Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.34
§ 5119.34. Inspecting and licensing of residential facilities
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and sections 5119.341 to 5119.344 of the Revised Code: (1) "Accommodations" means housing, daily meal preparation, laundry, housekeeping, arranging for transportation, social and recreational activities, maintenance, security, and other services that do not constitute personal care services or skilled nursing care. (2) "ADAMHS board" means a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services. (3) "Adult" means a person who is eighteen years of age or older, other than a person described in division (A)(4) of this section who is between eighteen and twenty-one years of age. (4) "Child" means a person who is under eighteen years of age or a person with a mental disability who is under twenty-one years of age. (5) "Operator" means the person or persons, firm, partnership, agency, governing body, association, corporation, or other entity that is responsible for the administration and management of a residential facility and that is the applicant for a residential facility license. (6) "Personal care services" means services including, but not limited to, the following: (a) Assisting residents with activities of daily living; (b) Assisting residents with self-administration of medication in accordance with rules adopted under this section; (c) Preparing special diets, other than complex therapeutic diets, for residents pursuant to the instructions of a physician or a licensed dietitian, in accordance with rules adopted under this section. "Personal care services" does not include "skilled nursing care" as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. A facility need not provide more than one of the services listed in division (A)(6) of this section to be considered to be providing personal care services. (7) "Room and board" means the provision of sleeping and living space, meals or meal preparation, laundry services, housekeeping services, or any combination thereof. (8) "Residential state supplement program" means the program established under section 5119.41 of the Revised Code. (9) "Supervision" means any of the following: (a) Observing a resident to ensure the resident's health, safety, and welfare while the resident engages in activities of daily living or other activities; (b) Reminding a resident to perform or complete an activity, such as reminding a resident to engage in personal hygiene or other self-care activities; (c) Assisting a resident in making or keeping an appointment. (10) "Unrelated" means that a resident is not related to the owner or operator of a residential facility or to the owner's or operator's spouse as a parent, grandparent, child, stepchild, grandchild, brother, sister, niece, nephew, aunt, or uncle, or as the child of an aunt or uncle. (B)(1) A "residential facility" is a publicly or privately operated home or facility that falls into one of the following categories: (a) Class one facilities provide accommodations, supervision, personal care services, and mental health services for one or more unrelated adults with mental illness or one or more unrelated children or adolescents with severe emotional disturbances; (b) Class two facilities provide accommodations, supervision, and personal care services to any of the following: (i) One or two unrelated persons with mental illness; (ii) One or two unrelated adults who are receiving payments under the residential state supplement program; (iii) Three to sixteen unrelated adults. (c) Class three facilities provide room and board for five or more unrelated adults with mental illness. (2) "Residential facility" does not include any of the following: (a) A hospital subject to licensure under section 5119.33 of the Revised Code or an institution maintained, operated, managed, and governed by the department of behavioral health for the hospitalization of persons with mental illnesses pursuant to section 5119.14 of the Revised Code; (b) A residential facility licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code or otherwise regulated by the department of developmental disabilities; (c) An institution or association subject to certification under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code; (d) A facility operated by a hospice care program licensed under section 3712.04 of the Revised Code that is used exclusively for care of hospice patients; (e) A nursing home, residential care facility, or home for the aging as defined in section 3721.02 of the Revised Code; (f) A facility licensed under section 5119.37 of the Revised Code to operate an opioid treatment program; (g) Any facility that receives funding for operating costs from the department of development under any program established to provide emergency shelter housing or transitional housing for the homeless; (h) A terminal care facility for the homeless that has entered into an agreement with a hospice care program under section 3712.07 of the Revised Code; (i) A facility approved by the veterans administration under section 104(a) of the "Veterans Health Care Amendments of 1983," 97 Stat. 993, 38 U.S.C. 630, as amended, and used exclusively for the placement and care of veterans; (j) The residence of a relative or guardian of a person with mental illness. (C) Nothing in division (B) of this section shall be construed to permit personal care services to be imposed on a resident who is capable of performing the activity in question without assistance. (D) Except in the case of a residential facility described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section, members of the staff of a residential facility shall not administer medication to the facility's residents, but may do any of the following: (1) Remind a resident when to take medication and watch to ensure that the resident follows the directions on the container; (2) Assist a resident in the self-administration of medication by taking the medication from the locked area where it is stored, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to this section, and handing it to the resident. If the resident is physically unable to open the container, a staff member may open the container for the resident. (3) Assist a resident who is physically impaired but mentally alert, such as a resident with arthritis, cerebral palsy, or Parkinson's disease, in removing oral or topical medication from containers and in consuming or applying the medication, upon request by or with the consent of the resident. If a resident is physically unable to place a dose of medicine to the resident's mouth without spilling it, a staff member may place the dose in a container and place the container to the mouth of the resident. (E) A person operating or seeking to operate a residential facility shall apply for licensure of the facility to the department of behavioral health. The application shall be submitted by the operator. When applying for the license, the applicant shall pay to the department the application fee specified in rules adopted under division (N) of this section. The fee is nonrefundable. The department shall send a copy of an application to the ADAMHS board serving the county in which the person operates or seeks to operate the facility. The ADAMHS board shall review the application and provide to the department any information about the applicant or the facility that the board would like the department to consider in reviewing the application. (F) The department of behavioral health shall inspect and license the operation of residential facilities. The department may issue full, probationary, and interim licenses. A full license shall expire up to three years after the date of issuance, a probationary license shall expire in a shorter period of time as specified in rules adopted by the director of behavioral health under division (N) of this section, and an interim license shall expire ninety days after the date of issuance. A license may be renewed in accordance with rules adopted by the director under division (N) of this section. The renewal application shall be submitted by the operator. When applying for renewal of a license, the applicant shall pay to the department the renewal fee specified in rules adopted under division (N) of this section. The fee is nonrefundable. (G)(1) If the department finds any of the following with respect to a residential facility, the department may issue an order suspending the admission of residents to the facility, refuse to issue or renew a license for the facility, or revoke the facility's license: (a) The facility is not in compliance with rules adopted by the director pursuant to division (N) of this section; (b) Any facility operated by the applicant or licensee has been cited for a pattern of serious noncompliance or repeated violations of statutes or rules during the period of current or previous licenses; (c) The applicant or licensee submits false or misleading information as part of a license application, renewal, or investigation. (d) The facility is not managed and operated by qualified persons or adequately staffed and equipped to operate. (e) The department has been notified under section 5119.343 of the Revised Code or otherwise becomes aware that the facility, any owner, operator, or manager of the facility, or any subsidiary of the facility, owner, or operator has been the subject of an adverse action, as defined in that section, taken during the three-year period immediately preceding the date of notification or date of becoming aware of the adverse action. (f) The department has been notified under section 5119.343 of the Revised Code or otherwise becomes aware that the facility, any owner, operator, or manager of the facility, or any subsidiary of the facility, owner, or operator has been the subject of an adverse action, as defined in that section, taken at any time based on an act or omission that violated the right of a residential facility resident to be free from abuse, neglect, or exploitation. (2) Proceedings initiated to deny applications for full or probationary licenses, to refuse to renew full or probationary licenses, or to revoke full or probationary licenses are governed by Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. If an order has been issued suspending the admission of residents to the facility, the order remains in effect during the pendency of those proceedings. Proceedings initiated to suspend the admission of residents to a facility are governed by Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except as provided in division (H) of this section. (3) In a proceeding initiated to suspend the admission of residents to a facility, to deny an application for a full or probationary license, to refuse to renew a full or probationary license, or to revoke a full or probationary license, the department may order the suspension, denial, refusal, or revocation regardless of whether some or all of the deficiencies that prompted the proceedings have been corrected at the time of the hearing. (4) When the department issues an order suspending the admission of residents to a facility, denies an application for a full or probationary license, refuses to renew a full or probationary license, or revokes a full or probationary license, the department shall not grant an opportunity for submitting a plan of correction. (H)(1) If a suspension of admissions of residents to a facility is proposed because the director has determined that the licensee has demonstrated a pattern of serious noncompliance or that a violation creates a substantial risk to the health and safety of residents, the director may issue an order imposing the suspension of admissions before providing an opportunity for an adjudication under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The director shall lift the order for the suspension of admissions if the director determines that the violation that formed the basis for the order has been corrected. (2) Appeals from proceedings initiated to order the suspension of admissions to a facility shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, unless the order was issued before providing an opportunity for an adjudication, in which case all of the following apply: (a) The licensee may request a hearing not later than ten days after being served in accordance with sections 119.05 and 119.07 of the Revised Code. (b) If a timely request for a hearing that includes the licensee's current address is made, the hearing shall commence not later than thirty days after the department receives the request. (c) After commencing, the hearing shall continue uninterrupted, except for Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, unless other interruptions are agreed to by the licensee and the director. (d) If the hearing is conducted by a hearing examiner, the hearing examiner shall file a report and recommendations with the department not later than ten days after the last of the following: (i) The close of the hearing; (ii) If a transcript of the proceedings is ordered, the hearing examiner receives the transcript; (iii) If post-hearing briefs are timely filed, the hearing examiner receives the briefs. (e) The hearing examiner shall send a written copy of the report and recommendations, by certified mail, to the licensee, or the licensee's attorney, if applicable, not later than five days after the report is filed with the department. (f) Not later than five days after receiving the report and recommendations, the licensee may file objections with the department. (g) Not later than fifteen days after the hearing examiner files the report and recommendations, the department shall issue an order approving, modifying, or disapproving the report and recommendations. (h) Notwithstanding the pendency of the hearing, the department shall lift the order for the suspension of admissions if the department determines the violation that formed the basis for the order has been corrected. (I) The department may issue an interim license to operate a residential facility if both of the following conditions are met: (1) The department determines that the closing of or the need to remove residents from another residential facility has created an emergency situation requiring immediate removal of residents and an insufficient number of licensed beds are available. (2) The residential facility applying for an interim license meets standards established for interim licenses in rules adopted by the director under division (N) of this section. An interim license shall be valid for ninety days and may be renewed by the director no more than twice. Proceedings initiated to deny applications for or to revoke interim licenses under this division are not subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (J)(1) The department of behavioral health may conduct an inspection of a residential facility as follows: (a) Prior to issuance of a license for the facility; (b) Prior to renewal of the license; (c) To determine whether the facility has completed a plan of correction required pursuant to division (J)(2) of this section and corrected deficiencies to the satisfaction of the department and in compliance with this section and rules adopted pursuant to it; (d) Upon complaint by any individual or agency; (e) At any time the director considers an inspection to be necessary in order to determine whether the facility is in compliance with this section and rules adopted pursuant to this section. (2) In conducting inspections the department may conduct an on-site examination and evaluation of the residential facility and its personnel, activities, and services. The department shall have access to examine and copy all records, accounts, and any other documents relating to the operation of the residential facility, including records pertaining to residents, and shall have access to the facility in order to conduct interviews with the operator, staff, and residents. Following each inspection and review, the department shall complete a report listing any deficiencies, and including, when appropriate, a time table within which the operator shall correct the deficiencies. The department may require the operator to submit a plan of correction describing how the deficiencies will be corrected. (K) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Operate a residential facility unless the facility holds a valid license; (2) Violate any of the conditions of licensure after having been granted a license; (3) Interfere with a state or local official's inspection or investigation of a residential facility; (4) Violate any of the provisions of this section or any rules adopted pursuant to this section. (L) The following may enter a residential facility at any time: (1) Employees designated by the director of behavioral health; (2) Employees of an ADAMHS board under either of the following circumstances: (a) When a resident of the facility is receiving services from a community mental health services provider under contract with that ADAMHS board or another ADAMHS board; (b) When authorized by section 340.05 of the Revised Code. (3) Employees of a community mental health services provider under either of the following circumstances: (a) When the provider has a person receiving services residing in the facility; (b) When the provider is acting as an agent of an ADAMHS board other than the board with which it is under contract. (4) Representatives of the state long-term care ombudsman program when the facility provides accommodations, supervision, and personal care services for three to sixteen unrelated adults or to one or two unrelated adults who are receiving payments under the residential state supplement program. The persons specified in division (L) of this section shall be afforded access to examine and copy all records, accounts, and any other documents relating to the operation of the residential facility, including records pertaining to residents. (M) Employees of the department of behavioral health may enter, for the purpose of investigation, any institution, residence, facility, or other structure which has been reported to the department as, or that the department has reasonable cause to believe is, operating as a residential facility without a valid license. (N) The director of behavioral health shall adopt and may amend and rescind rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the licensing and operation of residential facilities. The rules shall establish all of the following: (1) Minimum standards for the health, safety, adequacy, and cultural competency of treatment of and services for persons in residential facilities; (2) Procedures for the issuance, renewal, or revocation of the licenses of residential facilities; (3) Procedures for conducting background investigations for prospective or current operators, employees, volunteers, and other non-resident occupants who may have direct access to facility residents; (4) The fee to be paid when applying for a new residential facility license or renewing the license; (5) Procedures for the operator of a residential facility to follow when notifying the ADAMHS board serving the county in which the facility is located when the facility is serving residents with mental illness or severe mental disability, including the circumstances under which the operator is required to make such a notification; (6) Procedures for the issuance and termination of orders of suspension of admission of residents to a residential facility; (7) Measures to be taken by residential facilities relative to residents' medication; (8) Requirements relating to preparation of special diets; (9) The maximum number of residents who may be served in a residential facility; (10) The rights of residents of residential facilities and procedures to protect such rights; (11) Standards and procedures under which the director may waive the requirements of any of the rules adopted. (O)(1) The department of behavioral health may withhold the source of any complaint reported as a violation of this section when the department determines that disclosure could be detrimental to the department's purposes or could jeopardize the investigation. The department may disclose the source of any complaint if the complainant agrees in writing to such disclosure and shall disclose the source upon order by a court of competent jurisdiction. (2) Any person who makes a complaint under division (O)(1) of this section, or any person who participates in an administrative or judicial proceeding resulting from such a complaint, is immune from civil liability and is not subject to criminal prosecution, other than for perjury, unless the person has acted in bad faith or with malicious purpose. (P)(1) The director of behavioral health may petition the court of common pleas of the county in which a residential facility is located for an order enjoining any person from operating a residential facility without a license or from operating a licensed facility when, in the director's judgment, there is a present danger to the health or safety of any of the occupants of the facility. The court shall have jurisdiction to grant such injunctive relief upon a showing that the respondent named in the petition is operating a facility without a license or there is a present danger to the health or safety of any residents of the facility. (2) When the court grants injunctive relief in the case of a facility operating without a license, the court shall issue, at a minimum, an order enjoining the facility from admitting new residents to the facility and an order requiring the facility to assist with the safe and orderly relocation of the facility's residents. (3) If injunctive relief is granted against a facility for operating without a license and the facility continues to operate without a license, the director shall refer the case to the attorney general for further action. (Q) The director of behavioral health may fine a person for violating division (K) of this section. The fine shall be five hundred dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense, the fine shall be one thousand dollars. The director's actions in imposing a fine shall be taken in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.35
§ 5104.35. County department of job and family services - powers and duties
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Each county department of job and family services shall do all of the following: (1) Accept any gift, grant, or other funds from either public or private sources offered unconditionally or under conditions which are, in the judgment of the department, proper and consistent with this chapter and deposit the funds in the county public assistance fund established by section 5101.161 of the Revised Code; (2) Recruit individuals and groups interested in certification as in-home aides or in developing and operating suitable licensed child care centers, type A family child care homes, or licensed type B family child care homes, especially in areas with high concentrations of recipients of public assistance, and for that purpose provide consultation to interested individuals and groups on request; (3) Inform clients of the availability of child care services. (B) A county department of job and family services may, to the extent permitted by federal law, use public child care funds to extend the hours of operation of the county department to accommodate the needs of working caretaker parents and enable those parents to apply for publicly funded child care. Last updated August 17, 2023 at 1:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.712 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.712
§ 5107.712. Rejection of counseling or supportive services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly A member of an assistance group applying for or participating in Ohio works first who is referred to counseling or supportive services pursuant to division (B) of section 5107.71 of the Revised Code may decline the counseling, supportive services, or both.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.37
§ 5162.37. Contract approval required
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Any contract the department of medicaid enters into with the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5162.35 of the Revised Code is subject to the approval of the director of budget and management and shall require or specify all of the following: (A) That section 5162.371 of the Revised Code be complied with; (B) How providers will be paid for providing the services; (C) The responsibilities of the department of mental health and addiction services with regard to providers, including program oversight and quality assurance. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.23
§ 5124.23. Per medicaid day other protected costs component rate
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly For each fiscal year, the department of developmental disabilities shall determine each ICF/IID's per medicaid day other protected costs component rate. An ICF/IID's rate shall be the ICF/IID's desk-reviewed, actual, allowable, per diem other protected costs from the applicable cost report year, adjusted for inflation using the following: (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, the consumer price index for all urban consumers for nonprescription drugs and medical supplies, as published by the United States bureau of labor statistics; (B) If the United States bureau of labor statistics ceases to publish the index specified in division (A) of this section, the index that is subsequently published by the bureau and covers nonprescription drugs and medical supplies. Last updated August 24, 2021 at 2:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.52
§ 5121.52. Waiver of claim for support against decedent's estate
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly On the death of a person who is a patient, or has been a patient in a hospital, or on the death of a person responsible under section 5121.34 of the Revised Code for the support of a patient, the department of mental health and addiction services 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 patient 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 of mental health and addiction services may accept from a guardian or trustee of a patient 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 patient, 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. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.07
§ 5103.07. Department to administer funds received under federal child welfare and abuse programs
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of children and youth shall administer funds received under Title IV-B of the "Social Security Act," 81 Stat. 821 (1967), 42 U.S.C.A. 620, as amended, and the "Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act," 88 Stat. 4 (1974), 42 U.S.C.A. 5101, as amended. In administering these funds, the department may establish a child welfare services program and a child abuse and neglect prevention and adoption reform program. The department has all powers necessary for the adequate administration of these funds and programs. The director of children and youth may adopt rules as necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.371 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.371
§ 5119.371. Location of opioid treatment programs
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) On application by a community addiction services provider that has purchased or leased real property to be used as the location of an opioid treatment program subject to licensure under section 5119.37 of the Revised Code, the department of behavioral health shall determine whether the location of the proposed program complies with the requirements of division (C)(4) of section 5119.37 of the Revised Code by not being located on a parcel of real estate that is within a radius of five hundred linear feet of the boundaries of a parcel of real estate having situated on it a public or private school, child care center licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, or child-serving agency regulated by the department under this chapter. If the department determines that the location is in compliance with division (C)(4) of section 5119.37 of the Revised Code, the department shall issue a declaration stating that the location is in compliance. The declaration is valid for two years from the date of issuance. The department shall provide to the provider either a copy of the declaration or a notice that the department has determined that the location is not in compliance with division (C)(4) of section 5119.37 of the Revised Code. If, before expiration of the declaration, a community addiction services provider applies for a license to operate an opioid treatment program, the department shall not consider the requirement of division (C)(4) of section 5119.37 of the Revised Code in determining whether to issue the license. (B) A community addiction services provider seeking to relocate an opioid treatment program licensed under section 5119.37 of the Revised Code may apply for and be granted a declaration under division (A) of this section. If, before expiration of the declaration, the provider applies for issuance of a license due to relocation, the department shall not consider the requirement of division (C)(4) of section 5119.37 of the Revised Code in determining whether to reissue the license due to relocation. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.45
§ 5166.45. Medicaid enrollment for chidren through age three
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "medical assistance program" and "refugee medical assistance program" have the same meanings as in section 5160.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The medicaid director shall establish a medicaid waiver component to provide continuous medicaid enrollment for children from birth through three years of age. A child who is determined eligible for medical assistance under Title XIX of the "Social Security Act" or child health assistance under Title XXI of the "Social Security Act" shall remain eligible for those benefits until the earlier of: (1) The end of a period, not to exceed forty-eight months, following the determination; (2) The date when the individual exceeds four years of age. (C) The waiver component described in division (B) of this section does not apply to a child who is eligible for a medical assistance program on the basis of being any of the following: (1) Deemed presumptively eligible for medicaid pursuant to section 5163.101 of the Revised Code; (2) Eligible for alien emergency medical assistance, as specified in section 1903(v)(2) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)(2); (3) Eligible for the refugee medical assistance program administered pursuant to section 5160.50 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 5:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5149.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5149 / § 5149.01
§ 5149.01. Adult parole authority definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2011 House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly As used in Chapter 5149. of the Revised Code: (A) "Authority" means the adult parole authority created by section 5149.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "State correctional institution," "pardon," "commutation," "reprieve," "parole," "head of a state correctional institution," "convict," "prisoner," "parolee," "final release," and "parole violator" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Full board hearing" means a parole board hearing conducted by a majority of parole board members as described in section 5149.101 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.32
§ 5162.32. Contracts with political subdivisions to pay nonfederal share
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of medicaid may enter into contracts with political subdivisions to use funds of the political subdivision to pay the nonfederal share of expenditures under the medicaid program. The determination and provision of federal financial participation to a subdivision entering into a contract under this section shall be determined by the department, subject to section 5162.40 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.68
§ 5168.68. Home and community-based services for persons with developmental disabilities fund
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the home and community-based services for persons with developmental disabilities fund. All installment payments and penalties paid by an ICF/IID under sections 5168.63 and 5168.65 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the fund. As soon as possible after the end of each quarter, the medicaid director shall certify to the director of budget and management the amount of money that is in the fund as of the last day of that quarter. On receipt of a certification, the director of budget and management shall transfer the amount so certified from the home and community-based services for persons with developmental disabilities fund to the department of developmental disabilities operating and services fund created under section 5168.69 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.6018 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.6018
§ 5103.6018. Residential infant care facility certification rules
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of children and youth shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the certification of residential infant care centers. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.141 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.141
§ 5122.141. Initial hearing
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) A respondent who is involuntarily placed in a hospital or other place as designated in section 5122.10 or 5122.17 of the Revised Code, or with respect to whom proceedings have been instituted under section 5122.11 of the Revised Code, shall be afforded a hearing to determine whether or not the respondent is a person with a mental illness subject to court order. The hearing shall be conducted pursuant to section 5122.15 of the Revised Code, and the respondent shall have the right to counsel as provided in that section. (B) The hearing shall be conducted within five court days from the day on which the respondent is detained or an affidavit is filed, whichever occurs first, in a physical setting not likely to have a harmful effect on the respondent, and may be conducted in a hospital in or out of the county. On the motion of the respondent, the respondent's counsel, the chief clinical officer, or on its own motion, and for good cause shown, the court may order a continuance of the hearing. The continuance may be for no more than ten days from the day on which the respondent is detained or on which an affidavit is filed, whichever occurs first. Failure to conduct the hearing within this time shall effect an immediate discharge of the respondent. If the proceedings are not reinstituted within thirty days, all records of the proceedings shall be expunged. (C) If the court does not find that the respondent is a person with a mental illness subject to court order, it shall order the respondent's immediate discharge, and shall expunge all record of the proceedings during this period. (D) If the court finds that the respondent is a person with a mental illness subject to court order, the court may issue an interim order of detention ordering any health or police officer or sheriff to take into custody and transport such person to a hospital or other place designated in section 5122.17 of the Revised Code, where the respondent may be observed and treated. (E) A respondent or a respondent's counsel, after obtaining the consent of the respondent, may waive the hearing provided for in this section. In such case, unless the person has been discharged, a mandatory full hearing shall be held by the thirtieth day after the original involuntary detention of the respondent. Failure to conduct the mandatory full hearing within this time limit shall result in the immediate discharge of the respondent. (F) Where possible, the initial hearing shall be held before the respondent is taken into custody. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:57 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.02
§ 5120.02. Assistant director - powers and duties
Status: in_force

