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Ohio Rev Code § 5120.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction|Section 5120.09 | Division of Business Administration - Powers and Duties.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|Under the supervision and control of the director of rehabilitation and correction, the division of business administration shall do all of the following: (A) Submit the budgets for the several divisions of the department of rehabilitation and correction, as prepared by the respective chiefs of those divisions, to the director. The director, with the assistance of the chief of the division of business administration, shall compile a departmental budget that contains all proposals submitted by the chiefs of the divisions and shall forward the departmental budget to the governor with comments and recommendations that the director considers necessary.(B) Maintain accounts and records and compile statistics that the director prescribes;(C) Under the control of the director, coordinate and make the necessary purchases and requisitions for the department and its divisions, except when goods and services are provided to the department as described in section 5119.44 of the Revised Code;(D) Administer within this state federal criminal justice acts that the governor requires the department to administer. In order to improve the criminal justice system of this state, the division of business administration shall apply for, allocate, disburse, and account for grants that are made available pursuant to those federal criminal justice acts and grants that are made available from other federal government sources, state government sources, or private sources. As used in this division, "criminal justice system" and "federal criminal justice acts" have the same meanings as in section 5502.61 of the Revised Code.(E) Audit the activities of governmental entities, persons as defined in section 1.59 of the Revised Code, and other types of nongovernmental entities that are financed in whole or in part by funds that the department allocates or disburses and that are derived from grants described in division (D) of this section;(F) Enter into contracts, including contracts with federal, state, or local governmental entities, persons as defined in section 1.59 of the Revised Code, foundations, and other types of nongovernmental entities, that are necessary for the department to carry out its duties and that neither the director nor another section of the Revised Code authorizes another division of the department to enter;(G) Exercise other powers and perform other duties that the director may assign to the division of business administration.
Ohio Rev Code § 5120.091 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction|Section 5120.091 | Education Services Fund.

Effective: July 22, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 715 - 120th 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. Any money in the fund shall solely be used to pay educational expenses incurred by the department.
Ohio Rev Code § 5120.092 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction|Section 5120.092 | Adult and Juvenile Correctional Facilities Bond Retirement Fund.

Effective: October 15, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 238 - 131st General Assembly|There is hereby created in the state treasury the adult and juvenile correctional facilities bond retirement fund. The fund shall receive proceeds derived from the sale of state adult or juvenile correctional facilities. Investment income with respect to moneys on deposit in the fund shall be retained by the fund. No investment of moneys in, or transfer of moneys from, the fund shall be made if the effect of the investment or transfer would be to adversely affect the exclusion from gross income of the interest payable on obligations previously issued for state adult or juvenile correctional facilities. Upon receipt of one or more opinions of nationally recognized bond counsel that the transfer of such moneys will not adversely affect the exclusion from gross income of the interest payable on such obligations, the director of budget and management may direct that moneys in the fund be transferred to one or more of the general revenue fund, any fund created in the state treasury administered by the department of rehabilitation and correction or the department of youth services, the adult correctional building fund, or the juvenile correctional building fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 5120.103 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction|Section 5120.103 | Construction of Halfway Houses.

Effective: January 1, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly|(A) To the extent that funds are available, the department of rehabilitation and correction, in accordance with this section and sections 5120.104 and 5120.105 of the Revised Code, may construct or provide for the construction of halfway house facilities for offenders whom a court places in a halfway house pursuant to section 2929.16 or 2929.26 of the Revised Code or who are eligible for community supervision by the department of rehabilitation and correction. (B) A halfway house organization that seeks to assist in the program planning of a halfway house facility described in division (A) of this section shall file an application with the director of rehabilitation and correction as set forth in a request for proposal. Upon the submission of an application, the division of parole and community services shall review it and, if the division believes it is appropriate, shall submit a recommendation for its approval to the director. When the division submits a recommendation for approval of an application, the director may approve the application. The director shall not take action or fail to take action, or permit the taking of action or the failure to take action, with respect to halfway house facilities that would adversely affect the exclusion of interest on public obligations or on fractionalized interests in public obligations from gross income for federal income tax purposes, or the classification or qualification of the public obligations or the interest on or fractionalized interests in public obligations for, or their exemption from, other treatment under the Internal Revenue Code.(C) The director of rehabilitation and correction and the halfway house organization may enter into an agreement establishing terms for the program planning of the halfway house facility. Any terms so established shall conform to the terms of any covenant or agreement pertaining to an obligation from which the funds used for the construction of the halfway house facility are derived.(D) The director of rehabilitation and correction, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules that specify procedures by which a halfway house organization may apply for a contract for program planning of a halfway house facility constructed under this section, procedures for the department to follow in considering an application, criteria for granting approval of an application, and any other rules that are necessary for the selection of program planners of a halfway house facility.
Ohio Rev Code § 5120.104 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction|Section 5120.104 | Acquiring and Leasing of Capital Facilities or Sites for Use as Halfway House.

