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To amend sections 9.239, 9.55, 101.37, 101.39, | 1 |
107.12, 109.57, 109.572, 109.71, 109.77, 109.86, | 2 |
117.102, 121.02, 121.03, 121.32, 121.36, 121.37, | 3 |
123.01, 124.11, 124.23, 124.241, 124.27, 124.38, | 4 |
124.381, 125.602, 125.603, 126.32, 127.16, | 5 |
135.801, 135.802, 135.803, 140.01, 140.03, | 6 |
140.05, 145.012, 145.297, 154.17, 154.20, 173.03, | 7 |
305.14, 307.10, 307.86, 309.10, 319.16, 325.19, | 8 |
329.06, 1751.01, 1751.02, 2108.521, 2109.01, | 9 |
2109.04, 2111.01, 2111.02, 2111.10, 2133.25, | 10 |
2151.011, 2151.421, 2903.33, 2919.271, 2921.36, | 11 |
2921.38, 2930.061, 2935.03, 2945.37, 2945.371, | 12 |
2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, 2967.22, | 13 |
3109.18, 3301.07, 3301.15, 3301.52, 3301.53, | 14 |
3301.55, 3301.57, 3301.58, 3304.231, 3313.65, | 15 |
3313.715, 3314.022, 3314.99, 3317.01, 3317.02, | 16 |
3317.024, 3317.03, 3317.032, 3317.05, 3317.051, | 17 |
3317.052, 3317.07, 3317.15, 3317.20, 3319.22, | 18 |
3319.99, 3323.01, 3323.02, 3323.021, 3323.03, | 19 |
3323.04, 3323.05, 3323.07, 3323.09, 3323.091, | 20 |
3323.12, 3323.141, 3323.142, 3323.31, 3326.99, | 21 |
3501.01, 3701.78, 3701.93, 3701.932, 3701.933, | 22 |
3705.36, 3721.01, 3721.14, 3722.01, 3727.01, | 23 |
3735.58, 4109.06, 4115.32, 4141.29, 4511.21, | 24 |
4511.75, 4723.071, 5101.35, 5101.46, 5101.611, | 25 |
5103.02, 5103.13, 5104.08, 5107.24, 5111.042, | 26 |
5111.151, 5111.202, 5111.203, 5111.211, 5111.251, | 27 |
5111.291, 5111.65, 5111.677, 5111.709, 5111.87, | 28 |
5111.871, 5111.872, 5111.873, 5111.874, 5111.875, | 29 |
5111.876, 5111.8710, 5111.915, 5112.30, 5112.32, | 30 |
5112.37, 5112.371, 5119.16, 5119.221, 5119.51, | 31 |
5120.07, 5120.135, 5121.01, 5121.02, 5121.03, | 32 |
5121.04, 5121.05, 5121.051, 5121.06, 5121.061, | 33 |
5121.07, 5121.08, 5121.09, 5121.10, 5121.11, | 34 |
5121.12, 5123.01, 5123.012, 5123.02, 5123.021, | 35 |
5123.03, 5123.031, 5123.032, 5123.033, 5123.04, | 36 |
5123.042, 5123.043, 5123.044, 5123.046, 5123.047, | 37 |
5123.048, 5123.049, 5123.0410, 5123.0411, | 38 |
5123.0412, 5123.0413, 5123.0414, 5123.0415, | 39 |
5123.0416, 5123.0417, 5123.05, 5123.051, 5123.06, | 40 |
5123.07, 5123.08, 5123.081, 5123.082, 5123.083, | 41 |
5123.09, 5123.091, 5123.092, 5123.093, 5123.10, | 42 |
5123.11, 5123.12, 5123.122, 5123.13, 5123.14, | 43 |
5123.15, 5123.16, 5123.161, 5123.162, 5123.163, | 44 |
5123.164, 5123.166, 5123.167, 5123.168, 5123.169, | 45 |
5123.17, 5123.171, 5123.172, 5123.18, 5123.181, | 46 |
5123.19, 5123.191, 5123.194, 5123.195, 5123.196, | 47 |
5123.198, 5123.21, 5123.211, 5123.22, 5123.221, | 48 |
5123.23, 5123.24, 5123.25, 5123.26, 5123.27, | 49 |
5123.28, 5123.29, 5123.30, 5123.31, 5123.33, | 50 |
5123.34, 5123.35, 5123.351, 5123.352, 5123.36, | 51 |
5123.37, 5123.371, 5123.372, 5123.373, 5123.374, | 52 |
5123.375, 5123.38, 5123.40, 5123.41, 5123.42, | 53 |
5123.421, 5123.43, 5123.44, 5123.45, 5123.451, | 54 |
5123.47, 5123.50, 5123.51, 5123.52, 5123.53, | 55 |
5123.54, 5123.541, 5123.542, 5123.55, 5123.56, | 56 |
5123.57, 5123.58, 5123.59, 5123.60, 5123.601, | 57 |
5123.602, 5123.604, 5123.61, 5123.611, 5123.612, | 58 |
5123.613, 5123.614, 5123.63, 5123.64, 5123.65, | 59 |
5123.71, 5123.711, 5123.72, 5123.73, 5123.74, | 60 |
5123.75, 5123.76, 5123.801, 5123.81, 5123.811, | 61 |
5123.82, 5123.85, 5123.86, 5123.89, 5123.90, | 62 |
5123.96, 5126.01, 5126.02, 5126.021, 5126.022, | 63 |
5126.023, 5126.024, 5126.025, 5126.026, 5126.027, | 64 |
5126.028, 5126.029, 5126.0210, 5126.0211, | 65 |
5126.0212, 5126.0213, 5126.0214, 5126.0215, | 66 |
5126.0216, 5126.0217, 5126.0218, 5126.0219, | 67 |
5126.0220, 5126.0221, 5126.0222, 5126.0223, | 68 |
5126.0224, 5126.0225, 5126.0226, 5126.0227, | 69 |
5126.0228, 5126.0229, 5126.03, 5126.031, | 70 |
5126.032, 5126.033, 5126.034, 5126.037, 5126.038, | 71 |
5126.04, 5126.041, 5126.042, 5126.044, 5126.045, | 72 |
5126.046, 5126.05, 5126.051, 5126.052, 5126.054, | 73 |
5126.055, 5126.056, 5126.058, 5126.059, | 74 |
5126.0510, 5126.0511, 5126.0512, 5126.06, | 75 |
5126.07, 5126.071, 5126.08, 5126.081, 5126.082, | 76 |
5126.09, 5126.10, 5126.11, 5126.12, 5126.121, | 77 |
5126.13, 5126.14, 5126.15, 5126.18, 5126.19, | 78 |
5126.20, 5126.201, 5126.21, 5126.22, 5126.221, | 79 |
5126.23, 5126.24, 5126.25, 5126.251, 5126.252, | 80 |
5126.253, 5126.254, 5126.26, 5126.27, 5126.28, | 81 |
5126.281, 5126.29, 5126.30, 5126.31, 5126.311, | 82 |
5126.313, 5126.33, 5126.331, 5126.333, 5126.34, | 83 |
5126.36, 5126.40, 5126.41, 5126.42, 5126.43, | 84 |
5126.45, 5126.46, 5126.47, 5126.49, 5126.50, | 85 |
5126.54, 5126.55, 5126.57, 5126.58, 5126.59, | 86 |
5126.61, 5126.62, 5126.99, 5139.08, 5139.34, | 87 |
5145.18, 5153.16, 5153.99, 5511.03, 5543.011, | 88 |
5705.091, 5705.14, 5705.191, 5705.222, 5705.28, | 89 |
5705.44, 5735.142, 5815.28, and 5815.35; to amend | 90 |
section 5123.011 as it results from Am. Sub. S.B. | 91 |
156 of the 119th General Assembly; to amend, for | 92 |
the purpose of adopting a new section number as | 93 |
indicated in parentheses, section 5123.011 | 94 |
(5123.013) as it results from Am. Sub. S.B. 285 | 95 |
of the 121st General Assembly; to enact sections | 96 |
5123.014 and 5126.011 of the Revised Code; to | 97 |
amend Sections 213.30, 269.20.40, 269.20.80, | 98 |
269.20.90, 269.30.50, 293.30, 309.31.60, | 99 |
309.31.70, 335.40.10, 337.10, 337.20.10, | 100 |
337.30.10, 337.30.20, 337.30.30, 337.30.40, | 101 |
337.30.60, 337.30.70, 337.30.80, 337.40.10, and | 102 |
337.40.30 of Am. Sub. H.B. 119 of the 127th | 103 |
General Assembly, to amend Sections 337.30.43, | 104 |
337.40, and 337.40.15 of Am. Sub. H.B. 119 of | 105 |
the 127th General Assembly as subsequently | 106 |
amended, to amend Sections 209.60.40, 209.60.50, | 107 |
and 501.40 of H.B. 496 of the 127th General | 108 |
Assembly, to amend Section 201.60.30 of H.B. 496 | 109 |
of the 127th General Assembly, as subsequently | 110 |
amended, to amend Sections 231.30.10, 231.30.20, | 111 |
253.10, and 751.10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 562 of the | 112 |
127th General Assembly, to amend Section | 113 |
231.20.30 of Am. Sub. H.B. 562 of the 127th | 114 |
General Assembly, as subsequently amended, and | 115 |
to amend Section 4 of Am. Sub. H.B. 516 of the | 116 |
125th General Assembly, as subsequently amended, | 117 |
to change the name of the Department of Mental | 118 |
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities to the | 119 |
Department of Developmental Disabilities and the | 120 |
name of county boards of mental retardation and | 121 |
developmental disabilities to county boards of | 122 |
developmental disabilities and to make similar | 123 |
name changes for the Joint Council on Mental | 124 |
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, the | 125 |
Mental Retardation and Developmental | 126 |
Disabilities Developmental Center Closure | 127 |
Commission, and certain state and county funds. | 128 |
Section 1. That sections 9.239, 9.55, 101.37, 101.39, 107.12, | 129 |
109.57, 109.572, 109.71, 109.77, 109.86, 117.102, 121.02, 121.03, | 130 |
121.32, 121.36, 121.37, 123.01, 124.11, 124.23, 124.241, 124.27, | 131 |
124.38, 124.381, 125.602, 125.603, 126.32, 127.16, 135.801, | 132 |
135.802, 135.803, 140.01, 140.03, 140.05, 145.012, 145.297, | 133 |
154.17, 154.20, 173.03, 305.14, 307.10, 307.86, 309.10, 319.16, | 134 |
325.19, 329.06, 1751.01, 1751.02, 2108.521, 2109.01, 2109.04, | 135 |
2111.01, 2111.02, 2111.10, 2133.25, 2151.011, 2151.421, 2903.33, | 136 |
2919.271, 2921.36, 2921.38, 2930.061, 2935.03, 2945.37, 2945.371, | 137 |
2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, 2967.22, 3109.18, 3301.07, | 138 |
3301.15, 3301.52, 3301.53, 3301.55, 3301.57, 3301.58, 3304.231, | 139 |
3313.65, 3313.715, 3314.022, 3314.99, 3317.01, 3317.02, 3317.024, | 140 |
3317.03, 3317.032, 3317.05, 3317.051, 3317.052, 3317.07, 3317.15, | 141 |
3317.20, 3319.22, 3319.99, 3323.01, 3323.02, 3323.021, 3323.03, | 142 |
3323.04, 3323.05, 3323.07, 3323.09, 3323.091, 3323.12, 3323.141, | 143 |
3323.142, 3323.31, 3326.99, 3501.01, 3701.78, 3701.93, 3701.932, | 144 |
3701.933, 3705.36, 3721.01, 3721.14, 3722.01, 3727.01, 3735.58, | 145 |
4109.06, 4115.32, 4141.29, 4511.21, 4511.75, 4723.071, 5101.35, | 146 |
5101.46, 5101.611, 5103.02, 5103.13, 5104.08, 5107.24, 5111.042, | 147 |
5111.151, 5111.202, 5111.203, 5111.211, 5111.251, 5111.291, | 148 |
5111.65, 5111.677, 5111.709, 5111.87, 5111.871, 5111.872, | 149 |
5111.873, 5111.874, 5111.875, 5111.876, 5111.8710, 5111.915, | 150 |
5112.30, 5112.32, 5112.37, 5112.371, 5119.16, 5119.221, 5119.51, | 151 |
5120.07, 5120.135, 5121.01, 5121.02, 5121.03, 5121.04, 5121.05, | 152 |
5121.051, 5121.06, 5121.061, 5121.07, 5121.08, 5121.09, 5121.10, | 153 |
5121.11, 5121.12, 5123.01, 5123.012, 5123.02, 5123.021, 5123.03, | 154 |
5123.031, 5123.032, 5123.033, 5123.04, 5123.042, 5123.043, | 155 |
5123.044, 5123.046, 5123.047, 5123.048, 5123.049, 5123.0410, | 156 |
5123.0411, 5123.0412, 5123.0413, 5123.0414, 5123.0415, 5123.0416, | 157 |
5123.0417, 5123.05, 5123.051, 5123.06, 5123.07, 5123.08, | 158 |
5123.081, 5123.082, 5123.083, 5123.09, 5123.091, 5123.092, | 159 |
5123.093, 5123.10, 5123.11, 5123.12, 5123.122, 5123.13, 5123.14, | 160 |
5123.15, 5123.16, 5123.161, 5123.162, 5123.163, 5123.164, | 161 |
5123.166, 5123.167, 5123.168, 5123.169, 5123.17, 5123.171, | 162 |
5123.172, 5123.18, 5123.181, 5123.19, 5123.191, 5123.194, | 163 |
5123.195, 5123.196, 5123.198, 5123.21, 5123.211, 5123.22, | 164 |
5123.221, 5123.23, 5123.24, 5123.25, 5123.26, 5123.27, 5123.28, | 165 |
5123.29, 5123.30, 5123.31, 5123.33, 5123.34, 5123.35, 5123.351, | 166 |
5123.352, 5123.36, 5123.37, 5123.371, 5123.372, 5123.373, | 167 |
5123.374, 5123.375, 5123.38, 5123.40, 5123.41, 5123.42, 5123.421, | 168 |
5123.43, 5123.44, 5123.45, 5123.451, 5123.47, 5123.50, 5123.51, | 169 |
5123.52, 5123.53, 5123.54, 5123.541, 5123.542, 5123.55, 5123.56, | 170 |
5123.57, 5123.58, 5123.59, 5123.60, 5123.601, 5123.602, 5123.604, | 171 |
5123.61, 5123.611, 5123.612, 5123.613, 5123.614, 5123.63, | 172 |
5123.64, 5123.65, 5123.71, 5123.711, 5123.72, 5123.73, 5123.74, | 173 |
5123.75, 5123.76, 5123.801, 5123.81, 5123.811, 5123.82, 5123.85, | 174 |
5123.86, 5123.89, 5123.90, 5123.96, 5126.01, 5126.02, 5126.021, | 175 |
5126.022, 5126.023, 5126.024, 5126.025, 5126.026, 5126.027, | 176 |
5126.028, 5126.029, 5126.0210, 5126.0211, 5126.0212, 5126.0213, | 177 |
5126.0214, 5126.0215, 5126.0216, 5126.0217, 5126.0218, 5126.0219, | 178 |
5126.0220, 5126.0221, 5126.0222, 5126.0223, 5126.0224, 5126.0225, | 179 |
5126.0226, 5126.0227, 5126.0228, 5126.0229, 5126.03, 5126.031, | 180 |
5126.032, 5126.033, 5126.034, 5126.037, 5126.038, 5126.04, | 181 |
5126.041, 5126.042, 5126.044, 5126.045, 5126.046, 5126.05, | 182 |
5126.051, 5126.052, 5126.054, 5126.055, 5126.056, 5126.058, | 183 |
5126.059, 5126.0510, 5126.0511, 5126.0512, 5126.06, 5126.07, | 184 |
5126.071, 5126.08, 5126.081, 5126.082, 5126.09, 5126.10, | 185 |
5126.11, 5126.12, 5126.121, 5126.13, 5126.14, 5126.15, 5126.18, | 186 |
5126.19, 5126.20, 5126.201, 5126.21, 5126.22, 5126.221, 5126.23, | 187 |
5126.24, 5126.25, 5126.251, 5126.252, 5126.253, 5126.254, | 188 |
5126.26, 5126.27, 5126.28, 5126.281, 5126.29, 5126.30, 5126.31, | 189 |
5126.311, 5126.313, 5126.33, 5126.331, 5126.333, 5126.34, | 190 |
5126.36, 5126.40, 5126.41, 5126.42, 5126.43, 5126.45, 5126.46, | 191 |
5126.47, 5126.49, 5126.50, 5126.54, 5126.55, 5126.57, 5126.58, | 192 |
5126.59, 5126.61, 5126.62, 5126.99, 5139.08, 5139.34, 5145.18, | 193 |
5153.16, 5153.99, 5511.03, 5543.011, 5705.091, 5705.14, 5705.191, | 194 |
5705.222, 5705.28, 5705.44, 5735.142, 5815.28, and 5815.35 and | 195 |
section 5123.011 as it results from Am. Sub. S.B. 156 of the | 196 |
119th General Assembly be amended; that section 5123.011 | 197 |
(5123.013) as it results from Am. Sub. S.B. 285 of the 121st | 198 |
General Assembly be amended for the purpose of adopting a new | 199 |
section number as indicated in parentheses; and sections 5123.014 | 200 |
and 5126.011 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 201 |
Sec. 9.239. (A) There is hereby created the government | 202 |
contracting advisory council. The attorney general and auditor of | 203 |
state shall consult with the council on the performance of their | 204 |
rule-making functions under sections 9.237 and 9.238 of the | 205 |
Revised Code and shall consider any recommendations of the | 206 |
council. The director of job and family services shall annually | 207 |
report to the council the cost methodology of the medicaid-funded | 208 |
services described in division (A)(3)(d) of section 9.231 of the | 209 |
Revised Code. The council shall consist of the following members | 210 |
or their designees: | 211 |
(1) The attorney general; | 212 |
(2) The auditor of state; | 213 |
(3) The director of administrative services; | 214 |
(4) The director of aging; | 215 |
(5) The director of alcohol and drug addiction services; | 216 |
(6) The director of budget and management; | 217 |
(7) The director of development; | 218 |
(8) The director of job and family services; | 219 |
(9) The director of mental health; | 220 |
(10) The director of | 221 |
disabilities; | 222 |
(11) The director of rehabilitation and correction; | 223 |
(12) The administrator of workers' compensation; | 224 |
(13) The executive director of the county commissioners' | 225 |
association of Ohio; | 226 |
(14) The president of the Ohio grantmakers forum; | 227 |
(15) The president of the Ohio chamber of commerce; | 228 |
(16) The president of the Ohio state bar association; | 229 |
(17) The president of the Ohio society of certified public | 230 |
accountants; | 231 |
(18) The executive director of the Ohio association of | 232 |
nonprofit organizations; | 233 |
(19) The president of the Ohio united way; | 234 |
(20) One additional member appointed by the attorney general; | 235 |
(21) One additional member appointed by the auditor of state. | 236 |
(B) If an agency or organization represented on the council | 237 |
ceases to exist in the form it has on | 238 |
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shall be represented in its place. If there is no successor agency | 240 |
or organization, or if it is not clear what agency or organization | 241 |
is the successor, the attorney general shall designate an agency | 242 |
or organization to be represented in place of the agency or | 243 |
organization originally represented on the council. | 244 |
(C) The two members appointed to the council shall serve | 245 |
three-year terms. Original appointments shall be made not later | 246 |
than sixty days after | 247 |
29, 2005. Vacancies on the council shall be filled in the same | 248 |
manner as the original appointment. | 249 |
(D) The attorney general or the attorney general's designee | 250 |
shall be the chairperson of the council. The council shall meet at | 251 |
least once every two years to review the rules adopted under | 252 |
sections 9.237 and 9.238 of the Revised Code and to make | 253 |
recommendations to the attorney general and auditor of state | 254 |
regarding the adoption, amendment, or repeal of those rules. The | 255 |
council shall also meet at other times as requested by the | 256 |
attorney general or auditor of state. | 257 |
(E) Members of the council shall serve without compensation | 258 |
or reimbursement. | 259 |
(F) The office of the attorney general shall provide | 260 |
necessary staff, facilities, supplies, and services to the | 261 |
council. | 262 |
(G) Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not | 263 |
apply to the council. | 264 |
Sec. 9.55. (A) As used in this section, "state agency" means | 265 |
the house of representatives, the senate, the governor, the | 266 |
secretary of state, the auditor of state, the treasurer of state, | 267 |
the attorney general, the department of job and family services, | 268 |
the department of commerce, the department of | 269 |
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department of health, the department of aging, the governor's | 271 |
office of advocacy for disabled persons, and the civil rights | 272 |
commission. | 273 |
(B) Each state agency shall install in its offices at least | 274 |
one teletypewriter designed to receive printed messages from and | 275 |
transmit printed messages to deaf or hearing-impaired persons. | 276 |
Sec. 101.37. (A) There is hereby created the joint council on | 277 |
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council shall consist of three members of the house of | 279 |
representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of | 280 |
representatives, not more than two of whom shall be members of the | 281 |
same political party, three members of the senate appointed by the | 282 |
president of the senate, not more than two of whom shall be | 283 |
members of the same political party, and
the director of | 284 |
285 | |
the joint council appointed by the speaker of the house of | 286 |
representatives and at least one member appointed by the president | 287 |
of the senate shall be a member of the house or senate committee | 288 |
with primary responsibility for appropriation issues and at least | 289 |
one member appointed by the speaker and at least one member | 290 |
appointed by the president shall be a member of the house or | 291 |
senate committee with primary responsibility for human services | 292 |
issues. | 293 |
Members of the joint council shall be reimbursed for their | 294 |
actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their | 295 |
official duties, provided that reimbursement for such expenses | 296 |
shall not exceed
limits imposed upon the department of | 297 |
298 | |
regulating travel within this state. Members shall receive no | 299 |
other compensation. | 300 |
The joint council shall organize itself within fifteen days | 301 |
after the commencement of each regular session of the general | 302 |
assembly by electing a chairperson and vice-chairperson. The joint | 303 |
council may meet upon the call of the chairperson, the director, | 304 |
or on the request of any three members. | 305 |
Members of the joint council who are appointed from the | 306 |
general assembly shall serve until the expiration of their terms | 307 |
in the general assembly. Any vacancies occurring among the general | 308 |
assembly members of the joint council shall be filled in the | 309 |
manner of the original appointment. | 310 |
(B) The joint council shall do all of the following: | 311 |
(1) Appoint the original members of the citizen's advisory | 312 |
council at any institution under the control of the department of | 313 |
314 | |
after November 15, 1981; | 315 |
(2) Make final determinations in any dispute between the | 316 |
director of | 317 |
a citizen's advisory council concerning the appointment of members | 318 |
to the citizen's advisory council, as provided for in section | 319 |
5123.092 of the Revised Code; | 320 |
(3) Receive reports from citizen's advisory councils on or | 321 |
before the thirty-first day of January of each year, as required | 322 |
by section 5123.093 of the Revised Code; | 323 |
(4) Receive reports as appropriate concerning extenuating | 324 |
circumstances at institutions under the control of the department | 325 |
of | 326 |
(5) Conduct reviews and make recommendations to the director | 327 |
of | 328 |
to any disputes between the department of | 329 |
developmental disabilities and entities that have entered into | 330 |
contracts with the department for the provision of protective | 331 |
services to individuals with mental retardation or developmental | 332 |
disabilities; | 333 |
(6) Provide the director of | 334 |
developmental disabilities with advice on legislative and fiscal | 335 |
issues affecting the department
of | 336 |
developmental disabilities, county boards of | 337 |
338 | |
developmental disabilities, and providers of services to persons | 339 |
with mental retardation or developmental disabilities and on | 340 |
related issues the director requests the joint council to address; | 341 |
(7) On behalf of the director of | 342 |
developmental disabilities, advocate to the general assembly | 343 |
legislative issues about which the joint council has provided | 344 |
advice to the director. | 345 |
(C) Reports and any correspondence received by the joint | 346 |
council shall be deposited with the legislative service | 347 |
commission, which shall retain them for not less than three years | 348 |
after the date of deposit. | 349 |
Sec. 101.39. (A) There is hereby created the joint | 350 |
legislative committee on health care oversight. The committee may | 351 |
review or study any matter related to the provision of health care | 352 |
services that it considers of significance to the citizens of this | 353 |
state, including the availability of health care, the quality of | 354 |
health care, the effectiveness and efficiency of managed care | 355 |
systems, and the operation of the medical assistance program | 356 |
established under Chapter 5111. of the Revised Code or other | 357 |
government health programs. | 358 |
The department of job and family services, department of | 359 |
health, department of aging, department of mental health, | 360 |
department of
| 361 |
department of alcohol and drug addiction services, and other state | 362 |
agencies shall cooperate with the committee in its study and | 363 |
review of health care issues. On request, the departments shall | 364 |
provide the committee with reports and other information | 365 |
sufficient for the committee to fulfill its duties. | 366 |
The committee may issue recommendations as it determines | 367 |
appropriate. The recommendations may be made to the general | 368 |
assembly, state agencies, private industry, or any other entity. | 369 |
(B) The committee shall consist of the following members of | 370 |
the general assembly: the chairperson of the senate's standing | 371 |
committee with primary responsibility for health legislation, the | 372 |
chairperson of the house of representatives' standing committee | 373 |
with primary responsibility for health legislation, four members | 374 |
of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the | 375 |
house of representatives, and four members of the senate appointed | 376 |
by the president of the senate. Not more than two members | 377 |
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and not | 378 |
more than two members appointed by the president of the senate may | 379 |
be of the same political party. Except in 1995, appointments | 380 |
shall be made not later than fifteen days after the commencement | 381 |
of the first regular session of each general assembly. The | 382 |
chairpersons of the standing committees with primary | 383 |
responsibility for health legislation shall serve as | 384 |
co-chairpersons of the committee. | 385 |
Each member of the committee shall hold office during the | 386 |
general assembly in which the member is appointed and until a | 387 |
successor has been appointed, notwithstanding the adjournment sine | 388 |
die of the general assembly in which the member was appointed or | 389 |
the expiration of the member's term as a member of the general | 390 |
assembly. Any vacancies occurring among the members of the | 391 |
committee shall be filled in the manner of the original | 392 |
appointment. | 393 |
The committee shall meet at least quarterly and at the call | 394 |
of the co-chairpersons. The co-chairpersons shall determine the | 395 |
time, place, and agenda for each meeting of the committee. | 396 |
The committee has the same powers as other standing or select | 397 |
committees of the general assembly. The committee may request | 398 |
assistance from the
legislative service commission
| 399 |
400 |
Sec. 107.12. (A) As used in this section, "organization" | 401 |
means a faith-based or other organization that is exempt from | 402 |
federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the "Internal | 403 |
Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended, | 404 |
and provides charitable services to needy residents of this | 405 |
state. | 406 |
(B) There is hereby established within the office of the | 407 |
governor the governor's office of faith-based and community | 408 |
initiatives. The office shall: | 409 |
(1) Serve as a clearinghouse of information on federal, | 410 |
state, and local funding for charitable services performed by | 411 |
organizations; | 412 |
(2) Encourage organizations to seek public funding for their | 413 |
charitable services; | 414 |
(3) Assist local, state, and federal agencies in | 415 |
coordinating their activities to secure maximum use of funds and | 416 |
efforts that benefit people receiving charitable services from | 417 |
organizations; | 418 |
(4) Advise the governor, general assembly, and the advisory | 419 |
board of the governor's office of faith-based and community | 420 |
initiatives on the barriers that exist to collaboration between | 421 |
organizations and governmental entities and on ways to remove the | 422 |
barriers. | 423 |
(C) The governor shall appoint an executive director and | 424 |
such other staff as may be necessary to manage the office and | 425 |
perform or oversee the performance of the duties of the office. | 426 |
Within sixty days after being appointed, and every twelve months | 427 |
thereafter, the executive director shall distribute to the | 428 |
advisory board and review with the board a strategic plan. The | 429 |
executive director shall report to the board at least quarterly | 430 |
on proposed initiatives and policies. A report shall include | 431 |
the condition of the budget and the finances of the office. | 432 |
(D)(1) There is hereby created the advisory board of the | 433 |
governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives. The | 434 |
board shall consist of the following members: | 435 |
(a) The directors of aging, alcohol and drug addiction | 436 |
services, rehabilitation and correction, health, job and family | 437 |
services, | 438 |
mental health, and youth services, or their designees; | 439 |
(b) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint | 440 |
to the board two members of the house of representatives, not more | 441 |
than one of whom shall be from the same political party and at | 442 |
least one of whom shall be from the legislative black caucus. The | 443 |
president of the senate shall appoint to the board two members of | 444 |
the senate, not more than one of whom shall be from the same | 445 |
political party. | 446 |
(c) The governor, the speaker of the house of | 447 |
representatives, and the president of the senate shall each | 448 |
appoint to the board three representatives of the nonprofit, | 449 |
faith-based and other nonprofit community. | 450 |
(2) Terms of the office shall be one year. Any vacancy that | 451 |
occurs on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the | 452 |
original appointment. | 453 |
(3) Members of the board are not entitled to compensation, | 454 |
but the members appointed by the governor, the speaker of the | 455 |
house of representatives, and the president of the senate who are | 456 |
representatives of the nonprofit, faith-based and other nonprofit | 457 |
community shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary | 458 |
expenses that are incurred in relation to board meetings. | 459 |
(4) The board shall be presided over by a chairperson and a | 460 |
vice-chairperson, who shall be the members of the board who are | 461 |
also members of the house of representatives or the senate. | 462 |
Annually on the first day of January, the chairpersonship and | 463 |
vice-chairpersonship shall alternate between the members of the | 464 |
house of representatives and the senate. | 465 |
(E) The board shall have the following duties: | 466 |
(1) Provide direction, guidance, and oversight to the office; | 467 |
(2) Assist in the dissemination of information about, and in | 468 |
the stimulation of public awareness of, the service programs | 469 |
supported by the office; | 470 |
(3) Review the budget and finances of the office, proposed | 471 |
initiatives and policies, and the executive director's annual | 472 |
strategic plan at board meetings; | 473 |
(4) Provide feedback for and proposed modifications of the | 474 |
executive director's strategic plan. Within forty-five days after | 475 |
submitting a strategic plan, the executive director shall contact | 476 |
each advisory board member to obtain feedback. With the approval | 477 |
of the advisory board chairperson, the executive director shall | 478 |
lead a strategic plan discussion at the first board meeting | 479 |
following the distribution of the strategic plan. | 480 |
(5) Publish a report of its activities and accomplishments on | 481 |
or before the first day of August of each year, and deliver | 482 |
copies of the report to the governor, the speaker and minority | 483 |
leader of the house of representatives, and the president and | 484 |
minority leader of the senate. | 485 |
(F) No member of the board or organization that the member is | 486 |
affiliated or involved with is eligible to receive any grant that | 487 |
the office administers or assists in administering. | 488 |
Sec. 109.57. (A)(1) The superintendent of the bureau of | 489 |
criminal identification and investigation shall procure from | 490 |
wherever procurable and file for record photographs, pictures, | 491 |
descriptions, fingerprints, measurements, and other information | 492 |
that may be pertinent of all persons who have been convicted of | 493 |
committing within this state a felony, any crime constituting a | 494 |
misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent | 495 |
offenses, or any misdemeanor described in division (A)(1)(a), | 496 |
(A)(8)(a), or (A)(10)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, | 497 |
of all children under eighteen years of age who have been | 498 |
adjudicated delinquent children for committing within this state | 499 |
an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if | 500 |
committed by an adult or who have been convicted of or pleaded | 501 |
guilty to committing within this state a felony or an offense of | 502 |
violence, and of all well-known and habitual criminals. The | 503 |
person in charge of any county, multicounty, municipal, | 504 |
municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, | 505 |
community-based correctional facility, halfway house, alternative | 506 |
residential facility, or state correctional institution and the | 507 |
person in charge of any state institution having custody of a | 508 |
person suspected of having committed a felony, any crime | 509 |
constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on | 510 |
subsequent offenses, or any misdemeanor described in division | 511 |
(A)(1)(a), (A)(8)(a), or (A)(10)(a) of section 109.572 of the | 512 |
Revised Code or having custody of a child under eighteen years of | 513 |
age with respect to whom there is probable cause to believe that | 514 |
the child may have committed an act that would be a felony or an | 515 |
offense of violence if committed by an adult shall furnish such | 516 |
material to the superintendent of the bureau. Fingerprints, | 517 |
photographs, or other descriptive information of a child who is | 518 |
under eighteen years of age, has not been arrested or otherwise | 519 |
taken into custody for committing an act that would be a felony | 520 |
or an offense of violence who is not in any other category of | 521 |
child specified in this division, if committed by an adult, has | 522 |
not been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act | 523 |
that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by | 524 |
an adult, has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to | 525 |
committing a felony or an offense of violence, and is not a child | 526 |
with respect to whom there is probable cause to believe that the | 527 |
child may have committed an act that would be a felony or an | 528 |
offense of violence if committed by an adult shall not be | 529 |
procured by the superintendent or furnished by any person in | 530 |
charge of any county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, | 531 |
or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based | 532 |
correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential | 533 |
facility, or state correctional institution, except as authorized | 534 |
in section 2151.313 of the Revised Code. | 535 |
(2) Every clerk of a court of record in this state, other | 536 |
than the supreme court or a court of appeals, shall send to the | 537 |
superintendent of the bureau a weekly report containing a summary | 538 |
of each case involving a felony, involving any crime constituting | 539 |
a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent | 540 |
offenses, involving a misdemeanor described in division (A)(1)(a), | 541 |
(A)(8)(a), or (A)(10)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, | 542 |
or involving an adjudication in a case in which a child under | 543 |
eighteen years of age was alleged to be a delinquent child for | 544 |
committing an act that would be a felony or an offense of | 545 |
violence if committed by an adult. The clerk of the court of | 546 |
common pleas shall include in the report and summary the clerk | 547 |
sends under this division all information described in divisions | 548 |
(A)(2)(a) to (f) of this section regarding a case before the | 549 |
court of appeals that is served by that clerk. The summary shall | 550 |
be written on the standard forms furnished by the superintendent | 551 |
pursuant to division (B) of this section and shall include the | 552 |
following information: | 553 |
(a) The incident tracking number contained on the standard | 554 |
forms furnished by the superintendent pursuant to division (B) of | 555 |
this section; | 556 |
(b) The style and number of the case; | 557 |
(c) The date of arrest, offense, summons, or arraignment; | 558 |
(d) The date that the person was convicted of or pleaded | 559 |
guilty to the offense, adjudicated a delinquent child for | 560 |
committing the act that would be a felony or an offense of | 561 |
violence if committed by an adult, found not guilty of the | 562 |
offense, or found not to be a delinquent child for committing an | 563 |
act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed | 564 |
by an adult, the date of an entry dismissing the charge, an entry | 565 |
declaring a mistrial of the offense in which the person is | 566 |
discharged, an entry finding that the person or child is not | 567 |
competent to stand trial, or an entry of a nolle prosequi, or the | 568 |
date of any other determination that constitutes final resolution | 569 |
of the case; | 570 |
(e) A statement of the original charge with the section of | 571 |
the Revised Code that was alleged to be violated; | 572 |
(f) If the person or child was convicted, pleaded guilty, or | 573 |
was adjudicated a delinquent child, the sentence or terms of | 574 |
probation imposed or any other disposition of the offender or the | 575 |
delinquent child. | 576 |
If the offense involved the disarming of a law enforcement | 577 |
officer or an attempt to disarm a law enforcement officer, the | 578 |
clerk shall clearly state that fact in the summary, and the | 579 |
superintendent shall ensure that a clear statement of that fact is | 580 |
placed in the bureau's records. | 581 |
(3) The superintendent shall cooperate with and assist | 582 |
sheriffs, chiefs of police, and other law enforcement officers in | 583 |
the establishment of a complete system of criminal identification | 584 |
and in obtaining fingerprints and other means of identification of | 585 |
all persons arrested on a charge of a felony, any crime | 586 |
constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on | 587 |
subsequent offenses, or a misdemeanor described in division | 588 |
(A)(1)(a), (A)(8)(a), or (A)(10)(a) of section 109.572 of the | 589 |
Revised Code and of all children under eighteen years of age | 590 |
arrested or otherwise taken into custody for committing an act | 591 |
that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by | 592 |
an adult. The superintendent also shall file for record the | 593 |
fingerprint impressions of all persons confined in a county, | 594 |
multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal | 595 |
jail or workhouse, community-based correctional facility, halfway | 596 |
house, alternative residential facility, or state correctional | 597 |
institution for the violation of state laws and of all children | 598 |
under eighteen years of age who are confined in a county, | 599 |
multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal | 600 |
jail or workhouse, community-based correctional facility, halfway | 601 |
house, alternative residential facility, or state correctional | 602 |
institution or in any facility for delinquent children for | 603 |
committing an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence | 604 |
if committed by an adult, and any other information that the | 605 |
superintendent may receive from law enforcement officials of the | 606 |
state and its political subdivisions. | 607 |
(4) The superintendent shall carry out Chapter 2950. of the | 608 |
Revised Code with respect to the registration of persons who are | 609 |
convicted of or plead guilty to a sexually oriented offense or a | 610 |
child-victim oriented offense and with respect to all other duties | 611 |
imposed on the bureau under that chapter. | 612 |
(5) The bureau shall perform centralized recordkeeping | 613 |
functions for criminal history records and services in this state | 614 |
for purposes of the national crime prevention and privacy compact | 615 |
set forth in section 109.571 of the Revised Code and is the | 616 |
criminal history record repository as defined in that section for | 617 |
purposes of that compact. The superintendent or the | 618 |
superintendent's designee is the compact officer for purposes of | 619 |
that compact and shall carry out the responsibilities of the | 620 |
compact officer specified in that compact. | 621 |
(B) The superintendent shall prepare and furnish to every | 622 |
county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or | 623 |
multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based | 624 |
correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential | 625 |
facility, or state correctional institution and to every clerk of | 626 |
a court in this state specified in division (A)(2) of this section | 627 |
standard forms for reporting the information required under | 628 |
division (A) of this section. The standard forms that the | 629 |
superintendent prepares pursuant to this division may be in a | 630 |
tangible format, in an electronic format, or in both tangible | 631 |
formats and electronic formats. | 632 |
(C)(1) The superintendent may operate a center for | 633 |
electronic, automated, or other data processing for the storage | 634 |
and retrieval of information, data, and statistics pertaining to | 635 |
criminals and to children under eighteen years of age who are | 636 |
adjudicated delinquent children for committing an act that would | 637 |
be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult, | 638 |
criminal activity, crime prevention, law enforcement, and criminal | 639 |
justice, and may establish and operate a statewide communications | 640 |
network to gather and disseminate information, data, and | 641 |
statistics for the use of law enforcement agencies and for other | 642 |
uses specified in this division. The superintendent may gather, | 643 |
store, retrieve, and disseminate information, data, and statistics | 644 |
that pertain to children who are under eighteen years of age and | 645 |
that are gathered pursuant to sections 109.57 to 109.61 of the | 646 |
Revised Code together with information, data, and statistics that | 647 |
pertain to adults and that are gathered pursuant to those | 648 |
sections. | 649 |
(2) The superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall | 650 |
gather information of the nature described in division (C)(1) of | 651 |
this section that pertains to the offense and delinquency history | 652 |
of a person who has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been | 653 |
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented | 654 |
offense or a child-victim oriented offense for inclusion in the | 655 |
state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders | 656 |
maintained pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 2950.13 of the | 657 |
Revised Code and in the internet database operated pursuant to | 658 |
division (A)(13) of that section and for possible inclusion in the | 659 |
internet database operated pursuant to division (A)(11) of that | 660 |
section. | 661 |
(3) In addition to any other authorized use of information, | 662 |
data, and statistics of the nature described in division (C)(1) | 663 |
of this section, the superintendent or the superintendent's | 664 |
designee may provide and exchange the information, data, and | 665 |
statistics pursuant to the national crime prevention and privacy | 666 |
compact as described in division (A)(5) of this section. | 667 |
(D) The information and materials furnished to the | 668 |
superintendent pursuant to division (A) of this section and | 669 |
information and materials furnished to any board or person under | 670 |
division (F) or (G) of this section are not public records under | 671 |
section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The superintendent or the | 672 |
superintendent's designee shall gather and retain information so | 673 |
furnished under division (A) of this section that pertains to the | 674 |
offense and delinquency history of a person who has been convicted | 675 |
of, pleaded guilty to, or been adjudicated a delinquent child for | 676 |
committing a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented | 677 |
offense for the purposes described in division (C)(2) of this | 678 |
section. | 679 |
(E) The attorney general shall adopt rules, in accordance | 680 |
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, setting forth the procedure | 681 |
by which a person may receive or release information gathered by | 682 |
the superintendent pursuant to division (A) of this section. A | 683 |
reasonable fee may be charged for this service. If a temporary | 684 |
employment service submits a request for a determination of | 685 |
whether a person the service plans to refer to an employment | 686 |
position has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense | 687 |
listed in division (A)(1), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of section | 688 |
109.572 of the Revised Code, the request shall be treated as a | 689 |
single request and only one fee shall be charged. | 690 |
(F)(1) As used in division (F)(2) of this section, "head | 691 |
start agency" means an entity in this state that has been approved | 692 |
to be an agency for purposes of subchapter II of the "Community | 693 |
Economic Development Act," 95 Stat. 489 (1981), 42 U.S.C.A. 9831, | 694 |
as amended. | 695 |
(2)(a) In addition to or in conjunction with any request that | 696 |
is required to be made under section 109.572, 2151.86, 3301.32, | 697 |
3301.541, 3319.39, 3319.391, 3327.10, 3701.881, 5104.012, | 698 |
5104.013, 5123.081, 5126.28, 5126.281, or 5153.111 of the Revised | 699 |
Code or that is made under section 3314.41, 3319.392, or 3326.25 | 700 |
of the Revised Code, the board of education of any school | 701 |
district; the director
of | 702 |
disabilities; any county
board of
| 703 |
developmental disabilities; any entity under contract with a | 704 |
county board of | 705 |
disabilities; the chief administrator of any chartered nonpublic | 706 |
school; the chief administrator of any home health agency; the | 707 |
chief administrator of or person operating any child day-care | 708 |
center, type A family day-care home, or type B family day-care | 709 |
home licensed or certified under Chapter 5104. of the Revised | 710 |
Code; the administrator of any type C family day-care home | 711 |
certified pursuant to Section 1 of Sub. H.B. 62 of the 121st | 712 |
general assembly or Section 5 of Am. Sub. S.B. 160 of the 121st | 713 |
general assembly; the chief administrator of any head start | 714 |
agency; the executive director of a public children services | 715 |
agency; a private company described in section 3314.41, 3319.392, | 716 |
or 3326.25 of the Revised Code; or an employer described in | 717 |
division (J)(2) of section 3327.10 of the Revised Code may | 718 |
request that the superintendent of the bureau investigate and | 719 |
determine, with respect to any individual who has applied for | 720 |
employment in any position after October 2, 1989, or any | 721 |
individual wishing to apply for employment with a board of | 722 |
education may request, with regard to the individual, whether the | 723 |
bureau has any information gathered under division (A) of this | 724 |
section that pertains to that individual. On receipt of the | 725 |
request, the superintendent shall determine whether that | 726 |
information exists and, upon request of the person, board, or | 727 |
entity requesting information, also shall request from the | 728 |
federal bureau of investigation any criminal records it has | 729 |
pertaining to that individual. The superintendent or the | 730 |
superintendent's designee also may request criminal history | 731 |
records from other states or the federal government pursuant to | 732 |
the national crime prevention and privacy compact set forth in | 733 |
section 109.571 of the Revised Code. Within thirty days of the | 734 |
date that the superintendent receives a request, the | 735 |
superintendent shall send to the board, entity, or person a | 736 |
report of any information that the superintendent determines | 737 |
exists, including information contained in records that have been | 738 |
sealed under section 2953.32 of the Revised Code, and, within | 739 |
thirty days of its receipt, shall send the board, entity, or | 740 |
person a report of any information received from the federal | 741 |
bureau of investigation, other than information the dissemination | 742 |
of which is prohibited by federal law. | 743 |
(b) When a board of education is required to receive | 744 |
information under this section as a prerequisite to employment of | 745 |
an individual pursuant to section 3319.39 of the Revised Code, it | 746 |
may accept a certified copy of records that were issued by the | 747 |
bureau of criminal identification and investigation and that are | 748 |
presented by an individual applying for employment with the | 749 |
district in lieu of requesting that information itself. In such a | 750 |
case, the board shall accept the certified copy issued by the | 751 |
bureau in order to make a photocopy of it for that individual's | 752 |
employment application documents and shall return the certified | 753 |
copy to the individual. In a case of that nature, a district only | 754 |
shall accept a certified copy of records of that nature within one | 755 |
year after the date of their issuance by the bureau. | 756 |
(3) The state board of education may request, with respect to | 757 |
any individual who has applied for employment after October 2, | 758 |
1989, in any position with the state board or the department of | 759 |
education, any information that a school district board of | 760 |
education is authorized to request under division (F)(2) of this | 761 |
section, and the superintendent of the bureau shall proceed as if | 762 |
the request has been received from a school district board of | 763 |
education under division (F)(2) of this section. | 764 |
(4) When the superintendent of the bureau receives a request | 765 |
for information under section 3319.291 of the Revised Code, the | 766 |
superintendent shall proceed as if the request has been received | 767 |
from a school district board of education under division (F)(2) of | 768 |
this section. | 769 |
(5) When a recipient of a classroom reading improvement grant | 770 |
paid under section 3301.86 of the Revised Code requests, with | 771 |
respect to any individual who applies to participate in providing | 772 |
any program or service funded in whole or in part by the grant, | 773 |
the information that a school district board of education is | 774 |
authorized to request under division (F)(2)(a) of this section, | 775 |
the superintendent of the bureau shall proceed as if the request | 776 |
has been received from a school district board of education under | 777 |
division (F)(2)(a) of this section. | 778 |
(G) In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is | 779 |
required to be made under section 3701.881, 3712.09, 3721.121, or | 780 |
3722.151 of the Revised Code with respect to an individual who has | 781 |
applied for employment in a position that involves providing | 782 |
direct care to an older adult, the chief administrator of a home | 783 |
health agency, hospice care program, home licensed under Chapter | 784 |
3721. of the Revised Code, adult day-care program operated | 785 |
pursuant to rules adopted under section 3721.04 of the Revised | 786 |
Code, or adult care facility may request that the superintendent | 787 |
of the bureau investigate and determine, with respect to any | 788 |
individual who has applied after January 27, 1997, for employment | 789 |
in a position that does not involve providing direct care to an | 790 |
older adult, whether the bureau has any information gathered under | 791 |
division (A) of this section that pertains to that individual. | 792 |
In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is | 793 |
required to be made under section 173.27 of the Revised Code with | 794 |
respect to an individual who has applied for employment in a | 795 |
position that involves providing ombudsperson services to | 796 |
residents of long-term care facilities or recipients of | 797 |
community-based long-term care services, the state long-term care | 798 |
ombudsperson, ombudsperson's designee, or director of health may | 799 |
request that the superintendent investigate and determine, with | 800 |
respect to any individual who has applied for employment in a | 801 |
position that does not involve providing such ombudsperson | 802 |
services, whether the bureau has any information gathered under | 803 |
division (A) of this section that pertains to that applicant. | 804 |
In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is | 805 |
required to be made under section 173.394 of the Revised Code with | 806 |
respect to an individual who has applied for employment in a | 807 |
position that involves providing direct care to an individual, the | 808 |
chief administrator of a community-based long-term care agency may | 809 |
request that the superintendent investigate and determine, with | 810 |
respect to any individual who has applied for employment in a | 811 |
position that does not involve providing direct care, whether the | 812 |
bureau has any information gathered under division (A) of this | 813 |
section that pertains to that applicant. | 814 |
On receipt of a request under this division, the | 815 |
superintendent shall determine whether that information exists | 816 |
and, on request of the individual requesting information, shall | 817 |
also request from the federal bureau of investigation any criminal | 818 |
records it has pertaining to the applicant. The superintendent or | 819 |
the superintendent's designee also may request criminal history | 820 |
records from other states or the federal government pursuant to | 821 |
the national crime prevention and privacy compact set forth in | 822 |
section 109.571 of the Revised Code. Within thirty days of the | 823 |
date a request is received, the superintendent shall send to the | 824 |
requester a report of any information determined to exist, | 825 |
including information contained in records that have been sealed | 826 |
under section 2953.32 of the Revised Code, and, within thirty days | 827 |
of its receipt, shall send the requester a report of any | 828 |
information received from the federal bureau of investigation, | 829 |
other than information the dissemination of which is prohibited by | 830 |
federal law. | 831 |
(H) Information obtained by a government entity or person | 832 |
under this section is confidential and shall not be released or | 833 |
disseminated. | 834 |
(I) The superintendent may charge a reasonable fee for | 835 |
providing information or criminal records under division (F)(2) or | 836 |
(G) of this section. | 837 |
(J) As used in this section, "sexually oriented offense" and | 838 |
"child-victim oriented offense" have the same meanings as in | 839 |
section 2950.01 of the Revised Code. | 840 |
Sec. 109.572. (A)(1) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to | 841 |
section 121.08, 3301.32, 3301.541, or 3319.39 of the Revised | 842 |
Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of | 843 |
this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in | 844 |
the manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the | 845 |
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and | 846 |
investigation shall conduct a criminal records check in the | 847 |
manner described in division (B) of this section to determine | 848 |
whether any information exists that indicates that the person who | 849 |
is the subject of the request previously has been convicted of or | 850 |
pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 851 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 852 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 853 |
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, | 854 |
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, | 855 |
2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, | 856 |
2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2919.12, 2919.22, 2919.24, 2919.25, | 857 |
2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, | 858 |
2925.06, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code, felonious sexual | 859 |
penetration in violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised | 860 |
Code, a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it | 861 |
existed prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of section 2919.23 of | 862 |
the Revised Code that would have been a violation of section | 863 |
2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, | 864 |
had the violation been committed prior to that date, or a | 865 |
violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a | 866 |
minor drug possession offense; | 867 |
(b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, | 868 |
any other state, or the United States that is substantially | 869 |
equivalent to any of the offenses listed in division (A)(1)(a) of | 870 |
this section. | 871 |
(2) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 5123.081 of | 872 |
the Revised Code with respect to an applicant for employment in | 873 |
any position with the department of | 874 |
developmental disabilities, pursuant to section 5126.28 of the | 875 |
Revised Code with respect to an applicant for employment in any | 876 |
position with a county board of | 877 |
developmental disabilities, or pursuant to section 5126.281 of the | 878 |
Revised Code with respect to an applicant for employment in a | 879 |
direct services position with an entity contracting with a county | 880 |
board for employment, a completed form prescribed pursuant to | 881 |
division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint | 882 |
impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of | 883 |
this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 884 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 885 |
check. The superintendent shall conduct the criminal records check | 886 |
in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 887 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 888 |
person who is the subject of the request has been convicted of or | 889 |
pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 890 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 891 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 892 |
2903.341, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.04, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, | 893 |
2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.12, | 894 |
2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, | 895 |
2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2919.12, | 896 |
2919.22, 2919.24, 2919.25, 2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, | 897 |
2925.03, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code; | 898 |
(b) An existing or former municipal ordinance or law of this | 899 |
state, any other state, or the United States that is substantially | 900 |
equivalent to any of the offenses listed in division (A)(2)(a) of | 901 |
this section. | 902 |
(3) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 173.27, | 903 |
173.394, 3712.09, 3721.121, or 3722.151 of the Revised Code, a | 904 |
completed form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of this | 905 |
section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the | 906 |
manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the | 907 |
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and | 908 |
investigation shall conduct a criminal records check with respect | 909 |
to any person who has applied for employment in a position for | 910 |
which a criminal records check is required by those sections. The | 911 |
superintendent shall conduct the criminal records check in the | 912 |
manner described in division (B) of this section to determine | 913 |
whether any information exists that indicates that the person who | 914 |
is the subject of the request previously has been convicted of or | 915 |
pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 916 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 917 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 918 |
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.11, 2905.12, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05, | 919 |
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.12, 2907.25, 2907.31, | 920 |
2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, | 921 |
2911.12, 2911.13, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, 2913.11, 2913.21, | 922 |
2913.31, 2913.40, 2913.43, 2913.47, 2913.51, 2919.25, 2921.36, | 923 |
2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.11, 2925.13, | 924 |
2925.22, 2925.23, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code; | 925 |
(b) An existing or former law of this state, any other state, | 926 |
or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of | 927 |
the offenses listed in division (A)(3)(a) of this section. | 928 |
(4) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 3701.881 of | 929 |
the Revised Code with respect to an applicant for employment with | 930 |
a home health agency as a person responsible for the care, | 931 |
custody, or control of a child, a completed form prescribed | 932 |
pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of | 933 |
fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner described in | 934 |
division (C)(2) of this section, the superintendent of the bureau | 935 |
of criminal identification and investigation shall conduct a | 936 |
criminal records check. The superintendent shall conduct the | 937 |
criminal records check in the manner described in division (B) of | 938 |
this section to determine whether any information exists that | 939 |
indicates that the person who is the subject of the request | 940 |
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the | 941 |
following: | 942 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 943 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 944 |
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.04, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, | 945 |
2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.12, 2907.21, | 946 |
2907.22, 2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, | 947 |
2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2919.12, 2919.22, | 948 |
2919.24, 2919.25, 2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, | 949 |
2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code or a | 950 |
violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a | 951 |
minor drug possession offense; | 952 |
(b) An existing or former law of this state, any other state, | 953 |
or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of | 954 |
the offenses listed in division (A)(4)(a) of this section. | 955 |
(5) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 5111.032, | 956 |
5111.033, or 5111.034 of the Revised Code, a completed form | 957 |
prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set | 958 |
of fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner described in | 959 |
division (C)(2) of this section, the superintendent of the bureau | 960 |
of criminal identification and investigation shall conduct a | 961 |
criminal records check. The superintendent shall conduct the | 962 |
criminal records check in the manner described in division (B) of | 963 |
this section to determine whether any information exists that | 964 |
indicates that the person who is the subject of the request | 965 |
previously has been convicted of, has pleaded guilty to, or has | 966 |
been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for | 967 |
any of the following: | 968 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 969 |
2903.04, 2903.041, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, | 970 |
2903.34, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2905.11, 2905.12, 2907.02, | 971 |
2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, | 972 |
2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, 2907.24, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, | 973 |
2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, | 974 |
2911.13, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, 2913.11, 2913.21, 2913.31, | 975 |
2913.40, 2913.43, 2913.47, 2913.48, 2913.49, 2913.51, 2917.11, | 976 |
2919.12, 2919.22, 2919.24, 2919.25, 2921.13, 2921.36, 2923.02, | 977 |
2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2923.32, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, | 978 |
2925.05, 2925.06, 2925.11, 2925.13, 2925.14, 2925.22, 2925.23, or | 979 |
3716.11 of the Revised Code, felonious sexual penetration in | 980 |
violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code, a | 981 |
violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed | 982 |
prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of section 2919.23 of the | 983 |
Revised Code that would have been a violation of section 2905.04 | 984 |
of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, had the | 985 |
violation been committed prior to that date; | 986 |
(b) An existing or former law of this state, any other state, | 987 |
or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of | 988 |
the offenses listed in division (A)(5)(a) of this section. | 989 |
(6) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 3701.881 of | 990 |
the Revised Code with respect to an applicant for employment with | 991 |
a home health agency in a position that involves providing direct | 992 |
care to an older adult, a completed form prescribed pursuant to | 993 |
division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint | 994 |
impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of | 995 |
this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 996 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 997 |
check. The superintendent shall conduct the criminal records check | 998 |
in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 999 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 1000 |
person who is the subject of the request previously has been | 1001 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 1002 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 1003 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 1004 |
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.11, 2905.12, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05, | 1005 |
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.12, 2907.25, 2907.31, | 1006 |
2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, | 1007 |
2911.12, 2911.13, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, 2913.11, 2913.21, | 1008 |
2913.31, 2913.40, 2913.43, 2913.47, 2913.51, 2919.25, 2921.36, | 1009 |
2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.11, 2925.13, | 1010 |
2925.22, 2925.23, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code; | 1011 |
(b) An existing or former law of this state, any other state, | 1012 |
or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of | 1013 |
the offenses listed in division (A)(6)(a) of this section. | 1014 |
(7) When conducting a criminal records check upon a request | 1015 |
pursuant to section 3319.39 of the Revised Code for an applicant | 1016 |
who is a teacher, in addition to the determination made under | 1017 |
division (A)(1) of this section, the superintendent shall | 1018 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 1019 |
person who is the subject of the request previously has been | 1020 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any offense specified in section | 1021 |
3319.31 of the Revised Code. | 1022 |
(8) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 2151.86 of | 1023 |
the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to | 1024 |
division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint | 1025 |
impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) | 1026 |
of this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 1027 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 1028 |
check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 1029 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 1030 |
person who is the subject of the request previously has been | 1031 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 1032 |
(a) A violation of section 959.13, 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 1033 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.15, 2903.16, 2903.21, | 1034 |
2903.211, 2903.22, 2903.34, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, | 1035 |
2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, | 1036 |
2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, | 1037 |
2907.322, 2907.323, 2909.02, 2909.03, 2909.22, 2909.23, 2909.24, | 1038 |
2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2913.49, 2917.01, 2917.02, | 1039 |
2919.12, 2919.22, 2919.24, 2919.25, 2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, | 1040 |
2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, 2927.12, or 3716.11 | 1041 |
of the Revised Code, a violation of section 2905.04 of the | 1042 |
Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of | 1043 |
section 2919.23 of the Revised Code that would have been a | 1044 |
violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed | 1045 |
prior to July 1, 1996, had the violation been committed prior to | 1046 |
that date, a violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code | 1047 |
that is not a minor drug possession offense, two or more OVI or | 1048 |
OVUAC violations committed within the three years immediately | 1049 |
preceding the submission of the application or petition that is | 1050 |
the basis of the request, or felonious sexual penetration in | 1051 |
violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code; | 1052 |
(b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, | 1053 |
any other state, or the United States that is substantially | 1054 |
equivalent to any of the offenses listed in division (A)(8)(a) of | 1055 |
this section. | 1056 |
(9) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to section 5104.012 | 1057 |
or 5104.013 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed | 1058 |
pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of | 1059 |
fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner described in | 1060 |
division (C)(2) of this section, the superintendent of the bureau | 1061 |
of criminal identification and investigation shall conduct a | 1062 |
criminal records check in the manner described in division (B) of | 1063 |
this section to determine whether any information exists that | 1064 |
indicates that the person who is the subject of the request has | 1065 |
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 1066 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 1067 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.22, | 1068 |
2903.34, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, | 1069 |
2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.21, 2907.22, | 1070 |
2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, | 1071 |
2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, | 1072 |
2913.041, 2913.05, 2913.06, 2913.11, 2913.21, 2913.31, 2913.32, | 1073 |
2913.33, 2913.34, 2913.40, 2913.41, 2913.42, 2913.43, 2913.44, | 1074 |
2913.441, 2913.45, 2913.46, 2913.47, 2913.48, 2913.49, 2919.12, | 1075 |
2919.22, 2919.24, 2919.25, 2921.11, 2921.13, 2923.01, 2923.12, | 1076 |
2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, or | 1077 |
3716.11 of the Revised Code, felonious sexual penetration in | 1078 |
violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code, a | 1079 |
violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed | 1080 |
prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of section 2919.23 of the | 1081 |
Revised Code that would have been a violation of section 2905.04 | 1082 |
of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, had the | 1083 |
violation been committed prior to that date, a violation of | 1084 |
section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a minor drug | 1085 |
possession offense, a violation of section 2923.02 or 2923.03 of | 1086 |
the Revised Code that relates to a crime specified in this | 1087 |
division, or a second violation of section 4511.19 of the | 1088 |
Revised Code within five years of the date of application for | 1089 |
licensure or certification. | 1090 |
(b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, | 1091 |
any other state, or the United States that is substantially | 1092 |
equivalent to any of the offenses or violations described in | 1093 |
division (A)(9)(a) of this section. | 1094 |
(10) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to section 5153.111 | 1095 |
of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to | 1096 |
division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint | 1097 |
impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of | 1098 |
this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 1099 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 1100 |
check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 1101 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 1102 |
person who is the subject of the request previously has been | 1103 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 1104 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 1105 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 1106 |
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, | 1107 |
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, | 1108 |
2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2909.02, | 1109 |
2909.03, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2919.12, 2919.22, | 1110 |
2919.24, 2919.25, 2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, | 1111 |
2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code, | 1112 |
felonious sexual penetration in violation of former section | 1113 |
2907.12 of the Revised Code, a violation of section 2905.04 of the | 1114 |
Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of | 1115 |
section 2919.23 of the Revised Code that would have been a | 1116 |
violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed | 1117 |
prior to July 1, 1996, had the violation been committed prior to | 1118 |
that date, or a violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code | 1119 |
that is not a minor drug possession offense; | 1120 |
(b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, | 1121 |
any other state, or the United States that is substantially | 1122 |
equivalent to any of the offenses listed in division (A)(10)(a) of | 1123 |
this section. | 1124 |
(11) On receipt of a request for a criminal records check | 1125 |
from an individual pursuant to section 4749.03 or 4749.06 of the | 1126 |
Revised Code, accompanied by a completed copy of the form | 1127 |
prescribed in division (C)(1) of this section and a set of | 1128 |
fingerprint impressions obtained in a manner described in division | 1129 |
(C)(2) of this section, the superintendent of the bureau of | 1130 |
criminal identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal | 1131 |
records check in the manner described in division (B) of this | 1132 |
section to determine whether any information exists indicating | 1133 |
that the person who is the subject of the request has been | 1134 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony in this state or in any | 1135 |
other state. If the individual indicates that a firearm will be | 1136 |
carried in the course of business, the superintendent shall | 1137 |
require information from the federal bureau of investigation as | 1138 |
described in division (B)(2) of this section. The superintendent | 1139 |
shall report the findings of the criminal records check and any | 1140 |
information the federal bureau of investigation provides to the | 1141 |
director of public safety. | 1142 |
(12) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 1321.37, | 1143 |
1322.03, 1322.031, or 4763.05 of the Revised Code, a completed | 1144 |
form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, and | 1145 |
a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner described | 1146 |
in division (C)(2) of this section, the superintendent of the | 1147 |
bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall conduct | 1148 |
a criminal records check with respect to any person who has | 1149 |
applied for a license, permit, or certification from the | 1150 |
department of commerce or a division in the department. The | 1151 |
superintendent shall conduct the criminal records check in the | 1152 |
manner described in division (B) of this section to determine | 1153 |
whether any information exists that indicates that the person who | 1154 |
is the subject of the request previously has been convicted of or | 1155 |
pleaded guilty to any of the following: a violation of section | 1156 |
2913.02, 2913.11, 2913.31, 2913.51, or 2925.03 of the Revised | 1157 |
Code; any other criminal offense involving theft, receiving | 1158 |
stolen property, embezzlement, forgery, fraud, passing bad | 1159 |
checks, money laundering, or drug trafficking, or any criminal | 1160 |
offense involving money or securities, as set forth in Chapters | 1161 |
2909., 2911., 2913., 2915., 2921., 2923., and 2925. of the | 1162 |
Revised Code; or any existing or former law of this state, any | 1163 |
other state, or the United States that is substantially | 1164 |
equivalent to those offenses. | 1165 |
(13) On receipt of a request for a criminal records check | 1166 |
from the treasurer of state under section 113.041 of the Revised | 1167 |
Code or from an individual under section 4701.08, 4715.101, | 1168 |
4717.061, 4725.121, 4725.501, 4729.071, 4730.101, 4730.14, | 1169 |
4730.28, 4731.081, 4731.15, 4731.171, 4731.222, 4731.281, | 1170 |
4731.296, 4731.531, 4732.091, 4734.202, 4740.061, 4741.10, | 1171 |
4755.70, 4757.101, 4759.061, 4760.032, 4760.06, 4761.051, | 1172 |
4762.031, 4762.06, or 4779.091 of the Revised Code, accompanied | 1173 |
by a completed form prescribed under division (C)(1) of this | 1174 |
section and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the | 1175 |
manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the | 1176 |
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and | 1177 |
investigation shall conduct a criminal records check in the | 1178 |
manner described in division (B) of this section to determine | 1179 |
whether any information exists that indicates that the person who | 1180 |
is the subject of the request has been convicted of or pleaded | 1181 |
guilty to any criminal offense in this state or any other state. | 1182 |
The superintendent shall send the results of a check requested | 1183 |
under section 113.041 of the Revised Code to the treasurer of | 1184 |
state and shall send the results of a check requested under any of | 1185 |
the other listed sections to the licensing board specified by the | 1186 |
individual in the request. | 1187 |
(14) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 1121.23, | 1188 |
1155.03, 1163.05, 1315.141, 1733.47, or 1761.26 of the Revised | 1189 |
Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of | 1190 |
this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the | 1191 |
manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the | 1192 |
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and | 1193 |
investigation shall conduct a criminal records check in the manner | 1194 |
described in division (B) of this section to determine whether any | 1195 |
information exists that indicates that the person who is the | 1196 |
subject of the request previously has been convicted of or pleaded | 1197 |
guilty to any criminal offense under any existing or former law of | 1198 |
this state, any other state, or the United States. | 1199 |
(15) Not later than thirty days after the date the | 1200 |
superintendent receives a request of a type described in division | 1201 |
(A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), | 1202 |
(12), or (14) of this section, the completed form, and the | 1203 |
fingerprint impressions, the superintendent shall send the | 1204 |
person, board, or entity that made the request any information, | 1205 |
other than information the dissemination of which is prohibited | 1206 |
by federal law, the superintendent determines exists with respect | 1207 |
to the person who is the subject of the request that indicates | 1208 |
that the person previously has been convicted of or pleaded | 1209 |
guilty to any offense listed or described in division (A)(1), | 1210 |
(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), or | 1211 |
(14) of this section, as appropriate. The superintendent shall | 1212 |
send the person, board, or entity that made the request a copy of | 1213 |
the list of offenses specified in division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), | 1214 |
(5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), or (14) of this | 1215 |
section, as appropriate. If the request was made under section | 1216 |
3701.881 of the Revised Code with regard to an applicant who may | 1217 |
be both responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child | 1218 |
and involved in providing direct care to an older adult, the | 1219 |
superintendent shall provide a list of the offenses specified in | 1220 |
divisions (A)(4) and (6) of this section. | 1221 |
Not later than thirty days after the superintendent receives | 1222 |
a request for a criminal records check pursuant to section 113.041 | 1223 |
of the Revised Code, the completed form, and the fingerprint | 1224 |
impressions, the superintendent shall send the treasurer of state | 1225 |
any information, other than information the dissemination of which | 1226 |
is prohibited by federal law, the superintendent determines exist | 1227 |
with respect to the person who is the subject of the request that | 1228 |
indicates that the person previously has been convicted of or | 1229 |
pleaded guilty to any criminal offense in this state or any other | 1230 |
state. | 1231 |
(B) The superintendent shall conduct any criminal records | 1232 |
check requested under section 113.041, 121.08, 173.27, 173.394, | 1233 |
1121.23, 1155.03, 1163.05, 1315.141, 1322.03, 1322.031, 1733.47, | 1234 |
1761.26, 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541, 3319.39, 3701.881, 3712.09, | 1235 |
3721.121, 3722.151, 4701.08, 4715.101, 4717.061, 4725.121, | 1236 |
4725.501, 4729.071, 4730.101, 4730.14, 4730.28, 4731.081, | 1237 |
4731.15, 4731.171, 4731.222, 4731.281, 4731.296, 4731.531, | 1238 |
4732.091, 4734.202, 4740.061, 4741.10, 4749.03, 4749.06, | 1239 |
4755.70, 4757.101, 4759.061, 4760.032, 4760.06, 4761.051, | 1240 |
4762.031, 4762.06, 4763.05, 4779.091, 5104.012, 5104.013, | 1241 |
5111.032, 5111.033, 5111.034, 5123.081, 5126.28, 5126.281, or | 1242 |
5153.111 of the Revised Code as follows: | 1243 |
(1) The superintendent shall review or cause to be reviewed | 1244 |
any relevant information gathered and compiled by the bureau under | 1245 |
division (A) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code that relates to | 1246 |
the person who is the subject of the request, including, if the | 1247 |
criminal records check was requested under section 113.041, | 1248 |
121.08, 173.27, 173.394, 1121.23, 1155.03, 1163.05, 1315.141, | 1249 |
1321.37, 1322.03, 1322.031, 1733.47, 1761.26, 2151.86, 3301.32, | 1250 |
3301.541, 3319.39, 3701.881, 3712.09, 3721.121, 3722.151, | 1251 |
4749.03, 4749.06, 4763.05, 5104.012, 5104.013, 5111.032, | 1252 |
5111.033, 5111.034, 5123.081, 5126.28, 5126.281, or 5153.111 of | 1253 |
the Revised Code, any relevant information contained in records | 1254 |
that have been sealed under section 2953.32 of the Revised Code; | 1255 |
(2) If the request received by the superintendent asks for | 1256 |
information from the federal bureau of investigation, the | 1257 |
superintendent shall request from the federal bureau of | 1258 |
investigation any information it has with respect to the person | 1259 |
who is the subject of the request, including fingerprint-based | 1260 |
checks of national crime information databases as described in 42 | 1261 |
U.S.C. 671 if the request is made pursuant to section 2151.86, | 1262 |
5104.012, or 5104.013 of the Revised Code or if any other Revised | 1263 |
Code section requires fingerprint-based checks of that nature, and | 1264 |
shall review or cause to be reviewed any information the | 1265 |
superintendent receives from that bureau. | 1266 |
(3) The superintendent or the superintendent's designee may | 1267 |
request criminal history records from other states or the federal | 1268 |
government pursuant to the national crime prevention and privacy | 1269 |
compact set forth in section 109.571 of the Revised Code. | 1270 |
(C)(1) The superintendent shall prescribe a form to obtain | 1271 |
the information necessary to conduct a criminal records check from | 1272 |
any person for whom a criminal records check is requested under | 1273 |
section 113.041 of the Revised Code or required by section | 1274 |
121.08, 173.27, 173.394, 1121.23, 1155.03, 1163.05, 1315.141, | 1275 |
1322.03, 1322.031, 1733.47, 1761.26, 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541, | 1276 |
3319.39, 3701.881, 3712.09, 3721.121, 3722.151, 4701.08, | 1277 |
4715.101, 4717.061, 4725.121, 4725.501, 4729.071, 4730.101, | 1278 |
4730.14, 4730.28, 4731.081, 4731.15, 4731.171, 4731.222, | 1279 |
4731.281, 4731.296, 4731.531, 4732.091, 4734.202, 4740.061, | 1280 |
4741.10, 4749.03, 4749.06, 4755.70, 4757.101, 4759.061, 4760.032, | 1281 |
4760.06, 4761.051, 4762.031, 4762.06, 4763.05, 4779.091, | 1282 |
5104.012, 5104.013, 5111.032, 5111.033, 5111.034, 5123.081, | 1283 |
5126.28, 5126.281, or 5153.111 of the Revised Code. The form | 1284 |
that the superintendent prescribes pursuant to this division may | 1285 |
be in a tangible format, in an electronic format, or in both | 1286 |
tangible and electronic formats. | 1287 |
(2) The superintendent shall prescribe standard impression | 1288 |
sheets to obtain the fingerprint impressions of any person for | 1289 |
whom a criminal records check is requested under section 113.041 | 1290 |
of the Revised Code or required by section 121.08, 173.27, | 1291 |
173.394, 1121.23, 1155.03, 1163.05, 1315.141, 1322.03, 1322.031, | 1292 |
1733.47, 1761.26, 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541, 3319.39, 3701.881, | 1293 |
3712.09, 3721.121, 3722.151, 4701.08, 4715.101, 4717.061, | 1294 |
4725.121, 4725.501, 4729.071, 4730.101, 4730.14, 4730.28, | 1295 |
4731.081, 4731.15, 4731.171, 4731.222, 4731.281, 4731.296, | 1296 |
4731.531, 4732.091, 4734.202, 4740.061, 4741.10, 4749.03, | 1297 |
4749.06, 4755.70, 4757.101, 4759.061, 4760.032, 4760.06, | 1298 |
4761.051, 4762.031, 4762.06, 4763.05, 4779.091, 5104.012, | 1299 |
5104.013, 5111.032, 5111.033, 5111.034, 5123.081, 5126.28, | 1300 |
5126.281, or 5153.111 of the Revised Code. Any person for whom a | 1301 |
records check is requested under or required by any of those | 1302 |
sections shall obtain the fingerprint impressions at a county | 1303 |
sheriff's office, municipal police department, or any other | 1304 |
entity with the ability to make fingerprint impressions on the | 1305 |
standard impression sheets prescribed by the superintendent. The | 1306 |
office, department, or entity may charge the person a reasonable | 1307 |
fee for making the impressions. The standard impression sheets the | 1308 |
superintendent prescribes pursuant to this division may be in a | 1309 |
tangible format, in an electronic format, or in both tangible and | 1310 |
electronic formats. | 1311 |
(3) Subject to division (D) of this section, the | 1312 |
superintendent shall prescribe and charge a reasonable fee for | 1313 |
providing a criminal records check requested under section | 1314 |
113.041, 121.08, 173.27, 173.394, 1121.23, 1155.03, 1163.05, | 1315 |
1315.141, 1322.03, 1322.031, 1733.47, 1761.26, 2151.86, 3301.32, | 1316 |
3301.541, 3319.39, 3701.881, 3712.09, 3721.121, 3722.151, | 1317 |
4701.08, 4715.101, 4717.061, 4725.121, 4725.501, 4729.071, | 1318 |
4730.101, 4730.14, 4730.28, 4731.081, 4731.15, 4731.171, | 1319 |
4731.222, 4731.281, 4731.296, 4731.531, 4732.091, 4734.202, | 1320 |
4740.061, 4741.10, 4749.03, 4749.06, 4755.70, 4757.101, | 1321 |
4759.061, 4760.032, 4760.06, 4761.051, 4762.031, 4762.06, | 1322 |
4763.05, 4779.091, 5104.012, 5104.013, 5111.032, 5111.033, | 1323 |
5111.034, 5123.081, 5126.28, 5126.281, or 5153.111 of the | 1324 |
Revised Code. The person making a criminal records request | 1325 |
under any of those sections shall pay the fee prescribed | 1326 |
pursuant to this division. A person making a request under | 1327 |
section 3701.881 of the Revised Code for a criminal records | 1328 |
check for an applicant who may be both responsible for the care, | 1329 |
custody, or control of a child and involved in providing direct | 1330 |
care to an older adult shall pay one fee for the request. In the | 1331 |
case of a request under section 1121.23, 1155.03, 1163.05, | 1332 |
1315.141, 1733.47, 1761.26, or 5111.032 of the Revised Code, | 1333 |
the fee shall be paid in the manner specified in that section. | 1334 |
(4) The superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 1335 |
identification and investigation may prescribe methods of | 1336 |
forwarding fingerprint impressions and information necessary to | 1337 |
conduct a criminal records check, which methods shall include, but | 1338 |
not be limited to, an electronic method. | 1339 |
(D) A determination whether any information exists that | 1340 |
indicates that a person previously has been convicted of or | 1341 |
pleaded guilty to any offense listed or described in division | 1342 |
(A)(1)(a) or (b), (A)(2)(a) or (b), (A)(3)(a) or (b), (A)(4)(a) or | 1343 |
(b), (A)(5)(a) or (b), (A)(6)(a) or (b), (A)(7), (A)(8)(a) or | 1344 |
(b), (A)(9)(a) or (b), (A)(10)(a) or (b), (A)(12), or (A)(14) of | 1345 |
this section, or that indicates that a person previously has | 1346 |
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any criminal offense in | 1347 |
this state or any other state regarding a criminal records check | 1348 |
of a type described in division (A)(13) of this section, and | 1349 |
that is made by the superintendent with respect to information | 1350 |
considered in a criminal records check in accordance with this | 1351 |
section is valid for the person who is the subject of the | 1352 |
criminal records check for a period of one year from the date | 1353 |
upon which the superintendent makes the determination. During the | 1354 |
period in which the determination in regard to a person is valid, | 1355 |
if another request under this section is made for a criminal | 1356 |
records check for that person, the superintendent shall provide | 1357 |
the information that is the basis for the superintendent's | 1358 |
initial determination at a lower fee than the fee prescribed for | 1359 |
the initial criminal records check. | 1360 |
(E) As used in this section: | 1361 |
(1) "Criminal records check" means any criminal records check | 1362 |
conducted by the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 1363 |
identification and investigation in accordance with division (B) | 1364 |
of this section. | 1365 |
(2) "Minor drug possession offense" has the same meaning as | 1366 |
in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code. | 1367 |
(3) "Older adult" means a person age sixty or older. | 1368 |
(4) "OVI or OVUAC violation" means a violation of section | 1369 |
4511.19 of the Revised Code or a violation of an existing or | 1370 |
former law of this state, any other state, or the United States | 1371 |
that is substantially equivalent to section 4511.19 of the Revised | 1372 |
Code. | 1373 |
Sec. 109.71. There is hereby created in the office of the | 1374 |
attorney general the Ohio peace officer training commission. The | 1375 |
commission shall consist of nine members appointed by the governor | 1376 |
with the advice and consent of the senate and selected as follows: | 1377 |
one member representing the public; two members who are incumbent | 1378 |
sheriffs; two members who are incumbent chiefs of police; one | 1379 |
member from the bureau of criminal identification and | 1380 |
investigation; one member from the state highway patrol; one | 1381 |
member who is the special agent in charge of a field office of the | 1382 |
federal bureau of investigation in this state; and one member from | 1383 |
the department of education, trade and industrial education | 1384 |
services, law enforcement training. | 1385 |
This section does not confer any arrest authority or any | 1386 |
ability or authority to detain a person, write or issue any | 1387 |
citation, or provide any disposition alternative, as granted under | 1388 |
Chapter 2935. of the Revised Code. | 1389 |
As used in sections 109.71 to 109.801 of the Revised Code: | 1390 |
(A) "Peace officer" means: | 1391 |
(1) A deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, member of the | 1392 |
organized police department of a township or municipal | 1393 |
corporation, member of a township police district or joint | 1394 |
township police district police force, member of a police force | 1395 |
employed by a metropolitan housing authority under division (D) of | 1396 |
section 3735.31 of the Revised Code, or township constable, who is | 1397 |
commissioned and employed as a peace officer by a political | 1398 |
subdivision of this state or by a metropolitan housing authority, | 1399 |
and whose primary duties are to preserve the peace, to protect | 1400 |
life and property, and to enforce the laws of this state, | 1401 |
ordinances of a municipal corporation, resolutions of a township, | 1402 |
or regulations of a board of county commissioners or board of | 1403 |
township trustees, or any of those laws, ordinances, resolutions, | 1404 |
or regulations; | 1405 |
(2) A police officer who is employed by a railroad company | 1406 |
and appointed and commissioned by the secretary of state pursuant | 1407 |
to sections 4973.17 to 4973.22 of the Revised Code; | 1408 |
(3) Employees of the department of taxation engaged in the | 1409 |
enforcement of Chapter 5743. of the Revised Code and designated by | 1410 |
the tax commissioner for peace officer training for purposes of | 1411 |
the delegation of investigation powers under section 5743.45 of | 1412 |
the Revised Code; | 1413 |
(4) An undercover drug agent; | 1414 |
(5) Enforcement agents of the department of public safety | 1415 |
whom the director of public safety designates under section | 1416 |
5502.14 of the Revised Code; | 1417 |
(6) An employee of the department of natural resources who is | 1418 |
a natural resources law enforcement staff officer designated | 1419 |
pursuant to section 1501.013, a park officer designated pursuant | 1420 |
to section 1541.10, a forest officer designated pursuant to | 1421 |
section 1503.29, a preserve officer designated pursuant to section | 1422 |
1517.10, a wildlife officer designated pursuant to section | 1423 |
1531.13, or a state watercraft officer designated pursuant to | 1424 |
section 1547.521 of the Revised Code; | 1425 |
(7) An employee of a park district who is designated pursuant | 1426 |
to section 511.232 or 1545.13 of the Revised Code; | 1427 |
(8) An employee of a conservancy district who is designated | 1428 |
pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code; | 1429 |
(9) A police officer who is employed by a hospital that | 1430 |
employs and maintains its own proprietary police department or | 1431 |
security department, and who is appointed and commissioned by the | 1432 |
secretary of state pursuant to sections 4973.17 to 4973.22 of the | 1433 |
Revised Code; | 1434 |
(10) Veterans' homes police officers designated under section | 1435 |
5907.02 of the Revised Code; | 1436 |
(11) A police officer who is employed by a qualified | 1437 |
nonprofit corporation police department pursuant to section | 1438 |
1702.80 of the Revised Code; | 1439 |
(12) A state university law enforcement officer appointed | 1440 |
under section 3345.04 of the Revised Code or a person serving as a | 1441 |
state university law enforcement officer on a permanent basis on | 1442 |
June 19, 1978, who has been awarded a certificate by the executive | 1443 |
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting | 1444 |
to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, | 1445 |
county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace | 1446 |
officer basic training program; | 1447 |
(13) A special police officer employed by the department of | 1448 |
mental health pursuant to section 5119.14 of the Revised Code or | 1449 |
the department of | 1450 |
disabilities pursuant to section 5123.13 of the Revised Code; | 1451 |
(14) A member of a campus police department appointed under | 1452 |
section 1713.50 of the Revised Code; | 1453 |
(15) A member of a police force employed by a regional | 1454 |
transit authority under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the | 1455 |
Revised Code; | 1456 |
(16) Investigators appointed by the auditor of state pursuant | 1457 |
to section 117.091 of the Revised Code and engaged in the | 1458 |
enforcement of Chapter 117. of the Revised Code; | 1459 |
(17) A special police officer designated by the | 1460 |
superintendent of the state highway patrol pursuant to section | 1461 |
5503.09 of the Revised Code or a person who was serving as a | 1462 |
special police officer pursuant to that section on a permanent | 1463 |
basis on October 21, 1997, and who has been awarded a certificate | 1464 |
by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training | 1465 |
commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an | 1466 |
approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural | 1467 |
resources peace officer basic training program; | 1468 |
(18) A special police officer employed by a port authority | 1469 |
under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code or a person | 1470 |
serving as a special police officer employed by a port authority | 1471 |
on a permanent basis on May 17, 2000, who has been awarded a | 1472 |
certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer | 1473 |
training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory | 1474 |
completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department | 1475 |
of natural resources peace officer basic training program; | 1476 |
(19) A special police officer employed by a municipal | 1477 |
corporation who has been awarded a certificate by the executive | 1478 |
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission for | 1479 |
satisfactory completion of an approved peace officer basic | 1480 |
training program and who is employed on a permanent basis on or | 1481 |
after March 19, 2003, at a municipal airport, or other municipal | 1482 |
air navigation facility, that has scheduled operations, as defined | 1483 |
in section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, | 1484 |
14 C.F.R. 119.3, as amended, and that is required to be under a | 1485 |
security program and is governed by aviation security rules of the | 1486 |
transportation security administration of the United States | 1487 |
department of transportation as provided in Parts 1542. and 1544. | 1488 |
of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended; | 1489 |
(20) A police officer who is employed by an owner or operator | 1490 |
of an amusement park that has an average yearly attendance in | 1491 |
excess of six hundred thousand guests and that employs and | 1492 |
maintains its own proprietary police department or security | 1493 |
department, and who is appointed and commissioned by a judge of | 1494 |
the appropriate municipal court or county court pursuant to | 1495 |
section 4973.17 of the Revised Code; | 1496 |
(21) A police officer who is employed by a bank, savings and | 1497 |
loan association, savings bank, credit union, or association of | 1498 |
banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, or credit | 1499 |
unions, who has been appointed and commissioned by the secretary | 1500 |
of state pursuant to sections 4973.17 to 4973.22 of the Revised | 1501 |
Code, and who has been awarded a certificate by the executive | 1502 |
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting | 1503 |
to the person's satisfactory completion of a state, county, | 1504 |
municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic | 1505 |
training program; | 1506 |
(22) An investigator, as defined in section 109.541 of the | 1507 |
Revised Code, of the bureau of criminal identification and | 1508 |
investigation who is commissioned by the superintendent of the | 1509 |
bureau as a special agent for the purpose of assisting law | 1510 |
enforcement officers or providing emergency assistance to peace | 1511 |
officers pursuant to authority granted under that section; | 1512 |
(23) A state fire marshal law enforcement officer appointed | 1513 |
under section 3737.22 of the Revised Code or a person serving as a | 1514 |
state fire marshal law enforcement officer on a permanent basis on | 1515 |
or after July 1, 1982, who has been awarded a certificate by the | 1516 |
executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission | 1517 |
attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved | 1518 |
state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace | 1519 |
officer basic training program. | 1520 |
(B) "Undercover drug agent" has the same meaning as in | 1521 |
division (B)(2) of section 109.79 of the Revised Code. | 1522 |
(C) "Crisis intervention training" means training in the use | 1523 |
of interpersonal and communication skills to most effectively and | 1524 |
sensitively interview victims of rape. | 1525 |
(D) "Missing children" has the same meaning as in section | 1526 |
2901.30 of the Revised Code. | 1527 |
Sec. 109.77. (A) As used in this section, "felony" has the | 1528 |
same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. | 1529 |
(B)(1) Notwithstanding any general, special, or local law or | 1530 |
charter to the contrary, and except as otherwise provided in this | 1531 |
section, no person shall receive an original appointment on a | 1532 |
permanent basis as any of the following unless the person | 1533 |
previously has been awarded a certificate by the executive | 1534 |
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting | 1535 |
to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, | 1536 |
county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace | 1537 |
officer basic training program: | 1538 |
(a) A peace officer of any county, township, municipal | 1539 |
corporation, regional transit authority, or metropolitan housing | 1540 |
authority; | 1541 |
(b) A natural resources law enforcement staff officer, park | 1542 |
officer, forest officer, preserve officer, wildlife officer, or | 1543 |
state watercraft officer of the department of natural resources; | 1544 |
(c) An employee of a park district under section 511.232 or | 1545 |
1545.13 of the Revised Code; | 1546 |
(d) An employee of a conservancy district who is designated | 1547 |
pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code; | 1548 |
(e) A state university law enforcement officer; | 1549 |
(f) A special police officer employed by the department of | 1550 |
mental health pursuant to section 5119.14 of the Revised Code or | 1551 |
the department of | 1552 |
disabilities pursuant to section 5123.13 of the Revised Code; | 1553 |
(g) An enforcement agent of the department of public safety | 1554 |
whom the director of public safety designates under section | 1555 |
5502.14 of the Revised Code; | 1556 |
(h) A special police officer employed by a port authority | 1557 |
under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code; | 1558 |
(i) A special police officer employed by a municipal | 1559 |
corporation at a municipal airport, or other municipal air | 1560 |
navigation facility, that has scheduled operations, as defined in | 1561 |
section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 14 | 1562 |
C.F.R. 119.3, as amended, and that is required to be under a | 1563 |
security program and is governed by aviation security rules of the | 1564 |
transportation security administration of the United States | 1565 |
department of transportation as provided in Parts 1542. and 1544. | 1566 |
of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended. | 1567 |
(2) Every person who is appointed on a temporary basis or for | 1568 |
a probationary term or on other than a permanent basis as any of | 1569 |
the following shall forfeit the appointed position unless the | 1570 |
person previously has completed satisfactorily or, within the time | 1571 |
prescribed by rules adopted by the attorney general pursuant to | 1572 |
section 109.74 of the Revised Code, satisfactorily completes a | 1573 |
state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace | 1574 |
officer basic training program for temporary or probationary | 1575 |
officers and is awarded a certificate by the director attesting to | 1576 |
the satisfactory completion of the program: | 1577 |
(a) A peace officer of any county, township, municipal | 1578 |
corporation, regional transit authority, or metropolitan housing | 1579 |
authority; | 1580 |
(b) A natural resources law enforcement staff officer, park | 1581 |
officer, forest officer, preserve officer, wildlife officer, or | 1582 |
state watercraft officer of the department of natural resources; | 1583 |
(c) An employee of a park district under section 511.232 or | 1584 |
1545.13 of the Revised Code; | 1585 |
(d) An employee of a conservancy district who is designated | 1586 |
pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code; | 1587 |
(e) A special police officer employed by the department of | 1588 |
mental health pursuant to section 5119.14 of the Revised Code or | 1589 |
the department of | 1590 |
disabilities pursuant to section 5123.13 of the Revised Code; | 1591 |
(f) An enforcement agent of the department of public safety | 1592 |
whom the director of public safety designates under section | 1593 |
5502.14 of the Revised Code; | 1594 |
(g) A special police officer employed by a port authority | 1595 |
under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code; | 1596 |
(h) A special police officer employed by a municipal | 1597 |
corporation at a municipal airport, or other municipal air | 1598 |
navigation facility, that has scheduled operations, as defined in | 1599 |
section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 14 | 1600 |
C.F.R. 119.3, as amended, and that is required to be under a | 1601 |
security program and is governed by aviation security rules of the | 1602 |
transportation security administration of the United States | 1603 |
department of transportation as provided in Parts 1542. and 1544. | 1604 |
of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended. | 1605 |
(3) For purposes of division (B) of this section, a state, | 1606 |
county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace | 1607 |
officer basic training program, regardless of whether the program | 1608 |
is to be completed by peace officers appointed on a permanent or | 1609 |
temporary, probationary, or other nonpermanent basis, shall | 1610 |
include at least fifteen hours of training in the handling of the | 1611 |
offense of domestic violence, other types of domestic | 1612 |
violence-related offenses and incidents, and protection orders and | 1613 |
consent agreements issued or approved under section 2919.26 or | 1614 |
3113.31 of the Revised Code and at least six hours of crisis | 1615 |
intervention training. The requirement to complete fifteen hours | 1616 |
of training in the handling of the offense of domestic violence, | 1617 |
other types of domestic violence-related offenses and incidents, | 1618 |
and protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved | 1619 |
under section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code does not | 1620 |
apply to any person serving as a peace officer on March 27, 1979, | 1621 |
and the requirement to complete six hours of training in crisis | 1622 |
intervention does not apply to any person serving as a peace | 1623 |
officer on April 4, 1985. Any person who is serving as a peace | 1624 |
officer on April 4, 1985, who terminates that employment after | 1625 |
that date, and who subsequently is hired as a peace officer by the | 1626 |
same or another law enforcement agency shall complete the six | 1627 |
hours of training in crisis intervention within the time | 1628 |
prescribed by rules adopted by the attorney general pursuant to | 1629 |
section 109.742 of the Revised Code. No peace officer shall have | 1630 |
employment as a peace officer terminated and then be reinstated | 1631 |
with intent to circumvent this section. | 1632 |
(4) Division (B) of this section does not apply to any person | 1633 |
serving on a permanent basis on March 28, 1985, as a park officer, | 1634 |
forest officer, preserve officer, wildlife officer, or state | 1635 |
watercraft officer of the department of natural resources or as an | 1636 |
employee of a park district under section 511.232 or 1545.13 of | 1637 |
the Revised Code, to any person serving on a permanent basis on | 1638 |
March 6, 1986, as an employee of a conservancy district designated | 1639 |
pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code, to any person | 1640 |
serving on a permanent basis on January 10, 1991, as a preserve | 1641 |
officer of the department of natural resources, to any person | 1642 |
employed on a permanent basis on July 2, 1992, as a special police | 1643 |
officer by the department of mental health pursuant to section | 1644 |
5119.14 of the
Revised Code or by the department of | 1645 |
1646 | |
5123.13 of the Revised Code, to any person serving on a permanent | 1647 |
basis on May 17, 2000, as a special police officer employed by a | 1648 |
port authority under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised | 1649 |
Code,
to any person serving on a
permanent basis on | 1650 |
1651 | |
employed by a municipal corporation at a municipal airport or | 1652 |
other municipal air navigation facility described in division | 1653 |
(A)(19) of section 109.71 of the Revised Code, to any person | 1654 |
serving on a permanent basis on June 19, 1978, as a state | 1655 |
university law enforcement officer pursuant to section 3345.04 of | 1656 |
the Revised Code and who, immediately prior to June 19, 1978, was | 1657 |
serving as a special police officer designated under authority of | 1658 |
that section, or to any person serving on a permanent basis on | 1659 |
September 20, 1984, as a liquor control investigator, known after | 1660 |
June 30, 1999, as an enforcement agent of the department of public | 1661 |
safety, engaged in the enforcement of Chapters 4301. and 4303. of | 1662 |
the Revised Code. | 1663 |
(5) Division (B) of this section does not apply to any person | 1664 |
who is appointed as a regional transit authority police officer | 1665 |
pursuant to division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code if, | 1666 |
on or before July 1, 1996, the person has completed satisfactorily | 1667 |
an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural | 1668 |
resources peace officer basic training program and has been | 1669 |
awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace | 1670 |
officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory | 1671 |
completion of such an approved program and if, on July 1, 1996, | 1672 |
the person is performing peace officer functions for a regional | 1673 |
transit authority. | 1674 |
(C) No person, after September 20, 1984, shall receive an | 1675 |
original appointment on a permanent basis as a veterans' home | 1676 |
police officer designated under section 5907.02 of the Revised | 1677 |
Code unless the person previously has been awarded a certificate | 1678 |
by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training | 1679 |
commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an | 1680 |
approved police officer basic training program. Every person who | 1681 |
is appointed on a temporary basis or for a probationary term or on | 1682 |
other than a permanent basis as a veterans' home police officer | 1683 |
designated under section 5907.02 of the Revised Code shall forfeit | 1684 |
that position unless the person previously has completed | 1685 |
satisfactorily or, within one year from the time of appointment, | 1686 |
satisfactorily completes an approved police officer basic training | 1687 |
program. | 1688 |
(D) No bailiff or deputy bailiff of a court of record of this | 1689 |
state and no criminal investigator who is employed by the state | 1690 |
public defender shall carry a firearm, as defined in section | 1691 |
2923.11 of the Revised Code, while on duty unless the bailiff, | 1692 |
deputy bailiff, or criminal investigator has done or received one | 1693 |
of the following: | 1694 |
(1) Has been awarded a certificate by the executive director | 1695 |
of the Ohio peace officer training commission, which certificate | 1696 |
attests to satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, | 1697 |
or municipal basic training program for bailiffs and deputy | 1698 |
bailiffs of courts of record and for criminal investigators | 1699 |
employed by the state public defender that has been recommended by | 1700 |
the Ohio peace officer training commission; | 1701 |
(2) Has successfully completed a firearms training program | 1702 |
approved by the Ohio peace officer training commission prior to | 1703 |
employment as a bailiff, deputy bailiff, or criminal investigator; | 1704 |
(3) Prior to June 6, 1986, was authorized to carry a firearm | 1705 |
by the court that employed the bailiff or deputy bailiff or, in | 1706 |
the case of a criminal investigator, by the state public defender | 1707 |
and has received training in the use of firearms that the Ohio | 1708 |
peace officer training commission determines is equivalent to the | 1709 |
training that otherwise is required by division (D) of this | 1710 |
section. | 1711 |
(E)(1) Before a person seeking a certificate completes an | 1712 |
approved peace officer basic training program, the executive | 1713 |
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission shall | 1714 |
request the person to disclose, and the person shall disclose, any | 1715 |
previous criminal conviction of or plea of guilty of that person | 1716 |
to a felony. | 1717 |
(2) Before a person seeking a certificate completes an | 1718 |
approved peace officer basic training program, the executive | 1719 |
director shall request a criminal history records check on the | 1720 |
person. The executive director shall submit the person's | 1721 |
fingerprints to the bureau of criminal identification and | 1722 |
investigation, which shall submit the fingerprints to the federal | 1723 |
bureau of investigation for a national criminal history records | 1724 |
check. | 1725 |
Upon receipt of the executive director's request, the bureau | 1726 |
of criminal identification and investigation and the federal | 1727 |
bureau of investigation shall conduct a criminal history records | 1728 |
check on the person and, upon completion of the check, shall | 1729 |
provide a copy of the criminal history records check to the | 1730 |
executive director. The executive director shall not award any | 1731 |
certificate prescribed in this section unless the executive | 1732 |
director has received a copy of the criminal history records check | 1733 |
on the person to whom the certificate is to be awarded. | 1734 |
(3) The executive director of the commission shall not award | 1735 |
a certificate prescribed in this section to a person who has been | 1736 |
convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony or who fails to | 1737 |
disclose any previous criminal conviction of or plea of guilty to | 1738 |
a felony as required under division (E)(1) of this section. | 1739 |
(4) The executive director of the commission shall revoke the | 1740 |
certificate awarded to a person as prescribed in this section, and | 1741 |
that person shall forfeit all of the benefits derived from being | 1742 |
certified as a peace officer under this section, if the person, | 1743 |
before completion of an approved peace officer basic training | 1744 |
program, failed to disclose any previous criminal conviction of or | 1745 |
plea of guilty to a felony as required under division (E)(1) of | 1746 |
this section. | 1747 |
(F)(1) Regardless of whether the person has been awarded the | 1748 |
certificate or has been classified as a peace officer prior to, | 1749 |
on, or after October 16, 1996, the executive director of the Ohio | 1750 |
peace officer training commission shall revoke any certificate | 1751 |
that has been awarded to a person as prescribed in this section if | 1752 |
the person does either of the following: | 1753 |
(a) Pleads guilty to a felony committed on or after January | 1754 |
1, 1997; | 1755 |
(b) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor committed on or after | 1756 |
January 1, 1997, pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as | 1757 |
provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in | 1758 |
which the person agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to | 1759 |
the person under this section. | 1760 |
(2) The executive director of the commission shall suspend | 1761 |
any certificate that has been awarded to a person as prescribed in | 1762 |
this section if the person is convicted, after trial, of a felony | 1763 |
committed on or after January 1, 1997. The executive director | 1764 |
shall suspend the certificate pursuant to division (F)(2) of this | 1765 |
section pending the outcome of an appeal by the person from that | 1766 |
conviction to the highest court to which the appeal is taken or | 1767 |
until the expiration of the period in which an appeal is required | 1768 |
to be filed. If the person files an appeal that results in that | 1769 |
person's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, | 1770 |
or in the dismissal of the felony charge against that person, the | 1771 |
executive director shall reinstate the certificate awarded to the | 1772 |
person under this section. If the person files an appeal from that | 1773 |
person's conviction of the felony and the conviction is upheld by | 1774 |
the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the person | 1775 |
does not file a timely appeal, the executive director shall revoke | 1776 |
the certificate awarded to the person under this section. | 1777 |
(G)(1) If a person is awarded a certificate under this | 1778 |
section and the certificate is revoked pursuant to division (E)(4) | 1779 |
or (F) of this section, the person shall not be eligible to | 1780 |
receive, at any time, a certificate attesting to the person's | 1781 |
satisfactory completion of a peace officer basic training program. | 1782 |
(2) The revocation or suspension of a certificate under | 1783 |
division (E)(4) or (F) of this section shall be in accordance with | 1784 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 1785 |
(H)(1) A person who was employed as a peace officer of a | 1786 |
county, township, or municipal corporation of the state on January | 1787 |
1, 1966, and who has completed at least sixteen years of full-time | 1788 |
active service as such a peace officer may receive an original | 1789 |
appointment on a permanent basis and serve as a peace officer of a | 1790 |
county, township, or municipal corporation, or as a state | 1791 |
university law enforcement officer, without complying with the | 1792 |
requirements of division (B) of this section. | 1793 |
(2) Any person who held an appointment as a state highway | 1794 |
trooper on January 1, 1966, may receive an original appointment on | 1795 |
a permanent basis and serve as a peace officer of a county, | 1796 |
township, or municipal corporation, or as a state university law | 1797 |
enforcement officer, without complying with the requirements of | 1798 |
division (B) of this section. | 1799 |
(I) No person who is appointed as a peace officer of a | 1800 |
county, township, or municipal corporation on or after April 9, | 1801 |
1985, shall serve as a peace officer of that county, township, or | 1802 |
municipal corporation unless the person has received training in | 1803 |
the handling of missing children and child abuse and neglect cases | 1804 |
from an approved state, county, township, or municipal police | 1805 |
officer basic training program or receives the training within the | 1806 |
time prescribed by rules adopted by the attorney general pursuant | 1807 |
to section 109.741 of the Revised Code. | 1808 |
(J) No part of any approved state, county, or municipal basic | 1809 |
training program for bailiffs and deputy bailiffs of courts of | 1810 |
record and no part of any approved state, county, or municipal | 1811 |
basic training program for criminal investigators employed by the | 1812 |
state public defender shall be used as credit toward the | 1813 |
completion by a peace officer of any part of the approved state, | 1814 |
county, or municipal peace officer basic training program that the | 1815 |
peace officer is required by this section to complete | 1816 |
satisfactorily. | 1817 |
(K) This section does not apply to any member of the police | 1818 |
department of a municipal corporation in an adjoining state | 1819 |
serving in this state under a contract pursuant to section 737.04 | 1820 |
of the Revised Code. | 1821 |
Sec. 109.86. (A) The attorney general shall investigate any | 1822 |
activity the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe is | 1823 |
in violation of section 2903.34 of the Revised Code. Upon written | 1824 |
request of the governor, the general assembly, the auditor of | 1825 |
state, or the director of health, job and family services, aging, | 1826 |
mental health, or
| 1827 |
disabilities, the attorney general shall investigate any activity | 1828 |
these persons believe is in violation of section 2903.34 of the | 1829 |
Revised Code. If after an investigation the attorney general has | 1830 |
probable cause to prosecute for the commission of a crime, the | 1831 |
attorney general shall refer the evidence to the prosecuting | 1832 |
attorney, director of law, or other similar chief legal officer | 1833 |
having jurisdiction over the matter. If the prosecuting attorney | 1834 |
decides to present the evidence to a grand jury, the prosecuting | 1835 |
attorney shall notify the attorney general in writing of the | 1836 |
decision within thirty days after referral of the matter and shall | 1837 |
present the evidence prior to the discharge of the next regular | 1838 |
grand jury. If the director of law or other chief legal officer | 1839 |
decides to prosecute the case, the director or officer shall | 1840 |
notify the attorney general in writing of the decision within | 1841 |
thirty days and shall initiate prosecution within sixty days after | 1842 |
the matter was referred to the director or officer. | 1843 |
(B) If the prosecuting attorney, director of law, or other | 1844 |
chief legal officer fails to notify the attorney general or to | 1845 |
present evidence or initiate prosecution in accordance with | 1846 |
division (A) of this section, the attorney general may present the | 1847 |
evidence to a regular grand jury drawn and impaneled pursuant to | 1848 |
sections 2939.01 to 2939.24 of the Revised Code, or to a special | 1849 |
grand jury drawn and impaneled pursuant to section 2939.17 of the | 1850 |
Revised Code, or the attorney general may initiate and prosecute | 1851 |
any action in any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction in | 1852 |
this state. The attorney general, and any assistant or special | 1853 |
counsel designated by the attorney general, have all the powers of | 1854 |
a prosecuting attorney, director of law, or other chief legal | 1855 |
officer when proceeding under this section. Nothing in this | 1856 |
section shall limit or prevent a prosecuting attorney, director of | 1857 |
law, or other chief legal officer from investigating and | 1858 |
prosecuting criminal activity committed against a resident or | 1859 |
patient of a care facility. | 1860 |
Sec. 117.102. The auditor of state shall review the report | 1861 |
of each school health and safety network inspection of a public | 1862 |
school building and associated grounds submitted to the auditor of | 1863 |
state under section 3701.932 of the Revised Code. The auditor of | 1864 |
state may include references to any of the recommendations | 1865 |
contained in the inspection report, as determined appropriate by | 1866 |
the auditor of state, in any audit report of the school district, | 1867 |
educational service center, county board of | 1868 |
developmental disabilities, or community school controlling the | 1869 |
inspected building and grounds. | 1870 |
As used in this section, "public school" has the same meaning | 1871 |
as in section 3701.93 of the Revised Code. | 1872 |
Sec. 121.02. The following administrative departments and | 1873 |
their respective directors are hereby created: | 1874 |
(A) The office of budget and management, which shall be | 1875 |
administered by the director of budget and management; | 1876 |
(B) The department of commerce, which shall be administered | 1877 |
by the director of commerce; | 1878 |
(C) The department of administrative services, which shall be | 1879 |
administered by the director of administrative services; | 1880 |
(D) The department of transportation, which shall be | 1881 |
administered by the director of transportation; | 1882 |
(E) The department of agriculture, which shall be | 1883 |
administered by the director of agriculture; | 1884 |
(F) The department of natural resources, which shall be | 1885 |
administered by the director of natural resources; | 1886 |
(G) The department of health, which shall be administered by | 1887 |
the director of health; | 1888 |
(H) The department of job and family services, which shall be | 1889 |
administered by the director of job and family services; | 1890 |
(I) Until July 1, 1997, the department of liquor control, | 1891 |
which shall be administered by the director of liquor control; | 1892 |
(J) The department of public safety, which shall be | 1893 |
administered by the director of public safety; | 1894 |
(K) The department of mental health, which shall be | 1895 |
administered by the director of mental health; | 1896 |
(L) The department of | 1897 |
disabilities, which shall be administered by the director of | 1898 |
1899 |
(M) The department of insurance, which shall be administered | 1900 |
by the superintendent of insurance as director thereof; | 1901 |
(N) The department of development, which shall be | 1902 |
administered by the director of development; | 1903 |
(O) The department of youth services, which shall be | 1904 |
administered by the director of youth services; | 1905 |
(P) The department of rehabilitation and correction, which | 1906 |
shall be administered by the director of rehabilitation and | 1907 |
correction; | 1908 |
(Q) The environmental protection agency, which shall be | 1909 |
administered by the director of environmental protection; | 1910 |
(R) The department of aging, which shall be administered by | 1911 |
the director of aging; | 1912 |
(S) The department of alcohol and drug addiction services, | 1913 |
which shall be administered by the director of alcohol and drug | 1914 |
addiction services; | 1915 |
(T) The department of veterans services, which shall be | 1916 |
administered by the director of veterans services. | 1917 |
The director of each department shall exercise the powers and | 1918 |
perform the duties vested by law in such department. | 1919 |
Sec. 121.03. The following administrative department heads | 1920 |
shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of | 1921 |
the senate, and shall hold their offices during the term of the | 1922 |
appointing governor, and are subject to removal at the pleasure of | 1923 |
the governor. | 1924 |
(A) The director of budget and management; | 1925 |
(B) The director of commerce; | 1926 |
(C) The director of transportation; | 1927 |
(D) The director of agriculture; | 1928 |
(E) The director of job and family services; | 1929 |
(F) Until July 1, 1997, the director of liquor control; | 1930 |
(G) The director of public safety; | 1931 |
(H) The superintendent of insurance; | 1932 |
(I) The director of development; | 1933 |
(J) The tax commissioner; | 1934 |
(K) The director of administrative services; | 1935 |
(L) The director of natural resources; | 1936 |
(M) The director of mental health; | 1937 |
(N) The director of | 1938 |
disabilities; | 1939 |
(O) The director of health; | 1940 |
(P) The director of youth services; | 1941 |
(Q) The director of rehabilitation and correction; | 1942 |
(R) The director of environmental protection; | 1943 |
(S) The director of aging; | 1944 |
(T) The director of alcohol and drug addiction services; | 1945 |
(U) The administrator of workers' compensation who meets the | 1946 |
qualifications required under division (A) of section 4121.121 of | 1947 |
the Revised Code; | 1948 |
(V) The director of veterans services who meets the | 1949 |
qualifications required under section 5902.01 of the Revised Code. | 1950 |
Sec. 121.32. The commission on Hispanic-Latino affairs | 1951 |
shall: | 1952 |
(A) Gather and disseminate information and conduct hearings, | 1953 |
conferences, investigations, and special studies on problems and | 1954 |
programs concerning Spanish-speaking people; | 1955 |
(B) Secure appropriate recognition of the accomplishments and | 1956 |
contributions of Spanish-speaking people to this state; | 1957 |
(C) Stimulate public awareness of the problems of | 1958 |
Spanish-speaking people by conducting a program of public | 1959 |
education; | 1960 |
(D) Develop, coordinate, and assist other public and private | 1961 |
organizations that serve Spanish-speaking people, including the | 1962 |
conducting of training programs for community leadership and | 1963 |
service project staff; | 1964 |
(E) Advise the governor, general assembly, and state | 1965 |
departments and agencies of the nature, magnitude, and priorities | 1966 |
of the problems of Spanish-speaking people; | 1967 |
(F) Advise the governor, general assembly, and state | 1968 |
departments and agencies on, and assist in the development and | 1969 |
implementation of, comprehensive and coordinated policies, | 1970 |
programs, and procedures focusing on the special problems and | 1971 |
needs of Spanish-speaking people, especially in the fields of | 1972 |
education, employment, energy, health, housing, welfare, and | 1973 |
recreation; | 1974 |
(G) Propose new programs concerning Spanish-speaking people | 1975 |
to public and private agencies and evaluate for such agencies | 1976 |
existing programs or prospective legislation concerning | 1977 |
Spanish-speaking people; | 1978 |
(H) Review and approve grants to be made from federal, state, | 1979 |
or private funds which are administered or subcontracted by the | 1980 |
office of Spanish-speaking affairs; | 1981 |
(I) Review and approve the annual report prepared by the | 1982 |
office of Spanish-speaking affairs; | 1983 |
(J) Create an interagency council consisting of the following | 1984 |
persons or their authorized representatives: one member of the | 1985 |
senate appointed by the president of the senate; one member of the | 1986 |
house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of | 1987 |
representatives; the directors of administrative services, | 1988 |
agriculture, education, development, health, highway safety, job | 1989 |
and
family services, liquor
control, mental health, | 1990 |
1991 | |
rehabilitation and correction, youth services, transportation, | 1992 |
environmental protection, and budget and management; the | 1993 |
chairperson of the Ohio civil rights commission, the | 1994 |
administrators of the bureau of workers' compensation and the | 1995 |
rehabilitation services commission, and an additional member of | 1996 |
the governor's cabinet appointed by the governor. The commission | 1997 |
on Hispanic-Latino affairs, by rule, may designate other state | 1998 |
officers or their representatives to be members of the council. | 1999 |
The director of the commission shall be the chairperson of the | 2000 |
council. | 2001 |
The interagency council shall provide and coordinate the | 2002 |
exchange of information relative to the needs of Spanish-speaking | 2003 |
people and promote the delivery of state services to such people. | 2004 |
The council shall meet at the call of the chairperson. | 2005 |
Sec. 121.36. (A) As used in this section, "home care | 2006 |
dependent adult" means an individual who resides in a private home | 2007 |
or other noninstitutional and unlicensed living arrangement, | 2008 |
without the presence of a parent or guardian, but has health and | 2009 |
safety needs that require the provision of regularly scheduled | 2010 |
home care services to remain in the home or other living | 2011 |
arrangement because one of the following is the case: | 2012 |
(1) The individual is at least twenty-one years of age but | 2013 |
less than sixty years of age and has a physical disability or | 2014 |
mental impairment. | 2015 |
(2) The individual is sixty years of age or older, regardless | 2016 |
of whether the individual has a physical disability or mental | 2017 |
impairment. | 2018 |
(B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the | 2019 |
departments of | 2020 |
aging, job and family services, and health shall each implement | 2021 |
this section with respect to all contracts entered into by the | 2022 |
department for the provision of home care services to home care | 2023 |
dependent adults that are paid for in whole or in part with | 2024 |
federal, state, or local funds. Except as provided in division (D) | 2025 |
of this section, each department shall also require all public and | 2026 |
private entities that receive money from or through the department | 2027 |
to comply with this section when entering into contracts for the | 2028 |
provision of home care services to home care dependent adults that | 2029 |
are paid for in whole or in part with federal, state, or local | 2030 |
funds. Such entities may include county boards of | 2031 |
2032 | |
aging, county departments of job and family services, and boards | 2033 |
of health of city and general health districts. | 2034 |
(C) Beginning one year after | 2035 |
2036 | |
shall include terms requiring that the provider of home care | 2037 |
services to home care dependent adults have a system in place that | 2038 |
effectively monitors the delivery of the services by its | 2039 |
employees. To be considered an effective monitoring system for | 2040 |
purposes of the contract, the system established by a provider | 2041 |
must include at least the following components: | 2042 |
(1) When providing home care services to home care dependent | 2043 |
adults who have a mental impairment or life-threatening health | 2044 |
condition, a mechanism to verify whether the provider's employees | 2045 |
are present at the location where the services are to be provided | 2046 |
and at the time the services are to be provided; | 2047 |
(2) When providing home care services to all other home care | 2048 |
dependent adults, a system to verify at the end of each working | 2049 |
day whether the provider's employees have provided the services at | 2050 |
the proper location and time; | 2051 |
(3) A protocol to be followed in scheduling a substitute | 2052 |
employee when the monitoring system identifies that an employee | 2053 |
has failed to provide home care services at the proper location | 2054 |
and time, including standards for determining the length of time | 2055 |
that may elapse without jeopardizing the health and safety of the | 2056 |
home care dependent adult; | 2057 |
(4) Procedures for maintaining records of the information | 2058 |
obtained through the monitoring system; | 2059 |
(5) Procedures for compiling annual reports of the | 2060 |
information obtained through the monitoring system, including | 2061 |
statistics on the rate at which home care services were provided | 2062 |
at the proper location and time; | 2063 |
(6) Procedures for conducting random checks of the accuracy | 2064 |
of the monitoring system. For purposes of conducting these checks, | 2065 |
a random check is considered to be a check of not more than five | 2066 |
per cent of the home care visits the provider's employees make to | 2067 |
different home care dependent adults within a particular work | 2068 |
shift. | 2069 |
(D) In implementing this section, the departments shall | 2070 |
exempt providers of home care services who are self-employed | 2071 |
providers with no other employees or are otherwise considered by | 2072 |
the departments not to be agency providers. The departments shall | 2073 |
conduct a study on how the exempted providers may be made subject | 2074 |
to the requirement of effectively monitoring whether home care | 2075 |
services are being provided and have been provided at the proper | 2076 |
location and time. Not later than two years after | 2077 |
2078 | |
prepare a report of their findings and recommendations. The report | 2079 |
shall be submitted to the president of the senate and the speaker | 2080 |
of the house of representatives. | 2081 |
(E) The departments of | 2082 |
disabilities, aging, job and family services, and health shall | 2083 |
each adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. The rules | 2084 |
shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised | 2085 |
Code. | 2086 |
Sec. 121.37. (A)(1) There is hereby created the Ohio family | 2087 |
and children first cabinet council. The council shall be composed | 2088 |
of the superintendent of public instruction and the directors of | 2089 |
youth services, job and family services, mental health, health, | 2090 |
alcohol and drug addiction services, | 2091 |
developmental disabilities, and budget and management. The | 2092 |
chairperson of the council shall be the governor or the governor's | 2093 |
designee and shall establish procedures for the council's internal | 2094 |
control and management. | 2095 |
The purpose of the cabinet council is to help families | 2096 |
seeking government services. This section shall not be interpreted | 2097 |
or applied to usurp the role of parents, but solely to streamline | 2098 |
and coordinate existing government services for families seeking | 2099 |
assistance for their children. | 2100 |
(2) In seeking to fulfill its purpose, the council may do any | 2101 |
of the following: | 2102 |
(a) Advise and make recommendations to the governor and | 2103 |
general assembly regarding the provision of services to children; | 2104 |
(b) Advise and assess local governments on the coordination | 2105 |
of service delivery to children; | 2106 |
(c) Hold meetings at such times and places as may be | 2107 |
prescribed by the council's procedures and maintain records of the | 2108 |
meetings, except that records identifying individual children are | 2109 |
confidential and shall be disclosed only as provided by law; | 2110 |
(d) Develop programs and projects, including pilot projects, | 2111 |
to encourage coordinated efforts at the state and local level to | 2112 |
improve the state's social service delivery system; | 2113 |
(e) Enter into contracts with and administer grants to county | 2114 |
family and children first councils, as well as other county or | 2115 |
multicounty organizations to plan and coordinate service delivery | 2116 |
between state agencies and local service providers for families | 2117 |
and children; | 2118 |
(f) Enter into contracts with and apply for grants from | 2119 |
federal agencies or private organizations; | 2120 |
(g) Enter into interagency agreements to encourage | 2121 |
coordinated efforts at the state and local level to improve the | 2122 |
state's social service delivery system. The agreements may include | 2123 |
provisions regarding the receipt, transfer, and expenditure of | 2124 |
funds; | 2125 |
(h) Identify public and private funding sources for services | 2126 |
provided to alleged or adjudicated unruly children and children | 2127 |
who are at risk of being alleged or adjudicated unruly children, | 2128 |
including regulations governing access to and use of the services; | 2129 |
(i) Collect information provided by local communities | 2130 |
regarding successful programs for prevention, intervention, and | 2131 |
treatment of unruly behavior, including evaluations of the | 2132 |
programs; | 2133 |
(j) Identify and disseminate publications regarding alleged | 2134 |
or adjudicated unruly children and children who are at risk of | 2135 |
being alleged or adjudicated unruly children and regarding | 2136 |
programs serving those types of children; | 2137 |
(k) Maintain an inventory of strategic planning facilitators | 2138 |
for use by government or nonprofit entities that serve alleged or | 2139 |
adjudicated unruly children or children who are at risk of being | 2140 |
alleged or adjudicated unruly children. | 2141 |
(3) The cabinet council shall provide for the following: | 2142 |
(a) Reviews of service and treatment plans for children for | 2143 |
which such reviews are requested; | 2144 |
(b) Assistance as the council determines to be necessary to | 2145 |
meet the needs of children referred by county family and children | 2146 |
first councils; | 2147 |
(c) Monitoring and supervision of a statewide, comprehensive, | 2148 |
coordinated, multi-disciplinary, interagency system for infants | 2149 |
and toddlers with developmental disabilities or delays and their | 2150 |
families, as established pursuant to federal grants received and | 2151 |
administered by the department of health for early intervention | 2152 |
services under the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of | 2153 |
2004," 20 U.S.C.A. 1400, as amended. | 2154 |
(4) The cabinet council shall develop and implement the | 2155 |
following: | 2156 |
(a) An interagency process to select the indicators that will | 2157 |
be used to measure progress toward increasing child well-being in | 2158 |
the state and to update the indicators on an annual basis. The | 2159 |
indicators shall focus on expectant parents and newborns thriving; | 2160 |
infants and toddlers thriving; children being ready for school; | 2161 |
children and youth succeeding in school; youth choosing healthy | 2162 |
behaviors; and youth successfully transitioning into adulthood. | 2163 |
(b) An interagency system to offer guidance and monitor | 2164 |
progress toward increasing child well-being in the state and in | 2165 |
each county; | 2166 |
(c) An annual plan that identifies state-level agency efforts | 2167 |
taken to ensure progress towards increasing child well-being in | 2168 |
the state. | 2169 |
On an annual basis, the cabinet council shall submit to the | 2170 |
governor and the general assembly a report on the status of | 2171 |
efforts to increase child well-being in the state. This report | 2172 |
shall be made available to any other person on request. | 2173 |
(B)(1) Each board of county commissioners shall establish a | 2174 |
county family and children first council. The board may invite any | 2175 |
local public or private agency or group that funds, advocates, or | 2176 |
provides services to children and families to have a | 2177 |
representative become a permanent or temporary member of its | 2178 |
county council. Each county council must include the following | 2179 |
individuals: | 2180 |
(a) At least three individuals who are not employed by an | 2181 |
agency represented on the council and whose families are or have | 2182 |
received services from an agency represented on the council or | 2183 |
another county's council. Where possible, the number of members | 2184 |
representing families shall be equal to twenty per cent of the | 2185 |
council's membership. | 2186 |
(b) The director of the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and | 2187 |
mental health services that serves the county, or, in the case of | 2188 |
a county that has a board of alcohol and drug addiction services | 2189 |
and a community mental health board, the directors of both boards. | 2190 |
If a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services | 2191 |
covers more than one county, the director may designate a person | 2192 |
to participate on the county's council. | 2193 |
(c) The health commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, | 2194 |
of the board of health of each city and general health district in | 2195 |
the county. If the county has two or more health districts, the | 2196 |
health commissioner membership may be limited to the commissioners | 2197 |
of the two districts with the largest populations. | 2198 |
(d) The director of the county department of job and family | 2199 |
services; | 2200 |
(e) The executive director of the public children services | 2201 |
agency; | 2202 |
(f) The superintendent of the
county board of | 2203 |
2204 |
(g) The superintendent of the city, exempted village, or | 2205 |
local school district with the largest number of pupils residing | 2206 |
in the county, as determined by the department of education, which | 2207 |
shall notify each board of county commissioners of its | 2208 |
determination at least biennially; | 2209 |
(h) A school superintendent representing all other school | 2210 |
districts with territory in the county, as designated at a | 2211 |
biennial meeting of the superintendents of those districts; | 2212 |
(i) A representative of the municipal corporation with the | 2213 |
largest population in the county; | 2214 |
(j) The president of the board of county commissioners or an | 2215 |
individual designated by the board; | 2216 |
(k) A representative of the regional office of the department | 2217 |
of youth services; | 2218 |
(l) A representative of the county's head start agencies, as | 2219 |
defined in section 3301.32 of the Revised Code; | 2220 |
(m) A representative of the county's early intervention | 2221 |
collaborative established pursuant to the federal early | 2222 |
intervention program operated under the "Individuals with | 2223 |
Disabilities Education Act of 2004"; | 2224 |
(n) A representative of a local nonprofit entity that funds, | 2225 |
advocates, or provides services to children and families. | 2226 |
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the public | 2227 |
members of a county council are not prohibited from serving on the | 2228 |
council and making decisions regarding the duties of the council, | 2229 |
including those involving the funding of joint projects and those | 2230 |
outlined in the county's service coordination mechanism | 2231 |
implemented pursuant to division (C) of this section. | 2232 |
The cabinet council shall establish a state appeals process | 2233 |
to resolve disputes among the members of a county council | 2234 |
concerning whether reasonable responsibilities as members are | 2235 |
being shared. The appeals process may be accessed only by a | 2236 |
majority vote of the council members who are required to serve on | 2237 |
the council. Upon appeal, the cabinet council may order that state | 2238 |
funds for services to children and families be redirected to a | 2239 |
county's board of county commissioners. | 2240 |
The county's juvenile court judge senior in service or | 2241 |
another judge of the juvenile court designated by the | 2242 |
administrative judge or, where there is no administrative judge, | 2243 |
by the judge senior in service shall serve as the judicial advisor | 2244 |
to the county family and children first council. The judge may | 2245 |
advise the county council on the court's utilization of resources, | 2246 |
services, or programs provided by the entities represented by the | 2247 |
members of the county council and how those resources, services, | 2248 |
or programs assist the court in its administration of justice. | 2249 |
Service of a judge as a judicial advisor pursuant to this section | 2250 |
is a judicial function. | 2251 |
(2) The purpose of the county council is to streamline and | 2252 |
coordinate existing government services for families seeking | 2253 |
services for their children. In seeking to fulfill its purpose, a | 2254 |
county council shall provide for the following: | 2255 |
(a) Referrals to the cabinet council of those children for | 2256 |
whom the county council cannot provide adequate services; | 2257 |
(b) Development and implementation of a process that annually | 2258 |
evaluates and prioritizes services, fills service gaps where | 2259 |
possible, and invents new approaches to achieve better results for | 2260 |
families and children; | 2261 |
(c) Participation in the development of a countywide, | 2262 |
comprehensive, coordinated, multi-disciplinary, interagency system | 2263 |
for infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities or delays | 2264 |
and their families, as established pursuant to federal grants | 2265 |
received and administered by the department of health for early | 2266 |
intervention services under the "Individuals with Disabilities | 2267 |
Education Act of 2004"; | 2268 |
(d) Maintenance of an accountability system to monitor the | 2269 |
county council's progress in achieving results for families and | 2270 |
children; | 2271 |
(e) Establishment of a mechanism to ensure ongoing input from | 2272 |
a broad representation of families who are receiving services | 2273 |
within the county system. | 2274 |
(3) A county council shall develop and implement the | 2275 |
following: | 2276 |
(a) An interagency process to establish local indicators and | 2277 |
monitor the county's progress toward increasing child well-being | 2278 |
in the county; | 2279 |
(b) An interagency process to identify local priorities to | 2280 |
increase child well-being. The local priorities shall focus on | 2281 |
expectant parents and newborns thriving; infants and toddlers | 2282 |
thriving; children being ready for school; children and youth | 2283 |
succeeding in school; youth choosing healthy behaviors; and youth | 2284 |
successfully transitioning into adulthood and take into account | 2285 |
the indicators established by the cabinet council under division | 2286 |
(A)(4)(a) of this section. | 2287 |
(c) An annual plan that identifies the county's interagency | 2288 |
efforts to increase child well-being in the county. | 2289 |
On an annual basis, the county council shall submit a report | 2290 |
on the status of efforts by the county to increase child | 2291 |
well-being in the county to the county's board of county | 2292 |
commissioners and the cabinet council. This report shall be made | 2293 |
available to any other person on request. | 2294 |
(4)(a) Except as provided in division (B)(4)(b) of this | 2295 |
section, a county council shall comply with the policies, | 2296 |
procedures, and activities prescribed by the rules or interagency | 2297 |
agreements of a state department participating on the cabinet | 2298 |
council whenever the county council performs a function subject to | 2299 |
those rules or agreements. | 2300 |
(b) On application of a county council, the cabinet council | 2301 |
may grant an exemption from any rules or interagency agreements of | 2302 |
a state department participating on the council if an exemption is | 2303 |
necessary for the council to implement an alternative program or | 2304 |
approach for service delivery to families and children. The | 2305 |
application shall describe the proposed program or approach and | 2306 |
specify the rules or interagency agreements from which an | 2307 |
exemption is necessary. The cabinet council shall approve or | 2308 |
disapprove the application in accordance with standards and | 2309 |
procedures it shall adopt. If an application is approved, the | 2310 |
exemption is effective only while the program or approach is being | 2311 |
implemented, including a reasonable period during which the | 2312 |
program or approach is being evaluated for effectiveness. | 2313 |
(5)(a) Each county council shall designate an administrative | 2314 |
agent for the council from among the following public entities: | 2315 |
the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, | 2316 |
including a board of alcohol and drug addiction or a community | 2317 |
mental health board if the county is served by separate boards; | 2318 |
the board of county commissioners; any board of health of the | 2319 |
county's city and general health districts; the county department | 2320 |
of job and family services; the county agency responsible for the | 2321 |
administration of children services pursuant to section 5153.15 of | 2322 |
the Revised
Code; the
county board of | 2323 |
developmental disabilities; any of the county's boards of | 2324 |
education or governing boards of educational service centers; or | 2325 |
the county's juvenile court. Any of the foregoing public entities, | 2326 |
other than the board of county commissioners, may decline to serve | 2327 |
as the council's administrative agent. | 2328 |
A county council's administrative agent shall serve as the | 2329 |
council's appointing authority for any employees of the council. | 2330 |
The council shall file an annual budget with its administrative | 2331 |
agent, with copies filed with the county auditor and with the | 2332 |
board of county commissioners, unless the board is serving as the | 2333 |
council's administrative agent. The council's administrative agent | 2334 |
shall ensure that all expenditures are handled in accordance with | 2335 |
policies, procedures, and activities prescribed by state | 2336 |
departments in rules or interagency agreements that are applicable | 2337 |
to the council's functions. | 2338 |
The administrative agent of a county council shall send | 2339 |
notice of a member's absence if a member listed in division (B)(1) | 2340 |
of this section has been absent from either three consecutive | 2341 |
meetings of the county council or a county council subcommittee, | 2342 |
or from one-quarter of such meetings in a calendar year, whichever | 2343 |
is less. The notice shall be sent to the board of county | 2344 |
commissioners that establishes the county council and, for the | 2345 |
members listed in divisions (B)(1)(b), (c), (e), and (l) of this | 2346 |
section, to the governing board overseeing the respective entity; | 2347 |
for the member listed in division (B)(1)(f) of this section, to | 2348 |
the county board of | 2349 |
disabilities that employs the superintendent; for a member listed | 2350 |
in division (B)(1)(g) or (h) of this section, to the school board | 2351 |
that employs the superintendent; for the member listed in division | 2352 |
(B)(1)(i) of this section, to the mayor of the municipal | 2353 |
corporation; for the member listed in division (B)(1)(k) of this | 2354 |
section, to the director of youth services; and for the member | 2355 |
listed in division (B)(1)(n), to that member's board of trustees. | 2356 |
The administrative agent for a county council may do any of | 2357 |
the following on behalf of the council: | 2358 |
(i) Enter into agreements or administer contracts with public | 2359 |
or private entities to fulfill specific council business. Such | 2360 |
agreements and contracts are exempt from the competitive bidding | 2361 |
requirements of section 307.86 of the Revised Code if they have | 2362 |
been approved by the county council and they are for the purchase | 2363 |
of family and child welfare or child protection services or other | 2364 |
social or job and family services for families and children. The | 2365 |
approval of the county council is not required to exempt | 2366 |
agreements or contracts entered into under section 5139.34, | 2367 |
5139.41, or 5139.43 of the Revised Code from the competitive | 2368 |
bidding requirements of section 307.86 of the Revised Code. | 2369 |
(ii) As determined by the council, provide financial | 2370 |
stipends, reimbursements, or both, to family representatives for | 2371 |
expenses related to council activity; | 2372 |
(iii) Receive by gift, grant, devise, or bequest any moneys, | 2373 |
lands, or other property for the purposes for which the council is | 2374 |
established. The agent shall hold, apply, and dispose of the | 2375 |
moneys, lands, or other property according to the terms of the | 2376 |
gift, grant, devise, or bequest. Any interest or earnings shall be | 2377 |
treated in the same manner and are subject to the same terms as | 2378 |
the gift, grant, devise, or bequest from which it accrues. | 2379 |
(b)(i) If the county council designates the board of county | 2380 |
commissioners as its administrative agent, the board may, by | 2381 |
resolution, delegate any of its powers and duties as | 2382 |
administrative agent to an executive committee the board | 2383 |
establishes from the membership of the county council. The board | 2384 |
shall name to the executive committee at least the individuals | 2385 |
described in divisions (B)(1)(b) to (h) of this section and may | 2386 |
appoint the president of the board or another individual as the | 2387 |
chair of the executive committee. The executive committee must | 2388 |
include at least one family county council representative who does | 2389 |
not have a family member employed by an agency represented on the | 2390 |
council. | 2391 |
(ii) The executive committee may, with the approval of the | 2392 |
board, hire an executive director to assist the county council in | 2393 |
administering its powers and duties. The executive director shall | 2394 |
serve in the unclassified civil service at the pleasure of the | 2395 |
executive committee. The executive director may, with the approval | 2396 |
of the executive committee, hire other employees as necessary to | 2397 |
properly conduct the county council's business. | 2398 |
(iii) The board may require the executive committee to submit | 2399 |
an annual budget to the board for approval and may amend or repeal | 2400 |
the resolution that delegated to the executive committee its | 2401 |
authority as the county council's administrative agent. | 2402 |
(6) Two or more county councils may enter into an agreement | 2403 |
to administer their county councils jointly by creating a regional | 2404 |
family and children first council. A regional council possesses | 2405 |
the same duties and authority possessed by a county council, | 2406 |
except that the duties and authority apply regionally rather than | 2407 |
to individual counties. Prior to entering into an agreement to | 2408 |
create a regional council, the members of each county council to | 2409 |
be part of the regional council shall meet to determine whether | 2410 |
all or part of the members of each county council will serve as | 2411 |
members of the regional council. | 2412 |
(7) A board of county commissioners may approve a resolution | 2413 |
by a majority vote of the board's members that requires the county | 2414 |
council to submit a statement to the board each time the council | 2415 |
proposes to enter into an agreement, adopt a plan, or make a | 2416 |
decision, other than a decision pursuant to section 121.38 of the | 2417 |
Revised Code, that requires the expenditure of funds for two or | 2418 |
more families. The statement shall describe the proposed | 2419 |
agreement, plan, or decision. | 2420 |
Not later than fifteen days after the board receives the | 2421 |
statement, it shall, by resolution approved by a majority of its | 2422 |
members, approve or disapprove the agreement, plan, or decision. | 2423 |
Failure of the board to pass a resolution during that time period | 2424 |
shall be considered approval of the agreement, plan, or decision. | 2425 |
An agreement, plan, or decision for which a statement is | 2426 |
required to be submitted to the board shall be implemented only if | 2427 |
it is approved by the board. | 2428 |
(C) Each county shall develop a county service coordination | 2429 |
mechanism. The county service coordination mechanism shall serve | 2430 |
as the guiding document for coordination of services in the | 2431 |
county. For children who also receive services under the help me | 2432 |
grow program, the service coordination mechanism shall be | 2433 |
consistent with rules adopted by the department of health under | 2434 |
section 3701.61 of the Revised Code. All family service | 2435 |
coordination plans shall be developed in accordance with the | 2436 |
county service coordination mechanism. The mechanism shall be | 2437 |
developed and approved with the participation of the county | 2438 |
entities representing child welfare; mental retardation and | 2439 |
developmental disabilities; alcohol, drug addiction, and mental | 2440 |
health services; health; juvenile judges; education; the county | 2441 |
family and children first council; and the county early | 2442 |
intervention collaborative established pursuant to the federal | 2443 |
early intervention program operated under the "Individuals with | 2444 |
Disabilities Education Act of 2004." The county shall establish an | 2445 |
implementation schedule for the mechanism. The cabinet council may | 2446 |
monitor the implementation and administration of each county's | 2447 |
service coordination mechanism. | 2448 |
Each mechanism shall include all of the following: | 2449 |
(1) A procedure for an agency, including a juvenile court, or | 2450 |
a family voluntarily seeking service coordination, to refer the | 2451 |
child and family to the county council for service coordination in | 2452 |
accordance with the mechanism; | 2453 |
(2) A procedure ensuring that a family and all appropriate | 2454 |
staff from involved agencies, including a representative from the | 2455 |
appropriate school district, are notified of and invited to | 2456 |
participate in all family service coordination plan meetings; | 2457 |
(3) A procedure that permits a family to initiate a meeting | 2458 |
to develop or review the family's service coordination plan and | 2459 |
allows the family to invite a family advocate, mentor, or support | 2460 |
person of the family's choice to participate in any such meeting; | 2461 |
(4) A procedure for ensuring that a family service | 2462 |
coordination plan meeting is conducted for each child who receives | 2463 |
service coordination under the mechanism and for whom an emergency | 2464 |
out-of-home placement has been made or for whom a nonemergency | 2465 |
out-of-home placement is being considered. The meeting shall be | 2466 |
conducted within ten days of an emergency out-of-home placement. | 2467 |
The meeting shall be conducted before a nonemergency out-of-home | 2468 |
placement. The family service coordination plan shall outline how | 2469 |
the county council members will jointly pay for services, where | 2470 |
applicable, and provide services in the least restrictive | 2471 |
environment. | 2472 |
(5) A procedure for monitoring the progress and tracking the | 2473 |
outcomes of each service coordination plan requested in the county | 2474 |
including monitoring and tracking children in out-of-home | 2475 |
placements to assure continued progress, appropriateness of | 2476 |
placement, and continuity of care after discharge from placement | 2477 |
with appropriate arrangements for housing, treatment, and | 2478 |
education. | 2479 |
(6) A procedure for protecting the confidentiality of all | 2480 |
personal family information disclosed during service coordination | 2481 |
meetings or contained in the comprehensive family service | 2482 |
coordination plan. | 2483 |
(7) A procedure for assessing the needs and strengths of any | 2484 |
child or family that has been referred to the council for service | 2485 |
coordination, including a child whose parent or custodian is | 2486 |
voluntarily seeking services, and for ensuring that parents and | 2487 |
custodians are afforded the opportunity to participate; | 2488 |
(8) A procedure for development of a family service | 2489 |
coordination plan described in division (D) of this section; | 2490 |
(9) A local dispute resolution process to serve as the | 2491 |
process that must be used first to resolve disputes among the | 2492 |
agencies represented on the county council concerning the | 2493 |
provision of services to children, including children who are | 2494 |
abused, neglected, dependent, unruly, alleged unruly, or | 2495 |
delinquent children and under the jurisdiction of the juvenile | 2496 |
court and children whose parents or custodians are voluntarily | 2497 |
seeking services. The local dispute resolution process shall | 2498 |
comply with sections 121.38, 121.381, and 121.382 of the Revised | 2499 |
Code. The local dispute resolution process shall be used to | 2500 |
resolve disputes between a child's parents or custodians and the | 2501 |
county council regarding service coordination. The county council | 2502 |
shall inform the parents or custodians of their right to use the | 2503 |
dispute resolution process. Parents or custodians shall use | 2504 |
existing local agency grievance procedures to address disputes not | 2505 |
involving service coordination. The dispute resolution process is | 2506 |
in addition to and does not replace other rights or procedures | 2507 |
that parents or custodians may have under other sections of the | 2508 |
Revised Code. | 2509 |
The cabinet council shall adopt rules in accordance with | 2510 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing an administrative | 2511 |
review process to address problems that arise concerning the | 2512 |
operation of a local dispute resolution process. | 2513 |
Nothing in division (C)(4) of this section shall be | 2514 |
interpreted as overriding or affecting decisions of a juvenile | 2515 |
court regarding an out-of-home placement, long-term placement, or | 2516 |
emergency out-of-home placement. | 2517 |
(D) Each county shall develop a family service coordination | 2518 |
plan that does all of the following: | 2519 |
(1) Designates service responsibilities among the various | 2520 |
state and local agencies that provide services to children and | 2521 |
their families, including children who are abused, neglected, | 2522 |
dependent, unruly, or delinquent children and under the | 2523 |
jurisdiction of the juvenile court and children whose parents or | 2524 |
custodians are voluntarily seeking services; | 2525 |
(2) Designates an individual, approved by the family, to | 2526 |
track the progress of the family service coordination plan, | 2527 |
schedule reviews as necessary, and facilitate the family service | 2528 |
coordination plan meeting process; | 2529 |
(3) Ensures that assistance and services to be provided are | 2530 |
responsive to the strengths and needs of the family, as well as | 2531 |
the family's culture, race, and ethnic group, by allowing the | 2532 |
family to offer information and suggestions and participate in | 2533 |
decisions. Identified assistance and services shall be provided in | 2534 |
the least restrictive environment possible. | 2535 |
(4) Includes a process for dealing with a child who is | 2536 |
alleged to be an unruly child. The process shall include methods | 2537 |
to divert the child from the juvenile court system; | 2538 |
(5) Includes timelines for completion of goals specified in | 2539 |
the plan with regular reviews scheduled to monitor progress toward | 2540 |
those goals; | 2541 |
(6) Includes a plan for dealing with short-term crisis | 2542 |
situations and safety concerns. | 2543 |
(E)(1) The process provided for under division (D)(4) of this | 2544 |
section may include, but is not limited to, the following: | 2545 |
(a) Designation of the person or agency to conduct the | 2546 |
assessment of the child and the child's family as described in | 2547 |
division (C)(7) of this section and designation of the instrument | 2548 |
or instruments to be used to conduct the assessment; | 2549 |
(b) An emphasis on the personal responsibilities of the child | 2550 |
and the parental responsibilities of the parents, guardian, or | 2551 |
custodian of the child; | 2552 |
(c) Involvement of local law enforcement agencies and | 2553 |
officials. | 2554 |
(2) The method to divert a child from the juvenile court | 2555 |
system that must be included in the service coordination process | 2556 |
may include, but is not limited to, the following: | 2557 |
(a) The preparation of a complaint under section 2151.27 of | 2558 |
the Revised Code alleging that the child is an unruly child and | 2559 |
notifying the child and the parents, guardian, or custodian that | 2560 |
the complaint has been prepared to encourage the child and the | 2561 |
parents, guardian, or custodian to comply with other methods to | 2562 |
divert the child from the juvenile court system; | 2563 |
(b) Conducting a meeting with the child, the parents, | 2564 |
guardian, or custodian, and other interested parties to determine | 2565 |
the appropriate methods to divert the child from the juvenile | 2566 |
court system; | 2567 |
(c) A method to provide to the child and the child's family a | 2568 |
short-term respite from a short-term crisis situation involving a | 2569 |
confrontation between the child and the parents, guardian, or | 2570 |
custodian; | 2571 |
(d) A program to provide a mentor to the child or the | 2572 |
parents, guardian, or custodian; | 2573 |
(e) A program to provide parenting education to the parents, | 2574 |
guardian, or custodian; | 2575 |
(f) An alternative school program for children who are truant | 2576 |
from school, repeatedly disruptive in school, or suspended or | 2577 |
expelled from school; | 2578 |
(g) Other appropriate measures, including, but not limited | 2579 |
to, any alternative methods to divert a child from the juvenile | 2580 |
court system that are identified by the Ohio family and children | 2581 |
first cabinet council. | 2582 |
(F) Each county may review and revise the service | 2583 |
coordination process described in division (D) of this section | 2584 |
based on the availability of funds under Title IV-A of the "Social | 2585 |
Security Act," 110 Stat. 2113 (1996), 42 U.S.C.A. 601, as amended, | 2586 |
or to the extent resources are available from any other federal, | 2587 |
state, or local funds. | 2588 |
Sec. 123.01. (A) The department of administrative services, | 2589 |
in addition to those powers enumerated in Chapters 124. and 125. | 2590 |
of the Revised Code and provided elsewhere by law, shall exercise | 2591 |
the following powers: | 2592 |
(1) To prepare, or contract to be prepared, by licensed | 2593 |
engineers or architects, surveys, general and detailed plans, | 2594 |
specifications, bills of materials, and estimates of cost for any | 2595 |
projects, improvements, or public buildings to be constructed by | 2596 |
state agencies that may be authorized by legislative | 2597 |
appropriations or any other funds made available therefor, | 2598 |
provided that the construction of the projects, improvements, or | 2599 |
public buildings is a statutory duty of the department. This | 2600 |
section does not require the independent employment of an | 2601 |
architect or engineer as provided by section 153.01 of the Revised | 2602 |
Code in the cases to which that section applies nor affect or | 2603 |
alter the existing powers of the director of transportation. | 2604 |
(2) To have general supervision over the construction of any | 2605 |
projects, improvements, or public buildings constructed for a | 2606 |
state agency and over the inspection of materials previous to | 2607 |
their incorporation into those projects, improvements, or | 2608 |
buildings; | 2609 |
(3) To make contracts for and supervise the construction of | 2610 |
any projects and improvements or the construction and repair of | 2611 |
buildings under the control of a state agency, except contracts | 2612 |
for the repair of buildings under the management and control of | 2613 |
the departments of public safety, job and family services, mental | 2614 |
health, | 2615 |
rehabilitation and correction, and youth services, the bureau of | 2616 |
workers' compensation, the rehabilitation services commission, and | 2617 |
boards of trustees of educational and benevolent institutions and | 2618 |
except contracts for the construction of projects that do not | 2619 |
require the issuance of a building permit or the issuance of a | 2620 |
certificate of occupancy and that are necessary to remediate | 2621 |
conditions at a hazardous waste facility, solid waste facility, or | 2622 |
other location at which the director of environmental protection | 2623 |
has reason to believe there is a substantial threat to public | 2624 |
health or safety or the environment. These contracts shall be made | 2625 |
and entered into by the directors of public safety, job and family | 2626 |
services,
mental health, | 2627 |
disabilities, rehabilitation and correction, and youth services, | 2628 |
the administrator of workers' compensation, the rehabilitation | 2629 |
services commission, the boards of trustees of such institutions, | 2630 |
and the director of environmental protection, respectively. All | 2631 |
such contracts may be in whole or in part on unit price basis of | 2632 |
maximum estimated cost, with payment computed and made upon actual | 2633 |
quantities or units. | 2634 |
(4) To prepare and suggest comprehensive plans for the | 2635 |
development of grounds and buildings under the control of a state | 2636 |
agency; | 2637 |
(5) To acquire, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or grant, | 2638 |
all real estate required by a state agency, in the exercise of | 2639 |
which power the department may exercise the power of eminent | 2640 |
domain, in the manner provided by sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the | 2641 |
Revised Code; | 2642 |
(6) To make and provide all plans, specifications, and models | 2643 |
for the construction and perfection of all systems of sewerage, | 2644 |
drainage, and plumbing for the state in connection with buildings | 2645 |
and grounds under the control of a state agency; | 2646 |
(7) To erect, supervise, and maintain all public monuments | 2647 |
and memorials erected by the state, except where the supervision | 2648 |
and maintenance is otherwise provided by law; | 2649 |
(8) To procure, by lease, storage accommodations for a state | 2650 |
agency; | 2651 |
(9) To lease or grant easements or licenses for unproductive | 2652 |
and unused lands or other property under the control of a state | 2653 |
agency. Such leases, easements, or licenses shall be granted for a | 2654 |
period not to exceed fifteen years and shall be executed for the | 2655 |
state by the director of administrative services and the governor | 2656 |
and shall be approved as to form by the attorney general, provided | 2657 |
that leases, easements, or licenses may be granted to any county, | 2658 |
township, municipal corporation, port authority, water or sewer | 2659 |
district, school district, library district, health district, park | 2660 |
district, soil and water conservation district, conservancy | 2661 |
district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, or | 2662 |
any agency of the United States government, for the exclusive use | 2663 |
of that agency, political subdivision, or taxing district, without | 2664 |
any right of sublease or assignment, for a period not to exceed | 2665 |
fifteen years, and provided that the director shall grant leases, | 2666 |
easements, or licenses of university land for periods not to | 2667 |
exceed twenty-five years for purposes approved by the respective | 2668 |
university's board of trustees wherein the uses are compatible | 2669 |
with the uses and needs of the university and may grant leases of | 2670 |
university land for periods not to exceed forty years for purposes | 2671 |
approved by the respective university's board of trustees pursuant | 2672 |
to section 123.77 of the Revised Code. | 2673 |
(10) To lease office space in buildings for the use of a | 2674 |
state agency; | 2675 |
(11) To have general supervision and care of the storerooms, | 2676 |
offices, and buildings leased for the use of a state agency; | 2677 |
(12) To exercise general custodial care of all real property | 2678 |
of the state; | 2679 |
(13) To assign and group together state offices in any city | 2680 |
in the state and to establish, in cooperation with the state | 2681 |
agencies involved, rules governing space requirements for office | 2682 |
or storage use; | 2683 |
(14) To lease for a period not to exceed forty years, | 2684 |
pursuant to a contract providing for the construction thereof | 2685 |
under a lease-purchase plan, buildings, structures, and other | 2686 |
improvements for any public purpose, and, in conjunction | 2687 |
therewith, to grant leases, easements, or licenses for lands under | 2688 |
the control of a state agency for a period not to exceed forty | 2689 |
years. The lease-purchase plan shall provide that at the end of | 2690 |
the lease period, the buildings, structures, and related | 2691 |
improvements, together with the land on which they are situated, | 2692 |
shall become the property of the state without cost. | 2693 |
(a) Whenever any building, structure, or other improvement is | 2694 |
to be so leased by a state agency, the department shall retain | 2695 |
either basic plans, specifications, bills of materials, and | 2696 |
estimates of cost with sufficient detail to afford bidders all | 2697 |
needed information or, alternatively, all of the following plans, | 2698 |
details, bills of materials, and specifications: | 2699 |
(i) Full and accurate plans suitable for the use of mechanics | 2700 |
and other builders in the improvement; | 2701 |
(ii) Details to scale and full sized, so drawn and | 2702 |
represented as to be easily understood; | 2703 |
(iii) Accurate bills showing the exact quantity of different | 2704 |
kinds of material necessary to the construction; | 2705 |
(iv) Definite and complete specifications of the work to be | 2706 |
performed, together with such directions as will enable a | 2707 |
competent mechanic or other builder to carry them out and afford | 2708 |
bidders all needed information; | 2709 |
(v) A full and accurate estimate of each item of expense and | 2710 |
of the aggregate cost thereof. | 2711 |
(b) The department shall give public notice, in such | 2712 |
newspaper, in such form, and with such phraseology as the director | 2713 |
of administrative services prescribes, published once each week | 2714 |
for four consecutive weeks, of the time when and place where bids | 2715 |
will be received for entering into an agreement to lease to a | 2716 |
state agency a building, structure, or other improvement. The last | 2717 |
publication shall be at least eight days preceding the day for | 2718 |
opening the bids. The bids shall contain the terms upon which the | 2719 |
builder would propose to lease the building, structure, or other | 2720 |
improvement to the state agency. The form of the bid approved by | 2721 |
the department shall be used, and a bid is invalid and shall not | 2722 |
be considered unless that form is used without change, alteration, | 2723 |
or addition. Before submitting bids pursuant to this section, any | 2724 |
builder shall comply with Chapter 153. of the Revised Code. | 2725 |
(c) On the day and at the place named for receiving bids for | 2726 |
entering into lease agreements with a state agency, the director | 2727 |
of administrative services shall open the bids and shall publicly | 2728 |
proceed immediately to tabulate the bids upon duplicate sheets. No | 2729 |
lease agreement shall be entered into until the bureau of workers' | 2730 |
compensation has certified that the person to be awarded the lease | 2731 |
agreement has complied with Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, | 2732 |
until, if the builder submitting the lowest and best bid is a | 2733 |
foreign corporation, the secretary of state has certified that the | 2734 |
corporation is authorized to do business in this state, until, if | 2735 |
the builder submitting the lowest and best bid is a person | 2736 |
nonresident of this state, the person has filed with the secretary | 2737 |
of state a power of attorney designating the secretary of state as | 2738 |
its agent for the purpose of accepting service of summons in any | 2739 |
action brought under Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, and until | 2740 |
the agreement is submitted to the attorney general and the | 2741 |
attorney general's approval is certified thereon. Within thirty | 2742 |
days after the day on which the bids are received, the department | 2743 |
shall investigate the bids received and shall determine that the | 2744 |
bureau and the secretary of state have made the certifications | 2745 |
required by this section of the builder who has submitted the | 2746 |
lowest and best bid. Within ten days of the completion of the | 2747 |
investigation of the bids, the department shall award the lease | 2748 |
agreement to the builder who has submitted the lowest and best bid | 2749 |
and who has been certified by the bureau and secretary of state as | 2750 |
required by this section. If bidding for the lease agreement has | 2751 |
been conducted upon the basis of basic plans, specifications, | 2752 |
bills of materials, and estimates of costs, upon the award to the | 2753 |
builder the department, or the builder with the approval of the | 2754 |
department, shall appoint an architect or engineer licensed in | 2755 |
this state to prepare such further detailed plans, specifications, | 2756 |
and bills of materials as are required to construct the building, | 2757 |
structure, or improvement. The department shall adopt such rules | 2758 |
as are necessary to give effect to this section. The department | 2759 |
may reject any bid. Where there is reason to believe there is | 2760 |
collusion or combination among bidders, the bids of those | 2761 |
concerned therein shall be rejected. | 2762 |
(15) To acquire by purchase, gift, devise, or grant and to | 2763 |
transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of all real property | 2764 |
required to assist in the development of a conversion facility as | 2765 |
defined in section 5709.30 of the Revised Code as that section | 2766 |
existed before its repeal by Amended Substitute House Bill 95 of | 2767 |
the 125th general assembly; | 2768 |
(16) To lease for a period not to exceed forty years, | 2769 |
notwithstanding any other division of this section, the | 2770 |
state-owned property located at 408-450 East Town Street, | 2771 |
Columbus, Ohio, formerly the state school for the deaf, to a | 2772 |
developer in accordance with this section. "Developer," as used in | 2773 |
this section, has the same meaning as in section 123.77 of the | 2774 |
Revised Code. | 2775 |
Such a lease shall be for the purpose of development of the | 2776 |
land for use by senior citizens by constructing, altering, | 2777 |
renovating, repairing, expanding, and improving the site as it | 2778 |
existed on June 25, 1982. A developer desiring to lease the land | 2779 |
shall prepare for submission to the department a plan for | 2780 |
development. Plans shall include provisions for roads, sewers, | 2781 |
water lines, waste disposal, water supply, and similar matters to | 2782 |
meet the requirements of state and local laws. The plans shall | 2783 |
also include provision for protection of the property by insurance | 2784 |
or otherwise, and plans for financing the development, and shall | 2785 |
set forth details of the developer's financial responsibility. | 2786 |
The department may employ, as employees or consultants, | 2787 |
persons needed to assist in reviewing the development plans. Those | 2788 |
persons may include attorneys, financial experts, engineers, and | 2789 |
other necessary experts. The department shall review the | 2790 |
development plans and may enter into a lease if it finds all of | 2791 |
the following: | 2792 |
(a) The best interests of the state will be promoted by | 2793 |
entering into a lease with the developer; | 2794 |
(b) The development plans are satisfactory; | 2795 |
(c) The developer has established the developer's financial | 2796 |
responsibility and satisfactory plans for financing the | 2797 |
development. | 2798 |
The lease shall contain a provision that construction or | 2799 |
renovation of the buildings, roads, structures, and other | 2800 |
necessary facilities shall begin within one year after the date of | 2801 |
the lease and shall proceed according to a schedule agreed to | 2802 |
between the department and the developer or the lease will be | 2803 |
terminated. The lease shall contain such conditions and | 2804 |
stipulations as the director considers necessary to preserve the | 2805 |
best interest of the state. Moneys received by the state pursuant | 2806 |
to this lease shall be paid into the general revenue fund. The | 2807 |
lease shall provide that at the end of the lease period the | 2808 |
buildings, structures, and related improvements shall become the | 2809 |
property of the state without cost. | 2810 |
(17) To lease to any person any tract of land owned by the | 2811 |
state and under the control of the department, or any part of such | 2812 |
a tract, for the purpose of drilling for or the pooling of oil or | 2813 |
gas. Such a lease shall be granted for a period not exceeding | 2814 |
forty years, with the full power to contract for, determine the | 2815 |
conditions governing, and specify the amount the state shall | 2816 |
receive for the purposes specified in the lease, and shall be | 2817 |
prepared as in other cases. | 2818 |
(18) To manage the use of space owned and controlled by the | 2819 |
department, including space in property under the jurisdiction of | 2820 |
the Ohio building authority, by doing all of the following: | 2821 |
(a) Biennially implementing, by state agency location, a | 2822 |
census of agency employees assigned space; | 2823 |
(b) Periodically in the discretion of the director of | 2824 |
administrative services: | 2825 |
(i) Requiring each state agency to categorize the use of | 2826 |
space allotted to the agency between office space, common areas, | 2827 |
storage space, and other uses, and to report its findings to the | 2828 |
department; | 2829 |
(ii) Creating and updating a master space utilization plan | 2830 |
for all space allotted to state agencies. The plan shall | 2831 |
incorporate space utilization metrics. | 2832 |