July 1, 1972 House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly The assistant director of the department of rehabilitation and correction is hereby excepted from section 121.05 of the Revised Code. The assistant director shall exercise the powers and perform the duties which the director of correction may order and shall act as director in the absence or disability of the director, or in case of a vacancy in the position of director. Last updated April 19, 2022 at 4:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.115 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.115
§ 5120.115. Authorized users; confidentiality of reports
Status: in_force

October 29, 2018 Senate Bill 66 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Each authorized user of the single validated risk assessment tool described in section 5120.114 of the Revised Code shall have access to all reports generated by the risk assessment tool and all data stored in the risk assessment tool. An authorized user may disclose any report generated by the risk assessment tool to law enforcement agencies, halfway houses, and medical, mental health, and substance abuse treatment providers for penological and rehabilitative purposes. An authorized user may also disclose any report generated by the risk assessment tool to qualified persons and research organizations for research, evaluative, and statistical purposes under the terms of written agreements between the authorized user and the recipients of the report. Reports generated by the risk assessment tool shall be disclosed in a manner that ensures the security and confidentiality of information in the reports. (B) All reports generated by or data collected in the risk assessment tool are confidential information and are not a public record. No person shall disclose any report generated by or data collected in the risk assessment tool except as provided in division (A) of this section. (C) As used in this section, "public record" has the same meaning as in section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.08
§ 5101.08. Fidelity bonds
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly The director of job and family services may require any of the employees of the department of job and family services who may be charged with custody or control of any public money or property or who is required to give bond, to give a bond, properly conditioned, in a sum to be fixed by the director which when approved by the director, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The cost of such bonds, when approved by the director, shall be paid from funds available for the department. The bonds required or authorized by this section may, in the discretion of the director, be individual, schedule, or blanket bonds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.285 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.285
§ 5107.285. Noncompliance with learnfare program's school attendance requirement not to affect other members of group
Status: in_force

