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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 340 | Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services › Section 340.15 | Referral of Parent, Guardian, or Custodian of Child at Imminent Risk of Being Abused or Neglected.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
(A) A public children services agency that identifies a child by a risk assessment conducted pursuant to section 5153.16 of the Revised Code as being at imminent risk of being abused or neglected because of an addiction of a parent, guardian, or custodian of the child to a drug of abuse or alcohol shall refer the child's parent, guardian, or custodian and, if the agency determines that the child needs alcohol and drug addiction services, the child to a community addiction services provider. A public children services agency that is sent a court order issued pursuant to division (B) of section 2151.3514 of the Revised Code shall refer the addicted parent or other caregiver of the child identified in the court order to a community addiction services provider. On receipt of a referral under this division and to the extent funding identified under division (A)(2) of section 340.08 of the Revised Code is available, the provider shall provide the following services to the parent, guardian, custodian, or caregiver and child in need of addiction services:
(1) If it is determined pursuant to an initial screening to be needed, assessment and appropriate treatment;
(2) Documentation of progress in accordance with a treatment plan developed for the parent, guardian, custodian, caregiver, or child;
(3) If the referral is based on a court order issued pursuant to division (B) of section 2151.3514 of the Revised Code and the order requires the specified parent or other caregiver of the child to submit to alcohol or other drug testing during, after, or both during and after, treatment, testing in accordance with the court order.
(B) The services described in division (A) of this section shall have a priority as provided in the community addiction and mental health plan and budget established pursuant to sections 340.03 and 340.08 of the Revised Code. Once a referral has been received pursuant to this section, the public children services agency and the community addiction services provider shall, in accordance with 42 C.F.R. Part 2, share with each other any information concerning the persons and services described in that division that the agency and provider determine are necessary to share. If the referral is based on a court order issued pursuant to division (B) of section 2151.3514 of the Revised Code, the results and recommendations of the community addiction services provider also shall be provided and used as described in division (D) of that section. Information obtained or maintained by the agency or provider pursuant to this section that could enable the identification of any person described in division (A) of this section is not a public record subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:00 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 340 | Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services › Section 340.16 | Rules for Children Referred by Public Children Services Agency to Board.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
The department of mental health and addiction services and the department of medicaid shall adopt rules that establish requirements and procedures for prior notification and service coordination between public children services agencies and boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services when a public children services agency refers a child in its custody to a board for services funded by the board. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 340 | Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services › Section 340.30 | County Hub Program to Combat Opioid Addiction.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created the county hub program to combat opioid addiction. The purposes of the program are as follows:
(1) To strengthen county and community efforts to prevent and treat opioid addiction;
(2) To educate youth and adults about the dangers of opioid addiction and the negative effects it has on society;
(3) To promote family building and workforce development as ways of combating opioid addiction in communities;
(4) To encourage community engagement in efforts to address the purposes specified in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section.
(B) The program shall be administered by each board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services. If the service district a board represents consists of more than one county, the board shall administer the program in each county.
Last updated September 21, 2023 at 1:11 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.01 | Sheriff to Have Charge of Jail.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
The sheriff shall have charge of the county jail and all persons confined therein. He shall keep such persons safely, attend to the jail, and govern and regulate the jail according to the minimum standards for jails in Ohio promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction.
The sheriff's responsibilities under this section do not extend to a jail or workhouse that is the subject of a contract entered into under section 9.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.011 | Notice of Escape and Apprehension of Escaped Person.

Effective:
June 30, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) If a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense or was indicted or otherwise charged with the commission of an offense escapes from a county jail or workhouse or otherwise escapes from the custody of a sheriff, the sheriff immediately after the escape shall report the escape, by telephone and in writing, to all local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the place where the person escaped from custody, to the state highway patrol, to the department of rehabilitation and correction if the escaped person is a prisoner under the custody of the department who is in the jail or workhouse, to the prosecuting attorney of the county, and to a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The written notice may be by either facsimile transmission or mail. A failure to comply with this requirement is a violation of section 2921.22 of the Revised Code.
(B) Upon the apprehension of the escaped person, the sheriff shall give notice of the apprehension of the escaped person by telephone and in writing to the persons notified under division (A) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.02 | Jail Register - Operational Policies and Procedures - Prisoner Rules of Conduct.

