Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.80
§ 5101.80. Administering Title IV-A of the Social Security Act
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in section 5101.801 of the Revised Code: (1) "County family services agency" has the same meaning as in section 307.981 of the Revised Code. (2) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 9.82 of the Revised Code. (3) "Title IV-A administrative agency" means both of the following: (a) A county family services agency or state agency administering a Title IV-A program under the supervision of the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth; (b) A government agency or private, not-for-profit entity administering a project funded in whole or in part with funds provided under the Title IV-A demonstration program created under section 5101.803 of the Revised Code. (4) "Title IV-A program" means all of the following that are funded in part with funds provided under the temporary assistance for needy families block grant established by Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 110 Stat. 2113 (1996), 42 U.S.C. 601, as amended: (a) The Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; (b) The prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code; (c) A program established by the general assembly or an executive order issued by the governor that is administered or supervised by the department of job and family services or department of children and youth pursuant to section 5101.801 of the Revised Code; (d) The kinship permanency incentive program created under section 5180.52 of the Revised Code; (e) The Title IV-A demonstration program created under section 5101.803 of the Revised Code; (f) The Ohio parenting and pregnancy program created under section 5180.71 of the Revised Code; (g) Fatherhood programs recommended by the Ohio commission on fatherhood under section 5180.704 of the Revised Code; (h) A component of a Title IV-A program identified under divisions (A)(4)(a) to (g) of this section that the Title IV-A state plan prepared under division (C)(1) of this section identifies as a component. (B) The department of job and family services shall act as the single state agency to administer and supervise the administration of Title IV-A programs. The Title IV-A state plan and amendments to the plan prepared under division (C) of this section are binding on Title IV-A administrative agencies. No Title IV-A administrative agency may establish, by rule or otherwise, a policy governing a Title IV-A program that is inconsistent with a Title IV-A program policy established, in rule or otherwise, by the director of job and family services. (C) The department of job and family services shall do all of the following: (1) Prepare and submit to the United States secretary of health and human services a Title IV-A state plan for Title IV-A programs; (2) Prepare and submit to the United States secretary of health and human services amendments to the Title IV-A state plan that the department determines necessary, including amendments necessary to implement Title IV-A programs identified in divisions (A)(4)(c) to (h) of this section; (3) Prescribe forms for applications, certificates, reports, records, and accounts of Title IV-A administrative agencies, and other matters related to Title IV-A programs; (4) Make such reports, in such form and containing such information as the department may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports, regarding Title IV-A programs; (5) Require reports and information from each Title IV-A administrative agency as may be necessary or advisable regarding a Title IV-A program; (6) Afford a fair hearing in accordance with section 5101.35 of the Revised Code to any applicant for, or participant or former participant of, a Title IV-A program aggrieved by a decision regarding the program; (7) Administer and expend, pursuant to Chapters 5104., 5107., and 5108. of the Revised Code and sections 5101.801 , 5101.803 , 5180.52 , and 5180.71 of the Revised Code, any sums appropriated by the general assembly for the purpose of those chapters and sections and all sums paid to the state by the secretary of the treasury of the United States as authorized by Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 110 Stat. 2113 (1996), 42 U.S.C. 601, as amended; (8) Conduct investigations and audits as are necessary regarding Title IV-A programs; (9) Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states relative to the provision of Ohio works first and prevention, retention, and contingency to residents and nonresidents; (10) Contract with a private entity to conduct an independent on-going evaluation of the Ohio works first program and the prevention, retention, and contingency program. The contract must require the private entity to do all of the following: (a) Examine issues of process, practice, impact, and outcomes; (b) Study former participants of Ohio works first who have not participated in Ohio works first for at least one year to determine whether they are employed, the type of employment in which they are engaged, the amount of compensation they are receiving, whether their employer provides health insurance, whether and how often they have received benefits or services under the prevention, retention, and contingency program, and whether they are successfully self sufficient; (c) Provide the department with reports at times the department specifies. (11) Not later than the last day of each January and July, prepare a report containing information on the following: (a) Individuals exhausting the time limits for participation in Ohio works first set forth in section 5107.18 of the Revised Code. (b) Individuals who have been exempted from the time limits set forth in section 5107.18 of the Revised Code and the reasons for the exemption. (D) The department shall provide copies of the reports it receives under division (C)(10) of this section and prepares under division (C)(11) of this section to the governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives. The department shall provide copies of the reports to any private or government entity on request. (E) An authorized representative of the department or a county family services agency or state agency administering a Title IV-A program shall have access to all records and information bearing thereon for the purposes of investigations conducted pursuant to this section. An authorized representative of a government entity or private, not-for-profit entity administering a project funded in whole or in part with funds provided under the Title IV-A demonstration program shall have access to all records and information bearing on the project for the purpose of investigations conducted pursuant to this section. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.528 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.528
§ 5124.528. Disposition of amounts withheld from payment due an exiting operator
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) All amounts withheld under section 5124.521 of the Revised Code from payment due an exiting operator under the medicaid program shall be deposited into the medicaid payment withholding fund created by the controlling board pursuant to section 131.35 of the Revised Code. Money in the fund shall be used as follows: (1) To pay an exiting operator when a withholding is released to the exiting operator under section 5124.526 or 5124.527 of the Revised Code; (2) To pay the department of medicaid or department of developmental disabilities, and United States centers for medicare and medicaid services, the amount an exiting operator owes the department of medicaid or department of developmental disabilities and United States centers under the medicaid program. (B) Amounts paid from the medicaid payment withholding fund pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section shall be deposited into the appropriate fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.04
§ 5168.04. Program year basis of operation
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid shall operate the hospital care assurance program established by sections 5168.01 to 5168.14 of the Revised Code on a program year basis. The department shall complete all program requirements on or before the thirtieth day of September each year. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.161 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.161
§ 5119.161. Joint state plan to improve accessibility and timeliness of alcohol and drug addiction services
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of behavioral health, in conjunction with the department of job and family services, shall develop a joint state plan to improve the accessibility and timeliness of alcohol and drug addiction services for individuals identified by a public children services agency as in need of those services. The plan shall address the fact that Ohio works first participants may be among the persons receiving services under section 340.15 of the Revised Code and shall require the department of job and family services to seek federal funds available under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, for the provision of the services to Ohio works first participants who are receiving services under section 340.15 of the Revised Code. The departments shall review and amend the plan as necessary. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5149.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5149 / § 5149.18
§ 5149.18. Interstate compact for supervision of parolees and probationers definitions
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly For the purposes of Chapter 5149. of the Revised Code, all of the following apply: (A) "State, states, or States" means one or several of the fifty states of the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia. (B) The term "parole" includes post-release control under section 2967.28 of the Revised Code. (C) The term "probation" includes non-prison sanctions imposed under sections 2929.16 , 2929.17 , and 2929.18 of the Revised Code and community control sanctions imposed under sections 2929.26 , 2929.27 , and 2929.28 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.024
§ 5126.024. Declaration of eligibility prior to appointment to board
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly (A) No individual may be appointed or reappointed to a county board of developmental disabilities unless the individual, before the appointment or reappointment, provides to the appointing authority a written declaration specifying both of the following: (1) That no circumstance described in section 5126.023 of the Revised Code exists that bars the individual from serving on the county board; (2) Whether the individual or an immediate family member of the individual has an ownership interest in or is under contract with an agency contracting with the county board, and, if such an ownership interest or contract exists, the identity of the agency and the nature of the relationship to that agency. (B) On appointment or reappointment of an individual to the county board, the appointing authority shall provide a copy of the individual's declaration to the superintendent of the county board. The declaration is a public record for the purpose of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.13
§ 5160.13. Maximizing receipt of federal revenue
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid may enter into contracts with private entities to maximize federal revenue without the expenditure of state money. In selecting private entities with which to contract, the department shall engage in a request for proposals process. The department, subject to the approval of the controlling board, may also directly enter into contracts with public entities providing revenue maximization services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.23
§ 5153.23. Superintendent of home - powers and duties
Status: in_force

October 1, 1997 House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly The superintendent of the county children's home shall control, manage, operate, and have general charge of such home, subject to the rules, standards, and orders of the public children services agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.80
§ 5123.80. Trial visits
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) When the chief program director of an institution for persons with i ntellectual disabilities considers that it is in the best interest of a resident, the managing officer may permit the resident to leave the institution on a trial visit. The trial visit shall be for the period of time the managing officer determines. (B) The managing officer, upon releasing a resident on trial visit, may impose such requirements and conditions upon the resident while the resident is absent from the institution as are consistent with the habilitation plan. (C) The managing officer of the institution from which an involuntary resident is given trial visit status may at any time revoke the trial visit if there is reason to believe that it is in the best interests of the resident to be returned to the institution. (D) If the revocation is not voluntarily complied with the managing officer, within five days, shall authorize any health or police officer, or sheriff to take the resident into custody and transport the resident to the institution. (E) An involuntarily committed resident who has successfully completed one year of continuous trial visit shall be automatically discharged.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.32
§ 5122.32. Confidentiality of quality assurance records
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Quality assurance committee" means a committee that is appointed in the central office of the department of behavioral health by the director of behavioral health, a committee of a hospital or community setting program, or a duly authorized subcommittee of a committee of that nature and that is designated to carry out quality assurance program activities. (2) "Quality assurance program" means a comprehensive program within the department of behavioral health to systematically review and improve the quality of medical and mental health services within the department and its hospitals and community setting programs, the safety and security of persons receiving or administering medical and mental health services within the department and its hospitals and community setting programs, and the efficiency and effectiveness of the utilization of staff and resources in the delivery of medical and mental health services within the department and its hospitals and community setting programs. "Quality assurance program" includes the central office quality assurance committees, morbidity and mortality review committees, quality assurance programs of community setting programs, quality assurance committees of hospitals operated by the department of behavioral health, and the office of licensure and certification of the department. (3) "Quality assurance program activities" include collecting or compiling information and reports required by a quality assurance committee, receiving, reviewing, or implementing the recommendations made by a quality assurance committee, and credentialing, privileging, infection control, tissue review, peer review, utilization review including access to patient care records, patient care assessment records, and medical and mental health records, medical and mental health resource management, mortality and morbidity review, and identification and prevention of medical or mental health incidents and risks, whether performed by a quality assurance committee or by persons who are directed by a quality assurance committee. (4) "Quality assurance records" means the proceedings, discussion, records, findings, recommendations, evaluations, opinions, minutes, reports, and other documents or actions that emanate from quality assurance committees, quality assurance programs, or quality assurance program activities. "Quality assurance records" does not include aggregate statistical information that does not disclose the identity of persons receiving or providing medical or mental health services in department of behavioral health hospitals or community setting programs. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, quality assurance records are confidential and are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, and shall be used only in the course of the proper functions of a quality assurance program. (2) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, no person who possesses or has access to quality assurance records and who knows that the records are quality assurance records shall willfully disclose the contents of the records to any person or entity. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, no quality assurance record shall be subject to discovery, and is not admissible in evidence, in any judicial or administrative proceeding. (2) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, no member of a quality assurance committee or a person who is performing a function that is part of a quality assurance program shall be permitted or required to testify in a judicial or administrative proceeding with respect to quality assurance records or with respect to any finding, recommendation, evaluation, opinion, or other action taken by the committee, member, or person. (3) Information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources are not to be construed as being unavailable for discovery or admission in evidence in a judicial or administrative proceeding merely because they were presented to a quality assurance committee. No person testifying before a quality assurance committee or person who is a member of a quality assurance committee shall be prevented from testifying as to matters within the person's knowledge, but the witness cannot be asked about the witness' testimony before the quality assurance committee or about an opinion formed by the person as a result of the quality assurance committee proceedings. (D)(1) A person who, without malice and in the reasonable belief that the information is warranted by the facts known to the person, provides information to a person engaged in quality assurance program activities is not liable for damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property to any person as a result of providing the information. (2) A member of a quality assurance committee, a person engaged in quality assurance program activities, and an employee of the department of behavioral health shall not be liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property to any person for any acts, omissions, decisions, or other conduct within the scope of the functions of the quality assurance program. (3) Nothing in this section shall relieve any institution or individual from liability arising from the treatment of a patient. (E) Quality assurance records may be disclosed, and testimony may be provided concerning quality assurance records, only to the following persons or entities: (1) Persons who are employed or retained by the department of behavioral health and who have authority to evaluate or implement the recommendations of a state-operated hospital, community setting program, or central office quality assurance committee; (2) Public or private agencies or organizations if needed to perform a licensing or accreditation function related to department of behavioral health hospitals or community setting programs, or to perform monitoring of a hospital or program of that nature as required by law. (F) A disclosure of quality assurance records pursuant to division (E) of this section does not otherwise waive the confidential and privileged status of the disclosed quality assurance records. (G) Nothing in this section shall limit the access of the Ohio protection and advocacy system to records or personnel as required under section 5123.601 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this section shall limit the admissibility of documentary or testimonial evidence in an action brought by the Ohio protection and advocacy system in its own name or on behalf of a client. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.612 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.612
§ 5123.612. Reporting unusual incidents
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regarding the reporting of major unusual incidents and unusual incidents concerning persons with developmental disabilities. The rules shall specify what constitutes a major unusual incident or an unusual incident.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.022
§ 5162.022. Director's rules binding
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The medicaid director's rules governing medicaid are binding on other state agencies and political subdivisions that administer one or more components of the medicaid program, or one or more aspects of a component, pursuant to contracts entered into under section 5162.35 of the Revised Code. No state agency or political subdivision may establish, by rule or otherwise, a policy governing medicaid that is inconsistent with a medicaid policy established, in rule or otherwise, by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.21
§ 5104.21. Child day camp registration
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of children and youth shall register child day camps and enforce this section and sections 5104.211 and 5104.22 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to those sections. No person, firm, organization, institution, or agency shall operate a child day camp without annually registering with the department. (B) A person, firm, institution, organization, or agency operating any of the following programs is exempt from the provisions of this section and sections 5104.211 and 5104.22 of the Revised Code: (1) A child day camp that operates for two consecutive weeks or less and for no more than a total of two weeks during each calendar year; (2) Supervised training, instruction, or activities of children that is conducted on an organized or periodic basis in specific areas or in a combination of areas for a maximum of eight hours each week, including art, drama, dance, music, athletic skill or sport, computers, or an educational subject; (3) Programs in which the department determines that at least one parent, custodian, or guardian of each child attending or participating in the child day camp is on the child day camp activity site and is readily accessible at all times, except that a child day camp on the premises of a parent's, custodian's, or guardian's place of employment shall be registered in accordance with division (A) of this section; (4) Child day camps regulated by any state department other than the department of children and youth; (5) A program that provides activities for children who are five years of age or older and is 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 755.04 of the Revised Code. (C) A person, firm, organization, institution, or agency operating a child day camp that is exempt under division (B) of this section from registering under division (A) of this section may elect to register itself under division (A) of this section. All requirements of this section and the rules adopted pursuant to this section shall apply to any exempt child day camp that so elects to register. (D) The director of children and youth shall adopt pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code rules prescribing the registration form and establishing the procedure for the child day camps to register. The form shall state both of the following: (1) That the child day camp administrator or the administrator's representative agrees to provide the parents of each school-age child who attends or participates in that child day camp with the telephone number of the county department of health and the public children services agency of the county in which the child day camp is located; (2) That the child day camp administrator or the administrator's representative agrees to permit a public children services agency or the county department of health to review or inspect the child day camp if a complaint is made to that department or any other state department or public children services agency against that child day camp. (E) The department may charge a fee to register a child day camp. The fee for each child day camp shall be twenty-five dollars. No organization that operates, or owner of, child day camps shall pay a fee that exceeds two hundred fifty dollars for all of its child day camps. (F) If a child day camp that is required to register under this section fails to register with the department in accordance with this section or the rules adopted pursuant to it or if a child day camp that files a registration form under this section knowingly provides false or misleading information on the registration form, the department shall require the child day camp to register or register correctly and to pay a registration fee that equals three times the registration fee as set forth in division (E) of this section. (G) A child day camp administrator or the administrator's representative shall provide the parents of each school-age child who attends or participates in that child day camp with both of the following: (1) Telephone numbers of the county department of health and the county public children services agency of the county in which the child day camp is located; (2) A statement that the parents may contact the county department or agency to make a complaint regarding the child day camp. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.184 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.184
§ 5101.184. Collecting overpayments of assistance from state and federal income tax refunds
Status: in_force