(iii) Conducting a cost-benefit analysis to determine the | 2833 |
effectiveness of state-owned buildings; | 2834 |
(iv) Assessing the alternatives associated with consolidating | 2835 |
the commercial leases for buildings located in Columbus. | 2836 |
(c) Commissioning a comprehensive space utilization and | 2837 |
capacity study in order to determine the feasibility of | 2838 |
consolidating existing commercially leased space used by state | 2839 |
agencies into a new state-owned facility. | 2840 |
(B) This section and section 125.02 of the Revised Code shall | 2841 |
not interfere with any of the following: | 2842 |
(1) The power of the adjutant general to purchase military | 2843 |
supplies, or with the custody of the adjutant general of property | 2844 |
leased, purchased, or constructed by the state and used for | 2845 |
military purposes, or with the functions of the adjutant general | 2846 |
as director of state armories; | 2847 |
(2) The power of the director of transportation in acquiring | 2848 |
rights-of-way for the state highway system, or the leasing of | 2849 |
lands for division or resident district offices, or the leasing of | 2850 |
lands or buildings required in the maintenance operations of the | 2851 |
department of transportation, or the purchase of real property for | 2852 |
garage sites or division or resident district offices, or in | 2853 |
preparing plans and specifications for and constructing such | 2854 |
buildings as the director may require in the administration of the | 2855 |
department; | 2856 |
(3) The power of the director of public safety and the | 2857 |
registrar of motor vehicles to purchase or lease real property and | 2858 |
buildings to be used solely as locations to which a deputy | 2859 |
registrar is assigned pursuant to division (B) of section 4507.011 | 2860 |
of the Revised Code and from which the deputy registrar is to | 2861 |
conduct the deputy registrar's business, the power of the director | 2862 |
of public safety to purchase or lease real property and buildings | 2863 |
to be used as locations for division or district offices as | 2864 |
required in the maintenance of operations of the department of | 2865 |
public safety, and the power of the superintendent of the state | 2866 |
highway patrol in the purchase or leasing of real property and | 2867 |
buildings needed by the patrol, to negotiate the sale of real | 2868 |
property owned by the patrol, to rent or lease real property owned | 2869 |
or leased by the patrol, and to make or cause to be made repairs | 2870 |
to all property owned or under the control of the patrol; | 2871 |
(4) The power of the division of liquor control in the | 2872 |
leasing or purchasing of retail outlets and warehouse facilities | 2873 |
for the use of the division; | 2874 |
(5) The power of the director of development to enter into | 2875 |
leases of real property, buildings, and office space to be used | 2876 |
solely as locations for the state's foreign offices to carry out | 2877 |
the purposes of section 122.05 of the Revised Code; | 2878 |
(6) The power of the director of environmental protection to | 2879 |
enter into environmental covenants, to grant and accept easements, | 2880 |
or to sell property pursuant to division (G) of section 3745.01 of | 2881 |
the Revised Code. | 2882 |
(C) Purchases for, and the custody and repair of, buildings | 2883 |
under the management and control of the capitol square review and | 2884 |
advisory board, the rehabilitation services commission, the bureau | 2885 |
of workers' compensation, or the departments of public safety, job | 2886 |
and family services, mental health, | 2887 |
developmental disabilities, and rehabilitation and correction, and | 2888 |
buildings of educational and benevolent institutions under the | 2889 |
management and control of boards of trustees, are not subject to | 2890 |
the control and jurisdiction of the department of administrative | 2891 |
services. | 2892 |
(D) Any instrument by which real property is acquired | 2893 |
pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state | 2894 |
that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in | 2895 |
section 5301.012 of the Revised Code. | 2896 |
Sec. 124.11. The civil service of the state and the several | 2897 |
counties, cities, civil service townships, city health districts, | 2898 |
general health districts, and city school districts of the state | 2899 |
shall be divided into the unclassified service and the classified | 2900 |
service. | 2901 |
(A) The unclassified service shall comprise the following | 2902 |
positions, which shall not be included in the classified service, | 2903 |
and which shall be exempt from all examinations required by this | 2904 |
chapter: | 2905 |
(1) All officers elected by popular vote or persons appointed | 2906 |
to fill vacancies in those offices; | 2907 |
(2) All election officers as defined in section 3501.01 of | 2908 |
the Revised Code; | 2909 |
(3)(a) The members of all boards and commissions, and heads | 2910 |
of principal departments, boards, and commissions appointed by the | 2911 |
governor or by and with the governor's consent; | 2912 |
(b) The heads of all departments appointed by a board of | 2913 |
county commissioners; | 2914 |
(c) The members of all boards and commissions and all heads | 2915 |
of departments appointed by the mayor, or, if there is no mayor, | 2916 |
such other similar chief appointing authority of any city or city | 2917 |
school district; | 2918 |
Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(17) or (C) of | 2919 |
this section, this chapter does not exempt the chiefs of police | 2920 |
departments and chiefs of fire departments of cities or civil | 2921 |
service townships from the competitive classified service. | 2922 |
(4) The members of county or district licensing boards or | 2923 |
commissions and boards of revision, and not more than five deputy | 2924 |
county auditors; | 2925 |
(5) All officers and employees elected or appointed by either | 2926 |
or both branches of the general assembly, and employees of the | 2927 |
city legislative authority engaged in legislative duties; | 2928 |
(6) All commissioned, warrant, and noncommissioned officers | 2929 |
and enlisted persons in the Ohio organized militia, including | 2930 |
military appointees in the adjutant general's department; | 2931 |
(7)(a) All presidents, business managers, administrative | 2932 |
officers, superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, | 2933 |
deans, assistant deans, instructors, teachers, and such employees | 2934 |
as are engaged in educational or research duties connected with | 2935 |
the public school system, colleges, and universities, as | 2936 |
determined by the governing body of the public school system, | 2937 |
colleges, and universities; | 2938 |
(b) The library staff of any library in the state supported | 2939 |
wholly or in part at public expense. | 2940 |
(8) Four clerical and administrative support employees for | 2941 |
each of the elective state officers, four clerical and | 2942 |
administrative support employees for each board of county | 2943 |
commissioners and one such employee for each county commissioner, | 2944 |
and four clerical and administrative support employees for other | 2945 |
elective officers and each of the principal appointive executive | 2946 |
officers, boards, or commissions, except for civil service | 2947 |
commissions, that are authorized to appoint such clerical and | 2948 |
administrative support employees; | 2949 |
(9) The deputies and assistants of state agencies authorized | 2950 |
to act for and on behalf of the agency, or holding a fiduciary or | 2951 |
administrative relation to that agency and those persons employed | 2952 |
by and directly responsible to elected county officials or a | 2953 |
county administrator and holding a fiduciary or administrative | 2954 |
relationship to such elected county officials or county | 2955 |
administrator, and the employees of such county officials whose | 2956 |
fitness would be impracticable to determine by competitive | 2957 |
examination, provided that division (A)(9) of this section shall | 2958 |
not affect those persons in county employment in the classified | 2959 |
service as of September 19, 1961. Nothing in division (A)(9) of | 2960 |
this section applies to any position in a county department of job | 2961 |
and family services created pursuant to Chapter 329. of the | 2962 |
Revised Code. | 2963 |
(10) Bailiffs, constables, official stenographers, and | 2964 |
commissioners of courts of record, deputies of clerks of the | 2965 |
courts of common pleas who supervise or who handle public moneys | 2966 |
or secured documents, and such officers and employees of courts of | 2967 |
record and such deputies of clerks of the courts of common pleas | 2968 |
as the director of administrative services finds it impracticable | 2969 |
to determine their fitness by competitive examination; | 2970 |
(11) Assistants to the attorney general, special counsel | 2971 |
appointed or employed by the attorney general, assistants to | 2972 |
county prosecuting attorneys, and assistants to city directors of | 2973 |
law; | 2974 |
(12) Such teachers and employees in the agricultural | 2975 |
experiment stations; such students in normal schools, colleges, | 2976 |
and universities of the state who are employed by the state or a | 2977 |
political subdivision of the state in student or intern | 2978 |
classifications; and such unskilled labor positions as the | 2979 |
director of administrative services or any municipal civil service | 2980 |
commission may find it impracticable to include in the competitive | 2981 |
classified service; provided such exemptions shall be by order of | 2982 |
the commission or the director, duly entered on the record of the | 2983 |
commission or the director with the reasons for each such | 2984 |
exemption; | 2985 |
(13) Any physician or dentist who is a full-time employee of | 2986 |
the department of mental health, the department of | 2987 |
2988 | |
under the jurisdiction of either department; and physicians who | 2989 |
are in residency programs at the institutions; | 2990 |
(14) Up to twenty positions at each institution under the | 2991 |
jurisdiction of the department of mental health or the department | 2992 |
of | 2993 |
department director determines to be primarily administrative or | 2994 |
managerial; and up to fifteen positions in any division of either | 2995 |
department, excluding administrative assistants to the director | 2996 |
and division chiefs, which are within the immediate staff of a | 2997 |
division chief and which the director determines to be primarily | 2998 |
and distinctively administrative and managerial; | 2999 |
(15) Noncitizens of the United States employed by the state, | 3000 |
or its counties or cities, as physicians or nurses who are duly | 3001 |
licensed to practice their respective professions under the laws | 3002 |
of this state, or medical assistants, in mental or chronic disease | 3003 |
hospitals, or institutions; | 3004 |
(16) Employees of the governor's office; | 3005 |
(17) Fire chiefs and chiefs of police in civil service | 3006 |
townships appointed by boards of township trustees under section | 3007 |
505.38 or 505.49 of the Revised Code; | 3008 |
(18) Executive directors, deputy directors, and program | 3009 |
directors employed by boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and | 3010 |
mental health services under Chapter 340. of the Revised Code, and | 3011 |
secretaries of the executive directors, deputy directors, and | 3012 |
program directors; | 3013 |
(19) Superintendents, and management employees as defined in | 3014 |
section 5126.20 of the Revised Code, of county boards of
| 3015 |
3016 |
(20) Physicians, nurses, and other employees of a county | 3017 |
hospital who are appointed pursuant to sections 339.03 and 339.06 | 3018 |
of the Revised Code; | 3019 |
(21) The executive director of the state medical board, who | 3020 |
is appointed pursuant to division (B) of section 4731.05 of the | 3021 |
Revised Code; | 3022 |
(22) County directors of job and family services as provided | 3023 |
in section 329.02 of the Revised Code and administrators appointed | 3024 |
under section 329.021 of the Revised Code; | 3025 |
(23) A director of economic development who is hired pursuant | 3026 |
to division (A) of section 307.07 of the Revised Code; | 3027 |
(24) Chiefs of construction and compliance, of operations and | 3028 |
maintenance, and of licensing and certification in the division of | 3029 |
industrial compliance in the department of commerce; | 3030 |
(25) The executive director of a county transit system | 3031 |
appointed under division (A) of section 306.04 of the Revised | 3032 |
Code; | 3033 |
(26) Up to five positions at each of the administrative | 3034 |
departments listed in section 121.02 of the Revised Code and at | 3035 |
the department of taxation, department of the adjutant general, | 3036 |
department of education, Ohio board of regents, bureau of workers' | 3037 |
compensation, industrial commission, state lottery commission, and | 3038 |
public utilities commission of Ohio that the head of that | 3039 |
administrative department or of that other state agency determines | 3040 |
to be involved in policy development and implementation. The head | 3041 |
of the administrative department or other state agency shall set | 3042 |
the compensation for employees in these positions at a rate that | 3043 |
is not less than the minimum compensation specified in pay range | 3044 |
41 but not more than the maximum compensation specified in pay | 3045 |
range 44 of salary schedule E-2 in section 124.152 of the Revised | 3046 |
Code. The authority to establish positions in the unclassified | 3047 |
service under division (A)(26) of this section is in addition to | 3048 |
and does not limit any other authority that an administrative | 3049 |
department or state agency has under the Revised Code to establish | 3050 |
positions, appoint employees, or set compensation. | 3051 |
(27) Employees of the department of agriculture employed | 3052 |
under section 901.09 of the Revised Code; | 3053 |
(28) For cities, counties, civil service townships, city | 3054 |
health districts, general health districts, and city school | 3055 |
districts, the deputies and assistants of elective or principal | 3056 |
executive officers authorized to act for and in the place of their | 3057 |
principals or holding a fiduciary relation to their principals; | 3058 |
(29) Employees who receive intermittent or temporary | 3059 |
appointments under division (B) of section 124.30 of the Revised | 3060 |
Code; | 3061 |
(30) Employees appointed to administrative staff positions | 3062 |
for which an appointing authority is given specific statutory | 3063 |
authority to set compensation; | 3064 |
(31) Employees appointed to highway patrol cadet or highway | 3065 |
patrol cadet candidate classifications; | 3066 |
(32) Employees placed in the unclassified service by another | 3067 |
section of the Revised Code. | 3068 |
(B) The classified service shall comprise all persons in the | 3069 |
employ of the state and the several counties, cities, city health | 3070 |
districts, general health districts, and city school districts of | 3071 |
the state, not specifically included in the unclassified service. | 3072 |
Upon the creation by the board of trustees of a civil service | 3073 |
township civil service commission, the classified service shall | 3074 |
also comprise, except as otherwise provided in division (A)(17) or | 3075 |
(C) of this section, all persons in the employ of a civil service | 3076 |
township police or fire department having ten or more full-time | 3077 |
paid employees. The classified service consists of two classes, | 3078 |
which shall be designated as the competitive class and the | 3079 |
unskilled labor class. | 3080 |
(1) The competitive class shall include all positions and | 3081 |
employments in the state and the counties, cities, city health | 3082 |
districts, general health districts, and city school districts of | 3083 |
the state, and, upon the creation by the board of trustees of a | 3084 |
civil service township of a township civil service commission, all | 3085 |
positions in a civil service township police or fire department | 3086 |
having ten or more full-time paid employees, for which it is | 3087 |
practicable to determine the merit and fitness of applicants by | 3088 |
competitive examinations. Appointments shall be made to, or | 3089 |
employment shall be given in, all positions in the competitive | 3090 |
class that are not filled by promotion, reinstatement, transfer, | 3091 |
or reduction, as provided in this chapter, and the rules of the | 3092 |
director of administrative services, by appointment from those | 3093 |
certified to the appointing officer in accordance with this | 3094 |
chapter. | 3095 |
(2) The unskilled labor class shall include ordinary | 3096 |
unskilled laborers. Vacancies in the labor class for positions in | 3097 |
service of the state shall be filled by appointment from lists of | 3098 |
applicants registered by the director. Vacancies in the labor | 3099 |
class for all other positions shall be filled by appointment from | 3100 |
lists of applicants registered by a commission. The director or | 3101 |
the commission, as applicable, by rule, shall require an applicant | 3102 |
for registration in the labor class to furnish evidence or take | 3103 |
tests as the director or commission considers proper with respect | 3104 |
to age, residence, physical condition, ability to labor, honesty, | 3105 |
sobriety, industry, capacity, and experience in the work or | 3106 |
employment for which application is made. Laborers who fulfill the | 3107 |
requirements shall be placed on the eligible list for the kind of | 3108 |
labor or employment sought, and preference shall be given in | 3109 |
employment in accordance with the rating received from that | 3110 |
evidence or in those tests. Upon the request of an appointing | 3111 |
officer, stating the kind of labor needed, the pay and probable | 3112 |
length of employment, and the number to be employed, the director | 3113 |
or commission, as applicable, shall certify from the highest on | 3114 |
the list double the number to be employed; from this number, the | 3115 |
appointing officer shall appoint the number actually needed for | 3116 |
the particular work. If more than one applicant receives the same | 3117 |
rating, priority in time of application shall determine the order | 3118 |
in which their names shall be certified for appointment. | 3119 |
(C) A municipal or civil service township civil service | 3120 |
commission may place volunteer firefighters who are paid on a | 3121 |
fee-for-service basis in either the classified or the unclassified | 3122 |
civil service. | 3123 |
(D) This division does not apply to persons in the | 3124 |
unclassified service who have the right to resume positions in the | 3125 |
classified service under sections 4121.121, 5119.071, 5120.38, | 3126 |
5120.381, 5120.382, 5123.08, 5139.02, and 5501.19 of the Revised | 3127 |
Code. | 3128 |
An appointing authority whose employees are paid directly by | 3129 |
warrant of the director of budget and management may appoint a | 3130 |
person who holds a certified position in the classified service | 3131 |
within the appointing authority's agency to a position in the | 3132 |
unclassified service within that agency. A person appointed | 3133 |
pursuant to this division to a position in the unclassified | 3134 |
service shall retain the right to resume the position and status | 3135 |
held by the person in the classified service immediately prior to | 3136 |
the person's appointment to the position in the unclassified | 3137 |
service, regardless of the number of positions the person held in | 3138 |
the unclassified service. An employee's right to resume a position | 3139 |
in the classified service may only be exercised when an appointing | 3140 |
authority demotes the employee to a pay range lower than the | 3141 |
employee's current pay range or revokes the employee's appointment | 3142 |
to the unclassified service. An employee forfeits the right to | 3143 |
resume a position in the classified service when the employee is | 3144 |
removed from the position in the unclassified service due to | 3145 |
incompetence, inefficiency, dishonesty, drunkenness, immoral | 3146 |
conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public, | 3147 |
neglect of duty, violation of this chapter or the rules of the | 3148 |
director of administrative services, any other failure of good | 3149 |
behavior, any other acts of misfeasance, malfeasance, or | 3150 |
nonfeasance in office, or conviction of a felony. An employee also | 3151 |
forfeits the right to resume a position in the classified service | 3152 |
upon transfer to a different agency. | 3153 |
Reinstatement to a position in the classified service shall | 3154 |
be to a position substantially equal to that position in the | 3155 |
classified service held previously, as certified by the director | 3156 |
of administrative services. If the position the person previously | 3157 |
held in the classified service has been placed in the unclassified | 3158 |
service or is otherwise unavailable, the person shall be appointed | 3159 |
to a position in the classified service within the appointing | 3160 |
authority's agency that the director of administrative services | 3161 |
certifies is comparable in compensation to the position the person | 3162 |
previously held in the classified service. Service in the position | 3163 |
in the unclassified service shall be counted as service in the | 3164 |
position in the classified service held by the person immediately | 3165 |
prior to the person's appointment to the position in the | 3166 |
unclassified service. When a person is reinstated to a position in | 3167 |
the classified service as provided in this division, the person is | 3168 |
entitled to all rights, status, and benefits accruing to the | 3169 |
position in the classified service during the person's time of | 3170 |
service in the position in the unclassified service. | 3171 |
Sec. 124.23. (A) All applicants for positions and places in | 3172 |
the classified service shall be subject to examination, except for | 3173 |
applicants for positions as professional or certified service and | 3174 |
paraprofessional employees of county boards of | 3175 |
3176 | |
provided in section 124.241 of the Revised Code. | 3177 |
(B) Any examination administered under this section shall be | 3178 |
public and be open to all citizens of the United States and those | 3179 |
persons who have legally declared their intentions of becoming | 3180 |
United States citizens, within certain limitations to be | 3181 |
determined by the director of administrative services as to | 3182 |
citizenship, age, experience, education, health, habit, and moral | 3183 |
character. Any person who has completed service in the uniformed | 3184 |
services, who has been honorably discharged from the uniformed | 3185 |
services or transferred to the reserve with evidence of | 3186 |
satisfactory service, and who is a resident of this state and any | 3187 |
member of the national guard or a reserve component of the armed | 3188 |
forces of the United States who has completed more than one | 3189 |
hundred eighty days of active duty service pursuant to an | 3190 |
executive order of the president of the United States or an act of | 3191 |
the congress of the United States may file with the director a | 3192 |
certificate of service or honorable discharge, and, upon this | 3193 |
filing, the person shall receive additional credit of twenty per | 3194 |
cent of the person's total grade given in the regular examination | 3195 |
in which the person receives a passing grade. | 3196 |
As used in this division, "service in the uniformed services" | 3197 |
and "uniformed services" have the same meanings as in the | 3198 |
"Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of | 3199 |
1994," 108 Stat. 3149, 38 U.S.C.A. 4303. | 3200 |
(C) An examination may include an evaluation of such factors | 3201 |
as education, training, capacity, knowledge, manual dexterity, and | 3202 |
physical or psychological fitness. An examination shall consist of | 3203 |
one or more tests in any combination. Tests may be written, oral, | 3204 |
physical, demonstration of skill, or an evaluation of training and | 3205 |
experiences and shall be designed to fairly test the relative | 3206 |
capacity of the persons examined to discharge the particular | 3207 |
duties of the position for which appointment is sought. Tests may | 3208 |
include structured interviews, assessment centers, work | 3209 |
simulations, examinations of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and | 3210 |
any other acceptable testing methods. If minimum or maximum | 3211 |
requirements are established for any examination, they shall be | 3212 |
specified in the examination announcement. | 3213 |
(D) The director of administrative services shall have | 3214 |
control of all examinations, except as otherwise provided in | 3215 |
sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code. No questions in any | 3216 |
examination shall relate to political or religious opinions or | 3217 |
affiliations. No credit for seniority, efficiency, or any other | 3218 |
reason shall be added to an applicant's examination grade unless | 3219 |
the applicant achieves at least the minimum passing grade on the | 3220 |
examination without counting that extra credit. | 3221 |
(E) Except as otherwise provided in sections 124.01 to 124.64 | 3222 |
of the Revised Code, the director of administrative services shall | 3223 |
give reasonable notice of the time, place, and general scope of | 3224 |
every competitive examination for appointment to a position in the | 3225 |
civil service. The director shall send written, printed, or | 3226 |
electronic notices of every examination to be conducted in the | 3227 |
state classified service to each agency of the type the director | 3228 |
of job and family services specifies and, in the case of a county | 3229 |
in which no such agency is located, to the clerk of the court of | 3230 |
common pleas of that county and to the clerk of each city located | 3231 |
within that county. Those notices shall be posted in conspicuous | 3232 |
public places in the designated agencies or the courthouse, and | 3233 |
city hall of the cities, of the counties in which no designated | 3234 |
agency is located for at least two weeks preceding any examination | 3235 |
involved, and in a conspicuous place in the office of the director | 3236 |
of administrative services for at least two weeks preceding any | 3237 |
examination involved. In case of examinations limited by the | 3238 |
director to a district, county, city, or department, the director | 3239 |
shall provide by rule for adequate publicity of an examination in | 3240 |
the district, county, city, or department within which competition | 3241 |
is permitted. | 3242 |
Sec. 124.241. As used in this section, "professional | 3243 |
employee" has the same meaning as in section 5126.20 of the | 3244 |
Revised Code and "registered service employee" means a service | 3245 |
employee, as defined in section 5126.20 of the Revised Code, who | 3246 |
is registered under section 5126.25 of the Revised Code. | 3247 |
County boards of | 3248 |
disabilities may hire professional employees and registered | 3249 |
service employees in the classified service on the basis of the | 3250 |
candidates' qualifications rather than on the basis of the results | 3251 |
of an examination administered by the director of administrative | 3252 |
services pursuant to section 124.23 of the Revised Code. | 3253 |
Sec. 124.27. (A) The head of a department, office, or | 3254 |
institution, in which a position in the classified service is to | 3255 |
be filled, shall notify the director of administrative services of | 3256 |
the fact, and the director shall, except as otherwise provided in | 3257 |
this section and sections 124.30 and 124.31 of the Revised Code, | 3258 |
certify to the appointing authority the names and addresses of the | 3259 |
ten candidates standing highest on the eligible list for the class | 3260 |
or grade to which the position belongs, except that the director | 3261 |
may certify less than ten names if ten names are not available. | 3262 |
When less than ten names are certified to an appointing authority, | 3263 |
appointment from that list shall not be mandatory. When a position | 3264 |
in the classified service in the department of mental health or | 3265 |
the department of | 3266 |
disabilities is to be filled, the director of administrative | 3267 |
services shall make such certification to the appointing authority | 3268 |
within seven working days of the date the eligible list is | 3269 |
requested. | 3270 |
(B) The appointing authority shall notify the director of a | 3271 |
position in the classified service to be filled, and the | 3272 |
appointing authority shall fill the vacant position by appointment | 3273 |
of one of the ten persons certified by the director. If more than | 3274 |
one position is to be filled, the director may certify a group of | 3275 |
names from the eligible list, and the appointing authority shall | 3276 |
appoint in the following manner: beginning at the top of the list, | 3277 |
each time a selection is made, it must be from one of the first | 3278 |
ten candidates remaining on the list who is willing to accept | 3279 |
consideration for the position. If an eligible list becomes | 3280 |
exhausted, and until a new list can be created, or when no | 3281 |
eligible list for a position exists, names may be certified from | 3282 |
eligible lists most appropriate for the group or class in which | 3283 |
the position to be filled is classified. A person who is certified | 3284 |
from an eligible list more than three times to the same appointing | 3285 |
authority for the same or similar positions may be omitted from | 3286 |
future certification to that appointing authority, provided that | 3287 |
certification for a temporary appointment shall not be counted as | 3288 |
one of those certifications. Every person who qualifies for | 3289 |
veteran's preference under section 124.23 of the Revised Code, who | 3290 |
is a resident of this state, and whose name is on the eligible | 3291 |
list for a position shall be entitled to preference in original | 3292 |
appointments to any such competitive position in the civil service | 3293 |
of the state and its civil divisions over all other persons | 3294 |
eligible for those appointments and standing on the relevant | 3295 |
eligible list with a rating equal to that of the person qualifying | 3296 |
for veteran's preference. Appointments to all positions in the | 3297 |
classified service, that are not filled by promotion, transfer, or | 3298 |
reduction, as provided in sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised | 3299 |
Code and the rules of the director prescribed under those | 3300 |
sections, shall be made only from those persons whose names are | 3301 |
certified to the appointing authority, and no employment, except | 3302 |
as provided in those sections, shall be otherwise given in the | 3303 |
classified service of this state or any political subdivision of | 3304 |
the state. | 3305 |
(C) All original and promotional appointments, including | 3306 |
appointments made pursuant to section 124.30 of the Revised Code, | 3307 |
shall be for a probationary period, not less than sixty days nor | 3308 |
more than one year, to be fixed by the rules of the director, | 3309 |
except as provided in section 124.231 of the Revised Code, and | 3310 |
except for original appointments to a police department as a | 3311 |
police officer or to a fire department as a firefighter which | 3312 |
shall be for a probationary period of one year. No appointment or | 3313 |
promotion is final until the appointee has satisfactorily served | 3314 |
the probationary period. If the service of the probationary | 3315 |
employee is unsatisfactory, the employee may be removed or reduced | 3316 |
at any time during the probationary period. If the appointing | 3317 |
authority decides to remove a probationary employee in the service | 3318 |
of the state, the appointing authority shall communicate to the | 3319 |
director the reason for that decision. A probationary employee | 3320 |
duly removed or reduced in position for unsatisfactory service | 3321 |
does not have the right to appeal the removal or reduction under | 3322 |
section 124.34 of the Revised Code. | 3323 |
Sec. 124.38. Each of the following shall be entitled for | 3324 |
each completed eighty hours of service to sick leave of four and | 3325 |
six-tenths hours with pay: | 3326 |
(A) Employees in the various offices of the county, | 3327 |
municipal, and civil service township service, other than | 3328 |
superintendents and management employees, as defined in section | 3329 |
5126.20 of the Revised Code, of county boards of | 3330 |
3331 |
(B) Employees of any state college or university; | 3332 |
(C) Employees of any board of education for whom sick leave | 3333 |
is not provided by section 3319.141 of the Revised Code. | 3334 |
Employees may use sick leave, upon approval of the | 3335 |
responsible administrative officer of the employing unit, for | 3336 |
absence due to personal illness, pregnancy, injury, exposure to | 3337 |
contagious disease that could be communicated to other employees, | 3338 |
and illness, injury, or death in the employee's immediate family. | 3339 |
Unused sick leave shall be cumulative without limit. When sick | 3340 |
leave is used, it shall be deducted from the employee's credit on | 3341 |
the basis of one hour for every one hour of absence from | 3342 |
previously scheduled work. | 3343 |
The previously accumulated sick leave of an employee who has | 3344 |
been separated from the public service shall be placed to the | 3345 |
employee's credit upon the employee's re-employment in the public | 3346 |
service, provided that the re-employment takes place within ten | 3347 |
years of the date on which the employee was last terminated from | 3348 |
public service. This ten-year period shall be tolled for any | 3349 |
period during which the employee holds elective public office, | 3350 |
whether by election or by appointment. | 3351 |
An employee who transfers from one public agency to another | 3352 |
shall be credited with the unused balance of the employee's | 3353 |
accumulated sick leave up to the maximum of the sick leave | 3354 |
accumulation permitted in the public agency to which the employee | 3355 |
transfers. | 3356 |
The appointing authorities of the various offices of the | 3357 |
county service may permit all or any part of a person's accrued | 3358 |
but unused sick leave acquired during service with any regional | 3359 |
council of government established in accordance with Chapter 167. | 3360 |
of the Revised Code to be credited to the employee upon a transfer | 3361 |
as if the employee were transferring from one public agency to | 3362 |
another under this section. | 3363 |
The appointing authority of each employing unit shall require | 3364 |
an employee to furnish a satisfactory written, signed statement to | 3365 |
justify the use of sick leave. If medical attention is required, a | 3366 |
certificate stating the nature of the illness from a licensed | 3367 |
physician shall be required to justify the use of sick leave. | 3368 |
Falsification of either a written, signed statement or a | 3369 |
physician's certificate shall be grounds for disciplinary action, | 3370 |
including dismissal. | 3371 |
This section does not interfere with existing unused sick | 3372 |
leave credit in any agency of government where attendance records | 3373 |
are maintained and credit has been given employees for unused sick | 3374 |
leave. | 3375 |
Notwithstanding this section or any other section of the | 3376 |
Revised Code, any appointing authority of a county office, | 3377 |
department, commission, board, or body may, upon notification to | 3378 |
the board of county commissioners, establish alternative schedules | 3379 |
of sick leave for employees of the appointing authority for whom | 3380 |
the state employment relations board has not established an | 3381 |
appropriate bargaining unit pursuant to section 4117.06 of the | 3382 |
Revised Code, as long as the alternative schedules are not | 3383 |
inconsistent with the provisions of at least one collective | 3384 |
bargaining agreement covering other employees of that appointing | 3385 |
authority, if such a collective bargaining agreement exists. If no | 3386 |
such collective bargaining agreement exists, an appointing | 3387 |
authority may, upon notification to the board of county | 3388 |
commissioners, establish an alternative schedule of sick leave for | 3389 |
its employees that does not diminish the sick leave benefits | 3390 |
granted by this section. | 3391 |
Sec. 124.381. Each employee of the department of | 3392 |
rehabilitation and correction, the department of mental health, | 3393 |
the department of | 3394 |
disabilities, the Ohio veteran's home agency, or the Ohio schools | 3395 |
for the deaf and blind, and each employee of the department of | 3396 |
youth services as established in division (A) of section 124.14 of | 3397 |
the Revised Code who suffers bodily injury inflicted by an inmate, | 3398 |
patient, client, youth, or student in the facilities of these | 3399 |
agencies during the time the employee is lawfully carrying out the | 3400 |
assigned duties of the employee's position shall be paid the | 3401 |
employee's total rate of pay during the period the employee is | 3402 |
disabled as a result of that injury, but in no case to exceed one | 3403 |
hundred twenty work days, in lieu of workers' compensation. Pay | 3404 |
made according to this section shall not be charged to the | 3405 |
employee's accumulation of sick leave credit. | 3406 |
The director of administrative services shall adopt rules for | 3407 |
the administration of the occupational injury leave program. The | 3408 |
rules shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for | 3409 |
determining a disability, for filing a claim for leave under this | 3410 |
section, and for allowing or denying claims for the leave. | 3411 |
During the time an employee is receiving injury compensation | 3412 |
as provided in this section, the employee shall be exempt from the | 3413 |
accumulation of vacation leave credit under section 124.134 of the | 3414 |
Revised Code but shall continue to receive sick leave credit and | 3415 |
personal leave credit under sections 124.382 and 124.386 of the | 3416 |
Revised Code. | 3417 |
In any case when an employee's disability, as covered by this | 3418 |
section, extends beyond one hundred twenty work days, the employee | 3419 |
shall immediately become subject to sections 124.382 and 124.385 | 3420 |
of the Revised Code regarding sick leave and disability leave | 3421 |
benefits. | 3422 |
An appointing authority may apply to the director of | 3423 |
administrative services to grant injury leave in accordance with | 3424 |
this section to law enforcement personnel employed by the agency. | 3425 |
Sec. 125.602. (A) The department of | 3426 |
developmental disabilities, the department of mental health, the | 3427 |
department of job and family services, the rehabilitation services | 3428 |
commission, and any other state or governmental agency or | 3429 |
community rehabilitation program responsible for the provision of | 3430 |
rehabilitation and vocational educational services to persons with | 3431 |
work-limiting disabilities may, through written agreement, | 3432 |
cooperate in providing resources to the department of | 3433 |
administrative services for the operation of the office of | 3434 |
procurement from community rehabilitation programs. These | 3435 |
resources may include, but are not limited to, leadership and | 3436 |
assistance in dealing with the societal aspects of meeting the | 3437 |
needs of persons with work-limiting disabilities. | 3438 |
(B) The office and all governmental entities that administer | 3439 |
socioeconomic programs may enter into contractual agreements, | 3440 |
cooperative working relationships, or other arrangements that are | 3441 |
necessary for effective coordination and realization of the | 3442 |
objectives of these entities. | 3443 |
Sec. 125.603. (A) The office of procurement from community | 3444 |
rehabilitation programs shall do the following in addition to | 3445 |
other duties specified in sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the | 3446 |
Revised Code: | 3447 |
(1) Establish, maintain, and periodically update a | 3448 |
procurement list of approved supplies and services available from | 3449 |
qualified nonprofit agencies; | 3450 |
(2) Monitor the procurement practices of government ordering | 3451 |
offices to ensure compliance with sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of | 3452 |
the Revised Code; | 3453 |
(3) In cooperation with qualified nonprofit agencies, | 3454 |
government ordering offices, the department of | 3455 |
3456 | |
the department of job and family services, and the rehabilitation | 3457 |
services commission, develop and recommend to the director of | 3458 |
administrative services rules the director shall adopt in | 3459 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the effective | 3460 |
and efficient administration of sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the | 3461 |
Revised Code; | 3462 |
(4) Prepare a report of its activities by the last day of | 3463 |
December of each year. The report shall be posted electronically | 3464 |
on the office's web site. | 3465 |
(B) The office of procurement from community rehabilitation | 3466 |
programs may enter into contractual agreements and establish pilot | 3467 |
programs to further the objectives of sections 125.60 to 125.6012 | 3468 |
of the Revised Code. | 3469 |
Sec. 126.32. (A) Any officer of any state agency may | 3470 |
authorize reimbursement for travel, including the costs of | 3471 |
transportation, for lodging, and for meals to any person who is | 3472 |
interviewing for a position that is classified in pay range 13 or | 3473 |
above in schedule E-1 or schedule E-1 for step seven only, or is | 3474 |
classified in schedule E-2, of section 124.152 of the Revised | 3475 |
Code. | 3476 |
(B) If a person is appointed to a position listed in section | 3477 |
121.03 of the Revised Code, to the position of chairperson of the | 3478 |
industrial commission, adjutant general, chancellor of the Ohio | 3479 |
board of regents, superintendent of public instruction, | 3480 |
chairperson of the public utilities commission of Ohio, or | 3481 |
director of the state lottery commission, to a position holding a | 3482 |
fiduciary relationship to the governor, to a position of an | 3483 |
appointing authority of the
department of mental health, | 3484 |
3485 | |
correction, to a position of superintendent in the department of | 3486 |
youth services, or to a position under section 122.05 of the | 3487 |
Revised Code, and if that appointment requires a permanent change | 3488 |
of residence, the appropriate state agency may reimburse the | 3489 |
person for the person's actual and necessary expenses, including | 3490 |
the cost of in-transit storage of household goods and personal | 3491 |
effects, of moving the person and members of the person's | 3492 |
immediate family residing in the person's household, and of moving | 3493 |
their household goods and personal effects, to the person's new | 3494 |
location. | 3495 |
Until that person moves the person's permanent residence to | 3496 |
the new location, but not for a period that exceeds thirty | 3497 |
consecutive days, the state agency may reimburse the person for | 3498 |
the person's temporary living expenses at the new location that | 3499 |
the person has incurred on behalf of the person and members of the | 3500 |
person's immediate family residing in the person's household. In | 3501 |
addition, the state agency may reimburse that person for the | 3502 |
person's travel expenses between the new location and the person's | 3503 |
former residence during this period for a maximum number of trips | 3504 |
specified by rule of the director of budget and management, but | 3505 |
the state agency shall not reimburse the person for travel | 3506 |
expenses incurred for those trips by members of the person's | 3507 |
immediate family. With the prior written approval of the director, | 3508 |
the maximum thirty-day period for temporary living expenses may be | 3509 |
extended for a person appointed to a position under section 122.05 | 3510 |
of the Revised Code. | 3511 |
The director of development may reimburse a person appointed | 3512 |
to a position under section 122.05 of the Revised Code for the | 3513 |
person's actual and necessary expenses of moving the person and | 3514 |
members of the person's immediate family residing in the person's | 3515 |
household back to the United States and may reimburse a person | 3516 |
appointed to such a position for the cost of storage of household | 3517 |
goods and personal effects of the person and the person's | 3518 |
immediate family while the person is serving outside the United | 3519 |
States, if the person's office outside the United States is the | 3520 |
person's primary job location. | 3521 |
(C) All reimbursement under division (A) or (B) of this | 3522 |
section shall be made in the manner, and at rates that do not | 3523 |
exceed those, provided by rule of the director of budget and | 3524 |
management in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. | 3525 |
Reimbursements may be made under division (B) of this section | 3526 |
directly to the persons who incurred the expenses or directly to | 3527 |
the providers of goods or services the persons receive, as | 3528 |
determined by the director of budget and management. | 3529 |
Sec. 127.16. (A) Upon the request of either a state agency | 3530 |
or the director of budget and management and after the controlling | 3531 |
board determines that an emergency or a sufficient economic reason | 3532 |
exists, the controlling board may approve the making of a purchase | 3533 |
without competitive selection as provided in division (B) of this | 3534 |
section. | 3535 |
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no state | 3536 |
agency, using money that has been appropriated to it directly, | 3537 |
shall: | 3538 |
(1) Make any purchase from a particular supplier, that would | 3539 |
amount to fifty thousand dollars or more when combined with both | 3540 |
the amount of all disbursements to the supplier during the fiscal | 3541 |
year for purchases made by the agency and the amount of all | 3542 |
outstanding encumbrances for purchases made by the agency from the | 3543 |
supplier, unless the purchase is made by competitive selection or | 3544 |
with the approval of the controlling board; | 3545 |
(2) Lease real estate from a particular supplier, if the | 3546 |
lease would amount to seventy-five thousand dollars or more when | 3547 |
combined with both the amount of all disbursements to the supplier | 3548 |
during the fiscal year for real estate leases made by the agency | 3549 |
and the amount of all outstanding encumbrances for real estate | 3550 |
leases made by the agency from the supplier, unless the lease is | 3551 |
made by competitive selection or with the approval of the | 3552 |
controlling board. | 3553 |
(C) Any person who authorizes a purchase in violation of | 3554 |
division (B) of this section shall be liable to the state for any | 3555 |
state funds spent on the purchase, and the attorney general shall | 3556 |
collect the amount from the person. | 3557 |
(D) Nothing in division (B) of this section shall be | 3558 |
construed as: | 3559 |
(1) A limitation upon the authority of the director of | 3560 |
transportation as granted in sections 5501.17, 5517.02, and | 3561 |
5525.14 of the Revised Code; | 3562 |
(2) Applying to medicaid provider agreements under Chapter | 3563 |
5111. of the Revised Code or payments or provider agreements under | 3564 |
the disability medical assistance program established under | 3565 |
Chapter 5115. of the Revised Code; | 3566 |
(3) Applying to the purchase of examinations from a sole | 3567 |
supplier by a state licensing board under Title XLVII of the | 3568 |
Revised Code; | 3569 |
(4) Applying to entertainment contracts for the Ohio state | 3570 |
fair entered into by the Ohio expositions commission, provided | 3571 |
that the controlling board has given its approval to the | 3572 |
commission to enter into such contracts and has approved a total | 3573 |
budget amount for such contracts as agreed upon by commission | 3574 |
action, and that the commission causes to be kept itemized records | 3575 |
of the amounts of money spent under each contract and annually | 3576 |
files those records with the clerk of the house of representatives | 3577 |
and the clerk of the senate following the close of the fair; | 3578 |
(5) Limiting the authority of the chief of the division of | 3579 |
mineral resources management to contract for reclamation work with | 3580 |
an operator mining adjacent land as provided in section 1513.27 of | 3581 |
the Revised Code; | 3582 |
(6) Applying to investment transactions and procedures of any | 3583 |
state agency, except that the agency shall file with the board the | 3584 |
name of any person with whom the agency contracts to make, broker, | 3585 |
service, or otherwise manage its investments, as well as the | 3586 |
commission, rate, or schedule of charges of such person with | 3587 |
respect to any investment transactions to be undertaken on behalf | 3588 |
of the agency. The filing shall be in a form and at such times as | 3589 |
the board considers appropriate. | 3590 |
(7) Applying to purchases made with money for the per cent | 3591 |
for arts program established by section 3379.10 of the Revised | 3592 |
Code; | 3593 |
(8) Applying to purchases made by the rehabilitation services | 3594 |
commission of services, or supplies, that are provided to persons | 3595 |
with disabilities, or to purchases made by the commission in | 3596 |
connection with the eligibility determinations it makes for | 3597 |
applicants of programs administered by the social security | 3598 |
administration; | 3599 |
(9) Applying to payments by the department of job and family | 3600 |
services under section 5111.13 of the Revised Code for group | 3601 |
health plan premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, and other | 3602 |
cost-sharing expenses; | 3603 |
(10) Applying to any agency of the legislative branch of the | 3604 |
state government; | 3605 |
(11) Applying to agreements or contracts entered into under | 3606 |
section 5101.11, 5101.20, 5101.201, 5101.21, or 5101.214 of the | 3607 |
Revised Code; | 3608 |
(12) Applying to purchases of services by the adult parole | 3609 |
authority under section 2967.14 of the Revised Code or by the | 3610 |
department of youth services under section 5139.08 of the Revised | 3611 |
Code; | 3612 |
(13) Applying to dues or fees paid for membership in an | 3613 |
organization or association; | 3614 |
(14) Applying to purchases of utility services pursuant to | 3615 |
section 9.30 of the Revised Code; | 3616 |
(15) Applying to purchases made in accordance with rules | 3617 |
adopted by the department of administrative services of motor | 3618 |
vehicle, aviation, or watercraft fuel, or emergency repairs of | 3619 |
such vehicles; | 3620 |
(16) Applying to purchases of tickets for passenger air | 3621 |
transportation; | 3622 |
(17) Applying to purchases necessary to provide public | 3623 |
notifications required by law or to provide notifications of job | 3624 |
openings; | 3625 |
(18) Applying to the judicial branch of state government; | 3626 |
(19) Applying to purchases of liquor for resale by the | 3627 |
division of liquor control; | 3628 |
(20) Applying to purchases of motor courier and freight | 3629 |
services made in accordance with department of administrative | 3630 |
services rules; | 3631 |
(21) Applying to purchases from the United States postal | 3632 |
service and purchases of stamps and postal meter replenishment | 3633 |
from vendors at rates established by the United States postal | 3634 |
service; | 3635 |
(22) Applying to purchases of books, periodicals, pamphlets, | 3636 |
newspapers, maintenance subscriptions, and other published | 3637 |
materials; | 3638 |
(23) Applying to purchases from other state agencies, | 3639 |
including state-assisted institutions of higher education; | 3640 |
(24) Limiting the authority of the director of environmental | 3641 |
protection to enter into contracts under division (D) of section | 3642 |
3745.14 of the Revised Code to conduct compliance reviews, as | 3643 |
defined in division (A) of that section; | 3644 |
(25) Applying to purchases from a qualified nonprofit agency | 3645 |
pursuant to sections 125.60 to 125.6012 or 4115.31 to 4115.35 of | 3646 |
the Revised Code; | 3647 |
(26) Applying to payments by the department of job and family | 3648 |
services to the United States department of health and human | 3649 |
services for printing and mailing notices pertaining to the tax | 3650 |
refund offset program of the internal revenue service of the | 3651 |
United States department of the treasury; | 3652 |
(27) Applying to contracts entered into by the department of | 3653 |
3654 | |
5123.18 of the Revised Code; | 3655 |
(28) Applying to payments made by the department of mental | 3656 |
health under a physician recruitment program authorized by section | 3657 |
5119.101 of the Revised Code; | 3658 |
(29) Applying to contracts entered into with persons by the | 3659 |
director of commerce for unclaimed funds collection and remittance | 3660 |
efforts as provided in division (F) of section 169.03 of the | 3661 |
Revised Code. The director shall keep an itemized accounting of | 3662 |
unclaimed funds collected by those persons and amounts paid to | 3663 |
them for their services. | 3664 |
(30) Applying to purchases made by a state institution of | 3665 |
higher education in accordance with the terms of a contract | 3666 |
between the vendor and an inter-university purchasing group | 3667 |
comprised of purchasing officers of state institutions of higher | 3668 |
education; | 3669 |
(31) Applying to the department of job and family services' | 3670 |
purchases of health assistance services under the children's | 3671 |
health insurance program part I provided for under section 5101.50 | 3672 |
of the Revised Code, the children's health insurance program part | 3673 |
II provided for under section 5101.51 of the Revised Code, or the | 3674 |
children's health insurance program part III provided for under | 3675 |
section 5101.52 of the Revised Code, or the children's buy-in | 3676 |
program provided for under sections 5101.5211 to 5101.5216 of the | 3677 |
Revised Code; | 3678 |
(32) Applying to payments by the attorney general from the | 3679 |
reparations fund to hospitals and other emergency medical | 3680 |
facilities for performing medical examinations to collect physical | 3681 |
evidence pursuant to section 2907.28 of the Revised Code; | 3682 |
(33) Applying to contracts with a contracting authority or | 3683 |
administrative receiver under division (B) of section 5126.056 of | 3684 |
the Revised Code; | 3685 |
(34) Applying to reimbursements paid to the United States | 3686 |
department of veterans affairs for pharmaceutical and patient | 3687 |
supply purchases made on behalf of the Ohio veterans' home agency; | 3688 |
(35) Applying to agreements entered into with terminal | 3689 |
distributors of dangerous drugs under section 173.79 of the | 3690 |
Revised Code; | 3691 |
(36) Applying to payments by the superintendent of the bureau | 3692 |
of criminal identification and investigation to the federal bureau | 3693 |
of investigation for criminal records checks pursuant to section | 3694 |
109.572 of the Revised Code. | 3695 |
(E) When determining whether a state agency has reached the | 3696 |
cumulative purchase thresholds established in divisions (B)(1) and | 3697 |
(2) of this section, all of the following purchases by such agency | 3698 |
shall not be considered: | 3699 |
(1) Purchases made through competitive selection or with | 3700 |
controlling board approval; | 3701 |
(2) Purchases listed in division (D) of this section; | 3702 |
(3) For the purposes of the threshold of division (B)(1) of | 3703 |
this section only, leases of real estate. | 3704 |
(F) As used in this section, "competitive selection," | 3705 |
"purchase," "supplies," and "services" have the same meanings as | 3706 |
in section 125.01 of the Revised Code. | 3707 |
Sec. 135.801. (A) As used in sections 135.801 to 135.803 of | 3708 |
the Revised Code, "eligible lending institution," "eligible | 3709 |
organization," "investing authority," "residential facility," and | 3710 |
"residential facility linked deposit program" have the same | 3711 |
meanings as in section 5126.51 of the Revised Code. | 3712 |
(B) The board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution | 3713 |
implementing a residential facility linked deposit program under | 3714 |
sections 5126.51 to 5126.62 of the Revised Code if it finds each | 3715 |
of the following: | 3716 |
(1) The county board of | 3717 |
disabilities has adopted a resolution under section 5126.49 of the | 3718 |
Revised Code. | 3719 |
(2) There is a shortage of residential facilities in the | 3720 |
county for individuals with mental retardation or developmental | 3721 |
disabilities. | 3722 |
(3) Eligible organizations, otherwise willing and able to | 3723 |
develop residential facilities in the county, have been unable to | 3724 |
do so because of high interest rates. | 3725 |
(4) Placement of residential facility linked deposits will | 3726 |
assist in financing the development of residential facilities in | 3727 |
the county that otherwise would not be developed because of high | 3728 |
interest rates. | 3729 |
(5) Public moneys of the county are available for purposes of | 3730 |
the residential facility linked deposit program. | 3731 |
(6) At least one eligible lending institution has an office | 3732 |
located within the territorial limits of the county into which the | 3733 |
board may deposit the public moneys of the county. | 3734 |
Sec. 135.802. The board of county commissioners shall | 3735 |
include each of the following in a resolution implementing a | 3736 |
residential facility linked deposit program under sections 5126.51 | 3737 |
to 5126.62 of the Revised Code: | 3738 |
(A) Specific findings of fact justifying implementation of | 3739 |
the residential facility linked deposit program in the county; | 3740 |
(B) Guidelines to be followed by the county board of
| 3741 |
3742 | |
standards under section 5126.49 of the Revised Code for approving | 3743 |
applications for linked deposit loans; | 3744 |
(C) Instructions to the county's investing authority as | 3745 |
necessary for the placement and monitoring of, and for reporting | 3746 |
with regard to, residential facility linked deposits under | 3747 |
sections 5126.59 to 5126.61 of the Revised Code; | 3748 |
(D) Any information the board requires an applicant for a | 3749 |
residential facility linked deposit loan to provide to the county | 3750 |
board of | 3751 |
would not otherwise be provided to that board by the applicant | 3752 |
pursuant to sections 5126.51 to 5126.62 of the Revised Code. | 3753 |
The board shall transmit a certified copy of the resolution | 3754 |
to the county board of | 3755 |
disabilities and the county's investing authority, unless the | 3756 |
board is itself that authority. | 3757 |
Sec. 135.803. On receiving a resolution from the county | 3758 |
board of | 3759 |
approving under section 5126.55 of the Revised Code development of | 3760 |
a proposed residential facility, the board of county commissioners | 3761 |
shall determine whether public moneys of the county are available | 3762 |
for a residential facility linked deposit and shall certify to the | 3763 |
county
board of | 3764 |
either that public moneys are available or that public moneys are | 3765 |
not available. If public moneys are not available the | 3766 |
certification shall indicate the date, if any, on which the board | 3767 |
of county commissioners anticipates that public moneys will be | 3768 |
available. | 3769 |
Sec. 140.01. As used in this chapter: | 3770 |
(A) "Hospital agency" means any public hospital agency or any | 3771 |
nonprofit hospital agency. | 3772 |
(B) "Public hospital agency" means any county, board of | 3773 |
county hospital trustees established pursuant to section 339.02 of | 3774 |
the Revised Code, county hospital commission established pursuant | 3775 |
to section 339.14 of the Revised Code, municipal corporation, new | 3776 |
community authority organized under Chapter 349. of the Revised | 3777 |
Code, joint township hospital district, state or municipal | 3778 |
university or college operating or authorized to operate a | 3779 |
hospital facility, or the state. | 3780 |
(C) "Nonprofit hospital agency" means a corporation or | 3781 |
association not for profit, no part of the net earnings of which | 3782 |
inures or may lawfully inure to the benefit of any private | 3783 |
shareholder or individual, that has authority to own or operate a | 3784 |
hospital facility or provides or is to provide services to one or | 3785 |
more other hospital agencies. | 3786 |
(D) "Governing body" means, in the case of a county, the | 3787 |
board of county commissioners or other legislative body; in the | 3788 |
case of a board of county hospital trustees, the board; in the | 3789 |
case of a county hospital commission, the commission; in the case | 3790 |
of a municipal corporation, the council or other legislative | 3791 |
authority; in the case of a new community authority, its board of | 3792 |
trustees; in the case of a joint township hospital district, the | 3793 |
joint township district hospital board; in the case of a state or | 3794 |
municipal university or college, its board of trustees or board of | 3795 |
directors; in the case of a nonprofit hospital agency, the board | 3796 |
of trustees or other body having general management of the agency; | 3797 |
and, in the case of the state, the director of development or the | 3798 |
Ohio higher educational facility commission. | 3799 |
(E) "Hospital facilities" means buildings, structures and | 3800 |
other improvements, additions thereto and extensions thereof, | 3801 |
furnishings, equipment, and real estate and interests in real | 3802 |
estate, used or to be used for or in connection with one or more | 3803 |
hospitals, emergency, intensive, intermediate, extended, | 3804 |
long-term, or self-care facilities, diagnostic and treatment and | 3805 |
out-patient facilities, facilities related to programs for home | 3806 |
health services, clinics, laboratories, public health centers, | 3807 |
research facilities, and rehabilitation facilities, for or | 3808 |
pertaining to diagnosis, treatment, care, or rehabilitation of | 3809 |
sick, ill, injured, infirm, impaired, disabled, or handicapped | 3810 |
persons, or the prevention, detection, and control of disease, and | 3811 |
also includes education, training, and food service facilities for | 3812 |
health professions personnel, housing facilities for such | 3813 |
personnel and their families, and parking and service facilities | 3814 |
in connection with any of the foregoing; and includes any one, | 3815 |
part of, or any combination of the foregoing; and further includes | 3816 |
site improvements, utilities, machinery, facilities, furnishings, | 3817 |
and any separate or connected buildings, structures, improvements, | 3818 |
sites, utilities, facilities, or equipment to be used in, or in | 3819 |
connection with the operation or maintenance of, or supplementing | 3820 |
or otherwise related to the services or facilities to be provided | 3821 |
by, any one or more of such hospital facilities. | 3822 |
(F) "Costs of hospital facilities" means the costs of | 3823 |
acquiring hospital facilities or interests in hospital facilities, | 3824 |
including membership interests in nonprofit hospital agencies, | 3825 |
costs of constructing hospital facilities, costs of improving one | 3826 |
or more hospital facilities, including reconstructing, | 3827 |
rehabilitating, remodeling, renovating, and enlarging, costs of | 3828 |
equipping and furnishing such facilities, and all financing costs | 3829 |
pertaining thereto, including, without limitation thereto, costs | 3830 |
of engineering, architectural, and other professional services, | 3831 |
designs, plans, specifications and surveys, and estimates of cost, | 3832 |
costs of tests and inspections, the costs of any indemnity or | 3833 |
surety bonds and premiums on insurance, all related direct or | 3834 |
allocable administrative expenses pertaining thereto, fees and | 3835 |
expenses of trustees, depositories, and paying agents for the | 3836 |
obligations, cost of issuance of the obligations and financing | 3837 |
charges and fees and expenses of financial advisors, attorneys, | 3838 |
accountants, consultants and rating services in connection | 3839 |
therewith, capitalized interest on the obligations, amounts | 3840 |
necessary to establish reserves as required by the bond | 3841 |
proceedings, the reimbursement of all moneys advanced or applied | 3842 |
by the hospital agency or others or borrowed from others for the | 3843 |
payment of any item or items of costs of such facilities, and all | 3844 |
other expenses necessary or incident to planning or determining | 3845 |
feasibility or practicability with respect to such facilities, and | 3846 |
such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the | 3847 |
acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, | 3848 |
remodeling, renovation, enlargement, improvement, equipment, and | 3849 |
furnishing of such facilities, the financing thereof, and the | 3850 |
placing of the same in use and operation, including any one, part | 3851 |
of, or combination of such classes of costs and expenses, and | 3852 |
means the costs of refinancing obligations issued by, or | 3853 |
reimbursement of money advanced by, nonprofit hospital agencies or | 3854 |
others the proceeds of which were used for the payment of costs of | 3855 |
hospital facilities, if the governing body of the public hospital | 3856 |
agency determines that the refinancing or reimbursement advances | 3857 |
the purposes of this chapter, whether or not the refinancing or | 3858 |
reimbursement is in conjunction with the acquisition or | 3859 |
construction of additional hospital facilities. | 3860 |
(G) "Hospital receipts" means all moneys received by or on | 3861 |
behalf of a hospital agency from or in connection with the | 3862 |
ownership, operation, acquisition, construction, improvement, | 3863 |
equipping, or financing of any hospital facilities, including, | 3864 |
without limitation thereto, any rentals and other moneys received | 3865 |
from the lease, sale, or other disposition of hospital facilities, | 3866 |
and any gifts, grants, interest subsidies, or other moneys | 3867 |
received under any federal program for assistance in financing the | 3868 |
costs of hospital facilities, and any other gifts, grants, and | 3869 |
donations, and receipts therefrom, available for financing the | 3870 |
costs of hospital facilities. | 3871 |
(H) "Obligations" means bonds, notes, or other evidences of | 3872 |
indebtedness or obligation, including interest coupons pertaining | 3873 |
thereto, issued or issuable by a public hospital agency to pay | 3874 |
costs of hospital facilities. | 3875 |
(I) "Bond service charges" means principal, interest, and | 3876 |
call premium, if any, required to be paid on obligations. | 3877 |
(J) "Bond proceedings" means one or more ordinances, | 3878 |
resolutions, trust agreements, indentures, and other agreements or | 3879 |
documents, and amendments and supplements to the foregoing, or any | 3880 |
combination thereof, authorizing or providing for the terms, | 3881 |
including any variable interest rates, and conditions applicable | 3882 |
to, or providing for the security of, obligations and the | 3883 |
provisions contained in such obligations. | 3884 |
(K) "Nursing home" has the same meaning as in division (A)(1) | 3885 |
of section 5701.13 of the Revised Code. | 3886 |
(L) "Residential care facility" has the same meaning as in | 3887 |
division (A)(2) of section 5701.13 of the Revised Code. | 3888 |
(M) "Adult care facility" has the same meaning as in division | 3889 |
(A)(3) of section 5701.13 of the Revised Code. | 3890 |
(N) "Independent living facility" means any self-care | 3891 |
facility or other housing facility designed or used as a residence | 3892 |
for elderly persons. An "independent living facility" does not | 3893 |
include a residential facility, or that part of a residential | 3894 |
facility, that is any of the following: | 3895 |
(1) A hospital required to be certified by section 3727.02 of | 3896 |
the Revised Code; | 3897 |
(2) A nursing home or residential care facility; | 3898 |
(3) An adult care facility; | 3899 |
(4) A hospice licensed under section 3712.04 of the Revised | 3900 |
Code; | 3901 |
(5) A residential facility for the mentally ill licensed by | 3902 |
the department of mental health under section 5119.22 of the | 3903 |
Revised Code; | 3904 |
(6) A facility licensed to provide methadone treatment under | 3905 |
section 3793.11 of the Revised Code; | 3906 |
(7) A facility certified as an alcohol and drug addiction | 3907 |
program under section 3793.06 of the Revised Code; | 3908 |
(8) A residential facility licensed under section 5123.19 of | 3909 |
the Revised Code or a facility providing services under a contract | 3910 |
with the department of | 3911 |
disabilities under section 5123.18 of the Revised Code; | 3912 |
(9) A residential facility used as part of a hospital to | 3913 |
provide housing for staff of the hospital or students pursuing a | 3914 |
course of study at the hospital. | 3915 |
Sec. 140.03. (A) Two or more hospital agencies may enter | 3916 |
into agreements for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, | 3917 |
rehabilitation, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, equipping, and | 3918 |
furnishing of hospital facilities, or the management, operation, | 3919 |
occupancy, use, maintenance, and repair of hospital facilities, or | 3920 |
for participation in programs, projects, activities, and services | 3921 |
useful to, connected with, supplementing, or otherwise related to | 3922 |
the services provided by, or the operation of, hospital facilities | 3923 |
operated by one or more participating hospital agencies, including | 3924 |
any combination of such purposes, all in such manner as to promote | 3925 |
the public purpose stated in section 140.02 of the Revised Code. A | 3926 |
city health district; general health district; board of alcohol, | 3927 |
drug
addiction, and mental health services; county board of | 3928 |
3929 | |
mental health; the department of | 3930 |
developmental disabilities; or any public body engaged in the | 3931 |
education or training of health professions personnel may join in | 3932 |
any such agreement for purposes related to its authority under | 3933 |
laws applicable to it, and as such a participant shall be | 3934 |
considered a public hospital agency or hospital agency for the | 3935 |
purposes of this section. | 3936 |
(B) An agreement entered into under authority of this section | 3937 |
shall, where appropriate, provide for: | 3938 |
(1) The manner in which the title to the hospital facilities, | 3939 |
including the sites and interest in real estate pertaining | 3940 |
thereto, is to be held, transferred, or disposed of; | 3941 |
(2) Unless provided for by lease pursuant to section 140.05 | 3942 |
of the Revised Code, the method by which such hospital facilities | 3943 |
are to be acquired, constructed, or otherwise improved and by | 3944 |
which they shall be managed, occupied, maintained, and repaired, | 3945 |
including the designation of one of the hospital agencies to have | 3946 |
charge of the details of acquisition, construction, or improvement | 3947 |
pursuant to the contracting procedures prescribed under the law | 3948 |
applicable to one of the participating public hospital agencies; | 3949 |
(3) The management or administration of any such programs, | 3950 |
projects, activities, or services, which may include management or | 3951 |
administration by one of said hospital agencies or a board or | 3952 |
agency thereof; | 3953 |
(4) Annual, or more frequent, reports to the participating | 3954 |
hospital agencies as to the revenues and receipts pertaining to | 3955 |
the subject of the agreement, the expenditures thereof, the status | 3956 |
and application of other funds contributed under such agreement, | 3957 |
and such other matters as may be specified by or pursuant to such | 3958 |
agreement; | 3959 |
(5) The manner of apportionment or sharing of costs of | 3960 |
hospital facilities, any other applicable costs of management, | 3961 |
operation, maintenance, and repair of hospital facilities, and | 3962 |
costs for the programs, projects, activities, and services forming | 3963 |
the subject of the agreement, which apportionment or sharing may | 3964 |
be prescribed in fixed amounts, or determined by ratios, formulas, | 3965 |
or otherwise, and paid as service charges, rentals, or in such | 3966 |
other manner as provided in the agreement, and may include amounts | 3967 |
sufficient to meet the bond service charges and other payments and | 3968 |
deposits required under the bond proceedings for obligations | 3969 |
issued to pay costs of hospital facilities. A hospital agency may | 3970 |
commit itself to make such payments at least for so long as any | 3971 |
such obligations are outstanding. In the apportionment, different | 3972 |
classes of costs or expenses may be apportioned to one or more, | 3973 |
all or less than all, of the participating hospital agencies as | 3974 |
determined under such agreement. | 3975 |
(C) An agreement entered into under authority of this section | 3976 |
may provide for: | 3977 |
(1) An orderly process for making determinations or advising | 3978 |
as to planning, execution, implementation, and operation, which | 3979 |
may include designating one of the hospital agencies, or a board | 3980 |
thereof, for any of such purposes, provisions for a committee, | 3981 |
board, or commission, and for representation thereon, or as may | 3982 |
otherwise be provided; | 3983 |
(2) Securing necessary personnel, including participation of | 3984 |
personnel from the respective hospital agencies; | 3985 |
(3) Standards or conditions for the admission or | 3986 |
participation of patients and physicians; | 3987 |
(4) Conditions for admittance of other hospital agencies to | 3988 |
participation under the agreement; | 3989 |
(5) Fixing or establishing the method of determining charges | 3990 |
to be made for particular services; | 3991 |
(6) The manner of amending, supplementing, terminating, or | 3992 |
withdrawal or removal of any party from, the agreement, and the | 3993 |
term of the agreement, or an indefinite term; | 3994 |
(7) Designation of the applicants for or recipients of any | 3995 |
federal, state, or other aid, assistance, or loans available by | 3996 |
reason of any activities conducted under the agreement; | 3997 |
(8) Designation of one or more of the participating hospital | 3998 |
agencies to maintain, prepare, and submit, on behalf of all | 3999 |
parties to the agreement, any or all records and reports with | 4000 |
regard to the activities conducted under the agreement; | 4001 |
(9) Any incidental use of the hospital facilities, or | 4002 |
services thereof, by participating public hospital agencies for | 4003 |
any of their lawful purposes, which incidental use does not impair | 4004 |
the character of the facilities as hospital facilities for any | 4005 |
purpose of this chapter; | 4006 |
(10) Such other matters as the parties thereto may agree upon | 4007 |
for the purposes of division (A) of this section. | 4008 |
(D) For the purpose of paying or contributing its share under | 4009 |
an agreement made under this section, a public hospital agency | 4010 |
may: | 4011 |
(1) Expend any moneys from its general fund, and from any | 4012 |
other funds not otherwise restricted by law, but including funds | 4013 |
for permanent improvements of hospital facilities of such public | 4014 |
hospital agency where the contribution is to be made toward the | 4015 |
costs of hospital facilities under the agreement, and including | 4016 |
funds derived from levies for, or receipts available for, | 4017 |
operating expenses of hospital facilities or services of such | 4018 |
public hospital agency where the contribution or payment is to be | 4019 |
made toward operating expenses of the hospital facilities or | 4020 |
services under the agreement or for the services provided thereby; | 4021 |
(2) Issue obligations under Chapter 133. or section 140.06, | 4022 |
339.14, 339.15, 513.12, or 3345.12 of the Revised Code, or Section | 4023 |
3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, if applicable to such | 4024 |
public hospital agency, to pay costs of hospital facilities, or | 4025 |
issue obligations under any other provision of law authorizing | 4026 |
such public hospital agency to issue obligations for any costs of | 4027 |
hospital facilities; | 4028 |
(3) Levy taxes under Chapter 5705. or section 513.13 or | 4029 |
3709.29 of the Revised Code, if applicable to such public hospital | 4030 |
agency, provided that the purpose of such levy may include the | 4031 |
provision of funds for either or both permanent improvements and | 4032 |
current expenses if required for the contribution or payment of | 4033 |
such hospital agency under such agreement, and each such public | 4034 |
hospital agency may issue notes in anticipation of any such levy, | 4035 |
pursuant to the procedures provided in section 5705.191 of the | 4036 |
Revised Code if the levy is solely for current expenses, and in | 4037 |
section 5705.193 of the Revised Code if the levy is all or in part | 4038 |
for permanent improvements; | 4039 |
(4) Contribute real and personal property or interest therein | 4040 |
without necessity for competitive bidding or public auction on | 4041 |
disposition of such property. | 4042 |
(E) Any funds provided by public hospital agencies that are | 4043 |
parties to an agreement entered into under this section shall be | 4044 |
transferred to and placed in a separate fund or funds of such | 4045 |
participating public hospital agency as is designated under the | 4046 |
agreement. The funds shall be applied for the purposes provided in | 4047 |
such agreement and are subject to audit. Pursuant to any | 4048 |
determinations to be made under such agreement, the funds shall be | 4049 |
deposited, invested, and disbursed under the provisions of law | 4050 |
applicable to the public hospital agency in whose custody the | 4051 |
funds are held. This division is subject to the provisions of any | 4052 |
applicable bond proceedings under section 133.08, 140.06, 339.15, | 4053 |
or 3345.12 of the Revised Code or Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio | 4054 |
Constitution. The records and reports of such public hospital | 4055 |
agency under Chapter 117. of the Revised Code and sections 3702.51 | 4056 |
to 3702.62 of the Revised Code, with respect to the funds shall be | 4057 |
sufficient without necessity for reports thereon by the other | 4058 |
public hospital agencies participating under such agreement. | 4059 |
(F)(1) Prior to its entry into any such agreement, the public | 4060 |
hospital agency must determine, and set forth in a resolution or | 4061 |
ordinance, that the contribution to be made by it under such | 4062 |
agreement will be fair consideration for value and benefit to be | 4063 |
derived by it under such agreement and that the agreement will | 4064 |
promote the public purpose stated in section 140.02 of the Revised | 4065 |
Code. | 4066 |
(2) If the agreement is with a board of county commissioners, | 4067 |
board of county hospital trustees, or county hospital commission | 4068 |
and is an initial agreement for the acquisition or operation of a | 4069 |
county hospital operated by a board of county hospital trustees | 4070 |
under section 339.06 of the Revised Code, the governing body of | 4071 |
the public hospital agency shall submit the agreement, accompanied | 4072 |
by the resolution or ordinance, to the board of county | 4073 |
commissioners for review pursuant to section 339.091 of the | 4074 |
Revised Code. The agreement may be entered into only if the board | 4075 |
of county commissioners adopts a resolution under that section. | 4076 |
The requirements of division (F)(2) of this section do not apply | 4077 |
to the agreement if one or more hospitals classified as general | 4078 |
hospitals by the public health council under section 3701.07 of | 4079 |
the Revised Code are operating in the same county as the county | 4080 |
hospital. | 4081 |
Sec. 140.05. (A)(1) A public hospital agency may lease any | 4082 |
hospital facility to one or more hospital agencies for use as a | 4083 |
hospital facility, or to one or more city or general health | 4084 |
districts; boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health | 4085 |
services; county boards of | 4086 |
disabilities; the department of mental health; or the department | 4087 |
of | 4088 |
which they are authorized to make thereof under the laws | 4089 |
applicable to them, or any combination of them, and they may lease | 4090 |
such facilities to or from a hospital agency for such uses, upon | 4091 |
such terms and conditions as are agreed upon by the parties. Such | 4092 |
lease may be for a term of fifty years or less and may provide for | 4093 |
an option of the lessee to renew for a term of fifty years or | 4094 |
less, as therein set forth. Prior to entering into such lease, the | 4095 |
governing body of any public hospital agency granting such lease | 4096 |
must determine, and set forth in a resolution or ordinance, that | 4097 |
such lease will promote the public purpose stated in section | 4098 |
140.02 of the Revised Code and that the lessor public hospital | 4099 |
agency will be duly benefited thereby. | 4100 |
(2) If the lease is with a board of county commissioners, | 4101 |
board of county hospital trustees, or county hospital commission | 4102 |
and is an agreement for the initial lease of a county hospital | 4103 |
operated by a board of county hospital trustees under section | 4104 |
339.06 of the Revised Code, the governing body of the public | 4105 |
hospital agency shall submit the agreement, accompanied by the | 4106 |
resolution or ordinance, to the board of county commissioners for | 4107 |
review pursuant to section 339.091 of the Revised Code. The | 4108 |
agreement may be entered into only if the board of county | 4109 |
commissioners adopts a resolution under that section. The | 4110 |
requirements of division (A)(2) of this section do not apply to | 4111 |
the lease if one or more hospitals classified as general hospitals | 4112 |
by the public health council under section 3701.07 of the Revised | 4113 |
Code are operating in the same county as the county hospital. | 4114 |
(B) Any lease entered into pursuant to this section shall | 4115 |
provide that in the event that the lessee fails faithfully and | 4116 |
efficiently to administer, maintain, and operate such leased | 4117 |
facilities as hospital facilities, or fails to provide the | 4118 |
services thereof without regard to race, creed, color, or national | 4119 |
origin, or fails to require that any hospital agency using such | 4120 |
facilities or the services thereof shall not discriminate by | 4121 |
reason of race, creed, color, or national origin, after an | 4122 |
opportunity to be heard upon written charges, said lease may be | 4123 |
terminated at the time, in the manner and with consequences | 4124 |
therein provided. If any such lease does not contain terms to the | 4125 |
effect provided in this division, it shall nevertheless be deemed | 4126 |
to contain such terms which shall be implemented as determined by | 4127 |
the governing body of the lessor. | 4128 |
(C) Such lease may provide for rentals commencing at any time | 4129 |
agreed upon, or advance rental, and continuing for such period | 4130 |
therein provided, notwithstanding and without diminution, rebate, | 4131 |
or setoff by reason of time of availability of the hospital | 4132 |
facility for use, delays in construction, failure of completion, | 4133 |
damage or destruction of the hospital facilities, or for any other | 4134 |
reason. | 4135 |
(D) Such lease may provide for the sale or transfer of title | 4136 |
of the leased facilities pursuant to an option to purchase, | 4137 |
lease-purchase, or installment purchase upon terms therein | 4138 |
provided or to be determined as therein provided, which may | 4139 |
include provision for the continued use thereof as a hospital | 4140 |
facility for some reasonable period, taking into account efficient | 4141 |
useful life and other factors, as is provided therein. | 4142 |
(E) Such lease may be entered as part of or in connection | 4143 |
with an agreement pursuant to section 140.03 of the Revised Code. | 4144 |
Any hospital facilities which are the subject of an agreement | 4145 |
entered into under section 140.03 of the Revised Code may be | 4146 |
leased pursuant to this section. | 4147 |
(F) If land acquired by a public hospital agency for a | 4148 |
hospital facility is adjacent to an existing hospital facility | 4149 |
owned by another hospital agency, the public hospital agency may, | 4150 |
in connection with such acquisition or the leasing of such land | 4151 |
and hospital facilities thereon to one or more hospital agencies, | 4152 |
enter into an agreement with the hospital agency which owns such | 4153 |
adjacent hospital facility for the use of common walls in the | 4154 |
construction, operation, or maintenance of hospital facilities of | 4155 |
the public hospital agency. For the purpose of construction, | 4156 |
operation, or maintenance of hospital facilities, a public | 4157 |
hospital agency may acquire by purchase, gift, lease, lease with | 4158 |
option to purchase, lease-purchase, or installment purchase, | 4159 |
easement deed, or other agreement, real estate and interests in | 4160 |
real estate, including rights to use space over, under or upon | 4161 |
real property owned by others, and support, access, common wall, | 4162 |
and other rights in connection therewith. Any public hospital | 4163 |
agency or other political subdivision or any public agency, board, | 4164 |
commission, institution, body, or instrumentality may grant such | 4165 |
real estate, interests, or rights to any hospital agency upon such | 4166 |
terms as are agreed upon without necessity for competitive bidding | 4167 |
or public auction. | 4168 |
Sec. 145.012. (A) "Public employee," as defined in division | 4169 |
(A) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code, does not include any | 4170 |
person: | 4171 |
(1) Who is employed by a private, temporary-help service and | 4172 |
performs services under the direction of a public employer or is | 4173 |
employed on a contractual basis as an independent contractor under | 4174 |
a personal service contract with a public employer; | 4175 |
(2) Who is an emergency employee serving on a temporary basis | 4176 |
in case of fire, snow, earthquake, flood, or other similar | 4177 |
emergency; | 4178 |
(3) Who is employed in a program established pursuant to the | 4179 |
"Job Training Partnership Act," 96 Stat. 1322 (1982), 29 U.S.C.A. | 4180 |
1501; | 4181 |
(4) Who is an appointed member of either the motor vehicle | 4182 |
salvage dealers board or the motor vehicle dealer's board whose | 4183 |
rate and method of payment are determined pursuant to division (J) | 4184 |
of section 124.15 of the Revised Code; | 4185 |
(5) Who is employed as an election worker and paid less than | 4186 |
five hundred dollars per calendar year for that service; | 4187 |
(6) Who is employed as a firefighter in a position requiring | 4188 |
satisfactory completion of a firefighter training course approved | 4189 |
under former section 3303.07 or section 4765.55 of the Revised | 4190 |
Code or conducted under section 3737.33 of the Revised Code except | 4191 |
for the following: | 4192 |
(a) Any firefighter who has elected under section 145.013 of | 4193 |
the Revised Code to remain a contributing member of the public | 4194 |
employees retirement system; | 4195 |
(b) Any firefighter who was eligible to transfer from the | 4196 |
public employees retirement system to the Ohio police and fire | 4197 |
pension fund under section 742.51 or 742.515 of the Revised Code | 4198 |
and did not elect to transfer; | 4199 |
(c) Any firefighter who has elected under section 742.516 of | 4200 |
the Revised Code to transfer from the Ohio police and fire pension | 4201 |
fund to the public employees retirement system. | 4202 |
(7) Who is a member of the board of health of a city or | 4203 |
general health district, which pursuant to sections 3709.051 and | 4204 |
3709.07 of the Revised Code includes a combined health district, | 4205 |
and whose compensation for attendance at meetings of the board is | 4206 |
set forth in division (B) of section 3709.02 or division (B) of | 4207 |
section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, as appropriate; | 4208 |
(8) Who participates in an alternative retirement plan | 4209 |
established under Chapter 3305. of the Revised Code; | 4210 |
(9) Who is a member of the board of directors of a sanitary | 4211 |
district established under Chapter 6115. of the Revised Code. | 4212 |
(B) No inmate of a correctional institution operated by the | 4213 |
department of rehabilitation and correction, no patient in a | 4214 |
hospital for the mentally ill or criminally insane operated by the | 4215 |
department of mental health, no resident in an institution for the | 4216 |
mentally retarded operated by the department
of | 4217 |
4218 | |
of a veterans' home operated under Chapter 5907. of the Revised | 4219 |
Code, and no resident of a county home shall be considered as a | 4220 |
public employee for the purpose of establishing membership or | 4221 |
calculating service credit or benefits under this chapter. | 4222 |
Nothing in this division shall be construed to affect any service | 4223 |
credit attained by any person who was a public employee before | 4224 |
becoming an inmate, patient, or resident at any institution listed | 4225 |
in this division, or the payment of any benefit for which such a | 4226 |
person or such a person's beneficiaries otherwise would be | 4227 |
eligible. | 4228 |
Sec. 145.297. (A) As used in this section, "employing unit" | 4229 |
means: | 4230 |
(1) A municipal corporation, agency of a municipal | 4231 |
corporation designated by the legislative authority, park | 4232 |
district, conservancy district, sanitary district, health | 4233 |
district, township, department of a township designated by the | 4234 |
board of township trustees, metropolitan housing authority, public | 4235 |
library, county law library, union cemetery, joint hospital, or | 4236 |
other political subdivision or unit of local government. | 4237 |
(2) With respect to state employees, any entity of the state | 4238 |
including any department, agency, institution of higher education, | 4239 |
board, bureau, commission, council, office, or administrative body | 4240 |
or any part of such entity that is designated by the entity as an | 4241 |
employing unit. | 4242 |
(3)(a) With respect to employees of a board of alcohol, drug | 4243 |
addiction, and mental health services, that board. | 4244 |
(b) With respect to employees of a county board of | 4245 |
4246 |
(c) With respect to other county employees, the county or any | 4247 |
county agency designated by the board of county commissioners. | 4248 |
(4) In the case of an employee whose employing unit is in | 4249 |
question, the employing unit is the unit through whose payroll the | 4250 |
employee is paid. | 4251 |
(B) An employing unit may establish a retirement incentive | 4252 |
plan for its eligible employees. In the case of a county or county | 4253 |
agency, decisions on whether to establish a retirement incentive | 4254 |
plan for any employees other than employees of a board of alcohol, | 4255 |
drug addiction, and mental health services or county board of | 4256 |
4257 | |
of the plan shall be made by the board of county commissioners. In | 4258 |
the case of a municipal corporation or an agency of a municipal | 4259 |
corporation, decisions on whether to establish a retirement | 4260 |
incentive plan and on the terms of the plan shall be made by the | 4261 |
legislative authority. | 4262 |
All terms of a retirement incentive plan shall be in writing. | 4263 |
A retirement incentive plan shall provide for purchase by the | 4264 |
employing unit of service credit for eligible employees who elect | 4265 |
to participate in the plan and for payment by the employing unit | 4266 |
of the entire cost of the service credit purchased. | 4267 |
Every retirement incentive plan shall remain in effect for at | 4268 |
least one year. The employing unit shall give employees at least | 4269 |
thirty days' notice before terminating the plan. | 4270 |
Every retirement incentive plan shall include provisions for | 4271 |
the timely and impartial resolution of grievances and disputes | 4272 |
arising under the plan. | 4273 |
No employing unit shall have more than one retirement | 4274 |
incentive plan in effect at any time. | 4275 |
(C) Any classified or unclassified employee of the employing | 4276 |
unit who is a member of the public employees retirement system | 4277 |
shall be eligible to participate in the retirement incentive plan | 4278 |
established by the employee's employing unit if the employee meets | 4279 |
the following criteria: | 4280 |
(1) The employee is not any of the following: | 4281 |
(a) An elected official; | 4282 |
(b) A member of a board or commission; | 4283 |
(c) A person elected to serve a term of fixed length; | 4284 |
(d) A person appointed to serve a term of fixed length, other | 4285 |
than a person appointed and employed by the person's employing | 4286 |
unit. | 4287 |
(2) The employee is or will be eligible to retire under | 4288 |
section 145.32, 145.34, 145.37, or division (A) of section 145.33 | 4289 |
of the Revised Code on or before the date of termination of the | 4290 |
retirement incentive plan. Service credit to be purchased for the | 4291 |
employee under the retirement incentive plan shall be included in | 4292 |
making such determination. | 4293 |
(3) The employee agrees to retire under section 145.32, | 4294 |
145.34, 145.37, or division (A) of section 145.33 of the Revised | 4295 |
Code within ninety days after receiving notice from the public | 4296 |
employees retirement system that service credit has been purchased | 4297 |
for the employee under this section. | 4298 |
Participation in the plan shall be available to all eligible | 4299 |
employees except that the employing unit may limit the number of | 4300 |
participants in the plan to a specified percentage of its | 4301 |
employees who are members of the public employees retirement | 4302 |
system on the date the plan goes into effect. The percentage | 4303 |
shall not be less than five per cent of such employees. If | 4304 |
participation is limited, employees with more total service credit | 4305 |
have the right to elect to participate before employees with less | 4306 |
total service credit. In the case of employees with the same total | 4307 |
service credit, employees with a greater length of service with | 4308 |
the employing unit have the right to elect to participate before | 4309 |
employees with less service with the employing unit. Employees | 4310 |
with less than eighteen months of service with the employing unit | 4311 |
have the right to elect to participate only after all other | 4312 |
eligible employees have been given the opportunity to elect to | 4313 |
participate. For the purpose of determining which employees may | 4314 |
participate in a plan, total service credit includes service | 4315 |
credit purchased by the employee under this chapter after the date | 4316 |
on which the plan is established. | 4317 |
A retirement incentive plan that limits participation may | 4318 |
provide that an employee who does not notify the employing unit of | 4319 |
the employee's decision to participate in the plan within a | 4320 |
specified period of time will lose priority to participate in the | 4321 |
plan ahead of other employees with less seniority. The time given | 4322 |
to an employee to elect to participate ahead of other employees | 4323 |
shall not be less than thirty days after the employee receives | 4324 |
written notice that the employee may participate in the plan. | 4325 |
(D) A retirement incentive plan shall provide for purchase of | 4326 |
the same amount of service credit for each participating employee, | 4327 |
except that the employer may not purchase more service credit for | 4328 |
any employee than the lesser of the following: | 4329 |
(1) Five years of service credit; | 4330 |
(2) An amount of service credit equal to one-fifth of the | 4331 |
total service credited to the participant under this chapter, | 4332 |
exclusive of service credit purchased under this section. | 4333 |
For each year of service credit purchased under this section, | 4334 |
the employing unit shall pay an amount equal to the additional | 4335 |
liability resulting from the purchase of that year of service | 4336 |
credit, as determined by an actuary employed by the public | 4337 |
employees retirement board. | 4338 |
(E) Upon the election by an eligible employee to participate | 4339 |
in the retirement incentive plan, the employee and the employing | 4340 |
unit shall agree upon a date for payment or contracting for | 4341 |
payment in installments to the public employees retirement system | 4342 |
of the cost of the service credit to be purchased. The employing | 4343 |
unit shall submit to the public employees retirement system a | 4344 |
written request for a determination of the cost of the service | 4345 |
credit, and within forty-five days after receiving the request, | 4346 |
the board shall give the employing unit written notice of the | 4347 |
cost. | 4348 |
The employing unit shall pay or contract to pay in | 4349 |
installments the cost of the service credit to be purchased to the | 4350 |
public employees retirement system on the date agreed to by the | 4351 |
employee and the employing unit. The payment shall be made in | 4352 |
accordance with rules adopted by the public employees retirement | 4353 |
board. The rules may provide for payment in installments and for | 4354 |
crediting the purchased credit to the employee's account upon the | 4355 |
employer's contracting to pay the cost in installments. The board | 4356 |
shall notify the member when the member is credited with service | 4357 |
purchased under this section. If the employee does not retire | 4358 |
within ninety days after receiving notice that the employee has | 4359 |
been credited with the purchased service credit, the system shall | 4360 |
refund to the employing unit the amount paid for the service | 4361 |
credit. | 4362 |
No payment made to the public employees retirement system | 4363 |
under this section shall affect any payment required by section | 4364 |
145.48 of the Revised Code. | 4365 |
(F) For the purpose of determining whether the cost of a | 4366 |
retirement incentive plan established by a county or county agency | 4367 |
under this section is an allowable cost for the purpose of federal | 4368 |
funding for any year, the cost shall be considered abnormal or | 4369 |
mass severance pay only if fifteen per cent or more of the county | 4370 |
or county agency's employees participate in the plan in that year. | 4371 |
Nothing in this division shall relieve a county or county | 4372 |
agency from seeking federal approval for any early retirement | 4373 |
incentive plan that uses federal dollars in accordance with | 4374 |
federal law. | 4375 |
Sec. 154.17. The departments of administrative services, | 4376 |
mental health, | 4377 |
rehabilitation and correction, and natural resources, the Ohio | 4378 |
board of regents, institutions of higher education, and other | 4379 |
state officers and state agencies shall cooperate with the | 4380 |
commission in providing services and information requested by the | 4381 |
commission for purposes of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, and | 4382 |
the commission may make mutually satisfactory arrangements | 4383 |
therefor and may thereunder designate any governmental agency for | 4384 |
the management or performance of particular functions of the | 4385 |
commission, other than the authorization and issuance of | 4386 |
obligations provided for in Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, | 4387 |
pursuant to which designation, upon acceptance thereof by that | 4388 |
governmental agency, that function may be carried out with the | 4389 |
full force and effect as if performed by the commission. Any such | 4390 |
designation shall be made only by formal action or written | 4391 |
agreement of the commission. In the management of capital | 4392 |
facilities or performance of other functions with respect thereto, | 4393 |
a governmental agency may exercise all powers which it has under | 4394 |
law with respect to other similar facilities under its | 4395 |
jurisdiction. | 4396 |
Contracts relating to capital facilities shall be made in | 4397 |
accordance with the law pertaining to the governmental agency | 4398 |
designated under authority of this section to perform such | 4399 |
contracting function, and in any other case shall be made in | 4400 |
accordance with Chapter 153. of the Revised Code, for which | 4401 |
purpose the commission shall be considered the owner, provided | 4402 |
that the commission may assign the function of owner to the | 4403 |
department of administrative services or other governmental agency | 4404 |
as it determines. The commission may acquire by assignment from | 4405 |
any governmental agency contracts which are not completed and | 4406 |
which involve acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, | 4407 |
rehabilitating, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, improving, | 4408 |
equipping, or furnishing capital facilities, provided that such | 4409 |
governmental agency has complied with the procedures prescribed by | 4410 |
laws for its letting of such contract. | 4411 |
No contract shall be let or assignment thereof accepted under | 4412 |
this section involving performance in accordance with plans and | 4413 |
specifications until such plans and specifications have been | 4414 |
submitted to and approved by the governmental agency to have | 4415 |
responsibility for the management of the capital facilities | 4416 |
provided for in such plans and specifications, which approval | 4417 |
shall be considered to be given if no approval or disapproval is | 4418 |
communicated in writing to the commission or its designee for such | 4419 |
purpose within sixty days following such submission of plans and | 4420 |
specifications. Approval by such governmental agency of changes in | 4421 |
plans and specifications is not required if the director of | 4422 |
administrative services or the designee of the commission for such | 4423 |
purpose shall certify that such changes do not substantially | 4424 |
change the location, character, or extent of such capital | 4425 |
facilities. | 4426 |
Sec. 154.20. (A) Subject to authorization by the general | 4427 |
assembly under section 154.02 of the Revised Code, the issuing | 4428 |
authority may issue obligations pursuant to this chapter to pay | 4429 |
costs of capital facilities for mental hygiene and retardation, | 4430 |
including housing for mental hygiene and retardation patients. | 4431 |
(B) Any capital facilities for mental hygiene or retardation, | 4432 |
including housing for mental hygiene and retardation patients, may | 4433 |
be leased by the commission to the department of mental health, | 4434 |
the department of | 4435 |
disabilities, or the department of alcohol and drug addiction | 4436 |
services, and other agreements may be made by the commission and | 4437 |
any one or more of these departments with respect to the use or | 4438 |
purchase of such capital facilities or, subject to the approval of | 4439 |
the director of the department, the commission may lease such | 4440 |
capital facilities to, and make or provide for other agreements | 4441 |
with respect to the use or purchase thereof with, any governmental | 4442 |
agency having authority under law to operate such capital | 4443 |
facilities, and the director of the department may sublease such | 4444 |
capital facilities to, and make other agreements with respect to | 4445 |
the use or purchase thereof with, any such governmental agency, | 4446 |
which may include provisions for transmittal to the mental health | 4447 |
bond service trust fund created under division (E) of this | 4448 |
section, by such governmental agency or by a nonprofit corporation | 4449 |
providing mental hygiene and retardation services for or under | 4450 |
contract with or the supervision of that governmental agency, of | 4451 |
receipts of that agency or nonprofit corporation from charges for | 4452 |
the treatment or care of mental hygiene and retardation patients, | 4453 |
all upon such terms and conditions as the parties may agree upon | 4454 |
and pursuant to this chapter, notwithstanding any other provision | 4455 |
of law affecting the leasing, acquisition, or disposition of | 4456 |
capital facilities by the parties. | 4457 |
(C) For purposes of this section, "available receipts" means | 4458 |
all receipts of the state from charges for the treatment or care | 4459 |
of mental hygiene and retardation patients, including support | 4460 |
payments received under Chapter 5121. of the Revised Code and | 4461 |
moneys required to be transmitted to the mental health bond | 4462 |
service trust fund pursuant to subleases and other agreements | 4463 |
between any of the departments and another governmental agency | 4464 |
pursuant to division (B) of this section as the subleases and | 4465 |
other agreements may be further implemented for internal planning, | 4466 |
budgeting, and accounting purposes pursuant to rules adopted by | 4467 |
the director of mental health, director of | 4468 |
developmental disabilities, or director of alcohol and drug | 4469 |
addiction services, any revenues or receipts derived by the | 4470 |
commission from the operation, leasing, or other disposition of | 4471 |
capital facilities financed under this section, the proceeds of | 4472 |
obligations issued under this section and sections 154.11 and | 4473 |
154.12 of the Revised Code, and also means any gifts, grants, | 4474 |
donations, and pledges, and receipts therefrom, available for the | 4475 |
payment of bond service charges on such obligations. The issuing | 4476 |
authority may pledge all, or such portion as that authority | 4477 |
determines, of the available receipts to the payment of bond | 4478 |
service charges on obligations issued under this section and under | 4479 |
sections 154.11 and 154.12 of the Revised Code and for the | 4480 |
establishment and maintenance of any reserves, as provided in the | 4481 |
bond proceedings, and make other provisions therein with respect | 4482 |
to such available receipts as authorized by this chapter, which | 4483 |
provisions shall be controlling notwithstanding any other | 4484 |
provision of law pertaining thereto. | 4485 |
(D) The issuing authority may covenant in the bond | 4486 |
proceedings that the state and state agencies shall, so long as | 4487 |
any obligations issued under this section are outstanding, cause | 4488 |
to be charged and collected charges for the treatment or care of | 4489 |
mental hygiene and retardation patients sufficient in amount to | 4490 |
provide for the payment of bond service charges on such | 4491 |
obligations and for the establishment and maintenance of any | 4492 |
reserves, as provided in the bond proceedings, and such covenants | 4493 |
shall be controlling notwithstanding any other provision of law | 4494 |
pertaining to such charges. | 4495 |
(E) There is hereby created the mental health bond service | 4496 |
trust fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of | 4497 |
state but shall be separate and apart from and not a part of the | 4498 |
state treasury. All moneys received by or on account of the | 4499 |
commission or issuing authority or state agencies and required by | 4500 |
the applicable bond proceedings to be deposited, transferred, or | 4501 |
credited to the fund, and all other moneys transferred or | 4502 |
allocated to or received for the purposes of the fund, shall be | 4503 |
deposited with the treasurer of state and credited to such fund, | 4504 |
subject to applicable provisions of the bond proceedings, but | 4505 |
without necessity for any act of appropriation. The mental health | 4506 |
bond service trust fund is a trust fund and is hereby pledged to | 4507 |
the payment of bond service charges on the obligations issued | 4508 |
pursuant to this section and sections 154.11 and 154.12 of the | 4509 |
Revised Code to the extent provided in the applicable bond | 4510 |
proceedings, and payment thereof from such fund shall be made or | 4511 |
provided for by the treasurer of state in accordance with such | 4512 |
bond proceedings without necessity for any act of appropriation. | 4513 |
(F) There is hereby created in the state treasury the mental | 4514 |
health facilities improvement fund. Subject to the bond | 4515 |
proceedings therefor, all of the proceeds of the sale of | 4516 |
obligations pursuant to this section shall be credited to the | 4517 |
fund, except that any accrued interest shall be credited to the | 4518 |
mental health bond service fund. The mental health facilities | 4519 |
improvement fund may also be comprised of gifts, grants, | 4520 |
appropriated moneys, and other sums and securities received to the | 4521 |
credit of such fund. The fund shall be applied only to the | 4522 |
following purposes: | 4523 |
(1) Paying costs of capital facilities for mental hygiene and | 4524 |
retardation, including housing for mental hygiene and retardation | 4525 |
patients, under the jurisdiction of the department of mental | 4526 |
health, department of | 4527 |
disabilities, or department of alcohol and drug addiction | 4528 |
services; | 4529 |
(2) Participating in capital facilities for mental hygiene | 4530 |
and retardation, including housing for mental hygiene and | 4531 |
retardation patients, with the federal government, municipal | 4532 |
corporations, counties, or other governmental agencies, or a | 4533 |
nonprofit corporation specifically chartered to provide a mental | 4534 |
health or mental retardation service when such service fulfills a | 4535 |
public purpose, which participation may be by grants or | 4536 |
contributions to them for such capital facilities. Except as | 4537 |
provided in division (G) of this section, the nonprofit | 4538 |
corporation may act in concert with a limited partnership or a | 4539 |
limited liability company eligible to participate in the nonprofit | 4540 |
set-aside described in section 42(h)(5) of the "Internal Revenue | 4541 |
Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2198, 26 U.S.C. 42, and the Ohio housing | 4542 |
finance agency's housing tax credit program for the purpose of | 4543 |
making use of low-income housing tax credits in support of housing | 4544 |
for mental hygiene and retardation patients. | 4545 |
(G) A nonprofit corporation providing a mental retardation | 4546 |
service must obtain written approval from the director of | 4547 |
4548 | |
concert with a limited partnership or limited liability company as | 4549 |
described in division (F)(2) of this section. However, the | 4550 |
director may issue one blanket approval for all such nonprofit | 4551 |
corporations. | 4552 |
(H) This section is to be applied with other applicable | 4553 |
provisions of this chapter. | 4554 |
Sec. 173.03. (A) There is hereby created the Ohio advisory | 4555 |
council for the aging, which shall consist of twelve members to be | 4556 |
appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the | 4557 |
senate. Two ex officio members of the council shall be members of | 4558 |
the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house | 4559 |
of representatives and shall be members of two different political | 4560 |
parties. Two ex officio members of the council shall be members of | 4561 |
the senate appointed by the president of the senate and shall be | 4562 |
members of two different political parties. The directors of | 4563 |
mental health, | 4564 |
health, and job and family services, or their designees, shall | 4565 |
serve as ex officio members of the council. The council shall | 4566 |
carry out its role as defined under the "Older Americans Act of | 4567 |
1965," 79 Stat. 219, 42 U.S.C. 3001, as amended. | 4568 |
At the first meeting of the council, and annually thereafter, | 4569 |
the members shall select one of their members to serve as | 4570 |
chairperson and one of their members to serve as vice-chairperson. | 4571 |
(B) Members of the council shall be appointed for a term of | 4572 |
three years, except that for the first appointment members of the | 4573 |
Ohio commission on aging who were serving on the commission | 4574 |
immediately prior to July 26, 1984, shall become members of the | 4575 |
council for the remainder of their unexpired terms. Thereafter, | 4576 |
appointment to the council shall be for a three-year term by the | 4577 |
governor. Each member shall hold office from the date of | 4578 |
appointment until the end of the term for which the member was | 4579 |
appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior | 4580 |
to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor | 4581 |
was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term. Any | 4582 |
member may continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of | 4583 |
the member's term until a successor takes office and shall be | 4584 |
compensated for the period served between the expiration of the | 4585 |
member's term and the beginning of the successor's term. | 4586 |
(C) Membership of the council shall represent all areas of | 4587 |
Ohio and shall be as follows: | 4588 |
(1) A majority of members of the council shall have attained | 4589 |
the age of sixty and have a knowledge of and continuing interest | 4590 |
in the affairs and welfare of the older citizens of Ohio. The | 4591 |
fields of business, labor, health, law, and human services shall | 4592 |
be represented in the membership. | 4593 |
(2) No more than seven members shall be of the same political | 4594 |
party. | 4595 |
(D) Any member of the council may be removed from office by | 4596 |
the governor for neglect of duty, misconduct, or malfeasance in | 4597 |
office after being informed in writing of the charges and afforded | 4598 |
an opportunity for a hearing. Two consecutive unexcused absences | 4599 |
from regularly scheduled meetings constitute neglect of duty. | 4600 |
(E) Members of the council shall be compensated at the rate | 4601 |
of fifty dollars for each day actually employed in the discharge | 4602 |
of official duties but not to exceed two thousand dollars per year | 4603 |
and in addition shall be allowed actual and necessary expenses. | 4604 |
(F) Council members are not limited as to the number of terms | 4605 |
they may serve. | 4606 |
(G) Council members shall not be interested directly or | 4607 |
indirectly in any contract awarded by the department of aging. | 4608 |
Sec. 305.14. (A) The court of common pleas, upon the | 4609 |
application of the prosecuting attorney and the board of county | 4610 |
commissioners, may authorize the board to employ legal counsel to | 4611 |
assist the prosecuting attorney, the board, or any other county | 4612 |
officer in any matter of public business coming before such board | 4613 |
or officer, and in the prosecution or defense of any action or | 4614 |
proceeding in which such board or officer is a party or has an | 4615 |
interest, in its official capacity. | 4616 |
(B) The board of county commissioners may also employ legal | 4617 |
counsel, as provided in section 309.09 of the Revised Code, to | 4618 |
represent it in any matter of public business coming before such | 4619 |
board, and in the prosecution or defense of any action or | 4620 |
proceeding in which such board is a party or has an interest, in | 4621 |
its official capacity. | 4622 |
(C) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section and except | 4623 |
as provided in division (D) of this section, a county board of | 4624 |
4625 | |
children services agency may, without the authorization of the | 4626 |
court of common pleas, employ legal counsel to advise it or to | 4627 |
represent it or any of its members or employees in any matter of | 4628 |
public business coming before the board or agency or in the | 4629 |
prosecution or defense of any action or proceeding in which the | 4630 |
board or agency in its official capacity, or a board or agency | 4631 |
member or employee in the member's or employee's official | 4632 |
capacity, is a party or has an interest. | 4633 |
(D)(1) In any legal proceeding in which the prosecuting | 4634 |
attorney is fully able to perform the prosecuting attorney's | 4635 |
statutory duty
to represent the county board of | 4636 |
4637 | |
without conflict of interest, the board or agency shall employ | 4638 |
other counsel only with the written consent of the prosecuting | 4639 |
attorney. In any legal proceeding in which the prosecuting | 4640 |
attorney is unable, for any reason, to represent the board or | 4641 |
agency, the prosecuting attorney shall so notify the board or | 4642 |
agency, and, except as provided in division (D)(2) of this | 4643 |
section, the board or agency may then employ counsel for the | 4644 |
proceeding without further permission from any authority. | 4645 |
(2) A public children services agency that receives money | 4646 |
from the county general revenue fund must obtain the permission of | 4647 |
the board of county commissioners of the county served by the | 4648 |
agency before employing counsel under division (C) of this | 4649 |
section. | 4650 |
Sec. 307.10. (A) No sale of real property, or lease of real | 4651 |
property used or to be used for the purpose of airports, landing | 4652 |
fields, or air navigational facilities, or parts thereof, as | 4653 |
provided by section 307.09 of the Revised Code shall be made | 4654 |
unless it is authorized by a resolution adopted by a majority of | 4655 |
the board of county commissioners. When a sale of real property as | 4656 |
provided by section 307.09 of the Revised Code is authorized, the | 4657 |
board may either deed the property to the highest responsible | 4658 |
bidder, after advertisement once a week for four consecutive weeks | 4659 |
in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or offer the | 4660 |
real property for sale at a public auction, after giving at least | 4661 |
thirty days' notice of the auction by publication in a newspaper | 4662 |
of general circulation in the county. The board may reject any and | 4663 |
all bids. The board may, as it considers best, sell real property | 4664 |
pursuant to this section as an entire tract or in parcels. The | 4665 |
board, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board, may lease | 4666 |
real property, in accordance with division (A) of section 307.09 | 4667 |
of the Revised Code, without advertising for bids. | 4668 |
(B) The board, by resolution, may transfer real property in | 4669 |
fee simple belonging to the county and not needed for public use | 4670 |
to the United States government, to the state or any department or | 4671 |
agency thereof, to municipal corporations or other political | 4672 |
subdivisions of the state, to the county board of
| 4673 |
4674 | |
reutilization corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the | 4675 |
Revised Code for public purposes upon the terms and in the manner | 4676 |
that it may determine to be in the best interests of the county, | 4677 |
without advertising for bids. The board shall execute a deed or | 4678 |
other proper instrument when such a transfer is approved. | 4679 |
(C) The board, by resolution adopted by a majority of the | 4680 |
board, may grant leases, rights, or easements to the United States | 4681 |
government, to the state or any department or agency thereof, or | 4682 |
to municipal corporations and other political subdivisions of the | 4683 |
state, or to privately owned electric light and power companies, | 4684 |
natural gas companies, or telephone or telegraph companies for | 4685 |
purposes of rendering their several public utilities services, in | 4686 |
accordance with division (B) of section 307.09 of the Revised | 4687 |
Code, without advertising for bids. When such grant of lease, | 4688 |
right, or easement is authorized, a deed or other proper | 4689 |
instrument therefor shall be executed by the board. | 4690 |
Sec. 307.86. Anything to be purchased, leased, leased with | 4691 |
an option or agreement to purchase, or constructed, including, but | 4692 |
not limited to, any product, structure, construction, | 4693 |
reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, repair, or service, | 4694 |
except the services of an accountant, architect, attorney at law, | 4695 |
physician, professional engineer, construction project manager, | 4696 |
consultant, surveyor, or appraiser, by or on behalf of the county | 4697 |
or contracting authority, as defined in section 307.92 of the | 4698 |
Revised Code, at a cost in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars, | 4699 |
except as otherwise provided in division (D) of section 713.23 and | 4700 |
in sections 9.48, 125.04, 125.60 to 125.6012, 307.022, 307.041, | 4701 |
307.861, 339.05, 340.03, 340.033, 4115.31 to 4115.35, 5119.16, | 4702 |
5513.01, 5543.19, 5713.01, and 6137.05 of the Revised Code, shall | 4703 |
be obtained through competitive bidding. However, competitive | 4704 |
bidding is not required when any of the following applies: | 4705 |
(A) The board of county commissioners, by a unanimous vote of | 4706 |
its members, makes a determination that a real and present | 4707 |
emergency exists, and that determination and the reasons for it | 4708 |
are entered in the minutes of the proceedings of the board, when | 4709 |
either of the following applies: | 4710 |
(1) The estimated cost is less than fifty thousand dollars. | 4711 |
(2) There is actual physical disaster to structures, radio | 4712 |
communications equipment, or computers. | 4713 |
For purposes of this division, "unanimous vote" means all | 4714 |
three members of a board of county commissioners when all three | 4715 |
members are present, or two members of the board if only two | 4716 |
members, constituting a quorum, are present. | 4717 |
Whenever a contract of purchase, lease, or construction is | 4718 |
exempted from competitive bidding under division (A)(1) of this | 4719 |
section because the estimated cost is less than fifty thousand | 4720 |
dollars, but the estimated cost is twenty-five thousand dollars or | 4721 |
more, the county or contracting authority shall solicit informal | 4722 |
estimates from no fewer than three persons who could perform the | 4723 |
contract, before awarding the contract. With regard to each such | 4724 |
contract, the county or contracting authority shall maintain a | 4725 |
record of such estimates, including the name of each person from | 4726 |
whom an estimate is solicited. The county or contracting authority | 4727 |
shall maintain the record for the longer of at least one year | 4728 |
after the contract is awarded or the amount of time the federal | 4729 |
government requires. | 4730 |
(B)(1) The purchase consists of supplies or a replacement or | 4731 |
supplemental part or parts for a product or equipment owned or | 4732 |
leased by the county, and the only source of supply for the | 4733 |
supplies, part, or parts is limited to a single supplier. | 4734 |
(2) The purchase consists of services related to information | 4735 |
technology, such as programming services, that are proprietary or | 4736 |
limited to a single source. | 4737 |
(C) The purchase is from the federal government, the state, | 4738 |
another county or contracting authority of another county, or a | 4739 |
board of education, township, or municipal corporation. | 4740 |
(D) The purchase is made by a county department of job and | 4741 |
family services under section 329.04 of the Revised Code and | 4742 |
consists of family services duties or workforce development | 4743 |
activities
or is made by a county board of | 4744 |
developmental disabilities under section 5126.05 of the Revised | 4745 |
Code and consists of program services, such as direct and | 4746 |
ancillary client services, child care, case management services, | 4747 |
residential services, and family resource services. | 4748 |
(E) The purchase consists of criminal justice services, | 4749 |
social services programs, family services, or workforce | 4750 |
development activities by the board of county commissioners from | 4751 |
nonprofit corporations or associations under programs funded by | 4752 |
the federal government or by state grants. | 4753 |
(F) The purchase consists of any form of an insurance policy | 4754 |
or contract authorized to be issued under Title XXXIX of the | 4755 |
Revised Code or any form of health care plan authorized to be | 4756 |
issued under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code, or any combination | 4757 |
of such policies, contracts, plans, or services that the | 4758 |
contracting authority is authorized to purchase, and the | 4759 |
contracting authority does all of the following: | 4760 |
(1) Determines that compliance with the requirements of this | 4761 |
section would increase, rather than decrease, the cost of the | 4762 |
purchase; | 4763 |
(2) Requests issuers of the policies, contracts, plans, or | 4764 |
services to submit proposals to the contracting authority, in a | 4765 |
form prescribed by the contracting authority, setting forth the | 4766 |
coverage and cost of the policies, contracts, plans, or services | 4767 |
as the contracting authority desires to purchase; | 4768 |
(3) Negotiates with the issuers for the purpose of purchasing | 4769 |
the policies, contracts, plans, or services at the best and | 4770 |
lowest price reasonably possible. | 4771 |
(G) The purchase consists of computer hardware, software, or | 4772 |
consulting services that are necessary to implement a computerized | 4773 |
case management automation project administered by the Ohio | 4774 |
prosecuting attorneys association and funded by a grant from the | 4775 |
federal government. | 4776 |
(H) Child care services are purchased for provision to county | 4777 |
employees. | 4778 |
(I)(1) Property, including land, buildings, and other real | 4779 |
property, is leased for offices, storage, parking, or other | 4780 |
purposes, and all of the following apply: | 4781 |
(a) The contracting authority is authorized by the Revised | 4782 |
Code to lease the property. | 4783 |
(b) The contracting authority develops requests for proposals | 4784 |
for leasing the property, specifying the criteria that will be | 4785 |
considered prior to leasing the property, including the desired | 4786 |
size and geographic location of the property. | 4787 |
(c) The contracting authority receives responses from | 4788 |
prospective lessors with property meeting the criteria specified | 4789 |
in the requests for proposals by giving notice in a manner | 4790 |
substantially similar to the procedures established for giving | 4791 |
notice under section 307.87 of the Revised Code. | 4792 |
(d) The contracting authority negotiates with the prospective | 4793 |
lessors to obtain a lease at the best and lowest price reasonably | 4794 |
possible considering the fair market value of the property and any | 4795 |
relocation and operational costs that may be incurred during the | 4796 |
period the lease is in effect. | 4797 |
(2) The contracting authority may use the services of a real | 4798 |
estate appraiser to obtain advice, consultations, or other | 4799 |
recommendations regarding the lease of property under this | 4800 |
division. | 4801 |
(J) The purchase is made pursuant to section 5139.34 or | 4802 |
sections 5139.41 to 5139.46 of the Revised Code and is of programs | 4803 |
or services that provide case management, treatment, or prevention | 4804 |
services to any felony or misdemeanant delinquent, unruly youth, | 4805 |
or status offender under the supervision of the juvenile court, | 4806 |
including, but not limited to, community residential care, day | 4807 |
treatment, services to children in their home, or electronic | 4808 |
monitoring. | 4809 |
(K) The purchase is made by a public children services agency | 4810 |
pursuant to section 307.92 or 5153.16 of the Revised Code and | 4811 |
consists of family services, programs, or ancillary services that | 4812 |
provide case management, prevention, or treatment services for | 4813 |
children at risk of being or alleged to be abused, neglected, or | 4814 |
dependent children. | 4815 |
(L) The purchase is to obtain the services of emergency | 4816 |
medical service organizations under a contract made by the board | 4817 |
of county commissioners pursuant to section 307.05 of the Revised | 4818 |
Code with a joint emergency medical services district. | 4819 |
(M) The county contracting authority determines that the use | 4820 |
of competitive sealed proposals would be advantageous to the | 4821 |
county and the contracting authority complies with section 307.862 | 4822 |
of the Revised Code. | 4823 |
Any issuer of policies, contracts, plans, or services listed | 4824 |
in division (F) of this section and any prospective lessor under | 4825 |
division (I) of this section may have the issuer's or prospective | 4826 |
lessor's name and address, or the name and address of an agent, | 4827 |
placed on a special notification list to be kept by the | 4828 |
contracting authority, by sending the contracting authority that | 4829 |
name and address. The contracting authority shall send notice to | 4830 |
all persons listed on the special notification list. Notices shall | 4831 |
state the deadline and place for submitting proposals. The | 4832 |
contracting authority shall mail the notices at least six weeks | 4833 |
prior to the deadline set by the contracting authority for | 4834 |
submitting proposals. Every five years the contracting authority | 4835 |
may review this list and remove any person from the list after | 4836 |
mailing the person notification of that action. | 4837 |
Any contracting authority that negotiates a contract under | 4838 |
division (F) of this section shall request proposals and negotiate | 4839 |
with issuers in accordance with that division at least every | 4840 |
three years from the date of the signing of such a contract, | 4841 |
unless the parties agree upon terms for extensions or renewals of | 4842 |
the contract. Such extension or renewal periods shall not exceed | 4843 |
six years from the date the initial contract is signed. | 4844 |
Any real estate appraiser employed pursuant to division (I) | 4845 |
of this section shall disclose any fees or compensation received | 4846 |
from any source in connection with that employment. | 4847 |
Sec. 309.10. Sections 309.08 and 309.09 of the Revised Code | 4848 |
do not prevent a school board from employing counsel to represent | 4849 |
it, but when counsel is employed, the counsel shall be paid by the | 4850 |
school board from the school fund. Sections 309.08 and 309.09 of | 4851 |
the Revised Code do not
prevent a county board of | 4852 |
4853 | |
to represent it, but that counsel shall be employed in accordance | 4854 |
with division (C) of section 305.14 and paid in accordance with | 4855 |
division (A)(7) of section 5126.05 of the Revised Code. | 4856 |
Sections 309.08 and 309.09 of the Revised Code do not prevent | 4857 |
a board of county hospital trustees from employing counsel with | 4858 |
the approval of the county commissioners to bring legal action for | 4859 |
the collection of delinquent accounts of the hospital, but when | 4860 |
counsel is employed, the counsel shall be paid from the hospital's | 4861 |
funds. Sections 309.08 and 309.09 of the Revised Code do not | 4862 |
prevent a board of library trustees from employing counsel to | 4863 |
represent it, but when counsel is employed, the counsel shall be | 4864 |
paid from the library's funds. Sections 309.08 and 309.09 of the | 4865 |
Revised Code do not prevent the appointment and employment of | 4866 |
assistants, clerks, and stenographers to assist the prosecuting | 4867 |
attorney as provided in sections 309.01 to 309.16 of the Revised | 4868 |
Code, or the appointment by the court of common pleas or the court | 4869 |
of appeals of an attorney to assist the prosecuting attorney in | 4870 |
the trial of a criminal cause pending in that court, or the board | 4871 |
of county commissioners from paying for those services. | 4872 |
Sec. 319.16. The county auditor shall issue warrants, | 4873 |
including electronic warrants authorizing direct deposit for | 4874 |
payment of county obligations in accordance with division (F) of | 4875 |
section 9.37 of the Revised Code, on the county treasurer for all | 4876 |
moneys payable from the county treasury, upon presentation of the | 4877 |
proper order or voucher and evidentiary matter for the moneys, and | 4878 |
keep a record of all such warrants showing the number, date of | 4879 |
issue, amount for which drawn, in whose favor, for what purpose, | 4880 |
and on what fund. The auditor shall not issue a warrant for the | 4881 |
payment of any claim against the county, unless it is allowed by | 4882 |
the board of county commissioners, except where the amount due is | 4883 |
fixed by law or is allowed by an officer or tribunal, including a | 4884 |
county board of
mental health or county board of | 4885 |
4886 | |
If the auditor questions the validity of an expenditure that is | 4887 |
within available appropriations and for which a proper order or | 4888 |
voucher and evidentiary matter is presented, the auditor shall | 4889 |
notify the board, officer, or tribunal who presented the voucher. | 4890 |
If the board, officer, or tribunal determines that the expenditure | 4891 |
is valid and the auditor continues to refuse to issue the | 4892 |
appropriate warrant on the county treasury, a writ of mandamus may | 4893 |
be sought. The court shall issue a writ of mandamus for issuance | 4894 |
of the warrant if the court determines that the claim is valid. | 4895 |
Evidentiary matter includes original invoices, receipts, | 4896 |
bills and checks, and legible copies of contracts. | 4897 |
Sec. 325.19. (A)(1) The granting of vacation leave under | 4898 |
division (A)(1) of this section is subject to divisions (A)(2) and | 4899 |
(3) of this section. Each full-time employee in the several | 4900 |
offices and departments of the county service, including full-time | 4901 |
hourly rate employees, after service of one year with the county | 4902 |
or any political subdivision of the state, shall have earned and | 4903 |
will be due upon the attainment of the first year of employment, | 4904 |
and annually thereafter, eighty hours of vacation leave with full | 4905 |
pay. One year of service shall be computed on the basis of | 4906 |
twenty-six biweekly pay periods. A full-time county employee with | 4907 |
eight or more years of service with the county or any political | 4908 |
subdivision of the state shall have earned and is entitled to one | 4909 |
hundred twenty hours of vacation leave with full pay. A full-time | 4910 |
county employee with fifteen or more years of service with the | 4911 |
county or any political subdivision of the state shall have earned | 4912 |
and is entitled to one hundred sixty hours of vacation leave with | 4913 |
full pay. A full-time county employee with twenty-five years of | 4914 |
service with the county or any political subdivision of the state | 4915 |
shall have earned and is entitled to two hundred hours of vacation | 4916 |
leave with full pay. Such vacation leave shall accrue to the | 4917 |
employee at the rate of three and one-tenth hours each biweekly | 4918 |
period for those entitled to eighty hours per year; four and | 4919 |
six-tenths hours each biweekly period for those entitled to one | 4920 |
hundred twenty hours per year; six and two-tenths hours each | 4921 |
biweekly period for those entitled to one hundred sixty hours per | 4922 |
year; and seven and seven-tenths hours each biweekly period for | 4923 |
those entitled to two hundred hours per year. | 4924 |
The appointing authorities of the offices and departments of | 4925 |
the county service may permit all or any part of a person's prior | 4926 |
service with any regional council of government established in | 4927 |
accordance with Chapter 167. of the Revised Code to be considered | 4928 |
service with the county or a political subdivision of the state | 4929 |
for the purpose of determining years of service under this | 4930 |
division. | 4931 |
(2) Full-time employees granted vacation leave under division | 4932 |
(A)(1) of this section who render any standard of service other | 4933 |
than forty hours per week as described in division (J) of this | 4934 |
section and who are in active pay status in a biweekly pay period, | 4935 |
shall accrue a number of hours of vacation leave during each such | 4936 |
pay period that bears the same ratio to the number of hours | 4937 |
specified in division (A)(1) of this section as their number of | 4938 |
hours which are accepted as full-time in active pay status, | 4939 |
excluding overtime hours, bears to eighty hours. | 4940 |
(3) Full-time employees granted vacation leave under division | 4941 |
(A)(1) of this section who are in active pay status in a biweekly | 4942 |
pay period for less than eighty hours or the number of hours of | 4943 |
service otherwise accepted as full-time by their employing office | 4944 |
or department shall accrue a number of hours of vacation leave | 4945 |
during that pay period that bears the same ratio to the number of | 4946 |
hours specified in division (A)(1) of this section as their number | 4947 |
of hours in active pay status, excluding overtime hours, bears to | 4948 |
eighty or the number of hours of service accepted as full-time, | 4949 |
whichever is applicable. | 4950 |
(B) A board of county commissioners, by resolution, may grant | 4951 |
vacation leave with full pay to part-time county employees. A | 4952 |
part-time county employee shall be eligible for vacation leave | 4953 |
with full pay upon the attainment of the first year of employment, | 4954 |
and annually thereafter. The ratio between the hours worked and | 4955 |
the vacation hours awarded to a part-time employee shall be the | 4956 |
same as the ratio between the hours worked and the vacation hours | 4957 |
earned by a full-time employee as provided for in this section. | 4958 |
(C) Days specified as holidays in section 124.19 of the | 4959 |
Revised Code shall not be charged to an employee's vacation leave. | 4960 |
Vacation leave shall be taken by the employee during the year in | 4961 |
which it accrued and prior to the next recurrence of the | 4962 |
anniversary date of the employee's employment, provided that the | 4963 |
appointing authority may, in special and meritorious cases, permit | 4964 |
such employee to accumulate and carry over the employee's vacation | 4965 |
leave to the following year. No vacation leave shall be carried | 4966 |
over for more than three years. An employee is entitled to | 4967 |
compensation, at the employee's current rate of pay, for the | 4968 |
prorated portion of any earned but unused vacation leave for the | 4969 |
current year to the employee's credit at time of separation, and | 4970 |
in addition shall be compensated for any unused vacation leave | 4971 |
accrued to the employee's credit, with the permission of the | 4972 |
appointing authority, for the three years immediately preceding | 4973 |
the last anniversary date of employment. | 4974 |
(D)(1) In addition to vacation leave, a full-time county | 4975 |
employee is entitled to eight hours of holiday pay for New Year's | 4976 |
day, Martin Luther King day, Washington-Lincoln day, Memorial day, | 4977 |
Independence day, Labor day, Columbus day, Veterans' day, | 4978 |
Thanksgiving day, and Christmas day, of each year. Except as | 4979 |
provided in division (D)(2) of this section, holidays shall occur | 4980 |
on the days specified in section 1.14 of the Revised Code. If any | 4981 |
of those holidays fall on Saturday, the Friday immediately | 4982 |
preceding shall be observed as the holiday. If any of those | 4983 |
holidays fall on Sunday, the Monday immediately succeeding shall | 4984 |
be observed as the holiday. If an employee's work schedule is | 4985 |
other than Monday through Friday, the employee is entitled to | 4986 |
holiday pay for holidays observed on the employee's day off | 4987 |
regardless of the day of the week on which they are observed. | 4988 |
(2)(a) When a classified employee of a county board of
| 4989 |
4990 | |
maintained by a government entity other than the board, such as a | 4991 |
public school, the board may adjust the employee's holiday | 4992 |
schedule to conform to the schedule adopted by the government | 4993 |
entity. Under an adjusted holiday schedule, an employee shall | 4994 |
receive the number of hours of holiday pay granted under division | 4995 |
(D)(1) of this section. | 4996 |
(b) Pursuant to division (J)(6) of section 339.06 of the | 4997 |
Revised Code, a county hospital may observe Martin Luther King | 4998 |
day, Washington-Lincoln day, Columbus day, and Veterans' day on | 4999 |
days other than those specified in section 1.14 of the Revised | 5000 |
Code. | 5001 |
(E) In the case of the death of a county employee, the unused | 5002 |
vacation leave and unpaid overtime to the credit of the employee | 5003 |
shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised | 5004 |
Code, or to the employee's estate. | 5005 |
(F) Notwithstanding this section or any other section of the | 5006 |
Revised Code, any appointing authority of a county office, | 5007 |
department, commission, board, or body may, upon notification to | 5008 |
the board of county commissioners, establish alternative schedules | 5009 |
of vacation leave and holidays for employees of the appointing | 5010 |
authority for whom the state employment relations board has not | 5011 |
established an appropriate bargaining unit pursuant to section | 5012 |
4117.06 of the Revised Code, as long as the alternative schedules | 5013 |
are not inconsistent with the provisions of at least one | 5014 |
collective bargaining agreement covering other employees of that | 5015 |
appointing authority, if such an agreement exists. If no such | 5016 |
collective bargaining agreement exists, an appointing authority, | 5017 |
upon notification to the board of county commissioners, may | 5018 |
establish an alternative schedule of vacation leave and holidays | 5019 |
for its employees that does not diminish the vacation leave and | 5020 |
holiday benefits granted by this section. | 5021 |
(G) The employees of a county children services board that | 5022 |
establishes vacation benefits under section 5153.12 of the Revised | 5023 |
Code are exempt from division (A) of this section. | 5024 |
(H) The provisions of this section do not apply to | 5025 |
superintendents and management employees of county boards of | 5026 |
5027 |
(I) Division (A) of this section does not apply to an | 5028 |
employee of
a county board of | 5029 |
disabilities who works at, or provides transportation services to | 5030 |
pupils of, a special education program provided by the county | 5031 |
board pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 5126.05 of the | 5032 |
Revised Code, if the employee's employment is based on a school | 5033 |
year and the employee is not subject to a contract with the county | 5034 |
board that provides for division (A) of this section to apply to | 5035 |
the employee. | 5036 |
(J) As used in this section: | 5037 |
(1) "Full-time employee" means an employee whose regular | 5038 |
hours of service for a county total forty hours per week, or who | 5039 |
renders any other standard of service accepted as full-time by an | 5040 |
office, department, or agency of county service. | 5041 |
(2) "Part-time employee" means an employee whose regular | 5042 |
hours of service for a county total less than forty hours per | 5043 |
week, or who renders any other standard of service accepted as | 5044 |
part-time by an office, department, or agency of county service, | 5045 |
and whose hours of county service total at least five hundred | 5046 |
twenty hours annually. | 5047 |
(3) "Management employee" has the same meaning as in section | 5048 |
5126.20 of the Revised Code. | 5049 |
Sec. 329.06. (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this | 5050 |
section and section 6301.08 of the Revised Code, the board of | 5051 |
county commissioners shall establish a county family services | 5052 |
planning committee. The board shall appoint a member to represent | 5053 |
the county department of job and family services; an employee in | 5054 |
the classified civil service of the county department of job and | 5055 |
family services, if there are any such employees; and a member to | 5056 |
represent the public. The board shall appoint other individuals to | 5057 |
the committee in such a manner that the committee's membership is | 5058 |
broadly representative of the groups of individuals and the public | 5059 |
and private entities that have an interest in the family services | 5060 |
provided in the county. The board shall make appointments in a | 5061 |
manner that reflects the ethnic and racial composition of the | 5062 |
county. The following groups and entities may be represented on | 5063 |
the committee: | 5064 |
(1) Consumers of family services; | 5065 |
(2) The public children services agency; | 5066 |
(3) The child support enforcement agency; | 5067 |
(4) The county family and children first council; | 5068 |
(5) Public and private colleges and universities; | 5069 |
(6) Public entities that provide family services, including | 5070 |
boards of health, boards of education, the county
board of | 5071 |
5072 | |
alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services that serves | 5073 |
the county; | 5074 |
(7) Private nonprofit and for-profit entities that provide | 5075 |
family services in the county or that advocate for consumers of | 5076 |
family services in the county, including entities that provide | 5077 |
services to or advocate for victims of domestic violence; | 5078 |
(8) Labor organizations; | 5079 |
(9) Any other group or entity that has an interest in the | 5080 |
family services provided in the county, including groups or | 5081 |
entities that represent any of the county's business, urban, and | 5082 |
rural sectors. | 5083 |
(B) The county family services planning committee shall do | 5084 |
all of the following: | 5085 |
(1) Serve as an advisory body to the board of county | 5086 |
commissioners with regard to the family services provided in the | 5087 |
county, including assistance under Chapters 5107. and 5108. of the | 5088 |
Revised Code, publicly funded child care under Chapter 5104. of | 5089 |
the Revised Code, and social services provided under section | 5090 |
5101.46 of the Revised Code; | 5091 |
(2) At least once a year, review and analyze the county | 5092 |
department of job and family services' implementation of the | 5093 |
programs established under Chapters 5107. and 5108. of the Revised | 5094 |
Code. In its review, the committee shall use information available | 5095 |
to it to examine all of the following: | 5096 |
(a) Return of assistance groups to participation in either | 5097 |
program after ceasing to participate; | 5098 |
(b) Teen pregnancy rates among the programs' participants; | 5099 |
(c) The other types of assistance the programs' participants | 5100 |
receive, including medical assistance under Chapter 5111. of the | 5101 |
Revised Code, publicly funded child care under Chapter 5104. of | 5102 |
the Revised Code, food stamp benefits under section 5101.54 of the | 5103 |
Revised Code, and energy assistance under Chapter 5117. of the | 5104 |
Revised Code; | 5105 |
(d) Other issues the committee considers appropriate. | 5106 |
The committee shall make recommendations to the board of | 5107 |
county commissioners and county department of job and family | 5108 |
services regarding the committee's findings. | 5109 |
(3) Conduct public hearings on proposed county profiles for | 5110 |
the provision of social services under section 5101.46 of the | 5111 |
Revised Code; | 5112 |
(4) At the request of the board, make recommendations and | 5113 |
provide assistance regarding the family services provided in the | 5114 |
county; | 5115 |
(5) At any other time the committee considers appropriate, | 5116 |
consult with the board and make recommendations regarding the | 5117 |
family services provided in the county. The committee's | 5118 |
recommendations may address the following: | 5119 |
(a) Implementation and administration of family service | 5120 |
programs; | 5121 |
(b) Use of federal, state, and local funds available for | 5122 |
family service programs; | 5123 |
(c) Establishment of goals to be achieved by family service | 5124 |
programs; | 5125 |
(d) Evaluation of the outcomes of family service programs; | 5126 |
(e) Any other matter the board considers relevant to the | 5127 |
provision of family services. | 5128 |
(C) If there is a committee in existence in a county on | 5129 |
October 1, 1997, that the board of county commissioners determines | 5130 |
is capable of fulfilling the responsibilities of a county family | 5131 |
services planning committee, the board may designate the committee | 5132 |
as the county's family services planning committee and the | 5133 |
committee shall serve in that capacity. | 5134 |
Sec. 1751.01. As used in this chapter: | 5135 |
(A)(1) "Basic health care services" means the following | 5136 |
services when medically necessary: | 5137 |
(a) Physician's services, except when such services are | 5138 |
supplemental under division (B) of this section; | 5139 |
(b) Inpatient hospital services; | 5140 |
(c) Outpatient medical services; | 5141 |
(d) Emergency health services; | 5142 |
(e) Urgent care services; | 5143 |
(f) Diagnostic laboratory services and diagnostic and | 5144 |
therapeutic radiologic services; | 5145 |
(g) Diagnostic and treatment services, other than | 5146 |
prescription drug services, for biologically based mental | 5147 |
illnesses; | 5148 |
(h) Preventive health care services, including, but not | 5149 |
limited to, voluntary family planning services, infertility | 5150 |
services, periodic physical examinations, prenatal obstetrical | 5151 |
care, and well-child care; | 5152 |
(i) Routine patient care for patients enrolled in an eligible | 5153 |
cancer clinical trial pursuant to section 3923.80 of the Revised | 5154 |
Code. | 5155 |
"Basic health care services" does not include experimental | 5156 |
procedures. | 5157 |
Except as provided by divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this | 5158 |
section in connection with the offering of coverage for diagnostic | 5159 |
and treatment services for biologically based mental illnesses, a | 5160 |
health insuring corporation shall not offer coverage for a health | 5161 |
care service, defined as a basic health care service by this | 5162 |
division, unless it offers coverage for all listed basic health | 5163 |
care services. However, this requirement does not apply to the | 5164 |
coverage of beneficiaries enrolled in medicare pursuant to a | 5165 |
medicare contract, or to the coverage of beneficiaries enrolled | 5166 |
in the federal employee health benefits program pursuant to 5 | 5167 |
U.S.C.A. 8905, or to the coverage of medicaid recipients, or to | 5168 |
the coverage of participants of the children's buy-in program, or | 5169 |
to the coverage of beneficiaries under any federal health care | 5170 |
program regulated by a federal regulatory body, or to the | 5171 |
coverage of beneficiaries under any contract covering officers or | 5172 |
employees of the state that has been entered into by the | 5173 |
department of administrative services. | 5174 |
(2) A health insuring corporation may offer coverage for | 5175 |
diagnostic and treatment services for biologically based mental | 5176 |
illnesses without offering coverage for all other basic health | 5177 |
care services. A health insuring corporation may offer coverage | 5178 |
for diagnostic and treatment services for biologically based | 5179 |
mental illnesses alone or in combination with one or more | 5180 |
supplemental health care services. However, a health insuring | 5181 |
corporation that offers coverage for any other basic health care | 5182 |
service shall offer coverage for diagnostic and treatment services | 5183 |
for biologically based mental illnesses in combination with the | 5184 |
offer of coverage for all other listed basic health care services. | 5185 |
(3) A health insuring corporation that offers coverage for | 5186 |
basic health care services is not required to offer coverage for | 5187 |
diagnostic and treatment services for biologically based mental | 5188 |
illnesses in combination with the offer of coverage for all other | 5189 |
listed basic health care services if all of the following apply: | 5190 |
(a) The health insuring corporation submits documentation | 5191 |
certified by an independent member of the American academy of | 5192 |
actuaries to the superintendent of insurance showing that incurred | 5193 |
claims for diagnostic and treatment services for biologically | 5194 |
based mental illnesses for a period of at least six months | 5195 |
independently caused the health insuring corporation's costs for | 5196 |
claims and administrative expenses for the coverage of basic | 5197 |
health care services to increase by more than one per cent per | 5198 |
year. | 5199 |
(b) The health insuring corporation submits a signed letter | 5200 |
from an independent member of the American academy of actuaries to | 5201 |
the superintendent of insurance opining that the increase in costs | 5202 |
described in division (A)(3)(a) of this section could reasonably | 5203 |
justify an increase of more than one per cent in the annual | 5204 |
premiums or rates charged by the health insuring corporation for | 5205 |
the coverage of basic health care services. | 5206 |
(c) The superintendent of insurance makes the following | 5207 |
determinations from the documentation and opinion submitted | 5208 |
pursuant to divisions (A)(3)(a) and (b) of this section: | 5209 |
(i) Incurred claims for diagnostic and treatment services for | 5210 |
biologically based mental illnesses for a period of at least six | 5211 |
months independently caused the health insuring corporation's | 5212 |
costs for claims and administrative expenses for the coverage of | 5213 |
basic health care services to increase by more than one per cent | 5214 |
per year. | 5215 |
(ii) The increase in costs reasonably justifies an increase | 5216 |
of more than one per cent in the annual premiums or rates charged | 5217 |
by the health insuring corporation for the coverage of basic | 5218 |
health care services. | 5219 |
Any determination made by the superintendent under this | 5220 |
division is subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 5221 |
(B)(1) "Supplemental health care services" means any health | 5222 |
care services other than basic health care services that a health | 5223 |
insuring corporation may offer, alone or in combination with | 5224 |
either basic health care services or other supplemental health | 5225 |
care services, and includes: | 5226 |
(a) Services of facilities for intermediate or long-term | 5227 |
care, or both; | 5228 |
(b) Dental care services; | 5229 |
(c) Vision care and optometric services including lenses and | 5230 |
frames; | 5231 |
(d) Podiatric care or foot care services; | 5232 |
(e) Mental health services, excluding diagnostic and | 5233 |
treatment services for biologically based mental illnesses; | 5234 |
(f) Short-term outpatient evaluative and crisis-intervention | 5235 |
mental health services; | 5236 |
(g) Medical or psychological treatment and referral services | 5237 |
for alcohol and drug abuse or addiction; | 5238 |
(h) Home health services; | 5239 |
(i) Prescription drug services; | 5240 |
(j) Nursing services; | 5241 |
(k) Services of a dietitian licensed under Chapter 4759. of | 5242 |
the Revised Code; | 5243 |
(l) Physical therapy services; | 5244 |
(m) Chiropractic services; | 5245 |
(n) Any other category of services approved by the | 5246 |
superintendent of insurance. | 5247 |
(2) If a health insuring corporation offers prescription | 5248 |
drug services under this division, the coverage shall include | 5249 |
prescription drug services for the treatment of biologically based | 5250 |
mental illnesses on the same terms and conditions as other | 5251 |
physical diseases and disorders. | 5252 |
(C) "Specialty health care services" means one of the | 5253 |
supplemental health care services listed in division (B) of this | 5254 |
section, when provided by a health insuring corporation on an | 5255 |
outpatient-only basis and not in combination with other | 5256 |
supplemental health care services. | 5257 |
(D) "Biologically based mental illnesses" means | 5258 |
schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, major depressive | 5259 |
disorder, bipolar disorder, paranoia and other psychotic | 5260 |
disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and panic disorder, as | 5261 |
these terms are defined in the most recent edition of the | 5262 |
diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders published by | 5263 |
the American psychiatric association. | 5264 |
(E) "Children's buy-in program" has the same meaning as in | 5265 |
section 5101.5211 of the Revised Code. | 5266 |
(F) "Closed panel plan" means a health care plan that | 5267 |
requires enrollees to use participating providers. | 5268 |
(G) "Compensation" means remuneration for the provision of | 5269 |
health care services, determined on other than a fee-for-service | 5270 |
or discounted-fee-for-service basis. | 5271 |
(H) "Contractual periodic prepayment" means the formula for | 5272 |
determining the premium rate for all subscribers of a health | 5273 |
insuring corporation. | 5274 |
(I) "Corporation" means a corporation formed under Chapter | 5275 |
1701. or 1702. of the Revised Code or the similar laws of another | 5276 |
state. | 5277 |
(J) "Emergency health services" means those health care | 5278 |
services that must be available on a seven-days-per-week, | 5279 |
twenty-four-hours-per-day basis in order to prevent jeopardy to an | 5280 |
enrollee's health status that would occur if such services were | 5281 |
not received as soon as possible, and includes, where appropriate, | 5282 |
provisions for transportation and indemnity payments or service | 5283 |
agreements for out-of-area coverage. | 5284 |
(K) "Enrollee" means any natural person who is entitled to | 5285 |
receive health care benefits provided by a health insuring | 5286 |
corporation. | 5287 |
(L) "Evidence of coverage" means any certificate, agreement, | 5288 |
policy, or contract issued to a subscriber that sets out the | 5289 |
coverage and other rights to which such person is entitled under | 5290 |
a health care plan. | 5291 |
(M) "Health care facility" means any facility, except a | 5292 |
health care practitioner's office, that provides preventive, | 5293 |
diagnostic, therapeutic, acute convalescent, rehabilitation, | 5294 |
mental health, mental retardation, intermediate care, or skilled | 5295 |
nursing services. | 5296 |
(N) "Health care services" means basic, supplemental, and | 5297 |
specialty health care services. | 5298 |
(O) "Health delivery network" means any group of providers | 5299 |
or health care facilities, or both, or any representative thereof, | 5300 |
that have entered into an agreement to offer health care services | 5301 |
in a panel rather than on an individual basis. | 5302 |
(P) "Health insuring corporation" means a corporation, as | 5303 |
defined in division (I) of this section, that, pursuant to a | 5304 |
policy, contract, certificate, or agreement, pays for, reimburses, | 5305 |
or provides, delivers, arranges for, or otherwise makes available, | 5306 |
basic health care services, supplemental health care services, or | 5307 |
specialty health care services, or a combination of basic health | 5308 |
care services and either supplemental health care services or | 5309 |
specialty health care services, through either an open panel plan | 5310 |
or a closed panel plan. | 5311 |
"Health insuring corporation" does not include a limited | 5312 |
liability company formed pursuant to Chapter 1705. of the Revised | 5313 |
Code, an insurer licensed under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code if | 5314 |
that insurer offers only open panel plans under which all | 5315 |
providers and health care facilities participating receive their | 5316 |
compensation directly from the insurer, a corporation formed by or | 5317 |
on behalf of a political subdivision or a department, office, or | 5318 |
institution of the state, or a public entity formed by or on | 5319 |
behalf of a board of county commissioners, a county board of | 5320 |
5321 | |
drug addiction services board, a board of alcohol, drug addiction, | 5322 |
and mental health services, or a community mental health board, as | 5323 |
those terms are used in Chapters 340. and 5126. of the Revised | 5324 |
Code. Except as provided by division (D) of section 1751.02 of | 5325 |
the Revised Code, or as otherwise provided by law, no board, | 5326 |
commission, agency, or other entity under the control of a | 5327 |
political subdivision may accept insurance risk in providing for | 5328 |
health care services. However, nothing in this division shall be | 5329 |
construed as prohibiting such entities from purchasing the | 5330 |
services of a health insuring corporation or a third-party | 5331 |
administrator licensed under Chapter 3959. of the Revised Code. | 5332 |
(Q) "Intermediary organization" means a health delivery | 5333 |
network or other entity that contracts with licensed health | 5334 |
insuring corporations or self-insured employers, or both, to | 5335 |
provide health care services, and that enters into contractual | 5336 |
arrangements with other entities for the provision of health care | 5337 |
services for the purpose of fulfilling the terms of its contracts | 5338 |
with the health insuring corporations and self-insured employers. | 5339 |
(R) "Intermediate care" means residential care above the | 5340 |
level of room and board for patients who require personal | 5341 |
assistance and health-related services, but who do not require | 5342 |
skilled nursing care. | 5343 |
(S) "Medicaid" has the same meaning as in section 5111.01 of | 5344 |
the Revised Code. | 5345 |
(T) "Medical record" means the personal information that | 5346 |
relates to an individual's physical or mental condition, medical | 5347 |
history, or medical treatment. | 5348 |
(U) "Medicare" means the program established under Title | 5349 |
XVIII of the "Social Security Act" 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. | 5350 |
1395, as amended. | 5351 |
(V)(1) "Open panel plan" means a health care plan that | 5352 |
provides incentives for enrollees to use participating providers | 5353 |
and that also allows enrollees to use providers that are not | 5354 |
participating providers. | 5355 |
(2) No health insuring corporation may offer an open panel | 5356 |
plan, unless the health insuring corporation is also licensed as | 5357 |
an insurer under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code, the health | 5358 |
insuring corporation, on June 4, 1997, holds a certificate of | 5359 |
authority or license to operate under Chapter 1736. or 1740. of | 5360 |
the Revised Code, or an insurer licensed under Title XXXIX of the | 5361 |
Revised Code is responsible for the out-of-network risk as | 5362 |
evidenced by both an evidence of coverage filing under section | 5363 |
1751.11 of the Revised Code and a policy and certificate filing | 5364 |
under section 3923.02 of the Revised Code. | 5365 |
(W) "Panel" means a group of providers or health care | 5366 |
facilities that have joined together to deliver health care | 5367 |
services through a contractual arrangement with a health insuring | 5368 |
corporation, employer group, or other payor. | 5369 |
(X) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the | 5370 |
Revised Code, and, unless the context otherwise requires, includes | 5371 |
any insurance company holding a certificate of authority under | 5372 |
Title XXXIX of the Revised Code, any subsidiary and affiliate of | 5373 |
an insurance company, and any government agency. | 5374 |
(Y) "Premium rate" means any set fee regularly paid by a | 5375 |
subscriber to a health insuring corporation. A "premium rate" does | 5376 |
not include a one-time membership fee, an annual administrative | 5377 |
fee, or a nominal access fee, paid to a managed health care system | 5378 |
under which the recipient of health care services remains solely | 5379 |
responsible for any charges accessed for those services by the | 5380 |
provider or health care facility. | 5381 |
(Z) "Primary care provider" means a provider that is | 5382 |
designated by a health insuring corporation to supervise, | 5383 |
coordinate, or provide initial care or continuing care to an | 5384 |
enrollee, and that may be required by the health insuring | 5385 |
corporation to initiate a referral for specialty care and to | 5386 |
maintain supervision of the health care services rendered to the | 5387 |
enrollee. | 5388 |
(AA) "Provider" means any natural person or partnership of | 5389 |
natural persons who are licensed, certified, accredited, or | 5390 |
otherwise authorized in this state to furnish health care | 5391 |
services, or any professional association organized under Chapter | 5392 |
1785. of the Revised Code, provided that nothing in this chapter | 5393 |
or other provisions of law shall be construed to preclude a health | 5394 |
insuring corporation, health care practitioner, or organized | 5395 |
health care group associated with a health insuring corporation | 5396 |
from employing certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse | 5397 |
anesthetists, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse | 5398 |
midwives, dietitians, physician assistants, dental assistants, | 5399 |
dental hygienists, optometric technicians, or other allied health | 5400 |
personnel who are licensed, certified, accredited, or otherwise | 5401 |
authorized in this state to furnish health care services. | 5402 |
(BB) "Provider sponsored organization" means a corporation, | 5403 |
as defined in division (I) of this section, that is at least | 5404 |
eighty per cent owned or controlled by one or more hospitals, as | 5405 |
defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, or one or more | 5406 |
physicians licensed to practice medicine or surgery or | 5407 |
osteopathic medicine and surgery under Chapter 4731. of the | 5408 |
Revised Code, or any combination of such physicians and hospitals. | 5409 |
Such control is presumed to exist if at least eighty per cent of | 5410 |
the voting rights or governance rights of a provider sponsored | 5411 |
organization are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or | 5412 |
otherwise held by any combination of the physicians and hospitals | 5413 |
described in this division. | 5414 |
(CC) "Solicitation document" means the written materials | 5415 |
provided to prospective subscribers or enrollees, or both, and | 5416 |
used for advertising and marketing to induce enrollment in the | 5417 |
health care plans of a health insuring corporation. | 5418 |
(DD) "Subscriber" means a person who is responsible for | 5419 |
making payments to a health insuring corporation for participation | 5420 |
in a health care plan, or an enrollee whose employment or other | 5421 |
status is the basis of eligibility for enrollment in a health | 5422 |
insuring corporation. | 5423 |
(EE) "Urgent care services" means those health care services | 5424 |
that are appropriately provided for an unforeseen condition of a | 5425 |
kind that usually requires medical attention without delay but | 5426 |
that does not pose a threat to the life, limb, or permanent | 5427 |
health of the injured or ill person, and may include such health | 5428 |
care services provided out of the health insuring corporation's | 5429 |
approved service area pursuant to indemnity payments or service | 5430 |
agreements. | 5431 |
Sec. 1751.02. (A) Notwithstanding any law in this state to | 5432 |
the contrary, any corporation, as defined in section 1751.01 of | 5433 |
the Revised Code, may apply to the superintendent of insurance for | 5434 |
a certificate of authority to establish and operate a health | 5435 |
insuring corporation. If the corporation applying for a | 5436 |
certificate of authority is a foreign corporation domiciled in a | 5437 |
state without laws similar to those of this chapter, the | 5438 |
corporation must form a domestic corporation to apply for, obtain, | 5439 |
and maintain a certificate of authority under this chapter. | 5440 |
(B) No person shall establish, operate, or perform the | 5441 |
services of a health insuring corporation in this state without | 5442 |
obtaining a certificate of authority under this chapter. | 5443 |
(C) Except as provided by division (D) of this section, no | 5444 |
political subdivision or department, office, or institution of | 5445 |
this state, or corporation formed by or on behalf of any political | 5446 |
subdivision or department, office, or institution of this state, | 5447 |
shall establish, operate, or perform the services of a health | 5448 |
insuring corporation. Nothing in this section shall be construed | 5449 |
to preclude a board of county commissioners, a county board of | 5450 |
5451 | |
drug addiction services board, a board of alcohol, drug addiction, | 5452 |
and mental health services, or a community mental health board, or | 5453 |
a public entity formed by or on behalf of any of these boards, | 5454 |
from using managed care techniques in carrying out the board's or | 5455 |
public entity's duties pursuant to the requirements of Chapters | 5456 |
307., 329., 340., and 5126. of the Revised Code. However, no such | 5457 |
board or public entity may operate so as to compete in the private | 5458 |
sector with health insuring corporations holding certificates of | 5459 |
authority under this chapter. | 5460 |
(D) A corporation formed by or on behalf of a publicly owned, | 5461 |
operated, or funded hospital or health care facility may apply to | 5462 |
the superintendent for a certificate of authority under division | 5463 |
(A) of this section to establish and operate a health insuring | 5464 |
corporation. | 5465 |
(E) A health insuring corporation shall operate in this state | 5466 |
in compliance with this chapter and Chapter 1753. of the Revised | 5467 |
Code, and with sections 3702.51 to 3702.62 of the Revised Code, | 5468 |
and shall operate in conformity with its filings with the | 5469 |
superintendent under this chapter, including filings made pursuant | 5470 |
to sections 1751.03, 1751.11, 1751.12, and 1751.31 of the Revised | 5471 |
Code. | 5472 |
(F) An insurer licensed under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code | 5473 |
need not obtain a certificate of authority as a health insuring | 5474 |
corporation to offer an open panel plan as long as the providers | 5475 |
and health care facilities participating in the open panel plan | 5476 |
receive their compensation directly from the insurer. If the | 5477 |
providers and health care facilities participating in the open | 5478 |
panel plan receive their compensation from any person other than | 5479 |
the insurer, or if the insurer offers a closed panel plan, the | 5480 |
insurer must obtain a certificate of authority as a health | 5481 |
insuring corporation. | 5482 |
(G) An intermediary organization need not obtain a | 5483 |
certificate of authority as a health insuring corporation, | 5484 |
regardless of the method of reimbursement to the intermediary | 5485 |
organization, as long as a health insuring corporation or a | 5486 |
self-insured employer maintains the ultimate responsibility to | 5487 |
assure delivery of all health care services required by the | 5488 |
contract between the health insuring corporation and the | 5489 |
subscriber and the laws of this state or between the self-insured | 5490 |
employer and its employees. | 5491 |
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any | 5492 |
health care facility, provider, health delivery network, or | 5493 |
intermediary organization that contracts with a health insuring | 5494 |
corporation or self-insured employer, regardless of the method of | 5495 |
reimbursement to the health care facility, provider, health | 5496 |
delivery network, or intermediary organization, to obtain a | 5497 |
certificate of authority as a health insuring corporation under | 5498 |
this chapter, unless otherwise provided, in the case of contracts | 5499 |
with a self-insured employer, by operation of the "Employee | 5500 |
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 829, 29 U.S.C.A. | 5501 |
1001, as amended. | 5502 |
(H) Any health delivery network doing business in this state, | 5503 |
including any health delivery network that is functioning as an | 5504 |
intermediary organization doing business in this state, that is | 5505 |
not required to obtain a certificate of authority under this | 5506 |
chapter shall certify to the superintendent annually, not later | 5507 |
than the first day of July, and shall provide a statement signed | 5508 |
by the highest ranking official which includes the following | 5509 |
information: | 5510 |
(1) The health delivery network's full name and the address | 5511 |
of its principal place of business; | 5512 |
(2) A statement that the health delivery network is not | 5513 |
required to obtain a certificate of authority under this chapter | 5514 |
to conduct its business. | 5515 |
(I) The superintendent shall not issue a certificate of | 5516 |
authority to a health insuring corporation that is a provider | 5517 |
sponsored organization unless all health care plans to be offered | 5518 |
by the health insuring corporation provide basic health care | 5519 |
services. Substantially all of the physicians and hospitals with | 5520 |
ownership or control of the provider sponsored organization, as | 5521 |
defined in section 1751.01 of the Revised Code, shall also be | 5522 |
participating providers for the provision of basic health care | 5523 |
services for health care plans offered by the provider sponsored | 5524 |
organization. If a health insuring corporation that is a provider | 5525 |
sponsored organization offers health care plans that do not | 5526 |
provide basic health care services, the health insuring | 5527 |
corporation shall be deemed, for purposes of section 1751.35 of | 5528 |
the Revised Code, to have failed to substantially comply with this | 5529 |
chapter. | 5530 |
Except as specifically provided in this division and in | 5531 |
division (A) of section 1751.28 of the Revised Code, the | 5532 |
provisions of this chapter shall apply to all health insuring | 5533 |
corporations that are provider sponsored organizations in the same | 5534 |
manner that these provisions apply to all health insuring | 5535 |
corporations that are not provider sponsored organizations. | 5536 |
(J) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to | 5537 |
any multiple employer welfare arrangement operating pursuant to | 5538 |
Chapter 1739. of the Revised Code. | 5539 |
(K) Any person who violates division (B) of this section, and | 5540 |
any health delivery network that fails to comply with division (H) | 5541 |
of this section, is subject to the penalties set forth in section | 5542 |
1751.45 of the Revised Code. | 5543 |
Sec. 2108.521. (A) If a mentally retarded person or a | 5544 |
developmentally disabled person dies, if the department of | 5545 |
5546 | |
5547 | |
reason to believe that the deceased person's death occurred under | 5548 |
suspicious circumstances, if the coroner was apprised of the | 5549 |
circumstances of the death, and if the coroner after being so | 5550 |
apprised of the circumstances declines to conduct an autopsy, the | 5551 |
department or the board may file a petition in a court of common | 5552 |
pleas seeking an order authorizing an autopsy or post-mortem | 5553 |
examination under this section. | 5554 |
(B) Upon the filing of a petition under division (A) of this | 5555 |
section, the court may conduct, but is not required to conduct, a | 5556 |
hearing on the petition. The court may determine whether to grant | 5557 |
the petition without a hearing. The department or board, and all | 5558 |
other interested parties, may submit information and statements to | 5559 |
the court that are relevant to the petition, and, if the court | 5560 |
conducts a hearing, may present evidence and testimony at the | 5561 |
hearing. The court shall order the requested autopsy or | 5562 |
post-mortem examination if it finds that, under the circumstances, | 5563 |
the department or board has demonstrated a need for the autopsy or | 5564 |
post-mortem examination. The court shall order an autopsy or | 5565 |
post-mortem examination in the circumstances specified in this | 5566 |
division regardless of whether any consent has been given, or has | 5567 |
been given and withdrawn, under section 2108.50 of the Revised | 5568 |
Code, and regardless of whether any information was presented to | 5569 |
the coroner pursuant to section 313.131 of the Revised Code or to | 5570 |
the court under this section regarding an autopsy being contrary | 5571 |
to the deceased person's religious beliefs. | 5572 |
(C) An autopsy or post-mortem examination ordered under this | 5573 |
section may be performed upon the body of the deceased person by a | 5574 |
licensed physician or surgeon. The court may identify in the order | 5575 |
the person who is to perform the autopsy or post-mortem | 5576 |
examination. If an autopsy or post-mortem examination is ordered | 5577 |
under this section, the department or board that requested the | 5578 |
autopsy or examination shall pay the physician or surgeon who | 5579 |
performs the autopsy or examination for costs and expenses | 5580 |
incurred in performing the autopsy or examination. | 5581 |
Sec. 2109.01. "Fiduciary," as used in Chapters 2101. to | 5582 |
2131. of the Revised Code, means any person, other than an | 5583 |
assignee or trustee for an insolvent debtor or a guardian under | 5584 |
sections 5905.01 to 5905.19 of the Revised Code, appointed by and | 5585 |
accountable to the probate court and acting in a fiduciary | 5586 |
capacity for any person, or charged with duties in relation to any | 5587 |
property, interest, trust, or estate for the benefit of another; | 5588 |
and includes an agency under contract with the department of | 5589 |
5590 | |
provision of protective service under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 | 5591 |
of the Revised Code, appointed by and accountable to the probate | 5592 |
court as guardian or trustee with respect to mentally retarded or | 5593 |
developmentally disabled persons. | 5594 |
Sec. 2109.04. (A)(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, every | 5595 |
fiduciary, prior to the issuance of | 5596 |
provided by section 2109.02 of the Revised Code, shall file in the | 5597 |
probate court in which the letters are to be issued a bond with a | 5598 |
penal sum in such amount as may be fixed by the court, but in no | 5599 |
event less than double the probable value of the personal estate | 5600 |
and of the annual real estate rentals which will come into such | 5601 |
person's hands as a fiduciary. The bond of a fiduciary shall be in | 5602 |
a form approved by the court and signed by two or more personal | 5603 |
sureties or by one or more corporate sureties approved by the | 5604 |
court. It shall be conditioned that the fiduciary faithfully and | 5605 |
honestly
will discharge the duties devolving upon | 5606 |
as fiduciary, and shall be conditioned further as may be provided | 5607 |
by law. | 5608 |
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this division, if the | 5609 |
instrument creating the trust dispenses with the giving of a bond, | 5610 |
the court shall appoint a fiduciary without bond, unless the court | 5611 |
is of the opinion that the interest of the trust demands it. If | 5612 |
the court is of that opinion, it may require bond to be given in | 5613 |
any amount it fixes. If a parent nominates a
guardian for | 5614 |
parent's child in a will and provides in the will that the | 5615 |
guardian may serve without giving bond, the court may appoint the | 5616 |
guardian without bond or require the guardian to give bond in | 5617 |
accordance with division (A)(1) of this section. | 5618 |
(3) A guardian of the person only does not have to give bond | 5619 |
unless, for good cause shown, the court considers a bond to be | 5620 |
necessary. When a bond is required of a guardian of the person | 5621 |
only, it shall be determined and filed in accordance with division | 5622 |
(A)(1) of this section. This division does not apply to a guardian | 5623 |
of the person only nominated in a parent's will if the will | 5624 |
provides that the guardian may serve without giving bond. | 5625 |
(4) When the probable value of the personal estate and of the | 5626 |
annual real estate rentals that will come into the guardian's | 5627 |
hands as a fiduciary is less than ten thousand dollars, the court | 5628 |
may waive or reduce a bond required by division (A)(1) of this | 5629 |
section. | 5630 |
(B) When an executive director who is responsible for the | 5631 |
administration of children services in the county is appointed as | 5632 |
trustee of the estate of a ward pursuant to section 5153.18 of the | 5633 |
Revised Code and has furnished bond under section 5153.13 of the | 5634 |
Revised Code, or when an agency under contract with the department | 5635 |
of | 5636 |
provision of protective service under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 | 5637 |
of the Revised Code is appointed as trustee of the estate of a | 5638 |
ward under such sections and any employees of the agency having | 5639 |
custody or control of funds or property of such a ward have | 5640 |
furnished bond under section 5123.59 of the Revised Code, the | 5641 |
court may dispense with the giving of a bond. | 5642 |
(C) When letters are granted without bond, at any later | 5643 |
period on its own motion or upon the application of any party | 5644 |
interested, the court may require bond to be given in such amount | 5645 |
as may be fixed by the court. On failure to give such bond, the | 5646 |
defaulting fiduciary shall be removed. | 5647 |
No instrument authorizing a fiduciary whom it names to serve | 5648 |
without bond shall be construed to relieve a successor fiduciary | 5649 |
from the necessity of giving bond, unless the instrument clearly | 5650 |
evidences such intention. | 5651 |
The court by which a fiduciary is appointed may reduce the | 5652 |
amount of the bond of such fiduciary at any time for good cause | 5653 |
