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Ohio Rev Code § 5153.171 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.171 | Request for Information Concerning Deceased Child Whose Death May Have Been Caused by Abuse, Neglect, or Other Criminal Conduct.

Effective: October 5, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) On receipt by a public children services agency of a request for the release of information about a child under eighteen years of age who was a resident of the county served by the agency at the time of death and whose death may have been caused by abuse, neglect, or other criminal conduct, the director of the agency immediately shall confer with the prosecuting attorney of that county. After the executive director confers with the prosecuting attorney, the following apply:(1) If the prosecuting attorney intends to prosecute a person for causing the child's death, the prosecuting attorney shall determine the information described in division (A) of section 5153.172 of the Revised Code that may be released, if any, and notify the director of the intent to prosecute and the determination of what information may be released. Except as provided in section 5153.173 of the Revised Code, on receipt of the notice, the director shall release the information the prosecutor determines may be released and no other information.(2) If the prosecuting attorney does not intend to prosecute a person for causing the death of the child, the prosecuting attorney shall notify the director that no prosecution is intended. Except as provided in section 5153.173 of the Revised Code, on receipt of the notice, the director shall release the information described in division (A) of section 5153.172 of the Revised Code.(B) A public children services agency director who releases information in accordance with this section in good faith shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property incurred or imposed as a result of provision of the information.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.172 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.172 | Information Concerning Deceased Child Whose Death May Have Been Caused by Abuse, Neglect, or Other Criminal Conduct.

Effective: October 5, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Notwithstanding sections 2151.421, 3701.243, 5153.17, and any other section of the Revised Code pertaining to confidentiality and unless precluded by section 5153.173 of the Revised Code, the director shall disclose the following information concerning a deceased child in accordance with section 5153.171 of the Revised Code:(1) The child's name;(2) A summary report of the chronology of abuse or neglect reports made pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code of which the child is the subject and the final disposition of the investigations of the reports or, if investigations have not been completed, the status of any investigations;(3) Services provided to or purchased for the child or to which the child was referred by a public children services agency;(4) Actions taken by a public children services agency in response to any report of abuse or neglect of which the child was the subject.(B) No person may release, pursuant to a request made under this section concerning a deceased child, the name of any person or entity that made a report or participated in making a report of child abuse or neglect of which the child was the subject; the names of the parents or siblings of the child; the contents of any psychological, psychiatric, therapeutic, clinical, or medical reports or evaluations regarding the child; witness statements; police or other investigative reports; or any other information other than the information that may be released in accordance with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.173 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.173 | Court Determination Against Disclosure.

Effective: October 5, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly|The director shall not disclose any information pursuant to section 5153.172 of the Revised Code if a judge of the common pleas court of the county the deceased child resided in at the time of death determines, on motion of the public children services agency, that disclosing the information would not be in the best interest of a sibling of the deceased child or another child residing in the household the child resided in at the time of death.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.175 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.175 | Information Regarding Fitness of Day-Care License Applicant to Be Provided.

Effective: March 14, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 493 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Notwithstanding division (I)(1) of section 2151.421, section 5153.17, and any other section of the Revised Code pertaining to confidentiality, when a public children services agency has determined that child abuse or neglect occurred and that abuse or neglect involves a person who has applied for licensure as a type A family day-care home or type B family day-care home, the agency shall promptly provide to the department of job and family services any information the agency determines to be relevant for the purpose of evaluating the fitness of the person, including, but not limited to, both of the following:(1) A summary report of the chronology of abuse and neglect reports made pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code of which the person is the subject where the agency determined that abuse or neglect occurred and the final disposition of the investigation of the reports or, if the investigations have not been completed, the status of the investigations;(2) Any underlying documentation concerning those reports.(B) The agency shall not include in the information provided to the department under division (A) of this section the name of the person or entity that made the report or participated in the making of the report of child abuse or neglect.(C) Upon provision of information under division (A) of this section, the agency shall notify the department of both of the following:(1) That the information is confidential;(2) That unauthorized dissemination of the information is a violation of division (I)(2) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code and any person who permits or encourages unauthorized dissemination of the information is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree pursuant to section 2151.99 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.18 | Public Children Services Agency - Executive Director - Powers and Duties.

