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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 49 | Public Utilities › Chapter 4999 | Crimes Relating to Railroads › Section 4999.10 | Constructing Bridges Over Tracks.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No person, railroad company, private corporation, county, municipal corporation, or township shall violate any law relating to the height of bridges, viaducts, overhead roadways, footbridges, wires, or other structures constructed over the tracks of a railroad. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. Each day such structure or wire is permitted to so remain constitutes a separate offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 49 | Public Utilities › Chapter 4999 | Crimes Relating to Railroads › Section 4999.11 | Mail Cranes - Livestock Chutes.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No person or company owning, operating, or controlling a railroad shall erect or permit to be erected, place, or maintain along said railroad, a mail crane or livestock chute, any portion of which approaches nearer than eighteen inches to the nearest point of contact with the cab of the widest locomotive used on such railroad. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 49 | Public Utilities › Chapter 4999 | Crimes Relating to Railroads › Section 4999.13 | Couplers and Brakes on Railroads.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No superintendent, conductor, or other officer or employee of a railroad company, shall refuse or neglect, upon receiving notice from the inspector appointed by the public utilities commission, of a defective coupler or brake, to have it repaired forthwith or, on receiving notice from such inspector condemning a car, tender, or engine, shall fail to put it out of service at the first freight division terminal. No superintendent, conductor, or other officer or employee shall violate any other law relating to automatic couplers and air brakes. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars. Such person is also personally liable for any injuries resulting to any employee from such violation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 49 | Public Utilities › Chapter 4999 | Crimes Relating to Railroads › Section 4999.16 | Examination of Employee for Color Blindness.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No railroad company shall contract to employ a person in a position which requires such person to distinguish form or color signals, unless within two years preceding such date he has been examined for color blindness, in the distinct colors in actual use by such company by a competent person employed and paid by such company, and has received a certificate that he is not disqualified for such position by color blindness in the colors used by the company. No such company shall fail to require such person to be re-examined at least once each two years at the expense of such company. This section does not prevent a railroad company from continuing in its employment an employee having defective sight when such defective sight can be fully remedied by the use of glasses or by other means satisfactory to the person making such examination. Whoever violates this section shall be fined one hundred dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 49 | Public Utilities › Chapter 4999 | Crimes Relating to Railroads › Section 4999.17 | Discipline or Discharge of Employee Without Hearing.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No railroad company, or its superintendent, or manager, employing any special agent, detective, or person commonly known as "spotter" for the purpose of investigating, obtaining, and reporting to the employer, its agent, superintendent, or manager, information concerning its employees, shall discipline or discharge any employee in its service, where such act of discipline or the discharge is based upon a report by such special agent, detective, or spotter, which report involves a question of integrity, honesty, or a breach of rules of the employer, unless such employer, its agent, superintendent, or manager, before disciplining or discharging such employee, grants such employee a fair opportunity to be heard in defense or explanation of the complaint against him, at which hearing said employer shall state specific charges on which said act or discharge is based and at which the accused employee has the right to furnish testimony in his defense.
Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Such imprisonment, when imposed, shall be imposed upon the officers or agents of such company committing such offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 49 | Public Utilities › Chapter 4999 | Crimes Relating to Railroads › Section 4999.18 | Demanding Compensation When Telegraph or Telephone Wires Not Working.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No officer, agent, or other person acting for or in behalf of a railroad company operating ten or more miles of its railroad for the carrying or transporting of passengers or freight over its railroad within this state which fails to erect and maintain telegraph or telephone wires in complete working order for use and operation along its railroad, with an office and proper means of communication by such wires at each of its principal railway stations, shall order, direct, advise, ask, demand, or receive compensation for transportation of passengers or freight. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, or both.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 49 | Public Utilities › Chapter 4999 | Crimes Relating to Railroads › Section 4999.19 | Diverting Freight.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No agent of a railroad company shall knowingly divert or permit freight under his control to be diverted from the railroads over which it is ordered to be conveyed by the shipper of such freight. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 49 | Public Utilities › Chapter 4999 | Crimes Relating to Railroads › Section 4999.20 | Seniority Roster Date of Railroad Employee.

