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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.41 | Director; Administrators; Employees.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The board of directors of a joint county department of job and family services formed under section 329.40 of the Revised Code shall appoint and fix the compensation of the director of the department. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. Under the direction and control of the board, the director shall have full charge of the department as set forth in section 329.02 of the Revised Code for the director of a single county department of job and family services.
(B) The board of directors may appoint up to three administrators to oversee services provided by the joint county department. Administrators shall be in the unclassified service.
(C) Employees of a joint county department of job and family services shall be appointed by the director of the joint county department and, except as provided in this section, shall be in the classified service. The employees of a joint county department shall be considered county employees for the purposes of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code and other provisions of state law applicable to county employees. Instead of or in addition to appointing these employees, a board of directors may agree to use the employees of one or more of the counties that formed a joint county department in the service of the joint county department and to share in their compensation in any manner that may be agreed upon.
(D) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, if an employee's separation from county service occurs in connection with a county joining or withdrawing from a joint county department of job and family services, the board of county commissioners that initially appointed the employee shall have no obligation to pay any compensation with respect to unused vacation or sick leave accrued to the credit of the employee if the employee accepts employment with the joint county department or a withdrawing county. At the effective time of separation from county service, the joint county department or the withdrawing county, as the case may be, shall assume such unused vacation and sick leave accrued to the employee's credit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.42 | Fiscal Officer; Treasurer.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The county auditor of the county with the largest population that formed a joint county department of job and family services under section 329.40 of the Revised Code shall serve as the fiscal officer of the joint county department, and the county treasurer of that county shall serve as the treasurer of the joint county department, unless the counties that formed the joint county department agree to appoint the county auditor and county treasurer of another county that formed the department. In either case, these county officers shall perform any applicable duties for the joint county department as each typically performs for the county of which the individual is an officer. The board of directors of the joint county department may pay to that county any amount agreed upon by the board of directors and the board of county commissioners of that county to reimburse the county for the costs that are properly allocable to the service of its officers as fiscal officer and treasurer of the joint county department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.43 | Legal Advisor; Other Legal Counsel.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The prosecuting attorney of the county with the largest population that formed a joint county department of job and family services under section 329.40 of the Revised Code shall serve as the legal advisor of the board of directors of the joint county department, unless the counties that formed the joint county department agree to appoint the prosecuting attorney of another county that formed the joint county department as legal advisor of the board. The board of directors may pay to the county of the prosecuting attorney who is the legal advisor of the board any amount agreed upon by the board of directors and the board of county commissioners of that county to reimburse that county for the costs that are properly allocable to the service of its prosecuting attorney as the legal advisor of the board of directors.
(B) The prosecuting attorney shall provide such services to the board of directors as are required or authorized to be provided to other county boards under Chapter 309. of the Revised Code.
(C)(1) If the board of directors of a joint county department wishes to employ other legal counsel on an annual basis to serve as the board's legal advisor in place of the prosecuting attorney, the board may do so with the agreement of the prosecuting attorney. If the prosecuting attorney does not agree, the board of directors may apply to the court of common pleas of the county with the largest population that formed the joint county department for authority to employ other legal counsel on an annual basis.
(2) If the board of directors of a joint county department wishes to employ other legal counsel to represent or advise the board on a particular matter in place of the prosecuting attorney, the board may do so with the agreement of the prosecuting attorney. If the prosecuting attorney does not agree, the board of directors may apply to the court of common pleas of the county with the largest population that formed the joint county department for authority to employ other legal counsel for that particular matter.
(3) The prosecuting attorney who is the legal advisor of the board of directors shall be given notice of an application filed under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section and shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard. After the hearing, the court may authorize the board of directors to employ other legal counsel on an annual basis or for a particular matter only if it finds that the prosecuting attorney refuses or is unable to provide the legal services that the board requires. If the board of directors employs other legal counsel on an annual basis or for a particular matter, the board may not require the prosecuting attorney to provide legal advice, opinions, or other legal services during the period or to the extent that the board employs the other legal counsel.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 329 | County Department of Job and Family Services › Section 329.44 | Rights and Powers of Board.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The board of directors of a joint county department of job and family services formed under section 329.40 of the Revised Code may acquire, by purchase or lease, real property, equipment, and systems to improve, maintain, or operate family service programs within the territory served by the joint county department. A board of county commissioners may acquire, within its county, real property or any estate, interest, or right therein, by appropriation or any other method, for use by the joint county department in connection with its provision of services. Appropriation proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 163. of the Revised Code.
(B) A board of county commissioners that formed a joint county department may contribute lands or rights or interests therein, money, other personal property or rights or interests therein, or services to the joint county department. The board of county commissioners may issue bonds or bond anticipation notes of the county to pay the cost of acquiring real property and of constructing, modifying, or upgrading a facility to house employees of the joint county department. The board of directors of a joint county department may reimburse the county for the use of such a facility if it is required to do so under the agreement entered into under section 329.40 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 331 | County Facilities Review Board › Section 331.01 | County Facilities Review Board.

