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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5108 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program › Section 5108.11 | Contract for County's Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) To the extent permitted by section 307.982 of the Revised Code, a board of county commissioners may enter into a written contract with a private or government entity for the entity to do either or both of the following for the county's prevention, retention, and contingency program:
(1) Certify eligibility for benefits and services that do not have a financial need eligibility requirement;
(2) Accept applications and determine and verify eligibility for benefits and services that have a financial need eligibility requirement.
(B) If a board of county commissioners enters into a contract under division (A) of this section with a private or government entity, the county department of job and family services shall do all of the following:
(1) Ensure that eligibility for benefits and services is certified or determined and verified in accordance with the statement of policies adopted under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code;
(2) Ensure that the private or government entity maintains all records that are necessary for audits;
(3) Monitor the private or government entity for compliance with Title IV-A, this chapter of the Revised Code, and the statement of policies;
(4) Take actions that are necessary to recover any funds that are not spent in accordance with Title IV-A or this chapter of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5108 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program › Section 5108.12 | Responsibility for Funds Expended or Claimed.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Each county department of job and family services is responsible for funds expended or claimed under the county's prevention, retention, and contingency program that the department of job and family services, auditor of state, United States department of health and human services, or other government entity determines is expended or claimed in a manner that federal or state law or policy does not permit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5109 | Blind-Made Products › Section 5109.15 | Blind Defined.

Effective:
November 25, 1969
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 435 - 108th General Assembly
As used in sections 5109.15 to 5109.18, inclusive, of the Revised Code, "blind" means having either of the following limitations:
(A) Vision twenty/two hundred or less in the better eye with proper correction;
(B) Field defect in the better eye with proper correction which contracts the peripheral field so that the diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5109 | Blind-Made Products › Section 5109.16 | Authorization to Identify Blind-Made Goods.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
To facilitate prompt and authoritative identification of goods and articles made by blind persons, any person, public or private institution or agency, firm, association, or corporation engaged in the manufacture or distribution of goods or articles made by blind persons may apply to the bureau of services for the visually impaired for registration and authorization to use an official imprint, stamp, symbol, or label designed or approved by the bureau to identify blind-made products and containing the words, "made by a blind worker" or "made by the blind," or "blind-made" and to which shall be added the name of the manufacturer, the place of manufacture, and such other information as the bureau prescribes.
The bureau shall adopt rules with respect to procedures to be followed in determining whether an applicant is engaged in the manufacture or distribution of blind-made goods or articles. Any applicant who complies with such rules and regulations and sections 5109.15 to 5109.18 of the Revised Code, shall be provided with a certificate of registration and authorization to use the official mark of identification for blind-made products, valid for one year from the date of issue.
The bureau may register, without investigation, nonresident individuals and out-of-state agencies, firms, associations, or corporations upon proof that they are recognized and approved by the state of residence or organized pursuant to a law of such state imposing requirements substantially similar to those prescribed by sections 5109.15 to 5109.18 of the Revised Code.
Last updated February 7, 2023 at 9:23 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5109 | Blind-Made Products › Section 5109.17 | Conditions for Identifying Blind-Made Products.

Effective:
November 25, 1969
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 435 - 108th General Assembly
Goods or articles may be identifield as blind-made products only if the following conditions are met:
(A) At least seventy-five per cent of the total hours required to prepare, process, assemble, package, and pack the product are contributed by blind persons, but such total hours do not include time spent in supervision, administration, inspection, and shipping, or time required to produce component materials which are not produced as part of a program to employ blind persons;
(B) The labor performed by blind persons is not restricted to packaging or packing the goods or articles as distinguished from preparing, processing, or assembling.
A package which does not contain goods which are blind-made shall not carry the label "packaged by the blind" or words of similar import.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5109 | Blind-Made Products › Section 5109.18 | Prohibiting Sale Without Approval Label.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
No person, public or private institution or agency, firm, association, or corporation shall manufacture, distribute, display, advertise, offer for sale, or sell goods or articles represented as made by blind persons unless such goods or articles bear an official imprint, stamp, symbol, or label designed or approved pursuant to section 5109.16 of the Revised Code by the bureau of services for the visually impaired which was attached by a person, institution, agency, firm, association, or corporation holding a valid certificate of registration issued by the bureau. A blind person offering for sale or selling a product made by the blind person is not required to apply for registration or to label such product.
