, which shall be uniform for each class, so far as practicable. Whenever the department of rehabilitation and correction gives written notice to the superintendent of purchases and printing, or other official having authority to purchase articles, that the department is prepared to supply such articles from any institution under its control, the superintendent or other official shall make any needed purchases of said articles from such institution, unless the chief officer thereof, or the department, having been requested to furnish such articles, gives notice in writing within thirty days from the date of the request, that such articles cannot be furnished. If the superintendent requires such articles within thirty days from the day of making such request and so states upon the face of such request, the chief officer of such institution or the department of rehabilitation and correction shall forthwith advise the superintendent whether it will be able to furnish such articles within such time, the superintendent may purchase such articles in the open market as in other cases. This section does not apply to any officer, board, or agent of any municipal corporation which maintains an institution that produces or manufactures articles of the kind desired.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.912 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.912
§ 5164.912. Integrated care delivery system standardized claim form
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The medicaid director shall select from among universally accepted claim forms used in the United States a standardized claim form for each type of medicaid provider that provides medicaid services under the integrated care delivery system. The director shall create standardized claim codes to be used on the standardized claim forms. Each medicaid provider and medicaid provider's designee that bills for medicaid services provided under the integrated care delivery system shall use the appropriate standardized claim form and standardized claim codes. Last updated May 6, 2021 at 5:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.042
§ 5126.042. Waiting lists for non-medicaid programs or services
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "department of developmental disabilities-administered medicaid waiver component" means a medicaid waiver component administered by the department of developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5166.21 of the Revised Code. (B) If a county board of developmental disabilities determines that available resources are not sufficient to meet the needs of all individuals who request non-medicaid programs or services, it shall establish one or more waiting lists for the non-medicaid programs or services in accordance with its plan developed under section 5126.04 of the Revised Code. The board may establish priorities for making placements on its waiting lists established under this division. Any such priorities shall be consistent with the board's plan and applicable law. (C) If a county board determines that available resources are insufficient to enroll in department of developmental disabilities-administered medicaid waiver components all individuals who are assessed as needing home and community-based services and have requested those services, it shall establish a waiting list for the services in accordance with rules adopted under this section. Before placing an individual on a waiting list established under this division, the board shall inform the individual of the option to receive ICF/IID services, provide the individual with the contact information for all ICFs/IID located in the county the board serves and contiguous counties, and direct the individual to the searchable database of vacancies in licensed residential facilities included on the department's internet web site pursuant to section 5123.193 of the Revised Code. (D) The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing a county board's waiting list established under division (C) of this section, including rules that establish all of the following: (1) Procedures a county board is to follow to transition individuals from a waiting list the county board established under division (C) of this section before September 29, 2017, to the waiting list the county board establishes under that division after that date; (2) Procedures by which a county board is to ensure that the due process rights of individuals placed on the county board's waiting list are observed; (3) Criteria a county board is to use to determine all of the following: (a) An individual's eligibility to be placed on the county board's waiting list; (b) The date an individual who has been assessed as needing home and community-based services requests the services; (c) The order in which individuals on the county board's waiting list are to be offered enrollment in a department of developmental disabilities-administered medicaid waiver component; (d) The department of developmental disabilities-administered medicaid waiver component in which an individual on the county board's waiting list is to be offered enrollment. (4) Grounds for removing an individual from the county board's waiting list. (E) The director shall consult with all of the following when adopting rules under division (D) of this section: (1) Individuals with developmental disabilities; (2) Associations representing individuals with developmental disabilities and the families of such individuals; (3) Associations representing providers of services to individuals with developmental disabilities; (4) The Ohio association of county boards serving people with developmental disabilities. (F) The following shall take precedence over the applicable provisions of this section: (1) Medicaid rules and regulations; (2) Any specific requirements that may be contained within a medicaid state plan amendment or department of disabilities-administered medicaid waiver component with respect to which a county board has authority to provide services, programs, or supports.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.311 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.311
§ 5122.311. Notification of bureau of criminal identification and investigation of adjudication of mental illness