Effective:
July 6, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 114th General Assembly
The sheriff shall make the following entries in a suitable book, which shall be known as the "jail register," kept in the office of the jailer, and delivered to the successor in office of such jailer:
(A) The name of each prisoner, and the date and cause of his commitment;
(B) The date and manner of his discharge.
The sheriff or jail administrator shall prepare written operational policies and procedures and prisoner rules of conduct, and maintain the records prescribed by these policies and procedures in accordance with the minimum standards for jails in Ohio promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction.
The court of common pleas shall review the jail's operational policies and procedures and prisoner rules of conduct. If the court approves the policies, procedures, and rules of conduct, they shall be adopted.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.05 | Staff Assignment and Compensation.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) The sheriff shall assign sufficient staff to ensure the safe and secure operation of the county jail, but staff shall be assigned only to the extent such staff can be provided with funds appropriated to the sheriff at the discretion of the board of county commissioners. The staff may include any of the following:
(1) An administrator for the jail;
(2) Jail officers, including civilian jail officers who are not sheriff's deputies, to conduct security duties;
(3) Other necessary employees to assist in the operation of the county jail.
(B) The sheriff shall employ a sufficient number of female staff to be available to perform all reception and release procedures for female prisoners. These female employees shall be on duty for the duration of the confinement of the female prisoners.
(C) The jail administrator and civilian jail officers appointed by the sheriff shall have all the powers of police officers on the jail grounds as are necessary for the proper performance of the duties relating to their positions at the jail and as are consistent with their level of training.
(D) The sheriff may authorize civilian jail officers to wear a standard uniform consistent with their prescribed authority, in accordance with section 311.281 of the Revised Code. Civilian jail officer uniforms shall be differentiated clearly from the uniforms worn by sheriff's deputies.
(E) Except as provided in division (B) of section 341.25 of the Revised Code, the compensation of jail staff shall be payable from the general fund of the county, upon the warrant of the auditor, in accordance with standard county payroll procedures.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.07 | Copies of Minimum Standards for Jails to Be Furnished - Prisoner Rules of Conduct.

Effective:
July 6, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 114th General Assembly
The department of rehabilitation and correction shall provide a copy of the minimum standards for jails in Ohio to the board of county commissioners, the common pleas court, and the sheriff.
The sheriff shall ensure that the prisoner rules of conduct are placed in a conspicuous location within each jail confinement area or are given to each prisoner in written form.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.08 | Minimum Standards May Be Revised, Altered or Amended - Distribution.

Effective:
July 6, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 114th General Assembly
The department of rehabilitation and correction may, by rule, revise, alter, or amend the minimum standards for jails in Ohio to reflect changes in case law or public policy. Such revised, altered, or amended standards shall be printed and distributed to the board of county commissioners, the court of common pleas, and the sheriff in the manner directed by section 341.07 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.09 | Separation of Prisoners in County Jails.

Effective:
July 6, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 114th General Assembly
When the design of a county jail will permit, the separation of prisoners shall be as required in the minimum standards for jails in Ohio.
The department of rehabilitation and correction shall, when necessary, initiate appropriate judicial proceedings for the enforcement of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.10 | Separate Confinement in New County Jails.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
County officers having charge of the construction of a new jail shall provide for the separate confinement of prisoners, as required by section 341.09 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.11 | Confinement of Minors.