Last updated February 7, 2023 at 9:23 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5109 | Blind-Made Products › Section 5109.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
November 25, 1969
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 435 - 108th General Assembly
Whoever violates section 5109.18 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5116 | Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5116.01 | Definitions.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Certificate of high school equivalence" has the same meaning as in section 5107.40 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Fiscal biennial period" means a two-year period beginning on the first day of July of an odd-numbered year and ending on the last day of June of the next odd-numbered year.
(C) "In-school youth" has the same meaning as in section 129(a)(1)(C) of the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)(C).
(D) "Lead agency" means the local participating agency designated under section 5116.22 of the Revised Code to serve for a fiscal biennial period, or part thereof, as a county's lead agency for the purpose of the comprehensive case management and employment program.
(E) "Local participating agencies" means the county department of job and family services and workforce development agency that serve the same county.
(F) "Local workforce development board" means a local workforce development board established under section 107 of the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3122.
(G) "Ohio works first" has the same meaning as in section 5107.02 of the Revised Code.
(H) "Out-of-school youth" has the same meaning as in section 129(a)(1)(B) of the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)(B).
(I) "Prevention, retention, and contingency program" has the same meaning as in section 5108.01 of the Revised Code.
(J) "Subcontractor" means an entity with which a local participating agency contracts to perform, on behalf of the local participating agency, one or more of the local participating agency's duties regarding the comprehensive case management and employment program.
(K) "TANF block grant" means the temporary assistance for needy families block grant established by Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.
(L) "Work-eligible individual" has the same meaning as in 45 C.F.R. 261.2(n).
(M) "Workforce development activity" has the same meaning as in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code.
(N) "Workforce development agency" means a public or private entity designated or certified by a local workforce development board to coordinate the delivery of workforce services for a county.
(O) "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act" means Public Law 113-128, 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.
(P) "Youth workforce investment activity funds" means funds allocated or granted under Title I, Subtitle B, Chapter 2 of the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., for youth workforce investment activities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5116 | Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5116.02 | Program Established.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
There is hereby established the comprehensive case management and employment program. The department of job and family services shall coordinate and supervise the administration of the program to the extent funds are available for this purpose under the TANF block grant or the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5116 | Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5116.03 | Scope of Program and Applicable Laws.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The comprehensive case management and employment program is all of the following:
(A) A Title IV-A program for the purpose of division (A)(4)(c) of section 5101.80 of the Revised Code and, therefore, subject to all statutes applicable to such a program, including sections 5101.16, 5101.35, 5101.80, and 5101.801 of the Revised Code;
(B) A workforce development activity and, therefore, subject to all statutes applicable to workforce development activities, including sections 5101.20, 5101.214, 5101.241, and 5101.243 of the Revised Code and Chapter 6301. of the Revised Code;
(C) A family services duty, notwithstanding the second sentence of division (A)(1)(b) of section 307.981 of the Revised Code, and, therefore, subject to all statutes applicable to family services duties, including sections 5101.183, 5101.21, 5101.212, 5101.214, 5101.216, 5101.22, 5101.221, 5101.23, 5101.24, and 5101.243 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5116 | Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5116.06 | Rules.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules that are necessary to implement the comprehensive case management and employment program, including rules that do all of the following:
(1) Provide for the program to do both of the following:
(a) Help a work-eligible individual satisfy the work requirements of section 407 of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 607;
(b) Help an Ohio works first participant who participates in the program do both of the following:
(i) Satisfy other Ohio works first requirements, including requirements included in the participant's self-sufficiency contract entered into under section 5107.14 of the Revised Code;
(ii) Obtain assistance or services the participant needs according to an assessment conducted under section 5107.70 of the Revised Code.
(2) For the purpose of section 5116.11 of the Revised Code, establish procedures for both of the following:
(a) Assessing the employment and training needs of individuals participating in the comprehensive case management and employment program;
(b) Creating, reviewing, revising, and terminating individual opportunity plans.
(3) For the purpose of section 5116.20 of the Revised Code, establish procedures, including procedures regarding timing, for a local workforce development board to decide whether to authorize the use of its youth workforce investment activity funds for the comprehensive case management and employment program;
(4) Establish requirements for the plans required by division (A)(1) of section 5116.23 of the Revised Code;
(5) For the purpose of division (A)(3) of section 5116.23 of the Revised Code, establish procedures for a lead agency to partner with the other local participating agency and subcontractors.