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, if, on or after April 8, 2004, an individual is found by a court to be a person with a mental illness subject to court order or becomes an involuntary patient other than one who is a patient only for purposes of observation, the probate judge who made the adjudication or the chief clinical officer of the hospital, community mental health services provider, or facility in which the person is an involuntary patient shall notify the office of the attorney general, on the form described in division (C) of this section, of the identity of the individual. The notification shall be transmitted by the judge or the chief clinical officer not later than seven days after the adjudication or commitment. (B) The office of the attorney general shall compile and maintain the notices it receives under division (A) of this section and the notices shall be used for the purpose of conducting incompetency records checks pursuant to section 311.41 of the Revised Code. The notices and the information they contain are confidential, except as provided in this division, and are not public records. (C) The attorney general, by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall prescribe and make available to all probate judges and all chief clinical officers a form to be used by them for the purpose of making the notifications required by division (A) of this section. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 1:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.54
§ 5107.54. Work experience program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby established, as a work activity under Ohio works first, the work experience program. A participant of Ohio works first placed in the program shall receive work experience from private and government entities. Participants of Ohio works first assigned to the work experience program are not employees of the department of job and family services or a county department of job and family services. The operation of the work experience program does not constitute the operation of an employment agency by the department of job and family services or a county department of job and family services. (B) County departments of job and family services shall develop work projects to which participants of Ohio works first are assigned under the work experience program. Work projects may include assignments with private and government entities. Examples of work projects a county department may develop include unpaid internships, refurbishing publicly assisted housing, and having a participant volunteer to work at the head start agency in which the participant's minor child is enrolled. Each county department shall make a list of the work projects available to the public. (C) Unless a county department of job and family services pays the premiums for the entity, a private or government entity with which a participant of Ohio works first is placed in and participates in the work experience program shall pay premiums to the bureau of workers' compensation on account of the participant. Last updated August 16, 2023 at 1:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.97 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.97
§ 5119.97. Lists of qualified hospitals and treatment providers
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Each board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services on at least an annual basis shall submit each of the following lists to the clerk of the probate court in each county served by the board: (A) A list of all hospitals in the counties served by the board that are able and willing to take respondents ordered to undergo seventy-two hours of treatment and observation pursuant to section 5119.95 of the Revised Code; (B) A list of hospitals and treatment providers in the counties served by the board that are able and willing to provide treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse ordered pursuant to section 5119.94 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.15
§ 5120.15. Admission and discharge of inmates
Status: in_force

July 12, 1972 House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction shall regulate the admission and discharge of inmates in the institutions described in section 5120.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.67
§ 5123.67. Liberal construction of chapter
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly This chapter shall be liberally interpreted to accomplish the following purposes: (A) To promote the human dignity and to protect the constitutional rights of persons with developmental disabilities in the state; (B) To encourage the development of the ability and potential of each person with a developmental disability in the state to the fullest possible extent, no matter how severe the degree of disability; (C) To promote the economic security, standard of living, and meaningful employment of persons with developmental disabilities; (D) To maximize the assimilation of persons with developmental disabilities into the ordinary life of the communities in which they live; (E) To promote opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities to live in surroundings or circumstances that are typical for other community members; (F) To promote the right of persons with developmental disabilities to speak and be heard about the desired direction of their lives and to use available resources in ways that further that direction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.88 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.88
§ 5123.88. Writ of habeas corpus
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly Any person detained pursuant to this chapter shall be entitled to the writ of habeas corpus upon proper petition by self or a friend to any court generally empowered to issue the writ of habeas corpus in the county in which the person is detained. No person may bring a petition for a writ of habeas corpus that alleges that a person involuntarily detained pursuant to this chapter is no longer a person with an intellectual disability subject to institutionalization by court order unless the person shows that the release procedures of division (H) of section 5123.76 of the Revised Code are inadequate or unavailable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.161 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.161
