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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.48 | Fire Department Vacancies.

Effective:
July 1, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly
Whenever a vacancy occurs in a promoted rank in a fire department and no eligible list for that rank exists, the appointing authority shall certify the fact to the civil service commission. The civil service commission, within sixty days of the vacancy, shall conduct a competitive promotional examination. After the examination has been held, an eligible list shall be established, and the civil service commission shall certify to the appointing authority the name of the person on the list receiving the highest grade. Upon the certification, the appointing authority shall appoint the person so certified within ten days.
When an eligible list exists and a vacancy occurs in a position for which the list was established, the appointing authority shall certify the fact to the civil service commission. The person standing highest on the list shall be certified to the appointing authority, and that person shall be appointed within ten days.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.49 | Fire Department Probationary Period.

Effective:
August 9, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 513 - 110th General Assembly
All promotional appointments in a fire department may be for a probationary period to be fixed by the rules of the civil service commission and not to exceed six months. No promotion shall be deemed final until the appointee has satisfactorily served his probationary period. At the end of the probationary period the appointing authority shall transmit to the civil service commission a record of the employee's service, and if such service is satisfactory the appointee shall continue in his promoted rank. If at the end of the probationary period the appointee's service is unsatisfactory, he shall be reduced to the rank held at the time he was appointed to the higher rank. In all cases of unsatisfactory probationary periods in the fire department, the appointing authority shall, at the end of the probationary period, furnish the employee with a written notice of unsatisfactory probation and a detailed statement of the basis for such finding. Within ten days thereafter such employee may appeal from the decision or order of the appointing authority to the municipal or civil service township civil service commission, and the commission shall hear, or appoint a trial board to hear, such employee's appeal within thirty days from its filing with the commission. An appeal to determine the sufficiency of the cause of demotion may be had from the decision of the commission to the court of common pleas of the county in which the municipality or township is situated. The appeal shall be taken within twenty days from the decision of the commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.491 | Authorized Educational Achievement of Police Officer or Firefighter.

Effective:
August 26, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, by ordinance, adopt a plan granting an increase in salary for authorized educational achievement attained prior to original appointment or during service by a policeman or fireman. Such a plan shall define the areas of education which qualify, set standards, and shall be applied uniformly among members of the police or fire department. Such areas of education shall be related to law enforcement and firefighting, respectively. Only successful completion of a qualified course of education shall be required. In the event of a dispute as to the application of such plan, the municipal civil service commission shall hear and determine the issue upon request. Such a salary increase may raise the total compensation of a policeman or fireman above the salary to which he would otherwise be entitled by his rank and years of service. An increase in salary granted under this section shall not be deemed a promotion and shall not invoke the promotion procedures otherwise required by sections 124.44 to 124.49 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.50 | Reinstatement After Separation Due to Injury or Physical Disability Incurred in the Performance of Duty.

Effective:
March 31, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 245 - 124th General Assembly
Any person holding an office or position under the classified service in a fire department or a police department who is separated therefrom due to injury or physical disability incurred in the performance of duty shall be reinstated immediately, or one suffering injury or physical disability incurred other than in the performance of duty may be reinstated, upon filing with the chief of the fire department or the chief of the police department, a written application for reinstatement, to the office or position held at the time of such separation, after passing a physical examination showing that the person has recovered from the injury or other physical disability. The physical examination shall be made by a licensed physician, a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife within two weeks after application for reinstatement has been made, provided such application for reinstatement is filed within five years from the date of separation from the department, and further provided that such application shall not be filed after the date of service eligibility retirement. The physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife shall be designated by the firefighters' pension board or the police officers' pension board and shall complete any written documentation of the physical examination.
Any person holding an office or position under the classified service in a fire department or a police department, who resigns therefrom, may be reinstated to the rank of firefighter or police officer, upon the filing of a written application for reinstatement with the municipal or civil service township civil service commission and a copy thereof with the chief of the fire department or chief of the police department, and upon passing a physical examination disclosing that the person is physically fit to perform the duties of the office of firefighter or police officer, the application for reinstatement shall be filed within one year from the date of resignation. Any person reinstated pursuant to the authority of this paragraph shall not receive credit for seniority earned prior to resignation and reinstatement, and shall not be entitled to reinstatement to a position above the rank of regular firefighter or patrol officer, regardless of the position the person may have held at the time of resignation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.51 | Secretary of Police - Secretary of Fire.