December 31, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The director of job and family services shall work with the tax commissioner to collect overpayments of assistance under Chapter 5107., former Chapter 5115., former Chapter 5113., or section 5101.54 of the Revised Code from refunds of state income taxes for taxable year 1992 and thereafter that are payable to the recipients of such overpayments. Any overpayment of assistance, whether obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, as the result of an error by the recipient or by the agency making the payment, or in any other manner, may be collected under this section. Any reduction under section 5747.12 or 5747.121 of the Revised Code to an income tax refund shall be made before a reduction under this section. No reduction shall be made under this section if the amount of the refund is less than twenty-five dollars after any reduction under section 5747.12 of the Revised Code. A reduction under this section shall be made before any part of the refund is contributed under section 5747.113 of the Revised Code, or is credited under section 5747.12 of the Revised Code against tax due in any subsequent year. The director and the tax commissioner, by rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall establish procedures to implement this division. The procedures shall provide for notice to a recipient of assistance and an opportunity for the recipient to be heard before the recipient's income tax refund is reduced. (B) The director of job and family services may enter into agreements with the federal government to collect overpayments of assistance from refunds of federal income taxes that are payable to recipients of the overpayments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.22
§ 5122.22. Trial visits
Status: in_force

July 1, 1997 Senate Bill 285 - 121st General Assembly When the chief clinical officer of a hospital considers it in the best interest of a patient, the officer may permit the patient to leave the hospital on a trial visit. The trial visit shall be for the period of time the chief clinical officer determines, but shall not exceed ninety days, unless extended for subsequent periods not to exceed ninety days after evaluation of the patient's condition. The chief clinical officer, upon releasing a patient on trial visit, may impose requirements and conditions in relation to the patient while the patient is absent from the hospital that are consistent with the treatment plan. The chief clinical officer of the hospital from which the patient is released on trial visit may at any time revoke the trial visit if there is reason to believe that it is in the best interests of the patient to be returned to the hospital. If the revocation of the trial visit is not voluntarily complied with, the chief clinical officer, within five days, shall authorize any health or police officer or sheriff to take the patient into custody and transport the patient to the hospital. At the completion of the trial visit, the chief clinical officer shall take whatever measures are necessary to enable the patient to return to the hospital. If an involuntarily committed patient has successfully completed one year of continuous trial visit, the chief clinical officer shall discharge the patient subject to any applicable notice requirements of section 5122.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.04
§ 5120.04. Assigning prisoner labor on public works
Status: in_force

April 9, 1982 House Bill 654 - 113th General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction, with the approval of the governor and in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code, may assign prisoners who are committed or transferred to institutions under the administration of the department to perform labor on any public work of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.18
§ 5122.18. Notice of hospitalization
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Whenever a person has been involuntarily detained at or admitted to a hospital, community mental health services provider, or other facility at the request of anyone other than the person's legal guardian, spouse, or next of kin under this chapter, the chief clinical officer of the hospital, services provider, or other facility in which the person is temporarily detained under section 5122.17 of the Revised Code shall immediately notify the person's legal guardian, spouse or next of kin, and counsel, if these persons can be ascertained through exercise of reasonable diligence. If a person voluntarily remains at or is admitted to a hospital, services provider, or other facility, such notification shall not be given without the person's consent. The chief clinical officer of the hospital, services provider, or other facility shall inform a person voluntarily remaining at or admitted to a hospital, services provider, or other facility that the person may authorize such notification.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.22
§ 5153.22. Furnishing of institutional care to children of county
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If there is no children's home in the county or if the facilities for institutional care are inadequate, the public children services agency may, subject to the approval of the department of children and youth and the board of county commissioners, enter into an agreement with the public children services agency of, or a certified organization located in, another county, or with the board of trustees of any district or semipublic children's home, or with any agency or institution outside the state for the furnishing of institutional care to children of the county. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.23
§ 5139.23. Leasing capital facilities
Status: in_force

July 1, 2014 House Bill 497 - 130th General Assembly The department of youth services shall lease capital facilities constructed, reconstructed, or improved, which facilities are financed by the treasurer of state pursuant to section 307.021 and Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, for the use of the department, and may enter into any other agreements with the Ohio public facilities commission, the department of administrative services, or any other authorized state agency ancillary to the construction, reconstruction, improvement, financing, leasing, or operation of such facilities, including, but not limited to agreements required by the applicable bond proceedings authorized by Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. Rentals from such leases shall constitute available receipts as defined in section 154.24 of the Revised Code and may be pledged for the payment of bond service charges as provided in that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.10
§ 5168.10. Prohibiting replacing funds appropriated for medicaid program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly Except for moneys deposited into the health care/medicaid support and recoveries fund created under section 5162.52 of the Revised Code, the department of medicaid shall not use money paid to the department under sections 5168.06 and 5168.07 of the Revised Code or money that the department pays to hospitals under section 5168.09 of the Revised Code to replace any funds appropriated by the general assembly for the medicaid program. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.63
§ 5101.63. Reporting abuse, neglect or exploitation of adult
Status: in_force

April 4, 2023 Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) No person listed in division (A)(2) of this section having reasonable cause to believe that an adult is being abused, neglected, or exploited, or is in a condition which is the result of abuse, neglect, or exploitation shall knowingly fail to immediately report such belief to the county department of job and family services. (2) All of the following are subject to division (A)(1) of this section: (a) An attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state; (b) An individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery; (c) An individual licensed under Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code as a chiropractor; (d) An individual licensed under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code as a dentist; (e) An individual licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse; (f) An individual licensed under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code as a psychologist; (g) An individual licensed under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code as a social worker, independent social worker, professional counselor, professional clinical counselor, marriage and family therapist, or independent marriage and family therapist; (h) An individual licensed under Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code as a pharmacist; (i) An individual holding a certificate to practice as a dialysis technician issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; (j) An employee of a home health agency, as defined in section 3701.881 of the Revised Code; (k) An employee of an outpatient health facility; (l) An employee of a hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code; (m) An employee of a hospital or public hospital, as defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code; (n) An employee of a nursing home or residential care facility, as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code; (o) An employee of a residential facility licensed under section 5119.22 of the Revised Code that provides accommodations, supervision, and personal care services for three to sixteen unrelated adults; (p) An employee of a health department operated by the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code; (q) An employee of a community mental health agency, as defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code; (r) A humane society agent appointed under section 1717.06 of the Revised Code; (s) An individual who is a firefighter for a lawfully constituted fire department; (t) An individual who is an ambulance driver for an emergency medical service organization, as defined in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code; (u) A first responder, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or paramedic, as those terms are defined in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code; (v) An official employed by a local building department to conduct inspections of houses and other residential buildings; (w) A peace officer; (x) A coroner; (y) A member of the clergy; (z) An individual who holds a certificate issued under Chapter 4701. of the Revised Code as a certified public accountant or is registered under that chapter as a public accountant; (aa) An individual licensed under Chapter 4735. of the Revised Code as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson; (bb) An individual appointed and commissioned under section 147.01 of the Revised Code as a notary public; (cc) An employee of a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union organized under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States; (dd) A dealer, investment adviser, sales person, or investment advisor representative licensed under Chapter 1707. of the Revised Code; (ee) A financial planner accredited by a national accreditation agency; (ff) Any other individual who is a senior service provider, other than a representative of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program as defined in section 173.14 of the Revised Code. (B) Any person having reasonable cause to believe that an adult has suffered abuse, neglect, or exploitation may report, or cause a report to be made of such belief to the county department of job and family services. This division applies to a representative of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program only to the extent permitted by federal law. (C) The reports made under this section shall be made orally or in writing except that oral reports shall be followed by a written report if a written report is requested by the department. Written reports shall include: (1) The name, address, and approximate age of the adult who is the subject of the report; (2) The name and address of the individual responsible for the adult's care, if any individual is, and if the individual is known; (3) The nature and extent of the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation of the adult; (4) The basis of the reporter's belief that the adult has been abused, neglected, or exploited. (D) Any person with reasonable cause to believe that an adult is suffering abuse, neglect, or exploitation who makes a report pursuant to this section or who testifies in any administrative or judicial proceeding arising from such a report, or any employee of the state or any of its subdivisions who is discharging responsibilities under section 5101.65 of the Revised Code shall be immune from civil or criminal liability on account of such investigation, report, or testimony, except liability for perjury, unless the person has acted in bad faith or with malicious purpose. (E) No employer or any other person with the authority to do so shall do any of the following as a result of an employee's having filed a report under this section: (1) Discharge, demote, transfer, or prepare a negative work performance evaluation; (2) Reduce benefits, pay, or work privileges; (3) Take any other action detrimental to an employee or in any way retaliate against the employee. (F) The written or oral report provided for in this section and the investigatory report provided for in section 5101.65 of the Revised Code are confidential and are not public records, as defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code. In accordance with rules adopted by the department of job and family services, information contained in the report shall upon request be made available to the adult who is the subject of the report and to legal counsel for the adult. If it determines that there is a risk of harm to a person who makes a report under this section or to the adult who is the subject of the report, the county department of job and family services may redact the name and identifying information related to the person who made the report. (G) The county department of job and family services shall be available to receive the written or oral report provided for in this section twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week. Last updated March 8, 2023 at 1:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.243 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.243
§ 5167.243. Quarterly reports
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The state pharmacy benefit manager shall provide to the medicaid director a written quarterly report containing the following information from the immediately preceding quarter: (1) The prices that the state pharmacy benefit manager negotiated for prescribed drugs under the care management system. The price must include any rebates the state pharmacy benefit manager received from the drug manufacturer; (2) The prices the state pharmacy benefit manager paid to pharmacies for prescribed drugs; (3) Any rebate amounts the state pharmacy benefit manager passed on to individual pharmacies; (4) The percentage of savings in drug prices that are passed on to participants in the care management system; (5) The information described in division (C) of section 5167.24 of the Revised Code; (6) Any other information required by the director. (B) The director may ask the state pharmacy benefit manager to provide additional information as necessary and shall collect other clinical data from the state pharmacy benefit manager as the director sees fit. (C) At the time of contract execution, renewal, or modification, the department shall modify the reporting requirements under its medicaid managed care organization contracts as necessary to meet the requirements of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.392 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.392
§ 5119.392. Prohibition against operation without being certified or accredited
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Beginning January 1, 2025, no person or government entity shall operate a recovery housing residence unless either of the following applies: (1)(a) If the department of behavioral health certifies recovery housing residences, the recovery housing residence is certified by the department. (b) If the department accepts accreditation or its equivalent from an organization specified in section 5119.39 of the Revised Code, the residence is accredited by such an organization. (2) The recovery housing residence has been operating for not more than eighteen months and is actively engaged in efforts to obtain certification or accreditation, as applicable. For purposes of identifying this eighteen-month timeframe, a recovery housing residence is considered to begin operating on the date that the first resident occupies the residence, as specified on the form filed in accordance with section 5119.391 of the Revised Code. (B) If the director of behavioral health determines that a recovery housing residence is operating in violation of this section, the director may request, in writing, that the attorney general petition the court of common pleas of the county in which the recovery housing residence is located for an order enjoining operation of the recovery housing residence. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.89 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.89
§ 5123.89. Confidentiality
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Family" means a parent, brother, sister, spouse, son, daughter, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or cousin. (2) "Payment" means activities undertaken by a service provider or government entity to obtain or provide reimbursement for services provided to a person. (3) "Treatment" means the provision of services to a person, including the coordination or management of services provided to the person. (B) All certificates, applications, records, and reports made for the purpose of this chapter, other than court journal entries or court docket entries, that directly or indirectly identify a resident or former resident of an institution for persons with intellectual disabilities or person whose institutionalization has been sought under this chapter shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person except in the following situations: (1) It is the judgment of the court for judicial records, and the managing officer for institution records, that disclosure is in the best interest of the person identified, and that person or that person's guardian or, if that person is a minor, that person's parent or guardian consents. (2) Disclosure is provided for in other sections of this chapter. (3) Disclosure is of a record deposited with the Ohio history connection pursuant to division (C) of section 5123.31 of the Revised Code and the disclosure is made to the closest living relative of the person identified, on the relative's request. (4) Disclosure is needed for the treatment of a person who is a resident or former resident of an institution for persons with intellectual disabilities or a person whose institutionalization has been sought under this chapter or is needed for the payment of services provided to the person. (5) Disclosure is needed for a guardianship proceeding under Chapter 2111. of the Revised Code. (C) The department of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules with respect to the systematic and periodic destruction of residents' records. (D) Upon the death of a resident or former resident of an institution for persons with intellectual disabilities or a person whose institutionalization was sought under this chapter, the managing officer of an institution shall provide access to the certificates, applications, records, and reports made for the purposes of this chapter to the resident's, former resident's, or person's guardian if the guardian makes a written request. If a deceased resident, former resident, or person whose institutionalization was sought under this chapter did not have a guardian at the time of death, the managing officer shall provide access to the certificates, applications, records, and reports made for purposes of this chapter to a member of the person's family, upon that family member's written request. (E) No person shall reveal the contents of a record of a resident except as authorized by this chapter. Last updated August 24, 2021 at 2:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.12
§ 5123.12. Residency training programs for students enrolled in appropriate care programs
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The director of developmental disabilities may enter into an agreement with boards of trustees or boards of directors of one or more universities, colleges, or schools to establish, manage, and conduct residency training programs for students enrolled in courses of studies for occupations or professions which may be determined by the director to be needed by the department to provide adequate care and treatment for the residents of any institution administered by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.656 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.656
§ 5120.656. No regulation by department of job and family services
Status: in_force