Effective: July 1, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 497 - 130th General Assembly|(A) It is hereby declared to be a public purpose and an essential governmental function of the state that the department of rehabilitation and correction, in the name of the state and for the use and benefit of the department, purchase, acquire, construct, own, lease, or sublease capital facilities or sites for capital facilities for use as halfway house facilities. (B) The director of rehabilitation and correction may lease or sublease capital facilities or sites for capital facilities under division (A) of this section to or from, and may make any other agreement with respect to the purchase, construction, management, or operation of those capital facilities with, a halfway house organization or the Ohio public facilities commission, the department of administrative services, or any other state agency having authority over that function. The director may make any lease, sublease, or other agreement under this division without the necessity for advertisement, auction, competitive bidding, court order, or other action or formality otherwise required by law. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, the director shall make each lease or sublease to or from the Ohio public facilities commission or halfway house organization in accordance with Chapter 154. of the Revised Code.(C) The director, by a sale, lease, sublease, release, or other agreement, may dispose of real or personal property or a lesser interest in real or personal property that is held or owned by the state for the use and benefit of the department, if the department does not need the property or interest for its purposes. The department shall make a sale, lease, sublease, release, or other agreement under this division upon the terms that it determines, subject to the approval by the governor in the case of a sale, lease, sublease, release, or other agreement regarding real property or an interest in real property. The director may make a lease, sublease, or other grant of use of property or an interest in property under this division without the necessity for advertisement, auction, competitive bidding, court order, or other action or formality otherwise required by law.(D) The director may grant an easement or other interest in real property held by the state for the use and benefit of the department if that easement or interest will not interfere with the use of the property as a halfway house facility.(E) All property purchased, acquired, constructed, owned, leased, or subleased by the department in the exercise of its powers and duties are public property used exclusively for a public purpose, and that property and the income derived by the department from the property are exempt from all taxation within this state, including without limitation, ad valorem and excise taxes.
Ohio Rev Code § 5120.105 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction|Section 5120.105 | Providing Construction Services for Halfway Houses.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall provide for the construction of a halfway house facility in conformity with Chapter 153. of the Revised Code, except that construction services may be provided by the department of rehabilitation and correction. (B) The director of rehabilitation and correction may enter into an agreement with a halfway house organization for the management of a halfway house facility. The halfway house organization that occupies, will occupy, or is responsible for the management of a halfway house facility shall pay the costs of management of and general building services for the halfway house facility as provided in an agreement between the department of rehabilitation and correction and the halfway house organization.(C) No state funds, including state bond proceeds, shall be spent on the construction of a halfway house facility under sections 5120.102 to 5120.105 of the Revised Code, unless the general assembly has specifically authorized the spending of money on, or has made an appropriation to the department of rehabilitation and correction for, the construction of the halfway house facility or rental payments relating to the financing of the construction of that facility. An authorization to spend money or an appropriation for planning a halfway house facility does not constitute an authorization to spend money on, or an appropriation for, the construction of that facility. Capital funds for the construction of halfway house facilities under sections 5120.102 to 5120.105 of the Revised Code shall be paid from the adult correctional building fund created in division (F) of section 154.24 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5120.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction|Section 5120.11 | Bureau of Examination and Classification.

Effective: October 12, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly|Within the department of rehabilitation and correction, there shall be established and maintained a bureau of examination and classification. The bureau shall conduct or provide for sociological, psychological, and psychiatric examination of each inmate of the correctional institutions. The examination shall be made as soon as possible after each inmate is admitted to any of the institutions, and further examinations may be made, if it is advisable. If the inmate is determined to be a person with a developmental disability, as defined in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code, the bureau shall notify the sentencing court in writing of its determination within forty-five days after sentencing.The bureau shall collect such social and other information as will aid in the interpretation of its examinations.Subject to division (C) of section 5120.21 of the Revised Code, the bureau shall keep a record of the health, activities, and behavior of each inmate while the inmate is in the custody of the state. The records, including the findings and recommendations of the bureau, shall be made available to the adult parole authority for use in imposing post-release control sanctions under section 2967.28 of the Revised Code or any other section of the Revised Code, in granting parole, and in making parole, post-release, and rehabilitation plans for the inmate when the inmate leaves the institution, and to the department for its use in approving transfers of inmates from one institution to another.
Ohio Rev Code § 5120.111 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction|Section 5120.111 | Rules and Forms for Community-Based Correctional Facilities and Programs.