Effective:
December 4, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly
In any city which by action of its legislative authority establishes the position of secretary of police or the position of secretary of fire, neither such position, if filled by a member of the uniform rank by assignment, shall be subject to competitive examination, notwithstanding section 124.44 of the Revised Code. The status within the uniform ranks of such member while so serving in such assignment shall remain unchanged and, notwithstanding the compensation fixed for such position, he shall not acquire any right to promotion other than such rights to promotion which apply to the rank held at the time of assignment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.52 | Police Department Traffic Control Unit Head Exempt From Civil Service.

Effective:
December 4, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly
In any city with a population of seven hundred thousand or more as shown by the last federal census, which by action of the legislative authority establishes within the police department a unit assigned to the control of traffic, a member of the police department of said city who is appointed the head of such unit by whatever title designated, shall not be subject to competitive examination, notwithstanding section 124.44 of the Revised Code. The status within the uniform ranks of such member while serving as the head of such traffic unit shall remain unchanged and notwithstanding the compensation fixed for such position, he shall not acquire any right to promotion other than such rights to promotion which apply to the rank held at the time of appointment as head of such traffic control unit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.53 | Superintendent of Buildings - Superintendent of Fire Equipment Exempt From Civil Service.

Effective:
December 4, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly
In any city which, by action of its legislative authority, establishes the position of superintendent of buildings or the position of superintendent of fire equipment, and appoints to either position a member of the uniform rank by assignment, such member is not subject to competitive examination, notwithstanding section 124.44 of the Revised Code. The status within the uniform ranks of such member while so serving in such assignment shall remain unchanged and, notwithstanding the compensation fixed for such position, he shall not acquire any right to promotion other than such rights to promotion which apply to the rank held at the time of assignment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.54 | Boards of Education to Share Cost of Civil Service Administration.

Effective:
June 20, 1983
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 115th General Assembly
Where a municipal civil service commission serves a city school district whose territory is located in more than one city, the board of education of such district shall, by resolution, appropriate each year, to be paid into the treasury of the municipal civil service commission's city, an amount sufficient to meet the portion of the board of education's cost of civil service administration. The amount shall be mutually agreed to by the school board and the commission or if agreement cannot be reached, it shall be determined by the ratio of the number of employees of such board in the classified service to the entire number of employees in the classified service in all political divisions served by the commission.
Where a municipal civil service commission serves a city school district whose territory is not located in more than one city, the board of education of such district may appropriate such an amount to be paid to the city's treasury.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.56 | Investigation of Violations.

Effective:
August 9, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 513 - 110th General Assembly
When the state personnel board of review or a municipal or civil service township civil service commission has reason to believe that any officer, board, commission, head of a department, or person having the power of appointment, layoff, suspension, or removal, has abused such power by making an appointment, layoff, reduction, suspension, or removal of an employee under his or their jurisdiction in violation of this chapter of the Revised Code, the board or commission shall make an investigation, and if it finds that a violation of this chapter, or the intent and spirit of this chapter has occurred, it shall make a report to the governor, or in the case of a municipal or township office or employee, the commission shall make a report to the mayor or other chief appointing authority, or in the case of a civil service township, the commission shall make a report to the board of township trustees, who may remove forthwith such guilty officer, board, commission, head of department, or person. The officer or employee shall first be given an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his own defense. The action of removal by the governor, mayor, or other chief appointing authority is final except as otherwise provided in this chapter of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.57 | Prohibition Against Partisan Political Activity.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) No officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, and city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state shall directly or indirectly, orally or by letter, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political party or for any candidate for public office; nor shall any person solicit directly or indirectly, orally or by letter, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting, any such assessment, contribution, or payment from any officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, or city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state; nor shall any officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, and city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state be an officer in any political organization or take part in politics other than to vote as the officer or employee pleases and to express freely political opinions.
(B)(1) Nothing in division (A) of this section prohibits an officer or employee described in that division from serving as a precinct election official under section 3501.22 of the Revised Code.
(2) Nothing in division (A) of this section prohibits an employee of OSU extension whose position is transferred from the unclassified civil service to the classified civil service and who also holds the office of president of a city legislative authority from completing the existing term of office as president.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.58 | Fraud or False Representation in Examinations.

