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| To amend section 2151.03 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| expand the definition of neglected child to | 2 |
| include a child whose parent, guardian, or | 3 |
| custodian knowingly allows certain sexually | 4 |
| oriented offenders or child-victim offenders to | 5 |
| reside in the same residence as that child. | 6 |
| Section 1. That section 2151.03 of the Revised Code be | 7 |
| amended to read as follows: | 8 |
| Sec. 2151.03. (A) As used in this chapter, "neglected child" | 9 |
| includes any child: | 10 |
| (1) Who is abandoned by the child's parents, guardian, or | 11 |
| custodian; | 12 |
| (2) Who lacks adequate parental care because of the faults or | 13 |
| habits of the child's parents, guardian, or custodian; | 14 |
| (3) Whose parents, guardian, or custodian neglects the child | 15 |
| or refuses to provide proper or necessary subsistence, education, | 16 |
| medical or surgical care or treatment, or other care necessary for | 17 |
| the child's health, morals, or well being; | 18 |
| (4) Whose parents, guardian, or custodian neglects the child | 19 |
| or refuses to provide the special care made necessary by the | 20 |
| child's mental condition; | 21 |
| (5) Whose parents, legal guardian, or custodian | 22 |
| placed or attempted to place the child in violation of sections | 23 |
| 5103.16 and 5103.17 of the Revised Code; | 24 |
| (6) Who, because of the omission of the child's parents, | 25 |
| guardian, or custodian, suffers physical or mental injury that | 26 |
| harms or threatens to harm the child's health or welfare; | 27 |
| (7) Who is subjected to out-of-home care child neglect; | 28 |
| (8) Whose parents, guardian, or custodian knowingly allows | 29 |
| any of the following persons to reside in the same residence as | 30 |
| the child: | 31 |
| (a) A person who is a habitual sex offender, sexual predator, | 32 |
| habitual child-victim offender, or child-victim predator, as | 33 |
| defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code, and who is not a | 34 |
| juvenile; | 35 |
| (b) A person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to an | 36 |
| aggravated sexually oriented offense, as defined in section | 37 |
| 2950.01 of the Revised Code, and who is not a juvenile; | 38 |
| (c) A person who has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty | 39 |
| to a sexually oriented or child-victim oriented offense, as | 40 |
| defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code, who is not | 41 |
| described in division (A)(8)(a) or (A)(8)(b) of this section, and | 42 |
| who is not a juvenile, but who is subject to one of the following | 43 |
| imposed for that offense: | 44 |
| (i) A jail or prison term; | 45 |
| (ii) A community control sanction, as defined in section | 46 |
| 2929.01 of the Revised Code, other than one imposed under section | 47 |
| 2929.18 or 2929.28 of the Revised Code; | 48 |
| (iii) A period of post-release control; | 49 |
| (iv) A community control sanction imposed after a judicial | 50 |
| release; | 51 |
| (v) Parole or another type of early release from confinement. | 52 |
| (B) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as subjecting | 53 |
| a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child to criminal liability | 54 |
| when, solely in the practice of religious beliefs, the parent, | 55 |
| guardian, or custodian fails to provide adequate medical or | 56 |
| surgical care or treatment for the child. This division does not | 57 |
| abrogate or limit any person's responsibility under section | 58 |
| 2151.421 of the Revised Code to report child abuse that is known | 59 |
| or reasonably suspected or believed to have occurred, child | 60 |
| neglect that is known or reasonably suspected or believed to have | 61 |
| occurred, and children who are known to face or are reasonably | 62 |
| suspected or believed to be facing a threat of suffering abuse or | 63 |
| neglect and does not preclude any exercise of the authority of the | 64 |
| state, any political subdivision, or any court to ensure that | 65 |
| medical or surgical care or treatment is provided to a child when | 66 |
| the child's health requires the provision of medical or surgical | 67 |
| care or treatment. | 68 |
| Section 2. That existing section 2151.03 of the Revised Code | 69 |
| is hereby repealed. | 70 |