October 1, 1997 House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly Notwithstanding a reduction in a cash assistance payment under section 5107.282 or 5107.284 of the Revised Code, all members of the assistance group who are otherwise eligible to participate in Ohio works first shall continue to be considered participants of the program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.541 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.541
§ 5107.541. Assignment under work experience program
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 442 - 133rd General Assembly A county department of job and family services may contract with the chief administrator of a nonpublic school or with any school district board of education that has adopted a resolution under section 3319.089 of the Revised Code to provide for a participant of the work experience program who has a minor child enrolled in the nonpublic school or a public school in the district to be assigned under the work experience program to volunteer or work for compensation at the school in which the child is enrolled. Unless it is not possible or practical, a contract shall provide for a participant to volunteer or work at the school as a classroom aide. If that is impossible or impractical, the contract may provide for the participant to volunteer to work in another position at the school. A contract may provide for the nonpublic school or board of education to receive funding to pay for coordinating, training, and supervising participants volunteering or working in schools. A participant volunteering or working as a classroom aide under this section shall not be considered an employee of a political subdivision for purposes of Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code and is not entitled to any immunity or defense available under that chapter, the common law of this state, or section 9.86 of the Revised Code. An assignment under this section shall include attending academic home enrichment classes that provide instruction for parents in creating a home environment that prepares and enables children to learn at school.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.32
§ 5124.32. Reduction in rate not permitted
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of developmental disabilities shall not reduce an ICF/IID's medicaid payment rate determined under this chapter on the basis that the provider charges a lower rate to any resident who is not eligible for medicaid.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.29
§ 5120.29. Institutional services fund; Ohio penal industries manufacturing fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 2014 House Bill 497 - 130th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created, in the state treasury, the institutional services fund, which shall be used for the: (1) Purchase of material, supplies, and equipment and the erection and extension of buildings used in services provided between institutions of the department of rehabilitation and correction; (2) Payment of compensation to employees necessary to carry on institutional services; (3) Payment of prisoners confined in state correctional institutions a portion of their earnings in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to section 5145.03 of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby created, in the state treasury, the Ohio penal industries manufacturing fund, which shall be used for the: (1) Purchase of material, supplies, and equipment and the erection and extension of buildings used in manufacturing industries and agriculture; (2) Purchase of lands and buildings necessary to carry on or extend the manufacturing industries and agriculture upon the approval of the governor; (3) Payment of compensation to employees necessary to carry on the manufacturing industries and agriculture; (4) Payment of prisoners confined in state correctional institutions a portion of their earnings in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to section 5145.03 of the Revised Code. (C) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to section 5145.03 of the Revised Code and subject to any pledge made as provided in division (D) of this section, place to the credit of each prisoner the prisoner's earnings and pay the earnings so credited to the prisoner or the prisoner's family. (D) Receipts credited to the funds created in divisions (A) and (B) of this section constitute available receipts as defined in section 154.24 of the Revised Code, and may be pledged to the payment of bond service charges on obligations issued by the treasurer of state pursuant to that section to construct, reconstruct, or otherwise improve capital facilities useful to the department. The treasurer of state may, with the consent of the department, provide in the bond proceedings for a pledge of all or such portion of receipts credited to the funds as the treasurer of state determines. The treasurer of state may provide in the bond proceedings for the transfer of receipts credited to the funds to the appropriate bond service fund or bond service reserve fund as required to pay the bond service charges when due, and any such provision for the transfer of receipts shall be controlling notwithstanding any other provision of law pertaining to such receipts. All receipts received by the treasurer of state on account of the department and required by the applicable bond proceedings to be deposited, transferred, or credited to the bond service fund or bond service reserve fund established by such bond proceedings shall be transferred by the treasurer of state to such fund, whether or not such fund is in the custody of the treasurer of state, without necessity for further appropriation. The treasurer of state may covenant in the bond proceedings that so long as any obligations are outstanding to which receipts credited to the fund are pledged, the state and the department shall neither reduce the prices charged pursuant to section 5120.28 of the Revised Code nor the level of manpower collectively devoted to the production of goods and services for which prices are set pursuant to section 5120.28 of the Revised Code, which covenant shall be controlling notwithstanding any other provision of law; provided, that no covenant shall require the general assembly to appropriate money derived from the levying of excises or taxes to purchase such goods and services or to pay rent or bond service charges.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.221 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.221
§ 5126.221. Investigative agents
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly Each county board of developmental disabilities shall employ at least one investigative agent or contract with a person or government entity, including another county board of developmental disabilities or a regional council established under section 5126.13 of the Revised Code, for the services of an investigative agent. Neither a county board nor a person or government entity with which a county board contracts for the services of an investigative agent shall assign any duties to an investigative agent other than conducting investigations under section 5126.313 of the Revised Code. All investigative agents shall be trained in civil and criminal investigatory practices. The person responsible for supervising the work of the investigative agents shall report directly to a county board's superintendent regarding the investigative agents. No investigative agent shall do anything that interferes with the investigative agent's objectivity in conducting investigations under section 5126.313 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5117.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5117 / § 5117.08
§ 5117.08. Certifying eligibility for credits
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly (A)(1) On or before the tenth day of October, the director of development shall begin to prepare and certify to each energy company that provides energy for home heating a list containing the name and account number of each head of household determined eligible for a credit under divisions (A) and (B) of section 5117.07 of the Revised Code and served by that company, the address of the household, and the source of the heat produced by the primary heating system in the residence of the applicant. The director, for good cause, may certify addenda to such lists, containing the names of any heads of household whose names were not included in the earlier lists but who, except for failure to meet the deadline requirements of sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code, would have been certified in the original lists. Within thirty days of receipt of such list and in any month for which a credit is required under sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code, the company may verify that each head of household on the director's list receives energy for home heating at the household address appearing on such list or that the source of heat produced by the primary heating system in the household is energy supplied by the company. If the company determines that a person listed does not receive energy for home heating at such address or that the source of the heat produced by the primary heating system in the residence of such person is not supplied by the company, it shall notify the director of such fact and may refuse to grant the credit provided under division (A) of section 5117.07 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of such notice, the director shall determine the accuracy of the determination of the company and, should the director not concur with the company, shall order the company to provide the credit. (2) The good faith exercise by any company of any power of refusal granted under division (A)(1) of this section does not subject such company to any penalty or liability provided under division (A) of section 5117.11 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Nothing in sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code shall be construed to abridge the right of an otherwise eligible applicant to receive a credit or payment because the applicant has either changed the location of the applicant's residence or the nature of the occupancy of the applicant's residence, as between a tenant or an owner, at a time that could, as a result of the operation of sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code, cause the applicant to be disqualified from receiving, or continuing to receive, the credit or payment. (2) Where a person who submits a form or information required under sections 5117.01 to 5117.10 of the Revised Code does so in a timely fashion but, because of the occurrence of an error or omission with respect to such form or information, either on the person's own part or on the part of those persons required by sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code to take administrative, executive, or ministerial action regarding such form or information, the certification of eligibility by the director to an energy company takes place after the expiration of a deadline imposed under sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code, the company shall grant the credit within thirty days and, whenever appropriate, grant the credit on a retroactive basis. (3) The director shall adopt a rule ensuring that the requirements of divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section are effectuated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5155.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5155 / § 5155.38
§ 5155.38. Certification of long-term care beds
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly As used in this section, "long-term care bed" has the same meaning as in section 3702.51 of the Revised Code. The operator of each county home and each county nursing home shall, not later than November 1, 2009, certify to the director of health the number of long-term care beds that were in operation in the home on July 1, 1993. The certification shall be accompanied by any documentation requested by the director. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.528 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.528
§ 5165.528. Disposition of amounts withheld from payment due an exiting operator
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) All amounts withheld under section 5165.521 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 5165.526 or 5165.527 of the Revised Code; (2) To pay the department of medicaid the amount an exiting operator owes the department 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 department fund. Last updated October 6, 2023 at 10:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.69
§ 5124.69. Informational pamphlet
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The department of developmental disabilities shall develop and make available to all ICFs/IID a written pamphlet that describes all of the items and services covered by medicaid as ICF/IID services and as home and community-based services. The department shall develop the pamphlet in consultation with persons and organizations interested in matters pertaining to individuals eligible for ICF/IID services and home and community-based services. (B) Each ICF/IID provider shall provide the pamphlet to the residents of the ICF/IID who receive ICF/IID services, and the guardians of such residents, and shall discuss the items and services described in the pamphlet with those residents and their guardians, as follows: (1) At least annually; (2) Any time such a resident, or resident's guardian, requests to receive the pamphlet and to discuss the items and services described in the pamphlet; (3) Any time such a resident, or resident's guardian, expresses to the provider an interest in home and community-based services. (C) If a resident of an ICF/IID who receives ICF/IID services, or the resident's guardian, indicates to the ICF/IID provider an interest in enrolling the resident in a medicaid waiver component providing home and community-based services, the provider shall refer the resident or guardian to the county board of developmental disabilities serving the county in which the resident would reside while enrolled in a medicaid waiver component. (D) Not later than thirty days after a county board is contacted by an ICF/IID resident or resident's guardian who was referred to the county board pursuant to division (C) of this section, the county board, notwithstanding a waiting list for the component established pursuant to section 5126.042 of the Revised Code, shall enroll the resident in the component if all of the following apply: (1) The resident is eligible and chooses to enroll in the component. (2) The component has an available slot. (3) The director of developmental disabilities determines that the department has the funds necessary to pay the nonfederal share of the medicaid expenditures for the home and community-based services provided to the resident under the component.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.122 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.122
§ 5153.122. Caseworker in-service training
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Each PCSA caseworker hired after January 1, 2007, shall complete in-service training during the first year of the caseworker's continuous employment as a PCSA caseworker, except that the executive director of the public children services agency may waive the training requirement for a school of social work graduate who participated in the university partnership program described in division (E) of section 5180.42 of the Revised Code and as provided in section 5153.124 of the Revised Code. The training shall consist of courses in all of the following: (A) Recognizing, accepting reports of, and preventing child abuse, neglect, and dependency; (B) Assessing child safety; (C) Assessing risks; (D) Interviewing persons; (E) Investigating cases; (F) Intervening; (G) Providing services to children and their families; (H) The importance of and need for accurate data; (I) Preparation for court; (J) Maintenance of case record information; (K) The legal duties of PCSA caseworkers to protect the constitutional and statutory rights of children and families from the initial time of contact during investigation through treatment, including instruction regarding parents' rights and the limitations that the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution places upon caseworkers and their investigations; (L) Content on other topics relevant to child abuse, neglect, and dependency, including permanency strategies, concurrent planning, and adoption as an option for unintended pregnancies. After a PCSA caseworker's first year of continuous employment as a PCSA caseworker, the caseworker annually shall complete thirty-six hours of training in areas relevant to the caseworker's assigned duties. During the first two years of continuous employment as a PCSA caseworker, each PCSA caseworker shall complete training in recognizing the signs of domestic violence and its relationship to child abuse as established in rules the director of children and youth shall adopt pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.69
§ 5168.69. Department of developmental disabilities operating and services fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the department of developmental disabilities operating and services fund. The fund shall consist of the money transferred to it under section 5168.68 of the Revised Code. The money in the fund shall be used for the expenses of the programs that the department of developmental disabilities administers and the department's administrative expenses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5161.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5161 / § 5161.12
§ 5161.12. Implementation of CHIP part II
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly If the medicaid director submits a state child health plan to the United States secretary of health and human services under section 5161.10 of the Revised Code and the secretary approves the plan, the director shall implement CHIP part II in accordance with the plan. ; .
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.193 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.193
§ 5124.193. Quarterly determination of case-mix scores
Status: in_force