Effective:
December 4, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly
No person or officer shall willfully or corruptly, by himself or in co-operation with one or more persons, defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person in respect of his right of examination, appointment, or employment according to sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code, or to any rules or regulations prescribed pursuant to such sections; or willfully or corruptly, falsely mark, grade, estimate, or report upon the examination or proper standing of any person examined, registered, or certified pursuant to such sections, or aid in so doing; or willfully or corruptly make any false representations concerning the same, or concerning the person examined; or willfully or corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person so examined, registered, or certified; or to be examined, registered, or certified, or personate any other person, or permit or aid in any manner any person to personate him, in connection with any examination, registration, appointment, application, or request to be examined, registered, or appointed; or shall furnish any false information about himself, or any other person, in connection with any examination, registration, appointment, application, or request to be examined, registered, or appointed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.59 | Payment for Appointment or Promotion.

Effective:
December 4, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly
No applicant for appointment or promotion in the classified service shall, directly or indirectly, pay or promise to pay any money or other valuable thing, nor shall he ask or receive any recommendation or assistance from any person, upon the consideration of any political service to be rendered, for or on account of his appointment or promotion, or proposed appointment or promotion.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.60 | Abuse of Power for Political Reasons.

Effective:
June 13, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 111th General Assembly
No officer or employee of the state or the several counties, cities, and city school districts thereof, or civil service townships, shall appoint, promote, reduce, suspend, lay off, discharge, or in any manner change the official rank or compensation of any officer or employee in the classified service, or promise or threaten to do so, or harass, discipline, or coerce any such officer or employee, for giving, withholding, or refusing to support any party.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.61 | Abuse of Political Authority or Influence.

Effective:
December 4, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly
No person who holds any public office, or who has been nominated for, or who seeks a nomination or appointment to any public office, shall corruptly use or promise to use, either directly or indirectly, any official authority or influence in order to secure or aid any person in securing for himself or another any office or employment in the classified service, or any promotion or increase of salary therein, as a reward for political influence or service. Nor shall any person, by means of threats or coercion, induce or seek to induce anyone in the classified service to resign his position or to waive his right to certification, appointment, or promotion.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.62 | Violations of Civil Service Rules or Statutes.

Effective:
August 9, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 513 - 110th General Assembly
After a rule has been duly established and published by the director of administrative services or by any municipal or civil service township civil service commission according to this chapter, no person shall make an appointment to office or select a person for employment contrary to such rule, or willfully refuse or neglect to comply with or to conform to the sections of this chapter, or willfully violate any of the sections. If any person who is convicted of violating this section holds any public office or place of public employment, such office or position shall by virtue of such conviction be rendered vacant.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.63 | Taxpayer's Suit.

Effective:
December 4, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly
The right of any taxpayer to bring an action to restrain the payment of compensation to any person appointed to or holding any office or place of employment in violation of sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code, shall not be limited or denied by reason of the fact that said office or place of employment has been classified as, or determined to be classified as, not subject to competitive examination; provided any judgment or injunction granted or made in any such action shall be prospective only, and shall not affect payments already made or due to such persons by the proper disbursing officers, in accordance with the civil service rules in force at the times of such payments.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.64 | Prosecutions for Violations of Civil Service Rules or Statutes.