shown. | 5654 |
When two or more persons are appointed as joint fiduciaries, | 5655 |
the court may take a separate bond from each or a joint bond from | 5656 |
all. | 5657 |
Sec. 2111.01. As used in Chapters 2101. to 2131. of the | 5658 |
Revised Code: | 5659 |
(A) "Guardian," other than a guardian under sections 5905.01 | 5660 |
to 5905.19 of the Revised Code, means any person, association, or | 5661 |
corporation appointed by the probate court to have the care and | 5662 |
management of the person, the estate, or both of an incompetent or | 5663 |
minor. When applicable, "guardian" includes, but is not limited | 5664 |
to, a limited guardian, an interim guardian, a standby guardian, | 5665 |
and an emergency guardian appointed pursuant to division (B) of | 5666 |
section 2111.02 of the Revised Code. "Guardian" also includes an | 5667 |
agency under contract with the department of
| 5668 |
5669 | |
service under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code when | 5670 |
appointed by the probate court to have the care and management of | 5671 |
the person of an incompetent. | 5672 |
(B) "Ward" means any person for whom a guardian is acting or | 5673 |
for whom the probate court is acting pursuant to section 2111.50 | 5674 |
of the Revised Code. | 5675 |
(C) "Resident guardian" means a guardian appointed by a | 5676 |
probate court to have the care and management of property in this | 5677 |
state that belongs to a nonresident ward. | 5678 |
(D) "Incompetent" means any person who is so mentally | 5679 |
impaired as a result of a mental or physical illness or | 5680 |
disability, or mental retardation, or as a result of chronic | 5681 |
substance abuse, that the person is incapable of taking proper | 5682 |
care of the person's self or property or fails to provide for the | 5683 |
person's family or other persons for whom the person is charged by | 5684 |
law to provide, or any person confined to a correctional | 5685 |
institution within this state. | 5686 |
(E) "Next of kin" means any person who would be entitled to | 5687 |
inherit from a ward under Chapter 2105. of the Revised Code if the | 5688 |
ward dies intestate. | 5689 |
(F) "Conservator" means a conservator appointed by the | 5690 |
probate court in an order of conservatorship issued pursuant to | 5691 |
section 2111.021 of the Revised Code. | 5692 |
(G) "Parent" means a natural parent or adoptive parent of a | 5693 |
minor child whose parental rights and responsibilities have not | 5694 |
been terminated by a juvenile court or another court. | 5695 |
Sec. 2111.02. (A) When found necessary, the probate court on | 5696 |
its own motion or on application by any interested party shall | 5697 |
appoint, subject to divisions (C) and (D) of this section and to | 5698 |
section 2109.21 and division (B) of section 2111.121 of the | 5699 |
Revised Code, a guardian of the person, the estate, or both, of a | 5700 |
minor or incompetent, provided the person for whom the guardian is | 5701 |
to be appointed is a resident of the county or has a legal | 5702 |
settlement in the county and, except in the case of a minor, has | 5703 |
had the opportunity to have the assistance of counsel in the | 5704 |
proceeding for the appointment of such guardian. An interested | 5705 |
party includes, but is not limited to, a person nominated in a | 5706 |
durable power of attorney as described in division (D) of section | 5707 |
1337.09 of the Revised Code or in a writing as described in | 5708 |
division (A) of section 2111.121 of the Revised Code. | 5709 |
Except when the guardian of an incompetent is an agency under | 5710 |
contract with the department of | 5711 |
developmental disabilities for the provision of protective | 5712 |
services under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code, | 5713 |
the guardian of an incompetent, by virtue of such appointment, | 5714 |
shall be the guardian of the minor children of the guardian's | 5715 |
ward, unless the court appoints some other person as their | 5716 |
guardian. | 5717 |
When the primary purpose of the appointment of a guardian is, | 5718 |
or was, the collection, disbursement, or administration of moneys | 5719 |
awarded by the veterans administration to the ward, or assets | 5720 |
derived from such moneys, no court costs shall be charged in the | 5721 |
proceeding for the appointment or in any subsequent proceedings | 5722 |
made in pursuance of the appointment, unless the value of the | 5723 |
estate, including the moneys then due under the veterans | 5724 |
administration award, exceeds one thousand five hundred dollars. | 5725 |
(B)(1) If the probate court finds it to be in the best | 5726 |
interest of an incompetent or minor, it may appoint pursuant to | 5727 |
divisions (A) and (C) of this section, on its own motion or on | 5728 |
application by an interested party, a limited guardian with | 5729 |
specific limited powers. The sections of the Revised Code, rules, | 5730 |
and procedures governing guardianships apply to a limited | 5731 |
guardian, except that the order of appointment and letters of | 5732 |
authority of a limited guardian shall state the reasons for, and | 5733 |
specify the limited powers of, the guardian. The court may appoint | 5734 |
a limited guardian for a definite or indefinite period. An | 5735 |
incompetent or minor for whom a limited guardian has been | 5736 |
appointed retains all of the incompetent's or minor's rights in | 5737 |
all areas not affected by the court order appointing the limited | 5738 |
guardian. | 5739 |
(2) If a guardian appointed pursuant to division (A) of this | 5740 |
section is temporarily or permanently removed or resigns, and if | 5741 |
the welfare of the ward requires immediate action, at any time | 5742 |
after the removal or resignation, the probate court may appoint, | 5743 |
ex parte and with or without notice to the ward or interested | 5744 |
parties, an interim guardian for a maximum period of fifteen days. | 5745 |
If the court appoints the interim guardian ex parte or without | 5746 |
notice to the ward, the court, at its first opportunity, shall | 5747 |
enter upon its journal with specificity the reason for acting ex | 5748 |
parte or without notice, and, as soon as possible, shall serve | 5749 |
upon the ward a copy of the order appointing the interim guardian. | 5750 |
For good cause shown, after notice to the ward and interested | 5751 |
parties and after hearing, the court may extend an interim | 5752 |
guardianship for a specified period, but not to exceed an | 5753 |
additional thirty days. | 5754 |
(3) If a minor or incompetent has not been placed under a | 5755 |
guardianship pursuant to division (A) of this section and if an | 5756 |
emergency exists, and if it is reasonably certain that immediate | 5757 |
action is required to prevent significant injury to the person or | 5758 |
estate of the minor or incompetent, at any time after it receives | 5759 |
notice of the emergency, the court, ex parte, may issue any order | 5760 |
that it considers necessary to prevent injury to the person or | 5761 |
estate of the minor or incompetent, or may appoint an emergency | 5762 |
guardian for a maximum period of seventy-two hours. A written copy | 5763 |
of any order issued by a court under this division shall be served | 5764 |
upon the incompetent or minor as soon as possible after its | 5765 |
issuance. Failure to serve such an order after its issuance or | 5766 |
prior to the taking of any action under its authority does not | 5767 |
invalidate the order or the actions taken. The powers of an | 5768 |
emergency guardian shall be specified in the letters of | 5769 |
appointment, and shall be limited to those powers that are | 5770 |
necessary to prevent injury to the person or estate of the minor | 5771 |
or incompetent. If the court acts ex parte or without notice to | 5772 |
the minor or incompetent, the court, at its first opportunity, | 5773 |
shall enter upon its journal a record of the case and, with | 5774 |
specificity, the reason for acting ex parte or without notice. For | 5775 |
good cause shown, after notice to the minor or incompetent and | 5776 |
interested parties, and after hearing, the court may extend an | 5777 |
emergency guardianship for a specified period, but not to exceed | 5778 |
an additional thirty days. | 5779 |
(C) Prior to the appointment of a guardian or limited | 5780 |
guardian under division (A) or (B)(1) of this section, the court | 5781 |
shall conduct a hearing on the matter of the appointment. The | 5782 |
hearing shall be conducted in accordance with all of the | 5783 |
following: | 5784 |
(1) The proposed guardian or limited guardian shall appear at | 5785 |
the hearing and, if appointed, shall swear under oath that the | 5786 |
proposed guardian or limited guardian has made and will continue | 5787 |
to make diligent efforts to file a true inventory in accordance | 5788 |
with section 2111.14 of the Revised Code and find and report all | 5789 |
assets belonging to the estate of the ward and that the proposed | 5790 |
guardian or limited guardian faithfully and completely will | 5791 |
fulfill the other duties of guardian, including the filing of | 5792 |
timely and accurate reports and accountings; | 5793 |
(2) If the hearing is conducted by a referee, the procedures | 5794 |
set forth in Civil Rule 53 shall be followed; | 5795 |
(3) If the hearing concerns the appointment of a guardian or | 5796 |
limited guardian for an alleged incompetent, the burden of proving | 5797 |
incompetency shall be by clear and convincing evidence; | 5798 |
(4) Upon request of the applicant, the alleged incompetent | 5799 |
for whom the appointment is sought or the alleged incompetent's | 5800 |
counsel, or any interested party, a recording or record of the | 5801 |
hearing shall be made; | 5802 |
(5) Evidence of a less restrictive alternative to | 5803 |
guardianship may be introduced, and when introduced, shall be | 5804 |
considered by the court; | 5805 |
(6) The court may deny a guardianship based upon a finding | 5806 |
that a less restrictive alternative to guardianship exists; | 5807 |
(7) If the hearing concerns the appointment of a guardian or | 5808 |
limited guardian for an alleged incompetent, the alleged | 5809 |
incompetent has all of the following rights: | 5810 |
(a) The right to be represented by independent counsel of
| 5811 |
the alleged incompetent's choice; | 5812 |
(b) The right to have a friend or family member of | 5813 |
alleged incompetent's choice present; | 5814 |
(c) The right to have evidence of an independent expert | 5815 |
evaluation introduced; | 5816 |
(d) If the alleged incompetent is indigent, upon | 5817 |
alleged incompetent's request: | 5818 |
(i) The right to have counsel and an independent expert | 5819 |
evaluator appointed at court expense; | 5820 |
(ii) If the guardianship, limited guardianship, or standby | 5821 |
guardianship decision is appealed, the right to have counsel | 5822 |
appointed and necessary transcripts for appeal prepared at court | 5823 |
expense. | 5824 |
(D)(1) When a person has been nominated to be a guardian of | 5825 |
the estate of a minor in or pursuant to a durable power of | 5826 |
attorney as described in division (D) of section 1337.09 of the | 5827 |
Revised Code or a writing as described in division (A) of section | 5828 |
2111.121 of the Revised Code, the person nominated has preference | 5829 |
in appointment over a person selected by the minor. A person who | 5830 |
has been nominated to be a guardian of the person of a minor in or | 5831 |
pursuant to a durable power of attorney or writing of that nature | 5832 |
does not have preference in appointment over a person selected by | 5833 |
the minor, but the probate court may appoint the person named in | 5834 |
the durable power of attorney or the writing, the person selected | 5835 |
by the minor, or another person as guardian of the person of the | 5836 |
minor. | 5837 |
(2) A person nominated as a guardian of an incompetent adult | 5838 |
child pursuant to section 1337.09 or 2111.121 of the Revised Code | 5839 |
shall have preference in appointment over a person applying to be | 5840 |
guardian if the person nominated is competent, suitable, and | 5841 |
willing to accept the appointment, and if the incompetent adult | 5842 |
child does not have a spouse or an adult child and has not | 5843 |
designated a guardian prior to the court finding the adult child | 5844 |
incompetent. | 5845 |
Sec. 2111.10. As used in this section, "mentally retarded | 5846 |
person" and "developmentally disabled person" have the same | 5847 |
meanings as in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. | 5848 |
Any appointment of a corporation as guardian shall apply to | 5849 |
the estate only and not to the person, except that a nonprofit | 5850 |
corporation organized under the laws of this state and entitled to | 5851 |
tax exempt status under section 501(a) of the "Internal Revenue | 5852 |
Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 501, as amended, that | 5853 |
has a contract with the department of | 5854 |
developmental disabilities to provide protective services may be | 5855 |
appointed as a guardian of the person of a mentally retarded or | 5856 |
developmentally disabled person and may serve as guardian pursuant | 5857 |
to sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code. | 5858 |
Sec. 2133.25. (A) The department of health, by rule adopted | 5859 |
pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt a | 5860 |
standardized method of procedure for the withholding of CPR by | 5861 |
physicians, emergency medical services personnel, and health care | 5862 |
facilities in accordance with sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the | 5863 |
Revised Code. The standardized method shall specify criteria for | 5864 |
determining when a do-not-resuscitate order issued by a physician | 5865 |
is current. The standardized method so adopted shall be the | 5866 |
"do-not-resuscitate protocol" for purposes of sections 2133.21 to | 5867 |
2133.26 of the Revised Code. The department also shall approve one | 5868 |
or more standard forms of DNR identification to be used throughout | 5869 |
this state. | 5870 |
(B) The department of health shall adopt rules in accordance | 5871 |
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the administration of | 5872 |
sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the Revised Code. | 5873 |
(C) The department of health shall appoint an advisory | 5874 |
committee to advise the department in the development of rules | 5875 |
under this section. The advisory committee shall include, but | 5876 |
shall not be limited to, representatives of each of the following | 5877 |
organizations: | 5878 |
(1) The association for hospitals and health systems (OHA); | 5879 |
(2) The Ohio state medical association; | 5880 |
(3) The Ohio chapter of the American college of emergency | 5881 |
physicians; | 5882 |
(4) The Ohio hospice organization; | 5883 |
(5) The Ohio council for home care; | 5884 |
(6) The Ohio health care association; | 5885 |
(7) The Ohio ambulance association; | 5886 |
(8) The Ohio medical directors association; | 5887 |
(9) The Ohio association of emergency medical services; | 5888 |
(10) The bioethics network of Ohio; | 5889 |
(11) The Ohio nurses association; | 5890 |
(12) The Ohio academy of nursing homes; | 5891 |
(13) The Ohio association of professional firefighters; | 5892 |
(14) The department of | 5893 |
disabilities; | 5894 |
(15) The Ohio osteopathic association; | 5895 |
(16) The association of Ohio philanthropic homes, housing and | 5896 |
services for the aging; | 5897 |
(17) The catholic conference of Ohio; | 5898 |
(18) The department of aging; | 5899 |
(19) The department of mental health; | 5900 |
(20) The Ohio private residential association; | 5901 |
(21) The northern Ohio fire fighters association. | 5902 |
Sec. 2151.011. (A) As used in the Revised Code: | 5903 |
(1) "Juvenile court" means whichever of the following is | 5904 |
applicable that has jurisdiction under this chapter and Chapter | 5905 |
2152. of the Revised Code: | 5906 |
(a) The division of the court of common pleas specified in | 5907 |
section 2101.022 or 2301.03 of the Revised Code as having | 5908 |
jurisdiction under this chapter and Chapter 2152. of the Revised | 5909 |
Code or as being the juvenile division or the juvenile division | 5910 |
combined with one or more other divisions; | 5911 |
(b) The juvenile court of Cuyahoga county or Hamilton county | 5912 |
that is separately and independently created by section 2151.08 or | 5913 |
Chapter 2153. of the Revised Code and that has jurisdiction under | 5914 |
this chapter and Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code; | 5915 |
(c) If division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section does not | 5916 |
apply, the probate division of the court of common pleas. | 5917 |
(2) "Juvenile judge" means a judge of a court having | 5918 |
jurisdiction under this chapter. | 5919 |
(3) "Private child placing agency" means any association, as | 5920 |
defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, that is certified | 5921 |
under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code to accept temporary, | 5922 |
permanent, or legal custody of children and place the children for | 5923 |
either foster care or adoption. | 5924 |
(4) "Private noncustodial agency" means any person, | 5925 |
organization, association, or society certified by the department | 5926 |
of job and family services that does not accept temporary or | 5927 |
permanent legal custody of children, that is privately operated in | 5928 |
this state, and that does one or more of the following: | 5929 |
(a) Receives and cares for children for two or more | 5930 |
consecutive weeks; | 5931 |
(b) Participates in the placement of children in certified | 5932 |
foster homes; | 5933 |
(c) Provides adoption services in conjunction with a public | 5934 |
children services agency or private child placing agency. | 5935 |
(B) As used in this chapter: | 5936 |
(1) "Adequate parental care" means the provision by a child's | 5937 |
parent or parents, guardian, or custodian of adequate food, | 5938 |
clothing, and shelter to ensure the child's health and physical | 5939 |
safety and the provision by a child's parent or parents of | 5940 |
specialized services warranted by the child's physical or mental | 5941 |
needs. | 5942 |
(2) "Adult" means an individual who is eighteen years of age | 5943 |
or older. | 5944 |
(3) "Agreement for temporary custody" means a voluntary | 5945 |
agreement authorized by section 5103.15 of the Revised Code that | 5946 |
transfers the temporary custody of a child to a public children | 5947 |
services agency or a private child placing agency. | 5948 |
(4) "Certified foster home" means a foster home, as defined | 5949 |
in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, certified under section | 5950 |
5103.03 of the Revised Code. | 5951 |
(5) "Child" means a person who is under eighteen years of | 5952 |
age, except that the juvenile court has jurisdiction over any | 5953 |
person who is adjudicated an unruly child prior to attaining | 5954 |
eighteen years of age until the person attains twenty-one years of | 5955 |
age, and, for purposes of that jurisdiction related to that | 5956 |
adjudication, a person who is so adjudicated an unruly child shall | 5957 |
be deemed a "child" until the person attains twenty-one years of | 5958 |
age. | 5959 |
(6) "Child day camp," "child care," "child day-care center," | 5960 |
"part-time child day-care center," "type A family day-care home," | 5961 |
"certified type B family day-care home," "type B home," | 5962 |
"administrator of a child day-care center," "administrator of a | 5963 |
type A family day-care home," "in-home aide," and "authorized | 5964 |
provider" have the same meanings as in section 5104.01 of the | 5965 |
Revised Code. | 5966 |
(7) "Child care provider" means an individual who is a | 5967 |
child-care staff member or administrator of a child day-care | 5968 |
center, a type A family day-care home, or a type B family day-care | 5969 |
home, or an in-home aide or an individual who is licensed, is | 5970 |
regulated, is approved, operates under the direction of, or | 5971 |
otherwise is certified by the department of job and family | 5972 |
services, department of | 5973 |
disabilities, or the early childhood programs of the department of | 5974 |
education. | 5975 |
(8) "Chronic truant" has the same meaning as in section | 5976 |
2152.02 of the Revised Code. | 5977 |
(9) "Commit" means to vest custody as ordered by the court. | 5978 |
(10) "Counseling" includes both of the following: | 5979 |
(a) General counseling services performed by a public | 5980 |
children services agency or shelter for victims of domestic | 5981 |
violence to assist a child, a child's parents, and a child's | 5982 |
siblings in alleviating identified problems that may cause or have | 5983 |
caused the child to be an abused, neglected, or dependent child. | 5984 |
(b) Psychiatric or psychological therapeutic counseling | 5985 |
services provided to correct or alleviate any mental or emotional | 5986 |
illness or disorder and performed by a licensed psychiatrist, | 5987 |
licensed psychologist, or a person licensed under Chapter 4757. of | 5988 |
the Revised Code to engage in social work or professional | 5989 |
counseling. | 5990 |
(11) "Custodian" means a person who has legal custody of a | 5991 |
child or a public children services agency or private child | 5992 |
placing agency that has permanent, temporary, or legal custody of | 5993 |
a child. | 5994 |
(12) "Delinquent child" has the same meaning as in section | 5995 |
2152.02 of the Revised Code. | 5996 |
(13) "Detention" means the temporary care of children pending | 5997 |
court adjudication or disposition, or execution of a court order, | 5998 |
in a public or private facility designed to physically restrict | 5999 |
the movement and activities of children. | 6000 |
(14) "Developmental disability" has the same meaning as in | 6001 |
section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. | 6002 |
(15) "Foster caregiver" has the same meaning as in section | 6003 |
5103.02 of the Revised Code. | 6004 |
(16) "Guardian" means a person, association, or corporation | 6005 |
that is granted authority by a probate court pursuant to Chapter | 6006 |
2111. of the Revised Code to exercise parental rights over a child | 6007 |
to the extent provided in the court's order and subject to the | 6008 |
residual parental rights of the child's parents. | 6009 |
(17) "Habitual truant" means any child of compulsory school | 6010 |
age who is absent without legitimate excuse for absence from the | 6011 |
public school the child is supposed to attend for five or more | 6012 |
consecutive school days, seven or more school days in one school | 6013 |
month, or twelve or more school days in a school year. | 6014 |
(18) "Juvenile traffic offender" has the same meaning as in | 6015 |
section 2152.02 of the Revised Code. | 6016 |
(19) "Legal custody" means a legal status that vests in the | 6017 |
custodian the right to have physical care and control of the child | 6018 |
and to determine where and with whom the child shall live, and the | 6019 |
right and duty to protect, train, and discipline the child and to | 6020 |
provide the child with food, shelter, education, and medical care, | 6021 |
all subject to any residual parental rights, privileges, and | 6022 |
responsibilities. An individual granted legal custody shall | 6023 |
exercise the rights and responsibilities personally unless | 6024 |
otherwise authorized by any section of the Revised Code or by the | 6025 |
court. | 6026 |
(20) A "legitimate excuse for absence from the public school | 6027 |
the child is supposed to attend" includes, but is not limited to, | 6028 |
any of the following: | 6029 |
(a) The fact that the child in question has enrolled in and | 6030 |
is attending another public or nonpublic school in this or another | 6031 |
state; | 6032 |
(b) The fact that the child in question is excused from | 6033 |
attendance at school for any of the reasons specified in section | 6034 |
3321.04 of the Revised Code; | 6035 |
(c) The fact that the child in question has received an age | 6036 |
and schooling certificate in accordance with section 3331.01 of | 6037 |
the Revised Code. | 6038 |
(21) "Mental illness" and "mentally ill person subject to | 6039 |
hospitalization by court order" have the same meanings as in | 6040 |
section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. | 6041 |
(22) "Mental injury" means any behavioral, cognitive, | 6042 |
emotional, or mental disorder in a child caused by an act or | 6043 |
omission that is described in section 2919.22 of the Revised Code | 6044 |
and is committed by the parent or other person responsible for the | 6045 |
child's care. | 6046 |
(23) "Mentally retarded person" has the same meaning as in | 6047 |
section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. | 6048 |
(24) "Nonsecure care, supervision, or training" means care, | 6049 |
supervision, or training of a child in a facility that does not | 6050 |
confine or prevent movement of the child within the facility or | 6051 |
from the facility. | 6052 |
(25) "Of compulsory school age" has the same meaning as in | 6053 |
section 3321.01 of the Revised Code. | 6054 |
(26) "Organization" means any institution, public, | 6055 |
semipublic, or private, and any private association, society, or | 6056 |
agency located or operating in the state, incorporated or | 6057 |
unincorporated, having among its functions the furnishing of | 6058 |
protective services or care for children, or the placement of | 6059 |
children in certified foster homes or elsewhere. | 6060 |
(27) "Out-of-home care" means detention facilities, shelter | 6061 |
facilities, certified children's crisis care facilities, certified | 6062 |
foster homes, placement in a prospective adoptive home prior to | 6063 |
the issuance of a final decree of adoption, organizations, | 6064 |
certified organizations, child day-care centers, type A family | 6065 |
day-care homes, child care provided by type B family day-care home | 6066 |
providers and by in-home aides, group home providers, group homes, | 6067 |
institutions, state institutions, residential facilities, | 6068 |
residential care facilities, residential camps, day camps, public | 6069 |
schools, chartered nonpublic schools, educational service centers, | 6070 |
hospitals, and medical clinics that are responsible for the care, | 6071 |
physical custody, or control of children. | 6072 |
(28) "Out-of-home care child abuse" means any of the | 6073 |
following when committed by a person responsible for the care of a | 6074 |
child in out-of-home care: | 6075 |
(a) Engaging in sexual activity with a child in the person's | 6076 |
care; | 6077 |
(b) Denial to a child, as a means of punishment, of proper or | 6078 |
necessary subsistence, education, medical care, or other care | 6079 |
necessary for a child's health; | 6080 |
(c) Use of restraint procedures on a child that cause injury | 6081 |
or pain; | 6082 |
(d) Administration of prescription drugs or psychotropic | 6083 |
medication to the child without the written approval and ongoing | 6084 |
supervision of a licensed physician; | 6085 |
(e) Commission of any act, other than by accidental means, | 6086 |
that results in any injury to or death of the child in out-of-home | 6087 |
care or commission of any act by accidental means that results in | 6088 |
an injury to or death of a child in out-of-home care and that is | 6089 |
at variance with the history given of the injury or death. | 6090 |
(29) "Out-of-home care child neglect" means any of the | 6091 |
following when committed by a person responsible for the care of a | 6092 |
child in out-of-home care: | 6093 |
(a) Failure to provide reasonable supervision according to | 6094 |
the standards of care appropriate to the age, mental and physical | 6095 |
condition, or other special needs of the child; | 6096 |
(b) Failure to provide reasonable supervision according to | 6097 |
the standards of care appropriate to the age, mental and physical | 6098 |
condition, or other special needs of the child, that results in | 6099 |
sexual or physical abuse of the child by any person; | 6100 |
(c) Failure to develop a process for all of the following: | 6101 |
(i) Administration of prescription drugs or psychotropic | 6102 |
drugs for the child; | 6103 |
(ii) Assuring that the instructions of the licensed physician | 6104 |
who prescribed a drug for the child are followed; | 6105 |
(iii) Reporting to the licensed physician who prescribed the | 6106 |
drug all unfavorable or dangerous side effects from the use of the | 6107 |
drug. | 6108 |
(d) Failure to provide proper or necessary subsistence, | 6109 |
education, medical care, or other individualized care necessary | 6110 |
for the health or well-being of the child; | 6111 |
(e) Confinement of the child to a locked room without | 6112 |
monitoring by staff; | 6113 |
(f) Failure to provide ongoing security for all prescription | 6114 |
and nonprescription medication; | 6115 |
(g) Isolation of a child for a period of time when there is | 6116 |
substantial risk that the isolation, if continued, will impair or | 6117 |
retard the mental health or physical well-being of the child. | 6118 |
(30) "Permanent custody" means a legal status that vests in a | 6119 |
public children services agency or a private child placing agency, | 6120 |
all parental rights, duties, and obligations, including the right | 6121 |
to consent to adoption, and divests the natural parents or | 6122 |
adoptive parents of all parental rights, privileges, and | 6123 |
obligations, including all residual rights and obligations. | 6124 |
(31) "Permanent surrender" means the act of the parents or, | 6125 |
if a child has only one parent, of the parent of a child, by a | 6126 |
voluntary agreement authorized by section 5103.15 of the Revised | 6127 |
Code, to transfer the permanent custody of the child to a public | 6128 |
children services agency or a private child placing agency. | 6129 |
(32) "Person" means an individual, association, corporation, | 6130 |
or partnership and the state or any of its political subdivisions, | 6131 |
departments, or agencies. | 6132 |
(33) "Person responsible for a child's care in out-of-home | 6133 |
care" means any of the following: | 6134 |
(a) Any foster caregiver, in-home aide, or provider; | 6135 |
(b) Any administrator, employee, or agent of any of the | 6136 |
following: a public or private detention facility; shelter | 6137 |
facility; certified children's crisis care facility; organization; | 6138 |
certified organization; child day-care center; type A family | 6139 |
day-care home; certified type B family day-care home; group home; | 6140 |
institution; state institution; residential facility; residential | 6141 |
care facility; residential camp; day camp; school district; | 6142 |
community school; chartered nonpublic school; educational service | 6143 |
center; hospital; or medical clinic; | 6144 |
(c) Any person who supervises or coaches children as part of | 6145 |
an extracurricular activity sponsored by a school district, public | 6146 |
school, or chartered nonpublic school; | 6147 |
(d) Any other person who performs a similar function with | 6148 |
respect to, or has a similar relationship to, children. | 6149 |
(34) "Physically impaired" means having one or more of the | 6150 |
following conditions that substantially limit one or more of an | 6151 |
individual's major life activities, including self-care, receptive | 6152 |
and expressive language, learning, mobility, and self-direction: | 6153 |
(a) A substantial impairment of vision, speech, or hearing; | 6154 |
(b) A congenital orthopedic impairment; | 6155 |
(c) An orthopedic impairment caused by disease, rheumatic | 6156 |
fever or any other similar chronic or acute health problem, or | 6157 |
amputation or another similar cause. | 6158 |
(35) "Placement for adoption" means the arrangement by a | 6159 |
public children services agency or a private child placing agency | 6160 |
with a person for the care and adoption by that person of a child | 6161 |
of whom the agency has permanent custody. | 6162 |
(36) "Placement in foster care" means the arrangement by a | 6163 |
public children services agency or a private child placing agency | 6164 |
for the out-of-home care of a child of whom the agency has | 6165 |
temporary custody or permanent custody. | 6166 |
(37) "Planned permanent living arrangement" means an order of | 6167 |
a juvenile court pursuant to which both of the following apply: | 6168 |
(a) The court gives legal custody of a child to a public | 6169 |
children services agency or a private child placing agency without | 6170 |
the termination of parental rights. | 6171 |
(b) The order permits the agency to make an appropriate | 6172 |
placement of the child and to enter into a written agreement with | 6173 |
a foster care provider or with another person or agency with whom | 6174 |
the child is placed. | 6175 |
(38) "Practice of social work" and "practice of professional | 6176 |
counseling" have the same meanings as in section 4757.01 of the | 6177 |
Revised Code. | 6178 |
(39) "Sanction, service, or condition" means a sanction, | 6179 |
service, or condition created by court order following an | 6180 |
adjudication that a child is an unruly child that is described in | 6181 |
division (A)(4) of section 2152.19 of the Revised Code. | 6182 |
(40) "Protective supervision" means an order of disposition | 6183 |
pursuant to which the court permits an abused, neglected, | 6184 |
dependent, or unruly child to remain in the custody of the child's | 6185 |
parents, guardian, or custodian and stay in the child's home, | 6186 |
subject to any conditions and limitations upon the child, the | 6187 |
child's parents, guardian, or custodian, or any other person that | 6188 |
the court prescribes, including supervision as directed by the | 6189 |
court for the protection of the child. | 6190 |
(41) "Psychiatrist" has the same meaning as in section | 6191 |
5122.01 of the Revised Code. | 6192 |
(42) "Psychologist" has the same meaning as in section | 6193 |
4732.01 of the Revised Code. | 6194 |
(43) "Residential camp" means a program in which the care, | 6195 |
physical custody, or control of children is accepted overnight for | 6196 |
recreational or recreational and educational purposes. | 6197 |
(44) "Residential care facility" means an institution, | 6198 |
residence, or facility that is licensed by the department of | 6199 |
mental health under section 5119.22 of the Revised Code and that | 6200 |
provides care for a child. | 6201 |
(45) "Residential facility" means a home or facility that is | 6202 |
licensed by the department of | 6203 |
disabilities under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code and in | 6204 |
which a child with a developmental disability resides. | 6205 |
(46) "Residual parental rights, privileges, and | 6206 |
responsibilities" means those rights, privileges, and | 6207 |
responsibilities remaining with the natural parent after the | 6208 |
transfer of legal custody of the child, including, but not | 6209 |
necessarily limited to, the privilege of reasonable visitation, | 6210 |
consent to adoption, the privilege to determine the child's | 6211 |
religious affiliation, and the responsibility for support. | 6212 |
(47) "School day" means the school day established by the | 6213 |
state board of education pursuant to section 3313.48 of the | 6214 |
Revised Code. | 6215 |
(48) "School month" and "school year" have the same meanings | 6216 |
as in section 3313.62 of the Revised Code. | 6217 |
(49) "Secure correctional facility" means a facility under | 6218 |
the direction of the department of youth services that is designed | 6219 |
to physically restrict the movement and activities of children and | 6220 |
used for the placement of children after adjudication and | 6221 |
disposition. | 6222 |
(50) "Sexual activity" has the same meaning as in section | 6223 |
2907.01 of the Revised Code. | 6224 |
(51) "Shelter" means the temporary care of children in | 6225 |
physically unrestricted facilities pending court adjudication or | 6226 |
disposition. | 6227 |
(52) "Shelter for victims of domestic violence" has the same | 6228 |
meaning as in section 3113.33 of the Revised Code. | 6229 |
(53) "Temporary custody" means legal custody of a child who | 6230 |
is removed from the child's home, which custody may be terminated | 6231 |
at any time at the discretion of the court or, if the legal | 6232 |
custody is granted in an agreement for temporary custody, by the | 6233 |
person who executed the agreement. | 6234 |
(C) For the purposes of this chapter, a child shall be | 6235 |
presumed abandoned when the parents of the child have failed to | 6236 |
visit or maintain contact with the child for more than ninety | 6237 |
days, regardless of whether the parents resume contact with the | 6238 |
child after that period of ninety days. | 6239 |
Sec. 2151.421. (A)(1)(a) No person described in division | 6240 |
(A)(1)(b) of this section who is acting in an official or | 6241 |
professional capacity and knows, or has reasonable cause to | 6242 |
suspect based on facts that would cause a reasonable person in a | 6243 |
similar position to suspect, that a child under eighteen years of | 6244 |
age or a mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, or | 6245 |
physically impaired child under twenty-one years of age has | 6246 |
suffered or faces a threat of suffering any physical or mental | 6247 |
wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that | 6248 |
reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of the child shall fail to | 6249 |
immediately report that knowledge or reasonable cause to suspect | 6250 |
to the entity or persons specified in this division. Except as | 6251 |
provided in section 5120.173 of the Revised Code, the person | 6252 |
making the report shall make it to the public children services | 6253 |
agency or a municipal or county peace officer in the county in | 6254 |
which the child resides or in which the abuse or neglect is | 6255 |
occurring or has occurred. In the circumstances described in | 6256 |
section 5120.173 of the Revised Code, the person making the report | 6257 |
shall make it to the entity specified in that section. | 6258 |
(b) Division (A)(1)(a) of this section applies to any person | 6259 |
who is an attorney; physician, including a hospital intern or | 6260 |
resident; dentist; podiatrist; practitioner of a limited branch of | 6261 |
medicine as specified in section 4731.15 of the Revised Code; | 6262 |
registered nurse; licensed practical nurse; visiting nurse; other | 6263 |
health care professional; licensed psychologist; licensed school | 6264 |
psychologist; independent marriage and family therapist or | 6265 |
marriage and family therapist; speech pathologist or audiologist; | 6266 |
coroner; administrator or employee of a child day-care center; | 6267 |
administrator or employee of a residential camp or child day camp; | 6268 |
administrator or employee of a certified child care agency or | 6269 |
other public or private children services agency; school teacher; | 6270 |
school employee; school authority; person engaged in social work | 6271 |
or the practice of professional counseling; agent of a county | 6272 |
humane society; person, other than a cleric, rendering spiritual | 6273 |
treatment through prayer in accordance with the tenets of a | 6274 |
well-recognized religion; employee of a county department of job | 6275 |
and family services who is a professional and who works with | 6276 |
children and families; superintendent, board member, or employee | 6277 |
of a county board of | 6278 |
disabilities; investigative agent contracted with by a county | 6279 |
board of | 6280 |
of the department of | 6281 |
disabilities; employee of a facility or home that provides respite | 6282 |
care in accordance with section 5123.171 of the Revised Code; | 6283 |
employee of a home health agency; employee of an entity that | 6284 |
provides homemaker services; a person performing the duties of an | 6285 |
assessor pursuant to Chapter 3107. or 5103. of the Revised Code; | 6286 |
or third party employed by a public children services agency to | 6287 |
assist in providing child or family related services. | 6288 |
(2) Except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section, an | 6289 |
attorney or a physician is not required to make a report pursuant | 6290 |
to division (A)(1) of this section concerning any communication | 6291 |
the attorney or physician receives from a client or patient in an | 6292 |
attorney-client or physician-patient relationship, if, in | 6293 |
accordance with division (A) or (B) of section 2317.02 of the | 6294 |
Revised Code, the attorney or physician could not testify with | 6295 |
respect to that communication in a civil or criminal proceeding. | 6296 |
(3) The client or patient in an attorney-client or | 6297 |
physician-patient relationship described in division (A)(2) of | 6298 |
this section is deemed to have waived any testimonial privilege | 6299 |
under division (A) or (B) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code | 6300 |
with respect to any communication the attorney or physician | 6301 |
receives from the client or patient in that attorney-client or | 6302 |
physician-patient relationship, and the attorney or physician | 6303 |
shall make a report pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section | 6304 |
with respect to that communication, if all of the following apply: | 6305 |
(a) The client or patient, at the time of the communication, | 6306 |
is either a child under eighteen years of age or a mentally | 6307 |
retarded, developmentally disabled, or physically impaired person | 6308 |
under twenty-one years of age. | 6309 |
(b) The attorney or physician knows, or has reasonable cause | 6310 |
to suspect based on facts that would cause a reasonable person in | 6311 |
similar position to suspect, as a result of the communication or | 6312 |
any observations made during that communication, that the client | 6313 |
or patient has suffered or faces a threat of suffering any | 6314 |
physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a | 6315 |
nature that reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of the client or | 6316 |
patient. | 6317 |
(c) The abuse or neglect does not arise out of the client's | 6318 |
or patient's attempt to have an abortion without the notification | 6319 |
of her parents, guardian, or custodian in accordance with section | 6320 |
2151.85 of the Revised Code. | 6321 |
(4)(a) No cleric and no person, other than a volunteer, | 6322 |
designated by any church, religious society, or faith acting as a | 6323 |
leader, official, or delegate on behalf of the church, religious | 6324 |
society, or faith who is acting in an official or professional | 6325 |
capacity, who knows, or has reasonable cause to believe based on | 6326 |
facts that would cause a reasonable person in a similar position | 6327 |
to believe, that a child under eighteen years of age or a mentally | 6328 |
retarded, developmentally disabled, or physically impaired child | 6329 |
under twenty-one years of age has suffered or faces a threat of | 6330 |
suffering any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or | 6331 |
condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abuse or neglect | 6332 |
of the child, and who knows, or has reasonable cause to believe | 6333 |
based on facts that would cause a reasonable person in a similar | 6334 |
position to believe, that another cleric or another person, other | 6335 |
than a volunteer, designated by a church, religious society, or | 6336 |
faith acting as a leader, official, or delegate on behalf of the | 6337 |
church, religious society, or faith caused, or poses the threat of | 6338 |
causing, the wound, injury, disability, or condition that | 6339 |
reasonably indicates abuse or neglect shall fail to immediately | 6340 |
report that knowledge or reasonable cause to believe to the entity | 6341 |
or persons specified in this division. Except as provided in | 6342 |
section 5120.173 of the Revised Code, the person making the report | 6343 |
shall make it to the public children services agency or a | 6344 |
municipal or county peace officer in the county in which the child | 6345 |
resides or in which the abuse or neglect is occurring or has | 6346 |
occurred. In the circumstances described in section 5120.173 of | 6347 |
the Revised Code, the person making the report shall make it to | 6348 |
the entity specified in that section. | 6349 |
(b) Except as provided in division (A)(4)(c) of this section, | 6350 |
a cleric is not required to make a report pursuant to division | 6351 |
(A)(4)(a) of this section concerning any communication the cleric | 6352 |
receives from a penitent in a cleric-penitent relationship, if, in | 6353 |
accordance with division (C) of section 2317.02 of the Revised | 6354 |
Code, the cleric could not testify with respect to that | 6355 |
communication in a civil or criminal proceeding. | 6356 |
(c) The penitent in a cleric-penitent relationship described | 6357 |
in division (A)(4)(b) of this section is deemed to have waived any | 6358 |
testimonial privilege under division (C) of section 2317.02 of the | 6359 |
Revised Code with respect to any communication the cleric receives | 6360 |
from the penitent in that cleric-penitent relationship, and the | 6361 |
cleric shall make a report pursuant to division (A)(4)(a) of this | 6362 |
section with respect to that communication, if all of the | 6363 |
following apply: | 6364 |
(i) The penitent, at the time of the communication, is either | 6365 |
a child under eighteen years of age or a mentally retarded, | 6366 |
developmentally disabled, or physically impaired person under | 6367 |
twenty-one years of age. | 6368 |
(ii) The cleric knows, or has reasonable cause to believe | 6369 |
based on facts that would cause a reasonable person in a similar | 6370 |
position to believe, as a result of the communication or any | 6371 |
observations made during that communication, the penitent has | 6372 |
suffered or faces a threat of suffering any physical or mental | 6373 |
wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that | 6374 |
reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of the penitent. | 6375 |
(iii) The abuse or neglect does not arise out of the | 6376 |
penitent's attempt to have an abortion performed upon a child | 6377 |
under eighteen years of age or upon a mentally retarded, | 6378 |
developmentally disabled, or physically impaired person under | 6379 |
twenty-one years of age without the notification of her parents, | 6380 |
guardian, or custodian in accordance with section 2151.85 of the | 6381 |
Revised Code. | 6382 |
(d) Divisions (A)(4)(a) and (c) of this section do not apply | 6383 |
in a cleric-penitent relationship when the disclosure of any | 6384 |
communication the cleric receives from the penitent is in | 6385 |
violation of the sacred trust. | 6386 |
(e) As used in divisions (A)(1) and (4) of this section, | 6387 |
"cleric" and "sacred trust" have the same meanings as in section | 6388 |
2317.02 of the Revised Code. | 6389 |
(B) Anyone who knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect | 6390 |
based on facts that would cause a reasonable person in similar | 6391 |
circumstances to suspect, that a child under eighteen years of age | 6392 |
or a mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, or physically | 6393 |
impaired person under twenty-one years of age has suffered or | 6394 |
faces a threat of suffering any physical or mental wound, injury, | 6395 |
disability, or other condition of a nature that reasonably | 6396 |
indicates abuse or neglect of the child may report or cause | 6397 |
reports to be made of that knowledge or reasonable cause to | 6398 |
suspect to the entity or persons specified in this division. | 6399 |
Except as provided in section 5120.173 of the Revised Code, a | 6400 |
person making a report or causing a report to be made under this | 6401 |
division shall make it or cause it to be made to the public | 6402 |
children services agency or to a municipal or county peace | 6403 |
officer. In the circumstances described in section 5120.173 of the | 6404 |
Revised Code, a person making a report or causing a report to be | 6405 |
made under this division shall make it or cause it to be made to | 6406 |
the entity specified in that section. | 6407 |
(C) Any report made pursuant to division (A) or (B) of this | 6408 |
section shall be made forthwith either by telephone or in person | 6409 |
and shall be followed by a written report, if requested by the | 6410 |
receiving agency or officer. The written report shall contain: | 6411 |
(1) The names and addresses of the child and the child's | 6412 |
parents or the person or persons having custody of the child, if | 6413 |
known; | 6414 |
(2) The child's age and the nature and extent of the child's | 6415 |
injuries, abuse, or neglect that is known or reasonably suspected | 6416 |
or believed, as applicable, to have occurred or of the threat of | 6417 |
injury, abuse, or neglect that is known or reasonably suspected or | 6418 |
believed, as applicable, to exist, including any evidence of | 6419 |
previous injuries, abuse, or neglect; | 6420 |
(3) Any other information that might be helpful in | 6421 |
establishing the cause of the injury, abuse, or neglect that is | 6422 |
known or reasonably suspected or believed, as applicable, to have | 6423 |
occurred or of the threat of injury, abuse, or neglect that is | 6424 |
known or reasonably suspected or believed, as applicable, to | 6425 |
exist. | 6426 |
Any person, who is required by division (A) of this section | 6427 |
to report child abuse or child neglect that is known or reasonably | 6428 |
suspected or believed to have occurred, may take or cause to be | 6429 |
taken color photographs of areas of trauma visible on a child and, | 6430 |
if medically indicated, cause to be performed radiological | 6431 |
examinations of the child. | 6432 |
(D) As used in this division, "children's advocacy center" | 6433 |
and "sexual abuse of a child" have the same meanings as in section | 6434 |
2151.425 of the Revised Code. | 6435 |
(1) When a municipal or county peace officer receives a | 6436 |
report concerning the possible abuse or neglect of a child or the | 6437 |
possible threat of abuse or neglect of a child, upon receipt of | 6438 |
the report, the municipal or county peace officer who receives the | 6439 |
report shall refer the report to the appropriate public children | 6440 |
services agency. | 6441 |
(2) When a public children services agency receives a report | 6442 |
pursuant to this division or division (A) or (B) of this section, | 6443 |
upon receipt of the report, the public children services agency | 6444 |
shall do both of the following: | 6445 |
(a) Comply with section 2151.422 of the Revised Code; | 6446 |
(b) If the county served by the agency is also served by a | 6447 |
children's advocacy center and the report alleges sexual abuse of | 6448 |
a child or another type of abuse of a child that is specified in | 6449 |
the memorandum of understanding that creates the center as being | 6450 |
within the center's jurisdiction, comply regarding the report with | 6451 |
the protocol and procedures for referrals and investigations, with | 6452 |
the coordinating activities, and with the authority or | 6453 |
responsibility for performing or providing functions, activities, | 6454 |
and services stipulated in the interagency agreement entered into | 6455 |
under section 2151.428 of the Revised Code relative to that | 6456 |
center. | 6457 |
(E) No township, municipal, or county peace officer shall | 6458 |
remove a child about whom a report is made pursuant to this | 6459 |
section from the child's parents, stepparents, or guardian or any | 6460 |
other persons having custody of the child without consultation | 6461 |
with the public children services agency, unless, in the judgment | 6462 |
of the officer, and, if the report was made by physician, the | 6463 |
physician, immediate removal is considered essential to protect | 6464 |
the child from further abuse or neglect. The agency that must be | 6465 |
consulted shall be the agency conducting the investigation of the | 6466 |
report as determined pursuant to section 2151.422 of the Revised | 6467 |
Code. | 6468 |
(F)(1) Except as provided in section 2151.422 of the Revised | 6469 |
Code or in an interagency agreement entered into under section | 6470 |
2151.428 of the Revised Code that applies to the particular | 6471 |
report, the public children services agency shall investigate, | 6472 |
within twenty-four hours, each report of child abuse or child | 6473 |
neglect that is known or reasonably suspected or believed to have | 6474 |
occurred and of a threat of child abuse or child neglect that is | 6475 |
known or reasonably suspected or believed to exist that is | 6476 |
referred to it under this section to determine the circumstances | 6477 |
surrounding the injuries, abuse, or neglect or the threat of | 6478 |
injury, abuse, or neglect, the cause of the injuries, abuse, | 6479 |
neglect, or threat, and the person or persons responsible. The | 6480 |
investigation shall be made in cooperation with the law | 6481 |
enforcement agency and in accordance with the memorandum of | 6482 |
understanding prepared under division (J) of this section. A | 6483 |
representative of the public children services agency shall, at | 6484 |
the time of initial contact with the person subject to the | 6485 |
investigation, inform the person of the specific complaints or | 6486 |
allegations made against the person. The information shall be | 6487 |
given in a manner that is consistent with division (H)(1) of this | 6488 |
section and protects the rights of the person making the report | 6489 |
under this section. | 6490 |
A failure to make the investigation in accordance with the | 6491 |
memorandum is not grounds for, and shall not result in, the | 6492 |
dismissal of any charges or complaint arising from the report or | 6493 |
the suppression of any evidence obtained as a result of the report | 6494 |
and does not give, and shall not be construed as giving, any | 6495 |
rights or any grounds for appeal or post-conviction relief to any | 6496 |
person. The public children services agency shall report each case | 6497 |
to the uniform statewide automated child welfare information | 6498 |
system that the department of job and family services shall | 6499 |
maintain in accordance with section 5101.13 of the Revised Code. | 6500 |
The public children services agency shall submit a report of its | 6501 |
investigation, in writing, to the law enforcement agency. | 6502 |
(2) The public children services agency shall make any | 6503 |
recommendations to the county prosecuting attorney or city | 6504 |
director of law that it considers necessary to protect any | 6505 |
children that are brought to its attention. | 6506 |
(G)(1)(a) Except as provided in division (H)(3) of this | 6507 |
section, anyone or any hospital, institution, school, health | 6508 |
department, or agency participating in the making of reports under | 6509 |
division (A) of this section, anyone or any hospital, institution, | 6510 |
school, health department, or agency participating in good faith | 6511 |
in the making of reports under division (B) of this section, and | 6512 |
anyone participating in good faith in a judicial proceeding | 6513 |
resulting from the reports, shall be immune from any civil or | 6514 |
criminal liability for injury, death, or loss to person or | 6515 |
property that otherwise might be incurred or imposed as a result | 6516 |
of the making of the reports or the participation in the judicial | 6517 |
proceeding. | 6518 |
(b) Notwithstanding section 4731.22 of the Revised Code, the | 6519 |
physician-patient privilege shall not be a ground for excluding | 6520 |
evidence regarding a child's injuries, abuse, or neglect, or the | 6521 |
cause of the injuries, abuse, or neglect in any judicial | 6522 |
proceeding resulting from a report submitted pursuant to this | 6523 |
section. | 6524 |
(2) In any civil or criminal action or proceeding in which it | 6525 |
is alleged and proved that participation in the making of a report | 6526 |
under this section was not in good faith or participation in a | 6527 |
judicial proceeding resulting from a report made under this | 6528 |
section was not in good faith, the court shall award the | 6529 |
prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs and, if a | 6530 |
civil action or proceeding is voluntarily dismissed, may award | 6531 |
reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the party against whom the | 6532 |
civil action or proceeding is brought. | 6533 |
(H)(1) Except as provided in divisions (H)(4) and (N) of | 6534 |
this section, a report made under this section is confidential. | 6535 |
The information provided in a report made pursuant to this | 6536 |
section and the name of the person who made the report shall not | 6537 |
be released for use, and shall not be used, as evidence in any | 6538 |
civil action or proceeding brought against the person who made | 6539 |
the report. Nothing in this division shall preclude the use of | 6540 |
reports of other incidents of known or suspected abuse or neglect | 6541 |
in a civil action or proceeding brought pursuant to division (M) | 6542 |
of this section against a person who is alleged to have violated | 6543 |
division (A)(1) of this section, provided that any information in | 6544 |
a report that would identify the child who is the subject of the | 6545 |
report or the maker of the report, if the maker of the report is | 6546 |
not the defendant or an agent or employee of the defendant, has | 6547 |
been redacted. In a criminal proceeding, the report is | 6548 |
admissible in evidence in accordance with the Rules of Evidence | 6549 |
and is subject to discovery in accordance with the Rules of | 6550 |
Criminal Procedure. | 6551 |
(2) No person shall permit or encourage the unauthorized | 6552 |
dissemination of the contents of any report made under this | 6553 |
section. | 6554 |
(3) A person who knowingly makes or causes another person to | 6555 |
make a false report under division (B) of this section that | 6556 |
alleges that any person has committed an act or omission that | 6557 |
resulted in a child being an abused child or a neglected child is | 6558 |
guilty of a violation of section 2921.14 of the Revised Code. | 6559 |
(4) If a report is made pursuant to division (A) or (B) of | 6560 |
this section and the child who is the subject of the report dies | 6561 |
for any reason at any time after the report is made, but before | 6562 |
the child attains eighteen years of age, the public children | 6563 |
services agency or municipal or county peace officer to which the | 6564 |
report was made or referred, on the request of the child fatality | 6565 |
review board, shall submit a summary sheet of information | 6566 |
providing a summary of the report to the review board of the | 6567 |
county in which the deceased child resided at the time of death. | 6568 |
On the request of the review board, the agency or peace officer | 6569 |
may, at its discretion, make the report available to the review | 6570 |
board. If the county served by the public children services agency | 6571 |
is also served by a children's advocacy center and the report of | 6572 |
alleged sexual abuse of a child or another type of abuse of a | 6573 |
child is specified in the memorandum of understanding that creates | 6574 |
the center as being within the center's jurisdiction, the agency | 6575 |
or center shall perform the duties and functions specified in this | 6576 |
division in accordance with the interagency agreement entered into | 6577 |
under section 2151.428 of the Revised Code relative to that | 6578 |
advocacy center. | 6579 |
(5) A public children services agency shall advise a person | 6580 |
alleged to have inflicted abuse or neglect on a child who is the | 6581 |
subject of a report made pursuant to this section, including a | 6582 |
report alleging sexual abuse of a child or another type of abuse | 6583 |
of a child referred to a children's advocacy center pursuant to an | 6584 |
interagency agreement entered into under section 2151.428 of the | 6585 |
Revised Code, in writing of the disposition of the investigation. | 6586 |
The agency shall not provide to the person any information that | 6587 |
identifies the person who made the report, statements of | 6588 |
witnesses, or police or other investigative reports. | 6589 |
(I) Any report that is required by this section, other than a | 6590 |
report that is made to the state highway patrol as described in | 6591 |
section 5120.173 of the Revised Code, shall result in protective | 6592 |
services and emergency supportive services being made available by | 6593 |
the public children services agency on behalf of the children | 6594 |
about whom the report is made, in an effort to prevent further | 6595 |
neglect or abuse, to enhance their welfare, and, whenever | 6596 |
possible, to preserve the family unit intact. The agency required | 6597 |
to provide the services shall be the agency conducting the | 6598 |
investigation of the report pursuant to section 2151.422 of the | 6599 |
Revised Code. | 6600 |
(J)(1) Each public children services agency shall prepare a | 6601 |
memorandum of understanding that is signed by all of the | 6602 |
following: | 6603 |
(a) If there is only one juvenile judge in the county, the | 6604 |
juvenile judge of the county or the juvenile judge's | 6605 |
representative; | 6606 |
(b) If there is more than one juvenile judge in the county, a | 6607 |
juvenile judge or the juvenile judges' representative selected by | 6608 |
the juvenile judges or, if they are unable to do so for any | 6609 |
reason, the juvenile judge who is senior in point of service or | 6610 |
the senior juvenile judge's representative; | 6611 |
(c) The county peace officer; | 6612 |
(d) All chief municipal peace officers within the county; | 6613 |
(e) Other law enforcement officers handling child abuse and | 6614 |
neglect cases in the county; | 6615 |
(f) The prosecuting attorney of the county; | 6616 |
(g) If the public children services agency is not the county | 6617 |
department of job and family services, the county department of | 6618 |
job and family services; | 6619 |
(h) The county humane society; | 6620 |
(i) If the public children services agency participated in | 6621 |
the execution of a memorandum of understanding under section | 6622 |
2151.426 of the Revised Code establishing a children's advocacy | 6623 |
center, each participating member of the children's advocacy | 6624 |
center established by the memorandum. | 6625 |
(2) A memorandum of understanding shall set forth the normal | 6626 |
operating procedure to be employed by all concerned officials in | 6627 |
the execution of their respective responsibilities under this | 6628 |
section and division (C) of section 2919.21, division (B)(1) of | 6629 |
section 2919.22, division (B) of section 2919.23, and section | 6630 |
2919.24 of the Revised Code and shall have as two of its primary | 6631 |
goals the elimination of all unnecessary interviews of children | 6632 |
who are the subject of reports made pursuant to division (A) or | 6633 |
(B) of this section and, when feasible, providing for only one | 6634 |
interview of a child who is the subject of any report made | 6635 |
pursuant to division (A) or (B) of this section. A failure to | 6636 |
follow the procedure set forth in the memorandum by the concerned | 6637 |
officials is not grounds for, and shall not result in, the | 6638 |
dismissal of any charges or complaint arising from any reported | 6639 |
case of abuse or neglect or the suppression of any evidence | 6640 |
obtained as a result of any reported child abuse or child neglect | 6641 |
and does not give, and shall not be construed as giving, any | 6642 |
rights or any grounds for appeal or post-conviction relief to any | 6643 |
person. | 6644 |
(3) A memorandum of understanding shall include all of the | 6645 |
following: | 6646 |
(a) The roles and responsibilities for handling emergency and | 6647 |
nonemergency cases of abuse and neglect; | 6648 |
(b) Standards and procedures to be used in handling and | 6649 |
coordinating investigations of reported cases of child abuse and | 6650 |
reported cases of child neglect, methods to be used in | 6651 |
interviewing the child who is the subject of the report and who | 6652 |
allegedly was abused or neglected, and standards and procedures | 6653 |
addressing the categories of persons who may interview the child | 6654 |
who is the subject of the report and who allegedly was abused or | 6655 |
neglected. | 6656 |
(4) If a public children services agency participated in the | 6657 |
execution of a memorandum of understanding under section 2151.426 | 6658 |
of the Revised Code establishing a children's advocacy center, the | 6659 |
agency shall incorporate the contents of that memorandum in the | 6660 |
memorandum prepared pursuant to this section. | 6661 |
(5) The clerk of the court of common pleas in the county may | 6662 |
sign the memorandum of understanding prepared under division | 6663 |
(J)(1) of this section. If the clerk signs the memorandum of | 6664 |
understanding, the clerk shall execute all relevant | 6665 |
responsibilities as required of officials specified in the | 6666 |
memorandum. | 6667 |
(K)(1) Except as provided in division (K)(4) of this section, | 6668 |
a person who is required to make a report pursuant to division (A) | 6669 |
of this section may make a reasonable number of requests of the | 6670 |
public children services agency that receives or is referred the | 6671 |
report, or of the children's advocacy center that is referred the | 6672 |
report if the report is referred to a children's advocacy center | 6673 |
pursuant to an interagency agreement entered into under section | 6674 |
2151.428 of the Revised Code, to be provided with the following | 6675 |
information: | 6676 |
(a) Whether the agency or center has initiated an | 6677 |
investigation of the report; | 6678 |
(b) Whether the agency or center is continuing to investigate | 6679 |
the report; | 6680 |
(c) Whether the agency or center is otherwise involved with | 6681 |
the child who is the subject of the report; | 6682 |
(d) The general status of the health and safety of the child | 6683 |
who is the subject of the report; | 6684 |
(e) Whether the report has resulted in the filing of a | 6685 |
complaint in juvenile court or of criminal charges in another | 6686 |
court. | 6687 |
(2) A person may request the information specified in | 6688 |
division (K)(1) of this section only if, at the time the report is | 6689 |
made, the person's name, address, and telephone number are | 6690 |
provided to the person who receives the report. | 6691 |
When a municipal or county peace officer or employee of a | 6692 |
public children services agency receives a report pursuant to | 6693 |
division (A) or (B) of this section the recipient of the report | 6694 |
shall inform the person of the right to request the information | 6695 |
described in division (K)(1) of this section. The recipient of the | 6696 |
report shall include in the initial child abuse or child neglect | 6697 |
report that the person making the report was so informed and, if | 6698 |
provided at the time of the making of the report, shall include | 6699 |
the person's name, address, and telephone number in the report. | 6700 |
Each request is subject to verification of the identity of | 6701 |
the person making the report. If that person's identity is | 6702 |
verified, the agency shall provide the person with the information | 6703 |
described in division (K)(1) of this section a reasonable number | 6704 |
of times, except that the agency shall not disclose any | 6705 |
confidential information regarding the child who is the subject of | 6706 |
the report other than the information described in those | 6707 |
divisions. | 6708 |
(3) A request made pursuant to division (K)(1) of this | 6709 |
section is not a substitute for any report required to be made | 6710 |
pursuant to division (A) of this section. | 6711 |
(4) If an agency other than the agency that received or was | 6712 |
referred the report is conducting the investigation of the report | 6713 |
pursuant to section 2151.422 of the Revised Code, the agency | 6714 |
conducting the investigation shall comply with the requirements of | 6715 |
division (K) of this section. | 6716 |
(L) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules | 6717 |
in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement | 6718 |
this section. The department of job and family services may enter | 6719 |
into a plan of cooperation with any other governmental entity to | 6720 |
aid in ensuring that children are protected from abuse and | 6721 |
neglect. The department shall make recommendations to the attorney | 6722 |
general that the department determines are necessary to protect | 6723 |
children from child abuse and child neglect. | 6724 |
(M) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is liable | 6725 |
for compensatory and exemplary damages to the child who would have | 6726 |
been the subject of the report that was not made. A person who | 6727 |
brings a civil action or proceeding pursuant to this division | 6728 |
against a person who is alleged to have violated division (A)(1) | 6729 |
of this section may use in the action or proceeding reports of | 6730 |
other incidents of known or suspected abuse or neglect, provided | 6731 |
that any information in a report that would identify the child who | 6732 |
is the subject of the report or the maker of the report, if the | 6733 |
maker is not the defendant or an agent or employee of the | 6734 |
defendant, has been redacted. | 6735 |
(N)(1) As used in this division: | 6736 |
(a) "Out-of-home care" includes a nonchartered nonpublic | 6737 |
school if the alleged child abuse or child neglect, or alleged | 6738 |
threat of child abuse or child neglect, described in a report | 6739 |
received by a public children services agency allegedly occurred | 6740 |
in or involved the nonchartered nonpublic school and the alleged | 6741 |
perpetrator named in the report holds a certificate, permit, or | 6742 |
license issued by the state board of education under section | 6743 |
3301.071 or Chapter 3319. of the Revised Code. | 6744 |
(b) "Administrator, director, or other chief administrative | 6745 |
officer" means the superintendent of the school district if the | 6746 |
out-of-home care entity subject to a report made pursuant to this | 6747 |
section is a school operated by the district. | 6748 |
(2) No later than the end of the day following the day on | 6749 |
which a public children services agency receives a report of | 6750 |
alleged child abuse or child neglect, or a report of an alleged | 6751 |
threat of child abuse or child neglect, that allegedly occurred in | 6752 |
or involved an out-of-home care entity, the agency shall provide | 6753 |
written notice of the allegations contained in and the person | 6754 |
named as the alleged perpetrator in the report to the | 6755 |
administrator, director, or other chief administrative officer of | 6756 |
the out-of-home care entity that is the subject of the report | 6757 |
unless the administrator, director, or other chief administrative | 6758 |
officer is named as an alleged perpetrator in the report. If the | 6759 |
administrator, director, or other chief administrative officer of | 6760 |
an out-of-home care entity is named as an alleged perpetrator in a | 6761 |
report of alleged child abuse or child neglect, or a report of an | 6762 |
alleged threat of child abuse or child neglect, that allegedly | 6763 |
occurred in or involved the out-of-home care entity, the agency | 6764 |
shall provide the written notice to the owner or governing board | 6765 |
of the out-of-home care entity that is the subject of the report. | 6766 |
The agency shall not provide witness statements or police or other | 6767 |
investigative reports. | 6768 |
(3) No later than three days after the day on which a public | 6769 |
children services agency that conducted the investigation as | 6770 |
determined pursuant to section 2151.422 of the Revised Code makes | 6771 |
a disposition of an investigation involving a report of alleged | 6772 |
child abuse or child neglect, or a report of an alleged threat of | 6773 |
child abuse or child neglect, that allegedly occurred in or | 6774 |
involved an out-of-home care entity, the agency shall send written | 6775 |
notice of the disposition of the investigation to the | 6776 |
administrator, director, or other chief administrative officer and | 6777 |
the owner or governing board of the out-of-home care entity. The | 6778 |
agency shall not provide witness statements or police or other | 6779 |
investigative reports. | 6780 |
Sec. 2903.33. As used in sections 2903.33 to 2903.36 of the | 6781 |
Revised Code: | 6782 |
(A) "Care facility" means any of the following: | 6783 |
(1) Any "home" as defined in section 3721.10 or 5111.20 of | 6784 |
the Revised Code; | 6785 |
(2) Any "residential facility" as defined in section 5123.19 | 6786 |
of the Revised Code; | 6787 |
(3) Any institution or facility operated or provided by the | 6788 |
department of mental health or by the department of | 6789 |
6790 | |
5119.02 and 5123.03 of the Revised Code; | 6791 |
(4) Any "residential facility" as defined in section 5119.22 | 6792 |
of the Revised Code; | 6793 |
(5) Any unit of any hospital, as defined in section 3701.01 | 6794 |
of the Revised Code, that provides the same services as a nursing | 6795 |
home, as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code; | 6796 |
(6) Any institution, residence, or facility that provides, | 6797 |
for a period of more than twenty-four hours, whether for a | 6798 |
consideration or not, accommodations to one individual or two | 6799 |
unrelated individuals who are dependent upon the services of | 6800 |
others; | 6801 |
(7) Any "adult care facility" as defined in section 3722.01 | 6802 |
of the Revised Code; | 6803 |
(8) Any adult foster home certified by the department of | 6804 |
aging or its designee under section 173.36 of the Revised Code; | 6805 |
(9) Any "community alternative home" as defined in section | 6806 |
3724.01 of the Revised Code. | 6807 |
(B) "Abuse" means knowingly causing physical harm or | 6808 |
recklessly causing serious physical harm to a person by physical | 6809 |
contact with the person or by the inappropriate use of a physical | 6810 |
or chemical restraint, medication, or isolation on the person. | 6811 |
(C)(1) "Gross neglect" means knowingly failing to provide a | 6812 |
person with any treatment, care, goods, or service that is | 6813 |
necessary to maintain the health or safety of the person when the | 6814 |
failure results in physical harm or serious physical harm to the | 6815 |
person. | 6816 |
(2) "Neglect" means recklessly failing to provide a person | 6817 |
with any treatment, care, goods, or service that is necessary to | 6818 |
maintain the health or safety of the person when the failure | 6819 |
results in serious physical harm to the person. | 6820 |
(D) "Inappropriate use of a physical or chemical restraint, | 6821 |
medication, or isolation" means the use of physical or chemical | 6822 |
restraint, medication, or isolation as punishment, for staff | 6823 |
convenience, excessively, as a substitute for treatment, or in | 6824 |
quantities that preclude habilitation and treatment. | 6825 |
Sec. 2919.271. (A)(1)(a) If a defendant is charged with a | 6826 |
violation of section 2919.27 of the Revised Code or of a municipal | 6827 |
ordinance that is substantially similar to that section, the court | 6828 |
may order an evaluation of the mental condition of the defendant | 6829 |
if the court determines that either of the following criteria | 6830 |
apply: | 6831 |
(i) If the alleged violation is a violation of a protection | 6832 |
order issued or consent agreement approved pursuant to section | 6833 |
2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code, that the violation | 6834 |
allegedly involves conduct by the defendant that caused physical | 6835 |
harm to the person or property of a family or household member | 6836 |
covered by the order or agreement, or conduct by the defendant | 6837 |
that caused a family or household member to believe that the | 6838 |
defendant would cause physical harm to that member or that | 6839 |
member's property. | 6840 |
(ii) If the alleged violation is a violation of a protection | 6841 |
order issued pursuant to section 2903.213 or 2903.214 of the | 6842 |
Revised Code or a protection order issued by a court of another | 6843 |
state, that the violation allegedly involves conduct by the | 6844 |
defendant that caused physical harm to the person or property of | 6845 |
the person covered by the order, or conduct by the defendant that | 6846 |
caused the person covered by the order to believe that the | 6847 |
defendant would cause physical harm to that person or that | 6848 |
person's property. | 6849 |
(b) If a defendant is charged with a violation of section | 6850 |
2903.211 of the Revised Code or of a municipal ordinance that is | 6851 |
substantially similar to that section, the court may order an | 6852 |
evaluation of the mental condition of the defendant. | 6853 |
(2) An evaluation ordered under division (A)(1) of this | 6854 |
section shall be completed no later than thirty days from the date | 6855 |
the order is entered pursuant to that division. In that order, the | 6856 |
court shall do either of the following: | 6857 |
(a) Order that the evaluation of the mental condition of the | 6858 |
defendant be preceded by an examination conducted either by a | 6859 |
forensic center that is designated by the department of mental | 6860 |
health to conduct examinations and make evaluations of defendants | 6861 |
charged with violations of section 2903.211 or 2919.27 of the | 6862 |
Revised Code or of substantially similar municipal ordinances in | 6863 |
the area in which the court is located, or by any other program or | 6864 |
facility that is designated by the department of mental health or | 6865 |
the
department of | 6866 |
disabilities to conduct examinations and make evaluations of | 6867 |
defendants charged with violations of section 2903.211 or 2919.27 | 6868 |
of the Revised Code or of substantially similar municipal | 6869 |
ordinances, and that is operated by either department or is | 6870 |
certified by either department as being in compliance with the | 6871 |
standards established under division (I) of section 5119.01 of the | 6872 |
Revised Code or division (C) of section 5123.04 of the Revised | 6873 |
Code. | 6874 |
(b) Designate a center, program, or facility other than one | 6875 |
designated by the department of mental health or the department of | 6876 |
6877 | |
division (A)(2)(a) of this section, to conduct the evaluation and | 6878 |
preceding examination of the mental condition of the defendant. | 6879 |
Whether the court acts pursuant to division (A)(2)(a) or (b) | 6880 |
of this section, the court may designate examiners other than the | 6881 |
personnel of the center, program, facility, or department involved | 6882 |
to make the evaluation and preceding examination of the mental | 6883 |
condition of the defendant. | 6884 |
(B) If the court considers that additional evaluations of the | 6885 |
mental condition of a defendant are necessary following the | 6886 |
evaluation authorized by division (A) of this section, the court | 6887 |
may order up to two additional similar evaluations. These | 6888 |
evaluations shall be completed no later than thirty days from the | 6889 |
date the applicable court order is entered. If more than one | 6890 |
evaluation of the mental condition of the defendant is ordered | 6891 |
under this division, the prosecutor and the defendant may | 6892 |
recommend to the court an examiner whom each prefers to perform | 6893 |
one of the evaluations and preceding examinations. | 6894 |
(C)(1) The court may order a defendant who has been released | 6895 |
on bail to submit to an examination under division (A) or (B) of | 6896 |
this section. The examination shall be conducted either at the | 6897 |
detention facility in which the defendant would have been confined | 6898 |
if the defendant had not been released on bail, or, if so | 6899 |
specified by the center, program, facility, or examiners involved, | 6900 |
at the premises of the center, program, or facility. Additionally, | 6901 |
the examination shall be conducted at the times established by the | 6902 |
examiners involved. If such a defendant refuses to submit to an | 6903 |
examination or a complete examination as required by the court or | 6904 |
the center, program, facility, or examiners involved, the court | 6905 |
may amend the conditions of the bail of the defendant and order | 6906 |
the sheriff to take the defendant into custody and deliver the | 6907 |
defendant to the detention facility in which the defendant would | 6908 |
have been confined if the defendant had not been released on bail, | 6909 |
or, if so specified by the center, program, facility, or examiners | 6910 |
involved, to the premises of the center, program, or facility, for | 6911 |
purposes of the examination. | 6912 |
(2) A defendant who has not been released on bail shall be | 6913 |
examined at the detention facility in which the defendant is | 6914 |
confined or, if so specified by the center, program, facility, or | 6915 |
examiners involved, at the premises of the center, program, or | 6916 |
facility. | 6917 |
(D) The examiner of the mental condition of a defendant under | 6918 |
division (A) or (B) of this section shall file a written report | 6919 |
with the court within thirty days after the entry of an order for | 6920 |
the evaluation of the mental condition of the defendant. The | 6921 |
report shall contain the findings of the examiner; the facts in | 6922 |
reasonable detail on which the findings are based; the opinion of | 6923 |
the examiner as to the mental condition of the defendant; the | 6924 |
opinion of the examiner as to whether the defendant represents a | 6925 |
substantial risk of physical harm to other persons as manifested | 6926 |
by evidence of recent homicidal or other violent behavior, | 6927 |
evidence of recent threats that placed other persons in reasonable | 6928 |
fear of violent behavior and serious physical harm, or evidence of | 6929 |
present dangerousness; and the opinion of the examiner as to the | 6930 |
types of treatment or counseling that the defendant needs. The | 6931 |
court shall provide copies of the report to the prosecutor and | 6932 |
defense counsel. | 6933 |
(E) The costs of any evaluation and preceding examination of | 6934 |
a defendant that is ordered pursuant to division (A) or (B) of | 6935 |
this section shall be taxed as court costs in the criminal case. | 6936 |
(F) If the examiner considers it necessary in order to make | 6937 |
an accurate evaluation of the mental condition of a defendant, an | 6938 |
examiner under division (A) or (B) of this section may request any | 6939 |
family or household member of the defendant to provide the | 6940 |
examiner with information. A family or household member may, but | 6941 |
is not required to, provide information to the examiner upon | 6942 |
receipt of the request. | 6943 |
(G) As used in this section: | 6944 |
(1) "Bail" includes a recognizance. | 6945 |
(2) "Examiner" means a psychiatrist, a licensed independent | 6946 |
social worker who is employed by a forensic center that is | 6947 |
certified as being in compliance with the standards established | 6948 |
under division (I) of section 5119.01 or division (C) of section | 6949 |
5123.04 of the Revised Code, a licensed professional clinical | 6950 |
counselor who is employed at a forensic center that is certified | 6951 |
as being in compliance with such standards, or a licensed clinical | 6952 |
psychologist, except that in order to be an examiner, a licensed | 6953 |
clinical psychologist shall meet the criteria of division (I)(1) | 6954 |
of section 5122.01 of the Revised Code or be employed to conduct | 6955 |
examinations by the department of mental health or by a forensic | 6956 |
center certified as being in compliance with the standards | 6957 |
established under division (I) of section 5119.01 or division (C) | 6958 |
of section 5123.04 of the Revised Code that is designated by the | 6959 |
department of mental health. | 6960 |
(3) "Family or household member" has the same meaning as in | 6961 |
section 2919.25 of the Revised Code. | 6962 |
(4) "Prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 | 6963 |
of the Revised Code. | 6964 |
(5) "Psychiatrist" and "licensed clinical psychologist" have | 6965 |
the same meanings as in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. | 6966 |
(6) "Protection order issued by a court of another state" has | 6967 |
the same meaning as in section 2919.27 of the Revised Code. | 6968 |
Sec. 2921.36. (A) No person shall knowingly convey, or | 6969 |
attempt to convey, onto the grounds of a detention facility or of | 6970 |
an institution, office building, or other place that is under the | 6971 |
control of the department of mental health, the department of | 6972 |
6973 | |
of youth services, or the department of rehabilitation and | 6974 |
correction any of the following items: | 6975 |
(1) Any deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance, as defined in | 6976 |
section 2923.11 of the Revised Code, or any part of or ammunition | 6977 |
for use in such a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance; | 6978 |
(2) Any drug of abuse, as defined in section 3719.011 of the | 6979 |
Revised Code; | 6980 |
(3) Any intoxicating liquor, as defined in section 4301.01 of | 6981 |
the Revised Code. | 6982 |
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any person | 6983 |
who conveys or attempts to convey an item onto the grounds of a | 6984 |
detention facility or of an institution, office building, or other | 6985 |
place under the control of the department of mental health, the | 6986 |
department of | 6987 |
the department of youth services, or the department of | 6988 |
rehabilitation and correction pursuant to the written | 6989 |
authorization of the person in charge of the detention facility or | 6990 |
the institution, office building, or other place and in accordance | 6991 |
with the written rules of the detention facility or the | 6992 |
institution, office building, or other place. | 6993 |
(C) No person shall knowingly deliver, or attempt to deliver, | 6994 |
to any person who is confined in a detention facility, to a child | 6995 |
confined in a youth services facility, to a prisoner who is | 6996 |
temporarily released from confinement for a work assignment, or to | 6997 |
any patient in an institution under the control of the department | 6998 |
of mental health or the department of | 6999 |
developmental disabilities any item listed in division (A)(1), | 7000 |
(2), or (3) of this section. | 7001 |
(D) No person shall knowingly deliver, or attempt to deliver, | 7002 |
cash to any person who is confined in a detention facility, to a | 7003 |
child confined in a youth services facility, or to a prisoner who | 7004 |
is temporarily released from confinement for a work assignment. | 7005 |
(E) No person shall knowingly deliver, or attempt to deliver, | 7006 |
to any person who is confined in a detention facility, to a child | 7007 |
confined in a youth services facility, or to a prisoner who is | 7008 |
temporarily released from confinement for a work assignment a | 7009 |
cellular telephone, two-way radio, or other electronic | 7010 |
communications device. | 7011 |
(F)(1) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under | 7012 |
division (A)(1) of this section that the weapon or dangerous | 7013 |
ordnance in question was being transported in a motor vehicle for | 7014 |
any lawful purpose, that it was not on the actor's person, and, if | 7015 |
the weapon or dangerous ordnance in question was a firearm, that | 7016 |
it was unloaded and was being carried in a closed package, box, or | 7017 |
case or in a compartment that can be reached only by leaving the | 7018 |
vehicle. | 7019 |
(2) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under division | 7020 |
(C) of this section that the actor was not otherwise prohibited by | 7021 |
law from delivering the item to the confined person, the child, | 7022 |
the prisoner, or the patient and that either of the following | 7023 |
applies: | 7024 |
(a) The actor was permitted by the written rules of the | 7025 |
detention facility or the institution, office building, or other | 7026 |
place to deliver the item to the confined person or the patient. | 7027 |
(b) The actor was given written authorization by the person | 7028 |
in charge of the detention facility or the institution, office | 7029 |
building, or other place to deliver the item to the confined | 7030 |
person or the patient. | 7031 |
(G)(1) Whoever violates division (A)(1) of this section or | 7032 |
commits a violation of division (C) of this section involving an | 7033 |
item listed in division (A)(1) of this section is guilty of | 7034 |
illegal conveyance of weapons onto the grounds of a specified | 7035 |
governmental facility, a felony of the third degree. If the | 7036 |
offender is an officer or employee of the department of | 7037 |
rehabilitation and correction, the court shall impose a mandatory | 7038 |
prison term. | 7039 |
(2) Whoever violates division (A)(2) of this section or | 7040 |
commits a violation of division (C) of this section involving any | 7041 |
drug of abuse is guilty of illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse | 7042 |
onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility, a felony of | 7043 |
the third degree. If the offender is an officer or employee of the | 7044 |
department of rehabilitation and correction or of the department | 7045 |
of youth services, the court shall impose a mandatory prison | 7046 |
term. | 7047 |
(3) Whoever violates division (A)(3) of this section or | 7048 |
commits a violation of division (C) of this section involving any | 7049 |
intoxicating liquor is guilty of illegal conveyance of | 7050 |
intoxicating liquor onto the grounds of a specified governmental | 7051 |
facility, a misdemeanor of the second degree. | 7052 |
(4) Whoever violates division (D) of this section is guilty | 7053 |
of illegal conveyance of cash onto the grounds of a detention | 7054 |
facility, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender | 7055 |
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation | 7056 |
of division (D) of this section, illegal conveyance of cash onto | 7057 |
the grounds of a detention facility is a felony of the fifth | 7058 |
degree. | 7059 |
(5) Whoever violates division (E) of this section is guilty | 7060 |
of illegal conveyance of a communications device onto the grounds | 7061 |
of a specified governmental facility, a misdemeanor of the first | 7062 |
degree, or if the offender previously has been convicted of or | 7063 |
pleaded guilty to a violation of division (E) of this section, a | 7064 |
felony of the fifth degree. | 7065 |
Sec. 2921.38. (A) No person who is confined in a detention | 7066 |
facility, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm another | 7067 |
person, shall cause or attempt to cause the other person to come | 7068 |
into contact with blood, semen, urine, feces, or another bodily | 7069 |
substance by throwing the bodily substance at the other person, by | 7070 |
expelling the bodily substance upon the other person, or in any | 7071 |
other manner. | 7072 |
(B) No person, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten, or | 7073 |
alarm a law enforcement officer, shall cause or attempt to cause | 7074 |
the law enforcement officer to come into contact with blood, | 7075 |
semen, urine, feces, or another bodily substance by throwing the | 7076 |
bodily substance at the law enforcement officer, by expelling the | 7077 |
bodily substance upon the law enforcement officer, or in any other | 7078 |
manner. | 7079 |
(C) No person, with knowledge that the person is a carrier of | 7080 |
the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is a | 7081 |
carrier of a hepatitis virus, or is infected with tuberculosis and | 7082 |
with intent to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm another person, | 7083 |
shall cause or attempt to cause the other person to come into | 7084 |
contact with blood, semen, urine, feces, or another bodily | 7085 |
substance by throwing the bodily substance at the other person, by | 7086 |
expelling the bodily substance upon the other person, or in any | 7087 |
other manner. | 7088 |
(D) Whoever violates this section is guilty of harassment | 7089 |
with a bodily substance. A violation of division (A) or (B) of | 7090 |
this section is a felony of the fifth degree. A violation of | 7091 |
division (C) of this section is a felony of the third degree. | 7092 |
(E)(1) The court, on request of the prosecutor, or the law | 7093 |
enforcement authority responsible for the investigation of the | 7094 |
violation, shall cause a person who allegedly has committed a | 7095 |
violation of this section to submit to one or more appropriate | 7096 |
tests to determine if the person is a carrier of the virus that | 7097 |
causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is a carrier of a | 7098 |
hepatitis virus, or is infected with tuberculosis. | 7099 |
(2) The court shall charge the offender with the costs of the | 7100 |
test or tests ordered under division (E)(1) of this section unless | 7101 |
the court determines that the accused is unable to pay, in which | 7102 |
case the costs shall be charged to the entity that operates the | 7103 |
detention facility in which the alleged offense occurred. | 7104 |
(F) This section does not apply to a person who is | 7105 |
hospitalized, institutionalized, or confined in a facility | 7106 |
operated by the department of mental health or the department of | 7107 |
7108 |
Sec. 2930.061. (A) If a person is charged in a complaint, | 7109 |
indictment, or information with any crime or specified delinquent | 7110 |
act or with any other violation of law, and if the case involves a | 7111 |
victim that the prosecutor in the case knows is a mentally | 7112 |
retarded person or a developmentally disabled person, in addition | 7113 |
to any other notices required under this chapter or under any | 7114 |
other provision of law, the prosecutor in the case shall send | 7115 |
written notice of the charges to the department of | 7116 |
7117 | |
shall specifically identify the person so charged. | 7118 |
(B) As used in this section, "mentally retarded person" and | 7119 |
"developmentally disabled person" have the same meanings as in | 7120 |
section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. | 7121 |
Sec. 2935.03. (A)(1) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, | 7122 |
deputy marshal, municipal police officer, township constable, | 7123 |
police officer of a township or joint township police district, | 7124 |
member of a police force employed by a metropolitan housing | 7125 |
authority under division (D) of section 3735.31 of the Revised | 7126 |
Code, member of a police force employed by a regional transit | 7127 |
authority under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised | 7128 |
Code, state university law enforcement officer appointed under | 7129 |
section 3345.04 of the Revised Code, veterans' home police officer | 7130 |
appointed under section 5907.02 of the Revised Code, special | 7131 |
police officer employed by a port authority under section 4582.04 | 7132 |
or 4582.28 of the Revised Code, or a special police officer | 7133 |
employed by a municipal corporation at a municipal airport, or | 7134 |
other municipal air navigation facility, that has scheduled | 7135 |
operations, as defined in section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code of | 7136 |
Federal Regulations, 14 C.F.R. 119.3, as amended, and that is | 7137 |
required to be under a security program and is governed by | 7138 |
aviation security rules of the transportation security | 7139 |
administration of the United States department of transportation | 7140 |
as provided in Parts 1542. and 1544. of Title 49 of the Code of | 7141 |
Federal Regulations, as amended, shall arrest and detain, until a | 7142 |
warrant can be obtained, a person found violating, within the | 7143 |
limits of the political subdivision, metropolitan housing | 7144 |
authority housing project, regional transit authority facilities | 7145 |
or areas of a municipal corporation that have been agreed to by a | 7146 |
regional transit authority and a municipal corporation located | 7147 |
within its territorial jurisdiction, college, university, | 7148 |
veterans' home operated under Chapter 5907. of the Revised Code, | 7149 |
port authority, or municipal airport or other municipal air | 7150 |
navigation facility, in which the peace officer is appointed, | 7151 |
employed, or elected, a law of this state, an ordinance of a | 7152 |
municipal corporation, or a resolution of a township. | 7153 |
(2) A peace officer of the department of natural resources, a | 7154 |
state fire marshal law enforcement officer described in division | 7155 |
(A)(23) of section 109.71 of the Revised Code, or an individual | 7156 |
designated to perform law enforcement duties under section | 7157 |
511.232, 1545.13, or 6101.75 of the Revised Code shall arrest and | 7158 |
detain, until a warrant can be obtained, a person found | 7159 |
violating, within the limits of the peace officer's, state fire | 7160 |
marshal law enforcement officer's, or individual's territorial | 7161 |
jurisdiction, a law of this state. | 7162 |
(3) The house sergeant at arms if the house sergeant at arms | 7163 |
has arrest authority pursuant to division (E)(1) of section | 7164 |
101.311 of the Revised Code and an assistant house sergeant at | 7165 |
arms shall arrest and detain, until a warrant can be obtained, a | 7166 |
person found violating, within the limits of the sergeant at | 7167 |
arms's or assistant sergeant at arms's territorial jurisdiction | 7168 |
specified in division (D)(1)(a) of section 101.311 of the Revised | 7169 |
Code or while providing security pursuant to division (D)(1)(f) of | 7170 |
section 101.311 of the Revised Code, a law of this state, an | 7171 |
ordinance of a municipal corporation, or a resolution of a | 7172 |
township. | 7173 |
(B)(1) When there is reasonable ground to believe that an | 7174 |
offense of violence, the offense of criminal child enticement as | 7175 |
defined in section 2905.05 of the Revised Code, the offense of | 7176 |
public indecency as defined in section 2907.09 of the Revised | 7177 |
Code, the offense of domestic violence as defined in section | 7178 |
2919.25 of the Revised Code, the offense of violating a protection | 7179 |
order as defined in section 2919.27 of the Revised Code, the | 7180 |
offense of menacing by stalking as defined in section 2903.211 of | 7181 |
the Revised Code, the offense of aggravated trespass as defined in | 7182 |
section 2911.211 of the Revised Code, a theft offense as defined | 7183 |
in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, or a felony drug abuse | 7184 |
offense as defined in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code, has | 7185 |
been committed within the limits of the political subdivision, | 7186 |
metropolitan housing authority housing project, regional transit | 7187 |
authority facilities or those areas of a municipal corporation | 7188 |
that have been agreed to by a regional transit authority and a | 7189 |
municipal corporation located within its territorial jurisdiction, | 7190 |
college, university, veterans' home operated under Chapter 5907. | 7191 |
of the Revised Code, port authority, or municipal airport or other | 7192 |
municipal air navigation facility, in which the peace officer is | 7193 |
appointed, employed, or elected or within the limits of the | 7194 |
territorial jurisdiction of the peace officer, a peace officer | 7195 |
described in division (A) of this section may arrest and detain | 7196 |
until a warrant can be obtained any person who the peace officer | 7197 |
has reasonable cause to believe is guilty of the violation. | 7198 |
(2) For purposes of division (B)(1) of this section, the | 7199 |
execution of any of the following constitutes reasonable ground to | 7200 |
believe that the offense alleged in the statement was committed | 7201 |
and reasonable cause to believe that the person alleged in the | 7202 |
statement to have committed the offense is guilty of the | 7203 |
violation: | 7204 |
(a) A written statement by a person alleging that an alleged | 7205 |
offender has committed the offense of menacing by stalking or | 7206 |
aggravated trespass; | 7207 |
(b) A written statement by the administrator of the | 7208 |
interstate compact on mental health appointed under section | 7209 |
5119.51 of the Revised Code alleging that a person who had been | 7210 |
hospitalized, institutionalized, or confined in any facility under | 7211 |
an order made pursuant to or under authority of section 2945.37, | 7212 |
2945.371, 2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the | 7213 |
Revised Code has escaped from the facility, from confinement in a | 7214 |
vehicle for transportation to or from the facility, or from | 7215 |
supervision by an employee of the facility that is incidental to | 7216 |
hospitalization, institutionalization, or confinement in the | 7217 |
facility and that occurs outside of the facility, in violation of | 7218 |
section 2921.34 of the Revised Code; | 7219 |
(c) A written statement by the administrator of any facility | 7220 |
in which a person has been hospitalized, institutionalized, or | 7221 |
confined under an order made pursuant to or under authority of | 7222 |
section 2945.37, 2945.371, 2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or | 7223 |
2945.402 of the Revised Code alleging that the person has escaped | 7224 |
from the facility, from confinement in a vehicle for | 7225 |
transportation to or from the facility, or from supervision by an | 7226 |
employee of the facility that is incidental to hospitalization, | 7227 |
institutionalization, or confinement in the facility and that | 7228 |
occurs outside of the facility, in violation of section 2921.34 of | 7229 |
the Revised Code. | 7230 |
(3)(a) For purposes of division (B)(1) of this section, a | 7231 |
peace officer described in division (A) of this section has | 7232 |
reasonable grounds to believe that the offense of domestic | 7233 |
violence or the offense of violating a protection order has been | 7234 |
committed and reasonable cause to believe that a particular person | 7235 |
is guilty of committing the offense if any of the following | 7236 |
occurs: | 7237 |
(i) A person executes a written statement alleging that the | 7238 |
person in question has committed the offense of domestic violence | 7239 |
or the offense of violating a protection order against the person | 7240 |
who executes the statement or against a child of the person who | 7241 |
executes the statement. | 7242 |
(ii) No written statement of the type described in division | 7243 |
(B)(3)(a)(i) of this section is executed, but the peace officer, | 7244 |
based upon the peace officer's own knowledge and observation of | 7245 |
the facts and circumstances of the alleged incident of the offense | 7246 |
of domestic violence or the alleged incident of the offense of | 7247 |
violating a protection order or based upon any other information, | 7248 |
including, but not limited to, any reasonably trustworthy | 7249 |
information given to the peace officer by the alleged victim of | 7250 |
the alleged incident of the offense or any witness of the alleged | 7251 |
incident of the offense, concludes that there are reasonable | 7252 |
grounds to believe that the offense of domestic violence or the | 7253 |
offense of violating a protection order has been committed and | 7254 |
reasonable cause to believe that the person in question is guilty | 7255 |
of committing the offense. | 7256 |
(iii) No written statement of the type described in division | 7257 |
(B)(3)(a)(i) of this section is executed, but the peace officer | 7258 |
witnessed the person in question commit the offense of domestic | 7259 |
violence or the offense of violating a protection order. | 7260 |
(b) If pursuant to division (B)(3)(a) of this section a peace | 7261 |
officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the offense of | 7262 |
domestic violence or the offense of violating a protection order | 7263 |
has been committed and reasonable cause to believe that a | 7264 |
particular person is guilty of committing the offense, it is the | 7265 |
preferred course of action in this state that the officer arrest | 7266 |
and detain that person pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section | 7267 |
until a warrant can be obtained. | 7268 |
If pursuant to division (B)(3)(a) of this section a peace | 7269 |
officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the offense of | 7270 |
domestic violence or the offense of violating a protection order | 7271 |
has been committed and reasonable cause to believe that family or | 7272 |
household members have committed the offense against each other, | 7273 |
it is the preferred course of action in this state that the | 7274 |
officer, pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, arrest and | 7275 |
detain until a warrant can be obtained the family or household | 7276 |
member who committed the offense and whom the officer has | 7277 |
reasonable cause to believe is the primary physical aggressor. | 7278 |
There is no preferred course of action in this state regarding any | 7279 |
other family or household member who committed the offense and | 7280 |
whom the officer does not have reasonable cause to believe is the | 7281 |
primary physical aggressor, but, pursuant to division (B)(1) of | 7282 |
this section, the peace officer may arrest and detain until a | 7283 |
warrant can be obtained any other family or household member who | 7284 |
committed the offense and whom the officer does not have | 7285 |
reasonable cause to believe is the primary physical aggressor. | 7286 |
(c) If a peace officer described in division (A) of this | 7287 |
section does not arrest and detain a person whom the officer has | 7288 |
reasonable cause to believe committed the offense of domestic | 7289 |
violence or the offense of violating a protection order when it is | 7290 |
the preferred course of action in this state pursuant to division | 7291 |
(B)(3)(b) of this section that the officer arrest that person, the | 7292 |
officer shall articulate in the written report of the incident | 7293 |
required by section 2935.032 of the Revised Code a clear statement | 7294 |
of the officer's reasons for not arresting and detaining that | 7295 |
person until a warrant can be obtained. | 7296 |
(d) In determining for purposes of division (B)(3)(b) of this | 7297 |
section which family or household member is the primary physical | 7298 |
aggressor in a situation in which family or household members have | 7299 |
committed the offense of domestic violence or the offense of | 7300 |
violating a protection order against each other, a peace officer | 7301 |
described in division (A) of this section, in addition to any | 7302 |
other relevant circumstances, should consider all of the | 7303 |
following: | 7304 |
(i) Any history of domestic violence or of any other violent | 7305 |
acts by either person involved in the alleged offense that the | 7306 |
officer reasonably can ascertain; | 7307 |
(ii) If violence is alleged, whether the alleged violence was | 7308 |
caused by a person acting in self-defense; | 7309 |
(iii) Each person's fear of physical harm, if any, resulting | 7310 |
from the other person's threatened use of force against any person | 7311 |
or resulting from the other person's use or history of the use of | 7312 |
force against any person, and the reasonableness of that fear; | 7313 |
(iv) The comparative severity of any injuries suffered by the | 7314 |
persons involved in the alleged offense. | 7315 |
(e)(i) A peace officer described in division (A) of this | 7316 |
section shall not require, as a prerequisite to arresting or | 7317 |
charging a person who has committed the offense of domestic | 7318 |
violence or the offense of violating a protection order, that the | 7319 |
victim of the offense specifically consent to the filing of | 7320 |
charges against the person who has committed the offense or sign a | 7321 |
complaint against the person who has committed the offense. | 7322 |
(ii) If a person is arrested for or charged with committing | 7323 |
the offense of domestic violence or the offense of violating a | 7324 |
protection order and if the victim of the offense does not | 7325 |
cooperate with the involved law enforcement or prosecuting | 7326 |
authorities in the prosecution of the offense or, subsequent to | 7327 |
the arrest or the filing of the charges, informs the involved law | 7328 |
enforcement or prosecuting authorities that the victim does not | 7329 |
wish the prosecution of the offense to continue or wishes to drop | 7330 |
charges against the alleged offender relative to the offense, the | 7331 |
involved prosecuting authorities, in determining whether to | 7332 |
continue with the prosecution of the offense or whether to dismiss | 7333 |
charges against the alleged offender relative to the offense and | 7334 |
notwithstanding the victim's failure to cooperate or the victim's | 7335 |
wishes, shall consider all facts and circumstances that are | 7336 |
relevant to the offense, including, but not limited to, the | 7337 |
statements and observations of the peace officers who responded to | 7338 |
the incident that resulted in the arrest or filing of the charges | 7339 |
and of all witnesses to that incident. | 7340 |
(f) In determining pursuant to divisions (B)(3)(a) to (g) of | 7341 |
this section whether to arrest a person pursuant to division | 7342 |
(B)(1) of this section, a peace officer described in division (A) | 7343 |
of this section shall not consider as a factor any possible | 7344 |
shortage of cell space at the detention facility to which the | 7345 |
person will be taken subsequent to the person's arrest or any | 7346 |
possibility that the person's arrest might cause, contribute to, | 7347 |
or exacerbate overcrowding at that detention facility or at any | 7348 |
other detention facility. | 7349 |
(g) If a peace officer described in division (A) of this | 7350 |
section intends pursuant to divisions (B)(3)(a) to (g) of this | 7351 |
section to arrest a person pursuant to division (B)(1) of this | 7352 |
section and if the officer is unable to do so because the person | 7353 |
is not present, the officer promptly shall seek a warrant for the | 7354 |
arrest of the person. | 7355 |
(h) If a peace officer described in division (A) of this | 7356 |
section responds to a report of an alleged incident of the offense | 7357 |
of domestic violence or an alleged incident of the offense of | 7358 |
violating a protection order and if the circumstances of the | 7359 |
incident involved the use or threatened use of a deadly weapon or | 7360 |
any person involved in the incident brandished a deadly weapon | 7361 |
during or in relation to the incident, the deadly weapon that was | 7362 |
used, threatened to be used, or brandished constitutes contraband, | 7363 |
and, to the extent possible, the officer shall seize the deadly | 7364 |
weapon as contraband pursuant to Chapter 2981. of the Revised | 7365 |
Code. Upon the seizure of a deadly weapon pursuant to division | 7366 |
(B)(3)(h) of this section, section 2981.12 of the Revised Code | 7367 |
shall apply regarding the treatment and disposition of the deadly | 7368 |
weapon. For purposes of that section, the "underlying criminal | 7369 |
offense" that was the basis of the seizure of a deadly weapon | 7370 |
under division (B)(3)(h) of this section and to which the deadly | 7371 |
weapon had a relationship is any of the following that is | 7372 |
applicable: | 7373 |
(i) The alleged incident of the offense of domestic violence | 7374 |
or the alleged incident of the offense of violating a protection | 7375 |
order to which the officer who seized the deadly weapon responded; | 7376 |
(ii) Any offense that arose out of the same facts and | 7377 |
circumstances as the report of the alleged incident of the offense | 7378 |
of domestic violence or the alleged incident of the offense of | 7379 |
violating a protection order to which the officer who seized the | 7380 |
deadly weapon responded. | 7381 |
(4) If, in the circumstances described in divisions (B)(3)(a) | 7382 |
to (g) of this section, a peace officer described in division (A) | 7383 |
of this section arrests and detains a person pursuant to division | 7384 |
(B)(1) of this section, or if, pursuant to division (B)(3)(h) of | 7385 |
this section, a peace officer described in division (A) of this | 7386 |
section seizes a deadly weapon, the officer, to the extent | 7387 |
described in and in accordance with section 9.86 or 2744.03 of the | 7388 |
Revised Code, is immune in any civil action for damages for | 7389 |
injury, death, or loss to person or property that arises from or | 7390 |
is related to the arrest and detention or the seizure. | 7391 |
(C) When there is reasonable ground to believe that a | 7392 |
violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section | 7393 |
4506.15 or a violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code has | 7394 |
been committed by a person operating a motor vehicle subject to | 7395 |
regulation by the public utilities commission of Ohio under Title | 7396 |
XLIX of the Revised Code, a peace officer with authority to | 7397 |
enforce that provision of law may stop or detain the person whom | 7398 |
the officer has reasonable cause to believe was operating the | 7399 |
motor vehicle in violation of the division or section and, after | 7400 |
investigating the circumstances surrounding the operation of the | 7401 |
vehicle, may arrest and detain the person. | 7402 |
(D) If a sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, | 7403 |
municipal police officer, member of a police force employed by a | 7404 |
metropolitan housing authority under division (D) of section | 7405 |
3735.31 of the Revised Code, member of a police force employed by | 7406 |
a regional transit authority under division (Y) of section 306.35 | 7407 |
of the Revised Code, special police officer employed by a port | 7408 |
authority under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code, | 7409 |
special police officer employed by a municipal corporation at a | 7410 |
municipal airport or other municipal air navigation facility | 7411 |
described in division (A) of this section, township constable, | 7412 |
police officer of a township or joint township police district, | 7413 |
state university law enforcement officer appointed under section | 7414 |
3345.04 of the Revised Code, peace officer of the department of | 7415 |
natural resources, individual designated to perform law | 7416 |
enforcement duties under section 511.232, 1545.13, or 6101.75 of | 7417 |
the Revised Code, the house sergeant at arms if the house sergeant | 7418 |
at arms has arrest authority pursuant to division (E)(1) of | 7419 |
section 101.311 of the Revised Code, or an assistant house | 7420 |
sergeant at arms is authorized by division (A) or (B) of this | 7421 |
section to arrest and detain, within the limits of the political | 7422 |
subdivision, metropolitan housing authority housing project, | 7423 |
regional transit authority facilities or those areas of a | 7424 |
municipal corporation that have been agreed to by a regional | 7425 |
transit authority and a municipal corporation located within its | 7426 |
territorial jurisdiction, port authority, municipal airport or | 7427 |
other municipal air navigation facility, college, or university in | 7428 |
which the officer is appointed, employed, or elected or within the | 7429 |
limits of the territorial jurisdiction of the peace officer, a | 7430 |
person until a warrant can be obtained, the peace officer, outside | 7431 |
the limits of that territory, may pursue, arrest, and detain that | 7432 |
person until a warrant can be obtained if all of the following | 7433 |
apply: | 7434 |
(1) The pursuit takes place without unreasonable delay after | 7435 |
the offense is committed; | 7436 |
(2) The pursuit is initiated within the limits of the | 7437 |
political subdivision, metropolitan housing authority housing | 7438 |
project, regional transit authority facilities or those areas of a | 7439 |
municipal corporation that have been agreed to by a regional | 7440 |
transit authority and a municipal corporation located within its | 7441 |
territorial jurisdiction, port authority, municipal airport or | 7442 |
other municipal air navigation facility, college, or university in | 7443 |
which the peace officer is appointed, employed, or elected or | 7444 |
within the limits of the territorial jurisdiction of the peace | 7445 |
officer; | 7446 |
(3) The offense involved is a felony, a misdemeanor of the | 7447 |
first degree or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, a | 7448 |
misdemeanor of the second degree or a substantially equivalent | 7449 |
municipal ordinance, or any offense for which points are | 7450 |
chargeable pursuant to section 4510.036 of the Revised Code. | 7451 |
(E) In addition to the authority granted under division (A) | 7452 |
or (B) of this section: | 7453 |
(1) A sheriff or deputy sheriff may arrest and detain, until | 7454 |
a warrant can be obtained, any person found violating section | 7455 |
4503.11, 4503.21, or 4549.01, sections 4549.08 to 4549.12, section | 7456 |
4549.62, or Chapter 4511. or 4513. of the Revised Code on the | 7457 |
portion of any street or highway that is located immediately | 7458 |
adjacent to the boundaries of the county in which the sheriff or | 7459 |
deputy sheriff is elected or appointed. | 7460 |
(2) A member of the police force of a township police | 7461 |
district created under section 505.48 of the Revised Code, a | 7462 |
member of the police force of a joint township police district | 7463 |
created under section 505.481 of the Revised Code, or a township | 7464 |
constable appointed in accordance with section 509.01 of the | 7465 |
Revised Code, who has received a certificate from the Ohio peace | 7466 |
officer training commission under section 109.75 of the Revised | 7467 |
Code, may arrest and detain, until a warrant can be obtained, any | 7468 |
person found violating any section or chapter of the Revised Code | 7469 |
listed in division (E)(1) of this section, other than sections | 7470 |
4513.33 and 4513.34 of the Revised Code, on the portion of any | 7471 |
street or highway that is located immediately adjacent to the | 7472 |
boundaries of the township police district or joint township | 7473 |
police district, in the case of a member of a township police | 7474 |
district or joint township police district police force, or the | 7475 |
unincorporated territory of the township, in the case of a | 7476 |
township constable. However, if the population of the township | 7477 |
that created the township police district served by the member's | 7478 |
police force, or the townships that created the joint township | 7479 |
police district served by the member's police force, or the | 7480 |
township that is served by the township constable, is sixty | 7481 |
thousand or less, the member of the township police district or | 7482 |
joint police district police force or the township constable may | 7483 |
not make an arrest under division (E)(2) of this section on a | 7484 |
state highway that is included as part of the interstate system. | 7485 |
(3) A police officer or village marshal appointed, elected, | 7486 |
or employed by a municipal corporation may arrest and detain, | 7487 |
until a warrant can be obtained, any person found violating any | 7488 |
section or chapter of the Revised Code listed in division (E)(1) | 7489 |
of this section on the portion of any street or highway that is | 7490 |
located immediately adjacent to the boundaries of the municipal | 7491 |
corporation in which the police officer or village marshal is | 7492 |
appointed, elected, or employed. | 7493 |
(4) A peace officer of the department of natural resources, a | 7494 |
state fire marshal law enforcement officer described in division | 7495 |
(A)(23) of section 109.71 of the Revised Code, or an individual | 7496 |
designated to perform law enforcement duties under section | 7497 |
511.232, 1545.13, or 6101.75 of the Revised Code may arrest and | 7498 |
detain, until a warrant can be obtained, any person found | 7499 |
violating any section or chapter of the Revised Code listed in | 7500 |
division (E)(1) of this section, other than sections 4513.33 and | 7501 |
4513.34 of the Revised Code, on the portion of any street or | 7502 |
highway that is located immediately adjacent to the boundaries of | 7503 |
the lands and waters that constitute the territorial jurisdiction | 7504 |
of the peace officer or state fire marshal law enforcement | 7505 |
officer. | 7506 |
(F)(1) A department of mental health special police officer | 7507 |
or
a department of | 7508 |
disabilities special police officer may arrest without a warrant | 7509 |
and detain until a warrant can be obtained any person found | 7510 |
committing on the premises of any institution under the | 7511 |
jurisdiction of the particular department a misdemeanor under a | 7512 |
law of the state. | 7513 |
A department of mental health special police officer or a | 7514 |
department of | 7515 |
special police officer may arrest without a warrant and detain | 7516 |
until a warrant can be obtained any person who has been | 7517 |
hospitalized, institutionalized, or confined in an institution | 7518 |
under the jurisdiction of the particular department pursuant to or | 7519 |
under authority of section 2945.37, 2945.371, 2945.38, 2945.39, | 7520 |
2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code and who is | 7521 |
found committing on the premises of any institution under the | 7522 |
jurisdiction of the particular department a violation of section | 7523 |
2921.34 of the Revised Code that involves an escape from the | 7524 |
premises of the institution. | 7525 |
(2)(a) If a department of mental health special police | 7526 |
officer
or a department of | 7527 |
disabilities special police officer finds any person who has been | 7528 |
hospitalized, institutionalized, or confined in an institution | 7529 |
under the jurisdiction of the particular department pursuant to or | 7530 |
under authority of section 2945.37, 2945.371, 2945.38, 2945.39, | 7531 |
2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code committing a | 7532 |
violation of section 2921.34 of the Revised Code that involves an | 7533 |
escape from the premises of the institution, or if there is | 7534 |
reasonable ground to believe that a violation of section 2921.34 | 7535 |
of the Revised Code has been committed that involves an escape | 7536 |
from the premises of an institution under the jurisdiction of the | 7537 |
department of
mental health or the department of | 7538 |
7539 | |
mental health
special police officer or a department of | 7540 |
7541 | |
has reasonable cause to believe that a particular person who has | 7542 |
been hospitalized, institutionalized, or confined in the | 7543 |
institution pursuant to or under authority of section 2945.37, | 7544 |
2945.371, 2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the | 7545 |
Revised Code is guilty of the violation, the special police | 7546 |
officer, outside of the premises of the institution, may pursue, | 7547 |
arrest, and detain that person for that violation of section | 7548 |
2921.34 of the Revised Code, until a warrant can be obtained, if | 7549 |
both of the following apply: | 7550 |
(i) The pursuit takes place without unreasonable delay after | 7551 |
the offense is committed; | 7552 |
(ii) The pursuit is initiated within the premises of the | 7553 |
institution from which the violation of section 2921.34 of the | 7554 |
Revised Code occurred. | 7555 |
(b) For purposes of division (F)(2)(a) of this section, the | 7556 |
execution of a written statement by the administrator of the | 7557 |
institution in which a person had been hospitalized, | 7558 |
institutionalized, or confined pursuant to or under authority of | 7559 |
section 2945.37, 2945.371, 2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or | 7560 |
2945.402 of the Revised Code alleging that the person has escaped | 7561 |
from the premises of the institution in violation of section | 7562 |
2921.34 of the Revised Code constitutes reasonable ground to | 7563 |
believe that the violation was committed and reasonable cause to | 7564 |
believe that the person alleged in the statement to have committed | 7565 |
the offense is guilty of the violation. | 7566 |
(G) As used in this section: | 7567 |
(1) A "department of mental health special police officer" | 7568 |
means a special police officer of the department of mental health | 7569 |
designated under section 5119.14 of the Revised Code who is | 7570 |
certified by the Ohio peace officer training commission under | 7571 |
section 109.77 of the Revised Code as having successfully | 7572 |
completed an approved peace officer basic training program. | 7573 |
(2) A "department of | 7574 |
disabilities special police officer" means a special police | 7575 |
officer of the
department of | 7576 |
disabilities designated under section 5123.13 of the Revised Code | 7577 |
who is certified by the Ohio peace officer training council under | 7578 |
section 109.77 of the Revised Code as having successfully | 7579 |
completed an approved peace officer basic training program. | 7580 |
(3) "Deadly weapon" has the same meaning as in section | 7581 |
2923.11 of the Revised Code. | 7582 |
(4) "Family or household member" has the same meaning as in | 7583 |
section 2919.25 of the Revised Code. | 7584 |
(5) "Street" or "highway" has the same meaning as in section | 7585 |
4511.01 of the Revised Code. | 7586 |
(6) "Interstate system" has the same meaning as in section | 7587 |
5516.01 of the Revised Code. | 7588 |
(7) "Peace officer of the department of natural resources" | 7589 |
means an employee of the department of natural resources who is a | 7590 |
natural resources law enforcement staff officer designated | 7591 |
pursuant to section 1501.013 of the Revised Code, a forest officer | 7592 |
designated pursuant to section 1503.29 of the Revised Code, a | 7593 |
preserve officer designated pursuant to section 1517.10 of the | 7594 |
Revised Code, a wildlife officer designated pursuant to section | 7595 |
1531.13 of the Revised Code, a park officer designated pursuant to | 7596 |
section 1541.10 of the Revised Code, or a state watercraft officer | 7597 |
designated pursuant to section 1547.521 of the Revised Code. | 7598 |
(8) "Portion of any street or highway" means all lanes of the | 7599 |
street or highway irrespective of direction of travel, including | 7600 |
designated turn lanes, and any berm, median, or shoulder. | 7601 |
Sec. 2945.37. (A) As used in sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of | 7602 |
the Revised Code: | 7603 |
(1) "Prosecutor" means a prosecuting attorney or a city | 7604 |
director of law, village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer | 7605 |
of a municipal corporation who has authority to prosecute a | 7606 |
criminal case that is before the court or the criminal case in | 7607 |
which a defendant in a criminal case has been found incompetent to | 7608 |
stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity. | 7609 |
(2) "Examiner" means either of the following: | 7610 |
(a) A psychiatrist or a licensed clinical psychologist who | 7611 |
satisfies the criteria of division (I)(1) of section 5122.01 of | 7612 |
the Revised Code or is employed by a certified forensic center | 7613 |
designated by the department of mental health to conduct | 7614 |
examinations or evaluations. | 7615 |
(b) For purposes of a separate mental retardation evaluation | 7616 |
that is ordered by a court pursuant to division (H) of section | 7617 |
2945.371 of the Revised Code, a psychologist designated by the | 7618 |
director of | 7619 |
pursuant to that section to conduct that separate mental | 7620 |
retardation evaluation. | 7621 |
(3) "Nonsecured status" means any unsupervised, off-grounds | 7622 |
movement or trial visit from a hospital or institution, or any | 7623 |
conditional release, that is granted to a person who is found | 7624 |
incompetent to stand trial and is committed pursuant to section | 7625 |
2945.39 of the Revised Code or to a person who is found not guilty | 7626 |
by reason of insanity and is committed pursuant to section 2945.40 | 7627 |
of the Revised Code. | 7628 |
(4) "Unsupervised, off-grounds movement" includes only | 7629 |
off-grounds privileges that are unsupervised and that have an | 7630 |
expectation of return to the hospital or institution on a daily | 7631 |
basis. | 7632 |
(5) "Trial visit" means a patient privilege of a longer | 7633 |
stated duration of unsupervised community contact with an | 7634 |
expectation of return to the hospital or institution at designated | 7635 |
times. | 7636 |
(6) "Conditional release" means a commitment status under | 7637 |
which the trial court at any time may revoke a person's | 7638 |
conditional release and order the rehospitalization or | 7639 |
reinstitutionalization of the person as described in division (A) | 7640 |
of section 2945.402 of the Revised Code and pursuant to which a | 7641 |
person who is found incompetent to stand trial or a person who is | 7642 |
found not guilty by reason of insanity lives and receives | 7643 |
treatment in the community for a period of time that does not | 7644 |
exceed the maximum prison term or term of imprisonment that the | 7645 |
person could have received for the offense in question had the | 7646 |
person been convicted of the offense instead of being found | 7647 |
incompetent to stand trial on the charge of the offense or being | 7648 |
found not guilty by reason of insanity relative to the offense. | 7649 |
(7) "Licensed clinical psychologist," "mentally ill person | 7650 |
subject to hospitalization by court order," and "psychiatrist" | 7651 |
have the same meanings as in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. | 7652 |
(8) "Mentally retarded person subject to institutionalization | 7653 |
by court order" has the same meaning as in section 5123.01 of the | 7654 |
Revised Code. | 7655 |
(B) In a criminal action in a court of common pleas, a county | 7656 |
court, or a municipal court, the court, prosecutor, or defense may | 7657 |
raise the issue of the defendant's competence to stand trial. If | 7658 |
the issue is raised before the trial has commenced, the court | 7659 |
shall hold a hearing on the issue as provided in this section. If | 7660 |
the issue is raised after the trial has commenced, the court shall | 7661 |
hold a hearing on the issue only for good cause shown or on the | 7662 |
court's own motion. | 7663 |
(C) The court shall conduct the hearing required or | 7664 |
authorized under division (B) of this section within thirty days | 7665 |
after the issue is raised, unless the defendant has been referred | 7666 |
for evaluation in which case the court shall conduct the hearing | 7667 |
within ten days after the filing of the report of the evaluation | 7668 |
or, in the case of a defendant who is ordered by the court | 7669 |
pursuant to division (H) of section 2945.371 of the Revised Code | 7670 |
to undergo a separate mental retardation evaluation conducted by a | 7671 |
psychologist
designated by the director of | 7672 |
developmental disabilities, within ten days after the filing of | 7673 |
the report of the separate mental retardation evaluation under | 7674 |
that division. A hearing may be continued for good cause. | 7675 |
(D) The defendant shall be represented by counsel at the | 7676 |
hearing conducted under division (C) of this section. If the | 7677 |
defendant is unable to obtain counsel, the court shall appoint | 7678 |
counsel under Chapter 120. of the Revised Code or under the | 7679 |
authority recognized in division (C) of section 120.06, division | 7680 |
(E) of section 120.16, division (E) of section 120.26, or section | 7681 |
2941.51 of the Revised Code before proceeding with the hearing. | 7682 |
(E) The prosecutor and defense counsel may submit evidence on | 7683 |
the issue of the defendant's competence to stand trial. A written | 7684 |
report of the evaluation of the defendant may be admitted into | 7685 |
evidence at the hearing by stipulation, but, if either the | 7686 |
prosecution or defense objects to its admission, the report may be | 7687 |
admitted under sections 2317.36 to 2317.38 of the Revised Code or | 7688 |
any other applicable statute or rule. | 7689 |
(F) The court shall not find a defendant incompetent to stand | 7690 |
trial solely because the defendant is receiving or has received | 7691 |
treatment as a voluntary or involuntary mentally ill patient under | 7692 |
Chapter 5122. or a voluntary or involuntary mentally retarded | 7693 |
resident under Chapter 5123. of the Revised Code or because the | 7694 |
defendant is receiving or has received psychotropic drugs or other | 7695 |
medication, even if the defendant might become incompetent to | 7696 |
stand trial without the drugs or medication. | 7697 |
(G) A defendant is presumed to be competent to stand trial. | 7698 |
If, after a hearing, the court finds by a preponderance of the | 7699 |
evidence that, because of the defendant's present mental | 7700 |
condition, the defendant is incapable of understanding the nature | 7701 |
and objective of the proceedings against the defendant or of | 7702 |
assisting in the defendant's defense, the court shall find the | 7703 |
defendant incompetent to stand trial and shall enter an order | 7704 |
authorized by section 2945.38 of the Revised Code. | 7705 |
(H) Municipal courts shall follow the procedures set forth in | 7706 |
sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code. Except as | 7707 |
provided in section 2945.371 of the Revised Code, a municipal | 7708 |
court shall not order an evaluation of the defendant's competence | 7709 |
to stand trial or the defendant's mental condition at the time of | 7710 |
the commission of the offense to be conducted at any hospital | 7711 |
operated by the department of mental health. Those evaluations | 7712 |
shall be performed through community resources including, but not | 7713 |
limited to, certified forensic centers, court probation | 7714 |
departments, and community mental health agencies. All expenses of | 7715 |
the evaluations shall be borne by the legislative authority of the | 7716 |
municipal court, as defined in section 1901.03 of the Revised | 7717 |
Code, and shall be taxed as costs in the case. If a defendant is | 7718 |
found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of | 7719 |
insanity, a municipal court may commit the defendant as provided | 7720 |
in sections 2945.38 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code. | 7721 |
Sec. 2945.371. (A) If the issue of a defendant's competence | 7722 |
to stand trial is raised or if a defendant enters a plea of not | 7723 |
guilty by reason of insanity, the court may order one or more | 7724 |
evaluations of the defendant's present mental condition or, in the | 7725 |
case of a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, of the | 7726 |
defendant's mental condition at the time of the offense charged. | 7727 |
An examiner shall conduct the evaluation. | 7728 |
(B) If the court orders more than one evaluation under | 7729 |
division (A) of this section, the prosecutor and the defendant may | 7730 |
recommend to the court an examiner whom each prefers to perform | 7731 |
one of the evaluations. If a defendant enters a plea of not guilty | 7732 |
by reason of insanity and if the court does not designate an | 7733 |
examiner recommended by the defendant, the court shall inform the | 7734 |
defendant that the defendant may have independent expert | 7735 |
evaluation and that, if the defendant is unable to obtain | 7736 |
independent expert evaluation, it will be obtained for the | 7737 |
defendant at public expense if the defendant is indigent. | 7738 |
(C) If the court orders an evaluation under division (A) of | 7739 |
this section, the defendant shall be available at the times and | 7740 |
places established by the examiners who are to conduct the | 7741 |
evaluation. The court may order a defendant who has been released | 7742 |
on bail or recognizance to submit to an evaluation under this | 7743 |
section. If a defendant who has been released on bail or | 7744 |
recognizance refuses to submit to a complete evaluation, the court | 7745 |
may amend the conditions of bail or recognizance and order the | 7746 |
sheriff to take the defendant into custody and deliver the | 7747 |
defendant to a center, program, or facility operated or certified | 7748 |
by the department of mental health or the department
of | 7749 |
7750 | |
be held for evaluation for a reasonable period of time not to | 7751 |
exceed twenty days. | 7752 |
(D) A defendant who has not been released on bail or | 7753 |
recognizance may be evaluated at the defendant's place of | 7754 |
detention. Upon the request of the examiner, the court may order | 7755 |
the sheriff to transport the defendant to a program or facility | 7756 |
operated by the department of mental health or the department of | 7757 |
7758 | |
defendant may be held for evaluation for a reasonable period of | 7759 |
time not to exceed twenty days, and to return the defendant to the | 7760 |
place of detention after the evaluation. A municipal court may | 7761 |
make an order under this division only upon the request of a | 7762 |
certified forensic center examiner. | 7763 |
(E) If a court orders the evaluation to determine a | 7764 |
defendant's mental condition at the time of the offense charged, | 7765 |
the court shall inform the examiner of the offense with which the | 7766 |
defendant is charged. | 7767 |
(F) In conducting an evaluation of a defendant's mental | 7768 |
condition at the time of the offense charged, the examiner shall | 7769 |
consider all relevant evidence. If the offense charged involves | 7770 |
the use of force against another person, the relevant evidence to | 7771 |
be considered includes, but is not limited to, any evidence that | 7772 |
the defendant suffered, at the time of the commission of the | 7773 |
offense, from the "battered woman syndrome." | 7774 |
(G) The examiner shall file a written report with the court | 7775 |
within thirty days after entry of a court order for evaluation, | 7776 |
and the court shall provide copies of the report to the prosecutor | 7777 |
and defense counsel. The report shall include all of the | 7778 |
following: | 7779 |
(1) The examiner's findings; | 7780 |
(2) The facts in reasonable detail on which the findings are | 7781 |
based; | 7782 |
(3) If the evaluation was ordered to determine the | 7783 |
defendant's competence to stand trial, all of the following | 7784 |
findings or recommendations that are applicable: | 7785 |
(a) Whether the defendant is capable of understanding the | 7786 |
nature and objective of the proceedings against the defendant or | 7787 |
of assisting in the defendant's defense; | 7788 |
(b) If the examiner's opinion is that the defendant is | 7789 |
incapable of understanding the nature and objective of the | 7790 |
proceedings against the defendant or of assisting in the | 7791 |
defendant's defense, whether the defendant presently is mentally | 7792 |
ill or mentally retarded and, if the examiner's opinion is that | 7793 |
the defendant presently is mentally retarded, whether the | 7794 |
defendant appears to be a mentally retarded person subject to | 7795 |
institutionalization by court order; | 7796 |
(c) If the examiner's opinion is that the defendant is | 7797 |
incapable of understanding the nature and objective of the | 7798 |
proceedings against the defendant or of assisting in the | 7799 |
defendant's defense, the examiner's opinion as to the likelihood | 7800 |
of the defendant becoming capable of understanding the nature and | 7801 |
objective of the proceedings against the defendant and of | 7802 |
assisting in the defendant's defense within one year if the | 7803 |
defendant is provided with a course of treatment; | 7804 |
(d) If the examiner's opinion is that the defendant is | 7805 |
incapable of understanding the nature and objective of the | 7806 |
proceedings against the defendant or of assisting in the | 7807 |
defendant's defense and that the defendant presently is mentally | 7808 |
ill or mentally retarded, the examiner's recommendation as to the | 7809 |
least restrictive treatment alternative, consistent with the | 7810 |
defendant's treatment needs for restoration to competency and with | 7811 |
the safety of the community. | 7812 |
(4) If the evaluation was ordered to determine the | 7813 |
defendant's mental condition at the time of the offense charged, | 7814 |
the examiner's findings as to whether the defendant, at the time | 7815 |
of the offense charged, did not know, as a result of a severe | 7816 |
mental disease or defect, the wrongfulness of the defendant's acts | 7817 |
charged. | 7818 |
(H) If the examiner's report filed under division (G) of this | 7819 |
section indicates that in the examiner's opinion the defendant is | 7820 |
incapable of understanding the nature and objective of the | 7821 |
proceedings against the defendant or of assisting in the | 7822 |
defendant's defense and that in the examiner's opinion the | 7823 |
defendant appears to be a mentally retarded person subject to | 7824 |
institutionalization by court order, the court shall order the | 7825 |
defendant to undergo a separate mental retardation evaluation | 7826 |
conducted by a psychologist designated by the director of | 7827 |
7828 | |
of this section apply in relation to a separate mental retardation | 7829 |
evaluation conducted under this division. The psychologist | 7830 |
appointed under this division to conduct the separate mental | 7831 |
retardation evaluation shall file a written report with the court | 7832 |
within thirty days after the entry of the court order requiring | 7833 |
the separate mental retardation evaluation, and the court shall | 7834 |
provide copies of the report to the prosecutor and defense | 7835 |
counsel. The report shall include all of the information described | 7836 |
in divisions (G)(1) to (4) of this section. If the court orders a | 7837 |
separate mental retardation evaluation of a defendant under this | 7838 |
division, the court shall not conduct a hearing under divisions | 7839 |
(B) to (H) of section 2945.37 of the Revised Code regarding that | 7840 |
defendant until a report of the separate mental retardation | 7841 |
evaluation conducted under this division has been filed. Upon the | 7842 |
filing of that report, the court shall conduct the hearing within | 7843 |
the period of time specified in division (C) of section 2945.37 of | 7844 |
the Revised Code. | 7845 |
(I) An examiner appointed under divisions (A) and (B) of this | 7846 |
section or under division (H) of this section to evaluate a | 7847 |
defendant to determine the defendant's competence to stand trial | 7848 |
also may be appointed to evaluate a defendant who has entered a | 7849 |
plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, but an examiner of that | 7850 |
nature shall prepare separate reports on the issue of competence | 7851 |
to stand trial and the defense of not guilty by reason of | 7852 |
insanity. | 7853 |
(J) No statement that a defendant makes in an evaluation or | 7854 |
hearing under divisions (A) to (H) of this section relating to the | 7855 |
defendant's competence to stand trial or to the defendant's mental | 7856 |
condition at the time of the offense charged shall be used against | 7857 |
the defendant on the issue of guilt in any criminal action or | 7858 |
proceeding, but, in a criminal action or proceeding, the | 7859 |
prosecutor or defense counsel may call as a witness any person who | 7860 |
evaluated the defendant or prepared a report pursuant to a | 7861 |
referral under this section. Neither the appointment nor the | 7862 |
testimony of an examiner appointed under this section precludes | 7863 |
the prosecutor or defense counsel from calling other witnesses or | 7864 |
presenting other evidence on competency or insanity issues. | 7865 |
(K) Persons appointed as examiners under divisions (A) and | 7866 |
(B) of this section or under division (H) of this section shall be | 7867 |
paid a reasonable amount for their services and expenses, as | 7868 |
certified by the court. The certified amount shall be paid by the | 7869 |
county in the case of county courts and courts of common pleas and | 7870 |
by the legislative authority, as defined in section 1901.03 of the | 7871 |
Revised Code, in the case of municipal courts. | 7872 |
Sec. 2945.38. (A) If the issue of a defendant's competence | 7873 |
to stand trial is raised and if the court, upon conducting the | 7874 |
hearing provided for in section 2945.37 of the Revised Code, finds | 7875 |
that the defendant is competent to stand trial, the defendant | 7876 |
shall be proceeded against as provided by law. If the court finds | 7877 |
the defendant competent to stand trial and the defendant is | 7878 |
receiving psychotropic drugs or other medication, the court may | 7879 |
authorize the continued administration of the drugs or medication | 7880 |
or other appropriate treatment in order to maintain the | 7881 |
defendant's competence to stand trial, unless the defendant's | 7882 |
attending physician advises the court against continuation of the | 7883 |
drugs, other medication, or treatment. | 7884 |
(B)(1)(a) If, after taking into consideration all relevant | 7885 |
reports, information, and other evidence, the court finds that the | 7886 |
defendant is incompetent to stand trial and that there is a | 7887 |
substantial probability that the defendant will become competent | 7888 |
to stand trial within one year if the defendant is provided with a | 7889 |
course of treatment, the court shall order the defendant to | 7890 |
undergo treatment. If the defendant has been charged with a felony | 7891 |
offense and if, after taking into consideration all relevant | 7892 |
reports, information, and other evidence, the court finds that the | 7893 |
defendant is incompetent to stand trial, but the court is unable | 7894 |
at that time to determine whether there is a substantial | 7895 |
probability that the defendant will become competent to stand | 7896 |
trial within one year if the defendant is provided with a course | 7897 |
of treatment, the court shall order continuing evaluation and | 7898 |
treatment of the defendant for a period not to exceed four months | 7899 |
to determine whether there is a substantial probability that the | 7900 |
defendant will become competent to stand trial within one year if | 7901 |
the defendant is provided with a course of treatment. | 7902 |
(b) The court order for the defendant to undergo treatment or | 7903 |
continuing evaluation and treatment under division (B)(1)(a) of | 7904 |
this section shall specify that the treatment or continuing | 7905 |
evaluation and treatment shall occur at a facility operated by the | 7906 |
department of mental health or the department of | 7907 |
7908 | |
certified by either of those departments as being qualified to | 7909 |
treat mental illness or mental retardation, at a public or private | 7910 |
community mental health or mental retardation facility, or by a | 7911 |
psychiatrist or another mental health or mental retardation | 7912 |
professional. The order may restrict the defendant's freedom of | 7913 |
movement as the court considers necessary. The prosecutor in the | 7914 |
defendant's case shall send to the chief clinical officer of the | 7915 |
hospital or facility, the managing officer of the institution, the | 7916 |
director of the program, or the person to which the defendant is | 7917 |
committed copies of relevant police reports and other background | 7918 |
information that pertains to the defendant and is available to the | 7919 |
prosecutor unless the prosecutor determines that the release of | 7920 |
any of the information in the police reports or any of the other | 7921 |
background information to unauthorized persons would interfere | 7922 |
with the effective prosecution of any person or would create a | 7923 |
substantial risk of harm to any person. | 7924 |
In determining placement alternatives, the court shall | 7925 |
consider the extent to which the person is a danger to the person | 7926 |
and to others, the need for security, and the type of crime | 7927 |
involved and shall order the least restrictive alternative | 7928 |
available that is consistent with public safety and treatment | 7929 |
goals. In weighing these factors, the court shall give preference | 7930 |
to protecting public safety. | 7931 |
(c) If the defendant is found incompetent to stand trial, if | 7932 |
the chief clinical officer of the hospital or facility, the | 7933 |
managing officer of the institution, the director of the program, | 7934 |
or the person to which the defendant is committed for treatment or | 7935 |
continuing evaluation and treatment under division (B)(1)(b) of | 7936 |
this section determines that medication is necessary to restore | 7937 |
the defendant's competency to stand trial, and if the defendant | 7938 |
lacks the capacity to give informed consent or refuses medication, | 7939 |
the chief clinical officer, managing officer, director, or person | 7940 |
to which the defendant is committed for treatment or continuing | 7941 |
evaluation and treatment may petition the court for authorization | 7942 |
for the involuntary administration of medication. The court shall | 7943 |
hold a hearing on the petition within five days of the filing of | 7944 |
the petition if the petition was filed in a municipal court or a | 7945 |
county court regarding an incompetent defendant charged with a | 7946 |
misdemeanor or within ten days of the filing of the petition if | 7947 |
the petition was filed in a court of common pleas regarding an | 7948 |
incompetent defendant charged with a felony offense. Following the | 7949 |
hearing, the court may authorize the involuntary administration of | 7950 |
medication or may dismiss the petition. | 7951 |
(2) If the court finds that the defendant is incompetent to | 7952 |
stand trial and that, even if the defendant is provided with a | 7953 |
course of treatment, there is not a substantial probability that | 7954 |
the defendant will become competent to stand trial within one | 7955 |
year, the court shall order the discharge of the defendant, | 7956 |
unless upon motion of the prosecutor or on its own motion, the | 7957 |
court either seeks to retain jurisdiction over the defendant | 7958 |
pursuant to section 2945.39 of the Revised Code or files an | 7959 |
affidavit in the probate court for the civil commitment of the | 7960 |
defendant pursuant to Chapter 5122. or 5123. of the Revised Code | 7961 |
alleging that the defendant is a mentally ill person subject to | 7962 |
hospitalization by court order or a mentally retarded person | 7963 |
subject to institutionalization by court order. If an affidavit is | 7964 |
filed in the probate court, the trial court shall send to the | 7965 |
probate court copies of all written reports of the defendant's | 7966 |
mental condition that were prepared pursuant to section 2945.371 | 7967 |
of the Revised Code. | 7968 |
The trial court may issue the temporary order of detention | 7969 |
that a probate court may issue under section 5122.11 or 5123.71 of | 7970 |
the Revised Code, to remain in effect until the probable cause or | 7971 |
initial hearing in the probate court. Further proceedings in the | 7972 |
probate court are civil proceedings governed by Chapter 5122. or | 7973 |
5123. of the Revised Code. | 7974 |
(C) No defendant shall be required to undergo treatment, | 7975 |
including any continuing evaluation and treatment, under division | 7976 |
(B)(1) of this section for longer than whichever of the following | 7977 |
periods is applicable: | 7978 |
(1) One year, if the most serious offense with which the | 7979 |
defendant is charged is one of the following offenses: | 7980 |
(a) Aggravated murder, murder, or an offense of violence for | 7981 |
which a sentence of death or life imprisonment may be imposed; | 7982 |
(b) An offense of violence that is a felony of the first or | 7983 |
second degree; | 7984 |
(c) A conspiracy to commit, an attempt to commit, or | 7985 |
complicity in the commission of an offense described in division | 7986 |
(C)(1)(a) or (b) of this section if the conspiracy, attempt, or | 7987 |
complicity is a felony of the first or second degree. | 7988 |
(2) Six months, if the most serious offense with which the | 7989 |
defendant is charged is a felony other than a felony described in | 7990 |
division (C)(1) of this section; | 7991 |
(3) Sixty days, if the most serious offense with which the | 7992 |
defendant is charged is a misdemeanor of the first or second | 7993 |
degree; | 7994 |
(4) Thirty days, if the most serious offense with which the | 7995 |
defendant is charged is a misdemeanor of the third or fourth | 7996 |
degree, a minor misdemeanor, or an unclassified misdemeanor. | 7997 |
(D) Any defendant who is committed pursuant to this section | 7998 |
shall not voluntarily admit the defendant or be voluntarily | 7999 |
admitted to a hospital or institution pursuant to section 5122.02, | 8000 |
5122.15, 5123.69, or 5123.76 of the Revised Code. | 8001 |
(E) Except as otherwise provided in this division, a | 8002 |
defendant who is charged with an offense and is committed to a | 8003 |
hospital or other institution by the court under this section | 8004 |
shall not be granted unsupervised on-grounds movement, supervised | 8005 |
off-grounds movement, or nonsecured status. The court may grant a | 8006 |
defendant supervised off-grounds movement to obtain medical | 8007 |
treatment or specialized habilitation treatment services if the | 8008 |
person who supervises the treatment or the continuing evaluation | 8009 |
and treatment of the defendant ordered under division (B)(1)(a) of | 8010 |
this section informs the court that the treatment or continuing | 8011 |
evaluation and treatment cannot be provided at the hospital or the | 8012 |
institution to which the defendant is committed. The chief | 8013 |
clinical officer of the hospital or the managing officer of the | 8014 |
institution to which the defendant is committed or a designee of | 8015 |
either of those persons may grant a defendant movement to a | 8016 |
medical facility for an emergency medical situation with | 8017 |
appropriate supervision to ensure the safety of the defendant, | 8018 |
staff, and community during that emergency medical situation. The | 8019 |
chief clinical officer of the hospital or the managing officer of | 8020 |
the institution shall notify the court within twenty-four hours of | 8021 |
the defendant's movement to the medical facility for an emergency | 8022 |
medical situation under this division. | 8023 |
(F) The person who supervises the treatment or continuing | 8024 |
evaluation and treatment of a defendant ordered to undergo | 8025 |
treatment or continuing evaluation and treatment under division | 8026 |
(B)(1)(a) of this section shall file a written report with the | 8027 |
court at the following times: | 8028 |
(1) Whenever the person believes the defendant is capable of | 8029 |
understanding the nature and objective of the proceedings against | 8030 |
the defendant and of assisting in the defendant's defense; | 8031 |
(2) For a felony offense, fourteen days before expiration of | 8032 |
the maximum time for treatment as specified in division (C) of | 8033 |
this section and fourteen days before the expiration of the | 8034 |
maximum time for continuing evaluation and treatment as specified | 8035 |
in division (B)(1)(a) of this section, and, for a misdemeanor | 8036 |
offense, ten days before the expiration of the maximum time for | 8037 |
treatment, as specified in division (C) of this section; | 8038 |
(3) At a minimum, after each six months of treatment; | 8039 |
(4) Whenever the person who supervises the treatment or | 8040 |
continuing evaluation and treatment of a defendant ordered under | 8041 |
division (B)(1)(a) of this section believes that there is not a | 8042 |
substantial probability that the defendant will become capable of | 8043 |
understanding the nature and objective of the proceedings against | 8044 |
the defendant or of assisting in the defendant's defense even if | 8045 |
the defendant is provided with a course of treatment. | 8046 |
(G) A report under division (F) of this section shall contain | 8047 |
the examiner's findings, the facts in reasonable detail on which | 8048 |
the findings are based, and the examiner's opinion as to the | 8049 |
defendant's capability of understanding the nature and objective | 8050 |
of the proceedings against the defendant and of assisting in the | 8051 |
defendant's defense. If, in the examiner's opinion, the defendant | 8052 |
remains incapable of understanding the nature and objective of the | 8053 |
proceedings against the defendant and of assisting in the | 8054 |
defendant's defense and there is a substantial probability that | 8055 |
the defendant will become capable of understanding the nature and | 8056 |
objective of the proceedings against the defendant and of | 8057 |
assisting in the defendant's defense if the defendant is provided | 8058 |
with a course of treatment, if in the examiner's opinion the | 8059 |
defendant remains mentally ill or mentally retarded, and if the | 8060 |
maximum time for treatment as specified in division (C) of this | 8061 |
section has not expired, the report also shall contain the | 8062 |
examiner's recommendation as to the least restrictive treatment | 8063 |
alternative that is consistent with the defendant's treatment | 8064 |
needs for restoration to competency and with the safety of the | 8065 |
community. The court shall provide copies of the report to the | 8066 |
prosecutor and defense counsel. | 8067 |
(H) If a defendant is committed pursuant to division (B)(1) | 8068 |
of this section, within ten days after the treating physician of | 8069 |
the defendant or the examiner of the defendant who is employed or | 8070 |
retained by the treating facility advises that there is not a | 8071 |
substantial probability that the defendant will become capable of | 8072 |
understanding the nature and objective of the proceedings against | 8073 |
the defendant or of assisting in the defendant's defense even if | 8074 |
the defendant is provided with a course of treatment, within ten | 8075 |
days after the expiration of the maximum time for treatment as | 8076 |
specified in division (C) of this section, within ten days after | 8077 |
the expiration of the maximum time for continuing evaluation and | 8078 |
treatment as specified in division (B)(1)(a) of this section, | 8079 |
within thirty days after a defendant's request for a hearing that | 8080 |
is made after six months of treatment, or within thirty days after | 8081 |
being advised by the treating physician or examiner that the | 8082 |
defendant is competent to stand trial, whichever is the earliest, | 8083 |
the court shall conduct another hearing to determine if the | 8084 |
defendant is competent to stand trial and shall do whichever of | 8085 |
the following is applicable: | 8086 |
(1) If the court finds that the defendant is competent to | 8087 |
stand trial, the defendant shall be proceeded against as provided | 8088 |
by law. | 8089 |
(2) If the court finds that the defendant is incompetent to | 8090 |
stand trial, but that there is a substantial probability that the | 8091 |
defendant will become competent to stand trial if the defendant is | 8092 |
provided with a course of treatment, and the maximum time for | 8093 |
treatment as specified in division (C) of this section has not | 8094 |
expired, the court, after consideration of the examiner's | 8095 |
recommendation, shall order that treatment be continued, may | 8096 |
change the facility or program at which the treatment is to be | 8097 |
continued, and shall specify whether the treatment is to be | 8098 |
continued at the same or a different facility or program. | 8099 |
(3) If the court finds that the defendant is incompetent to | 8100 |
stand trial, if the defendant is charged with an offense listed in | 8101 |
division (C)(1) of this section, and if the court finds that there | 8102 |
is not a substantial probability that the defendant will become | 8103 |
competent to stand trial even if the defendant is provided with a | 8104 |
course of treatment, or if the maximum time for treatment relative | 8105 |
to that offense as specified in division (C) of this section has | 8106 |
expired, further proceedings shall be as provided in sections | 8107 |
2945.39, 2945.401, and 2945.402 of the Revised Code. | 8108 |
(4) If the court finds that the defendant is incompetent to | 8109 |
stand trial, if the most serious offense with which the defendant | 8110 |
is charged is a misdemeanor or a felony other than a felony listed | 8111 |
in division (C)(1) of this section, and if the court finds that | 8112 |
there is not a substantial probability that the defendant will | 8113 |
become competent to stand trial even if the defendant is provided | 8114 |
with a course of treatment, or if the maximum time for treatment | 8115 |
relative to that offense as specified in division (C) of this | 8116 |
section has expired, the court shall dismiss the indictment, | 8117 |
information, or complaint against the defendant. A dismissal under | 8118 |
this division is not a bar to further prosecution based on the | 8119 |
same conduct. The court shall discharge the defendant unless the | 8120 |
court or prosecutor files an affidavit in probate court for civil | 8121 |
commitment pursuant to Chapter 5122. or 5123. of the Revised Code. | 8122 |
If an affidavit for civil commitment is filed, the court may | 8123 |
detain the defendant for ten days pending civil commitment. All of | 8124 |
the following provisions apply to persons charged with a | 8125 |
misdemeanor or a felony other than a felony listed in division | 8126 |
(C)(1) of this section who are committed by the probate court | 8127 |
subsequent to the court's or prosecutor's filing of an affidavit | 8128 |
for civil commitment under authority of this division: | 8129 |
(a) The chief clinical officer of the hospital or facility, | 8130 |
the managing officer of the institution, the director of the | 8131 |
program, or the person to which the defendant is committed or | 8132 |
admitted shall do all of the following: | 8133 |
(i) Notify the prosecutor, in writing, of the discharge of | 8134 |
the defendant, send the notice at least ten days prior to the | 8135 |
discharge unless the discharge is by the probate court, and state | 8136 |
in the notice the date on which the defendant will be discharged; | 8137 |
(ii) Notify the prosecutor, in writing, when the defendant is | 8138 |
absent without leave or is granted unsupervised, off-grounds | 8139 |
movement, and send this notice promptly after the discovery of the | 8140 |
absence without leave or prior to the granting of the | 8141 |
unsupervised, off-grounds movement, whichever is applicable; | 8142 |
(iii) Notify the prosecutor, in writing, of the change of the | 8143 |
defendant's commitment or admission to voluntary status, send the | 8144 |
notice promptly upon learning of the change to voluntary status, | 8145 |
and state in the notice the date on which the defendant was | 8146 |
committed or admitted on a voluntary status. | 8147 |
(b) Upon receiving notice that the defendant will be granted | 8148 |
unsupervised, off-grounds movement, the prosecutor either shall | 8149 |
re-indict the defendant or promptly notify the court that the | 8150 |
prosecutor does not intend to prosecute the charges against the | 8151 |
defendant. | 8152 |
(I) If a defendant is convicted of a crime and sentenced to a | 8153 |
jail or workhouse, the defendant's sentence shall be reduced by | 8154 |
the total number of days the defendant is confined for evaluation | 8155 |
to determine the defendant's competence to stand trial or | 8156 |
treatment under this section and sections 2945.37 and 2945.371 of | 8157 |
the Revised Code or by the total number of days the defendant is | 8158 |
confined for evaluation to determine the defendant's mental | 8159 |
condition at the time of the offense charged. | 8160 |
Sec. 2945.39. (A) If a defendant who is charged with an | 8161 |
offense described in division (C)(1) of section 2945.38 of the | 8162 |
Revised Code is found incompetent to stand trial, after the | 8163 |
expiration of the maximum time for treatment as specified in | 8164 |
division (C) of that section or after the court finds that there | 8165 |
is not a substantial probability that the defendant will become | 8166 |
competent to stand trial even if the defendant is provided with a | 8167 |
course of treatment, one of the following applies: | 8168 |
(1) The court or the prosecutor may file an affidavit in | 8169 |
probate court for civil commitment of the defendant in the manner | 8170 |
provided in Chapter 5122. or 5123. of the Revised Code. If the | 8171 |
court or prosecutor files an affidavit for civil commitment, the | 8172 |
court may detain the defendant for ten days pending civil | 8173 |
commitment. If the probate court commits the defendant subsequent | 8174 |
to the court's or prosecutor's filing of an affidavit for civil | 8175 |
commitment, the chief clinical officer of the hospital or | 8176 |
facility, the managing officer of the institution, the director of | 8177 |
the program, or the person to which the defendant is committed or | 8178 |
admitted shall send to the prosecutor the notices described in | 8179 |
divisions (H)(4)(a)(i) to (iii) of section 2945.38 of the Revised | 8180 |
Code within the periods of time and under the circumstances | 8181 |
specified in those divisions. | 8182 |
(2) On the motion of the prosecutor or on its own motion, the | 8183 |
court may retain jurisdiction over the defendant if, at a hearing, | 8184 |
the court finds both of the following by clear and convincing | 8185 |
evidence: | 8186 |
(a) The defendant committed the offense with which the | 8187 |
defendant is charged. | 8188 |
(b) The defendant is a mentally ill person subject to | 8189 |
hospitalization by court order or a mentally retarded person | 8190 |
subject to institutionalization by court order. | 8191 |
(B) In making its determination under division (A)(2) of this | 8192 |
section as to whether to retain jurisdiction over the defendant, | 8193 |
the court may consider all relevant evidence, including, but not | 8194 |
limited to, any relevant psychiatric, psychological, or medical | 8195 |
testimony or reports, the acts constituting the offense charged, | 8196 |
and any history of the defendant that is relevant to the | 8197 |
defendant's ability to conform to the law. | 8198 |
(C) If the court conducts a hearing as described in division | 8199 |
(A)(2) of this section and if the court does not make both | 8200 |
findings described in divisions (A)(2)(a) and (b) of this section | 8201 |
by clear and convincing evidence, the court shall dismiss the | 8202 |
indictment, information, or complaint against the defendant. Upon | 8203 |
the dismissal, the court shall discharge the defendant unless the | 8204 |
court or prosecutor files an affidavit in probate court for civil | 8205 |
commitment of the defendant pursuant to Chapter 5122. or 5123. of | 8206 |
the Revised Code. If the court or prosecutor files an affidavit | 8207 |
for civil commitment, the court may order that the defendant be | 8208 |
detained for up to ten days pending the civil commitment. If the | 8209 |
probate court commits the defendant subsequent to the court's or | 8210 |
prosecutor's filing of an affidavit for civil commitment, the | 8211 |
chief clinical officer of the hospital or facility, the managing | 8212 |
officer of the institution, the director of the program, or the | 8213 |
person to which the defendant is committed or admitted shall send | 8214 |
to the prosecutor the notices described in divisions (H)(4)(a)(i) | 8215 |
to (iii) of section 2945.38 of the Revised Code within the periods | 8216 |
of time and under the circumstances specified in those divisions. | 8217 |
A dismissal of charges under this division is not a bar to further | 8218 |
criminal proceedings based on the same conduct. | 8219 |
(D)(1) If the court conducts a hearing as described in | 8220 |
division (A)(2) of this section and if the court makes the | 8221 |
findings described in divisions (A)(2)(a) and (b) of this section | 8222 |
by clear and convincing evidence, the court shall commit the | 8223 |
defendant to a hospital operated by the department of mental | 8224 |
health, a facility operated by the department of | 8225 |
8226 | |
psychiatric facility, as appropriate. In determining the place and | 8227 |
nature of the commitment, the court shall order the least | 8228 |
restrictive commitment alternative available that is consistent | 8229 |
with public safety and the welfare of the defendant. In weighing | 8230 |
these factors, the court shall give preference to protecting | 8231 |
public safety. | 8232 |
(2) If a court makes a commitment of a defendant under | 8233 |
division (D)(1) of this section, the prosecutor shall send to the | 8234 |
place of commitment all reports of the defendant's current mental | 8235 |
condition and, except as otherwise provided in this division, any | 8236 |
other relevant information, including, but not limited to, a | 8237 |
transcript of the hearing held pursuant to division (A)(2) of this | 8238 |
section, copies of relevant police reports, and copies of any | 8239 |
prior arrest and conviction records that pertain to the defendant | 8240 |
and that the prosecutor possesses. The prosecutor shall send the | 8241 |
reports of the defendant's current mental condition in every case | 8242 |
of commitment, and, unless the prosecutor determines that the | 8243 |
release of any of the other relevant information to unauthorized | 8244 |
persons would interfere with the effective prosecution of any | 8245 |
person or would create a substantial risk of harm to any person, | 8246 |
the prosecutor also shall send the other relevant information. | 8247 |
Upon admission of a defendant committed under division (D)(1) of | 8248 |
this section, the place of commitment shall send to the board of | 8249 |
alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services or the | 8250 |
community mental health board serving the county in which the | 8251 |
charges against the defendant were filed a copy of all reports of | 8252 |
the defendant's current mental condition and a copy of the other | 8253 |
relevant information provided by the prosecutor under this | 8254 |
division, including, if provided, a transcript of the hearing held | 8255 |
pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section, the relevant police | 8256 |
reports, and the prior arrest and conviction records that pertain | 8257 |
to the defendant and that the prosecutor possesses. | 8258 |
(3) If a court makes a commitment under division (D)(1) of | 8259 |
this section, all further proceedings shall be in accordance with | 8260 |
sections 2945.401 and 2945.402 of the Revised Code. | 8261 |
Sec. 2945.40. (A) If a person is found not guilty by reason | 8262 |
of insanity, the verdict shall state that finding, and the trial | 8263 |
court shall conduct a full hearing to determine whether the person | 8264 |
is a mentally ill person subject to hospitalization by court order | 8265 |
or a mentally retarded person subject to institutionalization by | 8266 |
court order. Prior to the hearing, if the trial judge believes | 8267 |
that there is probable cause that the person found not guilty by | 8268 |
reason of insanity is a mentally ill person subject to | 8269 |
hospitalization by court order or mentally retarded person subject | 8270 |
to institutionalization by court order, the trial judge may issue | 8271 |
a temporary order of detention for that person to remain in effect | 8272 |
for ten court days or until the hearing, whichever occurs first. | 8273 |
Any person detained pursuant to a temporary order of | 8274 |
detention issued under this division shall be held in a suitable | 8275 |
facility, taking into consideration the place and type of | 8276 |
confinement prior to and during trial. | 8277 |
(B) The court shall hold the hearing under division (A) of | 8278 |
this section to determine whether the person found not guilty by | 8279 |
reason of insanity is a mentally ill person subject to | 8280 |
hospitalization by court order or a mentally retarded person | 8281 |
subject to institutionalization by court order within ten court | 8282 |
days after the finding of not guilty by reason of insanity. | 8283 |
Failure to conduct the hearing within the ten-day period shall | 8284 |
cause the immediate discharge of the respondent, unless the judge | 8285 |
grants a continuance for not longer than ten court days for good | 8286 |
cause shown or for any period of time upon motion of the | 8287 |
respondent. | 8288 |
(C) If a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity, | 8289 |
the person has the right to attend all hearings conducted pursuant | 8290 |
to sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code. At any | 8291 |
hearing conducted pursuant to one of those sections, the court | 8292 |
shall inform the person that the person has all of the following | 8293 |
rights: | 8294 |
(1) The right to be represented by counsel and to have that | 8295 |
counsel provided at public expense if the person is indigent, with | 8296 |
the counsel to be appointed by the court under Chapter 120. of the | 8297 |
Revised Code or under the authority recognized in division (C) of | 8298 |
section 120.06, division (E) of section 120.16, division (E) of | 8299 |
section 120.26, or section 2941.51 of the Revised Code; | 8300 |
(2) The right to have independent expert evaluation and to | 8301 |
have that independent expert evaluation provided at public expense | 8302 |
if the person is indigent; | 8303 |
(3) The right to subpoena witnesses and documents, to present | 8304 |
evidence on the person's behalf, and to cross-examine witnesses | 8305 |
against the person; | 8306 |
(4) The right to testify in the person's own behalf and to | 8307 |
not be compelled to testify; | 8308 |
(5) The right to have copies of any relevant medical or | 8309 |
mental health document in the custody of the state or of any place | 8310 |
of commitment other than a document for which the court finds that | 8311 |
the release to the person of information contained in the document | 8312 |
would create a substantial risk of harm to any person. | 8313 |
(D) The hearing under division (A) of this section shall be | 8314 |
open to the public, and the court shall conduct the hearing in | 8315 |
accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure. The court shall make | 8316 |
and maintain a full transcript and record of the hearing | 8317 |
proceedings. The court may consider all relevant evidence, | 8318 |
including, but not limited to, any relevant psychiatric, | 8319 |
psychological, or medical testimony or reports, the acts | 8320 |
constituting the offense in relation to which the person was found | 8321 |
not guilty by reason of insanity, and any history of the person | 8322 |
that is relevant to the person's ability to conform to the law. | 8323 |
(E) Upon completion of the hearing under division (A) of this | 8324 |
section, if the court finds there is not clear and convincing | 8325 |
evidence that the person is a mentally ill person subject to | 8326 |
hospitalization by court order or a mentally retarded person | 8327 |
subject to institutionalization by court order, the court shall | 8328 |
discharge the person, unless a detainer has been placed upon the | 8329 |
person by the department of rehabilitation and correction, in | 8330 |
which case the person shall be returned to that department. | 8331 |
(F) If, at the hearing under division (A) of this section, | 8332 |
the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person | 8333 |
is a mentally ill person subject to hospitalization by court order | 8334 |
or a mentally retarded person subject to institutionalization by | 8335 |
court order, it shall commit the person to a hospital operated by | 8336 |
the department of mental health, a facility operated by the | 8337 |
department of | 8338 |
or another medical or psychiatric facility, as appropriate, and | 8339 |
further proceedings shall be in accordance with sections 2945.401 | 8340 |
and 2945.402 of the Revised Code. In determining the place and | 8341 |
nature of the commitment, the court shall order the least | 8342 |
restrictive commitment alternative available that is consistent | 8343 |
with public safety and the welfare of the person. In weighing | 8344 |
these factors, the court shall give preference to protecting | 8345 |
public safety. | 8346 |
(G) If a court makes a commitment of a person under division | 8347 |
(F) of this section, the prosecutor shall send to the place of | 8348 |
commitment all reports of the person's current mental condition, | 8349 |
and, except as otherwise provided in this division, any other | 8350 |
relevant information, including, but not limited to, a transcript | 8351 |
of the hearing held pursuant to division (A) of this section, | 8352 |
copies of relevant police reports, and copies of any prior arrest | 8353 |
and conviction records that pertain to the person and that the | 8354 |
prosecutor possesses. The prosecutor shall send the reports of the | 8355 |
person's current mental condition in every case of commitment, | 8356 |
and, unless the prosecutor determines that the release of any of | 8357 |
the other relevant information to unauthorized persons would | 8358 |
interfere with the effective prosecution of any person or would | 8359 |
create a substantial risk of harm to any person, the prosecutor | 8360 |
also shall send the other relevant information. Upon admission of | 8361 |
a person committed under division (F) of this section, the place | 8362 |
of commitment shall send to the board of alcohol, drug addiction, | 8363 |
and mental health services or the community mental health board | 8364 |
serving the county in which the charges against the person were | 8365 |
filed a copy of all reports of the person's current mental | 8366 |
condition and a copy of the other relevant information provided by | 8367 |
the prosecutor under this division, including, if provided, a | 8368 |
transcript of the hearing held pursuant to division (A) of this | 8369 |
section, the relevant police reports, and the prior arrest and | 8370 |
conviction records that pertain to the person and that the | 8371 |
prosecutor possesses. | 8372 |
(H) A person who is committed pursuant to this section shall | 8373 |
not voluntarily admit the person or be voluntarily admitted to a | 8374 |
hospital or institution pursuant to | 8375 |
5122.15, 5123.69, or 5123.76 of the Revised Code. | 8376 |
Sec. 2945.401. (A) A defendant found incompetent to stand | 8377 |
trial and committed pursuant to section 2945.39 of the Revised | 8378 |
Code or a person found not guilty by reason of insanity and | 8379 |
committed pursuant to section 2945.40 of the Revised Code shall | 8380 |
remain subject to the jurisdiction of the trial court pursuant to | 8381 |
that commitment, and to the provisions of this section, until the | 8382 |
final termination of the commitment as described in division | 8383 |
(J)(1) of this section. If the jurisdiction is terminated under | 8384 |
this division because of the final termination of the commitment | 8385 |
resulting from the expiration of the maximum prison term or term | 8386 |
of imprisonment described in division (J)(1)(b) of this section, | 8387 |
the court or prosecutor may file an affidavit for the civil | 8388 |
commitment of the defendant or person pursuant to Chapter 5122. or | 8389 |
5123. of the Revised Code. | 8390 |
(B) A hearing conducted under any provision of sections | 8391 |
2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code shall not be conducted in | 8392 |
accordance with Chapters 5122. and 5123. of the Revised Code. Any | 8393 |
person who is committed pursuant to section 2945.39 or 2945.40 of | 8394 |
the Revised Code shall not voluntarily admit the person or be | 8395 |
voluntarily admitted to a hospital or institution pursuant to | 8396 |
section 5122.02, 5122.15, 5123.69, or 5123.76 of the Revised Code. | 8397 |
All other provisions of Chapters 5122. and 5123. of the Revised | 8398 |
Code regarding hospitalization or institutionalization shall apply | 8399 |
to the extent they are not in conflict with this chapter. A | 8400 |
commitment under section 2945.39 or 2945.40 of the Revised Code | 8401 |
shall not be terminated and the conditions of the commitment shall | 8402 |
not be changed except as otherwise provided in division (D)(2) of | 8403 |
this section with respect to a mentally retarded person subject to | 8404 |
institutionalization by court order or except by order of the | 8405 |
trial court. | 8406 |
(C) The hospital, facility, or program to which a defendant | 8407 |
or person has been committed under section 2945.39 or 2945.40 of | 8408 |
the Revised Code shall report in writing to the trial court, at | 8409 |
the times specified in this division, as to whether the defendant | 8410 |
or person remains a mentally ill person subject to hospitalization | 8411 |
by court order or a mentally retarded person subject to | 8412 |
institutionalization by court order and, in the case of a | 8413 |
defendant committed under section 2945.39 of the Revised Code, as | 8414 |
to whether the defendant remains incompetent to stand trial. The | 8415 |
hospital, facility, or program shall make the reports after the | 8416 |
initial six months of treatment and every two years after the | 8417 |
initial report is made. The trial court shall provide copies of | 8418 |
the reports to the prosecutor and to the counsel for the defendant | 8419 |
or person. Within thirty days after its receipt pursuant to this | 8420 |
division of a report from a hospital, facility, or program, the | 8421 |
trial court shall hold a hearing on the continued commitment of | 8422 |
the defendant or person or on any changes in the conditions of the | 8423 |
commitment of the defendant or person. The defendant or person may | 8424 |
request a change in the conditions of confinement, and the trial | 8425 |
court shall conduct a hearing on that request if six months or | 8426 |
more have elapsed since the most recent hearing was conducted | 8427 |
under this section. | 8428 |
(D)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(2) of | 8429 |
this section, when a defendant or person has been committed under | 8430 |
section 2945.39 or 2945.40 of the Revised Code, at any time after | 8431 |
evaluating the risks to public safety and the welfare of the | 8432 |
defendant or person, the chief clinical officer of the hospital, | 8433 |
facility, or program to which the defendant or person is committed | 8434 |
may recommend a termination of the defendant's or person's | 8435 |
commitment or a change in the conditions of the defendant's or | 8436 |
person's commitment. | 8437 |
Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(2) of this | 8438 |
section, if the chief clinical officer recommends on-grounds | 8439 |
unsupervised movement, off-grounds supervised movement, or | 8440 |
nonsecured status for the defendant or person or termination of | 8441 |