July 1, 2018 House Bill 24 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the department of developmental disabilities shall do both of the following: (1) For each calendar quarter, determine a case-mix score for each ICF/IID using both of the following: (a) The most recent (as of the date the determination is made) resident assessment data compiled and revised for the ICF/IID's residents under section 5124.191 of the Revised Code; (b) The case-mix scores of the ICF/IID's residents as determined under section 5124.192 of the Revised Code. (2) After the end of each calendar year, determine an annual average case-mix score for each ICF/IID using the ICF/IID's quarterly case-mix scores for that calendar year. (B)(1) Subject to divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, the department, for one or more months of a calendar quarter, may assign to an ICF/IID a case-mix score that is five per cent less than the ICF/IID's case-mix score as of the day immediately preceding the day on which the reduction takes effect if the provider does not timely comply with division (D) of section 5124.191 of the Revised Code. (2) Subject to division (B)(3) of this section, before assigning a case-mix score to an ICF/IID under division (B)(1) of this section, the department shall permit the provider to come into compliance with division (D) of section 5124.191 of the Revised Code. The department may assign the case-mix score if the provider fails to comply not later than forty-five days after the end of the calendar quarter to which the noncompliance pertains or a later date specified in rules authorized by this section. (3) The department shall take action under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section only in accordance with rules authorized by this section. The department shall not take an action that affects medicaid payment rates for prior payment periods except in accordance with sections 5124.41 and 5124.42 of the Revised Code. (C) The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.01
§ 5104.01. Child care definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Administrator" means the person responsible for the daily operation of a center, type A home, or approved child day camp. The administrator and the owner may be the same person. (B) "Approved child day camp" means a child day camp approved pursuant to section 5104.22 of the Revised Code. (C) "Authorized representative" means an individual employed by a center, type A home, or approved child day camp that is owned by a person other than an individual and who is authorized by the owner to do all of the following: (1) Communicate on the owner's behalf; (2) Submit on the owner's behalf applications for licensure or approval; (3) Enter into on the owner's behalf provider agreements for publicly funded child care. (D) "Border state child care provider" means a child care provider that is located in a state bordering Ohio and that is licensed, certified, or otherwise approved by that state to provide child care funded by the child care block grant act. (E) "Career pathways model" means an alternative pathway to meeting the requirements to be a child care staff member or administrator that does both of the following: (1) Uses a framework approved by the director of children and youth to document formal education, training, experience, and specialized credentials and certifications; (2) Allows the child care staff member or administrator to achieve a designation as an early childhood professional level one, two, three, four, five, or six. (F) "Caretaker parent" means the father or mother of a child whose presence in the home is needed as the caretaker of the child, a person who has legal custody of a child and whose presence in the home is needed as the caretaker of the child, a guardian of a child whose presence in the home is needed as the caretaker of the child, and any other person who stands in loco parentis with respect to the child and whose presence in the home is needed as the caretaker of the child. (G) "Chartered nonpublic school" means a school that meets standards for nonpublic schools prescribed by the director of education and workforce for nonpublic schools pursuant to section 3301.07 of the Revised Code. (H) "Child" includes an infant, toddler, preschool-age child, or school-age child. (I) "Child care block grant act" means the "Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014," 128 Stat. 1971 (2014), 42 U.S.C. 9858, as amended. (J) "Child day camp" means a program in which only school-age children attend or participate, that operates for no more than twelve hours per day and no more than fifteen weeks during the summer. For purposes of this division, the maximum twelve hours of operation time does not include transportation time from a child's home to a child day camp and from a child day camp to a child's home. (K) "Child care" means all of the following: (1) Administering to the needs of infants, toddlers, preschool-age children, and school-age children outside of school hours; (2) By persons other than their parents, guardians, or custodians; (3) For part of the twenty-four-hour day; (4) In a place other than a child's own home, except that an in-home aide provides child care in the child's own home; (5) By a provider required by this chapter to be licensed or approved by the department of children and youth, certified by a county department of job and family services, or under contract with the department to provide publicly funded child care as described in section 5104.32 of the Revised Code. (L) "Child care center" and "center" mean any place that is not the permanent residence of the licensee or administrator in which child care or publicly funded child care is provided for seven or more children at one time. "Child care center" and "center" do not include any of the following: (1) A place located in and operated by a hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, in which the needs of children are administered to, if all the children whose needs are being administered to are monitored under the on-site supervision of a physician licensed under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code or a registered nurse licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code, and the services are provided only for children who, in the opinion of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian, are exhibiting symptoms of a communicable disease or other illness or are injured; (2) A child day camp; (3) A place that provides care, if all of the following apply: (a) An organized religious body provides the care; (b) A parent, custodian, or guardian of at least one child receiving care is on the premises and readily accessible at all times; (c) The care is not provided for more than thirty days a year; (d) The care is provided only for preschool-age and school-age children. (M) "Child care resource and referral service organization" means a community-based nonprofit organization that provides child care resource and referral services but not child care. (N) "Child care resource and referral services" means all of the following services: (1) Maintenance of a uniform data base of all child care providers in the community that are in compliance with this chapter, including current occupancy and vacancy data; (2) Provision of individualized consumer education to families seeking child care; (3) Provision of timely referrals of available child care providers to families seeking child care; (4) Recruitment of child care providers; (5) Assistance in developing, conducting, and disseminating training for child care professionals and provision of technical assistance to current and potential child care providers, employers, and the community; (6) Collection and analysis of data on the supply of and demand for child care in the community; (7) Technical assistance concerning locally, state, and federally funded child care and early childhood education programs; (8) Stimulation of employer involvement in making child care more affordable, more available, safer, and of higher quality for their employees and for the community; (9) Provision of written educational materials to caretaker parents and informational resources to child care providers; (10) Coordination of services among child care resource and referral service organizations to assist in developing and maintaining a statewide system of child care resource and referral services if required by the department of children and youth; (11) Cooperation with the county department of job and family services in encouraging the establishment of parent cooperative child care centers and parent cooperative type A family child care homes. (O) "Child care staff member" means an employee of a child care center, type A family child care home, licensed type B family child care home, or approved child day camp who is primarily responsible for the care and supervision of children. The administrator, authorized representative, or owner may be a child care staff member when not involved in other duties. (P) "Drop-in child care center," "drop-in center," "drop-in type A family child care home," and "drop-in type A home" mean a center or type A home that provides child care or publicly funded child care for children on a temporary, irregular basis. (Q) "Early learning and development program" has the same meaning as "licensed child care program." (R) "Employee" means a person who either: (1) Receives compensation for duties performed in a child care center, type A family child care home, licensed type B family child care home, or approved child day camp; (2) Is assigned specific working hours or duties in a child care center, type A family child care home, licensed type B family child care home, or approved child day camp. (S) "Employer" means a person, firm, institution, organization, or agency that operates a child care center, type A family child care home, licensed type B family child care home, or approved child day camp subject to licensure or approval under this chapter. (T) "Federal poverty line" means the official poverty guideline as revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C. 9902, as amended, for a family size equal to the size of the family of the person whose income is being determined. (U) "Head start program" means a school-readiness program that satisfies all of the following: (1) Is for children from birth to age five who are from low-income families; (2) Receives funds distributed under the "Improving Head Start for School-Readiness Act of 2007," 42 U.S.C. 9831, as amended; (3) Is licensed as a child care program. (V) "Home education" has the same meaning as in section 3321.042 of the Revised Code. (W) "Home education learning pod" means a voluntary association of parents who direct their children's education through home education and includes the following characteristics: (1) The parents choose to group their children together in a home or other location at various times, which may include hours when home education is not provided. (2) The pod includes only the parents' children who are receiving home education, except that it also may include siblings of those children, or other children who are under the care of the parents, regardless of age. (3) At least one parent of any of the children participating in the pod must be on the premises while the pod is meeting. (X) "Homeless child care" means child care provided to a child who satisfies any of the following: (1) Is homeless as defined in 42 U.S.C. 11302; (2) Is a homeless child or youth as defined in 42 U.S.C. 11434a; (3) Resides temporarily with a caretaker in a facility providing emergency shelter for homeless families or is determined by a county department of job and family services to be homeless. (Y) "Income" means gross income, as defined in section 5107.10 of the Revised Code, less any amounts required by federal statutes or regulations to be disregarded. (Z) "Indicator checklist" means an inspection tool, used in conjunction with an instrument-based program monitoring information system, that contains selected licensing requirements that are statistically reliable indicators or predictors of a child care center's, type A family child care home's, or licensed type B family child care home's compliance with licensing requirements. (AA) "Infant" means a child who is less than eighteen months of age. (BB) "In-home aide" means a person who does not reside with the child but provides care in the child's home and is certified by a county director of job and family services pursuant to section 5104.12 of the Revised Code to provide publicly funded child care to a child in a child's own home pursuant to this chapter and any rules adopted under it. (CC) "Instrument-based program monitoring information system" means a method to assess compliance with licensing requirements for child care centers, type A family child care homes, and licensed type B family child care homes in which each licensing requirement is assigned a weight indicative of the relative importance of the requirement to the health, growth, and safety of the children that is used to develop an indicator checklist. (DD) "License capacity" means the maximum number in each age category of children who may be cared for in a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home at one time as determined by the director of children and youth considering building occupancy limits established by the department of commerce, amount of available indoor floor space and outdoor play space, and amount of available play equipment, materials, and supplies. (EE) "Licensed child care program" means any of the following: (1) A child care center licensed by the department of children and youth pursuant to this chapter; (2) A type A family child care home or type B family child care home licensed by the department of children and youth pursuant to this chapter; (3) A licensed preschool program or licensed school child program. (FF) "Licensed preschool program" or "licensed school child program" means a preschool program or school child program, as defined in section 3301.52 of the Revised Code, that is licensed by the department of children and youth pursuant to sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code. (GG) "Licensed type B family child care home" and "licensed type B home" mean a type B family child care home for which there is a valid license issued by the director of children and youth pursuant to section 5104.03 of the Revised Code. (HH) "Licensee" means the owner of a child care center, type A family child care home, or type B family child care home that is licensed pursuant to this chapter and who is responsible for ensuring compliance with this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. (II) "Operate a child day camp" means to operate, establish, manage, conduct, or maintain a child day camp. (JJ) "Owner" includes a person, as defined in section 1.59 of the Revised Code, or government entity. (KK) "Parent cooperative child care center," "parent cooperative center," "parent cooperative type A family child care home," and "parent cooperative type A home" mean a corporation or association organized for providing educational services to the children of members of the corporation or association, without gain to the corporation or association as an entity, in which the services of the corporation or association are provided only to children of the members of the corporation or association, ownership and control of the corporation or association rests solely with the members of the corporation or association, and at least one parent-member of the corporation or association is on the premises of the center or type A home during its hours of operation. (LL) "Part-time child care center," "part-time center," "part-time type A family child care home," and "part-time type A home" mean a center or type A home that provides child care or publicly funded child care for not more than four hours a day for any child or not more than fifteen consecutive weeks per year, regardless of the number of hours per day. (MM) "Place of worship" means a building where activities of an organized religious group are conducted and includes the grounds and any other buildings on the grounds used for such activities. (NN) "Preschool-age child" means a child who is three years old or older but is not a school-age child. (OO) "Protective child care" means publicly funded child care for the direct care and protection of a child to whom all of the following apply: (1) A case plan has been prepared and maintained for the child pursuant to section 2151.412 of the Revised Code. (2) The case plan indicates a need for protective care. (3) The child resides with a parent, stepparent, guardian, or another person who stands in loco parentis as defined in rules adopted under section 5104.38 of the Revised Code. (PP) "Publicly funded child care" means administering to the needs of infants, toddlers, preschool-age children, and school-age children under age thirteen during any part of the twenty-four-hour day by persons other than their caretaker parents for remuneration wholly or in part with federal or state funds, including funds available under the child care block grant act, Title IV-A, and Title XX, distributed by the department of children and youth. (QQ) "Religious activities" means any of the following: worship or other religious services; religious instruction; Sunday school classes or other religious classes conducted during or prior to worship or other religious services; youth or adult fellowship activities; choir or other musical group practices or programs; meals; festivals; or meetings conducted by an organized religious group. (RR) "School-age child" means a child who is enrolled in or is eligible to be enrolled in a grade of kindergarten or above but is less than fifteen years old or, in the case of a child who is receiving special needs child care, is less than eighteen years old. (SS) "Serious risk noncompliance" means a licensure or certification rule violation that leads to a great risk of harm to, or death of, a child, and is observable, not inferable. (TT) "Special needs child care" means child care provided to a child who is less than eighteen years of age and either has one or more chronic health conditions or does not meet age appropriate expectations in one or more areas of development, including social, emotional, cognitive, communicative, perceptual, motor, physical, and behavioral development and that may include on a regular basis such services, adaptations, modifications, or adjustments needed to assist in the child's function or development. (UU) "Title IV-A" means Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 110 Stat. 2113 (1996), 42 U.S.C. 601, as amended. (VV) "Title XX" means Title XX of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2337 (1974), 42 U.S.C. 1397, as amended. (WW) "Toddler" means a child who is at least eighteen months of age but less than three years of age. (XX) "Type A family child care home" and "type A home" mean the permanent residence of the administrator in which child care or publicly funded child care is provided for eight to fourteen children at one time or a permanent residence of the administrator in which child care is provided for four to fourteen children at one time if four or more children at one time are under two years of age, provided that if the number of children under the age of two years at one time is greater than three or the total number of children at one time is greater than seven, an additional adult shall be present. In counting children for the purposes of this division, any children under six years of age who are related to a licensee, administrator, or employee and who are on the premises of the type A home shall be counted. "Type A family child care home" and "type A home" do not include any child day camp. (YY) "Type B family child care home" and "type B home" mean a permanent residence of the provider in which care is provided for one to seven children at one time and in which no more than three children are under two years of age at one time. In counting children for the purposes of this division, any children under six years of age who are related to the provider and who are on the premises of the type B home shall be counted. "Type B family child care home" and "type B home" do not include any child day camp. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.072 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.072
§ 5164.072. Coverage of donor breast milk and fortifiers
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "licensed health professional" means the following: (1) A physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; (2) An advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code that authorizes the practice of nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse and is designated as a clinical specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner; (3) A physician assistant licensed under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code. (B) The medicaid program shall cover pasteurized human donor milk and human milk fortifiers, in both hospital and home settings, for an infant whose gestationally corrected age is less than twelve months when all of the following apply: (1) A licensed health professional signs an order stating that human donor milk or human milk fortifiers are medically necessary because the infant meets any of the following criteria: (a) The infant has a birth weight less than eighteen hundred grams or body weight below healthy levels. (b) The infant has a gestational age at birth of thirty-four weeks or less. (c) The infant has any congenital or acquired condition for which the health professional determines that the use of pasteurized human donor milk or human milk fortifiers will support the treatment of the condition and recovery of the infant. (2) The infant is medically or physically unable to receive maternal breast milk or participate in breast-feeding, or the infant's mother is medically or physically unable to produce breast milk in sufficient quantities or of adequate caloric density, despite lactation support. (C) The medicaid director may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section. Last updated October 12, 2023 at 11:41 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.025 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.025
§ 5126.025. Time and term of appointment of members of board
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly Except for members appointed under section 5126.027 of the Revised Code to fill a vacancy, members of a county board of developmental disabilities shall be appointed or reappointed not later than the last day of November, commence their terms on the date of the stated annual organizational meeting in the following January as provided under section 5126.029 of the Revised Code, and serve terms of four years. The membership of an individual appointed as an immediate family member of a recipient of services shall not be terminated because the services are no longer received.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.522 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.522
§ 5124.522. Cost report by exiting operator; waiver
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, an exiting operator shall file with the department of developmental disabilities a cost report not later than ninety days after the last day the exiting operator's provider agreement is in effect. The cost report shall cover the period that begins with the day after the last day covered by the operator's most recent previous cost report filed under section 5124.10 or 5124.101 of the Revised Code and ends on the last day the exiting operator's provider agreement is in effect. The cost report shall include, as applicable, all of the following: (1) The sale price of the ICF/IID; (2) A final depreciation schedule that shows which assets are transferred to the buyer and which assets are not transferred to the buyer; (3) Any other information the department requires. (B) The department, at its sole discretion, may waive the requirement that an exiting operator file a cost report in accordance with division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.091 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.091
§ 5120.091. Education services fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the education services fund. The department of rehabilitation and correction shall deposit into the fund all state revenues it receives from the Ohio department of education and workforce. Any money in the fund shall solely be used to pay educational expenses incurred by the department. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 11:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.044 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.044
§ 5126.044. Confidentiality
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Eligible person" has the same meaning as in section 5126.03 of the Revised Code. (2) "Treatment" means the provision, coordination, or management of services provided to an eligible person. (3) "Payment" means activities undertaken by a service provider or governmental entity to obtain or provide reimbursement for services to an eligible person. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, no person shall disclose the identity of an individual who requests programs or services under this chapter or release a record or report regarding an eligible person that is maintained by a county board of developmental disabilities or an entity under contract with a county board unless one of the following circumstances exists: (1) The individual, eligible person, or the individual's guardian, or, if the individual is a minor, the individual's parent or guardian, makes a written request to the county board or entity for or approves in writing disclosure of the individual's identity or release of the record or report regarding the eligible person. (2) Disclosure of the identity of an individual is needed for approval of a direct services contract under section 5126.032 or 5126.033 of the Revised Code. The county board shall release only the individual's name and the general nature of the services to be provided. (3) Disclosure of the identity of the individual is needed to ascertain that the county board's waiting lists for programs or services are being maintained in accordance with section 5126.042 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under that section. The county board shall release only the individual's name, the general nature of the programs or services to be provided the individual, the individual's rank on each waiting list that includes the individual, and any circumstances under which the individual was given priority when placed on a waiting list. (4) Disclosure of the identity of an individual who is an eligible person is needed for treatment of or payment for services provided to the individual. (5) Release of a record or report regarding an individual that is maintained by the county board or an entity under contract with a county board is requested by a probate court pursuant to a proceeding under Chapter 2111. of the Revised Code. Any record or report released under this division may only, in the court's discretion, be released to the parties to the proceeding. (6) Release of a record or report regarding an individual that is maintained by the county board or an entity under contract with a county board is requested by the department of developmental disabilities for purposes of a proceeding under sections 5123.69 to 5123.79 of the Revised Code or for the department to comply with any court order issued under sections 2945.371 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) At the request of an eligible person or the person's guardian or, if the eligible person is a minor, the person's parent or guardian, a county board or entity under contract with a county board shall provide the person who made the request access to records and reports regarding the eligible person. On written request, the county board or entity shall provide copies of the records and reports to the eligible person, guardian, or parent. The county board or entity may charge a reasonable fee to cover the costs of copying. The county board or entity may waive the fee in cases of hardship. (2) A county board shall provide access to any waiting list or record or report regarding an eligible person maintained by the board to any state agency responsible for monitoring and reviewing programs and services provided or arranged by the county board, any state agency involved in the coordination of services for an eligible person, and any agency under contract with the department of developmental disabilities for the provision of protective service pursuant to section 5123.56 of the Revised Code. (3) When an eligible person who requests programs or services under this chapter dies, the county board or entity under contract with the county board, shall, on written request, provide to both of the following persons any reports and records in the board or entity's possession concerning the eligible person: (a) If the report or records are necessary to administer the estate of the person who is the subject of the reports or records, to the executor or administrator of the person's estate; (b) To the guardian of the person who is the subject of the reports or records or, if the individual had no guardian at the time of death, to a person in the first applicable of the following categories: (i) The person's spouse; (ii) The person's children; (iii) The person's parents; (iv) The person's brothers or sisters; (v) The person's uncles or aunts; (vi) The person's closest relative by blood or adoption; (vii) The person's closest relative by marriage. The county board or entity shall provide the reports and records as required by division (C)(3) of this section not later than thirty days after receipt of the request. (D) A county board shall notify an eligible person, the person's guardian, or, if the eligible person is a minor, the person's parent or guardian, prior to destroying any record or report regarding the eligible person. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 2:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.011
§ 5119.011. References to department or director
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Whenever the term "department of mental health and addiction services" is used, referred to, or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the use, reference, or designation shall be construed to mean the department of behavioral health. (B) Whenever the term "director of mental health and addiction services" is used, referred to, or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the use, reference, or designation shall be construed to mean the director of behavioral health. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.053 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.053
§ 5126.053. Five-year projection of revenues and expenditures
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Beginning April 1, 2020, and then annually thereafter on or before the first day of April each year, each county board of developmental disabilities shall submit to the department of developmental disabilities, in the format established pursuant to division (B) of this section, a five-year projection of revenues and expenditures. Each five-year projection shall be approved by the superintendent of the county board. The department shall review each five-year projection and may require a county board to do any of the following within the time frame specified by the department: (1) Submit additional information; (2) Permit employees or agents of the department to visit the county board to review documents and other records that are relevant to the department's review of the five-year projection; (3) Submit a revised five-year projection; (4) Complete any reasonable accounting action the director of developmental disabilities considers necessary in order to obtain an accurate five-year projection. (B) The department, in consultation with the Ohio association of county boards of developmental disabilities, shall establish guidelines for completing and formatting the five-year projection required by division (A) of this section. (C) In addition to reviewing a five-year projection submitted pursuant to division (A) of this section, the department, or an entity designated by or working under contract with the department, may conduct additional reviews as the department considers necessary to assess any county board's fiscal condition. The department shall provide prior notice to a county board of any planned review. The department may issue recommendations to discontinue or correct fiscal practices or budgetary conditions that prompted, or were discovered by, an additional review under this division. The superintendent of a county board shall respond in writing to any such recommendations within ninety days. (D) If a county board fails to submit a five-year projection to the department on or before the date specified in division (A) of this section, the superintendent of the county board shall submit to the department an explanation of the circumstances that prevented the timely submission. If the department finds the explanation to be sufficient, the department may grant an extension for the submission of the county board's five-year projection. If the department finds the explanation insufficient, or if no explanation is submitted, the department may do either of the following: (1) Conduct further reviews as necessary to complete the five-year projections at full cost to the county board; (2) Revoke the certification of the superintendent. (E) If the department determines that a county board willfully provided erroneous, inaccurate, or incomplete data as part of its five-year projection submitted pursuant to division (A) of this section, the department may take action as provided under division (D)(1) or (2) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.71
§ 5164.71. Payments for freestanding medical laboratory charges
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Medicaid payments for freestanding medical laboratory charges shall not exceed the customary and usual fee for laboratory profiles.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.45
§ 5126.45. Contract with provider of supported living
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) A contract between a county board of developmental disabilities and a provider of supported living shall be in writing and shall be based on the individual service plan developed by the individual under section 5126.41 of the Revised Code. The plan may be submitted as an addendum to the contract. An individual receiving services pursuant to a contract shall be considered a third-party beneficiary to the contract. (B) The contract shall be negotiated between the provider and the county board. The terms of the contract shall include at least the following: (1) The contract period and conditions for renewal; (2) The services to be provided pursuant to the individual service plan; (3) The rights and responsibilities of all parties to the contract; (4) The methods that will be used to evaluate the services delivered by the provider; (5) Procedures for contract modification that ensure all parties affected by the modification are involved and agree; (6) A process for resolving conflicts between individuals receiving services, the county board, and the provider, as applicable; (7) Procedures for the retention of applicable records; (8) Provisions for contract termination by any party involved that include requirements for an appropriate notice of intent to terminate the contract; (9) Methods to be used to document services provided; (10) Procedures for submitting reports required by the county board as a condition of receiving payment under the contract; (11) The method and schedule the board will use to make payments to the provider and whether periodic payment adjustments will be made to the provider; (12) Provisions for conducting fiscal reconciliations for payments made through methods other than a fee-for-service arrangement. (C) Payments to the provider under a supported living contract must be determined by the county board to be reasonable in accordance with policies and procedures developed by the county board. Goods or services provided without charge to the provider shall not be included as expenditures of the provider. (D) The county board shall establish procedures for reconciling expenditures and payments, other than those made under a fee-for-service arrangement, for the prior contract year when a contract is not renewed and shall reconcile expenditures and payments in accordance with these procedures. (E) A provider or an entity with which the county board has entered into a shared funding agreement may seek resolution of grievances with the county board using the procedures established by the county board under section 5126.42 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.41
§ 5180.41. [Former R.C. 5101.14, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] County allocations for children services
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 5180.411 of the Revised Code, "children services" means services provided to children pursuant to Chapter 5153. of the Revised Code. (B) Within available funds, the department of children and youth shall distribute funds to the counties within thirty days after the beginning of each calendar quarter for a part of the counties' costs for children services. Funds provided to the county under this section shall be deposited into the children services fund created pursuant to section 5180.411 of the Revised Code. (C) In each fiscal year, the amount of funds available for distribution under this section shall be allocated to counties as follows: (1) If the amount is less than the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year, each county shall receive an amount equal to the percentage of the funding it received in the immediately preceding fiscal year, exclusive of any releases from or additions to the allocation or any sanctions imposed under this section; (2) If the amount is equal to the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year, each county shall receive an amount equal to the amount it received in the preceding fiscal year, exclusive of any releases from or additions to the allocation or any sanctions imposed under this section; (3) If the amount is greater than the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year, each county shall receive the amount determined under division (C)(2) of this section as a base allocation, plus a percentage of the amount that exceeds the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year. The amount exceeding the amount initially appropriated in the immediately preceding fiscal year shall be allocated to the counties as follows: (a) Twelve per cent divided equally among all counties; (b) Forty-eight per cent in the ratio that the number of residents of the county under the age of eighteen bears to the total number of such persons residing in this state; (c) Forty per cent in the ratio that the number of residents of the county with incomes under the federal poverty guideline bears to the total number of such persons in this state. As used in division (C)(3)(c) of this section, "federal poverty guideline" means the poverty guideline as defined by the United States office of management and budget and revised by the United States secretary of health and human services in accordance with section 673 of the "Community Services Block Grant Act," 95 Stat. 511 (1981), 42 U.S.C.A. 9902, as amended. (D) Within ninety days after the end of each state fiscal biennium, each county shall return any unspent funds to the department. (E) The director of children and youth may adopt the following rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code: (1) Rules that are necessary for the allocation of funds under this section; (2) Rules prescribing reports on expenditures to be submitted by the counties as necessary for the implementation of this section. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.23
§ 5122.23. Reporting death or change in custody status of patient
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The chief clinical officer of a public hospital shall immediately report to the department of behavioral health and the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services serving the patient's county of residence the removal, death, escape, discharge, or trial visit of any patient hospitalized under section 5122.15 of the Revised Code, or the return of such an escaped or visiting patient to the department, the probate judge of the county from which such patient was hospitalized, and the probate judge of the county of residence of such patient. In case of death, the chief clinical officer also shall notify one or more of the nearest relatives of the deceased patient, if known to the chief clinical officer, by letter, telegram, or telephone. If the place of residence of such relative is unknown to the chief clinical officer, immediately upon receiving notification the probate judge shall in the speediest manner possible notify such relatives, if known to the probate judge. The chief clinical officer of a public hospital, upon the request of the probate judge of the county from which a patient was hospitalized or the probate judge of the county of residence of such a patient, shall make a report to the judge of the condition of any patient under the care, treatment, custody, or control of the chief clinical officer. Last updated August 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.34
§ 5121.34. Joint and several liability of patient, estate, and liable relatives
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) A patient, patient's estate, and patient's liable relatives shall be jointly and severally liable for amounts charged by the department of mental health and addiction services in accordance with section 5121.33 or 5121.35 of the Revised Code. In no case shall any of the foregoing persons be liable for more than one hundred per cent of the full amount charged under section 5121.33 of the Revised Code. (B) Collections of support payments shall be made by the department and, subject to meeting prior requirements for payment and crediting of such collections and other available receipts, in accordance with the bond proceedings applicable to obligations issued pursuant to section 154.20 of the Revised Code. The collections and other available receipts designated by the director of mental health and addiction services for deposit in the special accounts, together with insurance contract payments provided for in section 5121.43 of the Revised Code, shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the mental health operating fund, which is hereby created, to be used for the general purposes of the department. The department shall make refunds of overpayment of support charges from the mental health operating fund. Last updated August 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.231 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.231
§ 5122.231. Applying for county services
Status: in_force

