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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5905 | Veterans' Guardianship Law › Section 5905.19 | Termination of Guardianship.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In addition to any other sections of the Revised Code relating to judicial restoration and discharge of a guardian, a certificate by the veterans' administration showing that a minor ward has attained majority, or that an incompetent ward has been rated competent by the veterans' administration upon examination in accordance with law shall be prima-facie evidence that the ward has attained majority or has recovered his competency. Upon hearing after notice as provided by sections 5905.01 to 5905.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and the determination by the probate court that the ward has attained majority or has recovered his competency, an order shall be entered to that effect and the guardian shall file a final account. Upon hearing after notice to the former ward and to the veterans' administration as in case of other accounts upon approval of the final account and upon delivery to the ward of the assets due him from the guardian, the guardian shall be discharged and his sureties released.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5906 | Employer Responsibility to Provide Leave for Parent or Spouse of Members of Uniformed Services Called to Active Duty or Injured During Active Duty › Section 5906.01 | Definitions.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Active duty" means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States or active duty pursuant to an executive order of the president of the United States, an act of the congress of the United States, or a proclamation of the governor. "Active duty" does not include active duty for training, initial active duty for training, or the period of time for which a person is absent from a position of employment for the purpose of an examination to determine the fitness of the person to perform any duty unless such period is contemporaneous with an active duty period.
(B) "Benefits" means the employment benefits, other than salary or wages, that an employer regularly provides or makes available to employees, including, but not limited to, medical insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, pension plans, and retirement plans.
(C) "Employer" means a person who employs fifty or more employees and includes the state or any agency or instrumentality of the state, and any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of the state.
(D) "Employee" has the same meaning as in section 4113.51 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Uniformed services" means the armed forces, the Ohio organized militia when engaged in full-time national guard duty, the commissioned corps of the public health service, and any other category of persons designated by the president of the United States in time of war or emergency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5906 | Employer Responsibility to Provide Leave for Parent or Spouse of Members of Uniformed Services Called to Active Duty or Injured During Active Duty › Section 5906.02 | Employer to Provide Leave for Employee Who Is Spouse or Parent of Member of Military Who Is Called to Active Duty or Is Injured or Hospitalized While Serving on Active Duty.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
(A) Once per calendar year, an employer shall allow an employee to take leave up to ten days or eighty hours, whichever is less, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The employer has employed the employee for at least twelve consecutive months and for at least one thousand two hundred fifty hours in the twelve months immediately preceding commencement of the leave.
(2) The employee is the parent, spouse, or a person who has or had legal custody of a person who is a member of the uniformed services and who is called into active duty in the uniformed services for a period longer than thirty days or is injured, wounded, or hospitalized while serving on active duty in the uniformed services.
(3) The employee gives notice to the employer that the employee intends to take leave pursuant to this section at least fourteen days prior to taking the leave if the leave is being taken because of a call to active duty or at least two days prior to taking the leave if the leave is being taken because of an injury, wound, or hospitalization. If the employee receives notice from a representative of the uniformed services that the injury, wound, or hospitalization is of a critical or life-threatening nature, the employee may take the leave under this section without providing notice to the employer.
(4) The dates on which the employee takes leave pursuant to this section occur no more than two weeks prior to or one week after the deployment date of the employee's spouse, child, or ward or former ward.
(5) The employee does not have any other leave available for the employee's use except sick leave or disability leave.
(B) An employer shall continue to provide benefits to the employee during the period of time the employee is on leave pursuant to this section. The employee shall be responsible for the same proportion of the cost of the benefits as the employee regularly pays during periods of time when the employee is not on leave. The employer is not required to pay salary or wages to the employee during the period of time the employee is on leave pursuant to this section.
Upon the completion of the leave taken pursuant to this section, the employer shall restore the employee to the position the employee held prior to taking that leave or a position with equivalent seniority, benefits, pay, and other terms and conditions of employment.
(C) An employer may require an employee requesting to use the leave established under this section to provide certification from the appropriate military authority to verify that the employee satisfies the criteria described in divisions (A)(2), (3), and (4) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5906 | Employer Responsibility to Provide Leave for Parent or Spouse of Members of Uniformed Services Called to Active Duty or Injured During Active Duty › Section 5906.03 | Prohibited Acts.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
(A) An employer shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise or attempted exercise of a right established under this chapter.