March 15, 2001 House Bill 661 - 123rd General Assembly Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, neither the prison nursery program nor the department of rehabilitation and correction, with respect to the program, is subject to any regulation, licensing, or oversight by the department of job and family services unless the departments agree to voluntary regulation, licensing, or oversight by the department of job and family services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.95 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.95
§ 5123.95. Transmission of court papers
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly The probate judge, upon making an order institutionalizing a person under this chapter, shall forthwith transmit copies, under the judge's official seal, of court papers in the case, including the certificate of the expert witnesses, and of the judge's findings in the case to the managing officer of the institution for persons with intellectual disabilities. If not otherwise furnished, the probate judge shall see that each person institutionalized under section 5123.76 of the Revised Code is properly attired for transportation and, in addition, the institution shall be furnished a complete change of clothing for such person, which shall be paid for on the certificate of the probate judge and the order of the county auditor from the county treasury. The clothing shall be new or as good as new. The managing officer of the institution need not receive the person without such clothing. Upon institutionalization, the managing officer of the institution to which the individual is admitted shall take possession of all money and other valuables that may be upon the person of the individual and shall, within ten days, file a list thereof with the probate judge of the county of which the individual is a resident. If the amount of money is fifty dollars or less it shall be retained and expended by the managing officer of the institution for the benefit of the individual. Unless a guardian of the estate of the individual has already been appointed, the probate judge may, upon the judge's own motion and without notice, appoint a special guardian of the estate of the individual. Any special guardian, before being appointed, shall file a bond approved by the probate judge in the same amount as is required by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code. A special guardian as provided for in this section, and while acting as such, shall be governed by all laws applicable to guardians of the estates of incompetents. The special guardian shall be allowed such compensation for the special guardian's services as the court thinks reasonable, providing the special guardian forthwith performs all the duties incumbent upon the special guardian.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.82
§ 5164.82. Payment for provider-preventable condition
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid shall not knowingly make a medicaid payment for a provider-preventable condition for which federal financial participation is prohibited by regulations adopted under the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," section 2702, 42 U.S.C. 1396b-1.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.27
§ 5123.27. Holding property in trust
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly The director of developmental disabilities may accept, hold, and administer in trust on behalf of the state, if it is for the public interest, any grant, devise, gift, or bequest of money or property made to the state for the use or benefit of any institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities or for the use and benefit of persons with developmental disabilities who are under the control of the department. If the trust so provides, the money or property may be used for any work which the department is authorized to undertake. The department shall keep such gift, grant, devise, or bequest as a distinct property or fund and, if it is in money, shall invest it in the manner provided by law. The department may deposit in a proper trust company or savings bank any money left in trust during a specified life or lives and shall adopt rules governing the deposit, transfer, withdrawal, or investment of the money and the income from it. The department shall, in the manner prescribed by the director of budget and management pursuant to section 126.21 of the Revised Code, account for all money or property received or expended under this section. The records, together with a statement certified by the depository showing the money deposited there to the credit of the trust, shall be open to public inspection. The director of budget and management may require the department to file a report with the director on any particular portion, or the whole, of any trust property received or expended by it. The department shall, upon the expiration of any trust according to its terms, dispose of the money or property held under the trust in the manner provided in the instrument creating the trust. If the instrument creating the trust failed to make any terms of disposition, or if no trust was in evidence, the decedent resident's money, saving or commercial deposits, dividends or distributions, bonds, or any other interest-bearing debt certificate or stamp issued by the United States government shall escheat to the state. All such unclaimed intangible personal property of a former resident shall be retained by the managing officer in such institution for the period of one year, during which time every possible effort shall be made to find the former resident or the former resident's legal representative. If after a period of one year from the time the resident has left the institution or has died, the managing officer has been unable to locate the person or the person's legal representative, then, upon proper notice of that fact, the director shall at that time formulate in writing a method of disposition on the minutes of the department authorizing the managing officer to convert such intangible personal property to cash to be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. The department shall include in its annual report a statement of all such money and property and the terms and conditions relating to them.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.104 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.104
§ 5120.104. Acquiring and leasing of capital facilities or sites for use as halfway house
Status: in_force

July 1, 2014 House Bill 497 - 130th General Assembly (A) It is hereby declared to be a public purpose and an essential governmental function of the state that the department of rehabilitation and correction, in the name of the state and for the use and benefit of the department, purchase, acquire, construct, own, lease, or sublease capital facilities or sites for capital facilities for use as halfway house facilities. (B) The director of rehabilitation and correction may lease or sublease capital facilities or sites for capital facilities under division (A) of this section to or from, and may make any other agreement with respect to the purchase, construction, management, or operation of those capital facilities with, a halfway house organization or the Ohio public facilities commission, the department of administrative services, or any other state agency having authority over that function. The director may make any lease, sublease, or other agreement under this division without the necessity for advertisement, auction, competitive bidding, court order, or other action or formality otherwise required by law. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, the director shall make each lease or sublease to or from the Ohio public facilities commission or halfway house organization in accordance with Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. (C) The director, by a sale, lease, sublease, release, or other agreement, may dispose of real or personal property or a lesser interest in real or personal property that is held or owned by the state for the use and benefit of the department, if the department does not need the property or interest for its purposes. The department shall make a sale, lease, sublease, release, or other agreement under this division upon the terms that it determines, subject to the approval by the governor in the case of a sale, lease, sublease, release, or other agreement regarding real property or an interest in real property. The director may make a lease, sublease, or other grant of use of property or an interest in property under this division without the necessity for advertisement, auction, competitive bidding, court order, or other action or formality otherwise required by law. (D) The director may grant an easement or other interest in real property held by the state for the use and benefit of the department if that easement or interest will not interfere with the use of the property as a halfway house facility. (E) All property purchased, acquired, constructed, owned, leased, or subleased by the department in the exercise of its powers and duties are public property used exclusively for a public purpose, and that property and the income derived by the department from the property are exempt from all taxation within this state, including without limitation, ad valorem and excise taxes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.366 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.366
§ 5119.366. Establishing grievance procedures
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of behavioral health shall require that each board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services ensure that each community mental health services provider and community addiction services provider with which it contracts under section 340.036 of the Revised Code to provide certifiable services and supports establish grievance procedures consistent with rules adopted under section 5119.36 of the Revised Code that are available to all persons seeking or receiving certifiable services and supports from a community mental health services provider or community addiction services provider. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.136 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.136
§ 5162.136. Review of barriers to interventions intended to reduce tobacco use, prevent prematurity, and promote optimal birth spacing
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of medicaid shall conduct periodic reviews to determine the barriers that medicaid recipients face in gaining full access to interventions intended to reduce tobacco use, prevent prematurity, and promote optimal birth spacing. The first review shall occur not later than sixty days after April 6, 2017. Thereafter, reviews shall be conducted every six months. The department shall prepare a report that summarizes the results of each review, which must contain the information specified in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section, as applicable. Each report shall be submitted to the commission on infant mortality and the general assembly. Submissions to the general assembly shall be made in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code. (B) The department shall make a presentation on each report at the first meeting of the commission on infant mortality that follows the report's submission to the commission. (C)(1) All of the following shall be in the first report submitted in accordance with division (A) of this section: (a) Identification of the access barriers described in division (A) of this section, the individuals affected by the barriers, and whether the barriers result from policies implemented by the department, medicaid managed care organizations, providers, or others; (b) Recommendations for the expedient removal of the access barriers; (c) An analysis of the performance of the fee-for-service component of medicaid and the performance of each medicaid managed care organization on health metrics pertaining to tobacco cessation, prematurity prevention, and birth spacing; (d) Any other information the department considers pertinent to the report's topic. (2) All of the following shall be in each subsequent report submitted in accordance with division (A) of this section: (a) The progress that has been made on removing the access barriers described in division (A) of this section and the impact such progress has had on reducing the infant mortality rate in this state; (b) A performance analysis of the fee-for-service component of medicaid and each medicaid managed care organization on health metrics pertaining to tobacco cessation, prematurity prevention, and birth spacing; (c) Any other information the department considers pertinent. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.59
§ 5120.59. Verification of prisoner's identity before release
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) Within nine months prior to the release of a prisoner from a state correctional institution if the prisoner is serving a sentence that is more than one year, or within a reasonable time if the prisoner is serving a sentence that is less than one year, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall attempt to verify the prisoner's age and identity in order to satisfy the requirements of section 4507.51 of the Revised Code. (B) The department shall provide each prisoner who does not have a current valid and unexpired state issued identification card or driver's license with the application described in section 4507.51 of the Revised Code. The department shall submit any completed application, along with a color photograph of the prisoner and documentary evidence of the prisoner's age and identity, to the registrar of motor vehicles in accordance with the process established by the registrar under sections 4507.50 and 4507.51 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.54
§ 5104.54. Child care cred program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The child care cred program is created in the department of children and youth, under which the costs of child care are shared by participating employees, their employers, and, subject to available funds, the department. The distribution of the costs shall be as follows: employees are responsible for forty per cent; employers are responsible for forty per cent; and, subject to available funds, the department is responsible for twenty per cent. The program has all of the following goals: enabling employers to attract and retain talent; assisting employees with child care costs; and sustaining the businesses of child care providers. (B) To be eligible to participate in the program, all of the following apply: (1) In the case of an employee, the maximum amount of the family's income shall not exceed four hundred per cent of the federal poverty line and the employee shall reside in this state and have been selected for participation by the employee's employer. (2) In the case of an employer, the employer shall be located in this state and have selected one or more of its employees to participate in the program. (3) In the case of a child care provider, the provider shall either hold a license issued under this chapter or be certified by a county department of job and family services under section 5104.12 of the Revised Code. The department shall not require participation in the step up to quality program in order to be an eligible provider for this program. (C) Each employee and employer seeking to participate in the program shall together submit an application to the department in a manner prescribed by the department. The department shall review each application as soon as practicable after it is received and shall determine if the employee and employer are both eligible to participate. (D) After an employee and employer are both determined eligible and agree to participate in the program, all of the following apply: (1) The employee, with the assistance of the department, shall select a child care provider for the employee's child and shall enroll the child with the provider. An employee may opt to select the employee's existing child care provider so long as that provider is licensed or certified as described in this section. (2) In addition to the employer's share, the employer may agree to contribute some or all of an employee's share of child care costs. (3) As a condition of participation, the department may require the employee, employer, and child care provider to each sign a memorandum of understanding with the department. (4) The department is responsible for coordinating and performing all administrative activities associated with the sharing of child care costs and making payments to child care providers. (E) An eligibility determination made under division (C) of this section remains valid as long as the employee, employer, and child care provider continue to satisfy the eligibility conditions described in division (B) of this section. (F) If the department finds that an employee or employer has committed fraud, misrepresentation, or deception in applying to participate, or in participating, in the program, the employee or employer is permanently ineligible to participate, or continue to participate, in the program. (G)(1) The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. Any rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (2) Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under division (G)(1) of this section is not subject to sections 121.95 to 121.953 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.152 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.152
§ 5124.152. Payment rate for service provided by outlier ICF/IID or unit
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The total per medicaid day payment rate determined under section 5124.15 of the Revised Code shall not be paid for ICF/IID services provided by an ICF/IID, or discrete unit of an ICF/IID, designated by the department of developmental disabilities as an outlier ICF/IID or unit. Instead, the provider of a designated outlier ICF/IID or unit shall be paid each fiscal year a total per medicaid day payment rate that the department shall prospectively determine in accordance with a methodology established in rules authorized by this section. (B) The department may designate an ICF/IID, or discrete unit of an ICF/IID, as an outlier ICF/IID or unit if the ICF/IID or unit serves residents who have either of the following: (1) Diagnoses or special care needs that require direct care resources that are not measured adequately by the resident assessment instrument specified in rules authorized by section 5124.191 of the Revised Code; (2) Diagnoses or special care needs that are specified in rules authorized by this section as otherwise qualifying for consideration under this section. (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the costs incurred by a designated outlier ICF/IID or unit shall not be considered in establishing medicaid payment rates for other ICFs/IID or units. (D) The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section. (1)(a) The rules shall do both of the following: (i) Specify the criteria and procedures the department will apply when designating an ICF/IID, or discrete unit of an ICF/IID, as an outlier ICF/IID or unit; (ii) Establish a methodology for prospectively determining the total per medicaid day payment rate that will be paid each fiscal year for ICF/IID services provided by a designated outlier ICF/IID or unit. (b) The rules adopted under division (D)(1)(a)(i) of this section regarding the criteria for designating outlier ICFs/IID and units shall do both of the following: (i) Provide for consideration of whether all of the allowable costs of an ICF/IID, or discrete unit of an ICF/IID, would be paid by the rate determined under section 5124.15 of the Revised Code; (ii) Specify the minimum number of ICF/IID beds that an ICF/IID, or discrete unit of an ICF/IID, must have to be designated an outlier ICF/IID or unit. (c) The rules authorized by division (D)(1)(a)(i) of this section regarding the criteria for designating outlier ICFs/IID and units shall not limit the designation to ICFs/IID, or discrete units of ICFs/IID, located in large cities. (d) The rules authorized by division (D)(1)(a)(ii) of this section regarding the methodology for prospectively determining the rates of designated outlier ICFs/IID and units shall provide for the methodology to consider the historical costs of providing ICF/IID services to the residents of designated outlier ICFs/IID and units. (2)(a) The rules may do both of the following: (i) Include for designation as an outlier ICF/IID or unit, an ICF/IID, or discrete unit of an ICF/IID, that serves residents who have complex medical conditions or severe behavioral problems; (ii) Require that a designated outlier ICF/IID or unit receive authorization from the department before admitting or retaining a resident. (b) If the director adopts rules authorized by division (D)(2)(a)(ii) of this section regarding the authorization of a designated outlier ICF/IID or unit to admit or retain a resident, the rules shall specify the criteria and procedures the department will apply when granting the authorization. Last updated August 24, 2021 at 2:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.25
§ 5155.25. Balance paid resident upon discharge
Status: in_force