(B) For the purposes of divisions (C) and (F) of section 5116.10 of the Revised Code, the rules adopted under this section may do either or both of the following:
(1) Specify one or more additional mandatory participation groups that are required to participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program;
(2) Specify one or more additional voluntary participation groups that may volunteer to participate in the program.
(C) The rules adopted under this section shall be consistent with all of the following:
(1) The Title IV-A state plan prepared under section 5101.80 of the Revised Code, amendments to the plan, and any waivers regarding the plan granted by the United States secretary of health and human services;
(2) The combined state plan authorized by section 103 of the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3113, amendments to the plan, and any waivers regarding the plan granted by the United States secretary of labor.
(D) The rules adopted under division (A)(1)(a) of this section may deviate from Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5116 | Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5116.10 | Participants.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Each work-eligible individual shall participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program as a condition of participating in Ohio works first if the individual is at least fourteen but not more than twenty-four years of age.
(B) Each individual who is an in-school youth or out-of-school youth shall participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program as a condition of enrollment in workforce development activities funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
(C) Each individual who is a member of a group, if any, specified in rules adopted under section 5116.06 of the Revised Code as an additional mandatory participation group shall participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program if funds are available for the group under the TANF block grant or the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
(D) Any Ohio works first participant who is not a work-eligible individual may volunteer to participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program if the participant is at least fourteen but not more than twenty-four years of age.
(E) Any individual receiving benefits and services under the prevention, retention, and contingency program may volunteer to participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program if the individual is at least fourteen but not more than twenty-four years of age.
(F) Any individual who is a member of a group, if any, specified in rules adopted under section 5116.06 of the Revised Code as a voluntary participation group may volunteer to participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program if funds are available for the group under the TANF block grant or the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5116 | Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5116.11 | Independent Opportunity Plans.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
In accordance with rules adopted under section 5116.06 of the Revised Code, a lead agency shall provide for all of the following to occur:
(A) An individual participating in the comprehensive case management and employment program undergoing an assessment of the individual's employment and training needs;
(B) An individual opportunity plan being created for the individual as part of the assessment;
(C) The individual opportunity plan being reviewed, revised, and terminated as appropriate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5116 | Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5116.12 | Provisions of Individual Opportunity Plan.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) An individual opportunity plan created under section 5116.11 of the Revised Code shall specify which of the following services, if any, an individual participating in the comprehensive case management and employment program needs:
(1) Support for the individual to obtain a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalence;
(2) Job placement;
(3) Job retention support;
(4) Other services that aid the individual in achieving the plan's goals.
(B) The services an individual receives in accordance with an individual opportunity plan are inalienable by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, and other similar processes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5116 | Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5116.20 | Authorization of Youth Workforce Investment Activity Funds for Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
In accordance with rules adopted under section 5116.06 of the Revised Code, each local workforce development board shall decide whether to authorize the use of its youth workforce investment activity funds for the comprehensive case management and employment program. The decision shall be made for each fiscal biennial period. A board's decision applies to all of the counties the board serves.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5116 | Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5116.21 | Use of Funds Not Authorized.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
If a local workforce development board decides under section 5116.20 of the Revised Code not to authorize the use of its youth workforce investment activity funds for the comprehensive case management and employment program for a fiscal biennial period, all of the following shall apply to that fiscal biennial period:
(A) The board shall use its youth workforce investment activity funds in accordance with Section 129 of the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3164.
(B) No TANF block grant funds shall be made available to the board or any county the board serves for the comprehensive case management and employment program.
(C) The department of job and family services shall use available TANF block grant funds to administer, or to contract with a government or private entity to administer, the comprehensive case management and employment program in the counties the board serves.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5116 | Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5116.22 | Local Responsibilities if the Use of the Funds Is Authorized.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) If a local workforce development board decides under section 5116.20 of the Revised Code to authorize the use of its youth workforce investment activity funds for the comprehensive case management and employment program for a fiscal biennial period, all of the following shall apply to that fiscal biennial period:
(1) Before the beginning of the fiscal biennial period, the board shall enter into a written agreement with department of job and family services that, to the extent permitted by federal law, requires the board and the counties the board serves to operate the comprehensive case management and employment program in accordance with the program's requirements, including the requirements established by this chapter, rules adopted under section 5116.06 of the Revised Code, and any other rules applicable to the program.