(B) An employer shall not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against an employee with respect to any term or condition of employment because of the employee's actual or potential exercise, or support for another employee's exercise, of any right established under this chapter. This division does not prevent an employer from taking an employment action that is independent of the exercise of a right under this chapter.
(C) An employer shall not deprive an employee who takes leave pursuant to section 5906.02 of the Revised Code of any benefit that accrued before the date that leave commences.
(D) An employer shall not require an employee to waive the rights to which the employee is entitled pursuant to this chapter.
(E) On and after the effective date of this section, an employer shall not enter into a collective bargaining agreement or employee benefit plan that limits or requires an employee to waive the rights established under this chapter. An employer shall comply with any collective bargaining agreement or employee benefit plan that provides leave benefits similar to the type established under this chapter that are greater than the leave benefits established under this chapter.
(F) An employer may provide leave benefits greater than those established under this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5906 | Employer Responsibility to Provide Leave for Parent or Spouse of Members of Uniformed Services Called to Active Duty or Injured During Active Duty › Section 5906.99 | Violation of Chapter.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
Whoever violates this chapter is subject to a civil action for injunctive relief or any other relief that a court finds necessary to secure a right provided by this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.01 | Ohio Veterans' Homes.

Effective:
September 16, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 488 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this chapter:
(1) "Armed forces of the United States" means the army, air force, navy, marine corps, coast guard, and any other military service branch that is designated by congress as a part of the armed forces of the United States.
(2) "Domiciliary" means a separate area within the Ohio veterans' home providing domiciliary care.
(3) "Domiciliary care" means providing shelter, food, and necessary medical care on an ambulatory self-care basis to eligible veterans who do not need the nursing services provided in nursing homes.
(4) "Nursing home" has the same meaning as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code.
(5) "Veteran" has the same meaning as in section 5901.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) There are hereby established the Ohio veterans' homes within the department of veterans services. The department shall maintain and operate state veterans' homes as administered under the state veterans' home programs defined in Title 38 of the United States Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.02 | Authority of Director - Duties - Superintendent.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
The director of veterans services shall govern the Ohio veterans' homes and have charge and custody of the homes' facilities. The director shall govern, conduct, and care for veterans' homes, the property of the homes, and the veterans residing in the homes.
All supplies for the veterans' homes shall be purchased as provided in sections 125.04 to 125.15 of the Revised Code.
The director shall appoint a superintendent of the Ohio veterans' homes upon any terms that are proper, and the superintendent, with the advice and consent of the director, shall employ aides, assistants, and employees, and perform other duties that may be assigned to the superintendent by the director or become necessary in the carrying out of the superintendent's duties. The superintendent shall be responsible directly to the director.
Subject to section 5907.021 of the Revised Code, the superintendent may appoint one or more employees at each veterans' home as veterans' home police officers authorized to act on the grounds of that home. The superintendent shall provide to those employees a copy of the rules that apply to their appointment. The rules shall specify whether or not the police officers may carry a firearm.
Subject to section 5907.021 of the Revised Code, the superintendent shall appoint a chief of police, determine the number of officers and other personnel required by each veterans' home, and establish salary schedules and other conditions of employment for veterans' homes police officers. The chief of police shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent and shall recommend appointment of officers as the veterans' homes may require, subject to the rules and limits that the superintendent establishes regarding qualifications, salary ranges, and the number of personnel. The superintendent, with the approval of the director, may purchase or otherwise acquire any police apparatus, equipment, or materials, including a police communication system and vehicles, that the veterans' homes police officers may require. The superintendent may send one or more of the officers or employees nominated by the police chief to a school of instruction designed to provide additional training or skills related to their work assignment at their veterans' home. The superintendent may send those officers or employees to the Ohio peace officer training academy that the superintendent considers appropriate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.021 | Superintendent to Terminate Employment of Police Upon Felony Conviction.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) The superintendent of the Ohio veterans' homes shall not appoint a person as a chief of police or an employee as a Ohio veterans' home police officer on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person or employee previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony.
(2)(a) The superintendent shall terminate the employment of a chief of police or the employment as a veterans' home police officer of an employee appointed as a veterans' home police officer if that chief of police or employee does either of the following:
(i) Pleads guilty to a felony;
(ii) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the chief of police or employee agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to that chief of police or employee under section 109.77 of the Revised Code.