May 13, 1980 House Bill 561 - 113th General Assembly When a resident of a county home is discharged from a county home, and his property or effects have been disposed of and the proceeds applied as provided by sections 5155.23 and 5155.24 of the Revised Code, any balance due in favor of such person on the books of the facility shall be paid to him by the superintendent or administrator of such facility, or, in case of his death, shall be paid to his legal representative. When any such fund is exhausted or any balance is paid in manner prescribed by this section, the superintendent or administrator shall file with the probate court a complete statement showing receipts, itemized expenditures, and balance, and the court shall file such report with the records relating to the original order of sale of such person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.40
§ 5121.40. Eligibility criteria for discounted charge
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) A patient, patient's estate, or liable relative may be eligible to be charged an amount discounted from the amount the department of mental health and addiction services charges under section 5121.33 of the Revised Code if the patient, estate, or relative has countable assets with a total value that is not greater than an amount equal to fifty per cent of the difference between the following: (1) The gross annual income that corresponds with a family size of two persons at one hundred per cent of the federal poverty level for the state; (2) The gross annual income that corresponds with a family size of one person at one hundred per cent of the federal poverty level for the state. For purposes of determining family size, the patient is one dependent. One additional dependent shall be included for each of the following circumstances and persons: (a) The patient or liable relative is legally blind or deaf. (b) The patient or liable relative is sixty-five years of age or older. (c) Each child under eighteen years of age for which the patient or liable relative has legal custody; (d) The patient's or liable relative's spouse. (B) A patient, estate, or relative may, not later than ninety days after the patient's admission to a hospital, surrender the value of countable assets sufficient to reduce countable assets to not more than the limit described in division (A) of this section. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.05
§ 5119.05. Managing officer; duties
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Subject to the rules of the director of behavioral health, each institution under the jurisdiction of the department shall be under the management and control of a managing officer to be known as a chief executive officer or by another appropriate title. Such managing officer shall be appointed by the director of behavioral health, and shall be in the unclassified service and serve at the pleasure of the director. Each managing officer shall be of good moral character and have skill, ability, and experience in the managing officer's profession. The managing officer, under the director, shall serve as the appointing authority of the institution to which such managing officer is appointed. Subject to civil service rules, the managing officer shall have the power to appoint and remove employees of the institution. On behalf of the institution, the managing officer has the authority and responsibility for entering into contracts and other agreements for the efficient operations of the institution. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.421 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.421
§ 5119.421. Replacement facility projects
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) This section applies to a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, another governmental entity, or a private, nonprofit organization that received a grant or reimbursement under section 5119.42 of the Revised Code for a facility on which the department of behavioral health holds a security interest. (B) A board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, another governmental entity, or a private, nonprofit organization to which this section applies may apply to the director of behavioral health for approval to sell its facility and acquire, construct, or renovate a replacement facility pursuant to this section. The director shall prescribe the form of the application. Before submitting an application to the director, a governmental entity or private, nonprofit organization must obtain approval of the application from the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services with jurisdiction over the service district in which the existing facility is located. The director shall approve an application for a replacement project upon determining that the project provides for the continuation of appropriate mental health and addiction services to the population served by the board, entity, or organization. (C) A board, entity, or organization that obtains approval for a project under division (B) of this section shall pay the proceeds of the sale of its facility to the director of behavioral health. The director shall deposit the proceeds to the credit of the community capital replacement facilities fund. (D) When a board, entity, or organization that has sold its facility notifies the director of behavioral health that it is ready to acquire, construct, or renovate a replacement facility, the director shall do one of the following: (1) If the replacement facility is located in the same alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district as the original facility, and if the purposes for which the replacement facility will be used are the same as or similar to those for the original facility, the director shall pay to the board, entity, or organization from the community capital replacement facilities fund an amount equal to the lesser of an amount equal to the proceeds of the sale of the original facility or the amount of the state's agreed-upon participation (as a per cent of the total cost) in the cost of the replacement facility. If the amount of the state's agreed-upon participation in the cost of the replacement facility is less than the value of the state's security interest in the original facility, the difference between the state's agreed-upon participation in the cost of the replacement facility and the value of the state's security interest in the original facility shall be retained in the community capital replacement facilities fund, and any excess proceeds shall be paid to the board, entity, or organization. (2) If the replacement facility is located in a different alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district than the original facility, or if the purposes for which the replacement facility will be used are not the same as or similar to those for the original facility, the director shall request controlling board approval for release of funds for the project. If the controlling board so approves, the director shall pay to the board, entity, or organization from the community capital replacement facilities fund the lesser of an amount equal to the proceeds of the sale of the original facility or the amount of the state's agreed-upon participation (as a per cent of the total cost) in the cost of the replacement facility. If the amount of the state's agreed-upon participation in the cost of the replacement facility is less than the value of the state's security interest in the original facility, the difference between the state's agreed-upon participation in the cost of the replacement facility and the value of the state's security interest in the original facility shall be retained in the community capital replacement facilities fund, and any excess proceeds shall be paid to the board, entity, or organization. (E) The director of behavioral health and a board, entity, or organization shall enter into an agreement specifying the terms of any payment made to the board, entity, or organization under division (D) of this section. The terms may include provision for the department of behavioral health to hold a security interest in the facility. (F)(1) When approving an application under division (B) of this section, the director of behavioral health services shall establish a deadline by which the board, entity, or organization must notify the director that it is ready to acquire, construct, or renovate a replacement facility. If the board, entity, or organization does not notify the director on or before the deadline, the director may cancel the project. Upon canceling the project, the director shall pay to the board, entity, or organization from the community capital replacement facilities fund an amount equal to the portion of the proceeds of the sale of the original facility that exceeds the value of the state's security interest in the facility. (2) Notwithstanding the deadline established under division (F)(1) of this section, if at any time a board, entity, or organization notifies the director that it does not intend to acquire, construct, or renovate a replacement facility under this section, the director shall cancel the replacement project and pay to the board, entity, or organization from the community capital replacement facilities fund an amount equal to the portion of the proceeds of the sale of the original facility that exceeds the value of the state's security interest in the facility. (G) If a replacement project is canceled after the sale of the original facility, the director of behavioral health shall use funds equal to the value of the state's security interest in the original facility for additional grants or reimbursements under section 5119.42 of the Revised Code. The director shall obtain the approval of the controlling board before releasing the additional grants or reimbursements. (H) The community capital replacement facilities fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The director of behavioral health shall use the fund for the purposes of this section. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.01
§ 5139.01. Department of youth services - definitions
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 319 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Commitment" means the transfer of the physical custody of a child or youth from the court to the department of youth services. (2) "Permanent commitment" means a commitment that vests legal custody of a child in the department of youth services. (3) "Legal custody," insofar as it pertains to the status that is created when a child is permanently committed to the department of youth services, means a legal status in which the department has the following rights and responsibilities: the right to have physical possession of the child; the right and duty to train, protect, and control the child; the responsibility to provide the child with food, clothing, shelter, education, and medical care; and the right to determine where and with whom the child shall live, subject to the minimum periods of, or periods of, institutional care prescribed in sections 2152.13 to 2152.18 of the Revised Code; provided, that these rights and responsibilities are exercised subject to the powers, rights, duties, and responsibilities of the guardian of the person of the child, and subject to any residual parental rights and responsibilities. (4) Unless the context requires a different meaning, "institution" means a state facility that is created by the general assembly and that is under the management and control of the department of youth services or a private entity with which the department has contracted for the institutional care and custody of felony delinquents. (5) "Full-time care" means care for twenty-four hours a day for over a period of at least two consecutive weeks. (6) "Placement" means the conditional release of a child under the terms and conditions that are specified by the department of youth services. The department shall retain legal custody of a child released pursuant to division (C) of section 2152.22 of the Revised Code or division (C) of section 5139.06 of the Revised Code until the time that it discharges the child or until the legal custody is terminated as otherwise provided by law. (7) "Home placement" means the placement of a child in the home of the child's parent or parents or in the home of the guardian of the child's person. (8) "Discharge" means that the department of youth services' legal custody of a child is terminated. (9) "Release" means the termination of a child's stay in an institution and the subsequent period during which the child returns to the community under the terms and conditions of supervised release. (10) "Delinquent child" has the same meaning as in section 2152.02 of the Revised Code. (11) "Felony delinquent" means any child who is at least ten years of age but less than eighteen years of age and who is adjudicated a delinquent child for having committed an act that if committed by an adult would be a felony. "Felony delinquent" includes any adult who is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one and who is in the legal custody of the department of youth services for having committed an act that if committed by an adult would be a felony. (12) "Juvenile traffic offender" has the same meaning as in section 2152.02 of the Revised Code. (13) "Public safety beds" means all of the following: (a) Felony delinquents who have been committed to the department of youth services for the commission of an act, other than a violation of section 2911.01 or 2911.11 of the Revised Code, that is a category one offense or a category two offense and who are in the care and custody of an institution or have been diverted from care and custody in an institution and placed in a community corrections facility; (b) Felony delinquents who, while committed to the department of youth services and in the care and custody of an institution or a community corrections facility, are adjudicated delinquent children for having committed in that institution or community corrections facility an act that if committed by an adult would be a misdemeanor or a felony; (c) Children who satisfy all of the following: (i) They are at least ten years of age but less than eighteen years of age. (ii) They are adjudicated delinquent children for having committed acts that if committed by an adult would be a felony. (iii) They are committed to the department of youth services by the juvenile court of a county that has had one-tenth of one per cent or less of the statewide adjudications for felony delinquents as averaged for the past four fiscal years. (iv) They are in the care and custody of an institution or a community corrections facility. (d) Felony delinquents who, while committed to the department of youth services and in the care and custody of an institution are serving disciplinary time for having committed an act described in division (A)(18)(a), (b), or (c) of this section, and who have been institutionalized or institutionalized in a secure facility for the minimum period of time specified in divisions (A)(1)(b) to (e) of section 2152.16 of the Revised Code. (e) Felony delinquents who are subject to and serving a three-year period of commitment order imposed by a juvenile court pursuant to divisions (A) and (B) of section 2152.17 of the Revised Code for an act, other than a violation of section 2911.11 of the Revised Code, that would be a category one offense or category two offense if committed by an adult. (f) Felony delinquents who are described in divisions (A)(13)(a) to (e) of this section, who have been granted a judicial release to court supervision under division (B) or (D) of section 2152.22 of the Revised Code or a judicial release to the department of youth services supervision under division (C) or (D) of that section from the commitment to the department of youth services for the act described in divisions (A)(13)(a) to (e) of this section, who have violated the terms and conditions of that release, and who, pursuant to an order of the court of the county in which the particular felony delinquent was placed on release that is issued pursuant to division (E) of section 2152.22 of the Revised Code, have been returned to the department for institutionalization or institutionalization in a secure facility. (g) Felony delinquents who have been committed to the custody of the department of youth services, who have been granted supervised release from the commitment pursuant to section 5139.51 of the Revised Code, who have violated the terms and conditions of that supervised release, and who, pursuant to an order of the court of the county in which the particular child was placed on supervised release issued pursuant to division (F) of section 5139.52 of the Revised Code, have had the supervised release revoked and have been returned to the department for institutionalization. A felony delinquent described in this division shall be a public safety bed only for the time during which the felony delinquent is institutionalized as a result of the revocation subsequent to the initial ninety-day period of institutionalization required by division (F) of section 5139.52 of the Revised Code. (14) Unless the context requires a different meaning, "community corrections facility" means a county or multicounty rehabilitation center for felony delinquents who have been committed to the department of youth services and diverted from care and custody in an institution and placed in the rehabilitation center pursuant to division (E) of section 5139.36 of the Revised Code. (15) "Secure facility" means any facility that is designed and operated to ensure that all of its entrances and exits are under the exclusive control of its staff and to ensure that, because of that exclusive control, no child who has been institutionalized in the facility may leave the facility without permission or supervision. (16) "Community residential program" means a program that satisfies both of the following: (a) It is housed in a building or other structure that has no associated major restraining construction, including, but not limited to, a security fence. (b) It provides twenty-four-hour care, supervision, and programs for felony delinquents who are in residence. (17) "Category one offense" and "category two offense" have the same meanings as in section 2152.02 of the Revised Code. (18) "Disciplinary time" means additional time that the department of youth services requires a felony delinquent to serve in an institution, that delays the felony delinquent's planned release, and that the department imposes upon the felony delinquent following the conduct of an internal due process hearing for having committed any of the following acts while committed to the department and in the care and custody of an institution: (a) An act that if committed by an adult would be a felony; (b) An act that if committed by an adult would be a misdemeanor; (c) An act that is not described in division (A)(18)(a) or (b) of this section and that violates an institutional rule of conduct of the department. (19) "Unruly child" has the same meaning as in section 2151.022 of the Revised Code. (20) "Revocation" means the act of revoking a child's supervised release for a violation of a term or condition of the child's supervised release in accordance with section 5139.52 of the Revised Code. (21) "Release authority" means the release authority of the department of youth services that is established by section 5139.50 of the Revised Code. (22) "Supervised release" means the event of the release of a child under this chapter from an institution and the period after that release during which the child is supervised and assisted by an employee of the department of youth services under specific terms and conditions for reintegration of the child into the community. (23) "Victim" means the person identified in a police report, complaint, or information as the victim of an act that would have been a criminal offense if committed by an adult and that provided the basis for adjudication proceedings resulting in a child's commitment to the legal custody of the department of youth services. (24) "Victim's representative" means a member of the victim's family or another person whom the victim or another authorized person designates in writing, pursuant to section 5139.56 of the Revised Code, to represent the victim with respect to proceedings of the release authority of the department of youth services and with respect to other matters specified in that section. (25) "Member of the victim's family" means a spouse, child, stepchild, sibling, parent, stepparent, grandparent, other relative, or legal guardian of a child but does not include a person charged with, convicted of, or adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a criminal or delinquent act against the victim or another criminal or delinquent act arising out of the same conduct, criminal or delinquent episode, or plan as the criminal or delinquent act committed against the victim. (26) "Judicial release to court supervision" means a release of a child from institutional care or institutional care in a secure facility that is granted by a court pursuant to division (B) of section 2152.22 of the Revised Code during the period specified in that division or that is granted by a court to court supervision pursuant to division (D) of that section during the period specified in that division. (27) "Judicial release to department of youth services supervision" means a release of a child from institutional care or institutional care in a secure facility that is granted by a court pursuant to division (C) of section 2152.22 of the Revised Code during the period specified in that division or that is granted to department supervision by a court pursuant to division (D) of that section during the period specified in that division. (28) "Juvenile justice system" includes all of the functions of the juvenile courts, the department of youth services, any public or private agency whose purposes include the prevention of delinquency or the diversion, adjudication, detention, or rehabilitation of delinquent children, and any of the functions of the criminal justice system that are applicable to children. (29) "Metropolitan county criminal justice services agency" means an agency that is established pursuant to division (A) of section 5502.64 of the Revised Code. (30) "Administrative planning district" means a district that is established pursuant to division (A) or (B) of section 5502.66 of the Revised Code. (31) "Criminal justice coordinating council" means a criminal justice services agency that is established pursuant to division (D) of section 5502.66 of the Revised Code. (32) "Comprehensive plan" means a document that coordinates, evaluates, and otherwise assists, on an annual or multi-year basis, all of the functions of the juvenile justice systems of the state or a specified area of the state, that conforms to the priorities of the state with respect to juvenile justice systems, and that conforms with the requirements of all federal criminal justice acts. These functions include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Delinquency; (b) Identification, detection, apprehension, and detention of persons charged with delinquent acts; (c) Assistance to crime victims or witnesses, except that the comprehensive plan does not include the functions of the attorney general pursuant to sections 109.91 and 109.92 of the Revised Code; (d) Adjudication or diversion of persons charged with delinquent acts; (e) Custodial treatment of delinquent children; (f) Institutional and noninstitutional rehabilitation of delinquent children. (B) There is hereby created the department of youth services. The governor shall appoint the director of the department with the advice and consent of the senate. The director shall hold office during the term of the appointing governor but subject to removal at the pleasure of the governor. Except as otherwise authorized in section 108.05 of the Revised Code, the director shall devote the director's entire time to the duties of the director's office and shall hold no other office or position of trust or profit during the director's term of office. The director is the chief executive and administrative officer of the department and has all the powers of a department head set forth in Chapter 121. of the Revised Code. The director may adopt rules for the government of the department, the conduct of its officers and employees, the performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the department's records, papers, books, documents, and property. The director shall be an appointing authority within the meaning of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code. Whenever this or any other chapter or section of the Revised Code imposes a duty on or requires an action of the department, the duty or action shall be performed by the director or, upon the director's order, in the name of the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5163.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5163 / § 5163.40
§ 5163.40. Healthy start component
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The department of medicaid shall do all of the following with regard to the application procedures for the healthy start component of the medicaid program: (1) Establish a short application form for the component that requires the applicant to provide no more information than is necessary for making determinations of eligibility for the component, except that the form may require applicants to provide their social security numbers. The form shall include a statement, which must be signed by the applicant, indicating that she does not choose at the time of making application for the component to apply for assistance provided under any other program administered by the department or the department of job and family services and that she understands that she is permitted at any other time to apply at the county department of job and family services of the county in which she resides for other assistance administered by the department or the department of job and family services. (2) Do one or both of the following: (a) Distribute the application form for the component to each public or private entity that serves as a women, infants, and children clinic or as a child and family health clinic and to each administrative body for such clinics and train employees of each such clinic or administrative body to provide applicants assistance in completing the form; (b) In cooperation with the department of health, develop arrangements under which employees of county departments of job and family services are stationed at public or private entities selected by the department of medicaid that serve as women, infants, and children clinics; child and family health clinics; or administrative bodies for such clinics for the purpose both of assisting applicants for the component in completing the application form and of making determinations at that location of eligibility for the component. (3) Establish performance standards by which a county department of job and family services' level of enrollment of persons potentially eligible for the component can be measured, and establish acceptable levels of enrollment for each county department. (4) Direct any county department of job and family services whose rate of enrollment of potentially eligible enrollees in the component is below acceptable levels established under division (A)(3) of this section to implement corrective action. Corrective action may include but is not limited to any one or more of the following: (a) Establishing formal referral and outreach methods with local health departments and local entities receiving funding through the bureau of maternal and child health; (b) Designating a specialized intake unit within the county department for healthy start applicants; (c) Establishing abbreviated timeliness requirements to shorten the time between receipt of an application and the scheduling of an initial application interview; (d) Establishing a system for telephone scheduling of intake interviews for applicants; (e) Establishing procedures to minimize the time an applicant must spend in completing the application and eligibility determination process, including permitting applicants to complete the process at times other than the regular business hours of the county department and at locations other than the offices of the county department. (B) A county department of job and family services that maintains offices at more than one location shall accept applications for the healthy start component at all of those locations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5149.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5149 / § 5149.30
§ 5149.30. Community corrections program definitions
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly As used in sections 5149.30 to 5149.37 of the Revised Code: (A) "Community corrections programs" include, but are not limited to, probation, parole, preventive or diversionary corrections programs, release-on-recognizance programs, prosecutorial diversion programs, specialized treatment programs for offenders with alcoholism and narcotic addictions, and community control sanctions as defined in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Local corrections planning board" means the board established in each county under section 5149.34 of the Revised Code. (C) "Joint county corrections planning board" means the board established by multiple counties under section 5149.35 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.10
§ 5121.10. Claims against estate
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly Upon the death of a resident or former resident of any institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities, or upon the death of a person responsible under section 5121.06 of the Revised Code for the support of a resident, the department may waive the presentation of any claim for support against the estate of such decedent, when in its judgment an otherwise dependent person will be directly benefited by the estate. Claims against an estate for support of a resident are subject to section 5815.28 and Chapter 2117. of the Revised Code, and shall be treated, and may be barred, the same as the claims of other creditors of the estate, pursuant to that section or chapter. The department may accept from a guardian or trustee of a resident a contract agreeing to pay to the state from the property of the guardian's or trustee's ward before or at the death of the ward a fixed annual amount for the support of the ward while the ward is a resident, with interest at four per cent per annum. A copy of the contract shall be filed in the probate court of the proper county and duly entered as a part of the records concerning the ward.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.38
§ 5104.38. Rules governing financial and administrative requirements for publicly funded child day-care
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly In addition to any other rules adopted under this chapter, the director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing financial and administrative requirements for publicly funded child care and establishing all of the following: (A) Procedures and criteria to be used in making determinations of eligibility for publicly funded child care that give priority to children of families with lower incomes and procedures and criteria for eligibility for publicly funded protective child care or homeless child care. The rules shall specify the maximum amount of income a family may have for initial and continued eligibility. The maximum amount shall not exceed three hundred per cent of the federal poverty line. The rules may specify exceptions to the eligibility requirements in the case of a family that previously received publicly funded child care and is seeking to have the child care reinstated after the family's eligibility was terminated. (B) A schedule of fees requiring all eligible caretaker parents to pay a fee for publicly funded child care according to income and family size, which shall be uniform for all types of publicly funded child care, except as authorized by rule, and, to the extent permitted by federal law, shall permit the use of state and federal funds to pay the customary deposits and other advance payments that a provider charges all children who receive child care from that provider. (C) A formula for determining the amount of state and federal funds appropriated for publicly funded child care that may be allocated to a county department to use for administrative purposes; (D) Procedures to be followed by the department and county departments in recruiting individuals and groups to become providers of child care; (E) Procedures to be followed in establishing state or local programs designed to assist individuals who are eligible for publicly funded child care in identifying the resources available to them and to refer the individuals to appropriate sources to obtain child care; (F) Procedures to deal with fraud and abuse committed by either recipients or providers of publicly funded child care; (G) Procedures for establishing a child care grant or loan program in accordance with the child care block grant act; (H) Standards and procedures for applicants to apply for grants and loans, and for the department to make grants and loans; (I) A definition of "person who stands in loco parentis" for the purposes of division (OO)(3) of section 5104.01 of the Revised Code; (J) Procedures for a county department of job and family services to follow in making eligibility determinations and redeterminations for publicly funded child care available through telephone, computer, and other means at locations other than the county department; (K) If the director establishes a different payment rate under division (E)(3)(d) of section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, standards and procedures for determining the amount of the higher payment that is to be issued to a child care provider based on the special needs of the child being served; (L) To the extent permitted by federal law, procedures for enrolling and paying for up to thirty days of child care for a child whose caretaker parent is seeking employment, taking part in employment orientation activities, or taking part in activities in anticipation of enrolling in or attending an education or training program or activity, if the employment or the education or training program or activity is expected to begin within the thirty-day period; (M) Any other rules necessary to carry out sections 5104.30 to 5104.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.61
§ 5107.61. Serving as ombudsperson
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly Service as an Ohio works first ombudsperson pursuant to section 329.07 of the Revised Code may be an assignment under the work experience program or a work activity established under section 5107.60 of the Revised Code to which a participant of Ohio works first is assigned under section 5107.42 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.20
§ 5180.20. Programs to reduce negative birth outcomes and disparities
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The director of children and youth shall identify each government program providing benefits, other than the help me grow program established by the department of children and youth pursuant to section 5180.21 of the Revised Code, that has the goal of reducing infant mortality and negative birth outcomes or the goal of reducing disparities among women who are pregnant or capable of becoming pregnant and who belong to a racial or ethnic minority. A program shall be identified only if it provides education, training, and support services related to those goals to program participants in their homes. The director may consult with the Ohio partnership to build stronger families for assistance with identifying the programs. (B) An administrator of a program identified under division (A) of this section shall report to the director data on program performance indicators that are used to assess progress toward achieving program goals. The administrator shall report the data in the format and within the time frames specified in rules adopted under division (C) of this section. Using the data reported under this division, the director shall prepare an annual report assessing the performance of each government program identified pursuant to division (A) of this section during the immediately preceding twelve-month period. In addition, the report shall summarize and provide an analysis of the information contained in the "information for medical and health use only" section of the birth records for individuals born during the prior twelve-month period. The director shall provide a copy of the report to the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code. (C) The director shall adopt rules specifying program performance indicators on which data must be reported by the administrators described in division (B) of this section as well as the format and time frames in which the data must be reported. To the extent possible, the program performance indicators specified in the rules shall be consistent with federal reporting requirements for federally funded home visiting services. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated September 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.04
§ 5121.04. Investigating financial condition of residents and relatives
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) The department of developmental disabilities shall investigate the financial condition of the residents in institutions, residents whose care or treatment is being paid for in a private facility or home under the control of the department, and of the relatives named in section 5121.06 of the Revised Code as liable for the support of such residents, in order to determine the ability of any resident or liable relatives to pay for the support of the resident and to provide suitable clothing as required by the superintendent of the institution. (B) The department shall follow the provisions of this division in determining the ability to pay of a resident or the resident's liable relatives and the amount to be charged such resident or liable relatives. (1) Subject to divisions (B)(10) and (11) of this section, a resident without dependents shall be liable for the full applicable cost. A resident without dependents who has a gross annual income equal to or exceeding the sum of the full applicable cost, plus fifty dollars per month, regardless of the source of such income, shall pay currently the full amount of the applicable cost; if the resident's gross annual income is less than such sum, not more than fifty dollars per month shall be kept for personal use by or on behalf of the resident, except as permitted in the state plan for providing medical assistance under Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, and the balance shall be paid currently on the resident's support. Subject to divisions (B)(10) and (11) of this section, the estate of a resident without dependents shall pay currently any remaining difference between the applicable cost and the amounts prescribed in this section, or shall execute an agreement with the department for payment to be made at some future date under terms suitable to the department. However, no security interest, mortgage, or lien shall be taken, granted, or charged against any principal residence of a resident without dependents under an agreement or otherwise to secure support payments, and no foreclosure actions shall be taken on security interests, mortgages, or liens taken, granted, or charged against principal residences of residents prior to October 7, 1977. (2) The ability to pay of a resident with dependents, or of a liable relative of a resident either with or without dependents, shall be determined in accordance with the resident's or liable relative's income or other assets, the needs of others who are dependent on such income and other assets for support, and, if applicable, divisions (B)(10) and (11) of this section. For the first thirty days of care and treatment of each admission, but in no event for more than thirty days in any calendar year, the resident with dependents or the liable relative of a resident either with or without dependents shall be charged an amount equal to the percentage of the average applicable cost determined in accordance with the schedule of adjusted gross annual income contained after this paragraph. After such first thirty days of care and treatment, such resident or such liable relative shall be charged an amount equal to the percentage of a base support rate of four dollars per day for residents, as determined in accordance with the schedule of gross annual income contained after this paragraph, or in accordance with division (B)(5) of this section. Beginning January 1, 1978, the department shall increase the base rate when the consumer price index average is more than 4.0 for the preceding calendar year by not more than the average for such calendar year. Adjusted Gross Annual Income of Resident or Liable Relative (FN a) Number of Dependents (FN b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 or more Rate of Support (In Percentages) $15,000 or less -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15,001 to 17,500 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 17,501 to 20,000 25 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 20,001 to 21,000 30 25 20 -- -- -- -- -- 21,001 to 22,000 35 30 25 20 -- -- -- -- 22,001 to 23,000 40 35 30 25 20 -- -- -- 23,001 to 24,000 45 40 35 30 25 20 -- -- 24,001 to 25,000 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 -- 25,001 to 26,000 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 26,001 to 27,000 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 27,001 to 28,000 70 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 28,001 to 30,000 80 70 60 55 50 45 40 35 30,001 to 40,000 90 80 70 60 55 50 45 40 40,001 and over 100 90 80 70 60 55 50 45 Footnote a. The resident or relative shall furnish a copy of the resident's or relative's federal income tax return as evidence of gross annual income. Footnote b. The number of dependents includes the liable relative but excludes a resident in an institution. "Dependent" includes any person who receives more than half the person's support from the resident or the resident's liable relative. (3) A resident or liable relative having medical, funeral, or related expenses in excess of four per cent of the adjusted gross annual income, which expenses were not covered by insurance, may adjust such gross annual income by reducing the adjusted gross annual income by the full amount of such expenses. Proof of such expenses satisfactory to the department must be furnished. (4) Additional dependencies may be claimed if: (a) The liable relative is blind; (b) The liable relative is over sixty-five; (c) A child is a college student with expenses in excess of fifty dollars per month; (d) The services of a housekeeper, costing in excess of fifty dollars per month, are required if the person who normally keeps house for minor children is the resident. (5) If with respect to any resident with dependents there is chargeable under division (B)(2) of this section less than fifty per cent of the applicable cost or, if the base support rate was used, less than fifty per cent of the amount determined by use of the base support rate, and if with respect to such resident there is a liable relative who has an estate having a value in excess of fifteen thousand dollars or if such resident has a dependent and an estate having a value in excess of fifteen thousand dollars, there shall be paid with respect to such resident a total of fifty per cent of the applicable cost or the base support rate amount, as the case may be, on a current basis or there shall be executed with respect to such resident an agreement with the department for payment to be made at some future date under terms suitable to the department. (6) When a person has been a resident for fifteen years and the support charges for which a relative is liable have been paid for the fifteen-year period, the liable relative shall be relieved of any further support charges. (7) The department shall accept voluntary payments from residents or liable relatives whose incomes are below the minimum shown in the schedule set forth in this division. The department also shall accept voluntary payments in excess of required amounts from both liable and nonliable relatives. (8) If a resident is covered by an insurance policy, or other contract that provides for payment of expenses for care and treatment for a developmental disability at or from an institution or facility (including a community service unit under the jurisdiction of the department), the other provisions of this section, except divisions (B)(8), (10), and (11) of this section, and of section 5121.01 of the Revised Code shall be suspended to the extent that such insurance policy or other contract is in force, and such resident shall be charged the full amount of the applicable cost. Any insurance carrier or other third party payor providing coverage for such care and treatment shall pay for this support obligation in an amount equal to the lesser of either the applicable cost or the benefits provided under the policy or other contract. Whether or not an insured, owner of, or other person having an interest in such policy or other contract is liable for support payments under other provisions of this chapter, the insured, policy owner, or other person shall assign payment directly to the department of all assignable benefits under the policy or other contract and shall pay over to the department, within ten days of receipt, all insurance or other benefits received as reimbursement or payment for expenses incurred by the resident or for any other reason. If the insured, policy owner, or other person refuses to assign such payment to the department or refuses to pay such received reimbursements or payments over to the department within ten days of receipt, the insured's, policy owners', or other person's total liability for the services equals the applicable statutory liability for payment for the services as determined under other provisions of this chapter, plus the amounts payable under the terms of the policy or other contract. In no event shall this total liability exceed the full amount of the applicable cost. Upon its request, the department is entitled to a court order that compels the insured, owner of, or other person having an interest in the policy or other contract to comply with the assignment requirements of this division or that itself serves as a legally sufficient assignment in compliance with such requirements. Notwithstanding section 5123.89 of the Revised Code and any other law relating to confidentiality of records, the managing officer of the institution or facility where a person is or has been a resident shall disclose pertinent medical information concerning the resident to the insurance carrier or other third party payor in question, in order to effect collection from the carrier or payor of the state's claim for care and treatment under this division. For such disclosure, the managing officer is not subject to any civil or criminal liability. (9) The rate to be charged for pre-admission care, after-care, day-care, or routine consultation and treatment services shall be based upon the ability of the resident or the resident's liable relatives to pay. When it is determined by the department that a charge shall be made, such charge shall be computed as provided in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section. (10) If a resident with or without dependents is the beneficiary of a trust created pursuant to section 5815.28 of the Revised Code, then, notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter or of a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter, divisions (C) and (D) of that section shall apply in determining the assets or resources of the resident, the resident's estate, the settlor, or the settlor's estate and to claims arising under this chapter against the resident, the resident's estate, the settlor, or the settlor's estate. (11) If the department waives the liability of an individual and the individual's liable relatives pursuant to section 5123.194 of the Revised Code, the liability of the individual and relative ceases in accordance with the waiver's terms. (C) The department may enter into agreements with a resident or a liable relative for support payments to be made in the future. However, no security interest, mortgage, or lien shall be taken, granted, or charged against any principal family residence of a resident with dependents or a liable relative under an agreement or otherwise to secure support payments, and no foreclosure actions shall be taken on security interests, mortgages or liens taken, granted, or charged against principal residences of residents or liable relatives prior to October 7, 1977. (D) The department shall make all investigations and determinations required by this section within ninety days after a resident is admitted to an institution under the department's control and immediately shall notify by mail the persons liable of the amount to be charged. (E) All actions to enforce the collection of payments agreed upon or charged by the department shall be commenced within six years after the date of default of an agreement to pay support charges or the date such payment becomes delinquent. If a payment is made pursuant to an agreement which is in default, a new six-year period for actions to enforce the collection of payments under such agreement shall be computed from the date of such payment. For purposes of this division an agreement is in default or a payment is delinquent if a payment is not made within thirty days after it is incurred or a payment, pursuant to an agreement, is not made within thirty days after the date specified for such payment. In all actions to enforce the collection of payment for the liability for support, every court of record shall receive into evidence the proof of claim made by the state together with all debts and credits, and it shall be prima-facie evidence of the facts contained in it. Last updated August 5, 2022 at 4:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.32
§ 5120.32. Annual report
Status: in_force

