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Ohio Rev Code § 171.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 171 | Retirement Study Council|Section 171.04 | Duties of Council.

Effective: March 23, 2015|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly|The Ohio retirement study council shall:(A) Make an impartial review from time to time of all laws governing the administration and financing of the pension and retirement funds under Chapters 145., 146., 742., 3307., 3309., and 5505. of the Revised Code and recommend to the general assembly any changes it may find desirable with respect to the allowances and benefits, sound financing of the cost of benefits, the prudent investment of funds, and the improvement of the language, structure, and organization of the laws;(B) Make an annual report to the governor and to the general assembly covering its evaluation and recommendations with respect to the operations of the state retirement systems and their funds;(C) Study all changes in the retirement laws proposed to the general assembly and report to the general assembly on their probable costs, actuarial implications, and desirability as a matter of public policy;(D) Review semiannually the policies, objectives, and criteria adopted under sections 145.11, 742.11, 3307.15, 3309.15, and 5505.06 of the Revised Code for the operation of the investment programs of the state retirement systems, including a review of asset allocation targets and ranges, risk factors, asset class benchmarks, time horizons, total return objectives, relative volatility, and performance evaluation guidelines. The council shall, not later than thirty days after completing a review, submit to the governor and the general assembly a report summarizing its findings.(E) Have prepared for each system by an independent actuary, at least once every ten years, an actuarial review of the actuarial valuations and quinquennial actuarial investigations prepared under sections 145.22, 742.14, 3307.20, 3309.21, and 5505.12 of the Revised Code, including a review of the actuarial assumptions and methods, the data underlying the valuations and investigations, and the adequacy of each system's employee and employer contribution rates to amortize its unfunded actuarial pension liability, if any, and to support the payment of benefits authorized by Chapter 145., 742., 3307., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code. The council shall submit to the governor and the general assembly a report summarizing each review.All costs associated with an actuarial review prepared pursuant to division (E) of this section shall be paid by the retirement system for which the review is prepared.(F) Have conducted by an independent auditor at least once every ten years a fiduciary performance audit of each of the state retirement systems.All costs associated with an audit conducted pursuant to division (F) of this section shall be paid by the retirement system audited.(G) Provide each member of the council with copies of all proposed rules submitted to the council pursuant to sections 145.09, 742.10, 3307.04, 3309.04, and 5505.04 of the Revised Code and submit any recommendations to the joint committee on agency rule review.
Ohio Rev Code § 171.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 171 | Retirement Study Council|Section 171.05 | Compensation and Expenses of Council.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|The compensation of all employees of the Ohio retirement study council and other expenses of the council shall be paid upon vouchers approved by the director and the chairperson of the council. The public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, state highway patrol retirement system, and Ohio police and fire pension fund shall pay the annual expenses of the council. The council shall prepare and submit to the retirement boards on or before the thirtieth day of June of each year an itemized estimate of the amounts necessary to pay the expenses of the council during the following year. Such expenses shall be charged to and paid by each of the retirement systems in the same ratio as the assets of each system, as of the preceding January first, bear to the total assets of all five systems on that date. The systems shall pay the expenses required under this section by electronic funds transfer or any other method or device of electronic payment.The council shall establish policies and procedures for purchasing goods and services on a competitive basis and maintaining tangible personal property. The policies and procedures shall be designed to safeguard the use of funds received by the council. An audit performed under Chapter 117. of the Revised Code shall include a determination of the council's compliance with the policies and procedures.The council is not subject to Chapters 123., 124., 125., 126., and 127. of the Revised Code.The treasurer of state shall be the custodian of all funds of the council.
Ohio Rev Code § 171.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 171 | Retirement Study Council|Section 171.06 | Attorney General Is Legal Advisor to Council.

Effective: September 15, 2004|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly|The attorney general is the legal adviser to the Ohio retirement study council.
Ohio Rev Code § 171.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 171 | Retirement Study Council|Section 171.50 | Boards to Submit Member Education Program to Council.

Effective: September 15, 2004|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly|The boards of the state retirement systems shall jointly develop a retirement board member education program and submit the program to the Ohio retirement study council.The boards shall jointly pay all costs associated with establishing and conducting the retirement board member education program.The retirement board member education program shall consist of an orientation component for newly elected and appointed members and a continuing education component for board members who have served for at least one year. The program shall incorporate into its curriculum each of the following topics: board member duties and responsibilities, retirement system member benefits and health care management, ethics, governance processes and procedures, actuarial soundness, investments, and any other subject matter the boards believe is reasonably related to the duties of a board member.All program sessions, classes, and other events shall be held in Ohio.
Ohio Rev Code § 173.011 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 173 | Department of Aging|Section 173.011 | Planning and Service Areas.