(b) The superintendent shall suspend from employment a chief of police or from employment as a veterans' home police officer an employee appointed as a veterans' home police officer if that chief of police or employee is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the chief of police or the employee files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the chief of police or the employee does not file a timely appeal, the superintendent shall terminate the employment of that chief of police or that employee as a veterans' home police officer. If the chief of police or the employee files an appeal that results in that chief of police's or that employee's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against that chief of police or that employee, the superintendent shall reinstate that chief of police or that employee as a veterans' home police officer. A chief of police or an employee who is reinstated as a veterans' home police officer under division (B)(2)(b) of this section shall not receive any back pay unless the conviction of that chief of police or that employee of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict the chief of police or the employee of the felony.
(3) Division (B) of this section does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997.
(4) The suspension from employment, or the termination of the employment, of a chief of police or a veterans' home police officer under division (B)(2) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.022 | Expanding Nursing Home Care and Domiciliary Services.

Effective:
August 22, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 289 - 127th General Assembly
The director of veterans services may do either of the following to expand nursing home care and domiciliary services to veterans at sites other than the Ohio veterans' homes and nursing homes:
(A) Enter into contracts or agreements, including agreements for the acceptance of grants, to construct, lease, purchase, or otherwise acquire real property or facilities to establish a network of facilities;
(B) Enter into contracts with private providers.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.03 | Inspection by Congress of the United States.

Effective:
August 22, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 289 - 127th General Assembly
The management and control of veterans' homes shall be subject to such inspection and supervision as the congress of the United States may require as a condition of making appropriations for their maintenance. A person appointed or designated by congress may make such inspection and exercise such supervision, and, if so required by congress, the person may have and exercise the privileges of the director of veterans services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.04 | Admission to Veterans' Home.

Effective:
September 16, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 488 - 130th General Assembly
As used in this section, "armed forces of the United States" means the army, air force, navy, marine corps, coast guard, and any other military service branch that is designated by congress as a part of the armed forces of the United States.
Subject to the following paragraph, all veterans, who served during a period of conflict as determined by the United States department of veterans affairs or any person who is awarded either the armed forces expeditionary medal established by presidential executive order 10977 dated December 4, 1961, or the Vietnam service medal established by presidential executive order 11231 dated July 8, 1965, who have been honorably discharged or separated under honorable conditions therefrom, or any discharged members of the Polish and Czechoslovakian armed forces who served in armed conflict with an enemy of the United States in World War II who have been citizens of the United States for at least ten years, provided that the above-mentioned persons have been citizens of this state for one year or more at the date of making application for admission, are disabled by disease, wounds, or otherwise, and are by reason of such disability incapable of earning their living, and all members of the Ohio national guard or naval militia who have lost an arm or leg, or their sight, or become permanently disabled from any cause, while in the line and discharge of duty, and are not able to support themselves, may be admitted to a veterans' home under such rules as the director of veterans services adopts.
A veteran who served in the armed forces of the United States is eligible for admission to a veterans' home under the preceding paragraph only if the person has the characteristics defined in division (B)(1) of section 5901.01 of the Revised Code.
Veterans' homes may reserve a bed during the temporary absence of a resident or patient from the home, including a nursing home within it, under conditions prescribed by the director, to include hospitalization for an acute condition, visits with relatives and friends, and participation in therapeutic programs outside the home. A home shall not reserve a bed for more than thirty days, except that absences for more than thirty days due to hospitalization may be authorized.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.06 | Incompetent Person Not Admitted to Home.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
(A) A person with a mental illness subject to court order whose mental condition causes the person to be dangerous to the community shall not be admitted to a veterans' home. If a person with a mental illness subject to court order, through misrepresentation as to the person's condition, is sent to a home, the person shall be returned to, and the expense of the return shall be borne by, the county from which the person came.