July 12, 1972 House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly In its annual report, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall include a complete financial statement of the various institutions under its control. The report shall state, as to each such institution, whether: (A) The moneys appropriated have been economically and judiciously expended; (B) The objects of the several institutions have been accomplished; (C) The laws in relation to such institutions have been fully complied with; (D) All parts of the state are equally benefited by said institutions. Such annual report shall be accompanied by the reports of the managing officers and such other information and recommendations as the department considers proper.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.614 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.614
§ 5123.614. Procedure following report of major unusual incident
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, on receipt of a report of a major unusual incident made pursuant to section 5123.61 or 5126.31 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under section 5123.612 of the Revised Code, the department of developmental disabilities may do either of the following: (1) Conduct an independent review or investigation of the incident; (2) Request that an independent review or investigation of the incident be conducted by a county board of developmental disabilities that is not implicated in the report, a regional council of government, or any other entity authorized to conduct such investigations. (B) If a report described in division (A) of this section concerning the health or safety of a person with a developmental disability involves an allegation that an employee of a county board of developmental disabilities has created a substantial risk of serious physical harm to a person with a developmental disability, the department shall do one of the following: (1) Conduct an independent investigation regarding the incident; (2) Request that an independent review or investigation of the incident be conducted by a county board of developmental disabilities that is not implicated in the report, a regional council of government, or any other entity authorized to conduct such investigations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.69
§ 5165.69. Plan of correction
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Whenever a nursing facility receives a statement of deficiencies under section 5165.68 of the Revised Code, the facility shall submit to the department of health for its approval a plan of correction for each finding cited in the statement. The plan shall include all of the following: (1) Detailed descriptions of the actions the facility will take to correct each finding, including actions the facility will take to protect residents situated similarly to the residents affected by the causes of the findings; (2) The date by which each finding will be corrected; (3) A detailed description of an ongoing monitoring and improvement process to be used at the facility that is focused on preventing any recurrence of the causes of the findings; (4) If the plan concerns a finding assigned a severity level indicating that a resident was harmed or immediate jeopardy exists, all of the following: (a) Detailed analyses of the facts and circumstances of the finding, including identification of its cause; (b) A detailed explanation of how the corrective actions described pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section relate to the cause of the finding identified pursuant to division (A)(4)(a) of this section; (c) A detailed explanation of the relationship between the ongoing monitoring and improvement process described pursuant to division (A)(3) of this section and the cause of the finding identified pursuant to division (A)(4)(a) of this section. (5) If the plan concerns a finding cited pursuant to division (E) of section 5165.66 of the Revised Code, a description of the actions the facility took to correct the finding and the date on which it was corrected. (B)(1) The department shall approve any plan, and any modification of an existing plan a nursing facility submits to the department, that does both of the following: (a) Conforms to the requirements for approval of plans of corrections, and modifications, established in the regulations, guidelines, and procedures issued by the United States secretary of health and human services under Title XVIII and Title XIX; (b) Includes all the information required by division (A) of this section. (2) The department may consult with the department of medicaid, department of aging, and office of the state long-term care ombudsman program when determining whether a plan, or modification of an existing plan, to which division (A)(4) of this section applies conforms to the requirements for approval. The department of health has sole authority to make the determination regardless of whether it consults with the other departments or office. The department shall not reject a facility's plan of correction or modification on the ground that the facility disputes the finding, if the plan or modification is reasonably calculated to correct the finding. (C) A facility that complies with this section shall not be considered to have admitted the existence of a finding cited by the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.02
§ 5121.02. Traveling and incidental expenses
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly All individuals admitted to a state institution operated by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.03 of the Revised Code shall be maintained at the expense of the state. Their traveling and incidental expenses in conveying them to the state institution shall be paid by the county of commitment. Upon admission, the individuals shall be neatly and comfortably clothed. Thereafter, the expense of necessary clothing shall be borne by the responsible relatives or guardian if they are financially able. If not furnished, the state shall bear the expense. Any required traveling expense after admission to the state institution shall be borne by the state if the responsible relatives or guardian are unable to do so.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.0316 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.0316
§ 5103.0316. Training program rules
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary for the efficient administration of sections 5103.031 to 5103.0316 of the Revised Code. The rules shall provide for all of the following: (A) For the purpose of section 5103.038 of the Revised Code, the date by which a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency that seeks to operate a preplacement training program or continuing training program under section 5103.034 of the Revised Code must submit to the department a proposal outlining the program; (B) Requirements governing the department's compensation of private child placing agencies and private noncustodial agencies under sections 5103.0312 and 5103.0313 of the Revised Code, including the allowance to reimburse the agencies for the cost of providing the training under sections 5103.031 , 5103.032 , and 5103.033 of the Revised Code; (C) Requirements governing the continuing training required by sections 5103.032 and 5103.033 of the Revised Code; (D) The amount of training hours necessary for preplacement training and continuing training for purposes of sections 5103.031 , 5103.032 , and 5103.033 of the Revised Code; (E) Courses necessary to meet the preplacement and continuing training requirements for foster homes under sections 5103.031 , 5103.032 , and 5103.033 of the Revised Code; (F) Criteria used to create a written needs assessment and continuing training plan for each foster caregiver as required by section 5103.035 of the Revised Code; (G) The amount of preplacement and continuing training hours that may be completed online; (H) Any other matter the department considers appropriate. Last updated January 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5116.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5116 / § 5116.21
§ 5116.21. Use of funds not authorized
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly If a local workforce development board decides under section 5116.20 of the Revised Code not to authorize the use of its youth workforce investment activity funds for the comprehensive case management and employment program for a fiscal biennial period, all of the following shall apply to that fiscal biennial period: (A) The board shall use its youth workforce investment activity funds in accordance with Section 129 of the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3164. (B) No TANF block grant funds shall be made available to the board or any county the board serves for the comprehensive case management and employment program. (C) The department of job and family services shall use available TANF block grant funds to administer, or to contract with a government or private entity to administer, the comprehensive case management and employment program in the counties the board serves.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.21
§ 5160.21. Audit of medical assistance recipient
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly On the request of the medicaid director, the auditor of state may conduct an audit of any medical assistance recipient. If the auditor decides to conduct an audit under this section, the auditor shall enter into an interagency agreement with the department of medicaid that specifies that the auditor agrees to comply with section 5160.45 of the Revised Code with respect to any information the auditor receives pursuant to the audit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.13
§ 5120.13. Holding funds in trust for inmates
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall accept and hold on behalf of the state, if it is for the public interest, any grant, gift, devise, or bequest of money or property made to or for the use or benefit of any institution described in section 5120.05 of the Revised Code. The department shall keep such gift, grant, devise, or bequest as a distinct property or fund, and shall invest the same, if in money, in the manner provided by law. The department may deposit in a proper trust company or savings bank any fund left in trust during a specified life or lives, and shall adopt rules governing the deposit, transfer, withdrawal, or investment of such funds and the income thereof. Upon the expiration of any trust according to its terms, the department shall dispose of the funds or property held thereunder in the manner provided in the instrument creating the trust; except that, if the instrument creating the trust failed to make any terms of disposition, or if no trust was in evidence, then the decedent patient's, pupil's, or inmate's moneys, savings or commercial deposits, dividends or distributions, bonds, or any other interest bearing debt certificate or stamp issued by the United States government shall escheat to the state. All such unclaimed intangible personal property of a former inmate shall be retained by the managing officer in such institution for the period of one year during which time every possible effort shall be made to find that former inmate or that former inmate's legal representative. If, after a period of one year from the time such inmate has left such institution or has died, the managing officer is unable to locate the inmate or the inmate's legal representative, upon proper notice of such fact, the director of rehabilitation and correction shall at that time formulate in writing a method of disposition on the minutes of the department authorizing the managing officer of the institution to convert the same to cash to be paid into the treasury of the state to the credit of the general revenue fund. The department shall include in the annual report a statement of all such funds and property and the terms and conditions relating thereto. Moneys or property deposited with managing officers of institutions by relatives, guardians, conservators, and friends for the special benefit of any inmate shall remain in the hands of such officers for use accordingly. Such funds shall be deposited in a personal deposit fund. Each such managing officer shall keep an itemized book account of the receipt and disposition thereof, which book shall be open at all times to the inspection of the department. The department shall adopt rules governing the deposit, transfer, withdrawal, or investment of such funds and the income thereof. (B) Whenever an inmate confined in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department dies, escapes, is discharged or paroled from the institution, or is placed on a term of post-release control under any section of the Revised Code and personal funds of the person remain in the hands of the managing officer of the institution and no demand is made upon the 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: (1) All moneys in a personal deposit fund in excess of ten dollars due for the support of an inmate shall be paid into the state's general revenue fund. (2) All moneys in a personal deposit fund in excess of ten dollars not due for the support of an inmate shall be placed to the credit of the institution's local account designated as "industrial and entertainment" fund. (3) All moneys less than ten dollars to the credit of an inmate shall be placed to the credit of the institution's local account designated as "industrial and entertainment" fund. (C) Whenever an inmate in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department dies, escapes, is discharged or paroled from the institution or is placed on a term of post-release control, and personal effects of the person remain in the hands of the managing officer of the institution, and no demand is made upon the 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 as follows: 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 the 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 the property.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.169 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.169
§ 5123.169. Issuance of supported living certificate
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The director of developmental disabilities shall not issue a supported living certificate to an applicant or renew an applicant's supported living certificate if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant fails to comply with division (C)(2) of this section; (2) Except as provided in rules adopted under section 5123.1611 of the Revised Code, the applicant is found by a criminal records check required by this section to have been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for a disqualifying offense. (B) Before issuing a supported living certificate to an applicant or renewing an applicant's supported living certificate, the director shall require the applicant to submit a statement with the applicant's signature attesting that the applicant has not been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for a disqualifying offense. The director also shall require the applicant to sign an agreement under which the applicant agrees to notify the director within fourteen calendar days if, while holding a supported living certificate, the applicant is formally charged with, is convicted of, pleads guilty to, or is found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for a disqualifying offense. The agreement shall provide that the applicant's failure to provide the notification may result in action being taken by the director against the applicant under section 5123.166 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) As a condition of receiving a supported living certificate or having a supported living certificate renewed, an applicant shall request the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to conduct a criminal records check of the applicant. If an applicant does not present proof to the director that the applicant has been a resident of this state for the five-year period immediately prior to the date that the applicant applies for issuance or renewal of the supported living certificate, the director shall require the applicant to request that the superintendent obtain information from the federal bureau of investigation as a part of the criminal records check. If the applicant presents proof to the director that the applicant has been a resident of this state for that five-year period, the director may require the applicant to request that the superintendent include information from the federal bureau of investigation in the criminal records check. For purposes of this division, an applicant may provide proof of residency in this state by presenting, with a statement asserting that the applicant has been a resident of this state for that five-year period, a valid driver's license, notification of registration as an elector, a copy of an officially filed federal or state tax form identifying the applicant's permanent residence, or any other document the director considers acceptable. (2) Each applicant shall do all of the following: (a) Obtain a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code and a standard impression sheet prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code; (b) Complete the form and provide the applicant's fingerprint impressions on the standard impression sheet; (c) Forward the completed form and standard impression sheet to the superintendent at the time the criminal records check is requested; (d) Instruct the superintendent to submit the completed report of the criminal records check directly to the director; (e) Pay to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation the fee prescribed pursuant to division (C)(3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code for each criminal records check of the applicant requested and conducted pursuant to this section. (D) The director may request any other state or federal agency to supply the director with a written report regarding the criminal record of an applicant. The director may consider the reports when determining whether to issue a supported living certificate to the applicant or to renew an applicant's supported living certificate. (E) An applicant who seeks to be an independent provider or is an independent provider seeking renewal of the applicant's supported living certificate shall obtain the applicant's driving record from the bureau of motor vehicles and provide a copy of the record to the director if the supported living that the applicant will provide involves transporting individuals with developmental disabilities. The director may consider the applicant's driving record when determining whether to issue the applicant a supported living certificate or to renew the applicant's supported living certificate. (F)(1) A report obtained pursuant to this section is not a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person, other than the following: (a) The applicant who is the subject of the report or the applicant's representative; (b) The director or the director's representative; (c) Any court, hearing officer, or other necessary individual involved in a case dealing with any of the following: (i) The denial of a supported living certificate or refusal to renew a supported living certificate; (ii) The denial, suspension, or revocation of a certificate under section 5123.45 of the Revised Code; (iii) A civil or criminal action regarding the medicaid program. (2) An applicant for whom the director has obtained reports under this section may submit a written request to the director to have copies of the reports sent to any person or state or local government entity. The applicant shall specify in the request the person or entities to which the copies are to be sent. On receiving the request, the director shall send copies of the reports to the persons or entities specified. (3) The director may request that a person or state or local government entity send copies to the director of any report regarding a records check or criminal records check that the person or entity possesses, if the director obtains the written consent of the individual who is the subject of the report. (4) The director shall provide each applicant with a copy of any report obtained about the applicant under this section. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.31
§ 5120.31. Appointing special agents and persons
Status: in_force