Effective: September 29, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) When administering funds granted under the Older Americans Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 219, 42 U.S.C. 3001, as amended, the department of aging may divide the state into separate multi-county regions that shall be known as planning and service areas. If the department divides the state into those areas, then, consistent with the rules adopted under division (C)(1) of this section, it shall designate one public entity or one private nonprofit entity as each area's agency on aging. That agency shall administer programs on behalf of the department under the Older Americans Act of 1965 within its planning and service area. (B) Consistent with the rules adopted under division (C)(2) of this section and following an adjudication hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the department may issue an adjudication order that withdraws or provisionally maintains the designation of an entity as an agency on aging.(C) The department shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do both of the following:(1) Establish criteria to be used for designating an agency on aging;(2) Provide procedures and grounds for withdrawing or provisionally maintaining the designation of an entity as an agency on aging of a planning and service area.
Ohio Rev Code § 173.012 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 173 | Department of Aging|Section 173.012 | Training Programs.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|The department of aging may develop and offer training programs to area agencies on aging, long-term care facilities, providers of long-term care services, and other interested parties. The department may charge fees for the training programs. Amounts collected from charging the fees shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the senior community outreach fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund may be used by the department to administer this section and to develop and offer additional training programs. Last updated September 9, 2021 at 12:11 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 173.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 173 | Department of Aging|Section 173.02 | Administrative Rules.

Effective: June 30, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly|The department of aging shall adopt, and may rescind, rules as necessary to carry out the provisions of Chapter 173. of the Revised Code and may:(A) Provide technical assistance and consultation to public and private nonprofit agencies with respect to programs, services, and activities for elderly people;(B) Cooperate with federal agencies, other state agencies or departments, and organizations to conduct studies and surveys on the special problems of the aged in such matters as mental and physical health, housing, transportation, family relationships, employment, income, vocational rehabilitation, recreation, and education; make such reports as are appropriate to the governor and other federal and state agencies; and develop recommendations for administrative or legislative action to alleviate such problems;(C) Develop and strengthen the services available for the aging in the state by coordinating the existing services provided by federal, state, and local departments and agencies, and private agencies and facilities;(D) Extend and expand services for the aged through coordinating the interests and efforts of local communities in studying the problems of the aged citizens of this state;(E) Encourage, promote, and aid in the establishment of programs and services on the local level for the betterment of the living conditions of the aged by making it possible for the aged to more fully enjoy and participate in family and community life;(F) Sponsor voluntary community rehabilitation and recreational facilities for the purpose of improving the general welfare of the elderly;(G) Stimulate the training of workers in the field of aging;(H) Provide consultants to agencies, associations, or individuals providing services supported by the department;(I) Provide support which shall include, but not be limited to, financial support for the Martin Janis multipurpose senior center in Columbus;(J) Recommend methods of improving the effectiveness of state services for elderly citizens;(K) Adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to request fees, if not prohibited by any federal or state law, from persons using services or facilities for the elderly that are provided, operated, contracted for, or supported by the department, provided that requesting the fees will not disqualify the department from receiving federal or state funds;(L) Publish a description of the organization and functions of the department so that all interested agencies and individuals may receive information about, and be better able to solicit assistance from, the department.
Ohio Rev Code § 173.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 173 | Department of Aging|Section 173.04 | Dementia Training and Respite Care Programs.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section: (1) "Respite care" means short-term, temporary care or supervision provided to a person who has dementia in the absence of the person who normally provides that care or supervision. (2) "Dementia" includes Alzheimer's disease or other dementia. (B) Through the internet web site maintained by the department of aging, the director of aging shall disseminate dementia training materials for licensed physicians, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, administrators of health care programs, social workers, and other health care and social service personnel who participate or assist in the care or treatment of persons who have dementia. The training materials disseminated through the web site may be developed by the director or obtained from other sources. (C) To the extent funds are available, the director shall administer respite care programs and other supportive services for persons who have dementia and their families or care givers. Respite care programs shall be approved by the director and shall be provided for the following purposes: (1) Giving persons who normally provide care or supervision for a person who has dementia relief from the stresses and responsibilities that result from providing such care; (2) Preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care and enabling persons who have dementia to remain at home as long as possible. (D) The director may provide services under this section to persons with dementia and their families regardless of the age of the persons with dementia.  (E) The director may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing respite care programs and other supportive services, the distribution of funds, and the purpose for which funds may be utilized under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 173.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 173 | Department of Aging|Section 173.05 | Acting Director.

Effective: July 26, 1984|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 660 - 115th General Assembly|deputy director of the aging shall be the acting director when the director is absent or disabled or the position is vacant. The director shall specify who shall be the acting director if no deputy director has been appointed.
Ohio Rev Code § 173.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 173 | Department of Aging|Section 173.06 | Golden Buckeye Card Program.