Effective:
June 15, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 464 - 109th General Assembly
No railroad employee who has a seniority roster date on the effective date of the repeal of sections 4999.07 and 4999.08 of the Revised Code shall be removed from his employment or have his seniority rights or vacation or other fringe benefits reduced by reason of such repeal.
Any carrier which violates this section shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars. The public utilities commission shall enforce this section and prosecute any violations thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.01 | Referring to Department or Director of Public Welfare or Human Services; References to County Department of Job and Family Services; References to Board of County Commissioners.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in the Revised Code, the "department of public welfare" and the "department of human services" mean the department of job and family services and the "director of public welfare" and the "director of human services" mean the director of job and family services. Except as provided in section 5160.011 of the Revised Code, whenever the department or director of public welfare or the department or director of human services is referred to or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to the department or director of job and family services, as the case may be.
(B) As used in this chapter:
(1) References to a county department of job and family services include a joint county department of job and family services established under section 329.40 of the Revised Code.
(2) References to a board of county commissioners include the board of directors of a joint county department of job and family services established under section 329.40 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.02 | Authority of Director of Job and Family Services.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly
The director of job and family services is the executive head of the department of job and family services. All duties conferred on the various work units of the department by law or by order of the director shall be performed under such rules as the director prescribes, and shall be under the director's control.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.03 | Assistant Directors - Powers and Duties.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
The assistant directors of the department of job and family services shall exercise the powers and perform the duties which the director of job and family services may order. The director is authorized to designate which assistant director shall act as director in the absence or disability of the director or in case of a vacancy in the position of director.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.04 | Contract With Commercial Consumer Reporting Agency.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the contrary, in order to improve the timeliness of public assistance benefit deliveries, to maximize operational efficiencies, increase cost savings, and minimize fraud, the department of job and family services may contract with a third-party commercial consumer reporting agency, in accordance with the "Fair Credit Reporting Act," 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., for the purpose of assisting the department with eligibility determinations for supplemental nutrition assistance supplemental program benefits, benefits funded by the temporary assistance for needy families block grant, and unemployment compensation benefits. The department shall undertake efforts to incorporate real-time employment and income information into existing verification and eligibility determination procedures.
(B) No third-party vendor shall conduct pre-screening activities regarding supplemental nutrition assistance program applicants unless the vendor has entered into a pre-screening agreement with the department.
Last updated October 3, 2023 at 2:35 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.041 | Data Matching Agreements.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The director of job and family services shall enter into the following data matching agreements:
(1) An agreement with the department of rehabilitation and correction, under which the director of rehabilitation and correction is required to provide the director of job and family services with a searchable list, updated weekly, identifying all persons committed to the several institutions governed by the department of rehabilitation and correction.
(2) Agreements with the director of the state lottery commission and executive director of the Ohio casino control commission, under which the director and executive director provide the director of job and family services with a searchable list identifying all individuals with substantial lottery or gambling winnings. The director of job and family services shall check the list at least monthly to determine if the information affects any public assistance recipient's eligibility.
(3) An agreement with the director of health, under which the director of health is required to provide the director of job and family services with a searchable list identifying new and updated vital statistics records, including death records. The director of job and family services shall check the list at least monthly for vital statistics records involving public assistance recipients that may affect a recipient's eligibility.
(B) The agreements required by division (A) of this section shall describe the manner in which each agency is to report the information to the department of job and family services.
Last updated September 9, 2021 at 2:41 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.05 | Appointing Employees.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly
The director of job and family services may appoint such employees as are necessary for the efficient operation of the department of job and family services. The director may prescribe the title and duties of the employees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.051 | Filling Positions With Peculiar and Exceptional Qualifications.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly
If the director of job and family services determines that a position with the department of job and family services can best be filled in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 124.30 of the Revised Code or without regard to a residency requirement established by a rule adopted by the director of administrative services, the director of job and family services shall provide the director of administrative services certification of the determination.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.06 | Establishing Work Units.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly
The director of job and family services may establish work units within the department of job and family services as necessary for the efficient operation of the department. The director shall appoint the chief of each work unit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.061 | Office of Human Services Innovation.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby established in the department of job and family services the office of human services innovation. The office shall develop recommendations, as described in division (B) of this section, regarding the coordination and reform of state programs to assist the residents of this state in preparing for life and the dignity of work and to promote individual responsibility and work opportunity.
The director of job and family services shall establish the office's organizational structure, may reassign the department's staff and resources as necessary to support the office's activities, and is responsible for the office's operations. The department of education and workforce, chancellor of higher education, and director of the governor's office of workforce transformation shall assist the director of job and family services with leadership and organizational support for the office.
(B) Not later than January 1, 2015, the office shall submit to the governor recommendations for all of the following:
(1) Coordinating services across all public assistance programs to help individuals find employment, succeed at work, and stay out of poverty;
(2) Revising incentives for public assistance programs to foster person-centered case management;
(3) Standardizing and automating eligibility determination policies and processes for public assistance programs;
(4) Other matters the office considers appropriate.
(C) Not later than three months after September 15, 2014, the office shall establish clear principles to guide the development of its recommendations, shall identify in detail the problems to be addressed in the recommendations, and shall make an inventory of all state and other resources that the office considers relevant to the recommendations.
(D) The office shall convene the directors and staff of the departments, agencies, offices, boards, commissions, and institutions of the executive branch of the state as necessary to develop the office's recommendations. The departments, agencies, offices, boards, commissions, and institutions shall comply with all requests and directives that the office makes, subject to the supervision of the directors of the departments, agencies, offices, boards, commissions, and institutions. The office also shall convene other individuals interested in the issues that the office addresses in the development of the recommendations to obtain their input on, and support for, the recommendations.
Last updated September 22, 2023 at 3:34 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.07 | Support Services Federal Operating Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the support services federal operating fund. The fund shall consist of federal funds the department of job and family services receives and that the director of job and family services determines are appropriate for deposit into the fund. Money in the fund shall be used to pay the federal share of both of the following:
(A) The department's costs for computer projects;
(B) The operating costs of the parts of the department that provide general support services for the department's work units established under section 5101.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.071 | Support Services State Operating Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the support services state operating fund. The fund shall consist of payments made to the fund from other appropriation items by intrastate transfer voucher. Money in the fund shall be used to pay for both of the following:
(A) The department of job and family services' costs for computer projects;
(B) The operating costs of the parts of the department that provide general support services for the department's work units established under section 5101.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.072 | Human Services Projects Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the human services projects fund. The fund may consist of intrastate agency transfers, nonfederal grants, and other similar revenue sources. The department of job and family services shall use the fund to support program and administrative expenses related to the implementation of human services initiatives within the department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.073 | Odjfs General Services Administration and Operating Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the ODJFS audit settlements and contingency fund. The fund shall be used to pay for required audits, settlements, contingencies, and other related expenses. As necessary for the purposes of the fund, the director of job and family services may request the director of budget and management to transfer money from any of the funds used by the department of job and family services, except the general revenue fund, to the ODJFS audit settlements and contingency fund. Upon receipt of such a request, the director of budget and management may transfer the money requested. The director of budget and management, in consultation with the director of job and family services, may transfer money from the ODJFS audit settlements and contingency fund to any fund used by the department or to the general revenue fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.074 | Disposition of Refunds.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
If the department of job and family services receives money from a refund or reconciliation related to the medicaid program, the department shall transfer the money to the department of medicaid for deposit into the refunds and reconciliation fund created under section 5162.65 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.08 | Fidelity Bonds.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly
The director of job and family services may require any of the employees of the department of job and family services who may be charged with custody or control of any public money or property or who is required to give bond, to give a bond, properly conditioned, in a sum to be fixed by the director which when approved by the director, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The cost of such bonds, when approved by the director, shall be paid from funds available for the department. The bonds required or authorized by this section may, in the discretion of the director, be individual, schedule, or blanket bonds.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.09 | Adopting Rules.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) When the director of job and family services is authorized by the Revised Code to adopt a rule, the director shall adopt the rule in accordance with the following:
(1) Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if any of the following apply:
(a) The rule concerns the administration or enforcement of Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code;
(b) The rule concerns a program administered by the department of job and family services, unless the statute authorizing the rule requires that it be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code;
(c) The statute authorizing the rule requires that the rule be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
(2) Section 111.15 of the Revised Code, excluding division (D) of that section, if either of the following apply:
(a) The rule concerns the day-to-day staff procedures and operations of the department or financial and operational matters between the department and another government entity or a private entity receiving a grant from the department, unless the statute authorizing the rule requires that it be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code;
(b) The statute authorizing the rule requires that the rule be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code and, by the terms of division (D) of that section, division (D) of that section does not apply to the rule.
(3) Section 111.15 of the Revised Code, including division (D) of that section, if the statute authorizing the rule requires that the rule be adopted in accordance with that section and the rule is not exempt from the application of division (D) of that section.
(B) Except as otherwise required by the Revised Code, the adoption of a rule in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code does not make the department of job and family services, a county family services agency, or a local board subject to the notice, hearing, or other requirements of sections 119.06 to 119.13 of the Revised Code. As used in this division, "local board" has the same meaning as in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 26, 2023 at 10:54 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.10 | Expending Funds.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly
The director of job and family services may expend funds appropriated or available to the department of job and family services from public or private entities, including other governmental agencies; public or private institutions, organizations, agencies, and corporations; and individuals. For purposes of this section, the director may enter into contracts or agreements with public and private entities and make grants to public and private entities. To the extent permitted by federal law, the director may advance funds to a grantee when necessary for the grantee to perform duties under the grant as specified by the director.
The director may adopt internal management rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to define terms and adopt procedures and other provisions necessary to implement this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.101 | Order of Priority for Distribution of Funds for Family Planning Services.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) This section establishes the order of priority to be followed by the department of job and family services when distributing funds for the purpose of providing family planning services, including funds the department receives through Title XX of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2337 (1974), 42 U.S.C. 1397, as amended, and funds the department receives through Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 110 Stat. 2113 (1996), 42 U.S.C. 601, as amended, to be used for purposes of providing Title XX social services. This section does not apply to payments made under the medicaid program.
(B) With respect to each period during which funds from a particular source are distributed for the purpose of providing family planning services, the department is subject to both of the following when distributing the funds to applicants seeking those funds:
(1) Foremost priority shall be given to public entities that are operated by state or local government entities and that provide or are able to provide family planning services.
(2) If any funds remain after the department distributes funds to public entities under division (B)(1) of this section, the department may distribute funds to nonpublic entities. If funds are distributed to nonpublic entities, the department shall distribute the funds in the following order of descending priority:
(a) Nonpublic entities that are federally qualified health centers or federally qualified health center look-alikes, both as defined in section 3701.047 of the Revised Code, or community action agencies, as defined in section 122.66 of the Revised Code;
(b) Nonpublic entities that provide comprehensive primary and preventive care services in addition to family planning services;
(c) Nonpublic entities that provide family planning services, but do not provide comprehensive primary and preventive care services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.111 | Foundation Grant Fund.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
The foundation grant fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Money the department of job and family services receives from private foundations in support of pilot projects that promote exemplary programs for enhancing the health, safety, and well-being of children and families shall be credited to the fund. The department may expend the money on such projects, may use the money, to the extent allowable, to match federal funds in support of such projects, and shall comply with requirements the foundations have stipulated in their agreements with the department as to the purposes for which the money may be expended.
Last updated September 26, 2023 at 10:58 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.12 | Maximizing Receipt of Federal Revenue.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
The department of job and family services may enter into contracts to maximize federal revenue without the expenditure of state money. In selecting private entities with which to contract, the department shall engage in a request for proposals process. The department, subject to the approval of the controlling board, may also directly enter into contracts with public entities providing revenue maximization services.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 11:27 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.13 | Uniform Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System.