Effective:
December 4, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly
Prosecutions for the violation of sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code, or the rules and regulations of the director of administrative services established in conformity thereto, shall be instituted by the attorney general or by the director acting through special counsel, or by the county prosecutor for the county in which the offense is alleged to have been committed. Prosecutions for violations of such sections and the rules and regulations of any municipal civil service commission by any officer or employee of such city, city school district, or city health district, shall be instituted by such municipal civil service commission through the legal department of the city or by such municipal civil service commission acting through special counsel.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.70 | No Residency Requirement for Higher Education Employees.

Effective:
October 25, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly
No state institution of higher education shall prohibit, and nothing in this chapter prohibits, an employee in the classified civil service of the institution from residing outside this state. As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the meaning given in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.71 | Unauthorized Operation of Motor Vehicles.

Effective:
December 4, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly
No person shall willfully operate a motor vehicle, motor vehicle with auxiliary equipment, or self-propelling equipment or trailers owned or to be operated by the state or a political subdivision, without reasonable cause to believe that the specific use or operation is one that is properly authorized. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.74 | Criminal Records Check for Employees With Access to Federal Tax Information.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 51 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Division (B) of this section applies to any of the following individuals:
(1) An employee in the service of the state;
(2) A prospective employee for a position in the service of the state;
(3) A contractor of a state agency, board, or commission;
(4) A contractor, employee, or prospective employee of a board of county commissioners or a county department of job and family services, child support enforcement agency, or public children services agency.
(B) If an individual described in division (A) of this section has or, in the case of a prospective employee, will have access to or the use of federal tax information, the head of the state or county agency, department, board, or commission with which the individual is employed, will be employed, or is contracted shall request that the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation conduct a criminal records check based on the individual's fingerprints in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code. The head of the agency, department, board, or commission shall request that criminal record information from the federal bureau of investigation be obtained as part of the criminal records check.
Such an individual, and the agency, department, board, or commission with which the individual is employed, will be employed, or is contracted, shall also comply with any separate request by the federal bureau of investigation to conduct a national criminal records check.
(C) A state or county agency, department, board, or commission may adopt any rules or policies necessary to implement this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.821 | Health Care Spending Account Fund.

Effective:
July 17, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The health care spending account fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The director of administrative services shall use money in the fund to make payments with regard to the participation of state employees in flexible spending accounts for certain nonreimbursed medical and dental expenses under section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. All investment earnings on money in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.822 | Dependent Care Spending Account Fund.

Effective:
July 17, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The dependent care spending account fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The director of administrative services shall use money in the fund to make payments with regard to the participation of state employees in flexible spending accounts for work-related dependent care expenses under section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. All investment earnings on money in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.823 | Medical Savings Account Pilot Program.

Effective:
December 1, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly
The department of administrative services shall establish a pilot program under which it includes medical savings accounts as part of any package of health care benefit options offered to state employees and state elected officials paid by warrant of the director of budget and management. Except for the provisions in divisions (A) and (B) of section 3924.64 of the Revised Code concerning designation of an administrator, a medical savings account established as part of the program is subject to sections 3924.64 to 3924.74 of the Revised Code.
The department is not required to offer the medical savings account option to any state employee who is covered under a collective bargaining agreement entered into pursuant to Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, but a medical savings account option may be part of a package of health care benefit options offered pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. The department may limit enrollment in the medical savings account program and may require state employees enrolled in it to contribute to their medical savings accounts. The department shall make both individual and family coverage available through the accounts. The program shall not increase the cost of providing health insurance to state employees. The department may end the program at any time not sooner than two years after it is established, except that the department may not end the program prior to providing six months' notice to the speaker of the house of representatives, president of the senate, minority leader of the house and minority leader of the senate, and the chairs of the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with primary responsibility for health and insurance legislation.
A state employee who chooses the medical savings account option shall have any state health, medical, hospital, dental, surgical, and vision benefits for which the employee is eligible provided through the medical savings account. The department, under section 124.81 or 124.82 of the Revised Code, shall contract for or otherwise provide a high-deductible policy or contract through which those benefits can be paid.
The employee for whom a medical savings account is opened shall at the time the account is opened choose an administrator from a list of administrators designated by the department, one of which may be the insurer from which the department purchases the high-deductible policy or contract. If the employee fails to choose an administrator, the department shall designate an administrator.
If an elected state official whose term commenced prior to the establishment of the program elects to participate in the medical savings account program, participation shall commence at the beginning of the term following establishment of the program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.83 | Disability and Income Protection - State Employee Disability Leave Benefit Fund.