Effective: October 1, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) The public children services agency shall have the capacity possessed by natural persons to institute proceedings in any court.(B) When appointed by the probate court exercising jurisdiction in adoption proceedings, the executive director may act as next friend of any child and perform the duties of such next friend.(C) When appointed by the probate court, in lieu of a guardian, in accordance with section 2111.05 of the Revised Code:(1) The executive director may act as trustee of the estate of any ward, provided such an estate does not exceed one thousand dollars in value.(2) The executive director may also act as trustee, on behalf of any ward, of periodic payments of not more than twenty-five dollars per week of which such ward is entitled as a claimant pursuant to the terms of any insurance policy, annuity, pension, benefit, or allowance, governmental or private.(3) Such director shall administer all trusteeships in accordance with the laws relating to fiduciaries.The funds of any such trusteeship shall not be mingled with other moneys of the agency or of the county. The cost of any such trusteeship shall be paid out of the funds of the trust, but no fee shall be allowed to the executive director as such trustee. At least once a year, or more often if required by the probate court, the executive director shall make a complete report and accounting to the agency as to the disposition of all trust funds administered by the executive director during the year.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.19 | Determining Ability to Pay Cost of Care.

Effective: October 1, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly|The public children services agency shall, before entering into any agreement obligating the agency with respect to the care of any child, determine the ability of the child, parent, guardian, or other person to pay for the cost of such care, having due regard for other dependents. Such determination shall, if accepted by the parent, guardian, or other person, be made a part of such agreement. If the executive director has been appointed in lieu of a guardian and is acting as trustee of the estate of the child, such determination shall be subject to the approval of the probate court.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.21 | Establishing Children's Home.

Effective: September 15, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners may establish a children's home upon the recommendation of the public children services agency and subject to certification by the department of job and family services under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code and the requirements of sections 5103.05 and 5103.051 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.22 | Furnishing of Institutional Care to Children of County.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|If there is no children's home in the county or if the facilities for institutional care are inadequate, the public children services agency may, subject to the approval of the department of job and family services and the board of county commissioners, enter into an agreement with the public children services agency of, or a certified organization located in, another county, or with the board of trustees of any district or semipublic children's home, or with any agency or institution outside the state for the furnishing of institutional care to children of the county.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.23 | Superintendent of Home - Powers and Duties.

Effective: October 1, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly|The superintendent of the county children's home shall control, manage, operate, and have general charge of such home, subject to the rules, standards, and orders of the public children services agency.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.24 | Admission, Removal and Transfer of Children to Children's Home.

Effective: September 14, 1957|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 927 - 102nd General Assembly|The children to be admitted for care in a county children's home, the period during which such children shall be cared for therein, and the removal and transfer of children therefrom shall be determined by the executive secretary, subject to the agreement, surrender, or commitment respecting any particular child.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.25 | Industrial, Agricultural, and Other Pursuits.

Effective: October 1, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly|The superintendent of the county children's home may provide and carry on, in connection with a children's home, such industrial, agricultural, and other pursuits for the children in such home as are deemed expedient by the public children services agency. Any products of such pursuits not needed to maintain the home may be sold, and all receipts from such sales shall be paid into the county treasury.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.26 | Fund for Payment of Emergency Accounts.

Effective: October 1, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly|At the request of the superintendent of the county children's home, the public children services agency may issue orders upon the county auditor for the payment to such superintendent of a sum, not exceeding two hundred dollars at any one time, to be designated the fund for the payment of emergency accounts, and to be used and accounted for by the superintendent. The amounts so paid in any year, after the first full year of operation, shall not exceed twenty per cent of the total expenditures for such children's home during the preceding year.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.27 | Department of Job and Family Services Certification.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd 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 job and family services.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.28 | Reporting Child in Need of Public Care.

Effective: October 1, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly|Boards of township trustees, the superintendent of any county home, and other officers and employees of any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivisions of the state shall make a report to the public children services agency respecting any child in the county coming to their attention, who is deemed to be in need of public care.No child shall be kept or maintained in any county home, except with the approval of the public children services agency of such county.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.29 | Sale, Lease or Other Use of County Children's Home.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|The board of county commissioners of any county having a county children's home, may, upon the recommendation of the public children services agency and with the approval of the department of job and family services, abandon the use of such home and proceed to sell or lease the site, building, furniture, and equipment of such home in the manner most advantageous to the county, or it may use the home for other necessary and proper purposes. The net proceeds of any such sale or lease shall be paid into the county treasury.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.30 | Accepting Gifts and Bequests.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|The public children services agency may accept and receive bequests, donations, and gifts of funds or property, real or personal, for child care and services. The facilities or services to be established or maintained through any such gift shall be subject to the approval of the department of job and family services.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.31 | Institution or Agency - Transfer of Power and Duties.