Effective:
August 14, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 163 - 127th General Assembly
(A) The department of job and family services shall establish and maintain a uniform statewide automated child welfare information system in accordance with the requirements of 42 U.S.C.A. 674(a)(3)(C) and related federal regulations and guidelines. The information system shall contain records regarding any of the following:
(1) Investigations of children and families, and children's care in out-of-home care, in accordance with sections 2151.421 and 5153.16 of the Revised Code;
(2) Care and treatment provided to children and families;
(3) Any other information related to children and families that state or federal law, regulation, or rule requires the department or a public children services agency to maintain.
(B) The department shall plan implementation of the information system on a county-by-county basis and shall finalize statewide implementation by all public children services agencies as described in section 5153.02 of the Revised Code not later than January 1, 2008.
(C) The department shall promptly notify all public children services agencies of the initiation and completion of statewide implementation of the statewide information system established under division (A) of this section.
(D) "Out-of-home care" has the same meaning as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 26, 2023 at 11:02 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.131 | Child Welfare System Information Confidential.

Effective:
September 21, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 238 - 126th General Assembly
Except as provided in section 5101.132 of the Revised Code, information contained in or obtained from the information system established and maintained under section 5101.13 of the Revised Code is confidential and is not subject to disclosure pursuant to section 149.43 or 1347.08 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.132 | Access to Child Welfare System Information.