Effective:
October 25, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly
(A) The department of administrative services shall do one of the following:
(1) In consultation with the superintendent of insurance, in accordance with the competitive selection procedures of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, periodically contract with an insurance company for the issuance of a policy of disability and income protection pursuant to, and covering all state employees who are eligible under, section 124.385 of the Revised Code;
(2) Provide disability and income protection pursuant to, and covering all state employees who are eligible under, section 124.385 of the Revised Code.
(B) All or any portion of the cost, premium, or charges for the coverage provided for under division (A) of this section or other programs for disabled state workers may be paid by the state and credited to the state employee disability leave benefit fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. All income derived from the investment of the fund shall accrue to the fund. Amounts from the fund may be used to pay direct and indirect costs that are attributable to consultants or a third-party administrator and that are necessary to administer the disability leave programs created under sections 124.381 and 124.385 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.841 | Long-Term Care Insurance - Political Subdivision Employees.

Effective:
August 31, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Long-term care insurance" has the same meaning as in section 3923.41 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 9.833 of the Revised Code.
(B) Any political subdivision may negotiate with and may contract with one or more insurance companies or health insuring corporations authorized to operate or do business in this state for the purchase of a policy of long-term care insurance covering all elected officials and employees of the political subdivision. The contract may be entered into without competitive bidding. Any elected official or employee of a political subdivision may elect to participate in any long-term care insurance policy that the political subdivision purchases under this division.
(C) Any long-term care insurance policy entered into under this section is subject to division (C) of section 124.84 of the Revised Code.
(D) All or any portion of the premium charged may be paid by the political subdivision. The political subdivision shall establish a manner or manners of payment for participants and the political subdivision.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.86 | Employee Educational Development Fund.

Effective:
July 17, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the employee educational development fund, to be used to pay the state administrative costs of any education program undertaken pursuant to specific collective bargaining agreements identified in uncodified law governing expenditure of the fund. The director of administrative services shall establish, and shall obtain the approval of the director of budget and management for, a charge for each such program that is sufficient only to recover those costs. All money collected from such a charge shall be deposited to the credit of the fund, and all interest earned on the fund shall accrue to the fund. The director of administrative services shall administer the fund in accordance with the respective collective bargaining agreements and may adopt rules for the purpose of this administration.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.88 | State Employee Assistance Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The employee assistance program is hereby established in the department of administrative services for the purpose of referring state employees paid by warrant of the director of budget and management who are in need of medical, social, or other services to providers of those services.
(B) Records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of any person that are maintained in connection with the employee assistance program created in division (A) of this section are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall be disclosed only as provided in division (C) of this section.
(C)(1) Records described in division (B) of this section may be disclosed with the prior written consent of the person who is the subject of the record.
(2) Records described in division (B) of this section may be disclosed with or without the prior written consent of the person who is the subject of the record under the following conditions:
(a) To medical personnel to the extent necessary to meet a bona fide medical emergency;
(b) To qualified personnel for the purpose of conducting scientific research, management audits, financial audits, or program evaluation, but the personnel shall not directly or indirectly identify any person who is the subject of the record in any report of the research, audit, or evaluation or in any other manner;
(c) If authorized by an appropriate order of a court of competent jurisdiction granted after a showing of good cause. In determining good cause, the court shall weigh the public interest and the need for disclosure against injury to the person who is the subject of the record and to the employee assistance program. Upon granting such an order, the court shall, in determining the extent to which the disclosure of all or any part of any record is necessary, impose appropriate safeguards against unauthorized disclosure.
(D) Except as authorized by a court order described in division (C)(2)(c) of this section, no record described in division (B) of this section may be used to initiate or substantiate criminal charges against the person who is the subject of the record or to conduct any investigation of such a person.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.90 | Waiver of Federal Law Concerning Discrimination in Employment.