Effective: September 30, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly|With respect to community-based correctional facilities and programs and district community-based correctional facilities and programs authorized under section 2301.51 of the Revised Code, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall do all of the following: (A) Adopt rules, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that serve as criteria for the operation of community-based correctional facilities and programs and district community-based correctional facilities and programs approved in accordance with sections 2301.51 and 5120.10 of the Revised Code;(B) Adopt rules, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, governing the procedures for the submission of proposals for the establishment of community-based correctional facilities and programs and district community-based correctional facilities and programs to the division of parole and community services under division (B) of section 2301.51 of the Revised Code;(C) Prescribe forms that are to be used by facility governing boards of community-based correctional facilities and programs and district community-based correctional facilities and programs in making application for state financial assistance under section 2301.56 of the Revised Code;(D) Adopt rules, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that prescribe the standards of operation for the facilities and programs that must be satisfied for community-based correctional facilities and programs and district community-based correctional facilities and programs to be eligible for state financial assistance. The standards adopted by the department shall specify the class of offender whose degree of felony, whose community control sanction revocation history, or whose risk level as assessed by the single validated risk assessment tool described in section 5120.114 of the Revised Code, make the offender suitable for admission to the facility. The rules shall make the level of state financial assistance provided to every facility contingent upon the number of offenders admitted to the facility each fiscal year who satisfy the admission suitability standards established by the department.(E) Through the division of parole and community services, accept and review proposals for the establishment of community-based correctional facilities and programs and district community-based correctional facilities and programs and approve those proposals that satisfy the minimum requirements contained in section 2301.52 of the Revised Code; and administer the program for state financial assistance to the facilities and programs in accordance with section 5120.112 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5120.113 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction|Section 5120.113 | Written Reentry Plans.

Effective: September 30, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly|(A) For each inmate committed to the department of rehabilitation and correction, except as provided in division (B) of this section, the department shall prepare a written reentry plan for the inmate to help guide the inmate's rehabilitation program during imprisonment, to assist in the inmate's reentry into the community, and to assess the inmate's needs upon release. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to an inmate who has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole or who has been sentenced to death. Division (A) of this section does not apply to any inmate who is expected to be imprisoned for thirty days or less, but the department may prepare a written reentry plan of the type described in that division if the department determines that the plan is needed.(C) The department may collect, if available, any social and other information that will aid in the preparation of reentry plans under this section.(D) In the event the department does not prepare a written reentry plan as specified in division (A) of this section, or makes a decision to not prepare a written reentry plan under division (B) of this section or to not collect information under division (C) of this section, that fact does not give rise to a claim for damages against the state, the department, the director of the department, or any employee of the department.
Ohio Rev Code § 5120.114 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction|Section 5120.114 | Single Validated Risk Assessment Tool.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 231, Senate Bill 66 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall select a single validated risk assessment tool for adult offenders. This assessment tool shall be used by the following entities:(1) Municipal courts, when the particular court orders an assessment of an offender for sentencing or another purpose;(2) Common pleas courts, when the particular court orders an assessment of an offender for sentencing or another purpose;(3) County courts, when the particular court orders an assessment of an offender for sentencing or another purpose;(4) Municipal court departments of probation;(5) County departments of probation;(6) Probation departments established by two or more counties;(7) State and local correctional institutions;(8) Private correctional facilities;(9) Community-based correctional facilities;(10) The adult parole authority;(11) The parole board ; (12) The department of mental health and addiction services; (13) Halfway houses.(B) For each entity required to use the assessment tool, every employee of the entity who actually uses the tool shall be trained and certified by a trainer who is certified by the department. Each entity utilizing the assessment tool shall develop policies and protocols regarding all of the following activities:(1) Application and integration of the assessment tool into operations, supervision, and case planning;(2) Administrative oversight of the use of the assessment tool;(3) Staff training;(4) Quality assurance;(5) Data collection and sharing as described under section 5120.115 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5120.115 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction|Section 5120.115 | Authorized Users; Confidentiality of Reports.

Effective: October 29, 2018|Latest Legislation:  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 § 5120.131 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction|Section 5120.131 | Industrial and Entertainment Fund - Commissary Fund.

Effective: July 12, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly|Each managing officer of an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of rehabilitation and correction as described in section 5120.05 of the Revised Code, with the approval of the director of the department of rehabilitation and correction, may establish local institution funds designated as follows:(A) Industrial and entertainment fund created and maintained for the entertainment and welfare of the inmates of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the department. The director shall establish rules and regulations for the operation of the industrial and entertainment fund.(B) Commissary fund created and maintained for the benefit of inmates in the institutions under the jurisdiction of the department.Commissary revenue over and above operating costs and reserve shall be considered profits. All profits from the commissary fund operations shall be paid into the industrial and entertainment fund and used only for the entertainment and welfare of inmates. The director shall establish rules and regulations for the operation of the commissary fund.