§ 5101.161. Public assistance fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly Prior to the sixteenth day of May annually, the department of job and family services shall certify to the board of county commissioners of each county the amount estimated by the department to be needed in the following state fiscal year to meet the county share, as determined under division (B) of section 5101.16 of the Revised Code, of public assistance expenditures. Each January, the board shall appropriate the amount certified by the department and an additional five per cent of that amount. Each June, the board may reappropriate, for any purpose the board determines to be appropriate, the amount appropriated in January that exceeds the total of the amount certified by the department for the last six months of the current state fiscal year and the first six months of the following state fiscal year. Before the fifteenth day of each payment period the department establishes by rule, the department shall pay a county the estimated state and federal share of the county's public assistance expenditures for that payment period increased or decreased by the amount the department underpaid or overpaid the county for the most recent payment period that the department knows an underpayment or overpayment was made. If the department establishes a maximum amount that it will reimburse a county for public assistance expenditures and a county spends more for such an expenditure than is reimbursable, the department shall not pay the county a state or, except as provided in section 5101.162 of the Revised Code, a federal share for the amount of the expenditure that exceeds the maximum allowable reimbursement amount. County expenditures that exceed the maximum allowable reimbursement amount shall not be credited to a county's share of public assistance expenditures under section 5101.16 of the Revised Code. The department also shall not pay a county a state or, except as provided in section 5101.162 of the Revised Code, a federal share for an administrative expenditure that is not allowed by the department. A county shall deposit all funds appropriated by a board of county commissioners and received from the department under this section in a special fund in the county treasury known as the public assistance fund. A county shall make payments for public assistance expenditures from the public assistance fund. The attorney general shall bring mandamus proceedings in the Franklin county court of appeals against any board of county commissioners that fails to make appropriations or deposits into the public assistance fund required by this section. The director of job and family services shall adopt internal management rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to do all of the following: (A) Establish the method by which the department is to make payments to counties under this section; (B) Establish procedures for payment by counties of the county share of public assistance expenditures; (C) Establish payment periods for paying a county its estimated state and federal share of public assistance expenditures; (D) Allow county departments of job and family services to use the public assistance fund for other purposes and programs similar to the purposes and programs specified in this section. The director may adopt internal management rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to establish a maximum amount that it will reimburse a county for public assistance expenditures.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.171
§ 5153.171. Request for information concerning deceased child whose death may have been caused by abuse, neglect, or other criminal conduct
Status: in_force

October 5, 2000 House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly (A) On receipt by a public children services agency of a request for the release of information about a child under eighteen years of age who was a resident of the county served by the agency at the time of death and whose death may have been caused by abuse, neglect, or other criminal conduct, the director of the agency immediately shall confer with the prosecuting attorney of that county. After the executive director confers with the prosecuting attorney, the following apply: (1) If the prosecuting attorney intends to prosecute a person for causing the child's death, the prosecuting attorney shall determine the information described in division (A) of section 5153.172 of the Revised Code that may be released, if any, and notify the director of the intent to prosecute and the determination of what information may be released. Except as provided in section 5153.173 of the Revised Code, on receipt of the notice, the director shall release the information the prosecutor determines may be released and no other information. (2) If the prosecuting attorney does not intend to prosecute a person for causing the death of the child, the prosecuting attorney shall notify the director that no prosecution is intended. Except as provided in section 5153.173 of the Revised Code, on receipt of the notice, the director shall release the information described in division (A) of section 5153.172 of the Revised Code. (B) A public children services agency director who releases information in accordance with this section in good faith shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property incurred or imposed as a result of provision of the information.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.741 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.741
§ 5101.741. Duties of commission
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The elder abuse commission shall formulate and recommend strategies on all of the following: (1) Increasing awareness of and improving education on elder abuse; (2) Increasing research on elder abuse; (3) Improving policy, funding, and programming related to elder abuse, including estimated funding necessary to implement specific recommendations; (4) Improving the judicial response to elder abuse victims; (5) Identifying ways to coordinate statewide efforts to address elder abuse. (B) The commission shall prepare and issue a biennial report on a plan of action that may be used by local communities to aid in the development of efforts to combat elder abuse. The report shall include the commission's recommendations made under division (A) of this section. (C) The attorney general may adopt rules as necessary for the commission to carry out its duties. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 24, 2021 at 4:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.10
§ 5164.10. Coverage of tobacco cessation medications and services
Status: in_force