the defendant's or person's commitment, the following provisions | 8442 |
apply: | 8443 |
(a) If the chief clinical officer recommends on-grounds | 8444 |
unsupervised movement or off-grounds supervised movement, the | 8445 |
chief clinical officer shall file with the trial court an | 8446 |
application for approval of the movement and shall send a copy of | 8447 |
the application to the prosecutor. Within fifteen days after | 8448 |
receiving the application, the prosecutor may request a hearing on | 8449 |
the application and, if a hearing is requested, shall so inform | 8450 |
the chief clinical officer. If the prosecutor does not request a | 8451 |
hearing within the fifteen-day period, the trial court shall | 8452 |
approve the application by entering its order approving the | 8453 |
requested movement or, within five days after the expiration of | 8454 |
the fifteen-day period, shall set a date for a hearing on the | 8455 |
application. If the prosecutor requests a hearing on the | 8456 |
application within the fifteen-day period, the trial court shall | 8457 |
hold a hearing on the application within thirty days after the | 8458 |
hearing is requested. If the trial court, within five days after | 8459 |
the expiration of the fifteen-day period, sets a date for a | 8460 |
hearing on the application, the trial court shall hold the hearing | 8461 |
within thirty days after setting the hearing date. At least | 8462 |
fifteen days before any hearing is held under this division, the | 8463 |
trial court shall give the prosecutor written notice of the date, | 8464 |
time, and place of the hearing. At the conclusion of each hearing | 8465 |
conducted under this division, the trial court either shall | 8466 |
approve or disapprove the application and shall enter its order | 8467 |
accordingly. | 8468 |
(b) If the chief clinical officer recommends termination of | 8469 |
the defendant's or person's commitment at any time or if the chief | 8470 |
clinical officer recommends the first of any nonsecured status for | 8471 |
the defendant or person, the chief clinical officer shall send | 8472 |
written notice of this recommendation to the trial court and to | 8473 |
the local forensic center. The local forensic center shall | 8474 |
evaluate the committed defendant or person and, within thirty days | 8475 |
after its receipt of the written notice, shall submit to the trial | 8476 |
court and the chief clinical officer a written report of the | 8477 |
evaluation. The trial court shall provide a copy of the chief | 8478 |
clinical officer's written notice and of the local forensic | 8479 |
center's written report to the prosecutor and to the counsel for | 8480 |
the defendant or person. Upon the local forensic center's | 8481 |
submission of the report to the trial court and the chief clinical | 8482 |
officer, all of the following apply: | 8483 |
(i) If the forensic center disagrees with the recommendation | 8484 |
of the chief clinical officer, it shall inform the chief clinical | 8485 |
officer and the trial court of its decision and the reasons for | 8486 |
the decision. The chief clinical officer, after consideration of | 8487 |
the forensic center's decision, shall either withdraw, proceed | 8488 |
with, or modify and proceed with the recommendation. If the chief | 8489 |
clinical officer proceeds with, or modifies and proceeds with, the | 8490 |
recommendation, the chief clinical officer shall proceed in | 8491 |
accordance with division (D)(1)(b)(iii) of this section. | 8492 |
(ii) If the forensic center agrees with the recommendation of | 8493 |
the chief clinical officer, it shall inform the chief clinical | 8494 |
officer and the trial court of its decision and the reasons for | 8495 |
the decision, and the chief clinical officer shall proceed in | 8496 |
accordance with division (D)(1)(b)(iii) of this section. | 8497 |
(iii) If the forensic center disagrees with the | 8498 |
recommendation of the chief clinical officer and the chief | 8499 |
clinical officer proceeds with, or modifies and proceeds with, the | 8500 |
recommendation or if the forensic center agrees with the | 8501 |
recommendation of the chief clinical officer, the chief clinical | 8502 |
officer shall work with the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and | 8503 |
mental health services or community mental health board serving | 8504 |
the area, as appropriate, to develop a plan to implement the | 8505 |
recommendation. If the defendant or person is on medication, the | 8506 |
plan shall include, but shall not be limited to, a system to | 8507 |
monitor the defendant's or person's compliance with the prescribed | 8508 |
medication treatment plan. The system shall include a schedule | 8509 |
that clearly states when the defendant or person shall report for | 8510 |
a medication compliance check. The medication compliance checks | 8511 |
shall be based upon the effective duration of the prescribed | 8512 |
medication, taking into account the route by which it is taken, | 8513 |
and shall be scheduled at intervals sufficiently close together to | 8514 |
detect a potential increase in mental illness symptoms that the | 8515 |
medication is intended to prevent. | 8516 |
The chief clinical officer, after consultation with the board | 8517 |
of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services or the | 8518 |
community mental health board serving the area, shall send the | 8519 |
recommendation and plan developed under division (D)(1)(b)(iii) of | 8520 |
this section, in writing, to the trial court, the prosecutor and | 8521 |
the counsel for the committed defendant or person. The trial court | 8522 |
shall conduct a hearing on the recommendation and plan developed | 8523 |
under division (D)(1)(b)(iii) of this section. Divisions (D)(1)(c) | 8524 |
and (d) and (E) to (J) of this section apply regarding the | 8525 |
hearing. | 8526 |
(c) If the chief clinical officer's recommendation is for | 8527 |
nonsecured status or termination of commitment, the prosecutor may | 8528 |
obtain an independent expert evaluation of the defendant's or | 8529 |
person's mental condition, and the trial court may continue the | 8530 |
hearing on the recommendation for a period of not more than thirty | 8531 |
days to permit time for the evaluation. | 8532 |
The prosecutor may introduce the evaluation report or present | 8533 |
other evidence at the hearing in accordance with the Rules of | 8534 |
Evidence. | 8535 |
(d) The trial court shall schedule the hearing on a chief | 8536 |
clinical officer's recommendation for nonsecured status or | 8537 |
termination of commitment and shall give reasonable notice to the | 8538 |
prosecutor and the counsel for the defendant or person. Unless | 8539 |
continued for independent evaluation at the prosecutor's request | 8540 |
or for other good cause, the hearing shall be held within thirty | 8541 |
days after the trial court's receipt of the recommendation and | 8542 |
plan. | 8543 |
(2)(a) Division (D)(1) of this section does not apply to | 8544 |
on-grounds unsupervised movement of a defendant or person who has | 8545 |
been committed under section 2945.39 or 2945.40 of the Revised | 8546 |
Code, who is a mentally retarded person subject to | 8547 |
institutionalization by court order, and who is being provided | 8548 |
residential habilitation, care, and treatment in a facility | 8549 |
operated by the department of | 8550 |
disabilities. | 8551 |
(b) If, pursuant to section 2945.39 of the Revised Code, the | 8552 |
trial court commits a defendant who is found incompetent to stand | 8553 |
trial and who is a mentally retarded person subject to | 8554 |
institutionalization by court order, if the defendant is being | 8555 |
provided residential habilitation, care, and treatment in a | 8556 |
facility operated by the department of | 8557 |
developmental disabilities, if an individual who is conducting a | 8558 |
survey for the department of health to determine the facility's | 8559 |
compliance with the certification requirements of the medicaid | 8560 |
program under
| 8561 |
XIX of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. | 8562 |
301, as amended, cites the defendant's receipt of the residential | 8563 |
habilitation, care, and treatment in the facility as being | 8564 |
inappropriate under the certification requirements, if the | 8565 |
defendant's receipt of the residential habilitation, care, and | 8566 |
treatment in the facility potentially jeopardizes the facility's | 8567 |
continued receipt of federal medicaid moneys, and if as a result | 8568 |
of the citation the chief clinical officer of the facility | 8569 |
determines that the conditions of the defendant's commitment | 8570 |
should be changed, the department of
| 8571 |
developmental disabilities may cause the defendant to be removed | 8572 |
from the particular facility and, after evaluating the risks to | 8573 |
public safety and the welfare of the defendant and after | 8574 |
determining whether another type of placement is consistent with | 8575 |
the certification requirements, may place the defendant in another | 8576 |
facility that the department selects as an appropriate facility | 8577 |
for the defendant's continued receipt of residential habilitation, | 8578 |
care, and treatment and that is a no less secure setting than the | 8579 |
facility in which the defendant had been placed at the time of the | 8580 |
citation. Within three days after the defendant's removal and | 8581 |
alternative placement under the circumstances described in | 8582 |
division
(D)(2)(b) of this section,
the department of | 8583 |
8584 | |
court and the prosecutor in writing of the removal and alternative | 8585 |
placement. | 8586 |
The trial court shall set a date for a hearing on the removal | 8587 |
and alternative placement, and the hearing shall be held within | 8588 |
twenty-one days after the trial court's receipt of the notice from | 8589 |
the department of | 8590 |
disabilities. At least | 8591 |
held, the trial court shall give the prosecutor, the department of | 8592 |
8593 | |
for the defendant written notice of the date, time, and place of | 8594 |
the hearing. At the hearing, the trial court shall consider the | 8595 |
citation issued by the individual who conducted the survey for the | 8596 |
department of health to be prima-facie evidence of the fact that | 8597 |
the defendant's commitment to the particular facility was | 8598 |
inappropriate under the certification requirements of the medicaid | 8599 |
program under Chapter 5111. of the Revised Code and Title XIX of | 8600 |
the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, | 8601 |
as amended, and potentially jeopardizes the particular facility's | 8602 |
continued receipt of federal medicaid moneys. At the conclusion of | 8603 |
the hearing, the trial court may approve or disapprove the | 8604 |
defendant's removal and alternative placement. If the trial court | 8605 |
approves the defendant's removal and alternative placement, the | 8606 |
department of | 8607 |
may continue the defendant's alternative placement. If the trial | 8608 |
court disapproves the defendant's removal and alternative | 8609 |
placement, it shall enter an order modifying the defendant's | 8610 |
removal and alternative placement, but that order shall not | 8611 |
require the department of | 8612 |
disabilities to replace the defendant for purposes of continued | 8613 |
residential habilitation, care, and treatment in the facility | 8614 |
associated with the citation issued by the individual who | 8615 |
conducted the survey for the department of health. | 8616 |
(E) In making a determination under this section regarding | 8617 |
nonsecured status or termination of commitment, the trial court | 8618 |
shall consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited | 8619 |
to, all of the following: | 8620 |
(1) Whether, in the trial court's view, the defendant or | 8621 |
person currently represents a substantial risk of physical harm to | 8622 |
the defendant or person or others; | 8623 |
(2) Psychiatric and medical testimony as to the current | 8624 |
mental and physical condition of the defendant or person; | 8625 |
(3) Whether the defendant or person has insight into the | 8626 |
dependant's or person's condition so that the defendant or person | 8627 |
will continue treatment as prescribed or seek professional | 8628 |
assistance as needed; | 8629 |
(4) The grounds upon which the state relies for the proposed | 8630 |
commitment; | 8631 |
(5) Any past history that is relevant to establish the | 8632 |
defendant's or person's degree of conformity to the laws, rules, | 8633 |
regulations, and values of society; | 8634 |
(6) If there is evidence that the defendant's or person's | 8635 |
mental illness is in a state of remission, the medically suggested | 8636 |
cause and degree of the remission and the probability that the | 8637 |
defendant or person will continue treatment to maintain the | 8638 |
remissive state of the defendant's or person's illness should the | 8639 |
defendant's or person's commitment conditions be altered. | 8640 |
(F) At any hearing held pursuant to division (C) or (D)(1) or | 8641 |
(2) of this section, the defendant or the person shall have all | 8642 |
the rights of a defendant or person at a commitment hearing as | 8643 |
described in section 2945.40 of the Revised Code. | 8644 |
(G) In a hearing held pursuant to division (C) or (D)(1) of | 8645 |
this section, the prosecutor has the burden of proof as follows: | 8646 |
(1) For a recommendation of termination of commitment, to | 8647 |
show by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant or person | 8648 |
remains a mentally ill person subject to hospitalization by court | 8649 |
order or a mentally retarded person subject to | 8650 |
institutionalization by court order; | 8651 |
(2) For a recommendation for a change in the conditions of | 8652 |
the commitment to a less restrictive status, to show by clear and | 8653 |
convincing evidence that the proposed change represents a threat | 8654 |
to public safety or a threat to the safety of any person. | 8655 |
(H) In a hearing held pursuant to division (C) or (D)(1) or | 8656 |
(2) of this section, the prosecutor shall represent the state or | 8657 |
the public interest. | 8658 |
(I) At the conclusion of a hearing conducted under division | 8659 |
(D)(1) of this section regarding a recommendation from the chief | 8660 |
clinical officer of a hospital, program, or facility, the trial | 8661 |
court may approve, disapprove, or modify the recommendation and | 8662 |
shall enter an order accordingly. | 8663 |
(J)(1) A defendant or person who has been committed pursuant | 8664 |
to section 2945.39 or 2945.40 of the Revised Code continues to be | 8665 |
under the jurisdiction of the trial court until the final | 8666 |
termination of the commitment. For purposes of division (J) of | 8667 |
this section, the final termination of a commitment occurs upon | 8668 |
the earlier of one of the following: | 8669 |
(a) The defendant or person no longer is a mentally ill | 8670 |
person subject to hospitalization by court order or a mentally | 8671 |
retarded person subject to institutionalization by court order, as | 8672 |
determined by the trial court; | 8673 |
(b) The expiration of the maximum prison term or term of | 8674 |
imprisonment that the defendant or person could have received if | 8675 |
the defendant or person had been convicted of the most serious | 8676 |
offense with which the defendant or person is charged or in | 8677 |
relation to which the defendant or person was found not guilty by | 8678 |
reason of insanity; | 8679 |
(c) The trial court enters an order terminating the | 8680 |
commitment under the circumstances described in division | 8681 |
(J)(2)(a)(ii) of this section. | 8682 |
(2)(a) If a defendant is found incompetent to stand trial and | 8683 |
committed pursuant to section 2945.39 of the Revised Code, if | 8684 |
neither of the circumstances described in divisions (J)(1)(a) and | 8685 |
(b) of this section applies to that defendant, and if a report | 8686 |
filed with the trial court pursuant to division (C) of this | 8687 |
section indicates that the defendant presently is competent to | 8688 |
stand trial or if, at any other time during the period of the | 8689 |
defendant's commitment, the prosecutor, the counsel for the | 8690 |
defendant, or the chief clinical officer of the hospital, | 8691 |
facility, or program to which the defendant is committed files an | 8692 |
application with the trial court alleging that the defendant | 8693 |
presently is competent to stand trial and requesting a hearing on | 8694 |
the competency issue or the trial court otherwise has reasonable | 8695 |
cause to believe that the defendant presently is competent to | 8696 |
stand trial and determines on its own motion to hold a hearing on | 8697 |
the competency issue, the trial court shall schedule a hearing on | 8698 |
the competency of the defendant to stand trial, shall give the | 8699 |
prosecutor, the counsel for the defendant, and the chief clinical | 8700 |
officer notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing at | 8701 |
least fifteen days before the hearing, and shall conduct the | 8702 |
hearing within thirty days of the filing of the application or of | 8703 |
its own motion. If, at the conclusion of the hearing, the trial | 8704 |
court determines that the defendant presently is capable of | 8705 |
understanding the nature and objective of the proceedings against | 8706 |
the defendant and of assisting in the defendant's defense, the | 8707 |
trial court shall order that the defendant is competent to stand | 8708 |
trial and shall be proceeded against as provided by law with | 8709 |
respect to the applicable offenses described in division (C)(1) of | 8710 |
section 2945.38 of the Revised Code and shall enter whichever of | 8711 |
the following additional orders is appropriate: | 8712 |
(i) If the trial court determines that the defendant remains | 8713 |
a mentally ill person subject to hospitalization by court order or | 8714 |
a mentally retarded person subject to institutionalization by | 8715 |
court order, the trial court shall order that the defendant's | 8716 |
commitment to the hospital, facility, or program be continued | 8717 |
during the pendency of the trial on the applicable offenses | 8718 |
described in division (C)(1) of section 2945.38 of the Revised | 8719 |
Code. | 8720 |
(ii) If the trial court determines that the defendant no | 8721 |
longer is a mentally ill person subject to hospitalization by | 8722 |
court order or a mentally retarded person subject to | 8723 |
institutionalization by court order, the trial court shall order | 8724 |
that the defendant's commitment to the hospital, facility, or | 8725 |
program shall not be continued during the pendency of the trial on | 8726 |
the applicable offenses described in division (C)(1) of section | 8727 |
2945.38 of the Revised Code. This order shall be a final | 8728 |
termination of the commitment for purposes of division (J)(1)(c) | 8729 |
of this section. | 8730 |
(b) If, at the conclusion of the hearing described in | 8731 |
division (J)(2)(a) of this section, the trial court determines | 8732 |
that the defendant remains incapable of understanding the nature | 8733 |
and objective of the proceedings against the defendant or of | 8734 |
assisting in the defendant's defense, the trial court shall order | 8735 |
that the defendant continues to be incompetent to stand trial, | 8736 |
that the defendant's commitment to the hospital, facility, or | 8737 |
program shall be continued, and that the defendant remains subject | 8738 |
to the jurisdiction of the trial court pursuant to that | 8739 |
commitment, and to the provisions of this section, until the final | 8740 |
termination of the commitment as described in division (J)(1) of | 8741 |
this section. | 8742 |
Sec. 2967.22. Whenever it is brought to the attention of the | 8743 |
adult parole authority or a department of probation that a | 8744 |
parolee, person under a community control sanction, person under | 8745 |
transitional control, or releasee appears to be a mentally ill | 8746 |
person subject to hospitalization by court order, as defined in | 8747 |
section 5122.01 of the Revised Code, or a mentally retarded person | 8748 |
subject to institutionalization by court order, as defined in | 8749 |
section 5123.01 of the Revised Code, the parole or probation | 8750 |
officer, subject to the approval of the chief of the adult parole | 8751 |
authority, the designee of the chief of the adult parole | 8752 |
authority, or the chief probation officer, may file an affidavit | 8753 |
under section 5122.11 or 5123.71 of the Revised Code. A parolee, | 8754 |
person under a community control sanction, or releasee who is | 8755 |
involuntarily detained under Chapter 5122. or 5123. of the Revised | 8756 |
Code shall receive credit against the period of parole or | 8757 |
community control or the term of post-release control for the | 8758 |
period of involuntary detention. | 8759 |
If a parolee, person under a community control sanction, | 8760 |
person under transitional control, or releasee escapes from an | 8761 |
institution or facility within the department of mental health or | 8762 |
the department of | 8763 |
disabilities, the superintendent of the institution immediately | 8764 |
shall notify the chief of the adult parole authority or the chief | 8765 |
probation officer. Notwithstanding the provisions of section | 8766 |
5122.26 of the Revised Code, the procedure for the apprehension, | 8767 |
detention, and return of the parolee, person under a community | 8768 |
control sanction, person under transitional control, or releasee | 8769 |
is the same as that provided for the apprehension, detention, and | 8770 |
return of persons who escape from institutions operated by the | 8771 |
department of rehabilitation and correction. If the escaped | 8772 |
parolee, person under transitional control, or releasee is not | 8773 |
apprehended and returned to the custody of the department of | 8774 |
mental health or the department of
| 8775 |
developmental disabilities within ninety days after the escape, | 8776 |
the parolee, person under transitional control, or releasee shall | 8777 |
be discharged from the custody of the department of mental health | 8778 |
or the department of | 8779 |
disabilities and returned to the custody of the department of | 8780 |
rehabilitation and correction. If the escaped person under a | 8781 |
community control sanction is not apprehended and returned to the | 8782 |
custody of the department of mental health or the department of | 8783 |
8784 | |
days after the escape, the person under a community control | 8785 |
sanction shall be discharged from the custody of the department of | 8786 |
mental health or
the department of | 8787 |
developmental disabilities and returned to the custody of the | 8788 |
court that sentenced that person. | 8789 |
Sec. 3109.18. (A)(1) A board of county commissioners may | 8790 |
establish a child abuse and child neglect prevention advisory | 8791 |
board or may designate the county family and children first | 8792 |
council to serve as the child abuse and child neglect prevention | 8793 |
advisory board. The boards of county commissioners of two or more | 8794 |
contiguous counties may instead form a multicounty district to be | 8795 |
served by a child abuse and child neglect prevention advisory | 8796 |
board or may designate a regional family and children first | 8797 |
council to serve as the district child abuse and child neglect | 8798 |
prevention advisory board. Each advisory board shall meet at least | 8799 |
twice a year. | 8800 |
(2) The county auditor is hereby designated as the auditor | 8801 |
and fiscal officer of the advisory board. In the case of a | 8802 |
multicounty district, the boards of county commissioners that | 8803 |
formed the district shall designate the auditor of one of the | 8804 |
counties as the auditor and fiscal officer of the advisory board. | 8805 |
(B) Each county that establishes an advisory board or, in a | 8806 |
multicounty district, the auditor who has been designated as the | 8807 |
auditor and fiscal officer of the advisory board, shall establish | 8808 |
a fund in the county treasury known as the county or district | 8809 |
children's trust fund. The auditor shall deposit all funds | 8810 |
received from the children's trust fund board into that fund, and | 8811 |
the auditor shall distribute money from the fund at the request of | 8812 |
the advisory board. | 8813 |
(C) Each January, the board of county commissioners of a | 8814 |
county that has established an advisory board or, in a multicounty | 8815 |
district, the board of county commissioners of the county served | 8816 |
by the auditor who has been designated as the auditor and fiscal | 8817 |
officer for the advisory board, shall appropriate the amount | 8818 |
described in division (B)(2) of section 3109.17 of the Revised | 8819 |
Code for distribution by the advisory board to child abuse and | 8820 |
child neglect prevention programs. | 8821 |
(D)(1) Except in the case of a county or regional family and | 8822 |
children first council that is designated to serve as a child | 8823 |
abuse and child neglect prevention advisory board, each advisory | 8824 |
board shall consist of an odd number of members from both the | 8825 |
public and private sectors, including all of the following: | 8826 |
(a) A representative of an agency responsible for the | 8827 |
administration of children's services in the county or district; | 8828 |
(b) A provider of alcohol or drug addiction services or a | 8829 |
representative of a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental | 8830 |
health services that serves the county or district; | 8831 |
(c) A provider of mental health services or a representative | 8832 |
of a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services | 8833 |
that serves the county or district; | 8834 |
(d) A representative of a county board of | 8835 |
8836 |
(e) A representative of the educational community appointed | 8837 |
by the superintendent of the school district with largest | 8838 |
enrollment in the county or multicounty district. | 8839 |
(2) The following groups and entities may be represented on | 8840 |
the advisory board: | 8841 |
(a) Parent groups; | 8842 |
(b) Juvenile justice officials; | 8843 |
(c) Pediatricians, health department nurses, and other | 8844 |
representatives of the medical community; | 8845 |
(d) School personnel; | 8846 |
(e) Counselors and social workers; | 8847 |
(f) Head start agencies; | 8848 |
(g) Child care providers; | 8849 |
(h) Other persons with demonstrated knowledge in programs for | 8850 |
children. | 8851 |
(3) Of the members first appointed, at least one shall serve | 8852 |
for a term of three years, at least one for a term of two years, | 8853 |
and at least one for a term of one year. Thereafter, each member | 8854 |
shall serve a term of three years. Each member shall serve until | 8855 |
the member's successor is appointed. All vacancies on the board | 8856 |
shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same | 8857 |
manner as the original appointment. | 8858 |
(E) Each child abuse and child neglect prevention advisory | 8859 |
board may incur reasonable costs not to exceed five per cent of | 8860 |
the funds allocated to the county or district under section | 8861 |
3109.17 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of carrying out the | 8862 |
functions of the advisory board. | 8863 |
(F) Each child abuse and child neglect prevention advisory | 8864 |
board shall do all of the following: | 8865 |
(1) For each fiscal biennium, develop a local allocation plan | 8866 |
for the purpose of preventing child abuse and child neglect and | 8867 |
submit the plan to the children's trust fund board on or before | 8868 |
the first day of April preceding the fiscal year for which the | 8869 |
plan is developed; | 8870 |
(2) Provide effective public notice, as defined by the | 8871 |
children's trust fund board in the state plan or, if the board | 8872 |
does not define the term in the state plan, as defined in rules | 8873 |
adopted by the department of job and family services, to potential | 8874 |
applicants about the availability of funds from the children's | 8875 |
trust fund, including an estimate of the amount of money available | 8876 |
for grants within each county or district, the date of at least | 8877 |
one public hearing, information on obtaining a copy of the grant | 8878 |
application form, and the deadline for submitting grant | 8879 |
applications; | 8880 |
(3) Review all applications received using criteria specified | 8881 |
in the state plan adopted by the board under section 3109.17 of | 8882 |
the Revised Code; | 8883 |
(4) Consistent with the local allocation plan developed | 8884 |
pursuant to division (F)(1) of this section, make grants to child | 8885 |
abuse and child neglect prevention programs. | 8886 |
(5) Establish any reporting requirements for grant | 8887 |
recipients, in addition to those specified by the children's trust | 8888 |
fund board, and for children's advocacy centers for which funds | 8889 |
are used in accordance with section 3109.172 of the Revised Code. | 8890 |
(G) A member of a child abuse and child neglect prevention | 8891 |
advisory board shall not participate in the development of a local | 8892 |
allocation plan under division (F)(1) of this section if it is | 8893 |
reasonable to expect that the member's judgment could be affected | 8894 |
by the member's own financial, business, property, or personal | 8895 |
interest or other conflict of interest. For purposes of this | 8896 |
division, "conflict of interest" means the taking of any action | 8897 |
that violates any applicable provision of Chapter 102. or 2921. of | 8898 |
the Revised Code. Questions relating to the existence of a | 8899 |
conflict of interest pertaining to Chapter 2921. of the Revised | 8900 |
Code shall be submitted by the advisory board to the local | 8901 |
prosecuting attorney for resolution. Questions relating to the | 8902 |
existence of a conflict of interest pertaining to Chapter 102. of | 8903 |
the Revised Code shall be submitted by the advisory board to the | 8904 |
Ohio ethics commission for resolution. | 8905 |
(H) Each advisory board shall assist the children's trust | 8906 |
fund board in monitoring programs that receive money from the | 8907 |
children's trust fund and shall perform such other duties for the | 8908 |
local administration of the children's trust fund as the | 8909 |
children's trust fund board requires. | 8910 |
(I) A children's advocacy center for which a child abuse and | 8911 |
child neglect prevention advisory board uses any amount out of the | 8912 |
funds allocated to the advisory board under section 3109.172 of | 8913 |
the Revised Code, as start-up costs for the establishment and | 8914 |
operation of the center, shall use the moneys so received only for | 8915 |
establishment and operation of the center in accordance with | 8916 |
sections 2151.425 to 2151.428 of the Revised Code. Any other | 8917 |
person or entity that is a recipient of a grant from the | 8918 |
children's trust fund shall use the grant funds only to fund | 8919 |
primary and secondary child abuse and child neglect prevention | 8920 |
programs. Any grant funds that are not spent by the recipient of | 8921 |
the funds within the time specified by the terms of the grant | 8922 |
shall be returned to the county treasurer. Any grant funds | 8923 |
returned that are not redistributed by the advisory board within | 8924 |
the state fiscal year in which they are received shall be returned | 8925 |
to the treasurer of state. The treasurer of state shall deposit | 8926 |
such unspent moneys into the children's trust fund to be spent for | 8927 |
purposes consistent with the state plan adopted under section | 8928 |
3109.17 of the Revised Code. | 8929 |
(J) Applications for grants from the children's trust fund | 8930 |
shall be made to the advisory board on forms prescribed by the | 8931 |
children's trust fund board. | 8932 |
(K)(1) Each children's advocacy center for which a child | 8933 |
abuse and child neglect prevention advisory board uses any amount | 8934 |
out of the funds allocated to the advisory board under section | 8935 |
3109.172 of the Revised Code, as start-up costs for the | 8936 |
establishment and operation of the center, and each other person | 8937 |
or entity that is a recipient of a children's trust fund grant | 8938 |
from an advisory board shall file with the advisory board a copy | 8939 |
of a semi-annual and an annual report that includes the | 8940 |
information required by the children's trust fund board. | 8941 |
(2) Each advisory board shall file with the children's trust | 8942 |
fund board, not later than the fifteenth day of August following | 8943 |
the year for which the report is written, a copy of an annual | 8944 |
report regarding the county or district local allocation plan that | 8945 |
contains the information required by the children's trust fund | 8946 |
board, and regarding the advisory board's use of any amount out of | 8947 |
the funds allocated to the advisory board under section 3109.172 | 8948 |
of the Revised Code as start-up costs for the establishment and | 8949 |
operation of a children's advocacy center. | 8950 |
Sec. 3301.07. The state board of education shall exercise | 8951 |
under the acts of the general assembly general supervision of the | 8952 |
system of public education in the state. In addition to the powers | 8953 |
otherwise imposed on the state board under the provisions of law, | 8954 |
the board shall have the following powers: | 8955 |
(A) Exercise policy forming, planning, and evaluative | 8956 |
functions for the public schools of the state, and for adult | 8957 |
education, except as otherwise provided by law; | 8958 |
(B) Exercise leadership in the improvement of public | 8959 |
education in this state, and administer the educational policies | 8960 |
of this state relating to public schools, and relating to | 8961 |
instruction and instructional material, building and equipment, | 8962 |
transportation of pupils, administrative responsibilities of | 8963 |
school officials and personnel, and finance and organization of | 8964 |
school districts, educational service centers, and territory. | 8965 |
Consultative and advisory services in such matters shall be | 8966 |
provided by the board to school districts and educational service | 8967 |
centers of this state. The board also shall develop a standard of | 8968 |
financial reporting which shall be used by all school districts | 8969 |
and educational service centers to make their financial | 8970 |
information available to the public in a format understandable by | 8971 |
the average citizen and provide year-to-year comparisons for at | 8972 |
least five years. The format shall show, among other things, | 8973 |
district and educational service center revenue by source; | 8974 |
expenditures for salaries, wages, and benefits of employees, | 8975 |
showing such amounts separately for classroom teachers, other | 8976 |
employees required to hold licenses issued pursuant to sections | 8977 |
3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code, and all other employees; | 8978 |
expenditures other than for personnel, by category, including | 8979 |
utilities, textbooks and other educational materials, equipment, | 8980 |
permanent improvements, pupil transportation, extracurricular | 8981 |
athletics, and other extracurricular activities; and per pupil | 8982 |
expenditures. | 8983 |
(C) Administer and supervise the allocation and distribution | 8984 |
of all state and federal funds for public school education under | 8985 |
the provisions of law, and may prescribe such systems of | 8986 |
accounting as are necessary and proper to this function. It may | 8987 |
require county auditors and treasurers, boards of education, | 8988 |
educational service center governing boards, treasurers of such | 8989 |
boards, teachers, and other school officers and employees, or | 8990 |
other public officers or employees, to file with it such reports | 8991 |
as it may prescribe relating to such funds, or to the management | 8992 |
and condition of such funds. | 8993 |
(D) Formulate and prescribe minimum standards to be applied | 8994 |
to all elementary and secondary schools in this state for the | 8995 |
purpose of requiring a general education of high quality. Such | 8996 |
standards shall provide adequately for: the licensing of teachers, | 8997 |
administrators, and other professional personnel and their | 8998 |
assignment according to training and qualifications; efficient and | 8999 |
effective instructional materials and equipment, including library | 9000 |
facilities; the proper organization, administration, and | 9001 |
supervision of each school, including regulations for preparing | 9002 |
all necessary records and reports and the preparation of a | 9003 |
statement of policies and objectives for each school; buildings, | 9004 |
grounds, health and sanitary facilities and services; admission of | 9005 |
pupils, and such requirements for their promotion from grade to | 9006 |
grade as will assure that they are capable and prepared for the | 9007 |
level of study to which they are certified; requirements for | 9008 |
graduation; and such other factors as the board finds necessary. | 9009 |
In the formulation and administration of such standards for | 9010 |
nonpublic schools the board shall also consider the particular | 9011 |
needs, methods and objectives of those schools, provided they do | 9012 |
not conflict with the provision of a general education of a high | 9013 |
quality and provided that regular procedures shall be followed for | 9014 |
promotion from grade to grade of pupils who have met the | 9015 |
educational requirements prescribed. | 9016 |
(E) May require as part of the health curriculum information | 9017 |
developed under section 2108.34 of the Revised Code promoting the | 9018 |
donation of anatomical gifts pursuant to Chapter 2108. of the | 9019 |
Revised Code and may provide the information to high schools, | 9020 |
educational service centers, and joint vocational school district | 9021 |
boards of education; | 9022 |
(F) Prepare and submit annually to the governor and the | 9023 |
general assembly a report on the status, needs, and major problems | 9024 |
of the public schools of the state, with recommendations for | 9025 |
necessary legislative action and a ten-year projection of the | 9026 |
state's public and nonpublic school enrollment, by year and by | 9027 |
grade level; | 9028 |
(G) Prepare and submit to the director of budget and | 9029 |
management the biennial budgetary requests of the state board of | 9030 |
education, for its agencies and for the public schools of the | 9031 |
state; | 9032 |
(H) Cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies | 9033 |
concerned with the health and welfare of children and youth of the | 9034 |
state; | 9035 |
(I) Require such reports from school districts and | 9036 |
educational service centers, school officers, and employees as are | 9037 |
necessary and desirable. The superintendents and treasurers of | 9038 |
school districts and educational service centers shall certify as | 9039 |
to the accuracy of all reports required by law or state board or | 9040 |
state department of education rules to be submitted by the | 9041 |
district or educational service center and which contain | 9042 |
information necessary for calculation of state funding. Any | 9043 |
superintendent who knowingly falsifies such report shall be | 9044 |
subject to license revocation pursuant to section 3319.31 of the | 9045 |
Revised Code. | 9046 |
(J) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, | 9047 |
adopt procedures, standards, and guidelines for the education of | 9048 |
children with disabilities pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the | 9049 |
Revised Code, including procedures, standards, and guidelines | 9050 |
governing programs and services operated by county boards of | 9051 |
9052 | |
section 3323.09 of the Revised Code; | 9053 |
(K) For the purpose of encouraging the development of special | 9054 |
programs of education for academically gifted children, employ | 9055 |
competent persons to analyze and publish data, promote research, | 9056 |
advise and counsel with boards of education, and encourage the | 9057 |
training of teachers in the special instruction of gifted | 9058 |
children. The board may provide financial assistance out of any | 9059 |
funds appropriated for this purpose to boards of education and | 9060 |
educational service center governing boards for developing and | 9061 |
conducting programs of education for academically gifted children. | 9062 |
(L) Require that all public schools emphasize and encourage, | 9063 |
within existing units of study, the teaching of energy and | 9064 |
resource conservation as recommended to each district board of | 9065 |
education by leading business persons involved in energy | 9066 |
production and conservation, beginning in the primary grades; | 9067 |
(M) Formulate and prescribe minimum standards requiring the | 9068 |
use of phonics as a technique in the teaching of reading in grades | 9069 |
kindergarten through three. In addition, the state board shall | 9070 |
provide in-service training programs for teachers on the use of | 9071 |
phonics as a technique in the teaching of reading in grades | 9072 |
kindergarten through three. | 9073 |
(N) Develop and modify as necessary a state plan for | 9074 |
technology to encourage and promote the use of technological | 9075 |
advancements in educational settings. | 9076 |
The board may adopt rules necessary for carrying out any | 9077 |
function imposed on it by law, and may provide rules as are | 9078 |
necessary for its government and the government of its employees, | 9079 |
and may delegate to the superintendent of public instruction the | 9080 |
management and administration of any function imposed on it by | 9081 |
law. It may provide for the appointment of board members to serve | 9082 |
on temporary committees established by the board for such purposes | 9083 |
as are necessary. Permanent or standing committees shall not be | 9084 |
created. | 9085 |
Sec. 3301.15. The state board of education or its authorized | 9086 |
representatives may inspect all institutions under the control of | 9087 |
the department of job and family services, the department of | 9088 |
mental health,
the department
of | 9089 |
developmental disabilities, and the department of rehabilitation | 9090 |
and correction which employ teachers, and may make a report on the | 9091 |
teaching, discipline, and school equipment in these institutions | 9092 |
to the director of job and family services, the director of mental | 9093 |
health, the
director of
| 9094 |
disabilities, the director of rehabilitation and correction, and | 9095 |
the governor. | 9096 |
Sec. 3301.52. As used in sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the | 9097 |
Revised Code: | 9098 |
(A) "Preschool program" means either of the following: | 9099 |
(1) A child care program for preschool children that is | 9100 |
operated by a school district board of education or an eligible | 9101 |
nonpublic school. | 9102 |
(2) A child care program for preschool children age three or | 9103 |
older that is operated by a county | 9104 |
(B) "Preschool child" or "child" means a child who has not | 9105 |
entered kindergarten and is not of compulsory school age. | 9106 |
(C) "Parent, guardian, or custodian" means the person or | 9107 |
government agency that is or will be responsible for a child's | 9108 |
school attendance under section 3321.01 of the Revised Code. | 9109 |
(D) "Superintendent" means the superintendent of a school | 9110 |
district or the chief administrative officer of an eligible | 9111 |
nonpublic school. | 9112 |
(E) "Director" means the director, head teacher, elementary | 9113 |
principal, or site administrator who is the individual on site and | 9114 |
responsible for supervision of a preschool program. | 9115 |
(F) "Preschool staff member" means a preschool employee whose | 9116 |
primary responsibility is care, teaching, or supervision of | 9117 |
preschool children. | 9118 |
(G) "Nonteaching employee" means a preschool program or | 9119 |
school child program employee whose primary responsibilities are | 9120 |
duties other than care, teaching, and supervision of preschool | 9121 |
children or school children. | 9122 |
(H) "Eligible nonpublic school" means a nonpublic school | 9123 |
chartered as described in division (B)(8) of section 5104.02 of | 9124 |
the Revised Code or chartered by the state board of education for | 9125 |
any combination of grades one through twelve, regardless of | 9126 |
whether it also offers kindergarten. | 9127 |
(I) "County | 9128 |
9129 |
(J) "School child program" means a child care program for | 9130 |
only school children that is operated by a school district board | 9131 |
of education, county | 9132 |
(K) "School child" and "child care" have the same meanings as | 9133 |
in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code. | 9134 |
(L) "School child program staff member" means an employee | 9135 |
whose primary responsibility is the care, teaching, or supervision | 9136 |
of children in a school child program. | 9137 |
Sec. 3301.53. (A) The state board of education, in | 9138 |
consultation with the director of job and family services, shall | 9139 |
formulate and prescribe by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the | 9140 |
Revised Code minimum standards to be applied to preschool programs | 9141 |
operated by school district boards
of
education, county | 9142 |
boards, or eligible nonpublic schools. The rules shall include | 9143 |
the following: | 9144 |
(1) Standards ensuring that the preschool program is located | 9145 |
in a safe and convenient facility that accommodates the enrollment | 9146 |
of the program, is of the quality to support the growth and | 9147 |
development of the children according to the program objectives, | 9148 |
and meets the requirements of section 3301.55 of the Revised Code; | 9149 |
(2) Standards ensuring that supervision, discipline, and | 9150 |
programs will be administered according to established objectives | 9151 |
and procedures; | 9152 |
(3) Standards ensuring that preschool staff members and | 9153 |
nonteaching employees are recruited, employed, assigned, | 9154 |
evaluated, and provided inservice education without discrimination | 9155 |
on the basis of age, color, national origin, race, or sex; and | 9156 |
that preschool staff members and nonteaching employees are | 9157 |
assigned responsibilities in accordance with written position | 9158 |
descriptions commensurate with their training and experience; | 9159 |
(4) A requirement that boards of education intending to | 9160 |
establish a preschool program demonstrate a need for a preschool | 9161 |
program prior to establishing the program; | 9162 |
(5) Requirements that children participating in preschool | 9163 |
programs have been immunized to the extent considered appropriate | 9164 |
by the state board to prevent the spread of communicable disease; | 9165 |
(6) Requirements that the parents of preschool children | 9166 |
complete the emergency medical authorization form specified in | 9167 |
section 3313.712 of the Revised Code. | 9168 |
(B) The state board of education in consultation with the | 9169 |
director of job and family services shall ensure that the rules | 9170 |
adopted by the state board under sections 3301.52 to 3301.58 of | 9171 |
the Revised Code are consistent with and meet or exceed the | 9172 |
requirements of Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code with regard to | 9173 |
child day-care centers. The state board and the director of job | 9174 |
and family services shall review all such rules at least once | 9175 |
every five years. | 9176 |
(C) The state board of education, in consultation with the | 9177 |
director of job and family services, shall adopt rules for school | 9178 |
child programs that are consistent with and meet or exceed the | 9179 |
requirements of the rules adopted for school child day-care | 9180 |
centers under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code. | 9181 |
Sec. 3301.55. (A) A school district, county | 9182 |
or eligible nonpublic school operating a preschool program shall | 9183 |
house the program in buildings that meet the following | 9184 |
requirements: | 9185 |
(1) The building is operated by the district, county | 9186 |
board, or eligible nonpublic school and has been approved by the | 9187 |
division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce or | 9188 |
a certified municipal, township, or county building department for | 9189 |
the purpose of operating a program for preschool children. Any | 9190 |
such structure shall be constructed, equipped, repaired, altered, | 9191 |
and maintained in accordance with applicable provisions of | 9192 |
Chapters 3781. and 3791. and with rules adopted by the board of | 9193 |
building standards under Chapter 3781. of the Revised Code for the | 9194 |
safety and sanitation of structures erected for this purpose. | 9195 |
(2) The building is in compliance with fire and safety laws | 9196 |
and regulations as evidenced by reports of annual school fire and | 9197 |
safety inspections as conducted by appropriate local authorities. | 9198 |
(3) The school is in compliance with rules established by the | 9199 |
state board of education regarding school food services. | 9200 |
(4) The facility includes not less than thirty-five square | 9201 |
feet of indoor space for each child in the program. Safe play | 9202 |
space, including both indoor and outdoor play space, totaling not | 9203 |
less than sixty square feet for each child using the space at any | 9204 |
one time, shall be regularly available and scheduled for use. | 9205 |
(5) First aid facilities and space for temporary placement or | 9206 |
isolation of injured or ill children are provided. | 9207 |
(B) Each school district, county | 9208 |
nonpublic school that operates, or proposes to operate, a | 9209 |
preschool program shall submit a building plan including all | 9210 |
information specified by the state board of education to the board | 9211 |
not later than the first day of September of the school year in | 9212 |
which the program is to be initiated. The board shall determine | 9213 |
whether the buildings meet the requirements of this section and | 9214 |
section 3301.53 of the Revised Code, and notify the superintendent | 9215 |
of its determination. If the board determines, on the basis of the | 9216 |
building plan or any other information, that the buildings do not | 9217 |
meet those requirements, it shall cause the buildings to be | 9218 |
inspected by the department of education. The department shall | 9219 |
make a report to the superintendent specifying any aspects of the | 9220 |
building that are not in compliance with the requirements of this | 9221 |
section and section 3301.53 of the Revised Code and the time | 9222 |
period that will be allowed the district,
county | 9223 |
or school to meet the requirements. | 9224 |
Sec. 3301.57. (A) For the purpose of improving programs, | 9225 |
facilities, and implementation of the standards promulgated by the | 9226 |
state board of education under section 3301.53 of the Revised | 9227 |
Code, the state department of education shall provide consultation | 9228 |
and technical assistance to school districts, county
| 9229 |
boards, and eligible nonpublic schools operating preschool | 9230 |
programs or school child programs, and inservice training to | 9231 |
preschool staff members, school child program staff members, and | 9232 |
nonteaching employees. | 9233 |
(B) The department and the school district board of | 9234 |
education, county | 9235 |
shall jointly monitor each preschool program and each school child | 9236 |
program. | 9237 |
If the program receives any grant or other funding from the | 9238 |
state or federal government, the department annually shall monitor | 9239 |
all reports on attendance, financial support, and expenditures | 9240 |
according to provisions for use of the funds. | 9241 |
(C) The department of education, at least twice during every | 9242 |
twelve-month period of operation of a preschool program or a | 9243 |
licensed school child program, shall inspect the program and | 9244 |
provide a written inspection report to the superintendent of the | 9245 |
school district, county | 9246 |
school. At least one inspection shall be unannounced, and all | 9247 |
inspections may be unannounced. No person shall interfere with any | 9248 |
inspection conducted pursuant to this division or to the rules | 9249 |
adopted pursuant to sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised | 9250 |
Code. | 9251 |
Upon receipt of any complaint that a preschool program or a | 9252 |
licensed school child program is out of compliance with the | 9253 |
requirements in sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code or | 9254 |
the rules adopted under those sections, the department shall | 9255 |
investigate and may inspect the program. | 9256 |
(D) If a preschool program or a licensed school child program | 9257 |
is determined to be out of compliance with the requirements of | 9258 |
sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code or the rules | 9259 |
adopted under those sections, the department of education shall | 9260 |
notify the appropriate superintendent, county
| 9261 |
eligible nonpublic school in writing regarding the nature of the | 9262 |
violation, what must be done to correct the violation, and by what | 9263 |
date the correction must be made. If the correction is not made by | 9264 |
the date established by the department, it may commence action | 9265 |
under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to close the program or to | 9266 |
revoke the license of the program. If a program does not comply | 9267 |
with an order to cease operation issued in accordance with Chapter | 9268 |
119. of the Revised Code, the department shall notify the attorney | 9269 |
general, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the | 9270 |
program is located, or the city attorney, village solicitor, or | 9271 |
other chief legal officer of the municipal corporation in which | 9272 |
the program is located that the program is operating in violation | 9273 |
of sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code or the rules | 9274 |
adopted under those sections and in violation of an order to cease | 9275 |
operation issued in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised | 9276 |
Code. Upon receipt of the notification, the attorney general, | 9277 |
prosecuting attorney, city attorney, village solicitor, or other | 9278 |
chief legal officer shall file a complaint in the court of common | 9279 |
pleas of the county in which the program is located requesting the | 9280 |
court to issue an order enjoining the program from operating. The | 9281 |
court shall grant the requested injunctive relief upon a showing | 9282 |
that the program named in the complaint is operating in violation | 9283 |
of sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code or the rules | 9284 |
adopted under those sections and in violation of an order to cease | 9285 |
operation issued in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised | 9286 |
Code. | 9287 |
(E) The department of education shall prepare an annual | 9288 |
report on inspections conducted under this section. The report | 9289 |
shall include the number of inspections conducted, the number and | 9290 |
types of violations found, and the steps taken to address the | 9291 |
violations. The department shall file the report with the | 9292 |
governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the | 9293 |
speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives on or | 9294 |
before the first day of January of each year, beginning in 1999. | 9295 |
Sec. 3301.58. (A) The department of education is responsible | 9296 |
for the licensing of preschool programs and school child programs | 9297 |
and for the enforcement of sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the | 9298 |
Revised Code and of any rules adopted under those sections. No | 9299 |
school district board of education, county | 9300 |
eligible nonpublic school shall operate, establish, manage, | 9301 |
conduct, or maintain a preschool program without a license issued | 9302 |
under this section. A school district board of education, county | 9303 |
9304 | |
under this section for a school child program. The school district | 9305 |
board of education, county | 9306 |
school shall post the current license for each preschool program | 9307 |
and licensed school child program it operates, establishes, | 9308 |
manages, conducts, or maintains in a conspicuous place in the | 9309 |
preschool program or licensed school child program that is | 9310 |
accessible to parents, custodians, or guardians and employees and | 9311 |
staff members of the program at all times when the program is in | 9312 |
operation. | 9313 |
(B) Any school district board of education, county | 9314 |
board, or eligible nonpublic school that desires to operate, | 9315 |
establish, manage, conduct, or maintain a preschool program shall | 9316 |
apply to the department of education for a license on a form that | 9317 |
the department shall prescribe by rule. Any school district board | 9318 |
of
education, county
| 9319 |
that desires to obtain a license for a school child program shall | 9320 |
apply to the department for a license on a form that the | 9321 |
department shall prescribe by rule. The department shall provide | 9322 |
at no charge to each applicant for a license under this section a | 9323 |
copy of the requirements under sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the | 9324 |
Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections. The | 9325 |
department shall mail application forms for the renewal of a | 9326 |
license at least one hundred twenty days prior to the date of the | 9327 |
expiration of the license, and the application for renewal of a | 9328 |
license shall be filed with the department at least sixty days | 9329 |
before the date of the expiration of the existing license. The | 9330 |
department may establish application fees by rule adopted under | 9331 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, and all applicants for a license | 9332 |
shall pay any fee established by the department at the time of | 9333 |
making an application for a license. All fees collected pursuant | 9334 |
to this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the | 9335 |
credit of the general revenue fund. | 9336 |
(C) Upon the filing of an application for a license, the | 9337 |
department of education shall investigate and inspect the | 9338 |
preschool program or school child program to determine the license | 9339 |
capacity for each age category of children of the program and to | 9340 |
determine whether the program complies with sections 3301.52 to | 9341 |
3301.59 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those | 9342 |
sections. When, after investigation and inspection, the department | 9343 |
of education is satisfied that sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the | 9344 |
Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections are | 9345 |
complied with by the applicant, the department of education shall | 9346 |
issue the program a provisional license as soon as practicable in | 9347 |
the form and manner prescribed by the rules of the department. The | 9348 |
provisional license shall be valid for six months from the date of | 9349 |
issuance unless revoked. | 9350 |
(D) The department of education shall investigate and inspect | 9351 |
a preschool program or school child program that has been issued a | 9352 |
provisional license at least once during operation under the | 9353 |
provisional license. If, after the investigation and inspection, | 9354 |
the department of education determines that the requirements of | 9355 |
sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code and any rules | 9356 |
adopted under those sections are met by the provisional licensee, | 9357 |
the department of education shall issue a license that is | 9358 |
effective for two years from the date of the issuance of the | 9359 |
provisional license. | 9360 |
(E) Upon the filing of an application for the renewal of a | 9361 |
license by a preschool program or school child program, the | 9362 |
department of education shall investigate and inspect the | 9363 |
preschool program or school child program. If the department of | 9364 |
education determines that the requirements of sections 3301.52 to | 9365 |
3301.59 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those | 9366 |
sections are met by the applicant, the department of education | 9367 |
shall renew the license for two years from the date of the | 9368 |
expiration date of the previous license. | 9369 |
(F) The license or provisional license shall state the name | 9370 |
of the school district board of education, county | 9371 |
or eligible nonpublic school that operates the preschool program | 9372 |
or school child program and the license capacity of the program. | 9373 |
The license shall include any other information required by | 9374 |
section 5104.03 of the Revised Code for the license of a child | 9375 |
day-care center. | 9376 |
(G) The department of education may revoke the license of any | 9377 |
preschool program or school child program that is not in | 9378 |
compliance with the requirements of sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of | 9379 |
the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections. | 9380 |
(H) If the department of education revokes a license or | 9381 |
refuses to renew a license to a program, the department shall not | 9382 |
issue a license to the program within two years from the date of | 9383 |
the revocation or refusal. All actions of the department with | 9384 |
respect to licensing preschool programs and school child programs | 9385 |
shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 9386 |
Sec. 3304.231. There is hereby created a brain injury | 9387 |
advisory committee, which shall advise the administrator of the | 9388 |
rehabilitation services commission and the brain injury program | 9389 |
with regard to unmet needs of survivors of brain injury, | 9390 |
development of programs for survivors and their families, | 9391 |
establishment of training programs for health care professionals, | 9392 |
and any other matter within the province of the brain injury | 9393 |
program. The committee shall consist of not less than eighteen and | 9394 |
not more than twenty-one members as follows: | 9395 |
(A) Not less than ten and not more than twelve members | 9396 |
appointed by the administrator of the rehabilitation services | 9397 |
commission, including all of the following: a survivor of brain | 9398 |
injury, a relative of a survivor of brain injury, a licensed | 9399 |
physician recommended by the Ohio chapter of the American college | 9400 |
of emergency physicians, a licensed physician recommended by the | 9401 |
Ohio state medical association, one other health care | 9402 |
professional, a rehabilitation professional, an individual who | 9403 |
represents the brain injury association of Ohio, and not less than | 9404 |
three nor more than five individuals who shall represent the | 9405 |
public; | 9406 |
(B) The directors of the departments of health, alcohol and | 9407 |
drug addiction services, | 9408 |
disabilities, mental health, job and family services, and highway | 9409 |
safety; the administrator of workers' compensation; the | 9410 |
superintendent of public instruction; and the administrator of the | 9411 |
rehabilitation services commission. Any of the officials specified | 9412 |
in this division may designate an individual to serve in the | 9413 |
official's place as a member of the committee. | 9414 |
The director of health shall make initial appointments to the | 9415 |
committee by November 1, 1990. Appointments made after July 26, | 9416 |
1991, shall be made by the administrator of the rehabilitation | 9417 |
services commission. Terms of office shall be two years. Members | 9418 |
may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner | 9419 |
provided for original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a | 9420 |
vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for | 9421 |
which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office as | 9422 |
a member for the remainder of that term. | 9423 |
Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, | 9424 |
but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred | 9425 |
in the performance of their duties. | 9426 |
Sec. 3313.65. (A) As used in this section and section | 9427 |
3313.64 of the Revised Code: | 9428 |
(1) A person is "in a residential facility" if the person is | 9429 |
a resident or a resident patient of an institution, home, or other | 9430 |
residential facility that is: | 9431 |
(a) Licensed as a nursing home, residential care facility, or | 9432 |
home for the aging by the director of health under section 3721.02 | 9433 |
of the Revised Code or licensed as a community alternative home by | 9434 |
the director of health under section 3724.03 of the Revised Code; | 9435 |
(b) Licensed as an adult care facility by the director of | 9436 |
health under Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code; | 9437 |
(c) Maintained as a county home or district home by the board | 9438 |
of county commissioners or a joint board of county commissioners | 9439 |
under Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code; | 9440 |
(d) Operated or administered by a board of alcohol, drug | 9441 |
addiction, and mental health services under section 340.03 or | 9442 |
340.06 of the Revised Code, or provides residential care pursuant | 9443 |
to contracts made under section 340.03 or 340.033 of the Revised | 9444 |
Code; | 9445 |
(e) Maintained as a state institution for the mentally ill | 9446 |
under Chapter 5119. of the Revised Code; | 9447 |
(f) Licensed by the department of mental health under section | 9448 |
5119.20 or 5119.22 of the Revised Code; | 9449 |
(g) Licensed as a residential facility by the department of | 9450 |
9451 | |
5123.19 of the Revised Code; | 9452 |
(h) Operated by the veteran's administration or another | 9453 |
agency of the United States government; | 9454 |
(i) The Ohio soldiers' and sailors' home. | 9455 |
(2) A person is "in a correctional facility" if any of the | 9456 |
following apply: | 9457 |
(a) The person is an Ohio resident and is: | 9458 |
(i) Imprisoned, as defined in section 1.05 of the Revised | 9459 |
Code; | 9460 |
(ii) Serving a term in a community-based correctional | 9461 |
facility or a district community-based correctional facility; | 9462 |
(iii) Required, as a condition of parole, a post-release | 9463 |
control sanction, a community control sanction, transitional | 9464 |
control, or early release from imprisonment, as a condition of | 9465 |
shock parole or shock probation granted under the law in effect | 9466 |
prior to July 1, 1996, or as a condition of a furlough granted | 9467 |
under the version of section 2967.26 of the Revised Code in effect | 9468 |
prior to March 17, 1998, to reside in a halfway house or other | 9469 |
community residential center licensed under section 2967.14 of the | 9470 |
Revised Code or a similar facility designated by the court of | 9471 |
common pleas that established the condition or by the adult parole | 9472 |
authority. | 9473 |
(b) The person is imprisoned in a state correctional | 9474 |
institution of another state or a federal correctional institution | 9475 |
but was an Ohio resident at the time the sentence was imposed for | 9476 |
the crime for which the person is imprisoned. | 9477 |
(3) A person is "in a juvenile residential placement" if the | 9478 |
person is an Ohio resident who is under twenty-one years of age | 9479 |
and has been removed, by the order of a juvenile court, from the | 9480 |
place the person resided at the time the person became subject to | 9481 |
the court's jurisdiction in the matter that resulted in the | 9482 |
person's removal. | 9483 |
(4) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in | 9484 |
section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. | 9485 |
(5) "Post-release control sanction" has the same meaning as | 9486 |
in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. | 9487 |
(B) If the circumstances described in division (C) of this | 9488 |
section apply, the determination of what school district must | 9489 |
admit a child to its schools and what district, if any, is liable | 9490 |
for tuition shall be made in accordance with this section, rather | 9491 |
than section 3313.64 of the Revised Code. | 9492 |
(C) A child who does not reside in the school district in | 9493 |
which the child's parent resides and for whom a tuition obligation | 9494 |
previously has not been established under division (C)(2) of | 9495 |
section 3313.64 of the Revised Code shall be admitted to the | 9496 |
schools of the district in which the child resides if at least one | 9497 |
of the child's parents is in a residential or correctional | 9498 |
facility or a juvenile residential placement and the other parent, | 9499 |
if living and not in such a facility or placement, is not known to | 9500 |
reside in this state. | 9501 |
(D) Regardless of who has custody or care of the child, | 9502 |
whether the child resides in a home, or whether the child receives | 9503 |
special education, if a district admits a child under division (C) | 9504 |
of this section, tuition shall be paid to that district as | 9505 |
follows: | 9506 |
(1) If the child's parent is in a juvenile residential | 9507 |
placement, by the district in which the child's parent resided at | 9508 |
the time the parent became subject to the jurisdiction of the | 9509 |
juvenile court; | 9510 |
(2) If the child's parent is in a correctional facility, by | 9511 |
the district in which the child's parent resided at the time the | 9512 |
sentence was imposed; | 9513 |
(3) If the child's parent is in a residential facility, by | 9514 |
the district in which the parent resided at the time the parent | 9515 |
was admitted to the residential facility, except that if the | 9516 |
parent was transferred from another residential facility, tuition | 9517 |
shall be paid by the district in which the parent resided at the | 9518 |
time the parent was admitted to the facility from which the parent | 9519 |
first was transferred; | 9520 |
(4) In the event of a disagreement as to which school | 9521 |
district is liable for tuition under division (C)(1), (2), or (3) | 9522 |
of this section, the superintendent of public instruction shall | 9523 |
determine which district shall pay tuition. | 9524 |
(E) If a child covered by division (D) of this section | 9525 |
receives special education in accordance with Chapter 3323. of the | 9526 |
Revised Code, the tuition shall be paid in accordance with section | 9527 |
3323.13 or 3323.14 of the Revised Code. Tuition for children who | 9528 |
do not receive special education shall be paid in accordance with | 9529 |
division (J) of section 3313.64 of the Revised Code. | 9530 |
Sec. 3313.715. The board of education of a school district | 9531 |
may request from the director of | 9532 |
developmental disabilities the appropriate identification numbers | 9533 |
for all students residing in the district who are medical | 9534 |
assistance recipients under Chapter 5111. of the Revised Code. The | 9535 |
director shall furnish such numbers upon receipt of lists of | 9536 |
student names furnished by the district board, in such form as the | 9537 |
director may require. | 9538 |
The director of job and family services shall provide the | 9539 |
director
of | 9540 |
the data necessary for compliance with this section. | 9541 |
Section 3319.321 of the Revised Code does not apply to the | 9542 |
release of student names or other data to the director of | 9543 |
9544 | |
this section. Chapter 1347. of the Revised Code does not apply to | 9545 |
information required to be kept by a school board or the | 9546 |
departments of job and family
services or | 9547 |
developmental disabilities to the extent necessary to comply with | 9548 |
this section and section 3313.714 of the Revised Code. However, | 9549 |
any such information or data shall be used only for the specific | 9550 |
legal purposes of such boards and departments and shall not be | 9551 |
released to any unauthorized person. | 9552 |
Sec. 3314.022. The governing authority of any community | 9553 |
school established under this chapter may contract with the | 9554 |
governing authority of another community school, the board of | 9555 |
education of a school district, the governing board of an | 9556 |
educational service center, a county | 9557 |
administrative authority of a nonpublic school for provision of | 9558 |
services for any disabled student enrolled at the school. Any | 9559 |
school district board of education or educational service center | 9560 |
governing board shall negotiate with a community school governing | 9561 |
authority that seeks to contract for the provision of services for | 9562 |
a disabled student under this section in the same manner as it | 9563 |
would with the board of education of a school district that seeks | 9564 |
to contract for such services. | 9565 |
Sec. 3314.99. (A) Whoever violates division (F) of section | 9566 |
3314.40 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: | 9567 |
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this | 9568 |
section, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth | 9569 |
degree. | 9570 |
(2) The person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree | 9571 |
if both of the following conditions apply: | 9572 |
(a) The employee who is the subject of the report that the | 9573 |
person fails to submit was required to be reported for the | 9574 |
commission or alleged commission of an act or offense involving | 9575 |
the infliction on a child of any physical or mental wound, | 9576 |
injury, disability, or condition of a nature that constitutes | 9577 |
abuse or neglect of the child; | 9578 |
(b) During the period between the violation of division (F) | 9579 |
of section 3314.40 of the Revised Code and the conviction of or | 9580 |
plea of guilty by the person for that violation, the employee who | 9581 |
is the subject of the report that the person fails to submit | 9582 |
inflicts on any child attending a school district, educational | 9583 |
service center, public or nonpublic school, or county board of | 9584 |
9585 | |
employee works any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, | 9586 |
or condition of a nature that constitutes abuse or neglect of the | 9587 |
child. | 9588 |
(B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 3314.403 of the | 9589 |
Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. | 9590 |
Sec. 3317.01. As used in this section and section 3317.011 | 9591 |
of the Revised Code, "school district," unless otherwise | 9592 |
specified, means any city, local, exempted village, joint | 9593 |
vocational, or cooperative education school district and any | 9594 |
educational service center. | 9595 |
This chapter shall be administered by the state board of | 9596 |
education. The superintendent of public instruction shall | 9597 |
calculate the amounts payable to each school district and shall | 9598 |
certify the amounts payable to each eligible district to the | 9599 |
treasurer of the district as provided by this chapter. As soon as | 9600 |
possible after such amounts are calculated, the superintendent | 9601 |
shall certify to the treasurer of each school district the | 9602 |
district's adjusted charge-off increase, as defined in section | 9603 |
5705.211 of the Revised Code. No moneys shall be distributed | 9604 |
pursuant to this chapter without the approval of the controlling | 9605 |
board. | 9606 |
The state board of education shall, in accordance with | 9607 |
appropriations made by the general assembly, meet the financial | 9608 |
obligations of this chapter. | 9609 |
Annually, the department of education shall calculate and | 9610 |
report to each school district the district's total state and | 9611 |
local funds for providing an adequate basic education to the | 9612 |
district's nondisabled students, utilizing the determination in | 9613 |
section 3317.012 of the Revised Code. In addition, the department | 9614 |
shall calculate and report separately for each school district | 9615 |
the district's total state and local funds for providing an | 9616 |
adequate education for its students with disabilities, utilizing | 9617 |
the determinations in both sections 3317.012 and 3317.013 of the | 9618 |
Revised Code. | 9619 |
Not later than the thirty-first day of August of each fiscal | 9620 |
year, the department of education shall provide to each school | 9621 |
district and
county | 9622 |
amount of funding that the department calculates the district will | 9623 |
receive under each of divisions (C)(1) and (4) of section 3317.022 | 9624 |
of the Revised Code. No later than the first day of December of | 9625 |
each fiscal year, the department shall update that preliminary | 9626 |
estimate. | 9627 |
Moneys distributed pursuant to this chapter shall be | 9628 |
calculated and paid on a fiscal year basis, beginning with the | 9629 |
first day of July and extending through the thirtieth day of June. | 9630 |
The moneys appropriated for each fiscal year shall be distributed | 9631 |
at least monthly to each school district unless otherwise provided | 9632 |
for. The state board shall submit a yearly distribution plan to | 9633 |
the controlling board at its first meeting in July. The state | 9634 |
board shall submit any proposed midyear revision of the plan to | 9635 |
the controlling board in January. Any year-end revision of the | 9636 |
plan shall be submitted to the controlling board in June. If | 9637 |
moneys appropriated for each fiscal year are distributed other | 9638 |
than monthly, such distribution shall be on the same basis for | 9639 |
each school district. | 9640 |
The total amounts paid each month shall constitute, as nearly | 9641 |
as possible, one-twelfth of the total amount payable for the | 9642 |
entire year. | 9643 |
Until fiscal year 2007, payments made during the first six | 9644 |
months of the fiscal year may be based on an estimate of the | 9645 |
amounts payable for the entire year. Payments made in the last | 9646 |
six months shall be based on the final calculation of the amounts | 9647 |
payable to each school district for that fiscal year. Payments | 9648 |
made in the last six months may be adjusted, if necessary, to | 9649 |
correct the amounts distributed in the first six months, and to | 9650 |
reflect enrollment increases when such are at least three per | 9651 |
cent. | 9652 |
Beginning in fiscal year 2007, payments shall be calculated | 9653 |
to reflect the biannual reporting of average daily membership. In | 9654 |
fiscal year 2007 and in each fiscal year thereafter, annualized | 9655 |
periodic payments for each school district shall be based on the | 9656 |
district's final student counts verified by the superintendent of | 9657 |
public instruction based on reports under section 3317.03 of the | 9658 |
Revised Code, as adjusted, if so ordered, under division (K) of | 9659 |
that section, as follows: | 9660 |
9661 | |
9662 | |
9663 | |
9664 | |
9665 | |
Except as otherwise provided, payments under this chapter | 9666 |
shall be made only to those school districts in which: | 9667 |
(A) The school district, except for any educational service | 9668 |
center and any joint vocational or cooperative education school | 9669 |
district, levies for current operating expenses at least twenty | 9670 |
mills. Levies for joint vocational or cooperative education | 9671 |
school districts or county school financing districts, limited to | 9672 |
or to the extent apportioned to current expenses, shall be | 9673 |
included in this qualification requirement. School district income | 9674 |
tax levies under Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code, limited to or | 9675 |
to the extent apportioned to current operating expenses, shall be | 9676 |
included in this qualification requirement to the extent | 9677 |
determined by the tax commissioner under division (D) of section | 9678 |
3317.021 of the Revised Code. | 9679 |
(B) The school year next preceding the fiscal year for which | 9680 |
such payments are authorized meets the requirement of section | 9681 |
3313.48 or 3313.481 of the Revised Code, with regard to the | 9682 |
minimum number of days or hours school must be open for | 9683 |
instruction with pupils in attendance, for individualized | 9684 |
parent-teacher conference and reporting periods, and for | 9685 |
professional meetings of teachers. This requirement shall be | 9686 |
waived by the superintendent of public instruction if it had been | 9687 |
necessary for a school to be closed because of disease epidemic, | 9688 |
hazardous weather conditions, inoperability of school buses or | 9689 |
other equipment necessary to the school's operation, damage to a | 9690 |
school building, or other temporary circumstances due to utility | 9691 |
failure rendering the school building unfit for school use, | 9692 |
provided that for those school districts operating pursuant to | 9693 |
section 3313.48 of the Revised Code the number of days the school | 9694 |
was actually open for instruction with pupils in attendance and | 9695 |
for individualized parent-teacher conference and reporting periods | 9696 |
is not less than one hundred seventy-five, or for those school | 9697 |
districts operating on a trimester plan the number of days the | 9698 |
school was actually open for instruction with pupils in attendance | 9699 |
not less than seventy-nine days in any trimester, for those school | 9700 |
districts operating on a quarterly plan the number of days the | 9701 |
school was actually open for instruction with pupils in attendance | 9702 |
not less than fifty-nine days in any quarter, or for those school | 9703 |
districts operating on a pentamester plan the number of days the | 9704 |
school was actually open for instruction with pupils in attendance | 9705 |
not less than forty-four days in any pentamester. | 9706 |
A school district shall not be considered to have failed to | 9707 |
comply with this division or section 3313.481 of the Revised Code | 9708 |
because schools were open for instruction but either twelfth grade | 9709 |
students were excused from attendance for up to three days or only | 9710 |
a portion of the kindergarten students were in attendance for up | 9711 |
to three days in order to allow for the gradual orientation to | 9712 |
school of such students. | 9713 |
The superintendent of public instruction shall waive the | 9714 |
requirements of this section with reference to the minimum number | 9715 |
of days or hours school must be in session with pupils in | 9716 |
attendance for the school year succeeding the school year in which | 9717 |
a board of education initiates a plan of operation pursuant to | 9718 |
section 3313.481 of the Revised Code. The minimum requirements of | 9719 |
this section shall again be applicable to such a district | 9720 |
beginning with the school year commencing the second July | 9721 |
succeeding the initiation of one such plan, and for each school | 9722 |
year thereafter. | 9723 |
A school district shall not be considered to have failed to | 9724 |
comply with this division or section 3313.48 or 3313.481 of the | 9725 |
Revised Code because schools were open for instruction but the | 9726 |
length of the regularly scheduled school day, for any number of | 9727 |
days during the school year, was reduced by not more than two | 9728 |
hours due to hazardous weather conditions. | 9729 |
(C) The school district has on file, and is paying in | 9730 |
accordance with, a teachers' salary schedule which complies with | 9731 |
section 3317.13 of the Revised Code. | 9732 |
A board of education or governing board of an educational | 9733 |
service center which has not conformed with other law and the | 9734 |
rules pursuant thereto, shall not participate in the distribution | 9735 |
of funds authorized by sections 3317.022 to 3317.0211, 3317.11, | 9736 |
3317.16, 3317.17, and 3317.19 of the Revised Code, except for good | 9737 |
and sufficient reason established to the satisfaction of the state | 9738 |
board of education and the state controlling board. | 9739 |
All funds allocated to school districts under this chapter, | 9740 |
except those specifically allocated for other purposes, shall be | 9741 |
used to pay current operating expenses only. | 9742 |
Sec. 3317.02. As used in this chapter: | 9743 |
(A) Unless otherwise specified, "school district" means city, | 9744 |
local, and exempted village school districts. | 9745 |
(B) "Formula amount" means the base cost for the fiscal year | 9746 |
specified in division (B)(4) of section 3317.012 of the Revised | 9747 |
Code. | 9748 |
(C) "FTE basis" means a count of students based on full-time | 9749 |
equivalency, in accordance with rules adopted by the department of | 9750 |
education pursuant to section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. In | 9751 |
adopting its rules under this division, the department shall | 9752 |
provide for counting any student in category one, two, three, | 9753 |
four, five, or six special education ADM or in category one or two | 9754 |
vocational education ADM in the same proportion the student is | 9755 |
counted in formula ADM. | 9756 |
(D) "Formula ADM" means, for a city, local, or exempted | 9757 |
village school district, the final number verified by the | 9758 |
superintendent of public instruction, based on the number reported | 9759 |
pursuant to division (A) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, | 9760 |
as adjusted, if so ordered, under division (K) of that section. | 9761 |
"Formula ADM" means, for a joint vocational school district, the | 9762 |
final number verified by the superintendent of public | 9763 |
instruction, based on the number reported pursuant to division (D) | 9764 |
of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, as adjusted, if so | 9765 |
ordered, under division (K) of that section. Beginning in fiscal | 9766 |
year 2007, for payments in which formula ADM is a factor, the | 9767 |
formula ADM for each school district for the fiscal year is the | 9768 |
sum of one-half of the number verified and adjusted for October | 9769 |
of that fiscal year plus one-half of the average of the numbers | 9770 |
verified and adjusted for October and February of that fiscal | 9771 |
year. | 9772 |
(E) "Three-year average formula ADM" means the average of | 9773 |
formula ADMs for the preceding three fiscal years. | 9774 |
(F)(1) "Category one special education ADM" means the average | 9775 |
daily membership of children with disabilities receiving special | 9776 |
education services for the disability specified in division (A) | 9777 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under | 9778 |
division (B)(5) or (D)(2)(b) of section 3317.03 of the Revised | 9779 |
Code. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, the district's category one | 9780 |
special education ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of | 9781 |
the number reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half | 9782 |
of the average of the numbers reported for October and February | 9783 |
of that fiscal year. | 9784 |
(2) "Category two special education ADM" means the average | 9785 |
daily membership of children with disabilities receiving special | 9786 |
education services for those disabilities specified in division | 9787 |
(B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under | 9788 |
division (B)(6) or (D)(2)(c) of section 3317.03 of the Revised | 9789 |
Code. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, the district's category two | 9790 |
special education ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of | 9791 |
the number reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half | 9792 |
of the average of the numbers reported for October and February | 9793 |
of that fiscal year. | 9794 |
(3) "Category three special education ADM" means the average | 9795 |
daily membership of students receiving special education services | 9796 |
for those disabilities specified in division (C) of section | 9797 |
3317.013 of the Revised Code, and reported under division (B)(7) | 9798 |
or (D)(2)(d) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in | 9799 |
fiscal year 2007, the district's category three special education | 9800 |
ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number | 9801 |
reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the | 9802 |
average of the numbers reported for October and February of that | 9803 |
fiscal year. | 9804 |
(4) "Category four special education ADM" means the average | 9805 |
daily membership of students receiving special education services | 9806 |
for those disabilities specified in division (D) of section | 9807 |
3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(8) | 9808 |
or (D)(2)(e) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in | 9809 |
fiscal year 2007, the district's category four special education | 9810 |
ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number | 9811 |
reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the | 9812 |
average of the numbers reported for October and February of that | 9813 |
fiscal year. | 9814 |
(5) "Category five special education ADM" means the average | 9815 |
daily membership of students receiving special education services | 9816 |
for the disabilities specified in division (E) of section | 9817 |
3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(9) or | 9818 |
(D)(2)(f) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in | 9819 |
fiscal year 2007, the district's category five special education | 9820 |
ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number | 9821 |
reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the | 9822 |
average of the numbers reported for October and February of that | 9823 |
fiscal year. | 9824 |
(6) "Category six special education ADM" means the average | 9825 |
daily membership of students receiving special education services | 9826 |
for the disabilities specified in division (F) of section | 9827 |
3317.013 of the Revised Code and reported under division (B)(10) | 9828 |
or (D)(2)(g) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in | 9829 |
fiscal year 2007, the district's category six special education | 9830 |
ADM for a fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number | 9831 |
reported for October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the | 9832 |
average of the numbers reported for October and February of that | 9833 |
fiscal year. | 9834 |
(7) "Category one vocational education ADM" means the average | 9835 |
daily membership of students receiving vocational education | 9836 |
services described in division (A) of section 3317.014 of the | 9837 |
Revised Code and reported under division (B)(11) or (D)(2)(h) of | 9838 |
section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in fiscal year | 9839 |
2007, the district's category one vocational education ADM for a | 9840 |
fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number reported for | 9841 |
October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the average of the | 9842 |
numbers reported for October and February of that fiscal year. | 9843 |
(8) "Category two vocational education ADM" means the average | 9844 |
daily membership of students receiving vocational education | 9845 |
services described in division (B) of section 3317.014 of the | 9846 |
Revised Code and reported under division (B)(12) or (D)(2)(i) of | 9847 |
section 3317.03 of the Revised Code. Beginning in fiscal year | 9848 |
2007, the district's category two vocational education ADM for a | 9849 |
fiscal year is the sum of one-half of the number reported for | 9850 |
October of that fiscal year plus one-half of the average of the | 9851 |
numbers reported for October and February of that fiscal year. | 9852 |
(G) "Preschool child with a disability" means a child with | 9853 |
a disability, as defined in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code, | 9854 |
who is at least age three but is not of compulsory school age, as | 9855 |
defined in section 3321.01 of the Revised Code, and who is not | 9856 |
currently enrolled in kindergarten. | 9857 |
(H)
"County | 9858 |
9859 |
(I) "Recognized valuation" means the amount calculated for a | 9860 |
school district pursuant to section 3317.015 of the Revised Code. | 9861 |
(J) "Transportation ADM" means the number of children | 9862 |
reported under division (B)(13) of section 3317.03 of the Revised | 9863 |
Code. | 9864 |
(K) "Average efficient transportation use cost per student" | 9865 |
means a statistical representation of transportation costs as | 9866 |
calculated under division (D)(2) of section 3317.022 of the | 9867 |
Revised Code. | 9868 |
(L) "Taxes charged and payable" means the taxes charged and | 9869 |
payable against real and public utility property after making the | 9870 |
reduction required by section 319.301 of the Revised Code, plus | 9871 |
the taxes levied against tangible personal property. | 9872 |
(M) "Total taxable value" means the sum of the amounts | 9873 |
certified for a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational | 9874 |
school district under divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 3317.021 | 9875 |
of the Revised Code. | 9876 |
(N) "Tax exempt value" of a school district means the amount | 9877 |
certified for a school district under division (A)(4) of section | 9878 |
3317.021 of the Revised Code. | 9879 |
(O) "Potential value" of a school district means the | 9880 |
recognized valuation of a school district plus the tax exempt | 9881 |
value of the district. | 9882 |
(P) "District median income" means the median Ohio adjusted | 9883 |
gross income certified for a school district. On or before the | 9884 |
first day of July of each year, the tax commissioner shall | 9885 |
certify to the department of education and the office of budget | 9886 |
and management for each city, exempted village, and local school | 9887 |
district the median Ohio adjusted gross income of the residents | 9888 |
of the school district determined on the basis of tax returns | 9889 |
filed for the second preceding tax year by the residents of the | 9890 |
district. | 9891 |
(Q) "Statewide median income" means the median district | 9892 |
median income of all city, exempted village, and local school | 9893 |
districts in the state. | 9894 |
(R) "Income factor" for a city, exempted village, or local | 9895 |
school district means the quotient obtained by dividing that | 9896 |
district's median income by the statewide median income. | 9897 |
(S) "Medically fragile child" means a child to whom all of | 9898 |
the following apply: | 9899 |
(1) The child requires the services of a doctor of medicine | 9900 |
or osteopathic medicine at least once a week due to the | 9901 |
instability of the child's medical condition. | 9902 |
(2) The child requires the services of a registered nurse on | 9903 |
a daily basis. | 9904 |
(3) The child is at risk of institutionalization in a | 9905 |
hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate care facility | 9906 |
for the mentally retarded. | 9907 |
(T) A child may be identified as having an "other health | 9908 |
impairment-major" if the child's condition meets the definition | 9909 |
of "other health impaired" established in rules adopted by the | 9910 |
state board of education prior to July 1, 2001, and if either of | 9911 |
the following apply: | 9912 |
(1) The child is identified as having a medical condition | 9913 |
that is among those listed by the superintendent of public | 9914 |
instruction as conditions where a substantial majority of cases | 9915 |
fall within the definition of "medically fragile child." The | 9916 |
superintendent of public instruction shall issue an initial list | 9917 |
no later than September 1, 2001. | 9918 |
(2) The child is determined by the superintendent of public | 9919 |
instruction to be a medically fragile child. A school district | 9920 |
superintendent may petition the superintendent of public | 9921 |
instruction for a determination that a child is a medically | 9922 |
fragile child. | 9923 |
(U) A child may be identified as having an "other health | 9924 |
impairment-minor" if the child's condition meets the definition | 9925 |
of "other health impaired" established in rules adopted by the | 9926 |
state board of education prior to July 1, 2001, but the child's | 9927 |
condition does not meet either of the conditions specified in | 9928 |
division (T)(1) or (2) of this section. | 9929 |
(V) "State education aid" has the same meaning as in section | 9930 |
5751.20 of the Revised Code. | 9931 |
(W) "Property exemption value" means zero in fiscal year | 9932 |
2006, and in fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter, the | 9933 |
amount certified for a school district under divisions (A)(6) and | 9934 |
(7) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code. | 9935 |
(X) "Internet- or computer-based community school" has the | 9936 |
same meaning as in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code. | 9937 |
Sec. 3317.024. In addition to the moneys paid to eligible | 9938 |
school districts pursuant to section 3317.022 of the Revised Code, | 9939 |
moneys appropriated for the education programs in divisions (A) to | 9940 |
(I), (K), (L), and (N) of this section shall be distributed to | 9941 |
school districts meeting the requirements of section 3317.01 of | 9942 |
the Revised Code; in the case of divisions (G) and (L) of this | 9943 |
section, to educational service centers as provided in section | 9944 |
3317.11 of the Revised Code; in the case of divisions (D) and (J) | 9945 |
of this section, to
county | 9946 |
division (N) of this section, to joint vocational school | 9947 |
districts; in the case of division (H) of this section, to | 9948 |
cooperative education school districts; and in the case of | 9949 |
division (M) of this section, to the institutions defined under | 9950 |
section 3317.082 of the Revised Code providing elementary or | 9951 |
secondary education programs to children other than children | 9952 |
receiving special education under section 3323.091 of the Revised | 9953 |
Code. The following shall be distributed monthly, quarterly, or | 9954 |
annually as may be determined by the state board of education: | 9955 |
(A) An amount for each island school district and each joint | 9956 |
state school district for the operation of each high school and | 9957 |
each elementary school maintained within such district and for | 9958 |
capital improvements for such schools. Such amounts shall be | 9959 |
determined on the basis of standards adopted by the state board of | 9960 |
education. | 9961 |
(B) An amount for each school district operating classes for | 9962 |
children of migrant workers who are unable to be in attendance in | 9963 |
an Ohio school during the entire regular school year. The amounts | 9964 |
shall be determined on the basis of standards adopted by the state | 9965 |
board of education, except that payment shall be made only for | 9966 |
subjects regularly offered by the school district providing the | 9967 |
classes. | 9968 |
(C) An amount for each school district with guidance, | 9969 |
testing, and counseling programs approved by the state board of | 9970 |
education. The amount shall be determined on the basis of | 9971 |
standards adopted by the state board of education. | 9972 |
(D) An amount for the emergency purchase of school buses as | 9973 |
provided for in section 3317.07 of the Revised Code; | 9974 |
(E) An amount for each school district required to pay | 9975 |
tuition for a child in an institution maintained by the department | 9976 |
of youth services pursuant to section 3317.082 of the Revised | 9977 |
Code, provided the child was not included in the calculation of | 9978 |
the district's average daily membership for the preceding school | 9979 |
year. | 9980 |
(F) An amount for adult basic literacy education for each | 9981 |
district participating in programs approved by the state board of | 9982 |
education. The amount shall be determined on the basis of | 9983 |
standards adopted by the state board of education. | 9984 |
(G) An amount for the approved cost of transporting eligible | 9985 |
pupils with disabilities attending a special education program | 9986 |
approved by the department of education whom it is impossible or | 9987 |
impractical to transport by regular school bus in the course of | 9988 |
regular route transportation provided by the district or service | 9989 |
center. No district or service center is eligible to receive a | 9990 |
payment under this division for the cost of transporting any pupil | 9991 |
whom it transports by regular school bus and who is included in | 9992 |
the district's transportation ADM. The state board of education | 9993 |
shall establish standards and guidelines for use by the department | 9994 |
of education in determining the approved cost of such | 9995 |
transportation for each district or service center. | 9996 |
(H) An amount to each school district, including each | 9997 |
cooperative education school district, pursuant to section 3313.81 | 9998 |
of the Revised Code to assist in providing free lunches to needy | 9999 |
children and an amount to assist needy school districts in | 10000 |
purchasing necessary equipment for food preparation. The amounts | 10001 |
shall be determined on the basis of rules adopted by the state | 10002 |
board of education. | 10003 |
(I) An amount to each school district, for each pupil | 10004 |
attending a chartered nonpublic elementary or high school within | 10005 |
the district. The amount shall equal the amount appropriated for | 10006 |
the implementation of section 3317.06 of the Revised Code divided | 10007 |
by the average daily membership in grades kindergarten through | 10008 |
twelve in nonpublic elementary and high schools within the state | 10009 |
as determined during the first full week in October of each school | 10010 |
year. | 10011 |
(J) An amount for each county | 10012 |
the basis of standards adopted by the state board of education, | 10013 |
for the approved cost of transportation required for children | 10014 |
attending special education programs operated by the county | 10015 |
DD board under section 3323.09 of the Revised Code; | 10016 |
(K) An amount for each school district that establishes a | 10017 |
mentor teacher program that complies with rules of the state board | 10018 |
of education. No school district shall be required to establish or | 10019 |
maintain such a program in any year unless sufficient funds are | 10020 |
appropriated to cover the district's total costs for the program. | 10021 |
(L) An amount to each school district or educational service | 10022 |
center for the total number of gifted units approved pursuant to | 10023 |
section 3317.05 of the Revised Code. The amount for each such unit | 10024 |
shall be the sum of the minimum salary for the teacher of the | 10025 |
unit, calculated on the basis of the teacher's training level and | 10026 |
years of experience pursuant to the salary schedule prescribed in | 10027 |
the version of section 3317.13 of the Revised Code in effect prior | 10028 |
to July 1, 2001, plus fifteen per cent of that minimum salary | 10029 |
amount, plus two thousand six hundred seventy-eight dollars. | 10030 |
(M) An amount to each institution defined under section | 10031 |
3317.082 of the Revised Code providing elementary or secondary | 10032 |
education to children other than children receiving special | 10033 |
education under section 3323.091 of the Revised Code. This amount | 10034 |
for any institution in any fiscal year shall equal the total of | 10035 |
all tuition amounts required to be paid to the institution under | 10036 |
division (A)(1) of section 3317.082 of the Revised Code. | 10037 |
(N) A grant to each school district and joint vocational | 10038 |
school district that operates a "graduation, reality, and | 10039 |
dual-role skills" (GRADS) program for pregnant and parenting | 10040 |
students that is approved by the department. The amount of the | 10041 |
payment shall be the district's state share percentage, as defined | 10042 |
in section 3317.022 or 3317.16 of the Revised Code, times the | 10043 |
GRADS personnel allowance times the full-time-equivalent number of | 10044 |
GRADS teachers approved by the department. The GRADS personnel | 10045 |
allowance is $47,555 in fiscal years 2008 and 2009. The GRADS | 10046 |
program shall include instruction on adoption as an option for | 10047 |
unintended pregnancies. | 10048 |
The state board of education or any other board of education | 10049 |
or governing board may provide for any resident of a district or | 10050 |
educational service center territory any educational service for | 10051 |
which funds are made available to the board by the United States | 10052 |
under the authority of public law, whether such funds come | 10053 |
directly or indirectly from the United States or any agency or | 10054 |
department thereof or through the state or any agency, department, | 10055 |
or political subdivision thereof. | 10056 |
Sec. 3317.03. Notwithstanding divisions (A)(1), (B)(1), and | 10057 |
(C) of this section, except as provided in division (A)(2)(h) of | 10058 |
this section, any student enrolled in kindergarten more than half | 10059 |
time shall be reported as one-half student under this section. | 10060 |
(A) The superintendent of each city and exempted village | 10061 |
school district and of each educational service center shall, for | 10062 |
the schools under the superintendent's supervision, certify to the | 10063 |
state board of education on or before the fifteenth day of October | 10064 |
in each year for the first full school week in October the formula | 10065 |
ADM. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, each superintendent also shall | 10066 |
certify to the state board, for the schools under the | 10067 |
superintendent's supervision, the formula ADM for the first full | 10068 |
week in February. If a school under the superintendent's | 10069 |
supervision is closed for one or more days during that week due to | 10070 |
hazardous weather conditions or other circumstances described in | 10071 |
the first paragraph of division (B) of section 3317.01 of the | 10072 |
Revised Code, the superintendent may apply to the superintendent | 10073 |
of public instruction for a waiver, under which the superintendent | 10074 |
of public instruction may exempt the district superintendent from | 10075 |
certifying the formula ADM for that school for that week and | 10076 |
specify an alternate week for certifying the formula ADM of that | 10077 |
school. | 10078 |
The formula ADM shall consist of the average daily membership | 10079 |
during such week of the sum of the following: | 10080 |
(1) On an FTE basis, the number of students in grades | 10081 |
kindergarten through twelve receiving any educational services | 10082 |
from the district, except that the following categories of | 10083 |
students shall not be included in the determination: | 10084 |
(a) Students enrolled in adult education classes; | 10085 |
(b) Adjacent or other district students enrolled in the | 10086 |
district under an open enrollment policy pursuant to section | 10087 |
3313.98 of the Revised Code; | 10088 |
(c) Students receiving services in the district pursuant to a | 10089 |
compact, cooperative education agreement, or a contract, but who | 10090 |
are entitled to attend school in another district pursuant to | 10091 |
section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code; | 10092 |
(d) Students for whom tuition is payable pursuant to sections | 10093 |
3317.081 and 3323.141 of the Revised Code; | 10094 |
(e) Students receiving services in the district through a | 10095 |
scholarship awarded under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code. | 10096 |
(2) On an FTE basis, except as provided in division (A)(2)(h) | 10097 |
of this section, the number of students entitled to attend school | 10098 |
in the district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the | 10099 |
Revised Code, but receiving educational services in grades | 10100 |
kindergarten through twelve from one or more of the following | 10101 |
entities: | 10102 |
(a) A community school pursuant to Chapter 3314. of the | 10103 |
Revised Code, including any participation in a college pursuant to | 10104 |
Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code while enrolled in such community | 10105 |
school; | 10106 |
(b) An alternative school pursuant to sections 3313.974 to | 10107 |
3313.979 of the Revised Code as described in division (I)(2)(a) or | 10108 |
(b) of this section; | 10109 |
(c) A college pursuant to Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, | 10110 |
except when the student is enrolled in the college while also | 10111 |
enrolled in a community school pursuant to Chapter 3314. or a | 10112 |
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school | 10113 |
established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; | 10114 |
(d) An adjacent or other school district under an open | 10115 |
enrollment policy adopted pursuant to section 3313.98 of the | 10116 |
Revised Code; | 10117 |
(e) An educational service center or cooperative education | 10118 |
district; | 10119 |
(f) Another school district under a cooperative education | 10120 |
agreement, compact, or contract; | 10121 |
(g) A chartered nonpublic school with a scholarship paid | 10122 |
under section 3310.08 of the Revised Code; | 10123 |
(h) An alternative public provider or a registered private | 10124 |
provider with a scholarship awarded under section 3310.41 of the | 10125 |
Revised Code. Each such scholarship student who is enrolled in | 10126 |
kindergarten shall be counted as one full-time-equivalent | 10127 |
student. | 10128 |
As used in this section, "alternative public provider" and | 10129 |
"registered private provider" have the same meanings as in section | 10130 |
3310.41 of the Revised Code | 10131 |
(i) A science, technology, engineering, and mathematics | 10132 |
school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, | 10133 |
including any participation in a college pursuant to Chapter 3365. | 10134 |
of the Revised Code while enrolled in the school. | 10135 |
(3) Twenty per cent of the number of students enrolled in a | 10136 |
joint vocational school district or under a vocational education | 10137 |
compact, excluding any students entitled to attend school in the | 10138 |
district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code who | 10139 |
are enrolled in another school district through an open enrollment | 10140 |
policy as reported under division (A)(2)(d) of this section and | 10141 |
then enroll in a joint vocational school district or under a | 10142 |
vocational education compact; | 10143 |
(4) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 10144 |
preschool children with disabilities, entitled to attend school | 10145 |
in the district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the | 10146 |
Revised
Code who are placed by the
district with a
county | 10147 |
DD board, minus the number of such children placed with a county | 10148 |
10149 | |
a negative number, the number reported under division (A)(4) of | 10150 |
this section shall be zero. | 10151 |
(5) Beginning in fiscal year 2007, in the case of the report | 10152 |
submitted for the first full week in February, or the alternative | 10153 |
week if specified by the superintendent of public instruction, the | 10154 |
number of students reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this | 10155 |
section for the first full week of the preceding October but who | 10156 |
since that week have received high school diplomas. | 10157 |
(B) To enable the department of education to obtain the data | 10158 |
needed to complete the calculation of payments pursuant to this | 10159 |
chapter, in addition to the formula ADM, each superintendent shall | 10160 |
report separately the following student counts for the same week | 10161 |
for which formula ADM is certified: | 10162 |
(1) The total average daily membership in regular day classes | 10163 |
included in the report under division (A)(1) or (2) of this | 10164 |
section for kindergarten, and each of grades one through twelve in | 10165 |
schools under the superintendent's supervision; | 10166 |
(2) The number of all preschool children with disabilities | 10167 |
enrolled as of the first day of December in classes in the | 10168 |
district that are eligible for approval under division (B) of | 10169 |
section 3317.05 of the Revised Code and the number of those | 10170 |
classes, which shall be reported not later than the fifteenth day | 10171 |
of December, in accordance with rules adopted under that section; | 10172 |
(3) The number of children entitled to attend school in the | 10173 |
district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised | 10174 |
Code who are: | 10175 |
(a) Participating in a pilot project scholarship program | 10176 |
established under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised | 10177 |
Code as described in division (I)(2)(a) or (b) of this section; | 10178 |
(b) Enrolled in a college under Chapter 3365. of the Revised | 10179 |
Code, except when the student is enrolled in the college while | 10180 |
also enrolled in a community school pursuant to Chapter 3314. or a | 10181 |
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school | 10182 |
established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; | 10183 |
(c) Enrolled in an adjacent or other school district under | 10184 |
section 3313.98 of the Revised Code; | 10185 |
(d) Enrolled in a community school established under Chapter | 10186 |
3314. of the Revised Code that is not an internet- or | 10187 |
computer-based community school as defined in section 3314.02 of | 10188 |
the Revised Code, including any participation in a college | 10189 |
pursuant to Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code while enrolled in | 10190 |
such community school; | 10191 |
(e) Enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community | 10192 |
school, as defined in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, | 10193 |
including any participation in a college pursuant to Chapter 3365. | 10194 |
of the Revised Code while enrolled in the school; | 10195 |
(f) Enrolled in a chartered nonpublic school with a | 10196 |
scholarship paid under section 3310.08 of the Revised Code; | 10197 |
(g) Enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve in an | 10198 |
alternative public provider or a registered private provider with | 10199 |
a scholarship awarded under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code; | 10200 |
(h) Enrolled as a preschool child with a disability in an | 10201 |
alternative public provider or a registered private provider with | 10202 |
a scholarship awarded under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code; | 10203 |
(i) Participating in a
program operated by a county | 10204 |
board or a state institution; | 10205 |
(j) Enrolled in a science, technology, engineering, and | 10206 |
mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised | 10207 |
Code, including any participation in a college pursuant to Chapter | 10208 |
3365. of the Revised Code while enrolled in the school. | 10209 |
(4) The number of pupils enrolled in joint vocational | 10210 |
schools; | 10211 |
(5) The average daily membership of children with | 10212 |
disabilities reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this | 10213 |
section receiving special education services for the category one | 10214 |
disability described in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the | 10215 |
Revised Code; | 10216 |
(6) The average daily membership of children with | 10217 |
disabilities reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this | 10218 |
section receiving special education services for category two | 10219 |
disabilities described in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the | 10220 |
Revised Code; | 10221 |
(7) The average daily membership of children with | 10222 |
disabilities reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this | 10223 |
section receiving special education services for category three | 10224 |
disabilities described in division (C) of section 3317.013 of the | 10225 |
Revised Code; | 10226 |
(8) The average daily membership of children with | 10227 |
disabilities reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this | 10228 |
section receiving special education services for category four | 10229 |
disabilities described in division (D) of section 3317.013 of the | 10230 |
Revised Code; | 10231 |
(9) The average daily membership of children with | 10232 |
disabilities reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this | 10233 |
section receiving special education services for the category | 10234 |
five disabilities described in division (E) of section 3317.013 | 10235 |
of the Revised Code; | 10236 |
(10) The combined average daily membership of children with | 10237 |
disabilities reported under division (A)(1) or (2) and under | 10238 |
division (B)(3)(h) of this section receiving special education | 10239 |
services for category six disabilities described in division (F) | 10240 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code, including children | 10241 |
attending a special education program operated by an alternative | 10242 |
public provider or a registered private provider with a | 10243 |
scholarship awarded under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code; | 10244 |
(11) The average daily membership of pupils reported under | 10245 |
division (A)(1) or (2) of this section enrolled in category one | 10246 |
vocational education programs or classes, described in division | 10247 |
(A) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, operated by the | 10248 |
school district or by another district, other than a joint | 10249 |
vocational school district, or by an educational service center, | 10250 |
excluding any student reported under division (B)(3)(e) of this | 10251 |
section as enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community | 10252 |
school, notwithstanding division (C) of section 3317.02 of the | 10253 |
Revised Code and division (C)(3) of this section; | 10254 |
(12) The average daily membership of pupils reported under | 10255 |
division (A)(1) or (2) of this section enrolled in category two | 10256 |
vocational education programs or services, described in division | 10257 |
(B) of section 3317.014 of the Revised Code, operated by the | 10258 |
school district or another school district, other than a joint | 10259 |
vocational school district, or by an educational service center, | 10260 |
excluding any student reported under division (B)(3)(e) of this | 10261 |
section as enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community | 10262 |
school, notwithstanding division (C) of section 3317.02 of the | 10263 |
Revised Code and division (C)(3) of this section; | 10264 |
(13) The average number of children transported by the school | 10265 |
district on board-owned or contractor-owned and -operated buses, | 10266 |
reported in accordance with rules adopted by the department of | 10267 |
education; | 10268 |
(14)(a) The number of children, other than preschool children | 10269 |
with disabilities, the district placed with a
county | 10270 |
board in fiscal year 1998; | 10271 |
(b) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 10272 |
preschool children with disabilities,
placed with a county
| 10273 |
DD board in the current fiscal year to receive special education | 10274 |
services for the category one disability described in division | 10275 |
(A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 10276 |
(c) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 10277 |
preschool children with disabilities,
placed with a county
| 10278 |
DD board in the current fiscal year to receive special education | 10279 |
services for category two disabilities described in division (B) | 10280 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 10281 |
(d) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 10282 |
preschool children with disabilities,
placed with a county
| 10283 |
DD board in the current fiscal year to receive special education | 10284 |
services for category three disabilities described in division | 10285 |
(C) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 10286 |
(e) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 10287 |
preschool children with disabilities,
placed with a county | 10288 |
DD board in the current fiscal year to receive special education | 10289 |
services for category four disabilities described in division (D) | 10290 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 10291 |
(f) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 10292 |
preschool children with disabilities,
placed with a county | 10293 |
DD board in the current fiscal year to receive special education | 10294 |
services for the category five disabilities described in division | 10295 |
(E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 10296 |
(g) The number of children with disabilities, other than | 10297 |
preschool children with disabilities,
placed with a county | 10298 |
DD board in the current fiscal year to receive special education | 10299 |
services for category six disabilities described in division (F) | 10300 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code. | 10301 |
(C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section for | 10302 |
kindergarten students, the average daily membership in divisions | 10303 |
(B)(1) to (12) of this section shall be based upon the number of | 10304 |
full-time equivalent students. The state board of education shall | 10305 |
adopt rules defining full-time equivalent students and for | 10306 |
determining the average daily membership therefrom for the | 10307 |
purposes of divisions (A), (B), and (D) of this section. | 10308 |
(2) A student enrolled in a community school established | 10309 |
under Chapter 3314. or a science, technology, engineering, and | 10310 |
mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised | 10311 |
Code shall be counted in the formula ADM and, if applicable, the | 10312 |
category one, two, three, four, five, or six special education ADM | 10313 |
of the school district in which the student is entitled to attend | 10314 |
school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code for | 10315 |
the same proportion of the school year that the student is counted | 10316 |
in the enrollment of the community school or the science, | 10317 |
technology, engineering, and mathematics school for purposes of | 10318 |
section 3314.08 or 3326.33 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding | 10319 |
the number of students reported pursuant to division (B)(3)(d), | 10320 |
(e), or (j) of this section, the department may adjust the | 10321 |
formula ADM of a school district to account for students entitled | 10322 |
to attend school in the district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 | 10323 |
of the Revised Code who are enrolled in a community school or a | 10324 |
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school for only | 10325 |
a portion of the school year. | 10326 |
(3) No child shall be counted as more than a total of one | 10327 |
child in the sum of the average daily memberships of a school | 10328 |
district under division (A), divisions (B)(1) to (12), or division | 10329 |
(D) of this section, except as follows: | 10330 |
(a) A child with a disability described in section 3317.013 | 10331 |
of the Revised Code may be counted both in formula ADM and in | 10332 |
category one, two, three, four, five, or six special education | 10333 |
ADM and, if applicable, in category one or two vocational | 10334 |
education ADM. As provided in division (C) of section 3317.02 of | 10335 |
the Revised Code, such a child shall be counted in category one, | 10336 |
two, three, four, five, or six special education ADM in the same | 10337 |
proportion that the child is counted in formula ADM. | 10338 |
(b) A child enrolled in vocational education programs or | 10339 |
classes described in section 3317.014 of the Revised Code may be | 10340 |
counted both in formula ADM and category one or two vocational | 10341 |
education ADM and, if applicable, in category one, two, three, | 10342 |
four, five, or six special education ADM. Such a child shall be | 10343 |
counted in category one or two vocational education ADM in the | 10344 |
same proportion as the percentage of time that the child spends in | 10345 |
the vocational education programs or classes. | 10346 |
(4) Based on the information reported under this section, the | 10347 |
department of education shall determine the total student count, | 10348 |
as defined in section 3301.011 of the Revised Code, for each | 10349 |
school district. | 10350 |
(D)(1) The superintendent of each joint vocational school | 10351 |
district shall certify to the superintendent of public instruction | 10352 |
on or before the fifteenth day of October in each year for the | 10353 |
first full school week in October the formula ADM. Beginning in | 10354 |
fiscal year 2007, each superintendent also shall certify to the | 10355 |
state superintendent the formula ADM for the first full week in | 10356 |
February. If a school operated by the joint vocational school | 10357 |
district is closed for one or more days during that week due to | 10358 |
hazardous weather conditions or other circumstances described in | 10359 |
the first paragraph of division (B) of section 3317.01 of the | 10360 |
Revised Code, the superintendent may apply to the superintendent | 10361 |
of public instruction for a waiver, under which the superintendent | 10362 |
of public instruction may exempt the district superintendent from | 10363 |
certifying the formula ADM for that school for that week and | 10364 |
specify an alternate week for certifying the formula ADM of that | 10365 |
school. | 10366 |
The formula ADM, except as otherwise provided in this | 10367 |
division, shall consist of the average daily membership during | 10368 |
such week, on an FTE basis, of the number of students receiving | 10369 |
any educational services from the district, including students | 10370 |
enrolled in a community school established under Chapter 3314. or | 10371 |
a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school | 10372 |
established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code who are | 10373 |
attending the joint vocational district under an agreement | 10374 |
between the district board of education and the governing | 10375 |
authority of the community school or the science, technology, | 10376 |
engineering, and mathematics school and are entitled to attend | 10377 |
school in a city, local, or exempted village school district whose | 10378 |
territory is part of the territory of the joint vocational | 10379 |
district. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, in the case of the | 10380 |
report submitted for the first week in February, or the | 10381 |
alternative week if specified by the superintendent of public | 10382 |
instruction, the superintendent of the joint vocational school | 10383 |
district may include the number of students reported under | 10384 |
division (D)(1) of this section for the first full week of the | 10385 |
preceding October but who since that week have received high | 10386 |
school diplomas. | 10387 |
The following categories of students shall not be included in | 10388 |
the determination made under division (D)(1) of this section: | 10389 |
(a) Students enrolled in adult education classes; | 10390 |
(b) Adjacent or other district joint vocational students | 10391 |
enrolled in the district under an open enrollment policy pursuant | 10392 |
to section 3313.98 of the Revised Code; | 10393 |
(c) Students receiving services in the district pursuant to a | 10394 |
compact, cooperative education agreement, or a contract, but who | 10395 |
are entitled to attend school in a city, local, or exempted | 10396 |
village school district whose territory is not part of the | 10397 |
territory of the joint vocational district; | 10398 |
(d) Students for whom tuition is payable pursuant to sections | 10399 |
3317.081 and 3323.141 of the Revised Code. | 10400 |
(2) To enable the department of education to obtain the data | 10401 |
needed to complete the calculation of payments pursuant to this | 10402 |
chapter, in addition to the formula ADM, each superintendent shall | 10403 |
report separately the average daily membership included in the | 10404 |
report under division (D)(1) of this section for each of the | 10405 |
following categories of students for the same week for which | 10406 |
formula ADM is certified: | 10407 |
(a) Students enrolled in each grade included in the joint | 10408 |
vocational district schools; | 10409 |
(b) Children with disabilities receiving special education | 10410 |
services for the category one disability described in division | 10411 |
(A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 10412 |
(c) Children with disabilities receiving special education | 10413 |
services for the category two disabilities described in division | 10414 |
(B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 10415 |
(d) Children with disabilities receiving special education | 10416 |
services for category three disabilities described in division (C) | 10417 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 10418 |
(e) Children with disabilities receiving special education | 10419 |
services for category four disabilities described in division (D) | 10420 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 10421 |
(f) Children with disabilities receiving special education | 10422 |
services for the category five disabilities described in division | 10423 |
(E) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 10424 |
(g) Children with disabilities receiving special education | 10425 |
services for category six disabilities described in division (F) | 10426 |
of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code; | 10427 |
(h) Students receiving category one vocational education | 10428 |
services, described in division (A) of section 3317.014 of the | 10429 |
Revised Code; | 10430 |
(i) Students receiving category two vocational education | 10431 |
services, described in division (B) of section 3317.014 of the | 10432 |
Revised Code. | 10433 |
The superintendent of each joint vocational school district | 10434 |
shall also indicate the city, local, or exempted village school | 10435 |
district in which each joint vocational district pupil is entitled | 10436 |
to attend school pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the | 10437 |
Revised Code. | 10438 |
(E) In each school of each city, local, exempted village, | 10439 |
joint vocational, and cooperative education school district there | 10440 |
shall be maintained a record of school membership, which record | 10441 |
shall accurately show, for each day the school is in session, the | 10442 |
actual membership enrolled in regular day classes. For the purpose | 10443 |
of determining average daily membership, the membership figure of | 10444 |
any school shall not include any pupils except those pupils | 10445 |
described by division (A) of this section. The record of | 10446 |
membership for each school shall be maintained in such manner that | 10447 |
no pupil shall be counted as in membership prior to the actual | 10448 |
date of entry in the school and also in such manner that where for | 10449 |
any cause a pupil permanently withdraws from the school that pupil | 10450 |
shall not be counted as in membership from and after the date of | 10451 |
such withdrawal. There shall not be included in the membership of | 10452 |
any school any of the following: | 10453 |
(1) Any pupil who has graduated from the twelfth grade of a | 10454 |
public or nonpublic high school; | 10455 |
(2) Any pupil who is not a resident of the state; | 10456 |
(3) Any pupil who was enrolled in the schools of the district | 10457 |
during the previous school year when tests were administered under | 10458 |
section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code but did not take one or more | 10459 |
of the tests required by that section and was not excused pursuant | 10460 |
to division (C)(1) or (3) of that section; | 10461 |
(4) Any pupil who has attained the age of twenty-two years, | 10462 |
except for veterans of the armed services whose attendance was | 10463 |
interrupted before completing the recognized twelve-year course of | 10464 |
the public schools by reason of induction or enlistment in the | 10465 |
armed forces and who apply for reenrollment in the public school | 10466 |
system of their residence not later than four years after | 10467 |
termination of war or their honorable discharge. | 10468 |
If, however, any veteran described by division (E)(4) of this | 10469 |
section elects to enroll in special courses organized for veterans | 10470 |
for whom tuition is paid under the provisions of federal laws, or | 10471 |
otherwise, that veteran shall not be included in average daily | 10472 |
membership. | 10473 |
Notwithstanding division (E)(3) of this section, the | 10474 |
membership of any school may include a pupil who did not take a | 10475 |
test required by section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code if the | 10476 |
superintendent of public instruction grants a waiver from the | 10477 |
requirement to take the test to the specific pupil and a parent is | 10478 |
not paying tuition for the pupil pursuant to section 3313.6410 of | 10479 |
the Revised Code. The superintendent may grant such a waiver only | 10480 |
for good cause in accordance with rules adopted by the state board | 10481 |
of education. | 10482 |
Except as provided in divisions (B)(2) and (F) of this | 10483 |
section, the average daily membership figure of any local, city, | 10484 |
exempted village, or joint vocational school district shall be | 10485 |
determined by dividing the figure representing the sum of the | 10486 |
number of pupils enrolled during each day the school of attendance | 10487 |
is actually open for instruction during the week for which the | 10488 |
formula ADM is being certified by the total number of days the | 10489 |
school was actually open for instruction during that week. For | 10490 |
purposes of state funding, "enrolled" persons are only those | 10491 |
pupils who are attending school, those who have attended school | 10492 |
during the current school year and are absent for authorized | 10493 |
reasons, and those children with disabilities currently receiving | 10494 |
home instruction. | 10495 |
The average daily membership figure of any cooperative | 10496 |
education school district shall be determined in accordance with | 10497 |
rules adopted by the state board of education. | 10498 |
(F)(1) If the formula ADM for the first full school week in | 10499 |
February is at least three per cent greater than that certified | 10500 |
for the first full school week in the preceding October, the | 10501 |
superintendent of schools of any city, exempted village, or joint | 10502 |
vocational school district or educational service center shall | 10503 |
certify such increase to the superintendent of public instruction. | 10504 |
Such certification shall be submitted no later than the fifteenth | 10505 |
day of February. For the balance of the fiscal year, beginning | 10506 |
with the February payments, the superintendent of public | 10507 |
instruction shall use the increased formula ADM in calculating or | 10508 |
recalculating the amounts to be allocated in accordance with | 10509 |
section 3317.022 or 3317.16 of the Revised Code. In no event shall | 10510 |
the superintendent use an increased membership certified to the | 10511 |
superintendent after the fifteenth day of February. Division | 10512 |
(F)(1) of this section does not apply after fiscal year 2006. | 10513 |
(2) If on the first school day of April the total number of | 10514 |
classes or units for preschool children with disabilities that | 10515 |
are eligible for approval under division (B) of section 3317.05 | 10516 |
of the Revised Code exceeds the number of units that have been | 10517 |
approved for the year under that division, the superintendent of | 10518 |
schools of any city, exempted village, or cooperative education | 10519 |
school district or educational service center shall make the | 10520 |
certifications required by this section for that day. If the | 10521 |
department determines additional units can be approved for the | 10522 |
fiscal year within any limitations set forth in the acts | 10523 |
appropriating moneys for the funding of such units, the | 10524 |
department shall approve additional units for the fiscal year on | 10525 |
the basis of such average daily membership. For each unit so | 10526 |
approved, the department shall pay an amount computed in the | 10527 |
manner prescribed in section 3317.052 or 3317.19 and section | 10528 |
3317.053 of the Revised Code. | 10529 |
(3) If a student attending a community school under Chapter | 10530 |
3314. or a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics | 10531 |
school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code is not | 10532 |
included in the formula ADM certified for the school district in | 10533 |
which the student is entitled to attend school under section | 10534 |
3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code, the department of | 10535 |
education shall adjust the formula ADM of that school district to | 10536 |
include the student in accordance with division (C)(2) of this | 10537 |
section, and shall recalculate the school district's payments | 10538 |
under this chapter for the entire fiscal year on the basis of | 10539 |
that adjusted formula ADM. This requirement applies regardless of | 10540 |
whether the student was enrolled, as defined in division (E) of | 10541 |
this section, in the community school or the science, | 10542 |
technology, engineering, and mathematics school during the week | 10543 |
for which the formula ADM is being certified. | 10544 |
(4) If a student awarded an educational choice scholarship is | 10545 |
not included in the formula ADM of the school district from which | 10546 |
the department deducts funds for the scholarship under section | 10547 |
3310.08 of the Revised Code, the department shall adjust the | 10548 |
formula ADM of that school district to include the student to the | 10549 |
extent necessary to account for the deduction, and shall | 10550 |
recalculate the school district's payments under this chapter for | 10551 |
the entire fiscal year on the basis of that adjusted formula ADM. | 10552 |
This requirement applies regardless of whether the student was | 10553 |
enrolled, as defined in division (E) of this section, in the | 10554 |
chartered nonpublic school, the school district, or a community | 10555 |
school during the week for which the formula ADM is being | 10556 |
certified. | 10557 |
(G)(1)(a) The superintendent of an institution operating a | 10558 |
special education program pursuant to section 3323.091 of the | 10559 |
Revised Code shall, for the programs under such superintendent's | 10560 |
supervision, certify to the state board of education, in the | 10561 |
manner prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction, | 10562 |
both of the following: | 10563 |
(i) The average daily membership of all children with | 10564 |
disabilities other than preschool children with disabilities | 10565 |
receiving services at the institution for each category of | 10566 |
disability described in divisions (A) to (F) of section 3317.013 | 10567 |
of the Revised Code; | 10568 |
(ii) The average daily membership of all preschool children | 10569 |
with disabilities in classes or programs approved annually by the | 10570 |
department of education for unit funding under section 3317.05 of | 10571 |
the Revised Code. | 10572 |
(b) The superintendent of an institution with vocational | 10573 |
education units approved under division (A) of section 3317.05 of | 10574 |
the Revised Code shall, for the units under the superintendent's | 10575 |
supervision, certify to the state board of education the average | 10576 |
daily membership in those units, in the manner prescribed by the | 10577 |
superintendent of public instruction. | 10578 |
(2) The superintendent of each county | 10579 |
maintains special education classes under section 3317.20 of the | 10580 |
Revised Code or units approved pursuant to section 3317.05 of the | 10581 |
Revised Code shall do both of the following: | 10582 |
(a) Certify to the state board, in the manner prescribed by | 10583 |
the board, the average daily membership in classes under section | 10584 |
3317.20 of the Revised Code for each school district that has | 10585 |
placed children in the classes; | 10586 |
(b) Certify to the state board, in the manner prescribed by | 10587 |
the board, the number of all preschool children with disabilities | 10588 |
enrolled as of the first day of December in classes eligible for | 10589 |
approval under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised | 10590 |
Code, and the number of those classes. | 10591 |
(3)(a) If on the first school day of April the number of | 10592 |
classes or units maintained for preschool children with | 10593 |
disabilities by
the county | 10594 |
approval under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code | 10595 |
is greater than the number of units approved for the year under | 10596 |
that division, the superintendent shall make the certification | 10597 |
required by this section for that day. | 10598 |
(b) If the department determines that additional classes or | 10599 |
units can be approved for the fiscal year within any limitations | 10600 |
set forth in the acts appropriating moneys for the funding of the | 10601 |
classes and units described in division (G)(3)(a) of this section, | 10602 |
the department shall approve and fund additional units for the | 10603 |
fiscal year on the basis of such average daily membership. For | 10604 |
each unit so approved, the department shall pay an amount computed | 10605 |
in the manner prescribed in sections 3317.052 and 3317.053 of the | 10606 |
Revised Code. | 10607 |
(H) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, when | 10608 |
any city, local, or exempted village school district provides | 10609 |
instruction for a nonresident pupil whose attendance is | 10610 |
unauthorized attendance as defined in section 3327.06 of the | 10611 |
Revised Code, that pupil's membership shall not be included in | 10612 |
that district's membership figure used in the calculation of that | 10613 |
district's formula ADM or included in the determination of any | 10614 |
unit approved for the district under section 3317.05 of the | 10615 |
Revised Code. The reporting official shall report separately the | 10616 |
average daily membership of all pupils whose attendance in the | 10617 |
district is unauthorized attendance, and the membership of each | 10618 |
such pupil shall be credited to the school district in which the | 10619 |
pupil is entitled to attend school under division (B) of section | 10620 |
3313.64 or section 3313.65 of the Revised Code as determined by | 10621 |
the department of education. | 10622 |
(I)(1) A city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational | 10623 |
school district admitting a scholarship student of a pilot project | 10624 |
district pursuant to division (C) of section 3313.976 of the | 10625 |
Revised Code may count such student in its average daily | 10626 |
membership. | 10627 |
(2) In any year for which funds are appropriated for pilot | 10628 |
project scholarship programs, a school district implementing a | 10629 |
state-sponsored pilot project scholarship program that year | 10630 |
pursuant to sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code may | 10631 |
count in average daily membership: | 10632 |
(a) All children residing in the district and utilizing a | 10633 |
scholarship to attend kindergarten in any alternative school, as | 10634 |
defined in section 3313.974 of the Revised Code; | 10635 |
(b) All children who were enrolled in the district in the | 10636 |
preceding year who are utilizing a scholarship to attend any such | 10637 |
alternative school. | 10638 |
(J) The superintendent of each cooperative education school | 10639 |
district shall certify to the superintendent of public | 10640 |
instruction, in a manner prescribed by the state board of | 10641 |
education, the applicable average daily memberships for all | 10642 |
students in the cooperative education district, also indicating | 10643 |
the city, local, or exempted village district where each pupil is | 10644 |
entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the | 10645 |
Revised Code. | 10646 |
(K) If the superintendent of public instruction determines | 10647 |
that a component of the formula ADM certified or reported by a | 10648 |
district superintendent, or other reporting entity, is not | 10649 |
correct, the superintendent of public instruction may order that | 10650 |
the formula ADM used for the purposes of payments under any | 10651 |
section of Title XXXIII of the Revised Code be adjusted in the | 10652 |
amount of the error. | 10653 |
Sec. 3317.032. (A) Each city, local, exempted village, and | 10654 |
cooperative education school district, each educational service | 10655 |
center, each county
| 10656 |
a special education program pursuant to section 3323.091 of the | 10657 |
Revised Code shall, in accordance with procedures adopted by the | 10658 |
state board of education, maintain a record of district membership | 10659 |
of both of the following: | 10660 |
(1) All preschool children with disabilities in units | 10661 |
approved under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised | 10662 |
Code; | 10663 |
(2) All preschool children with disabilities who are not in | 10664 |
units approved under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the | 10665 |
Revised Code but who are otherwise served by a special education | 10666 |
program. | 10667 |
(B) The superintendent of each district, board, or | 10668 |
institution subject to division (A) of this section shall certify | 10669 |
to the state board of education, in accordance with procedures | 10670 |
adopted by that board, membership figures of all preschool | 10671 |
children with disabilities whose membership is maintained under | 10672 |
division (A)(2) of this section. The figures certified under this | 10673 |
division shall be used in the determination of the ADM used to | 10674 |
compute funds for educational service center governing boards | 10675 |
under section 3317.11 of the Revised Code. | 10676 |
Sec. 3317.05. (A) For the purpose of calculating payments | 10677 |
under sections 3317.052 and 3317.053 of the Revised Code, the | 10678 |
department of education shall determine for each institution, by | 10679 |
the last day of January of each year and based on information | 10680 |
certified under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, the number of | 10681 |
vocational education units or fractions of units approved by the | 10682 |
department on the basis of standards and rules adopted by the | 10683 |
state board of education. As used in this division, "institution" | 10684 |
means an institution operated by a department specified in section | 10685 |
3323.091 of the Revised Code and that provides vocational | 10686 |
education programs under the supervision of the division of | 10687 |
vocational education of the department that meet the standards | 10688 |
and rules for these programs, including licensure of professional | 10689 |
staff involved in the programs, as established by the state | 10690 |
board. | 10691 |
(B) For the purpose of calculating payments under sections | 10692 |
3317.052, 3317.053, 3317.11, and 3317.19 of the Revised Code, the | 10693 |
department shall determine, based on information certified under | 10694 |
section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, the following by the last day | 10695 |
of January of each year for each educational service center, for | 10696 |
each school district, including each cooperative education school | 10697 |
district, for each institution eligible for payment under section | 10698 |
3323.091 of
the Revised Code,
and for each county | 10699 |
the number of classes operated by the school district, service | 10700 |
center,
institution, or
county
| 10701 |
children with disabilities, or fraction thereof, including in the | 10702 |
case of a district or service center that is a funding agent, | 10703 |
classes taught by a licensed teacher employed by that district or | 10704 |
service center under section 3313.841 of the Revised Code, | 10705 |
approved annually by the department on the basis of standards and | 10706 |
rules adopted by the state board. | 10707 |
(C) For the purpose of calculating payments under sections | 10708 |
3317.052, 3317.053, 3317.11, and 3317.19 of the Revised Code, the | 10709 |
department shall determine, based on information certified under | 10710 |
section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, the following by the last day | 10711 |
of January of each year for each school district, including each | 10712 |
cooperative education school district, for each institution | 10713 |
eligible for payment under section 3323.091 of the Revised Code, | 10714 |
and for each county
| 10715 |
related services, as defined in section 3323.01 of the Revised | 10716 |
Code, for preschool children with disabilities approved annually | 10717 |
by the department on the basis of standards and rules adopted by | 10718 |
the state board. | 10719 |
(D) All of the arithmetical calculations made under this | 10720 |
section shall be carried to the second decimal place. The total | 10721 |
number of units for school districts, service centers, and | 10722 |
institutions approved annually under this section shall not exceed | 10723 |
the number of units included in the estimate of cost for these | 10724 |
units and appropriations made for them by the general assembly. | 10725 |
In the case of units for preschool children with | 10726 |
disabilities described in division (B) of this section, the | 10727 |
department shall approve only preschool units for children who | 10728 |
are under age six on the thirtieth day of September of the | 10729 |
academic year, or on the first day of August of the academic year | 10730 |
if the school district in which the child is enrolled has adopted | 10731 |
a resolution under division (A)(3) of section 3321.01 of the | 10732 |
Revised Code, but not less than age three on the first day of | 10733 |
December of the academic year, except that such a unit may | 10734 |
include one or more children who are under age three or are age | 10735 |
six or over on the applicable date, as reported under division | 10736 |
(B)(2) or (G)(2)(b) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, if | 10737 |
such children have been admitted to the unit pursuant to rules of | 10738 |
the state
board. The number of units for
county | 10739 |
and institutions eligible for payment under section 3323.091 of | 10740 |
the Revised Code approved under this section shall not exceed | 10741 |
the number that can be funded with appropriations made for such | 10742 |
purposes by the general assembly. | 10743 |
No unit shall be approved under divisions (B) and (C) of this | 10744 |
section unless a plan has been submitted and approved under | 10745 |
Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code. | 10746 |
(E) The department shall approve units or fractions thereof | 10747 |
for gifted children on the basis of standards and rules adopted by | 10748 |
the state board. | 10749 |
Sec. 3317.051. (A)(1) Notwithstanding sections 3317.05 and | 10750 |
3317.11 of the Revised Code, a unit funded pursuant to division | 10751 |
(L) of section 3317.024 or division (A)(2) of section 3317.052 of | 10752 |
the Revised Code shall not be approved for state funding in one | 10753 |
school district, including any cooperative education school | 10754 |
district or any educational service center, to the extent that | 10755 |
such unit provides programs in or services to another district | 10756 |
which receives payment pursuant to section 3317.04 of the Revised | 10757 |
Code. | 10758 |
(2) Any city, local, exempted village, or cooperative | 10759 |
education school district or any educational service center may | 10760 |
combine partial unit eligibility for programs for preschool | 10761 |
children with disabilities pursuant to section 3317.05 of the | 10762 |
Revised Code, and such combined partial units may be approved for | 10763 |
state funding in one school district or service center. | 10764 |
(B) After units have been initially approved for any fiscal | 10765 |
year under section 3317.05 of the Revised Code, no unit shall be | 10766 |
subsequently transferred from a school district or educational | 10767 |
service center to another city, exempted village, local, or | 10768 |
cooperative education school district or educational service | 10769 |
center or to an institution or
county | 10770 |
the purpose of reducing the financial obligations of the school | 10771 |
district in a fiscal year it receives payment pursuant to section | 10772 |
3317.04 of the Revised Code. | 10773 |
Sec. 3317.052. As used in this section, "institution" means | 10774 |
an institution operated by a department specified in division (A) | 10775 |
of section 3323.091 of the Revised Code. | 10776 |
(A)(1) The department of education shall pay each school | 10777 |
district, educational service center, institution eligible for | 10778 |
payment under section 3323.091 of the Revised Code, or county | 10779 |
10780 | |
preschool children with disabilities approved under division (B) | 10781 |
of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code. For each unit, the amount | 10782 |
shall be the sum of the minimum salary for the teacher of the | 10783 |
unit, calculated on the basis of the teacher's training level and | 10784 |
years of experience pursuant to the salary schedule prescribed in | 10785 |
the version of section 3317.13 of the Revised Code in effect prior | 10786 |
to July 1, 2001, plus fifteen per cent of that minimum salary | 10787 |
amount, and eight thousand twenty-three dollars. | 10788 |
(2) The department shall pay each school district, | 10789 |
educational service center, institution eligible for payment under | 10790 |
section 3323.091 of the Revised
Code, or county | 10791 |
amount for the total of all related services units for preschool | 10792 |
children with disabilities approved under division (C) of section | 10793 |
3317.05 of the Revised Code. For each such unit, the amount shall | 10794 |
be the sum of the minimum salary for the teacher of the unit | 10795 |
calculated on the basis of the teacher's training level and years | 10796 |
of experience pursuant to the salary schedule prescribed in the | 10797 |
version of section 3317.13 of the Revised Code in effect prior to | 10798 |
July 1, 2001, fifteen per cent of that minimum salary amount, and | 10799 |
two thousand one hundred thirty-two dollars. | 10800 |
(B) If a school district, educational service center, or | 10801 |
county | 10802 |
children with disabilities approved for the year under division | 10803 |
(F)(2) or (G)(3) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, the | 10804 |
district, educational service center, or board shall receive an | 10805 |
additional amount during the last half of the fiscal year. For | 10806 |
each district, center, or board, the additional amount for each | 10807 |
unit shall equal fifty per cent of the amounts computed for the | 10808 |
unit in the manner prescribed by division (A) of this section | 10809 |
and division (C) of section 3317.053 of the Revised Code. | 10810 |
(C) The department shall pay each institution approved for | 10811 |
vocational education units under division (A) of section 3317.05 | 10812 |
of the Revised Code an amount for the total of all the units | 10813 |
approved under that division. The amount for each unit shall be | 10814 |
the sum of the minimum salary for the teacher of the unit, | 10815 |
calculated on the basis of the teacher's training level and years | 10816 |
of experience pursuant to the salary schedule prescribed in the | 10817 |
version of section 3317.13 of the Revised Code in effect prior to | 10818 |
July 1, 2001, plus fifteen per cent of that minimum salary amount, | 10819 |
and nine thousand five hundred ten dollars. Each institution that | 10820 |
receives units funds under this division annually shall report to | 10821 |
the department on the delivery of services and the performance of | 10822 |
students and any other information required by the department to | 10823 |
evaluate the institution's vocational education program. | 10824 |
Sec. 3317.07. The state board of education shall establish | 10825 |
rules for the purpose of distributing subsidies for the purchase | 10826 |
of school buses under division (D) of section 3317.024 of the | 10827 |
Revised Code. | 10828 |
No school bus subsidy payments shall be paid to any district | 10829 |
unless such district can demonstrate that pupils residing more | 10830 |
than one mile from the school could not be transported without | 10831 |
such additional aid. | 10832 |
The amount paid to a county | 10833 |
purchased for transportation of children in special education | 10834 |
programs operated by the board shall be based on a per pupil | 10835 |
allocation for eligible students. | 10836 |
The amount paid to a school district for buses purchased for | 10837 |
transportation of pupils with disabilities and nonpublic school | 10838 |
pupils shall be determined by a per pupil allocation based on the | 10839 |
number of special education and nonpublic school pupils for whom | 10840 |
transportation is provided. | 10841 |
The state board of education shall adopt a formula to | 10842 |
determine the amount of payments that shall be distributed to | 10843 |
school districts to purchase school buses for pupils other than | 10844 |
pupils with disabilities or nonpublic school pupils. | 10845 |
If any district or | 10846 |
for pupil transportation pursuant to a contract, such district or | 10847 |
board may use payments received under this section to defray the | 10848 |
costs of contracting for bus services in lieu of for purchasing | 10849 |
buses. | 10850 |
If the department of education determines that a county | 10851 |
DD board no longer needs a school bus because the board no longer | 10852 |
transports children to a special education program operated by the | 10853 |
board, or if the department determines that a school district no | 10854 |
longer needs a school bus to transport pupils to a nonpublic | 10855 |
school or special education program, the department may reassign a | 10856 |
bus that was funded with payments provided pursuant to this | 10857 |
section for the purpose of transporting such pupils. The | 10858 |
department may reassign a bus to a county | 10859 |
district that transports children to a special education program | 10860 |
designated in the children's individualized education plans, or to | 10861 |
a school district that transports pupils to a nonpublic school, | 10862 |
and needs an additional school bus. | 10863 |
Sec. 3317.15. (A) As used in this section, "child with a | 10864 |
disability" has the same meaning as in section 3323.01 of the | 10865 |
Revised Code. | 10866 |
(B) Each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational | 10867 |
school district shall continue to comply with all requirements of | 10868 |
federal statutes and regulations, the Revised Code, and rules | 10869 |
adopted by the state board of education governing education of | 10870 |
children with disabilities, including, but not limited to, | 10871 |
requirements that children with disabilities be served by | 10872 |
appropriately licensed or certificated education personnel. | 10873 |
(C) Each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational | 10874 |
school district shall consult with the educational service center | 10875 |
serving the county in which the school district is located and, if | 10876 |
it elects to participate pursuant to section 5126.04 of the | 10877 |
Revised
Code, the county
| 10878 |
providing services that serve the best interests of children | 10879 |
with disabilities. | 10880 |
(D) Each school district shall annually provide documentation | 10881 |
to the department of education that it employs the appropriate | 10882 |
number of licensed or certificated personnel to serve the | 10883 |
district's students with disabilities. | 10884 |
(E) The department annually shall audit a sample of school | 10885 |
districts to ensure that children with disabilities are being | 10886 |
appropriately reported. | 10887 |
(F) Each school district shall provide speech-language | 10888 |
pathology services at a ratio of one speech-language pathologist | 10889 |
per two thousand students receiving any educational services from | 10890 |
the district other than adult education. Each district shall | 10891 |
provide school psychological services at a ratio of one school | 10892 |
psychologist per two thousand five hundred students receiving any | 10893 |
educational services from the district other than adult education. | 10894 |
A district may obtain the services of speech-language pathologists | 10895 |
and school psychologists by any means permitted by law, including | 10896 |
contracting with an educational service center. If, however, a | 10897 |
district is unable to obtain the services of the required number | 10898 |
of speech-language pathologists or school psychologists, the | 10899 |
district may request from the superintendent of public | 10900 |
instruction, and the superintendent may grant, a waiver of this | 10901 |
provision for a period of time established by the superintendent. | 10902 |
Sec. 3317.20. This section does not apply to preschool | 10903 |
children with disabilities. | 10904 |
(A) As used in this section: | 10905 |
(1) "Applicable weight" means the multiple specified in | 10906 |
section 3317.013 of the Revised Code for a disability described in | 10907 |
that section. | 10908 |
(2) "Child's school district" means the school district in | 10909 |
which a child is entitled to attend school pursuant to section | 10910 |
3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code. | 10911 |
(3) "State share percentage" means the state share percentage | 10912 |
of the child's school district as defined in section 3317.022 of | 10913 |
the Revised Code. | 10914 |
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the | 10915 |
department shall annually pay each county
| 10916 |
child with a disability, other than a preschool child with a | 10917 |
disability, for whom the
county
| 10918 |
education and related services an amount equal to the formula | 10919 |
amount + (state share percentage X formula amount X the | 10920 |
applicable weight). | 10921 |
(C) If any school
district places with a county
| 10922 |
board more children with disabilities than it had placed with a | 10923 |
county
| 10924 |
not make a payment under division (B) of this section for the | 10925 |
number of children exceeding the number placed in fiscal year | 10926 |
1998. The department instead shall deduct from the district's | 10927 |
payments
under
this
chapter, and pay to the county
| 10928 |
an amount calculated in accordance with the formula prescribed in | 10929 |
division (B) of this section for each child over the number of | 10930 |
children placed in fiscal year 1998. | 10931 |
(D) The department shall
calculate for each county | 10932 |
board receiving payments under divisions (B) and (C) of this | 10933 |
section the following amounts: | 10934 |
(1) The amount received by the county
| 10935 |
approved special education and related services units, other than | 10936 |
units for preschool children with disabilities, in fiscal year | 10937 |
1998, divided by the total number of children served in the units | 10938 |
that year; | 10939 |
(2) The product of the quotient calculated under division | 10940 |
(D)(1) of this section times the number of children for whom | 10941 |
payments are made under divisions (B) and (C) of this section. | 10942 |
If the amount calculated under division (D)(2) of this | 10943 |
section is greater than the total amount calculated under | 10944 |
divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the department shall pay | 10945 |
the county
| 10946 |
in addition to the payments under divisions (B) and (C) of this | 10947 |
section. | 10948 |
(E) Each county | 10949 |
department, in the manner specified by the department, the name | 10950 |
of each child
for whom the county | 10951 |
education and related services and the child's school district. | 10952 |
(F)(1) For the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the | 10953 |
payments under this section, the department may request from | 10954 |
either of the following entities the data verification code | 10955 |
assigned under division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised | 10956 |
Code to any child who is placed with a county | 10957 |
(a) The child's school district; | 10958 |
(b) The independent contractor engaged to create and maintain | 10959 |
data verification codes. | 10960 |
(2) Upon a request by the department under division (F)(1) of | 10961 |
this section for the data verification code of a child, the | 10962 |
child's school district shall submit that code to the department | 10963 |
in the manner specified by the department. If the child has not | 10964 |
been assigned a code, the district shall assign a code to that | 10965 |
child and submit the code to the department by a date specified by | 10966 |
the department. If the district does not assign a code to the | 10967 |
child by the specified date, the department shall assign a code to | 10968 |
the child. | 10969 |
The department annually shall submit to each school district | 10970 |
the name and data verification code of each child residing in the | 10971 |
district for whom the department has assigned a code under this | 10972 |
division. | 10973 |
(3) The department shall not release any data verification | 10974 |
code that it receives under division (F) of this section to any | 10975 |
person except as provided by law. | 10976 |
(G) Any document relative to special education and related | 10977 |
services provided by a county | 10978 |
holds in its files that contains both a student's name or other | 10979 |
personally identifiable information and the student's data | 10980 |
verification code shall not be a public record under section | 10981 |
149.43 of the Revised Code. | 10982 |
Sec. 3319.22. (A)(1) The state board of education shall | 10983 |
adopt rules establishing the standards and requirements for | 10984 |
obtaining temporary, associate, provisional, and professional | 10985 |
educator licenses of any categories, types, and levels the board | 10986 |
elects to provide. However, no educator license shall be required | 10987 |
for teaching children two years old or younger. | 10988 |
(2) If the state board requires any examinations for educator | 10989 |
licensure, the department of education shall provide the results | 10990 |
of such examinations received by the department to the Ohio board | 10991 |
of regents, in the manner and to the extent permitted by state and | 10992 |
federal law. | 10993 |
(B) Any rules the state board of education adopts, amends, or | 10994 |
rescinds for educator licenses under this section, division (D) of | 10995 |
section 3301.07 of the Revised Code, or any other law shall be | 10996 |
adopted, amended, or rescinded under Chapter 119. of the Revised | 10997 |
Code except as follows: | 10998 |
(1) Notwithstanding division (D) of section 119.03 and | 10999 |
division (A)(1) of section 119.04 of the Revised Code, in the case | 11000 |
of the adoption of any rule or the amendment or rescission of any | 11001 |
rule that necessitates institutions' offering teacher preparation | 11002 |
programs that are approved by the state board of education under | 11003 |
section 3319.23 of the Revised Code to revise the curriculum of | 11004 |
those programs, the effective date shall not be as prescribed in | 11005 |
division (D) of section 119.03 and division (A)(1) of section | 11006 |
119.04 of the Revised Code. Instead, the effective date of such | 11007 |
rules, or the amendment or rescission of such rules, shall be the | 11008 |
date prescribed by section 3319.23 of the Revised Code. | 11009 |
(2) Notwithstanding the authority to adopt, amend, or rescind | 11010 |
emergency rules in division (F) of section 119.03 of the Revised | 11011 |
Code, this authority shall not apply to the state board of | 11012 |
education with regard to rules for educator licenses. | 11013 |
(C)(1) The rules adopted under this section establishing | 11014 |
standards requiring additional coursework for the renewal of any | 11015 |
educator license shall require a school district and a chartered | 11016 |
nonpublic school to establish local professional development | 11017 |
committees. In a nonpublic school, the chief administrative | 11018 |
officer shall establish the committees in any manner acceptable to | 11019 |
such officer. The committees established under this division shall | 11020 |
determine whether coursework that a district or chartered | 11021 |
nonpublic school teacher proposes to complete meets the | 11022 |
requirement of the rules. The department of education shall | 11023 |
provide technical assistance and support to committees as the | 11024 |
committees incorporate the professional development standards | 11025 |
adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section | 11026 |
3319.61 of the Revised Code into their review of coursework that | 11027 |
is appropriate for license renewal. The rules shall establish a | 11028 |
procedure by which a teacher may appeal the decision of a local | 11029 |
professional development committee. | 11030 |
(2) In any school district in which there is no exclusive | 11031 |
representative established under Chapter 4117. of the Revised | 11032 |
Code, the professional development committees shall be established | 11033 |
as described in division (C)(2) of this section. | 11034 |
Not later than the effective date of the rules adopted under | 11035 |
this section, the board of education of each school district shall | 11036 |
establish the structure for one or more local professional | 11037 |
development committees to be operated by such school district. The | 11038 |
committee structure so established by a district board shall | 11039 |
remain in effect unless within thirty days prior to an anniversary | 11040 |
of the date upon which the current committee structure was | 11041 |
established, the board provides notice to all affected district | 11042 |
employees that the committee structure is to be modified. | 11043 |
Professional development committees may have a district-level or | 11044 |
building-level scope of operations, and may be established with | 11045 |
regard to particular grade or age levels for which an educator | 11046 |
license is designated. | 11047 |
Each professional development committee shall consist of at | 11048 |
least three classroom teachers employed by the district, one | 11049 |
principal employed by the district, and one other employee of the | 11050 |
district appointed by the district superintendent. For committees | 11051 |
with a building-level scope, the teacher and principal members | 11052 |
shall be assigned to that building, and the teacher members shall | 11053 |
be elected by majority vote of the classroom teachers assigned to | 11054 |
that building. For committees with a district-level scope, the | 11055 |
teacher members shall be elected by majority vote of the classroom | 11056 |
teachers of the district, and the principal member shall be | 11057 |
elected by a majority vote of the principals of the district, | 11058 |
unless there are two or fewer principals employed by the district, | 11059 |
in which case the one or two principals employed shall serve on | 11060 |
the committee. If a committee has a particular grade or age level | 11061 |
scope, the teacher members shall be licensed to teach such grade | 11062 |
or age levels, and shall be elected by majority vote of the | 11063 |
classroom teachers holding such a license and the principal shall | 11064 |
be elected by all principals serving in buildings where any such | 11065 |
teachers serve. The district superintendent shall appoint a | 11066 |
replacement to fill any vacancy that occurs on a professional | 11067 |
development committee, except in the case of vacancies among the | 11068 |
elected classroom teacher members, which shall be filled by vote | 11069 |
of the remaining members of the committee so selected. | 11070 |
Terms of office on professional development committees shall | 11071 |
be prescribed by the district board establishing the committees. | 11072 |
The conduct of elections for members of professional development | 11073 |
committees shall be prescribed by the district board establishing | 11074 |
the committees. A professional development committee may include | 11075 |
additional members, except that the majority of members on each | 11076 |
such committee shall be classroom teachers employed by the | 11077 |
district. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior | 11078 |
to the expiration date of the term for which a predecessor was | 11079 |
appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that | 11080 |
term. | 11081 |
The initial meeting of any professional development | 11082 |
committee, upon election and appointment of all committee members, | 11083 |
shall be called by a member designated by the district | 11084 |
superintendent. At this initial meeting, the committee shall | 11085 |
select a chairperson and such other officers the committee deems | 11086 |
necessary, and shall adopt rules for the conduct of its meetings. | 11087 |
Thereafter, the committee shall meet at the call of the | 11088 |
chairperson or upon the filing of a petition with the district | 11089 |
superintendent signed by a majority of the committee members | 11090 |
calling for the committee to meet. | 11091 |
(3) In the case of a school district in which an exclusive | 11092 |
representative has been established pursuant to Chapter 4117. of | 11093 |
the Revised Code, professional development committees shall be | 11094 |
established in accordance with any collective bargaining agreement | 11095 |
in effect in the district that includes provisions for such | 11096 |
committees. | 11097 |
If the collective bargaining agreement does not specify a | 11098 |
different method for the selection of teacher members of the | 11099 |
committees, the exclusive representative of the district's | 11100 |
teachers shall select the teacher members. | 11101 |
If the collective bargaining agreement does not specify a | 11102 |
different structure for the committees, the board of education of | 11103 |
the school district shall establish the structure, including the | 11104 |
number of committees and the number of teacher and administrative | 11105 |
members on each committee; the specific administrative members to | 11106 |
be part of each committee; whether the scope of the committees | 11107 |
will be district levels, building levels, or by type of grade or | 11108 |
age levels for which educator licenses are designated; the lengths | 11109 |
of terms for members; the manner of filling vacancies on the | 11110 |
committees; and the frequency and time and place of meetings. | 11111 |
However, in all cases, except as provided in division (C)(4) of | 11112 |
this section, there shall be a majority of teacher members of any | 11113 |
professional development committee, there shall be at least five | 11114 |
total members of any professional development committee, and the | 11115 |
exclusive representative shall designate replacement members in | 11116 |
the case of vacancies among teacher members, unless the collective | 11117 |
bargaining agreement specifies a different method of selecting | 11118 |
such replacements. | 11119 |
(4) Whenever an administrator's coursework plan is being | 11120 |
discussed or voted upon, the local professional development | 11121 |
committee shall, at the request of one of its administrative | 11122 |
members, cause a majority of the committee to consist of | 11123 |
administrative members by reducing the number of teacher members | 11124 |
voting on the plan. | 11125 |
(D)(1) The department of education, educational service | 11126 |
centers,
county boards of | 11127 |
disabilities, regional professional development centers, special | 11128 |
education regional resource centers, college and university | 11129 |
departments of education, head start programs, the eTech Ohio | 11130 |
commission, and the Ohio education computer network may establish | 11131 |
local professional development committees to determine whether the | 11132 |
coursework proposed by their employees who are licensed or | 11133 |
certificated under this section or section 3319.222 of the Revised | 11134 |
Code meet the requirements of the rules adopted under this | 11135 |
section. They may establish local professional development | 11136 |
committees on their own or in collaboration with a school district | 11137 |
or other agency having authority to establish them. | 11138 |
Local professional development committees established by | 11139 |
county
boards of | 11140 |
shall be structured in a manner comparable to the structures | 11141 |
prescribed for school districts in divisions (C)(2) and (3) of | 11142 |
this section, as shall the committees established by any other | 11143 |
entity specified in division (D)(1) of this section that provides | 11144 |
educational services by employing or contracting for services of | 11145 |
classroom teachers licensed or certificated under this section or | 11146 |
section 3319.222 of the Revised Code. All other entities specified | 11147 |
in division (D)(1) of this section shall structure their | 11148 |
committees in accordance with guidelines which shall be issued by | 11149 |
the state board. | 11150 |
(2) Any public agency that is not specified in division | 11151 |
(D)(1) of this section but provides educational services and | 11152 |
employs or contracts for services of classroom teachers licensed | 11153 |
or certificated under this section or section 3319.222 of the | 11154 |
Revised Code may establish a local professional development | 11155 |
committee, subject to the approval of the department of education. | 11156 |
The committee shall be structured in accordance with guidelines | 11157 |
issued by the state board. | 11158 |
Sec. 3319.99. (A) Whoever violates division (A) of section | 11159 |
3319.151 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. | 11160 |
(B) Whoever violates division (H)(1) of section 3319.311 of | 11161 |
the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. | 11162 |
(C) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3319.313 of the | 11163 |
Revised Code shall be punished as follows: | 11164 |
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this | 11165 |
section, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth | 11166 |
degree. | 11167 |
(2) The person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree | 11168 |
if both of the following conditions apply: | 11169 |
(a) The employee who is the subject of the report that the | 11170 |
person fails to submit was required to be reported for the | 11171 |
commission or alleged commission of an act or offense involving | 11172 |
the infliction on a child of any physical or mental wound, injury, | 11173 |
disability, or condition of a nature that constitutes abuse or | 11174 |
neglect of the child; | 11175 |
(b) During the period between the violation of division (F) | 11176 |
of section 3319.313 of the Revised Code and the conviction of or | 11177 |
plea of guilty by the person for that violation, the employee who | 11178 |
is the subject of the report that the person fails to submit | 11179 |
inflicts on any child attending a school district, educational | 11180 |
service center, public or nonpublic school, or county board of | 11181 |
11182 | |
employee works any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, | 11183 |
or condition of a nature that constitutes abuse or neglect of the | 11184 |
child. | 11185 |
(D) Whoever violates division (B) or (D) of section 3319.317 | 11186 |
of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first | 11187 |
degree. | 11188 |
Sec. 3323.01. As used in this chapter: | 11189 |
(A) "Child with a disability" means a child who is at least | 11190 |
three years of age and less than twenty-two years of age; who has | 11191 |
mental retardation, a hearing impairment (including deafness), a | 11192 |
speech or language impairment, a visual impairment (including | 11193 |
blindness), a serious emotional disturbance, an orthopedic | 11194 |
impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, an other health | 11195 |
impairment, a specific learning disability, deaf-blindness, or | 11196 |
multiple disabilities; and who, by reason thereof, needs special | 11197 |
education and related services. | 11198 |
A "child with a disability" may include a child who is at | 11199 |
least three years of age and less than six years of age; who is | 11200 |
experiencing developmental delays, as defined by standards adopted | 11201 |
by the state board of education and as measured by appropriate | 11202 |
diagnostic instruments and procedures in one or more of the | 11203 |
following areas: physical development, cognitive development, | 11204 |
communication development, social or emotional development, or | 11205 |
adaptive development; and who, by reason thereof, needs special | 11206 |
education and related services. | 11207 |
(B) "County | 11208 |
11209 |
(C) "Free appropriate public education" means special | 11210 |
education and related services that meet all of the following: | 11211 |
(1) Are provided at public expense, under public supervision | 11212 |
and direction, and without charge; | 11213 |
(2) Meet the standards of the state board of education; | 11214 |
(3) Include an appropriate preschool, elementary, or | 11215 |
secondary education as otherwise provided by the law of this | 11216 |
state; | 11217 |
(4) Are provided for each child with a disability in | 11218 |
conformity with the child's individualized education program. | 11219 |
(D) "Homeless children" means "homeless children and youths" | 11220 |
as defined in section 725 of the "McKinney-Vento Homeless | 11221 |
Assistance Act," 42 U.S.C. 11434a. | 11222 |
(E) "Individualized education program" or "IEP" means the | 11223 |
written statement described in section 3323.011 of the Revised | 11224 |
Code. | 11225 |
(F) "Individualized education program team" or "IEP team" | 11226 |
means a group of individuals composed of: | 11227 |
(1) The parents of a child with a disability; | 11228 |
(2) At least one regular education teacher of the child, if | 11229 |
the child is or may be participating in the regular education | 11230 |
environment; | 11231 |
(3) At least one special education teacher, or where | 11232 |
appropriate, at least one special education provider of the child; | 11233 |
(4) A representative of the school district who meets all of | 11234 |
the following: | 11235 |