October 10, 1989 House Bill 317 - 118th General Assembly Any person who has been hospitalized or committed under this chapter may, at any time, apply to the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services serving his county of residence for services listed in section 340.09 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.425 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.425
§ 5120.425. Prisoner access to inflammatory and other materials definitions
Status: in_force

November 3, 1999 House Bill 62 - 123rd General Assembly As used in sections 5120.425 to 5120.428 of the Revised Code: (A) "Head of a state correctional institution," "prisoner," and "state correctional institution" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Material" means a prerecorded magnetic audio or video tape, book, drawing, magazine, newspaper, pamphlet, poster, print, photograph, or other similar printed, written, recorded, or otherwise produced item. (C) "Prohibited inflammatory material" means a material that, in the determination of the warden or the warden's designee, is detrimental to, or poses a threat to, the rehabilitation of the inmates or the security, good order, or discipline within or on the grounds of the institution for any reason, including, but not limited to, that it is material with a sexually explicit nature. (D) "Publication review committee" means the committee created by the director of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to division (C) of section 5120.426 of the Revised Code. (E) "Warden" means the head of a state correctional institution. (F) "Warden's designee" means a person or a panel of persons designated by a warden to perform a responsibility that sections 5120.425 to 5120.428 of the Revised Code generally otherwise impose upon the warden.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.49
§ 5153.49. County withdrawing from district
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The board of county commissioners of any county within a children's home district may, upon the recommendation of the public children services agency, and subject to the approval of the department of children and youth, withdraw from such district and dispose of its interest in such home by selling or leasing its right, title, and interest in the site, buildings, furniture, and equipment to any counties in the district, at such price and on such terms as are agreed upon among the boards of county commissioners of the counties concerned. Section 307.10 of the Revised Code does not apply to this section. The net proceeds of any such sale or lease shall be paid into the county treasury of the withdrawing county. Members of the board of trustees of a district children's home who are residents of a county withdrawing from such district are deemed to have resigned their positions upon completion of the withdrawal procedure provided by this section. Vacancies thus created shall be filled according to sections 5153.39 and 5153.45 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.05
§ 5120.05. Maintenance and management of institutions
Status: in_force

March 17, 1998 Senate Bill 111 - 122nd General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction may maintain, operate, manage, and govern all state institutions for the custody, control, training, and rehabilitation of persons convicted of crime and sentenced to correctional institutions. The department may designate correctional institutions by appropriate respective names. The department may receive from the department of youth services any children in the custody of the department of youth services, committed to the department of rehabilitation and correction by the department of youth services, upon the terms and conditions that are agreed upon by the departments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.48
§ 5120.48. Apprehending escapee or prisoner mistakenly released
Status: in_force

September 30, 2011 House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly (A) If a prisoner escapes from a state correctional institution, the managing officer of the institution, after consultation with and upon the advice of appropriate law enforcement officials, shall assign and deploy into the community appropriate staff persons necessary to apprehend the prisoner. Correctional officers and officials may carry firearms when required in the discharge of their duties in apprehending, taking into custody, or transporting to a place of confinement a prisoner who has escaped from a state correctional institution. (B) If a prisoner is released from a state correctional institution prior to the lawful end of the person's prison term or term of imprisonment, whether by error, inadvertence, fraud, or any other cause except a lawful parole or judicial release granted pursuant to section 2929.20 of the Revised Code or the successful completion of a risk reduction sentence under section 5120.036 of the Revised Code, the managing officer of the institution, after consulting with the bureau of sentence computation, shall notify the chief of the adult parole authority, the office of victim services of the division of parole and community services, and the sentencing court of the mistaken release. Upon the direction of the chief, or the chief's designee, field officers of the authority may arrest the prisoner without a warrant and return the prisoner to the state correctional institution to complete the balance of the prisoner's sentence. The chief of the adult parole authority, or the chief's designee, may require the assistance of any peace officer or law enforcement officer in the apprehension of a prisoner of that nature.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5121.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5121 / § 5121.51
§ 5121.51. Petition for guardian where estate sufficient for support
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly In case the estate of any patient in a hospital is sufficient for the patient's support and no guardian has been appointed for such estate, the agent of the department of mental health and addiction services shall petition the probate court of the proper county to appoint a guardian. Last updated October 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.514 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.514
§ 5180.514. [Former R.C. 5101.856, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Kinship care navigator program - funding
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) The kinship care navigator program shall be funded to the extent that general revenue funds have been appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose. (2) The director of children and youth shall take any action necessary to obtain funds available for the kinship care navigator program under Title IV-E of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 670, as amended. (B) The department shall pay the full nonfederal share for the kinship care navigator program. No county department of job and family services or public children services agency shall be responsible for the cost of the program. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.43
§ 5126.43. Supported living arrangements
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) After receiving notice from the department of developmental disabilities of the amount of state funds to be distributed to it for planning, developing, contracting for, and providing supported living, the county board of developmental disabilities shall arrange for supported living on behalf of and with the consent of individuals based on their individual service plans developed under section 5126.41 of the Revised Code. With the state distribution and any other money designated by the board for supported living, the board shall arrange for supported living in one or more of the following ways: (1) By contracting under section 5126.45 of the Revised Code with providers selected by the individual to be served; (2) By entering into shared funding agreements with state agencies, local public agencies, or political subdivisions at rates negotiated by the board; (3) By providing direct payment or vouchers to be used to purchase supported living, pursuant to a written contract in an amount determined by the board, to the individual or a person providing the individual with protective services as defined in section 5123.55 of the Revised Code. (B) The board may arrange for supported living only with providers that are certified by the director of developmental disabilities. When no certified provider is willing and able to provide supported living for an individual in accordance with the terms of the individual service plan for that individual, a county board may provide supported living directly if it is certified by the director of developmental disabilities to provide supported living. A county board may, for a period not to exceed ninety days, contract for or provide supported living without meeting the requirements of this section for an individual it determines to be in emergency need of supported living. Thereafter, the individual shall choose providers in accordance with sections 5126.046 and 5126.41 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.221 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.221
§ 5101.221. County family services agency corrective action plan
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as provided by division (C) of this section, if the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth determines that a county family services agency has failed to comply with a performance or other administrative standard established under section 5101.22 of the Revised Code or by federal law for the administration or outcome of a family services duty, the department shall require the agency to develop, submit to the department for approval, and comply with a corrective action plan. (B) If a county family services agency fails to develop, submit to the department, or comply with a corrective action plan under division (A) of this section, or the department disapproves the agency's corrective action plan, the department may require the agency to develop, submit to the department for approval, and comply with a corrective action plan that requires the agency to commit existing resources to the plan. (C) The department may not require a county family services agency to take action under this section for failure to comply with a performance or other administrative standard established for an incentive awarded by the department. Instead, the department may require a county family services agency that fails to comply with that kind of performance or other administrative standard to take action in accordance with rules adopted by the department governing the standard. (D) At the request of a county family services agency, the department shall assist the agency with the development of a corrective action plan under this section and provide the agency technical assistance in the implementation of the plan. Last updated January 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.0219 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.0219
§ 5126.0219. Superintendent
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) Each county board of developmental disabilities shall either employ a superintendent or obtain the services of the superintendent of another county board of developmental disabilities. The board shall provide for a superintendent who is qualified, as specified in rules adopted by the department of developmental disabilities in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The superintendent shall have no voting privileges on the board. If the superintendent position becomes vacant, the county board first shall consider entering into an agreement with another county board for the sharing of a superintendent under division (B) of this section. If the county board determines there are no significant efficiencies or it is impractical to share a superintendent, the county board may employ a superintendent in accordance with this section to fill the vacancy. The board shall prescribe the duties of its superintendent and review the superintendent's performance. The superintendent may be removed, suspended, or demoted for cause pursuant to section 5126.23 of the Revised Code. The board shall fix the superintendent's compensation and reimburse the superintendent for actual and necessary expenses. Each county board that employs its own superintendent shall employ the superintendent under a contract. To enter into a contract, the board shall adopt a resolution agreeing to the contract. Each contract for employment or re-employment of a superintendent shall be for a term of not less than one and not more than five years. At the expiration of a superintendent's current term of employment, the superintendent may be re-employed. If the board intends not to re-employ the superintendent, the board shall give the superintendent written notification of its intention. The notice shall be given not less than ninety days prior to the expiration of the superintendent's contract. (B) Two or more county boards may enter into an arrangement under which the superintendent of one county board acts as the superintendent of another county board. To enter into such an arrangement, each board shall adopt a resolution agreeing to the arrangement. The resolutions shall specify the duration of the arrangement and the contribution each board is to make to the superintendent's compensation and reimbursement for expenses. (C) If a vacancy occurs in the position of superintendent, a county board may appoint a person who holds a valid superintendent's certificate issued under the rules of the department to work under a contract for an interim period not to exceed one hundred eighty days until a permanent superintendent can be employed or arranged for under division (A) or (B) of this section. The director of the department may approve additional periods of time for these types of interim appointments when so requested by a resolution adopted by a county board, if the director determines that the additional periods are warranted and the services of a permanent superintendent are not available.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5164.092 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5164 / § 5164.092
§ 5164.092. Coverage of remote ultrasounds and fetal nonstress tests
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the medicaid program shall cover remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal nonstress tests, utilizing established current procedural terminology codes (CPT codes) for those procedures for when the patient is in a residence or other off-site location from the patient's medicaid provider. (B) The coverage under division (A) of this section applies only under the following circumstances: (1) The medicaid provider responsible for the procedure uses digital technology that meets both of the following criteria: (a) The technology is used only to collect medical and other data from a patient and electronically transmit that data securely to a health care provider in a different location for that provider's examination of the data; (b) The technology has been approved by the United States food and drug administration for remote data acquisition, if required under federal law. (2) For remote fetal nonstress tests, the CPT code includes a place of service modifier for at home monitoring using remote monitoring solutions that are cleared by the United States food and drug administration for monitoring fetal heart rate, maternal heart rate, and uterine activity. (C) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. Last updated October 12, 2023 at 11:42 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.72
§ 5180.72. [Former R.C. 3701.65, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Choose life fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "choose life" fund. The fund shall consist of the contributions that are paid to the registrar of motor vehicles by applicants who voluntarily elect to obtain "choose life" license plates pursuant to section 4503.91 of the Revised Code and any money returned to the fund under division (E)(1)(d) of this section. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. (B)(1) At least annually, the director of children and youth shall distribute the money in the fund to any private, nonprofit organization that is eligible to receive funds under this section and that applies for funding under division (C) of this section. (2) The director shall allocate the funds to each county in proportion to the number of "choose life" license plates issued during the preceding year to vehicles registered in each county. The director shall distribute funds allocated for a county as follows: (a) To one or more eligible organizations located within the county; (b) If no eligible organization located within the county applies for funding, to one or more eligible organizations located in contiguous counties; (c) If no eligible organization located within the county or a contiguous county applies for funding, to one or more eligible organizations within any other county. (3) The director shall ensure that any funds allocated for a county are distributed equally among eligible organizations that apply for funding within the county. (C) Any organization seeking funds under this section annually shall apply for distribution of the funds based on the county in which the organization is located. An organization also may apply for funding in a county in which it is not located if it demonstrates that it provides services for pregnant women residing in that county. The director shall develop an application form and may determine the schedule and procedures that an organization shall follow when annually applying for funds. The application shall inform the applicant of the conditions for receiving and using funds under division (E) of this section. The application shall require evidence that the organization meets all of the following requirements: (1) Is a private, nonprofit organization; (2) Is committed to counseling pregnant women about the option of adoption; (3) Provides services within the state to pregnant women who are planning to place their children for adoption, including counseling and meeting the material needs of the women; (4) Does not charge women for any services received; (5) Is not involved or associated with any abortion activities, including counseling for or referrals to abortion clinics, providing medical abortion-related procedures, or pro-abortion advertising; (6) Does not discriminate in its provision of any services on the basis of race, religion, color, age, marital status, national origin, disability, gender, or age; (7) If the organization is applying for funding in a county in which it is not located, provides services for pregnant women residing in that county. (D) The director shall not distribute funds to an organization that does not provide verifiable evidence of the requirements specified in the application under division (C) of this section and shall not provide additional funds to any organization that fails to comply with division (E) of this section in regard to its previous receipt of funds under this section. (E)(1) An organization receiving funds under this section shall do all of the following: (a) Use not more than sixty per cent of the funds distributed to it for the material needs of pregnant women who are planning to place their children for adoption or for infants awaiting placement with adoptive parents, including clothing, housing, medical care, food, utilities, and transportation; (b) Use not more than forty per cent of the funds distributed to it for counseling, training, or advertising; (c) Not use any of the funds distributed to it for administrative expenses, legal expenses, or capital expenditures; (d) Annually return to the fund created under division (A) of this section any unused money that exceeds ten per cent of the money distributed to the organization. (2) The organization annually shall submit to the director an audited financial statement verifying its compliance with division (E)(1) of this section. (F) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to implement this section. It is not the intent of the general assembly that the department create a new position within the department to implement and administer this section. It is the intent of the general assembly that the implementation and administration of this section be accomplished by existing department personnel. (G) If funds that have been allocated to a county for any previous year have not been distributed to one or more eligible organizations, the director may distribute those funds in accordance with this section. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5122 / § 5122.10
§ 5122.10. Emergency hospitalization
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Any of the following who has reason to believe that a person is a person with a mental illness subject to court order and represents a substantial risk of physical harm to self or others if allowed to remain at liberty pending examination may take the person into custody and may immediately transport the person to a hospital or, notwithstanding section 5119.33 of the Revised Code, to a general hospital not licensed by the department of behavioral health where the person may be held for the period prescribed in this section: (a) A psychiatrist; (b) A licensed physician; (c) A licensed clinical psychologist; (d) A clinical nurse specialist who is certified as a psychiatric-mental health CNS by the American nurses credentialing center; (e) A certified nurse practitioner who is certified as a psychiatric-mental health NP by the American nurses credentialing center; (f) A health officer; (g) A parole officer; (h) A police officer; (i) A sheriff. (2) If the chief of the adult parole authority or a parole or probation officer with the approval of the chief of the authority has reason to believe that a parolee, an offender under a community control sanction or post-release control sanction, or an offender under transitional control is a person with a mental illness subject to court order and represents a substantial risk of physical harm to self or others if allowed to remain at liberty pending examination, the chief or officer may take the parolee or offender into custody and may immediately transport the parolee or offender to a hospital or, notwithstanding section 5119.33 of the Revised Code, to a general hospital not licensed by the department of behavioral health where the parolee or offender may be held for the period prescribed in this section. (B) A written statement shall be given to the hospital by the individual authorized under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section to transport the person. The statement shall specify the circumstances under which such person was taken into custody and the reasons for the belief that the person is a person with a mental illness subject to court order and represents a substantial risk of physical harm to self or others if allowed to remain at liberty pending examination. This statement shall be made available to the respondent or the respondent's attorney upon request of either. (C) Every reasonable and appropriate effort shall be made to take persons into custody in the least conspicuous manner possible. A person taking the respondent into custody pursuant to this section shall explain to the respondent: the name and professional designation and affiliation of the person taking the respondent into custody; that the custody-taking is not a criminal arrest; and that the person is being taken for examination by mental health professionals at a specified mental health facility identified by name. (D) If a person taken into custody under this section is transported to a general hospital, the general hospital may admit the person, or provide care and treatment for the person, or both, notwithstanding section 5119.33 of the Revised Code, but by the end of twenty-four hours after arrival at the general hospital, the person shall be transferred to a hospital as defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. (E) A person transported or transferred to a hospital or community mental health services provider under this section shall be examined by the staff of the hospital or services provider within twenty-four hours after arrival at the hospital or services provider. If to conduct the examination requires that the person remain overnight, the hospital or services provider shall admit the person in an unclassified status until making a disposition under this section. After the examination, if the chief clinical officer of the hospital or services provider believes that the person is not a person with a mental illness subject to court order, the chief clinical officer shall release or discharge the person immediately unless a court has issued a temporary order of detention applicable to the person under section 5122.11 of the Revised Code. After the examination, if the chief clinical officer believes that the person is a person with a mental illness subject to court order, the chief clinical officer may detain the person for not more than three court days following the day of the examination and during such period admit the person as a voluntary patient under section 5122.02 of the Revised Code or file an affidavit under section 5122.11 of the Revised Code. If neither action is taken and a court has not otherwise issued a temporary order of detention applicable to the person under section 5122.11 of the Revised Code, the chief clinical officer shall discharge the person at the end of the three-day period unless the person has been sentenced to the department of rehabilitation and correction and has not been released from the person's sentence, in which case the person shall be returned to that department. Last updated August 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5147.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5147 / § 5147.28
§ 5147.28. Court may establish work-release program
Status: in_force