September 18, 2020 House Bill 11 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The medicaid program shall cover both of the following, subject to division (C) of this section: (1) All tobacco cessation medications approved by the United States food and drug administration; (2) All forms of tobacco cessation services recommended by the United States preventive services task force, including individual, group, and telephone counseling and any combination thereof. (B) The department of medicaid shall not impose any of the following conditions with respect to the coverage required by this section: (1) Counseling requirements for tobacco cessation medications; (2) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, limits on the duration of services, including annual or lifetime limits on the number of covered attempts to quit using tobacco; (3) Cost-sharing requirements under section 5162.20 of the Revised Code; (4) Prior authorization requirements, step therapy protocols as defined in section 5164.7512 of the Revised Code, or any other utilization management requirements, except that prior authorization may be required for either of the following: (a) Treatment that exceeds the duration recommended in the United States public health service clinical practice guidelines on treating tobacco use and dependence; (b) Services associated with more than two attempts to quit using tobacco within a twelve-month period. (C) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish standards and procedures for approving the forms of tobacco cessation medications and services that must be covered under this section. The rules shall also establish standards and procedures for updating the approved forms of tobacco cessation medications and services that must be covered under this section when the approved forms are modified by the United States food and drug administration, United States public health service, or United States preventive services task force. (D) With respect to the coverage required by this section, the department of medicaid shall do both of the following: (1) Inform medicaid recipients about the coverage; (2) Market the coverage to Medicaid recipients.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.90
§ 5123.90. Attorney general duties
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The attorney general shall attend to all suits instituted on behalf of or against any public institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities and the managing officer thereof. If a writ of habeas corpus is applied for, the clerk of the court shall give notice of the time and place of hearing to the attorney general.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.021
§ 5123.021. Determining need for nursing facility care
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "mentally retarded individual" and "specialized services" have the same meanings as in section 5165.03 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section and rules adopted under division (E)(3) of this section, for purposes of section 5165.03 of the Revised Code, the department of developmental disabilities shall determine in accordance with section 1919(e)(7) of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, and regulations adopted under section 1919(f)(8)(A) of that act whether, because of the individual's physical and mental condition, a mentally retarded individual seeking admission to a nursing facility requires the level of services provided by a nursing facility and, if the individual requires that level of services, whether the individual requires specialized services for mental retardation. (2) A determination under this division is not required for any of the following: (a) An individual seeking readmission to a nursing facility after having been transferred from a nursing facility to a hospital for care; (b) An individual who meets all of the following conditions: (i) The individual is admitted to the nursing facility directly from a hospital after receiving inpatient care at the hospital; (ii) The individual requires nursing facility services for the condition for which the individual received care in the hospital; (iii) The individual's attending physician has certified, before admission to the nursing facility, that the individual is likely to require less than thirty days of nursing facility services. (c) An individual transferred from one nursing facility to another nursing facility, with or without an intervening hospital stay. (C) Except as provided in rules adopted under division (F)(3) of this section, the department of developmental disabilities shall review and determine, for each resident of a nursing facility who is mentally retarded, whether the resident, because of the resident's physical and mental condition, requires the level of services provided by a nursing facility and whether the resident requires specialized services for mental retardation. The review and determination shall be conducted in accordance with section 1919(e)(7) of the "Social Security Act" and the regulations adopted under section 1919(f)(8)(A) of the act. The review and determination shall be completed promptly after a nursing facility has notified the department that there has been a significant change in the resident's mental or physical condition. (D)(1) In the case of a nursing facility resident who has continuously resided in a nursing facility for at least thirty months before the date of a review and determination under division (C) of this section, if the resident is determined not to require the level of services provided by a nursing facility, but is determined to require specialized services for mental retardation, the department, in consultation with the resident's family or legal representative and care givers, shall do all of the following: (a) Inform the resident of the institutional and noninstitutional alternatives covered under the state plan for medical assistance; (b) Offer the resident the choice of remaining in the nursing facility or receiving covered services in an alternative institutional or noninstitutional setting; (c) Clarify the effect on eligibility for services under the state plan for medical assistance if the resident chooses to leave the facility, including its effect on readmission to the facility; (d) Provide for or arrange for the provision of specialized services for the resident's mental retardation in the setting chosen by the resident. (2) In the case of a nursing facility resident who has continuously resided in a nursing facility for less than thirty months before the date of the review and determination under division (C) of this section, if the resident