As Reported by the House Health Committee

127th General Assembly Regular Session 2007-2008

Am. S. B. No. 304

Senator Cates 

Cosponsors: Senators Schuring, Mason, Wagoner, Seitz, Faber, Buehrer, Morano, Padgett, Austria, Boccieri, Grendell, Harris, Kearney, Mumper, Niehaus, Sawyer, Schaffer, Schuler, Spada, Wilson 

Representatives Goodwin, Webster, Sears, Uecker, Wachtmann, Strahorn, Huffman, Letson, Mecklenborg, DeBose, Brown, Jones, Williams, B., Yuko, Otterman, J., Schindel, Fende, Boyd, Slesnick 

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A BILL

To amend sections 2151.3516 and 2151.3530 of the

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Revised Code to increase the time after birth

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that a parent may voluntarily deliver the child

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to a safe haven without the parent expressing an

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intent to return for the child and to require the

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Department of Job and Family Services to develop

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an educational plan for informing at-risk

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populations of the provisions of the Safe Havens

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Law.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That sections 2151.3516 and 2151.3530 of the	10
Revised Code be amended to read as follows:	11

Sec. 2151.3516.  The following persons, while acting in an	12
official capacity, shall take possession of a child who is	13
seventy-two hoursthirty days old or younger if that child's	14
parent has voluntarily delivered the child to that person without	15
the parent expressing an intent to return for the child.	16

(A) A peace officer on behalf of the law enforcement agency	17
that employs the officer;	18

(B) A hospital employee on behalf of the hospital that has	19
granted the person privilege to practice at the hospital or that	20
employs the person;	21

(C) An emergency medical service worker on behalf of the	22
emergency medical service organization that employs the worker or	23
for which the worker provides services.	24

Sec. 2151.3530. (A) The director of job and family services	25
shall distribute the medical information forms and written	26
materials promulgated under section 2151.3529 of the Revised Code	27
to entities permitted to receive a deserted child, to public	28
children services agencies, and to other public or private	29
agencies that, in the discretion of the director, are best able to	30
disseminate the forms and materials to the persons who are most in	31
need of the forms and materials.	32

The department of job and family services shall develop an	33
educational plan, in collaboration with the Ohio family and	34
children first cabinet council, for informing at-risk populations	35
who are most likely to voluntarily deliver a child under section	36
2151.3516 of the Revised Code concerning the provisions of	37
sections 2151.3516 to 2151.3530 of the Revised Code.	38

(B) If the department of job and family services determines	39
that money in the putative father registry fund created under	40
section 2101.16 of the Revised Code is more than is needed to	41
perform its duties related to the putative father registry, the	42
department may use surplus moneys in the fund for costs related to	43
the distribution of forms and materials pursuant to this section.	44

Section 2. That existing sections 2151.3516 and 2151.3530 of	45
the Revised Code are hereby repealed.	46