(B) As used in this section, "person with a mental illness subject to court order" has the same meaning as in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 1:12 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.07 | Veterans Service Commission Fund to Pay Expense of Transportation.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
When a veteran is entitled to admission into a veterans' home, the chairperson of the veterans service commission of the county in which the veteran resides, upon application, may furnish the veteran transportation to the home by the most direct route from the veteran's residence. The transportation shall be paid from the veterans service commission fund of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.08 | Proceedings When Resident Becomes Incompetent.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
When a resident of a veterans' home becomes dangerous to the community due to a mental illness, the superintendent of the Ohio veterans' homes shall file with the probate judge of the county in which the home is located substantially the following affidavit:
"The State of Ohio, __________ county, ss. ___________, superintendent of the Ohio veterans' homes, being duly sworn, says that the superintendent believes that ____________, a resident of the veterans' home located in __________ county, has a mental illness; that, in consequence of the resident's mental illness, the resident's being at large is dangerous to the community, and that the resident was received into the home from ____________ county, on the ______ day of _________, _____
____________________"
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.09 | Hearing by Probate Judge - Costs.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
(A) When the affidavit referred to in section 5907.08 of the Revised Code is filed, the probate judge shall forthwith determine whether the resident is a person with a mental illness subject to court order. Insofar as applicable, the laws governing in cases of admission to a state hospital for persons with mental illness shall apply. The probate judge shall have the same authority, and may receive and order paid the same fees and costs, as the probate judge would have in the county in which the veteran was a resident at the time of entering the veterans' home.
(B) As used in this section, "person with a mental illness subject to court order" has the same meaning as in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 1:13 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.10 | Nursing Home Within Veterans' Home.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The Ohio veterans' homes shall maintain and operate a nursing home as part of each veterans' home for the benefit of honorably discharged veterans admitted to a veterans' home under this chapter. The nursing homes are subject to sections 3721.01 to 3721.09 and 3721.99 of the Revised Code.
(B) The nursing home within the veterans' home located in Sandusky shall be known as "The Robert T. Secrest Nursing Home."
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.11 | Resident's Benefit Funds.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The superintendent of the Ohio veterans' homes, with the approval of the director of veterans services, may establish a local fund for each veterans' home to be used for the entertainment and welfare of the residents of the home. Each fund shall be designated as the residents' benefit fund and shall be operated for the exclusive benefit of the residents of the associated home. Each fund shall receive all revenue from the sale of commissary items at the associated home and shall receive all moneys received as donations by the associated home from any source.
(B) The superintendent, subject to the approval of the director, shall establish rules for the operation of the residents' benefit funds.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.12 | Volunteer Programs.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
The superintendent of the Ohio veterans' homes may utilize the services of volunteers to assist in attending to and caring for residents, assisting in resident activities, caring for veterans' homes' buildings and grounds, and participating in any other services that accomplish any of the superintendent's purposes related to veterans' homes. All volunteer programs are subject to the superintendent's approval. The superintendent may recruit, train, and supervise the services of community volunteers or volunteer groups for volunteer programs. The superintendent may designate volunteers as state employees for the purpose of motor vehicle accident liability insurance under section 9.83 of the Revised Code and for the purpose of indemnification from liability incurred in the performance of their duties under section 9.87 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.13 | Assessment of Fees to Pay Expenses of Support.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
Residents of veterans' homes may be assessed a fee to pay a portion of the expenses of their support, dependent upon their ability to pay. Subject to controlling board approval, the director of veterans services shall adopt rules for determining a resident's ability to pay. Each resident shall furnish the required statements of income, assets, debts, and expenses.
All fees contributed by the residents under this section shall be deposited into an interest-bearing account in a public depository in accordance with section 135.18 of the Revised Code. All of these fees shall be paid to the treasurer of state within thirty days after the end of the month of receipt, together with all interest credited to the account to date. The treasurer of state shall credit eighty per cent of these fees and of this interest to the Ohio veterans' homes operating fund and twenty per cent of these fees and of this interest to the Ohio veterans' homes fund.
The fee for each resident shall be based upon the level of care provided to the resident by the resident's home. The director shall determine authorized levels of care for residents. The assessment for each resident shall not exceed the difference between the total per diem amount collected by the state for maintenance from all sources on the resident's behalf and the average annual per diem cost for the resident's maintenance, computed in accordance with veterans administration regulations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.131 | Ohio Veterans' Homes Operating Fund.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio veterans' homes operating fund, in which shall be placed the fee and interest revenue credited to it under section 5907.13 of the Revised Code. The fund shall be used for paying the operating costs of veterans' homes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.14 | Ohio Veterans' Homes Fund.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio veterans' homes fund, to which shall be credited the fee and interest revenue specified in section 5907.13 of the Revised Code. The fund shall be used only for the following purposes:
(A) Paying the cost of capital facilities or equipment purchases for veterans' homes;
(B) Participation in capital facilities for veterans' homes with the federal government, municipal corporations, counties, or other governmental agencies.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.141 | Ohio Veterans' Homes Federal Grant Fund.