October 16, 1996 House Bill 480 - 121st General Assembly (A) The court of common pleas and each municipal and county court in a county in which all of those courts agree on uniform standards may provide by rule for a work-release program to permit any prisoner in a county or city jail or workhouse, other than a prisoner sentenced under a non-suspendable sentence, to be employed with the prisoner's consent outside of the jail or workhouse. In any county in which the common pleas court, after reasonable efforts to obtain such an agreement, determines that such an agreement is not possible, the court, after reasonable notice to all interested courts and officials, shall place into effect rules of the court making provision for a work-release program available to all courts within the county. These rules shall limit the participants eligible for the work release program at any one time to a number established by the officer in charge of the county or city jail or workhouse in which the prisoners are confined. The limit shall be based upon the number of beds that may be allocated for the work release program under the classification plan of the facility adopted pursuant to rules adopted pursuant to section 5120.10 of the Revised Code. (B) Any court that establishes a work-release program under division (A) of this section shall adopt rules prescribing the conditions under which a prisoner is to leave the jail or workhouse during the hours of the prisoner's employment and go to and from work. The rules shall limit the hours of work-release to the hours of work plus a reasonable period of time for travel to and from the work site. The rules shall require a prisoner requesting additional travel time or modification to the hours of employment to justify the need for the additional travel time or modification to the hours of employment. (C) Upon approval of the sentencing judge located in any jurisdiction having a work-release program and subject to division (A) of this section, any person sentenced to a county or city jail or workhouse shall be permitted to participate in a work-release program. The sentencing judge may modify the conditions of work-release as the judge considers appropriate. (D) The court shall not assign a prisoner to work in an establishment where a legally constituted strike is in process. (E) Any prisoner participating in a work-release program shall be paid remuneration, subject to garnishment, and have hours and other conditions of work that are substantially equal to those prevailing for similar work in the locality. (F) If the officer in charge of the county or city jail or workhouse believes that a prisoner participating in the work-release program has violated the conditions of work-release, the officer may temporarily suspend the prisoner's work-release privileges pending the outcome of the hearing described in this division. The officer shall provide notice to the prisoner and to the sentencing judge on the next day that the court is in session. The sentencing judge shall hold a hearing to determine whether the prisoner violated the conditions of work-release and, if the prisoner is found to have violated the conditions of work release, take appropriate action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.501 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.501
§ 5165.501. Compliance with Social Security Act required
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly An operator shall comply with the "Social Security Act," section 1919(c)(2)(F), 42 U.S.C. 1396r(c)(2)(F) if the operator's nursing facility undergoes a voluntary withdrawal of participation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.171
§ 5120.171. Care and treatment of seriously mentally ill inmates
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall have exclusive direction and control of the care and treatment of seriously mentally ill inmates who are in the department's custody. The department shall enter into any arrangements it considers desirable on such matters, including but not limited to both of the following: (1) The monitoring of such services by another state agency or agencies; (2) Adopting joint standards for the provision and monitoring of mental health services with the department of mental health and addiction services and other state agencies. (B) In order to implement its duties imposed by division (A) of this section, the department of rehabilitation and correction may enter into a contract for the provision of the mental health services described in that division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.31
§ 5160.31. Appeals regarding determination of eligibility for medical assistance program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) A medical assistance recipient may appeal a decision regarding the recipient's eligibility for a medical assistance program or services available to the recipient under a medical assistance program. (B) Regarding appeals authorized by this section, the department of medicaid shall do one or more of the following: (1) Administer an appeals process similar to the appeals process established under section 5101.35 of the Revised Code; (2) Contract with the department of job and family services pursuant to section 5162.35 of the Revised Code to provide for the department of job and family services to hear the appeals in accordance with section 5101.35 of the Revised Code; (3) Delegate authority to hear appeals to an exchange or exchange appeals entity. (C) If a medical assistance recipient files an appeal as authorized by this section, the department of medicaid may do either or both of the following: (1) Take corrective action regarding the matter being appealed before a hearing decision regarding the matter is issued; (2) If a hearing decision, administrative appeal decision, or court ruling is against the recipient, take action in favor of the recipient despite the contrary decision or ruling, unless, in the case of a court's ruling, the ruling prohibits the department from taking the action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.28
§ 5119.28. Confidentiality of records pertaining to person's mental health condition, assessment, provision of care or treatment, or payment for assessment, care or treatment
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) All records, and reports, other than court journal entries or court docket entries, identifying a person and pertaining to the person's mental health condition, assessment, provision of care, treatment, or recovery supports, or payment for assessment, care, treatment, or recovery supports that are maintained in connection with any services certified by the department of behavioral health, any recovery supports paid for with funds administered by the department or a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, or any hospitals or facilities licensed or operated by the department, shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person except: (1) If the person identified, or the person's legal guardian, if any, or if the person is a minor, the person's parent or legal guardian, consents; (2) When disclosure is provided for in this chapter or Chapter 340. or 5122. of the Revised Code or in accordance with other provisions of state or federal law authorizing such disclosure; (3) That hospitals, boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, licensed facilities, and community mental health services providers may release necessary information to insurers and other third-party payers, including government entities responsible for processing and authorizing payment, to obtain payment for goods and services furnished to the person; (4) Pursuant to a court order signed by a judge; (5) That a person shall be granted access to the person's own psychiatric and medical records, unless access specifically is restricted in a person's treatment plan for clear treatment reasons; (6) That the department of behavioral health may exchange psychiatric records and other pertinent information with community mental health services providers and boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services relating to the person's care or services. Records and information that may be exchanged pursuant to this division shall be limited to medication history, physical health status and history, financial status, summary of course of treatment, summary of treatment needs, and a discharge summary, if any. (7) That the department of behavioral health, hospitals and community providers operated by the department, hospitals licensed by the department under section 5119.33 of the Revised Code, and community mental health services providers may exchange psychiatric records and other pertinent information with payers and other providers of treatment and health services if the purpose of the exchange is to facilitate continuity of care for the person or for the emergency treatment of the person; (8) That the department of behavioral health and community mental health services providers may exchange psychiatric records and other pertinent information with boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services for purposes of any board function set forth in Chapter 340. of the Revised Code. Boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services shall not access any personal information from the department or providers except as required or permitted by this section, or Chapter 340. or 5122. of the Revised Code for purposes related to payment, care coordination, health care operations, program and service evaluation, reporting activities, research, system administration, oversight, or other authorized purposes. (9) That a person's family member who is involved in the provision, planning, and monitoring of services to the person may receive medication information, a summary of the person's diagnosis and prognosis, and a list of the services and personnel available to assist the person and the person's family, if the person's treatment provider determines that the disclosure would be in the best interests of the person. No such disclosure shall be made unless the person is notified first and receives the information and does not object to the disclosure. (10) That community mental health services providers may exchange psychiatric records and certain other information with the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services and other providers in order to provide services to a person involuntarily committed to a board. Release of records under this division shall be limited to medication history, physical health status and history, financial status, summary of course of treatment, summary of treatment needs, and discharge summary, if any. (11) That information may be disclosed to the executor or the administrator of an estate of a deceased person when the information is necessary to administer the estate; (12) That information may be disclosed to staff members of the appropriate board or to staff members designated by the director of behavioral health for the purpose of evaluating the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of mental health services and recovery supports and determining if the services and supports meet minimum standards. Information obtained during such evaluations shall not be retained with the name of any person. (13) That records pertaining to the person's diagnosis, course of treatment, treatment needs, and prognosis shall be disclosed and released to the appropriate prosecuting attorney if the person was committed pursuant to section 2945.38 , 2945.39 , 2945.40 , 2945.401 , or 2945.402 of the Revised Code, or to the attorney designated by the board for proceedings pursuant to involuntary commitment under Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code; (14) That the department of behavioral health may exchange psychiatric hospitalization records, other mental health treatment records, and other pertinent information with the department of rehabilitation and correction and with the department of youth services to ensure continuity of care for inmates and offenders who are receiving mental health services in an institution of the department of rehabilitation and correction or the department of youth services and may exchange psychiatric hospitalization records, other mental health treatment records, and other pertinent information with boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services and community mental health services providers to ensure continuity of care for inmates or offenders who are receiving mental health services in an institution and are scheduled for release within six months. The release of records under this division is limited to records regarding an inmate's or offender's medication history, physical health status and history, summary of course of treatment, summary of treatment needs, and a discharge summary, if any. (15) That a community mental health services provider that ceases to operate may transfer to either a community mental health services provider that assumes its caseload or to the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services of the service district in which the person resided at the time mental health services or recovery supports were most recently provided any records concerning the services or supports that have not been transferred elsewhere at the person's request; (16) That records and reports relating to a person who has been deceased for fifty years or more are no longer considered confidential. (B) Before records are disclosed pursuant to divisions (A)(3), (6), and (10) of this section, the custodian of the records shall attempt to obtain the person's consent for the disclosure. (C) No person shall reveal the content of a medical record of a person that is confidential pursuant to this section, except as authorized by law. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5117.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5117 / § 5117.22
§ 5117.22. Energy oil overcharge fund
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 Senate Bill 314 - 129th General Assembly All petroleum violation escrow funds received by this state from the federal government shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the energy oil overcharge fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall be used by the development services agency for energy conservation and assistance programs approved by the United States department of energy. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5168.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5168 / § 5168.14
§ 5168.14. Providing basic, medically necessary hospital-level services to individuals who are residents
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Each hospital that receives funds distributed under sections 5168.01 to 5168.14 of the Revised Code shall provide, without charge to the individual, basic, medically necessary hospital-level services to individuals who are residents of this state, are not medicaid recipients, and whose income is at or below the federal poverty line. The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5168.02 of the Revised Code specifying the hospital services to be provided under this section. (B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a hospital from requiring an individual to apply for the medicaid program before the hospital processes an application under this section. Hospitals may bill any third-party payer for services rendered under this section. Hospitals may bill the medicaid program, in accordance with state statutes governing the medicaid program and rules adopted under those statutes, for medicaid services rendered under this section if the individual becomes a medicaid recipient. Hospitals may bill individuals for services under this section if all of the following apply: (1) The hospital has an established post-billing procedure for determining the individual's income and canceling the charges if the individual is found to qualify for services under this section. (2) The initial bill, and at least the first follow-up bill, is accompanied by a written statement that does all of the following: (a) Explains that individuals with income at or below the federal poverty line are eligible for services without charge; (b) Specifies the federal poverty line for individuals and families of various sizes at the time the bill is sent; (c) Describes the procedure required by division (C)(1) of this section. (3) The hospital complies with any additional rules adopted under section 5168.02 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, a hospital providing care to an individual under this section is subrogated to the rights of any individual to receive compensation or benefits from any person or governmental entity for the hospital goods and services rendered. (C) Each hospital shall collect and report to the department of medicaid, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, information on the number and identity of patients served pursuant to this section. (D) This section applies beginning May 22, 1992, regardless of whether rules specifying the services to be provided have been adopted. Nothing in this section alters the scope or limits the obligation of any governmental entity or program, including the program awarding reparations to victims of crime under sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code and the program for children and youth with special health care needs established under section 3701.023 of the Revised Code, to pay for hospital services in accordance with state or local law. Last updated September 5, 2023 at 3:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.08
§ 5124.08. Provider agreements with ICF/IID providers
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Every provider agreement with an ICF/IID provider shall do both of the following: (1) Except as provided by division (B) of this section, include any part of the ICF/IID that meets federal and state standards for medicaid certification; (2) Prohibit the provider from doing either of the following: (a) Discriminating against a resident on the basis of race, color, sex, creed, or national origin; (b) Subject to division (D) of this section, failing or refusing to do either of the following: (i) Admit as a resident of the ICF/IID an individual because the individual is, or may (as a resident of the ICF/IID) become, a medicaid recipient if less than eighty per cent of the ICF/IID's residents are medicaid recipients; (ii) Retain as a resident of the ICF/IID an individual because the individual is, or may (as a resident of the ICF/IID) become, a medicaid recipient. (B) Unless otherwise required by federal law, an ICF/IID bed is not required to be included in a provider agreement if the bed is designated for respite care under a medicaid waiver component operated pursuant to a waiver sought under section 5166.20 of the Revised Code. (C) For the purpose of division (A)(2)(b)(ii) of this section, a medicaid recipient who is a resident of an ICF/IID shall be considered a resident of the ICF/IID during any hospital stays totaling less than twenty-five days during any twelve-month period. A medicaid recipient identified by the department of developmental disabilities or its designee as requiring the level of care of an ICF/IID shall not be subject to a maximum period of absences during which the recipient is considered to be an ICF/IID resident if prior authorization of the department for visits with relatives and friends and participation in therapeutic programs is obtained in accordance with rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code. (D) Nothing in this section shall bar a provider from doing any of the following: (1) If the provider is a religious organization operating a religious or denominational ICF/IID, giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination; (2) Giving preference to persons with whom the provider has contracted to provide continuing care; (3) Retaining residents who have resided in the provider's ICF/IID for not less than one year as private pay residents and who subsequently become medicaid recipients but refusing to admit as a resident an individual who is, or may (as a resident of the ICF/IID) become, a medicaid recipient, if all of the following apply: (a) The provider does not refuse to retain a resident who has resided in the provider's ICF/IID for not less than one year as a private pay resident because the resident becomes a medicaid recipient, except as necessary to comply with division (D)(3)(b) of this section. (b) The number of medicaid recipients retained under division (D)(3) of this section does not at any time exceed ten per cent of all the ICF/IID's residents. (c) On July 1, 1980, all the ICF/IID's residents were private pay residents. (E) No provider shall violate the provider agreement obligations imposed by this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.51
§ 5123.51. Reviewing report of abuse, neglect or misappropriation
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) In addition to any other action required by sections 5123.61 and 5126.31 of the Revised Code, the department of developmental disabilities shall review each report the department receives of abuse or neglect of an individual with a developmental disability or misappropriation of an individual's property that includes an allegation that a developmental disabilities employee committed or was responsible for the abuse, neglect, or misappropriation. The department shall review a report it receives from a public children services agency only after the agency completes its investigation pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code. On receipt of a notice under section 2930.061 or 5123.541 of the Revised Code, the department shall review the notice. (B) The department shall do both of the following: (1) Investigate the allegation or adopt the findings of an investigation or review of the allegation conducted by another person or government entity and determine whether there is a reasonable basis for the allegation; (2) If the department determines that there is a reasonable basis for the allegation, conduct an adjudication pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C)(1) The department shall appoint an independent hearing officer to conduct any hearing conducted pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section, except that, if the hearing is regarding an employee of the department who is represented by a union, the department and a representative of the union shall jointly select the hearing officer. (2)(a) Except as provided in division (C)(2)(b) of this section, no hearing shall be conducted under division (B)(2) of this section until any criminal proceeding or collective bargaining arbitration concerning the same allegation has concluded. (b) The department may conduct a hearing pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section before a criminal proceeding concerning the same allegation is concluded if both of the following are the case: (i) The department notifies the prosecutor responsible for the criminal proceeding that the department proposes to conduct a hearing. (ii) The prosecutor consents to the hearing. (3) In conducting a hearing pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section, the hearing officer shall do all of the following: (a) Determine whether there is clear and convincing evidence that the developmental disabilities employee has done any of the following: (i) Misappropriated property of one or more individuals with developmental disabilities that has a value, either separately or taken together, of one hundred dollars or more; (ii) Misappropriated property of an individual with a developmental disability that is designed to be used as a check, draft, negotiable instrument, credit card, charge card, or device for initiating an electronic fund transfer at a point of sale terminal, automated teller machine, or cash dispensing machine; (iii) Misappropriated prescribed medication of an individual with a developmental disability; (iv) Knowingly abused such an individual; (v) Recklessly abused or neglected such an individual, with resulting physical harm; (vi) Negligently abused or neglected such an individual, with resulting serious physical harm; (vii) Recklessly neglected such an individual, creating a substantial risk of serious physical harm; (viii) Engaged in sexual conduct or had sexual contact with an individual with a developmental disability who was not the developmental disabilities employee's spouse and for whom the developmental disabilities employee was employed or under a contract to provide care; (ix) Unreasonably failed to make a report pursuant to division (C) of section 5123.61 of the Revised Code when the employee knew or should have known that the failure would result in a substantial risk of harm to an individual with a developmental disability; (x) Been convicted of or entered a plea of guilty to any of the following if the victim of the offense is an individual with a developmental disability: an offense of violence, a violation of a section contained in Chapter 2907. or Chapter 2913. of the Revised Code, or a violation of section 2903.16 , 2903.34 , 2903.341 , or 2919.22 of the Revised Code. (b) Give weight to the decision in any collective bargaining arbitration regarding the same allegation; (c) Give weight to any relevant facts presented at the hearing. (D)(1) Unless the director of developmental disabilities determines that there are extenuating circumstances and except as provided in division (E) of this section, if the director, after considering all of the factors listed in division (C)(3) of this section, finds that there is clear and convincing evidence that a developmental disabilities employee has done one or more of the things described in division (C)(3)(a) of this section the director shall include the name of the employee in the registry established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code. (2) Extenuating circumstances the director must consider include the use of physical force by a developmental disabilities employee that was necessary as self-defense. (3) If the director includes a developmental disabilities employee in the registry established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code, the director shall notify the employee, the person or government entity that employs or contracts with the employee, the individual with a developmental disability who was the subject of the report and that individual's legal guardian, if any, the attorney general, and the prosecuting attorney or other law enforcement agency. If the developmental disabilities employee holds a license, certificate, registration, or other authorization to engage in a profession issued pursuant to Title XLVII of the Revised Code, the director shall notify the appropriate agency, board, department, or other entity responsible for regulating the employee's professional practice. (4) If an individual whose name appears on the registry is involved in a court proceeding or arbitration arising from the same facts as the allegation resulting in the individual's placement on the registry, the disposition of the proceeding or arbitration shall be noted in the registry next to the individual's name. (E) In the case of an allegation concerning an employee of the department, after the hearing conducted pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section, the director of health or that director's designee shall review the decision of the hearing officer to determine whether the standard described in division (C)(3) of this section has been met. If the director or designee determines that the standard has been met and that no extenuating circumstances exist, the director or designee shall notify the director of developmental disabilities that the developmental disabilities employee is to be included in the registry established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code. If the director of developmental disabilities receives such notification, the director shall include the developmental disabilities employee in the registry and shall provide the notification described in division (D)(3) of this section. (F) If the department is required by Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to give notice of an opportunity for a hearing and the developmental disabilities employee subject to the notice does not timely request a hearing in accordance with section 119.07 or 5123.0414 of the Revised Code, the department is not required to hold a hearing. (G) Files and records of investigations conducted pursuant to this section are not public records as defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code, but, on request, the department shall provide copies of those files and records to the attorney general, a prosecuting attorney, or a law enforcement agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.191 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.191
§ 5139.191. Apprehending juvenile escapees
Status: in_force