Effective:
September 4, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 68 - 116th General Assembly
In each county there may be a county facilities review board. Each such board shall consist of six persons, not more than three of whom shall have the same political affiliations, appointed for the inspection of all charitable and correctional institutions supported in whole or in part from county or municipal corporation funds. Three of such appointees shall be women. If the judge of the probate court chooses to appoint a county facilities review board, he shall initially appoint six persons, two of whom shall be appointed for terms of three years, two for terms of two years, and two for terms of one year. The terms of office shall commence on the first day of May. Thereafter, within thirty days prior to the first day of May of each year, the judge shall appoint two persons for a term of three years, beginning upon the first day of May. The judge of the probate court may terminate or reconstitute the county facilities review board by an appropriate journal entry.
All vacancies in the board shall be filled in the manner provided by the original appointment, for the unexpired term only.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 331 | County Facilities Review Board › Section 331.02 | Appointment to Board.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
A certificate of appointment to the county facilities review board shall be issued to the persons appointed under section 331.01 of the Revised Code, and a copy, giving full names and addresses, shall be sent to the central office of the department of job and family services. No person shall be qualified to serve on the board who is in any manner officially connected with any charitable or correctional institution within the county supported wholly or partly at public expense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 331 | County Facilities Review Board › Section 331.03 | Expenses of Board.

Effective:
September 4, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 68 - 116th General Assembly
The county facilities review board shall serve without compensation, but actual expenses incurred in the discharge of its duties, including the costs of printing its annual report required by division (A) of section 331.06 of the Revised Code, and actual necessary expense incurred by any member, to be selected by such board, in visiting any other charitable or correctional institution for the purpose of information, and in attendance upon any convention or meeting held within this state in the interest of and to deliberate upon charitable or correctional methods and work, to an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars in any year, shall be allowed by the board of county commissioners. The county auditor shall issue a warrant for such expense which shall be paid by the county treasurer, provided the judge of the probate court has issued a certificate that the members of the county facilities review board have satisfactorily performed their duties, as provided in sections 331.04 to 331.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 331 | County Facilities Review Board › Section 331.04 | Duties of Board.

Effective:
September 4, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 68 - 116th General Assembly
The county facilities review board, by personal visitation or otherwise, shall keep fully advised of the condition and management of all charitable or correctional institutions supported in whole or in part by county or municipal taxation, or which are under county or municipal control, and especially the county home, county jail, municipal prisons, and children's home. From time to time the county facilities review board shall recommend to the board of county commissioners and to other officials responsible for such institutions, such changes and additional provisions as the county facilities review board considers essential for the economical and efficient administration of the institutions. At least once in every three months each of such institutions shall be visited by the county facilities review board or a committee of its members. Failure in the performance of these duties on the part of any member of the county facilities review board for one year shall be sufficient cause for his removal by the judge of the probate court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 331 | County Facilities Review Board › Section 331.05 | Judge May Notify Board Before Committing Child to Department of Youth Services.

Effective:
September 4, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 68 - 116th General Assembly
The juvenile judge, whenever proceedings are instituted before him to commit a child to the department of youth services, may notify the county facilities review board of the pendency of such proceedings and such board shall thereupon attend and protect the interests of such child.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 331 | County Facilities Review Board › Section 331.06 | Annual Report.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Each year the county facilities review board shall prepare a full report of its proceedings during the year, with such recommendations as it considers advisable, file such report with the probate judge and the prosecuting attorney between the fifteenth day of November and the fifteenth day of December, forward a copy thereof to the central office of the department of job and family services, and send a copy of that part of the report concerning correctional institutions to the department of rehabilitation and correction.
(B) The probate judge may, in that judge's discretion, order the publication of a summary of the annual report in a newspaper of general circulation within the county. The cost of such publication shall be paid by the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 333 | Impact Facilities › Section 333.01 | Impact Facilities Definitions.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "County sales and use tax" means the tax levied by a county under division (A) of section 5739.021 or division (A) of section 5741.021 of the Revised Code that is returned or distributed to the county under section 5739.21 or 5741.03 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Impact facility" means a permanent structure, including all interior or exterior square footage used for educational or exhibition activities, that meets all of the following criteria:
(1) It is used for the sale of tangible personal property or services;
(2) At least ten per cent of the facility's total square footage is dedicated to educational or exhibition activities;
(3) At least thirty million dollars is invested in land, buildings, infrastructure, and equipment for the facility at the site of the facility over a period of not more than two years;
(4) An annualized average of at least one hundred fifty new full-time equivalent positions will be created and maintained at the facility;
(5) More than fifty per cent of the visitors to the facility are reasonably anticipated to live at least fifty miles from the facility.
(C) "Qualifying investment" means a person's investment in land, buildings, infrastructure, and equipment for creating an impact facility.
(D) "Full-time equivalent positions" means the total number of hours worked at a facility in a work week, divided by forty hours per week.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 333 | Impact Facilities › Section 333.02 | Agreement With Proposed Builder for Tax Revenue Sharing.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Before June 1, 2015, a board of county commissioners of a county that levies a county sales and use tax may enter into an agreement with any person that proposes to construct an impact facility in the county to provide payments to that person of up to seventy-five per cent of the county sales and use tax collected on each retail sale made by that person at the facility, for a term of up to ten years, or until the person's qualifying investment in the impact facility has been realized through the payments, whichever occurs first.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 333 | Impact Facilities › Section 333.03 | Application to Build Facility - Certification of Compliance.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) A person seeking to enter into an agreement and obtain payments under section 333.02 of the Revised Code shall provide both of the following to the board of county commissioners:
(1) A certification by the person's chief financial officer, or the equivalent if that position does not exist, that the criteria listed in division (B) of section 333.01 of the Revised Code will be met; and
(2) An application on a form or in a format acceptable to the board that describes the proposed impact facility, including the projected level of investment in and new jobs to be created at the facility, the rationale used for determining that more than fifty per cent of the facility's visitors live at least fifty miles from the facility, the types of activities to be conducted at the facility, the projected levels of sales to occur at the facility, a calculation of the facility's square footage that will be dedicated to educational or exhibition activities, and any other information the board of county commissioners reasonably requests about the expected operations of the facility.
(B) The board of county commissioners shall request the director of development services to certify that the proposed facility meets the criteria for an impact facility listed in division (B) of section 333.01 of the Revised Code. The board of county commissioners may, but need not, make findings of fact that a proposed facility meets the criteria for an impact facility listed in division (B) of section 333.01 of the Revised Code before or after requesting the certification. If the director of development services certifies a proposed facility as an impact facility under this section, and if the board makes such findings, the findings and certification are conclusive and not subject to reopening at any time.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 333 | Impact Facilities › Section 333.05 | Reduction of Payments for Noncompliance With Agreement.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, if a person fails to meet or comply with any provision of an agreement entered into under section 333.02 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may amend the agreement to reduce the percentage or term, or both, of the payments the person is entitled to receive under the agreement. The reduction shall commence in the calendar quarter immediately following the calendar quarter in which the board amends the agreement. If a person fails to comply with the provision described in division (B)(7) of section 333.04 of the Revised Code, no payments may be made under this chapter to that person after the person is found to be in violation.
(B) A board of county commissioners shall submit to the department of development and to the tax commissioner a copy of each agreement entered into under section 333.02 of the Revised Code and any modifications to an agreement within thirty days after finalization or modification of the agreement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 333 | Impact Facilities › Section 333.06 | Application of Builder for Payment.

Effective:
June 30, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly
(A) A person who has entered into an agreement with a board of county commissioners under section 333.02 of the Revised Code shall apply for payment with the county auditor on a form prescribed by the tax commissioner within sixty days after the end of each calendar quarter during which the agreement is in effect. Upon request of the county auditor, the tax commissioner shall provide to the county auditor the applicant's sales or use tax return information or any sales or use tax audit information, including information regarding state refunds of sales or use taxes, that the county auditor needs to determine the amount of the payment that should be made to the applicant.
(B) On receipt of an application for payment under this section and review of the applicant's agreement with the board of county commissioners, the county auditor shall determine the amount of the payment the applicant shall receive as follows:
(1) If the amount of the payment is not less than that claimed on the application, the county auditor shall certify the amount to the county treasurer, who shall make a payment to the applicant from the county sales and use tax revenues returned or distributed to the county under sections 5739.21 and 5741.03 of the Revised Code. Upon request of the board of county commissioners or the tax commissioner, the county auditor shall notify the board or the commissioner, or both, of the amount certified and the date the payment will be made.
(2) If the amount of the payment is less than that claimed on the application, the county auditor shall notify the applicant and provide to the applicant the reasons why the payment is less than that claimed. If the applicant disagrees with the amount of the payment, the applicant may file an appeal with the tax commissioner pursuant to, and within the time prescribed by, section 333.07 of the Revised Code. To assist in reviewing the amount under appeal, the county auditor shall provide to the tax commissioner any information the commissioner requests.
(C) A payment made under this section or under section 333.07 of the Revised Code shall not include interest. The amount of the payment shall be subject to adjustment by the county auditor, based on any refunds of the county sales and use tax that were made to the person arising from retail sales at the impact facility, including for calendar quarters in which such sales were made before the calendar quarter for which the person is requesting a payment under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 333 | Impact Facilities › Section 333.07 | Appeal of Reduced Payment by Builder to Tax Commissioner.

Effective:
June 30, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly
(A) An applicant who intends to file an appeal with the tax commissioner under division (B)(2) of section 333.06 of the Revised Code shall have sixty days from the date the county auditor mails the notice under that section, as shown by the United States postal service postmark, to file with the commissioner a notice of objection and to request a hearing. The notice of objection shall state the reasons why the applicant objects to the amount of the payment to be paid to the applicant by the county auditor.
(B)(1) If an applicant who files an appeal with the tax commissioner under division (B)(2) of section 333.06 of the Revised Code does not file a notice of objection within the time limit prescribed under division (A) of this section, the tax commissioner shall take no further action and the county auditor's determination under section 333.06 of the Revised Code is final.
(2)(a) If the applicant files a notice of objection and requests a hearing within the time limit prescribed by division (A) of this section, the tax commissioner shall assign a time and place for the hearing and notify the applicant of the time and place, but the commissioner may continue the hearing from time to time as necessary. After the hearing, the commissioner may make adjustments to the payment as the commissioner finds proper, and shall issue a final determination thereon.
(b) If the applicant files a notice of objection within the time limit prescribed by division (A) of this section and does not request a hearing, but provides additional information within the time limit prescribed by division (A) of this section, the tax commissioner shall review the information, may make adjustments to the payment as the commissioner finds proper, and shall issue a final determination thereon.
(C) The tax commissioner shall serve a copy of the commissioner's final determination under this section on the applicant that filed the appeal and on the county auditor, in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. The final determination may be appealed by the applicant under section 5717.02 of the Revised Code.
(D) If applicable, the county auditor shall certify to the county treasurer any payment due to a person pursuant to the tax commissioner's final determination under this section, adjusted for any changes that were made to the amount of the payment as the result of the appeal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.021 | Designating County Home as County Hospital.

Effective:
November 15, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly
Whenever the building and facilities of a county home are suitable for use as a hospital, the board of county commissioners may designate said county home a county hospital. Thereafter, Chapter 339. of the Revised Code shall govern the operation of such facility, provided, that the members of the board of county commissioners or their designees shall serve ex officio as members of the board of trustees. The appointment of the board of trustees provided in section 339.02 of the Revised Code shall be made within thirty days after the board of county commissioners designates the facility a county hospital. All funds appropriated to the county home, and the proceeds of all tax levies and bond issues for the use and benefit of the county home, may be expended for the county hospital. Whenever additional tax levies or bond issues are not required for the purchase, appropriation, construction, enlargement, improvement, or rebuilding of a county hospital at the time the board of county commissioners designates the facility a county hospital, the tax levy or bond issue required by sections 339.01 and 339.02 of the Revised Code may be dispensed with.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.03 | Board of County Hospital Trustees - Powers and Duties.

Effective:
March 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 126 - 126th General Assembly
The board of county hospital trustees shall have complete charge of the selection and purchase or lease of a site or sites for a county hospital, taking title or leasehold interest to such site or sites in the name of the county, the selection of plans and specifications, the determination and erection of all necessary buildings on such site or sites, and of the selection and installation of all necessary and proper furniture, fixtures, and equipment.
The board of county hospital trustees may make capital improvements, including the purchase of equipment and vehicles, and may finance such improvements through hospital revenues or other hospital funds.
The board of county hospital trustees may issue revenue obligations, pursuant to section 140.06 or 339.15 of the Revised Code, or revenue bonds pursuant to section 133.08 of the Revised Code.
The board of county hospital trustees may construct an addition to the county hospital, acquire an existing structure for the purpose of leasing office space to local physicians, or lease real property to any person to construct facilities for providing medical services other than inpatient hospital services if the board of county hospital trustees determines that such purpose is reasonably related to the proper operation of the county hospital.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.04 | County Hospital Building Fund.

Effective:
October 4, 1984
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 224 - 115th General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 135.351 of the Revised Code, all funds, including any and all interest income, arising from a special tax levy or general obligation bond issue for the purchase, appropriation, or construction of a county hospital, and contributions thereto, shall be placed in the county treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as the "county hospital building fund." Such fund shall be paid out on the order of the board of county hospital trustees, certified by the chairman of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.05 | Adopting Bidding Procedures and Purchasing Policies for Services, Supplies and Equipment.

Effective:
October 13, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 4 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) A board of county hospital trustees may adopt, annually, bidding procedures and purchasing or leasing policies provided through a joint purchasing arrangement sponsored by a nonprofit organization, for services, supplies, and equipment, that are routinely used in the operation of the hospital and that cost in excess of the amount specified in section 307.86 of the Revised Code as the amount above which purchases must be competitively bid. If a board of county hospital trustees adopts those policies and procedures, and if the board of county commissioners approves them, the board of county hospital trustees may follow those policies and procedures in lieu of following the competitive bidding procedures of sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code.
(B) Notwithstanding section 307.86 of the Revised Code, the board of county hospital trustees is exempt from competitive bidding as required under that section if the board, by a unanimous vote of its members, makes a determination that a real and present emergency exists, and any of the following applies:
(1) The estimated cost is less than one hundred thousand dollars.
(2) There is actual physical damage to structures or equipment.
(3) The product to be purchased is personal protective equipment and the purchase is completed during the period of the emergency declared by Executive Order 2020-01D, issued on March 9, 2020.
The board shall enter the determination of emergency and the reasons for it in the minutes of its proceedings.
(C) For purposes of this section, a vote is unanimous if all members of a board of county hospital trustees are present, or a lesser number of members of the board if not all members are present, provided that the number of members present constitutes a quorum. Board members participating in a vote by means of authorized communications equipment in accordance with section 339.02 of the Revised Code are considered to be present in person and may vote on matters under this section.
(D) Whenever a contract of purchase, lease, or construction is exempted from competitive bidding because the estimated cost is less than one hundred thousand dollars, but the estimated cost is fifty thousand dollars or more, the board shall solicit informal estimates from not fewer than three persons who could perform the contract, before awarding the contract. With regard to each such contract, the board shall maintain a record of the informal estimates, including the name of each person from whom an informal estimate was solicited. The board shall maintain the record for the longer of at least one year after the contract is awarded or an amount of time required by the federal government.
(E) "Personal protective equipment" means equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause workplace injuries and illnesses.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.07 | Duties of Administrator.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The board of county hospital trustees shall provide for the administration of the county hospital by directly employing a hospital administrator or by entering into a contract for the management of the hospital under which an administrator is provided. When an administrator is employed directly, the board shall adopt a job description delineating the administrator's powers and duties and the board may pay the administrator's salary and other benefits from funds provided for the hospital.
(B) During the construction and equipping of the hospital, the administrator shall act in an advisory capacity to the board of county hospital trustees. After the hospital is completed, the administrator shall serve as the chief executive officer and shall carry out the administration of the county hospital according to the policies set forth by the board and any written delegation.
The administrator shall administer the county hospital, make reports, and take any other action that the administrator determines is necessary for the operation of the hospital.
At the end of each fiscal year, the administrator shall submit to the board a complete financial statement showing the receipts, revenues, and expenditures in detail for the entire fiscal year.
The administrator shall ensure that the hospital has such physicians, nurses, and other employees as are necessary for the proper care, control, and management of the county hospital and its patients. The physicians, nurses, and other employees may be suspended or removed by the administrator at any time the welfare of the hospital warrants suspension or removal. The administrator may obtain physicians, nurses, and other employees by direct employment, entering into contracts, or granting authority to practice in the hospital. Persons employed directly shall be in the unclassified civil service, pursuant to section 124.11 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.08 | Hospital Trust Fund.

Effective:
November 15, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly
The board of county hospital trustees may receive any gift, bequest, or devise of real or personal property in trust for the erection, improvement, or support of the county hospital, and administer the said property and the proceeds thereof in the manner required by law or the instrument creating such trust. Before receiving such trust property, the board shall give additional bond in such amount as the board of county commissioners or a court requires.
Any corporation or association holding property in trust for the erection, improvement, or support of a county hospital may make application to the court of common pleas of such county for permission to resign from and relinquish the obligations of such trust. The court shall set a time for a hearing, and give notice of the hearing to the donors, if living, and to the next of kin of deceased donors, residing within the state, and notice shall also be given by publication in a newspaper published in and of general circulation within the county for three consecutive weeks. Upon hearing, with consent of the board of county hospital trustees and upon its giving such additional bond as is ordered, the court may authorize said trust property to be delivered over to said board of county hospital trustees as successor trustees. Upon delivering said trust property and making a full accounting of the administration of it to the satisfaction of the court, the former board may be discharged and any bonds or obligations for performance of its duties as such board shall be canceled.
All money held in trust by the board shall be kept in a separate fund to be known as "the hospital trust fund." The board of county hospital trustees shall make a complete report of its administration of all property and funds held in trust to the board of county commissioners with its annual report of operation of the hospital.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.09 | Hospital May Be Leased.