Effective:
August 22, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 289 - 127th General Assembly
(A) All money received from the United States department of veterans affairs in per diem grants for care that veterans' homes provide shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio veterans' homes federal grant fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used only for the operating costs of veterans' homes.
(B) Any resident of a veterans' home whom the United States department of veterans affairs determines to have excess income or assets, or is denied per diem for any reason by the United States department of veterans affairs, therefore rendering the home ineligible to collect per diem grant reimbursement for days of care provided to that resident, may be required to pay, in addition to the fees assessed under section 5907.13 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to the rate of per diem grant that the department denied for that particular resident. Any amount that the resident pays under this division shall be collected and distributed in the same manner as the fees assessed under section 5907.13 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.15 | Ohio Veterans' Homes Rental, Service, and Medicare Reimbursement Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio veterans' homes rental and service fund. Revenue generated from temporary use agreements of a veterans' home, from the sale of meals at a home's dining halls, and from rental, lease, or sharing agreements for the use of facilities, supplies, equipment, utilities, or services provided by a home shall be credited to the fund. The fund shall be used for maintenance costs of the homes and for the purchase of medications, medication services, medical supplies, and medical equipment by the homes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.16 | Medicare Services Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the medicare services fund. Revenue from federal reimbursement of medicare services that were provided at state veterans' homes shall be credited to the fund. The fund shall be used for paying the operating costs of the state veterans' homes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5907 | Veterans' Homes › Section 5907.18 | Bingo at Veterans' Homes.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "bingo," "bingo game operator," and "participant" have the same meanings as in section 2915.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) Notwithstanding sections 2915.07 to 2915.13 of the Revised Code, an Ohio veterans' home may conduct bingo games as described in division (O)(1) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code, but only if the Ohio veterans' home complies with all of the following requirements:
(1) All bingo games are conducted only on the premises of the Ohio veterans' home.
(2) All participants are residents of the Ohio veterans' home and are eighteen years of age or older.
(3) All bingo game operators receive no compensation for serving as an operator.
(4) Participants do not pay any money or any other thing of value, including an admission fee, or any fee for bingo cards or sheets, objects to cover the spaces, or other devices used in playing bingo, for the privilege of participating in the bingo game, or to defray any costs of the game, or pay tips or make donations during or immediately before or after the bingo game.
(5) Prizes awarded during a game may be monetary or nonmonetary prizes in the form of merchandise, goods, or entitlements to goods or services, provided that individual prizes do not exceed one hundred dollars in value, and the total value of all prizes awarded during a game do not exceed five hundred dollars.
(6) The bingo game is not conducted during or within ten hours of any of the following activities conducted at the Ohio veterans' home:
(a) A bingo session during which a charitable bingo game is conducted pursuant to sections 2915.07 to 2915.11 of the Revised Code;
(b) A scheme of chance or game of chance; or
(c) Bingo as described in division (O)(2) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code.
(7) The bingo games are conducted on different days of the week and not more than twice in a calendar week.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5910 | War Orphans and Severely Disabled Veterans' Children Scholarships › Section 5910.03 | Scholarship Eligibility.

Effective:
March 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 699 - 126th General Assembly
Scholarships shall be granted only to children of deceased or disabled veterans of the armed services of the United States. To be eligible for a scholarship, such child shall:
(A) At the time of application, have attained the sixteenth, but not the twenty-fifth, birthday;
(B) At the time of application, if a child of a veteran who entered the armed services:
(1) As a legal resident of Ohio, have resided in the state for the last preceding year;
(2) Not as a legal resident of Ohio, have resided in the state for the year preceding the year in which application for the scholarship is made and any other four of the last ten years;
(C) Be in financial need, as determined by the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5910 | War Orphans and Severely Disabled Veterans' Children Scholarships › Section 5910.031 | Scholarships for Children of Ohio National Guard and Reserve Components of Armed Services.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
War orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarships provided in sections 5910.01 to 5910.06 of the Revised Code, shall be granted to children of members of the Ohio national guard and the reserve components of any of the armed services of the United States who are killed or permanently and totally disabled while on active duty pursuant to bona fide orders of the governor or the president of the United States, or who are killed or permanently and totally disabled while at a scheduled training assembly, a field training period of any duration or length, or active duty for training, pursuant to bona fide orders issued by a competent authority. Such scholarships shall be granted within the total number of scholarships provided under section 5910.05 of the Revised Code and are available only to children who further qualify pursuant to divisions (A), (B), and (C) of section 5910.03 of the Revised Code.