January 1, 2002 Senate Bill 179 - 123rd General Assembly Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, officer of state or local police, or employee of the department of youth services shall apprehend any child who has escaped from an institution under the jurisdiction of the department and return the child. The written request of the superintendent of the institution from which the child has escaped shall be sufficient cause to authorize the apprehension and return of the child to the institution. Such request shall state the name and description of the child, that the child is under the jurisdiction of the department of youth services, and that the superintendent has personal knowledge that the child has escaped. A child so apprehended may be confined in the detention facility of the county in which the child is apprehended until removed to the proper institution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5126.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5126 / § 5126.62
§ 5126.62. No liability for defaults on loans
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly The county, board of county commissioners, county board of developmental disabilities, and county investing authority are not liable to any eligible lending institution in any manner for payment of the principal or interest on a loan to an eligible organization. Delay in payment or default on the part of an eligible organization does not in any manner affect the residential facility linked deposit agreement between the county investing authority and the eligible lending institution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.899 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5101 / § 5101.899
§ 5101.899. Record access and confidentiality
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The youth and family ombudsmen office shall have access to the records of the department of children and youth and the department of job and family services that are necessary for the administration of sections 5101.89 to 5101.899 of the Revised Code and in the performance of its official duties, including any records maintained in the uniform statewide automated child welfare information system under section 5180.40 of the Revised Code. The office has the right to request of the director of children and youth and the director of job and family services necessary information from any work unit of the department having information. The collection, compilation, analysis, and dissemination of information by the office shall be performed in a manner that protects complainants, individuals providing information about a complaint, public entities, and confidential records. (B) The office shall have access to any necessary records in the control of a public children services agency, a Title IV-E agency, or a private provider agency that administers or oversees foster care or placement services for the children services system. (C) Files of the office and any records contained in those files are not public records subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Information contained in investigative and other files maintained by the office shall be disclosed only at the discretion of the office or if disclosure is required by a court order. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5147.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5147 / § 5147.27
§ 5147.27. Temporary details to specified labor
Status: in_force

October 6, 1994 House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code, may detail, temporarily, from a state correctional institution, with the consent of the managing officer of the institution, any inmates under its control, to perform specified labor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5166 / § 5166.21
§ 5166.21. Transitions developmental disabilities waiver
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly The department of medicaid shall enter into a contract with the department of developmental disabilities under section 5162.35 of the Revised Code with regard to one or more of the medicaid waiver components created by the department of medicaid under section 5166.20 of the Revised Code. The contract shall include the medicaid waiver component known as the transitions developmental disabilities waiver. The contract shall provide for the department of developmental disabilities to administer the components in accordance with the terms of the federal medicaid waivers authorizing the components. The contract shall include a schedule for the department of developmental disabilities to begin administering the transitions developmental disabilities waiver. If the department of developmental disabilities or the department of medicaid denies an individual's application for home and community-based services provided under any of these medicaid components, the department that denied the services shall give timely notice to the individual that the individual may appeal pursuant to section 5160.31 of the Revised Code. The departments of developmental disabilities and medicaid may approve, reduce, deny, or terminate a medicaid service included in the individual service plan developed for a medicaid recipient eligible for home and community-based services provided under any of these medicaid components. The departments shall consider the recommendations a county board of developmental disabilities makes under division (A)(1)(c) of section 5126.055 of the Revised Code. If either department approves, reduces, denies, or terminates a medicaid service, that department shall give timely notice to the medicaid recipient that the recipient may appeal pursuant to section 5160.31 of the Revised Code. If supported living, as defined in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code, is to be provided as a medicaid service under any of these components, any person or government entity with a current, valid provider agreement and a current, valid certificate under section 5123.161 of the Revised Code may provide the medicaid service. If a medicaid service is to be provided under any of these components by a residential facility, as defined in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code, any person or government entity with a current, valid provider agreement and a current, valid license under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code may provide the medicaid service.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5124.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5124 / § 5124.071
§ 5124.071. Agreements with more than one ICF/IID
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly An ICF/IID operator may enter into provider agreements for more than one ICF/IID.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5147.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5147 / § 5147.21
§ 5147.21. Board of county commissioners may employ superintendent
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may employ a superintendent and such guards and attendants as are necessary for the safekeeping, proper working, and welfare of its convicts, and, in all other respects, shall make efficient the service contemplated in sections 5147.01 to 5147.26 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.653 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5120 / § 5120.653
§ 5120.653. Termination of participation in program
Status: in_force

March 15, 2001 House Bill 661 - 123rd General Assembly An inmate's participation in the prison nursery program may be terminated by the department of rehabilitation and correction if one of the following occurs: (A) The inmate fails to comply with the agreement entered into under division (A) of section 5120.652 of the Revised Code. (B) The inmate's child becomes seriously ill, cannot meet medical criteria established by the department of rehabilitation and correction for the program, or otherwise cannot safely participate in the program. (C) A court issues an order that designates a person other than the inmate as the child's residential parent and legal custodian. (D) A juvenile court, in an action brought pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 2151.23 of the Revised Code, grants custody of the child to a person other than the inmate. (E) An order is issued pursuant to section 3109.04 of the Revised Code granting shared parenting of the child. (F) An order of disposition regarding the child is issued pursuant to division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2151.353 of the Revised Code granting temporary, permanent, or legal custody of the child to a person, other than the inmate, or to a public children services agency or private child placing agency. (G) The inmate is released from imprisonment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5160.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5160 / § 5160.05
§ 5160.05. Appointment of employees
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The medicaid director may appoint such employees as are necessary for the efficient operation of the department of medicaid. The director may prescribe the title and duties of the employees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5103.614 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.614
§ 5103.614. Family preservation center operational requirements
Status: in_force