(a) Is qualified to provide, or supervise the provision of, | 11236 |
specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of | 11237 |
children with disabilities; | 11238 |
(b) Is knowledgeable about the general education curriculum; | 11239 |
(c) Is knowledgeable about the availability of resources of | 11240 |
the school district. | 11241 |
(5) An individual who can interpret the instructional | 11242 |
implications of evaluation results, who may be a member of the | 11243 |
team as described in divisions (F)(2) to (4) of this section; | 11244 |
(6) At the discretion of the parent or the school district, | 11245 |
other individuals who have knowledge or special expertise | 11246 |
regarding the child, including related services personnel as | 11247 |
appropriate; | 11248 |
(7) Whenever appropriate, the child with a disability. | 11249 |
(G) "Instruction in braille reading and writing" means the | 11250 |
teaching of the system of reading and writing through touch | 11251 |
commonly known as standard English braille. | 11252 |
(H) "Other educational agency" means a department, division, | 11253 |
bureau, office, institution, board, commission, committee, | 11254 |
authority, or other state or local agency, which is not a city, | 11255 |
local, or exempted village school district or an agency | 11256 |
administered by the department of | 11257 |
developmental disabilities, that provides or seeks to provide | 11258 |
special education or related services to children with | 11259 |
disabilities. The term "other educational agency" includes a joint | 11260 |
vocational school district. | 11261 |
(I) "Parent" of a child with a disability, except as used in | 11262 |
sections 3323.09 and 3323.141 of the Revised Code, means: | 11263 |
(1) A natural or adoptive parent of a child but not a foster | 11264 |
parent of a child; | 11265 |
(2) A guardian, but not the state if the child is a ward of | 11266 |
the state; | 11267 |
(3) An individual acting in the place of a natural or | 11268 |
adoptive parent, including a grandparent, stepparent, or other | 11269 |
relative, with whom the child lives, or an individual who is | 11270 |
legally responsible for the child's welfare; | 11271 |
(4) An individual assigned to be a surrogate parent, provided | 11272 |
the individual is not prohibited by this chapter from serving as a | 11273 |
surrogate parent for a child. | 11274 |
(J) "Preschool child with a disability" means a child with a | 11275 |
disability who is at least three years of age but is not of | 11276 |
compulsory school age, as defined under section 3321.01 of the | 11277 |
Revised Code, and who is not currently enrolled in kindergarten. | 11278 |
(K) "Related services" means transportation, and such | 11279 |
developmental, corrective, and other supportive services | 11280 |
(including speech-language pathology and audiology services, | 11281 |
interpreting services, psychological services, physical and | 11282 |
occupational therapy, recreation, including therapeutic | 11283 |
recreation, school nurse services designed to enable a child with | 11284 |
a disability to receive a free appropriate public education as | 11285 |
described in the individualized education program of the child, | 11286 |
counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling, | 11287 |
orientation and mobility services, school health services, social | 11288 |
work services in schools, and parent counseling and training, and | 11289 |
medical services, except that such medical services shall be for | 11290 |
diagnostic and evaluation purposes only) as may be required to | 11291 |
assist a child with a disability to benefit from special | 11292 |
education, and includes the early identification and assessment of | 11293 |
disabling conditions in children. "Related services" does not | 11294 |
include a medical device that is surgically implanted, or the | 11295 |
replacement of such device. | 11296 |
(L) "School district" means a city, local, or exempted | 11297 |
village school district. | 11298 |
(M) "School district of residence," as used in sections | 11299 |
3323.09, 3323.091, 3323.13, and 3323.14 of the Revised Code, | 11300 |
means: | 11301 |
(1) The school district in which the child's natural or | 11302 |
adoptive parents reside; | 11303 |
(2) If the school district specified in division (M)(1) of | 11304 |
this section cannot be determined, the last school district in | 11305 |
which the child's natural or adoptive parents are known to have | 11306 |
resided if the parents' whereabouts are unknown; | 11307 |
(3) If the school district specified in division (M)(2) of | 11308 |
this section cannot be determined, the school district determined | 11309 |
under section 2151.362 of the Revised Code, or if no district has | 11310 |
been so determined, the school district as determined by the | 11311 |
probate court of the county in which the child resides. | 11312 |
(4) Notwithstanding divisions (M)(1) to (3) of this section, | 11313 |
if a school district is required by section 3313.65 of the Revised | 11314 |
Code to pay tuition for a child, that district shall be the | 11315 |
child's school district of residence. | 11316 |
(N) "Special education" means specially designed instruction, | 11317 |
at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a | 11318 |
disability. "Special education" includes instruction conducted in | 11319 |
the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in | 11320 |
other settings, including an early childhood education setting, | 11321 |
and instruction in physical education. | 11322 |
(O) "Student with a visual impairment" means any person who | 11323 |
is less than twenty-two years of age and who has a visual | 11324 |
impairment as that term is defined in this section. | 11325 |
(P) "Transition services" means a coordinated set of | 11326 |
activities for a child with a disability that meet all of the | 11327 |
following: | 11328 |
(1) Is designed to be within a results-oriented process, that | 11329 |
is focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of | 11330 |
the child with a disability to facilitate the child's movement | 11331 |
from school to post-school activities, including post-secondary | 11332 |
education; vocational education; integrated employment (including | 11333 |
supported employment); continuing and adult education; adult | 11334 |
services; independent living; or community participation; | 11335 |
(2) Is based on the individual child's needs, taking into | 11336 |
account the child's strengths, preferences, and interests; | 11337 |
(3) Includes instruction, related services, community | 11338 |
experiences, the development of employment and other post-school | 11339 |
adult living objectives, and, when appropriate, acquisition of | 11340 |
daily living skills and functional vocational evaluation. | 11341 |
"Transition services" for children with disabilities may be | 11342 |
special education, if provided as specially designed instruction, | 11343 |
or may be a related service, if required to assist a child with a | 11344 |
disability to benefit from special education. | 11345 |
(Q) "Visual impairment" for any individual means that one of | 11346 |
the following applies to the individual: | 11347 |
(1) The individual has a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in | 11348 |
the better eye with correcting lenses or has a limited field of | 11349 |
vision in the better eye such that the widest diameter subtends an | 11350 |
angular distance of no greater than twenty degrees. | 11351 |
(2) The individual has a medically indicated expectation of | 11352 |
meeting the requirements of division (Q)(1) of this section over a | 11353 |
period of time. | 11354 |
(3) The individual has a medically diagnosed and medically | 11355 |
uncorrectable limitation in visual functioning that adversely | 11356 |
affects the individual's ability to read and write standard print | 11357 |
at levels expected of the individual's peers of comparable ability | 11358 |
and grade level. | 11359 |
(R) "Ward of the state" has the same meaning as in section | 11360 |
602(36) of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education | 11361 |
Improvement Act of 2004," 20 U.S.C. 1401(36). | 11362 |
Sec. 3323.02. As used in this section, "IDEIA" means the | 11363 |
"Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," | 11364 |
Pub. L. No. 108-446. | 11365 |
It is the purpose of this chapter to ensure that all | 11366 |
children with disabilities residing in this state who are at | 11367 |
least three years of age and less than twenty-two years of age, | 11368 |
including children with disabilities who have been suspended or | 11369 |
expelled from school, have available to them a free appropriate | 11370 |
public
education. No school district, county | 11371 |
other educational agency shall receive state or federal funds for | 11372 |
special education and related services unless those services for | 11373 |
children with disabilities are provided in accordance with IDEIA | 11374 |
and related provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations, the | 11375 |
provisions of this chapter, rules and standards adopted by the | 11376 |
state board of education, and any procedures or guidelines issued | 11377 |
by the superintendent of public instruction. Any options or | 11378 |
discretion provided to the state by IDEIA may be exercised in | 11379 |
state law or in rules or standards adopted by the state board of | 11380 |
education. | 11381 |
The state board of education shall establish rules or | 11382 |
standards for the provision of special education and related | 11383 |
services for all children with disabilities who are at least three | 11384 |
years of age and less than twenty-two years of age residing in the | 11385 |
state, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, including | 11386 |
children with disabilities who have been suspended or expelled | 11387 |
from school. The state law and the rules or standards of the state | 11388 |
board of education may impose requirements that are not required | 11389 |
by IDEIA or related provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations. | 11390 |
The school district of residence is responsible, in all instances, | 11391 |
for ensuring that the requirements of Part B of IDEIA are met for | 11392 |
every eligible child in its jurisdiction, regardless of whether | 11393 |
services are provided by another school district, other | 11394 |
educational agency, or other agency, department, or entity, unless | 11395 |
IDEIA or related provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations, | 11396 |
another section of this chapter, or a rule adopted by the state | 11397 |
board of education specifies that another school district, other | 11398 |
educational agency, or other agency, department, or entity is | 11399 |
responsible for ensuring compliance with Part B of IDEIA. | 11400 |
Notwithstanding division (A)(4) of section 3301.53 of the | 11401 |
Revised Code and any rules adopted pursuant to that section and | 11402 |
division (A) of section 3313.646 of the Revised Code, a board of | 11403 |
education of a school district may provide special education and | 11404 |
related services for preschool children with disabilities in | 11405 |
accordance with this chapter and section 3301.52, divisions (A)(1) | 11406 |
to (3) and (A)(5) and (6) of section 3301.53, and sections 3301.54 | 11407 |
to 3301.59 of the Revised Code. | 11408 |
The superintendent of public instruction may require any | 11409 |
state or local agency to provide documentation that special | 11410 |
education and related services for children with disabilities | 11411 |
provided by the agency are in compliance with the requirements of | 11412 |
this chapter. | 11413 |
Not later than the first day of February of each year the | 11414 |
superintendent of public instruction shall furnish the | 11415 |
chairpersons of the education committees of the house of | 11416 |
representatives and the senate with a report on the status of | 11417 |
implementation of special education and related services for | 11418 |
children with disabilities required by this chapter. The report | 11419 |
shall include but shall not be limited to the following items: the | 11420 |
most recent available figures on the number of children identified | 11421 |
as children with disabilities and the number of identified | 11422 |
children receiving special education and related services. The | 11423 |
information contained in these reports shall be public | 11424 |
information. | 11425 |
Sec. 3323.021. As used in this section, "participating | 11426 |
county | 11427 |
11428 | |
provision of or contracting for educational services for children | 11429 |
under division (D) of section 5126.05 of the Revised Code. | 11430 |
(A) When a school district, educational service center, or | 11431 |
participating county
| 11432 |
contract with another school district, educational service center, | 11433 |
or participating county
| 11434 |
services to a disabled child during a school year, both of the | 11435 |
following shall apply: | 11436 |
(1) Beginning with fiscal year 1999, if the provider of the | 11437 |
services intends to increase the amount it charges for some or all | 11438 |
of those services during the next school year or if the provider | 11439 |
intends to cease offering all or part of those services during the | 11440 |
next school year, the provider shall notify the entity for which | 11441 |
the
services are provided of these intended changes no later | 11442 |
than the first day of March of the current fiscal year. | 11443 |
(2) Beginning with fiscal year 1999, if the entity for which | 11444 |
services are provided intends to cease obtaining those services | 11445 |
from the provider for the next school year or intends to change | 11446 |
the type or amount of services it obtains from the provider for | 11447 |
the next school year, the entity shall notify the service provider | 11448 |
of these intended changes no later than the first day of March of | 11449 |
the current fiscal year. | 11450 |
(B) School districts, educational service centers, | 11451 |
participating county
| 11452 |
governmental entities shall collaborate where possible to maximize | 11453 |
federal sources of revenue to provide additional funds for special | 11454 |
education related services for disabled children. Annually, each | 11455 |
school district shall report to the department of education any | 11456 |
amounts of money the district received through such medical | 11457 |
assistance program. | 11458 |
(C) The state board of
education, the department of | 11459 |
11460 | |
job and family services shall develop working agreements for | 11461 |
pursuing additional funds for services for disabled children. | 11462 |
Sec. 3323.03. The state board of education shall, in | 11463 |
consultation with the department of health, the department of | 11464 |
mental health, and the
department of | 11465 |
developmental disabilities, establish standards and procedures for | 11466 |
the identification, location, and evaluation of all children with | 11467 |
disabilities residing in the state, including children with | 11468 |
disabilities who are homeless children or are wards of the state | 11469 |
and children with disabilities attending nonpublic schools, | 11470 |
regardless of the severity of their disabilities, and who are in | 11471 |
need of special education and related services. The state board | 11472 |
shall develop and implement a practical method to determine which | 11473 |
children with disabilities are currently receiving needed special | 11474 |
education and related services. | 11475 |
In conducting the evaluation, the board of education of each | 11476 |
school district shall use a variety of assessment tools and | 11477 |
strategies to gather relevant functional, developmental, and | 11478 |
academic information about the child, including information | 11479 |
provided by the child's parent. The board of education of each | 11480 |
school district, in consultation with the
county | 11481 |
the county family and children first council, and the board of | 11482 |
alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services of each | 11483 |
county in which the school district has territory, shall | 11484 |
identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities | 11485 |
residing within the district to determine which children with | 11486 |
disabilities are not receiving appropriate special education and | 11487 |
related services. In addition, the board of education of each | 11488 |
school district, in consultation with such county boards or | 11489 |
council, shall identify, locate, and evaluate all children with | 11490 |
disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in nonpublic | 11491 |
elementary and secondary schools located within the public school | 11492 |
district, without regard to where those children reside in | 11493 |
accordance with rules of the state board of education or | 11494 |
guidelines of the superintendent of public instruction. | 11495 |
Each county | 11496 |
council, and board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health | 11497 |
services and the board's or council's contract agencies may | 11498 |
transmit to boards of education the names and addresses of | 11499 |
children with disabilities who are not receiving appropriate | 11500 |
special education and related services. | 11501 |
Sec. 3323.04. The state board of education, in consultation | 11502 |
with the department of mental health and the
department of | 11503 |
11504 | |
procedures and standards for the development of individualized | 11505 |
education programs for children with disabilities. | 11506 |
The state board shall require the board of education of each | 11507 |
school district to develop an individualized education program for | 11508 |
each child with a disability who is at least three years of age | 11509 |
and less than twenty-two years of age residing in the district in | 11510 |
a manner that is in accordance with rules of the state board. | 11511 |
Prior to the placement of a child with a disability in a | 11512 |
program operated under section 3323.09 of the Revised Code, the | 11513 |
district board of
education shall consult the
county | 11514 |
board of the county in which the child resides regarding the | 11515 |
proposed placement. | 11516 |
A child with a disability enrolled in a nonpublic school or | 11517 |
facility shall be provided special education and related services, | 11518 |
in accordance with an individualized education program, at no cost | 11519 |
for those services, if the child is placed in, or referred to, | 11520 |
that nonpublic school or facility by the department of education | 11521 |
or a school district. | 11522 |
The IEP team shall review the individualized education | 11523 |
program of each child with a disability periodically, but at least | 11524 |
annually, to determine whether the annual goals for the child are | 11525 |
being achieved, and shall revise the individualized education | 11526 |
program as appropriate. | 11527 |
The state board shall establish procedures and standards to | 11528 |
assure that to the maximum extent appropriate, children with | 11529 |
disabilities, including children in public or private | 11530 |
institutions or other care facilities, shall be educated with | 11531 |
children who are not disabled. Special classes, separate schools, | 11532 |
or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular | 11533 |
educational environment shall be used only when the nature or | 11534 |
severity of a child's disability is such that education in | 11535 |
regular classes with supplementary aids and services cannot be | 11536 |
achieved satisfactorily. | 11537 |
If an agency directly affected by a placement decision | 11538 |
objects to such decision, an impartial hearing officer, appointed | 11539 |
by the department of education from a list prepared by the | 11540 |
department, shall conduct a hearing to review the placement | 11541 |
decision. The agencies that are parties to a hearing shall divide | 11542 |
the costs of such hearing equally. The decision of the hearing | 11543 |
officer shall be final, except that any party to the hearing who | 11544 |
is aggrieved by the findings or the decision of the hearing | 11545 |
officer may appeal the findings or decision in accordance with | 11546 |
division (H) of section 3323.05 of the Revised Code or the parent | 11547 |
of any child affected by such decision may present a complaint in | 11548 |
accordance with that section. | 11549 |
Sec. 3323.05. The state board of education shall establish | 11550 |
procedures to ensure that children with disabilities and their | 11551 |
parents are guaranteed procedural safeguards under this chapter | 11552 |
with respect to a free appropriate public education. | 11553 |
The procedures shall include, but need not be limited to: | 11554 |
(A) An opportunity for the parents of a child with a | 11555 |
disability to examine all records related to the child and to | 11556 |
participate in meetings with respect to identification, | 11557 |
evaluation, and educational placement of the child, and to | 11558 |
obtain an independent educational evaluation of the child; | 11559 |
(B) Procedures to protect the rights of the child whenever | 11560 |
the parents of the child are not known, an agency after making | 11561 |
reasonable efforts cannot find the parents, or the child is a | 11562 |
ward of the state, including the assignment, in accordance with | 11563 |
section 3323.051 of the Revised Code, of an individual to act as | 11564 |
a surrogate for the parents; | 11565 |
(C) Prior written notice to the child's parents of a school | 11566 |
district's proposal or refusal to initiate or change the | 11567 |
identification, evaluation, or educational placement of the child | 11568 |
or the provision of a free appropriate education for the child. | 11569 |
The procedures established under this division shall: | 11570 |
(1) Be designed to ensure that the written prior notice is in | 11571 |
the native language of the parents, unless it clearly is not | 11572 |
feasible to do so. | 11573 |
(2) Specify that the prior written notice shall include: | 11574 |
(a) A description of the action proposed or refused by the | 11575 |
district; | 11576 |
(b) An explanation of why the district proposes or refuses to | 11577 |
take the action and a description of each evaluation procedure, | 11578 |
assessment, record, or report the district used as a basis for the | 11579 |
proposed or refused action; | 11580 |
(c) A statement that the parents of a child with a disability | 11581 |
have protection under the procedural safeguards and, if the notice | 11582 |
is not in regard to an initial referral for evaluation, the means | 11583 |
by which a copy of a description of the procedural safeguards can | 11584 |
be obtained; | 11585 |
(d) Sources for parents to contact to obtain assistance in | 11586 |
understanding the provisions of Part B of the "Individuals with | 11587 |
Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004"; | 11588 |
(e) A description of other options considered by the IEP team | 11589 |
and the reason why those options were rejected; | 11590 |
(f) A description of the factors that are relevant to the | 11591 |
agency's proposal or refusal. | 11592 |
(D) An opportunity for the child's parents to present | 11593 |
complaints to the superintendent of the child's school district | 11594 |
of residence with respect to any matter relating to the | 11595 |
identification, evaluation, or educational placement of the child, | 11596 |
or the provision of a free appropriate public education under | 11597 |
this chapter. | 11598 |
Within twenty school days after receipt of a complaint, the | 11599 |
district superintendent or the superintendent's designee, without | 11600 |
undue delay and at a time and place convenient to all parties, | 11601 |
shall review the case, may conduct an administrative review, and | 11602 |
shall notify all parties in writing of the superintendent's or | 11603 |
designee's decision. Where the child is placed in a program | 11604 |
operated by a county | 11605 |
the superintendent shall consult with the administrator of that | 11606 |
county
| 11607 |
Any party aggrieved by the decision of the district | 11608 |
superintendent or the superintendent's designee may file a | 11609 |
complaint with the state board as provided under division (E) of | 11610 |
this section, request mediation as provided under division (F) of | 11611 |
this section, or present a due process complaint notice and | 11612 |
request for a due process hearing in writing to the superintendent | 11613 |
of the district, with a copy to the state board, as provided under | 11614 |
division (G) of this section. | 11615 |
(E) An opportunity for a party to file a complaint with the | 11616 |
state board of education with respect to the identification, | 11617 |
evaluation, or educational placement of the child, or the | 11618 |
provision of a free appropriate public education to such child. | 11619 |
The department of education shall review and, where appropriate, | 11620 |
investigate the complaint and issue findings. | 11621 |
(F) An opportunity for parents and a school district to | 11622 |
resolve through mediation disputes involving any matter. | 11623 |
(1) The procedures established under this section shall | 11624 |
ensure that the mediation process is voluntary on the part of the | 11625 |
parties, is not used to deny or delay a parent's right to a due | 11626 |
process hearing or to deny any other rights afforded under this | 11627 |
chapter, and is conducted by a qualified and impartial mediator | 11628 |
who is trained in effective mediation techniques. | 11629 |
(2) A school district may establish procedures to offer to | 11630 |
parents and schools that choose not to use the mediation process, | 11631 |
an opportunity to meet, at a time and location convenient to the | 11632 |
parents, with a disinterested party to encourage the use, and | 11633 |
explain the benefits, of the mediation process to the parents. The | 11634 |
disinterested party shall be an individual who is under contract | 11635 |
with a parent training and information center or community parent | 11636 |
resource center in the state or is under contract with an | 11637 |
appropriate alternative dispute resolution entity. | 11638 |
(3) The department shall maintain a list of individuals who | 11639 |
are qualified mediators and knowledgeable in laws and regulations | 11640 |
relating to the provision of special education and related | 11641 |
services. | 11642 |
(4) The department shall bear the cost of the mediation | 11643 |
process, including the costs of meetings described in division | 11644 |
(F)(2) of this section. | 11645 |
(5) Each session in the mediation process shall be scheduled | 11646 |
in a timely manner and shall be held in a location that is | 11647 |
convenient to the parties to the dispute. | 11648 |
(6) Discussions that occur during the mediation process shall | 11649 |
be confidential and shall not be used as evidence in any | 11650 |
subsequent due process hearing or civil proceeding. | 11651 |
(7) In the case that a resolution is reached to resolve the | 11652 |
complaint through the mediation process, the parties shall execute | 11653 |
a legally binding agreement that sets forth the resolution and | 11654 |
that: | 11655 |
(a) States that all discussions that occurred during the | 11656 |
mediation process shall be confidential and shall not be used as | 11657 |
evidence in any subsequent due process hearing or civil | 11658 |
proceeding; | 11659 |
(b) Is signed by both the parent and a representative for the | 11660 |
school district who has the authority to bind the district; | 11661 |
(c) Is enforceable in any state court of competent | 11662 |
jurisdiction or in a district court of the United States. | 11663 |
(G)(1) An opportunity for parents or a school district to | 11664 |
present a due process complaint and request for a due process | 11665 |
hearing to the superintendent of the school district of the | 11666 |
child's residence with respect to the identification, evaluation, | 11667 |
or educational placement of the child, or the provision of a free | 11668 |
appropriate public education to the child. The party presenting | 11669 |
the due process complaint and request for a due process hearing | 11670 |
shall provide due process complaint notice to the other party and | 11671 |
forward a copy of the notice to the state board. The due process | 11672 |
complaint notice shall include: | 11673 |
(a) The name of the child, the address of the residence of | 11674 |
the child, or the available contact information in the case of a | 11675 |
homeless child, and the name of the school the child is attending; | 11676 |
(b) A description of the nature of the problem of the child | 11677 |
relating to the proposed initiation or change, including facts | 11678 |
relating to the problem; | 11679 |
(c) A proposed resolution of the problem to the extent known | 11680 |
and available to the party at the time. | 11681 |
A party shall not have a due process hearing until the party, | 11682 |
or the attorney representing the party, files a notice that meets | 11683 |
the requirement for filing a due process complaint notice. | 11684 |
A due process hearing shall be conducted by an impartial | 11685 |
hearing officer in accordance with standards and procedures | 11686 |
adopted by the state board. A hearing officer shall not be an | 11687 |
employee of the state board or any agency involved in the | 11688 |
education or care of the child or a person having a personal or | 11689 |
professional interest that conflicts with the person's objectivity | 11690 |
in the hearing. A hearing officer shall possess knowledge of, and | 11691 |
the ability to understand, the provisions of the "Individuals with | 11692 |
Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," federal and state | 11693 |
regulations pertaining to that act, and legal interpretations of | 11694 |
that act by federal and state courts; possess the knowledge and | 11695 |
ability to conduct hearings in accordance with appropriate | 11696 |
standard legal practice; and possess the knowledge and ability to | 11697 |
render and write decisions in accordance with appropriate standard | 11698 |
legal practice. The due process requirements of section 615 of the | 11699 |
"Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," | 11700 |
20 U.S.C. 1415, apply to due process complaint notices and | 11701 |
requests for due process hearings and to due process hearings held | 11702 |
under division (G) of this section, including, but not limited to, | 11703 |
timelines for requesting hearings, requirements for sufficient | 11704 |
complaint notices, resolution sessions, and sufficiency and | 11705 |
hearing decisions. | 11706 |
(2) Discussions that occur during a resolution session shall | 11707 |
be confidential and shall not be used as evidence in any | 11708 |
subsequent due process hearing or civil proceeding. If a | 11709 |
resolution to the dispute is reached at a resolution session, the | 11710 |
parties must execute a legally binding written settlement | 11711 |
agreement which shall state that all discussions that occurred | 11712 |
during the resolution process shall be confidential and shall not | 11713 |
be used as evidence in any subsequent due process hearing or civil | 11714 |
proceeding. | 11715 |
(3) A party to a hearing under division (G) of this section | 11716 |
shall be accorded: | 11717 |
(a) The right to be accompanied and advised by counsel and by | 11718 |
individuals with special knowledge or training with respect to the | 11719 |
problems of children with disabilities; | 11720 |
(b) The right to present evidence and confront, | 11721 |
cross-examine, and compel the attendance of witnesses; | 11722 |
(c) The right to a written or electronic verbatim record of | 11723 |
the hearing; | 11724 |
(d) The right to written findings of fact and decisions, | 11725 |
which findings of fact and decisions shall be made available to | 11726 |
the public consistent with the requirements relating to the | 11727 |
confidentiality of personally identifiable data, information, and | 11728 |
records collected and maintained by state educational agencies and | 11729 |
local educational agencies; and shall be transmitted to the | 11730 |
advisory panel established and maintained by the department for | 11731 |
the purpose of providing policy guidance with respect to special | 11732 |
education and related services for children with disabilities in | 11733 |
the state. | 11734 |
(H) An opportunity for any party aggrieved by the findings | 11735 |
and decision rendered in a hearing under division (G) of this | 11736 |
section to appeal within forty-five days of notification of the | 11737 |
decision to the state board, which shall appoint a state level | 11738 |
officer who shall review the case and issue a final order. The | 11739 |
state level officer shall be appointed and shall review the case | 11740 |
in accordance with standards and procedures adopted by the state | 11741 |
board. | 11742 |
Any party aggrieved by the final order of the state level | 11743 |
officer may appeal the final order, in accordance with Chapter | 11744 |
119. of the Revised Code, within forty-five days after | 11745 |
notification of the order to the court of common pleas of the | 11746 |
county in which the child's school district of residence is | 11747 |
located, or to a district court of the United States within | 11748 |
ninety days after the date of the decision of the state level | 11749 |
review officer, as provided in section 615(i)(2) of the | 11750 |
"Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of | 11751 |
2004," 20 U.S.C. 1415(i)(2). | 11752 |
Sec. 3323.07. The state board of education shall authorize | 11753 |
the establishment and maintenance of special education and related | 11754 |
services for all children with disabilities who are at least | 11755 |
three years of age and less than twenty-two years of age, | 11756 |
including children with disabilities who have been suspended or | 11757 |
expelled from school, and may authorize special education and | 11758 |
related services for children with disabilities who are less than | 11759 |
three years of age in accordance with rules adopted by the state | 11760 |
board. The state board shall require the boards of education of | 11761 |
school districts, shall authorize the department of mental health | 11762 |
and the department of
| 11763 |
disabilities, and may authorize any other educational agency, to | 11764 |
establish and maintain such special education and related | 11765 |
services in accordance with standards adopted by the state board. | 11766 |
Sec. 3323.09. (A) As used in this section: | 11767 |
(1) "Home" has the meaning given in section 3313.64 of the | 11768 |
Revised Code. | 11769 |
(2) "Preschool child" means a child who is at least age three | 11770 |
but under age six on the thirtieth day of September of an academic | 11771 |
year. | 11772 |
(B) Each county | 11773 |
education programs for all children with disabilities who in | 11774 |
accordance with section 3323.04 of the Revised Code have been | 11775 |
placed in special education programs operated by the county board | 11776 |
and for preschool children who are developmentally delayed or at | 11777 |
risk of being developmentally delayed. The board annually shall | 11778 |
submit to the department of education a plan for the provision of | 11779 |
these programs and, if applicable, a request for approval of units | 11780 |
under section 3317.05 of the Revised Code. The superintendent of | 11781 |
public instruction shall review the plan and approve or modify it | 11782 |
in accordance with rules adopted by the state board of education | 11783 |
under section 3301.07 of the Revised Code. The superintendent of | 11784 |
public instruction shall compile the plans submitted by county | 11785 |
boards and shall submit a comprehensive plan to the state board. | 11786 |
A county | 11787 |
children enrolled in classes funded under section 3317.20 or units | 11788 |
approved under section 3317.05 with transportation for children | 11789 |
and adults enrolled in programs and services offered by the board | 11790 |
under section 5126.12 of the Revised Code. | 11791 |
(C) A county | 11792 |
provided special education pursuant to this section for any child | 11793 |
with mental disabilities under twenty-two years of age shall | 11794 |
prepare and submit the following reports and statements: | 11795 |
(1) The board shall prepare a statement for each child who at | 11796 |
the time of receiving such special education was a resident of a | 11797 |
home and was not in the legal or permanent custody of an Ohio | 11798 |
resident or a government agency in this state, and whose natural | 11799 |
or adoptive parents are not known to have been residents of this | 11800 |
state subsequent to the child's birth. The statement shall contain | 11801 |
the child's name, the name of the child's school district of | 11802 |
residence, the name of the county board providing the special | 11803 |
education, and the number of months, including any fraction of a | 11804 |
month, it was provided. Not later than the thirtieth day of June, | 11805 |
the board shall forward a certified copy of such statement to both | 11806 |
the
director of | 11807 |
and to the home. | 11808 |
Within thirty days after its receipt of a statement, the home | 11809 |
shall pay tuition to the county board computed in the manner | 11810 |
prescribed by section 3323.141 of the Revised Code. | 11811 |
(2) The board shall prepare a report for each school district | 11812 |
that is the school district of residence of one or more of such | 11813 |
children for whom statements are not required by division (C)(1) | 11814 |
of this section. The report shall contain the name of the county | 11815 |
board providing special education, the name of each child | 11816 |
receiving special education, the number of months, including | 11817 |
fractions of a month, that the child received it, and the name of | 11818 |
the child's school district of residence. Not later than the | 11819 |
thirtieth day of June, the board shall forward certified copies of | 11820 |
each report to the school district named in the report, the | 11821 |
superintendent of public instruction, and the director of | 11822 |
11823 |
Sec. 3323.091. (A) The department of mental health, the | 11824 |
department of | 11825 |
the department of youth services, and the department of | 11826 |
rehabilitation and correction shall establish and maintain special | 11827 |
education programs for children with disabilities in institutions | 11828 |
under their jurisdiction according to standards adopted by the | 11829 |
state board of education. | 11830 |
(B) The superintendent of each state institution required to | 11831 |
provide services under division (A) of this section, and each | 11832 |
county | 11833 |
children with disabilities under this chapter may apply to the | 11834 |
state department of education for unit funding, which shall be | 11835 |
paid in accordance with sections 3317.052 and 3317.053 of the | 11836 |
Revised Code. | 11837 |
The superintendent of each state institution required to | 11838 |
provide services under division (A) of this section may apply to | 11839 |
the department of education for special education and related | 11840 |
services weighted funding for children with disabilities other | 11841 |
than preschool children with disabilities, calculated in | 11842 |
accordance with section 3317.201 of the Revised Code. | 11843 |
Each county | 11844 |
children with disabilities other than preschool children with | 11845 |
disabilities may apply to the department of education for base | 11846 |
cost and special education and related services weighted funding | 11847 |
calculated in accordance with section 3317.20 of the Revised | 11848 |
Code. | 11849 |
(C) In addition to the authorization to apply for state | 11850 |
funding described in division (B) of this section, each state | 11851 |
institution required to provide services under division (A) of | 11852 |
this section is entitled to tuition payments calculated in the | 11853 |
manner described in division (C) of this section. | 11854 |
On or before the thirtieth day of June of each year, the | 11855 |
superintendent of each institution that during the school year | 11856 |
provided special education pursuant to this section shall prepare | 11857 |
a statement for each child with a disability under twenty-two | 11858 |
years of age who has received special education. The statement | 11859 |
shall contain the child's data verification code assigned | 11860 |
pursuant to division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised | 11861 |
Code and the name of the child's school district of residence. | 11862 |
Within sixty days after receipt of such statement, the department | 11863 |
of education shall perform one of the following: | 11864 |
(1) For any child except a preschool child with a disability | 11865 |
described in division (C)(2) of this section, pay to the | 11866 |
institution submitting the statement an amount equal to the | 11867 |
tuition calculated under division (A) of section 3317.08 of the | 11868 |
Revised Code for the period covered by the statement, and deduct | 11869 |
the same from the amount of state funds, if any, payable under | 11870 |
sections 3317.022 and 3317.023 of the Revised Code, to the child's | 11871 |
school district of residence or, if the amount of such state funds | 11872 |
is insufficient, require the child's school district of residence | 11873 |
to pay the institution submitting the statement an amount equal to | 11874 |
the amount determined under this division. | 11875 |
(2) For any preschool child with a disability not included | 11876 |
in a unit approved under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the | 11877 |
Revised Code, perform the following: | 11878 |
(a) Pay to the institution submitting the statement an amount | 11879 |
equal to the tuition calculated under division (B) of section | 11880 |
3317.08 of the Revised Code for the period covered by the | 11881 |
statement, except that in calculating the tuition under that | 11882 |
section the operating expenses of the institution submitting the | 11883 |
statement under this section shall be used instead of the | 11884 |
operating expenses of the school district of residence; | 11885 |
(b) Deduct from the amount of state funds, if any, payable | 11886 |
under sections 3317.022 and 3317.023 of the Revised Code to the | 11887 |
child's school district of residence an amount equal to the amount | 11888 |
paid under division (C)(2)(a) of this section. | 11889 |
Sec. 3323.12. The board of education of a school district | 11890 |
shall provide home instruction for children with disabilities who | 11891 |
are at least three years of age and less than twenty-two years of | 11892 |
age and who are unable to attend school, even with the help of | 11893 |
special transportation. The board may arrange for the provision | 11894 |
of home instruction for a child by a cooperative agreement or | 11895 |
contract with a county | 11896 |
agency. For the purposes of determining formula ADM under section | 11897 |
3317.03 of the Revised Code, five hours of home instruction | 11898 |
shall be equivalent to attendance for five school days. | 11899 |
Sec. 3323.141. (A) When a child who is not in the legal or | 11900 |
permanent custody of an Ohio resident or a government agency in | 11901 |
this state and whose natural or adoptive parents are not known to | 11902 |
have been residents of this state subsequent to the child's birth | 11903 |
is a resident of a home as defined in section 3313.64 of the | 11904 |
Revised Code and receives special education and related services | 11905 |
from a school district or county MR/DD board, the home shall pay | 11906 |
tuition to the board providing the special education. | 11907 |
(B) In the case of a child described in division (A) of this | 11908 |
section who receives special education and related services from a | 11909 |
school district, tuition shall be the amount determined under | 11910 |
division (B)(1) or (2) of this section. | 11911 |
(1) For a child other than a child described in division | 11912 |
(B)(2) of this section the tuition shall be an amount equal to the | 11913 |
sum of the following: | 11914 |
(a) Tuition as determined in the manner provided for by | 11915 |
division (B) of section 3317.081 of the Revised Code for the | 11916 |
district that provides the special education; | 11917 |
(b) Such excess cost as is determined by using a formula | 11918 |
established by rule of the department of education. The excess | 11919 |
cost computed in this section shall not be used as excess cost | 11920 |
computed under section 3323.14 of the Revised Code. | 11921 |
(2) For a child who is a preschool child with a disability | 11922 |
not included in a unit approved under division (B) of section | 11923 |
3317.05 of the Revised Code, the tuition shall be computed as | 11924 |
follows: | 11925 |
(a) Determine the amount of the tuition of the district | 11926 |
providing the education for the child as calculated under division | 11927 |
(B) of section 3317.08 of the Revised Code; | 11928 |
(b) For each type of special education service included in | 11929 |
the computation of the amount of tuition under division (B)(2)(a) | 11930 |
of this section, divide the amount determined for that computation | 11931 |
under division (B)(2) of section 3317.08 of the Revised Code by | 11932 |
the total number of preschool children with disabilities used for | 11933 |
that computation under division (B)(3) of section 3317.08 of the | 11934 |
Revised Code; | 11935 |
(c) Determine the sum of the quotients obtained under | 11936 |
division (B)(2)(b) of this section; | 11937 |
(d) Determine the sum of the amounts determined under | 11938 |
divisions (B)(2)(a) and (c) of this section. | 11939 |
(C) In the case of a child described in division (A) of this | 11940 |
section who receives special education and related services from a | 11941 |
county MR/DD board, tuition shall be the amount determined under | 11942 |
division (C)(1) or (2) of this section. | 11943 |
(1) For a child other than a child described in division | 11944 |
(C)(2) of this section, the tuition shall be an amount equal to | 11945 |
such board's per capita cost of providing special education and | 11946 |
related services for children at least three but less than | 11947 |
twenty-two years of age as determined by using a formula | 11948 |
established by rule of the department of | 11949 |
developmental disabilities. | 11950 |
(2) For a child who is a preschool child with a disability | 11951 |
not included in a unit approved under division (B) of section | 11952 |
3317.05 of the Revised Code, the tuition shall equal the sum of | 11953 |
the amounts of each such board's per capita cost of providing | 11954 |
each of the special education or related service that the child | 11955 |
receives. The calculation of tuition shall be made by using a | 11956 |
formula
established by rule of the department of | 11957 |
11958 | |
calculation of per capita costs under division (C)(2) of this | 11959 |
section shall be based only on each such MR/DD board's cost of | 11960 |
providing each type of special education or related service to | 11961 |
preschool children with disabilities not included in a unit | 11962 |
approved under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised | 11963 |
Code. | 11964 |
(D) If a home fails to pay the tuition required under this | 11965 |
section, the board of education or county MR/DD board providing | 11966 |
the education may recover in a civil action the tuition and the | 11967 |
expenses incurred in prosecuting the action, including court | 11968 |
costs and reasonable attorney's fees. If the prosecuting attorney | 11969 |
or city director of law represents the board in such action, | 11970 |
costs and reasonable attorney's fees awarded by the court, based | 11971 |
upon the time spent preparing and presenting the case by the | 11972 |
prosecuting attorney, director, or a designee of either, shall be | 11973 |
deposited in the county or city general fund. | 11974 |
Sec. 3323.142. This section does not apply to any preschool | 11975 |
child with a disability except if included in a unit approved | 11976 |
under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code. | 11977 |
As used in this section, "per pupil amount" for a preschool | 11978 |
child with a disability included in such an approved unit means | 11979 |
the amount determined by dividing the amount received for the | 11980 |
classroom unit in which the child has been placed by the number of | 11981 |
children in the unit. For any other child, "per pupil amount" | 11982 |
means the amount paid for the child under section 3317.20 of the | 11983 |
Revised Code. | 11984 |
When a school district places or has placed a child with a | 11985 |
county | 11986 |
is responsible for tuition under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the | 11987 |
Revised Code and the child is not a resident of the territory | 11988 |
served by the county | 11989 |
district responsible for tuition with the educational costs in | 11990 |
excess of the per pupil amount received by the board under Chapter | 11991 |
3317. of the Revised Code. The amount of the excess cost shall be | 11992 |
determined by the formula established by rule of the department of | 11993 |
education under section 3323.14 of the Revised Code, and the | 11994 |
payment for such excess cost shall be made by the school district | 11995 |
directly to the county | 11996 |
A school district board of education and the county | 11997 |
board that serves the school district may negotiate and contract, | 11998 |
at or after the time of placement, for payments by the board of | 11999 |
education to the county | 12000 |
provided to a child placed with the county | 12001 |
whose individualized education program established pursuant to | 12002 |
section 3323.08 of the Revised Code requires additional services | 12003 |
that are
not routinely provided children in the county | 12004 |
board's program but are necessary to maintain the child's | 12005 |
enrollment and participation in the program. Additional services | 12006 |
may include, but are not limited to, specialized supplies and | 12007 |
equipment for the benefit of the child and instruction, training, | 12008 |
or assistance provided by staff members other than staff members | 12009 |
for which funding is received under Chapter 3317. of the Revised | 12010 |
Code. | 12011 |
Sec. 3323.31. The Franklin county educational service center | 12012 |
shall establish the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence. The | 12013 |
Center shall administer programs and coordinate services for | 12014 |
infants, preschool and school-age children, and adults with autism | 12015 |
and low incidence disabilities. The Center's principal focus shall | 12016 |
be programs and services for persons with autism. The Center shall | 12017 |
be under the direction of an executive director, appointed by the | 12018 |
superintendent of the service center in consultation with the | 12019 |
advisory board established under section 3323.33 of the Revised | 12020 |
Code. | 12021 |
In addition to its other duties, the Ohio Center for Autism | 12022 |
and Low Incidence shall participate as a member of an interagency | 12023 |
workgroup on autism, as it is established by the department of | 12024 |
12025 | |
provide technical assistance and support to the department in the | 12026 |
department's leadership role to develop and implement the | 12027 |
initiatives identified by the workgroup. | 12028 |
Sec. 3326.99. (A) Whoever violates division (F) of section | 12029 |
3326.24 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: | 12030 |
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this | 12031 |
section, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth | 12032 |
degree. | 12033 |
(2) The person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree | 12034 |
if both of the following conditions apply: | 12035 |
(a) The employee who is the subject of the report that the | 12036 |
person fails to submit was required to be reported for the | 12037 |
commission or alleged commission of an act or offense involving | 12038 |
the infliction on a child of any physical or mental wound, | 12039 |
injury, disability, or condition of a nature that constitutes | 12040 |
abuse or neglect of the child; | 12041 |
(b) During the period between the violation of division (F) | 12042 |
of section 3326.24 of the Revised Code and the conviction of or | 12043 |
plea of guilty by the person for that violation, the employee who | 12044 |
is the subject of the report that the person fails to submit | 12045 |
inflicts on any child attending a school district, educational | 12046 |
service center, public or nonpublic school, or county board of | 12047 |
12048 | |
employee works any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, | 12049 |
or condition of a nature that constitutes abuse or neglect of the | 12050 |
child. | 12051 |
(B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 3326.243 of the | 12052 |
Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. | 12053 |
Sec. 3501.01. As used in the sections of the Revised Code | 12054 |
relating to elections and political communications: | 12055 |
(A) "General election" means the election held on the first | 12056 |
Tuesday after the first Monday in each November. | 12057 |
(B) "Regular municipal election" means the election held on | 12058 |
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each | 12059 |
odd-numbered year. | 12060 |
(C) "Regular state election" means the election held on the | 12061 |
first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each | 12062 |
even-numbered year. | 12063 |
(D) "Special election" means any election other than those | 12064 |
elections defined in other divisions of this section. A special | 12065 |
election may be held only on the first Tuesday after the first | 12066 |
Monday in February, May, August, or November, or on the day | 12067 |
authorized by a particular municipal or county charter for the | 12068 |
holding of a primary election, except that in any year in which a | 12069 |
presidential primary election is held, no special election shall | 12070 |
be held in February or May, except as authorized by a municipal or | 12071 |
county charter, but may be held on the first Tuesday after the | 12072 |
first Monday in March. | 12073 |
(E)(1) "Primary" or "primary election" means an election held | 12074 |
for the purpose of nominating persons as candidates of political | 12075 |
parties for election to offices, and for the purpose of electing | 12076 |
persons as members of the controlling committees of political | 12077 |
parties and as delegates and alternates to the conventions of | 12078 |
political parties. Primary elections shall be held on the first | 12079 |
Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each year except in years | 12080 |
in which a presidential primary election is held. | 12081 |
(2) "Presidential primary election" means a primary election | 12082 |
as defined by division (E)(1) of this section at which an election | 12083 |
is held for the purpose of choosing delegates and alternates to | 12084 |
the national conventions of the major political parties pursuant | 12085 |
to section 3513.12 of the Revised Code. Unless otherwise | 12086 |
specified, presidential primary elections are included in | 12087 |
references to primary elections. In years in which a presidential | 12088 |
primary election is held, all primary elections shall be held on | 12089 |
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March except as | 12090 |
otherwise authorized by a municipal or county charter. | 12091 |
(F) "Political party" means any group of voters meeting the | 12092 |
requirements set forth in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code for | 12093 |
the formation and existence of a political party. | 12094 |
(1) "Major political party" means any political party | 12095 |
organized under the laws of this state whose candidate for | 12096 |
governor or nominees for presidential electors received no less | 12097 |
than twenty per cent of the total vote cast for such office at the | 12098 |
most recent regular state election. | 12099 |
(2) "Intermediate political party" means any political party | 12100 |
organized under the laws of this state whose candidate for | 12101 |
governor or nominees for presidential electors received less than | 12102 |
twenty per cent but not less than ten per cent of the total vote | 12103 |
cast for such office at the most recent regular state election. | 12104 |
(3) "Minor political party" means any political party | 12105 |
organized under the laws of this state whose candidate for | 12106 |
governor or nominees for presidential electors received less than | 12107 |
ten per cent but not less than five per cent of the total vote | 12108 |
cast for such office at the most recent regular state election or | 12109 |
which has filed with the secretary of state, subsequent to any | 12110 |
election in which it received less than five per cent of such | 12111 |
vote, a petition signed by qualified electors equal in number to | 12112 |
at least one per cent of the total vote cast for such office in | 12113 |
the last preceding regular state election, except that a newly | 12114 |
formed political party shall be known as a minor political party | 12115 |
until the time of the first election for governor or president | 12116 |
which occurs not less than twelve months subsequent to the | 12117 |
formation of such party, after which election the status of such | 12118 |
party shall be determined by the vote for the office of governor | 12119 |
or president. | 12120 |
(G) "Dominant party in a precinct" or "dominant political | 12121 |
party in a precinct" means that political party whose candidate | 12122 |
for election to the office of governor at the most recent regular | 12123 |
state election at which a governor was elected received more votes | 12124 |
than any other person received for election to that office in such | 12125 |
precinct at such election. | 12126 |
(H) "Candidate" means any qualified person certified in | 12127 |
accordance with the provisions of the Revised Code for placement | 12128 |
on the official ballot of a primary, general, or special election | 12129 |
to be held in this state, or any qualified person who claims to be | 12130 |
a write-in candidate, or who knowingly assents to being | 12131 |
represented as a write-in candidate by another at either a | 12132 |
primary, general, or special election to be held in this state. | 12133 |
(I) "Independent candidate" means any candidate who claims | 12134 |
not to be affiliated with a political party, and whose name has | 12135 |
been certified on the office-type ballot at a general or special | 12136 |
election through the filing of a statement of candidacy and | 12137 |
nominating petition, as prescribed in section 3513.257 of the | 12138 |
Revised Code. | 12139 |
(J) "Nonpartisan candidate" means any candidate whose name is | 12140 |
required, pursuant to section 3505.04 of the Revised Code, to be | 12141 |
listed on the nonpartisan ballot, including all candidates for | 12142 |
judicial office, for member of any board of education, for | 12143 |
municipal or township offices in which primary elections are not | 12144 |
held for nominating candidates by political parties, and for | 12145 |
offices of municipal corporations having charters that provide for | 12146 |
separate ballots for elections for these offices. | 12147 |
(K) "Party candidate" means any candidate who claims to be a | 12148 |
member of a political party, whose name has been certified on the | 12149 |
office-type ballot at a general or special election through the | 12150 |
filing of a declaration of candidacy and petition of candidate, | 12151 |
and who has won the primary election of the candidate's party for | 12152 |
the public office the candidate seeks or is selected by party | 12153 |
committee in accordance with section 3513.31 of the Revised Code. | 12154 |
(L) "Officer of a political party" includes, but is not | 12155 |
limited to, any member, elected or appointed, of a controlling | 12156 |
committee, whether representing the territory of the state, a | 12157 |
district therein, a county, township, a city, a ward, a precinct, | 12158 |
or other territory, of a major, intermediate, or minor political | 12159 |
party. | 12160 |
(M) "Question or issue" means any question or issue certified | 12161 |
in accordance with the Revised Code for placement on an official | 12162 |
ballot at a general or special election to be held in this state. | 12163 |
(N) "Elector" or "qualified elector" means a person having | 12164 |
the qualifications provided by law to be entitled to vote. | 12165 |
(O) "Voter" means an elector who votes at an election. | 12166 |
(P) "Voting residence" means that place of residence of an | 12167 |
elector which shall determine the precinct in which the elector | 12168 |
may vote. | 12169 |
(Q) "Precinct" means a district within a county established | 12170 |
by the board of elections of such county within which all | 12171 |
qualified electors having a voting residence therein may vote at | 12172 |
the same polling place. | 12173 |
(R) "Polling place" means that place provided for each | 12174 |
precinct at which the electors having a voting residence in such | 12175 |
precinct may vote. | 12176 |
(S) "Board" or "board of elections" means the board of | 12177 |
elections appointed in a county pursuant to section 3501.06 of the | 12178 |
Revised Code. | 12179 |
(T) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, city, | 12180 |
village, or school district. | 12181 |
(U) "Election officer" or "election official" means any of | 12182 |
the following: | 12183 |
(1) Secretary of state; | 12184 |
(2) Employees of the secretary of state serving the division | 12185 |
of elections in the capacity of attorney, administrative officer, | 12186 |
administrative assistant, elections administrator, office manager, | 12187 |
or clerical supervisor; | 12188 |
(3) Director of a board of elections; | 12189 |
(4) Deputy director of a board of elections; | 12190 |
(5) Member of a board of elections; | 12191 |
(6) Employees of a board of elections; | 12192 |
(7) Precinct polling place judges; | 12193 |
(8) Employees appointed by the boards of elections on a | 12194 |
temporary or part-time basis. | 12195 |
(V) "Acknowledgment notice" means a notice sent by a board of | 12196 |
elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, | 12197 |
informing a voter registration applicant or an applicant who | 12198 |
wishes to change the applicant's residence or name of the status | 12199 |
of the application; the information necessary to complete or | 12200 |
update the application, if any; and if the application is | 12201 |
complete, the precinct in which the applicant is to vote. | 12202 |
(W) "Confirmation notice" means a notice sent by a board of | 12203 |
elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, to a | 12204 |
registered elector to confirm the registered elector's current | 12205 |
address. | 12206 |
(X) "Designated agency" means an office or agency in the | 12207 |
state that provides public assistance or that provides | 12208 |
state-funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to | 12209 |
persons with disabilities and that is required by the National | 12210 |
Voter Registration Act of 1993 to implement a program designed and | 12211 |
administered by the secretary of state for registering voters, or | 12212 |
any other public or government office or agency that implements a | 12213 |
program designed and administered by the secretary of state for | 12214 |
registering voters, including the department of job and family | 12215 |
services, the program administered under section 3701.132 of the | 12216 |
Revised Code by the department of health, the department of mental | 12217 |
health, the department of | 12218 |
disabilities, the rehabilitation services commission, and any | 12219 |
other agency the secretary of state designates. "Designated | 12220 |
agency" does not include public high schools and vocational | 12221 |
schools, public libraries, or the office of a county treasurer. | 12222 |
(Y) "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" means the | 12223 |
"National Voter Registration Act of 1993," 107 Stat. 77, 42 | 12224 |
U.S.C.A. 1973gg. | 12225 |
(Z) "Voting Rights Act of 1965" means the "Voting Rights Act | 12226 |
of 1965," 79 Stat. 437, 42 U.S.C.A. 1973, as amended. | 12227 |
(AA) "Photo identification" means a document that meets each | 12228 |
of the following requirements: | 12229 |
(1) It shows the name of the individual to whom it was | 12230 |
issued, which shall conform to the name in the poll list or | 12231 |
signature pollbook. | 12232 |
(2) It shows the current address of the individual to whom it | 12233 |
was issued, which shall conform to the address in the poll list or | 12234 |
signature pollbook, except for a driver's license or a state | 12235 |
identification card issued under section 4507.50 of the Revised | 12236 |
Code, which may show either the current or former address of the | 12237 |
individual to whom it was issued, regardless of whether that | 12238 |
address conforms to the address in the poll list or signature | 12239 |
pollbook. | 12240 |
(3) It shows a photograph of the individual to whom it was | 12241 |
issued. | 12242 |
(4) It includes an expiration date that has not passed. | 12243 |
(5) It was issued by the government of the United States or | 12244 |
this state. | 12245 |
Sec. 3701.78. (A) There is hereby created the commission on | 12246 |
minority health, consisting of eighteen members. The governor | 12247 |
shall appoint to the commission nine members from among health | 12248 |
researchers, health planners, and health professionals. The | 12249 |
speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint to the | 12250 |
commission two members of the house of representatives, not more | 12251 |
than one of whom is a member of the same political party, and the | 12252 |
president of the senate shall appoint to the commission two | 12253 |
members of the senate, not more than one of whom is a member of | 12254 |
the same political party. The directors of health, mental health, | 12255 |
12256 | |
family services, or their designees, and the superintendent of | 12257 |
public instruction, or the superintendent's designee, shall be | 12258 |
members of the commission. The commission shall elect a | 12259 |
chairperson from among its members. Of the members appointed by | 12260 |
the governor, five shall be appointed to initial terms of one | 12261 |
year, and four shall be appointed to initial terms of two years. | 12262 |
Thereafter, all members appointed by the governor shall be | 12263 |
appointed to terms of two years. All members of the commission | 12264 |
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives or the | 12265 |
president of the senate shall be nonvoting members of the | 12266 |
commission and be appointed within thirty days after the | 12267 |
commencement of the first regular session of each general | 12268 |
assembly, and shall serve until the expiration of the session of | 12269 |
the general assembly during which they were appointed. Members of | 12270 |
the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be | 12271 |
reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses they incur in the | 12272 |
performance of their official duties. | 12273 |
(B) The commission shall promote health and the prevention of | 12274 |
disease among members of minority groups. Each year the commission | 12275 |
shall distribute grants from available funds to community-based | 12276 |
health groups to be used to promote health and the prevention of | 12277 |
disease among members of minority groups. As used in this | 12278 |
division, "minority group" means any of the following economically | 12279 |
disadvantaged groups: Blacks, American Indians, Hispanics, and | 12280 |
Orientals. The commission shall adopt and maintain rules pursuant | 12281 |
to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to provide for the | 12282 |
distribution of these grants. No group shall qualify to receive a | 12283 |
grant from the commission unless it receives at least twenty per | 12284 |
cent of its funds from sources other than grants distributed under | 12285 |
this section. | 12286 |
(C) The commission may appoint such employees as it considers | 12287 |
necessary to carry out its duties under this section. The | 12288 |
department of health shall provide office space for the | 12289 |
commission. | 12290 |
(D) The commission shall meet at the call of its chairperson | 12291 |
to conduct its official business. A majority of the voting members | 12292 |
of the commission constitute a quorum. The votes of at least eight | 12293 |
voting members of the commission are necessary for the commission | 12294 |
to take any official action or to approve the distribution of | 12295 |
grants under this section. | 12296 |
Sec. 3701.93. As used in sections 3701.931 to 3701.936 of the | 12297 |
Revised Code: | 12298 |
(A) "Board of health" has the same meaning as in section | 12299 |
3717.01 of the Revised Code. | 12300 |
(B) "Nonpublic school" means a chartered nonpublic school | 12301 |
that meets the minimum education standards prescribed by the state | 12302 |
board of education under section 3301.07 of the Revised Code. | 12303 |
"Nonpublic school" includes facilities used for child care | 12304 |
programs for preschool children operated by the school. | 12305 |
(C) "Public school" means either of the following: | 12306 |
(1) A school operated by a school district, educational | 12307 |
service center, or county board of | 12308 |
developmental disabilities, including facilities used for child | 12309 |
care programs for preschool children operated by the district, | 12310 |
center, or board; | 12311 |
(2) A community school established under Chapter 3314. of the | 12312 |
Revised Code, including a facility operated by an internet- or | 12313 |
computer-based community school, as defined in section 3314.02 of | 12314 |
the Revised Code, that is used as a classroom or laboratory for | 12315 |
one or more students. "Public school" does not mean the residence | 12316 |
of a student enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community | 12317 |
school. | 12318 |
(D) "School" does not mean any of the following: | 12319 |
(1) A child care program for preschool children that is | 12320 |
licensed by the department of job and family services pursuant to | 12321 |
Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code; | 12322 |
(2) A child care program for preschool children that is not | 12323 |
operated by a public or nonpublic school; | 12324 |
(3) A chartered kindergarten that is associated with a | 12325 |
freestanding preschool and that is not operated by a school | 12326 |
district, educational service center, or county board of | 12327 |
12328 |
Sec. 3701.932. (A) Each board of health shall report the | 12329 |
findings from the inspection of each public and nonpublic school | 12330 |
building and associated grounds conducted under section 3701.931 | 12331 |
of the Revised Code to all of the following: | 12332 |
(1) The principal or chief administrator of the building; | 12333 |
(2) The administrator responsible for facility operations and | 12334 |
maintenance on behalf of the school district, educational service | 12335 |
center, county board of | 12336 |
disabilities, or community school controlling the inspected | 12337 |
building and grounds; | 12338 |
(3) In the case of a school operated by a school district, | 12339 |
the superintendent and board of education of that district; | 12340 |
(4) In the case of a school operated by an educational | 12341 |
service center or county board of | 12342 |
developmental disabilities, the center or board; | 12343 |
(5) The auditor of state. | 12344 |
(B) Each report shall include recommendations for changes | 12345 |
that the board of health determines may be needed to abate | 12346 |
conditions that are hazardous to occupants. The report shall | 12347 |
include recommendations made pursuant to an inspection conducted | 12348 |
under section 3707.26 of the Revised Code. | 12349 |
(C) The report is a public record under section 149.43 of the | 12350 |
Revised Code. | 12351 |
Sec. 3701.933. The board of education of each school | 12352 |
district, the governing board of each educational service center, | 12353 |
the county board of | 12354 |
disabilities, the governing authority of each community school, | 12355 |
and the chief administrator of each nonpublic school shall submit | 12356 |
to the board of health, by a deadline and in a manner established | 12357 |
by the director of health, a written plan for abatement of the | 12358 |
conditions determined to be hazardous to occupants, as described | 12359 |
in the report submitted under section 3701.932 of the Revised | 12360 |
Code. The plan shall include a schedule for completion of the | 12361 |
abatement. | 12362 |
The board of health shall determine compliance with the | 12363 |
written plan for abatement. On completion of any plan for | 12364 |
abatement, the board of health shall submit a supplemental report | 12365 |
to all parties specified in division (A) of section 3701.932 of | 12366 |
the Revised Code. | 12367 |
The plan submitted under this section is a public record | 12368 |
under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. | 12369 |
Sec. 3705.36. Three years after the date a birth defects | 12370 |
information system is implemented pursuant to section 3705.30 of | 12371 |
the Revised Code, and annually thereafter, the department of | 12372 |
health shall prepare a report regarding the birth defects | 12373 |
information system. The council created under section 3705.34 of | 12374 |
the Revised Code shall, not later than two years after the date a | 12375 |
birth defects information system is implemented, specify the | 12376 |
information the department is to include in each report. The | 12377 |
department shall file the report with the governor, the president | 12378 |
and minority leader of the senate, the speaker and minority leader | 12379 |
of the house of representatives, the departments of
| 12380 |
12381 | |
family services, the commission on minority health, and the news | 12382 |
media. | 12383 |
Sec. 3721.01. (A) As used in sections 3721.01 to 3721.09 and | 12384 |
3721.99 of the Revised Code: | 12385 |
(1)(a) "Home" means an institution, residence, or facility | 12386 |
that provides, for a period of more than twenty-four hours, | 12387 |
whether for a consideration or not, accommodations to three or | 12388 |
more unrelated individuals who are dependent upon the services of | 12389 |
others, including a nursing home, residential care facility, home | 12390 |
for the aging, and a veterans' home operated under Chapter 5907. | 12391 |
of the Revised Code. | 12392 |
(b) "Home" also means both of the following: | 12393 |
(i) Any facility that a person, as defined in section 3702.51 | 12394 |
of the Revised Code, proposes for certification as a skilled | 12395 |
nursing facility or nursing facility under Title XVIII or XIX of | 12396 |
the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, | 12397 |
as amended, and for which a certificate of need, other than a | 12398 |
certificate to recategorize hospital beds as described in section | 12399 |
3702.522 of the Revised Code or division (R)(7)(d) of the version | 12400 |
of section 3702.51 of the Revised Code in effect immediately prior | 12401 |
to April 20, 1995, has been granted to the person under sections | 12402 |
3702.51 to 3702.62 of the Revised Code after August 5, 1989; | 12403 |
(ii) A county home or district home that is or has been | 12404 |
licensed as a residential care facility. | 12405 |
(c) "Home" does not mean any of the following: | 12406 |
(i) Except as provided in division (A)(1)(b) of this section, | 12407 |
a public hospital or hospital as defined in section 3701.01 or | 12408 |
5122.01 of the Revised Code; | 12409 |
(ii) A residential facility for mentally ill persons as | 12410 |
defined under section 5119.22 of the Revised Code; | 12411 |
(iii) A residential facility as defined in section 5123.19 of | 12412 |
the Revised Code; | 12413 |
(iv) A community alternative home as defined in section | 12414 |
3724.01 of the Revised Code; | 12415 |
(v) An adult care facility as defined in section 3722.01 of | 12416 |
the Revised Code; | 12417 |
(vi) An alcohol or drug addiction program as defined in | 12418 |
section 3793.01 of the Revised Code; | 12419 |
(vii) A facility licensed to provide methadone treatment | 12420 |
under section 3793.11 of the Revised Code; | 12421 |
(viii) A facility providing services under contract with the | 12422 |
department of | 12423 |
under section 5123.18 of the Revised Code; | 12424 |
(ix) A facility operated by a hospice care program licensed | 12425 |
under section 3712.04 of the Revised Code that is used exclusively | 12426 |
for care of hospice patients; | 12427 |
(x) A facility, infirmary, or other entity that is operated | 12428 |
by a religious order, provides care exclusively to members of | 12429 |
religious orders who take vows of celibacy and live by virtue of | 12430 |
their vows within the orders as if related, and does not | 12431 |
participate in the medicare program established under Title XVIII | 12432 |
of the "Social Security Act" or the medical assistance program | 12433 |
established under Chapter 5111. of the Revised Code and Title XIX | 12434 |
of the "Social Security Act," if on January 1, 1994, the facility, | 12435 |
infirmary, or entity was providing care exclusively to members of | 12436 |
the religious order; | 12437 |
(xi) A county home or district home that has never been | 12438 |
licensed as a residential care facility. | 12439 |
(2) "Unrelated individual" means one who is not related to | 12440 |
the owner or operator of a home or to the spouse of the owner or | 12441 |
operator as a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, | 12442 |
sister, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, or as the child of an aunt or | 12443 |
uncle. | 12444 |
(3) "Mental impairment" does not mean mental illness as | 12445 |
defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code or mental | 12446 |
retardation as defined in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. | 12447 |
(4) "Skilled nursing care" means procedures that require | 12448 |
technical skills and knowledge beyond those the untrained person | 12449 |
possesses and that are commonly employed in providing for the | 12450 |
physical, mental, and emotional needs of the ill or otherwise | 12451 |
incapacitated. "Skilled nursing care" includes, but is not limited | 12452 |
to, the following: | 12453 |
(a) Irrigations, catheterizations, application of dressings, | 12454 |
and supervision of special diets; | 12455 |
(b) Objective observation of changes in the patient's | 12456 |
condition as a means of analyzing and determining the nursing care | 12457 |
required and the need for further medical diagnosis and treatment; | 12458 |
(c) Special procedures contributing to rehabilitation; | 12459 |
(d) Administration of medication by any method ordered by a | 12460 |
physician, such as hypodermically, rectally, or orally, including | 12461 |
observation of the patient after receipt of the medication; | 12462 |
(e) Carrying out other treatments prescribed by the physician | 12463 |
that involve a similar level of complexity and skill in | 12464 |
administration. | 12465 |
(5)(a) "Personal care services" means services including, but | 12466 |
not limited to, the following: | 12467 |
(i) Assisting residents with activities of daily living; | 12468 |
(ii) Assisting residents with self-administration of | 12469 |
medication, in accordance with rules adopted under section 3721.04 | 12470 |
of the Revised Code; | 12471 |
(iii) Preparing special diets, other than complex therapeutic | 12472 |
diets, for residents pursuant to the instructions of a physician | 12473 |
or a licensed dietitian, in accordance with rules adopted under | 12474 |
section 3721.04 of the Revised Code. | 12475 |
(b) "Personal care services" does not include "skilled | 12476 |
nursing care" as defined in division (A)(4) of this section. A | 12477 |
facility need not provide more than one of the services listed in | 12478 |
division (A)(5)(a) of this section to be considered to be | 12479 |
providing personal care services. | 12480 |
(6) "Nursing home" means a home used for the reception and | 12481 |
care of individuals who by reason of illness or physical or mental | 12482 |
impairment require skilled nursing care and of individuals who | 12483 |
require personal care services but not skilled nursing care. A | 12484 |
nursing home is licensed to provide personal care services and | 12485 |
skilled nursing care. | 12486 |
(7) "Residential care facility" means a home that provides | 12487 |
either of the following: | 12488 |
(a) Accommodations for seventeen or more unrelated | 12489 |
individuals and supervision and personal care services for three | 12490 |
or more of those individuals who are dependent on the services of | 12491 |
others by reason of age or physical or mental impairment; | 12492 |
(b) Accommodations for three or more unrelated individuals, | 12493 |
supervision and personal care services for at least three of those | 12494 |
individuals who are dependent on the services of others by reason | 12495 |
of age or physical or mental impairment, and, to at least one of | 12496 |
those individuals, any of the skilled nursing care authorized by | 12497 |
section 3721.011 of the Revised Code. | 12498 |
(8) "Home for the aging" means a home that provides services | 12499 |
as a residential care facility and a nursing home, except that the | 12500 |
home provides its services only to individuals who are dependent | 12501 |
on the services of others by reason of both age and physical or | 12502 |
mental impairment. | 12503 |
The part or unit of a home for the aging that provides | 12504 |
services only as a residential care facility is licensed as a | 12505 |
residential care facility. The part or unit that may provide | 12506 |
skilled nursing care beyond the extent authorized by section | 12507 |
3721.011 of the Revised Code is licensed as a nursing home. | 12508 |
(9) "County home" and "district home" mean a county home or | 12509 |
district home operated under Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code. | 12510 |
(B) The public health council may further classify homes. For | 12511 |
the purposes of this chapter, any residence, institution, hotel, | 12512 |
congregate housing project, or similar facility that meets the | 12513 |
definition of a home under this section is such a home regardless | 12514 |
of how the facility holds itself out to the public. | 12515 |
(C) For purposes of this chapter, personal care services or | 12516 |
skilled nursing care shall be considered to be provided by a | 12517 |
facility if they are provided by a person employed by or | 12518 |
associated with the facility or by another person pursuant to an | 12519 |
agreement to which neither the resident who receives the services | 12520 |
nor the resident's sponsor is a party. | 12521 |
(D) Nothing in division (A)(4) of this section shall be | 12522 |
construed to permit skilled nursing care to be imposed on an | 12523 |
individual who does not require skilled nursing care. | 12524 |
Nothing in division (A)(5) of this section shall be construed | 12525 |
to permit personal care services to be imposed on an individual | 12526 |
who is capable of performing the activity in question without | 12527 |
assistance. | 12528 |
(E) Division (A)(1)(c)(x) of this section does not prohibit a | 12529 |
facility, infirmary, or other entity described in that division | 12530 |
from seeking licensure under sections 3721.01 to 3721.09 of the | 12531 |
Revised Code or certification under Title XVIII or XIX of the | 12532 |
"Social Security Act." However, such a facility, infirmary, or | 12533 |
entity that applies for licensure or certification must meet the | 12534 |
requirements of those sections or titles and the rules adopted | 12535 |
under them and obtain a certificate of need from the director of | 12536 |
health under section 3702.52 of the Revised Code. | 12537 |
(F) Nothing in this chapter, or rules adopted pursuant to it, | 12538 |
shall be construed as authorizing the supervision, regulation, or | 12539 |
control of the spiritual care or treatment of residents or | 12540 |
patients in any home who rely upon treatment by prayer or | 12541 |
spiritual means in accordance with the creed or tenets of any | 12542 |
recognized church or religious denomination. | 12543 |
Sec. 3721.14. To assist in the implementation of the rights | 12544 |
granted in division (A) of section 3721.13 of the Revised Code, | 12545 |
each home shall provide: | 12546 |
(A) Appropriate staff training to implement each resident's | 12547 |
rights under division (A) of section 3721.13 of the Revised Code, | 12548 |
including, but not limited to, explaining: | 12549 |
(1) The resident's rights and the staff's responsibility in | 12550 |
the implementation of the rights; | 12551 |
(2) The staff's obligation to provide all residents who have | 12552 |
similar needs with comparable service. | 12553 |
(B) Arrangements for a resident's needed ancillary services; | 12554 |
(C) Protected areas outside the home for residents to enjoy | 12555 |
outdoor activity, within the capacity of the facility, consistent | 12556 |
with applicable laws and rules; | 12557 |
(D) Adequate indoor space, which need not be dedicated to | 12558 |
that purpose, for families of residents to meet privately with | 12559 |
families of other residents; | 12560 |
(E) Access to the following persons to enter the home during | 12561 |
reasonable hours, except where such access would interfere with | 12562 |
resident care or the privacy of residents: | 12563 |
(1) Employees of the department of health, department of | 12564 |
mental health, department of | 12565 |
disabilities, department of aging, department of job and family | 12566 |
services, and county departments of job and family services; | 12567 |
(2) Prospective residents and their sponsors; | 12568 |
(3) A resident's sponsors; | 12569 |
(4) Residents' rights advocates; | 12570 |
(5) A resident's attorney; | 12571 |
(6) A minister, priest, rabbi, or other person ministering to | 12572 |
a resident's religious needs. | 12573 |
(F) In writing, a description of the home's grievance | 12574 |
procedures. | 12575 |
Sec. 3722.01. (A) As used in this chapter: | 12576 |
(1) "Owner" means the person who owns the business of and who | 12577 |
ultimately controls the operation of an adult care facility and to | 12578 |
whom the manager, if different from the owner, is responsible. | 12579 |
(2) "Manager" means the person responsible for the daily | 12580 |
operation of an adult care facility. The manager and the owner of | 12581 |
a facility may be the same person. | 12582 |
(3) "Adult" means an individual eighteen years of age or | 12583 |
older. | 12584 |
(4) "Unrelated" means that an adult resident is not related | 12585 |
to the owner or manager of an adult care facility or to the | 12586 |
owner's or manager's spouse as a parent, grandparent, child, | 12587 |
stepchild, grandchild, brother, sister, niece, nephew, aunt, or | 12588 |
uncle, or as the child of an aunt or uncle. | 12589 |
(5) "Skilled nursing care" means skilled nursing care as | 12590 |
defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. | 12591 |
(6)(a) "Personal care services" means services including, but | 12592 |
not limited to, the following: | 12593 |
(i) Assisting residents with activities of daily living; | 12594 |
(ii) Assisting residents with self-administration of | 12595 |
medication, in accordance with rules adopted by the public health | 12596 |
council pursuant to this chapter; | 12597 |
(iii) Preparing special diets, other than complex therapeutic | 12598 |
diets, for residents pursuant to the instructions of a physician | 12599 |
or a licensed dietitian, in accordance with rules adopted by the | 12600 |
public health council pursuant to this chapter. | 12601 |
(b) "Personal care services" does not include "skilled | 12602 |
nursing care" as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. A | 12603 |
facility need not provide more than one of the services listed in | 12604 |
division (A)(6)(a) of this section to be considered to be | 12605 |
providing personal care services. | 12606 |
(7) "Adult family home" means a residence or facility that | 12607 |
provides accommodations to three to five unrelated adults and | 12608 |
supervision and personal care services to at least three of those | 12609 |
adults. | 12610 |
(8) "Adult group home" means a residence or facility that | 12611 |
provides accommodations to six to sixteen unrelated adults and | 12612 |
provides supervision and personal care services to at least three | 12613 |
of the unrelated adults. | 12614 |
(9) "Adult care facility" means an adult family home or an | 12615 |
adult group home. For the purposes of this chapter, any residence, | 12616 |
facility, institution, hotel, congregate housing project, or | 12617 |
similar facility that provides accommodations and supervision to | 12618 |
three to sixteen unrelated adults, at least three of whom are | 12619 |
provided personal care services, is an adult care facility | 12620 |
regardless of how the facility holds itself out to the public. | 12621 |
"Adult care facility" does not include: | 12622 |
(a) A facility operated by a hospice care program licensed | 12623 |
under section 3712.04 of the Revised Code that is used exclusively | 12624 |
for care of hospice patients; | 12625 |
(b) A nursing home, residential care facility, or home for | 12626 |
the aging as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code; | 12627 |
(c) A community alternative home as defined in section | 12628 |
3724.01 of the Revised Code; | 12629 |
(d) An alcohol and drug addiction program as defined in | 12630 |
section 3793.01 of the Revised Code; | 12631 |
(e) A residential facility for the mentally ill licensed by | 12632 |
the department of mental health under section 5119.22 of the | 12633 |
Revised Code; | 12634 |
(f) A facility licensed to provide methadone treatment under | 12635 |
section 3793.11 of the Revised Code; | 12636 |
(g) A residential facility licensed under section 5123.19 of | 12637 |
the Revised Code or otherwise regulated by the department of | 12638 |
12639 |
(h) Any residence, institution, hotel, congregate housing | 12640 |
project, or similar facility that provides personal care services | 12641 |
to fewer than three residents or that provides, for any number of | 12642 |
residents, only housing, housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, | 12643 |
social or recreational activities, maintenance, security, | 12644 |
transportation, and similar services that are not personal care | 12645 |
services or skilled nursing care; | 12646 |
(i) Any facility that receives funding for operating costs | 12647 |
from the department of development under any program established | 12648 |
to provide emergency shelter housing or transitional housing for | 12649 |
the homeless; | 12650 |
(j) A terminal care facility for the homeless that has | 12651 |
entered into an agreement with a hospice care program under | 12652 |
section 3712.07 of the Revised Code; | 12653 |
(k) A facility approved by the veterans administration under | 12654 |
section 104(a) of the "Veterans Health Care Amendments of 1983," | 12655 |
97 Stat. 993, 38 U.S.C.A. 630, as amended, and used exclusively | 12656 |
for the placement and care of veterans; | 12657 |
(l) Until January 1, 1994, the portion of a facility in which | 12658 |
care is provided exclusively to members of a religious order if | 12659 |
the facility is owned by or part of a nonprofit institution of | 12660 |
higher education authorized to award degrees by the Ohio board of | 12661 |
regents under Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code. | 12662 |
(10) "Residents' rights advocate" means: | 12663 |
(a) An employee or representative of any state or local | 12664 |
government entity that has a responsibility for residents of adult | 12665 |
care facilities and has registered with the department of health | 12666 |
under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code; | 12667 |
(b) An employee or representative, other than a manager or | 12668 |
employee of an adult care facility or nursing home, of any private | 12669 |
nonprofit corporation or association that qualifies for tax-exempt | 12670 |
status under section 501(a) of the "Internal Revenue Code of | 12671 |
1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 501(a), as amended, that has | 12672 |
registered with the department of health under section 3701.07 of | 12673 |
the Revised Code, and whose purposes include educating and | 12674 |
counseling residents, assisting residents in resolving problems | 12675 |
and complaints concerning their care and treatment, and assisting | 12676 |
them in securing adequate services. | 12677 |
(11) "Sponsor" means an adult relative, friend, or guardian | 12678 |
of a resident of an adult care facility who has an interest in or | 12679 |
responsibility for the resident's welfare. | 12680 |
(12) "Ombudsperson" means a "representative of the office of | 12681 |
the state long-term care ombudsperson program" as defined in | 12682 |
section 173.14 of the Revised Code. | 12683 |
(13) "Mental health agency" means a community mental health | 12684 |
agency, as defined in section 5119.22 of the Revised Code, under | 12685 |
contract with a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental | 12686 |
health services pursuant to division (A)(8)(a) of section 340.03 | 12687 |
of the Revised Code. | 12688 |
(B) For purposes of this chapter, personal care services or | 12689 |
skilled nursing care shall be considered to be provided by a | 12690 |
facility if they are provided by a person employed by or | 12691 |
associated with the facility or by another person pursuant to an | 12692 |
agreement to which neither the resident who receives the services | 12693 |
nor the resident's sponsor is a party. | 12694 |
(C) Nothing in division (A)(6) of this section shall be | 12695 |
construed to permit personal care services to be imposed upon a | 12696 |
resident who is capable of performing the activity in question | 12697 |
without assistance. | 12698 |
Sec. 3727.01. (A) As used in this section, "health | 12699 |
maintenance organization" means a public or private organization | 12700 |
organized under the law of any state that is qualified under | 12701 |
section 1310(d) of Title XIII of the "Public Health Service Act," | 12702 |
87 Stat. 931 (1973), 42 U.S.C. 300e-9, or that does all of the | 12703 |
following: | 12704 |
(1) Provides or otherwise makes available to enrolled | 12705 |
participants health care services including at least the following | 12706 |
basic health care services: usual physician services, | 12707 |
hospitalization, laboratory, x-ray, emergency and preventive | 12708 |
service, and out-of-area coverage; | 12709 |
(2) Is compensated, except for copayments, for the provision | 12710 |
of basic health care services to enrolled participants by a | 12711 |
payment that is paid on a periodic basis without regard to the | 12712 |
date the health care services are provided and that is fixed | 12713 |
without regard to the frequency, extent, or kind of health service | 12714 |
actually provided; | 12715 |
(3) Provides physician services primarily in either of the | 12716 |
following ways: | 12717 |
(a) Directly through physicians who are either employees or | 12718 |
partners of the organization; | 12719 |
(b) Through arrangements with individual physicians or one or | 12720 |
more groups of physicians organized on a group-practice or | 12721 |
individual-practice basis. | 12722 |
(B) As used in this chapter: | 12723 |
(1) "Children's hospital" has the same meaning as in section | 12724 |
3702.51 of the Revised Code. | 12725 |
(2) "Hospital" means an institution classified as a hospital | 12726 |
under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code in which are provided to | 12727 |
inpatients diagnostic, medical, surgical, obstetrical, | 12728 |
psychiatric, or rehabilitation care for a continuous period longer | 12729 |
than twenty-four hours or a hospital operated by a health | 12730 |
maintenance organization. "Hospital" does not include a facility | 12731 |
licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code, a health care | 12732 |
facility operated by the department of mental health or the | 12733 |
department of
| 12734 |
health maintenance organization that does not operate a hospital, | 12735 |
the office of any private licensed health care professional, | 12736 |
whether organized for individual or group practice, or a clinic | 12737 |
that provides ambulatory patient services and where patients are | 12738 |
not regularly admitted as inpatients. "Hospital" also does not | 12739 |
include an institution for the sick that is operated exclusively | 12740 |
for patients who use spiritual means for healing and for whom the | 12741 |
acceptance of medical care is inconsistent with their religious | 12742 |
beliefs, accredited by a national accrediting organization, exempt | 12743 |
from federal income taxation under section 501 of the Internal | 12744 |
Revenue Code of 1986, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended, | 12745 |
and providing twenty-four hour nursing care pursuant to the | 12746 |
exemption in division (E) of section 4723.32 of the Revised Code | 12747 |
from the licensing requirements of Chapter 4723. of the Revised | 12748 |
Code. | 12749 |
(3) "Joint commission" means the commission formerly known as | 12750 |
the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations | 12751 |
or the joint commission on accreditation of hospitals. | 12752 |
Sec. 3735.58. (A) The director of mental health, the | 12753 |
director of | 12754 |
the director of rehabilitation and correction may enter into | 12755 |
contracts for the sale of land not needed by their departments and | 12756 |
under their jurisdiction or supervision to metropolitan housing | 12757 |
authorities for use by such an authority for a housing project or | 12758 |
projects. Such contract may contain such conditions and terms as | 12759 |
are, in the discretion of the directors, in the best interests of | 12760 |
the state and the welfare of the residents of the state. | 12761 |
(B) The director may, upon receipt of a request from a | 12762 |
metropolitan housing authority, request the approval of the | 12763 |
governor to sell and convey land not needed by | 12764 |
department and under | 12765 |
supervision to an authority, subject to such terms and conditions | 12766 |
consistent with the public interest and welfare of the residents | 12767 |
of the state as the director considers necessary. The governor, | 12768 |
with the approval of the controlling board, may approve the | 12769 |
request. Such property shall be appraised at its fair market value | 12770 |
before it is conveyed. The director of administrative services | 12771 |
shall cause it to be appraised by three disinterested persons and | 12772 |
shall determine the fee which each appraiser shall receive, not to | 12773 |
exceed fifty dollars. All appraisal fees shall be paid by the | 12774 |
authority which shall deposit with the director one hundred fifty | 12775 |
dollars before the appraisal is made. If the deposit exceeds the | 12776 |
appraisal fee, the balance shall be returned to the authority. The | 12777 |
appraisal value, when approved by the director, is the purchase | 12778 |
price. If the purchase price is not paid within ninety days after | 12779 |
notice to the authority of the approved appraisal value, the | 12780 |
director shall
withdraw | 12781 |
deed shall be delivered to the authority without the written | 12782 |
approval of the director of the purchase price. If the purchase | 12783 |
price is paid within ninety days, a deed shall be prepared and | 12784 |
recorded pursuant to section 5301.13 of the Revised Code. | 12785 |
(C) Moneys received from sales of land to a metropolitan | 12786 |
housing authority shall be placed in the state treasury in special | 12787 |
funds, to be used for such purposes of the department of mental | 12788 |
health, the department of | 12789 |
disabilities, or the department of rehabilitation and correction | 12790 |
as is appropriate. | 12791 |
Sec. 4109.06. (A) This chapter does not apply to the | 12792 |
following: | 12793 |
(1) Minors who are students working on any properly guarded | 12794 |
machines in the manual training department of any school when the | 12795 |
work is performed under the personal supervision of an instructor; | 12796 |
(2) Students participating in a vocational program approved | 12797 |
by the Ohio department of education; | 12798 |
(3) A minor participating in a play, pageant, or concert | 12799 |
produced by an outdoor historical drama corporation, a | 12800 |
professional traveling theatrical production, a professional | 12801 |
concert tour, or a personal appearance tour as a professional | 12802 |
motion picture star, or as an actor or performer in motion | 12803 |
pictures or in radio or television productions in accordance with | 12804 |
the rules adopted pursuant to division (A) of section 4109.05 of | 12805 |
the Revised Code; | 12806 |
(4) The participation, without remuneration of a minor and | 12807 |
with the consent of a parent or guardian, in a performance given | 12808 |
by a church, school, or academy, or at a concert or entertainment | 12809 |
given solely for charitable purposes, or by a charitable or | 12810 |
religious institution; | 12811 |
(5) Minors who are employed by their parents in occupations | 12812 |
other than occupations prohibited by rule adopted under this | 12813 |
chapter; | 12814 |
(6) Minors engaged in the delivery of newspapers to the | 12815 |
consumer; | 12816 |
(7) Minors who have received a high school diploma or a | 12817 |
certificate of attendance from an accredited secondary school or a | 12818 |
certificate of high school equivalence; | 12819 |
(8) Minors who are currently heads of households or are | 12820 |
parents contributing to the support of their children; | 12821 |
(9) Minors engaged in lawn mowing, snow shoveling, and other | 12822 |
related employment; | 12823 |
(10) Minors employed in agricultural employment in connection | 12824 |
with farms operated by their parents, grandparents, or guardians | 12825 |
where they are members of the guardians' household. Minors are not | 12826 |
exempt from this chapter if they reside in agricultural labor | 12827 |
camps as defined in section 3733.41 of the Revised Code; | 12828 |
(11) Students participating in a program to serve as precinct | 12829 |
officers as authorized by section 3501.22 of the Revised Code. | 12830 |
(B) Sections 4109.02, 4109.08, 4109.09, and 4109.11 of the | 12831 |
Revised Code do not apply to the following: | 12832 |
(1) Minors who work in a sheltered workshop operated by a | 12833 |
county board of | 12834 |
(2) Minors performing services for a nonprofit organization | 12835 |
where the minor receives no compensation, except for any expenses | 12836 |
incurred by the minor or except for meals provided to the minor; | 12837 |
(3) Minors who are employed in agricultural employment and | 12838 |
who do not reside in agricultural labor camps. | 12839 |
(C) Division (D) of section 4109.07 of the Revised Code does | 12840 |
not apply to minors who have their employment hours established as | 12841 |
follows: | 12842 |
(1) A minor adjudicated to be an unruly child or delinquent | 12843 |
child who, as a result of the adjudication, is placed on probation | 12844 |
may either file a petition in the juvenile court in whose | 12845 |
jurisdiction the minor resides, or apply to the superintendent or | 12846 |
to the chief administrative officer who issued the minor's age and | 12847 |
schooling certificate pursuant to section 3331.01 of the Revised | 12848 |
Code, alleging the restrictions on the hours of employment | 12849 |
described in division (D) of section 4109.07 of the Revised Code | 12850 |
will cause a substantial hardship or are not in the minor's best | 12851 |
interests. Upon receipt of a petition or application, the court, | 12852 |
the superintendent, or the chief administrative officer, as | 12853 |
appropriate, shall consult with the person required to supervise | 12854 |
the minor on probation. If after that consultation, the court, the | 12855 |
superintendent, or the chief administrative officer finds the | 12856 |
minor has failed to show the restrictions will result in a | 12857 |
substantial hardship or that the restrictions are not in the | 12858 |
minor's best interests, the court, the superintendent, or the | 12859 |
chief administrative officer shall uphold the restrictions. If | 12860 |
after that consultation, the court, the superintendent, or the | 12861 |
chief administrative officer finds the minor has shown the | 12862 |
restricted hours will cause a substantial hardship or are not in | 12863 |
the minor's best interests, the court, the superintendent, or the | 12864 |
chief administrative officer shall establish differing hours of | 12865 |
employment for the minor and notify the minor and the minor's | 12866 |
employer of those hours, which shall be binding in lieu of the | 12867 |
restrictions on the hours of employment described in division (D) | 12868 |
of section 4109.07 of the Revised Code. | 12869 |
(2) Any minor to whom division (C)(1) of this section does | 12870 |
not apply may either file a petition in the juvenile court in | 12871 |
whose jurisdiction the person resides, or apply to the | 12872 |
superintendent or to the chief administrative officer who issued | 12873 |
the minor's age and schooling certificate pursuant to section | 12874 |
3331.01 of the Revised Code, alleging the restrictions on the | 12875 |
hours of employment described in division (D) of section 4109.07 | 12876 |
of the Revised Code will cause a substantial hardship or are not | 12877 |
in the minor's best interests. | 12878 |
If, as a result of a petition or application, the court, the | 12879 |
superintendent, or the chief administrative officer, as | 12880 |
appropriate, finds the minor has failed to show such restrictions | 12881 |
will result in a substantial hardship or that the restrictions are | 12882 |
not in the minor's best interests, the court, the superintendent, | 12883 |
or the chief administrative officer shall uphold the restrictions. | 12884 |
If the court, the superintendent, or the chief administrative | 12885 |
officer finds the minor has shown the restricted hours will cause | 12886 |
a substantial hardship or are not in the minor's best interests, | 12887 |
the court, the superintendent, or the chief administrative officer | 12888 |
shall establish the hours of employment for the minor and shall | 12889 |
notify the minor and the minor's employer of those hours. | 12890 |
(D) Section 4109.03, divisions (A) and (C) of section | 12891 |
4109.02, and division (B) of section 4109.08 of the Revised Code | 12892 |
do not apply to minors who are sixteen or seventeen years of age | 12893 |
and who are employed at a seasonal amusement or recreational | 12894 |
establishment. | 12895 |
(E) As used in this section, "certificate of high school | 12896 |
equivalence" means a statement issued by the state board of | 12897 |
education or an equivalent agency of another state that the holder | 12898 |
of the statement has achieved the equivalent of a high school | 12899 |
education as measured by scores obtained on the tests of general | 12900 |
educational development published by the American council on | 12901 |
education. | 12902 |
Sec. 4115.32. (A) Subject to section 4115.36 of the Revised | 12903 |
Code, there is hereby created the state committee for the purchase | 12904 |
of products and services provided by persons with severe | 12905 |
disabilities. The committee shall be composed ex officio of the | 12906 |
following persons, or their designees: | 12907 |
(1) The directors of administrative services, mental health, | 12908 |
12909 | |
natural resources, and commerce; | 12910 |
(2) The administrators of the rehabilitation services | 12911 |
commission and the bureau of workers' compensation; | 12912 |
(3) The secretary of state; | 12913 |
(4) One representative of a purchasing department of a | 12914 |
political subdivision who is designated by the governor. | 12915 |
The governor shall appoint two representatives of a qualified | 12916 |
nonprofit agency for persons with severe disabilities, and a | 12917 |
person with a severe disability to the committee. | 12918 |
(B) Within thirty days after September 29, 1995, the governor | 12919 |
shall appoint the representatives of a qualified nonprofit agency | 12920 |
for persons with severe disabilities to the committee for a term | 12921 |
ending August 31, 1996. Thereafter, terms for such representatives | 12922 |
are for three years, each term ending on the same day of the same | 12923 |
month of the year as did the term that it succeeds. Each committee | 12924 |
member shall serve from the date of the member's appointment until | 12925 |
the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Vacancies | 12926 |
shall be filled in the same manner provided for original | 12927 |
appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring | 12928 |
prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's | 12929 |
predecessor was appointed shall serve as a member for the | 12930 |
remainder of that term. A member shall serve subsequent to the | 12931 |
expiration of the member's term and shall continue to serve until | 12932 |
the member's successor takes office. | 12933 |
(C) Members of the committee shall serve without | 12934 |
compensation. Except as otherwise provided in divisions (C)(1) and | 12935 |
(2) of this section, members shall be reimbursed for actual and | 12936 |
necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred while away | 12937 |
from their homes or regular places of business and incurred while | 12938 |
performing services for the committee. | 12939 |
(1) The members listed in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this | 12940 |
section, or their designees, shall not be reimbursed for any | 12941 |
expenses. | 12942 |
(2) No member of the committee who is entitled to receive | 12943 |
reimbursement for the performance of services for the committee | 12944 |
from another agency or entity shall receive reimbursement from the | 12945 |
committee. | 12946 |
(D) The committee shall elect from among its members a | 12947 |
chairperson. The committee may request from any agency of the | 12948 |
state, political subdivision, or instrumentality of the state any | 12949 |
information necessary to enable it to carry out the intent of | 12950 |
sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code. Upon request of | 12951 |
the committee, the agency, subdivision, or instrumentality shall | 12952 |
furnish the information to the chairperson of the committee. | 12953 |
(E) The committee shall not later than one hundred eighty | 12954 |
days following the close of each fiscal year transmit to the | 12955 |
governor, the general assembly, and each qualified nonprofit | 12956 |
agency for persons with severe disabilities a report that includes | 12957 |
the names of the committee members serving during the preceding | 12958 |
fiscal year, the dates of committee meetings in that year, and any | 12959 |
recommendations for changes in sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the | 12960 |
Revised Code that the committee determines are necessary. | 12961 |
(F) The director of administrative services shall designate a | 12962 |
subordinate to act as executive director of the committee and | 12963 |
shall furnish other staff and clerical assistance, office space, | 12964 |
and supplies required by the committee. | 12965 |
Sec. 4141.29. Each eligible individual shall receive | 12966 |
benefits as compensation for loss of remuneration due to | 12967 |
involuntary total or partial unemployment in the amounts and | 12968 |
subject to the conditions stipulated in this chapter. | 12969 |
(A) No individual is entitled to a waiting period or benefits | 12970 |
for any week unless the individual: | 12971 |
(1) Has filed a valid application for determination of | 12972 |
benefit rights in accordance with section 4141.28 of the Revised | 12973 |
Code; | 12974 |
(2) Has made a claim for benefits in accordance with section | 12975 |
4141.28 of the Revised Code; | 12976 |
(3) Has registered at an employment office or other | 12977 |
registration place maintained or designated by the director of job | 12978 |
and family services. Registration shall be made in accordance with | 12979 |
the time limits, frequency, and manner prescribed by the director. | 12980 |
(4)(a)(i) Is able to work and available for suitable work | 12981 |
and, except as provided in division (A)(4)(a)(ii) of this section, | 12982 |
is actively seeking suitable work either in a locality in which | 12983 |
the individual has earned wages subject to this chapter during the | 12984 |
individual's base period, or if the individual leaves that | 12985 |
locality, then in a locality where suitable work normally is | 12986 |
performed. | 12987 |
(ii) The director may waive the requirement that a claimant | 12988 |
be actively seeking work when the director finds that the | 12989 |
individual has been laid off and the employer who laid the | 12990 |
individual off has notified the director within ten days after the | 12991 |
layoff, that work is expected to be available for the individual | 12992 |
within a specified number of days not to exceed forty-five | 12993 |
calendar days following the last day the individual worked. In the | 12994 |
event the individual is not recalled within the specified period, | 12995 |
this waiver shall cease to be operative with respect to that | 12996 |
layoff. | 12997 |
(b) The individual shall be instructed as to the efforts that | 12998 |
the individual must make in the search for suitable work, except | 12999 |
where the active search for work requirement has been waived under | 13000 |
division (A)(4)(a) of this section, and shall keep a record of | 13001 |
where and when the individual has sought work in complying with | 13002 |
those instructions and, upon request, shall produce that record | 13003 |
for examination by the director. | 13004 |
(c) An individual who is attending a training course approved | 13005 |
by the director meets the requirement of this division, if | 13006 |
attendance was recommended by the director and the individual is | 13007 |
regularly attending the course and is making satisfactory | 13008 |
progress. An individual also meets the requirements of this | 13009 |
division if the individual is participating and advancing in a | 13010 |
training program, as defined in division (P) of section 5709.61 of | 13011 |
the Revised Code, and if an enterprise, defined in division (B) of | 13012 |
section 5709.61 of the Revised Code, is paying all or part of the | 13013 |
cost of the individual's participation in the training program | 13014 |
with the intention of hiring the individual for employment as a | 13015 |
new employee, as defined in division (L) of section 5709.61 of the | 13016 |
Revised Code, for at least ninety days after the individual's | 13017 |
completion of the training program. | 13018 |
(d) An individual who becomes unemployed while attending a | 13019 |
regularly established school and whose base period qualifying | 13020 |
weeks were earned in whole or in part while attending that school, | 13021 |
meets the availability and active search for work requirements of | 13022 |
division (A)(4)(a) of this section if the individual regularly | 13023 |
attends the school during weeks with respect to which the | 13024 |
individual claims unemployment benefits and makes self available | 13025 |
on any shift of hours for suitable employment with the | 13026 |
individual's most recent employer or any other employer in the | 13027 |
individual's base period, or for any other suitable employment to | 13028 |
which the individual is directed, under this chapter. | 13029 |
(e) The director shall adopt any rules that the director | 13030 |
deems necessary for the administration of division (A)(4) of this | 13031 |
section. | 13032 |
(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, no | 13033 |
otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for any | 13034 |
week because the individual is in training approved under section | 13035 |
236(a)(1) of the "Trade Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 1978, 19 U.S.C.A. | 13036 |
2296, nor shall that individual be denied benefits by reason of | 13037 |
leaving work to enter such training, provided the work left is not | 13038 |
suitable employment, or because of the application to any week in | 13039 |
training of provisions in this chapter, or any applicable federal | 13040 |
unemployment compensation law, relating to availability for work, | 13041 |
active search for work, or refusal to accept work. | 13042 |
For the purposes of division (A)(4)(f) of this section, | 13043 |
"suitable employment" means with respect to an individual, work of | 13044 |
a substantially equal or higher skill level than the individual's | 13045 |
past adversely affected employment, as defined for the purposes of | 13046 |
the "Trade Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 1978, 19 U.S.C.A. 2101, and | 13047 |
wages for such work at not less than eighty per cent of the | 13048 |
individual's average weekly wage as determined for the purposes of | 13049 |
that federal act. | 13050 |
(5) Is unable to obtain suitable work. An individual who is | 13051 |
provided temporary work assignments by the individual's employer | 13052 |
under agreed terms and conditions of employment, and who is | 13053 |
required pursuant to those terms and conditions to inquire with | 13054 |
the individual's employer for available work assignments upon the | 13055 |
conclusion of each work assignment, is not considered unable to | 13056 |
obtain suitable employment if suitable work assignments are | 13057 |
available with the employer but the individual fails to contact | 13058 |
the employer to inquire about work assignments. | 13059 |
(6) Participates in reemployment services, such as job search | 13060 |
assistance services, if the individual has been determined to be | 13061 |
likely to exhaust benefits under this chapter, including | 13062 |
compensation payable pursuant to 5 U.S.C.A. Chapter 85, other than | 13063 |
extended compensation, and needs reemployment services pursuant to | 13064 |
the profiling system established by the director under division | 13065 |
(K) of this section, unless the director determines that: | 13066 |
(a) The individual has completed such services; or | 13067 |
(b) There is justifiable cause for the claimant's failure to | 13068 |
participate in such services. | 13069 |
(B) An individual suffering total or partial unemployment is | 13070 |
eligible for benefits for unemployment occurring subsequent to a | 13071 |
waiting period of one week and no benefits shall be payable during | 13072 |
this required waiting period. Not more than one week of waiting | 13073 |
period shall be required of any individual in any benefit year in | 13074 |
order to establish the individual's eligibility for total or | 13075 |
partial unemployment benefits. | 13076 |
(C) The waiting period for total or partial unemployment | 13077 |
shall commence on the first day of the first week with respect to | 13078 |
which the individual first files a claim for benefits at an | 13079 |
employment office or other place of registration maintained or | 13080 |
designated by the director or on the first day of the first week | 13081 |
with respect to which the individual has otherwise filed a claim | 13082 |
for benefits in accordance with the rules of the department of job | 13083 |
and family services, provided such claim is allowed by the | 13084 |
director. | 13085 |
(D) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, no | 13086 |
individual may serve a waiting period or be paid benefits under | 13087 |
the following conditions: | 13088 |
(1) For any week with respect to which the director finds | 13089 |
that: | 13090 |
(a) The individual's unemployment was due to a labor dispute | 13091 |
other than a lockout at any factory, establishment, or other | 13092 |
premises located in this or any other state and owned or operated | 13093 |
by the employer by which the individual is or was last employed; | 13094 |
and for so long as the individual's unemployment is due to such | 13095 |
labor dispute. No individual shall be disqualified under this | 13096 |
provision if either of the following applies: | 13097 |
(i) The individual's employment was with such employer at any | 13098 |
factory, establishment, or premises located in this state, owned | 13099 |
or operated by such employer, other than the factory, | 13100 |
establishment, or premises at which the labor dispute exists, if | 13101 |
it is shown that the individual is not financing, participating | 13102 |
in, or directly interested in such labor dispute; | 13103 |
(ii) The individual's employment was with an employer not | 13104 |
involved in the labor dispute but whose place of business was | 13105 |
located within the same premises as the employer engaged in the | 13106 |
dispute, unless the individual's employer is a wholly owned | 13107 |
subsidiary of the employer engaged in the dispute, or unless the | 13108 |
individual actively participates in or voluntarily stops work | 13109 |
because of such dispute. If it is established that the claimant | 13110 |
was laid off for an indefinite period and not recalled to work | 13111 |
prior to the dispute, or was separated by the employer prior to | 13112 |
the dispute for reasons other than the labor dispute, or that the | 13113 |
individual obtained a bona fide job with another employer while | 13114 |
the dispute was still in progress, such labor dispute shall not | 13115 |
render the employee ineligible for benefits. | 13116 |
(b) The individual has been given a disciplinary layoff for | 13117 |
misconduct in connection with the individual's work. | 13118 |
(2) For the duration of the individual's unemployment if the | 13119 |
director finds that: | 13120 |
(a) The individual quit work without just cause or has been | 13121 |
discharged for just cause in connection with the individual's | 13122 |
work, provided division (D)(2) of this section does not apply to | 13123 |
the separation of a person under any of the following | 13124 |
circumstances: | 13125 |
(i) Separation from employment for the purpose of entering | 13126 |
the armed forces of the United States if the individual is | 13127 |
inducted into the armed forces within one of the following | 13128 |
periods: | 13129 |
(I) Thirty days after separation; | 13130 |
(II) One hundred eighty days after separation if the | 13131 |
individual's date of induction is delayed solely at the discretion | 13132 |
of the armed forces. | 13133 |
(ii) Separation from employment pursuant to a | 13134 |
labor-management contract or agreement, or pursuant to an | 13135 |
established employer plan, program, or policy, which permits the | 13136 |
employee, because of lack of work, to accept a separation from | 13137 |
employment; | 13138 |
(iii) The individual has left employment to accept a recall | 13139 |
from a prior employer or, except as provided in division | 13140 |
(D)(2)(a)(iv) of this section, to accept other employment as | 13141 |
provided under section 4141.291 of the Revised Code, or left or | 13142 |
was separated from employment that was concurrent employment at | 13143 |
the time of the most recent separation or within six weeks prior | 13144 |
to the most recent separation where the remuneration, hours, or | 13145 |
other conditions of such concurrent employment were substantially | 13146 |
less favorable than the individual's most recent employment and | 13147 |
where such employment, if offered as new work, would be considered | 13148 |
not suitable under the provisions of divisions (E) and (F) of this | 13149 |
section. Any benefits that would otherwise be chargeable to the | 13150 |
account of the employer from whom an individual has left | 13151 |
employment or was separated from employment that was concurrent | 13152 |
employment under conditions described in division (D)(2)(a)(iii) | 13153 |
of this section, shall instead be charged to the mutualized | 13154 |
account created by division (B) of section 4141.25 of the Revised | 13155 |
Code, except that any benefits chargeable to the account of a | 13156 |
reimbursing employer under division (D)(2)(a)(iii) of this section | 13157 |
shall be charged to the account of the reimbursing employer and | 13158 |
not to the mutualized account, except as provided in division | 13159 |
(D)(2) of section 4141.24 of the Revised Code. | 13160 |
(iv) When an individual has been issued a definite layoff | 13161 |
date by the individual's employer and before the layoff date, the | 13162 |
individual quits to accept other employment, the provisions of | 13163 |
division (D)(2)(a)(iii) of this section apply and no | 13164 |
disqualification shall be imposed under division (D) of this | 13165 |
section. However, if the individual fails to meet the employment | 13166 |
and earnings requirements of division (A)(2) of section 4141.291 | 13167 |
of the Revised Code, then the individual, pursuant to division | 13168 |
(A)(5) of this section, shall be ineligible for benefits for any | 13169 |
week of unemployment that occurs prior to the layoff date. | 13170 |
(b) The individual has refused without good cause to accept | 13171 |
an offer of suitable work when made by an employer either in | 13172 |
person or to the individual's last known address, or has refused | 13173 |
or failed to investigate a referral to suitable work when directed | 13174 |
to do so by a local employment office of this state or another | 13175 |
state, provided that this division shall not cause a | 13176 |
disqualification for a waiting week or benefits under the | 13177 |
following circumstances: | 13178 |
(i) When work is offered by the individual's employer and the | 13179 |
individual is not required to accept the offer pursuant to the | 13180 |
terms of the labor-management contract or agreement; or | 13181 |
(ii) When the individual is attending a training course | 13182 |
pursuant to division (A)(4) of this section except, in the event | 13183 |
of a refusal to accept an offer of suitable work or a refusal or | 13184 |
failure to investigate a referral, benefits thereafter paid to | 13185 |
such individual shall not be charged to the account of any | 13186 |
employer and, except as provided in division (B)(1)(b) of section | 13187 |
4141.241 of the Revised Code, shall be charged to the mutualized | 13188 |
account as provided in division (B) of section 4141.25 of the | 13189 |
Revised Code. | 13190 |
(c) Such individual quit work to marry or because of marital, | 13191 |
parental, filial, or other domestic obligations. | 13192 |
(d) The individual became unemployed by reason of commitment | 13193 |
to any correctional institution. | 13194 |
(e) The individual became unemployed because of dishonesty in | 13195 |
connection with the individual's most recent or any base period | 13196 |
work. Remuneration earned in such work shall be excluded from the | 13197 |
individual's total base period remuneration and qualifying weeks | 13198 |
that otherwise would be credited to the individual for such work | 13199 |
in the individual's base period shall not be credited for the | 13200 |
purpose of determining the total benefits to which the individual | 13201 |
is eligible and the weekly benefit amount to be paid under section | 13202 |
4141.30 of the Revised Code. Such excluded remuneration and | 13203 |
noncredited qualifying weeks shall be excluded from the | 13204 |
calculation of the maximum amount to be charged, under division | 13205 |
(D) of section 4141.24 and section 4141.33 of the Revised Code, | 13206 |
against the accounts of the individual's base period employers. In | 13207 |
addition, no benefits shall thereafter be paid to the individual | 13208 |
based upon such excluded remuneration or noncredited qualifying | 13209 |
weeks. | 13210 |
For purposes of division (D)(2)(e) of this section, | 13211 |
"dishonesty" means the commission of substantive theft, fraud, or | 13212 |
deceitful acts. | 13213 |
(E) No individual otherwise qualified to receive benefits | 13214 |
shall lose the right to benefits by reason of a refusal to accept | 13215 |
new work if: | 13216 |
(1) As a condition of being so employed the individual would | 13217 |
be required to join a company union, or to resign from or refrain | 13218 |
from joining any bona fide labor organization, or would be denied | 13219 |
the right to retain membership in and observe the lawful rules of | 13220 |
any such organization. | 13221 |
(2) The position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, | 13222 |
lockout, or other labor dispute. | 13223 |
(3) The work is at an unreasonable distance from the | 13224 |
individual's residence, having regard to the character of the work | 13225 |
the individual has been accustomed to do, and travel to the place | 13226 |
of work involves expenses substantially greater than that required | 13227 |
for the individual's former work, unless the expense is provided | 13228 |
for. | 13229 |
(4) The remuneration, hours, or other conditions of the work | 13230 |
offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than | 13231 |
those prevailing for similar work in the locality. | 13232 |
(F) Subject to the special exceptions contained in division | 13233 |
(A)(4)(f) of this section and section 4141.301 of the Revised | 13234 |
Code, in determining whether any work is suitable for a claimant | 13235 |
in the administration of this chapter, the director, in addition | 13236 |
to the determination required under division (E) of this section, | 13237 |
shall consider the degree of risk to the claimant's health, | 13238 |
safety, and morals, the individual's physical fitness for the | 13239 |
work, the individual's prior training and experience, the length | 13240 |
of the individual's unemployment, the distance of the available | 13241 |
work from the individual's residence, and the individual's | 13242 |
prospects for obtaining local work. | 13243 |
(G) The "duration of unemployment" as used in this section | 13244 |
means the full period of unemployment next ensuing after a | 13245 |
separation from any base period or subsequent work and until an | 13246 |
individual has become reemployed in employment subject to this | 13247 |
chapter, or the unemployment compensation act of another state, or | 13248 |
of the United States, and until such individual has worked six | 13249 |
weeks and for those weeks has earned or been paid remuneration | 13250 |
equal to six times an average weekly wage of not less than: | 13251 |
eighty-five dollars and ten cents per week beginning on June 26, | 13252 |
1990; and beginning on and after January 1, 1992, twenty-seven and | 13253 |
one-half per cent of the statewide average weekly wage as computed | 13254 |
each first day of January under division (B)(3) of section 4141.30 | 13255 |
of the Revised Code, rounded down to the nearest dollar, except | 13256 |
for purposes of division (D)(2)(c) of this section, such term | 13257 |
means the full period of unemployment next ensuing after a | 13258 |
separation from such work and until such individual has become | 13259 |
reemployed subject to the terms set forth above, and has earned | 13260 |
wages equal to one-half of the individual's average weekly wage or | 13261 |
sixty dollars, whichever is less. | 13262 |
(H) If a claimant is disqualified under division (D)(2)(a), | 13263 |
(c), or (d) of this section or found to be qualified under the | 13264 |
exceptions provided in division (D)(2)(a)(i), (iii), or (iv) of | 13265 |
this section or division (A)(2) of section 4141.291 of the Revised | 13266 |
Code, then benefits that may become payable to such claimant, | 13267 |
which are chargeable to the account of the employer from whom the | 13268 |
individual was separated under such conditions, shall be charged | 13269 |
to the mutualized account provided in section 4141.25 of the | 13270 |
Revised Code, provided that no charge shall be made to the | 13271 |
mutualized account for benefits chargeable to a reimbursing | 13272 |
employer, except as provided in division (D)(2) of section 4141.24 | 13273 |
of the Revised Code. In the case of a reimbursing employer, the | 13274 |
director shall refund or credit to the account of the reimbursing | 13275 |
employer any over-paid benefits that are recovered under division | 13276 |
(B) of section 4141.35 of the Revised Code. Amounts chargeable to | 13277 |
other states, the United States, or Canada that are subject to | 13278 |
agreements and arrangements that are established pursuant to | 13279 |
section 4141.43 of the Revised Code shall be credited or | 13280 |
reimbursed according to the agreements and arrangements to which | 13281 |
the chargeable amounts are subject. | 13282 |
(I)(1) Benefits based on service in employment as provided in | 13283 |
divisions (B)(2)(a) and (b) of section 4141.01 of the Revised Code | 13284 |
shall be payable in the same amount, on the same terms, and | 13285 |
subject to the same conditions as benefits payable on the basis of | 13286 |
other service subject to this chapter; except that after December | 13287 |
31, 1977: | 13288 |
(a) Benefits based on service in an instructional, research, | 13289 |
or principal administrative capacity in an institution of higher | 13290 |
education, as defined in division (Y) of section 4141.01 of the | 13291 |
Revised Code; or for an educational institution as defined in | 13292 |
division (CC) of section 4141.01 of the Revised Code, shall not be | 13293 |
paid to any individual for any week of unemployment that begins | 13294 |
during the period between two successive academic years or terms, | 13295 |
or during a similar period between two regular but not successive | 13296 |
terms or during a period of paid sabbatical leave provided for in | 13297 |
the individual's contract, if the individual performs such | 13298 |
services in the first of those academic years or terms and has a | 13299 |
contract or a reasonable assurance that the individual will | 13300 |
perform services in any such capacity for any such institution in | 13301 |
the second of those academic years or terms. | 13302 |
(b) Benefits based on service for an educational institution | 13303 |
or an institution of higher education in other than an | 13304 |
instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity, | 13305 |
shall not be paid to any individual for any week of unemployment | 13306 |
which begins during the period between two successive academic | 13307 |
years or terms of the employing educational institution or | 13308 |
institution of higher education, provided the individual performed | 13309 |
those services for the educational institution or institution of | 13310 |
higher education during the first such academic year or term and, | 13311 |
there is a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform | 13312 |
those services for any educational institution or institution of | 13313 |
higher education in the second of such academic years or terms. | 13314 |
If compensation is denied to any individual for any week | 13315 |
under division (I)(1)(b) of this section and the individual was | 13316 |
not offered an opportunity to perform those services for an | 13317 |
institution of higher education or for an educational institution | 13318 |
for the second of such academic years or terms, the individual is | 13319 |
entitled to a retroactive payment of compensation for each week | 13320 |
for which the individual timely filed a claim for compensation and | 13321 |
for which compensation was denied solely by reason of division | 13322 |
(I)(1)(b) of this section. An application for retroactive benefits | 13323 |
shall be timely filed if received by the director or the | 13324 |
director's deputy within or prior to the end of the fourth full | 13325 |
calendar week after the end of the period for which benefits were | 13326 |
denied because of reasonable assurance of employment. The | 13327 |
provision for the payment of retroactive benefits under division | 13328 |
(I)(1)(b) of this section is applicable to weeks of unemployment | 13329 |
beginning on and after November 18, 1983. The provisions under | 13330 |
division (I)(1)(b) of this section shall be retroactive to | 13331 |
September 5, 1982, only if, as a condition for full tax credit | 13332 |
against the tax imposed by the "Federal Unemployment Tax Act," 53 | 13333 |
Stat. 183 (1939), 26 U.S.C.A. 3301 to 3311, the United States | 13334 |
secretary of labor determines that retroactivity is required by | 13335 |
federal law. | 13336 |
(c) With respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after | 13337 |
December 31, 1977, benefits shall be denied to any individual for | 13338 |
any week which commences during an established and customary | 13339 |
vacation period or holiday recess, if the individual performs any | 13340 |
services described in divisions (I)(1)(a) and (b) of this section | 13341 |
in the period immediately before the vacation period or holiday | 13342 |
recess, and there is a reasonable assurance that the individual | 13343 |
will perform any such services in the period immediately following | 13344 |
the vacation period or holiday recess. | 13345 |
(d) With respect to any services described in division | 13346 |
(I)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section, benefits payable on the | 13347 |
basis of services in any such capacity shall be denied as | 13348 |
specified in division (I)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section to | 13349 |
any individual who performs such services in an educational | 13350 |
institution or institution of higher education while in the employ | 13351 |
of an educational service agency. For this purpose, the term | 13352 |
"educational service agency" means a governmental agency or | 13353 |
governmental entity that is established and operated exclusively | 13354 |
for the purpose of providing services to one or more educational | 13355 |
institutions or one or more institutions of higher education. | 13356 |
(e) Any individual employed by a public school district or a | 13357 |
county board of | 13358 |
shall be notified by the thirtieth day of April each year if the | 13359 |
individual is not to be reemployed the following academic year. | 13360 |
(2) No disqualification will be imposed, between academic | 13361 |
years or terms or during a vacation period or holiday recess under | 13362 |
this division, unless the director or the director's deputy has | 13363 |
received a statement in writing from the educational institution | 13364 |
or institution of higher education that the claimant has a | 13365 |
contract for, or a reasonable assurance of, reemployment for the | 13366 |
ensuing academic year or term. | 13367 |
(3) If an individual has employment with an educational | 13368 |
institution or an institution of higher education and employment | 13369 |
with a noneducational employer, during the base period of the | 13370 |
individual's benefit year, then the individual may become eligible | 13371 |
for benefits during the between-term, or vacation or holiday | 13372 |
recess, disqualification period, based on employment performed for | 13373 |
the noneducational employer, provided that the employment is | 13374 |
sufficient to qualify the individual for benefit rights separately | 13375 |
from the benefit rights based on school employment. The weekly | 13376 |
benefit amount and maximum benefits payable during a | 13377 |
disqualification period shall be computed based solely on the | 13378 |
nonschool employment. | 13379 |
(J) Benefits shall not be paid on the basis of employment | 13380 |
performed by an alien, unless the alien had been lawfully admitted | 13381 |
to the United States for permanent residence at the time the | 13382 |
services were performed, was lawfully present for purposes of | 13383 |
performing the services, or was otherwise permanently residing in | 13384 |
the United States under color of law at the time the services were | 13385 |
performed, under section 212(d)(5) of the "Immigration and | 13386 |
Nationality Act," 66 Stat. 163, 8 U.S.C.A. 1101: | 13387 |
(1) Any data or information required of individuals applying | 13388 |
for benefits to determine whether benefits are not payable to them | 13389 |
because of their alien status shall be uniformly required from all | 13390 |
applicants for benefits. | 13391 |
(2) In the case of an individual whose application for | 13392 |
benefits would otherwise be approved, no determination that | 13393 |
benefits to the individual are not payable because of the | 13394 |
individual's alien status shall be made except upon a | 13395 |
preponderance of the evidence that the individual had not, in | 13396 |
fact, been lawfully admitted to the United States. | 13397 |
(K) The director shall establish and utilize a system of | 13398 |
profiling all new claimants under this chapter that: | 13399 |
(1) Identifies which claimants will be likely to exhaust | 13400 |
regular compensation and will need job search assistance services | 13401 |
to make a successful transition to new employment; | 13402 |
(2) Refers claimants identified pursuant to division (K)(1) | 13403 |
of this section to reemployment services, such as job search | 13404 |
assistance services, available under any state or federal law; | 13405 |
(3) Collects follow-up information relating to the services | 13406 |
received by such claimants and the employment outcomes for such | 13407 |
claimant's subsequent to receiving such services and utilizes such | 13408 |
information in making identifications pursuant to division (K)(1) | 13409 |
of this section; and | 13410 |
(4) Meets such other requirements as the United States | 13411 |
secretary of labor determines are appropriate. | 13412 |
Sec. 4511.21. (A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, | 13413 |
trackless trolley, or streetcar at a speed greater or less than is | 13414 |
reasonable or proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface, | 13415 |
and width of the street or highway and any other conditions, and | 13416 |
no person shall drive any motor vehicle, trackless trolley, or | 13417 |
streetcar in and upon any street or highway at a greater speed | 13418 |
than will permit the person to bring it to a stop within the | 13419 |
assured clear distance ahead. | 13420 |
(B) It is prima-facie lawful, in the absence of a lower limit | 13421 |
declared pursuant to this section by the director of | 13422 |
transportation or local authorities, for the operator of a motor | 13423 |
vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar to operate the same at a | 13424 |
speed not exceeding the following: | 13425 |
(1)(a) Twenty miles per hour in school zones during school | 13426 |
recess and while children are going to or leaving school during | 13427 |
the opening or closing hours, and when twenty miles per hour | 13428 |
school speed limit signs are erected; except that, on | 13429 |
controlled-access highways and expressways, if the right-of-way | 13430 |
line fence has been erected without pedestrian opening, the speed | 13431 |
shall be governed by division (B)(4) of this section and on | 13432 |
freeways, if the right-of-way line fence has been erected without | 13433 |
pedestrian opening, the speed shall be governed by divisions | 13434 |
(B)(9) and (10) of this section. The end of every school zone may | 13435 |
be marked by a sign indicating the end of the zone. Nothing in | 13436 |
this section or in the manual and specifications for a uniform | 13437 |
system of traffic control devices shall be construed to require | 13438 |
school zones to be indicated by signs equipped with flashing or | 13439 |
other lights, or giving other special notice of the hours in which | 13440 |
the school zone speed limit is in effect. | 13441 |
(b) As used in this section and in section 4511.212 of the | 13442 |
Revised Code, "school" means any school chartered under section | 13443 |
3301.16 of the Revised Code and any nonchartered school that | 13444 |
during the preceding year filed with the department of education | 13445 |
in compliance with rule 3301-35-08 of the Ohio Administrative | 13446 |
Code, a copy of the school's report for the parents of the | 13447 |
school's pupils certifying that the school meets Ohio minimum | 13448 |
standards for nonchartered, nontax-supported schools and presents | 13449 |
evidence of this filing to the jurisdiction from which it is | 13450 |
requesting the establishment of a school zone. "School" also | 13451 |
includes a special elementary school that in writing requests the | 13452 |
county engineer of the county in which the special elementary | 13453 |
school is located to create a school zone at the location of that | 13454 |
school. Upon receipt of such a written request, the county | 13455 |
engineer shall create a school zone at that location by erecting | 13456 |
the appropriate signs. | 13457 |
(c) As used in this section, "school zone" means that portion | 13458 |
of a street or highway passing a school fronting upon the street | 13459 |
or highway that is encompassed by projecting the school property | 13460 |
lines to the fronting street or highway, and also includes that | 13461 |
portion of a state highway. Upon request from local authorities | 13462 |
for streets and highways under their jurisdiction and that portion | 13463 |
of a state highway under the jurisdiction of the director of | 13464 |
transportation or a request from a county engineer in the case of | 13465 |
a school zone for a special elementary school, the director may | 13466 |
extend the traditional school zone boundaries. The distances in | 13467 |
divisions (B)(1)(c)(i), (ii), and (iii) of this section shall not | 13468 |
exceed three hundred feet per approach per direction and are | 13469 |
bounded by whichever of the following distances or combinations | 13470 |
thereof the director approves as most appropriate: | 13471 |
(i) The distance encompassed by projecting the school | 13472 |
building lines normal to the fronting highway and extending a | 13473 |
distance of three hundred feet on each approach direction; | 13474 |
(ii) The distance encompassed by projecting the school | 13475 |
property lines intersecting the fronting highway and extending a | 13476 |
distance of three hundred feet on each approach direction; | 13477 |
(iii) The distance encompassed by the special marking of the | 13478 |
pavement for a principal school pupil crosswalk plus a distance of | 13479 |
three hundred feet on each approach direction of the highway. | 13480 |
Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate the | 13481 |
director's initial action on August 9, 1976, establishing all | 13482 |
school zones at the traditional school zone boundaries defined by | 13483 |
projecting school property lines, except when those boundaries are | 13484 |
extended as provided in divisions (B)(1)(a) and (c) of this | 13485 |
section. | 13486 |
(d) As used in this division, "crosswalk" has the meaning | 13487 |
given that term in division (LL)(2) of section 4511.01 of the | 13488 |
Revised Code. | 13489 |
The director may, upon request by resolution of the | 13490 |
legislative authority of a municipal corporation, the board of | 13491 |
trustees of a township, or a county board of | 13492 |
13493 | |
of the Revised Code, and upon submission by the municipal | 13494 |
corporation, township, or county board of such engineering, | 13495 |
traffic, and other information as the director considers | 13496 |
necessary, designate a school zone on any portion of a state route | 13497 |
lying within the municipal corporation, lying within the | 13498 |
unincorporated territory of the township, or lying adjacent to the | 13499 |
property of a school that is operated by such county board, that | 13500 |
includes a crosswalk customarily used by children going to or | 13501 |
leaving a school during recess and opening and closing hours, | 13502 |
whenever the distance, as measured in a straight line, from the | 13503 |
school property line nearest the crosswalk to the nearest point of | 13504 |
the crosswalk is no more than one thousand three hundred twenty | 13505 |
feet. Such a school zone shall include the distance encompassed by | 13506 |
the crosswalk and extending three hundred feet on each approach | 13507 |
direction of the state route. | 13508 |
(e) As used in this section, "special elementary school" | 13509 |
means a school that meets all of the following criteria: | 13510 |
(i) It is not chartered and does not receive tax revenue from | 13511 |
any source. | 13512 |
(ii) It does not educate children beyond the eighth grade. | 13513 |
(iii) It is located outside the limits of a municipal | 13514 |
corporation. | 13515 |
(iv) A majority of the total number of students enrolled at | 13516 |
the school are not related by blood. | 13517 |
(v) The principal or other person in charge of the special | 13518 |
elementary school annually sends a report to the superintendent of | 13519 |
the school district in which the special elementary school is | 13520 |
located indicating the total number of students enrolled at the | 13521 |
school, but otherwise the principal or other person in charge does | 13522 |
not report any other information or data to the superintendent. | 13523 |
(2) Twenty-five miles per hour in all other portions of a | 13524 |
municipal corporation, except on state routes outside business | 13525 |
districts, through highways outside business districts, and | 13526 |
alleys; | 13527 |
(3) Thirty-five miles per hour on all state routes or through | 13528 |
highways within municipal corporations outside business districts, | 13529 |
except as provided in divisions (B)(4) and (6) of this section; | 13530 |
(4) Fifty miles per hour on controlled-access highways and | 13531 |
expressways within municipal corporations; | 13532 |
(5) Fifty-five miles per hour on highways outside municipal | 13533 |
corporations, other than highways within island jurisdictions as | 13534 |
provided in division (B)(8) of this section and freeways as | 13535 |
provided in division (B)(13) of this section; | 13536 |
(6) Fifty miles per hour on state routes within municipal | 13537 |
corporations outside urban districts unless a lower prima-facie | 13538 |
speed is established as further provided in this section; | 13539 |
(7) Fifteen miles per hour on all alleys within the municipal | 13540 |
corporation; | 13541 |
(8) Thirty-five miles per hour on highways outside municipal | 13542 |
corporations that are within an island jurisdiction; | 13543 |
(9) Fifty-five miles per hour at all times on freeways with | 13544 |
paved shoulders inside municipal corporations, other than freeways | 13545 |
as provided in division (B)(13) of this section; | 13546 |
(10) Fifty-five miles per hour at all times on freeways | 13547 |
outside municipal corporations, other than freeways as provided in | 13548 |
division (B)(13) of this section; | 13549 |
(11) Fifty-five miles per hour at all times on all portions | 13550 |
of freeways that are part of the interstate system and on all | 13551 |
portions of freeways that are not part of the interstate system, | 13552 |
but are built to the standards and specifications that are | 13553 |
applicable to freeways that are part of the interstate system for | 13554 |
operators of any motor vehicle weighing in excess of eight | 13555 |
thousand pounds empty weight and any noncommercial bus; | 13556 |
(12) Fifty-five miles per hour for operators of any motor | 13557 |
vehicle weighing eight thousand pounds or less empty weight and | 13558 |
any commercial bus at all times on all portions of freeways that | 13559 |
are part of the interstate system and that had such a speed limit | 13560 |
established prior to October 1, 1995, and freeways that are not | 13561 |
part of the interstate system, but are built to the standards and | 13562 |
specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part of | 13563 |
the interstate system and that had such a speed limit established | 13564 |
prior to October 1, 1995, unless a higher speed limit is | 13565 |
established under division (L) of this section; | 13566 |
(13) Sixty-five miles per hour for operators of any motor | 13567 |
vehicle weighing eight thousand pounds or less empty weight and | 13568 |
any commercial bus at all times on all portions of the following: | 13569 |
(a) Freeways that are part of the interstate system and that | 13570 |
had such a speed limit established prior to October 1, 1995, and | 13571 |
freeways that are not part of the interstate system, but are built | 13572 |
to the standards and specifications that are applicable to | 13573 |
freeways that are part of the interstate system and that had such | 13574 |
a speed limit established prior to October 1, 1995; | 13575 |
(b) Freeways that are part of the interstate system and | 13576 |
freeways that are not part of the interstate system but are built | 13577 |
to the standards and specifications that are applicable to | 13578 |
freeways that are part of the interstate system, and that had such | 13579 |
a speed limit established under division (L) of this section; | 13580 |
(c) Rural, divided, multi-lane highways that are designated | 13581 |
as part of the national highway system under the "National Highway | 13582 |
System Designation Act of 1995," 109 Stat. 568, 23 U.S.C.A. 103, | 13583 |
and that had such a speed limit established under division (M) of | 13584 |
this section. | 13585 |
(C) It is prima-facie unlawful for any person to exceed any | 13586 |
of the speed limitations in divisions (B)(1)(a), (2), (3), (4), | 13587 |
(6), (7), and (8) of this section, or any declared pursuant to | 13588 |
this section by the director or local authorities and it is | 13589 |
unlawful for any person to exceed any of the speed limitations in | 13590 |
division (D) of this section. No person shall be convicted of more | 13591 |
than one violation of this section for the same conduct, although | 13592 |
violations of more than one provision of this section may be | 13593 |
charged in the alternative in a single affidavit. | 13594 |
(D) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, trackless | 13595 |
trolley, or streetcar upon a street or highway as follows: | 13596 |
(1) At a speed exceeding fifty-five miles per hour, except | 13597 |
upon a freeway as provided in division (B)(13) of this section; | 13598 |
(2) At a speed exceeding sixty-five miles per hour upon a | 13599 |
freeway as provided in division (B)(13) of this section except as | 13600 |
otherwise provided in division (D)(3) of this section; | 13601 |
(3) If a motor vehicle weighing in excess of eight thousand | 13602 |
pounds empty weight or a noncommercial bus as prescribed in | 13603 |
division (B)(11) of this section, at a speed exceeding fifty-five | 13604 |
miles per hour upon a freeway as provided in that division; | 13605 |
(4) At a speed exceeding the posted speed limit upon a | 13606 |
freeway for which the director has determined and declared a speed | 13607 |
limit of not more than sixty-five miles per hour pursuant to | 13608 |
division (L)(2) or (M) of this section; | 13609 |
(5) At a speed exceeding sixty-five miles per hour upon a | 13610 |
freeway for which such a speed limit has been established through | 13611 |
the operation of division (L)(3) of this section; | 13612 |
(6) At a speed exceeding the posted speed limit upon a | 13613 |
freeway for which the director has determined and declared a speed | 13614 |
limit pursuant to division (I)(2) of this section. | 13615 |
(E) In every charge of violation of this section the | 13616 |
affidavit and warrant shall specify the time, place, and speed at | 13617 |
which the defendant is alleged to have driven, and in charges made | 13618 |
in reliance upon division (C) of this section also the speed which | 13619 |
division (B)(1)(a), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), or (8) of, or a limit | 13620 |
declared pursuant to, this section declares is prima-facie lawful | 13621 |
at the time and place of such alleged violation, except that in | 13622 |
affidavits where a person is alleged to have driven at a greater | 13623 |
speed than will permit the person to bring the vehicle to a stop | 13624 |
within the assured clear distance ahead the affidavit and warrant | 13625 |
need not specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to | 13626 |
have driven. | 13627 |
(F) When a speed in excess of both a prima-facie limitation | 13628 |
and a limitation in division (D)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of | 13629 |
this section is alleged, the defendant shall be charged in a | 13630 |
single affidavit, alleging a single act, with a violation | 13631 |
indicated of both division (B)(1)(a), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), or | 13632 |
(8) of this section, or of a limit declared pursuant to this | 13633 |
section by the director or local authorities, and of the | 13634 |
limitation in division (D)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this | 13635 |
section. If the court finds a violation of division (B)(1)(a), | 13636 |
(2), (3), (4), (6), (7), or (8) of, or a limit declared pursuant | 13637 |
to, this section has occurred, it shall enter a judgment of | 13638 |
conviction under such division and dismiss the charge under | 13639 |
division (D)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section. If it | 13640 |
finds no violation of division (B)(1)(a), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), | 13641 |
or (8) of, or a limit declared pursuant to, this section, it shall | 13642 |
then consider whether the evidence supports a conviction under | 13643 |
division (D)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section. | 13644 |
(G) Points shall be assessed for violation of a limitation | 13645 |
under division (D) of this section in accordance with section | 13646 |
4510.036 of the Revised Code. | 13647 |
(H) Whenever the director determines upon the basis of a | 13648 |
geometric and traffic characteristic study that any speed limit | 13649 |
set forth in divisions (B)(1)(a) to (D) of this section is greater | 13650 |
or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to | 13651 |
exist at any portion of a street or highway under the jurisdiction | 13652 |
of the director, the director shall determine and declare a | 13653 |
reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit, which shall be | 13654 |
effective when appropriate signs giving notice of it are erected | 13655 |
at the location. | 13656 |
(I)(1) Except as provided in divisions (I)(2) and (K) of this | 13657 |
section, whenever local authorities determine upon the basis of an | 13658 |
engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by | 13659 |
divisions (B)(1)(a) to (D) of this section, on any part of a | 13660 |
highway under their jurisdiction, is greater than is reasonable | 13661 |
and safe under the conditions found to exist at such location, the | 13662 |
local authorities may by resolution request the director to | 13663 |
determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima-facie speed | 13664 |
limit. Upon receipt of such request the director may determine and | 13665 |
declare a reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit at such | 13666 |
location, and if the director does so, then such declared speed | 13667 |
limit shall become effective only when appropriate signs giving | 13668 |
notice thereof are erected at such location by the local | 13669 |
authorities. The director may withdraw the declaration of a | 13670 |
prima-facie speed limit whenever in the director's opinion the | 13671 |
altered prima-facie speed becomes unreasonable. Upon such | 13672 |
withdrawal, the declared prima-facie speed shall become | 13673 |
ineffective and the signs relating thereto shall be immediately | 13674 |
removed by the local authorities. | 13675 |
(2) A local authority may determine on the basis of a | 13676 |
geometric and traffic characteristic study that the speed limit of | 13677 |
sixty-five miles per hour on a portion of a freeway under its | 13678 |
jurisdiction that was established through the operation of | 13679 |
division (L)(3) of this section is greater than is reasonable or | 13680 |
safe under the conditions found to exist at that portion of the | 13681 |
freeway. If the local authority makes such a determination, the | 13682 |
local authority by resolution may request the director to | 13683 |
determine and declare a reasonable and safe speed limit of not | 13684 |
less than fifty-five miles per hour for that portion of the | 13685 |
freeway. If the director takes such action, the declared speed | 13686 |
limit becomes effective only when appropriate signs giving notice | 13687 |
of it are erected at such location by the local authority. | 13688 |
(J) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may | 13689 |
authorize by ordinance higher prima-facie speeds than those stated | 13690 |
in this section upon through highways, or upon highways or | 13691 |
portions thereof where there are no intersections, or between | 13692 |
widely spaced intersections, provided signs are erected giving | 13693 |
notice of the authorized speed, but local authorities shall not | 13694 |
modify or alter the basic rule set forth in division (A) of this | 13695 |
section or in any event authorize by ordinance a speed in excess | 13696 |
of fifty miles per hour. | 13697 |
Alteration of prima-facie limits on state routes by local | 13698 |
authorities shall not be effective until the alteration has been | 13699 |
approved by the director. The director may withdraw approval of | 13700 |
any altered prima-facie speed limits whenever in the director's | 13701 |
opinion any altered prima-facie speed becomes unreasonable, and | 13702 |
upon such withdrawal, the altered prima-facie speed shall become | 13703 |
ineffective and the signs relating thereto shall be immediately | 13704 |
removed by the local authorities. | 13705 |
(K)(1) As used in divisions (K)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this | 13706 |
section, "unimproved highway" means a highway consisting of any of | 13707 |
the following: | 13708 |
(a) Unimproved earth; | 13709 |
(b) Unimproved graded and drained earth; | 13710 |
(c) Gravel. | 13711 |
(2) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (K)(4) and (5) | 13712 |
of this section, whenever a board of township trustees determines | 13713 |
upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that | 13714 |
the speed permitted by division (B)(5) of this section on any part | 13715 |
of an unimproved highway under its jurisdiction and in the | 13716 |
unincorporated territory of the township is greater than is | 13717 |
reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at the | 13718 |
location, the board may by resolution declare a reasonable and | 13719 |
safe prima-facie speed limit of fifty-five but not less than | 13720 |
twenty-five miles per hour. An altered speed limit adopted by a | 13721 |
board of township trustees under this division becomes effective | 13722 |
when appropriate traffic control devices, as prescribed in section | 13723 |
4511.11 of the Revised Code, giving notice thereof are erected at | 13724 |
the location, which shall be no sooner than sixty days after | 13725 |
adoption of the resolution. | 13726 |
(3)(a) Whenever, in the opinion of a board of township | 13727 |
trustees, any altered prima-facie speed limit established by the | 13728 |
board under this division becomes unreasonable, the board may | 13729 |
adopt a resolution withdrawing the altered prima-facie speed | 13730 |
limit. Upon the adoption of such a resolution, the altered | 13731 |
prima-facie speed limit becomes ineffective and the traffic | 13732 |
control devices relating thereto shall be immediately removed. | 13733 |
(b) Whenever a highway ceases to be an unimproved highway and | 13734 |
the board has adopted an altered prima-facie speed limit pursuant | 13735 |
to division (K)(2) of this section, the board shall, by | 13736 |
resolution, withdraw the altered prima-facie speed limit as soon | 13737 |
as the highway ceases to be unimproved. Upon the adoption of such | 13738 |
a resolution, the altered prima-facie speed limit becomes | 13739 |
ineffective and the traffic control devices relating thereto shall | 13740 |
be immediately removed. | 13741 |
(4)(a) If the boundary of two townships rests on the | 13742 |
centerline of an unimproved highway in unincorporated territory | 13743 |
and both townships have jurisdiction over the highway, neither of | 13744 |
the boards of township trustees of such townships may declare an | 13745 |
altered prima-facie speed limit pursuant to division (K)(2) of | 13746 |
this section on the part of the highway under their joint | 13747 |
jurisdiction unless the boards of township trustees of both of the | 13748 |
townships determine, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic | 13749 |
investigation, that the speed permitted by division (B)(5) of this | 13750 |
section is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions | 13751 |
found to exist at the location and both boards agree upon a | 13752 |
reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit of less than | 13753 |
fifty-five but not less than twenty-five miles per hour for that | 13754 |
location. If both boards so agree, each shall follow the procedure | 13755 |
specified in division (K)(2) of this section for altering the | 13756 |
prima-facie speed limit on the highway. Except as otherwise | 13757 |
provided in division (K)(4)(b) of this section, no speed limit | 13758 |
altered pursuant to division (K)(4)(a) of this section may be | 13759 |
withdrawn unless the boards of township trustees of both townships | 13760 |
determine that the altered prima-facie speed limit previously | 13761 |
adopted becomes unreasonable and each board adopts a resolution | 13762 |
withdrawing the altered prima-facie speed limit pursuant to the | 13763 |
procedure specified in division (K)(3)(a) of this section. | 13764 |
(b) Whenever a highway described in division (K)(4)(a) of | 13765 |
this section ceases to be an unimproved highway and two boards of | 13766 |
township trustees have adopted an altered prima-facie speed limit | 13767 |
pursuant to division (K)(4)(a) of this section, both boards shall, | 13768 |
by resolution, withdraw the altered prima-facie speed limit as | 13769 |
soon as the highway ceases to be unimproved. Upon the adoption of | 13770 |
the resolution, the altered prima-facie speed limit becomes | 13771 |
ineffective and the traffic control devices relating thereto shall | 13772 |
be immediately removed. | 13773 |
(5) As used in division (K)(5) of this section: | 13774 |
(a) "Commercial subdivision" means any platted territory | 13775 |
outside the limits of a municipal corporation and fronting a | 13776 |
highway where, for a distance of three hundred feet or more, the | 13777 |
frontage is improved with buildings in use for commercial | 13778 |
purposes, or where the entire length of the highway is less than | 13779 |
three hundred feet long and the frontage is improved with | 13780 |
buildings in use for commercial purposes. | 13781 |
(b) "Residential subdivision" means any platted territory | 13782 |
outside the limits of a municipal corporation and fronting a | 13783 |
highway, where, for a distance of three hundred feet or more, the | 13784 |
frontage is improved with residences or residences and buildings | 13785 |
in use for business, or where the entire length of the highway is | 13786 |
less than three hundred feet long and the frontage is improved | 13787 |
with residences or residences and buildings in use for business. | 13788 |
Whenever a board of township trustees finds upon the basis of | 13789 |
an engineering and traffic investigation that the prima-facie | 13790 |
speed permitted by division (B)(5) of this section on any part of | 13791 |
a highway under its jurisdiction that is located in a commercial | 13792 |
or residential subdivision, except on highways or portions thereof | 13793 |
at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from the majority of | 13794 |
intersecting highways is required to yield the right-of-way to | 13795 |
vehicles on such highways in obedience to stop or yield signs or | 13796 |
traffic control signals, is greater than is reasonable and safe | 13797 |
under the conditions found to exist at the location, the board may | 13798 |
by resolution declare a reasonable and safe prima-facie speed | 13799 |
limit of less than fifty-five but not less than twenty-five miles | 13800 |
per hour at the location. An altered speed limit adopted by a | 13801 |
board of township trustees under this division shall become | 13802 |
effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected | 13803 |
at the location by the township. Whenever, in the opinion of a | 13804 |
board of township trustees, any altered prima-facie speed limit | 13805 |
established by it under this division becomes unreasonable, it may | 13806 |
adopt a resolution withdrawing the altered prima-facie speed, and | 13807 |
upon such withdrawal, the altered prima-facie speed shall become | 13808 |
ineffective, and the signs relating thereto shall be immediately | 13809 |
removed by the township. | 13810 |
(L)(1) Within one hundred twenty days of February 29, 1996, | 13811 |
the director of transportation, based upon a geometric and traffic | 13812 |
characteristic study of a freeway that is part of the interstate | 13813 |
system or that is not part of the interstate system, but is built | 13814 |
to the standards and specifications that are applicable to | 13815 |
freeways that are part of the interstate system, in consultation | 13816 |
with the director of public safety and, if applicable, the local | 13817 |
authority having jurisdiction over a portion of such freeway, may | 13818 |
determine and declare that the speed limit of less than sixty-five | 13819 |
miles per hour established on such freeway or portion of freeway | 13820 |
either is reasonable and safe or is less than that which is | 13821 |
reasonable and safe. | 13822 |
(2) If the established speed limit for such a freeway or | 13823 |
portion of freeway is determined to be less than that which is | 13824 |
reasonable and safe, the director of transportation, in | 13825 |
consultation with the director of public safety and, if | 13826 |
applicable, the local authority having jurisdiction over the | 13827 |
portion of freeway, shall determine and declare a reasonable and | 13828 |
safe speed limit of not more than sixty-five miles per hour for | 13829 |
that freeway or portion of freeway. | 13830 |
The director of transportation or local authority having | 13831 |
jurisdiction over the freeway or portion of freeway shall erect | 13832 |
appropriate signs giving notice of the speed limit at such | 13833 |
location within one hundred fifty days of February 29, 1996. Such | 13834 |
speed limit becomes effective only when such signs are erected at | 13835 |
the location. | 13836 |
(3) If, within one hundred twenty days of February 29, 1996, | 13837 |
the director of transportation does not make a determination and | 13838 |
declaration of a reasonable and safe speed limit for a freeway or | 13839 |
portion of freeway that is part of the interstate system or that | 13840 |
is not part of the interstate system, but is built to the | 13841 |
standards and specifications that are applicable to freeways that | 13842 |
are part of the interstate system and that has a speed limit of | 13843 |
less than sixty-five miles per hour, the speed limit on that | 13844 |
freeway or portion of a freeway shall be sixty-five miles per | 13845 |
hour. The director of transportation or local authority having | 13846 |
jurisdiction over the freeway or portion of the freeway shall | 13847 |
erect appropriate signs giving notice of the speed limit of | 13848 |
sixty-five miles per hour at such location within one hundred | 13849 |
fifty days of February 29, 1996. Such speed limit becomes | 13850 |
effective only when such signs are erected at the location. A | 13851 |
speed limit established through the operation of division (L)(3) | 13852 |
of this section is subject to reduction under division (I)(2) of | 13853 |
this section. | 13854 |
(M) Within three hundred sixty days after February 29, 1996, | 13855 |
the director of transportation, based upon a geometric and traffic | 13856 |
characteristic study of a rural, divided, multi-lane highway that | 13857 |
has been designated as part of the national highway system under | 13858 |
the "National Highway System Designation Act of 1995," 109 Stat. | 13859 |
568, 23 U.S.C.A. 103, in consultation with the director of public | 13860 |
safety and, if applicable, the local authority having jurisdiction | 13861 |
over a portion of the highway, may determine and declare that the | 13862 |
speed limit of less than sixty-five miles per hour established on | 13863 |
the highway or portion of highway either is reasonable and safe or | 13864 |
is less than that which is reasonable and safe. | 13865 |
If the established speed limit for the highway or portion of | 13866 |
highway is determined to be less than that which is reasonable and | 13867 |
safe, the director of transportation, in consultation with the | 13868 |
director of public safety and, if applicable, the local authority | 13869 |
having jurisdiction over the portion of highway, shall determine | 13870 |
and declare a reasonable and safe speed limit of not more than | 13871 |
sixty-five miles per hour for that highway or portion of highway. | 13872 |
The director of transportation or local authority having | 13873 |
jurisdiction over the highway or portion of highway shall erect | 13874 |
appropriate signs giving notice of the speed limit at such | 13875 |
location within three hundred ninety days after February 29, 1996. | 13876 |
The speed limit becomes effective only when such signs are erected | 13877 |
at the location. | 13878 |
(N)(1)(a) If the boundary of two local authorities rests on | 13879 |
the centerline of a highway and both authorities have jurisdiction | 13880 |
over the highway, the speed limit for the part of the highway | 13881 |
within their joint jurisdiction shall be either one of the | 13882 |
following as agreed to by both authorities: | 13883 |
(i) Either prima-facie speed limit permitted by division (B) | 13884 |
of this section; | 13885 |
(ii) An altered speed limit determined and posted in | 13886 |
accordance with this section. | 13887 |
(b) If the local authorities are unable to reach an | 13888 |
agreement, the speed limit shall remain as established and posted | 13889 |
under this section. | 13890 |
(2) Neither local authority may declare an altered | 13891 |
prima-facie speed limit pursuant to this section on the part of | 13892 |
the highway under their joint jurisdiction unless both of the | 13893 |
local authorities determine, upon the basis of an engineering and | 13894 |
traffic investigation, that the speed permitted by this section is | 13895 |
greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to | 13896 |
exist at the location and both authorities agree upon a uniform | 13897 |
reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit of less than | 13898 |
fifty-five but not less than twenty-five miles per hour for that | 13899 |
location. If both authorities so agree, each shall follow the | 13900 |
procedure specified in this section for altering the prima-facie | 13901 |
speed limit on the highway, and the speed limit for the part of | 13902 |
the highway within their joint jurisdiction shall be uniformly | 13903 |
altered. No altered speed limit may be withdrawn unless both local | 13904 |
authorities determine that the altered prima-facie speed limit | 13905 |
previously adopted becomes unreasonable and each adopts a | 13906 |
resolution withdrawing the altered prima-facie speed limit | 13907 |
pursuant to the procedure specified in this section. | 13908 |
(O) As used in this section: | 13909 |
(1) "Interstate system" has the same meaning as in 23 | 13910 |
U.S.C.A. 101. | 13911 |
(2) "Commercial bus" means a motor vehicle designed for | 13912 |
carrying more than nine passengers and used for the transportation | 13913 |
of persons for compensation. | 13914 |
(3) "Noncommercial bus" includes but is not limited to a | 13915 |
school bus or a motor vehicle operated solely for the | 13916 |
transportation of persons associated with a charitable or | 13917 |
nonprofit organization. | 13918 |
(P)(1) A violation of any provision of this section is one of | 13919 |
the following: | 13920 |
(a) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (P)(1)(b), | 13921 |
(1)(c), (2), and (3) of this section, a minor misdemeanor; | 13922 |
(b) If, within one year of the offense, the offender | 13923 |
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two | 13924 |
violations of any provision of this section or of any provision of | 13925 |
a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any | 13926 |
provision of this section, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; | 13927 |
(c) If, within one year of the offense, the offender | 13928 |
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or | 13929 |
more violations of any provision of this section or of any | 13930 |
provision of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar | 13931 |
to any provision of this section, a misdemeanor of the third | 13932 |
degree. | 13933 |
(2) If the offender has not previously been convicted of or | 13934 |
pleaded guilty to a violation of any provision of this section or | 13935 |
of any provision of a municipal ordinance that is substantially | 13936 |
similar to this section and operated a motor vehicle faster than | 13937 |
thirty-five miles an hour in a business district of a municipal | 13938 |
corporation, faster than fifty miles an hour in other portions of | 13939 |
a municipal corporation, or faster than thirty-five miles an hour | 13940 |
in a school zone during recess or while children are going to or | 13941 |
leaving school during the school's opening or closing hours, a | 13942 |
misdemeanor of the fourth degree. | 13943 |
(3) Notwithstanding division (P)(1) of this section, if the | 13944 |
offender operated a motor vehicle in a construction zone where a | 13945 |
sign was then posted in accordance with section 4511.98 of the | 13946 |
Revised Code, the court, in addition to all other penalties | 13947 |
provided by law, shall impose upon the offender a fine of two | 13948 |
times the usual amount imposed for the violation. No court shall | 13949 |
impose a fine of two times the usual amount imposed for the | 13950 |
violation upon an offender if the offender alleges, in an | 13951 |
affidavit filed with the court prior to the offender's sentencing, | 13952 |
that the offender is indigent and is unable to pay the fine | 13953 |
imposed pursuant to this division and if the court determines that | 13954 |
the offender is an indigent person and unable to pay the fine. | 13955 |
Sec. 4511.75. (A) The driver of a vehicle, streetcar, or | 13956 |
trackless trolley upon meeting or overtaking from either direction | 13957 |
any school bus stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging | 13958 |
any school child, person attending programs offered by community | 13959 |
boards of mental health and county boards of | 13960 |
13961 | |
offered by a head start agency, shall stop at least ten feet from | 13962 |
the front or rear of the school bus and shall not proceed until | 13963 |
such school bus resumes motion, or until signaled by the school | 13964 |
bus driver to proceed. | 13965 |
It is no defense to a charge under this division that the | 13966 |
school bus involved failed to display or be equipped with an | 13967 |
automatically extended stop warning sign as required by division | 13968 |
(B) of this section. | 13969 |
(B) Every school bus shall be equipped with amber and red | 13970 |
visual signals meeting the requirements of section 4511.771 of the | 13971 |
Revised Code, and an automatically extended stop warning sign of a | 13972 |
type approved by the state board of education, which shall be | 13973 |
actuated by the driver of the bus whenever but only whenever the | 13974 |
bus is stopped or stopping on the roadway for the purpose of | 13975 |
receiving or discharging school children, persons attending | 13976 |
programs offered by community boards of mental health and county | 13977 |
boards of | 13978 |
children attending programs offered by head start agencies. A | 13979 |
school bus driver shall not actuate the visual signals or the stop | 13980 |
warning sign in designated school bus loading areas where the bus | 13981 |
is entirely off the roadway or at school buildings when children | 13982 |
or persons attending programs offered by community boards of | 13983 |
mental health and county boards of | 13984 |
developmental disabilities are loading or unloading at curbside or | 13985 |
at buildings when children attending programs offered by head | 13986 |
start agencies are loading or unloading at curbside. The visual | 13987 |
signals and stop warning sign shall be synchronized or otherwise | 13988 |
operated as required by rule of the board. | 13989 |
(C) Where a highway has been divided into four or more | 13990 |
traffic lanes, a driver of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless | 13991 |
trolley need not stop for a school bus approaching from the | 13992 |
opposite direction which has stopped for the purpose of receiving | 13993 |
or discharging any school child, persons attending programs | 13994 |
offered by community boards of mental health and county boards of | 13995 |
13996 | |
attending programs offered by head start agencies. The driver of | 13997 |
any vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley overtaking the school | 13998 |
bus shall comply with division (A) of this section. | 13999 |
(D) School buses operating on divided highways or on highways | 14000 |
with four or more traffic lanes shall receive and discharge all | 14001 |
school children, persons attending programs offered by community | 14002 |
boards of mental health and county boards of
| 14003 |
14004 | |
offered by head start agencies on their residence side of the | 14005 |
highway. | 14006 |
(E) No school bus driver shall start the driver's bus until | 14007 |
after any child, person attending programs offered by community | 14008 |
boards of mental health and county boards of | 14009 |
14010 | |
offered by a head start agency who may have alighted therefrom has | 14011 |
reached a place of safety on the child's or person's residence | 14012 |
side of the road. | 14013 |
(F)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this section may be | 14014 |
fined an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars. A person who | 14015 |
is issued a citation for a violation of division (A) of this | 14016 |
section is not permitted to enter a written plea of guilty and | 14017 |
waive the person's right to contest the citation in a trial but | 14018 |
instead must appear in person in the proper court to answer the | 14019 |
charge. | 14020 |
(2) In addition to and independent of any other penalty | 14021 |
provided by law, the court or mayor may impose upon an offender | 14022 |
who violates this section a class seven suspension of the | 14023 |
offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, | 14024 |
temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident | 14025 |
operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of | 14026 |
section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. When a license is suspended | 14027 |
under this section, the court or mayor shall cause the offender to | 14028 |
deliver the license to the court, and the court or clerk of the | 14029 |
court immediately shall forward the license to the registrar of | 14030 |
motor vehicles, together with notice of the court's action. | 14031 |
(G) As used in this section: | 14032 |
(1) "Head start agency" has the same meaning as in section | 14033 |
3301.32 of the Revised Code. | 14034 |
(2) "School bus," as used in relation to children who attend | 14035 |
a program offered by a head start agency, means a bus that is | 14036 |
owned and operated by a head start agency, is equipped with an | 14037 |
automatically extended stop warning sign of a type approved by the | 14038 |
state board of education, is painted the color and displays the | 14039 |
markings described in section 4511.77 of the Revised Code, and is | 14040 |
equipped with amber and red visual signals meeting the | 14041 |
requirements of section 4511.771 of the Revised Code, irrespective | 14042 |
of whether or not the bus has fifteen or more children aboard at | 14043 |
any time. "School bus" does not include a van owned and operated | 14044 |
by a head start agency, irrespective of its color, lights, or | 14045 |
markings. | 14046 |
Sec. 4723.071. (A) As used in this section, "health-related | 14047 |
activities," "MR/DD personnel," "prescribed medication," and "tube | 14048 |
feeding" have the same meanings as in section 5123.41 of the | 14049 |
Revised Code. | 14050 |
(B) The board of nursing shall adopt rules as it considers | 14051 |
necessary to govern nursing delegation as it applies to MR/DD | 14052 |
personnel who administer prescribed medications, perform | 14053 |
health-related activities, and perform tube feedings pursuant to | 14054 |
the authority granted under section 5123.42 of the Revised Code. | 14055 |
The board shall not establish in the rules any requirement that is | 14056 |
inconsistent with the authority of MR/DD personnel granted under | 14057 |
that section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with | 14058 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 14059 |
(C) The board of nursing may accept complaints from any | 14060 |
person or government entity regarding the performance or | 14061 |
qualifications of MR/DD personnel who administer prescribed | 14062 |
medications, perform health-related activities, and perform tube | 14063 |
feedings pursuant to the authority granted under section 5123.42 | 14064 |
of the Revised Code. The board shall refer all complaints received | 14065 |
to the department of
| 14066 |
disabilities. The board may participate in an investigation of a | 14067 |
complaint being conducted by the department under section 5123.421 | 14068 |
of the Revised Code. | 14069 |
Sec. 5101.35. (A) As used in this section: | 14070 |
(1) "Agency" means the following entities that administer a | 14071 |
family services program: | 14072 |
(a) The department of job and family services; | 14073 |
(b) A county department of job and family services; | 14074 |
(c) A public children services agency; | 14075 |
(d) A private or government entity administering, in whole or | 14076 |
in part, a family services program for or on behalf of the | 14077 |
department of job and family services or a county department of | 14078 |
job and family services or public children services agency. | 14079 |
(2) "Appellant" means an applicant, participant, former | 14080 |
participant, recipient, or former recipient of a family services | 14081 |
program who is entitled by federal or state law to a hearing | 14082 |
regarding a decision or order of the agency that administers the | 14083 |
program. | 14084 |
(3) "Family services program" means assistance provided under | 14085 |
a Title IV-A program as defined in section 5101.80 of the Revised | 14086 |
Code or under Chapter 5104., 5111., or 5115. or section 173.35, | 14087 |
5101.141, 5101.46, 5101.461, 5101.54, 5153.163, or 5153.165 of the | 14088 |
Revised Code, other than assistance provided under section 5101.46 | 14089 |
of the Revised Code by the department of mental health, the | 14090 |
department of | 14091 |
board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, or a | 14092 |
county board of | 14093 |
(B) Except as provided by divisions (G) and (H) of this | 14094 |
section, an appellant who appeals under federal or state law a | 14095 |
decision or order of an agency administering a family services | 14096 |
program shall, at the appellant's request, be granted a state | 14097 |
hearing by the department of job and family services. This state | 14098 |
hearing shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted under | 14099 |
this section. The state hearing shall be recorded, but neither the | 14100 |
recording nor a transcript of the recording shall be part of the | 14101 |
official record of the proceeding. A state hearing decision is | 14102 |
binding upon the agency and department, unless it is reversed or | 14103 |
modified on appeal to the director of job and family services or a | 14104 |
court of common pleas. | 14105 |
(C) Except as provided by division (G) of this section, an | 14106 |
appellant who disagrees with a state hearing decision may make an | 14107 |
administrative appeal to the director of job and family services | 14108 |
in accordance with rules adopted under this section. This | 14109 |
administrative appeal does not require a hearing, but the director | 14110 |
or the director's designee shall review the state hearing decision | 14111 |
and previous administrative action and may affirm, modify, remand, | 14112 |
or reverse the state hearing decision. Any person designated to | 14113 |
make an administrative appeal decision on behalf of the director | 14114 |
shall have been admitted to the practice of law in this state. An | 14115 |
administrative appeal decision is the final decision of the | 14116 |
department and is binding upon the department and agency, unless | 14117 |
it is reversed or modified on appeal to the court of common pleas. | 14118 |
(D) An agency shall comply with a decision issued pursuant to | 14119 |
division (B) or (C) of this section within the time limits | 14120 |
established by rules adopted under this section. If a county | 14121 |
department of job and family services or a public children | 14122 |
services agency fails to comply within these time limits, the | 14123 |
department may take action pursuant to section 5101.24 of the | 14124 |
Revised Code. If another agency fails to comply within the time | 14125 |
limits, the department may force compliance by withholding funds | 14126 |
due the agency or imposing another sanction established by rules | 14127 |
adopted under this section. | 14128 |
(E) An appellant who disagrees with an administrative appeal | 14129 |
decision of the director of job and family services or the | 14130 |
director's designee issued under division (C) of this section may | 14131 |
appeal from the decision to the court of common pleas pursuant to | 14132 |
section 119.12 of the Revised Code. The appeal shall be governed | 14133 |
by section 119.12 of the Revised Code except that: | 14134 |
(1) The person may appeal to the court of common pleas of the | 14135 |
county in which the person resides, or to the court of common | 14136 |
pleas of Franklin county if the person does not reside in this | 14137 |
state. | 14138 |
(2) The person may apply to the court for designation as an | 14139 |
indigent and, if the court grants this application, the appellant | 14140 |
shall not be required to furnish the costs of the appeal. | 14141 |
(3) The appellant shall mail the notice of appeal to the | 14142 |
department of job and family services and file notice of appeal | 14143 |
with the court within thirty days after the department mails the | 14144 |
administrative appeal decision to the appellant. For good cause | 14145 |
shown, the court may extend the time for mailing and filing notice | 14146 |
of appeal, but such time shall not exceed six months from the date | 14147 |
the department mails the administrative appeal decision. Filing | 14148 |
notice of appeal with the court shall be the only act necessary to | 14149 |
vest jurisdiction in the court. | 14150 |
(4) The department shall be required to file a transcript of | 14151 |
the testimony of the state hearing with the court only if the | 14152 |
court orders the department to file the transcript. The court | 14153 |
shall make such an order only if it finds that the department and | 14154 |
the appellant are unable to stipulate to the facts of the case and | 14155 |
that the transcript is essential to a determination of the appeal. | 14156 |
The department shall file the transcript not later than thirty | 14157 |
days after the day such an order is issued. | 14158 |
(F) The department of job and family services shall adopt | 14159 |
rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to | 14160 |
implement this section, including rules governing the following: | 14161 |
(1) State hearings under division (B) of this section. The | 14162 |
rules shall include provisions regarding notice of eligibility | 14163 |
termination and the opportunity of an appellant appealing a | 14164 |
decision or order of a county department of job and family | 14165 |
services to request a county conference with the county department | 14166 |
before the state hearing is held. | 14167 |
(2) Administrative appeals under division (C) of this | 14168 |
section; | 14169 |
(3) Time limits for complying with a decision issued under | 14170 |
division (B) or (C) of this section; | 14171 |
(4) Sanctions that may be applied against an agency under | 14172 |
division (D) of this section. | 14173 |
(G) The department of job and family services may adopt rules | 14174 |
in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing | 14175 |
an appeals process for an appellant who appeals a decision or | 14176 |
order regarding a Title IV-A program identified under division | 14177 |
(A)(4)(c), (d), (e), or (f) of section 5101.80 of the Revised Code | 14178 |
that is different from the appeals process established by this | 14179 |
section. The different appeals process may include having a state | 14180 |
agency that administers the Title IV-A program pursuant to an | 14181 |
interagency agreement entered into under section 5101.801 of the | 14182 |
Revised Code administer the appeals process. | 14183 |
(H) If an appellant receiving medicaid through a health | 14184 |
insuring corporation that holds a certificate of authority under | 14185 |
Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code is appealing a denial of | 14186 |
medicaid services based on lack of medical necessity or other | 14187 |
clinical issues regarding coverage by the health insuring | 14188 |
corporation, the person hearing the appeal may order an | 14189 |
independent medical review if that person determines that a review | 14190 |
is necessary. The review shall be performed by a health care | 14191 |
professional with appropriate clinical expertise in treating the | 14192 |
recipient's condition or disease. The department shall pay the | 14193 |
costs associated with the review. | 14194 |
A review ordered under this division shall be part of the | 14195 |
record of the hearing and shall be given appropriate evidentiary | 14196 |
consideration by the person hearing the appeal. | 14197 |
(I) The requirements of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code | 14198 |
apply to a state hearing or administrative appeal under this | 14199 |
section only to the extent, if any, specifically provided by rules | 14200 |
adopted under this section. | 14201 |
Sec. 5101.46. (A) As used in this section: | 14202 |
(1) "Title XX" means Title XX of the "Social Security Act," | 14203 |
88 Stat. 2337 (1974), 42 U.S.C.A. 1397, as amended. | 14204 |
(2) "Respective local agency" means, with respect to the | 14205 |
department of job and family services, a county department of job | 14206 |
and family services; with respect to the department of mental | 14207 |
health, a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health | 14208 |
services;
and with respect to the department of | 14209 |
14210 | |
14211 |
(3) "Federal poverty guidelines" means the poverty guidelines | 14212 |
as revised annually by the United States department of health and | 14213 |
human services in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Omnibus | 14214 |
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C.A. | 14215 |
9902, as amended, for a family size equal to the size of the | 14216 |
family of the person whose income is being determined. | 14217 |
(B) The departments of job and family services, mental | 14218 |
health, and | 14219 |
with their respective local agencies, shall administer the | 14220 |
provision of social services funded through grants made under | 14221 |
Title XX. The social services furnished with Title XX funds shall | 14222 |
be directed at the following goals: | 14223 |
(1) Achieving or maintaining economic self-support to | 14224 |
prevent, reduce, or eliminate dependency; | 14225 |
(2) Achieving or maintaining self-sufficiency, including | 14226 |
reduction or prevention of dependency; | 14227 |
(3) Preventing or remedying neglect, abuse, or exploitation | 14228 |
of children and adults unable to protect their own interests, or | 14229 |
preserving, rehabilitating, or reuniting families; | 14230 |
(4) Preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care | 14231 |
by providing for community-based care, home-based care, or other | 14232 |
forms of less intensive care; | 14233 |
(5) Securing referral or admission for institutional care | 14234 |
when other forms of care are not appropriate, or providing | 14235 |
services to individuals in institutions. | 14236 |
(C)(1) All federal funds received under Title XX shall be | 14237 |
appropriated as follows: | 14238 |
(a) Seventy-two and one-half per cent to the department of | 14239 |
job and family services; | 14240 |
(b) Twelve and ninety-three one-hundreths per cent to the | 14241 |
department of mental health; | 14242 |
(c) Fourteen and fifty-seven one-hundreths per cent to the | 14243 |
department of | 14244 |
(2) Each state department shall, subject to the approval of | 14245 |
the controlling board, develop formulas for the distribution of | 14246 |
their Title XX appropriations to their respective local agencies. | 14247 |
The formulas shall take into account the total population of the | 14248 |
area that is served by the agency, the percentage of the | 14249 |
population in the area that falls below the federal poverty | 14250 |
guidelines, and the agency's history of and ability to utilize | 14251 |
Title XX funds. | 14252 |
(3) Each of the state departments shall expend no more than | 14253 |
three per cent of its Title XX appropriation for state | 14254 |
administrative costs. Each of the department's respective local | 14255 |
agencies shall expend no more than fourteen per cent of its Title | 14256 |
XX appropriation for local administrative costs. | 14257 |
(4) The department of job and family services shall expend no | 14258 |
more than two per cent of its Title XX appropriation for the | 14259 |
training of the following: | 14260 |
(a) Employees of county departments of job and family | 14261 |
services; | 14262 |
(b) Providers of services under contract with the state | 14263 |
departments' respective local agencies; | 14264 |
(c) Employees of a public children services agency directly | 14265 |
engaged in providing Title XX services. | 14266 |
(D) The department of job and family services shall prepare a | 14267 |
biennial comprehensive Title XX social services plan on the | 14268 |
intended use of Title XX funds. The department shall develop a | 14269 |
method for obtaining public comment during the development of the | 14270 |
plan and following its completion. | 14271 |
For each state fiscal year, the department of job and family | 14272 |
services shall prepare a report on the actual use of Title XX | 14273 |
funds. The department shall make the annual report available for | 14274 |
public inspection. | 14275 |
The departments of mental health and | 14276 |
developmental disabilities shall prepare and submit to the | 14277 |
department of job and family services the portions of each | 14278 |
biennial plan and annual report that apply to services for mental | 14279 |
health and mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Each | 14280 |
respective local agency of the three state departments shall | 14281 |
submit information as necessary for the preparation of biennial | 14282 |
plans and annual reports. | 14283 |
(E) Each county department shall adopt a county profile for | 14284 |
the administration and provision of Title XX social services in | 14285 |
the county. In developing its county profile, the county | 14286 |
department shall take into consideration the comments and | 14287 |
recommendations received from the public by the county family | 14288 |
services planning committee pursuant to section 329.06 of the | 14289 |
Revised Code. As part of its preparation of the county profile, | 14290 |
the county department may prepare a local needs report analyzing | 14291 |
the need for Title XX social services. | 14292 |
The county department shall submit the county profile to the | 14293 |
board of county commissioners for its review. Once the county | 14294 |
profile has been approved by the board, the county department | 14295 |
shall file a copy of the county profile with the department of job | 14296 |
and family services. The department shall approve the county | 14297 |
profile if the department determines the profile provides for the | 14298 |
Title XX social services to meet the goals specified in division | 14299 |
(B) of this section. | 14300 |
(F) Any of the three state departments and their respective | 14301 |
local agencies may require that an entity under contract to | 14302 |
provide social services with Title XX funds submit to an audit on | 14303 |
the basis of alleged misuse or improper accounting of funds. If an | 14304 |
audit is required, the social services provider shall reimburse | 14305 |
the state department or local agency for the cost it incurred in | 14306 |
conducting the audit or having the audit conducted. | 14307 |
If an audit demonstrates that a social services provider is | 14308 |
responsible for one or more adverse findings, the provider shall | 14309 |
reimburse the appropriate state department or its respective local | 14310 |
agency the amount of the adverse findings. The amount shall not be | 14311 |
reimbursed with Title XX funds received under this section. The | 14312 |
three state departments and their respective local agencies may | 14313 |
terminate or refuse to enter into a Title XX contract with a | 14314 |
social services provider if there are adverse findings in an audit | 14315 |
that are the responsibility of the provider. | 14316 |
(G) The department of job and family services may adopt rules | 14317 |
to implement and carry out the purposes of this section. Rules | 14318 |
governing financial and operational matters of the department or | 14319 |
matters between the department and county departments of job and | 14320 |
family services shall be adopted as internal management rules in | 14321 |
accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. Rules | 14322 |
governing eligibility for services, program participation, and | 14323 |
other matters pertaining to applicants and participants shall be | 14324 |
adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 14325 |
Sec. 5101.611. If a county department of job and family | 14326 |
services knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the subject | 14327 |
of a report made under section 5101.61 or of an investigation | 14328 |
conducted under sections 5101.62 to 5101.64 or on the initiative | 14329 |
of the department is mentally retarded or developmentally disabled | 14330 |
as defined in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code, the department | 14331 |
shall refer the case to the county board of | 14332 |
developmental disabilities of that county for review pursuant to | 14333 |
section 5126.31 of the Revised Code. | 14334 |
If a county board of | 14335 |
disabilities refers a case to the county department of job and | 14336 |
family services in accordance with section 5126.31, the department | 14337 |
shall proceed with the case in accordance with sections 5101.60 to | 14338 |
5101.71 of the Revised Code. | 14339 |
Sec. 5103.02. As used in sections 5103.03 to 5103.17 of the | 14340 |
Revised Code: | 14341 |
(A) "Association" or "institution" includes any incorporated | 14342 |
or unincorporated organization, society, association, or agency, | 14343 |
public or private, that receives or cares for children for two or | 14344 |
more consecutive weeks; any individual, including the operator of | 14345 |
a foster home, who, for hire, gain, or reward, receives or cares | 14346 |
for children for two or more consecutive weeks, unless the | 14347 |
individual is related to them by blood or marriage; and any | 14348 |
individual not in the regular employ of a court, or of an | 14349 |
institution or association certified in accordance with section | 14350 |
5103.03 of the Revised Code, who in any manner becomes a party to | 14351 |
the placing of children in foster homes, unless the individual is | 14352 |
related to such children by blood or marriage, or is the appointed | 14353 |
guardian of such children; provided, that any organization, | 14354 |
society, association, school, agency, child guidance center, | 14355 |
detention or rehabilitation facility, or children's clinic | 14356 |
licensed, regulated, approved, operated under the direction of, or | 14357 |
otherwise certified by the department of education, a local board | 14358 |
of education, the department of youth services, the department of | 14359 |
mental health, or the department of | 14360 |
developmental disabilities, or any individual who provides care | 14361 |
for only a single-family group, placed there by their parents or | 14362 |
other relative having custody, shall not be considered as being | 14363 |
within the purview of these sections. | 14364 |
(B) "Family foster home" means a foster home that is not a | 14365 |
specialized foster home. | 14366 |
(C) "Foster caregiver" means a person holding a valid foster | 14367 |
home certificate issued under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code. | 14368 |
(D) "Foster home" means a private residence in which children | 14369 |
are received apart from their parents, guardian, or legal | 14370 |
custodian, by an individual reimbursed for providing the children | 14371 |
nonsecure care, supervision, or training twenty-four hours a day. | 14372 |
"Foster home" does not include care provided for a child in the | 14373 |
home of a person other than the child's parent, guardian, or legal | 14374 |
custodian while the parent, guardian, or legal custodian is | 14375 |
temporarily away. Family foster homes and specialized foster homes | 14376 |
are types of foster homes. | 14377 |
(E) "Medically fragile foster home" means a foster home that | 14378 |
provides specialized medical services designed to meet the needs | 14379 |
of children with intensive health care needs who meet all of the | 14380 |
following criteria: | 14381 |
(1) Under rules adopted by the department of job and family | 14382 |
services governing payment under Chapter 5111. of the Revised Code | 14383 |
for long-term care services, the children require a skilled level | 14384 |
of care. | 14385 |
(2) The children require the services of a doctor of medicine | 14386 |
or osteopathic medicine at least once a week due to the | 14387 |
instability of their medical conditions. | 14388 |
(3) The children require the services of a registered nurse | 14389 |
on a daily basis. | 14390 |
(4) The children are at risk of institutionalization in a | 14391 |
hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate care facility | 14392 |
for the mentally retarded. | 14393 |
(F) "Recommending agency" means a public children services | 14394 |
agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial | 14395 |
agency that recommends that the department of job and family | 14396 |
services take any of the following actions under section 5103.03 | 14397 |
of the Revised Code regarding a foster home: | 14398 |
(1) Issue a certificate; | 14399 |
(2) Deny a certificate; | 14400 |
(3) Renew a certificate; | 14401 |
(4) Deny renewal of a certificate; | 14402 |
(5) Revoke a certificate. | 14403 |
(G) "Specialized foster home" means a medically fragile | 14404 |
foster home or a treatment foster home. | 14405 |
(H) "Treatment foster home" means a foster home that | 14406 |
incorporates special rehabilitative services designed to treat the | 14407 |
specific needs of the children received in the foster home and | 14408 |
that receives and cares for children who are emotionally or | 14409 |
behaviorally disturbed, chemically dependent, mentally retarded, | 14410 |
developmentally disabled, or who otherwise have exceptional needs. | 14411 |
Sec. 5103.13. (A) As used in this section and section | 14412 |
5103.131 of the Revised Code: | 14413 |
(1)(a) "Children's crisis care facility" means a facility | 14414 |
that has as its primary purpose the provision of residential and | 14415 |
other care to either or both of the following: | 14416 |
(i) One or more preteens voluntarily placed in the facility | 14417 |
by the preteen's parent or other caretaker who is facing a crisis | 14418 |
that causes the parent or other caretaker to seek temporary care | 14419 |
for the preteen and referral for support services; | 14420 |
(ii) One or more preteens placed in the facility by a public | 14421 |
children services agency or private child placing agency that has | 14422 |
legal custody or permanent custody of the preteen and determines | 14423 |
that an emergency situation exists necessitating the preteen's | 14424 |
placement in the facility rather than an institution certified | 14425 |
under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code or elsewhere. | 14426 |
(b) "Children's crisis care facility" does not include either | 14427 |
of the following: | 14428 |
(i) Any organization, society, association, school, agency, | 14429 |
child guidance center, detention or rehabilitation facility, or | 14430 |
children's clinic licensed, regulated, approved, operated under | 14431 |
the direction of, or otherwise certified by the department of | 14432 |
education, a local board of education, the department of youth | 14433 |
services, the department of mental health, or the department of | 14434 |
14435 |
(ii) Any individual who provides care for only a | 14436 |
single-family group, placed there by their parents or other | 14437 |
relative having custody. | 14438 |
(2) "Legal custody" and "permanent custody" have the same | 14439 |
meanings as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code. | 14440 |
(3) "Preteen" means an individual under thirteen years of | 14441 |
age. | 14442 |
(B) No person shall operate a children's crisis care facility | 14443 |
or hold a children's crisis care facility out as a certified | 14444 |
children's crisis care facility unless there is a valid children's | 14445 |
crisis care facility certificate issued under this section for the | 14446 |
facility. | 14447 |
(C) A person seeking to operate a children's crisis care | 14448 |
facility shall apply to the director of job and family services to | 14449 |
obtain a certificate for the facility. The director shall certify | 14450 |
the person's children's crisis care facility if the facility meets | 14451 |
all of the certification standards established in rules adopted | 14452 |
under division (F) of this section and the person complies with | 14453 |
all of the rules governing the certification of children's crisis | 14454 |
care facilities adopted under that division. The issuance of a | 14455 |
children's crisis care facility certificate does not exempt the | 14456 |
facility from a requirement to obtain another certificate or | 14457 |
license mandated by law. | 14458 |
(D)(1) No certified children's crisis care facility shall do | 14459 |
any of the following: | 14460 |
(a) Provide residential care to a preteen for more than one | 14461 |
hundred twenty days in a calendar year; | 14462 |
(b) Subject to division (D)(1)(c) of this section and except | 14463 |
as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, provide | 14464 |
residential care to a preteen for more than sixty consecutive | 14465 |
days; | 14466 |
(c) Except as provided in division (D)(3) of this section, | 14467 |
provide residential care to a preteen for more than seventy-two | 14468 |
consecutive hours if a public children services agency or private | 14469 |
child placing agency placed the preteen in the facility; | 14470 |
(d) Fail to comply with section 2151.86 of the Revised Code. | 14471 |
(2) A certified children's crisis care facility may provide | 14472 |
residential care to a preteen for up to ninety consecutive days, | 14473 |
other than a preteen placed in the facility by a public children | 14474 |
services agency or private child placing agency, if any of the | 14475 |
following are the case: | 14476 |
(a) The preteen's parent or other caretaker is enrolled in an | 14477 |
alcohol and drug addiction program certified under section 3793.06 | 14478 |
of the Revised Code or a community mental health service certified | 14479 |
under section 5119.611 of the Revised Code; | 14480 |
(b) The preteen's parent or other caretaker is an inpatient | 14481 |
in a hospital; | 14482 |
(c) The preteen's parent or other caretaker is incarcerated; | 14483 |
(d) A physician has diagnosed the preteen's parent or other | 14484 |
caretaker as medically incapacitated. | 14485 |
(3) A certified children's crisis care facility may provide | 14486 |
residential care to a preteen placed in the facility by a public | 14487 |
children services agency or private child placing agency for more | 14488 |
than seventy-two consecutive hours if the director of job and | 14489 |
family services or the director's designee issues the agency a | 14490 |
waiver of the seventy-two consecutive hour limitation. The waiver | 14491 |
may authorize the certified children's crisis care facility to | 14492 |
provide residential care to the preteen for up to fourteen | 14493 |
consecutive days. | 14494 |
(E) The director of job and family services may suspend or | 14495 |
revoke a children's crisis care facility's certificate pursuant to | 14496 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if the facility violates division | 14497 |
(D) of this section or ceases to meet any of the certification | 14498 |
standards established in rules adopted under division (F) of this | 14499 |
section or the facility's operator ceases to comply with any of | 14500 |
the rules governing the certification of children's crisis care | 14501 |
facilities adopted under that division. | 14502 |
(F) Not later than ninety days after | 14503 |
14504 | |
services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised | 14505 |
Code for the certification of children's crisis care facilities. | 14506 |
The rules shall specify that a certificate shall not be issued to | 14507 |
an applicant if the conditions at the children's crisis care | 14508 |
facility would jeopardize the health or safety of the preteens | 14509 |
placed in the facility. | 14510 |
Sec. 5104.08. (A) There is hereby created in the department | 14511 |
of job and family services a child care advisory council to advise | 14512 |
and assist the department in the administration of this chapter | 14513 |
and in the development of child care. The council shall consist of | 14514 |
twenty-two voting members appointed by the director of job and | 14515 |
family services with the approval of the governor. The director of | 14516 |
job
and family services, the director of | 14517 |
developmental disabilities, the director of mental health, the | 14518 |
superintendent of public instruction, the director of health, the | 14519 |
director of commerce, and the state fire marshal shall serve as | 14520 |
nonvoting members of the council. | 14521 |
Six members shall be representatives of child care centers | 14522 |
subject to licensing, the members to represent a variety of | 14523 |
centers, including nonprofit and proprietary, from different | 14524 |
geographical areas of the state. At least three members shall be | 14525 |
parents, guardians, or custodians of children receiving child care | 14526 |
or publicly funded child care in the child's own home, a center, a | 14527 |
type A home, a head start program, a certified type B home, or a | 14528 |
type B home at the time of appointment. Three members shall be | 14529 |
representatives of in-home aides, type A homes, certified type B | 14530 |
homes, or type B homes or head start programs. At least six | 14531 |
members shall represent county departments of job and family | 14532 |
services. The remaining members shall be representatives of the | 14533 |
teaching, child development, and health professions, and other | 14534 |
individuals interested in the welfare of children. At least six | 14535 |
members of the council shall not be employees or licensees of a | 14536 |
child day-care center, head start program, or type A home, or | 14537 |
providers operating a certified type B home or type B home, or | 14538 |
in-home aides. | 14539 |
Appointments shall be for three-year terms. Vacancies shall | 14540 |
be filled for the unexpired terms. A member of the council is | 14541 |
subject to removal by the director of job and family services for | 14542 |
a willful and flagrant exercise of authority or power that is not | 14543 |
authorized by law, for a refusal or willful neglect to perform any | 14544 |
official duty as a member of the council imposed by law, or for | 14545 |
being guilty of misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, or gross | 14546 |
neglect of duty as a member of the council. | 14547 |
There shall be two co-chairpersons of the council. One | 14548 |
co-chairperson shall be the director of job and family services or | 14549 |
the director's designee, and one co-chairperson shall be elected | 14550 |
by the members of the council. The council shall meet as often as | 14551 |
is necessary to perform its duties, provided that it shall meet at | 14552 |
least once in each quarter of each calendar year and at the call | 14553 |
of the co-chairpersons. The co-chairpersons or their designee | 14554 |
shall send to each member a written notice of the date, time, and | 14555 |
place of each meeting. | 14556 |
Members of the council shall serve without compensation, but | 14557 |
shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses. | 14558 |
(B) The child care advisory council shall advise the director | 14559 |
on matters affecting the licensing of centers and type A homes and | 14560 |
the certification of type B homes and in-home aides. The council | 14561 |
shall make an annual report to the director of job and family | 14562 |
services that addresses the availability, affordability, | 14563 |
accessibility, and quality of child care and that summarizes the | 14564 |
recommendations and plans of action that the council has proposed | 14565 |
to the director during the preceding fiscal year. The director of | 14566 |
job and family services shall provide copies of the report to the | 14567 |
governor, speaker and minority leader of the house of | 14568 |
representatives, and the president and minority leader of the | 14569 |
senate and, on request, shall make copies available to the public. | 14570 |
(C) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules | 14571 |
pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this | 14572 |
section. | 14573 |
Sec. 5107.24. (A) As used in this section: | 14574 |
(1) "Adult-supervised living arrangement" means a family | 14575 |
setting approved, licensed, or certified by the department of job | 14576 |
and family services, the department of mental health, the | 14577 |
department of | 14578 |
the department of youth services, a public children services | 14579 |
agency, a private child placing agency, or a private noncustodial | 14580 |
agency that is maintained by a person age eighteen or older who | 14581 |
assumes responsibility for the care and control of a minor parent, | 14582 |
pregnant minor, or child of a minor parent or provides the minor | 14583 |
parent, pregnant minor, or child of a minor parent supportive | 14584 |
services, including counseling, guidance, and supervision. | 14585 |
"Adult-supervised living arrangement" does not mean a public | 14586 |
institution. | 14587 |
(2) "Child of a minor parent" means a child born to a minor | 14588 |
parent, except that the child ceases to be considered a child of | 14589 |
minor parent when the minor parent attains age eighteen. | 14590 |
(3) "Minor parent" means a parent who is under age eighteen | 14591 |
and is not married. | 14592 |
(4) "Pregnant minor" means a pregnant person who is under age | 14593 |
eighteen and not married. | 14594 |
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section | 14595 |
and to the extent permitted by Title IV-A and federal regulations | 14596 |
adopted under Title IV-A, a pregnant minor, minor parent, or child | 14597 |
of a minor parent must reside in a place of residence maintained | 14598 |
by a parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relative of the | 14599 |
pregnant minor or minor parent as the parent's, guardian's, | 14600 |
custodian's, or specified relative's own home to be eligible to | 14601 |
participate in Ohio works first. | 14602 |
(2) To the extent permitted by Title IV-A and federal | 14603 |
regulations adopted under it, a pregnant minor, minor parent, or | 14604 |
child of a minor parent is exempt from the requirement of division | 14605 |
(B)(1) of this section if any of the following apply: | 14606 |
(a) The minor parent or pregnant minor does not have a | 14607 |
parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relative living or whose | 14608 |
whereabouts are known. | 14609 |
(b) No parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relative of | 14610 |
the minor parent or pregnant minor will allow the pregnant minor, | 14611 |
minor parent, or minor parent's child to live in the parent's, | 14612 |
guardian's, custodian's, or specified relative's home. | 14613 |
(c) The department of job and family services, a county | 14614 |
department of job and family services, or a public children | 14615 |
services agency determines that the physical or emotional health | 14616 |
or safety of the pregnant minor, minor parent, or minor parent's | 14617 |
child would be in jeopardy if the pregnant minor, minor parent, or | 14618 |
minor parent's child lived in the same home as the parent, | 14619 |
guardian, custodian, or specified relative. | 14620 |
(d) The department of job and family services, a county | 14621 |
department of job and family services, or a public children | 14622 |
services agency otherwise determines that it is in the best | 14623 |
interest of the pregnant minor, minor parent, or minor parent's | 14624 |
child to waive the requirement of division (B)(1) of this section. | 14625 |
(C) A pregnant minor, minor parent, or child of a minor | 14626 |
parent exempt from the requirement of division (B)(1) of this | 14627 |
section must reside in an adult-supervised living arrangement to | 14628 |
be eligible to participate in Ohio works first. | 14629 |
(D) The department of job and family services, whenever | 14630 |
possible and to the extent permitted by Title IV-A and federal | 14631 |
regulations adopted under it, shall provide cash assistance under | 14632 |
Ohio works first to the parent, guardian, custodian, or specified | 14633 |
relative of a pregnant minor or minor parent on behalf of the | 14634 |
pregnant minor, minor parent, or minor parent's child. | 14635 |
Sec. 5111.042. The departments of | 14636 |
developmental disabilities and job and family services may | 14637 |
approve, reduce, deny, or terminate a service included in the | 14638 |
individualized service plan developed for a medicaid recipient | 14639 |
with mental retardation or other developmental disability who is | 14640 |
eligible for medicaid case management services. If either | 14641 |
department approves, reduces, denies, or terminates a service, | 14642 |
that department shall timely notify the medicaid recipient that | 14643 |
the recipient may request a hearing under section 5101.35 of the | 14644 |
Revised Code. | 14645 |
Sec. 5111.151. (A) This section applies to eligibility | 14646 |
determinations for all cases involving medicaid provided pursuant | 14647 |
to this chapter, qualified medicare beneficiaries, specified | 14648 |
low-income medicare beneficiaries, qualifying individuals-1, | 14649 |
qualifying individuals-2, and medical assistance for covered | 14650 |
families and children. | 14651 |
(B) As used in this section: | 14652 |
(1) "Trust" means any arrangement in which a grantor | 14653 |
transfers real or personal property to a trust with the intention | 14654 |
that it be held, managed, or administered by at least one trustee | 14655 |
for the benefit of the grantor or beneficiaries. "Trust" includes | 14656 |
any legal instrument or device similar to a trust. | 14657 |
(2) "Legal instrument or device similar to a trust" includes, | 14658 |
but is not limited to, escrow accounts, investment accounts, | 14659 |
partnerships, contracts, and other similar arrangements that are | 14660 |
not called trusts under state law but are similar to a trust and | 14661 |
to which all of the following apply: | 14662 |
(a) The property in the trust is held, managed, retained, or | 14663 |
administered by a trustee. | 14664 |
(b) The trustee has an equitable, legal, or fiduciary duty to | 14665 |
hold, manage, retain, or administer the property for the benefit | 14666 |
of the beneficiary. | 14667 |
(c) The trustee holds identifiable property for the | 14668 |
beneficiary. | 14669 |
(3) "Grantor" is a person who creates a trust, including all | 14670 |
of the following: | 14671 |
(a) An individual; | 14672 |
(b) An individual's spouse; | 14673 |
(c) A person, including a court or administrative body, with | 14674 |
legal authority to act in place of or on behalf of an individual | 14675 |
or an individual's spouse; | 14676 |
(d) A person, including a court or administrative body, that | 14677 |
acts at the direction or on request of an individual or the | 14678 |
individual's spouse. | 14679 |
(4) "Beneficiary" is a person or persons, including a | 14680 |
grantor, who benefits in some way from a trust. | 14681 |
(5) "Trustee" is a person who manages a trust's principal and | 14682 |
income for the benefit of the beneficiaries. | 14683 |
(6) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the | 14684 |
Revised Code and includes an individual, corporation, business | 14685 |
trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. | 14686 |
(7) "Applicant" is an individual who applies for medicaid or | 14687 |
the individual's spouse. | 14688 |
(8) "Recipient" is an individual who receives medicaid or the | 14689 |
individual's spouse. | 14690 |
(9) "Revocable trust" is a trust that can be revoked by the | 14691 |
grantor or the beneficiary, including all of the following, even | 14692 |
if the terms of the trust state that it is irrevocable: | 14693 |
(a) A trust that provides that the trust can be terminated | 14694 |
only by a court; | 14695 |
(b) A trust that terminates on the happening of an event, but | 14696 |
only if the event occurs at the direction or control of the | 14697 |
grantor, beneficiary, or trustee. | 14698 |
(10) "Irrevocable trust" is a trust that cannot be revoked by | 14699 |
the grantor or terminated by a court and that terminates only on | 14700 |
the occurrence of an event outside of the control or direction of | 14701 |
the beneficiary or grantor. | 14702 |
(11) "Payment" is any disbursal from the principal or income | 14703 |
of the trust, including actual cash, noncash or property | 14704 |
disbursements, or the right to use and occupy real property. | 14705 |
(12) "Payments to or for the benefit of the applicant or | 14706 |
recipient" is a payment to any person resulting in a direct or | 14707 |
indirect benefit to the applicant or recipient. | 14708 |
(13) "Testamentary trust" is a trust that is established by a | 14709 |
will and does not take effect until after the death of the person | 14710 |
who created the trust. | 14711 |
(C) If an applicant or recipient is a beneficiary of a trust, | 14712 |
the county department of job and family services shall determine | 14713 |
what type of trust it is and shall treat the trust in accordance | 14714 |
with the appropriate provisions of this section and rules adopted | 14715 |
by the department of job and family services governing trusts. The | 14716 |
county department of job and family services may determine that | 14717 |
the trust or portion of the trust is one of the following: | 14718 |
(1) A countable resource; | 14719 |
(2) Countable income; | 14720 |
(3) A countable resource and countable income; | 14721 |
(4) Not a countable resource or countable income. | 14722 |
(D)(1) A trust or legal instrument or device similar to a | 14723 |
trust shall be considered a medicaid qualifying trust if all of | 14724 |
the following apply: | 14725 |
(a) The trust was established on or prior to August 10, 1993. | 14726 |
(b) The trust was not established by a will. | 14727 |
(c) The trust was established by an applicant or recipient. | 14728 |
(d) The applicant or recipient is or may become the | 14729 |
beneficiary of all or part of the trust. | 14730 |
(e) Payment from the trust is determined by one or more | 14731 |
trustees who are permitted to exercise any discretion with respect | 14732 |
to the distribution to the applicant or recipient. | 14733 |
(2) If a trust meets the requirement of division (D)(1) of | 14734 |
this section, the amount of the trust that is considered by the | 14735 |
county department of job and family services as an available | 14736 |
resource to the applicant or recipient shall be the maximum amount | 14737 |
of payments permitted under the terms of the trust to be | 14738 |
distributed to the applicant or recipient, assuming the full | 14739 |
exercise of discretion by the trustee or trustees. The maximum | 14740 |
amount shall include only amounts that are permitted to be | 14741 |
distributed but are not distributed from either the income or | 14742 |
principal of the trust. | 14743 |
(3) Amounts that are actually distributed from a medicaid | 14744 |
qualifying trust to a beneficiary for any purpose shall be treated | 14745 |
in accordance with rules adopted by the department of job and | 14746 |
family services governing income. | 14747 |
(4) Availability of a medicaid qualifying trust shall be | 14748 |
considered without regard to any of the following: | 14749 |
(a) Whether or not the trust is irrevocable or was | 14750 |
established for purposes other than to enable a grantor to qualify | 14751 |
for medicaid, medical assistance for covered families and | 14752 |
children, or as a qualified medicare beneficiary, specified | 14753 |
low-income medicare beneficiary, qualifying individual-1, or | 14754 |
qualifying individual-2; | 14755 |
(b) Whether or not the trustee actually exercises discretion. | 14756 |
(5) If any real or personal property is transferred to a | 14757 |
medicaid qualifying trust that is not distributable to the | 14758 |
applicant or recipient, the transfer shall be considered an | 14759 |
improper disposition of assets and shall be subject to section | 14760 |
5111.0116 of the Revised Code and rules to implement that section | 14761 |
adopted under section 5111.011 of the Revised Code. | 14762 |
(6) The baseline date for the look-back period for | 14763 |
disposition of assets involving a medicaid qualifying trust shall | 14764 |
be the date on which the applicant or recipient is both | 14765 |
institutionalized and first applies for medicaid. | 14766 |
(E)(1) A trust or legal instrument or device similar to a | 14767 |
trust shall be considered a self-settled trust if all of the | 14768 |
following apply: | 14769 |
(a) The trust was established on or after August 11, 1993. | 14770 |
(b) The trust was not established by a will. | 14771 |
(c) The trust was established by an applicant or recipient, | 14772 |
spouse of an applicant or recipient, or a person, including a | 14773 |
court or administrative body, with legal authority to act in place | 14774 |
of or on behalf of an applicant, recipient, or spouse, or acting | 14775 |
at the direction or on request of an applicant, recipient, or | 14776 |
spouse. | 14777 |
(2) A trust that meets the requirements of division (E)(1) of | 14778 |
this section and is a revocable trust shall be treated by the | 14779 |
county department of job and family services as follows: | 14780 |
(a) The corpus of the trust shall be considered a resource | 14781 |
available to the applicant or recipient. | 14782 |
(b) Payments from the trust to or for the benefit of the | 14783 |
applicant or recipient shall be considered unearned income of the | 14784 |
applicant or recipient. | 14785 |
(c) Any other payments from the trust shall be considered an | 14786 |
improper disposition of assets and shall be subject to section | 14787 |
5111.0116 of the Revised Code and rules to implement that section | 14788 |
adopted under section 5111.011 of the Revised Code. | 14789 |
(3) A trust that meets the requirements of division (E)(1) of | 14790 |
this section and is an irrevocable trust shall be treated by the | 14791 |
county department of job and family services as follows: | 14792 |
(a) If there are any circumstances under which payment from | 14793 |
the trust could be made to or for the benefit of the applicant or | 14794 |
recipient, including a payment that can be made only in the | 14795 |
future, the portion from which payments could be made shall be | 14796 |
considered a resource available to the applicant or recipient. The | 14797 |
county department of job and family services shall not take into | 14798 |
account when payments can be made. | 14799 |
(b) Any payment that is actually made to or for the benefit | 14800 |
of the applicant or recipient from either the corpus or income | 14801 |
shall be considered unearned income. | 14802 |
(c) If a payment is made to someone other than to the | 14803 |
applicant or recipient and the payment is not for the benefit of | 14804 |
the applicant or recipient, the payment shall be considered an | 14805 |
improper disposition of assets and shall be subject to section | 14806 |
5111.0116 of the Revised Code and rules to implement that section | 14807 |
adopted under section 5111.011 of the Revised Code. | 14808 |
(d) The date of the disposition shall be the later of the | 14809 |
date of establishment of the trust or the date of the occurrence | 14810 |
of the event. | 14811 |
(e) When determining the value of the disposed asset under | 14812 |
this provision, the value of the trust shall be its value on the | 14813 |
date payment to the applicant or recipient was foreclosed. | 14814 |
(f) Any income earned or other resources added subsequent to | 14815 |
the foreclosure date shall be added to the total value of the | 14816 |
trust. | 14817 |
(g) Any payments to or for the benefit of the applicant or | 14818 |
recipient after the foreclosure date but prior to the application | 14819 |
date shall be subtracted from the total value. Any other payments | 14820 |
shall not be subtracted from the value. | 14821 |
(h) Any addition of assets after the foreclosure date shall | 14822 |
be considered a separate disposition. | 14823 |
(4) If a trust is funded with assets of another person or | 14824 |
persons in addition to assets of the applicant or recipient, the | 14825 |
applicable provisions of this section and rules adopted by the | 14826 |
department of job and family services governing trusts shall apply | 14827 |
only to the portion of the trust attributable to the applicant or | 14828 |
recipient. | 14829 |
(5) The availability of a self-settled trust shall be | 14830 |
considered without regard to any of the following: | 14831 |
(a) The purpose for which the trust is established; | 14832 |
(b) Whether the trustees have exercised or may exercise | 14833 |
discretion under the trust; | 14834 |
(c) Any restrictions on when or whether distributions may be | 14835 |
made from the trust; | 14836 |
(d) Any restrictions on the use of distributions from the | 14837 |
trust. | 14838 |
(6) The baseline date for the look-back period for | 14839 |
dispositions of assets involving a self-settled trust shall be the | 14840 |
date on which the applicant or recipient is both institutionalized | 14841 |
and first applies for medicaid. | 14842 |
(F) The principal or income from any of the following shall | 14843 |
be exempt from being counted as a resource by a county department | 14844 |
of job and family services: | 14845 |
(1)(a) A special needs trust that meets all of the following | 14846 |
requirements: | 14847 |
(i) The trust contains assets of an applicant or recipient | 14848 |
under sixty-five years of age and may contain the assets of other | 14849 |
individuals. | 14850 |
(ii) The applicant or recipient is disabled as defined in | 14851 |
rules adopted by the department of job and family services. | 14852 |
(iii) The trust is established for the benefit of the | 14853 |
applicant or recipient by a parent, grandparent, legal guardian, | 14854 |
or a court. | 14855 |
(iv) The trust requires that on the death of the applicant or | 14856 |
recipient the state will receive all amounts remaining in the | 14857 |
trust up to an amount equal to the total amount of medicaid paid | 14858 |
on behalf of the applicant or recipient. | 14859 |
(b) If a special needs trust meets the requirements of | 14860 |
division (F)(1)(a) of this section and has been established for a | 14861 |
disabled applicant or recipient under sixty-five years of age, the | 14862 |
exemption for the trust granted pursuant to division (F) of this | 14863 |
section shall continue after the disabled applicant or recipient | 14864 |
becomes sixty-five years of age if the applicant or recipient | 14865 |
continues to be disabled as defined in rules adopted by the | 14866 |
department of job and family services. Except for income earned by | 14867 |
the trust, the grantor shall not add to or otherwise augment the | 14868 |
trust after the applicant or recipient attains sixty-five years of | 14869 |
age. An addition or augmentation of the trust by the applicant or | 14870 |
recipient with the applicant's own assets after the applicant or | 14871 |
recipient attains sixty-five years of age shall be treated as an | 14872 |
improper disposition of assets. | 14873 |
(c) Cash distributions to the applicant or recipient shall be | 14874 |
counted as unearned income. All other distributions from the trust | 14875 |
shall be treated as provided in rules adopted by the department of | 14876 |
job and family services governing in-kind income. | 14877 |
(d) Transfers of assets to a special needs trust shall not be | 14878 |
treated as an improper transfer of resources. Assets held prior to | 14879 |
the transfer to the trust shall be considered as countable assets | 14880 |
or countable income or countable assets and income. | 14881 |
(2)(a) A qualifying income trust that meets all of the | 14882 |
following requirements: | 14883 |
(i) The trust is composed only of pension, social security, | 14884 |
and other income to the applicant or recipient, including | 14885 |
accumulated interest in the trust. | 14886 |
(ii) The income is received by the individual and the right | 14887 |
to receive the income is not assigned or transferred to the trust. | 14888 |
(iii) The trust requires that on the death of the applicant | 14889 |
or recipient the state will receive all amounts remaining in the | 14890 |
trust up to an amount equal to the total amount of medicaid paid | 14891 |
on behalf of the applicant or recipient. | 14892 |
(b) No resources shall be used to establish or augment the | 14893 |
trust. | 14894 |
(c) If an applicant or recipient has irrevocably transferred | 14895 |
or assigned the applicant's or recipient's right to receive income | 14896 |
to the trust, the trust shall not be considered a qualifying | 14897 |
income trust by the county department of job and family services. | 14898 |
(d) Income placed in a qualifying income trust shall not be | 14899 |
counted in determining an applicant's or recipient's eligibility | 14900 |
for medicaid. The recipient of the funds may place any income | 14901 |
directly into a qualifying income trust without those funds | 14902 |
adversely affecting the applicant's or recipient's eligibility for | 14903 |
medicaid. Income generated by the trust that remains in the trust | 14904 |
shall not be considered as income to the applicant or recipient. | 14905 |
(e) All income placed in a qualifying income trust shall be | 14906 |
combined with any countable income not placed in the trust to | 14907 |
arrive at a base income figure to be used for spend down | 14908 |
calculations. | 14909 |
(f) The base income figure shall be used for post-eligibility | 14910 |
deductions, including personal needs allowance, monthly income | 14911 |
allowance, family allowance, and medical expenses not subject to | 14912 |
third party payment. Any income remaining shall be used toward | 14913 |
payment of patient liability. Payments made from a qualifying | 14914 |
income trust shall not be combined with the base income figure for | 14915 |
post-eligibility calculations. | 14916 |
(g) The base income figure shall be used when determining the | 14917 |
spend down budget for the applicant or recipient. Any income | 14918 |
remaining after allowable deductions are permitted as provided | 14919 |
under rules adopted by the department of job and family services | 14920 |
shall be considered the applicant's or recipient's spend down | 14921 |
liability. | 14922 |
(3)(a) A pooled trust that meets all of the following | 14923 |
requirements: | 14924 |
(i) The trust contains the assets of the applicant or | 14925 |
recipient of any age who is disabled as defined in rules adopted | 14926 |
by the department of job and family services. | 14927 |
(ii) The trust is established and managed by a nonprofit | 14928 |
association. | 14929 |
(iii) A separate account is maintained for each beneficiary | 14930 |
of the trust but, for purposes of investment and management of | 14931 |
funds, the trust pools the funds in these accounts. | 14932 |
(iv) Accounts in the trust are established by the applicant | 14933 |
or recipient, the applicant's or recipient's parent, grandparent, | 14934 |
or legal guardian, or a court solely for the benefit of | 14935 |
individuals who are disabled. | 14936 |
(v) The trust requires that, to the extent that any amounts | 14937 |
remaining in the beneficiary's account on the death of the | 14938 |
beneficiary are not retained by the trust, the trust pay to the | 14939 |
state the amounts remaining in the trust up to an amount equal to | 14940 |
the total amount of medicaid paid on behalf of the beneficiary. | 14941 |
(b) Cash distributions to the applicant or recipient shall be | 14942 |
counted as unearned income. All other distributions from the trust | 14943 |
shall be treated as provided in rules adopted by the department of | 14944 |
job and family services governing in-kind income. | 14945 |
(c) Transfers of assets to a pooled trust shall not be | 14946 |
treated as an improper disposition of assets. Assets held prior to | 14947 |
the transfer to the trust shall be considered as countable assets, | 14948 |
countable income, or countable assets and income. | 14949 |
(4) A supplemental services trust that meets the requirements | 14950 |
of section 5815.28 of the Revised Code and to which all of the | 14951 |
following apply: | 14952 |
(a) A person may establish a supplemental services trust | 14953 |
pursuant to section 5815.28 of the Revised Code only for another | 14954 |
person who is eligible to receive services through one of the | 14955 |
following agencies: | 14956 |
(i) The department of | 14957 |
disabilities; | 14958 |
(ii) A county board of | 14959 |
disabilities; | 14960 |
(iii) The department of mental health; | 14961 |
(iv) A board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health | 14962 |
services. | 14963 |
(b) A county department of job and family services shall not | 14964 |
determine eligibility for another agency's program. An applicant | 14965 |
or recipient shall do one of the following: | 14966 |
(i) Provide documentation from one of the agencies listed in | 14967 |
division (F)(4)(a) of this section that establishes that the | 14968 |
applicant or recipient was determined to be eligible for services | 14969 |
from the agency at the time of the creation of the trust; | 14970 |
(ii) Provide an order from a court of competent jurisdiction | 14971 |
that states that the applicant or recipient was eligible for | 14972 |
services from one of the agencies listed in division (F)(4)(a) of | 14973 |
this section at the time of the creation of the trust. | 14974 |
(c) At the time the trust is created, the trust principal | 14975 |
does not exceed the maximum amount permitted. The maximum amount | 14976 |
permitted in calendar year 2006 is two hundred twenty-two thousand | 14977 |
dollars. Each year thereafter, the maximum amount permitted is the | 14978 |
prior year's amount plus two thousand dollars. | 14979 |
(d) A county department of job and family services shall | 14980 |
review the trust to determine whether it complies with the | 14981 |
provisions of section 5815.28 of the Revised Code. | 14982 |
(e) Payments from supplemental services trusts shall be | 14983 |
exempt as long as the payments are for supplemental services as | 14984 |
defined in rules adopted by the department of job and family | 14985 |
services. All supplemental services shall be purchased by the | 14986 |
trustee and shall not be purchased through direct cash payments to | 14987 |
the beneficiary. | 14988 |
(f) If a trust is represented as a supplemental services | 14989 |
trust and a county department of job and family services | 14990 |
determines that the trust does not meet the requirements provided | 14991 |
in division (F)(4) of this section and section 5815.28 of the | 14992 |
Revised Code, the county department of job and family services | 14993 |
shall not consider it an exempt trust. | 14994 |
(G)(1) A trust or legal instrument or device similar to a | 14995 |
trust shall be considered a trust established by an individual for | 14996 |
the benefit of the applicant or recipient if all of the following | 14997 |
apply: | 14998 |
(a) The trust is created by a person other than the applicant | 14999 |
or recipient. | 15000 |
(b) The trust names the applicant or recipient as a | 15001 |
beneficiary. | 15002 |
(c) The trust is funded with assets or property in which the | 15003 |
applicant or recipient has never held an ownership interest prior | 15004 |
to the establishment of the trust. | 15005 |
(2) Any portion of a trust that meets the requirements of | 15006 |
division (G)(1) of this section shall be an available resource | 15007 |
only if the trust permits the trustee to expend principal, corpus, | 15008 |
or assets of the trust for the applicant's or recipient's medical | 15009 |
care, care, comfort, maintenance, health, welfare, general well | 15010 |
being, or any combination of these purposes. | 15011 |
(3) A trust that meets the requirements of division (G)(1) of | 15012 |
this section shall be considered an available resource even if the | 15013 |
trust contains any of the following types of provisions: | 15014 |
(a) A provision that prohibits the trustee from making | 15015 |
payments that would supplant or replace medicaid or other public | 15016 |
assistance; | 15017 |
(b) A provision that prohibits the trustee from making | 15018 |
payments that would impact or have an effect on the applicant's or | 15019 |
recipient's right, ability, or opportunity to receive medicaid or | 15020 |
other public assistance; | 15021 |
(c) A provision that attempts to prevent the trust or its | 15022 |
corpus or principal from being counted as an available resource. | 15023 |
(4) A trust that meets the requirements of division (G)(1) of | 15024 |
this section shall not be counted as an available resource if at | 15025 |
least one of the following circumstances applies: | 15026 |
(a) If a trust contains a clear statement requiring the | 15027 |
trustee to preserve a portion of the trust for another beneficiary | 15028 |
or remainderman, that portion of the trust shall not be counted as | 15029 |
an available resource. Terms of a trust that grant discretion to | 15030 |
preserve a portion of the trust shall not qualify as a clear | 15031 |
statement requiring the trustee to preserve a portion of the | 15032 |
trust. | 15033 |
(b) If a trust contains a clear statement requiring the | 15034 |
trustee to use a portion of the trust for a purpose other than | 15035 |
medical care, care, comfort, maintenance, welfare, or general well | 15036 |
being of the applicant or recipient, that portion of the trust | 15037 |
shall not be counted as an available resource. Terms of a trust | 15038 |
that grant discretion to limit the use of a portion of the trust | 15039 |
shall not qualify as a clear statement requiring the trustee to | 15040 |
use a portion of the trust for a particular purpose. | 15041 |
(c) If a trust contains a clear statement limiting the | 15042 |
trustee to making fixed periodic payments, the trust shall not be | 15043 |
counted as an available resource and payments shall be treated in | 15044 |
accordance with rules adopted by the department of job and family | 15045 |
services governing income. Terms of a trust that grant discretion | 15046 |
to limit payments shall not qualify as a clear statement requiring | 15047 |
the trustee to make fixed periodic payments. | 15048 |
(d) If a trust contains a clear statement that requires the | 15049 |
trustee to terminate the trust if it is counted as an available | 15050 |
resource, the trust shall not be counted as an available resource. | 15051 |
Terms of a trust that grant discretion to terminate the trust do | 15052 |
not qualify as a clear statement requiring the trustee to | 15053 |
terminate the trust. | 15054 |
(e) If a person obtains a judgment from a court of competent | 15055 |
jurisdiction that expressly prevents the trustee from using part | 15056 |
or all of the trust for the medical care, care, comfort, | 15057 |
maintenance, welfare, or general well being of the applicant or | 15058 |
recipient, the trust or that portion of the trust subject to the | 15059 |
court order shall not be counted as a resource. | 15060 |
(f) If a trust is specifically exempt from being counted as | 15061 |
an available resource by a provision of the Revised Code, rules, | 15062 |
or federal law, the trust shall not be counted as a resource. | 15063 |
(g) If an applicant or recipient presents a final judgment | 15064 |
from a court demonstrating that the applicant or recipient was | 15065 |
unsuccessful in a civil action against the trustee to compel | 15066 |
payments from the trust, the trust shall not be counted as an | 15067 |
available resource. | 15068 |
(h) If an applicant or recipient presents a final judgment | 15069 |
from a court demonstrating that in a civil action against the | 15070 |
trustee the applicant or recipient was only able to compel limited | 15071 |
or periodic payments, the trust shall not be counted as an | 15072 |
available resource and payments shall be treated in accordance | 15073 |
with rules adopted by the department of job and family services | 15074 |
governing income. | 15075 |
(i) If an applicant or recipient provides written | 15076 |
documentation showing that the cost of a civil action brought to | 15077 |
compel payments from the trust would be cost prohibitive, the | 15078 |
trust shall not be counted as an available resource. | 15079 |
(5) Any actual payments to the applicant or recipient from a | 15080 |
trust that meet the requirements of division (G)(1) of this | 15081 |
section, including trusts that are not counted as an available | 15082 |
resource, shall be treated as provided in rules adopted by the | 15083 |
department of job and family services governing income. Payments | 15084 |
to any person other than the applicant or recipient shall not be | 15085 |
considered income to the applicant or recipient. Payments from the | 15086 |
trust to a person other than the applicant or recipient shall not | 15087 |
be considered an improper disposition of assets. | 15088 |
Sec. 5111.202. (A) As used in this section: | 15089 |
(1) "Dementia" includes Alzheimer's disease or a related | 15090 |
disorder. | 15091 |
(2) "Serious mental illness" means "serious mental illness," | 15092 |
as defined by the United States department of health and human | 15093 |
services in regulations adopted under section 1919(e)(7)(G)(i) of | 15094 |
the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, | 15095 |
as amended. | 15096 |
(3) "Mentally ill individual" means an individual who has a | 15097 |
serious mental illness other than either of the following: | 15098 |
(a) A primary diagnosis of dementia; | 15099 |
(b) A primary diagnosis that is not a primary diagnosis of | 15100 |
dementia and a primary diagnosis of something other than a serious | 15101 |
mental illness. | 15102 |
(4) "Mentally retarded individual" means an individual who is | 15103 |
mentally retarded or has a related condition, as described in | 15104 |
section 1905(d) of the "Social Security Act." | 15105 |
(5) "Specialized services" means the services specified by | 15106 |
the United States department of health and human services in | 15107 |
regulations adopted under section 1919(e)(7)(G)(iii) of the | 15108 |
"Social Security Act." | 15109 |
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no | 15110 |
nursing facility shall admit as a resident any mentally ill | 15111 |
individual unless the facility has received evidence that the | 15112 |
department of mental health has determined both of the following | 15113 |
under section 5119.061 of the Revised Code: | 15114 |
(a) That the individual requires the level of services | 15115 |
provided by a nursing facility because of the individual's | 15116 |
physical and mental condition; | 15117 |
(b) Whether the individual requires specialized services for | 15118 |
mental illness. | 15119 |
(2) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no | 15120 |
nursing facility shall admit as a resident any mentally retarded | 15121 |
individual unless the facility has received evidence that the | 15122 |
department of | 15123 |
has determined both of the following under section 5123.021 of the | 15124 |
Revised Code: | 15125 |
(a) That the individual requires the level of services | 15126 |
provided by a nursing facility because of the individual's | 15127 |
physical and mental condition; | 15128 |
(b) Whether the individual requires specialized services for | 15129 |
mental retardation. | 15130 |
(C) The department of job and family services shall not make | 15131 |
payments under the medical assistance program to a nursing | 15132 |
facility on behalf of any individual who is admitted to the | 15133 |
facility in violation of division (B) of this section for the | 15134 |
period beginning on the date of admission and ending on the date | 15135 |
the requirements of division (B) of this section are met. | 15136 |
(D) A determination under division (B) of this section is not | 15137 |
required for any individual who is exempted from the requirement | 15138 |
that a determination be made by division (B)(2) of section | 15139 |
5119.061 of the Revised Code or rules adopted by the department of | 15140 |
mental health under division (E)(3) of that section, or by | 15141 |
division (B)(2) of section 5123.021 of the Revised Code or rules | 15142 |
adopted by the department of | 15143 |
disabilities under division (E)(3) of that section. | 15144 |
Sec. 5111.203. Regardless of whether or not an applicant for | 15145 |
admission to a nursing facility or resident of a nursing facility | 15146 |
is an applicant for or recipient of medical assistance, the | 15147 |
department of job and family services shall provide notice and an | 15148 |
opportunity for a hearing to any applicant for admission to a | 15149 |
nursing facility or resident of a nursing facility who is | 15150 |
adversely affected by a determination made by the department of | 15151 |
mental health under section 5119.061 of the Revised Code or by the | 15152 |
department of | 15153 |
under section 5123.021 of the Revised Code. The hearing shall be | 15154 |
conducted in the same manner as hearings conducted under section | 15155 |
5101.35 of the Revised Code. Any decision made by the department | 15156 |
of job and family services on the basis of the hearing is binding | 15157 |
on the
department of
mental health and the department of | 15158 |
15159 |
Sec. 5111.211. (A) The department of | 15160 |
developmental disabilities is responsible for the nonfederal share | 15161 |
of claims submitted for services that are covered by the medicaid | 15162 |
program and provided to an eligible medicaid recipient by an | 15163 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded if all of the | 15164 |
following are the case: | 15165 |
(1) The services are provided on or after July 1, 2003; | 15166 |
(2) The facility receives initial certification by the | 15167 |
director of health as an intermediate care facility for the | 15168 |
mentally retarded on or after June 1, 2003; | 15169 |
(3) The facility, or a portion of the facility, is licensed | 15170 |
by the director of | 15171 |
disabilities as a residential facility under section 5123.19 of | 15172 |
the Revised Code; | 15173 |
(4) There is a valid provider agreement for the facility. | 15174 |
(B) Each month, the department of job and family services | 15175 |
shall invoice the department of | 15176 |
developmental disabilities by interagency transfer voucher for the | 15177 |
claims for which the department of | 15178 |
developmental disabilities is responsible pursuant to this | 15179 |
section. | 15180 |
Sec. 5111.251. (A) The department of job and family services | 15181 |
shall pay a provider for each of the provider's eligible | 15182 |
intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded for its | 15183 |
reasonable capital costs, a per resident per day rate established | 15184 |
prospectively each fiscal year for each intermediate care facility | 15185 |
for the mentally retarded. Except as otherwise provided in | 15186 |
sections 5111.20 to 5111.33 of the Revised Code, the rate shall be | 15187 |
based on the facility's capital costs for the calendar year | 15188 |
preceding the fiscal year in which the rate will be paid. The rate | 15189 |
shall equal the sum of the following: | 15190 |
(1) The facility's desk-reviewed, actual, allowable, per diem | 15191 |
cost of ownership for the preceding cost reporting period, limited | 15192 |
as provided in divisions (C) and (F) of this section; | 15193 |
(2) Any efficiency incentive determined under division (B) of | 15194 |
this section; | 15195 |
(3) Any amounts for renovations determined under division (D) | 15196 |
of this section; | 15197 |
(4) Any amounts for return on equity determined under | 15198 |
division (I) of this section. | 15199 |
Buildings shall be depreciated using the straight line method | 15200 |
over forty years or over a different period approved by the | 15201 |
department. Components and equipment shall be depreciated using | 15202 |
the straight line method over a period designated by the director | 15203 |
of job and family services in rules adopted under section 5111.02 | 15204 |
of the Revised Code, consistent with the guidelines of the | 15205 |
American hospital association, or over a different period approved | 15206 |
by the department of job and family services. Any rules authorized | 15207 |
by this division that specify useful lives of buildings, | 15208 |
components, or equipment apply only to assets acquired on or after | 15209 |
July 1, 1993. Depreciation for costs paid or reimbursed by any | 15210 |
government agency shall not be included in costs of ownership or | 15211 |
renovation unless that part of the payment under sections 5111.20 | 15212 |
to 5111.33 of the Revised Code is used to reimburse the government | 15213 |
agency. | 15214 |
(B) The department of job and family services shall pay to a | 15215 |
provider for each of the provider's eligible intermediate care | 15216 |
facilities for the mentally retarded an efficiency incentive equal | 15217 |
to fifty per cent of the difference between any desk-reviewed, | 15218 |
actual, allowable cost of ownership and the applicable limit on | 15219 |
cost of ownership payments under division (C) of this section. For | 15220 |
purposes of computing the efficiency incentive, depreciation for | 15221 |
costs paid or reimbursed by any government agency shall be | 15222 |
considered as a cost of ownership, and the applicable limit under | 15223 |
division (C) of this section shall apply both to facilities with | 15224 |
more than eight beds and facilities with eight or fewer beds. The | 15225 |
efficiency incentive paid to a provider for a facility with eight | 15226 |
or fewer beds shall not exceed three dollars per patient day, | 15227 |
adjusted annually for the inflation rate for the twelve-month | 15228 |
period beginning on the first day of July of the calendar year | 15229 |
preceding the calendar year that precedes the fiscal year for | 15230 |
which the efficiency incentive is determined and ending on the | 15231 |
thirtieth day of the following June, using the consumer price | 15232 |
index for shelter costs for all urban consumers for the north | 15233 |
central region, as published by the United States bureau of labor | 15234 |
statistics. | 15235 |
(C) Cost of ownership payments for intermediate care | 15236 |
facilities for the mentally retarded with more than eight beds | 15237 |
shall not exceed the following limits: | 15238 |
(1) For facilities with dates of licensure prior to January | 15239 |
1, l958, not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per patient | 15240 |
day; | 15241 |
(2) For facilities with dates of licensure after December 31, | 15242 |
l957, but prior to January 1, l968, not exceeding: | 15243 |
(a) Three dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the cost | 15244 |
of construction was three thousand five hundred dollars or more | 15245 |
per bed; | 15246 |
(b) Two dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the cost | 15247 |
of construction was less than three thousand five hundred dollars | 15248 |
per bed. | 15249 |
(3) For facilities with dates of licensure after December 31, | 15250 |
l967, but prior to January 1, l976, not exceeding: | 15251 |
(a) Four dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the cost | 15252 |
of construction was five thousand one hundred fifty dollars or | 15253 |
more per bed; | 15254 |
(b) Three dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the cost | 15255 |
of construction was less than five thousand one hundred fifty | 15256 |
dollars per bed, but exceeds three thousand five hundred dollars | 15257 |
per bed; | 15258 |
(c) Two dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the cost | 15259 |
of construction was three thousand five hundred dollars or less | 15260 |
per bed. | 15261 |
(4) For facilities with dates of licensure after December 31, | 15262 |
l975, but prior to January 1, l979, not exceeding: | 15263 |
(a) Five dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the cost | 15264 |
of construction was six thousand eight hundred dollars or more per | 15265 |
bed; | 15266 |
(b) Four dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the cost | 15267 |
of construction was less than six thousand eight hundred dollars | 15268 |
per bed but exceeds five thousand one hundred fifty dollars per | 15269 |
bed; | 15270 |
(c) Three dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the cost | 15271 |
of construction was five thousand one hundred fifty dollars or | 15272 |
less per bed, but exceeds three thousand five hundred dollars per | 15273 |
bed; | 15274 |
(d) Two dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the cost | 15275 |
of construction was three thousand five hundred dollars or less | 15276 |
per bed. | 15277 |
(5) For facilities with dates of licensure after December 31, | 15278 |
l978, but prior to January 1, l980, not exceeding: | 15279 |
(a) Six dollars per patient day if the cost of construction | 15280 |
was seven thousand six hundred twenty-five dollars or more per | 15281 |
bed; | 15282 |
(b) Five dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the cost | 15283 |
of construction was less than seven thousand six hundred | 15284 |
twenty-five dollars per bed but exceeds six thousand eight hundred | 15285 |
dollars per bed; | 15286 |
(c) Four dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the cost | 15287 |
of construction was six thousand eight hundred dollars or less per | 15288 |
bed but exceeds five thousand one hundred fifty dollars per bed; | 15289 |
(d) Three dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the cost | 15290 |
of construction was five thousand one hundred fifty dollars or | 15291 |
less but exceeds three thousand five hundred dollars per bed; | 15292 |
(e) Two dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the cost | 15293 |
of construction was three thousand five hundred dollars or less | 15294 |
per bed. | 15295 |
(6) For facilities with dates of licensure after December 31, | 15296 |
1979, but prior to January 1, 1981, not exceeding: | 15297 |
(a) Twelve dollars per patient day if the beds were | 15298 |
originally licensed as residential facility beds by the department | 15299 |
of | 15300 |
(b) Six dollars per patient day if the beds were originally | 15301 |
licensed as nursing home beds by the department of health. | 15302 |
(7) For facilities with dates of licensure after December 31, | 15303 |
1980, but prior to January 1, 1982, not exceeding: | 15304 |
(a) Twelve dollars per patient day if the beds were | 15305 |
originally licensed as residential facility beds by the department | 15306 |
of | 15307 |
(b) Six dollars and forty-five cents per patient day if the | 15308 |
beds were originally licensed as nursing home beds by the | 15309 |
department of health. | 15310 |
(8) For facilities with dates of licensure after December 31, | 15311 |
1981, but prior to January 1, 1983, not exceeding: | 15312 |
(a) Twelve dollars per patient day if the beds were | 15313 |
originally licensed as residential facility beds by the department | 15314 |
of | 15315 |
(b) Six dollars and seventy-nine cents per patient day if the | 15316 |
beds were originally licensed as nursing home beds by the | 15317 |
department of health. | 15318 |
(9) For facilities with dates of licensure after December 31, | 15319 |
1982, but prior to January 1, 1984, not exceeding: | 15320 |
(a) Twelve dollars per patient day if the beds were | 15321 |
originally licensed as residential facility beds by the department | 15322 |
of | 15323 |
(b) Seven dollars and nine cents per patient day if the beds | 15324 |
were originally licensed as nursing home beds by the department of | 15325 |
health. | 15326 |
(10) For facilities with dates of licensure after December | 15327 |
31, 1983, but prior to January 1, 1985, not exceeding: | 15328 |
(a) Twelve dollars and twenty-four cents per patient day if | 15329 |
the beds were originally licensed as residential facility beds by | 15330 |
the department of | 15331 |
disabilities; | 15332 |
(b) Seven dollars and twenty-three cents per patient day if | 15333 |
the beds were originally licensed as nursing home beds by the | 15334 |
department of health. | 15335 |
(11) For facilities with dates of licensure after December | 15336 |
31, 1984, but prior to January 1, 1986, not exceeding: | 15337 |
(a) Twelve dollars and fifty-three cents per patient day if | 15338 |
the beds were originally licensed as residential facility beds by | 15339 |
the department of | 15340 |
disabilities; | 15341 |
(b) Seven dollars and forty cents per patient day if the beds | 15342 |
were originally licensed as nursing home beds by the department of | 15343 |
health. | 15344 |
(12) For facilities with dates of licensure after December | 15345 |
31, 1985, but prior to January 1, 1987, not exceeding: | 15346 |
(a) Twelve dollars and seventy cents per patient day if the | 15347 |
beds were originally licensed as residential facility beds by the | 15348 |
department of | 15349 |
(b) Seven dollars and fifty cents per patient day if the beds | 15350 |
were originally licensed as nursing home beds by the department of | 15351 |
health. | 15352 |
(13) For facilities with dates of licensure after December | 15353 |
31, 1986, but prior to January 1, 1988, not exceeding: | 15354 |
(a) Twelve dollars and ninety-nine cents per patient day if | 15355 |
the beds were originally licensed as residential facility beds by | 15356 |
the department of | 15357 |
disabilities; | 15358 |
(b) Seven dollars and sixty-seven cents per patient day if | 15359 |
the beds were originally licensed as nursing home beds by the | 15360 |
department of health. | 15361 |
(14) For facilities with dates of licensure after December | 15362 |
31, 1987, but prior to January 1, 1989, not exceeding thirteen | 15363 |
dollars and twenty-six cents per patient day; | 15364 |
(15) For facilities with dates of licensure after December | 15365 |
31, 1988, but prior to January 1, 1990, not exceeding thirteen | 15366 |
dollars and forty-six cents per patient day; | 15367 |
(16) For facilities with dates of licensure after December | 15368 |
31, 1989, but prior to January 1, 1991, not exceeding thirteen | 15369 |
dollars and sixty cents per patient day; | 15370 |
(17) For facilities with dates of licensure after December | 15371 |
31, 1990, but prior to January 1, 1992, not exceeding thirteen | 15372 |
dollars and forty-nine cents per patient day; | 15373 |
(18) For facilities with dates of licensure after December | 15374 |
31, 1991, but prior to January 1, 1993, not exceeding thirteen | 15375 |
dollars and sixty-seven cents per patient day; | 15376 |
(19) For facilities with dates of licensure after December | 15377 |
31, 1992, not exceeding fourteen dollars and twenty-eight cents | 15378 |
per patient day. | 15379 |
(D) Beginning January 1, 1981, regardless of the original | 15380 |
date of licensure, the department of job and family services shall | 15381 |
pay a rate for the per diem capitalized costs of renovations to | 15382 |
intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded made after | 15383 |
January 1, l981, not exceeding six dollars per patient day using | 15384 |
1980 as the base year and adjusting the amount annually until June | 15385 |
30, 1993, for fluctuations in construction costs calculated by the | 15386 |
department using the "Dodge building cost indexes, northeastern | 15387 |
and north central states," published by Marshall and Swift. The | 15388 |
payment provided for in this division is the only payment that | 15389 |
shall be made for the capitalized costs of a nonextensive | 15390 |
renovation of an intermediate care facility for the mentally | 15391 |
retarded. Nonextensive renovation costs shall not be included in | 15392 |
cost of ownership, and a nonextensive renovation shall not affect | 15393 |
the date of licensure for purposes of division (C) of this | 15394 |
section. This division applies to nonextensive renovations | 15395 |
regardless of whether they are made by an owner or a lessee. If | 15396 |
the tenancy of a lessee that has made renovations ends before the | 15397 |
depreciation expense for the renovation costs has been fully | 15398 |
reported, the former lessee shall not report the undepreciated | 15399 |
balance as an expense. | 15400 |
For a nonextensive renovation to qualify for payment under | 15401 |
this division, both of the following conditions must be met: | 15402 |
(1) At least five years have elapsed since the date of | 15403 |
licensure or date of an extensive renovation of the portion of the | 15404 |
facility that is proposed to be renovated, except that this | 15405 |
condition does not apply if the renovation is necessary to meet | 15406 |
the requirements of federal, state, or local statutes, ordinances, | 15407 |
rules, or policies. | 15408 |
(2) The provider has obtained prior approval from the | 15409 |
department of job and family services. The provider shall submit a | 15410 |
plan that describes in detail the changes in capital assets to be | 15411 |
accomplished by means of the renovation and the timetable for | 15412 |
completing the project. The time for completion of the project | 15413 |
shall be no more than eighteen months after the renovation begins. | 15414 |
The director of job and family services shall adopt rules under | 15415 |
section 5111.02 of the Revised Code that specify criteria and | 15416 |
procedures for prior approval of renovation projects. No provider | 15417 |
shall separate a project with the intent to evade the | 15418 |
characterization of the project as a renovation or as an extensive | 15419 |
renovation. No provider shall increase the scope of a project | 15420 |
after it is approved by the department of job and family services | 15421 |
unless the increase in scope is approved by the department. | 15422 |
(E) The amounts specified in divisions (C) and (D) of this | 15423 |
section shall be adjusted beginning July 1, 1993, for the | 15424 |
estimated inflation for the twelve-month period beginning on the | 15425 |
first day of July of the calendar year preceding the calendar year | 15426 |
that precedes the fiscal year for which rate will be paid and | 15427 |
ending on the thirtieth day of the following June, using the | 15428 |
consumer price index for shelter costs for all urban consumers for | 15429 |
the north central region, as published by the United States bureau | 15430 |
of labor statistics. | 15431 |
(F)(1) For facilities of eight or fewer beds that have dates | 15432 |
of licensure or have been granted project authorization by the | 15433 |
department of | 15434 |
before July 1, 1993, and for facilities of eight or fewer beds | 15435 |
that have dates of licensure or have been granted project | 15436 |
authorization after that date if the providers of the facilities | 15437 |
demonstrate that they made substantial commitments of funds on or | 15438 |
before that date, cost of ownership shall not exceed eighteen | 15439 |
dollars and thirty cents per resident per day. The eighteen-dollar | 15440 |
and thirty-cent amount shall be increased by the change in the | 15441 |
"Dodge building cost indexes, northeastern and north central | 15442 |
states," published by Marshall and Swift, during the period | 15443 |
beginning June 30, 1990, and ending July 1, 1993, and by the | 15444 |
change in the consumer price index for shelter costs for all urban | 15445 |
consumers for the north central region, as published by the United | 15446 |
States bureau of labor statistics, annually thereafter. | 15447 |
(2) For facilities with eight or fewer beds that have dates | 15448 |
of licensure or have been granted project authorization by the | 15449 |
department of | 15450 |
or after July 1, 1993, for which substantial commitments of funds | 15451 |
were not made before that date, cost of ownership payments shall | 15452 |
not exceed the applicable amount calculated under division (F)(1) | 15453 |
of this section, if the department of job and family services | 15454 |
gives prior approval for construction of the facility. If the | 15455 |
department does not give prior approval, cost of ownership | 15456 |
payments shall not exceed the amount specified in division (C) of | 15457 |
this section. | 15458 |
(3) Notwithstanding divisions (D) and (F)(1) and (2) of this | 15459 |
section, the total payment for cost of ownership, cost of | 15460 |
ownership efficiency incentive, and capitalized costs of | 15461 |
renovations for an intermediate care facility for the mentally | 15462 |
retarded with eight or fewer beds shall not exceed the sum of the | 15463 |
limitations specified in divisions (C) and (D) of this section. | 15464 |
(G) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or section | 15465 |
5111.241 of the Revised Code, the director of job and family | 15466 |
services may adopt rules under section 5111.02 of the Revised Code | 15467 |
that provide for a calculation of a combined maximum payment limit | 15468 |
for indirect care costs and cost of ownership for intermediate | 15469 |
care facilities for the mentally retarded with eight or fewer | 15470 |
beds. | 15471 |
(H) After the date on which a transaction of sale is closed, | 15472 |
the provider shall refund to the department the amount of excess | 15473 |
depreciation paid to the provider for the facility by the | 15474 |
department for each year the provider has operated the facility | 15475 |
under a provider agreement and prorated according to the number of | 15476 |
medicaid patient days for which the provider has received payment | 15477 |
for the facility. For the purposes of this division, | 15478 |
"depreciation paid to the provider for the facility" means the | 15479 |
amount paid to the provider for the intermediate care facility for | 15480 |
the mentally retarded for cost of ownership pursuant to this | 15481 |
section less any amount paid for interest costs. For the purposes | 15482 |
of this division, "excess depreciation" is the intermediate care | 15483 |
facility for the mentally retarded's depreciated basis, which is | 15484 |
the provider's cost less accumulated depreciation, subtracted from | 15485 |
the purchase price but not exceeding the amount of depreciation | 15486 |
paid to the provider for the facility. | 15487 |
(I) The department of job and family services shall pay a | 15488 |
provider for each of the provider's eligible proprietary | 15489 |
intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded a return on | 15490 |
the facility's net equity computed at the rate of one and one-half | 15491 |
times the average of interest rates on special issues of public | 15492 |
debt obligations issued to the federal hospital insurance trust | 15493 |
fund for the cost reporting period. No facility's return on net | 15494 |
equity paid under this division shall exceed one dollar per | 15495 |
patient day. | 15496 |
In calculating the rate for return on net equity, the | 15497 |
department shall use the greater of the facility's inpatient days | 15498 |
during the applicable cost reporting period or the number of | 15499 |
inpatient days the facility would have had during that period if | 15500 |
its occupancy rate had been ninety-five per cent. | 15501 |
(J)(1) Except as provided in division (J)(2) of this section, | 15502 |
if a provider leases or transfers an interest in a facility to | 15503 |
another provider who is a related party, the related party's | 15504 |
allowable cost of ownership shall include the lesser of the | 15505 |
following: | 15506 |
(a) The annual lease expense or actual cost of ownership, | 15507 |
whichever is applicable; | 15508 |
(b) The reasonable cost to the lessor or provider making the | 15509 |
transfer. | 15510 |
(2) If a provider leases or transfers an interest in a | 15511 |
facility to another provider who is a related party, regardless of | 15512 |
the date of the lease or transfer, the related party's allowable | 15513 |
cost of ownership shall include the annual lease expense or actual | 15514 |
cost of ownership, whichever is applicable, subject to the | 15515 |
limitations specified in divisions (B) to (I) of this section, if | 15516 |
all of the following conditions are met: | 15517 |
(a) The related party is a relative of owner; | 15518 |
(b) In the case of a lease, if the lessor retains any | 15519 |
ownership interest, it is, except as provided in division | 15520 |
(J)(2)(d)(ii) of this section, in only the real property and any | 15521 |
improvements on the real property; | 15522 |
(c) In the case of a transfer, the provider making the | 15523 |
transfer retains, except as provided in division (J)(2)(d)(iv) of | 15524 |
this section, no ownership interest in the facility; | 15525 |
(d) The department of job and family services determines that | 15526 |
the lease or transfer is an arm's length transaction pursuant to | 15527 |
rules adopted under section 5111.02 of the Revised Code. The rules | 15528 |
shall provide that a lease or transfer is an arm's length | 15529 |
transaction if all of the following, as applicable, apply: | 15530 |
(i) In the case of a lease, once the lease goes into effect, | 15531 |
the lessor has no direct or indirect interest in the lessee or, | 15532 |
except as provided in division (J)(2)(b) of this section, the | 15533 |
facility itself, including interest as an owner, officer, | 15534 |
director, employee, independent contractor, or consultant, but | 15535 |
excluding interest as a lessor. | 15536 |
(ii) In the case of a lease, the lessor does not reacquire an | 15537 |
interest in the facility except through the exercise of a lessor's | 15538 |
rights in the event of a default. If the lessor reacquires an | 15539 |
interest in the facility in this manner, the department shall | 15540 |
treat the facility as if the lease never occurred when the | 15541 |
department calculates its reimbursement rates for capital costs. | 15542 |
(iii) In the case of a transfer, once the transfer goes into | 15543 |
effect, the provider that made the transfer has no direct or | 15544 |
indirect interest in the provider that acquires the facility or | 15545 |
the facility itself, including interest as an owner, officer, | 15546 |
director, employee, independent contractor, or consultant, but | 15547 |
excluding interest as a creditor. | 15548 |
(iv) In the case of a transfer, the provider that made the | 15549 |
transfer does not reacquire an interest in the facility except | 15550 |
through the exercise of a creditor's rights in the event of a | 15551 |
default. If the provider reacquires an interest in the facility in | 15552 |
this manner, the department shall treat the facility as if the | 15553 |
transfer never occurred when the department calculates its | 15554 |
reimbursement rates for capital costs. | 15555 |
(v) The lease or transfer satisfies any other criteria | 15556 |
specified in the rules. | 15557 |
(e) Except in the case of hardship caused by a catastrophic | 15558 |
event, as determined by the department, or in the case of a lessor | 15559 |
or provider making the transfer who is at least sixty-five years | 15560 |
of age, not less than twenty years have elapsed since, for the | 15561 |
same facility, allowable cost of ownership was determined most | 15562 |
recently under this division. | 15563 |
Sec. 5111.291. Notwithstanding sections 5111.20 to 5111.33 | 15564 |
of the Revised Code, the department of job and family services may | 15565 |
compute the rate for intermediate care facilities for the mentally | 15566 |
retarded operated by the department of | 15567 |
developmental disabilities or the department of mental health | 15568 |
according to the reasonable cost principles of Title XVIII. | 15569 |
Sec. 5111.65. As used in sections 5111.65 to 5111.688 of the | 15570 |
Revised Code: | 15571 |
(A) "Change of operator" means an entering operator becoming | 15572 |
the operator of a nursing facility or intermediate care facility | 15573 |
for the mentally retarded in the place of the exiting operator. | 15574 |
(1) Actions that constitute a change of operator include the | 15575 |
following: | 15576 |
(a) A change in an exiting operator's form of legal | 15577 |
organization, including the formation of a partnership or | 15578 |
corporation from a sole proprietorship; | 15579 |
(b) A transfer of all the exiting operator's ownership | 15580 |
interest in the operation of the facility to the entering | 15581 |
operator, regardless of whether ownership of any or all of the | 15582 |
real property or personal property associated with the facility is | 15583 |
also transferred; | 15584 |
(c) A lease of the facility to the entering operator or the | 15585 |
exiting operator's termination of the exiting operator's lease; | 15586 |
(d) If the exiting operator is a partnership, dissolution of | 15587 |
the partnership; | 15588 |
(e) If the exiting operator is a partnership, a change in | 15589 |
composition of the partnership unless both of the following apply: | 15590 |
(i) The change in composition does not cause the | 15591 |
partnership's dissolution under state law. | 15592 |
(ii) The partners agree that the change in composition does | 15593 |
not constitute a change in operator. | 15594 |
(f) If the operator is a corporation, dissolution of the | 15595 |
corporation, a merger of the corporation into another corporation | 15596 |
that is the survivor of the merger, or a consolidation of one or | 15597 |
more other corporations to form a new corporation. | 15598 |
(2) The following, alone, do not constitute a change of | 15599 |
operator: | 15600 |
(a) A contract for an entity to manage a nursing facility or | 15601 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded as the | 15602 |
operator's agent, subject to the operator's approval of daily | 15603 |
operating and management decisions; | 15604 |
(b) A change of ownership, lease, or termination of a lease | 15605 |
of real property or personal property associated with a nursing | 15606 |
facility or intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded | 15607 |
if an entering operator does not become the operator in place of | 15608 |
an exiting operator; | 15609 |
(c) If the operator is a corporation, a change of one or more | 15610 |
members of the corporation's governing body or transfer of | 15611 |
ownership of one or more shares of the corporation's stock, if the | 15612 |
same corporation continues to be the operator. | 15613 |
(B) "Effective date of a change of operator" means the day | 15614 |
the entering operator becomes the operator of the nursing facility | 15615 |
or intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded. | 15616 |
(C) "Effective date of a facility closure" means the last day | 15617 |
that the last of the residents of the nursing facility or | 15618 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded resides in | 15619 |
the facility. | 15620 |
(D) "Effective date of a voluntary termination" means the day | 15621 |
the intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded ceases to | 15622 |
accept medicaid patients. | 15623 |
(E) "Effective date of a voluntary withdrawal of | 15624 |
participation" means the day the nursing facility ceases to accept | 15625 |
new medicaid patients other than the individuals who reside in the | 15626 |
nursing facility on the day before the effective date of the | 15627 |
voluntary withdrawal of participation. | 15628 |
(F) "Entering operator" means the person or government entity | 15629 |
that will become the operator of a nursing facility or | 15630 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded when a change | 15631 |
of operator occurs. | 15632 |
(G) "Exiting operator" means any of the following: | 15633 |
(1) An operator that will cease to be the operator of a | 15634 |
nursing facility or intermediate care facility for the mentally | 15635 |
retarded on the effective date of a change of operator; | 15636 |
(2) An operator that will cease to be the operator of a | 15637 |
nursing facility or intermediate care facility for the mentally | 15638 |
retarded on the effective date of a facility closure; | 15639 |
(3) An operator of an intermediate care facility for the | 15640 |
mentally retarded that is undergoing or has undergone a voluntary | 15641 |
termination; | 15642 |
(4) An operator of a nursing facility that is undergoing or | 15643 |
has undergone a voluntary withdrawal of participation. | 15644 |
(H)(1) "Facility closure" means discontinuance of the use of | 15645 |
the building, or part of the building, that houses the facility as | 15646 |
a nursing facility or intermediate care facility for the mentally | 15647 |
retarded that results in the relocation of all of the facility's | 15648 |
residents. A facility closure occurs regardless of any of the | 15649 |
following: | 15650 |
(a) The operator completely or partially replacing the | 15651 |
facility by constructing a new facility or transferring the | 15652 |
facility's license to another facility; | 15653 |
(b) The facility's residents relocating to another of the | 15654 |
operator's facilities; | 15655 |
(c) Any action the department of health takes regarding the | 15656 |
facility's certification under Title XIX of the "Social Security | 15657 |
Act," 79 Stat. 286 (1965), 42 U.S.C. 1396, as amended, that may | 15658 |
result in the transfer of part of the facility's survey findings | 15659 |
to another of the operator's facilities; | 15660 |
(d) Any action the department of health takes regarding the | 15661 |
facility's license under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code; | 15662 |
(e) Any action the department of | 15663 |
developmental disabilities takes regarding the facility's license | 15664 |
under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code. | 15665 |
(2) A facility closure does not occur if all of the | 15666 |
facility's residents are relocated due to an emergency evacuation | 15667 |
and one or more of the residents return to a medicaid-certified | 15668 |
bed in the facility not later than thirty days after the | 15669 |
evacuation occurs. | 15670 |
(I) "Fiscal year," "intermediate care facility for the | 15671 |
mentally retarded," "nursing facility," "operator," "owner," and | 15672 |
"provider agreement" have the same meanings as in section 5111.20 | 15673 |
of the Revised Code. | 15674 |
(J) "Voluntary termination" means an operator's voluntary | 15675 |
election to terminate the participation of an intermediate care | 15676 |
facility for the mentally retarded in the medicaid program but to | 15677 |
continue to provide service of the type provided by a residential | 15678 |
facility as defined in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code. | 15679 |
(K) "Voluntary withdrawal of participation" means an | 15680 |
operator's voluntary election to terminate the participation of a | 15681 |
nursing facility in the medicaid program but to continue to | 15682 |
provide service of the type provided by a nursing facility. | 15683 |
Sec. 5111.677. Neither of the following shall affect the | 15684 |
department of job and family services' determination of whether or | 15685 |
when a change of operator occurs or the effective date of an | 15686 |
entering operator's provider agreement under section 5111.671, | 15687 |
section 5111.672, or, pursuant to section 5111.675, section | 15688 |
5111.22 of the Revised Code: | 15689 |
(A) The department of health's determination that a change of | 15690 |
operator has or has not occurred for purposes of licensure under | 15691 |
Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code; | 15692 |
(B) The department of | 15693 |
disabilities' determination that a change of operator has or has | 15694 |
not occurred for purposes of licensure under section 5123.19 of | 15695 |
the Revised Code. | 15696 |
Sec. 5111.709. (A) There is hereby created the medicaid | 15697 |
buy-in advisory council. The council shall consist of all of the | 15698 |
following: | 15699 |
(1) The following voting members: | 15700 |
(a) The executive director of assistive technology of Ohio or | 15701 |
the executive director's designee; | 15702 |
(b) The director of the axis center for public awareness of | 15703 |
people with disabilities or the director's designee; | 15704 |
(c) The executive director of the cerebral palsy association | 15705 |
of Ohio or the executive director's designee; | 15706 |
(d) The chief executive officer of Ohio advocates for mental | 15707 |
health or the chief executive officer's designee; | 15708 |
(e) The state director of the Ohio chapter of AARP or the | 15709 |
state director's designee; | 15710 |
(f) The director of the Ohio developmental disabilities | 15711 |
council created under section 5123.35 of the Revised Code or the | 15712 |
director's designee; | 15713 |
(g) The executive director of the governor's council on | 15714 |
people with disabilities created under section 3303.41 of the | 15715 |
Revised Code or the executive director's designee; | 15716 |
(h) The administrator of the legal rights service created | 15717 |
under section 5123.60 of the Revised Code or the administrator's | 15718 |
designee; | 15719 |
(i) The chairperson of the Ohio Olmstead task force or the | 15720 |
chairperson's designee; | 15721 |
(j) The executive director of the Ohio statewide independent | 15722 |
living council or the executive director's designee; | 15723 |
(k) The president of the Ohio chapter of the national | 15724 |
multiple sclerosis society or the president's designee; | 15725 |
(l) The executive director of the arc of Ohio or the | 15726 |
executive director's designee; | 15727 |
(m) The executive director of the commission on minority | 15728 |
health or the executive director's designee; | 15729 |
(n) The executive director of the brain injury association of | 15730 |
Ohio or the executive director's designee; | 15731 |
(o) The executive officer of any other advocacy organization | 15732 |
who volunteers to serve on the council, or such an executive | 15733 |
officer's designee, if the other voting members, at a meeting | 15734 |
called by the chairperson elected under division (C) of this | 15735 |
section, determine it is appropriate for the advocacy organization | 15736 |
to be represented on the council; | 15737 |
(p) One or more participants who volunteer to serve on the | 15738 |
council and are selected by the other voting members at a meeting | 15739 |
the chairperson calls after the medicaid buy-in for workers with | 15740 |
disabilities program is implemented. | 15741 |
(2) The following non-voting members: | 15742 |
(a) The director of job and family services or the director's | 15743 |
designee; | 15744 |
(b) The administrator of the rehabilitation services | 15745 |
commission or the administrator's designee; | 15746 |
(c) The director of alcohol and drug addiction services or | 15747 |
the director's designee; | 15748 |
(d) The director of | 15749 |
disabilities or the director's designee; | 15750 |
(e) The director of mental health or the director's designee; | 15751 |
(f) The executive officer of any other government entity, or | 15752 |
the executive officer's designee, if the voting members, at a | 15753 |
meeting called by the chairperson, determine it is appropriate for | 15754 |
the government entity to be represented on the council. | 15755 |
(B) All members of the medicaid buy-in advisory council shall | 15756 |
serve without compensation or reimbursement, except as serving on | 15757 |
the council is considered part of their usual job duties. | 15758 |
(C) The voting members of the medicaid buy-in advisory | 15759 |
council shall elect one of the members of the council to serve as | 15760 |
the council's chairperson for a two-year term. The chairperson | 15761 |
may be re-elected to successive terms. | 15762 |
(D) The department of job and family services shall provide | 15763 |
the Ohio medicaid buy-in advisory council with accommodations for | 15764 |
the council to hold its meetings and shall provide the council | 15765 |
with other administrative assistance the council needs to perform | 15766 |
its duties. | 15767 |
Sec. 5111.87. (A) As used in this section and section | 15768 |
5111.871 of the Revised Code: | 15769 |
(1) "Intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded" | 15770 |
has the same meaning as in section 5111.20 of the Revised Code. | 15771 |
(2) "Medicaid waiver component" has the same meaning as in | 15772 |
section 5111.85 of the Revised Code. | 15773 |
(B) The director of job and family services may apply to the | 15774 |
United States secretary of health and human services for both of | 15775 |
the following: | 15776 |
(1) One or more medicaid waiver components under which home | 15777 |
and community-based services are provided to individuals with | 15778 |
mental retardation or other developmental disability as an | 15779 |
alternative to placement in an intermediate care facility for the | 15780 |
mentally retarded; | 15781 |
(2) One or more medicaid waiver components under which home | 15782 |
and community-based services are provided in the form of any of | 15783 |
the following: | 15784 |
(a) Early intervention and supportive services for children | 15785 |
under three years of age who have developmental delays or | 15786 |
disabilities the director determines are significant; | 15787 |
(b) Therapeutic services for children who have autism; | 15788 |
(c) Specialized habilitative services for individuals who are | 15789 |
eighteen years of age or older and have autism. | 15790 |
(C) No medicaid waiver component authorized by division | 15791 |
(B)(2)(b) or (c) of this section shall provide services that are | 15792 |
available under another medicaid waiver component. No medicaid | 15793 |
waiver component authorized by division (B)(2)(b) of this section | 15794 |
shall provide services to an individual that the individual is | 15795 |
eligible to receive through an individualized education program as | 15796 |
defined in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code. | 15797 |
(D)
The director of | 15798 |
disabilities or director of health may request that the director | 15799 |
of job and family services apply for one or more medicaid waivers | 15800 |
under this section. | 15801 |
(E) Before applying for a waiver under this section, the | 15802 |
director of job and family services shall seek, accept, and | 15803 |
consider public comments. | 15804 |
Sec. 5111.871. The department of job and family services | 15805 |
shall enter
into
a contract with the
department of
| 15806 |
15807 | |
of the Revised Code with regard to one or more of the components | 15808 |
of the medicaid program established by the department of job and | 15809 |
family services under one or more of the medicaid waivers sought | 15810 |
under section 5111.87 of the Revised Code. The contract shall | 15811 |
provide for the
department of | 15812 |
disabilities to administer the components in accordance with the | 15813 |
terms of the waivers. The directors of job and family services and | 15814 |
15815 | |
rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code | 15816 |
governing the components. | 15817 |
If the department of | 15818 |
disabilities or the department of job and family services denies | 15819 |
an individual's application for home and community-based services | 15820 |
provided under any of these medicaid components, the department | 15821 |
that denied the services shall give timely notice to the | 15822 |
individual that the individual may request a hearing under section | 15823 |
5101.35 of the Revised Code. | 15824 |
The departments of | 15825 |
disabilities and job and family services may approve, reduce, | 15826 |
deny, or terminate a service included in the individualized | 15827 |
service plan developed for a medicaid recipient eligible for home | 15828 |
and community-based services provided under any of these medicaid | 15829 |
components. The departments shall consider the recommendations a | 15830 |
county board of | 15831 |
makes under division (A)(1)(c) of section 5126.055 of the Revised | 15832 |
Code. If either department approves, reduces, denies, or | 15833 |
terminates a service, that department shall give timely notice to | 15834 |
the medicaid recipient that the recipient may request a hearing | 15835 |
under section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. | 15836 |
If supported living, as defined in section 5126.01 of the | 15837 |
Revised Code, is to be provided as a service under any of these | 15838 |
components, any person or government entity with a current, valid | 15839 |
medicaid provider agreement and a current, valid certificate | 15840 |
under section 5123.161 of the Revised Code may provide the | 15841 |
service. | 15842 |
If a service is to be provided under any of these components | 15843 |
by a residential facility, as defined in section 5123.19 of the | 15844 |
Revised Code, any person or government entity with a current, | 15845 |
valid medicaid provider agreement and a current, valid license | 15846 |
under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code may provide the service. | 15847 |
Sec. 5111.872. When the department of | 15848 |
developmental disabilities allocates enrollment numbers to a | 15849 |
county board of | 15850 |
for home and community-based services specified in division (B)(1) | 15851 |
of section 5111.87 of the Revised Code and provided under any of | 15852 |
the components of the medicaid program that the department | 15853 |
administers under section 5111.871 of the Revised Code, the | 15854 |
department shall consider all of the following: | 15855 |
(A) The number of individuals with mental retardation or | 15856 |
other developmental disability who are on a waiting list the | 15857 |
county board establishes under division (C) of section 5126.042 of | 15858 |
the Revised Code for those services and are given priority on the | 15859 |
waiting list pursuant to division (D) or (E) of that section; | 15860 |
(B) The implementation component required by division (A)(3) | 15861 |
of section 5126.054 of the Revised Code of the county board's plan | 15862 |
approved under section 5123.046 of the Revised Code; | 15863 |
(C) Anything else the department considers necessary to | 15864 |
enable county boards to provide those services to individuals in | 15865 |
accordance with the priority requirements of divisions (D) and (E) | 15866 |
of section 5126.042 of the Revised Code. | 15867 |
Sec. 5111.873. (A) Not later than the effective date of the | 15868 |
first of any medicaid waivers the United States secretary of | 15869 |
health and human services grants pursuant to a request made under | 15870 |
section 5111.87 of the Revised Code, the director of job and | 15871 |
family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. | 15872 |
of the Revised Code establishing statewide fee schedules for home | 15873 |
and community-based services specified in division (B)(1) of | 15874 |
section 5111.87 of the Revised Code and provided under the | 15875 |
components of the
medicaid program that the department of | 15876 |
15877 | |
section 5111.871 of the Revised Code. The rules shall provide for | 15878 |
all of the following: | 15879 |
(1) The department of | 15880 |
disabilities arranging for the initial and ongoing collection of | 15881 |
cost information from a comprehensive, statistically valid sample | 15882 |
of persons and government entities providing the services at the | 15883 |
time the information is obtained; | 15884 |
(2) The collection of consumer-specific information through | 15885 |
an assessment instrument the department of | 15886 |
developmental disabilities shall provide to the department of job | 15887 |
and family services; | 15888 |
(3) With the information collected pursuant to divisions | 15889 |
(A)(1) and (2) of this section, an analysis of that information, | 15890 |
and other information the director determines relevant, methods | 15891 |
and standards for calculating the fee schedules that do all of the | 15892 |
following: | 15893 |
(a) Assure that the fees are consistent with efficiency, | 15894 |
economy, and quality of care; | 15895 |
(b) Consider the intensity of consumer resource need; | 15896 |
(c) Recognize variations in different geographic areas | 15897 |
regarding the resources necessary to assure the health and welfare | 15898 |
of consumers; | 15899 |
(d) Recognize variations in environmental supports available | 15900 |
to consumers. | 15901 |
(B) As part of the process of adopting rules under this | 15902 |
section, the director shall consult with the director of | 15903 |
15904 | |
county boards of | 15905 |
disabilities, persons who provide the home and community-based | 15906 |
services, and other persons and government entities the director | 15907 |
identifies. | 15908 |
(C) The directors of job and family services and | 15909 |
15910 | |
adopted under this section at times they determine to ensure that | 15911 |
the methods and standards established by the rules for calculating | 15912 |
the fee schedules continue to do everything that division (A)(3) | 15913 |
of this section requires. | 15914 |
Sec. 5111.874. (A) As used in sections 5111.874 to 5111.8710 | 15915 |
of the Revised Code: | 15916 |
"Home and community-based services" has the same meaning as | 15917 |
in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. | 15918 |
"ICF/MR services" means intermediate care facility for the | 15919 |
mentally retarded services covered by the medicaid program that an | 15920 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded provides to a | 15921 |
resident of the facility who is a medicaid recipient eligible for | 15922 |
medicaid-covered intermediate care facility for the mentally | 15923 |
retarded services. | 15924 |
"Intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded" means | 15925 |
an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded that is | 15926 |
certified as in compliance with applicable standards for the | 15927 |
medicaid program by the director of health in accordance with | 15928 |
Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 79 Stat. 286 (1965), 42 | 15929 |
U.S.C. 1396, as amended, and licensed as a residential facility | 15930 |
under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code. | 15931 |
"Residential facility" has the same meaning as in section | 15932 |
5123.19 of the Revised Code. | 15933 |
(B) For the purpose of increasing the number of slots | 15934 |
available for home and community-based services and subject to | 15935 |
sections 5111.877 and 5111.878 of the Revised Code, the operator | 15936 |
of an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded may | 15937 |
convert all of the beds in the facility from providing ICF/MR | 15938 |
services to providing home and community-based services if all | 15939 |
of the following requirements are met: | 15940 |
(1) The operator provides the directors of health, job and | 15941 |
family services, and | 15942 |
disabilities at least ninety days' notice of the operator's intent | 15943 |
to relinquish the facility's certification as an intermediate care | 15944 |
facility for the mentally retarded and to begin providing home and | 15945 |
community-based services. | 15946 |
(2) The operator complies with the requirements of sections | 15947 |
5111.65 to 5111.688 of the Revised Code regarding a voluntary | 15948 |
termination as defined in section 5111.65 of the Revised Code if | 15949 |
those requirements are applicable. | 15950 |
(3) The operator notifies each of the facility's residents | 15951 |
that the facility is to cease providing ICF/MR services and inform | 15952 |
each resident that the resident may do either of the following: | 15953 |
(a) Continue to receive ICF/MR services by transferring to | 15954 |
another facility that is an intermediate care facility for the | 15955 |
mentally retarded willing and able to accept the resident if the | 15956 |
resident continues to qualify for ICF/MR services; | 15957 |
(b) Begin to receive home and community-based services | 15958 |
instead of ICF/MR services from any provider of home and | 15959 |
community-based services that is willing and able to provide the | 15960 |
services to the resident if the resident is eligible for the | 15961 |
services and a slot for the services is available to the resident. | 15962 |
(4) The operator meets the requirements for providing home | 15963 |
and community-based services, including the following: | 15964 |
(a) Such requirements applicable to a residential facility if | 15965 |
the operator maintains the facility's license as a residential | 15966 |
facility; | 15967 |
(b) Such requirements applicable to a facility that is not | 15968 |
licensed as a residential facility if the operator surrenders the | 15969 |
facility's residential facility license under section 5123.19 of | 15970 |
the Revised Code. | 15971 |
(5) The director of | 15972 |
disabilities approves the conversion. | 15973 |
(C) The notice to the director of | 15974 |
developmental disabilities under division (B)(1) of this section | 15975 |
shall specify whether the operator wishes to surrender the | 15976 |
facility's license as a residential facility under section 5123.19 | 15977 |
of the Revised Code. | 15978 |
(D) If the director of | 15979 |
disabilities approves a conversion under division (B) of this | 15980 |
section, the director of health shall terminate the certification | 15981 |
of the intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded to be | 15982 |
converted. The director of health shall notify the director of | 15983 |
job and family services of the termination. On receipt of the | 15984 |
director of health's notice, the director of job and family | 15985 |
services shall terminate the operator's medicaid provider | 15986 |
agreement that authorizes the operator to provide ICF/MR services | 15987 |
at the facility. The operator is not entitled to notice or a | 15988 |
hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code before the | 15989 |
director of job and family services terminates the medicaid | 15990 |
provider agreement. | 15991 |
Sec. 5111.875. (A) For the purpose of increasing the number | 15992 |
of slots available for home and community-based services and | 15993 |
subject to sections 5111.877 and 5111.878 of the Revised Code, a | 15994 |
person who acquires, through a request for proposals issued by | 15995 |
the director
of | 15996 |
disabilities, a residential facility that is an intermediate care | 15997 |
facility for the mentally retarded and for which the license as a | 15998 |
residential facility was previously surrendered or revoked may | 15999 |
convert some or all of the facility's beds from providing ICF/MR | 16000 |
services to providing home and community-based services if all | 16001 |
of the following requirements are met: | 16002 |
(1) The person provides the directors of health, job and | 16003 |
family services, and | 16004 |
disabilities at least ninety days' notice of the person's intent | 16005 |
to make the conversion. | 16006 |
(2) The person complies with the requirements of sections | 16007 |
5111.65 to 5111.688 of the Revised Code regarding a voluntary | 16008 |
termination as defined in section 5111.65 of the Revised Code if | 16009 |
those requirements are applicable. | 16010 |
(3) If the person intends to convert all of the facility's | 16011 |
beds, the person notifies each of the facility's residents that | 16012 |
the facility is to cease providing ICF/MR services and informs | 16013 |
each resident that the resident may do either of the following: | 16014 |
(a) Continue to receive ICF/MR services by transferring to | 16015 |
another facility that is an intermediate care facility for the | 16016 |
mentally retarded willing and able to accept the resident if the | 16017 |
resident continues to qualify for ICF/MR services; | 16018 |
(b) Begin to receive home and community-based services | 16019 |
instead of ICF/MR services from any provider of home and | 16020 |
community-based services that is willing and able to provide the | 16021 |
services to the resident if the resident is eligible for the | 16022 |
services and a slot for the services is available to the resident. | 16023 |
(4) If the person intends to convert some but not all of the | 16024 |
facility's beds, the person notifies each of the facility's | 16025 |
residents that the facility is to convert some of its beds from | 16026 |
providing ICF/MR services to providing home and community-based | 16027 |
services and inform each resident that the resident may do either | 16028 |
of the following: | 16029 |
(a) Continue to receive ICF/MR services from any provider of | 16030 |
ICF/MR services that is willing and able to provide the services | 16031 |
to the resident if the resident continues to qualify for ICF/MR | 16032 |
services; | 16033 |
(b) Begin to receive home and community-based services | 16034 |
instead of ICF/MR services from any provider of home and | 16035 |
community-based services that is willing and able to provide the | 16036 |
services to the resident if the resident is eligible for the | 16037 |
services and a slot for the services is available to the resident. | 16038 |
(5) The person meets the requirements for providing home and | 16039 |
community-based services at a residential facility. | 16040 |
(B) The notice provided to the directors under division | 16041 |
(A)(1) of this section shall specify whether some or all of the | 16042 |
facility's beds are to be converted. If some but not all of the | 16043 |
beds are to be converted, the notice shall specify how many of | 16044 |
the facility's beds are to be converted and how many of the beds | 16045 |
are to continue to provide ICF/MR services. | 16046 |
(C) On receipt of a notice under division (A)(1) of this | 16047 |
section, the director of health shall do the following: | 16048 |
(1) Terminate the certification of the intermediate care | 16049 |
facility for the mentally retarded if the notice specifies that | 16050 |
all of the facility's beds are to be converted; | 16051 |
(2) Reduce the facility's certified capacity by the number of | 16052 |
beds being converted if the notice specifies that some but not all | 16053 |
of the beds are to be converted. | 16054 |
(D) The director of health shall notify the director of job | 16055 |
and family services of the termination or reduction under division | 16056 |
(C) of this section. On receipt of the director of health's | 16057 |
notice, the director of job and family services shall do the | 16058 |
following: | 16059 |
(1) Terminate the person's medicaid provider agreement that | 16060 |
authorizes the person to provide ICF/MR services at the facility | 16061 |
if the facility's certification was terminated; | 16062 |
(2) Amend the person's medicaid provider agreement to reflect | 16063 |
the facility's reduced certified capacity if the facility's | 16064 |
certified capacity is reduced. | 16065 |
The person is not entitled to notice or a hearing under | 16066 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code before the director of job and | 16067 |
family services terminates or amends the medicaid provider | 16068 |
agreement. | 16069 |
Sec. 5111.876. Subject to section 5111.877 of the Revised | 16070 |
Code, the director of | 16071 |
disabilities may request that the director of job and family | 16072 |
services seek the approval of the United States secretary of | 16073 |
health and human services to increase the number of slots | 16074 |
available for home and community-based services by a number not | 16075 |
exceeding the number of beds that were part of the licensed | 16076 |
capacity of a residential facility that had its license revoked or | 16077 |
surrendered under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code if the | 16078 |
residential facility was an intermediate care facility for the | 16079 |
mentally retarded at the time of the license revocation or | 16080 |
surrender. The revocation or surrender may have occurred before, | 16081 |
or may occur on or after, | 16082 |
24, 2008. The request may include beds the director removed from | 16083 |
such a residential facility's licensed capacity before | 16084 |
transferring ownership or operation of the residential facility | 16085 |
pursuant to a request for proposals. | 16086 |
Sec. 5111.8710. The directors of job and family services and | 16087 |
16088 | |
in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary | 16089 |
to implement sections 5111.874 to 5111.8710 of the Revised Code. | 16090 |
Sec. 5111.915. (A) The department of job and family services | 16091 |
shall enter into an agreement with the department of | 16092 |
administrative services for the department of administrative | 16093 |
services to contract through competitive selection pursuant to | 16094 |
section 125.07 of the Revised Code with a vendor to perform an | 16095 |
assessment of the data collection and data warehouse functions of | 16096 |
the medicaid data warehouse system, including the ability to link | 16097 |
the data sets of all agencies serving medicaid recipients. | 16098 |
The assessment of the data system shall include functions | 16099 |
related to fraud and abuse detection, program management and | 16100 |
budgeting, and performance measurement capabilities of all | 16101 |
agencies serving medicaid recipients, including the departments of | 16102 |
aging, alcohol and drug addiction services, health, job and family | 16103 |
services, mental health, and | 16104 |
disabilities. | 16105 |
The department of administrative services shall enter into | 16106 |
this contract within thirty days after | 16107 |
16108 | |
to complete the assessment within ninety days after | 16109 |
16110 |
A qualified vendor with whom the department of administrative | 16111 |
services contracts to assess the data system shall also assist the | 16112 |
medicaid agencies in the definition of the requirements for an | 16113 |
enhanced data system or a new data system and assist the | 16114 |
department of administrative services in the preparation of a | 16115 |
request for proposal to enhance or develop a data system. | 16116 |
(B) Based on the assessment performed pursuant to division | 16117 |
(A) of this section, the department of administrative services | 16118 |
shall seek a qualified vendor through competitive selection | 16119 |
pursuant to section 125.07 of the Revised Code to develop or | 16120 |
enhance a data collection and data warehouse system for the | 16121 |
department of job and family services and all agencies serving | 16122 |
medicaid recipients. | 16123 |
Within ninety days after | 16124 |
September 29, 2005, the department of job and family services | 16125 |
shall seek enhanced federal funding for ninety per cent of the | 16126 |
funds required to establish or enhance the data system. The | 16127 |
department of administrative services shall not award a contract | 16128 |
for establishing or enhancing the data system until the department | 16129 |
of job and family services receives approval from the secretary of | 16130 |
the United States department of health and human services for the | 16131 |
ninety per cent federal match. | 16132 |
Sec. 5112.30. As used in sections 5112.30 to 5112.39 of the | 16133 |
Revised Code: | 16134 |
(A) "Intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded" | 16135 |
has the same meaning as in section 5111.20 of the Revised Code, | 16136 |
except that it does not include any such facility operated by the | 16137 |
department of | 16138 |
(B) "Medicaid" has the same meaning as in section 5111.01 of | 16139 |
the Revised Code. | 16140 |
Sec. 5112.32. For the purpose of the franchise permit fee | 16141 |
imposed under section 5112.31 of the Revised Code, the department | 16142 |
of | 16143 |
(A) Not later than August 1, 1993, report to the department | 16144 |
of job and family services the number of beds in each intermediate | 16145 |
care facility for the mentally retarded certified on July 1, 1993, | 16146 |
under Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), | 16147 |
42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended; | 16148 |
(B) Not later than June 1, 1994, and the first day of each | 16149 |
June thereafter, report to the department of job and family | 16150 |
services the number of beds in each such facility certified on the | 16151 |
preceding first day of May under that title. | 16152 |
Sec. 5112.37. There is hereby created in the state treasury | 16153 |
the home and community-based services for the mentally retarded | 16154 |
and developmentally disabled fund. Ninety-four and twenty-eight | 16155 |
hundredths per cent of all installment payments and penalties | 16156 |
paid by an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded | 16157 |
under sections 5112.33 and 5112.34 of the Revised Code shall be | 16158 |
deposited into the fund. The department of job and family | 16159 |
services shall distribute the money in the fund in accordance | 16160 |
with rules adopted under section 5112.39 of the Revised Code. The | 16161 |
departments of job
and family services and
| 16162 |
developmental disabilities shall use the money for the medicaid | 16163 |
program established under Chapter 5111. of the Revised Code and | 16164 |
home and community-based services to mentally retarded and | 16165 |
developmentally disabled persons. | 16166 |
Sec. 5112.371. There is hereby created in the state treasury | 16167 |
the children with intensive behavioral needs programs fund. Five | 16168 |
and seventy-two hundredths per cent of all installment payments | 16169 |
and penalties paid by an intermediate care facility for the | 16170 |
mentally retarded under sections 5112.33 and 5112.34 of the | 16171 |
Revised Code shall be deposited in the fund. The money in the fund | 16172 |
shall be used for the programs the director of | 16173 |
16174 | |
of the Revised Code. | 16175 |
Sec. 5119.16. As used in this section, "free clinic" has the | 16176 |
same meaning as in section 2305.2341 of the Revised Code. | 16177 |
(A) The department of mental health is hereby designated to | 16178 |
provide certain goods and services for the department of mental | 16179 |
health, the department of | 16180 |
disabilities, the department of rehabilitation and correction, the | 16181 |
department of youth services, and other state, county, or | 16182 |
municipal agencies requesting such goods and services when the | 16183 |
department of mental health determines that it is in the public | 16184 |
interest, and considers it advisable, to provide these goods and | 16185 |
services. The department of mental health also may provide goods | 16186 |
and services to agencies operated by the United States government | 16187 |
and to public or private nonprofit agencies, other than free | 16188 |
clinics, that are funded in whole or in part by the state if the | 16189 |
public or private nonprofit agencies are designated for | 16190 |
participation in this program by the director of mental health for | 16191 |
community mental
health agencies, the director of | 16192 |
16193 | |
retardation and developmental disabilities agencies, the director | 16194 |
of rehabilitation and correction for community rehabilitation and | 16195 |
correction agencies, or the director of youth services for | 16196 |
community youth services agencies. | 16197 |
Designated community agencies shall receive goods and | 16198 |
services through the department of mental health only in those | 16199 |
cases where the designating state agency certifies that providing | 16200 |
such goods and services to the agency will conserve public | 16201 |
resources to the benefit of the public and where the provision of | 16202 |
such goods and services is considered feasible by the department | 16203 |
of mental health. | 16204 |
(B) The department of mental health may permit free clinics | 16205 |
to purchase certain goods and services to the extent the purchases | 16206 |
fall within the exemption to the Robinson-Patman Act, 15 U.S.C. 13 | 16207 |
et seq., applicable to | 16208 |
U.S.C. 13c, as amended. | 16209 |
(C) The goods and services to be provided by the department | 16210 |
of mental health under divisions (A) and (B) of this section may | 16211 |
include: | 16212 |
(1) Procurement, storage, processing, and distribution of | 16213 |
food and professional consultation on food operations; | 16214 |
(2) Procurement, storage, and distribution of medical and | 16215 |
laboratory supplies, dental supplies, medical records, forms, | 16216 |
optical supplies, and sundries, subject to section 5120.135 of the | 16217 |
Revised Code; | 16218 |
(3) Procurement, storage, repackaging, distribution, and | 16219 |
dispensing of drugs, the provision of professional pharmacy | 16220 |
consultation, and drug information services; | 16221 |
(4) Other goods and services as may be agreed to. | 16222 |
(D) The department of mental health shall provide the goods | 16223 |
and services designated in division (C) of this section to its | 16224 |
institutions and to state-operated community-based mental health | 16225 |
services. | 16226 |
(E) After consultation with and advice from the director of | 16227 |
16228 | |
rehabilitation and correction, and the director of youth services, | 16229 |
the department of mental health shall provide the goods and | 16230 |
services designated in division (C) of this section to the | 16231 |
department of | 16232 |
the department of rehabilitation and correction, and the | 16233 |
department of youth services. | 16234 |
(F) The cost of administration of this section shall be | 16235 |
determined by the department of mental health and paid by the | 16236 |
agencies or free clinics receiving the goods and services to the | 16237 |
department for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the | 16238 |
mental health fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall be | 16239 |
used to pay the cost of administration of this section to the | 16240 |
department. | 16241 |
(G) If the goods or services designated in division (C) of | 16242 |
this section are not provided in a satisfactory manner by the | 16243 |
department of mental health to the agencies described in division | 16244 |
(A) of this section, the director of | 16245 |
developmental disabilities, the director of rehabilitation and | 16246 |
correction, the director of youth services, or the managing | 16247 |
officer of a department of mental health institution shall attempt | 16248 |
to resolve unsatisfactory service with the director of mental | 16249 |
health. If, after such attempt, the provision of goods or services | 16250 |
continues to be unsatisfactory, the director or officer shall | 16251 |
notify the director of mental health. If within thirty days of | 16252 |
such notice the department of mental health does not provide the | 16253 |
specified goods and services in a satisfactory manner, the | 16254 |
director of | 16255 |
director of rehabilitation and correction, the director of youth | 16256 |
services, or the managing officer of the department of mental | 16257 |
health institution shall notify the director of mental health of | 16258 |
the director's or managing officer's intent to cease purchasing | 16259 |
goods and services from the department. Following a sixty-day | 16260 |
cancellation period from the date of such notice, the department | 16261 |
of
| 16262 |
rehabilitation and correction, department of youth services, or | 16263 |
the department of mental health institution may obtain the goods | 16264 |
and services from a source other than the department of mental | 16265 |
health, if the department certifies to the department of | 16266 |
administrative services that the requirements of this division | 16267 |
have been met. | 16268 |
(H) Whenever a state agency fails to make a payment for goods | 16269 |
and services provided under this section within thirty-one days | 16270 |
after the date the payment was due, the office of budget and | 16271 |
management may transfer moneys from the state agency to the | 16272 |
department of mental health. The amount transferred shall not | 16273 |
exceed the amount of overdue payments. Prior to making a transfer | 16274 |
under this division, the office of budget and management shall | 16275 |
apply any credits the state agency has accumulated in payments for | 16276 |
goods and services provided under this section. | 16277 |
(I) Purchases of goods and services under this section are | 16278 |
not subject to section 307.86 of the Revised Code. | 16279 |
Sec. 5119.221. (A) Upon petition by the director of mental | 16280 |
health, the court of common pleas or the probate court may appoint | 16281 |
a receiver to take possession of and operate a residential | 16282 |
facility licensed pursuant to section 5119.22 of the Revised Code, | 16283 |
when conditions existing at the residential facility present a | 16284 |
substantial risk of physical or mental harm to residents and no | 16285 |
other remedies at law are adequate to protect the health, safety, | 16286 |
and welfare of the residents. | 16287 |
Petitions filed pursuant to this section shall include: | 16288 |
(1) A description of the specific conditions existing at the | 16289 |
residential facility which present a substantial risk of physical | 16290 |
or mental harm to residents; | 16291 |
(2) A statement of the absence of other adequate remedies at | 16292 |
law; | 16293 |
(3) The number of individuals residing at the facility; | 16294 |
(4) A statement that the facts have been brought to the | 16295 |
attention of the owner or licensee and that conditions have not | 16296 |
been remedied within a reasonable period of time or that the | 16297 |
conditions, though remedied periodically, habitually exist at the | 16298 |
residential facility as a pattern or practice; and | 16299 |
(5) The name and address of the person holding the license | 16300 |
for the residential facility. | 16301 |
(B) A court in which a petition is filed pursuant to this | 16302 |
section shall notify the person holding the license for the | 16303 |
facility of the filing. The department shall send notice of the | 16304 |
filing to the following, as appropriate: the legal rights service | 16305 |
created pursuant to section 5123.60 of the Revised Code; facility | 16306 |
owner; facility operator; board of alcohol, drug addiction, and | 16307 |
mental health services; board of health;
department of | 16308 |
16309 | |
family services; facility residents; and residents' families and | 16310 |
guardians. The court shall provide a hearing on the petition | 16311 |
within five court days of the time it was filed, except that the | 16312 |
court may appoint a receiver prior to that time if it determines | 16313 |
that the circumstances necessitate such action. | 16314 |
Following a hearing on the petition, and upon a determination | 16315 |
that the appointment of a receiver is warranted, the court shall | 16316 |
appoint a receiver and notify the department of mental health and | 16317 |
appropriate persons of this action. | 16318 |
In setting forth the powers of the receiver, the court may | 16319 |
generally authorize the receiver to do all that is prudent and | 16320 |
necessary to safely and efficiently operate the residential | 16321 |
facility within the requirements of state and federal law, but | 16322 |
shall require the receiver to obtain court approval prior to | 16323 |
making any single expenditure of more than five thousand dollars | 16324 |
to correct deficiencies in the structure or furnishings of a | 16325 |
facility. The court shall closely review the conduct of the | 16326 |
receiver and shall require regular and detailed reports. | 16327 |
(C) A receivership established pursuant to this section shall | 16328 |
be terminated, following notification of the appropriate parties | 16329 |
and a hearing, if the court determines either of the following: | 16330 |
(1) The residential facility has been closed and the former | 16331 |
residents have been relocated to an appropriate facility; | 16332 |
(2) Circumstances no longer exist at the residential facility | 16333 |
which present a substantial risk of physical or mental harm to | 16334 |
residents, and there is no deficiency in the residential facility | 16335 |
that is likely to create a future risk of harm. | 16336 |
Notwithstanding division (C)(2) of this section, the court | 16337 |
shall not terminate a receivership for a residential facility that | 16338 |
has previously operated under another receivership unless the | 16339 |
responsibility for the operation of the facility is transferred to | 16340 |
an operator approved by the court and the department of mental | 16341 |
health. | 16342 |
(D) Except for the department of mental health or appropriate | 16343 |
board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, no | 16344 |
party or person interested in an action shall be appointed a | 16345 |
receiver pursuant to this section. | 16346 |
To assist the court in identifying persons qualified to be | 16347 |
named as receivers, the director of the department of mental | 16348 |
health shall maintain a list of the names of such persons. The | 16349 |
department of mental health, the department of job and family | 16350 |
services, and the department of health shall provide technical | 16351 |
assistance to any receiver appointed pursuant to this section. | 16352 |
Before entering upon the duties of receiver, the receiver | 16353 |
must be sworn to perform the duties faithfully, and, with surety | 16354 |
approved by the court, judge, or clerk, execute a bond to such | 16355 |
person, and in such sum as the court or judge directs, to the | 16356 |
effect that such receiver will faithfully discharge the duties of | 16357 |
receiver in the action, and obey the orders of the court therein. | 16358 |
(1) Under the control of the appointing court, a receiver may | 16359 |
do the following: | 16360 |
(a) Bring and defend actions in the appointee's name as | 16361 |
receiver; | 16362 |
(b) Take and keep possession of property. | 16363 |
(2) The court shall authorize the receiver to do the | 16364 |
following: | 16365 |
(a) Collect payment for all goods and services provided to | 16366 |
the residents or others during the period of the receivership at | 16367 |
the same rate as was charged by the licensee at the time the | 16368 |
petition for receivership was filed, unless a different rate is | 16369 |
set by the court; | 16370 |
(b) Honor all leases, mortgages, and secured transactions | 16371 |
governing all buildings, goods, and fixtures of which the receiver | 16372 |
has taken possession, but, in the case of a rental agreement only | 16373 |
to the extent of payments that are for the use of the property | 16374 |
during the period of the receivership, or, in the case of a | 16375 |
purchase agreement, only to the extent that payments come due | 16376 |
during the period of the receivership; | 16377 |
(c) If transfer of residents is necessary, provide for the | 16378 |
orderly transfer of residents by: | 16379 |
(i) Cooperating with all appropriate state and local agencies | 16380 |
in carrying out the transfer of residents to alternative community | 16381 |
placements; | 16382 |
(ii) Providing for the transportation of residents' | 16383 |
belongings and records; | 16384 |
(iii) Helping to locate alternative placements and develop | 16385 |
plans for transfer; | 16386 |
(iv) Encouraging residents or guardians to participate in | 16387 |
transfer planning except when an emergency exists and immediate | 16388 |
transfer is necessary. | 16389 |
(d) Make periodic reports on the status of the residential | 16390 |
facility to the court; the appropriate state agencies; and the | 16391 |
board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services. Each | 16392 |
report shall be made available to residents, their guardians, and | 16393 |
families. | 16394 |
(e) Compromise demands or claims; and | 16395 |
(f) Generally do such acts respecting the residential | 16396 |
facility as the court authorizes. | 16397 |
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, contracts which | 16398 |
are necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the receiver | 16399 |
need not be competitively bid. | 16400 |
Sec. 5119.51. Pursuant to Article X of the compact set forth | 16401 |
in section 5119.50 of the Revised Code, the director of mental | 16402 |
health and the director of
| 16403 |
disabilities each shall designate an officer who shall be the | 16404 |
compact administrator for | 16405 |
jointly with like officers of other party states, shall adopt | 16406 |
rules to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The | 16407 |
compact administrators of each department shall serve subject to | 16408 |
the pleasure of the governor and shall cooperate with all | 16409 |
departments, agencies, and officers of and in the government of | 16410 |
this state and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper | 16411 |
administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreements | 16412 |
entered into by this state thereunder. | 16413 |
Sec. 5120.07. (A) There is hereby created the ex-offender | 16414 |
reentry coalition consisting of the following seventeen members or | 16415 |
their designees: | 16416 |
(1) The director of rehabilitation and correction; | 16417 |
(2) The director of aging; | 16418 |
(3) The director of alcohol and drug addiction services; | 16419 |
(4) The director of development; | 16420 |
(5) The superintendent of public instruction; | 16421 |
(6) The director of health; | 16422 |
(7) The director of job and family services; | 16423 |
(8) The director of mental health; | 16424 |
(9) The director of | 16425 |
disabilities; | 16426 |
(10) The director of public safety; | 16427 |
(11) The director of youth services; | 16428 |
(12) The chancellor of the Ohio board of regents; | 16429 |
(13) The director of the governor's office of external | 16430 |
affairs and economic opportunity; | 16431 |
(14) The director of the governor's office of faith-based and | 16432 |
community initiatives; | 16433 |
(15) The director of the rehabilitation services commission; | 16434 |
(16) The director of the department of commerce; | 16435 |
(17) The executive director of a health care licensing board | 16436 |
created under Title XLVII of the Revised Code, as appointed by the | 16437 |
chairperson of the coalition. | 16438 |
(B) The members of the coalition shall serve without | 16439 |
compensation. The director of rehabilitation and correction or the | 16440 |
director's designee shall be the chairperson of the coalition. | 16441 |
(C) In consultation with persons interested and involved in | 16442 |
the reentry of ex-offenders into the community, including but not | 16443 |
limited to, service providers, community-based organizations, and | 16444 |
local governments, the coalition shall identify and examine social | 16445 |
service barriers and other obstacles to the reentry of | 16446 |
ex-offenders into the community. Not later than one year after | 16447 |
16448 | |
same date of each year thereafter, the coalition shall submit to | 16449 |
the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of | 16450 |
the senate a report, including recommendations for legislative | 16451 |
action, the activities of the coalition, and the barriers | 16452 |
affecting the successful reentry of ex-offenders into the | 16453 |
community. The report shall analyze the effects of those | 16454 |
barriers on ex-offenders and on their children and other family | 16455 |
members in various areas, including but not limited to, the | 16456 |
following: | 16457 |
(1) Admission to public and other housing; | 16458 |
(2) Child support obligations and procedures; | 16459 |
(3) Parental incarceration and family reunification; | 16460 |
(4) Social security benefits, veterans' benefits, food | 16461 |
stamps, and other forms of public assistance; | 16462 |
(5) Employment; | 16463 |
(6) Education programs and financial assistance; | 16464 |
(7) Substance abuse, mental health, and sex offender | 16465 |
treatment programs and financial assistance; | 16466 |
(8) Civic and political participation; | 16467 |
(9) Other collateral consequences under the Revised Code or | 16468 |
the Ohio administrative code law that may result from a criminal | 16469 |
conviction. | 16470 |
Sec. 5120.135. (A) As used in this section, "laboratory | 16471 |
services" includes the performance of medical laboratory analysis; | 16472 |
professional laboratory and pathologist consultation; the | 16473 |
procurement, storage, and distribution of laboratory supplies; and | 16474 |
the performance of phlebotomy services. | 16475 |
(B) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall | 16476 |
provide laboratory services to the departments of mental health, | 16477 |
16478 | |
and rehabilitation and correction. The department of | 16479 |
rehabilitation and correction may also provide laboratory services | 16480 |
to other state, county, or municipal agencies and to private | 16481 |
persons that request laboratory services if the department of | 16482 |
rehabilitation and correction determines that the provision of | 16483 |
laboratory services is in the public interest and considers it | 16484 |
advisable to provide such services. The department of | 16485 |
rehabilitation and correction may also provide laboratory services | 16486 |
to agencies operated by the United States government and to public | 16487 |
and private entities funded in whole or in part by the state if | 16488 |
the director of rehabilitation and correction designates them as | 16489 |
eligible to receive such services. | 16490 |
The department of rehabilitation and correction shall provide | 16491 |
laboratory services from a laboratory that complies with the | 16492 |
standards for certification set by the United States department of | 16493 |
health and human services under the "Clinical Laboratory | 16494 |
Improvement Amendments of 1988," 102 Stat. 293, 42 U.S.C.A. 263a. | 16495 |
In addition, the laboratory shall maintain accreditation or | 16496 |
certification with an appropriate accrediting or certifying | 16497 |
organization as considered necessary by the recipients of its | 16498 |
laboratory services and as authorized by the director of | 16499 |
rehabilitation and correction. | 16500 |
(C) The cost of administering this section shall be | 16501 |
determined by the department of rehabilitation and correction and | 16502 |
shall be paid by entities that receive laboratory services to the | 16503 |
department for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the | 16504 |
laboratory services fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall | 16505 |
be used to pay the costs the department incurs in administering | 16506 |
this section. | 16507 |
(D) If the department of rehabilitation and correction does | 16508 |
not provide laboratory services under this section in a | 16509 |
satisfactory manner to the
department of | 16510 |
developmental disabilities, youth services, or mental health, the | 16511 |
director of | 16512 |
youth services, or mental health shall attempt to resolve the | 16513 |
matter of the unsatisfactory provision of services with the | 16514 |
director of rehabilitation and correction. If, after this attempt, | 16515 |
the provision of laboratory services continues to be | 16516 |
unsatisfactory, the director of | 16517 |
developmental disabilities, youth services, or mental health shall | 16518 |
notify the director of rehabilitation and correction regarding the | 16519 |
continued unsatisfactory provision of laboratory services. If, | 16520 |
within thirty days after the director receives this notice, the | 16521 |
department of rehabilitation and correction does not provide the | 16522 |
specified laboratory services in a satisfactory manner, the | 16523 |
director of | 16524 |
youth services, or mental health shall notify the director of | 16525 |
rehabilitation and correction of the notifying director's intent | 16526 |
to cease obtaining laboratory services from the department of | 16527 |
rehabilitation and correction. Following the end of a cancellation | 16528 |
period of sixty days that begins on the date of the notice, the | 16529 |
department that sent the notice may obtain laboratory services | 16530 |
from a provider other than the department of rehabilitation and | 16531 |
correction, if the department that sent the notice certifies to | 16532 |
the department of administrative services that the requirements of | 16533 |
this division have been met. | 16534 |
(E) Whenever a state agency fails to make a payment for | 16535 |
laboratory services provided to it by the department of | 16536 |
rehabilitation and correction under this section within thirty-one | 16537 |
days after the date the payment was due, the office of budget and | 16538 |
management may transfer moneys from that state agency to the | 16539 |
department of rehabilitation and correction for deposit to the | 16540 |
credit of the laboratory services fund. The amount transferred | 16541 |
shall not exceed the amount of the overdue payments. Prior to | 16542 |
making a transfer under this division, the office shall apply any | 16543 |
credits the state agency has accumulated in payment for laboratory | 16544 |
services provided under this section. | 16545 |
Sec. 5121.01. As used in sections 5121.01 to 5121.21 of the | 16546 |
Revised Code: | 16547 |
(A) "Resident" means a person admitted to an institution or | 16548 |
other facility pursuant to Chapter 5123. of the Revised Code who | 16549 |
is under observation or receiving habilitation and care. | 16550 |
(B) "Applicable cost" means the rate for support applicable | 16551 |
to a resident as specified in this section. | 16552 |
The cost for support of residents in institutions under the | 16553 |
jurisdiction of the department of | 16554 |
developmental disabilities, and of residents in private facilities | 16555 |
or homes whose care or treatment is being paid for by the | 16556 |
department, shall be based on the average per capita cost of the | 16557 |
care and treatment of the residents. The cost of services for | 16558 |
residents shall be computed using the projected average daily per | 16559 |
capita cost at the institution, or at the discretion of the | 16560 |
department, the subunit thereof in which services are provided. | 16561 |
Such costs shall be computed at least annually for the next | 16562 |
prospective period using generally accepted governmental | 16563 |
accounting principles. The cost of services for residents that are | 16564 |
being cared for and maintained in a private facility or home under | 16565 |
the supervision of the department and for which a purchase of | 16566 |
services contract is being paid to the private facility or home by | 16567 |
the department shall not be more than the per diem cost of the | 16568 |
contract. The cost of services for a resident receiving | 16569 |
pre-admission care, after-care, day-care, or routine consultation | 16570 |
and treatment services in a community service unit under the | 16571 |
jurisdiction of the department shall be computed on the basis of | 16572 |
the average cost of such services at the institution at which they | 16573 |
are provided. | 16574 |
The department shall annually determine the ability to pay of | 16575 |
a resident or the resident's liable relatives and the amount that | 16576 |
such person shall pay in accordance with section 5121.04 of the | 16577 |
Revised Code. | 16578 |
Collections of support payments shall be made by the | 16579 |
department and, subject to meeting prior requirements for payment | 16580 |
and crediting of such collections and other available receipts, in | 16581 |
accordance with the bond proceedings applicable to obligations | 16582 |
issued pursuant to section 154.20 of the Revised Code, such | 16583 |
collections and other available receipts designated by the | 16584 |
director of | 16585 |
deposit in the special accounts, together with insurance contract | 16586 |
payments provided for in division (B)(8) of section 5121.04 of the | 16587 |
Revised Code, shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for | 16588 |
deposit in
the state treasury to the credit of the | 16589 |
16590 | |
hereby created, to be used for the general purposes of the | 16591 |
department. The department shall make refunds of overpayment of | 16592 |
support charges from the | 16593 |
disabilities operating fund. | 16594 |
Sec. 5121.02. All individuals admitted to a state | 16595 |
institution operated by the department of | 16596 |
developmental disabilities under section 5123.03 of the Revised | 16597 |
Code shall be maintained at the expense of the state. Their | 16598 |
traveling and incidental expenses in conveying them to the state | 16599 |
institution shall be paid by the county of commitment. Upon | 16600 |
admission, the individuals shall be neatly and comfortably | 16601 |
clothed. Thereafter, the expense of necessary clothing shall be | 16602 |
borne by the responsible relatives or guardian if they are | 16603 |
financially able. If not furnished, the state shall bear the | 16604 |
expense. Any required traveling expense after admission to the | 16605 |
state institution shall be borne by the state if the responsible | 16606 |
relatives or guardian are unable to do so. | 16607 |
Sec. 5121.03. When any person is committed to an institution | 16608 |
under the jurisdiction of the department of | 16609 |
developmental disabilities pursuant to judicial proceedings, the | 16610 |
judge ordering such commitment shall: | 16611 |
(A) Make a reliable report on the financial condition of such | 16612 |
person and of each of the relatives of the person who are liable | 16613 |
for the person's support, as provided in section 5121.06 of the | 16614 |
Revised Code and rules and procedures adopted by the director of | 16615 |
16616 |
(B) Certify to the managing officer of such institution, and | 16617 |
the managing officer shall thereupon enter upon the managing | 16618 |
officer's records the name and address of any guardian appointed | 16619 |
and of any relative liable for such person's support under section | 16620 |
5121.06 of the Revised Code. | 16621 |
Sec. 5121.04. (A) The
department of | 16622 |
developmental disabilities shall investigate the financial | 16623 |
condition of the residents in institutions, residents whose care | 16624 |
or treatment is being paid for in a private facility or home under | 16625 |
the control of the department, and of the relatives named in | 16626 |
section 5121.06 of the Revised Code as liable for the support of | 16627 |
such residents, in order to determine the ability of any resident | 16628 |
or liable relatives to pay for the support of the resident and to | 16629 |
provide suitable clothing as required by the superintendent of the | 16630 |
institution. | 16631 |
(B) The department shall follow the provisions of this | 16632 |
division in determining the ability to pay of a resident or the | 16633 |
resident's liable relatives and the amount to be charged such | 16634 |
resident or liable relatives. | 16635 |
(1) Subject to divisions (B)(10) and (11) of this section, a | 16636 |
resident without dependents shall be liable for the full | 16637 |
applicable cost. A resident without dependents who has a gross | 16638 |
annual income equal to or exceeding the sum of the full applicable | 16639 |
cost, plus fifty dollars per month, regardless of the source of | 16640 |
such income, shall pay currently the full amount of the applicable | 16641 |
cost; if the resident's gross annual income is less than such sum, | 16642 |
not more than fifty dollars per month shall be kept for personal | 16643 |
use by or on behalf of the resident, except as permitted in the | 16644 |
state plan for providing medical assistance under Title XIX of the | 16645 |
"Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as | 16646 |
amended, and the balance shall be paid currently on the resident's | 16647 |
support. Subject to divisions (B)(10) and (11) of this section, | 16648 |
the estate of a resident without dependents shall pay currently | 16649 |
any remaining difference between the applicable cost and the | 16650 |
amounts prescribed in this section, or shall execute an agreement | 16651 |
with the department for payment to be made at some future date | 16652 |
under terms suitable to the department. However, no security | 16653 |
interest, mortgage, or lien shall be taken, granted, or charged | 16654 |
against any principal residence of a resident without dependents | 16655 |
under an agreement or otherwise to secure support payments, and no | 16656 |
foreclosure actions shall be taken on security interests, | 16657 |
mortgages, or liens taken, granted, or charged against principal | 16658 |
residences of residents prior to October 7, 1977. | 16659 |
(2) The ability to pay of a resident with dependents, or of a | 16660 |
liable relative of a resident either with or without dependents, | 16661 |
shall be determined in accordance with the resident's or liable | 16662 |
relative's income or other assets, the needs of others who are | 16663 |
dependent on such income and other assets for support, and, if | 16664 |
applicable, divisions (B)(10) and (11) of this section. | 16665 |
For the first thirty days of care and treatment of each | 16666 |
admission, but in no event for more than thirty days in any | 16667 |
calendar year, the resident with dependents or the liable | 16668 |
relative of a resident either with or without dependents shall be | 16669 |
charged an amount equal to the percentage of the average | 16670 |
applicable cost determined in accordance with the schedule of | 16671 |
adjusted gross annual income contained after this paragraph. After | 16672 |
such first thirty days of care and treatment, such resident or | 16673 |
such liable relative shall be charged an amount equal to the | 16674 |
percentage of a base support rate of four dollars per day for | 16675 |
residents, as determined in accordance with the schedule of gross | 16676 |
annual income contained after this paragraph, or in accordance | 16677 |
with division (B)(5) of this section. Beginning January 1, 1978, | 16678 |
the department shall increase the base rate when the consumer | 16679 |
price index average is more than 4.0 for the preceding calendar | 16680 |
year by not more than the average for such calendar year. | 16681 |
Adjusted Gross Annual | 16682 | ||
Income of Resident | 16683 | ||
or Liable Relative (FN a) | Number of Dependents (FN b) | 16684 |
8 or | 16685 | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | more | 16686 | ||
Rate of Support (In Percentages) | 16687 | |||||||||
$15,000 or less | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 16688 | |
15,001 to 17,500 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 16689 | |
17,501 to 20,000 | 25 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 16690 | |
20,001 to 21,000 | 30 | 25 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 16691 | |
21,001 to 22,000 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 16692 | |
22,001 to 23,000 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | 16693 | |
23,001 to 24,000 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | -- | -- | 16694 | |
24,001 to 25,000 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | -- | 16695 | |
25,001 to 26,000 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 16696 | |
26,001 to 27,000 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 16697 | |
27,001 to 28,000 | 70 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 16698 | |
28,001 to 30,000 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 16699 | |
30,001 to 40,000 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 16700 | |
40,001 and over | 100 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 16701 |
Footnote a. The resident or relative shall furnish a copy of | 16702 |
the resident's or relative's federal income tax return as evidence | 16703 |
of gross annual income. | 16704 |
Footnote b. The number of dependents includes the liable | 16705 |
relative but excludes a resident in an institution. "Dependent" | 16706 |
includes any person who receives more than half the person's | 16707 |
support from the resident or the resident's liable relative. | 16708 |
(3) A resident or liable relative having medical, funeral, or | 16709 |
related expenses in excess of four per cent of the adjusted gross | 16710 |
annual income, which expenses were not covered by insurance, may | 16711 |
adjust such gross annual income by reducing the adjusted gross | 16712 |
annual income by the full amount of such expenses. Proof of such | 16713 |
expenses satisfactory to the department must be furnished. | 16714 |
(4) Additional dependencies may be claimed if: | 16715 |
(a) The liable relative is blind; | 16716 |
(b) The liable relative is over sixty-five; | 16717 |
(c) A child is a college student with expenses in excess of | 16718 |
fifty dollars per month; | 16719 |
(d) The services of a housekeeper, costing in excess of fifty | 16720 |
dollars per month, are required if the person who normally keeps | 16721 |
house for minor children is the resident. | 16722 |
(5) If with respect to any resident with dependents there is | 16723 |
chargeable under division (B)(2) of this section less than fifty | 16724 |
per cent of the applicable cost or, if the base support rate was | 16725 |
used, less than fifty per cent of the amount determined by use of | 16726 |
the base support rate, and if with respect to such resident there | 16727 |
is a liable relative who has an estate having a value in excess of | 16728 |
fifteen thousand dollars or if such resident has a dependent and | 16729 |
an estate having a value in excess of fifteen thousand dollars, | 16730 |
there shall be paid with respect to such resident a total of fifty | 16731 |
per cent of the applicable cost or the base support rate amount, | 16732 |
as the case may be, on a current basis or there shall be executed | 16733 |
with respect to such resident an agreement with the department for | 16734 |
payment to be made at some future date under terms suitable to the | 16735 |
department. | 16736 |
(6) When a person has been a resident for fifteen years and | 16737 |
the support charges for which a relative is liable have been paid | 16738 |
for the fifteen-year period, the liable relative shall be relieved | 16739 |
of any further support charges. | 16740 |
(7) The department shall accept voluntary payments from | 16741 |
residents or liable relatives whose incomes are below the minimum | 16742 |
shown in the schedule set forth in this division. The department | 16743 |
also shall accept voluntary payments in excess of required amounts | 16744 |
from both liable and nonliable relatives. | 16745 |
(8) If a resident is covered by an insurance policy, or other | 16746 |
contract that provides for payment of expenses for care and | 16747 |
treatment for mental retardation or other developmental disability | 16748 |
at or from an institution or facility (including a community | 16749 |
service unit under the jurisdiction of the department), the other | 16750 |
provisions of this section, except divisions (B)(8), (10), and | 16751 |
(11) of this section, and of section 5121.01 of the Revised Code | 16752 |
shall be suspended to the extent that such insurance policy or | 16753 |
other contract is in force, and such resident shall be charged the | 16754 |
full amount of the applicable cost. Any insurance carrier or other | 16755 |
third party payor providing coverage for such care and treatment | 16756 |
shall pay for this support obligation in an amount equal to the | 16757 |
lesser of either the applicable cost or the benefits provided | 16758 |
under the policy or other contract. Whether or not an insured, | 16759 |
owner of, or other person having an interest in such policy or | 16760 |
other contract is liable for support payments under other | 16761 |
provisions of this chapter, the insured, policy owner, or other | 16762 |
person shall assign payment directly to the department of all | 16763 |
assignable benefits under the policy or other contract and shall | 16764 |
pay over to the department, within ten days of receipt, all | 16765 |
insurance or other benefits received as reimbursement or payment | 16766 |
for expenses incurred by the resident or for any other reason. If | 16767 |
the insured, policy owner, or other person refuses to assign such | 16768 |
payment to the department or refuses to pay such received | 16769 |
reimbursements or payments over to the department within ten days | 16770 |
of receipt, the insured's, policy owners', or other person's total | 16771 |
liability for the services equals the applicable statutory | 16772 |
liability for payment for the services as determined under other | 16773 |
provisions of this chapter, plus the amounts payable under the | 16774 |
terms of the policy or other contract. In no event shall this | 16775 |
total liability exceed the full amount of the applicable cost. | 16776 |
Upon its request, the department is entitled to a court order that | 16777 |
compels the insured, owner of, or other person having an interest | 16778 |
in the policy or other contract to comply with the assignment | 16779 |
requirements of this division or that itself serves as a legally | 16780 |
sufficient assignment in compliance with such requirements. | 16781 |
Notwithstanding section 5123.89 of the Revised Code and any other | 16782 |
law relating to confidentiality of records, the managing officer | 16783 |
of the institution or facility where a person is or has been a | 16784 |
resident shall disclose pertinent medical information concerning | 16785 |
the resident to the insurance carrier or other third party payor | 16786 |
in question, in order to effect collection from the carrier or | 16787 |
payor of the state's claim for care and treatment under this | 16788 |
division. For such disclosure, the managing officer is not subject | 16789 |
to any civil or criminal liability. | 16790 |
(9) The rate to be charged for pre-admission care, | 16791 |
after-care, day-care, or routine consultation and treatment | 16792 |
services shall be based upon the ability of the resident or the | 16793 |
resident's liable relatives to pay. When it is determined by the | 16794 |
department that a charge shall be made, such charge shall be | 16795 |
computed as provided in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section. | 16796 |
(10) If a resident with or without dependents is the | 16797 |
beneficiary of a trust created pursuant to section 5815.28 of the | 16798 |
Revised Code, then, notwithstanding any contrary provision of this | 16799 |
chapter or of a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter, divisions | 16800 |
(C) and (D) of that section shall apply in determining the assets | 16801 |
or resources of the resident, the resident's estate, the settlor, | 16802 |
or the settlor's estate and to claims arising under this chapter | 16803 |
against the resident, the resident's estate, the settlor, or the | 16804 |
settlor's estate. | 16805 |
(11) If the department waives the liability of an individual | 16806 |
and the individual's liable relatives pursuant to section 5123.194 | 16807 |
of the Revised Code, the liability of the individual and relative | 16808 |
ceases in accordance with the waiver's terms. | 16809 |
(C) The department may enter into agreements with a resident | 16810 |
or a liable relative for support payments to be made in the | 16811 |
future. However, no security interest, mortgage, or lien shall be | 16812 |
taken, granted, or charged against any principal family residence | 16813 |
of a resident with dependents or a liable relative under an | 16814 |
agreement or otherwise to secure support payments, and no | 16815 |
foreclosure actions shall be taken on security interests, | 16816 |
mortgages or liens taken, granted, or charged against principal | 16817 |
residences of residents or liable relatives prior to October 7, | 16818 |
1977. | 16819 |
(D) The department shall make all investigations and | 16820 |
determinations required by this section within ninety days after a | 16821 |
resident is admitted to an institution under the department's | 16822 |
control and immediately shall notify by mail the persons liable of | 16823 |
the amount to be charged. | 16824 |
(E) All actions to enforce the collection of payments agreed | 16825 |
upon or charged by the department shall be commenced within six | 16826 |
years after the date of default of an agreement to pay support | 16827 |
charges or the date such payment becomes delinquent. If a payment | 16828 |
is made pursuant to an agreement which is in default, a new | 16829 |
six-year period for actions to enforce the collection of payments | 16830 |
under such agreement shall be computed from the date of such | 16831 |
payment. For purposes of this division an agreement is in default | 16832 |
or a payment is delinquent if a payment is not made within thirty | 16833 |
days after it is incurred or a payment, pursuant to an agreement, | 16834 |
is not made within thirty days after the date specified for such | 16835 |
payment. In all actions to enforce the collection of payment for | 16836 |
the liability for support, every court of record shall receive | 16837 |
into evidence the proof of claim made by the state together with | 16838 |
all debts and credits, and it shall be prima-facie evidence of the | 16839 |
facts contained in it. | 16840 |
Sec. 5121.05. The department of | 16841 |
developmental disabilities may subpoena witnesses, take testimony | 16842 |
under oath, and examine any public records relating to the income | 16843 |
and other assets of a resident or liable relative. All | 16844 |
information, conclusions, and recommendations shall be submitted | 16845 |
to the department by the investigating agent of the department. | 16846 |
The department shall determine the amount of support to be paid, | 16847 |
by whom, and whether clothing shall be furnished by the relatives | 16848 |
or guardian. | 16849 |
Sec. 5121.051. All outstanding liability of relatives for | 16850 |
the support of any patient or resident in a benevolent institution | 16851 |
under the control of the department of mental health or the | 16852 |
department of | 16853 |
accrued prior to January 1, 1956, including the liability of the | 16854 |
patient | 16855 |
that this section does not abrogate any written agreements or | 16856 |
security arrangement for the payment of support charges entered | 16857 |
into between the state and any patient or liable relative prior to | 16858 |
such date. | 16859 |
Sec. 5121.06. (A) The following persons other than the | 16860 |
resident or the resident's estate are liable relatives and all the | 16861 |
following persons are jointly and severally liable for the support | 16862 |
of a resident in an institution under the control of the | 16863 |
department of | 16864 |
(1) The resident or the resident's estate; | 16865 |
(2) The resident's spouse; | 16866 |
(3) The father or mother, or both, of a minor resident under | 16867 |
the age of eighteen years. | 16868 |
(B) The department shall determine, pursuant to section | 16869 |
5121.04 of the Revised Code, the amount to be charged each | 16870 |
resident and liable relative in the order named in this section, | 16871 |
but shall not collect from any person more than one hundred per | 16872 |
cent of the applicable cost. | 16873 |
(C) An action to collect delinquent payments or to enforce | 16874 |
agreements in default may be brought against any or all persons | 16875 |
named in this section. To the extent parents of adult residents, | 16876 |
pursuant to the language of this section previously in force, | 16877 |
incurred charges for the support of such residents between the | 16878 |
eighteenth birthday of such resident and July 1, 1975, their | 16879 |
liability for such period may be
| 16880 |
or settled as provided in section 5121.07 of the Revised Code. | 16881 |
(D) Irrespective of the number of residents whose care might | 16882 |
be chargeable against a liable relative, no individual liable | 16883 |
relative nor group of liable relatives who are members of the same | 16884 |
family unit shall be charged with the support of more than one | 16885 |
resident during the same period of time, and different periods of | 16886 |
time for which such liable relative has paid the charges for such | 16887 |
different residents' care and support shall be added together for | 16888 |
the purpose of completing the maximum fifteen-year period of | 16889 |
liability of such liable relative under division (B)(6) of section | 16890 |
5121.04 of the Revised Code. | 16891 |
Sec. 5121.061. The authority of the
department of | 16892 |
