Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5122:2 - Operations Management › Chapter 5122:2-1 - Community Mental Health Board Operations › Section 5122:2-1-03 - County withdrawal from a joint-county community mental health board

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The purpose of
			 this rule is to establish the criteria and procedures for department of mental
			 health and addiction services authorization of
			 the withdrawal by one or more board(s) of county commissioners from
			 participation in a joint-county  board.
(B) The
			 provisions of this rule are applicable to all counties which participate in
			 joint-county  boards
			 and particularly to each board of county commissioners which proposes to
			 withdraw from a joint-county board.
(C) Procedures for requesting withdrawal.
(1) The board(s) of county commissioners of
			 the county or counties requesting withdrawal shall submit to the director of
			 the department of mental health and addiction
			 services and to the commissioners and  boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and
			 mental health services of each county in the joint-county board a
			 resolution of the county commissioners requesting withdrawal together with a
			 comprehensive written plan which shall include:
(a) Reasons for requesting such
			 withdrawal;
(b) Description of the
			 proposed new board service district and a map showing all relevant civil
			 subdivisions, major lines of transportation, and location of mental health,
			 addiction, health, and social service agencies in
			 the proposed new board district to be comprised of or to include the
			 withdrawing county(ies);
(c)
			 Analysis and projection of the demographic and organizational elements to be
			 affected including
(i) Projection, for at
			 least four years from the proposed first year, of the populations in the
			 proposed new and remaining board service districts, respectively, and
(ii) Identification of any existing
			 contractual networks of mental health and
			 addiction service programs which cross county boundaries and which would
			 be disrupted if the proposed withdrawal occurs; and if a disruption is
			 contemplated, a plan to assure continued service to clients must be included in
			 the general plan;
(d)
			 Evidence of the adequacy of community interest and of potential resources in
			 the proposed new board service district, including the endorsement of civic and
			 professional leaders and the adequacy of funding resources within the proposed
			 new board service district, to support the organization and delivery of mental
			 health and addiction services and programs which
			 meet at least the minimum program standards of the department, including
			 services to client population groups in the district that are designated by the
			 department for high priority ;
(e) Evidence that relevant community
			 organizations, including at least all mental health, addiction, health, and social service agencies
			 and providers within the proposed new board
			 service district, have been informed in writing of the proposed new board
			 service district, its population and funding resources in relation to ability
			 to provide needed services in accordance with the approved board comprehensive
			 annual plan as required by section
			  340.03 
			 of the Revised Code, and that these agencies and
			 providers have been invited to submit written comments to the board(s) of
			 county commissioners in the proposed new board service district; and
(f) Evidence that a public hearing has been
			 announced to all relevant agencies and providers
			 and to the general public within the proposed new board service district to be
			 comprised of or to include the withdrawing county(ies), that such a public
			 hearing has been conducted, and evidence of all written comments and other
			 testimony received.
(g) Evidence
			 that any county withdrawing from a joint-county board would continue to have
			 levied against its tax list and duplicate any tax levied by the district during
			 the period in which the county was a member of the joint-county board until
			 such time as the levy expires or is renewed or replaced.
(h) Evidence of the provision for the
			 equitable adjustment and division of all mental health and addiction services, assets, property, debts, and
			 obligations, if any, of the joint-county district.