(2) Before the beginning of the fiscal biennial period, the board of county commissioners of each of the counties the local workforce development board serves shall designate either of the local participating agencies to serve as the county's lead agency for the purpose of the comprehensive case management and employment program.
(B) After a board of county commissioners designates a local participating agency to serve as the county's lead agency for a fiscal biennial period, the board may designate the other local participating agency to take over as the county's lead agency for the remainder of the fiscal biennial period.
(C) A board of county commissioners shall inform the department of job and family services of its designation of the lead agency under division (A)(2) of this section before the beginning of the fiscal biennial period for which the designation is made. A board shall notify the department of any redesignation of a lead agency under division (B) of this section not later than sixty days after the redesignation takes effect.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5116 | Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5116.23 | Lead Agency Responsibilities.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Each lead agency, in consultation with the local workforce development board that serves the same county for which the lead agency has been designated to serve as lead agency, shall, in accordance with rules adopted under section 5116.06 of the Revised Code, do all of the following for the fiscal biennial period, or part thereof, for which it is so designated:
(1) Prepare and submit to the department of job and family services a plan containing standing procedures for determining and maintaining individuals' eligibility to participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program;
(2) Administer the program in the county for which it is designated to serve as lead agency;
(3) Partner with the other local participating agency and subcontractors to do both of the following:
(a) Actively coordinate activities regarding the program with the other local participating agency and any subcontractors;
(b) Help both local participating agencies and any subcontractors to use their expertise in administering the program.
(B) If a board of county commissioners redesignates the lead agency under division (B) of section 5116.22 of the Revised Code during a fiscal biennial period, the new lead agency shall prepare and submit to the department of job and family services a new plan under division (A)(1) of this section not later than sixty days after the redesignation takes effect.
(C) Each local workforce development board shall ensure that the plans prepared under division (A)(1) of this section by the lead agencies serving the same counties the board serves are included in the board's workforce development plan prepared under section 6301.07 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5116 | Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5116.24 | Responsibility for Funds Received.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
A lead agency is responsible for all of the funds received for the comprehensive case management and employment program by the county for which the lead agency is designated to be the lead agency and shall use the funds in a manner consistent with federal and state law. The lead agency shall coordinate this responsibility with any entity that has been designated to serve as a local grant subrecipient or a local fiscal agent under section 107(d)(12)(B)(i)(II) of the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3122(d)(12)(B)(i)(II).
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5116 | Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5116.25 | Failure to Enroll Required Participants.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
If a lead agency fails to enroll in the comprehensive case management and employment program an individual who is required by section 5116.10 of the Revised Code to participate in the program and to take corrective action that the department of job and family services requires the lead agency to take as a consequence of that failure, the department may take the action authorized by division (C)(5) of section 5101.24 of the Revised Code, including withholding and spending TANF block grant funds.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5117 | Energy Credit Program › Section 5117.02 | Adoption of Rules.

Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The director of development shall adopt rules, or amendments and rescissions of rules, pursuant to section 4928.52 of the Revised Code, for the administration of the Ohio energy credit program under sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code.
(B) As a means of efficiently administering the program, the director may extend, by as much as a total of thirty days, any date specified in such sections for the performance of a particular action by an individual or an officer.
(C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the director shall adopt, in accordance with divisions (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) of section 119.03 and section 119.04 of the Revised Code, whatever rules, or amendments or rescissions of rules are required by or are otherwise necessary to implement sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code. A rule, amendment, or rescission adopted under this division is not exempt from the hearing requirements of section 119.03 of the Revised Code pursuant to division (H) of that section, or subject to section 111.15 of the Revised Code.