16893 | |
charges pursuant to section 5121.04 of the Revised Code shall not | 16894 |
be exercised until the resident or liable relative has petitioned | 16895 |
the department for modification as provided in section 5121.07 of | 16896 |
the Revised Code and has offered to the department satisfactory | 16897 |
proof of the resident's or liable relative's earnings and assets. | 16898 |
The department may modify the charges if its investigation | 16899 |
warrants such modification. | 16900 |
Sec. 5121.07. Any person who has been charged with the | 16901 |
payment of the support of a resident or for pre-admission care, | 16902 |
after-care, day-care, or routine consultation and treatment | 16903 |
services in a community service unit under the control of the | 16904 |
department of | 16905 |
may petition the department for a release from, or modification | 16906 |
of, such charge, and the department, after an investigation, may | 16907 |
cancel or modify such former charge, or may cancel, compromise, or | 16908 |
settle any accrued liability in an amount not exceeding five | 16909 |
thousand dollars. Amounts in excess thereof may be canceled, | 16910 |
compromised, or settled as provided in section 131.02 of the | 16911 |
Revised Code. The department may for due cause increase the amount | 16912 |
previously ordered paid. | 16913 |
Sec. 5121.08. The managing officers of the institutions | 16914 |
under the
control of the department of | 16915 |
developmental disabilities and the committing court, if requested, | 16916 |
shall submit to the department such information as they may obtain | 16917 |
concerning the financial condition of any resident or of relatives | 16918 |
liable for the resident's support. | 16919 |
Sec. 5121.09. In case the estate of any resident in an | 16920 |
institution under the jurisdiction of the
department of | 16921 |
16922 | |
resident's support, without hardship to any others who may be | 16923 |
dependent thereon, and no guardian has been appointed for such | 16924 |
estate, the agent of the department shall petition the probate | 16925 |
court of the proper county to appoint a guardian. | 16926 |
Sec. 5121.10. Upon the death of a resident or former | 16927 |
resident of any institution under the jurisdiction of the | 16928 |
department of | 16929 |
or upon the death of a person responsible under section 5121.06 of | 16930 |
the Revised Code for the support of a resident, the department may | 16931 |
waive the presentation of any claim for support against the estate | 16932 |
of such decedent, when in its judgment an otherwise dependent | 16933 |
person will be directly benefited by the estate. Claims against an | 16934 |
estate for support of a resident are subject to section 5815.28 | 16935 |
and Chapter 2117. of the Revised Code, and shall be treated, and | 16936 |
may be barred, the same as the claims of other creditors of the | 16937 |
estate, pursuant to that section or chapter. | 16938 |
The department may accept from a guardian or trustee of a | 16939 |
resident a contract agreeing to pay to the state from the property | 16940 |
of the guardian's or trustee's ward before or at the death of the | 16941 |
ward a fixed annual amount for the support of the ward while the | 16942 |
ward is a resident, with interest at four per cent per annum. A | 16943 |
copy of the contract shall be filed in the probate court of the | 16944 |
proper county and duly entered as a part of the records concerning | 16945 |
the ward. | 16946 |
Sec. 5121.11. The state shall bear the expense of the burial | 16947 |
or cremation of an indigent resident who dies in a state | 16948 |
institution operated by the department of | 16949 |
developmental disabilities under section 5123.03 of the Revised | 16950 |
Code or in a state correctional institution if the body is not | 16951 |
claimed for interment or cremation at the expense of friends or | 16952 |
relatives or is not delivered for anatomical purposes or for the | 16953 |
study of embalming in accordance with section 1713.34 of the | 16954 |
Revised Code. The managing officer of the institution shall | 16955 |
provide at the grave of the person or, if the person's cremated | 16956 |
remains are buried, at the grave of the person's cremated remains, | 16957 |
a metal, stone, or concrete marker on which shall be inscribed the | 16958 |
name and age of the person and the date of death. | 16959 |
Sec. 5121.12. The support and maintenance of residents | 16960 |
confined in state institutions operated by the department of | 16961 |
16962 | |
5123.03 of the Revised Code, including those transferred to them | 16963 |
from state correctional institutions, and also including persons | 16964 |
under indictment or conviction for crime, shall be collected and | 16965 |
paid in accordance with sections 5121.01 to 5121.21 of the Revised | 16966 |
Code. | 16967 |
Sec. 5123.01. As used in this chapter: | 16968 |
(A) "Chief medical officer" means the licensed physician | 16969 |
appointed by the managing officer of an institution for the | 16970 |
mentally retarded with the approval of the director of | 16971 |
16972 | |
treatment for residents of the institution. | 16973 |
(B) "Chief program director" means a person with special | 16974 |
training and experience in the diagnosis and management of the | 16975 |
mentally retarded, certified according to division (C) of this | 16976 |
section in at least one of the designated fields, and appointed by | 16977 |
the managing officer of an institution for the mentally retarded | 16978 |
with the approval of the director to provide habilitation and care | 16979 |
for residents of the institution. | 16980 |
(C) "Comprehensive evaluation" means a study, including a | 16981 |
sequence of observations and examinations, of a person leading to | 16982 |
conclusions and recommendations formulated jointly, with | 16983 |
dissenting opinions if any, by a group of persons with special | 16984 |
training and experience in the diagnosis and management of persons | 16985 |
with mental retardation or a developmental disability, which group | 16986 |
shall include individuals who are professionally qualified in the | 16987 |
fields of medicine, psychology, and social work, together with | 16988 |
such other specialists as the individual case may require. | 16989 |
(D) "Education" means the process of formal training and | 16990 |
instruction to facilitate the intellectual and emotional | 16991 |
development of residents. | 16992 |
(E) "Habilitation" means the process by which the staff of | 16993 |
the institution assists the resident in acquiring and maintaining | 16994 |
those life skills that enable the resident to cope more | 16995 |
effectively with the demands of the resident's own person and of | 16996 |
the resident's environment and in raising the level of the | 16997 |
resident's physical, mental, social, and vocational efficiency. | 16998 |
Habilitation includes but is not limited to programs of formal, | 16999 |
structured education and training. | 17000 |
(F) "Health officer" means any public health physician, | 17001 |
public health nurse, or other person authorized or designated by a | 17002 |
city or general health district. | 17003 |
(G) "Home and community-based services" means medicaid-funded | 17004 |
home and community-based services specified in division (B)(1) of | 17005 |
section 5111.87 of the Revised Code provided under the medicaid | 17006 |
waiver components the department of | 17007 |
developmental disabilities administers pursuant to section | 17008 |
5111.871 of the Revised Code. | 17009 |
(H) "Indigent person" means a person who is unable, without | 17010 |
substantial financial hardship, to provide for the payment of an | 17011 |
attorney and for other necessary expenses of legal representation, | 17012 |
including expert testimony. | 17013 |
(I) "Institution" means a public or private facility, or a | 17014 |
part of a public or private facility, that is licensed by the | 17015 |
appropriate state department and is equipped to provide | 17016 |
residential habilitation, care, and treatment for the mentally | 17017 |
retarded. | 17018 |
(J) "Licensed physician" means a person who holds a valid | 17019 |
certificate issued under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code | 17020 |
authorizing the person to practice medicine and surgery or | 17021 |
osteopathic medicine and surgery, or a medical officer of the | 17022 |
government of the United States while in the performance of the | 17023 |
officer's official duties. | 17024 |
(K) "Managing officer" means a person who is appointed by the | 17025 |
director of | 17026 |
be in executive control of an institution for the mentally | 17027 |
retarded under the jurisdiction of the department. | 17028 |
(L) "Medicaid" has the same meaning as in section 5111.01 of | 17029 |
the Revised Code. | 17030 |
(M) "Medicaid case management services" means case management | 17031 |
services provided to an individual with mental retardation or | 17032 |
other developmental disability that the state medicaid plan | 17033 |
requires. | 17034 |
(N) "Mentally retarded person" means a person having | 17035 |
significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing | 17036 |
concurrently with deficiencies in adaptive behavior, manifested | 17037 |
during the developmental period. | 17038 |
(O) "Mentally retarded person subject to institutionalization | 17039 |
by court order" means a person eighteen years of age or older who | 17040 |
is at least moderately mentally retarded and in relation to whom, | 17041 |
because of the person's retardation, either of the following | 17042 |
conditions exist: | 17043 |
(1) The person represents a very substantial risk of physical | 17044 |
impairment or injury to self as manifested by evidence that the | 17045 |
person is unable to provide for and is not providing for the | 17046 |
person's most basic physical needs and that provision for those | 17047 |
needs is not available in the community; | 17048 |
(2) The person needs and is susceptible to significant | 17049 |
habilitation in an institution. | 17050 |
(P) "A person who is at least moderately mentally retarded" | 17051 |
means a person who is found, following a comprehensive evaluation, | 17052 |
to be impaired in adaptive behavior to a moderate degree and to be | 17053 |
functioning at the moderate level of intellectual functioning in | 17054 |
accordance with standard measurements as recorded in the most | 17055 |
current revision of the manual of terminology and classification | 17056 |
in mental retardation published by the American association on | 17057 |
mental retardation. | 17058 |
(Q) As used in this division, "substantial functional | 17059 |
limitation," "developmental delay," and "established risk" have | 17060 |
the meanings established pursuant to section 5123.011 of the | 17061 |
Revised Code. | 17062 |
"Developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability | 17063 |
that is characterized by all of the following: | 17064 |
(1) It is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or | 17065 |
a combination of mental and physical impairments, other than a | 17066 |
mental or physical impairment solely caused by mental illness as | 17067 |
defined in division (A) of section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. | 17068 |
(2) It is manifested before age twenty-two. | 17069 |
(3) It is likely to continue indefinitely. | 17070 |
(4) It results in one of the following: | 17071 |
(a) In the case of a person under three years of age, at | 17072 |
least one developmental delay or an established risk; | 17073 |
(b) In the case of a person at least three years of age but | 17074 |
under six years of age, at least two developmental delays or an | 17075 |
established risk; | 17076 |
(c) In the case of a person six years of age or older, a | 17077 |
substantial functional limitation in at least three of the | 17078 |
following areas of major life activity, as appropriate for the | 17079 |
person's age: self-care, receptive and expressive language, | 17080 |
learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent | 17081 |
living, and, if the person is at least sixteen years of age, | 17082 |
capacity for economic self-sufficiency. | 17083 |
(5) It causes the person to need a combination and sequence | 17084 |
of special, interdisciplinary, or other type of care, treatment, | 17085 |
or provision of services for an extended period of time that is | 17086 |
individually planned and coordinated for the person. | 17087 |
(R) "Developmentally disabled person" means a person with a | 17088 |
developmental disability. | 17089 |
(S) "State institution" means an institution that is | 17090 |
tax-supported and under the jurisdiction of the department. | 17091 |
(T) "Residence" and "legal residence" have the same meaning | 17092 |
as "legal settlement," which is acquired by residing in Ohio for a | 17093 |
period of one year without receiving general assistance prior to | 17094 |
July 17, 1995, under former Chapter 5113. of the Revised Code, | 17095 |
financial assistance under Chapter 5115. of the Revised Code, or | 17096 |
assistance from a private agency that maintains records of | 17097 |
assistance given. A person having a legal settlement in the state | 17098 |
shall be considered as having legal settlement in the assistance | 17099 |
area in which the person resides. No adult person coming into this | 17100 |
state and having a spouse or minor children residing in another | 17101 |
state shall obtain a legal settlement in this state as long as the | 17102 |
spouse or minor children are receiving public assistance, care, or | 17103 |
support at the expense of the other state or its subdivisions. For | 17104 |
the purpose of determining the legal settlement of a person who is | 17105 |
living in a public or private institution or in a home subject to | 17106 |
licensing by the department of job and family services, the | 17107 |
department of mental health, or the
department of | 17108 |
17109 | |
person shall be considered as though the person were residing in | 17110 |
the county in which the person was living prior to the person's | 17111 |
entrance into the institution or home. Settlement once acquired | 17112 |
shall continue until a person has been continuously absent from | 17113 |
Ohio for a period of one year or has acquired a legal residence in | 17114 |
another state. A woman who marries a man with legal settlement in | 17115 |
any county immediately acquires the settlement of her husband. The | 17116 |
legal settlement of a minor is that of the parents, surviving | 17117 |
parent, sole parent, parent who is designated the residential | 17118 |
parent and legal custodian by a court, other adult having | 17119 |
permanent custody awarded by a court, or guardian of the person of | 17120 |
the minor, provided that: | 17121 |
(1) A minor female who marries shall be considered to have | 17122 |
the legal settlement of her husband and, in the case of death of | 17123 |
her husband or divorce, she shall not thereby lose her legal | 17124 |
settlement obtained by the marriage. | 17125 |
(2) A minor male who marries, establishes a home, and who has | 17126 |
resided in this state for one year without receiving general | 17127 |
assistance prior to July 17, 1995, under former Chapter 5113. of | 17128 |
the Revised Code, financial assistance under Chapter 5115. of the | 17129 |
Revised Code, or assistance from a private agency that maintains | 17130 |
records of assistance given shall be considered to have obtained a | 17131 |
legal settlement in this state. | 17132 |
(3) The legal settlement of a child under eighteen years of | 17133 |
age who is in the care or custody of a public or private child | 17134 |
caring agency shall not change if the legal settlement of the | 17135 |
parent changes until after the child has been in the home of the | 17136 |
parent for a period of one year. | 17137 |
No person, adult or minor, may establish a legal settlement | 17138 |
in this state for the purpose of gaining admission to any state | 17139 |
institution. | 17140 |
(U)(1) "Resident" means, subject to division (R)(2) of this | 17141 |
section, a person who is admitted either voluntarily or | 17142 |
involuntarily to an institution or other facility pursuant to | 17143 |
section 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised | 17144 |
Code subsequent to a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity | 17145 |
or incompetence to stand trial or under this chapter who is under | 17146 |
observation or receiving habilitation and care in an institution. | 17147 |
(2) "Resident" does not include a person admitted to an | 17148 |
institution or other facility under section 2945.39, 2945.40, | 17149 |
2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code to the extent that the | 17150 |
reference in this chapter to resident, or the context in which the | 17151 |
reference occurs, is in conflict with any provision of sections | 17152 |
2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code. | 17153 |
(V) "Respondent" means the person whose detention, | 17154 |
commitment, or continued commitment is being sought in any | 17155 |
proceeding under this chapter. | 17156 |
(W) "Working day" and "court day" mean Monday, Tuesday, | 17157 |
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, except when such day is a legal | 17158 |
holiday. | 17159 |
(X) "Prosecutor" means the prosecuting attorney, village | 17160 |
solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer | 17161 |
who prosecuted a criminal case in which a person was found not | 17162 |
guilty by reason of insanity, who would have had the authority to | 17163 |
prosecute a criminal case against a person if the person had not | 17164 |
been found incompetent to stand trial, or who prosecuted a case in | 17165 |
which a person was found guilty. | 17166 |
(Y) "Court" means the probate division of the court of common | 17167 |
pleas. | 17168 |
(Z) "Supported living" has the same meaning as in section | 17169 |
5126.01 of the Revised Code. | 17170 |
Sec. 5123.011. The director of | 17171 |
developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with | 17172 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish definitions of | 17173 |
"substantial functional limitation," "developmental delay," | 17174 |
"established risk," "biological risk," and "environmental risk." | 17175 |
Sec. 5123.012. (A) As used in this section: | 17176 |
(1) "Biological risk" and "environmental risk" have the | 17177 |
meanings established pursuant to section 5123.011 of the Revised | 17178 |
Code. | 17179 |
(2) "Preschool child with a disability" has the same | 17180 |
meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code. | 17181 |
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the | 17182 |
department of | 17183 |
shall make eligibility determinations in accordance with the | 17184 |
definition of "developmental disability" in section 5123.01 of the | 17185 |
Revised Code. The department may adopt rules in accordance with | 17186 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing eligibility for | 17187 |
programs and services for either of the following: | 17188 |
(1) Individuals under age six who have a biological risk or | 17189 |
environmental risk of a developmental delay; | 17190 |
(2) Any preschool child with a disability eligible for | 17191 |
services under section 3323.02 of the Revised Code whose | 17192 |
disability is not attributable solely to mental illness as | 17193 |
defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. | 17194 |
(C)(1) The department shall make determinations of | 17195 |
eligibility for protective services in accordance with sections | 17196 |
5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code. | 17197 |
(2) Determinations of whether a mentally retarded person is | 17198 |
subject to institutionalization by court order shall be made in | 17199 |
accordance with sections 5123.71 to 5123.76 of the Revised Code | 17200 |
and shall be based on the definition of "mentally retarded person | 17201 |
subject to institutionalization by court order" in section 5123.01 | 17202 |
of the Revised Code. | 17203 |
(3) All persons who were eligible for services and enrolled | 17204 |
in programs offered by the department of | 17205 |
developmental disabilities pursuant to this chapter on July 1, | 17206 |
1991, shall continue to be eligible for those services and to be | 17207 |
enrolled in those programs as long as they are in need of | 17208 |
services. | 17209 |
| 17210 |
regarding institutionalization apply to a person who is found | 17211 |
incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity and | 17212 |
is committed pursuant to section 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or | 17213 |
2945.402 of the Revised Code to the extent that the provisions are | 17214 |
not in conflict with any provision of sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 | 17215 |
of the Revised Code. If a provision of this chapter is in conflict | 17216 |
with a provision in sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised | 17217 |
Code regarding a person who has been so committed, the provision | 17218 |
in sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code shall control | 17219 |
regarding that person. | 17220 |
Sec. 5123.014. Whenever the department or director of mental | 17221 |
retardation and developmental disabilities is referred to or | 17222 |
designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other | 17223 |
document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to | 17224 |
the department or director of developmental disabilities, as the | 17225 |
case may be. | 17226 |
Sec. 5123.02. The department of | 17227 |
developmental disabilities shall do the following: | 17228 |
(A) Promote comprehensive statewide programs and services for | 17229 |
persons with mental retardation or a developmental disability and | 17230 |
their families wherever they reside in the state. These programs | 17231 |
shall include public education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, | 17232 |
training, and care. | 17233 |
(B) Provide administrative leadership for statewide services | 17234 |
which include residential facilities, evaluation centers, and | 17235 |
community classes which are wholly or in part financed by the | 17236 |
department of | 17237 |
provided by section 5123.26 of the Revised Code; | 17238 |
(C) Develop and maintain, to the extent feasible, data on all | 17239 |
services and programs for persons with mental retardation or a | 17240 |
developmental disability, that are provided by governmental and | 17241 |
private agencies; | 17242 |
(D) Make periodic determinations of the number of persons | 17243 |
with mental retardation or a developmental disability requiring | 17244 |
services in the state; | 17245 |
(E) Provide leadership to local authorities in planning and | 17246 |
developing community-wide services for persons with mental | 17247 |
retardation or a developmental disability and their families; | 17248 |
(F) Promote programs of professional training and research in | 17249 |
cooperation with other state departments, agencies, and | 17250 |
institutions of higher learning. | 17251 |
Sec. 5123.021. (A) As used in this section, "mentally | 17252 |
retarded individual" and "specialized services" have the same | 17253 |
meanings as in section 5111.202 of the Revised Code. | 17254 |
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section | 17255 |
and rules adopted under division (E)(3) of this section, for | 17256 |
purposes of section 5111.202 of the Revised Code, the department | 17257 |
of | 17258 |
determine in accordance with section 1919(e)(7) of the "Social | 17259 |
Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, | 17260 |
and regulations adopted under section 1919(f)(8)(A) of that act | 17261 |
whether, because of the individual's physical and mental | 17262 |
condition, a mentally retarded individual seeking admission to a | 17263 |
nursing facility requires the level of services provided by a | 17264 |
nursing facility and, if the individual requires that level of | 17265 |
services, whether the individual requires specialized services for | 17266 |
mental retardation. | 17267 |
(2) A determination under this division is not required for | 17268 |
any of the following: | 17269 |
(a) An individual seeking readmission to a nursing facility | 17270 |
after having been transferred from a nursing facility to a | 17271 |
hospital for care; | 17272 |
(b) An individual who meets all of the following conditions: | 17273 |
(i) The individual is admitted to the nursing facility | 17274 |
directly from a hospital after receiving inpatient care at the | 17275 |
hospital; | 17276 |
(ii) The individual requires nursing facility services for | 17277 |
the condition for which the individual received care in the | 17278 |
hospital; | 17279 |
(iii) The individual's attending physician has certified, | 17280 |
before admission to the nursing facility, that the individual is | 17281 |
likely to require less than thirty days of nursing facility | 17282 |
services. | 17283 |
(c) An individual transferred from one nursing facility to | 17284 |
another nursing facility, with or without an intervening hospital | 17285 |
stay. | 17286 |
(C) Except as provided in rules adopted under division (F)(3) | 17287 |
of this section, the department of | 17288 |
developmental disabilities shall review and determine, for each | 17289 |
resident of a nursing facility who is mentally retarded, whether | 17290 |
the resident, because of the resident's physical and mental | 17291 |
condition, requires the level of services provided by a nursing | 17292 |
facility and whether the resident requires specialized services | 17293 |
for mental retardation. The review and determination shall be | 17294 |
conducted in accordance with section 1919(e)(7) of the "Social | 17295 |
Security Act" and the regulations adopted under section | 17296 |
1919(f)(8)(A) of the act. The review and determination shall be | 17297 |
completed promptly after a nursing facility has notified the | 17298 |
department that there has been a significant change in the | 17299 |
resident's mental or physical condition. | 17300 |
(D)(1) In the case of a nursing facility resident who has | 17301 |
continuously resided in a nursing facility for at least thirty | 17302 |
months before the date of a review and determination under | 17303 |
division (C) of this section, if the resident is determined not to | 17304 |
require the level of services provided by a nursing facility, but | 17305 |
is determined to require specialized services for mental | 17306 |
retardation, the department, in consultation with the resident's | 17307 |
family or legal representative and care givers, shall do all of | 17308 |
the following: | 17309 |
(a) Inform the resident of the institutional and | 17310 |
noninstitutional alternatives covered under the state plan for | 17311 |
medical assistance; | 17312 |
(b) Offer the resident the choice of remaining in the nursing | 17313 |
facility or receiving covered services in an alternative | 17314 |
institutional or noninstitutional setting; | 17315 |
(c) Clarify the effect on eligibility for services under the | 17316 |
state plan for medical assistance if the resident chooses to leave | 17317 |
the facility, including its effect on readmission to the facility; | 17318 |
(d) Provide for or arrange for the provision of specialized | 17319 |
services for the resident's mental retardation in the setting | 17320 |
chosen by the resident. | 17321 |
(2) In the case of a nursing facility resident who has | 17322 |
continuously resided in a nursing facility for less than thirty | 17323 |
months before the date of the review and determination under | 17324 |
division (C) of this section, if the resident is determined not to | 17325 |
require the level of services provided by a nursing facility, but | 17326 |
is determined to require specialized services for mental | 17327 |
retardation, or if the resident is determined to require neither | 17328 |
the level of services provided by a nursing facility nor | 17329 |
specialized services for mental retardation, the department shall | 17330 |
act in accordance with its alternative disposition plan approved | 17331 |
by the United States department of health and human services under | 17332 |
section 1919(e)(7)(E) of the "Social Security Act." | 17333 |
(3) In the case of an individual who is determined under | 17334 |
division (B) or (C) of this section to require both the level of | 17335 |
services provided by a nursing facility and specialized services | 17336 |
for mental retardation, the department of | 17337 |
developmental disabilities shall provide or arrange for the | 17338 |
provision of the specialized services needed by the individual or | 17339 |
resident while residing in a nursing facility. | 17340 |
(E) The department of | 17341 |
disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of | 17342 |
the Revised Code that do all of the following: | 17343 |
(1) Establish criteria to be used in making the | 17344 |
determinations required by divisions (B) and (C) of this section. | 17345 |
The criteria shall not exceed the criteria established by | 17346 |
regulations adopted by the United States department of health and | 17347 |
human services under section 1919(f)(8)(A) of the "Social Security | 17348 |
Act." | 17349 |
(2) Specify information to be provided by the individual or | 17350 |
nursing facility resident being assessed; | 17351 |
(3) Specify any circumstances, in addition to circumstances | 17352 |
listed in division (B) of this section, under which determinations | 17353 |
under divisions (B) and (C) of this section are not required to be | 17354 |
made. | 17355 |
Sec. 5123.03. (A) The department of | 17356 |
developmental disabilities shall do all of the following: | 17357 |
(1) Maintain, operate, manage, and govern all state | 17358 |
institutions for the care, treatment, and training of the mentally | 17359 |
retarded; | 17360 |
(2) Designate all such institutions by appropriate names; | 17361 |
(3) Provide and designate facilities for the custody, care, | 17362 |
and special treatment of persons of the following classes: | 17363 |
(a) Dangerous persons in state institutions for the mentally | 17364 |
retarded who represent a serious threat to the safety of the other | 17365 |
patients of the institution; | 17366 |
(b) Persons charged with crimes who are found incompetent to | 17367 |
stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity and who are also | 17368 |
mentally retarded persons subject to institutionalization by court | 17369 |
order. | 17370 |
(4) Have control of all institutions maintained in part by | 17371 |
the state for the care, treatment, and training of the mentally | 17372 |
retarded; | 17373 |
(5) Administer the laws relative to persons in such | 17374 |
institutions in an efficient, economical, and humane manner; | 17375 |
(6) Ascertain by actual examinations and inquiry whether | 17376 |
institutionalizations are made according to law. | 17377 |
(B) The department may do any of the following: | 17378 |
(1) Subject to section 5139.08 of the Revised Code, receive | 17379 |
from the department of youth services for observation, diagnosis, | 17380 |
care, habilitation, or placement any children in the custody of | 17381 |
the department of youth services; | 17382 |
(2) Receive for observation any minor from a public | 17383 |
institution other than an institution under the jurisdiction of | 17384 |
the department of | 17385 |
disabilities, from a private charitable institution, or from a | 17386 |
person having legal custody of such a minor, upon such terms as | 17387 |
are proper; | 17388 |
(3) Receive from the department of mental health any patient | 17389 |
in the custody of the department who is transferred to the | 17390 |
department of | 17391 |
upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the two | 17392 |
departments. | 17393 |
| 17394 |
conferred by this section, the department may take any other | 17395 |
action necessary for the full and efficient executive, | 17396 |
administrative, and fiscal supervision of the state institutions | 17397 |
described in this section. | 17398 |
Sec. 5123.031. The director of | 17399 |
developmental disabilities may require the performance of duties | 17400 |
by the officers of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the | 17401 |
department of | 17402 |
as fully to meet the requirements, intents, and purposes of this | 17403 |
chapter. In case of an apparent conflict between the powers | 17404 |
conferred upon any managing officer and those conferred by this | 17405 |
chapter upon the department, the presumption shall be conclusive | 17406 |
in favor of the department. | 17407 |
The director shall adopt rules for the nonpartisan management | 17408 |
of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the department. An | 17409 |
officer or employee of the department or any officer or employee | 17410 |
of any institution under its control who, by solicitation or | 17411 |
otherwise, exerts | 17412 |
directly or indirectly to induce any other officer or employee of | 17413 |
the
department or any of its institutions to adopt | 17414 |
officer's or employee's political views or to favor any particular | 17415 |
person, issue, or candidate for
office shall be removed from | 17416 |
the officer's or employee's office or position, by the department | 17417 |
in case of an officer or employee, and by the governor in case of | 17418 |
the director. | 17419 |
The managing officer of any institution under the | 17420 |
jurisdiction of the department shall submit reports to the | 17421 |
director relating to the admission, examination, comprehensive | 17422 |
evaluation, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any resident. | 17423 |
The director, or a person designated by | 17424 |
shall visit each institution regularly to review the admission | 17425 |
procedures of all new residents and to investigate complaints made | 17426 |
by any resident or by any person on behalf of a resident. | 17427 |
The director shall prescribe the forms of affidavits, | 17428 |
applications, comprehensive evaluations, orders of | 17429 |
institutionalization and release, and all other forms that are | 17430 |
required in the institutionalization, admission, and release of | 17431 |
all persons with respect to institutions under the jurisdiction of | 17432 |
the department, and of reports and records provided for under this | 17433 |
chapter. | 17434 |
Sec. 5123.032. (A) As used in this section, "developmental | 17435 |
center" means any institution or facility of the department of | 17436 |
17437 | |
after | 17438 |
named, designated, or referred to as a developmental center. | 17439 |
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after | 17440 |
17441 | |
of a developmental center shall be subject to, and in accordance | 17442 |
with, this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if | 17443 |
the governor announced on or after January 1, 2003, and prior to | 17444 |
17445 | |
closure of a developmental center and if the closure identified in | 17446 |
the announcement has not occurred prior to | 17447 |
17448 | |
announcement shall be subject to the criteria set forth in this | 17449 |
section as if the announcement had been made on or after | 17450 |
17451 | |
time at which the notice to the general assembly must be provided | 17452 |
as identified in division (C) of this section. | 17453 |
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after | 17454 |
17455 | |
days prior to making any official, public announcement that the | 17456 |
governor intends to close one or more developmental centers, the | 17457 |
governor shall notify the general assembly in writing that the | 17458 |
governor intends to close one or more developmental centers. | 17459 |
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the governor | 17460 |
announced on or after January 1, 2003, and prior to | 17461 |
17462 | |
developmental center and if the closure identified in the | 17463 |
announcement has not occurred prior to | 17464 |
17465 | |
17466 | |
shall notify the general assembly in writing of the prior | 17467 |
announcement and that the governor intends to close the center | 17468 |
identified in the prior announcement, and the notification to the | 17469 |
general assembly shall constitute, for purposes of this section, | 17470 |
the governor's official, public announcement that the governor | 17471 |
intends to close that center. | 17472 |
The notice required by this division shall identify by name | 17473 |
each developmental center that the governor intends to close or, | 17474 |
if the governor has not determined any specific developmental | 17475 |
center to close, shall state the governor's general intent to | 17476 |
close one or more developmental centers. When the governor | 17477 |
notifies the general assembly as required by this division, the | 17478 |
legislative service commission promptly shall conduct an | 17479 |
independent study of the developmental centers of the department | 17480 |
of | 17481 |
department's operation of the centers, and the study shall address | 17482 |
relevant criteria and factors, including, but not limited to, all | 17483 |
of the following: | 17484 |
(1) The manner in which the closure of developmental centers | 17485 |
in general would affect the safety, health, well-being, and | 17486 |
lifestyle of the centers' residents and their family members and | 17487 |
would affect public safety and, if the governor's notice | 17488 |
identifies by name one or more developmental centers that the | 17489 |
governor intends to close, the manner in which the closure of each | 17490 |
center so identified would affect the safety, health, well-being, | 17491 |
and lifestyle of the center's residents and their family members | 17492 |
and would affect public safety; | 17493 |
(2) The availability of alternate facilities; | 17494 |
(3) The cost effectiveness of the facilities identified for | 17495 |
closure; | 17496 |
(4) A comparison of the cost of residing at a facility | 17497 |
identified for closure and the cost of new living arrangements; | 17498 |
(5) The geographic factors associated with each facility and | 17499 |
its proximity to other similar facilities; | 17500 |
(6) The impact of collective bargaining on facility | 17501 |
operations; | 17502 |
(7) The utilization and maximization of resources; | 17503 |
(8) Continuity of the staff and ability to serve the facility | 17504 |
population; | 17505 |
(9) Continuing costs following closure of a facility; | 17506 |
(10) The impact of the closure on the local economy; | 17507 |
(11) Alternatives and opportunities for consolidation with | 17508 |
other facilities; | 17509 |
(12) How the closing of a facility identified for closure | 17510 |
relates to the department's plans for the future of developmental | 17511 |
centers in this state; | 17512 |
(13) The effect of the closure of developmental centers in | 17513 |
general upon the state's fiscal resources and fiscal status and, | 17514 |
if the governor's notice identifies by name one or more | 17515 |
developmental centers that the governor intends to close, the | 17516 |
effect of the closure of each center so identified upon the | 17517 |
state's fiscal resources and fiscal status. | 17518 |
(D) The legislative service commission shall complete the | 17519 |
study required by division (C) of this section, and prepare a | 17520 |
report that contains its findings, not later than sixty days after | 17521 |
the governor makes the official, public announcement that the | 17522 |
governor intends to close one or more developmental centers as | 17523 |
described in division (C) of this section. The commission shall | 17524 |
provide a copy of the report to each member of the general | 17525 |
assembly who requests a copy of the report. | 17526 |
Not later than the date on which the legislative service | 17527 |
commission is required to complete the report under this division, | 17528 |
the | 17529 |
developmental center closure commission is hereby created as | 17530 |
described in division (E) of this section. The officials with the | 17531 |
duties to appoint members of the closure commission, as described | 17532 |
in division (E) of this section, shall appoint the specified | 17533 |
members of the closure commission, and, as soon as possible after | 17534 |
the appointments, the closure commission shall meet for the | 17535 |
purposes described in that division. Upon completion of the report | 17536 |
and the creation of the closure commission under this division, | 17537 |
the legislative service commission promptly shall provide a copy | 17538 |
of the report to the closure commission and shall present the | 17539 |
report as described in division (E) of this section. | 17540 |
(E)(1) A | 17541 |
developmental center closure commission shall be created at the | 17542 |
time and in the manner specified in division (D) of this section. | 17543 |
The closure commission consists of six members. One member shall | 17544 |
be the director of | 17545 |
developmental disabilities. One member shall be the director of | 17546 |
17547 | |
with expertise in facility utilization, in economics, or in both | 17548 |
facility utilization and economics, jointly appointed by the | 17549 |
speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the | 17550 |
senate. The member appointed for expertise in facility | 17551 |
utilization, economics, or both may not be a member of the general | 17552 |
assembly and may not have a developmental center identified for | 17553 |
closure by the governor in the county in which the member resides. | 17554 |
One member shall be a member of the board of the Ohio civil | 17555 |
service employees' association, jointly appointed by the speaker | 17556 |
of the house of representatives and the president of the senate. | 17557 |
One member shall be either a family member of a resident of a | 17558 |
developmental center or a representative of a mental retardation | 17559 |
and developmental disabilities advocacy group, jointly appointed | 17560 |
by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president | 17561 |
of the senate. The member appointed who is a family member of a | 17562 |
developmental center resident or a representative of an advocacy | 17563 |
group may not be a member of the general assembly. One member | 17564 |
shall be a member of the law enforcement community, appointed by | 17565 |
the governor. The officials with the duties to appoint members of | 17566 |
the closure commission shall make the appointments, and the | 17567 |
closure commission shall meet, within the time periods specified | 17568 |
in division (D) of this section. The members of the closure | 17569 |
commission shall serve without compensation. At the closure | 17570 |
commission's first meeting, the members shall organize and appoint | 17571 |
a chairperson and vice-chairperson. | 17572 |
The closure commission shall meet as often as is necessary | 17573 |
for the purpose of making the recommendations to the governor that | 17574 |
are described in this division. The closure commission's meetings | 17575 |
shall be open to the public, and the closure commission shall | 17576 |
accept public testimony. The legislative service commission shall | 17577 |
appear before the closure commission and present the report the | 17578 |
legislative service commission prepared under division (D) of this | 17579 |
section. The closure commission shall meet for the purpose of | 17580 |
making recommendations to the governor, which recommendations may | 17581 |
include all of the following: | 17582 |
(a) Whether any developmental center should be closed; | 17583 |
(b) If the recommendation described in division (E)(1)(a) of | 17584 |
this section is that one or more developmental centers should be | 17585 |
closed, which center or centers should be closed; | 17586 |
(c) If the governor's notice described in division (C) of | 17587 |
this section identifies by name one or more developmental centers | 17588 |
that the governor intends to close, whether the center or centers | 17589 |
so identified should be closed. | 17590 |
(2) The | 17591 |
developmental center closure commission, not later than sixty days | 17592 |
after it receives the report of the legislative service commission | 17593 |
under division (D) of this section, shall prepare a report | 17594 |
containing its recommendations to the governor. The closure | 17595 |
commission shall send a copy of the report to the governor and to | 17596 |
each member of the general assembly who requests a copy of the | 17597 |
report. Upon receipt of the closure commission's report, the | 17598 |
governor shall review and consider the commission's | 17599 |
recommendation. The governor shall do one of the following: | 17600 |
(a) Follow the recommendation of the commission; | 17601 |
(b) Close no developmental center; | 17602 |
(c) Take other action that the governor determines is | 17603 |
necessary for the purpose of expenditure reductions or budget cuts | 17604 |
and state the reasons for the action. | 17605 |
The governor's decision is final. Upon the governor's making | 17606 |
of the decision, the closure commission shall cease to exist. | 17607 |
Another closure commission shall be created under this section | 17608 |
each time the governor subsequently makes an official, public | 17609 |
announcement that the governor intends to close one or more | 17610 |
developmental centers. | 17611 |
Sec. 5123.033. The program fee fund is hereby created in the | 17612 |
state treasury. All fees collected pursuant to sections 5123.161, | 17613 |
5123.164, 5123.19, and 5126.25 of the Revised Code shall be | 17614 |
credited to the fund. Money credited to the fund shall be used | 17615 |
solely for the department of | 17616 |
disabilities' duties under sections 5123.16 to 5123.169, 5123.19, | 17617 |
and 5126.25 of the Revised Code and to provide continuing | 17618 |
education and professional training to employees of county boards | 17619 |
of | 17620 |
purpose of section 5126.25 of the Revised Code and other providers | 17621 |
of services to individuals with mental retardation or a | 17622 |
developmental disability. If the money credited to the fund is | 17623 |
inadequate to pay all of the department's costs in performing | 17624 |
those duties and providing the continuing education and | 17625 |
professional training, the department may use other available | 17626 |
funds appropriated to the department to pay the remaining costs of | 17627 |
performing those duties and providing the continuing education and | 17628 |
professional training. | 17629 |
Sec. 5123.04. (A) The director of | 17630 |
developmental disabilities is the executive head of the department | 17631 |
of | 17632 |
conferred on the department and its institutions by law or by | 17633 |
order of the director shall be performed under such rules as the | 17634 |
director prescribes, and shall be under the director's control. | 17635 |
The director shall establish bylaws for the government of all | 17636 |
institutions under the jurisdiction of the department. Except as | 17637 |
otherwise is provided as to appointments by chiefs of divisions, | 17638 |
the director shall appoint such employees as are necessary for the | 17639 |
efficient conduct of the department, and shall prescribe their | 17640 |
titles and duties. If the director is not a licensed physician, | 17641 |
decisions relating to medical diagnosis and treatment shall be the | 17642 |
responsibility of a licensed physician appointed by the director. | 17643 |
(B) The director shall adopt rules for the proper execution | 17644 |
of the powers and duties of the department. | 17645 |
(C) The director shall adopt rules establishing standards | 17646 |
that mental retardation programs and facilities shall follow when | 17647 |
performing evaluations of the mental condition of defendants | 17648 |
ordered by the court under section 2919.271 or 2945.371 of the | 17649 |
Revised Code, and for the treatment of defendants who have been | 17650 |
found incompetent to stand trial under section 2945.38 of the | 17651 |
Revised Code, and certify the compliance of such programs and | 17652 |
facilities with the standards. | 17653 |
(D) On behalf of the department, the director has the | 17654 |
authority to, and responsibility for, entering into contracts and | 17655 |
other agreements. | 17656 |
(E) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter | 17657 |
119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: | 17658 |
(1) Specify the supplemental services that may be provided | 17659 |
through a trust authorized by section 5815.28 of the Revised Code; | 17660 |
(2) Establish standards for the maintenance and distribution | 17661 |
to a beneficiary of assets of a trust authorized by section | 17662 |
5815.28 of the Revised Code. | 17663 |
(F) The director shall provide monitoring of county boards of | 17664 |
17665 |
Sec. 5123.042. (A) The director of | 17666 |
developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with | 17667 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing the following: | 17668 |
(1) Uniform standards under which: | 17669 |
(a) A person or agency shall submit plans to the county board | 17670 |
of | 17671 |
development of residential services for individuals with mental | 17672 |
retardation or a developmental disability within the county; | 17673 |
(b) The county board must review the plans and recommend | 17674 |
providers for the services. | 17675 |
(2) The eligibility criteria for selecting persons and | 17676 |
agencies to provide residential services, which shall take into | 17677 |
consideration the recommendations of the county board. | 17678 |
(B) The county board, in accordance with its comprehensive | 17679 |
service plan, shall review all proposals for the development of | 17680 |
residential services that are submitted to it and shall, if the | 17681 |
proposals are acceptable to the county board, recommend providers | 17682 |
for the development of residential services within the county. The | 17683 |
department shall approve proposals for the development of | 17684 |
residential services within counties based upon the availability | 17685 |
of funds and in accordance with rules adopted under division | 17686 |
(A)(2) of this section. | 17687 |
No county board shall recommend providers for the development | 17688 |
of residential services if the county board is an applicant to | 17689 |
provide services. In cases of possible conflict of interest, the | 17690 |
director shall appoint a committee that shall, in accordance with | 17691 |
the approved county comprehensive service plan, review and | 17692 |
recommend to the director providers for the services. | 17693 |
If a county board fails to establish an approved | 17694 |
comprehensive service plan, the director may establish residential | 17695 |
services development goals for the county board based on | 17696 |
documented need as determined by the department. If a county board | 17697 |
fails to develop or implement such a plan in accordance with the | 17698 |
rules adopted under this section, the department may, without the | 17699 |
involvement of the county board, review and select providers for | 17700 |
the development of residential services in the county. | 17701 |
Sec. 5123.043. (A) The director of | 17702 |
developmental disabilities shall adopt rules establishing | 17703 |
procedures for administrative resolution of complaints filed under | 17704 |
division (B) of this section and section 5126.06 of the Revised | 17705 |
Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. | 17706 |
of the Revised Code. | 17707 |
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, any | 17708 |
person
or county board of | 17709 |
disabilities that has a complaint involving any of the programs, | 17710 |
services, policies, or administrative practices of the department | 17711 |
of | 17712 |
entities under contract with the department, may file a complaint | 17713 |
with the department. Prior to commencing a civil action regarding | 17714 |
the complaint, a person or county board shall attempt to have the | 17715 |
complaint resolved through the administrative resolution process | 17716 |
established in the rules adopted under this section. After | 17717 |
exhausting the administrative resolution process, the person or | 17718 |
county board may commence a civil action if the complaint is not | 17719 |
settled to the person's or county board's satisfaction. | 17720 |
(C) An employee of the department may not file under this | 17721 |
section a complaint related to the terms and conditions of | 17722 |
employment for the employee. | 17723 |
Sec. 5123.044. The department of | 17724 |
developmental disabilities shall determine whether county boards | 17725 |
of | 17726 |
compliance with section 5126.046 of the Revised Code. The | 17727 |
department shall provide assistance to an individual with mental | 17728 |
retardation or other developmental disability who requests | 17729 |
assistance with the individual's right under section 5126.046 of | 17730 |
the Revised Code to choose a provider of habilitation, vocational, | 17731 |
community employment, residential, or supported living services if | 17732 |
the department is notified of a county board's alleged violation | 17733 |
of the individual's right to choose such a provider. | 17734 |
Sec. 5123.046. The department of | 17735 |
developmental disabilities shall review each component of the | 17736 |
three-calendar-year plan it receives from
a county board of | 17737 |
17738 | |
of the Revised Code and, in consultation with the department of | 17739 |
job and family services and office of budget and management, | 17740 |
approve each component that includes all the information and | 17741 |
conditions specified in that section. The third component of the | 17742 |
plan shall be approved or disapproved not later than forty-five | 17743 |
days after the third component is submitted to the department. If | 17744 |
the department approves all three components of the plan, the | 17745 |
plan is approved. Otherwise, the plan is disapproved. If the plan | 17746 |
is disapproved, the department shall take action against the | 17747 |
county board under division (B) of section 5126.056 of the | 17748 |
Revised Code. | 17749 |
In approving plans under this section, the department shall | 17750 |
ensure that the aggregate of all plans provide for the increased | 17751 |
enrollment into home and community-based services during each | 17752 |
state fiscal year of at least five hundred individuals who did not | 17753 |
receive residential services, supported living, or home and | 17754 |
community-based services the prior state fiscal year if the | 17755 |
department has enough additional enrollment available for this | 17756 |
purpose. | 17757 |
The department shall establish protocols that the department | 17758 |
shall use to determine whether a county board is complying with | 17759 |
the programmatic and financial accountability mechanisms and | 17760 |
achieving outcomes specified in its approved plan. If the | 17761 |
department determines that a county board is not in compliance | 17762 |
with the mechanisms or achieving the outcomes specified in its | 17763 |
approved plan, the department may take action under division (F) | 17764 |
of section 5126.055 of the Revised Code. | 17765 |
Sec. 5123.047. The department of | 17766 |
developmental disabilities shall pay the nonfederal share of | 17767 |
medicaid expenditures for medicaid case management services and | 17768 |
home and community-based services for which no county board of | 17769 |
17770 | |
section 5126.059 or 5126.0510 of the Revised Code to pay. | 17771 |
Sec. 5123.048. The director of | 17772 |
developmental disabilities may enter into an agreement with a | 17773 |
county board of | 17774 |
under which the department of | 17775 |
disabilities is to pay the nonfederal share of medicaid | 17776 |
expenditures for one or more of the home and community-based | 17777 |
services that the county board would, if not for the agreement, | 17778 |
be required by section 5126.0510 of the Revised Code to pay. The | 17779 |
agreement shall specify which home and community-based services | 17780 |
the agreement covers. The department shall pay the nonfederal | 17781 |
share of medicaid expenditures for the home and community-based | 17782 |
services that the agreement covers as long as the agreement is in | 17783 |
effect. | 17784 |
Sec. 5123.049. The director of | 17785 |
developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with | 17786 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the authorization and | 17787 |
payment of home and community-based services and medicaid case | 17788 |
management services. The rules shall provide for private providers | 17789 |
of the services to receive one hundred per cent of the medicaid | 17790 |
allowable payment amount and for government providers of the | 17791 |
services to receive the federal share of the medicaid allowable | 17792 |
payment, less the amount withheld as a fee under section 5123.0412 | 17793 |
of the Revised Code and any amount that may be required by rules | 17794 |
adopted under section 5123.0413 of the Revised Code to be | 17795 |
deposited into the state | 17796 |
fund. The rules shall establish the process by which county | 17797 |
boards of
| 17798 |
certify and provide the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures | 17799 |
that the county board is required by sections 5126.059 and | 17800 |
5126.0510 of the Revised Code to pay. The process shall require a | 17801 |
county board to certify that the county board has funding | 17802 |
available at one time for two months costs for those | 17803 |
expenditures. The process may permit a county board to certify | 17804 |
that the county board has funding available at one time for more | 17805 |
than two months costs for those expenditures. | 17806 |
Sec. 5123.0410. An individual with mental retardation or | 17807 |
other developmental disability who moves from one county in this | 17808 |
state to another county in this state shall receive home and | 17809 |
community-based services in the new county that are comparable in | 17810 |
scope to the home and community-based services the individual | 17811 |
receives in the prior county at the time the individual moves. If | 17812 |
the county board serving the county to which the individual moves | 17813 |
determines under section 5126.041 of the Revised Code that the | 17814 |
individual is eligible for county board services, the county board | 17815 |
shall ensure that the individual receives the comparable services. | 17816 |
If the county board determines that the individual is not eligible | 17817 |
for county board services, the
department of | 17818 |
17819 | |
receives the comparable services. | 17820 |
If the home and community-based services that the individual | 17821 |
receives at the time the individual moves include supported living | 17822 |
or residential services, the department shall reduce the amount | 17823 |
the department allocates to the county board serving the county | 17824 |
the individual left for those supported living or residential | 17825 |
services by an amount that equals the payment the department | 17826 |
authorizes or projects, or both, for those supported living or | 17827 |
residential services from the last day the individual resides in | 17828 |
the county to the last day of the state fiscal year in which the | 17829 |
individual moves. The department shall increase the amount the | 17830 |
department allocates to the county board serving the county the | 17831 |
individual moves to by the same amount. The department shall make | 17832 |
the reduction and increase effective the day the department | 17833 |
determines the individual has residence in the new county. The | 17834 |
department shall determine the amount that is to be reduced and | 17835 |
increased in accordance with the department's rules for | 17836 |
authorizing payments for home and community-based services | 17837 |
established adopted under section 5123.049 of the Revised Code. | 17838 |
The department shall annualize the reduction and increase for the | 17839 |
subsequent state fiscal year as necessary. | 17840 |
Sec. 5123.0411. The department of | 17841 |
developmental disabilities may bring a mandamus action against a | 17842 |
county board of | 17843 |
that fails to pay the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures | 17844 |
that the county board is required by sections 5126.059 and | 17845 |
5126.0510 of the Revised Code to pay. The department may bring | 17846 |
the mandamus action in the court of common pleas of the county | 17847 |
served by the county board or in the Franklin county court of | 17848 |
common pleas. | 17849 |
Sec. 5123.0412. (A) The
department of | 17850 |
developmental disabilities shall charge each county board of | 17851 |
17852 | |
equal to one and one-half per cent of the total value of all | 17853 |
medicaid paid claims for home and community-based services | 17854 |
provided during the year to an individual eligible for services | 17855 |
from the county board. No county board shall pass the cost of a | 17856 |
fee charged to the county board under this section on to another | 17857 |
provider of these services. | 17858 |
(B) The fees collected under this section shall be deposited | 17859 |
into the | 17860 |
ODJFS administration and oversight fund, both of which are hereby | 17861 |
created in the state treasury. The portion of the fees to be | 17862 |
deposited into the | 17863 |
and the portion of the fees to be deposited into the ODJFS | 17864 |
administration and oversight fund shall be the portion specified | 17865 |
in an interagency agreement entered into under division (C) of | 17866 |
this section. The department of | 17867 |
developmental disabilities shall use the money in the | 17868 |
administration and oversight fund and the department of job and | 17869 |
family services shall use the money in the ODJFS administration | 17870 |
and oversight fund for both of the following purposes: | 17871 |
(1) The administrative and oversight costs of medicaid case | 17872 |
management services and home and community-based services. The | 17873 |
administrative and oversight costs shall include costs for staff, | 17874 |
systems, and other resources the departments need and dedicate | 17875 |
solely to the following duties associated with the services: | 17876 |
(a) Eligibility determinations; | 17877 |
(b) Training; | 17878 |
(c) Fiscal management; | 17879 |
(d) Claims processing; | 17880 |
(e) Quality assurance oversight; | 17881 |
(f) Other duties the departments identify. | 17882 |
(2) Providing technical support to county boards' local | 17883 |
administrative authority under section 5126.055 of the Revised | 17884 |
Code for the services. | 17885 |
(C) The departments of | 17886 |
disabilities and job and family services shall enter into an | 17887 |
interagency agreement to do both of the following: | 17888 |
(1) Specify which portion of the fees collected under this | 17889 |
section is to be deposited into the | 17890 |
and oversight fund and which portion is to be deposited into the | 17891 |
ODJFS administration and oversight fund; | 17892 |
(2) Provide for the departments to coordinate the staff whose | 17893 |
costs are paid for with money in the | 17894 |
and oversight fund and the ODJFS administration and oversight | 17895 |
fund. | 17896 |
(D) The departments shall submit an annual report to the | 17897 |
director of budget and management certifying how the departments | 17898 |
spent the money in the | 17899 |
fund and the ODJFS administration and oversight fund for the | 17900 |
purposes specified in division (B) of this section. | 17901 |
Sec. 5123.0413. (A) The department of | 17902 |
developmental disabilities, in consultation with the department of | 17903 |
job and family services, office of budget and management, and | 17904 |
county boards of | 17905 |
disabilities, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of | 17906 |
the Revised Code no later than January 1, 2002, establishing a | 17907 |
method of paying for extraordinary costs, including extraordinary | 17908 |
costs for services to individuals with mental retardation or other | 17909 |
developmental disability, and ensure the availability of adequate | 17910 |
funds in the event a county property tax levy for services for | 17911 |
individuals with mental retardation or other developmental | 17912 |
disability fails. The rules may provide for using and managing | 17913 |
either or both of the following: | 17914 |
(1) A state | 17915 |
is hereby created in the state treasury; | 17916 |
(2) A state insurance against | 17917 |
disabilities risk fund, which is hereby created in the state | 17918 |
treasury. | 17919 |
(B) Beginning January 1, 2002, the department of job and | 17920 |
family services may not request approval from the United States | 17921 |
secretary of health and human services to increase the number of | 17922 |
slots for home and community-based services until the rules | 17923 |
required by division (A) of this section are in effect. | 17924 |
Sec. 5123.0414. (A) When the director of | 17925 |
17926 | |
Revised Code, sends a party a notice by registered mail, return | 17927 |
receipt requested, that the director intends to take action | 17928 |
against the party authorized by section 5123.082, 5123.166, | 17929 |
5123.168, 5123.19, 5123.45, 5123.51, or 5126.25 of the Revised | 17930 |
Code and the notice is returned to the director with an | 17931 |
endorsement indicating that the notice was refused or unclaimed, | 17932 |
the director shall resend the notice by ordinary mail to the | 17933 |
party. | 17934 |
(B) If the original notice was refused, the notice shall be | 17935 |
deemed received as of the date the director resends the notice. | 17936 |
(C) If the original notice was unclaimed, the notice shall be | 17937 |
deemed received as of the date the director resends the notice | 17938 |
unless, not later than thirty days after the date the director | 17939 |
sent the original notice, the resent notice is returned to the | 17940 |
director for failure of delivery. | 17941 |
If the notice concerns taking action under section 5123.51 of | 17942 |
the Revised Code and the resent notice is returned to the director | 17943 |
for failure of delivery not later than thirty days after the date | 17944 |
the director sent the original notice, the director shall cause | 17945 |
the notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation | 17946 |
in the county of the party's last known residence or business and | 17947 |
shall mail a dated copy of the published notice to the party at | 17948 |
the last known address. The notice shall be deemed received as of | 17949 |
the date of the publication. | 17950 |
If the notice concerns taking action under section 5123.082, | 17951 |
5123.166, 5123.168, 5123.19, 5123.45, or 5126.25 of the Revised | 17952 |
Code and the resent notice is returned to the director for failure | 17953 |
of delivery not later than thirty days after the date the director | 17954 |
sent the original notice, the director shall resend the notice to | 17955 |
the party a second time. The notice shall be deemed received as of | 17956 |
the date the director resends the notice the second time. | 17957 |
Sec. 5123.0415. As used in this section, "license" means a | 17958 |
license, certificate, or evidence of registration. | 17959 |
Each person and government entity that applies for or holds a | 17960 |
valid license issued under section 5123.082, 5123.161, 5123.19, | 17961 |
5123.45, 5126.25, or 5126.252 of the Revised Code shall notify the | 17962 |
director of | 17963 |
any change in the person or government entity's address. | 17964 |
Sec. 5123.0416. (A) Subject to the availability of funds | 17965 |
appropriated to the department of | 17966 |
developmental disabilities for medicaid waiver state match, the | 17967 |
department shall expend, in fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year | 17968 |
thereafter, not less than the amount appropriated in appropriation | 17969 |
item 322-416, medicaid waiver – state match, in fiscal year 2008 | 17970 |
to do both of the following: | 17971 |
(1) Pay the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures for | 17972 |
home and community-based services that section 5123.047 of the | 17973 |
Revised Code requires the department to pay; | 17974 |
(2) Assist county boards of | 17975 |
developmental disabilities in paying the nonfederal share of | 17976 |
medicaid expenditures for home and community-based services that | 17977 |
section 5126.0510 of the Revised Code requires county boards to | 17978 |
pay. | 17979 |
(B) The department shall make the expenditures required by | 17980 |
division (A)(2) of this section in the form of allocations to | 17981 |
county boards or by other means. If the department makes the | 17982 |
expenditures in the form of allocations, the process for making | 17983 |
the allocations shall conform to a process the department shall | 17984 |
establish after consulting with representatives of county boards. | 17985 |
Sec. 5123.0417. (A) Using funds available under section | 17986 |
5112.371 of the Revised Code, the director of | 17987 |
17988 | |
programs for individuals under twenty-one years of age who have | 17989 |
intensive behavioral needs, including such individuals with a | 17990 |
primary diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. The programs may | 17991 |
include one or more medicaid waiver components that the director | 17992 |
administers pursuant to section 5111.871 of the Revised Code. The | 17993 |
programs may do one or more of the following: | 17994 |
(1) Establish models that incorporate elements common to | 17995 |
effective intervention programs and evidence-based practices in | 17996 |
services for children with intensive behavioral needs; | 17997 |
(2) Design a template for individualized education plans and | 17998 |
individual service plans that provide consistent intervention | 17999 |
programs and evidence-based practices for the care and treatment | 18000 |
of children with intensive behavioral needs; | 18001 |
(3) Disseminate best practice guidelines for use by families | 18002 |
of children with intensive behavioral needs and professionals | 18003 |
working with such families; | 18004 |
(4) Develop a transition planning model for effectively | 18005 |
mainstreaming school-age children with intensive behavioral needs | 18006 |
to their public school district; | 18007 |
(5) Contribute to the field of early and effective | 18008 |
identification and intervention programs for children with | 18009 |
intensive behavioral needs by providing financial support for | 18010 |
scholarly research and publication of clinical findings. | 18011 |
(B) The director of | 18012 |
disabilities shall collaborate with the director of job and family | 18013 |
services and consult with the executive director of the Ohio | 18014 |
center for autism and low incidence and university-based programs | 18015 |
that specialize in services for individuals with developmental | 18016 |
disabilities when establishing programs under this section. | 18017 |
Sec. 5123.05. The department of | 18018 |
developmental disabilities may conduct audits of the services and | 18019 |
programs that either receive funds through the department or are | 18020 |
subject to regulation by the department. Audits shall be conducted | 18021 |
in accordance with procedures prescribed by the department. | 18022 |
Records created or received by the department in connection with | 18023 |
an audit are not public records under section 149.43 of the | 18024 |
Revised Code until a report of the audit is released by the | 18025 |
department. | 18026 |
Sec. 5123.051. (A) If the department of | 18027 |
18028 | |
conducted under section 5123.05 of the Revised Code or a | 18029 |
reconciliation conducted under section 5123.18 of the Revised | 18030 |
Code that money is owed the state by a provider of a service or | 18031 |
program, the department may enter into a payment agreement with | 18032 |
the provider. The agreement shall include the following: | 18033 |
(1) A schedule of installment payments whereby the money owed | 18034 |
the state is to be paid in full within a period not to exceed one | 18035 |
year; | 18036 |
(2) A provision that the provider may pay the entire balance | 18037 |
owed at any time during the term of the agreement; | 18038 |
(3) A provision that if any installment is not paid in full | 18039 |
within forty-five days after it is due, the entire balance owed is | 18040 |
immediately due and payable; | 18041 |
(4) Any other terms and conditions that are agreed to by the | 18042 |
department and the provider. | 18043 |
(B) The department may include a provision in a payment | 18044 |
agreement that requires the provider to pay interest on the money | 18045 |
owed the state. The department, in its discretion, shall determine | 18046 |
whether to require the payment of interest and, if it so requires, | 18047 |
the rate of interest. Neither the obligation to pay interest nor | 18048 |
the rate of interest is subject to negotiation between the | 18049 |
department and the provider. | 18050 |
(C) If the provider fails to pay any installment in full | 18051 |
within forty-five days after its due date, the department shall | 18052 |
certify the entire balance owed to the attorney general for | 18053 |
collection under section 131.02 of the Revised Code. The | 18054 |
department may withhold funds from payments made to a provider | 18055 |
under section 5123.18 of the Revised Code to satisfy a judgment | 18056 |
secured by the attorney general. | 18057 |
(D) The purchase of service fund is hereby created. Money | 18058 |
credited to the fund shall be used solely for purposes of section | 18059 |
5123.05 of the Revised Code. | 18060 |
Sec. 5123.06. The director of | 18061 |
developmental disabilities may establish divisions in the | 18062 |
department of
| 18063 |
and prescribe their powers and duties. | 18064 |
Each division shall consist of a deputy director and the | 18065 |
officers and employees, including those in institutions, necessary | 18066 |
for the performance of the functions assigned to it. The director | 18067 |
shall supervise the work of each division and be responsible for | 18068 |
the determination of general policies in the exercise of powers | 18069 |
vested in the department and powers assigned to each division. | 18070 |
The deputy director of each division shall be responsible to the | 18071 |
director for the organization, direction, and supervision of the | 18072 |
work of the division and the exercise of the powers and the | 18073 |
performance of the duties of the department assigned to the | 18074 |
division, and, with the approval of the director, may establish | 18075 |
bureaus or other administrative units in the division. | 18076 |
Appointment to the position of deputy director of a division | 18077 |
may be made from persons holding positions in the classified | 18078 |
service in the department. | 18079 |
The deputy director of each division shall be a person who | 18080 |
has had special training and experience in the type of work with | 18081 |
the performance of which the division is charged. | 18082 |
Each deputy director of a division, under the director, shall | 18083 |
have entire executive charge of the division to which the deputy | 18084 |
director is appointed. Subject to sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the | 18085 |
Revised Code, and civil service rules, the deputy director of a | 18086 |
division shall, with the approval of the director, select and | 18087 |
appoint the necessary employees in the deputy director's division | 18088 |
and may remove those employees for cause. | 18089 |
Sec. 5123.07. There may be created in the department of | 18090 |
18091 | |
research. The bureau shall: | 18092 |
(A) Plan, direct, and coordinate all research programs | 18093 |
conducted by the department; | 18094 |
(B) Provide continuing evaluation of research programs; | 18095 |
(C) Direct and coordinate scientific investigations and | 18096 |
studies as undertaken under this section. | 18097 |
The department shall institute and encourage scientific | 18098 |
investigation by the staffs of the various institutions under its | 18099 |
control and supervision, and publish bulletins and reports of the | 18100 |
scientific and clinical work done in such institutions. Scientific | 18101 |
investigation in the department shall be undertaken and continued | 18102 |
only with the approval of the director of | 18103 |
developmental disabilities. | 18104 |
Sec. 5123.08. An appointing officer may appoint a person who | 18105 |
holds a certified position in the classified service within the | 18106 |
department of
| 18107 |
a position in the unclassified service within the department. A | 18108 |
person appointed pursuant to this section to a position in the | 18109 |
unclassified service shall retain the right to resume the position | 18110 |
and status held by the person in the classified service | 18111 |
immediately prior to the person's appointment to the position in | 18112 |
the unclassified service, regardless of the number of positions | 18113 |
the person held in the unclassified service. An employee's right | 18114 |
to resume a position in the classified service may only be | 18115 |
exercised when an appointing authority demotes the employee to a | 18116 |
pay range lower than the employee's current pay range or revokes | 18117 |
the employee's appointment to the unclassified service. An | 18118 |
employee forfeits the right to resume a position in the classified | 18119 |
service when the employee is removed from the position in the | 18120 |
unclassified service due to incompetence, inefficiency, | 18121 |
dishonesty, drunkenness, immoral conduct, insubordination, | 18122 |
discourteous treatment of the public, neglect of duty, violation | 18123 |
of this chapter or Chapter 124. of the Revised Code, the rules of | 18124 |
the director of | 18125 |
or the director of administrative services, any other failure of | 18126 |
good behavior, any other acts of misfeasance, malfeasance, or | 18127 |
nonfeasance in office, or conviction of a felony. An employee also | 18128 |
forfeits the right to resume a position in the classified service | 18129 |
upon transfer to a different agency. | 18130 |
Reinstatement to a position in the classified service shall | 18131 |
be to a position substantially equal to that position in the | 18132 |
classified service held previously, as certified by the director | 18133 |
of administrative services. If the position the person previously | 18134 |
held in the classified service has been placed in the unclassified | 18135 |
service or is otherwise unavailable, the person shall be appointed | 18136 |
to a position in the classified service within the department that | 18137 |
the director of administrative services certifies is comparable in | 18138 |
compensation to the position the person previously held in the | 18139 |
classified service. Service in the position in the unclassified | 18140 |
service shall be counted as service in the position in the | 18141 |
classified service held by the person immediately prior to the | 18142 |
person's appointment to the position in the unclassified service. | 18143 |
When a person is reinstated to a position in the classified | 18144 |
service as provided in this section, the person is entitled to all | 18145 |
rights, status, and benefits accruing to the position in the | 18146 |
classified service during the time of the person's service in the | 18147 |
position in the unclassified service. | 18148 |
Sec. 5123.081. (A) As used in this section: | 18149 |
(1) "Applicant" means a person who is under final | 18150 |
consideration for appointment to or employment with the department | 18151 |
of | 18152 |
but not limited to, a person who is being transferred to the | 18153 |
department and an employee who is being recalled or reemployed | 18154 |
after a layoff. | 18155 |
(2) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in | 18156 |
section 109.572 of the Revised Code. | 18157 |
(3) "Minor drug possession offense" has the same meaning as | 18158 |
in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code. | 18159 |
(B) The director of | 18160 |
disabilities shall request the superintendent of the bureau of | 18161 |
criminal identification and investigation to conduct a criminal | 18162 |
records check with respect to each applicant, except that the | 18163 |
director is not required to request a criminal records check for | 18164 |
an employee of the department who is being considered for a | 18165 |
different position or is returning after a leave of absence or | 18166 |
seasonal break in employment, as long as the director has no | 18167 |
reason to believe that the employee has committed any of the | 18168 |
offenses listed or described in division (E) of this section. | 18169 |
If the applicant does not present proof that the applicant | 18170 |
has been a resident of this state for the five-year period | 18171 |
immediately prior to the date upon which the criminal records | 18172 |
check is requested, the director shall request that the | 18173 |
superintendent of the bureau obtain information from the federal | 18174 |
bureau of investigation as a part of the criminal records check | 18175 |
for the applicant. If the applicant presents proof that the | 18176 |
applicant has been a resident of this state for that five-year | 18177 |
period, the director may request that the superintendent of the | 18178 |
bureau include information from the federal bureau of | 18179 |
investigation in the criminal records check. For purposes of this | 18180 |
division, an applicant may provide proof of residency in this | 18181 |
state by presenting, with a notarized statement asserting that the | 18182 |
applicant has been a resident of this state for that five-year | 18183 |
period, a valid driver's license, notification of registration as | 18184 |
an elector, a copy of an officially filed federal or state tax | 18185 |
form identifying the applicant's permanent residence, or any other | 18186 |
document the director considers acceptable. | 18187 |
(C) The director shall provide to each applicant a copy of | 18188 |
the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 | 18189 |
of the Revised Code, provide to each applicant a standard | 18190 |
impression sheet to obtain fingerprint impressions prescribed | 18191 |
pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 109.572 of the Revised | 18192 |
Code, obtain the completed form and impression sheet from each | 18193 |
applicant, and forward the completed form and impression sheet to | 18194 |
the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and | 18195 |
investigation at the time the criminal records check is requested. | 18196 |
Any applicant who receives pursuant to this division a copy | 18197 |
of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section | 18198 |
109.572 of the Revised Code and a copy of an impression sheet | 18199 |
prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of that section and who is | 18200 |
requested to complete the form and provide a set of fingerprint | 18201 |
impressions shall complete the form or provide all the information | 18202 |
necessary to complete the form and shall provide the material with | 18203 |
the impressions of the applicant's fingerprints. If an applicant, | 18204 |
upon request, fails to provide the information necessary to | 18205 |
complete the form or fails to provide impressions of the | 18206 |
applicant's fingerprints, the director shall not employ the | 18207 |
applicant. | 18208 |
(D) The director may request any other state or federal | 18209 |
agency to supply the director with a written report regarding the | 18210 |
criminal record of each applicant. With regard to an applicant who | 18211 |
becomes a department employee, if the employee holds an | 18212 |
occupational or professional license or other credentials, the | 18213 |
director may request that the state or federal agency that | 18214 |
regulates the employee's occupation or profession supply the | 18215 |
director with a written report of any information pertaining to | 18216 |
the employee's criminal record that the agency obtains in the | 18217 |
course of conducting an investigation or in the process of | 18218 |
renewing the employee's license or other credentials. | 18219 |
(E) Except as provided in division (K)(2) of this section and | 18220 |
in rules adopted by the director in accordance with division (M) | 18221 |
of this section, the director shall not employ a person to fill a | 18222 |
position with the department who has been convicted of or pleaded | 18223 |
guilty to any of the following: | 18224 |
(1) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 18225 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 18226 |
2903.341, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, | 18227 |
2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.21, 2907.22, | 18228 |
2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, | 18229 |
2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2919.12, 2919.22, 2919.24, | 18230 |
2919.25, 2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, | 18231 |
2925.05, 2925.06, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code, a violation of | 18232 |
section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, | 18233 |
1996, a violation of section 2919.23 of the Revised Code that | 18234 |
would have been a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code | 18235 |
as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, had the violation occurred | 18236 |
prior to that date, a violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised | 18237 |
Code that is not a minor drug possession offense, or felonious | 18238 |
sexual penetration in violation of former section 2907.12 of the | 18239 |
Revised Code; | 18240 |
(2) A felony contained in the Revised Code that is not listed | 18241 |
in this division, if the felony bears a direct and substantial | 18242 |
relationship to the duties and responsibilities of the position | 18243 |
being filled; | 18244 |
(3) Any offense contained in the Revised Code constituting a | 18245 |
misdemeanor of the first degree on the first offense and a felony | 18246 |
on a subsequent offense, if the offense bears a direct and | 18247 |
substantial relationship to the position being filled and the | 18248 |
nature of the services being provided by the department; | 18249 |
(4) A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance | 18250 |
or law of this state, any other state, or the United States, if | 18251 |
the offense is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses | 18252 |
listed or described in division (E)(1), (2), or (3) of this | 18253 |
section. | 18254 |
(F) Prior to employing an applicant, the director shall | 18255 |
require the applicant to submit a statement with the applicant's | 18256 |
signature attesting that the applicant has not been convicted of | 18257 |
or pleaded guilty to any of the offenses listed or described in | 18258 |
division (E) of this section. The director also shall require the | 18259 |
applicant to sign an agreement under which the applicant agrees to | 18260 |
notify the director within fourteen calendar days if, while | 18261 |
employed with the department, the applicant is ever formally | 18262 |
charged with, convicted of, or pleads guilty to any of the | 18263 |
offenses listed or described in division (E) of this section. The | 18264 |
agreement shall inform the applicant that failure to report formal | 18265 |
charges, a conviction, or a guilty plea may result in being | 18266 |
dismissed from employment. | 18267 |
(G) The director shall pay to the bureau of criminal | 18268 |
identification and investigation the fee prescribed pursuant to | 18269 |
division (C)(3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code for each | 18270 |
criminal records check requested and conducted pursuant to this | 18271 |
section. | 18272 |
(H)(1) Any report obtained pursuant to this section is not a | 18273 |
public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code | 18274 |
and shall not be made available to any person, other than the | 18275 |
applicant who is the subject of the records check or criminal | 18276 |
records check or the applicant's representative, the department or | 18277 |
its
representative, a county board of | 18278 |
developmental disabilities, and any court, hearing officer, or | 18279 |
other necessary individual involved in a case dealing with the | 18280 |
denial of employment to the applicant or the denial, suspension, | 18281 |
or revocation of a certificate or evidence of registration under | 18282 |
section 5123.082 of the Revised Code. | 18283 |
(2) An individual for whom the director has obtained reports | 18284 |
under this section may submit a written request to the director to | 18285 |
have copies of the reports sent to any state agency, entity of | 18286 |
local government, or private entity. The individual shall specify | 18287 |
in the request the agencies or entities to which the copies are to | 18288 |
be sent. On receiving the request, the director shall send copies | 18289 |
of the reports to the agencies or entities specified. | 18290 |
The director may request that a state agency, entity of local | 18291 |
government, or private entity send copies to the director of any | 18292 |
report regarding a records check or criminal records check that | 18293 |
the agency or entity possesses, if the director obtains the | 18294 |
written consent of the individual who is the subject of the | 18295 |
report. | 18296 |
(I) The director shall request the registrar of motor | 18297 |
vehicles to supply the director with a certified abstract | 18298 |
regarding the record of convictions for violations of motor | 18299 |
vehicle laws of each applicant who will be required by the | 18300 |
applicant's employment to transport individuals with mental | 18301 |
retardation or a developmental disability or to operate the | 18302 |
department's vehicles for any other purpose. For each abstract | 18303 |
provided under this section, the director shall pay the amount | 18304 |
specified in section 4509.05 of the Revised Code. | 18305 |
(J) The director shall provide each applicant with a copy of | 18306 |
any report or abstract obtained about the applicant under this | 18307 |
section. | 18308 |
(K)(1) The director shall inform each person, at the time of | 18309 |
the person's initial application for employment, that the person | 18310 |
is required to provide a set of impressions of the person's | 18311 |
fingerprints and that a criminal records check is required to be | 18312 |
conducted and satisfactorily completed in accordance with section | 18313 |
109.572 of the Revised Code if the person comes under final | 18314 |
consideration for employment as a precondition to employment in a | 18315 |
position. | 18316 |
(2) The director may employ an applicant pending receipt of | 18317 |
reports requested under this section. The director shall terminate | 18318 |
employment of any such applicant if it is determined from the | 18319 |
reports that the applicant failed to inform the director that the | 18320 |
applicant had been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the | 18321 |
offenses listed or described in division (E) of this section. | 18322 |
(L) The director may charge an applicant a fee for costs the | 18323 |
director incurs in obtaining reports, abstracts, or fingerprint | 18324 |
impressions under this section. A fee charged under this division | 18325 |
shall not exceed the amount of the fees the director pays under | 18326 |
divisions (G) and (I) of this section. If a fee is charged under | 18327 |
this division, the director shall notify the applicant of the | 18328 |
amount of the fee at the time of the applicant's initial | 18329 |
application for employment and that, unless the fee is paid, the | 18330 |
director will not consider the applicant for employment. | 18331 |
(M) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter | 18332 |
119. of the Revised Code to implement this section, including | 18333 |
rules specifying circumstances under which the director may employ | 18334 |
a person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense | 18335 |
listed or described in division (E) of this section but who meets | 18336 |
standards in regard to rehabilitation set by the director. | 18337 |
Sec. 5123.082. (A) The director of | 18338 |
developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with | 18339 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code: | 18340 |
(1) Designating positions of employment for which the | 18341 |
director determines that certification or evidence of registration | 18342 |
is required as a condition of employment in the department of | 18343 |
18344 | |
contract with the department or county boards of | 18345 |
18346 | |
provide services to persons with mental retardation and | 18347 |
developmental disabilities, or other positions of employment in | 18348 |
programs that serve those persons. The rules shall designate the | 18349 |
position of investigative agent, as defined in section 5126.20 of | 18350 |
the Revised Code, as a position for which certification is | 18351 |
required. | 18352 |
(2) Establishing levels of certification or registration for | 18353 |
each position for which certification or registration is required; | 18354 |
(3) Establishing for each level of each position the | 18355 |
requirements that must be met to obtain certification or | 18356 |
registration, including standards regarding education, specialized | 18357 |
training, and experience. The standards shall take into account | 18358 |
the nature and needs of persons with mental retardation or a | 18359 |
developmental disability and the specialized techniques needed to | 18360 |
serve them. The requirements for an investigative agent shall be | 18361 |
the same as the certification requirements for an investigative | 18362 |
agent under section 5126.25 of the Revised Code. | 18363 |
(4) Establishing renewal schedules and renewal requirements | 18364 |
for certification and registration, including standards regarding | 18365 |
education, specialized training, and experience. The renewal | 18366 |
requirements for an investigative agent shall be the same as the | 18367 |
renewal requirements for an investigative agent under section | 18368 |
5126.25 of the Revised Code. | 18369 |
(5) Establishing procedures for denial, suspension, and | 18370 |
revocation of a certificate or evidence of registration, including | 18371 |
appeal procedures; | 18372 |
(6) Establishing other requirements needed to carry out this | 18373 |
section. | 18374 |
(B) The director shall issue, renew, deny, suspend, or revoke | 18375 |
a certificate or evidence of registration in accordance with rules | 18376 |
adopted under this section. The director shall deny, suspend, or | 18377 |
revoke a certificate or evidence of registration if the director | 18378 |
finds, pursuant to an adjudication conducted in accordance with | 18379 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that an applicant for or holder | 18380 |
of a certificate or evidence of registration is guilty of | 18381 |
intemperate, immoral, or other conduct unbecoming to the | 18382 |
applicant's or holder's position, or is guilty of incompetence or | 18383 |
negligence within the scope of the applicant's or holder's duties. | 18384 |
The director shall deny or revoke a certificate or evidence of | 18385 |
registration after the director finds, pursuant to an adjudication | 18386 |
conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, | 18387 |
that the applicant for or holder of the certificate or evidence of | 18388 |
registration has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the | 18389 |
offenses listed or described in division (E) of section 5126.28 of | 18390 |
the Revised Code, unless the individual meets standards for | 18391 |
rehabilitation that the director establishes in the rules adopted | 18392 |
under that section. Evidence supporting such allegations must be | 18393 |
presented to the director in writing, and the director shall | 18394 |
provide prompt notice of the allegations to the person who is the | 18395 |
subject of the allegations. A denial, suspension, or revocation | 18396 |
may be appealed in accordance with the procedures established in | 18397 |
rules adopted under this section. | 18398 |
(C) A person holding a valid certificate or evidence of | 18399 |
registration under this section on the effective date of any rules | 18400 |
adopted under this section that increase the certification or | 18401 |
registration standards shall have the period that the rules | 18402 |
prescribe, but not less than one year after the effective date of | 18403 |
the rules, to meet the new standards. | 18404 |
(D) No person shall be employed in a position for which | 18405 |
certification or registration is required under rules adopted | 18406 |
under this section, unless the person holds a valid certificate or | 18407 |
evidence of registration for the position. | 18408 |
Sec. 5123.083. On receipt of a notice pursuant to section | 18409 |
3123.43 of the
Revised Code, the director of | 18410 |
18411 | |
to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted | 18412 |
under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a | 18413 |
certificate or evidence of registration issued pursuant to this | 18414 |
chapter. | 18415 |
Sec. 5123.09. Subject to the rules of the department of | 18416 |
18417 | |
institution under the jurisdiction of the department shall be | 18418 |
under the control of a managing officer to be known as a | 18419 |
superintendent or by other appropriate title. The managing officer | 18420 |
shall be appointed by the director of | 18421 |
developmental disabilities and shall be in the unclassified | 18422 |
service and serve at the pleasure of the director. Each managing | 18423 |
officer shall be of good moral character and have skill, ability, | 18424 |
and experience in the managing officer's profession. Appointment | 18425 |
to the position of managing officer of an institution may be made | 18426 |
from persons holding positions in the classified service in the | 18427 |
department. | 18428 |
The managing officer, under the director, shall have entire | 18429 |
executive charge of the institution for which the managing officer | 18430 |
is appointed, except as provided in section 5119.16 of the Revised | 18431 |
Code. Subject to civil service rules and rules adopted by the | 18432 |
department, the managing officer shall appoint the necessary | 18433 |
employees, and the managing officer or the director may remove | 18434 |
those employees for cause. A report of all appointments, | 18435 |
resignations, and discharges shall be filed with the appropriate | 18436 |
division at the close of each month. | 18437 |
After conference with the managing officer of each | 18438 |
institution, the director shall determine the number of employees | 18439 |
to be appointed to the various institutions and clinics. | 18440 |
Sec. 5123.091. The director of | 18441 |
developmental disabilities may, by rule and with the approval of | 18442 |
the governor, change the purpose for which any institution under | 18443 |
the control of the department is being used. The director may | 18444 |
designate a new or another use for the institution, provided the | 18445 |
change of use and new designation has for its objective | 18446 |
improvement in the classification, segregation, care, education, | 18447 |
cure, or rehabilitation of the persons admitted. | 18448 |
Sec. 5123.092. (A) There is hereby established at each | 18449 |
institution and branch institution under the control of the | 18450 |
department of | 18451 |
citizen's advisory council consisting of thirteen members. At | 18452 |
least seven of the members shall be persons who are not providers | 18453 |
of mental retardation services. Each council shall include parents | 18454 |
or other relatives of residents of institutions under the control | 18455 |
of the department, community leaders, professional persons in | 18456 |
relevant fields, and persons who have an interest in or knowledge | 18457 |
of mental retardation. The managing officer of the institution | 18458 |
shall be a nonvoting member of the council. | 18459 |
(B) The
director of | 18460 |
disabilities shall be the appointing authority for the voting | 18461 |
members of each citizen's advisory council. Each time the term of | 18462 |
a voting member expires, the remaining members of the council | 18463 |
shall recommend to the director one or more persons to serve on | 18464 |
the council. The director may accept a nominee of the council or | 18465 |
reject the nominee or nominees. If the director rejects the | 18466 |
nominee or nominees, the remaining members of the advisory council | 18467 |
shall further recommend to the director one or more other persons | 18468 |
to serve on the advisory council. This procedure shall continue | 18469 |
until a member is appointed to the advisory council. | 18470 |
Each advisory council shall elect from its appointed members | 18471 |
a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and a secretary to serve for | 18472 |
terms of one year. Advisory council officers shall not serve for | 18473 |
more than two consecutive terms in the same office. A majority of | 18474 |
the advisory council members constitutes a quorum. | 18475 |
(C) Terms of office shall be for three years, each term | 18476 |
ending on the same day of the same month of the year as did the | 18477 |
term which it succeeds. No member shall serve more than two | 18478 |
consecutive terms, except that any former member may be appointed | 18479 |
if one year or longer has elapsed since the member served two | 18480 |
consecutive terms. Each member shall hold office from the date of | 18481 |
appointment until the end of the term for which the member was | 18482 |
appointed. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner in which | 18483 |
the original appointment was made, and the appointee to a vacancy | 18484 |
in an unexpired term shall serve the balance of the term of the | 18485 |
original appointee. Any member shall continue in office subsequent | 18486 |
to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's | 18487 |
successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has | 18488 |
elapsed, whichever occurs first. | 18489 |
(D) Members shall be expected to attend all meetings of the | 18490 |
advisory council. Unexcused absence from two successive regularly | 18491 |
scheduled meetings shall be considered prima-facie evidence of | 18492 |
intent not to continue as a member. The chairperson of the board | 18493 |
shall, after a member has been absent for two successive regularly | 18494 |
scheduled meetings, direct a letter to the member asking if the | 18495 |
member wishes to remain in membership. If an affirmative reply is | 18496 |
received, the member shall be retained as a member except that, | 18497 |
if, after having expressed a desire to remain a member, the member | 18498 |
then misses a third successive regularly scheduled meeting without | 18499 |
being excused, the chairperson shall terminate the member's | 18500 |
membership. | 18501 |
(E) A citizen's advisory council shall meet six times | 18502 |
annually, or more frequently if three council members request the | 18503 |
chairperson to call a meeting. The council shall keep minutes of | 18504 |
each meeting and shall submit them to the managing officer of the | 18505 |
institution with which the council is associated, the department | 18506 |
of | 18507 |
legal rights service. | 18508 |
(F) Members of citizen's advisory councils shall receive no | 18509 |
compensation for their services, except that they shall be | 18510 |
reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the | 18511 |
performance of their official duties by the institution with which | 18512 |
they are associated from funds allocated to it, provided that | 18513 |
reimbursement for those expenses shall not exceed limits imposed | 18514 |
upon the department of | 18515 |
disabilities by administrative rules regulating travel within this | 18516 |
state. | 18517 |
(G) The councils shall have reasonable access to all patient | 18518 |
treatment and living areas and records of the institution, except | 18519 |
those records of a strictly personal or confidential nature. The | 18520 |
councils shall have access to a patient's personal records with | 18521 |
the consent of the patient or the patient's legal guardian or, if | 18522 |
the patient is a minor, with the consent of the parent or legal | 18523 |
guardian of the patient. | 18524 |
(H) As used in this section, "branch institution" means a | 18525 |
facility that is located apart from an institution and is under | 18526 |
the control of the managing officer of the institution. | 18527 |
Sec. 5123.093. The citizen's advisory councils established | 18528 |
under section 5123.092 of the Revised Code shall: | 18529 |
(A) Transmit verbal or written information from any person or | 18530 |
organization associated with the institution or within the | 18531 |
community, that an advisory council considers important, to the | 18532 |
joint council on | 18533 |
created by section 101.37 of the Revised Code and the director of | 18534 |
18535 |
(B) Review the records of all applicants to any unclassified | 18536 |
position at the institution, except for resident physician | 18537 |
positions filled under section 5123.11 of the Revised Code; | 18538 |
(C) Review and evaluate institutional employee training and | 18539 |
continuing education programs; | 18540 |
(D) On or before the thirty-first day of January of each | 18541 |
year, submit a written report to the joint council on | 18542 |
18543 | |
18544 | |
matters affecting the institution including, but not limited to, | 18545 |
allegations of dehumanizing practices and violations of individual | 18546 |
or legal rights; | 18547 |
(E) Review institutional budgets, programs, services, and | 18548 |
planning; | 18549 |
(F) Develop and maintain relationships within the community | 18550 |
with community mental retardation and developmental disabilities | 18551 |
organizations; | 18552 |
(G) Participate in the formulation of the institution's | 18553 |
objectives, administrative procedures, program philosophy, and | 18554 |
long range goals; | 18555 |
(H) Bring any matter that an advisory council considers | 18556 |
important to the attention of the joint council on | 18557 |
18558 | |
18559 |
(I) Recommend to the director of | 18560 |
developmental disabilities persons for appointment to citizen's | 18561 |
advisory councils; | 18562 |
(J) Adopt any rules or procedures necessary to carry out this | 18563 |
section. | 18564 |
The chairperson of the advisory council or the chairperson's | 18565 |
designee shall be notified within twenty-four hours of any alleged | 18566 |
incident of abuse to a resident or staff member by anyone. | 18567 |
Incidents of resident or staff abuse shall include, but not be | 18568 |
limited to, sudden deaths, accidents, suicides, attempted | 18569 |
suicides, injury caused by other persons, alleged criminal acts, | 18570 |
errors in prescribing or administering medication, theft from | 18571 |
clients, fires, epidemic disease, administering unprescribed | 18572 |
drugs, unauthorized use of restraint, withholding of information | 18573 |
concerning alleged abuse, neglect, or any deprivation of rights as | 18574 |
defined in Chapter 5122. or 5123. of the Revised Code. | 18575 |
Sec. 5123.10. The department of | 18576 |
developmental disabilities shall require any of its employees and | 18577 |
each officer and employee of every institution under its control | 18578 |
who may be charged with custody or control of any money or | 18579 |
property belonging to the state or who is required to give bond to | 18580 |
give a surety company bond, properly conditioned, in a sum to be | 18581 |
fixed by the department which, when approved by the department, | 18582 |
shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The cost | 18583 |
of such bonds, when approved by the department, shall be paid from | 18584 |
funds available for the department. The bonds required or | 18585 |
authorized by this section may, in the discretion of the director | 18586 |
of | 18587 |
individual, schedule, or blanket bonds. | 18588 |
Sec. 5123.11. (A) The director of | 18589 |
developmental disabilities may enter into an agreement with the | 18590 |
boards of trustees or boards of directors of two or more | 18591 |
universities in which there is a college of medicine or college of | 18592 |
osteopathic medicine, or of two or more colleges of medicine or | 18593 |
colleges of osteopathic medicine, or any combination of those | 18594 |
universities and colleges, to establish, manage, and conduct | 18595 |
residency medical training programs. The agreement may also | 18596 |
provide for clinical clerkships for medical students. The director | 18597 |
shall also enter into an agreement with the boards of trustees or | 18598 |
boards of directors of one or more universities in which there is | 18599 |
a school of professional psychology to establish, manage, and | 18600 |
conduct residency psychological training programs. | 18601 |
(B) The department shall pay all costs incurred by a | 18602 |
university or college that relate directly to the training of | 18603 |
resident physicians or psychologists in programs developed under | 18604 |
this section. The director of | 18605 |
disabilities shall ensure that any procedures and limitations | 18606 |
imposed for the purpose of reimbursing universities or colleges, | 18607 |
or for direct payment of residents' salaries, are incorporated | 18608 |
into agreements between the department and the universities or | 18609 |
colleges. Any agreement shall provide that residency training for | 18610 |
a physician shall not exceed four calendar years. | 18611 |
Sec. 5123.12. The director of | 18612 |
developmental disabilities may enter into an agreement with boards | 18613 |
of trustees or boards of directors of one or more universities, | 18614 |
colleges, or schools to establish, manage, and conduct residency | 18615 |
training programs for students enrolled in courses of studies for | 18616 |
occupations or professions which may be determined by the director | 18617 |
to be needed by the department to provide adequate care and | 18618 |
treatment for the residents of any institution administered by the | 18619 |
director. | 18620 |
Sec. 5123.122. Notwithstanding section 5121.04 of the | 18621 |
Revised Code and except as provided in section 5123.194 of the | 18622 |
Revised Code, the liable relative of a mentally retarded or | 18623 |
developmentally disabled person who is a minor receiving | 18624 |
residential services pursuant to a contract entered into with the | 18625 |
department of | 18626 |
under section 5123.18 of the Revised Code shall be charged for the | 18627 |
minor's support the percentage of a base support rate determined | 18628 |
in accordance with division (B)(2) of section 5121.04 of the | 18629 |
Revised Code. | 18630 |
Sec. 5123.13. (A) As used in this section, "felony" has the | 18631 |
same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. | 18632 |
(B)(1) Subject to division (C) of this section, upon the | 18633 |
recommendation of the director of
| 18634 |
developmental disabilities, the managing officer of an institution | 18635 |
under the jurisdiction of the
department of | 18636 |
developmental disabilities may designate one or more employees to | 18637 |
be special police officers of the department. The special police | 18638 |
officers shall take an oath of office, wear the badge of office, | 18639 |
and give bond for the proper and faithful discharge of their | 18640 |
duties in an amount that the director requires. | 18641 |
(2) In accordance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code, | 18642 |
the special police officers shall be required to complete | 18643 |
successfully a peace officer basic training program approved by | 18644 |
the Ohio peace officer training commission and to be certified by | 18645 |
the commission. The cost of the training shall be paid by the | 18646 |
department of | 18647 |
(3) Special police officers, on the premises of institutions | 18648 |
under the jurisdiction of the department of | 18649 |
developmental disabilities and subject to the rules of the | 18650 |
department, shall protect the property of the institutions and the | 18651 |
persons and property of patients in the institutions, suppress | 18652 |
riots, disturbances, and breaches of the peace, and enforce the | 18653 |
laws of the state and the rules of the department for the | 18654 |
preservation of good order. They may arrest any person without a | 18655 |
warrant and detain the person until a warrant can be obtained | 18656 |
under the circumstances described in division (F) of section | 18657 |
2935.03 of the Revised Code. | 18658 |
(C)(1) The managing officer of an institution under the | 18659 |
jurisdiction of the department of | 18660 |
developmental disabilities shall not designate an employee as a | 18661 |
special police officer of the department pursuant to division | 18662 |
(B)(1) of this section on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, | 18663 |
for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the | 18664 |
employee previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to | 18665 |
a felony. | 18666 |
(2)(a) The managing officer of an institution under the | 18667 |
jurisdiction of the department of | 18668 |
developmental disabilities shall terminate the employment as a | 18669 |
special police officer of the department of an employee designated | 18670 |
as a special police officer under division (B)(1) of this section | 18671 |
if that employee does either of the following: | 18672 |
(i) Pleads guilty to a felony; | 18673 |
(ii) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated | 18674 |
plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of | 18675 |
the Revised Code in which the employee agrees to surrender the | 18676 |
certificate awarded to that employee under section 109.77 of the | 18677 |
Revised Code. | 18678 |
(b) The managing officer shall suspend from employment as a | 18679 |
special police officer of the department an employee designated as | 18680 |
a special police officer under division (B)(1) of this section if | 18681 |
that employee is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the | 18682 |
special police officer files an appeal from that conviction and | 18683 |
the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal | 18684 |
is taken or if the special police officer does not file a timely | 18685 |
appeal, the managing officer shall terminate the employment of | 18686 |
that special police officer. If the special police officer files | 18687 |
an appeal that results in that special police officer's acquittal | 18688 |
of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal | 18689 |
of the felony charge against that special police officer, the | 18690 |
managing officer shall reinstate that special police officer. A | 18691 |
special police officer of the department who is reinstated under | 18692 |
division (C)(2)(b) of this section shall not receive any back pay | 18693 |
unless that special police officer's conviction of the felony was | 18694 |
reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because | 18695 |
the court found insufficient evidence to convict the special | 18696 |
police officer of the felony. | 18697 |
(3) Division (C) of this section does not apply regarding an | 18698 |
offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997. | 18699 |
(4) The suspension from employment, or the termination of the | 18700 |
employment, of a special police officer under division (C)(2) of | 18701 |
this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the | 18702 |
Revised Code. | 18703 |
Sec. 5123.14. The department of | 18704 |
developmental disabilities may make such investigations as are | 18705 |
necessary in the performance of its duties and to that end the | 18706 |
director of | 18707 |
shall have the same power as a judge of a county court to | 18708 |
administer oaths and to enforce the attendance and testimony of | 18709 |
witnesses and the production of books or papers. | 18710 |
The department shall keep a record of such investigations | 18711 |
stating the time, place, charges or subject, witnesses summoned | 18712 |
and examined, and its conclusions. | 18713 |
In matters involving the conduct of an officer, a | 18714 |
stenographic report of the evidence shall be taken and a copy of | 18715 |
such report, with all documents introduced, kept on file at the | 18716 |
office of the department. | 18717 |
Witnesses shall be paid the fees and mileage provided for | 18718 |
under section 119.094 of the Revised Code, but no officer or | 18719 |
employee of the institution under investigation is entitled to | 18720 |
such fees. | 18721 |
Any judge of the probate court or of the court of common | 18722 |
pleas, upon application of the department, may compel the | 18723 |
attendance of witnesses, the production of books or papers, and | 18724 |
the giving of testimony before the department, by a judgment for | 18725 |
contempt or otherwise, in the same manner as in cases before said | 18726 |
courts. | 18727 |
Sec. 5123.15. The department of | 18728 |
developmental disabilities may appoint and commission any | 18729 |
competent agency or person, to serve without compensation, as a | 18730 |
special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a | 18731 |
designated duty for and in behalf of the department. Specific | 18732 |
credentials shall be given by the department to each person so | 18733 |
designated, and each credential shall state the: | 18734 |
(A) Name; | 18735 |
(B) Agency with which such person is connected; | 18736 |
(C) Purpose of appointment; | 18737 |
(D) Date of expiration of appointment; | 18738 |
(E) Such information as the department considers proper. | 18739 |
Sec. 5123.16. (A) As used in sections 5123.16 to 5123.169 of | 18740 |
the Revised Code: | 18741 |
(1) "Provider" means a person or government entity certified | 18742 |
by the director of | 18743 |
disabilities to provide supported living. | 18744 |
(2) "Related party" means any of the following: | 18745 |
(a) In the case of a provider who is an individual, any of | 18746 |
the following: | 18747 |
(i) The spouse of the provider; | 18748 |
(ii) A parent or stepparent of the provider or provider's | 18749 |
spouse; | 18750 |
(iii) A child of the provider or provider's spouse; | 18751 |
(iv) A sibling, half sibling, or stepsibling of the provider | 18752 |
or provider's spouse; | 18753 |
(v) A grandparent of the provider or provider's spouse; | 18754 |
(vi) A grandchild of the provider or provider's spouse; | 18755 |
(vii) An employee or employer of the provider or provider's | 18756 |
spouse. | 18757 |
(b) In the case of a provider that is a person other than an | 18758 |
individual, any of the following: | 18759 |
(i) An employee of the person; | 18760 |
(ii) An officer of the provider, including the chief | 18761 |
executive officer, president, vice-president, secretary, and | 18762 |
treasurer; | 18763 |
(iii) A member of the provider's board of directors or | 18764 |
trustees; | 18765 |
(iv) A person owning a financial interest of five per cent or | 18766 |
more in the provider; | 18767 |
(v) A corporation that has a subsidiary relationship with the | 18768 |
provider; | 18769 |
(vi) A person or government entity that has control over the | 18770 |
provider's day-to-day operation; | 18771 |
(vii) A person over which the provider has control of the | 18772 |
day-to-day operation. | 18773 |
(c) In the case of a provider that is a government entity, | 18774 |
any of the following: | 18775 |
(i) An employee of the provider; | 18776 |
(ii) An officer of the provider; | 18777 |
(iii) A member of the provider's governing board; | 18778 |
(iv) A government entity that has control over the provider's | 18779 |
day-to-day operation; | 18780 |
(v) A person or government entity over which the provider has | 18781 |
control of the day-to-day operation. | 18782 |
(B) No person or government entity may provide supported | 18783 |
living without a valid supported living certificate issued by the | 18784 |
director of | 18785 |
(C) A county board of | 18786 |
disabilities may provide supported living only to the extent | 18787 |
permitted by rules adopted under section 5123.169 of the Revised | 18788 |
Code. | 18789 |
Sec. 5123.161. A person or government entity that seeks to | 18790 |
provide supported living shall apply to the director of | 18791 |
18792 | |
certificate. | 18793 |
Except as provided in section 5123.166 of the Revised Code, | 18794 |
the director shall issue the applicant a supported living | 18795 |
certificate if the applicant follows the application process | 18796 |
established in rules adopted under section 5123.169 of the Revised | 18797 |
Code, meets the applicable certification standards established in | 18798 |
those rules, and pays the certification fee established in those | 18799 |
rules. | 18800 |
Sec. 5123.162. The director of | 18801 |
developmental disabilities may conduct surveys of persons and | 18802 |
government entities that seek a supported living certificate to | 18803 |
determine whether the persons and government entities meet the | 18804 |
certification standards. The director may also conduct surveys of | 18805 |
providers to determine whether the providers continue to meet the | 18806 |
certification standards. The director shall conduct the surveys in | 18807 |
accordance with rules adopted under section 5123.169 of the | 18808 |
Revised Code. | 18809 |
The records of surveys conducted under this section are | 18810 |
public records for the purpose of section 149.43 of the Revised | 18811 |
Code and shall be made available on the request of any person or | 18812 |
government entity. | 18813 |
Sec. 5123.163. A supported living certificate is valid for a | 18814 |
period of time established in rules adopted under section 5123.169 | 18815 |
of the Revised Code, unless any of the following occur before the | 18816 |
end of that period of time: | 18817 |
(A) The director of | 18818 |
disabilities issues an order requiring that action be taken | 18819 |
against the certificate holder under section 5123.166 of the | 18820 |
Revised Code. | 18821 |
(B) The director issues an order terminating the certificate | 18822 |
under section 5123.168 of the Revised Code. | 18823 |
(C) The certificate holder voluntarily surrenders the | 18824 |
certificate to the director. | 18825 |
Sec. 5123.164. Except as provided in section 5123.166 of the | 18826 |
Revised Code, the director of | 18827 |
disabilities shall renew a supported living certificate if the | 18828 |
certificate holder follows the renewal process established in | 18829 |
rules adopted under section 5123.169 of the Revised Code, | 18830 |
continues to meet the applicable certification standards | 18831 |
established in those rules, and pays the renewal fee established | 18832 |
in those rules. | 18833 |
Sec. 5123.166. (A) If good cause exists as specified in | 18834 |
division (B) of this section and determined in accordance with | 18835 |
procedures established in rules adopted under section 5123.169 of | 18836 |
the Revised Code, the director of | 18837 |
developmental disabilities may issue an adjudication order | 18838 |
requiring that one of the following actions be taken against a | 18839 |
person or government entity seeking or holding a supported living | 18840 |
certificate: | 18841 |
(1) Refusal to issue or renew a supported living certificate; | 18842 |
(2) Revocation of a supported living certificate; | 18843 |
(3) Suspension of a supported living certificate holder's | 18844 |
authority to do either or both of the following: | 18845 |
(a) Continue to provide supported living to one or more | 18846 |
individuals from one or more counties who receive supported living | 18847 |
from the certificate holder at the time the director takes the | 18848 |
action; | 18849 |
(b) Begin to provide supported living to one or more | 18850 |
individuals from one or more counties who do not receive supported | 18851 |
living from the certificate holder at the time the director takes | 18852 |
the action. | 18853 |
(B) The following constitute good cause for taking action | 18854 |
under division (A) of this section against a person or government | 18855 |
entity seeking or holding a supported living certificate: | 18856 |
(1) The person or government entity's failure to meet or | 18857 |
continue to meet the applicable certification standards | 18858 |
established in rules adopted under section 5123.169 of the Revised | 18859 |
Code; | 18860 |
(2) The person or government entity violates section 5123.165 | 18861 |
of the Revised Code; | 18862 |
(3) The person or government entity's failure to satisfy the | 18863 |
requirements of section 5123.52, 5126.28, or 5126.281 of the | 18864 |
Revised Code; | 18865 |
(4) Misfeasance; | 18866 |
(5) Malfeasance; | 18867 |
(6) Nonfeasance; | 18868 |
(7) Confirmed abuse or neglect; | 18869 |
(8) Financial irresponsibility; | 18870 |
(9) Other conduct the director determines is or would be | 18871 |
injurious to individuals who receive or would receive supported | 18872 |
living from the person or government entity. | 18873 |
(C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the | 18874 |
director shall issue an adjudication order under division (A) of | 18875 |
this section in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 18876 |
(D)(1) The director may issue an order requiring that action | 18877 |
specified in division (A)(3) of this section be taken before a | 18878 |
provider is provided notice and an opportunity for a hearing if | 18879 |
all of the following are the case: | 18880 |
(a) The director determines such action is warranted by the | 18881 |
provider's failure to continue to meet the applicable | 18882 |
certification standards; | 18883 |
(b) The director determines that the failure either | 18884 |
represents a pattern of serious noncompliance or creates a | 18885 |
substantial risk to the health or safety of an individual who | 18886 |
receives or would receive supported living from the provider; | 18887 |
(c) If the order will suspend the provider's authority to | 18888 |
continue to provide supported living to an individual who receives | 18889 |
supported living from the provider at the time the director issues | 18890 |
the order, both of the following are the case: | 18891 |
(i) The director makes the individual, or the individual's | 18892 |
guardian, aware of the director's determination under division | 18893 |
(D)(1)(b) of this section and the individual or guardian does not | 18894 |
select another provider. | 18895 |
(ii) A county board of | 18896 |
disabilities has filed a complaint with a probate court under | 18897 |
section 5123.33 of the Revised Code that includes facts describing | 18898 |
the nature of abuse or neglect that the individual has suffered | 18899 |
due to the provider's actions that are the basis for the director | 18900 |
making the determination under division (D)(1)(b) of this section | 18901 |
and the probate court does not issue an order authorizing the | 18902 |
county board to arrange services for the individual pursuant to an | 18903 |
individualized service plan developed for the individual under | 18904 |
section 5123.31 of the Revised Code. | 18905 |
(2) If the director issues an order under division (D)(1) of | 18906 |
this section, sections 119.091 to 119.13 of the Revised Code and | 18907 |
all of the following apply: | 18908 |
(a) The director shall send the provider notice of the order | 18909 |
by registered mail, return receipt requested, not later than | 18910 |
twenty-four hours after issuing the order and shall include in the | 18911 |
notice the reasons for the order, the citation to the law or rule | 18912 |
directly involved, and a statement that the provider will be | 18913 |
afforded a hearing if the provider requests it within ten days of | 18914 |
the time of receiving the notice. | 18915 |
(b) If the provider requests a hearing within the required | 18916 |
time and the provider has provided the director the provider's | 18917 |
current address, the director shall immediately set, and notify | 18918 |
the provider of, the date, time, and place for the hearing. | 18919 |
(c) The date of the hearing shall be not later than thirty | 18920 |
days after the director receives the provider's timely request for | 18921 |
the hearing. | 18922 |
(d) The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with section | 18923 |
119.09 of the Revised Code, except for all of the following: | 18924 |
(i) The hearing shall continue uninterrupted until its close, | 18925 |
except for weekends, legal holidays, and other interruptions the | 18926 |
provider and director agree to. | 18927 |
(ii) If the director appoints a referee or examiner to | 18928 |
conduct the hearing, the referee or examiner, not later than ten | 18929 |
days after the date the referee or examiner receives a transcript | 18930 |
of the testimony and evidence presented at the hearing or, if the | 18931 |
referee or examiner does not receive the transcript or no such | 18932 |
transcript is made, the date that the referee or examiner closes | 18933 |
the record of the hearing, shall submit to the director a written | 18934 |
report setting forth the referee or examiner's findings of fact | 18935 |
and conclusions of law and a recommendation of the action the | 18936 |
director should take. | 18937 |
(iii) The provider may, not later than five days after the | 18938 |
date the director, in accordance with section 119.09 of the | 18939 |
Revised Code, sends the provider or the provider's attorney or | 18940 |
other representative of record a copy of the referee or examiner's | 18941 |
report and recommendation, file with the director written | 18942 |
objections to the report and recommendation. | 18943 |
(iv) The director shall approve, modify, or disapprove the | 18944 |
referee or examiner's report and recommendation not earlier than | 18945 |
six days, and not later than fifteen days, after the date the | 18946 |
director, in accordance with section 119.09 of the Revised Code, | 18947 |
sends a copy of the report and recommendation to the provider or | 18948 |
the provider's attorney or other representative of record. | 18949 |
(3) The director may lift an order issued under division | 18950 |
(D)(1) of this section even though a hearing regarding the order | 18951 |
is occurring or pending if the director determines that the | 18952 |
provider has taken action eliminating the good cause for issuing | 18953 |
the order. The hearing shall proceed unless the provider withdraws | 18954 |
the request for the hearing in a written letter to the director. | 18955 |
(4) The director shall lift an order issued under division | 18956 |
(D)(1) of this section if both of the following are the case: | 18957 |
(a) The provider provides the director a plan of compliance | 18958 |
the director determines is acceptable. | 18959 |
(b) The director determines that the provider has implemented | 18960 |
the plan of compliance correctly. | 18961 |
Sec. 5123.167. If the director of | 18962 |
developmental disabilities issues an adjudication order under | 18963 |
section 5123.166 of the Revised Code refusing to issue a supported | 18964 |
living certificate to a person or government entity or to renew a | 18965 |
person or government entity's supported living certificate, | 18966 |
neither the person or government entity nor a related party of the | 18967 |
person or government entity may apply for another supported living | 18968 |
certificate earlier than the date that is one year after the date | 18969 |
the order is issued. If the director issues an adjudication order | 18970 |
under that section revoking a person or government entity's | 18971 |
supported living certificate, neither the person or government | 18972 |
entity nor a related party of the person or government entity may | 18973 |
apply for another supported living certificate earlier than the | 18974 |
date that is five years after the date the order is issued. | 18975 |
Sec. 5123.168. The director of | 18976 |
developmental disabilities may issue an adjudication order in | 18977 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to terminate a | 18978 |
supported living certificate if the certificate holder has not | 18979 |
billed for supported living for twelve consecutive months. | 18980 |
Sec. 5123.169. The director of | 18981 |
developmental disabilities shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of | 18982 |
the Revised Code establishing all of the following: | 18983 |
(A) The extent to which a county board of | 18984 |
18985 |
(B) The application process for obtaining a supported living | 18986 |
certificate under section 5123.161 of the Revised Code; | 18987 |
(C) The certification standards a person or government entity | 18988 |
must meet to obtain a supported living certificate to provide | 18989 |
supported living; | 18990 |
(D) The certification fee for a supported living certificate, | 18991 |
which shall be deposited into the program fee fund created under | 18992 |
section 5123.033 of the Revised Code; | 18993 |
(E) The period of time a supported living certificate is | 18994 |
valid; | 18995 |
(F) The process for renewing a supported living certificate | 18996 |
under section 5123.164 of the Revised Code; | 18997 |
(G) The renewal fee for a supported living certificate, which | 18998 |
shall be deposited into the program fee fund created under section | 18999 |
5123.033 of the Revised Code; | 19000 |
(H) Procedures for conducting surveys under section 5123.162 | 19001 |
of the Revised Code; | 19002 |
(I) Procedures for determining whether there is good cause to | 19003 |
take action under section 5123.166 of the Revised Code against a | 19004 |
person or government entity seeking or holding a supported living | 19005 |
certificate. | 19006 |
Sec. 5123.17. The department of | 19007 |
developmental disabilities may provide for the custody, | 19008 |
supervision, control, treatment, and training of persons with | 19009 |
mental retardation or a developmental disability elsewhere than | 19010 |
within the enclosure of an institution under its jurisdiction, if | 19011 |
the department so determines with respect to any individual or | 19012 |
group of individuals. In all such cases, the department shall | 19013 |
ensure adequate and proper supervision for the protection of those | 19014 |
persons and of the public. | 19015 |
Sec. 5123.171. As used in this section, "respite care" means | 19016 |
appropriate, short-term, temporary care provided to a mentally | 19017 |
retarded or developmentally disabled person to sustain the family | 19018 |
structure or to meet planned or emergency needs of the family. | 19019 |
The department of | 19020 |
disabilities shall provide respite care services to persons with | 19021 |
mental retardation or a developmental disability for the purpose | 19022 |
of promoting self-sufficiency and normalization, preventing or | 19023 |
reducing inappropriate institutional care, and furthering the | 19024 |
unity of the family by enabling the family to meet the special | 19025 |
needs of a mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person. | 19026 |
In order to be eligible for respite care services under this | 19027 |
section, the mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person | 19028 |
must be in need of habilitation services as defined in section | 19029 |
5126.01 of the Revised Code. | 19030 |
Respite care may be provided in a facility licensed under | 19031 |
section 5123.19 of the Revised Code or certified as an | 19032 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded under Title | 19033 |
XIX of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. | 19034 |
301, as amended, or certified as a respite care home under section | 19035 |
5126.05 of the Revised Code. | 19036 |
The department shall develop a system for locating vacant | 19037 |
beds that are available for respite care and for making | 19038 |
information on vacant beds available to users of respite care | 19039 |
services. Facilities certified as intermediate care facilities for | 19040 |
the mentally retarded and facilities holding contracts with the | 19041 |
department for the provision of residential services under section | 19042 |
5123.18 of the Revised Code shall report vacant beds to the | 19043 |
department but shall not be required to accept respite care | 19044 |
clients. | 19045 |
The director of | 19046 |
disabilities shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules in | 19047 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for both of the | 19048 |
following: | 19049 |
(A) Certification by county boards of | 19050 |
developmental disabilities of respite care homes; | 19051 |
(B) Provision of respite care services authorized by this | 19052 |
section. Rules adopted under this division shall establish all of | 19053 |
the following: | 19054 |
(1) A formula for distributing funds appropriated for respite | 19055 |
care services; | 19056 |
(2) Standards for supervision, training and quality control | 19057 |
in the provision of respite care services; | 19058 |
(3) Eligibility criteria for emergency respite care services. | 19059 |
Sec. 5123.172. (A) As used in this section: | 19060 |
(1) "Provider" means any person or government agency that | 19061 |
owns, operates, manages, or is employed or under contract to | 19062 |
operate a residential facility licensed under section 5123.19 of | 19063 |
the Revised Code. | 19064 |
(2) "Related to a provider" means that a person or government | 19065 |
agency is affiliated with a provider, has control over the | 19066 |
provider or is controlled by the provider, or is a member of the | 19067 |
provider's family. | 19068 |
(3) "Member of the provider's family" means the provider's | 19069 |
spouse, natural or adoptive parent, stepparent, natural or | 19070 |
adoptive child, stepchild, sibling, stepsister, stepbrother, | 19071 |
half-brother, half-sister, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, | 19072 |
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, or grandchild. | 19073 |
(B) Prior to entering into a contract with the department of | 19074 |
19075 | |
5123.18 of the Revised Code and as required thereafter, every | 19076 |
provider holding or negotiating a contract with the department | 19077 |
shall report upon the request of the department, in the form and | 19078 |
on the schedule established in rules adopted by the department in | 19079 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the following | 19080 |
information: | 19081 |
(1) The name and address of every person holding a financial | 19082 |
interest of five per cent or more in the management or operation | 19083 |
of the residential facility; | 19084 |
(2) The names and addresses of members of the board of | 19085 |
trustees or directors of the residential facility or of the | 19086 |
management contractor; | 19087 |
(3) Every contract or business transaction between the | 19088 |
provider and any person or government agency related to the | 19089 |
provider if such contract or transaction would affect rates of | 19090 |
payment under section 5123.18 of the Revised Code. | 19091 |
(C) The department shall make reports filed under division | 19092 |
(B) of this section available to the appropriate county board of | 19093 |
19094 | |
appropriate public agencies. | 19095 |
(D) Any provider who fails to comply with reporting | 19096 |
requirements of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty | 19097 |
not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation and to | 19098 |
possible license revocation. | 19099 |
Sec. 5123.18. (A) As used in this section: | 19100 |
(1) "Contractor" means a person or government agency that | 19101 |
enters into a contract with the department of | 19102 |
19103 |
(2) "Government agency" means a state agency as defined in | 19104 |
section 117.01 of the Revised Code or a similar agency of a | 19105 |
political subdivision of the state. | 19106 |
(3) "Residential services" means the services necessary for | 19107 |
an individual with mental retardation or a developmental | 19108 |
disability to live in the community, including room and board, | 19109 |
clothing, transportation, personal care, habilitation, | 19110 |
supervision, and any other services the department considers | 19111 |
necessary for the individual to live in the community. | 19112 |
(B)(1) The department of | 19113 |
disabilities may enter into a contract with a person or government | 19114 |
agency to provide residential services to individuals with mental | 19115 |
retardation or developmental disabilities in need of residential | 19116 |
services. Contracts for residential services shall be of the | 19117 |
following types: | 19118 |
(a) Companion home contracts - contracts under which the | 19119 |
contractor is an individual, the individual is the primary | 19120 |
caregiver, and the individual owns or leases and resides in the | 19121 |
home in which the services are provided. | 19122 |
(b) Agency-operated companion home contracts - contracts | 19123 |
under which the contractor subcontracts, for purposes of | 19124 |
coordinating the provision of residential services, with one or | 19125 |
more individuals who are primary caregivers and own or lease and | 19126 |
reside in the homes in which the services are provided. | 19127 |
(c) Community home contracts - contracts for residential | 19128 |
services under which the contractor owns or operates a home that | 19129 |
is used solely to provide residential services. | 19130 |
(d) Combined agency-operated companion home and community | 19131 |
home contracts. | 19132 |
(2) A companion home contract shall cover not more than one | 19133 |
home. An agency-operated companion home contract or a community | 19134 |
home contract may cover more than one home. | 19135 |
(C) Contracts shall be in writing and shall provide for | 19136 |
payment to be made to the contractor at the times agreed to by the | 19137 |
department and the contractor. Each contract shall specify the | 19138 |
period during which it is valid, the amount to be paid for | 19139 |
residential services, and the number of individuals for whom | 19140 |
payment will be made. Contracts may be renewed. | 19141 |
(D) To be eligible to enter into a contract with the | 19142 |
department under this section, the person or government agency and | 19143 |
the home in which the residential services are provided must meet | 19144 |
all applicable standards for licensing or certification by the | 19145 |
appropriate government agency. In addition, if the residential | 19146 |
facility is operated as a nonprofit entity, the members of the | 19147 |
board of trustees or board of directors of the facility must not | 19148 |
have a financial interest in or receive financial benefit from the | 19149 |
facility, other than reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in | 19150 |
attending board meetings. | 19151 |
(E)(1) The department shall determine the payment amount | 19152 |
assigned to an initial contract. To the extent that the department | 19153 |
determines sufficient funds are available, the payment amount | 19154 |
assigned to an initial contract shall be equal to the average | 19155 |
amount assigned to contracts for other homes that are of the same | 19156 |
type and size and serve individuals with similar needs, except | 19157 |
that if an initial contract is the result of a change of | 19158 |
contractor or ownership, the payment amount assigned to the | 19159 |
contract shall be the lesser of the amount assigned to the | 19160 |
previous contract or the contract's total adjusted predicted | 19161 |
funding need calculated under division (I) of this section. | 19162 |
(2) A renewed contract shall be assigned a payment amount in | 19163 |
accordance with division (K) of this section. | 19164 |
(3) When a contractor relocates a home to another site at | 19165 |
which residential services are provided to the same individuals, | 19166 |
the payment amount assigned to the contract for the new home shall | 19167 |
be the payment amount assigned to the contract at the previous | 19168 |
location. | 19169 |
(F)(1) Annually, a contractor shall complete an assessment of | 19170 |
each individual to whom the contractor provides residential | 19171 |
services to predict the individual's need for routine direct | 19172 |
services staff. The department shall establish by rule adopted in | 19173 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code the assessment | 19174 |
instrument to be used by contractors to make assessments. | 19175 |
Assessments shall be submitted to the department not later than | 19176 |
the thirty-first day of January of each year. | 19177 |
A contractor shall submit a revised assessment for an | 19178 |
individual if there is a substantial, long-term change in the | 19179 |
nature of the individual's needs. A contractor shall submit | 19180 |
revised assessments for all individuals receiving residential | 19181 |
services if there is a change in the composition of the home's | 19182 |
residents. | 19183 |
(2) Annually, a contractor shall submit a cost report to the | 19184 |
department specifying the costs incurred in providing residential | 19185 |
services during the immediately preceding calendar year. Only | 19186 |
costs actually incurred by a contractor shall be reported on a | 19187 |
cost report. Cost reports shall be prepared according to a uniform | 19188 |
chart of accounts approved by the department and shall be | 19189 |
submitted on forms prescribed by the department. | 19190 |
(3) The department shall not renew the contract held by a | 19191 |
contractor who fails to submit the assessments or cost reports | 19192 |
required under this division. | 19193 |
(4) The department shall adopt rules as necessary regarding | 19194 |
the submission of assessments and cost reports under this | 19195 |
division. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter | 19196 |
119. of the Revised Code. | 19197 |
(G) Prior to renewing a contract entered into under this | 19198 |
section, the department shall compute the contract's total | 19199 |
predicted funding need and total adjusted predicted funding need. | 19200 |
The department shall also compute the contract's unmet funding | 19201 |
need if the payment amount assigned to the contract is less than | 19202 |
the total adjusted predicted funding need. The results of these | 19203 |
calculations shall be used to determine the payment amount | 19204 |
assigned to the renewed contract. | 19205 |
(H)(1) A contract's total predicted funding need is an amount | 19206 |
equal to the sum of the predicted funding needs for the following | 19207 |
cost categories: | 19208 |
(a) Routine direct services staff; | 19209 |
(b) Dietary, program supplies, and specialized staff; | 19210 |
(c) Facility and general services; | 19211 |
(d) Administration. | 19212 |
(2) Based on the assessments submitted by the contractor, the | 19213 |
department shall compute the contract's predicted funding need for | 19214 |
the routine direct services staff cost category by multiplying the | 19215 |
number of direct services staff predicted to be necessary for the | 19216 |
home by the sum of the following: | 19217 |
(a) Entry level wages paid during the immediately preceding | 19218 |
cost reporting period to comparable staff employed by the county | 19219 |
board of | 19220 |
county in which the home is located; | 19221 |
(b) Fringe benefits and payroll taxes as determined by the | 19222 |
department using state civil service statistics from the same | 19223 |
period as the cost reporting period. | 19224 |
(3) The department shall establish by rule adopted in | 19225 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code the method to be | 19226 |
used to compute the predicted funding need for the dietary, | 19227 |
program supplies, and specialized staff cost category; the | 19228 |
facility and general services cost category; and the | 19229 |
administration cost category. The rules shall not establish a | 19230 |
maximum amount that may be attributed to the dietary, program | 19231 |
supplies, and specialized staff cost category. The rules shall | 19232 |
establish a process for determining the combined maximum amount | 19233 |
that may be attributed to the facility and general services cost | 19234 |
category and the administration cost category. | 19235 |
(I)(1) A contract's total adjusted predicted funding need is | 19236 |
the contract's total predicted funding need with adjustments made | 19237 |
for the following: | 19238 |
(a) Inflation, as provided under division (I)(2) of this | 19239 |
section; | 19240 |
(b) The predicted cost of complying with new requirements | 19241 |
established under federal or state law that were not taken into | 19242 |
consideration when the total predicted funding need was computed; | 19243 |
(c) Changes in needs based on revised assessments submitted | 19244 |
by the contractor. | 19245 |
(2) In adjusting the total predicted funding need for | 19246 |
inflation, the department shall use either the consumer price | 19247 |
index compound annual inflation rate calculated by the United | 19248 |
States department of labor for all items or another index or | 19249 |
measurement of inflation designated in rules that the department | 19250 |
shall adopt in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 19251 |
When a contract is being renewed for the first time, and the | 19252 |
contract is to begin on the first day of July, the inflation | 19253 |
adjustment applied to the contract's total predicted funding need | 19254 |
shall be the estimated rate of inflation for the calendar year in | 19255 |
which the contract is renewed. If the consumer price index is | 19256 |
being used, the department shall base its estimate on the rate of | 19257 |
inflation calculated for the three-month period ending the | 19258 |
thirty-first day of March of that calendar year. If another index | 19259 |
or measurement is being used, the department shall base its | 19260 |
estimate on the most recent calculations of the rate of inflation | 19261 |
available under the index or measurement. Each year thereafter, | 19262 |
the inflation adjustment shall be estimated in the same manner, | 19263 |
except that if the estimated rate of inflation for a year is | 19264 |
different from the actual rate of inflation for that year, the | 19265 |
difference shall be added to or subtracted from the rate of | 19266 |
inflation estimated for the next succeeding year. | 19267 |
If a contract begins at any time other than July first, the | 19268 |
inflation adjustment applied to the contract's total predicted | 19269 |
funding need shall be determined by a method comparable to that | 19270 |
used for contracts beginning July first. The department shall | 19271 |
adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code | 19272 |
establishing the method to be used. | 19273 |
(J) A contract's unmet funding need is the difference between | 19274 |
the payment amount assigned to the contract and the total adjusted | 19275 |
predicted funding need, if the payment amount assigned is less | 19276 |
than the total adjusted predicted funding need. | 19277 |
(K) The payment amount to be assigned to a contract being | 19278 |
renewed shall be determined by comparing the total adjusted | 19279 |
predicted funding need with the payment amount assigned to the | 19280 |
current contract. | 19281 |
(1) If the payment amount assigned to the current contract | 19282 |
equals or exceeds the total adjusted predicted funding need, the | 19283 |
payment amount assigned to the renewed contract shall be the same | 19284 |
as that assigned to the current contract, unless a reduction is | 19285 |
made pursuant to division (L) of this section. | 19286 |
(2) If the payment amount assigned to the current contract is | 19287 |
less than the total adjusted predicted funding need, the payment | 19288 |
amount assigned to the renewed contract shall be increased if the | 19289 |
department determines that funds are available for such increases. | 19290 |
The amount of a contract's increase shall be the same percentage | 19291 |
of the available funds that the contract's unmet funding need is | 19292 |
of the total of the unmet funding need for all contracts. | 19293 |
(L) When renewing a contract provided for in division (B) of | 19294 |
this section other than a companion home contract, the department | 19295 |
may reduce the payment amount assigned to a renewed contract if | 19296 |
the sum of the contractor's allowable reported costs and the | 19297 |
maximum efficiency incentive is less than ninety-one and one-half | 19298 |
per cent of the amount received pursuant to this section during | 19299 |
the immediately preceding contract year. | 19300 |
The department shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter | 19301 |
119. of the Revised Code establishing a formula to be used in | 19302 |
computing the maximum efficiency incentive, which shall be at | 19303 |
least four per cent of the weighted average payment amount to be | 19304 |
made to all contractors during the contract year. The maximum | 19305 |
efficiency incentive shall be computed annually. | 19306 |
(M) The department may increase the payment amount assigned | 19307 |
to a contract based on the contract's unmet funding need at times | 19308 |
other than when the contract is renewed. The department may | 19309 |
develop policies for determining priorities in making such | 19310 |
increases. | 19311 |
(N)(1) In addition to the contracts provided for in division | 19312 |
(B) of this section, the department may enter into the following | 19313 |
contracts: | 19314 |
(a) A contract to pay the cost of beginning operation of a | 19315 |
new home that is to be funded under a companion home contract, | 19316 |
agency-operated companion home contract, community home contract, | 19317 |
or combined agency-operated companion home and community home | 19318 |
contract. | 19319 |
(b) A contract to pay the cost associated with increasing the | 19320 |
number of individuals served by a home funded under a companion | 19321 |
home contract, agency-operated companion home contract, community | 19322 |
home contract, or combined agency-operated companion home and | 19323 |
community home contract. | 19324 |
(2) The department shall adopt rules as necessary regarding | 19325 |
contracts entered into under this division. The rules shall be | 19326 |
adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 19327 |
(O) Except for companion home contracts, the department shall | 19328 |
conduct a reconciliation of the amount earned under a contract and | 19329 |
the actual costs incurred by the contractor. An amount is | 19330 |
considered to have been earned for delivering a service at the | 19331 |
time the service is delivered. The department shall adopt rules in | 19332 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing | 19333 |
procedures for conducting reconciliations. | 19334 |
A reconciliation shall be based on the annual cost report | 19335 |
submitted by the contractor. If a reconciliation reveals that a | 19336 |
contractor owes money to the state, the amount owed shall be | 19337 |
collected in accordance with section 5123.051 of the Revised Code. | 19338 |
When conducting reconciliations, the department shall review | 19339 |
all reported costs that may be affected by transactions required | 19340 |
to be reported under division (B)(3) of section 5123.172 of the | 19341 |
Revised Code. If the department determines that such transactions | 19342 |
have increased the cost reported by a contractor, the department | 19343 |
may disallow or adjust the cost allowable for payment. The | 19344 |
department shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of | 19345 |
the Revised Code establishing standards for disallowances or | 19346 |
adjustments. | 19347 |
(P) The department may audit the contracts it enters into | 19348 |
under this section. Audits may be conducted by the department or | 19349 |
an entity with which the department contracts to perform the | 19350 |
audits. The department shall adopt rules in accordance with | 19351 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing procedures for | 19352 |
conducting audits. | 19353 |
An audit may include the examination of a contractor's | 19354 |
financial books and records, the costs incurred by a contractor in | 19355 |
providing residential services, and any other relevant information | 19356 |
specified by the department. An audit shall not be commenced more | 19357 |
than four years after the expiration of the contract to be | 19358 |
audited, except in cases where the department has reasonable cause | 19359 |
to believe that a contractor has committed fraud. | 19360 |
If an audit reveals that a contractor owes money to the | 19361 |
state, the amount owed, subject to an adjudication hearing under | 19362 |
this division, shall be collected in accordance with section | 19363 |
5123.051 of the Revised Code. If an audit reveals that a | 19364 |
reconciliation conducted under this section resulted in the | 19365 |
contractor erroneously paying money to the state, the department | 19366 |
shall refund the money to the contractor, or, in lieu of making a | 19367 |
refund, the department may offset the erroneous payment against | 19368 |
any money determined as a result of the audit to be owed by the | 19369 |
contractor to the state. The department is not required to pay | 19370 |
interest on any money refunded under this division. | 19371 |
In conducting audits or making determinations of amounts owed | 19372 |
by a contractor and amounts to be refunded or offset, the | 19373 |
department shall not be bound by the results of reconciliations | 19374 |
conducted under this section, except with regard to cases | 19375 |
involving claims that have been certified pursuant to section | 19376 |
5123.051 of the Revised Code to the attorney general for | 19377 |
collection for which a full and final settlement has been reached | 19378 |
or a final judgment has been made from which all rights of appeal | 19379 |
have expired or been exhausted. | 19380 |
Not later than ninety days after an audit's completion, the | 19381 |
department shall provide the contractor a copy of a report of the | 19382 |
audit. The report shall state the findings of the audit, including | 19383 |
the amount of any money the contractor is determined to owe the | 19384 |
state. | 19385 |
(Q) The department shall adopt rules specifying the amount | 19386 |
that will be allowed under a reconciliation or audit for the cost | 19387 |
incurred by a contractor for compensation of owners, | 19388 |
administrators, and other personnel. The rules shall be adopted in | 19389 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 19390 |
(R) Each contractor shall, for at least seven years, maintain | 19391 |
fiscal records related to payments received pursuant to this | 19392 |
section. | 19393 |
(S) The department may enter into shared funding agreements | 19394 |
with other government agencies to fund contracts entered into | 19395 |
under this section. The amount of each agency's share of the cost | 19396 |
shall be determined through negotiations with the department. The | 19397 |
department's share shall not exceed the amount it would have paid | 19398 |
without entering into the shared funding agreement, nor shall it | 19399 |
be reduced by any amounts contributed by the other parties to the | 19400 |
agreement. | 19401 |
(T) Except as provided in section 5123.194 of the Revised | 19402 |
Code, an individual who receives residential services pursuant to | 19403 |
divisions (A) through (U) of this section and the individual's | 19404 |
liable relatives or guardians shall pay support charges in | 19405 |
accordance with Chapter 5121. of the Revised Code. | 19406 |
(U) The department may make reimbursements or payments for | 19407 |
any of the following pursuant to rules adopted under this | 19408 |
division: | 19409 |
(1) Unanticipated, nonrecurring costs associated with the | 19410 |
health or habilitation of a person who resides in a home funded | 19411 |
under a contract provided for in division (B) of this section; | 19412 |
(2) The cost of staff development training for contractors if | 19413 |
the director of | 19414 |
has given prior approval for the training; | 19415 |
(3) Fixed costs that the department, pursuant to the rules, | 19416 |
determines relate to the continued operation of a home funded | 19417 |
under a contract provided for in division (B) of this section when | 19418 |
a short term vacancy occurs and the contractor has diligently | 19419 |
attempted to fill the vacancy. | 19420 |
The department shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter | 19421 |
119. of the Revised Code establishing standards for use in | 19422 |
determining which costs it may make payment or reimbursements for | 19423 |
under this division. | 19424 |
(V) In addition to the rules required or authorized to be | 19425 |
adopted under this section, the department may adopt any other | 19426 |
rules necessary to implement divisions (A) through (U) of this | 19427 |
section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter | 19428 |
119. of the Revised Code. | 19429 |
(W) The department may delegate to county boards of
| 19430 |
19431 | |
this section to negotiate and enter into contracts or subcontracts | 19432 |
for residential services. In the event that it elects to delegate | 19433 |
its authority, the department shall adopt rules in accordance with | 19434 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the boards' administration of | 19435 |
the contracts or subcontracts. In administering the contracts or | 19436 |
subcontracts, the boards shall be subject to all applicable | 19437 |
provisions of Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code and shall not be | 19438 |
subject to the provisions of divisions (A) to (V) of this section. | 19439 |
Subject to the department's rules, a board may require the | 19440 |
following to contribute to the cost of the residential services an | 19441 |
individual receives pursuant to this division: the individual or | 19442 |
the individual's estate, the individual's spouse, the individual's | 19443 |
guardian, and, if the individual is under age eighteen, either or | 19444 |
both of the individual's parents. Chapter 5121. of the Revised | 19445 |
Code shall not apply to individuals or entities that are subject | 19446 |
to making contributions under this division. In calculating | 19447 |
contributions to be made under this division, a board, subject to | 19448 |
the department's rules, may allow an amount to be kept for meeting | 19449 |
the personal needs of the individual who receives residential | 19450 |
services. | 19451 |
Sec. 5123.181. The director of | 19452 |
developmental disabilities and the director of job and family | 19453 |
services shall, in concert with each other, eliminate all double | 19454 |
billings and double payments for services on behalf of persons | 19455 |
with mental retardation or another developmental disability in | 19456 |
intermediate care
facilities. The department of | 19457 |
19458 | |
providers of services for the purpose of making payments to the | 19459 |
providers for services rendered to eligible clients who are | 19460 |
persons with mental retardation or a developmental disability over | 19461 |
and above the services authorized and paid under Chapter 5111. of | 19462 |
the Revised Code. Payments authorized under this section and | 19463 |
section 5123.18 of the Revised Code shall not be subject to audit | 19464 |
findings pursuant to Chapter 5111. of the Revised Code, unless an | 19465 |
audit determines that payment was made to the provider for | 19466 |
services that were not rendered in accordance with the provisions | 19467 |
of the provider agreement entered into with the department of job | 19468 |
and
family services or the department of | 19469 |
developmental disabilities pursuant to this section. | 19470 |
Sec. 5123.19. (A) As used in this section and in sections | 19471 |
5123.191, 5123.194, 5123.196, 5123.198, and 5123.20 of the Revised | 19472 |
Code: | 19473 |
(1)(a) "Residential facility" means a home or facility in | 19474 |
which a mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person | 19475 |
resides, except the home of a relative or legal guardian in which | 19476 |
a mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person resides, a | 19477 |
respite care home certified under section 5126.05 of the Revised | 19478 |
Code, a county home or district home operated pursuant to Chapter | 19479 |
5155. of the Revised Code, or a dwelling in which the only | 19480 |
mentally retarded or developmentally disabled residents are in an | 19481 |
independent living arrangement or are being provided supported | 19482 |
living. | 19483 |
(b) "Intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded" | 19484 |
means a residential facility that is considered an intermediate | 19485 |
care facility for the mentally retarded for the purposes of | 19486 |
Chapter 5111. of the Revised Code. | 19487 |
(2) "Political subdivision" means a municipal corporation, | 19488 |
county, or township. | 19489 |
(3) "Independent living arrangement" means an arrangement in | 19490 |
which a mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person | 19491 |
resides in an individualized setting chosen by the person or the | 19492 |
person's guardian, which is not dedicated principally to the | 19493 |
provision of residential services for mentally retarded or | 19494 |
developmentally disabled persons, and for which no financial | 19495 |
support is received for rendering such service from any | 19496 |
governmental agency by a provider of residential services. | 19497 |
(4) "Licensee" means the person or government agency that has | 19498 |
applied for a license to operate a residential facility and to | 19499 |
which the license was issued under this section. | 19500 |
(5) "Related party" has the same meaning as in section | 19501 |
5123.16 of the Revised Code except that "provider" as used in the | 19502 |
definition of "related party" means a person or government entity | 19503 |
that held or applied for a license to operate a residential | 19504 |
facility, rather than a person or government entity certified to | 19505 |
provide supported living. | 19506 |
(B) Every person or government agency desiring to operate a | 19507 |
residential facility shall apply for licensure of the facility to | 19508 |
the director of | 19509 |
unless the residential facility is subject to section 3721.02, | 19510 |
3722.04, 5103.03, or 5119.20 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding | 19511 |
Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code, a nursing home that is | 19512 |
certified as an intermediate care facility for the mentally | 19513 |
retarded under Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 79 Stat. | 19514 |
286 (1965), 42 U.S.C.A. 1396, as amended, shall apply for | 19515 |
licensure of the portion of the home that is certified as an | 19516 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded. | 19517 |
(C) Subject to section 5123.196 of the Revised Code, the | 19518 |
director of | 19519 |
shall license the operation of residential facilities. An initial | 19520 |
license shall be issued for a period that does not exceed one | 19521 |
year, unless the director denies the license under division (D) of | 19522 |
this section. A license shall be renewed for a period that does | 19523 |
not exceed three years, unless the director refuses to renew the | 19524 |
license under division (D) of this section. The director, when | 19525 |
issuing or renewing a license, shall specify the period for which | 19526 |
the license is being issued or renewed. A license remains valid | 19527 |
for the length of the licensing period specified by the director, | 19528 |
unless the license is terminated, revoked, or voluntarily | 19529 |
surrendered. | 19530 |
(D) If it is determined that an applicant or licensee is not | 19531 |
in compliance with a provision of this chapter that applies to | 19532 |
residential facilities or the rules adopted under such a | 19533 |
provision, the director may deny issuance of a license, refuse to | 19534 |
renew a license, terminate a license, revoke a license, issue an | 19535 |
order for the suspension of admissions to a facility, issue an | 19536 |
order for the placement of a monitor at a facility, issue an order | 19537 |
for the immediate removal of residents, or take any other action | 19538 |
the director considers necessary consistent with the director's | 19539 |
authority under this chapter regarding residential facilities. In | 19540 |
the director's selection and administration of the sanction to be | 19541 |
imposed, all of the following apply: | 19542 |
(1) The director may deny, refuse to renew, or revoke a | 19543 |
license, if the director determines that the applicant or licensee | 19544 |
has demonstrated a pattern of serious noncompliance or that a | 19545 |
violation creates a substantial risk to the health and safety of | 19546 |
residents of a residential facility. | 19547 |
(2) The director may terminate a license if more than twelve | 19548 |
consecutive months have elapsed since the residential facility was | 19549 |
last occupied by a resident or a notice required by division (K) | 19550 |
of this section is not given. | 19551 |
(3) The director may issue an order for the suspension of | 19552 |
admissions to a facility for any violation that may result in | 19553 |
sanctions under division (D)(1) of this section and for any other | 19554 |
violation specified in rules adopted under division (H)(2) of | 19555 |
this section. If the suspension of admissions is imposed for a | 19556 |
violation that may result in sanctions under division (D)(1) of | 19557 |
this section, the director may impose the suspension before | 19558 |
providing an opportunity for an adjudication under Chapter 119. of | 19559 |
the Revised Code. The director shall lift an order for the | 19560 |
suspension of admissions when the director determines that the | 19561 |
violation that formed the basis for the order has been corrected. | 19562 |
(4) The director may order the placement of a monitor at a | 19563 |
residential facility for any violation specified in rules adopted | 19564 |
under division (H)(2) of this section. The director shall lift the | 19565 |
order when the director determines that the violation that formed | 19566 |
the basis for the order has been corrected. | 19567 |
(5) If the director determines that two or more residential | 19568 |
facilities owned or operated by the same person or government | 19569 |
entity are not being operated in compliance with a provision of | 19570 |
this chapter that applies to residential facilities or the rules | 19571 |
adopted under such a provision, and the director's findings are | 19572 |
based on the same or a substantially similar action, practice, | 19573 |
circumstance, or incident that creates a substantial risk to the | 19574 |
health and safety of the residents, the director shall conduct a | 19575 |
survey as soon as practicable at each residential facility owned | 19576 |
or operated by that person or government entity. The director may | 19577 |
take any action authorized by this section with respect to any | 19578 |
facility found to be operating in violation of a provision of this | 19579 |
chapter that applies to residential facilities or the rules | 19580 |
adopted under such a provision. | 19581 |
(6) When the director initiates license revocation | 19582 |
proceedings, no opportunity for submitting a plan of correction | 19583 |
shall be given. The director shall notify the licensee by letter | 19584 |
of the initiation of the proceedings. The letter shall list the | 19585 |
deficiencies of the residential facility and inform the licensee | 19586 |
that no plan of correction will be accepted. The director shall | 19587 |
also
send a copy of the letter to the county board of | 19588 |
19589 | |
shall send a copy of the letter to each of the following: | 19590 |
(a) Each resident who receives services from the licensee; | 19591 |
(b) The guardian of each resident who receives services from | 19592 |
the licensee if the resident has a guardian; | 19593 |
(c) The parent or guardian of each resident who receives | 19594 |
services from the licensee if the resident is a minor. | 19595 |
(7) Pursuant to rules which shall be adopted in accordance | 19596 |
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director may order the | 19597 |
immediate removal of residents from a residential facility | 19598 |
whenever conditions at the facility present an immediate danger of | 19599 |
physical or psychological harm to the residents. | 19600 |
(8) In determining whether a residential facility is being | 19601 |
operated in compliance with a provision of this chapter that | 19602 |
applies to residential facilities or the rules adopted under such | 19603 |
a provision, or whether conditions at a residential facility | 19604 |
present an immediate danger of physical or psychological harm to | 19605 |
the residents, the director may rely on information obtained by a | 19606 |
county board of | 19607 |
or other governmental agencies. | 19608 |
(9) In proceedings initiated to deny, refuse to renew, or | 19609 |
revoke licenses, the director may deny, refuse to renew, or revoke | 19610 |
a license regardless of whether some or all of the deficiencies | 19611 |
that prompted the proceedings have been corrected at the time of | 19612 |
the hearing. | 19613 |
(E) The director shall establish a program under which public | 19614 |
notification may be made when the director has initiated license | 19615 |
revocation proceedings or has issued an order for the suspension | 19616 |
of admissions, placement of a monitor, or removal of residents. | 19617 |
The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of | 19618 |
the Revised Code to implement this division. The rules shall | 19619 |
establish the procedures by which the public notification will be | 19620 |
made and specify the circumstances for which the notification must | 19621 |
be made. The rules shall require that public notification be made | 19622 |
if the director has taken action against the facility in the | 19623 |
eighteen-month period immediately preceding the director's latest | 19624 |
action against the facility and the latest action is being taken | 19625 |
for the same or a substantially similar violation of a provision | 19626 |
of this chapter that applies to residential facilities or the | 19627 |
rules adopted under such a provision. The rules shall specify a | 19628 |
method for removing or amending the public notification if the | 19629 |
director's action is found to have been unjustified or the | 19630 |
violation at the residential facility has been corrected. | 19631 |
(F)(1) Except as provided in division (F)(2) of this section, | 19632 |
appeals from proceedings initiated to impose a sanction under | 19633 |
division (D) of this section shall be conducted in accordance with | 19634 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 19635 |
(2) Appeals from proceedings initiated to order the | 19636 |
suspension of admissions to a facility shall be conducted in | 19637 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, unless the order | 19638 |
was issued before providing an opportunity for an adjudication, in | 19639 |
which case all of the following apply: | 19640 |
(a) The licensee may request a hearing not later than ten | 19641 |
days after receiving the notice specified in section 119.07 of the | 19642 |
Revised Code. | 19643 |
(b) If a timely request for a hearing that includes the | 19644 |
licensee's current address is made, the hearing shall commence not | 19645 |
later than thirty days after the department receives the request. | 19646 |
(c) After commencing, the hearing shall continue | 19647 |
uninterrupted, except for Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, | 19648 |
unless other interruptions are agreed to by the licensee and the | 19649 |
director. | 19650 |
(d) If the hearing is conducted by a hearing examiner, the | 19651 |
hearing examiner shall file a report and recommendations not later | 19652 |
than ten days after the last of the following: | 19653 |
(i) The close of the hearing; | 19654 |
(ii) If a transcript of the proceedings is ordered, the | 19655 |
hearing examiner receives the transcript; | 19656 |
(iii) If post-hearing briefs are timely filed, the hearing | 19657 |
examiner receives the briefs. | 19658 |
(e) A copy of the written report and recommendation of the | 19659 |
hearing examiner shall be sent, by certified mail, to the licensee | 19660 |
and the licensee's attorney, if applicable, not later than five | 19661 |
days after the report is filed. | 19662 |
(f) Not later than five days after the hearing examiner files | 19663 |
the report and recommendations, the licensee may file objections | 19664 |
to the report and recommendations. | 19665 |
(g) Not later than fifteen days after the hearing examiner | 19666 |
files the report and recommendations, the director shall issue an | 19667 |
order approving, modifying, or disapproving the report and | 19668 |
recommendations. | 19669 |
(h) Notwithstanding the pendency of the hearing, the director | 19670 |
shall lift the order for the suspension of admissions when the | 19671 |
director determines that the violation that formed the basis for | 19672 |
the order has been corrected. | 19673 |
(G) Neither a person or government agency whose application | 19674 |
for a license to operate a residential facility is denied nor a | 19675 |
related party of the person or government agency may apply for a | 19676 |
license to operate a residential facility before the date that is | 19677 |
one year after the date of the denial. Neither a licensee whose | 19678 |
residential facility license is revoked nor a related party of the | 19679 |
licensee may apply for a residential facility license before the | 19680 |
date that is five years after the date of the revocation. | 19681 |
(H) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the | 19682 |
director shall adopt and may amend and rescind rules for licensing | 19683 |
and regulating the operation of residential facilities, including | 19684 |
intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded. The rules | 19685 |
for intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded may | 19686 |
differ from those for other residential facilities. The rules | 19687 |
shall establish and specify the following: | 19688 |
(1) Procedures and criteria for issuing and renewing | 19689 |
licenses, including procedures and criteria for determining the | 19690 |
length of the licensing period that the director must specify for | 19691 |
each license when it is issued or renewed; | 19692 |
(2) Procedures and criteria for denying, refusing to renew, | 19693 |
terminating, and revoking licenses and for ordering the suspension | 19694 |
of admissions to a facility, placement of a monitor at a facility, | 19695 |
and the immediate removal of residents from a facility; | 19696 |
(3) Fees for issuing and renewing licenses, which shall be | 19697 |
deposited into the program fee fund created under section 5123.033 | 19698 |
of the Revised Code; | 19699 |
(4) Procedures for surveying residential facilities; | 19700 |
(5) Requirements for the training of residential facility | 19701 |
personnel; | 19702 |
(6) Classifications for the various types of residential | 19703 |
facilities; | 19704 |
(7) Certification procedures for licensees and management | 19705 |
contractors that the director determines are necessary to ensure | 19706 |
that they have the skills and qualifications to properly operate | 19707 |
or manage residential facilities; | 19708 |
(8) The maximum number of persons who may be served in a | 19709 |
particular type of residential facility; | 19710 |
(9) Uniform procedures for admission of persons to and | 19711 |
transfers and discharges of persons from residential facilities; | 19712 |
(10) Other standards for the operation of residential | 19713 |
facilities and the services provided at residential facilities; | 19714 |
(11) Procedures for waiving any provision of any rule adopted | 19715 |
under this section. | 19716 |
(I) Before issuing a license, the director of the department | 19717 |
or the director's designee shall conduct a survey of the | 19718 |
residential facility for which application is made. The director | 19719 |
or the director's designee shall conduct a survey of each | 19720 |
licensed residential facility at least once during the period the | 19721 |
license is valid and may conduct additional inspections as needed. | 19722 |
A survey includes but is not limited to an on-site examination and | 19723 |
evaluation of the residential facility, its personnel, and the | 19724 |
services provided there. | 19725 |
In conducting surveys, the director or the director's | 19726 |
designee shall be given access to the residential facility; all | 19727 |
records, accounts, and any other documents related to the | 19728 |
operation of the facility; the licensee; the residents of the | 19729 |
facility; and all persons acting on behalf of, under the control | 19730 |
of, or in connection with the licensee. The licensee and all | 19731 |
persons on behalf of, under the control of, or in connection with | 19732 |
the licensee shall cooperate with the director or the director's | 19733 |
designee in conducting the survey. | 19734 |
Following each survey, unless the director initiates a | 19735 |
license revocation proceeding, the director or the director's | 19736 |
designee shall provide the licensee with a report listing any | 19737 |
deficiencies, specifying a timetable within which the licensee | 19738 |
shall submit a plan of correction describing how the deficiencies | 19739 |
will be corrected, and, when appropriate, specifying a timetable | 19740 |
within which the licensee must correct the deficiencies. After a | 19741 |
plan of correction is submitted, the director or the director's | 19742 |
designee shall approve or disapprove the plan. A copy of the | 19743 |
report and any approved plan of correction shall be provided to | 19744 |
any person who requests it. | 19745 |
The director shall initiate disciplinary action against any | 19746 |
department employee who notifies or causes the notification to any | 19747 |
unauthorized person of an unannounced survey of a residential | 19748 |
facility by an authorized representative of the department. | 19749 |
(J) In addition to any other information which may be | 19750 |
required of applicants for a license pursuant to this section, the | 19751 |
director shall require each applicant to provide a copy of an | 19752 |
approved plan for a proposed residential facility pursuant to | 19753 |
section 5123.042 of the Revised Code. This division does not apply | 19754 |
to renewal of a license. | 19755 |
(K) A licensee shall notify the owner of the building in | 19756 |
which the licensee's residential facility is located of any | 19757 |
significant change in the identity of the licensee or management | 19758 |
contractor before the effective date of the change if the licensee | 19759 |
is not the owner of the building. | 19760 |
Pursuant to rules which shall be adopted in accordance with | 19761 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director may require | 19762 |
notification to the department of any significant change in the | 19763 |
ownership of a residential facility or in the identity of the | 19764 |
licensee or management contractor. If the director determines that | 19765 |
a significant change of ownership is proposed, the director shall | 19766 |