Effective:
October 16, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 480 - 121st General Assembly
Except as provided in division (C) of section 2151.311 of the Revised Code, no child taken into custody shall be held in a county, multicounty, or municipal jail or workhouse or other place for the confinement of adults convicted of crime, under arrest, or charged with crime.
Except as provided in division (C) of section 2151.311 of the Revised Code, a child confined pursuant to section 2151.311 of the Revised Code shall be held in a room or cell totally separate and removed by sight and sound from all adult prisoners.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.12 | Confinement of Persons in Custody in Jail of Another County.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
In a county not having a sufficient jail or staff, the sheriff shall convey any person charged with the commission of an offense, sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, or in custody upon civil process to a jail in any county the sheriff considers most convenient and secure. As used in this paragraph, any county includes a contiguous county in an adjoining state.
The sheriff may call such aid as is necessary in guarding, transporting, or returning such person. Whoever neglects or refuses to render such aid, when so called upon, shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered by an action in the name and for the use of the county.
Such sheriff and the sheriff's assistants shall receive such compensation for their services as the county auditor of the county from which such person was removed considers reasonable. The compensation shall be paid from the county treasury on the warrant of the auditor.
The receiving sheriff shall not, pursuant to this section, convey the person received to any county other than the one from which the person was removed.
Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:55 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.13 | Sheriffs of Adjoining Counties to Receive Prisoners.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 127th General Assembly
The sheriff of a county in this state to which a prisoner has been removed as provided by section 341.12 of the Revised Code shall, on being furnished a copy of the process or commitment, receive the prisoner into custody. The sheriff of a contiguous county of an adjoining state to which a prisoner has been removed as provided in section 341.12 of the Revised Code may, on being furnished a copy of the commitment, receive the prisoner into the sheriff's custody. Each receiving sheriff shall be liable for escapes or other neglect of duty in relation to the prisoner, as in other cases, and neither the conveying sheriff nor any county commissioner of the county that employs the conveying sheriff is liable in damages in a civil action for any injury, death, or loss to person or property suffered or caused by the prisoner while the prisoner is in the custody of the receiving sheriff. Each receiving sheriff shall receive from the treasury of the county from which the prisoner was removed, such fees as are allowed in other cases.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.14 | Weekly Advance Deposit of Prisoner Costs.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 127th General Assembly
(A) The sheriff of an adjoining county in this state shall not receive prisoners as provided by section 341.12 of the Revised Code unless there is deposited weekly with the sheriff an amount equal to the actual cost of keeping and feeding each prisoner so committed for the use of the jail of that county, and the same amount for a period of time less than one week. If a prisoner is discharged before the expiration of the term for which the prisoner was committed, the excess of the amount advanced shall be refunded.
(B) Pursuant to section 2929.37 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of the county of this state that receives pursuant to section 341.12 of the Revised Code for confinement in its jail, a prisoner who was convicted of an offense, may require the prisoner to reimburse the county for its expenses incurred by reason of the prisoner's confinement.
(C) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this section or section 2929.18, 2929.28, or 2929.37 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners in this state may establish a policy that complies with section 2929.38 of the Revised Code and that requires any prisoner who is not indigent and who is confined in the county's jail under this section to pay a reception fee, a fee for medical treatment or service requested by and provided to that prisoner, or the fee for a random drug test assessed under division (E) of section 341.26 of the Revised Code.
(D) If a county in this state receives pursuant to section 341.12 of the Revised Code for confinement in its jail a person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense and has been sentenced to a term in a jail or a person who has been arrested for an offense, who has been denied bail or has had bail set and has not been released on bail, and who is confined in jail pending trial, at the time of reception and at other times the sheriff or other person in charge of the operation of the jail determines to be appropriate, the sheriff or other person in charge of the operation of the jail may cause the convicted or accused offender to be examined and tested for tuberculosis, HIV infection, hepatitis, including but not limited to hepatitis A, B, and C, and other contagious diseases. The sheriff or other person in charge of the operation of the jail may cause a convicted or accused offender in the jail who refuses to be tested or treated for tuberculosis, HIV infection, hepatitis, including but not limited to hepatitis A, B, and C, or another contagious disease to be tested and treated involuntarily.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.141 | Interstate Prisoner Transfer Under Rc 341.12.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 127th General Assembly
(A) The sheriff of a county in this state shall not transfer a prisoner to a contiguous county in an adjoining state as provided in section 341.12 of the Revised Code unless there is deposited weekly with the sheriff of the contiguous county an amount equal to the actual cost of keeping and feeding each prisoner committed to the custody of that sheriff for the use of the jail of that county, and the same amount for a period of time less than one week. If a prisoner is discharged before the expiration of a week for which the cost of keeping and feeding the prisoner has been deposited, the excess of the amount shall be refunded.
(B) The minimum standards for jails that are applicable for jails in the adjoining state shall apply to a jail in that adjoining state that receives prisoners as provided in section 341.13 of the Revised Code.
(C) All other terms of the transfer of a prisoner from a county in this state to a contiguous county in an adjoining state shall be as agreed upon by the board of county commissioners, any applicable governmental entity in the receiving county, and the sheriffs involved in the transfer.
(D) If a prisoner is transferred to a contiguous county of an adjoining state as provided in section 341.12 of the Revised Code, jurisdiction over the transferred prisoner shall remain with the Ohio governmental agencies and entities that would have jurisdiction over the prisoner if the prisoner had not been so transferred, including the Ohio court to which the prisoner's case is assigned.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.15 | Quarterly Account of Fees of Sheriff.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 127th General Assembly
At the end of each quarter of each calendar year, a sheriff in this state shall account for and pay to the county treasurer all money received by the sheriff as provided by sections 341.13 and 341.14 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.16 | Process for the Return of Prisoner.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The prosecuting attorney of the county from which a person charged with the commission of an offense has been removed for safekeeping, may file a praecipe with the clerk of the court of common pleas thereof, directing that a warrant be issued to the sheriff having the custody of such person, and commanding him to deliver the prisoner to the sheriff of the county from which the prisoner was removed, or to the sheriff of the county in which the trial is to take place upon change of venue.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.17 | Payment of Costs of Habeas Corpus.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a writ of habeas corpus is issued for a person removed and confined in a county jail as provided by section 341.12 of the Revised Code, the county from which such person was sent shall pay all the costs of such proceeding. Upon the presentation of the certificate of the clerk of the court of common pleas, showing the amount of such costs, to the county auditor of the county from which such person was sent, the auditor shall draw his order for such costs on the county treasurer in favor of such clerk, or in favor of such person as the clerk orders, and the clerk shall pay such costs to the persons entitled to them.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.18 | County Using Jail of Another County Liable for Damages.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The county in which a prisoner was confined as provided by sections 341.12 and 341.13 of the Revised Code, shall have a right of action against the county from which such prisoner was sent, for damages done by him to the jail or other property of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.19 | Reimbursing County for Its Expenses Incurred by Reason of Person's Confinement.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Pursuant to section 2929.37 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may require a person who was convicted of an offense and who is confined in the county jail to reimburse the county for its expenses incurred by reason of the person's confinement.
(B) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this section or section 2929.18, 2929.28, or 2929.37 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may establish a policy that complies with section 2929.38 of the Revised Code and that requires any prisoner who is not indigent and who is confined in the county's jail under this section to pay a reception fee, a fee for any medical treatment or service requested by and provided to that prisoner, or the fee for a random drug test assessed under division (E) of section 341.26 of the Revised Code.
(C) If a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to an offense is sentenced to a term in a jail, or if a person who has been arrested for an offense, and who has been denied bail or has had bail set and has not been released on bail is confined in jail pending trial, at the time of reception and at other times the sheriff or other person in charge of the operation of the jail determines to be appropriate, the sheriff or other person in charge of the operation of the jail may cause the convicted or accused offender to be examined and tested for tuberculosis, HIV infection, hepatitis, including but not limited to hepatitis A, B, and C, and other contagious diseases. The sheriff or other person in charge of the operation of the jail may cause a convicted or accused offender in the jail who refuses to be tested or treated for tuberculosis, HIV infection, hepatitis, including but not limited to hepatitis A, B, and C, or another contagious disease to be tested and treated involuntarily.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.191 | Health Insurance Claims for Jail Inmates.