July 12, 1972 House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction may appoint and commission any competent agency or person, to serve without compensation, as a special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a designated duty for and in behalf of the department. Specific credentials shall be given by the department to each person so designated, and each credential shall state: (A) The name; (B) Agency with which such person is connected; (C) Purpose of appointment; (D) Date of expiration of appointment; (E) Such information as the department considers proper.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.25
§ 5139.25. Designating names of institutions
Status: in_force

November 24, 1981 House Bill 440 - 114th General Assembly The department of youth services may designate the institutions under its management and control, present and future, by appropriate respective names, regardless of present statutory designation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.14
§ 5153.14. Reports
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The executive director shall prepare and submit an annual report to the public children services agency at the end of each calendar year and shall file copies of such report with the department of children and youth, the board of county commissioners, and the juvenile court. The executive director shall submit the inspection reports required under section 5153.16 of the Revised Code and such other reports as are required by law, by the rules of the director of children and youth, or by the board of county commissioners to specified governmental bodies and officers and shall provide reports to the public, when so authorized. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.52
§ 5165.52. Overpayment amounts determined following notice of closure, etc
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) On receipt of a written notice under section 5165.50 of the Revised Code of a facility closure or voluntary withdrawal of participation, on receipt of a written notice under section 5165.51 of the Revised Code of a change of operator, or on the effective date of an involuntary termination, the department of medicaid shall estimate the amount of any overpayments made under the medicaid program to the exiting operator, including overpayments the exiting operator disputes, and other actual and potential debts the exiting operator owes or may owe to the department under the medicaid program, including a franchise permit fee. (B) In estimating the exiting operator's other actual and potential debts to the department under the medicaid program, the department shall use a debt estimation methodology the medicaid director shall establish in rules authorized by section 5165.53 of the Revised Code. The methodology shall provide for estimating all of the following that the department determines are applicable: (1) Refunds due the department under section 5165.41 of the Revised Code; (2) Interest owed to the department; (3) Money owed the department from any outstanding final fiscal audit, including a final fiscal audit for the last state fiscal year or portion thereof in which the exiting operator participated in the medicaid program; (4) Other amounts the department determines are applicable. (C) The department shall provide the exiting operator written notice of the department's estimate under division (A) of this section not later than thirty days after whichever of the following applies: the department receives the notice under section 5165.50 of the Revised Code of the facility closure or voluntary withdrawal of participation, the department receives the notice under section 5165.51 of the Revised Code of the change of operator, or the effective date of the involuntary termination. The department's written notice shall include the basis for the estimate. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 10:43 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.232 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.232
§ 5103.232. Appropriate public authority
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The "appropriate public authorities" as used in Article III of section 5103.20 of the Revised Code means the department of children and youth and that department shall receive and act with reference to notices required by said Article III. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.44
§ 5153.44. Appointing trustees
Status: in_force