As used in this section, "permanently and totally disabled" means having a disability which renders the person incapable of engaging in substantially gainful employment and which is presumed to be permanent, as determined by a special board of three officers of the Ohio national guard named by the governor, one of whom shall be a medical officer licensed to practice in this state.
Last updated August 4, 2022 at 11:25 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5910 | War Orphans and Severely Disabled Veterans' Children Scholarships › Section 5910.032 | Scholarships for Children of Persons Declared Prisoner of War or Missing in Action.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) A war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship, as provided under sections 5910.01 to 5910.06 of the Revised Code, shall be granted to the child of any person who, in the course of honorable service in the armed services of the United States, was declared by the United States department of defense to be a prisoner of war or missing in action as a result of the United States' participation in armed conflict on or after January 1, 1960, if either of the following apply:
(1) The parent, at the time of entry into the armed services of the United States, or at the time the parent was declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action, was a resident of Ohio;
(2) If the parent did not enter the armed services as a resident of Ohio and was not a resident of Ohio when declared a prisoner of war or missing in action, the child has resided in Ohio for the year immediately preceding the year in which the application for the scholarship is made and any four of the last ten years.
The scholarships shall be in addition to the total number of scholarships provided under section 5910.05 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding section 5910.03 of the Revised Code, scholarships provided under this section shall be made to any such child who, at the time of application, has attained the sixteenth, but not the twenty-first, birthday. The termination of a child's parent or guardian's status as a prisoner of war or being missing in action does not affect such child's eligibility for the benefit provided by this section.
(B) Scholarships provided under this section shall consist of either of the following:
(1) A scholarship of the type described in division (A) of section 5910.04 of the Revised Code together with reasonable and necessary expenses for room, board, books, and laboratory fees. The additional amount for such expenses shall be paid from moneys appropriated by the general assembly for such purpose.
(2) A scholarship of the type described in division (B) of section 5910.04 of the Revised Code together with an additional grant equal to the average value of the reasonable and necessary expenses granted under division (B)(1) of this section during the preceding year for room, board, books, and laboratory fees. The additional grant shall be paid from moneys appropriated by the general assembly for such purpose, and shall be paid to the child through the institution in which the child is enrolled. In no case shall the additional grant exceed the amount actually expended by the child for room, board, books, and laboratory fees.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5910 | War Orphans and Severely Disabled Veterans' Children Scholarships › Section 5910.04 | Scholarship Types.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
Scholarships granted under sections 5910.01 to 5910.06 of the Revised Code shall consist of either of the following:
(A) An exemption from the payment of one hundred per cent of the general and instructional fees at colleges and universities which receive support from the state of Ohio and are approved by the chancellor of higher education, except that the percentage may be reduced by the war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship board in any year that insufficient funds are appropriated to fully fund scholarships for all eligible students;
(B) A grant to an eligible child who is enrolled in an institution that has received a certificate of authorization under Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, or a private institution exempt from regulation under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code as prescribed in section 3333.046 of the Revised Code, or an institution that has received a certificate of registration from the state board of career colleges and schools. Students who attend an institution that holds a certificate of registration shall be enrolled in either a program leading to an associate degree or a program leading to a bachelor's degree for which associate or bachelor's degree program the institution has received program authorization issued under section 3332.05 of the Revised Code to offer such degree program. The grant shall be paid to the child through the institution in which the child is enrolled, and shall equal one hundred per cent of the average value of all scholarships granted under division (A) of this section during the preceding year, except that the percentage may be reduced by the war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship board in any year that insufficient funds are appropriated to fully fund scholarships for all eligible students. In no case shall the grant exceed the total general and instructional charges of the institution.