Effective:
February 2, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 286 - 114th General Assembly
(A) Any municipal corporation may, by a two-thirds vote of its legislative authority, waive, suspend, or alter any of the provisions of this chapter as they apply to that municipal corporation if such waiver, suspension, or alteration is necessary for the municipal corporation to comply with any federal law or any rules adopted pursuant to federal law concerning discrimination in employment.
(B) Any municipal corporation that has adopted the provisions of this chapter as part of its charter may, by a two-thirds vote of its legislative authority, waive, suspend, or alter any of the provisions of this chapter so adopted if such waiver, suspension, or alteration is necessary for the municipal corporation to comply with any federal law or any rules adopted pursuant to federal law concerning discrimination in employment.
(C) A municipal corporation may not under this section make any waiver, suspension, or alteration of provisions of this chapter that relate to matters of promotions within the municipal civil service.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.91 | Annual Survey on Diversity Within Agency Workforce.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
The director of administrative services annually shall conduct a survey on diversity within each state agency's workforce at the time of the survey. Not later than December 31, 2020, and not later than the thirty-first day of December of each year thereafter, the director shall issue a report on the results of the surveys with the governor and the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.93 | Discrimination by Health Insuring Corporation Against Physician.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "physician" means any person who holds a valid license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery issued under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code.
(B) No health insuring corporation that, on or after July 1, 1993, enters into or renews a contract with the department of administrative services under section 124.82 of the Revised Code, because of a physician's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or military status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, age, or ancestry, shall refuse to contract with that physician for the provision of health care services under section 124.82 of the Revised Code.
Any health insuring corporation that violates this division is deemed to have engaged in an unlawful discriminatory practice as defined in section 4112.02 of the Revised Code and is subject to Chapter 4112. of the Revised Code.
(C) Each health insuring corporation that, on or after July 1, 1993, enters into or renews a contract with the department of administrative services under section 124.82 of the Revised Code and that refuses to contract with a physician for the provision of health care services under that section shall provide that physician with a written notice that clearly explains the reason or reasons for the refusal. The notice shall be sent to the physician by regular mail within thirty days after the refusal.
Any health insuring corporation that fails to provide notice in compliance with this division is deemed to have engaged in an unfair and deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance as defined in section 3901.21 of the Revised Code and is subject to sections 3901.19 to 3901.26 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 124 | Department of Administrative Services - Personnel › Section 124.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
December 4, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates section 124.62 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.036 | Ohio-Based Personal Protective Equipment Manufacturers Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
"Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturer" means a manufacturer, at least two-thirds of the beneficial ownership of which is vested in residents of this state, that produces personal protective equipment in this state.
"Personal protective equipment" has the meaning defined in division (E) of section 125.05 of the Revised Code.
(B) The director of administrative services shall establish and maintain an Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturers program. Under the program, the director shall establish and maintain a list of Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturers qualified to fulfill a purchase request under division (B)(3) of section 125.035 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 3, 2023 at 5:16 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.041 | Purchases by State Elected Officials.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Nothing in sections 125.02, 125.04 to 125.08, 125.12 to 125.16, 125.18, 125.31 to 125.76, or 125.831 of the Revised Code shall be construed as limiting the attorney general, auditor of state, secretary of state, or treasurer of state in any of the following:
(1) Purchases for less than the dollar amounts for the purchase of supplies or services determined under section 125.05 of the Revised Code;
(2) Purchases that equal or exceed the dollar amounts for the purchase of supplies or services determined under section 125.05 of the Revised Code with the approval of the controlling board, if that approval is required by section 127.16 of the Revised Code;
(3) The final determination of the nature or quantity of any purchase of supplies or services under division (B) of section 125.02 or under division (G) of section 125.035 of the Revised Code;
(4) The final determination and disposal of excess and surplus supplies;
(5) The inventory of state property;
(6) The purchase of printing;