is determined not to require the level of services provided by a nursing facility, but is determined to require specialized services for mental retardation, or if the resident is determined to require neither the level of services provided by a nursing facility nor specialized services for mental retardation, the department shall act in accordance with its alternative disposition plan approved by the United States department of health and human services under section 1919(e)(7)(E) of the "Social Security Act." (3) In the case of an individual who is determined under division (B) or (C) of this section to require both the level of services provided by a nursing facility and specialized services for mental retardation, the department of developmental disabilities shall provide or arrange for the provision of the specialized services needed by the individual or resident while residing in a nursing facility. (E) The department of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (1) Establish criteria to be used in making the determinations required by divisions (B) and (C) of this section. The criteria shall not exceed the criteria established by regulations adopted by the United States department of health and human services under section 1919(f)(8)(A) of the "Social Security Act." (2) Specify information to be provided by the individual or nursing facility resident being assessed; (3) Specify any circumstances, in addition to circumstances listed in division (B) of this section, under which determinations under divisions (B) and (C) of this section are not required to be made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.411 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.411
§ 5180.411. [Former R.C. 5101.144, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Children services fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Each county shall deposit all funds its public children services agency receives from appropriations made by the board of county commissioners or any other source for the purpose of providing children services into a special fund in the county treasury known as the children services fund. A county shall use money in the fund only for the purposes of meeting the expenses of providing children services. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.133 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.133
§ 5120.133. Prisoner's financial obligations and funds
Status: in_force

October 6, 1994 House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction, upon receipt of a certified copy of the judgment of a court of record in an action in which a prisoner was a party that orders a prisoner to pay a stated obligation, may apply toward payment of the obligation money that belongs to a prisoner and that is in the account kept for the prisoner by the department. The department may transmit the prisoner's funds directly to the court for disbursement or may make payment in another manner as directed by the court. Except as provided in rules adopted under this section, when an amount is received for the prisoner's account, the department shall use it for the payment of the obligation and shall continue using amounts received for the account until the full amount of the obligation has been paid. No proceedings in aid of execution are necessary for the department to take the action required by this section. (B) The department may adopt rules specifying a portion of an inmate's earnings or other receipts that the inmate is allowed to retain to make purchases from the commissary and that may not be used to satisfy an obligation pursuant to division (A) of this section. The rules shall not permit the application or disbursement of funds belonging to an inmate if those funds are exempt from execution, garnishment, attachment, or sale to satisfy a judgment or order pursuant to section 2329.66 of the Revised Code or to any other provision of law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.351 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.351
§ 5101.351. Hearing officers
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of job and family services or the department of children and youth may employ or contract with hearing officers to draft and recommend state hearing decisions under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. The department may employ or contract with hearing authorities to issue state hearing decisions under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. A hearing authority employed or contracted with under this section is not required to have been admitted to the practice of law in this state. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.307 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.307
§ 5166.307. Nursing assistance by home care attendants; written statement of authorization
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly To authorize a home care attendant to assist a consumer with nursing tasks or self-administration of medication, a health care professional shall provide the appropriate director a written statement signed by the health care professional that includes all of the following: (A) The consumer's name and address; (B) A description of the nursing tasks or self-administration of medication with which the attendant is to assist the consumer, including, in the case of assistance with self-administration of medication, the name and dosage of the medication; (C) The times or intervals when the attendant is to assist the consumer with the self-administration of each dosage of the medication or nursing tasks; (D) The dates the attendant is to begin and cease providing the assistance; (E) A list of severe adverse reactions the attendant must report to the health care professional should the consumer experience one or more of the reactions; (F) At least one telephone number at which the attendant can reach the health care professional in an emergency; (G) Instructions the attendant is to follow when assisting the consumer with nursing tasks or self-administration of medication, including instructions for maintaining sterile conditions and for storage of task-related equipment and supplies; (H) The health care professional's attestation of both of the following: (1) That the consumer or consumer's authorized representative has demonstrated to the health care professional the ability to direct the attendant; (2) That the attendant has demonstrated to the health care professional the ability to provide the consumer assistance with nursing tasks or self-administration of medication that the health care professional has specifically authorized the attendant to provide and that the consumer or consumer's authorized representative has indicated to the health care professional that the consumer or authorized representative is satisfied with the attendant's demonstration.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.02