The board shall not reduce the percentage to be paid for scholarships awarded pursuant to section 5910.032 of the Revised Code below one hundred per cent.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5910 | War Orphans and Severely Disabled Veterans' Children Scholarships › Section 5910.05 | Scholarships Granted Based Upon Available Funds - Minimum Requirements.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
The Ohio war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship board shall determine how many scholarships are to be granted based upon available funds provided by the Ohio general assembly. If funds are available all eligible applicants shall be granted a scholarship. There shall be no limitation on the number of scholarships granted under section 5910.032 of the Revised Code, nor any limitation on the number of scholarships granted to any college or university under such section. No person shall be granted a scholarship for more than five academic years of education, which shall be at the undergraduate level. The board shall provide minimum scholastic requirements for recipients and shall withdraw the aid from any person who fails to maintain such requirements.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5910 | War Orphans and Severely Disabled Veterans' Children Scholarships › Section 5910.06 | Annual Report.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
The Ohio war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship board shall make a complete report of its administration of this chapter, to each first regular session of the general assembly.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5910 | War Orphans and Severely Disabled Veterans' Children Scholarships › Section 5910.07 | Donation Fund.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
The Ohio war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship donation fund is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of gifts, bequests, grants, and contributions made to the fund under section 5910.02 of the Revised Code. Investment earnings of the fund shall be deposited into the fund. The fund shall be used to operate the war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship program and to provide grants under sections 5910.01 to 5910.06 of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5910 | War Orphans and Severely Disabled Veterans' Children Scholarships › Section 5910.08 | Reserve Fund.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship reserve fund. As soon as possible following the end of each fiscal year, the chancellor of higher education shall certify to the director of budget and management the unencumbered balance of the general revenue fund appropriations made in the immediately preceding fiscal year for purposes of the war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship program created in Chapter 5910. of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the certification, the director of budget and management may transfer an amount not exceeding the certified amount from the general revenue fund to the war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship reserve fund. Moneys in the war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship reserve fund shall be used to pay scholarship obligations in excess of the general revenue fund appropriations made for that purpose.
The director of budget and management may transfer any unencumbered balance from the war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship reserve fund to the general revenue fund.
If it is determined that general revenue fund appropriations are insufficient to meet the obligations of the war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship in a fiscal year, the director of budget and management may transfer funds from the war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship reserve fund to the general revenue fund in order to meet those obligations. The amount transferred is hereby appropriated. If the funds transferred from the war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship reserve fund are not needed, the director of budget and management may transfer the unexpended balance from the general revenue fund back to the war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship reserve fund.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5911 | Armories › Section 5911.01 | Armory Definitions.

Effective:
October 24, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 596 - 104th General Assembly
As used in Chapters 5911., 5913., 5919., 5920., 5923., and 5924. of the Revised Code:
(A) "Unit" means a company, battery, troop, air squadron, band, or detachment.
(B) "Organization" means a command composed of two or more units.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5911 | Armories › Section 5911.011 | Powers of Adjutant General as Director of State Armories.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) As director of state armories, the adjutant general may acquire, design, construct, expand, rehabilitate, and convert grounds, armories, airfields, and other facilities for the purposes of developing, training, and operating units of the Ohio national guard and for the safekeeping of arms, clothing, equipment, and other state or federal military property issued to the Ohio national guard, or state property issued to the Ohio military reserve or the Ohio naval militia.
(B) In acquiring grounds, armories, airfields, and other facilities for the purposes described in division (A) of this section, the adjutant general may lease property for any term up to ninety-nine years, subject to the availability of state funds or federal funds obtained under an agreement by which the United States contributes to the cost of leasing the grounds, armory, airfield, or other facility, or the adjutant general may build suitable buildings, airfields, and facilities for those purposes.
(C) The adjutant general may provide for the leasing, management, care, and maintenance of those grounds, armories, airfields, and other facilities and may prescribe any rules for the management and guidance of the organizations and units occupying them that are necessary. When promulgating those rules, the adjutant general need not comply with Chapter 111. or 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5911 | Armories › Section 5911.02 | Assignment of Military Facilities.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
The adjutant general shall assign to each organization and unit of the Ohio national guard, and the Ohio military reserve the armories, grounds, buildings, airfields, and other facilities provided for in sections 5911.01 to 5911.18 of the Revised Code.