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To enact sections 5122.44 to 5122.47 of the Revised | 1 |
Code to require the Department of Mental Health to | 2 |
create compilations of information about patients | 3 |
buried, entombed, or inurned in cemeteries located | 4 |
on the grounds of or adjacent to the grounds of | 5 |
hospitals under the Department's control. | 6 |
Section 1. That sections 5122.44, 5122.45, 5122.46, and | 7 |
5122.47 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 8 |
Sec. 5122.44. As used in sections 5122.44 to 5122.47 of the | 9 |
Revised Code: | 10 |
(A) "Compilation" means a written list of the following | 11 |
information, as the department of mental health is able to | 12 |
reasonably ascertain, for every patient who was buried, entombed, | 13 |
or inurned prior to the effective date of this section in a | 14 |
cemetery located on the grounds of or adjacent to the grounds of a | 15 |
public hospital: | 16 |
(1) Name; | 17 |
(2) Date of birth; | 18 |
(3) Date of death or burial; | 19 |
(4) Specific physical location of the burial, entombment, or | 20 |
inurnment, including the plot or grave site number if available. | 21 |
(B) "Patient" means an individual who died while admitted to | 22 |
a public hospital that was under the control of the department of | 23 |
mental health. | 24 |
(C) "Record" has the same meaning as in section 149.011 of | 25 |
the Revised Code. | 26 |
(D) "State agency" means every organized body, office, or | 27 |
agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of | 28 |
any function of state government. | 29 |
Sec. 5122.45. The department of mental health shall create a | 30 |
separate compilation for each cemetery located on the grounds of | 31 |
or adjacent to the grounds of a public hospital that is under the | 32 |
control of the department on the effective date of this section. | 33 |
The compilation shall be created within a reasonable time not | 34 |
exceeding three years after the effective date of this section. | 35 |
The department shall use its best efforts to create the most | 36 |
complete compilations possible using records in the department's | 37 |
possession and records obtained in accordance with section 5122.46 | 38 |
of the Revised Code. | 39 |
Sec. 5122.46. The Ohio historical society and each state | 40 |
agency shall, at the request of the department of mental health, | 41 |
provide the department access to records and information in the | 42 |
possession of the historical society or state agency for purposes | 43 |
of creating compilations. | 44 |
Sec. 5122.47. The department of mental health shall deposit | 45 |
a copy of each compilation with the Ohio historical society and | 46 |
the state library as soon as a compilation is completed. The | 47 |
department shall not disclose any record or information used to | 48 |
create a compilation except as provided in sections 149.43 and | 49 |
5122.31 of the Revised Code. | 50 |