§ 5124.02. Assumption of powers and duties regarding medicaid program's coverage of ICF/IID services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid shall enter into a contract with the department of developmental disabilities under section 5162.35 of the Revised Code that provides for the department of developmental disabilities to assume the powers and duties of the department of medicaid with regard to the medicaid program's coverage of ICF/IID services. The contract shall include a schedule for the assumption of the powers and duties. The contract may provide for the department of medicaid to perform one or more duties of the department of developmental disabilities under sections 5124.50 to 5124.53 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise authorized by the United States secretary of health and human services, no provision of the contract may violate a federal law or regulation governing the medicaid program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.401 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.401
§ 5166.401. Enrolllment for healthy Ohio program participants
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly A healthy Ohio program participant shall enroll in a comprehensive health plan offered by a managed care organization under contract with the department of medicaid. All of the following apply to the health plan: (A) It shall cover physician, hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient, pregnancy-related, mental health, pharmaceutical, laboratory, and other health care services the medicaid director determines necessary. (B) It shall not begin to pay for any services it covers until the amount of the noncore portion of the participant's buckeye account is zero. (C) It shall require copayments for services covered by the health plan, except that a participant's copayments shall be waived whenever the amount of the core portion of the participant's buckeye account is zero. (D) It shall have the following payout limits: (1) Three hundred thousand dollars per year; (2) One million dollars for a participant's lifetime.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.173 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.173
§ 5153.173. Court determination against disclosure
Status: in_force

October 5, 2000 House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly The director shall not disclose any information pursuant to section 5153.172 of the Revised Code if a judge of the common pleas court of the county the deceased child resided in at the time of death determines, on motion of the public children services agency, that disclosing the information would not be in the best interest of a sibling of the deceased child or another child residing in the household the child resided in at the time of death.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.71
§ 5180.71. [Former R.C. 5101.804, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Ohio parenting and pregnancy program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (E) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code, there is hereby created the Ohio parenting and pregnancy program to provide services for pregnant women and parents or other relatives caring for children twelve months of age or younger that do both of the following: (1) Promote childbirth, parenting, and alternatives to abortion; (2) Meet one or more of the four purposes of the temporary assistance for needy families block grant as specified in 42 U.S.C. 601. (B) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department of children and youth may provide funds under the program to entities with which the department enters into agreements under division (B)(3) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code. In accordance with criteria the department develops, the department may solicit proposals from entities seeking to provide services under the program. The department may enter into an agreement with an entity only if it meets all of the following conditions: (1) Is a private, not-for-profit entity; (2) Is an entity whose primary purpose is to promote childbirth, rather than abortion, through counseling and other services, including parenting and adoption support; (3) Provides services to pregnant women and parents or other relatives caring for children twelve months of age or younger, including clothing, counseling, diapers, food, furniture, health care, parenting classes, postpartum recovery, shelter, and any other supportive services, programs, or related outreach; (4) Does not charge pregnant women and parents or other relatives caring for children twelve months of age or younger a fee for any services received; (5) Is not involved in or associated with any abortion activities, including providing abortion counseling or referrals to abortion clinics, performing abortion-related medical procedures, or engaging in pro-abortion advertising; (6) Does not discriminate in its provision of services on the basis of race, religion, color, age, marital status, national origin, disability, or gender. (C) An entity that has entered into an agreement with the department under division (B)(3) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code may enter into a subcontract with another entity under which the other entity provides all or part of the services described in division (B)(3) of this section. A subcontract may be entered into with another entity only if that entity meets all of the following conditions: (1) Is a private, not-for-profit entity; (2) Is physically and financially separate from any entity, or component of an entity, that engages in abortion activities; (3) Is not involved in or associated with any abortion activities, including providing abortion counseling or referrals to abortion clinics, performing abortion-related medical procedures, or engaging in pro-abortion advertising. (D) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules under division (C) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement the Ohio parenting and pregnancy program. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM