Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:12 - Child Support › Chapter 5101:12-1 - Support enforcement › Section 5101:12-1-60.1 - Expenditures ineligible for federal financial participation reimbursement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) This rule
			 describes expenditures for which a child support enforcement agency (CSEA)
			 shall not request federal financial participation (FFP)
			 reimbursement.
(B) CSEA
			 expenditures for which FFP reimbursement is not available include but are not
			 limited to:
(1) Support enforcement program
			 services provided in a non-IV-D case.
(2) Charges assessed to the CSEA by a court
			 or clerk of court that are not uniformly assessed to another agency or official
			 that uses the services of the court or clerk of court.
(3) Purchased IV-D services that are not
			 purchased in accordance with or do not meet the requirements of rules
			 5101:12-1-80
			 to 5101:12-1-80.4 of the Administrative Code.
(4) The following charges assessed to the
			 CSEA under a IV-D contract:
(a) Service of
			 process and court filing fees unless the court or law enforcement agency would
			 normally be required to pay the cost of such fees;
(b) Costs of compensation (salary and fringe
			 benefits) of judges;
(c) Costs of
			 travel and training related to the judicial determination process incurred by
			 judges;
(d) Office related costs,
			 such as space, equipment, furnishings and supplies, incurred by
			 judges;
(e) Compensation (salary
			 and fringe benefits), travel and training, and office related costs incurred by
			 administrative and support staffs of judges;
(f) Service of process fees unless the CSEA
			 obtains written verification from the sheriff that the sheriff charges other
			 agencies service of process fees;
(g) Sheriff's office personnel and equipment
			 costs unless the costs are necessary to complete service of process
			 activities;
(h) Costs that do not
			 meet the definition of "allowable cost," as defined in rule
			 5101:12-1-80
			 of the Administrative Code;
(i)
			 Costs that do not meet the definition of "reasonable cost," as defined in rule
			 5101:12-1-80
			 of the Administrative Code; and
(j)
			 Hearings, portions of hearings, or other activities related to:
(i) Visitation, custody, or change of
			 custody;
(ii) Establishment of
			 spousal support orders;
(iii)
			 Enforcement of spousal support orders if no child support order exists for the
			 same parties;
(iv) Property
			 settlements; and
(v) Civil
			 protection orders or domestic violence cases.
(5) Education and training programs and
			 educational services, except short-term training of CSEA staff.
(6) Activities related to administering the
			 following public programs:
(a) Ohio works
			 first (OWF);
(b) Medicaid and state
			 children's health insurance program;
(c) Social services that are provided
			 pursuant to section 5101.46 of the Revised Code;
			 and
(d) Old-age assistance, aid to
			 the blind, and aid to the permanently and totally disabled.
(7) Construction and major
			 renovations.
(8) Charges that have
			 been reimbursed by recovered fees.
(9) Functions performed by a caseworker who
			 is also determining eligibility for OWF or performing social services functions
			 pursuant to section 5101.46 of the Revised Code,
			 unless alternative arrangements as described in
			 45 C.F.R.
			 303.20(e) (
									12/29/2010)
			 have been approved by the office of child support (OCS) in the Ohio department
			 of job and family services (ODJFS).
(10) Medical support enforcement activities
			 to pursue payments from a third party health insurer.
(11) Costs for the use of the federal parent
			 locator service in parental kidnapping, child custody, or visitation
			 cases.
(12) Costs for the
			 incarceration of parents.
(13)
			 Costs of counsel for indigent defendants.
(14) Costs of guardians ad litem.
(15) Services the CSEA is not authorized to
			 perform under the rules set forth in division 5101:12 of the Administrative
			 Code.