Effective: July 1, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 468 - 126th General Assembly|(A) The director of aging shall establish a golden buckeye card program and provide a golden buckeye card to any resident of this state who applies to the director for a card and is sixty years of age or older or is a person with a disability and is eighteen years of age or older. The director shall devise programs to provide benefits of any kind to card holders, and encourage support and participation in them by all persons, including governmental organizations. Card holders shall be entitled to any benefits granted to them by private persons or organizations, the laws of this state, or ordinances or resolutions of political subdivisions. This section does not require any person or organization to provide benefits to any card holder. The department of aging shall bear all costs of the program. (B) Before issuing a golden buckeye card to any person, the director shall establish the identity of any person who applies for a card and shall ascertain that such person is sixty years of age or older or is a person with a disability and is eighteen years of age or older. The director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to prevent the issuance of cards to persons not qualified to have them. Cards shall contain the signature of the card holder and any other information the director considers necessary to carry out the purposes of the golden buckeye card program under this section. Any card that the director issues shall be held in perpetuity by the original card holder and shall not be transferable to any other person. A person who loses the person's card may obtain another card from the director upon providing the same information to the director as was required for the issuance of the original card.(C) No person shall use a golden buckeye card except to obtain a benefit for the holder of the card to which the holder is entitled under the conditions of the offer.(D) As used in this section, "person with a disability" means a person who has some impairment of body or mind and has been certified as permanently and totally disabled by an agency of this state or the United States having the function of so classifying persons.
Ohio Rev Code § 173.061 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 173 | Department of Aging|Section 173.061 | Records of Card Holders.

Effective: July 1, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 468 - 126th General Assembly|Records identifying the recipients of golden buckeye cards issued under section 173.06 of the Revised Code are not public records subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and may be disclosed only at the discretion of the director of aging. The director may disclose only information in records identifying the recipients of golden buckeye cards that does not contain the recipient's medical history.
Ohio Rev Code § 173.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 173 | Department of Aging|Section 173.08 | Resident Services Coordinator Program.

Effective: October 16, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly|(A) The resident services coordinator program is established in the department of aging to fund resident services coordinators. The coordinators shall provide information to low-income and special-needs tenants, including the elderly, who live in financially assisted rental housing complexes, and assist those tenants in identifying and obtaining community and program services and other benefits for which they are eligible. (B) The resident services coordinator program fund is hereby created in the state treasury to support the resident services coordinator program established pursuant to this section. The fund consists of all moneys the department of development sets aside pursuant to division (A)(3) of section 174.02 of the Revised Code and moneys the general assembly appropriates to the fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 173.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 173 | Department of Aging|Section 173.11 | System of Multipurpose Senior Centers.

Effective: July 26, 1984|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 660 - 115th General Assembly|The department of aging shall, as appropriate and feasible and to the extent federal, state, and local funding is available, develop a system of community multipurpose senior centers for the purposes of:(A) Providing centralized, coordinated medical, social, supportive, and rehabilitative services to older adults;(B) Encouraging older adults to maintain physical, social, and emotional well-being and to live dignified and reasonably independent lives in their own homes;(C) Diminishing the rate of inappropriate entry and placement of older adults in nursing homes, sheltered housing for older adults, and related facilities.The department shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules under which counties, townships, municipal corporations, or local nonprofit organizations may make application to the department to operate a multipurpose senior center or to participate in a multipurpose senior center program. Procedures shall be established for the maximum feasible participation by older adults and representatives of organizations of older adults in the planning of these programs. The area agency on aging, established under the "Older Americans Act of 1965," 79 Stat. 219, 42 U.S.C.A. 3001, as amended, shall be given the opportunity to review and comment on all applications for the establishment of a center or the expansion of the scope of services provided by a senior center operated as part of the social services system under the agency's area plan.The department shall plan, coordinate, and monitor, and, to the extent feasible, provide funds for services for older adults under this section and section 173.12 of the Revised Code. In order to carry out the purposes of such sections, the department or the designated local entity may accept gifts and grants and enter into contracts for the purchase of services.The multipurpose senior centers shall be centrally located and easily accessible to any public transportation available in such location. The centers may provide transportation for older adults who wish to utilize services available in the facility, but are unable to reach it because of the lack of financial resources or physical impairment. Centers shall be designed to provide ease of access and use considering the infirmities of frail and handicapped older adults. Special safety features shall be provided as unobtrusively as possible. In establishing the location of multipurpose senior centers, the department shall, to the extent feasible, give precedence to the use of existing buildings and facilities, which may be renovated, over the construction of new buildings and facilities.
Ohio Rev Code § 173.121 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 173 | Department of Aging|Section 173.121 | Bingo Games at Multipurpose Senior Center.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 386 - 129th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "bingo," "bingo game operator," and "participant" have the same meanings as in section 2915.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding sections 2915.07 to 2915.13 of the Revised Code, a multipurpose senior center may conduct bingo games described in division (O)(1) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code, but only if it complies with all of the following requirements:(1) All bingo games are conducted only on the premises of the facility.(2) All participants are twenty-one years of age or older.(3) All bingo game operators are sixty years of age or older and receive no compensation for serving as operators.(4) No participant is charged an admission fee, and no participant is charged more than twenty-five cents to purchase a bingo card or sheet.(5) All proceeds from games are used only for any of the following:(a) To pay winners monetary or nonmonetary prizes;(b) To provide refreshments;(c) To defray any costs directly related to conducting the games;(d) To defray costs of services the facility provides in accordance with section 173.12 of the Revised Code.