Effective:
August 14, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 163 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Information contained in the information system established and maintained under section 5101.13 of the Revised Code may be accessed or entered only as follows:
(1) The department of job and family services, a public children services agency, a title IV-E agency, a prosecuting attorney, a private child placing agency, and a private noncustodial agency may access or enter the information when either of the following is the case:
(a) The access or entry is directly connected with assessment, investigation, or services regarding a child or family;
(b) The access or entry is permitted by state or federal law, rule, or regulation.
(2) A person may access or enter the information in a manner, to the extent, and for the purposes authorized by rules adopted by the department.
(B) As used in this section, "title IV-E agency" means a public children services agency or a public entity with which the department of job and family services has a title IV-E subgrant agreement in effect.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 11:33 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.133 | Use and Disclosure of System Information Restricted.

Effective:
September 21, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 238 - 126th General Assembly
No person shall access or use information contained in the information system established and maintained under section 5101.13 of the Revised Code other than in accordance with section 5101.132 of the Revised Code or rules authorized by that section.
No person shall disclose information obtained from the information system established and maintained under section 5101.13 of the Revised Code in a manner not specified by rules authorized by section 5101.134 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.134 | Rules Governing Private Agency Use of System Information.

Effective:
August 14, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 163 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code that requires confidentiality of information that is contained in the uniform statewide automated child welfare information system established in section 5101.13 of the Revised Code, the department of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regarding a private child placing agency's or private noncustodial agency's access, data entry, and use of information in the uniform statewide automated child welfare information system.
(B)(1) The department of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, as if they were internal management rules, as necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 5101.13 to 5101.133 of the Revised Code.
(2) The department may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to carry out the purposes of division (A)(2) of section 5101.132 of the Revised Code.
(C) Public children services agencies shall implement and use the information system established pursuant to section 5101.13 of the Revised Code in accordance with rules adopted by the department.
Last updated September 26, 2023 at 11:05 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.135 | Shaken Baby Syndrome Notation in Child Abuse Report.

Effective:
February 29, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 144 - 127th General Assembly
(A) A public children services employee who is entering a report of an investigation of child abuse in the statewide automated child welfare information system, as required by section 5101.13 of the Revised Code, shall make a notation on each case of child abuse that indicates whether the child abuse arose from an act that caused the child to suffer from, or resulted in the child suffering from, shaken baby syndrome.
(B) Beginning March 1, 2009, and each first day of March thereafter, the department of job and family services shall report to the director of health the number of reports of child abuse that arose from an act that caused the child to suffer from, or resulted in the child suffering from, shaken baby syndrome and that arose during the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the report is made, as determined by an examination of the statewide automated child welfare information system established and maintained under section 5101.13 of the Revised Code.
(C) As used in this section, "shaken baby syndrome" has the same meaning as in section 3701.63 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 11:39 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.136 | Request for Search of System Information.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
If a person requests the department of job and family services to conduct a search of whether that person's name has been placed or remains in the statewide automated child welfare information system as an alleged perpetrator of child abuse or neglect and a search reveals that a "substantiated" disposition exists, the department shall send a letter to the person who requested the search indicating a "match."
Last updated October 4, 2023 at 1:35 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.137 | Expungement Policy.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of job and family services shall work with stakeholders to establish an expungement policy regarding dispositions of child abuse or neglect in Ohio's central registry on child abuse and neglect by March 1, 2024.
Last updated October 4, 2023 at 1:36 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.142 | Conducting Demonstration Project Expanding Eligibility for and Services Provided Under Title Iv-E.

Effective:
June 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) The department of job and family services may apply to the United States secretary of health and human services for a waiver of requirements established under Title IV-E, or regulations adopted thereunder, to conduct a demonstration project expanding eligibility for and services provided under Title IV-E. The department may enter into agreements with the secretary necessary to implement the demonstration project, including agreements establishing the terms and conditions of the waiver authorizing the project. If a demonstration project is to be established, the department shall do all of the following:
(1) Have the director of job and family services adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the project. The rules shall be consistent with the agreements the department enters into with the secretary.
(2) Enter into agreements with public children services agencies that the department selects for participation in the project. The department shall not select an agency that objects to participation or refuses to be bound by the terms and conditions of the project.
(3) Contract with persons or governmental agencies providing services under the project;
(4) Amend the state plan required by section 471 of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C.A. 671, as amended, as needed to implement the project;
(5) Conduct ongoing evaluations of the project;
(6) Perform other administrative and operational activities required by the agreement with the secretary.
(B) The department may apply to the United States secretary of health and human services for a waiver of the requirements established under Title IV-B of the "Social Security Act of 1967," 81 Stat. 821, 42 U.S.C.A. 620 or regulations adopted thereunder and established under any other federal law or regulations that affect the children services functions prescribed by Chapter 5153. of the Revised Code, to conduct demonstration projects or otherwise improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the children services function.
Last updated September 26, 2023 at 11:25 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.144 | Children Services Fund.