(7) Activities related to information technology development and use;
(8) The fleet management program.
(B) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the attorney general, auditor of state, secretary of state, or treasurer of state from complying with or participating in any aspect of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code through the department of administrative services.
Last updated August 3, 2023 at 2:45 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.051 | Advertising Subject to Controlling Board Approval.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Advertising" includes advertising in print or electronic newspapers, journals, or magazines and advertising broadcast over radio or television or placed on the internet.
(2) "State official" means an official elected to a statewide office or a member of the general assembly.
(B) Any advertising purchased with public money by a state official for the same purpose that, in the aggregate, exceeds fifty thousand dollars during the fiscal year, shall be subject to controlling board approval.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.07 | Notice of Bidding.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) In accordance with rules the director shall adopt under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of administrative services may make purchases by competitive sealed bid. The competitive sealed bid, at a minimum, shall contain a detailed description of the supplies or services to be purchased, terms and conditions of the sale, and any other information the director considers to be necessary for the intended purchase. Competitive sealed bids shall be awarded as provided in section 125.11 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department of administrative services, in making a purchase by competitive sealed bid, shall give notice in the following manner:
(1) The department shall advertise the intended purchases by notice posted for the benefit of competing persons producing or dealing in the supplies or services to be purchased. The notice may be in any electronic form the director of administrative services considers appropriate to sufficiently notify competing persons of the intended purchases.
(2) The notice required under this division shall include the time and place where bids will be accepted and opened, or, when bids are made in a reverse auction, the time when bids will be accepted; the conditions under which bids will be received; the terms of the proposed purchases; and an itemized list of the supplies or services to be purchased and the estimated quantities or amounts of them.
(3) The notice required under this division shall be posted the number of days preceding the day when the bids will be opened or accepted that the director determines sufficient to enable interested bidders to prepare their bids.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.071 | Purchasing by Competitive Sealed Proposal.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) In accordance with rules the director of administrative services shall adopt, the director may make purchases by competitive sealed proposal whenever the director determines that the use of competitive sealed bidding is not possible or not advantageous to the state.
(B) Proposals shall be solicited through a request for proposals. The request for proposals shall state the relative importance of price and other evaluation factors. Notice of the request for proposals shall be given in accordance with rules the director shall adopt.
(C) Proposals shall be opened so as to avoid disclosure of contents to competing offerors.
In order to ensure fair and impartial evaluation, proposals and related documents submitted in response to a request for proposals are not available for public inspection and copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until after the award of the contract.
(D) As provided in the request for proposals, and under rules the director shall adopt, discussions may be conducted with responsible offerors who submit proposals determined to be reasonably susceptible of being selected for award for the purpose of ensuring full understanding of, and responsiveness to, solicitation requirements. Offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion regarding any clarification, correction, or revision of proposals. No disclosure of any information derived from proposals submitted by competing offerors shall occur when discussions are conducted.
(E) Award may be made to the offerors whose proposals are determined to be the most advantageous to this state, taking into consideration factors such as price and the evaluation criteria set forth in the request for proposals. The contract file shall contain the basis on which the award is made.
Last updated September 28, 2023 at 4:42 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 125 | Department of Administrative Services - Office Services › Section 125.072 | Purchasing Services or Supplies via Reverse Auction on Internet.

Effective:
November 5, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 125th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "reverse auction" means a purchasing process in which offerors submit bids in competing to sell services or supplies in an open environment via the internet.
(B) Whenever the director of administrative services determines that the use of a reverse auction is advantageous to the state, the director, in accordance with rules the director shall adopt, may purchase services or supplies by reverse auction.
(C) The director, by rule, may authorize a state agency that is authorized to purchase services or supplies directly to purchase them by reverse auction in the same manner as this section and the rules adopted under this section authorize the director to do so.