Effective:
March 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 126 - 126th General Assembly
When the county hospital has been fully completed and sufficiently equipped for occupancy, in lieu of sections 339.06 to 339.08 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of any county, on adoption of a resolution under section 339.091 of the Revised Code, may, upon such terms as are agreed upon between the board and a constituted and empowered nonsectarian Ohio corporation, organized for charitable purposes and not for profit, a majority of whose members reside in the county, enter into an agreement to lease for use as a hospital or hospital facilities, the lands, the buildings, and equipment of any hospital owned by said county. Such lease may be from year to year or may provide for a term of not more than thirty years and may provide that such board has the option to renew such lease at the expiration thereof for a further term of not more than thirty years upon such terms as are provided for in such lease. In the event that said nonprofit corporation fails to faithfully and efficiently administer, maintain, and operate such hospital as a public hospital, admitting patients without regard to race, creed, or color, then, after an opportunity is given to be heard upon written charges, said agreement shall terminate and the control and management of said hospital, together with all additions, improvements, and equipment, shall revert to and become the property of the county to be operated as provided by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.091 | Approval of Agreement for Operation of County Hospital by Electors.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Before the board of county commissioners, board of county hospital trustees, or county hospital commission may enter into an initial agreement for the acquisition, operation, or lease under section 140.03, 140.05, 339.09, or 339.14 of the Revised Code of a county hospital operated by a board of county hospital trustees under section 339.06 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall review the agreement. If it finds that the agreement will meet the needs of the residents of the county for hospital service, the board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution authorizing the board of county commissioners, board of county hospital trustees, or county hospital commission to enter into the agreement. On adoption of the resolution, the board of county commissioners, board of county hospital trustees, or county hospital commission may enter into the agreement.
The requirements of this section do not apply to an agreement if one or more hospitals classified as general hospitals by the director of health under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code are operating in the same county as the county hospital.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.10 | Authority for Board to Form or Acquire Corporation, Llc, or Participate in Nonprofit Enterprise or Venture.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The board of county hospital trustees of a county hospital may do either of the following:
(1) Form, or acquire control of, a domestic nonprofit corporation or a domestic nonprofit limited liability company;
(2) Be a partner, member, owner, associate, or participant in a nonprofit enterprise or nonprofit venture.
(B) A board of county hospital trustees of a county hospital forming, acquiring, or becoming involved with a nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, enterprise, or venture under division (A) of this section shall do so in furtherance of any of the following:
(1) To support the county hospital's mission;
(2) To provide for any or all health care or medical services, whether inpatient or outpatient services, diagnostic, treatment, care, or rehabilitation services, wellness services, services involving the prevention, detection, and control of disease, home health services or services provided at or through various facilities, education, training, and other necessary and related services for the health professions;
(3) The management or operation of any hospital facility as defined in division (E) of section 140.01 of the Revised Code;
(4) The management, operation, or participation in programs, projects, activities, and services useful to, connected with, supporting, or otherwise related to the health, wellness, and medical services and wellness programs provided in divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section;
(5) Any other activities that are in furtherance of the county hospital or the persons served by the county hospital or are necessary to perform the county hospital's mission and functions and respond to change in the health care industry as determined by the board of trustees.
(C) A nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, enterprise, or venture that a board of county hospital trustees of a county hospital forms, acquires, or becomes involved with under this section shall be considered an entity separate for all purposes from the county hospital, a county, or other public entity and shall not be considered to be an agency, division, or department of a county or other public entity.
Last updated July 14, 2021 at 8:41 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.11 | Contract by Board of County Commissioners for Care of Indigent Sick and Disabled Persons.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may enter into an agreement with one or more corporations or associations organized for charitable purposes or for the purpose of maintaining and operating a hospital in any county in which such hospital has been established, for the care of indigent persons who are sick or have disabilities, including indigent persons receiving the tuberculosis treatment specified in section 339.73 of the Revised Code. The document used to verify the agreement shall specify the terms that have been agreed upon by the board and such corporations or associations. Such board shall provide for the payment of the amount agreed upon in one payment, or installments, or so much from year to year as the parties stipulate. This section does not authorize the payment of public funds to a sectarian institution, except when the payment is made pursuant to sections 339.71 to 339.89 of the Revised Code. The board may employ the necessary and properly qualified employees to assist it in carrying out all responsibilities devolving upon such board by reason of any agreement entered into in accordance with this section.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 10:59 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.12 | Agreement for Acquiring General Hospital From Municipality.