Effective: October 1, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly|All personal property, records, files, and other documents and papers belonging to or in the possession of any agency or institution, the powers and duties of which are transferred by this chapter to the public children services agency, the proceeds of all tax levies in process of collection, the unexpended balances of all current appropriations for the use of such agencies and institutions, and the custody of all wards of such agencies and institutions, shall be deemed transferred to the agency.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.32 | Transfer From Corporation to Child Welfare Institution or Agency.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|Any corporation, organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of establishing, conducting, and maintaining a child welfare institution or agency, which is unable, for any reason, to conduct and maintain such institution or agency, and which has not, for a period of three consecutive years, conducted or maintained a place or establishment for the care of children, and which has in its hands funds or properties acquired by it for the purpose of establishing, conducting, and maintaining such institution or agency, may, subject to the approval of the department of job and family services, and subject to the terms of any deed, will, or other instrument pursuant to which such funds or properties were acquired, transfer such funds or properties to the public children services agency, to be used for the purposes for which such funds or property were acquired. The transfer of such funds or properties to the agency shall be a full discharge of the obligation or liability of such corporation and its trustees with respect to the funds and properties so transferred.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.33 | Investing Funds.

Effective: October 1, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly|Funds in the hands of the public children services agency, donated or transferred to such agency under sections 5153.31 and 5153.32 of the Revised Code, and which are not immediately needed, may be invested in bonds of the United States or of any political subdivision of the state.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.34 | Acquiring Property and Equipment.

Effective: October 1, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly|The public children services agency may acquire such property and equipment and purchase such supplies and services as are necessary for the proper conduct of its work, including the ownership, operation, and maintenance of motor vehicles. Neither the director nor an employee of the agency shall sell or supply any article to the agency, or to any institution maintained by such agency, or be personally interested in any contract made by the agency.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.35 | Levying Taxes and Making Appropriations for Public Children Services Agency.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|The boards of county commissioners shall levy taxes and make appropriations sufficient to enable the public children services agency to perform its functions and duties under this chapter. If the board of county commissioners levies a tax for children services and the children services functions are transferred from a county children services board to the department of job and family services, or from the department of job and family services to a county children services board, the levy shall continue in effect for the period for which it was approved by the electors for the use by the public children services agency that provides children services pursuant to the transfer.In addition to making the usual appropriations, there may be allowed annually to the executive director an amount not to exceed one-half the executive director's official salary to provide for necessary expenses which are incurred by the executive director or the executive director's staff in the performance of their official duties. Upon the order of the executive director, the county auditor shall draw a warrant on the county treasurer payable to the executive director or such other person as the order designates, for such amount as the order requires, not exceeding the amount provided for in this section, and to be paid out of the general fund of the county. The bond of the executive director provided for by section 5153.13 of the Revised Code shall at all times be in sufficient amount to cover the additional appropriations provided for by this section.The executive director, annually, before the first Monday of January, shall file with the auditor a detailed and itemized statement, verified by the executive director, as to the manner in which the fund has been expended during the current year, and if any part of such fund remains in the executive director's hands unexpended, forthwith shall pay that amount into the county treasury.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.36 | Joint Board for Establishment of District Children's Home.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|The boards of county commissioners of two or more adjoining counties, not to exceed four, may, upon the recommendation of the public children services agencies of such counties, and subject to the approval of the department of job and family services form themselves into a joint board, and proceed to organize a district for the establishment and support of a children's home, by using a site and buildings already established in one such county, or by providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of necessary buildings thereon.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.37 | Annual Assessment of Taxes for Support of Home.

Effective: September 14, 1957|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 927 - 102nd General Assembly|The board of county commissioners of any county having a children's home, and the joint boards of county commissioners of district children's homes, shall make annual assessments of taxes sufficient to support and defray all necessary expenses of such home.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.38 | Accepting Gifts and Bequests.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|When any person donates or bequeaths the person's real or personal estate, or any part thereof, to the use and benefit of a district children's home, the board of trustees of the home may accept and use such donation or bequest as they deem for the best interests of the institution, and consistent with the conditions of such bequest. The facilities or services to be established or maintained through any such gift shall be subject to the approval of the department of job and family services.