(2) If an emergency necessitates the immediate adoption of a rule, or the immediate adoption of an amendment or rescission of a rule that is required by or otherwise necessary to implement sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code, the director immediately may adopt the emergency rule, amendment, or rescission without complying with division (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), or (F) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code so long as the director states the reasons for the necessity in the emergency rule, amendment, or rescission. The emergency rule, amendment, or rescission is effective on the day the emergency rule, amendment, or rescission, in final form and in compliance with division (A)(2) of section 119.04 of the Revised Code, is filed in electronic form with the secretary of state, the director of the legislative service commission, and the joint committee on agency rule review. If all filings are not completed on the same day, the emergency rule, amendment, or rescission is effective on the day on which the latest filing is completed. An emergency rule, amendment, or rescission adopted under this division is not subject to section 111.15 or division (G) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code. An emergency rule, amendment, or rescission adopted under this division continues in effect until amended or rescinded by the director in accordance with division (C)(1) or (2) of this section, except that the rescission of an emergency rescission does not revive the rule rescinded.
(D) Except where otherwise provided, each form, application, notice, and the like used in fulfilling the requirements of sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code shall be approved by the director.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5117 | Energy Credit Program › Section 5117.04 | Right of Qualified Residential Customers to Receive Credit or Payment.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Every energy company and energy dealer, at least once during June, and once during August, shall begin to distribute to each of its residential heating customers a plain and clear notice, printed in ten-point type on a sheet or card on which no other words appear on either the front or back, that states the right of qualified residential customers to receive a credit or payment under the Ohio energy credit program and that explains in detail, in a fashion reasonably calculated to inform, the relevant mechanisms established under sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code to effectuate that right. The notice shall also contain, in ten-point boldface type, the following statement: "The right of eligible customers to receive a credit against utility bills or a payment for energy bills is provided in legislation (House Bill 657) passed by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor."
(B) The director of development shall cause to be printed notices of the type specified in division (A) of this section and application forms in sufficient quantity for distribution. The director shall maintain a system for distributing application forms to appropriate public locations. The distribution system shall be designed to make application forms available to as many qualified persons as possible.
(C) The director shall arrange for the establishment of a toll-free telephone number to enable all persons in this state to make inquiries and obtain information concerning the credits or payments.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5117 | Energy Credit Program › Section 5117.05 | Outreach Program Including Spanish-Speaking Communication Formats.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly
The director of development, in consultation with the commission on Hispanic-Latino affairs, shall develop an outreach program, including Spanish-speaking communication formats, designed to make all Spanish-speaking persons who meet the eligibility requirements for participation in the Ohio energy credit program aware of the nature and extent of available benefits and methods for acquiring and making applications. The program shall include assistance to such persons in making applications. The director shall implement the program in cooperation with the commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5117 | Energy Credit Program › Section 5117.071 | Annual Adjustment of Total Income Amounts Used for Applications.

Effective:
September 6, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 200 - 124th General Assembly
(A) In September of each year, the tax commissioner shall adjust the total income amounts set forth in sections 5117.07 and 5117.09 of the Revised Code to be used for applications submitted for the heating season commencing in the next calendar year, by completing the following steps:
(1) Determine the percentage increase in the gross domestic product deflator determined by the bureau of economic analysis of the United States department of commerce for the preceding year;
(2) Multiply that percentage increase by each of the total income amounts for the preceding year;
(3) Add the resulting products to each of the total income amounts for the preceding year;
(4) Round the resulting sums upward to the nearest multiple of ten dollars.
The commissioner shall not make the adjustment in any year in which the amounts resulting from the adjustment would be less than the total income amounts for the preceding year.
(B) In September of each year, the tax commissioner also shall adjust the current total income amounts set forth in sections 5117.07 and 5117.09 of the Revised Code. For any year, the current total income amounts shall equal one-half of the respective total income amounts set forth in those sections and adjusted under division (A) of this section for that year.
(C) Each year, the tax commissioner shall provide both the adjusted total income amounts referred to in division (A) of this section and the current total income amounts referred to in division (B) of this section to the director of development.
(D) The director of development and each energy company and energy dealer shall use the adjusted total income amounts and the current total income amounts determined under divisions (A) and (B) of this section in performing their duties under sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 7, 2021 at 2:17 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5117 | Energy Credit Program › Section 5117.10 | Payments to Applicants.

Effective:
December 31, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) On or before the fifteenth day of January, the director of development services shall pay each applicant determined eligible for a payment under divisions (A) and (B) of section 5117.07 of the Revised Code one hundred twenty-five dollars.