Effective:
November 15, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may, upon such terms as are agreed upon between such board and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, lease, acquire, operate, and maintain, as and for a county hospital, the lands, buildings, and equipment of a general hospital owned by any such municipal corporation in the county. The terms of such agreement may provide that operation and maintenance of said hospital shall be under the direction and control of a public university having a college of medicine and located within the county. For such purposes the board may expend any available funds belonging to the county, except the proceeds of a special tax, loan, or bond issue.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.13 | Ratification of Former Acts.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If the board of county commissioners has, prior to June 18, 1925, leased the lands, buildings, and equipment of any such general hospital as provided by section 339.12 of the Revised Code, as and for a county hospital, and has expended money or funds to operate and maintain the hospital, such acts and expenditures of the board may be ratified and confirmed by resolution of the board, by and with the consent of the municipal corporation owning such general hospital. When such acts and expenditures have been so ratified and confirmed, all previous proceedings in connection therewith are valid and binding.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.15 | Issuing Revenue Obligations.

Effective:
October 4, 1984
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 224 - 115th General Assembly
The hospital commission of any county or the board of county hospital trustees established pursuant to section 339.02 of the Revised Code may issue revenue obligations of the county pursuant to section 140.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.16 | Fringe Benefits for County Hospital Employees.

Effective:
March 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 126 - 126th General Assembly
(A) A board of trustees of any county hospital may contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure on behalf of any or all of its employees, the employees of the hospital, or such employees and their immediate dependents the following types of fringe benefits:
(1) Group or individual insurance contracts which may include life, sickness, accident, disability, annuities, endowment, health, medical expense, hospital, dental, surgical and related coverage or any combination thereof;
(2) Group or individual contracts with health insuring corporations or other providers of professional services, care, or benefits duly authorized to do business in this state.
(B) A board of trustees of any county hospital may contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure insurance contracts which provide protection for the trustees, the board's employees, and the employees of the hospital against liability, including professional liability, provided that this section or any insurance contract issued pursuant to this section shall not be construed as a waiver of or in any manner affect the immunity of the hospital or county.
(C) All or any portion of the cost, premium, fees, or charges for the insurance benefits specified in divisions (A) and (B) of this section may be paid in such manner or combination of manners as the board of trustees may determine, including direct payment by an employee, and, if authorized in writing by an employee, by the board of trustees with moneys made available by deduction from or reduction in salary or wages or by the foregoing of a salary or wage increase.
Notwithstanding sections 3917.01 and 3917.06 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees may purchase group life insurance authorized by this section by reason of payment of premiums therefor by the board of trustees from its funds, and such group life insurance may be issued and purchased if otherwise consistent with sections 3917.01 to 3917.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 339 | Hospitals › Section 339.17 | Alternative Statutory Requirements.

Effective:
March 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 126 - 126th General Assembly
(A) Sections 140.03 and 140.05 of the Revised Code are alternatives to sections 339.02 to 339.13 of the Revised Code. Sections 339.02 to 339.14 of the Revised Code are not applicable with respect to hospital facilities and services provided for under leases or agreements entered into pursuant to section 140.03 or 140.05 of the Revised Code, except to the extent made applicable by section 140.03 or 140.05 of the Revised Code and the leases and agreements made thereunder.
(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, the requirements of section 339.091 of the Revised Code apply to an initial agreement with a board of county commissioners, board of county hospital trustees, or county hospital commission for the acquisition, operation, or lease of a county hospital operated by a board of county hospital trustees under section 339.06 of the Revised Code, entered into pursuant to section 140.03 or 140.05 of the Revised Code, but not to any amendment or renewal of such agreement.