September 14, 1957 House Bill 927 - 102nd General Assembly Each county in the district, organized under section 5153.36 of the Revised Code, shall be entitled to one trustee, and in districts composed of but two counties, each county shall be entitled to not less than two trustees. The county in which a district children's home is located shall have not less than two trustees, who, in the interim period between the regular meetings of the board of trustees, shall act as an executive committee in the discharge of all business pertaining to the home.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.75
§ 5168.75. Definitions for R.C. 5168.75 to 5168.86
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly As used in sections 5168.75 to 5168.86 of the Revised Code: (A) "Basic health care services" means all of the services listed in division (A)(1) of section 1751.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Care management system" has the same meaning as in section 5167.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Dual eligible individual" has the same meaning as in section 5160.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Franchise fee" means the fee imposed on health insuring corporation plans under section 5168.76 of the Revised Code. (E) "Health insuring corporation" has the same meaning as in section 1751.01 of the Revised Code, except it does not mean a corporation that, pursuant to a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement, pays for, reimburses, or provides, delivers, arranges for, or otherwise makes available, only supplemental health care services or only specialty health care services. (F) "Health insuring corporation plan" means a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement of a health insuring corporation under which the corporation pays for, reimburses, provides, delivers, arranges for, or otherwise makes available basic health care services. "Health insuring corporation plan" does not mean any of the following: (1) A policy, contract, certificate, or agreement under which a health insuring corporation pays for, reimburses, provides, delivers, arranges for, or otherwise makes available only supplemental health care services or only specialty health care services; (2) An approved health benefits plan described in 5 U.S.C. 8903 or 8903a, if imposing the franchise fee on the plan would violate 5 U.S.C. 8909(f); (3) A medicare advantage plan authorized by Part C of Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1395w-21 et seq. (G) "Indirect guarantee percentage" means the percentage specified in section 1903(w)(4)(C)(ii) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396b(w)(4)(C)(ii), that is to be used in determining whether a health care class is indirectly held harmless for any portion of the costs of a broad-based health-care-related tax. If the indirect guarantee percentage changes during a fiscal year, the indirect guarantee percentage is the following: (1) For the part of the fiscal year before the change takes effect, the percentage in effect before the change; (2) For the part of the fiscal year beginning with the date the indirect guarantee percentage changes, the new percentage. (H) "Medicaid managed care organization" has the same meaning as in section 5167.01 of the Revised Code. (I) "Medicaid provider" has the same meaning as in section 5164.01 of the Revised Code. (J) "Ohio medicaid member month" means a month in which a medicaid recipient residing in this state is enrolled in a health insuring corporation plan. (K) "Other Ohio member month" means a month in which a resident of this state who is not a medicaid recipient is enrolled in a health insuring corporation plan. (L) "Rate year" means the fiscal year for which a franchise fee is imposed. Last updated September 8, 2021 at 5:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.032
§ 5104.032. Physical space requirements for child care centers
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The child care center shall have, for each child for whom the center is licensed, at least thirty-five square feet of usable indoor floor space wall-to-wall regularly available for the child care operation exclusive of any parts of the structure in which the care of children is prohibited by law or by rules adopted by the board of building standards. The minimum of thirty-five square feet of usable indoor floor space shall not include hallways, kitchens, storage areas, or any other areas that are not available for the care of children, as determined by the director, in meeting the space requirement of this division, and bathrooms shall be counted in determining square footage only if they are used exclusively by children enrolled in the center, except that the exclusion of hallways, kitchens, storage areas, bathrooms not used exclusively by children enrolled in the center, and any other areas not available for the care of children from the minimum of thirty-five square feet of usable indoor floor space shall not apply to: (1) Centers licensed prior to or on September 1, 1986, that continue under licensure after that date; (2) Centers licensed prior to or on September 1, 1986, that are issued a new license after that date solely due to a change of ownership of the center. (B) The child care center shall have on the site a safe outdoor play space which is enclosed by a fence or otherwise protected from traffic or other hazards. The play space shall contain not less than sixty square feet per child using such space at any one time, and shall provide an opportunity for supervised outdoor play each day in suitable weather. The director may exempt a center from the requirement of this division, if an outdoor play space is not available and if all of the following are met: (1) The center provides an indoor recreation area that has not less than sixty square feet per child using the space at any one time, that has a minimum of one thousand four hundred forty square feet of space, and that is separate from the indoor space required under division (A) of this section. (2) The director has determined that there is regularly available and scheduled for use a conveniently accessible and safe park, playground, or similar outdoor play area for play or recreation. (3) The children are closely supervised during play and while traveling to and from the area. The director also shall exempt from the requirement of this division a child care center that was licensed prior to September 1, 1986, if the center received approval from the director prior to September 1, 1986, to use a park, playground, or similar area, not connected with the center, for play or recreation in lieu of the outdoor space requirements of this section and if the children are closely supervised both during play and while traveling to and from the area and except if the director determines upon investigation and inspection pursuant to section 5104.04 of the Revised Code and rules adopted pursuant to that section that the park, playground, or similar area, as well as access to and from the area, is unsafe for the children. Last updated January 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.165 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.165
§ 5153.165. Emergency benefits and services necessary to prevent removal or permit return of child to home
Status: in_force

September 5, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly If a family is encountering an emergency that could lead, or has led, to removal of a child from the family's home pursuant to Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, the public children services agency shall determine whether the child could remain safely with, or be safely returned to, the family if the emergency were alleviated by providing benefits and services under the prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code. If it is determined that the child could remain safely with, or be safely returned to, the family, the agency, with the cooperation of the child's family, shall determine the amount of benefits and services necessary to prevent the removal of the child from the home or to permit the child's return to the home and may provide the benefits and services pursuant to a plan of cooperation entered into under section 307.983 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.62
§ 5123.62. Rights of persons with a developmental disability
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly The rights of persons with developmental disabilities include, but are not limited to, the following: (A) The right to be treated at all times with courtesy and respect and with full recognition of their dignity and individuality; (B) The right to an appropriate, safe, and sanitary living environment that complies with local, state, and federal standards and recognizes the persons' need for privacy and independence; (C) The right to food adequate to meet accepted standards of nutrition; (D) The right to practice the religion of their choice or to abstain from the practice of religion; (E) The right of timely access to appropriate medical or dental treatment; (F) The right of access to necessary ancillary services, including, but not limited to, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, and behavior modification and other psychological services; (G) The right to receive appropriate care and treatment in the least intrusive manner; (H) The right to privacy, including both periods of privacy and places of privacy; (I) The right to communicate freely with persons of their choice in any reasonable manner they choose; (J) The right to ownership and use of personal possessions so as to maintain individuality and personal dignity; (K) The right to social interaction with members of either sex; (L) The right of access to opportunities that enable individuals to develop their full human potential; (M) The right to pursue vocational opportunities that will promote and enhance economic independence; (N) The right to be treated equally as citizens under the law; (O) The right to be free from emotional, psychological, and physical abuse; (P) The right to participate in appropriate programs of education, training, social development, and habilitation and in programs of reasonable recreation; (Q) The right to participate in decisions that affect their lives; (R) The right to select a parent or advocate to act on their behalf; (S) The right to manage their personal financial affairs, based on individual ability to do so; (T) The right to confidential treatment of all information in their personal and medical records, except to the extent that disclosure or release of records is permitted under sections 5123.89 and 5126.044 of the Revised Code; (U) The right to voice grievances and recommend changes in policies and services without restraint, interference, coercion, discrimination, or reprisal; (V) The right to be free from unnecessary chemical or physical restraints; (W) The right to participate in the political process; (X) The right to refuse to participate in medical, psychological, or other research or experiments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5147.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5147 / § 5147.30
§ 5147.30. County jail industry program
Status: in_force