June 13, 2022 House Bill 265 - 134th General Assembly A certified family preservation center shall do the following: (A) Obtain and maintain accreditation under the commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities, the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations, or the council on accreditation for children and family services; (B) Obtain and maintain certification by the Ohio department of mental health and addiction services ; (C) Provide family preservation programs informed by evidence-based or promising practices, including all of the following: (1) Family case management; (2) Service referral and linkage; (3) Parent education; (4) Trauma screening and healing-centered interventions. Last updated October 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.11
§ 5167.11. Managed care organization contract to provide grievance process
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly Each medicaid managed care organization shall provide a grievance process for the organization's enrollees in accordance with 42 C.F.R. 438, subpart F.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5180.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5180 / § 5180.57
§ 5180.57. [Former R.C. 5101.889, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Foster care maintenance payments for kinship caregiver certified as foster home
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly A kinship caregiver, on obtaining foster home certification under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code, shall receive foster care maintenance payments equal to the custodial agency rate as determined by the certifying agency, which is either the custodial agency, private child placing agency, or private non-custodial agency. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.512 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.512
§ 5165.512. Agreements with entering operators effective on a later date
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The department of medicaid may enter into a provider agreement with an entering operator that goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on the date determined under division (B) of this section if all of the following are the case: (1) The department receives a properly completed written notice required by section 5165.51 of the Revised Code. (2) The department receives, from the entering operator and in accordance with the method specified in rules authorized by section 5165.53 of the Revised Code, a completed application for a provider agreement and all other forms and documents specified in rules adopted under that section. (3) The department receives, from the exiting operator or owner and in accordance with the method specified in rules authorized by section 5165.53 of the Revised Code, all forms and documents specified in rules adopted under that section. (4) One or more of the following apply: (a) The requirement of division (A)(1) of this section is met after the time required by section 5165.51 of the Revised Code; (b) The requirement of division (A)(2) of this section is met more than ten days after the effective date of the change of operator; (c) The requirement of division (A)(3) of this section is met more than ten days after the effective date of the change of operator. (5) The entering operator is eligible for medicaid payments as provided in section 5165.06 of the Revised Code. (B) The department shall determine the date a provider agreement entered into under this section is to go into effect as follows: (1) The effective date shall give the department sufficient time to process the change of operator, assure no duplicate payments are made, and make the withholding required by section 5165.521 of the Revised Code. (2) The effective date shall be not earlier than the latest of the following: (a) The effective date of the change of operator; (b) The date that the entering operator complies with section 5165.51 of the Revised Code and division (A)(2) of this section; (c) The date that the exiting operator or owner complies with section 5165.51 of the Revised Code and division (A)(3) of this section. (3) The effective date shall be not later than the following after the later of the dates specified in division (B)(2) of this section: (a) Forty-five days if the change of operator does not entail the relocation of residents; (b) Ninety days if the change of operator entails the relocation of residents.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5161.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5161 / § 5161.05
§ 5161.05. Continued operation of federal component
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The medicaid director may continue to operate the component of the children's health insurance program initially authorized by an executive order issued under section 107.17 of the Revised Code as long as federal financial participation is available for the program. If operated, the component shall pay for part or all of the cost of health benefits coverage for uninsured individuals under nineteen years of age with family incomes not exceeding one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty line.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5139.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5139 / § 5139.14
§ 5139.14. Reentry services by nonprofit faith-based organizations
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) The department of youth services shall permit representatives of all nonprofit faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, and community organizations that are registered with the department to enter institutions that are under the department's control and management for the purpose of providing reentry services to delinquent children in the department's custody. Reentry services may include, but are not limited to, counseling, housing, job-placement, and money-management assistance. (2) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the screening and registration of nonprofit faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, and community organizations that apply to provide reentry services to delinquent children in institutions under the department's control and management. (B)(1) The department shall post a department telephone number on the department's official internet web site that nonprofit faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, and community organizations that wish to provide reentry services to delinquent children may call to obtain information. The internet web site also shall list all of the faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, and community organizations that are registered with the department under this section. (2) The department shall actively recruit nonprofit faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, and community organizations to provide reentry services in institutions under the department's control and management. The department shall recruit nonprofit organizations from all faiths and beliefs. (C) Annually, the department shall issue a written report on the department's progress in implementing the recommendations of the correctional faith-based initiatives task force. The department shall provide a copy of the written report to the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code. (D) The department shall not endorse or sponsor any faith-based reentry program or endorse any specific religious message. The department may not require any child in its custody to participate in a faith-based program. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5104.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5104 / § 5104.43
§ 5104.43. Deposits into public assistance fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly Each county department of job and family services shall deposit all funds received from any source for child care services into the public assistance fund established under section 5101.161 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.04
§ 5119.04. Compliance with standards
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of behavioral health and any institutions under its supervision or jurisdiction shall, where applicable, be in substantial compliance with standards set forth for psychiatric facilities by the joint commission or medical assistance standards under Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, or other applicable standards. The requirements of this section are in addition to any other requirements established by the Revised Code and nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any rights, privileges, protections, or immunities which may exist under the constitution and laws of the United States or this state. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.135 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.135
§ 5162.135. Infant mortality scorecard
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "stillbirth" has the same meaning as in section 5180.12 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of medicaid shall create an infant mortality scorecard. The scorecard shall report all of the following: (1) The performance of the fee-for-service component of medicaid and each medicaid managed care organization on population health measures, including the infant mortality rate, preterm birth rate, low-birthweight rate, and stillbirth rate, delineated in accordance with division (C) of this section; (2) The performance of the fee-for-service component of medicaid and each medicaid managed care organization on service utilization and outcome measures using claims data and data from vital records; (3) The number and percentage of women who are at least fifteen but less than forty-four years of age who are medicaid recipients; (4) The number of medicaid recipients who delivered a newborn and the percentage of those who reported tobacco use at the time of delivery; (5) The number of prenatal, postpartum, and adolescent wellness visits made by medicaid recipients; (6) The percentage of pregnant medicaid recipients who initiated progesterone therapy during pregnancy; (7) The percentage of female medicaid recipients of childbearing age who participate in a tobacco cessation program or use a tobacco cessation product; (8) The percentage of female medicaid recipients of childbearing age who use long-acting reversible contraception; (9) A comparison of the low-birthweight rate of medicaid recipients with the low-birthweight rate of women who are not medicaid recipients; (10) Any other information on maternal and child health that the department considers appropriate. (C) To the extent possible, the performance measures described in division (B)(1) of this section shall be delineated in the scorecard as follows: (1) For each region of the state and the state as a whole, by race and ethnic group; (2) For the urban and rural communities specified in rules adopted under section 3701.142 of the Revised Code, as well as for any other communities that are the subject of targeted infant mortality reduction initiatives administered by one or more state agencies, by race, ethnic group, and census tract. The scorecard shall be updated each calendar quarter and made available on the department's internet web site. (D) The department shall make available the data sources and methodology used to complete the scorecard to any person or government entity on request. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.108 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.108
§ 5165.108. Desk review of cost report
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The department of medicaid shall conduct a desk review of each cost report it receives under section 5165.10 or 5165.522 of the Revised Code. Based on the desk review, the department shall make a preliminary determination of whether the reported costs are allowable costs. The department shall notify each nursing facility provider of whether any of the reported costs are preliminarily determined not to be allowable, the medicaid payment rate determined under this chapter that results from that determination, and the reasons for the determination and resulting rate. The department shall allow the provider to verify the calculation and submit additional information.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5162.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5162 / § 5162.50
§ 5162.50. Health care-federal fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The health care - federal fund is hereby created in the state treasury. All of the following shall be credited to the fund: (1) Funds that division (B) of section 5168.11 of the Revised Code requires be credited to the fund; (2) The federal share of all rebates paid by drug manufacturers to the department of medicaid in accordance with a rebate agreement required by the "Social Security Act," section 1927, 42 U.S.C. 1396r-8; (3) The federal share of all supplemental rebates paid by drug manufacturers to the department of medicaid in accordance with the supplemental drug rebate program established under section 5164.755 of the Revised Code; (4) Except as otherwise provided by statute or as authorized by the controlling board, the federal share of all other medicaid-related revenues, collections, and recoveries. (B) All money credited to the health care - federal fund pursuant to division (B) of section 5168.11 of the Revised Code shall be used solely for distributing funds to hospitals under section 5168.09 of the Revised Code. The department of medicaid shall use all other money credited to the fund to pay for other medicaid services and contracts.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5167.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5167 / § 5167.41
§ 5167.41. Disenrolling some or all medicaid recipients from MCO plan offered by a managed care organization
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The department of medicaid may disenroll some or all medicaid recipients from a medicaid MCO plan offered by a medicaid managed care organization if the department proposes to terminate or not to renew the contract entered into under section 5167.10 of the Revised Code and determines that the recipients' access to medically necessary services is jeopardized by the proposal to terminate or not to renew the contract. The disenrollment is not subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, but the medicaid managed care organization may request a reconsideration of the disenrollment. Reconsiderations shall be requested and conducted in accordance with rules the medicaid director shall adopt under section 5167.02 of the Revised Code. The request for, or conduct of, a reconsideration regarding a proposed disenrollment shall not delay the disenrollment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.371 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5123 / § 5123.371
§ 5123.371. Payment to director after sale of facility
Status: in_force

October 6, 2009 Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly If the director of developmental disabilities approves an application submitted under section 5123.37 of the Revised Code, the county board of developmental disabilities or private, nonprofit agency that submitted the application shall, after selling the facility for which the county board or agency received approval to sell, pay to the director the portion of the proceeds that equals the amount that the director determines the county board or agency owes the department of developmental disabilities, including the department's security interest in the facility, for the state funds used to acquire the facility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5165.082 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5165 / § 5165.082
§ 5165.082. Qualification of beds
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the operator of a nursing facility that elects to have the nursing facility participate in the medicaid program shall qualify all of the nursing facility's medicaid-certified beds in the medicare program. The medicaid director may adopt rules under section 5165.02 of the Revised Code to establish the time frame in which a nursing facility must comply with this requirement. (B) The department of veterans services is not required to qualify all of the medicaid-certified beds in a nursing facility the department maintains and operates under section 5907.01 of the Revised Code in the medicare program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.39
§ 5153.39. Appointing board of trustees
Status: in_force

September 14, 1957 House Bill 927 - 102nd General Assembly Immediately upon the organization of the joint board of county commissioners as provided by section 5153.36 of the Revised Code, or as soon thereafter as practicable, such joint board of county commissioners shall appoint a board of five trustees, which shall hold office and perform it duties until the first annual meeting after the choice of an established site and buildings or after the selection and purchase of a building site, at which time such joint board of county commissioners shall appoint a board of five trustees, one of whom shall hold office for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, one for the term of three years, one for the term of four years, and one for the term of five years. Annually thereafter, the joint board of county commissioners shall appoint one trustee, who shall hold his office for the term of five years. The annual meeting of the board of trustees shall be held on the first Tuesday of May in each year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5153.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5153 / § 5153.27
§ 5153.27. Department of children and youth certification
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A public children services agency operating a children's home or other institution is subject to sections 5103.03 and 5103.04 of the Revised Code respecting certification by the department of children and youth. Last updated April 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5119.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5119 / § 5119.14
§ 5119.14. Department of behavioral health powers and duties generally
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of behavioral health shall maintain, operate, manage, and govern state institutions and other services for the care and treatment of persons with mental illnesses. (B)(1) The department of behavioral health may, with the approval of the governor, designate the name and purpose of any institutions under its jurisdiction and may change, with the approval of the governor, the designation and name when necessary. (2) The department shall divide the state into districts for the purpose of designating the institution in which persons with mental illnesses are hospitalized and may change the districts. (C) Subject to section 5139.08 and pursuant to Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code and on the agreement of the department of behavioral health and department of youth services, the department of behavioral health may receive from the department of youth services for psychiatric observation, diagnosis, or treatment any person eighteen years of age or older in the custody of the department of youth services. The departments may enter into a written agreement specifying the procedures necessary to implement this division. (D) The department of behavioral health shall designate hospitals, facilities, and community mental health services providers for the custody, care, and special treatment of, and authorize payment for such custody, care, and special treatment provided to, persons who are charged with a crime and who are found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity. (E) The department of behavioral health may do any of the following: (1) Require reports from the managing officer of any institution under the department's jurisdiction, relating to the admission, examination, comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any patient; (2) Visit each institution regularly to review its operations and to investigate complaints made by any patient or by any person on behalf of a patient, provided these duties may be performed by a person designated by the director. (F) The department of behavioral health may provide or contract to provide addiction services for offenders incarcerated in the state prison system. (G) In addition to the powers expressly conferred on the department of behavioral health, the department shall have all other powers and authority necessary for the full and efficient exercise of the executive, administrative, and fiscal supervision over the state institutions described in this section. Last updated August 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5117.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5117 / § 5117.09
§ 5117.09. Granting credit against monthly billing
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 283, Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly (A)(1) With respect to each of its residential customers, every energy company shall, after receipt of a certification list provided under division (A) of section 5117.08 of the Revised Code, cause the granting of a credit in accordance with this section against the monthly billing of each household appearing on the list except as provided in division (A) of section 5117.08 of the Revised Code. In the case of an applicant who has a total income of five thousand dollars or less or a current total income of two thousand five hundred dollars or less, the credit shall amount to thirty per cent of the current monthly bill rendered to such household by the company for the billing months of December, January, February, March, and April following the receipt of a list on which the household appears. In the case of an applicant who has a total income of more than five thousand dollars but not more than nine thousand dollars or a current total income of more than two thousand five hundred dollars but not more than four thousand five hundred dollars, the credit shall amount to twenty-five per cent of the current monthly bill rendered to such household by the company for the billing months of December, January, February, March, and April following the receipt of a list on which the household appears. If purchased power costs are incurred by an energy company during the billing month for which a credit is provided under this division, the credit shall also be applied to such costs, whether or not the costs are charged to a current monthly bill for such months. (2) The total income and current total income amounts set forth in division (A)(1) of this section are subject to adjustment under section 5117.071 of the Revised Code. (B) Every energy company shall read the meter of each of its qualified residential customers who may receive a credit under division (A) of this section at least one time for the service period of November and at least one time in the service period for the current monthly bill rendered for the billing month of April. In the event a company is unable to read a meter because of failure to gain access after a good faith effort or because a certification list was supplied to the utility fewer than thirty days prior to the normal date of meter reading, the company may render a calculated bill. In such instances, the company shall make an adjustment to the amount of the credit granted to the customer based upon the next actual reading of the meter if the reading shows the previous calculation to have been in error and set forth the amount of such adjustments in the report required to be filed with the director of development under division (D) of this section. (C) On each billing that is subject to a credit under division (A) of this section, there shall appear in ten-point type both the amount of the credit and to the left of such amount Ohio Energy Credit. (D) On or before the fifteenth day of each month following one in which credits were provided under division (A) of this section, each energy company shall, on a form prescribed by the director and requesting information that the director commissioner determines is necessary for the purpose of verifying the propriety of the payment of credits, certify to the director the total amount of all credits it granted pursuant to division (A) of this section during the preceding month. Not later than thirty days after receipt of such certification, the director shall pay the company the amount certified. If the director determines that a company previously received amounts greater than the amounts of credits properly granted, such company, upon notice from the director, shall reimburse the director in the amount of the overpayments. Such reimbursements shall be deposited in the general revenue fund. (E)(1) Any energy company that purposely fails to grant the credit provided under division (A) of this section is liable to each person entitled to the credit and certified to the company by the director pursuant to division (A) of section 5117.08 of the Revised Code in treble the amount of the total credit not granted. The consumers' counsel, on behalf of any person or persons not granted the credit, may bring an action to recover such treble damages in the court of common pleas of the county in which is located the office of the company nearest the household of any such person or persons. The consumers' counsel also, on behalf of any persons not granted the credit, may bring a class action to recover such treble damages in the court of common pleas of any county in which is located an office of the company and, if feasible, in which is located a significant number of members of the class. Any treble damage recovery under this division does not, in any manner, diminish any other liability provided under sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code. Clerical errors shall not be considered an offense or incur liability under this division. (2) An action shall be brought by the consumers' counsel under division (E)(1) of this section only after the consumers' counsel has made a good faith attempt to dispose of the claim by settlement, including a good faith request for only such information in the possession of an energy company as is needed to determine the existence or extent of such a right of action. (3) Nothing in division (E)(1) of this section shall be construed to prevent persons acting without the assistance of the consumers' counsel from bringing an action or class action under such division. 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 § 5103.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5103 / § 5103.41
§ 5103.41. Designating training regions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The department of children and youth, in consultation with the Ohio child welfare training program steering committee, shall designate training regions in the state. The department, at times it selects, shall review the composition of the training regions. The committee, at times it selects, shall also review the training regions' composition and provide the department recommendations on changes. The department may change the composition of the training regions as the department considers necessary. The department may make a grant to a public children services agency that establishes and maintains a regional training center under this section for the purpose of wholly or partially subsidizing the operation of the center. The department shall specify in the grant all of the center's duties, including the duties specified in section 5103.42 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5107.716 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5107 / § 5107.716
§ 5107.716. Rejection or termination of waiver
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly A member of an assistance group participating in Ohio works first may decline a waiver that would otherwise be issued under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code and may terminate at any time a waiver that has been issued under that section.