|
|
To amend section 513.17 of the Revised Code to remove | 1 |
the limit on the amount of a secured line of | 2 |
credit for which the directors of a joint township | 3 |
hospital district board may contract. | 4 |
Section 1. That section 513.17 of the Revised Code be amended | 5 |
to read as follows: | 6 |
Sec. 513.17. (A) The board of hospital governors shall, with | 7 |
the consent and approval of the joint township district hospital | 8 |
board and as provided by sections 513.07 to 513.18 of the Revised | 9 |
Code, prepare plans and specifications, and may employ technical | 10 |
assistance if necessary, and proceed to erect, furnish, and equip | 11 |
necessary buildings for a joint township general hospital. Except | 12 |
where the hospital of the district is leased pursuant to section | 13 |
513.171 of the Revised Code, such board of governors shall appoint | 14 |
and fix the compensation of a suitable person to be superintendent | 15 |
of the hospital for such period of time as it determines, and | 16 |
shall employ and fix the compensation for such nurses and other | 17 |
employees as are necessary for the proper conduct of the hospital. | 18 |
Subject to the direction of the board of governors and to the | 19 |
rules prescribed by it, any such superintendent shall have | 20 |
complete charge and control of the
operation of such hospital. | 21 |
The superintendent shall prepare and submit to the board of | 22 |
governors, quarterly, a statement showing the average daily per | 23 |
capita cost for the current expense of maintaining and operating | 24 |
such hospital, including the cost of ordinary repairs. | 25 |
(B)(1) For purposes of this division: | 26 |
(a) "Bank" has the same meaning as in section 1101.01 of the | 27 |
Revised Code. | 28 |
(b) "Savings and loan association" has the same meaning as in | 29 |
section 1151.01 of the Revised Code. | 30 |
(c) "Savings bank" has the same meaning as in section 1161.01 | 31 |
of the Revised Code. | 32 |
(2) The board of hospital governors may enter into a contract | 33 |
for a secured line of credit with a bank, savings and loan | 34 |
association, or savings bank if the contract meets all of the | 35 |
following requirements: | 36 |
(a) The term of the contract does not exceed one hundred | 37 |
eighty days | 38 |
(b) | 39 |
40 |
| 41 |
repaid in full before any additional credit can be extended | 42 |
| 43 |
association, or savings bank shall not commence a civil action | 44 |
against the joint township district hospital board, any member of | 45 |
the board, board of township trustees, township, or board of | 46 |
county commissioners to recover the principal, interest, or any | 47 |
charges or other amounts that remain outstanding on the secured | 48 |
line of credit at the time of any default by the board of hospital | 49 |
governors | 50 |
| 51 |
of the hospital can be used to secure the line of credit | 52 |
| 53 |
all state and federal statutes and rules governing the extension | 54 |
of a secured line of credit. | 55 |
(3) Any obligation incurred by a board of hospital governors | 56 |
under this division is an obligation of that board only and not a | 57 |
general obligation of the joint township district hospital board, | 58 |
board of county commissioners, county, board of township trustees, | 59 |
or township within the meaning of division (Q) of section 133.01 | 60 |
of the Revised Code. | 61 |
(4) No board of hospital governors shall at any time have | 62 |
more than one secured line of credit under this section. | 63 |
(C) The board of hospital governors may grant to its | 64 |
employees such of the following as it determines to be customary | 65 |
and usual in the nonprofit hospital field in its community: | 66 |
(1) Paid vacation and holiday leave, for holidays listed in | 67 |
section 511.10 of the Revised Code, and other benefits for | 68 |
full-time employees; | 69 |
(2) Vacation leave and holiday pay for part-time employees on | 70 |
a pro rata basis; | 71 |
(3) Leave with full pay due to death in the employee's | 72 |
immediate family, which shall not be deducted from the employee's | 73 |
accumulated sick leave; | 74 |
(4) Premium pay for working on holidays listed in section | 75 |
511.10 of the Revised Code; | 76 |
(5) Moving expenses for new employees; | 77 |
(6) Discounts on purchases from the hospital pharmacy; | 78 |
(7) Discounts on hospital supplies and services. | 79 |
The board of hospital governors may provide employee | 80 |
recognition awards and hold employee recognition dinners. | 81 |
The board of hospital governors may provide scholarships for | 82 |
education in the health care professions, tuition reimbursement, | 83 |
and other staff development programs to enhance the skills of | 84 |
health care professionals for the purpose of recruiting or | 85 |
retaining qualified employees. | 86 |
The board of hospital governors may pay reasonable expenses | 87 |
for recruiting physicians into the district or for retaining them | 88 |
if all or part of the district has been designated as an area with | 89 |
a shortage of personal health services under the "Health | 90 |
Maintenance Organization Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 914, 42 U.S.C. | 91 |
300e, as amended. | 92 |
(D) The members of the board of governors shall serve without | 93 |
compensation, but their necessary expenses, when engaged in the | 94 |
business of the hospital board, shall be paid by the joint | 95 |
township district hospital board. | 96 |
(E) The board of hospital governors with the approval of the | 97 |
county commissioners may employ counsel and institute legal action | 98 |
in its own name for the collection of delinquent accounts. The | 99 |
board may also employ any other lawful means for the collection of | 100 |
delinquent accounts. Counsel employed under this section shall be | 101 |
paid from the hospital's funds. | 102 |
Section 2. That existing section 513.17 of the Revised Code | 103 |
is hereby repealed. | 104 |