(B) The director may withhold from any payment to which a person would otherwise be entitled under division (A) of this section any amount that the director determines was erroneously received by such person in a preceding year under this or the program established under Am. Sub. H.B. 230, as amended by Am. H.B. 937, Am. Sub. H.B. 1073, Am. Sub. S.B. 493, and Am. Sub. S.B. 523 of the 112th general assembly, provided the director has employed all other legal methods reasonably available to obtain reimbursement for the erroneous payment or credit prior to the commencement of the current program year.
(C) Payments made under this section and credits granted under section 5117.09 of the Revised Code shall not be considered income for the purpose of determining eligibility or the level of benefits or assistance under section 329.042 or Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; the medicaid program; supplemental security income payments under Title XVI of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended; or any other program under which eligibility or the level of benefits or assistance is based upon need measured by income.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5117 | Energy Credit Program › Section 5117.11 | Prohibited Acts.

Effective:
September 28, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 830 - 113th General Assembly
(A) No person shall purposely fail to grant the credit provided under division (A) of section 5117.09 of the Revised Code. Each day that each person entitled to the credit is not afforded the credit constitutes a separate offense. Clerical errors shall not be considered an offense under this division.
(B) No person shall knowingly make a false statement for the purpose of obtaining a credit or payment.
(C) No person, including an applicant, shall knowingly make a false certification attesting to physical or mental condition for purposes of qualifying himself or another person for a payment or credit.
(D) No person shall fail to perform his obligations under division (A) of section 5117.04 or division (B) or (C) of section 5117.09 of the Revised Code.
(E) Notwithstanding sections 4933.12 and 4933.121 of the Revised Code, no energy company shall purposely discontinue heating service during the months of December, January, and February to a residential customer for nonpayment during any period for which the customer is eligible to receive a credit under this program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5117 | Energy Credit Program › Section 5117.21 | Percentage of Funds to Be Used for Energy-Related Home Repair.

Effective:
November 26, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 550 - 114th General Assembly
Not less than fifteen per cent of the funds received by the state in any fiscal year for the low-income home energy assistance block grant under Title XXVI of the "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 893, 42 U.S.C.A. 8621, and any amendments thereto, shall be used to provide low cost residential weatherization or other energy-related home repair for low-income households in accordance with that act, and any amendments thereto. The annual state home energy assistance application and plan and any revisions filed with the United States secretary of health and human services under the act shall include the requirement of this section, and any such plan in effect on the effective date of this section shall promptly be revised to include the requirement of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5117 | Energy Credit Program › Section 5117.22 | Energy Oil Overcharge Fund.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 314 - 129th General Assembly
All petroleum violation escrow funds received by this state from the federal government shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the energy oil overcharge fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall be used by the development services agency for energy conservation and assistance programs approved by the United States department of energy. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5117 | Energy Credit Program › Section 5117.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
September 30, 1980
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1237 - 113th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 5117.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(B) Whoever violates division (B), (C), or (E) of section 5117.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(C) Whoever violates division (D) of section 5117.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5119 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services › Section 5119.011 | References to Department or Director.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Whenever the term "department of mental health," the term "Ohio department of mental health," the term "department of alcohol and drug addiction services," or the term "Ohio department of alcohol and drug addiction services" is used, referred to, or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the use, reference, or designation shall be construed to mean the department of mental health and addiction services.
(B) Whenever the term "director of mental health" or the term "director of alcohol and drug addiction services" is used, referred to, or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the use, reference, or designation shall be construed to mean the director of mental health and addiction services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5119 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services › Section 5119.04 | Compliance With Standards.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
The department of mental health and addiction services and any institutions under its supervision or jurisdiction shall, where applicable, be in substantial compliance with standards set forth for psychiatric facilities by the joint commission or medical assistance standards under Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, or other applicable standards.
The requirements of this section are in addition to any other requirements established by the Revised Code and nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any rights, privileges, protections, or immunities which may exist under the constitution and laws of the United States or this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5119 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services › Section 5119.05 | Managing Officer; Duties.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Subject to the rules of the director of mental health and addiction services, each institution under the jurisdiction of the department shall be under the management and control of a managing officer to be known as a chief executive officer or by another appropriate title. Such managing officer shall be appointed by the director of mental health and addiction services, and shall be in the unclassified service and serve at the pleasure of the director. Each managing officer shall be of good moral character and have skill, ability, and experience in the managing officer's profession.