Effective:
October 16, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 163 - 121st General Assembly
(A) For each person who is confined in a county jail, the county may make a determination as to whether the person is covered under a health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan and, if the person has such coverage, what terms and conditions are imposed by it for the filing and payment of claims.
(B) If, pursuant to division (A) of this section, it is determined that the person is covered under a policy, contract, or plan and, while that coverage is in force, the county jail renders or arranges for the rendering of health care services to the person in accordance with the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, then the person, county, or provider of the health care services, as appropriate under the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, shall promptly submit a claim for payment for the health care services to the appropriate third-party payer and shall designate, or make any other arrangement necessary to ensure, that payment of any amount due on the claim be made to the county or the provider, as the case may be.
(C) Any payment made to the county pursuant to division (B) of this section shall be paid into the county treasury.
(D) This section also applies to any person who is under the custody of a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, prior to the person's confinement in the county jail.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.192 | Payment of Outside Medical Provider for Necessary Care.

Effective:
April 5, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 265 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Jail" means a county jail, or a multicounty, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal correctional center.
(2) "Medical provider" means a physician, hospital, laboratory, pharmacist, pharmacy, or other health care provider that is not employed by or under contract to a county, municipal corporation, township, the department of youth services, or the department of rehabilitation and correction to provide medical services to persons confined in a jail or state correctional institution, or is in the custody of a law enforcement officer.
(3) "Necessary care" means medical care of a nonelective nature that cannot be postponed until after the period of confinement of a person who is confined in a jail or state correctional institution, or is in the custody of a law enforcement officer without endangering the life or health of the person.
(B) If a physician employed by or under contract to a county, municipal corporation, township, the department of youth services, or the department of rehabilitation and correction to provide medical services to persons confined in a jail or state correctional institution determines that a person who is confined in the jail or state correctional institution or who is in the custody of a law enforcement officer prior to the person's confinement in a jail or state correctional institution requires necessary care that the physician cannot provide, the necessary care shall be provided by a medical provider. The county, municipal corporation, township, the department of youth services, or the department of rehabilitation and correction shall pay a medical provider for necessary care an amount not exceeding the authorized reimbursement rate for the same service established by the department of medicaid under the medicaid program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.20 | Contracts With Commercial Providers for Food, Medical, Other Services.

Effective:
October 16, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 480 - 121st General Assembly
The board of county commissioners, with the consent of the sheriff, may contract with commercial providers for the provision to prisoners and other persons of food services, medical services, and other programs and services necessary for the care and welfare of prisoners and other persons placed in the sheriff's charge.
In the absence of a commercial food service contract, the sheriff shall appoint a cook who shall have charge over the preparation of food for the feeding of prisoners and other persons placed in the sheriff's charge. The cook need not, but may be, required to perform other staff duties provided for in this section. The compensation of the cook shall be payable semimonthly from the general fund of the county, upon the warrant of the county auditor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.22 | Religious Services and Welfare Work in County Jail.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Each administrative board or other authority in the state, having control of a county jail, shall provide for the holding of religious services and the conducting of other welfare work in such jail, by such persons or organizations, and at such time, as the probate judge directs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.24 | Health Insurance Claims for Workhouse Inmates.