April 4, 2023 Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "prisoner" means any person confined in the county jail in lieu of bail while awaiting trial, any person committed to jail for nonpayment of a fine, or any person sentenced by a court to the jail. (B) A board of county commissioners, by resolution adopted by a majority vote of its members, may approve the establishment of a county jail industry program for its county in accordance with this section. (C) Upon the adoption by the board of the resolution described in division (B) of this section, a jail industry board shall be established, consisting of three voting members appointed by the board of county commissioners, three voting members appointed by the county sheriff, and one voting member appointed jointly by the board of county commissioners and the county sheriff. One of these voting members shall have knowledge of and experience in the social services, one in the field of labor, one in law enforcement, and one in business. The initial appointments to the jail industry board shall be made on the same date. Of the initial appointments, one by the board of county commissioners and one by the county sheriff shall be for terms ending one year after the date of appointment, two by the board of county commissioners and two by the county sheriff shall be for terms ending two years after that date, and the joint appointment shall be for a term ending three years after that date. Thereafter, terms of office for all appointed members shall be for three years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. Any vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. The jail industry board, by majority vote, may appoint additional persons to serve as nonvoting members of the board. Each member of the jail industry board shall be reimbursed for expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of the member's duties as a board member. The board of county commissioners, by resolution, shall approve the expenses to be reimbursed. (D) A jail industry board established under division (C) of this section shall establish a program for the employment of as many prisoners as possible, except those unable to perform labor because of illness or other health problems, security requirements, routine processing, disciplinary action, or other reasonable circumstances or because they are engaged in education or vocational or other training. The employment may be in jail manufacturing and service industries and agriculture, in private industry or agriculture that is located within or outside the jail, in public works, in institutional jobs necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of the jail, or in any other appropriate form of labor. The county shall attempt to employ, provide employment for, and seek employment for as many prisoners as possible through the program. The county is not required to provide employment for every employable prisoner when the available funds, facilities, or jobs are insufficient to provide the employment; however, a county that has a county jail industry program shall continuously seek sources of employment for as many employable prisoners as possible. (E) The jail industry program established under division (D) of this section shall do all of the following: (1) Establish a system for assigning prisoners to perform jobs, for periodically evaluating the job performance of each prisoner, and for periodically evaluating the qualifications of each prisoner for other jobs; (2) Attempt to provide jobs and job training for prisoners that will be useful to them in obtaining employment when released, except that institutional jobs at the jail need not be related to any previous employment of the prisoner or relevant to any job the prisoner intends to pursue after release from jail; (3) Establish an accounting system to administer and allocate the earnings of each prisoner. The accounting system may permit earnings to be used for payment of the employee taxes and workers' compensation of the prisoner, for reimbursing the county for room and board and for the expense of providing employment to the prisoner, for restitution to the victims of the prisoner's offenses if the prisoner voluntarily requests or is under court order to make restitution payments, for fines and court costs, for support of the dependents of the prisoner, and for an account for the prisoner. (4) Require all persons who employ prisoners to meet all applicable work safety standards. (F) The jail industry board, with the approval of the county sheriff, shall adopt rules for the establishment and administration of the jail industry program. The rules shall provide for all of the following: (1) A procedure for seeking the employment of prisoners in penal industries and agriculture, in private industry and agriculture located within or outside the county jail, in public works, in institutional jobs necessary for the proper maintenance or operation of the county's institutions, and in other appropriate forms of labor; (2) A system of compensation, allowances, hours, conditions of employment, and advancement for prisoners employed in any form of labor; (3) The regulation of the working conditions of prisoners employed in any form of labor; (4) An accounting system for the allocation of the earnings of each prisoner; (5) Any other rules on any subject that are necessary to administer the program or to provide employment for as many prisoners as possible. (G) In establishing and administering a county jail industry program, the board of county commissioners, upon the recommendation of the jail industry board and the county sheriff may do any of the following: (1) Enter into contracts with private industry, agriculture, and other organizations or persons, and receive grants to establish test work programs within or outside institutions under the control of the county; (2) Enter into contracts with private industry for the establishment of manufacturing and service industries within or near institutions under the control of the county for the employment of prisoners; (3) Enter into contracts with private industry, agriculture, and other organizations or persons to provide employment for prisoners; (4) Enter into any other contracts or perform any other functions that are necessary for the county jail industry program. (H) The jail industry program established under division (D) of this section shall be administered in accordance with any rules adopted by the jail industry board pursuant to division (F) of this section and with the following requirements: (1) The county sheriff at all times shall be responsible for the security and discipline of the prisoners in the program. The sheriff shall adopt a procedure for the discipline of a prisoner who violates the requirements of a job in the program, and the sheriff may remove a prisoner from the program if the sheriff determines that considerations of security or discipline require it. (2) When making the initial job assignment for a prisoner whom the county sheriff has approved for participation in the program, the board shall consider the nature of the offense committed by the prisoner, the availability of employment, the security requirements of the prisoner, the prisoner's present state of mind, the prisoner's jail record, and all other relevant factors. When making the initial job assignment of a prisoner, the board shall attempt to develop the work skills of the prisoner, provide the prisoner rehabilitation, consider the proximity of the job to the prisoner's family, and permit the prisoner to provide support for the prisoner's dependents if the prisoner's earnings are sufficient to make that feasible. (3) Each prisoner shall be required to perform satisfactorily the job to which the prisoner is assigned, be permitted to be absent from that job only for legitimate reasons, be required to comply with all security requirements, and be required to comply with any other reasonable job performance standards. (4) A prisoner who violates the work requirements of any job shall be disciplined pursuant to the disciplinary procedure adopted by the county sheriff pursuant to division (H)(1) of this section. Last updated March 8, 2023 at 1:10 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.29
§ 5165.29. Cost of operating rights for relocated beds not allowable cost
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly If one or more medicaid-certified beds are relocated from one nursing facility to another nursing facility owned by a different person or government entity and the application for the certificate of need authorizing the relocation is filed with the director of health on or after July 1, 2005, amortization of the cost of acquiring operating rights for the relocated beds is not an allowable cost for the purpose of determining the nursing facility's medicaid payment rate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.36
§ 5122.36. Expenses of return to county of residence
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly If the legal residence of a person with a mental illness is in another county of the state, the necessary expense of the person's return is a proper charge against the county of legal residence. If an adjudication and order of hospitalization by the probate court of the county of temporary residence are required, the regular probate court fees and expenses incident to the order of hospitalization under this chapter and any other expense incurred on the person's behalf shall be charged to and paid by the county of the person's legal residence upon the approval and certification of the probate judge of the county of the person's legal residence. The ordering court shall send to the probate court of the person's county of legal residence a certified copy of the commitment order from the ordering court. The receiving court shall enter and record the commitment order. The certified commitment order is prima facie evidence of the residence of the person. When the residence of the person cannot be established as represented by the ordering court, the matter of residence shall be referred to the department of behavioral health for investigation and determination. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.39
§ 5160.39. Third-party cooperation regarding liability information
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) A third party shall cooperate with the department of medicaid in identifying individuals for the purpose of establishing third party liability regarding medical assistance programs. (B) In furtherance of the requirement in division (A) of this section and to allow the department to determine any period that the individual or the individual's spouse or dependent may have been covered by the third party and the nature of the coverage, a third party shall provide, as the department so chooses, information or access to information, or both, in the third party's electronic data system on the department's request and in accordance with division (C) of this section. (C)(1) If the department chooses to receive information directly, the third party shall provide the information under all of the following circumstances: (a) In a medium, format, and manner prescribed in rules authorized by section 5160.43 of the Revised Code; (b) Free of charge; (c) Not later than the end of the thirtieth day after the department makes its request, unless a different time is agreed to by the director in writing. (2) If the department chooses to receive access to information, the third party shall provide access by a method prescribed in rules authorized by section 5160.43 of the Revised Code. In facilitating access, the department may enter into a trading partner agreement with the third party to permit the exchange of information via "ASC X 12N 270/271 Health Care Eligibility Benefit Inquiry and Response" transactions. (D) All of the following apply with respect to information provided by a third party to the department under this section: (1) The information is confidential and not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (2) The release of information to the department is not to be considered a violation of any right of confidentiality or contract that the third party may have with covered persons including, but not limited to, contractees, beneficiaries, heirs, assignees, and subscribers. (3) The third party is immune from any liability that it may otherwise incur through its release of information to the department. The department shall limit its use of information gained from third parties to purposes directly connected with the administration of the medicaid program and the child support program authorized by Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq. (E) No third party shall disclose to other parties or make use of any information regarding medical assistance recipients that it obtains from the department, except in the manner provided in rules authorized by section 5160.43 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.41
§ 5139.41. Formula for expending appropriation for care and custody of felony delinquents
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly The appropriation made to the department of youth services for care and custody of felony delinquents shall be expended in accordance with the following procedure that the department shall use for each year of a biennium. The procedure shall be consistent with sections 5139.41 to 5139.43 of the Revised Code and shall be developed in accordance with the following guidelines: (A) The line item appropriation for the care and custody of felony delinquents shall provide funding for operational costs for the following: (1) Institutions and the diagnosis, care, or treatment of felony delinquents at facilities pursuant to contracts entered into under section 5139.08 of the Revised Code; (2) Community corrections facilities constructed, reconstructed, improved, or financed as described in section 5139.36 of the Revised Code for the purpose of providing alternative placement and services for felony delinquents who have been diverted from care and custody in institutions; (3) County juvenile courts that administer programs and services for prevention, early intervention, diversion, treatment, and rehabilitation services and programs that are provided for alleged or adjudicated unruly or delinquent children or for children who are at risk of becoming unruly or delinquent children; (4) Administrative expenses the department incurs in connection with the felony delinquent care and custody programs described in section 5139.43 of the Revised Code. (B) From the appropriated line item for the care and custody of felony delinquents, the department, with the advice of the RECLAIM advisory committee established under section 5139.44 of the Revised Code, shall allocate annual operational funds for county juvenile programs, institutional care and custody, community corrections facilities care and custody, and administrative expenses incurred by the department associated with felony delinquent care and custody programs. The department, with the advice of the RECLAIM advisory committee, shall adjust these allocations, when modifications to this line item are made by legislative or executive action. (C) The department shall divide county juvenile program allocations among county juvenile courts that administer programs and services for prevention, early intervention, diversion, treatment, and rehabilitation that are provided for alleged or adjudicated unruly or delinquent children or for children who are at risk of becoming unruly or delinquent children. The department shall base funding on the county's previous year's ratio of the department's institutional and community corrections facilities commitments to that county's average of felony adjudications, as specified in the following formula: (1) The department shall give to each county a proportional allocation of commitment credits. The proportional allocation of commitment credits shall be calculated by the following procedures: (a) The department shall determine for each county and for the state an average of felony adjudications. Beginning July 1, 2012, the average shall include felony adjudications for fiscal year 2007 and for each subsequent fiscal year through fiscal year 2016. Beginning July 1, 2017, the most recent felony adjudication data shall be included and the oldest fiscal year data shall be removed so that a ten-year average of felony adjudication data will be maintained. (b) The department shall determine for each county and for the state the number of charged bed days, for both the department and community corrections facilities, from the previous year. (c) The department shall divide the statewide total number of charged bed days by the statewide total number of felony adjudications, which quotient shall then be multiplied by a factor determined by the department. (d) The department shall calculate the county's allocation of credits by multiplying the number of adjudications for each court by the result determined pursuant to division (C)(1)(c) of this section. (2) The department shall subtract from the allocation determined pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section a credit for every chargeable bed day while a youth is in the department's custody and two-thirds of credit for every chargeable bed day a youth stays in a community corrections facility, except for public safety beds. At the end of the year, the department shall divide the amount of remaining credits of that county's allocation by the total number of remaining credits to all counties, to determine the county's percentage, which shall then be applied to the total county allocation to determine the county's payment for the fiscal year. (3) The department shall pay counties three times during the fiscal year to allow for credit reporting and audit adjustments, and modifications to the appropriated line item for the care and custody of felony delinquents, as described in this section. The department shall pay fifty per cent of the payment by the fifteenth of July of each fiscal year, twenty-five per cent by the fifteenth of January of that fiscal year, and twenty-five per cent of the payment by the fifteenth of June of that fiscal year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.175 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.175
§ 5153.175. Information regarding fitness of child care license applicant to be provided
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding division (I)(1) of section 2151.421 , section 5153.17 , and any other section of the Revised Code pertaining to confidentiality, when a public children services agency has determined that child abuse or neglect occurred and that abuse or neglect involves a person who has applied for licensure as a type A family child care home or type B family child care home, the agency shall promptly provide to the department of children and youth any information the agency determines to be relevant for the purpose of evaluating the fitness of the person, including, but not limited to, both of the following: (1) A summary report of the chronology of abuse and neglect reports made pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code of which the person is the subject where the agency determined that abuse or neglect occurred and the final disposition of the investigation of the reports or, if the investigations have not been completed, the status of the investigations; (2) Any underlying documentation concerning those reports. (B) The agency shall not include in the information provided to the department under division (A) of this section the name of the person or entity that made the report or participated in the making of the report of child abuse or neglect. (C) Upon provision of information under division (A) of this section, the agency shall notify the department of both of the following: (1) That the information is confidential; (2) That unauthorized dissemination of the information is a violation of division (I)(2) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code and any person who permits or encourages unauthorized dissemination of the information is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree pursuant to section 2151.99 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.422 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.422
§ 5123.422. Immunity
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 483, House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly Developmental disabilities personnel who administer medications or perform health-related activities pursuant to the authority granted under section 5123.42 of the Revised Code are not liable for any injury caused by administering the medications or performing the health-related activities, if both of the following apply: (A) The developmental disabilities personnel acted in accordance with the methods taught in training completed in compliance with section 5123.42 of the Revised Code. (B) The developmental disabilities personnel did not act in a manner that constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.291 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.291
§ 5164.291. Provider credentialing committee
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 House Bill 122 - 134th General Assembly The department of medicaid shall establish a credentialing program that includes a credentialing committee to review the competence, professional conduct, and quality of care provided by medicaid providers. Any activities performed by the credentialing committee shall be considered activities of a peer review committee of a health care entity and shall be subject to sections 2305.25 to 2305.253 of the Revised Code. The medicaid director may adopt rules under section 5164.02 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section. Any rules adopted shall be consistent with the requirements that apply to medicare advantage organizations under 42 C.F.R. 422.204 . Last updated January 27, 2022 at 3:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.801 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.801
§ 5123.801. Expenses of trial visit or discharge
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly If neither a discharged resident, nor a resident granted trial visit, nor the persons requesting the resident's trial visit or discharge are financially able to bear the expense of the resident's trial visit or discharge, the managing officer of an institution under the control of the department of developmental disabilities may then provide actual traveling and escort expenses to the township of which the resident resided at the time of institutionalization. The amount payable shall be charged to the current expense fund of the institution. The expense of the return of a resident on trial visit from an institution, if it cannot be paid by the responsible relatives, shall be borne by the county of institutionalization. The managing officer of the institution shall provide sufficient and proper clothing for traveling if neither the resident nor the persons requesting the resident's trial visit or discharge are financially able to provide that clothing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.26
§ 5120.26. Funds
Status: in_force

April 9, 1982 House Bill 654 - 113th General Assembly (A) The treasurer of state shall have charge of all funds under the jurisdiction of the department of rehabilitation and correction and shall pay out the funds only in accordance with this chapter. (B) The department shall cause to be furnished a contract of indemnity to cover all moneys and funds received by it or by its managing officers, employees, or agents while the moneys or funds are in the possession of the managing officers, employees, or agents. The funds are designated as follows: (1) Funds that are due and payable to the treasurer of state as provided by Chapter 131. of the Revised Code; (2) Funds that are held in trust by the managing officers, employees, or agents of the institution as local funds or accounts under the jurisdiction of the department. The contract of indemnity shall be made payable to the state and the premium for the contract of indemnity may be paid from any of the moneys received for the use of the department under this chapter and Chapters 5121., 5123., and 5125. of the Revised Code. (C) Moneys collected from various sources, such as the sale of goods, farm products, services, and all miscellaneous articles, shall be transmitted on or before Monday of each week to the treasurer of state and a detailed statement of the collections shall be made to the division of business administration by each managing officer. The receipts from manufacturing and service industries and agricultural products shall be used and accounted for as provided in section 5120.29 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.50
§ 5160.50. Refugee medical assistance program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid shall administer the refugee medical assistance program authorized by the "Immigration and Nationality Act," section 412(e), 8 U.S.C. 1522(e).
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.153 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.153
§ 5103.153. Review hearing of agreement
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 5 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) A juvenile court shall conduct a review hearing of an agreement the court approves under division (B)(1) of section 5103.15 of the Revised Code once every seven months after the agreement is entered into if a final decree or interlocutory order of adoption for the child who is the subject of the agreement has not been issued or become final and the agreement is still in effect. (2) A juvenile court shall conduct a review hearing of an agreement entered into under division (B)(4) of section 5103.15 of the Revised Code once every six months after the court is notified of the agreement if the agreement is still in effect and the court has not been notified that the child who is the subject of the agreement has been placed for adoption. The private child placing agency that entered into the agreement shall file a case plan, prepared pursuant to section 2151.412 of the Revised Code, with the court at the review hearing. (B) A juvenile court shall give notice of a review hearing under division (A) of this section to each interested party. At the hearing, the court shall review the child's placement and custody arrangement. Based on the evidence presented at the hearing, the court may order that reasonable action be taken that the court determines is necessary and in the child's best interest or that an action that the court determines is not in the child's best interest be discontinued. Last updated February 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.301 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.301
§ 5107.301. Award to LEAP program graduates for post-secondary education
Status: in_force

January 1, 2006 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly For the purpose of encouraging individuals who have successfully completed the requirements of the LEAP program to enroll in post-secondary education, the director of job and family services may provide an award to such individuals who enroll in post-secondary education. If provided, the award shall be provided in accordance with rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.06
§ 5123.06. Divisions of department
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The director of developmental disabilities may establish divisions in the department of developmental disabilities and prescribe their powers and duties. Each division shall consist of a deputy director and the officers and employees, including those in institutions, necessary for the performance of the functions assigned to it. The director shall supervise the work of each division and be responsible for the determination of general policies in the exercise of powers vested in the department and powers assigned to each division. The deputy director of each division shall be responsible to the director for the organization, direction, and supervision of the work of the division and the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties of the department assigned to the division, and, with the approval of the director, may establish bureaus or other administrative units in the division. Appointment to the position of deputy director of a division may be made from persons holding positions in the classified service in the department. The deputy director of each division shall be a person who has had special training and experience in the type of work with the performance of which the division is charged. Each deputy director of a division, under the director, shall have entire executive charge of the division to which the deputy director is appointed. Subject to sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code, and civil service rules, the deputy director of a division shall, with the approval of the director, select and appoint the necessary employees in the deputy director's division and may remove those employees for cause.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.29
§ 5119.29. Tracking and monitoring after release of persons found not guilty by reason of insanity or persons found incompetent to stand trial
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of behavioral health, in conjunction with boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services and community mental health boards, shall develop a coordinated system for tracking and monitoring persons found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed pursuant to section 2945.40 of the Revised Code who have been granted a conditional release and persons found incompetent to stand trial and committed pursuant to section 2945.39 of the Revised Code who have been granted a conditional release. The system shall do all of the following: (A) Centralize responsibility for the tracking of those persons; (B) Develop uniformity in monitoring those persons; (C) Develop a mechanism to allow prompt rehospitalization, reinstitutionalization, or detention when a violation of the conditional release or decompensation occurs. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.545 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.545
§ 5101.545. Application to participate in elderly simplified application project
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The director of job and family services shall submit an application to the United States department of agriculture for participation in the elderly simplified application project within the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Last updated September 9, 2021 at 2:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.54
§ 5126.54. Application for loan to develop facility
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly An eligible organization that seeks a residential facility linked deposit loan to finance all or part of the development of a residential facility shall obtain approval of the proposed project from the county board of developmental disabilities of the county in which the facility will be developed. The application shall be in the form prescribed by the board and include all of the following: (A) The organization's name, business address, and telephone number; (B) The name of an officer or employee of the organization who may be contacted with regard to the application; (C) A description of the residential facility and a timetable showing the time at which each phase of its development is expected to be completed; (D) The amount of the loan to be applied for; (E) Any other information the board considers necessary to successfully review the application. Whoever knowingly makes a false statement on an application is guilty of the offense of falsification under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.1611 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.1611
§ 5123.1611. Rules governing supported living program
Status: in_force

October 9, 2021 House Bill 263, Senate Bill 3 - 134th General Assembly The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing all of the following: (A) The extent to which a county board of developmental disabilities may provide supported living; (B) The application process for obtaining a supported living certificate under section 5123.161 of the Revised Code; (C) The certification standards a person or government entity must meet to obtain a supported living certificate to provide supported living; (D) The certification fee for a supported living certificate, which shall be deposited into the program fee fund created under section 5123.033 of the Revised Code; (E) The period of time a supported living certificate is valid; (F) The process for renewing a supported living certificate under section 5123.164 of the Revised Code; (G) The renewal fee for a supported living certificate, which shall be deposited into the program fee fund created under section 5123.033 of the Revised Code; (H) Procedures for conducting surveys under section 5123.162 of the Revised Code; (I) Procedures for determining whether there is good cause to take action under section 5123.166 of the Revised Code against a person or government entity seeking or holding a supported living certificate; (J) Circumstances under which the director may issue a supported living certificate to an applicant or renew an applicant's supported living certificate if the applicant is found by a criminal records check required by section 5123.169 of the Revised Code to have been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for a disqualifying offense but meets standards in regard to rehabilitation set by the director. Last updated October 20, 2021 at 11:23 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.42
§ 5126.42. Procedures for resolution of grievances
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly Each county board of developmental disabilities shall establish procedures for the resolution of grievances between the following: (A) The board and providers; (B) The board and an entity with which it has a shared funding agreement.