Effective:
June 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Each county shall deposit all funds its public children services agency receives from appropriations made by the board of county commissioners or any other source for the purpose of providing children services into a special fund in the county treasury known as the children services fund. A county shall use money in the fund only for the purposes of meeting the expenses of providing children services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.145 | Rules Concerning Financial Requirements Applicable to Public Children Services, Private Child Placing, and Private Noncustodial Agencies.

Effective:
June 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) In adopting rules under section 5101.141 of the Revised Code regarding financial requirements applicable to public children services agencies, private child placing agencies, private noncustodial agencies, and government entities that provide Title IV-E reimbursable placement services to children, the department of job and family services shall establish both of the following:
(1) A single form for the agencies or entities to report costs reimbursable under Title IV-E and costs reimbursable under medicaid;
(2) Procedures to monitor cost reports submitted by the agencies or entities.
(B) The procedures established under division (A)(2) of this section shall be implemented not later than October 1, 2003. The procedures shall be used to do both of the following:
(1) Determine which of the costs are reimbursable under Title IV-E;
(2) Ensure that costs reimbursable under medicaid are excluded from determinations made under division (B)(1) of this section.
Last updated September 26, 2023 at 11:26 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.146 | Establishing Penalties for Noncompliance With Fiscal Accountability Procedures.

Effective:
June 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
The department of job and family services shall establish the following penalties, which shall be enforced at the discretion of the department, for the failure of a public children services agency, private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, or government entity that provides Title IV-E reimbursable placement services to children to comply with procedures the department establishes to ensure fiscal accountability:
(A) For initial failure, the department and the agency or entity involved shall jointly develop and implement a corrective action plan according to a specific schedule. If requested by the agency or entity involved, the department shall provide technical assistance to the agency or entity to ensure the fiscal accountability procedures and goals of the plan are met.
(B) For subsequent failures or failure to achieve the goals of the plan described in division (A) of this section, one of the following:
(1) For public children services agencies, the department may take any action permitted under division (C)(2), (4), (5), or (6) of section 5101.24 of the Revised Code.
(2) For private child placing agencies or private noncustodial agencies, cancellation of any Title IV-E allowability rates for the agency involved pursuant to section 5101.141 of the Revised Code or revocation pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code of that agency's certificate issued under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code;
(3) For government entities, other than public children services agencies, that provide Title IV-E reimbursable placement services to children, cancellation of any Title IV-E allowability rates for the entity involved pursuant to section 5101.141 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 26, 2023 at 11:27 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.147 | Notification of Agency's Noncompliance With Fiscal Accountability Procedures.

Effective:
October 5, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly
If a public children services agency fails to comply with the fiscal accountability procedures established by the department of job and family services, the department shall notify the board of county commissioners of the county served by the agency. If a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency fails to comply with the fiscal accountability procedures, the department shall notify the executive director of each public children services agency that has entered into a contract for services with the private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency.
Last updated September 26, 2023 at 11:29 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.148 | No Unnecessarily Removal of Children From Certified Foster Homes.

Effective:
October 5, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly
If the department of job and family services sanctions a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency, it shall take every possible precaution to ensure that any foster children that have been placed by the agency under sanction are not unnecessarily removed from the certified foster homes in which they reside.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 11:59 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.1410 | Certifying a Claim.

Effective:
June 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
In addition to the remedies available under sections 5101.146 and 5101.24 of the Revised Code, the department of job and family services may certify a claim to the attorney general under section 131.02 of the Revised Code for the attorney general to take action under that section against a public children services agency, private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, or government entity that provides Title IV-E reimbursable placement services to children if all of the following are the case:
(A) The agency or entity files a cost report with the department pursuant to rules adopted under division (B) of section 5101.141 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department receives and distributes federal Title IV-E reimbursement funds based on the cost report.
(C) The agency's or entity's misstatement, misclassification, overstatement, understatement, or other inclusion or omission of any cost included in the cost report causes the United States department of health and human services to disallow all or part of the federal Title IV-E reimbursement funds the department received and distributed.
(D) The agency's or entity's misstatement, misclassification, overstatement, understatement, or other inclusion or omission of any cost included in the cost report is not the direct result of a written directive concerning the agency or entity's cost report that the department issued to the agency or entity.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:01 PM