Effective:
October 16, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 163 - 121st General Assembly
(A) For each person who is confined in a workhouse as provided in section 341.23 of the Revised Code, the county, district, or municipal corporation, as the case may be, may make a determination as to whether the person is covered under a health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan and, if the person has such coverage, what terms and conditions are imposed by it for the filing and payment of claims.
(B) If, pursuant to division (A) of this section, it is determined that the person is covered under a policy, contract, or plan and, while that coverage is in force, the workhouse renders or arranges for the rendering of health care services to the person in accordance with the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, then the person, county, district, municipal corporation, or provider of the health care services, as appropriate under the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, shall promptly submit a claim for payment for the health care services to the appropriate third-party payer and shall designate, or make any other arrangement necessary to ensure, that payment of any amount due on the claim be made to the county, district, municipal corporation, or provider, as the case may be.
(C) Any payment made to the county, district, or municipal corporation pursuant to division (B) of this section shall be paid into the treasury of the governmental entity that incurred the expenses.
(D) This section also applies to any person who is under the custody of a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, prior to the person's confinement in the workhouse.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.25 | Establishing Commissary and Commissary Fund.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The sheriff may establish a commissary for the jail. The commissary may be established either in-house or by another arrangement. If a commissary is established, all persons incarcerated in the jail shall receive commissary privileges. A person's purchases from the commissary shall be deducted from the person's account record in the jail's business office. The commissary shall provide for the distribution to indigent persons incarcerated in the jail necessary hygiene articles and writing materials.
(B)(1) If a commissary is established, the sheriff shall establish a commissary fund for the jail. The management of funds in the commissary fund shall be strictly controlled in accordance with procedures adopted by the auditor of state.
(2) Commissary fund revenue over and above operating costs and reserve shall be considered profits.
(3) All profits from the commissary fund shall be used for the following:
(a) To purchase supplies and equipment, and to provide life skills training and education or treatment services, or both, for the benefit of persons incarcerated in the jail;
(b) To pay salary and benefits for employees of the sheriff who work in or are employed for the purpose of providing service to the commissary;
(c) To purchase technology designed to prevent contraband from entering the jail;
(d) To pay for construction or renovation of a jail facility to provide medical or mental health services.
(4) The sheriff shall adopt rules for the operation of any commissary fund the sheriff establishes.
Last updated September 21, 2023 at 1:12 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.31 | Operation of County Rehabilitation Work Camps.

Effective:
August 22, 1990
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 258 - 118th General Assembly
In addition to its other powers, the board of county commissioners of any county may construct, maintain, equip, furnish, appoint the necessary personnel of, and supervise the operation of county rehabilitation work camps for the purpose of the rehabilitation of persons who have been sentenced to imprisonment for a misdemeanor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.32 | Agreement for Work Camp Services With Other Counties and Municipal Corporations.

Effective:
November 5, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 784 - 103rd General Assembly
The board of county commissioners of any county not having a county rehabilitation work camp or the legislative authority of any municipal corporation may agree upon the terms on which persons convicted of a misdemeanor by any court or magistrate of such county or municipal corporation may be received into a county rehabilitation work camp under sentence of such court or magistrate. Such board or legislative authority may pay the expenses, including the cost of transportation of prisoners, incurred under such agreement out of the general fund of such county or municipal corporation, upon the certificate of the proper officer of such county work rehabilitation camp.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.33 | Use of Work Camp Services by Municipal Corporations.

Effective:
November 5, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 784 - 103rd General Assembly
Imprisonment under the ordinances of a municipal corporation, in addition to the manner provided for in section 1905.35 of the Revised Code, may be in a county rehabilitation work camp, provided an agreement for the use of such camp has been entered into between the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such camp is located and the legislative authority of such municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.35 | Private Operation of Correctional Facility.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
The board of county commissioners of a county with a county jail, workhouse, minimum security misdemeanant jail, or other correctional facility may enter into a contract under section 9.06 of the Revised Code for the private operation and management of that facility, but only if the facility is used to house only misdemeanant inmates.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.41 | Prohibiting Activities Designed to Increase Muscle Mass and Physical Strength or Improve Fighting Skills.