The managing officer, under the director, shall serve as the appointing authority of the institution to which such managing officer is appointed. Subject to civil service rules, the managing officer shall have the power to appoint and remove employees of the institution. On behalf of the institution, the managing officer has the authority and responsibility for entering into contracts and other agreements for the efficient operations of the institution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5119 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services › Section 5119.051 | Books and Accounts; Form and Method.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
The department of mental health and addiction services shall keep in its office a proper and complete set of books and accounts with each institution, which shall clearly show the nature and amount of every expenditure authorized and made at such institution, and which shall contain an account of all appropriations made by the general assembly and of all other funds, together with the disposition of such funds.
The department shall prescribe the form of vouchers, records, and methods of keeping accounts at each of the institutions, which shall be as nearly uniform as possible. The department may examine the records of each institution at any time.
The department may authorize any of its bookkeepers, accountants, or employees to examine and check the records, accounts, and vouchers or take an inventory of the property of any institution, or do whatever is necessary, and pay the actual and reasonable expenses incurred in such service when an itemized account is filed and approved.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5119 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services › Section 5119.06 | Records.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
The department of mental health and addiction services shall keep in its office, accessible only to its employees, except by the consent of the department or the order of the judge of a court of record, a record showing the name, residence, sex, age, nativity, occupation, condition, and date of entrance or commitment of every patient in the institutions governed by it, the date, cause, and terms of discharge and the condition of such person at the time of leaving, and also a record of all transfers from one institution to another, and, if such person dies while in the care or custody of the department, the date and cause of death. These and such other facts as the department requires shall be furnished by the managing officer of each institution within twenty-four hours after the commitment, entrance, death, or discharge of a patient.
In case of an accident or injury or peculiar death of a patient the managing officer shall make a special report to the department within twenty-four hours thereafter, giving the circumstances as fully as possible.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5119 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services › Section 5119.07 | Businesses Located Near Institutions.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
A person, firm, or corporation may file a petition in the court of common pleas of the county in which a benevolent institution of the department of mental health and addiction services is located, in which petition the desire to erect or carry on at a less distance than that prescribed in section 3767.19 of the Revised Code shall be set forth, the business prohibited, the precise point of its establishment, and the reasons and circumstances, in its opinion, why the erection or carrying on of the business would not annoy or endanger the health, convenience, or recovery of the patients of such institution. The petitioner shall give notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of the pendency and prayer of the petition for at least six consecutive weeks before the day set for hearing the petition and serve a written notice upon the managing officer of the institution at least thirty days before the day set for hearing the petition.
If, upon the hearing of the petition, it appears that the notice has been given as required and the court is of the opinion that no good reason exists why such establishment may not be erected or such business carried on and that by the erection or carrying on of the business at the point named, the institution will sustain no detriment, the court may issue an order granting the prayer of the petitioner. Thereafter the petitioner may locate such establishment or carry on such business at the point named in the petition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5119 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services › Section 5119.09 | Physician Specialists.

Effective:
July 1, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly
The director of mental health shall prepare, and may amend from time to time, specifications descriptive of the duties, responsibilities, requirements, and desirable qualifications of physician specialists in the department of mental health. The director shall prepare, and may amend from time to time, classifications for those physician specialists, and they shall receive a salary fixed pursuant to section 124.15 or 124.152 of the Revised Code.
The director may employ and classify physicians in the department as physician specialists, within the classifications and pay ranges fixed pursuant to section 124.15 or 124.152 of the Revised Code. Any physician employed in the department, whether previously classified pursuant to section 124.15 or 124.152 of the Revised Code or otherwise employed in the department, may be classified or reclassified as a physician specialist, pursuant to this section, upon order of the director; provided that, each such physician shall be qualified as required by this section and meet the specifications for the classification to which the physician is assigned. Any physician classified and designated a physician specialist under authority of this section may be assigned to a different physician specialist classification upon order of the director; the director shall certify each such reclassification, and the department of administrative services shall be governed by the certification; provided that, nothing in this section shall alter the powers and duties of the state personnel board of review under division (A)(1) of section 124.03 of the Revised Code.
Each physician classified and designated as a physician specialist in the department, under authority of this section, shall be a reputable physician and a graduate of an accredited medical college, who has had special training and experience in the treatment of mental illness or other condition found in patients in the department.