Effective:
March 17, 1998
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 293 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Free weight exercise equipment" means any equipment or device that is designed to increase the muscle mass and physical strength of the person using it. "Free weight exercise equipment" includes, but is not limited to, barbells, dumbbells, weight plates, and similar free weight-type equipment and other devices that the department of rehabilitation and correction, in rules adopted under section 5120.423 of the Revised Code, designates as enabling a person to increase muscle mass and physical strength.
(2) "Fixed weight exercise equipment" means any equipment, machine, or device that is not designed primarily to increase muscle mass and physical strength but rather to keep a person in relatively good physical condition. "Fixed weight exercise equipment" includes, but is not limited to, weight machines that utilize weight plates, tension bands, or similar devices that provide weight training resistance like universal and nautilus equipment. "Fixed weight exercise equipment" includes machines that are usually assembled as a unit, are not readily dismantled, and have been specifically modified for prison use so as to make them secure and immobile.
(3) "County correctional officer" means a person who is employed by a county as an employee or officer of a county jail, county workhouse, minimum security jail, joint city and county workhouse, municipal-county correctional center, multicounty-municipal correctional center, municipal-county jail or workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse.
(4) A person is "employed by a county" if the person is employed by, or receives any compensation or benefits from, any official, officer, office, agency, board, commission, department, or other entity that is a branch of county government, that is established by a county, or that serves a county, including, but not limited to, a sheriff.
(5) "Multicounty-municipal" has the same meaning as in section 307.93 of the Revised Code.
(B) No county correctional officer shall do any of the following:
(1) Provide a prisoner access to free weight or fixed weight exercise equipment;
(2) Allow a prisoner to provide or receive instruction in boxing, wrestling, karate, judo, or another form of martial arts, or any other program that the department of rehabilitation and correction, in rules adopted under section 5120.423 of the Revised Code, designates as enabling a person to improve fighting skills.
(C) Nothing in this section prohibits a county correctional officer from allowing a prisoner to participate in jogging, basketball, stationary exercise bicycling, supervised calisthenics, or other physical activities that are not designed to increase muscle mass and physical strength or improve fighting skills.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 341 | Jails › Section 341.42 | Improper Internet Access - County Facilities.

Effective:
April 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "County correctional officer" has the same meaning as in section 341.41 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Computer," "computer network," "computer system," "computer services," "telecommunications service," and "information service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "County correctional facility" means a county jail, county workhouse, minimum security jail, joint city and county workhouse, municipal-county correctional center, multicounty-municipal correctional center, municipal-county jail or workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse.
(B) No county correctional officer shall provide a prisoner access to or permit a prisoner to have access to the internet through the use of a computer, computer network, computer system, computer services, telecommunications service, or information service unless both of the following apply:
(1) The prisoner is accessing the internet solely for a use or purpose approved by the managing officer of that prisoner's county correctional facility or by the managing officer's designee.
(2) The provision of and access to the internet is in accordance with rules promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5120.62 of the Revised Code.
(C)(1) No prisoner in a county correctional facility under the control of a county shall access the internet through the use of a computer, computer network, computer system, computer services, telecommunications service, or information service unless both of the following apply:
(a) The prisoner is accessing the internet solely for a use or purpose approved by the managing officer of that prisoner's county correctional facility or by the managing officer's designee.
(b) The provision of and access to the internet is in accordance with rules promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5120.62 of the Revised Code.
(2) Whoever violates division (C)(1) of this section is guilty of improper internet access, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 343 | Solid Waste Management Districts › Section 343.013 | Continuation of Resource Recovery Facilities and Recycling Activities While Public Debt Outstanding.

Effective:
October 29, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 153 - 120th General Assembly
(A) The designations under the initial solid waste management plan of a county or joint solid waste management district approved under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code of solid waste disposal, transfer, and resource recovery facilities and recycling activities that are owned by a municipal corporation, county, county or joint solid waste management district, township, or township waste disposal district created under section 505.28 of the Revised Code and are financed in whole or part by debt issued under Chapter 133., 343., or 6123. of the Revised Code shall continue until they are terminated by the board of county commissioners or directors of the district or they end pursuant to division (C) of this section.
(B) The board of county commissioners or directors of a district, at any time and by resolution, may designate additional solid waste disposal, transfer, or resource recovery facilities or recycling activities that are owned by a municipal corporation, county, county or joint solid waste management district, township, or township waste disposal district created under section 505.28 of the Revised Code, and that are financed in whole or in part by debt issued under Chapter 133., 343., or 6123. of the Revised Code, where solid wastes generated within or transported into the district shall be taken for disposal, transfer, resource recovery, or recycling.
(C) The designation of a facility or activity under division (A) or (B) of this section shall not continue beyond the time that all such debt issued to finance the facility or activity has been retired. The board, at any time and by resolution, may terminate the designation of any such facility or activity.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 343 | Solid Waste Management Districts › Section 343.015 | Resolution of Intent to Continue Designations After 1-1-94.

Effective:
October 29, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 153 - 120th General Assembly
The designations of solid waste disposal, transfer, or resource recovery facilities or recycling activities contained in an initial solid waste management plan of a county or joint solid waste management district approved under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code that does not include the provision authorized under division (E)(2)(b) or (c) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code are void on and after January 1, 1994, for the purposes of division (I)(2) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code unless the board of county commissioners or directors of the district acts in accordance with this section to continue the designations. In order to continue the designations, the board shall adopt a resolution of intent to designate under division (B) of section 343.014 of the Revised Code not later than January 1, 1994. For the purposes of proceedings initiated under this section, the board shall complete the actions required under divisions (C) to (G) of that section within one hundred eighty days after the adoption of the resolution of intent under division (B) of that section. If the district fails to so complete those actions, the designations contained in the district's initial plan become void on the one hundred eightieth day after the adoption of the resolution of intent to designate.
Nothing in this section precludes the board from altering the list of designated facilities contained in the district's approved initial plan in connection with the proceedings initiated under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 343 | Solid Waste Management Districts › Section 343.02 | Contracts for Solid Waste Collection, Storage, Transfer, Disposal, Recycling, Processing, or Resource Recovery Services.

Effective:
October 29, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 165 - 120th General Assembly
A board of county commissioners or board of directors of a county or joint solid waste management district may contract with any person, municipal corporation, township, or other political subdivision located within or outside its district for the furnishing to the district or joint district of solid waste collection, storage, transfer, disposal, recycling, processing, or resource recovery services.
When consistent with the solid waste management plans approved under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or amended solid waste management plan approved under section 3734.56 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners or directors of a county or joint district may enter into an agreement with the board of county commissioners or directors of another county or joint district authorizing the joint use of facilities within the districts. To the extent consistent with the plans or amended plans of the districts involved, the boards of county commissioners or directors of the districts may enter into a joint use agreement upon such terms and for such lengths of time as the boards consider appropriate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 343 | Solid Waste Management Districts › Section 343.022 | Contracts to Establish and Collect on Behalf of the District Generation or Disposal Fees.

Effective:
October 31, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 122 - 121st General Assembly
(A) The board of county commissioners of a county solid waste management district or the board of directors of a joint solid waste management district may enter into a contract or agreement with the owner or operator of a solid waste facility, or with persons collecting or transporting solid wastes, to establish and collect on behalf of the district generation or disposal fees to be used by the district for the purposes set forth in divisions (G)(1) to (10) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code or to provide other remuneration or services to or on behalf of the district or its residents.
(B) The authority provided by division (A) of this section is cumulative and concurrent with the authority of the board of county commissioners or directors to enter into contracts or agreements under other sections of this chapter. The existence or exercise of one such authority does not prevent the exercise of the other.
(C) The authority provided by division (A) of this section pertaining to disposal or generation fees is cumulative and concurrent with the authority of the board of county commissioners or directors to levy disposal or generation fees under section 3734.57, 3734.571, 3734.572, 3734.573, or 3734.574 of the Revised Code. The exercise of the authority provided in any of those sections does not prevent the exercise of the authority provided by division (A) of this section, and the authority provided by division (A) of this section does not prevent the exercise of the authority provided in any of those sections.