consider the proposed change to be an application for development | 19767 |
by a new operator pursuant to section 5123.042 of the Revised Code | 19768 |
and shall advise the applicant within sixty days of the | 19769 |
notification that the current license shall continue in effect or | 19770 |
a new license will be required pursuant to this section. If the | 19771 |
director requires a new license, the director shall permit the | 19772 |
facility to continue to operate under the current license until | 19773 |
the new license is issued, unless the current license is revoked, | 19774 |
refused to be renewed, or terminated in accordance with Chapter | 19775 |
119. of the Revised Code. | 19776 |
(L) A county board of | 19777 |
disabilities, the legal rights service, and any interested person | 19778 |
may file complaints alleging violations of statute or department | 19779 |
rule relating to residential facilities with the department. All | 19780 |
complaints shall be in writing and shall state the facts | 19781 |
constituting the basis of the allegation. The department shall not | 19782 |
reveal the source of any complaint unless the complainant agrees | 19783 |
in writing to waive the right to confidentiality or until so | 19784 |
ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. | 19785 |
The department shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter | 19786 |
119. of the Revised Code establishing procedures for the receipt, | 19787 |
referral, investigation, and disposition of complaints filed with | 19788 |
the department under this division. | 19789 |
(M) The department shall establish procedures for the | 19790 |
notification of interested parties of the transfer or interim care | 19791 |
of residents from residential facilities that are closing or are | 19792 |
losing their license. | 19793 |
(N) Before issuing a license under this section to a | 19794 |
residential facility that will accommodate at any time more than | 19795 |
one mentally retarded or developmentally disabled individual, the | 19796 |
director shall, by first class mail, notify the following: | 19797 |
(1) If the facility will be located in a municipal | 19798 |
corporation, the clerk of the legislative authority of the | 19799 |
municipal corporation; | 19800 |
(2) If the facility will be located in unincorporated | 19801 |
territory, the clerk of the appropriate board of county | 19802 |
commissioners and the fiscal officer of the appropriate board of | 19803 |
township trustees. | 19804 |
The director shall not issue the license for ten days after | 19805 |
mailing the notice, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal | 19806 |
holidays, in order to give the notified local officials time in | 19807 |
which to comment on the proposed issuance. | 19808 |
Any legislative authority of a municipal corporation, board | 19809 |
of county commissioners, or board of township trustees that | 19810 |
receives notice under this division of the proposed issuance of a | 19811 |
license for a residential facility may comment on it in writing to | 19812 |
the director within ten days after the director mailed the notice, | 19813 |
excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. If the director | 19814 |
receives written comments from any notified officials within the | 19815 |
specified time, the director shall make written findings | 19816 |
concerning the comments and the director's decision on the | 19817 |
issuance of the license. If the director does not receive written | 19818 |
comments from any notified local officials within the specified | 19819 |
time, the director shall continue the process for issuance of the | 19820 |
license. | 19821 |
(O) Any person may operate a licensed residential facility | 19822 |
that provides room and board, personal care, habilitation | 19823 |
services, and supervision in a family setting for at least six but | 19824 |
not more than eight persons with mental retardation or a | 19825 |
developmental disability as a permitted use in any residential | 19826 |
district or zone, including any single-family residential district | 19827 |
or zone, of any political subdivision. These residential | 19828 |
facilities may be required to comply with area, height, yard, and | 19829 |
architectural compatibility requirements that are uniformly | 19830 |
imposed upon all single-family residences within the district or | 19831 |
zone. | 19832 |
(P) Any person may operate a licensed residential facility | 19833 |
that provides room and board, personal care, habilitation | 19834 |
services, and supervision in a family setting for at least nine | 19835 |
but not more than sixteen persons with mental retardation or a | 19836 |
developmental disability as a permitted use in any multiple-family | 19837 |
residential district or zone of any political subdivision, except | 19838 |
that a political subdivision that has enacted a zoning ordinance | 19839 |
or resolution establishing planned unit development districts may | 19840 |
exclude these residential facilities from those districts, and a | 19841 |
political subdivision that has enacted a zoning ordinance or | 19842 |
resolution may regulate these residential facilities in | 19843 |
multiple-family residential districts or zones as a conditionally | 19844 |
permitted use or special exception, in either case, under | 19845 |
reasonable and specific standards and conditions set out in the | 19846 |
zoning ordinance or resolution to: | 19847 |
(1) Require the architectural design and site layout of the | 19848 |
residential facility and the location, nature, and height of any | 19849 |
walls, screens, and fences to be compatible with adjoining land | 19850 |
uses and the residential character of the neighborhood; | 19851 |
(2) Require compliance with yard, parking, and sign | 19852 |
regulation; | 19853 |
(3) Limit excessive concentration of these residential | 19854 |
facilities. | 19855 |
(Q) This section does not prohibit a political subdivision | 19856 |
from applying to residential facilities nondiscriminatory | 19857 |
regulations requiring compliance with health, fire, and safety | 19858 |
regulations and building standards and regulations. | 19859 |
(R) Divisions (O) and (P) of this section are not applicable | 19860 |
to municipal corporations that had in effect on June 15, 1977, an | 19861 |
ordinance specifically permitting in residential zones licensed | 19862 |
residential facilities by means of permitted uses, conditional | 19863 |
uses, or special exception, so long as such ordinance remains in | 19864 |
effect without any substantive modification. | 19865 |
(S)(1) The director may issue an interim license to operate a | 19866 |
residential facility to an applicant for a license under this | 19867 |
section if either of the following is the case: | 19868 |
(a) The director determines that an emergency exists | 19869 |
requiring immediate placement of persons in a residential | 19870 |
facility, that insufficient licensed beds are available, and that | 19871 |
the residential facility is likely to receive a permanent license | 19872 |
under this section within thirty days after issuance of the | 19873 |
interim license. | 19874 |
(b) The director determines that the issuance of an interim | 19875 |
license is necessary to meet a temporary need for a residential | 19876 |
facility. | 19877 |
(2) To be eligible to receive an interim license, an | 19878 |
applicant must meet the same criteria that must be met to receive | 19879 |
a permanent license under this section, except for any differing | 19880 |
procedures and time frames that may apply to issuance of a | 19881 |
permanent license. | 19882 |
(3) An interim license shall be valid for thirty days and may | 19883 |
be renewed by the director for a period not to exceed one hundred | 19884 |
fifty days. | 19885 |
(4) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter | 19886 |
119. of the Revised Code as the director considers necessary to | 19887 |
administer the issuance of interim licenses. | 19888 |
(T) Notwithstanding rules adopted pursuant to this section | 19889 |
establishing the maximum number of persons who may be served in a | 19890 |
particular type of residential facility, a residential facility | 19891 |
shall be permitted to serve the same number of persons being | 19892 |
served by the facility on the effective date of the rules or the | 19893 |
number of persons for which the facility is authorized pursuant to | 19894 |
a current application for a certificate of need with a letter of | 19895 |
support from the department of | 19896 |
developmental disabilities and which is in the review process | 19897 |
prior to April 4, 1986. | 19898 |
(U) The director or the director's designee may enter at any | 19899 |
time, for purposes of investigation, any home, facility, or other | 19900 |
structure that has been reported to the director or that the | 19901 |
director has reasonable cause to believe is being operated as a | 19902 |
residential facility without a license issued under this section. | 19903 |
The director may petition the court of common pleas of the | 19904 |
county in which an unlicensed residential facility is located for | 19905 |
an order enjoining the person or governmental agency operating the | 19906 |
facility from continuing to operate without a license. The court | 19907 |
may grant the injunction on a showing that the person or | 19908 |
governmental agency named in the petition is operating a | 19909 |
residential facility without a license. The court may grant the | 19910 |
injunction, regardless of whether the residential facility meets | 19911 |
the requirements for receiving a license under this section. | 19912 |
Sec. 5123.191. (A) The court of common pleas or a judge | 19913 |
thereof in the judge's county, or the probate court, may appoint a | 19914 |
receiver to take possession of and operate a residential facility | 19915 |
licensed by the department of | 19916 |
disabilities, in causes pending in such courts respectively, when | 19917 |
conditions existing at the facility present a substantial risk of | 19918 |
physical or mental harm to residents and no other remedies at law | 19919 |
are adequate to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the | 19920 |
residents. Conditions at the facility that may present such risk | 19921 |
of harm include, but are not limited to, instances when any of the | 19922 |
following occur: | 19923 |
(1) The residential facility is in violation of state or | 19924 |
federal law or regulations. | 19925 |
(2) The facility has had its license revoked or procedures | 19926 |
for revocation have been initiated, or the facility is closing or | 19927 |
intends to cease operations. | 19928 |
(3) Arrangements for relocating residents need to be made. | 19929 |
(4) Insolvency of the operator, licensee, or landowner | 19930 |
threatens the operation of the facility. | 19931 |
(5) The facility or operator has demonstrated a pattern and | 19932 |
practice of repeated violations of state or federal laws or | 19933 |
regulations. | 19934 |
(B) A court in which a petition is filed pursuant to this | 19935 |
section shall notify the person holding the license for the | 19936 |
facility and the department of | 19937 |
developmental disabilities of the filing. The court shall order | 19938 |
the department to notify the legal rights service, facility owner, | 19939 |
facility operator, county board of | 19940 |
developmental disabilities, facility residents, and residents' | 19941 |
parents and guardians of the filing of the petition. | 19942 |
The court shall provide a hearing on the petition within five | 19943 |
court days of the time it was filed, except that the court may | 19944 |
appoint a receiver prior to that time if it determines that the | 19945 |
circumstances necessitate such action. Following a hearing on the | 19946 |
petition, and upon a determination that the appointment of a | 19947 |
receiver is warranted, the court shall appoint a receiver and | 19948 |
notify the department of | 19949 |
disabilities and appropriate persons of this action. | 19950 |
(C) A residential facility for which a receiver has been | 19951 |
named is deemed to be in compliance with section 5123.19 and | 19952 |
Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code for the duration of the | 19953 |
receivership. | 19954 |
(D) When the operating revenue of a residential facility in | 19955 |
receivership is insufficient to meet its operating expenses, | 19956 |
including the cost of bringing the facility into compliance with | 19957 |
state or federal laws or regulations, the court may order the | 19958 |
state to provide necessary funding, except as provided in division | 19959 |
(K) of this section. The state shall provide such funding, subject | 19960 |
to the approval of the controlling board. The court may also order | 19961 |
the appropriate authorities to expedite all inspections necessary | 19962 |
for the issuance of licenses or the certification of a facility, | 19963 |
and order a facility to be closed if it determines that reasonable | 19964 |
efforts cannot bring the facility into substantial compliance with | 19965 |
the law. | 19966 |
(E) In establishing a receivership, the court shall set forth | 19967 |
the powers and duties of the receiver. The court may generally | 19968 |
authorize the receiver to do all that is prudent and necessary to | 19969 |
safely and efficiently operate the residential facility within the | 19970 |
requirements of state and federal law, but shall require the | 19971 |
receiver to obtain court approval prior to making any single | 19972 |
expenditure of more than five thousand dollars to correct | 19973 |
deficiencies in the structure or furnishings of a facility. The | 19974 |
court shall closely review the conduct of the receiver it has | 19975 |
appointed and shall require regular and detailed reports. The | 19976 |
receivership shall be reviewed at least every sixty days. | 19977 |
(F) A receivership established pursuant to this section shall | 19978 |
be terminated, following notification of the appropriate parties | 19979 |
and a hearing, if the court determines either of the following: | 19980 |
(1) The residential facility has been closed and the former | 19981 |
residents have been relocated to an appropriate facility. | 19982 |
(2) Circumstances no longer exist at the facility that | 19983 |
present a substantial risk of physical or mental harm to | 19984 |
residents, and there is no deficiency in the facility that is | 19985 |
likely to create a future risk of harm. | 19986 |
Notwithstanding division (F)(2) of this section, the court | 19987 |
shall not terminate a receivership for a residential facility that | 19988 |
has previously operated under another receivership unless the | 19989 |
responsibility for the operation of the facility is transferred to | 19990 |
an operator approved by the court and the
department of | 19991 |
19992 |
(G) The department of | 19993 |
disabilities may, upon its own initiative or at the request of an | 19994 |
owner, operator, or resident of a residential facility, or at the | 19995 |
request of a resident's guardian or relative, a county board of | 19996 |
19997 | |
rights service, petition the court to appoint a receiver to take | 19998 |
possession of and operate a residential facility. When the | 19999 |
department has been requested to file a petition by any of the | 20000 |
parties listed above, it shall, within forty-eight hours of such | 20001 |
request, either file such a petition or notify the requesting | 20002 |
party of its decision not to file. If the department refuses to | 20003 |
file, the requesting party may file a petition with the court | 20004 |
requesting the appointment of a receiver to take possession of and | 20005 |
operate a residential facility. | 20006 |
Petitions filed pursuant to this division shall include the | 20007 |
following: | 20008 |
(1) A description of the specific conditions existing at the | 20009 |
facility which present a substantial risk of physical or mental | 20010 |
harm to residents; | 20011 |
(2) A statement of the absence of other adequate remedies at | 20012 |
law; | 20013 |
(3) The number of individuals residing at the facility; | 20014 |
(4) A statement that the facts have been brought to the | 20015 |
attention of the owner or licensee and that conditions have not | 20016 |
been remedied within a reasonable period of time or that the | 20017 |
conditions, though remedied periodically, habitually exist at the | 20018 |
facility as a pattern or practice; | 20019 |
(5) The name and address of the person holding the license | 20020 |
for the facility and the address of the department of | 20021 |
20022 |
The court may award to an operator appropriate costs and | 20023 |
expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, if it determines | 20024 |
that a petitioner has initiated a proceeding in bad faith or | 20025 |
merely for the purpose of harassing or embarrassing the operator. | 20026 |
(H) Except for the department of | 20027 |
developmental disabilities or a county board of | 20028 |
20029 | |
an action shall be appointed a receiver pursuant to this section. | 20030 |
To assist the court in identifying persons qualified to be | 20031 |
named as receivers, the director of | 20032 |
developmental disabilities or the director's designee shall | 20033 |
maintain a list of the names of such persons. The director shall, | 20034 |
in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish | 20035 |
standards for evaluating persons desiring to be included on such a | 20036 |
list. | 20037 |
(I) Before a receiver enters upon the duties of that person, | 20038 |
the receiver must be sworn to perform the duties of receiver | 20039 |
faithfully, and, with surety approved by the court, judge, or | 20040 |
clerk, execute a bond to such person, and in such sum as the court | 20041 |
or judge directs, to the effect that such receiver will faithfully | 20042 |
discharge the duties of receiver in the action, and obey the | 20043 |
orders of the court therein. | 20044 |
(J) Under the control of the appointing court, a receiver | 20045 |
may bring and defend actions in the receiver's own name as | 20046 |
receiver and take and keep possession of property. | 20047 |
The court shall authorize the receiver to do the following: | 20048 |
(1) Collect payment for all goods and services provided to | 20049 |
the residents or others during the period of the receivership at | 20050 |
the same rate as was charged by the licensee at the time the | 20051 |
petition for receivership was filed, unless a different rate is | 20052 |
set by the court; | 20053 |
(2) Honor all leases, mortgages, and secured transactions | 20054 |
governing all buildings, goods, and fixtures of which the receiver | 20055 |
has taken possession and continues to use, subject to the | 20056 |
following conditions: | 20057 |
(a) In the case of a rental agreement, only to the extent of | 20058 |
payments that are for the use of the property during the period of | 20059 |
the receivership; | 20060 |
(b) In the case of a purchase agreement only to the extent of | 20061 |
payments that come due during the period of the receivership; | 20062 |
(c) If the court determines that the cost of the lease, | 20063 |
mortgage, or secured transaction was increased by a transaction | 20064 |
required to be reported under division (B)(3) of section 5123.172 | 20065 |
of the Revised Code, only to the extent determined by the court to | 20066 |
be the fair market value for use of the property during the period | 20067 |
of the receivership. | 20068 |
(3) If transfer of residents is necessary, provide for the | 20069 |
orderly transfer of residents by doing the following: | 20070 |
(a) Cooperating with all appropriate state and local agencies | 20071 |
in carrying out the transfer of residents to alternative community | 20072 |
placements; | 20073 |
(b) Providing for the transportation of residents' belongings | 20074 |
and records; | 20075 |
(c) Helping to locate alternative placements and develop | 20076 |
discharge plans; | 20077 |
(d) Preparing residents for the trauma of discharge; | 20078 |
(e) Permitting residents or guardians to participate in | 20079 |
transfer or discharge planning except when an emergency exists and | 20080 |
immediate transfer is necessary. | 20081 |
(4) Make periodic reports on the status of the residential | 20082 |
program to the appropriate state agency, county board of | 20083 |
20084 | |
and residents; | 20085 |
(5) Compromise demands or claims; | 20086 |
(6) Generally do such acts respecting the residential | 20087 |
facility as the court authorizes. | 20088 |
(K) Neither the receiver nor the department of | 20089 |
20090 | |
incurred by the owner or operator of a residential facility for | 20091 |
which a receiver has been appointed. | 20092 |
(L) The department of | 20093 |
disabilities may contract for the operation of a residential | 20094 |
facility in receivership. The department shall establish the | 20095 |
conditions of a contract. A condition may be the same as, similar | 20096 |
to, or different from a condition established by section 5123.18 | 20097 |
of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under that section for a | 20098 |
contract entered into under that section. Notwithstanding any | 20099 |
other provision of law, contracts that are necessary to carry out | 20100 |
the powers and duties of the receiver need not be competitively | 20101 |
bid. | 20102 |
(M) The department of | 20103 |
disabilities, the department of job and family services, and the | 20104 |
department of health shall provide technical assistance to any | 20105 |
receiver appointed pursuant to this section. | 20106 |
Sec. 5123.194. In the case of an individual who resides in a | 20107 |
residential facility and is preparing to move into an independent | 20108 |
living arrangement and the individual's liable relative, the | 20109 |
department of | 20110 |
may waive the support collection requirements of sections 5121.04, | 20111 |
5123.122, and 5123.18 of the Revised Code for the purpose of | 20112 |
allowing income or resources to be used to acquire items necessary | 20113 |
for independent living. The department shall adopt rules in | 20114 |
accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to implement | 20115 |
this section, including rules that establish the method the | 20116 |
department shall use to determine when an individual is preparing | 20117 |
to move into an independent living arrangement. | 20118 |
Sec. 5123.195. (A) Not later than sixty days after the end of | 20119 |
calendar years 2003, 2004, and 2005, the director of | 20120 |
20121 | |
to the president and minority leader of the senate and speaker and | 20122 |
minority leader of the house of representatives regarding the | 20123 |
implementation of section 5123.19 of the Revised Code since | 20124 |
20125 | |
include in the report all of the following information: | 20126 |
(1) A summary of any rules adopted under that section to | 20127 |
implement the amendments to that section that go into effect on | 20128 |
20129 |
(2) The number of residential facility licenses issued, | 20130 |
renewed, and denied under that section since the effective date of | 20131 |
the amendments to section 5123.19 of the Revised Code that go into | 20132 |
effect on | 20133 |
the case of the reports due in 2005 and 2006, since the previous | 20134 |
report was submitted; | 20135 |
(3) The length of time for which residential facility | 20136 |
licenses are issued and renewed under that section; | 20137 |
(4) The sanctions imposed pursuant to division (D) of section | 20138 |
5123.19 of the Revised Code and the kinds of violations that cause | 20139 |
the sanctions; | 20140 |
(5) Any other information the director determines is | 20141 |
important to the implementation of the amendments to section | 20142 |
5123.19 of the Revised Code that go into effect on | 20143 |
20144 |
(B) On submission of the report under division (A) of this | 20145 |
section, the director shall inform each member of the general | 20146 |
assembly that the report is available. | 20147 |
Sec. 5123.196. (A) Except as provided in division (E) of | 20148 |
this
section, the director of | 20149 |
developmental disabilities shall not issue a license under | 20150 |
section 5123.19 of the Revised Code on or after July 1, 2003, if | 20151 |
issuance will result in there being more beds in all residential | 20152 |
facilities licensed under that section than is permitted under | 20153 |
division (B) of this section. | 20154 |
(B) The maximum number of beds for the purpose of division | 20155 |
(A) of this section shall not exceed ten thousand eight hundred | 20156 |
thirty-eight minus, except as provided in division (C) of this | 20157 |
section, both of the following: | 20158 |
(1) The number of such beds that cease to be residential | 20159 |
facility beds on or after July 1, 2003, because a residential | 20160 |
facility license is revoked, terminated, or not renewed for any | 20161 |
reason or is surrendered in accordance with section 5123.19 of the | 20162 |
Revised Code; | 20163 |
(2) The number of such beds for which a licensee voluntarily | 20164 |
converts to use for supported living on or after July 1, 2003. | 20165 |
(C) The director is not required to reduce the maximum number | 20166 |
of beds pursuant to division (B) of this section by a bed that | 20167 |
ceases to be a residential facility bed if the director determines | 20168 |
that the bed is needed to provide services to an individual with | 20169 |
mental retardation or a developmental disability who resided in | 20170 |
the residential facility in which the bed was located. | 20171 |
(D) The director shall maintain an up-to-date written record | 20172 |
of the maximum number of residential facility beds provided for by | 20173 |
division (B) of this section. | 20174 |
(E) The director may issue an interim license under division | 20175 |
(S) of section 5123.19 of the Revised Code and issue, pursuant | 20176 |
to rules adopted under division (H)(11) of that section, a | 20177 |
waiver allowing a residential facility to admit more residents | 20178 |
than the facility is licensed to admit regardless of whether the | 20179 |
interim license or waiver will result in there being more beds | 20180 |
in all residential facilities licensed under that section than | 20181 |
is permitted under division (B) of this section. | 20182 |
Sec. 5123.198. (A) As used in this section, "date of the | 20183 |
commitment" means the date that an individual specified in | 20184 |
division (B) of this section begins to reside in a state-operated | 20185 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded after being | 20186 |
committed to the facility pursuant to sections 5123.71 to 5123.76 | 20187 |
of the Revised Code. | 20188 |
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, | 20189 |
whenever a resident of a residential facility is committed to a | 20190 |
state-operated intermediate care facility for the mentally | 20191 |
retarded pursuant to sections 5123.71 to 5123.76 of the Revised | 20192 |
Code, the department of | 20193 |
disabilities, pursuant to an adjudication order issued in | 20194 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall reduce by | 20195 |
one the number of residents for which the facility in which the | 20196 |
resident resided is licensed. | 20197 |
(C) The department shall not reduce under division (B) of | 20198 |
this section the number of residents for which a residential | 20199 |
facility is licensed if any of the following are the case: | 20200 |
(1) The resident of the residential facility who is committed | 20201 |
to a state-operated intermediate care facility for the mentally | 20202 |
retarded resided in the residential facility because of the | 20203 |
closure, on or after June 26, 2003, of another state-operated | 20204 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded; | 20205 |
(2) The residential facility admits within ninety days of the | 20206 |
date of the commitment an individual who resides on the date of | 20207 |
the commitment in a state-operated intermediate care facility for | 20208 |
the mentally retarded or another residential facility; | 20209 |
(3) The department fails to do either of the following within | 20210 |
ninety days of the date of the commitment: | 20211 |
(a) Identify an individual to whom all of the following | 20212 |
applies: | 20213 |
(i) Resides on the date of the commitment in a state-operated | 20214 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded or another | 20215 |
residential facility; | 20216 |
(ii) Has indicated to the department an interest in | 20217 |
relocating to the residential facility or has a parent or guardian | 20218 |
who has indicated to the department an interest for the individual | 20219 |
to relocate to the residential facility; | 20220 |
(iii) The department determines the individual has needs that | 20221 |
the residential facility can meet. | 20222 |
(b) Provide the residential facility with information about | 20223 |
the individual identified under division (C)(2)(a) of this section | 20224 |
that the residential facility needs in order to determine whether | 20225 |
the facility can meet the individual's needs. | 20226 |
(4) If the department completes the actions specified in | 20227 |
divisions (C)(3)(a) and (b) of this section not later than ninety | 20228 |
days after the date of the commitment and except as provided in | 20229 |
division (D) of this section, the residential facility does all of | 20230 |
the following not later than ninety days after the date of the | 20231 |
commitment: | 20232 |
(a) Evaluates the information provided by the department; | 20233 |
(b) Assesses the identified individual's needs; | 20234 |
(c) Determines that the residential facility cannot meet the | 20235 |
identified individual's needs. | 20236 |
(5) If the department completes the actions specified in | 20237 |
divisions (C)(3)(a) and (b) of this section not later than ninety | 20238 |
days after the date of the commitment and the residential facility | 20239 |
determines that the residential facility can meet the identified | 20240 |
individual's needs, the individual, or a parent or guardian of the | 20241 |
individual, refuses placement in the residential facility. | 20242 |
(D) The department may reduce under division (B) of this | 20243 |
section the number of residents for which a residential facility | 20244 |
is licensed even though the residential facility completes the | 20245 |
actions specified in division (C)(4) of this section not later | 20246 |
than ninety days after the date of the commitment if all of the | 20247 |
following are the case: | 20248 |
(1) The department disagrees with the residential facility's | 20249 |
determination that the residential facility cannot meet the | 20250 |
identified individual's needs. | 20251 |
(2) The department issues a written decision pursuant to the | 20252 |
uniform procedures for admissions, transfers, and discharges | 20253 |
established by rules adopted under division (H)(9) of section | 20254 |
5123.19 of the Revised Code that the residential facility should | 20255 |
admit the identified individual. | 20256 |
(3) After the department issues the written decision | 20257 |
specified in division (D)(2) of this section, the residential | 20258 |
facility refuses to admit the identified individual. | 20259 |
(E) A residential facility that admits, refuses to admit, | 20260 |
transfers, or discharges a resident under this section shall | 20261 |
comply with the uniform procedures for admissions, transfers, and | 20262 |
discharges established by rules adopted under division (H)(9) of | 20263 |
section 5123.19 of the Revised Code. | 20264 |
(F) The department of | 20265 |
disabilities may notify the department of job and family services | 20266 |
of any reduction under this section in the number of residents for | 20267 |
which a residential facility that is an intermediate care facility | 20268 |
for the mentally retarded is licensed. On receiving the notice, | 20269 |
the department of job and family services may transfer to the | 20270 |
department of | 20271 |
the savings in the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures for | 20272 |
each fiscal year after the year of the commitment to be used for | 20273 |
costs of the resident's care in the state-operated intermediate | 20274 |
care facility for the mentally retarded. In determining the amount | 20275 |
saved, the department of job and family services shall consider | 20276 |
medicaid payments for the remaining residents of the facility in | 20277 |
which the resident resided. | 20278 |
Sec. 5123.21. The director of | 20279 |
developmental disabilities or the director's designee may transfer | 20280 |
or authorize the transfer of an involuntary resident or a | 20281 |
consenting voluntary resident from one public institution to | 20282 |
another or to an institution other than a public institution or | 20283 |
other facility, if the director determines that it would be | 20284 |
consistent with the habilitation needs of the resident to do so. | 20285 |
Before an involuntary resident may be transferred to a more | 20286 |
restrictive setting, the managing officer of the institution shall | 20287 |
file a motion with the court requesting the court to amend its | 20288 |
order of placement issued under section 5123.76 of the Revised | 20289 |
Code. At the resident's request, the court shall hold a hearing on | 20290 |
the motion at which the resident has the same rights as at a full | 20291 |
hearing under section 5123.76 of the Revised Code. | 20292 |
Whenever a resident is transferred, the director shall give | 20293 |
written notice of the transfer to the resident's legal guardian, | 20294 |
parents, spouse, and counsel, or, if none is known, to the | 20295 |
resident's nearest known relative or friend. If the resident is a | 20296 |
minor, the department before making such a transfer shall make a | 20297 |
minute of the order for the transfer and the reason for it upon | 20298 |
its record and shall send a certified copy at least seven days | 20299 |
prior to the transfer to the person shown by its record to have | 20300 |
had the care or custody of the minor immediately prior to the | 20301 |
minor's commitment. Whenever a consenting voluntary resident is | 20302 |
transferred, the notification shall be given only at the | 20303 |
resident's request. The managing officer shall advise a voluntary | 20304 |
resident who is being transferred that the patient may decide if | 20305 |
such a notification shall be given. In all such transfers, due | 20306 |
consideration shall be given to the relationship of the resident | 20307 |
to the resident's family, legal guardian, or friends, so as to | 20308 |
maintain relationships and encourage visits beneficial to the | 20309 |
resident. | 20310 |
Sec. 5123.211. (A) As used in this section, "residential | 20311 |
services" has the same meaning as in section 5126.01 of the | 20312 |
Revised Code. | 20313 |
(B) The department of | 20314 |
disabilities shall provide or arrange provision of residential | 20315 |
services for each person who, on or after July 1, 1989, ceases to | 20316 |
be a resident of a state institution because of closure of the | 20317 |
institution or a reduction in the institution's population by | 20318 |
forty per cent or more within a period of one year. The services | 20319 |
shall be provided in the county in which the person chooses to | 20320 |
reside and shall consist of one of the following as determined | 20321 |
appropriate by the department in consultation with the county | 20322 |
board of | 20323 |
county in which the services are to be provided: | 20324 |
(1) Residential services provided pursuant to section 5123.18 | 20325 |
of the Revised Code; | 20326 |
(2) Residential services for which reimbursement is made | 20327 |
under the medical assistance program established under section | 20328 |
5111.01 of the Revised Code; | 20329 |
(3) Residential services provided in a manner or setting | 20330 |
approved by the director of | 20331 |
disabilities. | 20332 |
(C) Not less than six months prior to closing a state | 20333 |
institution or reducing a state institution's population by forty | 20334 |
per cent or more within a period of one year, the department shall | 20335 |
identify those counties in which individuals leaving the | 20336 |
institution have chosen to reside and notify the county boards of | 20337 |
20338 | |
counties of the need to develop the services specified in division | 20339 |
(B) of this section. The notice shall specify the number of | 20340 |
individuals requiring services who plan to reside in the county | 20341 |
and indicate the amount of funds the department will use to | 20342 |
provide or arrange services for those individuals. | 20343 |
(D) In each county in which one or more persons receive | 20344 |
residential services pursuant to division (B) of this section, the | 20345 |
department shall provide or arrange provision of residential | 20346 |
services, or shall distribute moneys to the county board of
| 20347 |
20348 | |
provision of residential services, for an equal number of persons | 20349 |
with mental retardation or developmental disabilities in that | 20350 |
county who the county board has determined need residential | 20351 |
services but are not receiving them. | 20352 |
Sec. 5123.22. When it is necessary for an institution under | 20353 |
the jurisdiction
of the department of | 20354 |
developmental disabilities to acquire any real estate, | 20355 |
right-of-way, or easement in real estate in order to accomplish | 20356 |
the purposes for which it was organized or is being conducted, and | 20357 |
the department is unable to agree with the owner of such property | 20358 |
upon the price to be paid therefor, such property may be | 20359 |
appropriated in the manner provided for the appropriation of | 20360 |
property for other state purposes. | 20361 |
Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to | 20362 |
this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the | 20363 |
use and benefit of the real property as specified in section | 20364 |
5301.012 of the Revised Code. | 20365 |
Sec. 5123.221. The department of | 20366 |
developmental disabilities shall determine and direct what lands | 20367 |
belonging to institutions under its control shall be cultivated. | 20368 |
The department of agriculture, the department of health, and | 20369 |
the Ohio state university shall cooperate with the department of | 20370 |
20371 | |
managing officer of each institution mentioned in section 5123.03 | 20372 |
of the Revised Code, in making such cooperative tests as are | 20373 |
necessary to determine the quality, strength, and purity of | 20374 |
supplies, the value and use of farm lands, or the conditions and | 20375 |
needs of mechanical equipment. | 20376 |
The department may direct the purchase of any materials, | 20377 |
supplies, or other articles for any institution subject to its | 20378 |
jurisdiction from any other such institution at the reasonable | 20379 |
market value, such value to be fixed by the department, and | 20380 |
payments therefor shall be made as between institutions in the | 20381 |
manner provided for payment for supplies. | 20382 |
Sec. 5123.23. The director of | 20383 |
developmental disabilities may lease, for oil and gas, any real | 20384 |
estate owned by the state and placed under the supervision of the | 20385 |
department of | 20386 |
to any person, upon such terms and for such number of years, not | 20387 |
more than forty, as will be for the best interest of the state. No | 20388 |
such lease shall be agreed upon or entered into before the | 20389 |
proposal to lease the property has been advertised once each week | 20390 |
for four weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county | 20391 |
in which the property is located. The lease shall be made with the | 20392 |
person offering the best terms to the state. | 20393 |
The director, in such lease, may grant to the lessee the | 20394 |
right to use so much of the surface of the land as may be | 20395 |
reasonably necessary to carry on the work of prospecting for, | 20396 |
extracting, piping, storing, and removing all oil or gas, and for | 20397 |
depositing waste material and maintaining such buildings and | 20398 |
constructions as are reasonably necessary for exploring or | 20399 |
prospecting for such oil and gas. | 20400 |
All leases made under this section shall be prepared by the | 20401 |
attorney general and approved by the governor. All money received | 20402 |
from any such leases shall be paid into the state treasury to the | 20403 |
credit of the general revenue fund. | 20404 |
Sec. 5123.24. A person, firm, or corporation may file a | 20405 |
petition in the court of common pleas of the county in which an | 20406 |
institution under the jurisdiction of the department of | 20407 |
20408 | |
petition the desire to erect or carry on at a less distance than | 20409 |
that prescribed in section 3767.19 of the Revised Code shall be | 20410 |
set forth, the business prohibited, the precise point of its | 20411 |
establishment, and the reasons and circumstances, in its opinion, | 20412 |
why the erection or carrying on thereof would not annoy or | 20413 |
endanger the health, convenience, or recovery of the residents of | 20414 |
such institution. The petitioner shall give notice in a newspaper | 20415 |
of general circulation in the county of the pendency and prayer of | 20416 |
the petition for at least six consecutive weeks before the day set | 20417 |
for hearing the petition and serve a written notice upon the | 20418 |
superintendent of the institution at least thirty days before the | 20419 |
day set for hearing the petition. | 20420 |
If, upon the hearing of the petition, it appears that the | 20421 |
notice has been given as required and the court is of the opinion | 20422 |
that no good reason exists why such establishment may not be | 20423 |
erected or such business carried on and that by the erection or | 20424 |
carrying on thereof at the point named, the institution will | 20425 |
sustain no detriment, the court may issue an order granting the | 20426 |
prayer of the petitioner. Thereafter the petitioner may locate | 20427 |
such establishment or carry on such business at the point named in | 20428 |
the petition. | 20429 |
Sec. 5123.25. The department of administrative services | 20430 |
shall purchase all supplies needed for the proper support and | 20431 |
maintenance of the institutions under the control of the | 20432 |
department of | 20433 |
accordance with the competitive selection procedures of Chapter | 20434 |
125. of the Revised Code and such rules as the department of | 20435 |
administrative services adopts. All bids shall be publicly opened | 20436 |
on the day and hour and at the place specified in the | 20437 |
advertisement. | 20438 |
Preference shall be given to bidders in localities wherein | 20439 |
the institution is located, if the price is fair and reasonable | 20440 |
and not greater than the usual price. | 20441 |
The department of administrative services may require such | 20442 |
security as it considers proper to accompany the bids and shall | 20443 |
fix the security to be given by the contractor. | 20444 |
The department of administrative services may reject any or | 20445 |
all bids and secure new bids, if for any reason it is considered | 20446 |
for the best interest of the state to do so, and it may authorize | 20447 |
the managing officer of any institution to purchase perishable | 20448 |
goods and supplies for use in cases of emergency, in which cases | 20449 |
the managing officer shall certify such fact in writing and the | 20450 |
department of administrative services shall record the reasons for | 20451 |
the purchases. | 20452 |
Sec. 5123.26. The treasurer of state shall have charge of | 20453 |
all funds under the jurisdiction of the department of | 20454 |
20455 | |
same only in accordance with Chapter 5123. of the Revised Code. | 20456 |
The department shall cause to be furnished a contract of | 20457 |
indemnity to cover all moneys and funds received by it or by its | 20458 |
managing officers, employees, or agents while such moneys or funds | 20459 |
are in the possession of such managing officers, employees, or | 20460 |
agents. Such funds are designated as follows: | 20461 |
(A) Funds which are due and payable to the treasurer of state | 20462 |
as provided by Chapter 131. of the Revised Code; | 20463 |
(B) Those funds which are held in trust by the managing | 20464 |
officers, employees, or agents of the institution as local funds | 20465 |
or accounts under the jurisdiction of the department. | 20466 |
Such contract of indemnity shall be made payable to the state | 20467 |
and the premium for such contract of indemnity may be paid from | 20468 |
any of the funds received for the use of the department under this | 20469 |
chapter or Chapter 5121. of the Revised Code. | 20470 |
Funds collected from various sources, such as the sale of | 20471 |
goods, farm products, and all miscellaneous articles, shall be | 20472 |
transmitted on or before Monday of each week to the treasurer of | 20473 |
state and a detailed statement of such collections shall be made | 20474 |
to the division of business administration by each managing | 20475 |
officer. | 20476 |
Sec. 5123.27. The director of | 20477 |
developmental disabilities may accept, hold, and administer in | 20478 |
trust on behalf of the state, if it is for the public interest, | 20479 |
any grant, devise, gift, or bequest of money or property made to | 20480 |
the state for the use or benefit of any institution under the | 20481 |
jurisdiction of the department of | 20482 |
developmental disabilities or for the use and benefit of persons | 20483 |
with mental retardation or a developmental disability under the | 20484 |
control of the department. If the trust so provides, the money or | 20485 |
property may be used for any work which the department is | 20486 |
authorized to undertake. | 20487 |
The department shall keep such gift, grant, devise, or | 20488 |
bequest as a distinct property or fund and, if it is in money, | 20489 |
shall invest it in the manner provided by law. The department may | 20490 |
deposit in a proper trust company or savings bank any money left | 20491 |
in trust during a specified life or lives and shall adopt rules | 20492 |
governing the deposit, transfer, withdrawal, or investment of the | 20493 |
money and the income from it. | 20494 |
The department shall, in the manner prescribed by the | 20495 |
director of budget and management pursuant to section 126.21 of | 20496 |
the Revised Code, account for all money or property received or | 20497 |
expended under this section. The records, together with a | 20498 |
statement certified by the depository showing the money deposited | 20499 |
there to the credit of the trust, shall be open to public | 20500 |
inspection. The director of budget and management may require the | 20501 |
department to file a report with the director on any particular | 20502 |
portion, or the whole, of any trust property received or expended | 20503 |
by it. | 20504 |
The department shall, upon the expiration of any trust | 20505 |
according to its terms, dispose of the money or property held | 20506 |
under the trust in the manner provided in the instrument creating | 20507 |
the trust. If the instrument creating the trust failed to make any | 20508 |
terms of disposition, or if no trust was in evidence, the decedent | 20509 |
resident's money, saving or commercial deposits, dividends or | 20510 |
distributions, bonds, or any other interest-bearing debt | 20511 |
certificate or stamp issued by the United States government shall | 20512 |
escheat to the state. All such unclaimed intangible personal | 20513 |
property of a former resident shall be retained by the managing | 20514 |
officer in such institution for the period of one year, during | 20515 |
which time every possible effort shall be made to find the former | 20516 |
resident or the former resident's legal representative. | 20517 |
If after a period of one year from the time the resident has | 20518 |
left the institution or has died, the managing officer has been | 20519 |
unable to locate the person or the person's legal representative, | 20520 |
then, upon proper notice of that fact, the director shall at that | 20521 |
time formulate in writing a method of disposition on the minutes | 20522 |
of the department authorizing the managing officer to convert such | 20523 |
intangible personal property to cash to be paid into the state | 20524 |
treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. | 20525 |
The department shall include in its annual report a statement | 20526 |
of all such money and property and the terms and conditions | 20527 |
relating to them. | 20528 |
Sec. 5123.28. (A) Except as otherwise provided in this | 20529 |
division, money or property deposited with managing officers of | 20530 |
institutions under the jurisdiction of the department of | 20531 |
20532 | |
the department's control or by relatives, guardians, conservators, | 20533 |
and others for the special benefit of such resident, as well as | 20534 |
all other funds and all other income paid to the resident, to the | 20535 |
resident's estate, or on the resident's behalf, or paid to the | 20536 |
managing officer or to the institution as representative payee or | 20537 |
otherwise paid on the resident's behalf, shall remain in the hands | 20538 |
of such managing officers in appropriate accounts for use | 20539 |
accordingly. Each such managing officer shall keep itemized book | 20540 |
accounts of the receipt and disposition of such money and | 20541 |
property, which book shall be open at all times to the inspection | 20542 |
of the department. The director of | 20543 |
developmental disabilities shall adopt rules governing the | 20544 |
deposit, transfer, withdrawal, or investment of such funds and the | 20545 |
income of the funds, as well as rules under which such funds and | 20546 |
income shall be paid by managing officers, institutions, or | 20547 |
district managers for the support of such residents pursuant to | 20548 |
Chapter 5121. of the Revised Code, or for their other needs. | 20549 |
This division does not require, and shall not be construed as | 20550 |
requiring, the deposit of the principal or income of a trust | 20551 |
created pursuant to section 5815.28 of the Revised Code with | 20552 |
managing officers of institutions under the jurisdiction of the | 20553 |
department. | 20554 |
(B) Whenever any resident confined in a state institution | 20555 |
under the jurisdiction of the department dies, escapes, or is | 20556 |
discharged from the institution, any personal funds of the | 20557 |
resident remain in the hands of the managing officer of the | 20558 |
institution, and no demand is made upon the managing officer by | 20559 |
the owner of the funds or the owner's legally appointed | 20560 |
representative, the managing officer shall hold the funds in the | 20561 |
personal deposit fund for a period of at least one year during | 20562 |
which time the managing officer shall make every effort possible | 20563 |
to locate the owner or the owner's legally appointed | 20564 |
representative. If, at the end of this period, no demand has been | 20565 |
made for the funds, the managing officer shall dispose of the | 20566 |
funds as follows: | 20567 |
(1) All money in a personal deposit fund in excess of ten | 20568 |
dollars due for the support of a resident, shall be paid in | 20569 |
accordance with Chapter 5121. of the Revised Code. | 20570 |
(2) All money in a personal deposit fund in excess of ten | 20571 |
dollars not due for the support of a resident, shall be placed to | 20572 |
the credit of the institution's local account designated as the | 20573 |
"industrial and entertainment" fund. | 20574 |
(3) The first ten dollars to the credit of a resident shall | 20575 |
be placed to the credit of the institution's local account | 20576 |
designated as the "industrial and entertainment" fund. | 20577 |
(C) Whenever any resident in any state institution subject to | 20578 |
the jurisdiction of the department dies, escapes, or is discharged | 20579 |
from the institution, any personal effects of the resident remain | 20580 |
in the hands of the managing officer of the institution, and no | 20581 |
demand is made upon the managing officer by the owner of the | 20582 |
personal effects or the owner's legally appointed representative, | 20583 |
the managing officer shall hold and dispose of the personal | 20584 |
effects in the following manner. All the miscellaneous personal | 20585 |
effects shall be held for a period of at least one year, during | 20586 |
which time the managing officer shall make every effort possible | 20587 |
to locate the owner or the owner's legal representative. If, at | 20588 |
the end of this period, no demand has been made by the owner of | 20589 |
the property or the owner's legal representative, the managing | 20590 |
officer shall file with the county recorder of the county of | 20591 |
commitment of such owner, all deeds, wills, contract mortgages, or | 20592 |
assignments. The balance of the personal effects shall be sold at | 20593 |
public auction after being duly advertised, and the funds turned | 20594 |
over to the treasurer of state for credit to the general revenue | 20595 |
fund. If any of the property is not of a type to be filed with the | 20596 |
county recorder and is not salable at public auction, the managing | 20597 |
officer of the institution shall destroy that property. | 20598 |
Sec. 5123.29. Each managing officer of an institution under | 20599 |
the jurisdiction of the department of | 20600 |
developmental disabilities, with the approval of the director of | 20601 |
20602 | |
funds in the institutions under the jurisdiction of the | 20603 |
department, designated as follows: | 20604 |
(A) Industrial and entertainment fund for the entertainment | 20605 |
and welfare of the residents of the institution. | 20606 |
(B) Commissary fund for the benefit of residents of the | 20607 |
institution. Commissary revenue in excess of operating costs and | 20608 |
reserve shall be considered profits. All profits from the | 20609 |
commissary fund operations shall be paid into the industrial and | 20610 |
entertainment fund, and used only for the entertainment and | 20611 |
welfare of residents. | 20612 |
The director shall establish rules for the operation of the | 20613 |
industrial and entertainment and commissary funds. | 20614 |
Sec. 5123.30. The department of | 20615 |
developmental disabilities shall keep in its office a proper and | 20616 |
complete set of books and accounts with each institution, which | 20617 |
shall clearly show the nature and amount of every expenditure | 20618 |
authorized and made at such institution, and which shall contain | 20619 |
an account of all appropriations made by the general assembly and | 20620 |
of all other funds, together with the disposition of such funds. | 20621 |
The department shall prescribe the form of vouchers, records, | 20622 |
and methods of keeping accounts at each of the institutions, which | 20623 |
shall be as nearly uniform as possible. The department may examine | 20624 |
the records of any institution at any time. | 20625 |
The department may authorize any of its bookkeepers, | 20626 |
accountants, or employees to examine the records, accounts, and | 20627 |
vouchers or take an inventory of the property of any institution, | 20628 |
or do whatever is necessary, and pay the actual and reasonable | 20629 |
expenses incurred in such service when an itemized account is | 20630 |
filed and approved. | 20631 |
Sec. 5123.31. The department of | 20632 |
developmental disabilities shall keep in its office, accessible | 20633 |
only to its employees, except by the consent of the department or | 20634 |
the order of the judge of a court of record, a record showing the | 20635 |
name, residence, sex, age, nativity, occupation, condition, and | 20636 |
date of entrance or commitment of every resident in the | 20637 |
institutions governed by it, the date, cause, and terms of | 20638 |
discharge and the condition of such person at the time of leaving, | 20639 |
and also a record of all transfers from one institution to | 20640 |
another, and, if such person dies while in the care or custody of | 20641 |
the department, the date and cause of death. These and such other | 20642 |
facts as the department requires shall be furnished by the | 20643 |
managing officer of each institution within ten days after the | 20644 |
commitment, entrance, death, or discharge of a resident. | 20645 |
In case of an accident or injury or peculiar death of a | 20646 |
resident the managing officer shall make a special report to the | 20647 |
department within twenty-four hours thereafter, giving the | 20648 |
circumstances as fully as possible. | 20649 |
Sec. 5123.33. In its annual report, the department of
| 20650 |
20651 | |
the officers and agents employed, and complete financial statement | 20652 |
of the various institutions under its control. The report shall | 20653 |
describe the condition of each institution, and shall state, as to | 20654 |
each institution, whether: | 20655 |
(A) The moneys appropriated have been economically and | 20656 |
judiciously expended; | 20657 |
(B) The objects of the institutions have been accomplished; | 20658 |
(C) The laws in relation to such institutions have been fully | 20659 |
complied with; | 20660 |
(D) All parts of the state are equally benefited by the | 20661 |
institutions. | 20662 |
Such annual report shall be accompanied by the reports of the | 20663 |
managing officers, such other information as the department | 20664 |
considers proper, and the department's recommendations for the | 20665 |
more effective accomplishment of the general purpose of this | 20666 |
chapter. | 20667 |
Sec. 5123.34. This chapter attempts to do all of the | 20668 |
following: | 20669 |
(A) Provide humane and scientific treatment and care and the | 20670 |
highest attainable degree of individual development for persons | 20671 |
with mental retardation or a developmental disability; | 20672 |
(B) Promote the study of the causes of mental retardation and | 20673 |
developmental disabilities, with a view to ultimate prevention; | 20674 |
(C) Secure by uniform and systematic management the highest | 20675 |
attainable degree of economy in the administration of the | 20676 |
institutions under the control of the department of | 20677 |
20678 |
Sections 5123.02 to 5123.04, 5123.042, 5123.043, 5123.10, | 20679 |
5123.21, 5123.221, 5123.25, and 5123.31 of the Revised Code shall | 20680 |
be liberally construed to attain these purposes. | 20681 |
Sec. 5123.35. (A) There is hereby created the Ohio | 20682 |
developmental disabilities council, which shall serve as an | 20683 |
advocate for all persons with developmental disabilities. The | 20684 |
council shall act in accordance with the "Developmental | 20685 |
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act," 98 Stat. 2662 | 20686 |
(1984), 42 U.S.C. 6001, as amended. The governor shall appoint the | 20687 |
members of the council in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 6024. | 20688 |
(B) The Ohio developmental disabilities council shall develop | 20689 |
the state plan required by federal law as a condition of receiving | 20690 |
federal assistance under 42 U.S.C. 6021 to 6030. The department of | 20691 |
20692 | |
agency selected by the governor for purposes of receiving the | 20693 |
federal assistance, shall receive, account for, and disburse funds | 20694 |
based on the state plan and shall provide assurances and other | 20695 |
administrative support services required as a condition of | 20696 |
receiving the federal assistance. | 20697 |
(C) The federal funds may be disbursed through grants to or | 20698 |
contracts with persons and government agencies for the provision | 20699 |
of necessary or useful goods and services for developmentally | 20700 |
disabled persons. The Ohio developmental disabilities council may | 20701 |
award the grants or enter into the contracts. | 20702 |
(D) The Ohio developmental disabilities council may award | 20703 |
grants to or enter into contracts with a member of the council or | 20704 |
an entity that the member represents if all of the following | 20705 |
apply: | 20706 |
(1) The member serves on the council as a representative of | 20707 |
one of the principal state agencies concerned with services for | 20708 |
persons with developmental disabilities as specified in 42 U.S.C. | 20709 |
6024(b)(3), a representative of a university affiliated program as | 20710 |
defined in 42 U.S.C. 6001(18), or a representative of the legal | 20711 |
rights service created under section 5123.60 of the Revised Code. | 20712 |
(2) The council determines that the member or the entity the | 20713 |
member represents is capable of providing the goods or services | 20714 |
specified under the terms of the grant or contract. | 20715 |
(3) The member has not taken part in any discussion or vote | 20716 |
of the council related to awarding the grant or entering into the | 20717 |
contract, including service as a member of a review panel | 20718 |
established by the council to award grants or enter into contracts | 20719 |
or to make recommendations with regard to awarding grants or | 20720 |
entering into contracts. | 20721 |
(E) A member of the Ohio developmental disabilities council | 20722 |
is not in violation of Chapter 102. or section 2921.42 of the | 20723 |
Revised Code with regard to receiving a grant or entering into a | 20724 |
contract under this section if the requirements of division (D) of | 20725 |
this section have been met. | 20726 |
Sec. 5123.351. The director of | 20727 |
developmental disabilities, with respect to the eligibility for | 20728 |
state reimbursement of expenses incurred by facilities and | 20729 |
programs established and operated under Chapter 5126. of the | 20730 |
Revised Code for persons with mental retardation or a | 20731 |
developmental disability, shall do all of the following: | 20732 |
(A) Make rules that may be necessary to carry out the | 20733 |
purposes of Chapter 5126. and sections 5123.35, 5123.351, and | 20734 |
5123.36 of the Revised Code; | 20735 |
(B) Define minimum standards for qualifications of personnel, | 20736 |
professional services, and in-service training and educational | 20737 |
leave programs; | 20738 |
(C) Review and evaluate community programs and make | 20739 |
recommendations for needed improvements to county boards of
| 20740 |
20741 | |
directors; | 20742 |
(D) Withhold state reimbursement, in whole or in part, from | 20743 |
any county or combination of counties for failure to comply with | 20744 |
Chapter 5126. or section 5123.35 or 5123.351 of the Revised Code | 20745 |
or rules of the department of | 20746 |
disabilities; | 20747 |
(E) Withhold state funds from an agency, corporation, or | 20748 |
association denying or rendering service on the basis of race, | 20749 |
color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability as | 20750 |
defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, or inability to | 20751 |
pay; | 20752 |
(F) Provide consultative staff service to communities to | 20753 |
assist in ascertaining needs and in planning and establishing | 20754 |
programs. | 20755 |
Sec. 5123.352. There is hereby created in the state treasury | 20756 |
the community | 20757 |
trust fund. The director of | 20758 |
disabilities, not later than sixty days after the end of each | 20759 |
fiscal year, shall certify to the director of budget and | 20760 |
management the amount of all the unexpended, unencumbered balances | 20761 |
of general revenue fund appropriations made to the department of | 20762 |
20763 | |
year, excluding appropriations for rental payments to the Ohio | 20764 |
public facilities commission, and the amount of any other funds | 20765 |
held by the department in excess of amounts necessary to meet the | 20766 |
department's operating costs and obligations pursuant to this | 20767 |
chapter and Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code. On receipt of the | 20768 |
certification, the director of budget and management shall | 20769 |
transfer cash to the trust fund in an amount up to, but not | 20770 |
exceeding, the total of the amounts certified by the director of | 20771 |
20772 | |
in which the transfer will involve more than twenty million | 20773 |
dollars. In such cases, the director of budget and management | 20774 |
shall notify the controlling board and must receive the board's | 20775 |
approval of the transfer prior to making the transfer. | 20776 |
All moneys in the trust fund shall be distributed in | 20777 |
accordance with section 5126.19 of the Revised Code. | 20778 |
Sec. 5123.36. (A) To the extent funds are available and on | 20779 |
application by a county board of | 20780 |
developmental disabilities or private nonprofit agency | 20781 |
incorporated to provide mental retardation or developmental | 20782 |
disability services, the director of | 20783 |
developmental disabilities may enter into an agreement with the | 20784 |
county board or agency to assist the county board or agency with a | 20785 |
mental retardation or developmental disability construction | 20786 |
project. Except as provided by division (B) of this section, the | 20787 |
director may provide up to ninety per cent of the total project | 20788 |
cost where circumstances warrant. The director may, where | 20789 |
circumstances warrant, use existing facilities or other in-kind | 20790 |
match for the local share of the communities' share of the cost. | 20791 |
(B) Upon the recommendation of the director, for projects of | 20792 |
the highest priority of the department of | 20793 |
developmental disabilities, the controlling board may authorize | 20794 |
the director to provide more than ninety per cent of the total | 20795 |
cost of a project under this section. | 20796 |
(C) A county board is eligible for funds under this section | 20797 |
for a project bid on or after January 1, 1992, under either | 20798 |
section 153.07 or 307.86 of the Revised Code, as long as all other | 20799 |
applicable requirements were followed. | 20800 |
(D) A private nonprofit agency that receives funds pursuant | 20801 |
to this section for the construction of a single-family home, | 20802 |
including, where appropriate, the acquisition and installation of | 20803 |
a single-family home fabricated in an off-site facility, is not | 20804 |
subject to the requirements of Chapter 153. of the Revised Code | 20805 |
with respect to the construction project, notwithstanding any | 20806 |
provision of that chapter to the contrary. | 20807 |
(E) The director may not assist a project under this section | 20808 |
unless the controlling board or director of budget and management | 20809 |
also approves the project pursuant to section 126.14 of the | 20810 |
Revised Code. | 20811 |
Sec. 5123.37. A county board of | 20812 |
developmental disabilities or private, nonprofit agency that | 20813 |
receives state funds pursuant to an agreement with the director of | 20814 |
20815 | |
5123.36 of the Revised Code to acquire a facility may apply to the | 20816 |
director for approval to sell the facility before the terms of the | 20817 |
agreement expire for the purpose of acquiring a replacement | 20818 |
facility to be used to provide mental retardation or developmental | 20819 |
disability services to individuals the county board or agency | 20820 |
serves. The application shall be made on a form the director shall | 20821 |
prescribe. The county board or agency shall include in the | 20822 |
application the specific purpose for which the replacement | 20823 |
facility is to be used. The director may refuse to approve the | 20824 |
application if the director determines that any of the following | 20825 |
apply: | 20826 |
(A) The application is incomplete or indicates that the | 20827 |
county board or agency is unable to purchase a replacement | 20828 |
facility. | 20829 |
(B) The replacement facility would not be used to continue to | 20830 |
provide mental retardation or developmental disability services | 20831 |
that the director determines are appropriate for the individuals | 20832 |
the county board or agency serves. | 20833 |
(C) The county board or agency has failed to comply with a | 20834 |
provision of Chapter 5123. or 5126. of the Revised Code or a rule | 20835 |
adopted by the director. | 20836 |
(D) Approving the application would be inconsistent with the | 20837 |
plans and priorities of the department of | 20838 |
developmental disabilities. | 20839 |
Sec. 5123.371. If the director of | 20840 |
developmental disabilities approves an application submitted under | 20841 |
section 5123.37 of the Revised Code, the county board of | 20842 |
20843 | |
agency that submitted the application shall, after selling the | 20844 |
facility for which the county board or agency received approval to | 20845 |
sell, pay to the director the portion of the proceeds that equals | 20846 |
the amount that the director determines the county board or agency | 20847 |
owes the department of | 20848 |
disabilities, including the department's security interest in the | 20849 |
facility, for the state funds used to acquire the facility. | 20850 |
Sec. 5123.372. If the director of | 20851 |
developmental disabilities approves an application submitted under | 20852 |
section 5123.37 of the Revised Code, the director shall establish | 20853 |
a deadline by which the county board of | 20854 |
developmental disabilities or private, nonprofit agency that | 20855 |
submitted the application must notify the director that the county | 20856 |
board or agency is ready to acquire a replacement facility to be | 20857 |
used for the purpose stated in the application. The director may | 20858 |
extend the deadline as many times as the director determines | 20859 |
necessary. | 20860 |
Sec. 5123.373. If, on or before the deadline or, if any, the | 20861 |
last extended deadline established under section 5123.372 of the | 20862 |
Revised Code for a county board of | 20863 |
developmental disabilities or private, nonprofit agency, the | 20864 |
county board or agency notifies the director of | 20865 |
20866 | |
ready to acquire the replacement facility, the director shall | 20867 |
enter into an agreement with the county board or agency that | 20868 |
provides for the director to pay to the county board or agency a | 20869 |
percentage of the cost of acquiring the replacement facility. The | 20870 |
agreement shall specify the amount that the director shall pay. | 20871 |
The amount may be the amount of the security interest that the | 20872 |
department of | 20873 |
had in the previous facility or a different amount. The agreement | 20874 |
may provide for the department to hold a security interest in the | 20875 |
replacement facility. | 20876 |
Sec. 5123.374. (A) The director of | 20877 |
developmental disabilities may rescind approval of an application | 20878 |
submitted under section 5123.37 of the Revised Code if either of | 20879 |
the following occurs: | 20880 |
(1) The county board of | 20881 |
disabilities or private, nonprofit agency that submitted the | 20882 |
application fails, on or before the deadline or, if any, the last | 20883 |
extended deadline established under section 5123.372 of the | 20884 |
Revised Code for the county board or agency, to notify the | 20885 |
director that the county board or agency is ready to acquire the | 20886 |
replacement facility. | 20887 |
(2) The county board or agency at any time notifies the | 20888 |
director that the county board or agency no longer intends to | 20889 |
acquire a replacement facility. | 20890 |
(B) If the director rescinds approval of an application, the | 20891 |
director shall use any funds the county board or agency paid to | 20892 |
the director under section 5123.371 of the Revised Code to assist | 20893 |
mental retardation or developmental disabilities construction | 20894 |
projects under section 5123.36 of the Revised Code. | 20895 |
Sec. 5123.375. The | 20896 |
community capital replacement facilities fund is hereby created in | 20897 |
the state treasury. The director of | 20898 |
developmental disabilities shall credit all amounts paid to the | 20899 |
director under section 5123.371 of the Revised Code to the fund. | 20900 |
The director shall use the money in the fund as follows: | 20901 |
(A) To make payments to county boards of | 20902 |
20903 | |
pursuant to agreements entered into under section 5123.373 of the | 20904 |
Revised Code; | 20905 |
(B) To provide, pursuant to section 5123.374 of the Revised | 20906 |
Code, assistance for mental retardation or developmental | 20907 |
disabilities construction projects under section 5123.36 of the | 20908 |
Revised Code. | 20909 |
Sec. 5123.38. (A) Except as provided in division (B) and (C) | 20910 |
of this section, if an individual receiving supported living or | 20911 |
home and community-based services funded by a county board of | 20912 |
20913 | |
a state-operated intermediate care facility for the mentally | 20914 |
retarded pursuant to sections 5123.71 to 5123.76 of the Revised | 20915 |
Code, the department of | 20916 |
disabilities shall use the funds otherwise allocated to the county | 20917 |
board as the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures for the | 20918 |
individual's care in the state-operated facility. | 20919 |
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply if the county | 20920 |
board, not later than ninety days after the date of the commitment | 20921 |
of a person receiving supported services, commences funding of | 20922 |
supported living for an individual who resides in a state-operated | 20923 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded on the date | 20924 |
of the commitment or another eligible individual designated by the | 20925 |
department. | 20926 |
(C) Division (A) of this section does not apply if the county | 20927 |
board, not later than ninety days after the date of the commitment | 20928 |
of a person receiving home and community-based services, commences | 20929 |
funding of home and community-based services for an individual who | 20930 |
resides in a state-operated intermediate care facility for the | 20931 |
mentally retarded on the date of the commitment or another | 20932 |
eligible individual designated by the department. | 20933 |
Sec. 5123.40. There is hereby created in the state treasury | 20934 |
the services fund for individuals with mental retardation and | 20935 |
developmental disabilities. On the death of the beneficiary of a | 20936 |
trust created pursuant to section 5815.28 of the Revised Code, the | 20937 |
portion of the remaining assets of the trust specified in the | 20938 |
trust instrument shall be deposited to the credit of the fund. | 20939 |
Money credited to the fund shall be used for individuals with | 20940 |
mental retardation and developmental disabilities. In accordance | 20941 |
with Chapter 119.
of
the Revised Code, the department of | 20942 |
20943 | |
necessary to implement this section. | 20944 |
Sec. 5123.41. As used in this section and sections 5123.42 | 20945 |
to 5123.47 of the Revised Code: | 20946 |
(A) "Adult services" has the same meaning as in section | 20947 |
5126.01 of the Revised Code. | 20948 |
(B) "Certified supported living provider" means a person or | 20949 |
government entity certified under section 5123.161 of the Revised | 20950 |
Code. | 20951 |
(C) "Drug" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the | 20952 |
Revised Code. | 20953 |
(D) "Family support services" has the same meaning as in | 20954 |
section 5126.01 of the Revised Code. | 20955 |
(E) "Health-related activities" means the following: | 20956 |
(1) Taking vital signs; | 20957 |
(2) Application of clean dressings that do not require health | 20958 |
assessment; | 20959 |
(3) Basic measurement of bodily intake and output; | 20960 |
(4) Oral suctioning; | 20961 |
(5) Use of glucometers; | 20962 |
(6) External urinary catheter care; | 20963 |
(7) Emptying and replacing colostomy bags; | 20964 |
(8) Collection of specimens by noninvasive means. | 20965 |
(F) "Licensed health professional authorized to prescribe | 20966 |
drugs" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised | 20967 |
Code. | 20968 |
(G) "MR/DD personnel" means the employees and the workers | 20969 |
under contract who provide specialized services to individuals | 20970 |
with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. "MR/DD | 20971 |
personnel" includes those who provide the services as follows: | 20972 |
(1) Through
direct employment with the department of | 20973 |
20974 | |
20975 |
(2) Through an entity under contract with the department of | 20976 |
20977 | |
board of | 20978 |
(3) Through direct employment or by being under contract with | 20979 |
private entities, including private entities that operate | 20980 |
residential facilities. | 20981 |
(H) "Nursing delegation" means the process established in | 20982 |
rules adopted by the board of nursing pursuant to Chapter 4723. of | 20983 |
the Revised Code under which a registered nurse or licensed | 20984 |
practical nurse acting at the direction of a registered nurse | 20985 |
transfers the performance of a particular nursing activity or task | 20986 |
to another person who is not otherwise authorized to perform the | 20987 |
activity or task. | 20988 |
(I) "Prescribed medication" means a drug that is to be | 20989 |
administered according to the instructions of a licensed health | 20990 |
professional authorized to prescribe drugs. | 20991 |
(J) "Residential facility" means a facility licensed under | 20992 |
section 5123.19 of the Revised Code or subject to section 5123.192 | 20993 |
of the Revised Code. | 20994 |
(K) "Specialized services" has the same meaning as in section | 20995 |
5123.50 of the Revised Code. | 20996 |
(L) "Tube feeding" means the provision of nutrition to an | 20997 |
individual through a gastrostomy tube or a jejunostomy tube. | 20998 |
Sec. 5123.42. (A) Beginning nine months after | 20999 |
21000 | |
specifically authorized by other provisions of the Revised Code to | 21001 |
administer prescribed medications, perform health-related | 21002 |
activities, or perform tube feedings may do so pursuant to this | 21003 |
section as part of the specialized services the MR/DD personnel | 21004 |
provide to individuals with mental retardation and developmental | 21005 |
disabilities in the following categories: | 21006 |
(1) Recipients of early intervention, preschool, and | 21007 |
school-age services offered or provided pursuant to this chapter | 21008 |
or Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code; | 21009 |
(2) Recipients of adult services offered or provided pursuant | 21010 |
to this chapter or Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code; | 21011 |
(3) Recipients of family support services offered or | 21012 |
provided pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 5126. of the Revised | 21013 |
Code; | 21014 |
(4) Recipients of services from certified supported living | 21015 |
providers, if the services are offered or provided pursuant to | 21016 |
this chapter or Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code; | 21017 |
(5) Recipients of residential support services from certified | 21018 |
home and community-based services providers, if the services are | 21019 |
received in a community living arrangement that includes not more | 21020 |
than four individuals with mental retardation and developmental | 21021 |
disabilities and the services are offered or provided pursuant to | 21022 |
this chapter or Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code; | 21023 |
(6) Recipients of services not included in divisions (A)(1) | 21024 |
to (5) of this section that are offered or provided pursuant to | 21025 |
this chapter or Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code; | 21026 |
(7) Residents of a residential facility with five or fewer | 21027 |
resident beds; | 21028 |
(8) Residents of a residential facility with at least six but | 21029 |
not more than sixteen resident beds; | 21030 |
(9) Residents of a residential facility with seventeen or | 21031 |
more resident beds who are on a field trip from the facility, if | 21032 |
all of the following are the case: | 21033 |
(a) The field trip is sponsored by the facility for purposes | 21034 |
of complying with federal medicaid statutes and regulations, state | 21035 |
medicaid statutes and rules, or other federal or state statutes, | 21036 |
regulations, or rules that require the facility to provide | 21037 |
habilitation, community integration, or normalization services to | 21038 |
its residents. | 21039 |
(b) Not more than five field trip participants are residents | 21040 |
who have health needs requiring the administration of prescribed | 21041 |
medications, excluding participants who self-administer prescribed | 21042 |
medications or receive assistance with self-administration of | 21043 |
prescribed medications. | 21044 |
(c) The facility staffs the field trip with MR/DD personnel | 21045 |
in such a manner that one person will administer prescribed | 21046 |
medications, perform health-related activities, or perform tube | 21047 |
feedings for not more than two participants if one or both of | 21048 |
those participants have health needs requiring the person to | 21049 |
administer prescribed medications through a gastrostomy or | 21050 |
jejunostomy tube. | 21051 |
(d) According to the instructions of a health care | 21052 |
professional acting within the scope of the professional's | 21053 |
practice, the health needs of the participants who require | 21054 |
administration of prescribed medications by MR/DD personnel are | 21055 |
such that the participants must receive the medications during the | 21056 |
field trip to avoid jeopardizing their health and safety. | 21057 |
(B)(1) In the case of recipients of early intervention, | 21058 |
preschool, and school-age services, as specified in division | 21059 |
(A)(1) of this section, all of the following apply: | 21060 |
(a) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21061 |
health-related activities. | 21062 |
(b) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21063 |
oral and topical prescribed medications. | 21064 |
(c) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21065 |
prescribed medications through gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes, | 21066 |
if the tubes being used are stable and labeled. | 21067 |
(d) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21068 |
routine tube feedings, if the gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes | 21069 |
being used are stable and labeled. | 21070 |
(2) In the case of recipients of adult services, as specified | 21071 |
in division (A)(2) of this section, all of the following apply: | 21072 |
(a) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21073 |
health-related activities. | 21074 |
(b) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21075 |
oral and topical prescribed medications. | 21076 |
(c) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21077 |
prescribed medications through gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes, | 21078 |
if the tubes being used are stable and labeled. | 21079 |
(d) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21080 |
routine tube feedings, if the gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes | 21081 |
being used are stable and labeled. | 21082 |
(3) In the case of recipients of family support services, as | 21083 |
specified in division (A)(3) of this section, all of the following | 21084 |
apply: | 21085 |
(a) Without nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21086 |
health-related activities. | 21087 |
(b) Without nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may | 21088 |
administer oral and topical prescribed medications. | 21089 |
(c) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21090 |
prescribed medications through gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes, | 21091 |
if the tubes being used are stable and labeled. | 21092 |
(d) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21093 |
routine tube feedings, if the gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes | 21094 |
being used are stable and labeled. | 21095 |
(e) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21096 |
routine doses of insulin through subcutaneous injections and | 21097 |
insulin pumps. | 21098 |
(4) In the case of recipients of services from certified | 21099 |
supported living providers, as specified in division (A)(4) of | 21100 |
this section, all of the following apply: | 21101 |
(a) Without nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21102 |
health-related activities. | 21103 |
(b) Without nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may | 21104 |
administer oral and topical prescribed medications. | 21105 |
(c) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21106 |
prescribed medications through gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes, | 21107 |
if the tubes being used are stable and labeled. | 21108 |
(d) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21109 |
routine tube feedings, if the gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes | 21110 |
being used are stable and labeled. | 21111 |
(e) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21112 |
routine doses of insulin through subcutaneous injections and | 21113 |
insulin pumps. | 21114 |
(5) In the case of recipients of residential support services | 21115 |
from certified home and community-based services providers, as | 21116 |
specified in division (A)(5) of this section, all of the following | 21117 |
apply: | 21118 |
(a) Without nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21119 |
health-related activities. | 21120 |
(b) Without nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may | 21121 |
administer oral and topical prescribed medications. | 21122 |
(c) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21123 |
prescribed medications through gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes, | 21124 |
if the tubes being used are stable and labeled. | 21125 |
(d) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21126 |
routine tube feedings, if the gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes | 21127 |
being used are stable and labeled. | 21128 |
(e) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21129 |
routine doses of insulin through subcutaneous injections and | 21130 |
insulin pumps. | 21131 |
(6) In the case of recipients of services not included in | 21132 |
divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section, as specified in division | 21133 |
(A)(6) of this section, all of the following apply: | 21134 |
(a) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21135 |
health-related activities. | 21136 |
(b) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21137 |
oral and topical prescribed medications. | 21138 |
(c) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21139 |
prescribed medications through gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes, | 21140 |
if the tubes being used are stable and labeled. | 21141 |
(d) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21142 |
routine tube feedings, if the gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes | 21143 |
being used are stable and labeled. | 21144 |
(7) In the case of residents of a residential facility with | 21145 |
five or fewer beds, as specified in division (A)(7) of this | 21146 |
section, all of the following apply: | 21147 |
(a) Without nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21148 |
health-related activities. | 21149 |
(b) Without nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may | 21150 |
administer oral and topical prescribed medications. | 21151 |
(c) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21152 |
prescribed medications through gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes, | 21153 |
if the tubes being used are stable and labeled. | 21154 |
(d) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21155 |
routine tube feedings, if the gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes | 21156 |
being used are stable and labeled. | 21157 |
(e) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21158 |
routine doses of insulin through subcutaneous injections and | 21159 |
insulin pumps. | 21160 |
(8) In the case of residents of a residential facility with | 21161 |
at least six but not more than sixteen resident beds, as specified | 21162 |
in division (A)(8) of this section, all of the following apply: | 21163 |
(a) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21164 |
health-related activities. | 21165 |
(b) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21166 |
oral and topical prescribed medications. | 21167 |
(c) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21168 |
prescribed medications through gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes, | 21169 |
if the tubes being used are stable and labeled. | 21170 |
(d) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21171 |
routine tube feedings, if the gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes | 21172 |
being used are stable and labeled. | 21173 |
(9) In the case of residents of a residential facility with | 21174 |
seventeen or more resident beds who are on a field trip from the | 21175 |
facility, all of the following apply during the field trip, | 21176 |
subject to the limitations specified in division (A)(9) of this | 21177 |
section: | 21178 |
(a) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21179 |
health-related activities. | 21180 |
(b) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21181 |
oral and topical prescribed medications. | 21182 |
(c) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer | 21183 |
prescribed medications through gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes, | 21184 |
if the tubes being used are stable and labeled. | 21185 |
(d) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform | 21186 |
routine tube feedings, if the gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes | 21187 |
being used are stable and labeled. | 21188 |
(C) The authority of MR/DD personnel to administer prescribed | 21189 |
medications, perform health-related activities, and perform tube | 21190 |
feedings pursuant to this section is subject to all of the | 21191 |
following: | 21192 |
(1) To administer prescribed medications, perform | 21193 |
health-related activities, or perform tube feedings for | 21194 |
individuals in the categories specified under divisions (A)(1) to | 21195 |
(8) of this section, MR/DD personnel shall obtain the certificate | 21196 |
or certificates required by the department of | 21197 |
21198 | |
the Revised Code. MR/DD personnel shall administer prescribed | 21199 |
medication, perform health-related activities, and perform tube | 21200 |
feedings only as authorized by the certificate or certificates | 21201 |
held. | 21202 |
(2) To administer prescribed medications, perform | 21203 |
health-related activities, or perform tube feedings for | 21204 |
individuals in the category specified under division (A)(9) of | 21205 |
this section, MR/DD personnel shall successfully complete the | 21206 |
training course or courses developed under section 5123.43 of the | 21207 |
Revised Code for the MR/DD personnel. MR/DD personnel shall | 21208 |
administer prescribed medication, perform health-related | 21209 |
activities, and perform tube feedings only as authorized by the | 21210 |
training completed. | 21211 |
(3) If nursing delegation is required under division (B) of | 21212 |
this section, MR/DD personnel shall not act without nursing | 21213 |
delegation or in a manner that is inconsistent with the | 21214 |
delegation. | 21215 |
(4) The employer of MR/DD personnel shall ensure that MR/DD | 21216 |
personnel have been trained specifically with respect to each | 21217 |
individual for whom they administer prescribed medications, | 21218 |
perform health-related activities, or perform tube feedings. MR/DD | 21219 |
personnel shall not administer prescribed medications, perform | 21220 |
health-related activities, or perform tube feedings for any | 21221 |
individual for whom they have not been specifically trained. | 21222 |
(5) If the employer of MR/DD personnel believes that MR/DD | 21223 |
personnel have not or will not safely administer prescribed | 21224 |
medications, perform health-related activities, or perform tube | 21225 |
feedings, the employer shall prohibit the action from continuing | 21226 |
or commencing. MR/DD personnel shall not engage in the action or | 21227 |
actions subject to an employer's prohibition. | 21228 |
(D) In accordance with section 5123.46 of the Revised Code, | 21229 |
the department of | 21230 |
disabilities shall adopt rules governing its implementation of | 21231 |
this section. The rules shall include the following: | 21232 |
(1) Requirements for documentation of the administration of | 21233 |
prescribed medications, performance of health-related activities, | 21234 |
and performance of tube feedings by MR/DD personnel pursuant to | 21235 |
the authority granted under this section; | 21236 |
(2) Procedures for reporting errors that occur in the | 21237 |
administration of prescribed medications, performance of | 21238 |
health-related activities, and performance of tube feedings by | 21239 |
MR/DD personnel pursuant to the authority granted under this | 21240 |
section; | 21241 |
(3) Other standards and procedures the department considers | 21242 |
necessary for implementation of this section. | 21243 |
Sec. 5123.421. The department of | 21244 |
developmental disabilities shall accept complaints from any person | 21245 |
or government entity regarding the administration of prescribed | 21246 |
medications, performance of health-related activities, and | 21247 |
performance of tube feedings by MR/DD personnel pursuant to the | 21248 |
authority granted under section 5123.42 of the Revised Code. The | 21249 |
department shall conduct investigations of complaints as it | 21250 |
considers appropriate. The department shall adopt rules in | 21251 |
accordance with section 5123.46 of the Revised Code establishing | 21252 |
procedures for accepting complaints and conducting investigations | 21253 |
under this section. | 21254 |
Sec. 5123.43. (A) The
department
of | 21255 |
developmental disabilities shall develop courses for the training | 21256 |
of MR/DD personnel in the administration of prescribed | 21257 |
medications, performance of health-related activities, and | 21258 |
performance of tube feedings pursuant to the authority granted | 21259 |
under section 5123.42 of the Revised Code. The department may | 21260 |
develop separate or combined training courses for the | 21261 |
administration of prescribed medications, performance of | 21262 |
health-related activities, and performance of tube feedings. | 21263 |
Training in the administration of prescribed medications through | 21264 |
gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes may be included in a course | 21265 |
providing training in tube feedings. Training in the | 21266 |
administration of insulin may be developed as a separate course or | 21267 |
included in a course providing training in the administration of | 21268 |
other prescribed medications. | 21269 |
(B)(1) The department shall adopt rules in accordance with | 21270 |
section 5123.46 of the Revised Code that specify the content and | 21271 |
length of the training courses developed under this section. The | 21272 |
rules may include any other standards the department considers | 21273 |
necessary for the training courses. | 21274 |
(2) In adopting rules that specify the content of a training | 21275 |
course or part of a training course that trains MR/DD personnel in | 21276 |
the administration of prescribed medications, the department shall | 21277 |
ensure that the content includes all of the following: | 21278 |
(a) Infection control and universal precautions; | 21279 |
(b) Correct and safe practices, procedures, and techniques | 21280 |
for administering prescribed medication; | 21281 |
(c) Assessment of drug reaction, including known side | 21282 |
effects, interactions, and the proper course of action if a side | 21283 |
effect occurs; | 21284 |
(d) The requirements for documentation of medications | 21285 |
administered to each individual; | 21286 |
(e) The requirements for documentation and notification of | 21287 |
medication errors; | 21288 |
(f) Information regarding the proper storage and care of | 21289 |
medications; | 21290 |
(g) Information about proper receipt of prescriptions and | 21291 |
transcription of prescriptions into an individual's medication | 21292 |
administration record, except when the MR/DD personnel being | 21293 |
trained will administer prescribed medications only to residents | 21294 |
of a residential facility with seventeen or more resident beds who | 21295 |
are participating in a field trip, as specified in division (A)(9) | 21296 |
of section 5123.42 of the Revised Code; | 21297 |
(h) Course completion standards that require successful | 21298 |
demonstration of proficiency in administering prescribed | 21299 |
medications; | 21300 |
(i) Any other material or course completion standards that | 21301 |
the department considers relevant to the administration of | 21302 |
prescribed medications by MR/DD personnel. | 21303 |
Sec. 5123.44. The department of | 21304 |
developmental disabilities shall develop courses that train | 21305 |
registered nurses to provide the MR/DD personnel training courses | 21306 |
developed under section 5123.43 of the Revised Code. The | 21307 |
department may develop courses that train registered nurses to | 21308 |
provide all of the courses developed under section 5123.43 of the | 21309 |
Revised Code or any one or more of the courses developed under | 21310 |
that section. | 21311 |
The department shall adopt rules in accordance with section | 21312 |
5123.46 of the Revised Code that specify the content and length of | 21313 |
the training courses. The rules may include any other standards | 21314 |
the department considers necessary for the training courses. | 21315 |
Sec. 5123.45. (A) The department of | 21316 |
developmental disabilities shall establish a program under which | 21317 |
the department issues certificates to the following: | 21318 |
(1) MR/DD personnel, for purposes of meeting the requirement | 21319 |
of division (C)(1) of section 5123.42 of the Revised Code to | 21320 |
obtain a certificate or certificates to administer prescribed | 21321 |
medications, perform health-related activities, and perform tube | 21322 |
feedings; | 21323 |
(2) Registered nurses, for purposes of meeting the | 21324 |
requirement of division (B)(1) of section 5123.441 of the Revised | 21325 |
Code to obtain a certificate or certificates to provide the MR/DD | 21326 |
personnel training courses developed under section 5123.43 of the | 21327 |
Revised Code. | 21328 |
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, | 21329 |
to receive a certificate issued under this section, MR/DD | 21330 |
personnel and registered nurses shall successfully complete the | 21331 |
applicable training course or courses and meet all other | 21332 |
applicable requirements established in rules adopted pursuant to | 21333 |
this section. The department shall issue the appropriate | 21334 |
certificate or certificates to MR/DD personnel and registered | 21335 |
nurses who meet the requirements for the certificate or | 21336 |
certificates. | 21337 |
(2) The department shall include provisions in the program | 21338 |
for issuing certificates to the following: | 21339 |
(a) MR/DD personnel who, on | 21340 |
21341 | |
individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities | 21342 |
pursuant to section 5123.193 or sections 5126.351 to 5126.354 of | 21343 |
the Revised Code. A person who receives a certificate under | 21344 |
division (B)(2)(a) of this section shall not administer insulin | 21345 |
until the person has been trained by a registered nurse who has | 21346 |
received a certificate under this section that allows the | 21347 |
registered nurse to provide training courses to MR/DD personnel in | 21348 |
the administration of insulin. | 21349 |
(b) Registered nurses who, on | 21350 |
21351 | |
provide care to individuals with mental retardation and | 21352 |
developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5123.193 or | 21353 |
sections 5126.351 to 5126.354 of the Revised Code. A registered | 21354 |
nurse who receives a certificate under division (B)(2)(b) of this | 21355 |
section shall not provide training courses to MR/DD personnel in | 21356 |
the administration of insulin unless the registered nurse | 21357 |
completes a course developed under section 5123.44 of the Revised | 21358 |
Code that enables the registered nurse to receive a certificate to | 21359 |
provide training courses to MR/DD personnel in the administration | 21360 |
of insulin. | 21361 |
(C) Certificates issued to MR/DD personnel are valid for one | 21362 |
year and may be renewed. Certificates issued to registered nurses | 21363 |
are valid for two years and may be renewed. | 21364 |
To be eligible for renewal, MR/DD personnel and registered | 21365 |
nurses shall meet the applicable continued competency requirements | 21366 |
and continuing education requirements specified in rules adopted | 21367 |
under division (D) of this section. In the case of registered | 21368 |
nurses, continuing nursing education completed in compliance with | 21369 |
the license renewal requirements established under Chapter 4723. | 21370 |
of the Revised Code may be counted toward meeting the continuing | 21371 |
education requirements established in the rules adopted under | 21372 |
division (D) of this section. | 21373 |
(D) In accordance with section 5123.46 of the Revised Code, | 21374 |
the department shall adopt rules that establish all of the | 21375 |
following: | 21376 |
(1) Requirements that MR/DD personnel and registered nurses | 21377 |
must meet to be eligible to take a training course; | 21378 |
(2) Standards that must be met to receive a certificate, | 21379 |
including requirements pertaining to an applicant's criminal | 21380 |
background; | 21381 |
(3) Procedures to be followed in applying for a certificate | 21382 |
and issuing a certificate; | 21383 |
(4) Standards and procedures for renewing a certificate, | 21384 |
including requirements for continuing education and, in the case | 21385 |
of MR/DD personnel who administer prescribed medications, | 21386 |
standards that require successful demonstration of proficiency in | 21387 |
administering prescribed medications; | 21388 |
(5) Standards and procedures for suspending or revoking a | 21389 |
certificate; | 21390 |
(6) Standards and procedures for suspending a certificate | 21391 |
without a hearing pending the outcome of an investigation; | 21392 |
(7) Any other standards or procedures the department | 21393 |
considers necessary to administer the certification program. | 21394 |
Sec. 5123.451. The department of | 21395 |
developmental disabilities shall establish and maintain a registry | 21396 |
that lists all MR/DD personnel and registered nurses holding valid | 21397 |
certificates issued under section 5123.45 of the Revised Code. The | 21398 |
registry shall specify the type of certificate held and any | 21399 |
limitations that apply to a certificate holder. The department | 21400 |
shall make the information in the registry available to the public | 21401 |
in computerized form or any other manner that provides continuous | 21402 |
access to the information in the registry. | 21403 |
Sec. 5123.47. (A) As used in this section: | 21404 |
(1) "In-home care" means the supportive services provided | 21405 |
within the home of an individual with mental retardation or a | 21406 |
developmental disability who receives funding for the services | 21407 |
through a county
board
of | 21408 |
disabilities, including any recipient of residential services | 21409 |
funded as home and community-based services, family support | 21410 |
services provided under section 5126.11 of the Revised Code, or | 21411 |
supported living provided in accordance with sections 5126.41 to | 21412 |
5126.47 of the Revised Code. "In-home care" includes care that is | 21413 |
provided outside an individual's home in places incidental to the | 21414 |
home, and while traveling to places incidental to the home, except | 21415 |
that "in-home care" does not include care provided in the | 21416 |
facilities of
a county
board of | 21417 |
developmental disabilities or care provided in schools. | 21418 |
(2) "Parent" means either parent of a child, including an | 21419 |
adoptive parent but not a foster parent. | 21420 |
(3) "Unlicensed in-home care worker" means an individual who | 21421 |
provides in-home care but is not a health care professional. | 21422 |
(4) "Family member" means a parent, sibling, spouse, son, | 21423 |
daughter, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or guardian of the | 21424 |
individual with mental retardation or a developmental disability | 21425 |
if the individual with mental retardation or developmental | 21426 |
disabilities lives with the person and is dependent on the person | 21427 |
to the extent that, if the supports were withdrawn, another living | 21428 |
arrangement would have to be found. | 21429 |
(5) "Health care professional" means any of the following: | 21430 |
(a) A dentist who holds a valid license issued under Chapter | 21431 |
4715. of the Revised Code; | 21432 |
(b) A registered or licensed practical nurse who holds a | 21433 |
valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; | 21434 |
(c) An optometrist who holds a valid license issued under | 21435 |
Chapter 4725. of the Revised Code; | 21436 |
(d) A pharmacist who holds a valid license issued under | 21437 |
Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code; | 21438 |
(e) A person who holds a valid certificate issued under | 21439 |
Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and | 21440 |
surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, podiatric medicine and | 21441 |
surgery, or a limited brand of medicine; | 21442 |
(f) A physician assistant who holds a valid certificate | 21443 |
issued under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code; | 21444 |
(g) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy | 21445 |
assistant or a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant | 21446 |
who holds a valid license issued under Chapter 4755. of the | 21447 |
Revised Code; | 21448 |
(h) A respiratory care professional who holds a valid license | 21449 |
issued under Chapter 4761. of the Revised Code. | 21450 |
(6) "Health care task" means a task that is prescribed, | 21451 |
ordered, delegated, or otherwise directed by a health care | 21452 |
professional acting within the scope of the professional's | 21453 |
practice. | 21454 |
(B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a | 21455 |
family member of an individual with mental retardation or a | 21456 |
developmental disability may authorize an unlicensed in-home care | 21457 |
worker to administer oral and topical prescribed medications or | 21458 |
perform other health care tasks as part of the in-home care the | 21459 |
worker provides to the individual, if all of the following apply: | 21460 |
(1) The family member is the primary supervisor of the care. | 21461 |
(2) The unlicensed in-home care worker has been selected by | 21462 |
the family member or the individual receiving care and is under | 21463 |
the direct supervision of the family member. | 21464 |
(3) The unlicensed in-home care worker is providing the care | 21465 |
through an employment or other arrangement entered into directly | 21466 |
with the family member and is not otherwise employed by or under | 21467 |
contract with a person or government entity to provide services to | 21468 |
individuals with mental retardation and developmental | 21469 |
disabilities. | 21470 |
(C) A family member shall obtain a prescription, if | 21471 |
applicable, and written instructions from a health care | 21472 |
professional for the care to be provided to the individual. The | 21473 |
family member shall authorize the unlicensed in-home care worker | 21474 |
to provide the care by preparing a written document granting the | 21475 |
authority. The family member shall provide the unlicensed in-home | 21476 |
care worker with appropriate training and written instructions in | 21477 |
accordance with the instructions obtained from the health care | 21478 |
professional. | 21479 |
(D) A family member who authorizes an unlicensed in-home care | 21480 |
worker to administer oral and topical prescribed medications or | 21481 |
perform other health care tasks retains full responsibility for | 21482 |
the health and safety of the individual receiving the care and for | 21483 |
ensuring that the worker provides the care appropriately and | 21484 |
safely. No entity that funds or monitors the provision of in-home | 21485 |
care may be held liable for the results of the care provided under | 21486 |
this section by an unlicensed in-home care worker, including such | 21487 |
entities as the
county board of | 21488 |
developmental disabilities
and the department of
| 21489 |
21490 |
An unlicensed in-home care worker who is authorized under | 21491 |
this section by a family member to provide care to an individual | 21492 |
may not be held liable for any injury caused in providing the | 21493 |
care, unless the worker provides the care in a manner that is not | 21494 |
in accordance with the training and instructions received or the | 21495 |
worker acts in a manner that constitutes wanton or reckless | 21496 |
misconduct. | 21497 |
(E) A county board of | 21498 |
disabilities may evaluate the authority granted by a family member | 21499 |
under this section to an unlicensed in-home care worker at any | 21500 |
time it considers necessary and shall evaluate the authority on | 21501 |
receipt of a complaint. If the board determines that a family | 21502 |
member has acted in a manner that is inappropriate for the health | 21503 |
and safety of the individual receiving the care, the authorization | 21504 |
granted by the family member to an unlicensed in-home care worker | 21505 |
is void, and the family member may not authorize other unlicensed | 21506 |
in-home care workers to provide the care. In making such a | 21507 |
determination, the board shall use appropriately licensed health | 21508 |
care professionals and shall provide the family member an | 21509 |
opportunity to file a complaint under section 5126.06 of the | 21510 |
Revised Code. | 21511 |
Sec. 5123.50. As used in this section and sections 5123.51, | 21512 |
5123.52, and 5123.541 of the Revised Code: | 21513 |
(A) "Abuse" means all of the following: | 21514 |
(1) The use of physical force that can reasonably be expected | 21515 |
to result in physical harm or serious physical harm; | 21516 |
(2) Sexual abuse; | 21517 |
(3) Verbal abuse. | 21518 |
(B) "Misappropriation" means depriving, defrauding, or | 21519 |
otherwise obtaining the real or personal property of an individual | 21520 |
by any means prohibited by the Revised Code, including violations | 21521 |
of Chapter 2911. or 2913. of the Revised Code. | 21522 |
(C) "MR/DD employee" means all of the following: | 21523 |
(1) An employee of the department of | 21524 |
developmental disabilities; | 21525 |
(2) An employee of a county board of | 21526 |
developmental disabilities; | 21527 |
(3) An employee in a position that includes providing | 21528 |
specialized services to an individual with mental retardation or | 21529 |
another developmental disability. | 21530 |
(D) "Neglect" means, when there is a duty to do so, failing | 21531 |
to provide an individual with any treatment, care, goods, or | 21532 |
services that are necessary to maintain the health and safety of | 21533 |
the individual. | 21534 |
(E) "Physical harm" and "serious physical harm" have the same | 21535 |
meanings as in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code. | 21536 |
(F) "Sexual abuse" means unlawful sexual conduct or sexual | 21537 |
contact. | 21538 |
(G) "Specialized services" means any program or service | 21539 |
designed and operated to serve primarily individuals with mental | 21540 |
retardation or a developmental disability, including a program or | 21541 |
service provided by an entity licensed or certified by the | 21542 |
department of | 21543 |
program or service available to the general public is not a | 21544 |
specialized service. | 21545 |
(H) "Verbal abuse" means purposely using words to threaten, | 21546 |
coerce, intimidate, harass, or humiliate an individual. | 21547 |
(I) "Sexual conduct," "sexual contact," and "spouse" have the | 21548 |
same meanings as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code. | 21549 |
Sec. 5123.51. (A) In addition to any other action required | 21550 |
by sections 5123.61 and 5126.31 of the Revised Code, the | 21551 |
department of | 21552 |
shall review each report the department receives of abuse or | 21553 |
neglect of an individual with mental retardation or a | 21554 |
developmental disability or misappropriation of an individual's | 21555 |
property that includes an allegation that an MR/DD employee | 21556 |
committed or was responsible for the abuse, neglect, or | 21557 |
misappropriation. The department shall review a report it receives | 21558 |
from a public children services agency only after the agency | 21559 |
completes its investigation pursuant to section 2151.421 of the | 21560 |
Revised Code. On receipt of a notice under section 2930.061 or | 21561 |
5123.541 of the Revised Code, the department shall review the | 21562 |
notice. | 21563 |
(B) The department shall do both of the following: | 21564 |
(1) Investigate the allegation or adopt the findings of an | 21565 |
investigation or review of the allegation conducted by another | 21566 |
person or government entity and determine whether there is a | 21567 |
reasonable basis for the allegation; | 21568 |
(2) If the department determines that there is a reasonable | 21569 |
basis for the allegation, conduct an adjudication pursuant to | 21570 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 21571 |
(C)(1) The department shall appoint an independent hearing | 21572 |
officer to conduct any hearing conducted pursuant to division | 21573 |
(B)(2) of this section, except that, if the hearing is regarding | 21574 |
an employee of the department who is represented by a union, the | 21575 |
department and a representative of the union shall jointly select | 21576 |
the hearing officer. | 21577 |
(2)(a) Except as provided in division (C)(2)(b) of this | 21578 |
section, no hearing shall be conducted under division (B)(2) of | 21579 |
this section until any criminal proceeding or collective | 21580 |
bargaining arbitration concerning the same allegation has | 21581 |
concluded. | 21582 |
(b) The department may conduct a hearing pursuant to division | 21583 |
(B)(2) of this section before a criminal proceeding concerning the | 21584 |
same allegation is concluded if both of the following are the | 21585 |
case: | 21586 |
(i) The department notifies the prosecutor responsible for | 21587 |
the criminal proceeding that the department proposes to conduct a | 21588 |
hearing. | 21589 |
(ii) The prosecutor consents to the hearing. | 21590 |
(3) In conducting a hearing pursuant to division (B)(2) of | 21591 |
this section, the hearing officer shall do all of the following: | 21592 |
(a) Determine whether there is clear and convincing evidence | 21593 |
that the MR/DD employee has done any of the following: | 21594 |
(i) Misappropriated property of one or more individuals with | 21595 |
mental retardation or a developmental disability that has a value, | 21596 |
either separately or taken together, of one hundred dollars or | 21597 |
more; | 21598 |
(ii) Misappropriated property of an individual with mental | 21599 |
retardation or a developmental disability that is designed to be | 21600 |
used as a check, draft, negotiable instrument, credit card, charge | 21601 |
card, or device for initiating an electronic fund transfer at a | 21602 |
point of sale terminal, automated teller machine, or cash | 21603 |
dispensing machine; | 21604 |
(iii) Knowingly abused such an individual; | 21605 |
(iv) Recklessly abused or neglected such an individual, with | 21606 |
resulting physical harm; | 21607 |
(v) Negligently abused or neglected such an individual, with | 21608 |
resulting serious physical harm; | 21609 |
(vi) Recklessly neglected such an individual, creating a | 21610 |
substantial risk of serious physical harm; | 21611 |
(vii) Engaged in sexual conduct or had sexual contact with an | 21612 |
individual with mental retardation or another developmental | 21613 |
disability who was not the MR/DD employee's spouse and for whom | 21614 |
the MR/DD employee was employed or under a contract to provide | 21615 |
care; | 21616 |
(viii) Unreasonably failed to make a report pursuant to | 21617 |
division (C) of section 5123.61 of the Revised Code when the | 21618 |
employee knew or should have known that the failure would result | 21619 |
in a substantial risk of harm to an individual with mental | 21620 |
retardation or a developmental disability. | 21621 |
(b) Give weight to the decision in any collective bargaining | 21622 |
arbitration regarding the same allegation; | 21623 |
(c) Give weight to any relevant facts presented at the | 21624 |
hearing. | 21625 |
(D)(1) Unless the director of | 21626 |
developmental disabilities determines that there are extenuating | 21627 |
circumstances and except as provided in division (E) of this | 21628 |
section, if the director, after considering all of the factors | 21629 |
listed in division (C)(3) of this section, finds that there is | 21630 |
clear and convincing evidence that an MR/DD employee has done one | 21631 |
or more of the things described in division (C)(3)(a) of this | 21632 |
section the director shall include the name of the employee in the | 21633 |
registry established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code. | 21634 |
(2) Extenuating circumstances the director must consider | 21635 |
include the use of physical force by an MR/DD employee that was | 21636 |
necessary as self-defense. | 21637 |
(3) If the director includes an MR/DD employee in the | 21638 |
registry established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code, | 21639 |
the director shall notify the employee, the person or government | 21640 |
entity that employs or contracts with the employee, the individual | 21641 |
with mental retardation or a developmental disability who was the | 21642 |
subject of the report and that individual's legal guardian, if | 21643 |
any, the attorney general, and the prosecuting attorney or other | 21644 |
law enforcement agency. If the MR/DD employee holds a license, | 21645 |
certificate, registration, or other authorization to engage in a | 21646 |
profession issued pursuant to Title XLVII of the Revised Code, the | 21647 |
director shall notify the appropriate agency, board, department, | 21648 |
or other entity responsible for regulating the employee's | 21649 |
professional practice. | 21650 |
(4) If an individual whose name appears on the registry is | 21651 |
involved in a court proceeding or arbitration arising from the | 21652 |
same facts as the allegation resulting in the individual's | 21653 |
placement on the registry, the disposition of the proceeding or | 21654 |
arbitration shall be noted in the registry next to the | 21655 |
individual's name. | 21656 |
(E) In the case of an allegation concerning an employee of | 21657 |
the department, after the hearing conducted pursuant to division | 21658 |
(B)(2) of this section, the director of health or that director's | 21659 |
designee shall review the decision of the hearing officer to | 21660 |
determine whether the standard described in division (C)(3) of | 21661 |
this section has been met. If the director or designee determines | 21662 |
that the standard has been met and that no extenuating | 21663 |
circumstances exist, the director or designee shall notify the | 21664 |
director of | 21665 |
the MR/DD employee is to be included in the registry established | 21666 |
under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code. If the director of | 21667 |
21668 | |
notification, the director shall include the MR/DD employee in the | 21669 |
registry and shall provide the notification described in division | 21670 |
(D)(3) of this section. | 21671 |
(F) If the department is required by Chapter 119. of the | 21672 |
Revised Code to give notice of an opportunity for a hearing and | 21673 |
the MR/DD employee subject to the notice does not timely request a | 21674 |
hearing in accordance with section 119.07 or 5123.0414 of the | 21675 |
Revised Code, the department is not required to hold a hearing. | 21676 |
(G) Files and records of investigations conducted pursuant to | 21677 |
this section are not public records as defined in section 149.43 | 21678 |
of the Revised Code, but, on request, the department shall provide | 21679 |
copies of those files and records to the attorney general, a | 21680 |
prosecuting attorney, or a law enforcement agency. | 21681 |
Sec. 5123.52. (A) The department of | 21682 |
developmental disabilities shall establish a registry of MR/DD | 21683 |
employees consisting of the names of MR/DD employees included in | 21684 |
the registry pursuant to section 5123.51 of the Revised Code. | 21685 |
(B) Before a person or government entity hires, contracts | 21686 |
with, or employs an individual as an MR/DD employee, the person or | 21687 |
government entity shall inquire whether the individual is included | 21688 |
in the registry. | 21689 |
(C) When it receives an inquiry regarding whether an | 21690 |
individual is included in the registry, the department shall | 21691 |
inform the person making the inquiry whether the individual is | 21692 |
included in the registry. | 21693 |
(D)(1) Except as otherwise provided in a collective | 21694 |
bargaining agreement entered into under Chapter 4117. of the | 21695 |
Revised Code
that is in effect on | 21696 |
21697 | |
hire, contract with, or employ as an MR/DD employee an individual | 21698 |
who is included in the registry. Notwithstanding sections 4117.08 | 21699 |
and 4117.10 of the Revised Code, no agreement entered into under | 21700 |
Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code after | 21701 |
21702 | |
way limits the effect or operation of this section. | 21703 |
(2) Neither the department nor any county board of | 21704 |
21705 | |
contract or renew a contract with a person or government entity | 21706 |
that fails to comply with division (D)(1) of this section until | 21707 |
the department or board is satisfied that the person or government | 21708 |
entity will comply. | 21709 |
(3) A person or government entity that fails to hire or | 21710 |
retain as an MR/DD employee a person because the person is | 21711 |
included in the registry shall not be liable in damages in a civil | 21712 |
action brought by the employee or applicant for employment. | 21713 |
Termination of employment pursuant to division (D)(1) of this | 21714 |
section constitutes a discharge for just cause for the purposes of | 21715 |
section 4141.29 of the Revised Code. | 21716 |
(E) Information contained in the registry is a public record | 21717 |
for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and is | 21718 |
subject to inspection and copying under section 1347.08 of the | 21719 |
Revised Code. | 21720 |
Sec. 5123.53. An individual who is included in the registry | 21721 |
may petition the director of | 21722 |
disabilities for removal from the registry. If the director | 21723 |
determines that good cause exists, the director shall remove the | 21724 |
individual from the registry and may properly reply to an inquiry | 21725 |
that the individual is not included in the registry. Good cause | 21726 |
includes meeting rehabilitation standards established in rules | 21727 |
adopted under section 5123.54 of the Revised Code. | 21728 |
Sec. 5123.54. The director of | 21729 |
developmental disabilities shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of | 21730 |
the Revised Code to implement sections 5123.51, 5123.52, and | 21731 |
5123.53 of the Revised Code. The rules shall establish | 21732 |
rehabilitation standards for the purposes of section 5123.53 of | 21733 |
the Revised Code and specify circumstances, other than meeting the | 21734 |
standards, that constitute good cause for the purposes of that | 21735 |
section. | 21736 |
Sec. 5123.541. (A) No MR/DD employee shall engage in any | 21737 |
sexual conduct or have any sexual contact with an individual with | 21738 |
mental retardation or another developmental disability for whom | 21739 |
the MR/DD employee is employed or under a contract to provide care | 21740 |
unless the individual is the MR/DD employee's spouse. | 21741 |
(B) Any MR/DD employee who violates division (A) of this | 21742 |
section shall be eligible to be included in the registry regarding | 21743 |
misappropriation, abuse, neglect, or other specified misconduct by | 21744 |
MR/DD employees established under section 5123.52 of the Revised | 21745 |
Code, in addition to any other sanction or penalty authorized or | 21746 |
required by law. | 21747 |
(C)(1) Any person listed in division (C)(2) of section | 21748 |
5123.61 of the Revised Code who has reason to believe that an | 21749 |
MR/DD employee has violated division (A) of this section shall | 21750 |
immediately report that belief to the department of | 21751 |
21752 |
(2) Any person who has reason to believe that an MR/DD | 21753 |
employee has violated division (A) of this section may report that | 21754 |
belief to the department of | 21755 |
disabilities. | 21756 |
Sec. 5123.542. (A) Each of the following shall annually | 21757 |
provide a written notice to each of its MR/DD employees explaining | 21758 |
the conduct for which an MR/DD employee may be included in the | 21759 |
registry established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code: | 21760 |
(1) The department of | 21761 |
disabilities; | 21762 |
(2) Each county board of | 21763 |
disabilities; | 21764 |
(3) Each contracting entity, as defined in section 5126.281 | 21765 |
of the Revised Code; | 21766 |
(4) Each owner, operator, or administrator of a residential | 21767 |
facility, as defined in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code; | 21768 |
(5) Each owner, operator, or administrator of a program | 21769 |
certified by the department to provide supported living. | 21770 |
(B) The notice described in division (A) of this section | 21771 |
shall be in a form and provided in a manner prescribed by the | 21772 |
department of | 21773 |
The form shall be the same for all persons and entities required | 21774 |
to provide notice under division (A) of this section. | 21775 |
(C) The fact that an MR/DD employee does not receive the | 21776 |
notice required by this section does not exempt the employee from | 21777 |
inclusion in the registry established under section 5123.52 of the | 21778 |
Revised Code. | 21779 |
Sec. 5123.55. As used in sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the | 21780 |
Revised Code: | 21781 |
(A) "Guardian" means a guardian of the person, limited | 21782 |
guardian, interim guardian, or emergency guardian pursuant to | 21783 |
appointment by the probate court under Chapter 2111. of the | 21784 |
Revised Code. | 21785 |
(B) "Trustee" means a trustee appointed by and accountable to | 21786 |
the probate court, in lieu of a guardian and without a judicial | 21787 |
determination of incompetency, with respect to an estate of ten | 21788 |
thousand dollars or less. | 21789 |
(C) "Protector" means an agency under contract with the | 21790 |
department of | 21791 |
acting with or without court appointment to provide guidance, | 21792 |
service, and encouragement in the development of maximum | 21793 |
self-reliance to a person with mental retardation or a | 21794 |
developmental disability, independent of any determination of | 21795 |
incompetency. | 21796 |
(D) "Protective service" means performance of the duties of a | 21797 |
guardian, trustee, or conservator, or acting as a protector, with | 21798 |
respect to a person with mental retardation or a developmental | 21799 |
disability. | 21800 |
(E) "Conservator" means a conservator of the person pursuant | 21801 |
to an appointment by a probate court under Chapter 2111. of the | 21802 |
Revised Code. | 21803 |
Sec. 5123.56. The department of | 21804 |
developmental disabilities shall develop a statewide system of | 21805 |
protective service in accordance with rules and standards | 21806 |
established by the department. With respect to this program, the | 21807 |
department may enter into a contract with any responsible public | 21808 |
or private agency for provision of protective service by the | 21809 |
agency, and the contract may permit the agency to charge the | 21810 |
person receiving services fees for services provided. | 21811 |
No costs or fees shall be charged by a probate court for the | 21812 |
filing of a petition for guardianship, trusteeship, protectorship, | 21813 |
or conservatorship under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the | 21814 |
Revised Code, or for any service performed by a probate court, or | 21815 |
by any state agency in the course of petitioning for protective | 21816 |
services, or for any protective services provided under those | 21817 |
sections. | 21818 |
An agency that provides protective services pursuant to a | 21819 |
contract with another agency or a court may charge the agency or | 21820 |
court fees for the services provided. | 21821 |
Sec. 5123.57. No guardianship or trusteeship appointment | 21822 |
shall be made under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised | 21823 |
Code and no person shall be accepted for service by a protector | 21824 |
under those sections unless a comprehensive evaluation has been | 21825 |
made in a clinic or other facility approved by the department of | 21826 |
21827 | |
shall include a medical, psychological, social, and educational | 21828 |
evaluation, and a copy of the evaluation shall be filed with the | 21829 |
department. | 21830 |
Any agency that is appointed as a guardian, trustee, or | 21831 |
conservator under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code | 21832 |
or accepted as a protector under those sections shall provide for | 21833 |
a review at least once each year in writing of the physical, | 21834 |
mental, and social condition of each mentally retarded or | 21835 |
developmentally disabled person for whom it is acting as guardian, | 21836 |
trustee, or protector. An agency providing protective services | 21837 |
under contract with the department shall file these reports with | 21838 |
the department of | 21839 |
disabilities. Any record of the department or agency pertaining to | 21840 |
a mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person shall not | 21841 |
be a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. | 21842 |
Information contained in those records shall not be disclosed | 21843 |
publicly in such a manner as to identify individuals, but may be | 21844 |
made available to persons approved by the
director of | 21845 |
21846 |
Sec. 5123.58. An agency providing protective services under | 21847 |
contract with the department of | 21848 |
developmental disabilities may be nominated under any of the | 21849 |
following conditions as guardian, trustee, protector, conservator, | 21850 |
or as trustee and protector of a mentally retarded or | 21851 |
developmentally disabled person: | 21852 |
(A) The person who needs or believes | 21853 |
protective service may make application in writing. | 21854 |
(B) Any interested person may make application in writing on | 21855 |
behalf of a mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person. | 21856 |
(C) A parent may name the department or agency as guardian or | 21857 |
successor guardian in a will. | 21858 |
(D) A parent may name the department or agency as guardian, | 21859 |
trustee, or protector, to assume such duties during the parent's | 21860 |
lifetime. | 21861 |
If the results of the comprehensive evaluation required under | 21862 |
section 5123.57 of the Revised Code indicate that the person named | 21863 |
in the nomination is in need of protective services, the agency or | 21864 |
service either shall reject or accept the nomination as guardian, | 21865 |
trustee, or conservator, subject to appointment by the probate | 21866 |
court, or reject or accept the nomination as protector, or trustee | 21867 |
and protector. | 21868 |
At the time the nomination is accepted or when an appointment | 21869 |
is made by the court, the mentally retarded or developmentally | 21870 |
disabled person and any person who made application for service on | 21871 |
21872 | |
behalf under this section shall be informed by the agency, | 21873 |
service, or court of the procedure for terminating the appointment | 21874 |
or service. The agency or service shall cease to provide | 21875 |
protective service as a protector pursuant to nomination under | 21876 |
division (A), (B), or (D) of this section when a written request | 21877 |
for termination is received by the agency from or on behalf of the | 21878 |
mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person. If the | 21879 |
agency or service believes the person to be in need of protective | 21880 |
service, the agency or service may file an application for | 21881 |
guardianship, trusteeship, or protectorship with the probate | 21882 |
court. Termination of any court appointment as guardian, trustee, | 21883 |
or protector shall be by order of the probate court. | 21884 |
Sec. 5123.59. Before entering upon the duties of trustee, an | 21885 |
agency under
contract with the department of | 21886 |
21887 | |
having custody or control of funds or property to give bond to the | 21888 |
probate court with sufficient surety, conditioned upon the full | 21889 |
and faithful accounting of all trust funds which
| 21890 |
holds. The amount of the bond shall be determined by the court and | 21891 |
may be modified by the court. | 21892 |
Sec. 5123.60. (A) A legal rights service is hereby created | 21893 |
and established to protect and advocate the rights of mentally ill | 21894 |
persons, mentally retarded persons, developmentally disabled | 21895 |
persons, and other disabled persons who may be represented by the | 21896 |
service pursuant to division (L) of this section; to receive and | 21897 |
act upon complaints concerning institutional and hospital | 21898 |
practices and conditions of institutions for mentally retarded or | 21899 |
developmentally disabled persons and hospitals for the mentally | 21900 |
ill; and to assure that all persons detained, hospitalized, | 21901 |
discharged, or institutionalized, and all persons whose detention, | 21902 |
hospitalization, discharge, or institutionalization is sought or | 21903 |
has been sought under this chapter or Chapter 5122. of the Revised | 21904 |
Code are fully informed of their rights and adequately represented | 21905 |
by counsel in proceedings under this chapter or Chapter 5122. of | 21906 |
the Revised Code and in any proceedings to secure the rights of | 21907 |
those persons. Notwithstanding the definitions of "mentally | 21908 |
retarded person" and "developmentally disabled person" in section | 21909 |
5123.01 of the Revised Code, the legal rights service shall | 21910 |
determine who is a mentally retarded or developmentally disabled | 21911 |
person for purposes of this section and sections 5123.601 to | 21912 |
5123.604 of the Revised Code. | 21913 |
(B)(1) In regard to those persons detained, hospitalized, or | 21914 |
institutionalized under Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code, the | 21915 |
legal rights service shall undertake formal representation only of | 21916 |
those persons who are involuntarily detained, hospitalized, or | 21917 |
institutionalized pursuant to sections 5122.10 to 5122.15 of the | 21918 |
Revised Code, and those voluntarily detained, hospitalized, or | 21919 |
institutionalized who are minors, who have been adjudicated | 21920 |
incompetent, who have been detained, hospitalized, or | 21921 |
institutionalized in a public hospital, or who have requested | 21922 |
representation by the legal rights service. | 21923 |
(2) If a person referred to in division (A) of this section | 21924 |
voluntarily requests in writing that the legal rights service | 21925 |
terminate participation in the person's case, such involvement | 21926 |
shall cease. | 21927 |
(3) Persons described in divisions (A) and (B)(1) of this | 21928 |
section who are represented by the legal rights service are | 21929 |
clients of the legal rights service. | 21930 |
(C) Any person voluntarily hospitalized or institutionalized | 21931 |
in a public hospital under division (A) of section 5122.02 of the | 21932 |
Revised Code, after being fully informed of the person's rights | 21933 |
under division (A) of this section, may, by written request, waive | 21934 |
assistance by the legal rights service if the waiver is knowingly | 21935 |
and intelligently made, without duress or coercion. | 21936 |
The waiver may be rescinded at any time by the voluntary | 21937 |
patient or resident, or by the voluntary patient's or resident's | 21938 |
legal guardian. | 21939 |
(D)(1) The legal rights service commission is hereby created | 21940 |
for the purposes of appointing an administrator of the legal | 21941 |
rights service, advising the administrator, assisting the | 21942 |
administrator in developing a budget, advising the administrator | 21943 |
in establishing and annually reviewing a strategic plan, creating | 21944 |
a procedure for filing and determination of grievances against the | 21945 |
legal rights service, and establishing general policy guidelines, | 21946 |
including guidelines for the commencement of litigation, for the | 21947 |
legal rights service. The commission may adopt rules to carry | 21948 |
these purposes into effect and may receive and act upon appeals of | 21949 |
personnel decisions by the administrator. | 21950 |
(2) The commission shall consist of seven members. One | 21951 |
member, who shall serve as chairperson, shall be appointed by the | 21952 |
chief justice of the supreme court, three members shall be | 21953 |
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and | 21954 |
three members shall be appointed by the president of the senate. | 21955 |
At least two members shall have experience in the field of | 21956 |
developmental disabilities, and at least two members shall have | 21957 |
experience in the field of mental health. No member shall be a | 21958 |
provider or related to a provider of services to mentally | 21959 |
retarded, developmentally disabled, or mentally ill persons. | 21960 |
(3) Terms of office of the members of the commission shall be | 21961 |
for three years, each term ending on the same day of the month of | 21962 |
the year as did the term which it succeeds. Each member shall | 21963 |
serve subsequent to the expiration of the member's term until a | 21964 |
successor is appointed and qualifies, or until sixty days has | 21965 |
elapsed, whichever occurs first. No member shall serve more than | 21966 |
two consecutive terms. | 21967 |
All vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be | 21968 |
filled in the manner prescribed for regular appointments to the | 21969 |
commission and shall be limited to the unexpired terms. | 21970 |
(4) The commission shall meet at least four times each year. | 21971 |
Members shall be reimbursed for their necessary and actual | 21972 |
expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. | 21973 |
(5) The administrator of the legal rights service shall serve | 21974 |
at the pleasure of the commission. | 21975 |
The administrator shall be an attorney admitted to practice | 21976 |
law in this state. The salary of the administrator shall be | 21977 |
established in accordance with section 124.14 of the Revised Code. | 21978 |
(E) The legal rights service shall be completely independent | 21979 |
of the department of mental health and the department
of | 21980 |
21981 | |
section 109.02 of the Revised Code, shall also be independent of | 21982 |
the office of the attorney general. The administrator of the legal | 21983 |
rights service, staff, and attorneys designated by the | 21984 |
administrator to represent persons detained, hospitalized, or | 21985 |
institutionalized under this chapter or Chapter 5122. of the | 21986 |
Revised Code shall have ready access to the following: | 21987 |
(1) During normal business hours and at other reasonable | 21988 |
times, all records, except records of community residential | 21989 |
facilities and records of contract agencies of county boards of | 21990 |
21991 | |
alcohol, drug addiction and mental health services, relating to | 21992 |
expenditures of state and federal funds or to the commitment, | 21993 |
care, treatment, and habilitation of all persons represented by | 21994 |
the legal rights service, including those who may be represented | 21995 |
pursuant to division (L) of this section, or persons detained, | 21996 |
hospitalized, institutionalized, or receiving services under this | 21997 |
chapter or Chapter 340., 5119., 5122., or 5126. of the Revised | 21998 |
Code that are records maintained by the following entities | 21999 |
providing services for those persons: departments; institutions; | 22000 |
hospitals; boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health | 22001 |
services; county boards of
| 22002 |
disabilities; and any other entity providing services to persons | 22003 |
who may be represented by the service pursuant to division (L) of | 22004 |
this section; | 22005 |
(2) Any records maintained in computerized data banks of the | 22006 |
departments or boards or, in the case of persons who may be | 22007 |
represented by the service pursuant to division (L) of this | 22008 |
section, any other entity that provides services to those persons; | 22009 |
(3) During their normal working hours, personnel of the | 22010 |
departments, facilities, boards, agencies, institutions, | 22011 |
hospitals, and other service-providing entities; | 22012 |
(4) At any time, all persons detained, hospitalized, or | 22013 |
institutionalized; persons receiving services under this chapter | 22014 |
or Chapter 340., 5119., 5122., or 5126. of the Revised Code; and | 22015 |
persons who may be represented by the service pursuant to division | 22016 |
(L) of this section. | 22017 |
(5) Records of a community residential facility, a contract | 22018 |
agency of a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health | 22019 |
services, or a contract agency of a county board of | 22020 |
22021 | |
following consents: | 22022 |
(a) The consent of the person, including when the person is a | 22023 |
minor or has been adjudicated incompetent; | 22024 |
(b) The consent of the person's guardian of the person, if | 22025 |
any, or the parent if the person is a minor; | 22026 |
(c) No consent, if the person is unable to consent for any | 22027 |
reason, and the guardian of the person, if any, or the parent of | 22028 |
the minor, has refused to consent or has not responded to a | 22029 |
request for consent and either of the following has occurred: | 22030 |
(i) A complaint regarding the person has been received by the | 22031 |
legal rights service; | 22032 |
(ii) The legal rights service has determined that there is | 22033 |
probable cause to believe that such person has been subjected to | 22034 |
abuse or neglect. | 22035 |
(F) The administrator of the legal rights service shall do | 22036 |
the following: | 22037 |
(1) Administer and organize the work of the legal rights | 22038 |
service and establish administrative or geographic divisions as | 22039 |
the administrator considers necessary, proper, and expedient; | 22040 |
(2) Adopt and promulgate rules that are not in conflict with | 22041 |
rules adopted by the commission and prescribe duties for the | 22042 |
efficient conduct of the business and general administration of | 22043 |
the legal rights service; | 22044 |
(3) Appoint and discharge employees, and hire experts, | 22045 |
consultants, advisors, or other professionally qualified persons | 22046 |
as the administrator considers necessary to carry out the duties | 22047 |
of the legal rights service; | 22048 |
(4) Apply for and accept grants of funds, and accept | 22049 |
charitable gifts and bequests; | 22050 |
(5) Prepare and submit a budget to the general assembly for | 22051 |
the operation of the legal rights service. At least thirty days | 22052 |
prior to submitting the budget to the general assembly, the | 22053 |
administrator shall provide a copy of the budget to the commission | 22054 |
for review and comment. When submitting the budget to the general | 22055 |
assembly, the administrator shall include a copy of any written | 22056 |
comments returned by the commission to the administrator. | 22057 |
(6) Enter into contracts and make expenditures necessary for | 22058 |
the efficient operation of the legal rights service; | 22059 |
(7) Annually prepare a report of activities and submit copies | 22060 |
of the report to the governor, the chief justice of the supreme | 22061 |
court, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of | 22062 |
representatives, the director of mental health, and the director | 22063 |
of | 22064 |
report available to the public; | 22065 |
(8) Upon request of the commission or of the chairperson of | 22066 |
the commission, report to the commission on specific litigation | 22067 |
issues or activities. | 22068 |
(G)(1) The legal rights service may act directly or contract | 22069 |
with other organizations or individuals for the provision of the | 22070 |
services envisioned under this section. | 22071 |
(2) Whenever possible, the administrator shall attempt to | 22072 |
facilitate the resolution of complaints through administrative | 22073 |
channels. Subject to division (G)(3) of this section, if attempts | 22074 |
at administrative resolution prove unsatisfactory, the | 22075 |
administrator may pursue any legal, administrative, and other | 22076 |
appropriate remedies or approaches that may be necessary to | 22077 |
accomplish the purposes of this section. | 22078 |
(3) The administrator may not pursue a class action lawsuit | 22079 |
under division (G)(2) of this section when attempts at | 22080 |
administrative resolution of a complaint prove unsatisfactory | 22081 |
under that division unless both of the following have first | 22082 |
occurred: | 22083 |
(a) At least four members of the commission, by their | 22084 |
affirmative vote, have consented to the pursuit of the class | 22085 |
action lawsuit; | 22086 |
(b) At least five members of the commission are present at | 22087 |
the meeting of the commission at which that consent is obtained. | 22088 |
(4) All records received or maintained by the legal rights | 22089 |
service in connection with any investigation, representation, or | 22090 |
other activity under this section shall be confidential and shall | 22091 |
not be disclosed except as authorized by the person represented by | 22092 |
the legal rights service or, subject to any privilege, a guardian | 22093 |
of the person or parent of the minor. Subject to division (G)(5) | 22094 |
of this section, relationships between personnel and the agents of | 22095 |
the legal rights service and its clients shall be fiduciary | 22096 |
relationships, and all communications shall be privileged as if | 22097 |
between attorney and client. | 22098 |
(5) Any person who has been represented by the legal rights | 22099 |
service or who has applied for and been denied representation and | 22100 |
who files a grievance with the service concerning the | 22101 |
representation or application may appeal the decision of the | 22102 |
service on the grievance to the commission. The person may appeal | 22103 |
notwithstanding any objections of the person's legal guardian. The | 22104 |
commission may examine any records relevant to the appeal and | 22105 |
shall maintain the confidentiality of any records that are | 22106 |
required to be kept confidential. | 22107 |
(H) The legal rights service, on the order of the | 22108 |
administrator, with the approval by an affirmative vote of at | 22109 |
least four members of the commission, may compel by subpoena the | 22110 |
appearance and sworn testimony of any person the administrator | 22111 |
reasonably believes may be able to provide information or to | 22112 |
produce any documents, books, records, papers, or other | 22113 |
information necessary to carry out its duties. On the refusal of | 22114 |
any person to produce or authenticate any requested documents, the | 22115 |
legal rights service may apply to the Franklin county court of | 22116 |
common pleas to compel the production or authentication of | 22117 |
requested documents. If the court finds that failure to produce or | 22118 |
authenticate any requested documents was improper, the court may | 22119 |
hold the person in contempt as in the case of disobedience of the | 22120 |
requirements of a subpoena issued from the court, or a refusal to | 22121 |
testify in the court. | 22122 |
(I) The legal rights service may conduct public hearings. | 22123 |
(J) The legal rights service may request from any | 22124 |
governmental agency any cooperation, assistance, services, or data | 22125 |
that will enable it to perform its duties. | 22126 |
(K) In any malpractice action filed against the administrator | 22127 |
of the legal rights service, a member of the staff of the legal | 22128 |
rights service, or an attorney designated by the administrator to | 22129 |
perform legal services under division (E) of this section, the | 22130 |
state shall, when the administrator, member, or attorney has acted | 22131 |
in good faith and in the scope of employment, indemnify the | 22132 |
administrator, member, or attorney for any judgment awarded or | 22133 |
amount negotiated in settlement, and for any court costs or legal | 22134 |
fees incurred in defense of the claim. | 22135 |
This division does not limit or waive, and shall not be | 22136 |
construed to limit or waive, any defense that is available to the | 22137 |
legal rights service, its administrator or employees, persons | 22138 |
under a personal services contract with it, or persons designated | 22139 |
under division (E) of this section, including, but not limited to, | 22140 |
any defense available under section 9.86 of the Revised Code. | 22141 |
(L) In addition to providing services to mentally ill, | 22142 |
mentally retarded, or developmentally disabled persons, when a | 22143 |
grant authorizing the provision of services to other individuals | 22144 |
is accepted pursuant to division (F)(4) of this section, the legal | 22145 |
rights service and its ombudsperson section may provide advocacy | 22146 |
or ombudsperson services to those other individuals and exercise | 22147 |
any other authority granted by this section or sections 5123.601 | 22148 |
to 5123.604 of the Revised Code on behalf of those individuals. | 22149 |
Determinations of whether an individual is eligible for services | 22150 |
under this division shall be made by the legal rights service. | 22151 |
Sec. 5123.601. (A) As used in sections 5123.601 to 5123.604 | 22152 |
of the Revised Code, "provider" means any person or governmental | 22153 |
agency that furnishes one or more services to one or more mentally | 22154 |
retarded, developmentally disabled, or mentally ill persons. | 22155 |
(B) There is hereby created within the legal rights service | 22156 |
the | 22157 |
rights service shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. | 22158 |
of the Revised Code establishing procedures for receiving | 22159 |
complaints and conducting investigations for the purposes of | 22160 |
resolving and mediating complaints from mentally retarded, | 22161 |
developmentally disabled, or mentally ill persons, their | 22162 |
relatives, their guardians, and interested citizens, public | 22163 |
officials, and governmental agencies or any deficiencies which | 22164 |
come to its attention concerning any activity, practice, policy, | 22165 |
or procedure it determines is adversely affecting or may adversely | 22166 |
affect the health, safety, welfare, and civil or human rights of | 22167 |
any mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, or mentally ill | 22168 |
persons. After initial investigation, the section may decline to | 22169 |
accept any complaint it determines is frivolous, vexatious, or not | 22170 |
made in good faith. The section shall attempt to resolve the | 22171 |
complaint at the lowest appropriate administrative level, unless | 22172 |
otherwise provided by law. The procedures shall require the | 22173 |
section to: | 22174 |
(1) Acknowledge the receipt of a complaint by sending written | 22175 |
notice to the complainant no more than seven days after it | 22176 |
receives the complaint; | 22177 |
(2) When appropriate, provide written notice to the | 22178 |
department of | 22179 |
the department of mental health and any other appropriate agency | 22180 |
within seven days after receiving the complaint; | 22181 |
(3) Immediately refer a complaint made under this section to | 22182 |
the department of | 22183 |
disabilities and to any other appropriate governmental agency, | 22184 |
whenever the complaint involves an immediate and substantial | 22185 |
threat to the health or safety of a mentally retarded or | 22186 |
developmentally disabled person, or to the department of mental | 22187 |
health and to any other appropriate governmental agency, whenever | 22188 |
the complaint involves an immediate and substantial threat to the | 22189 |
health or safety of a mentally ill person. The department or an | 22190 |
agency designated by the department shall report its findings and | 22191 |
actions no later than forty-eight hours following its receipt of | 22192 |
the complaint. | 22193 |
(4) Within seven days after identifying a deficiency in the | 22194 |
treatment of a mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, or | 22195 |
mentally ill person that pertains to misconduct, breach of duty, | 22196 |
or noncompliance with state or federal laws, local ordinances, or | 22197 |
rules or regulations adopted under those laws or ordinances that | 22198 |
are administered by a governmental agency, refer the matter in | 22199 |
writing to the appropriate state agency. The state agency shall | 22200 |
report on its actions and findings within seven days of receiving | 22201 |
the matter. | 22202 |
(5) Advise the complainant and any mentally retarded, | 22203 |
developmentally disabled, or mentally ill person mentioned in the | 22204 |
complaint, no more than thirty days after it receives the | 22205 |
complaint, of any action it has taken and of any opinions and | 22206 |
recommendations it has with respect to the complaint. | 22207 |
(6) Attempt to resolve the complaint by using informal | 22208 |
techniques of mediation, conciliation, and persuasion. If the | 22209 |
complaint cannot be resolved by the use of these informal | 22210 |
techniques or if the act, practice, policy, or procedure that is | 22211 |
the subject of the complaint adversely affects the health, safety, | 22212 |
welfare, or civil or human rights of a mentally retarded, | 22213 |
developmentally disabled, or mentally ill person, the section may | 22214 |
recommend to the appropriate authorities or the administrator of | 22215 |
the legal rights service that appropriate actions be taken. | 22216 |
(7) Report its opinions or recommendations to the parties | 22217 |
involved after attempting to resolve a complaint through informal | 22218 |
techniques of mediation, conciliation, or persuasion. The section | 22219 |
may request any party affected by the opinions or recommendations | 22220 |
to notify the section, within a time period specified by the | 22221 |
section, of any action the party has taken on the section's | 22222 |
recommendations. | 22223 |
(C) The section may make public any of its opinions or | 22224 |
recommendations concerning a complaint, the responses of persons | 22225 |
and governmental agencies to its opinions or recommendations, and | 22226 |
any act, practice, policy, or procedure that adversely affects or | 22227 |
may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or civil or | 22228 |
human rights of a mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, or | 22229 |
mentally ill person. | 22230 |
(D) The section shall at all times maintain confidentiality | 22231 |
under sections 5123.601 to 5123.604 of the Revised Code concerning | 22232 |
the identities of mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, or | 22233 |
mentally ill persons, complainants, witnesses, and other involved | 22234 |
parties who provide it with information unless the person, in | 22235 |
writing, authorizes the release of the information. | 22236 |
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the legal rights | 22237 |
service from taking appropriate action when the administrator | 22238 |
determines it is necessary. | 22239 |
(E) Whenever information is disclosed indicating the | 22240 |
commission of a crime or a violation of standards of professional | 22241 |
conduct, the legal rights service shall, within seven days of | 22242 |
receiving the complaint or identifying the information during its | 22243 |
investigation, refer the matter to the attorney general, county | 22244 |
prosecutor, other law enforcement official, or regulatory board, | 22245 |
as appropriate, to investigate the crime or violation. The section | 22246 |
may disclose any information permitted by law that is necessary to | 22247 |
resolve the matter referred. The section shall monitor and | 22248 |
maintain records on every matter it refers under this division. | 22249 |
Sec. 5123.602. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of | 22250 |
this section, the ombudsperson section of the legal rights | 22251 |
service may, in order to carry out its duties under this chapter, | 22252 |
make necessary inquiries and obtain information it considers | 22253 |
necessary. Upon receiving a complaint and in the course of | 22254 |
conducting an investigation in accordance with division (B) of | 22255 |
section 5123.601 of the Revised Code, the section shall have | 22256 |
ready access to the premises and records of all providers of | 22257 |
services to mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, or | 22258 |
mentally ill persons and shall have the right to communicate in a | 22259 |
private and confidential setting with any mentally retarded, | 22260 |
developmentally disabled, or mentally ill persons, with their | 22261 |
parents, guardians, or advocates, and with employees of any | 22262 |
provider. | 22263 |
(B) Records held by community residential facilities, | 22264 |
contract agencies of boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental | 22265 |
health services, and contract agencies of county boards of | 22266 |
22267 | |
accessible by the ombudsperson section of the legal rights service | 22268 |
in a situation as described in division (E)(5) of section 5123.60 | 22269 |
of the Revised Code. | 22270 |
Sec. 5123.604. (A) No one shall take a discriminatory, | 22271 |
disciplinary, or retaliatory action against any officer or | 22272 |
employee of a provider, any mentally retarded, developmentally | 22273 |
disabled, or mentally ill person, the parents or guardian of a | 22274 |
mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, or mentally ill | 22275 |
person, or any volunteer or advocate for a mentally retarded, | 22276 |
developmentally disabled, or mentally ill person, for any | 22277 |
communication these persons make or information they disclose in | 22278 |
good faith to the ombudsperson section of the legal rights | 22279 |
service. | 22280 |
(B) No person shall knowingly interfere with lawful actions | 22281 |
of the ombudsperson section, refuse entry to its representatives, | 22282 |
fail to comply with its lawful demands, or offer any compensation, | 22283 |
gratuity, or promise thereof in an effort to influence the outcome | 22284 |
of any matter being considered by the section. | 22285 |
(C) The department of | 22286 |
disabilities shall immediately notify the ombudsperson section of | 22287 |
all investigations of major unusual incidents or life-threatening | 22288 |
situations, as defined in rules adopted by the department, | 22289 |
involving mentally retarded and developmentally disabled persons, | 22290 |
and shall furnish copies of all relevant reports within | 22291 |
forty-eight hours after receipt. The department of mental health | 22292 |
shall notify the ombudsperson section of all major unusual | 22293 |
incidents or life-threatening situations, as defined in rules | 22294 |
adopted by the department, involving mentally ill persons within | 22295 |
forty-eight hours after receipt of the report of the incident or | 22296 |
situation. The departments of health and job and family services | 22297 |
shall notify the
department of | 22298 |
developmental disabilities of all allegations and investigations | 22299 |
of abuse, neglect, or life-threatening situations involving | 22300 |
mentally retarded or developmentally disabled persons. Any other | 22301 |
state agency with information concerning abuse, neglect, or | 22302 |
life-threatening situations involving mentally retarded or | 22303 |
developmentally disabled persons shall report that information | 22304 |
immediately to the
department of | 22305 |
developmental disabilities. | 22306 |
Nothing in this section or section 5123.60, 5123.601, or | 22307 |
5123.602 of the Revised Code shall preclude any department or | 22308 |
board, its contract agencies, a community residential facility, or | 22309 |
other governmental entity from carrying out its responsibility as | 22310 |
prescribed by law. | 22311 |
Sec. 5123.61. (A) As used in this section: | 22312 |
(1) "Law enforcement agency" means the state highway patrol, | 22313 |
the police department of a municipal corporation, or a county | 22314 |
sheriff. | 22315 |
(2) "Abuse" has the same meaning as in section 5123.50 of the | 22316 |
Revised Code, except that it includes a misappropriation, as | 22317 |
defined in that section. | 22318 |
(3) "Neglect" has the same meaning as in section 5123.50 of | 22319 |
the Revised Code. | 22320 |
(B) The department of | 22321 |
disabilities shall establish a registry office for the purpose of | 22322 |
maintaining reports of abuse, neglect, and other major unusual | 22323 |
incidents made to the department under this section and reports | 22324 |
received from county boards of
| 22325 |
developmental disabilities under section 5126.31 of the Revised | 22326 |
Code. The department shall establish committees to review reports | 22327 |
of abuse, neglect, and other major unusual incidents. | 22328 |
(C)(1) Any person listed in division (C)(2) of this section, | 22329 |
having reason to believe that a person with mental retardation or | 22330 |
a developmental disability has suffered or faces a substantial | 22331 |
risk of suffering any wound, injury, disability, or condition of | 22332 |
such a nature as to reasonably indicate abuse or neglect of that | 22333 |
person, shall immediately report or cause reports to be made of | 22334 |
such information to the entity specified in this division. Except | 22335 |
as provided in section 5120.173 of the Revised Code or as | 22336 |
otherwise provided in this division, the person making the report | 22337 |
shall make it to a law enforcement agency or to the county board | 22338 |
of | 22339 |
report concerns a resident of a facility operated by the | 22340 |
department of
| 22341 |
the report shall be made either to a law enforcement agency or to | 22342 |
the department. If the report concerns any act or omission of an | 22343 |
employee of a county board of | 22344 |
disabilities, the report immediately shall be made to the | 22345 |
department and to the county board. | 22346 |
(2) All of the following persons are required to make a | 22347 |
report under division (C)(1) of this section: | 22348 |
(a) Any physician, including a hospital intern or resident, | 22349 |
any dentist, podiatrist, chiropractor, practitioner of a limited | 22350 |
branch of medicine as specified in section 4731.15 of the Revised | 22351 |
Code, hospital administrator or employee of a hospital, nurse | 22352 |
licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code, employee of an | 22353 |
ambulatory health facility as defined in section 5101.61 of the | 22354 |
Revised Code, employee of a home health agency, employee of an | 22355 |
adult care facility licensed under Chapter 3722. of the Revised | 22356 |
Code, or employee of a community mental health facility; | 22357 |
(b) Any school teacher or school authority, social worker, | 22358 |
psychologist, attorney, peace officer, coroner, or residents' | 22359 |
rights advocate as defined in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code; | 22360 |
(c) A superintendent, board member, or employee of a county | 22361 |
board of | 22362 |
administrator, board member, or employee of a residential facility | 22363 |
licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code; an | 22364 |
administrator, board member, or employee of any other public or | 22365 |
private provider of services to a person with mental retardation | 22366 |
or a developmental disability, or any MR/DD employee, as defined | 22367 |
in section 5123.50 of the Revised Code; | 22368 |
(d) A member of a citizen's advisory council established at | 22369 |
an institution or branch institution of the department of | 22370 |
22371 | |
of the Revised Code; | 22372 |
(e) A clergyman who is employed in a position that includes | 22373 |
providing specialized services to an individual with mental | 22374 |
retardation or another developmental disability, while acting in | 22375 |
an official or professional capacity in that position, or a person | 22376 |
who is employed in a position that includes providing specialized | 22377 |
services to an individual with mental retardation or another | 22378 |
developmental disability and who, while acting in an official or | 22379 |
professional capacity, renders spiritual treatment through prayer | 22380 |
in accordance with the tenets of an organized religion. | 22381 |
(3)(a) The reporting requirements of this division do not | 22382 |
apply to members of the legal rights service commission or to | 22383 |
employees of the legal rights service. | 22384 |
(b) An attorney or physician is not required to make a report | 22385 |
pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section concerning any | 22386 |
communication the attorney or physician receives from a client or | 22387 |
patient in an attorney-client or physician-patient relationship, | 22388 |
if, in accordance with division (A) or (B) of section 2317.02 of | 22389 |
the Revised Code, the attorney or physician could not testify with | 22390 |
respect to that communication in a civil or criminal proceeding, | 22391 |
except that the client or patient is deemed to have waived any | 22392 |
testimonial privilege under division (A) or (B) of section 2317.02 | 22393 |
of the Revised Code with respect to that communication and the | 22394 |
attorney or physician shall make a report pursuant to division | 22395 |
(C)(1) of this section, if both of the following apply: | 22396 |
(i) The client or patient, at the time of the communication, | 22397 |
is a person with mental retardation or a developmental disability. | 22398 |
(ii) The attorney or physician knows or suspects, as a result | 22399 |
of the communication or any observations made during that | 22400 |
communication, that the client or patient has suffered or faces a | 22401 |
substantial risk of suffering any wound, injury, disability, or | 22402 |
condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abuse or neglect | 22403 |
of the client or patient. | 22404 |
(4) Any person who fails to make a report required under | 22405 |
division (C) of this section and who is an MR/DD employee, as | 22406 |
defined in section 5123.50 of the Revised Code, shall be eligible | 22407 |
to be included in the registry regarding misappropriation, abuse, | 22408 |
neglect, or other specified misconduct by MR/DD employees | 22409 |
established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code. | 22410 |
(D) The reports required under division (C) of this section | 22411 |
shall be made forthwith by telephone or in person and shall be | 22412 |
followed by a written report. The reports shall contain the | 22413 |
following: | 22414 |
(1) The names and addresses of the person with mental | 22415 |
retardation or a developmental disability and the person's | 22416 |
custodian, if known; | 22417 |
(2) The age of the person with mental retardation or a | 22418 |
developmental disability; | 22419 |
(3) Any other information that would assist in the | 22420 |
investigation of the report. | 22421 |
(E) When a physician performing services as a member of the | 22422 |
staff of a hospital or similar institution has reason to believe | 22423 |
that a person with mental retardation or a developmental | 22424 |
disability has suffered injury, abuse, or physical neglect, the | 22425 |
physician shall notify the person in charge of the institution or | 22426 |
that person's designated delegate, who shall make the necessary | 22427 |
reports. | 22428 |
(F) Any person having reasonable cause to believe that a | 22429 |
person with mental retardation or a developmental disability has | 22430 |
suffered or faces a substantial risk of suffering abuse or neglect | 22431 |
may report or cause a report to be made of that belief to the | 22432 |
entity specified in this division. Except as provided in section | 22433 |
5120.173 of the Revised Code or as otherwise provided in this | 22434 |
division, the person making the report shall make it to a law | 22435 |
enforcement agency or the county board of
| 22436 |
developmental disabilities. If the person is a resident of a | 22437 |
facility operated by the department of
| 22438 |
developmental disabilities, the report shall be made to a law | 22439 |
enforcement agency or to the department. If the report concerns | 22440 |
any act or omission of an employee of a county board of | 22441 |
22442 | |
shall be made to the department and to the county board. | 22443 |
(G)(1) Upon the receipt of a report concerning the possible | 22444 |
abuse or neglect of a person with mental retardation or a | 22445 |
developmental disability, the law enforcement agency shall inform | 22446 |
the county board of | 22447 |
disabilities or, if the person is a resident of a facility | 22448 |
operated by the department of | 22449 |
disabilities, the director of the department or the director's | 22450 |
designee. | 22451 |
(2) On receipt of a report under this section that includes | 22452 |
an allegation of action or inaction that may constitute a crime | 22453 |
under federal law or the law of this state, the department of | 22454 |
22455 | |
law enforcement agency. | 22456 |
(3) When a county board of | 22457 |
developmental disabilities receives a report under this section | 22458 |
that includes an allegation of action or inaction that may | 22459 |
constitute a crime under federal law or the law of this state, the | 22460 |
superintendent of the board or an individual the superintendent | 22461 |
designates under division (H) of this section shall notify the law | 22462 |
enforcement agency. The superintendent or individual shall notify | 22463 |
the department of | 22464 |
disabilities when it receives any report under this section. | 22465 |
(4) When a county board of | 22466 |
developmental disabilities receives a report under this section | 22467 |
and believes that the degree of risk to the person is such that | 22468 |
the report is an emergency, the superintendent of the board or an | 22469 |
employee of the board the superintendent designates shall attempt | 22470 |
a face-to-face contact with the person with mental retardation or | 22471 |
a developmental disability who allegedly is the victim within one | 22472 |
hour of the board's receipt of the report. | 22473 |
(H) The superintendent of the board may designate an | 22474 |
individual to be responsible for notifying the law enforcement | 22475 |
agency and the department when the county board receives a report | 22476 |
under this section. | 22477 |
(I) An adult with mental retardation or a developmental | 22478 |
disability about whom a report is made may be removed from the | 22479 |
adult's place of residence only by law enforcement officers who | 22480 |
consider that the adult's immediate removal is essential to | 22481 |
protect the adult from further injury or abuse or in accordance | 22482 |
with the order of a court made pursuant to section 5126.33 of the | 22483 |
Revised Code. | 22484 |
(J) A law enforcement agency shall investigate each report of | 22485 |
abuse or neglect it receives under this section. In addition, the | 22486 |
department, in cooperation with law enforcement officials, shall | 22487 |
investigate each report regarding a resident of a facility | 22488 |
operated by the department to determine the circumstances | 22489 |
surrounding the injury, the cause of the injury, and the person | 22490 |
responsible. The investigation shall be in accordance with the | 22491 |
memorandum of understanding prepared under section 5126.058 of the | 22492 |
Revised Code. The department shall determine, with the registry | 22493 |
office which shall be maintained by the department, whether prior | 22494 |
reports have been made concerning an adult with mental retardation | 22495 |
or a developmental disability or other principals in the case. If | 22496 |
the department finds that the report involves action or inaction | 22497 |
that may constitute a crime under federal law or the law of this | 22498 |
state, it shall submit a report of its investigation, in writing, | 22499 |
to the law enforcement agency. If the person with mental | 22500 |
retardation or a developmental disability is an adult, with the | 22501 |
consent of the adult, the department shall provide such protective | 22502 |
services as are necessary to protect the adult. The law | 22503 |
enforcement agency shall make a written report of its findings to | 22504 |
the department. | 22505 |
If the person is an adult and is not a resident of a facility | 22506 |
operated by
the department, the county board of | 22507 |
22508 | |
neglect in accordance with sections 5126.30 to 5126.33 of the | 22509 |
Revised Code and the law enforcement agency shall make the written | 22510 |
report of its findings to the county board. | 22511 |
(K) Any person or any hospital, institution, school, health | 22512 |
department, or agency participating in the making of reports | 22513 |
pursuant to this section, any person participating as a witness in | 22514 |
an administrative or judicial proceeding resulting from the | 22515 |
reports, or any person or governmental entity that discharges | 22516 |
responsibilities under sections 5126.31 to 5126.33 of the Revised | 22517 |
Code shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability that | 22518 |
might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of such actions | 22519 |
except liability for perjury, unless the person or governmental | 22520 |
entity has acted in bad faith or with malicious purpose. | 22521 |
(L) No employer or any person with the authority to do so | 22522 |
shall discharge, demote, transfer, prepare a negative work | 22523 |
performance evaluation, reduce pay or benefits, terminate work | 22524 |
privileges, or take any other action detrimental to an employee or | 22525 |
retaliate against an employee as a result of the employee's having | 22526 |
made a report under this section. This division does not preclude | 22527 |
an employer or person with authority from taking action with | 22528 |
regard to an employee who has made a report under this section if | 22529 |
there is another reasonable basis for the action. | 22530 |
(M) Reports made under this section are not public records as | 22531 |
defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Information | 22532 |
contained in the reports on request shall be made available to the | 22533 |
person who is the subject of the report, to the person's legal | 22534 |
counsel, and to agencies authorized to receive information in the | 22535 |
report
by the department or by a county board of | 22536 |
22537 |
(N) Notwithstanding section 4731.22 of the Revised Code, the | 22538 |
physician-patient privilege shall not be a ground for excluding | 22539 |
evidence regarding the injuries or physical neglect of a person | 22540 |
with mental retardation or a developmental disability or the cause | 22541 |
thereof in any judicial proceeding resulting from a report | 22542 |
submitted pursuant to this section. | 22543 |
Sec. 5123.611. (A) As used in this section, "MR/DD employee" | 22544 |
means all of the following: | 22545 |
(1) An employee of the department of | 22546 |
developmental disabilities; | 22547 |
(2) An employee of a county board of | 22548 |
developmental disabilities; | 22549 |
(3) An employee in a position that includes providing | 22550 |
specialized services, as defined in section 5123.50 of the Revised | 22551 |
Code, to an individual with mental retardation or a developmental | 22552 |
disability. | 22553 |
(B) At the conclusion of a review of a report of abuse, | 22554 |
neglect, or a major unusual incident that is conducted by a review | 22555 |
committee established pursuant to section 5123.61 of the Revised | 22556 |
Code, the committee shall issue recommendations to the department. | 22557 |
The department shall review the committee's recommendations and | 22558 |
issue a report of its findings. The department shall make the | 22559 |
report available to all of the following: | 22560 |
(1) The individual with mental retardation or a developmental | 22561 |
disability who is the subject of the report; | 22562 |
(2) That individual's guardian or legal counsel; | 22563 |
(3) The licensee, as defined in section 5123.19 of the | 22564 |
Revised Code, of a residential facility in which the individual | 22565 |
resides; | 22566 |
(4) The employer of any MR/DD employee who allegedly | 22567 |
committed or was responsible for the abuse, neglect, or major | 22568 |
unusual incident. | 22569 |
(C) Except as provided in this section, the department shall | 22570 |
not disclose its report to any person or government entity that is | 22571 |
not authorized to investigate reports of abuse, neglect, or other | 22572 |
major unusual incidents, unless the individual with mental | 22573 |
retardation or a developmental disability who is the subject of | 22574 |
the report or the individual's guardian gives the department | 22575 |
written consent. | 22576 |
Sec. 5123.612. The director of | 22577 |
developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with | 22578 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regarding the reporting of major | 22579 |
unusual incidents and unusual incidents concerning persons with | 22580 |
mental retardation or a developmental disability. The rules shall | 22581 |
specify what constitutes a major unusual incident or an unusual | 22582 |
incident. | 22583 |
Sec. 5123.613. (A) When a person who is the subject of a | 22584 |
report under section 5123.61 of the Revised Code dies, the | 22585 |
department of
| 22586 |
the county board of
| 22587 |
disabilities, whichever is applicable, shall, on written request, | 22588 |
provide to both of the following persons the report and any | 22589 |
records relating to the report: | 22590 |
(1) If the report or records are necessary to administer the | 22591 |
estate of the person who is the subject of the report, to the | 22592 |
executor or administrator of the person's estate; | 22593 |
(2) To the guardian of the person who is the subject of the | 22594 |
report or, if the individual had no guardian at the time of death, | 22595 |
to a person in the first applicable of the following categories: | 22596 |
(a) The person's spouse; | 22597 |
(b) The person's children; | 22598 |
(c) The person's parents; | 22599 |
(d) The person's brothers or sisters; | 22600 |
(e) The person's uncles or aunts; | 22601 |
(f) The person's closest relative by blood or adoption; | 22602 |
(g) The person's closest relative by marriage. | 22603 |
(B) The department or county board shall provide the report | 22604 |
and related records as required by this section not later than | 22605 |
thirty days
after receipt of the request. | 22606 |
Sec. 5123.614. (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, | 22607 |
on receipt of a report of a major unusual incident made pursuant | 22608 |
to section 5123.61 or 5126.31 of the Revised Code or rules adopted | 22609 |
under section 5123.612 of the Revised Code, the department of | 22610 |
22611 | |
the following: | 22612 |
(1) Conduct an independent review or investigation of the | 22613 |
incident; | 22614 |
(2) Request that an independent review or investigation of | 22615 |
the incident be conducted by a county board of | 22616 |
22617 | |
report, a regional council of government, or any other entity | 22618 |
authorized to conduct such investigations. | 22619 |
(B) If a report described in division (A) of this section | 22620 |
concerning the health or safety of a person with mental | 22621 |
retardation or a developmental disability involves an allegation | 22622 |
that an employee of a county board of | 22623 |
developmental disabilities has created a substantial risk of | 22624 |
serious physical harm to a person with mental retardation or a | 22625 |
developmental disability, the department shall do one of the | 22626 |
following: | 22627 |
(1) Conduct an independent investigation regarding the | 22628 |
incident; | 22629 |
(2) Request that an independent review or investigation of | 22630 |
the incident be conducted by a county board of | 22631 |
22632 | |
report, a regional council of government, or any other entity | 22633 |
authorized to conduct such investigations. | 22634 |
Sec. 5123.63. Every state agency, county board of | 22635 |
22636 | |
subdivision that provides services, either directly or through a | 22637 |
contract, to persons with mental retardation or a developmental | 22638 |
disability shall give each provider a copy of the list of rights | 22639 |
contained in section 5123.62 of the Revised Code. Each public and | 22640 |
private provider of services shall carry out the requirements of | 22641 |
this section in addition to any other posting or notification | 22642 |
requirements imposed by local, state, or federal law or rules. | 22643 |
The provider shall make copies of the list of rights and | 22644 |
shall be responsible for an initial distribution of the list to | 22645 |
each individual receiving services from the provider. If the | 22646 |
individual is unable to read the list, the provider shall | 22647 |
communicate the contents of the list to the individual to the | 22648 |
extent practicable in a manner that the individual understands. | 22649 |
The individual receiving services or the parent, guardian, or | 22650 |
advocate of the individual shall sign an acknowledgement of | 22651 |
receipt of a copy of the list of rights, and a copy of the signed | 22652 |
acknowledgement shall be placed in the individual's file. The | 22653 |
provider shall also be responsible for answering any questions and | 22654 |
giving any explanations necessary to assist the individual to | 22655 |
understand the rights enumerated. Instruction in these rights | 22656 |
shall be documented. | 22657 |
Each provider shall make available to all persons receiving | 22658 |
services and all employees and visitors a copy of the list of | 22659 |
rights and the addresses and telephone numbers of the legal rights | 22660 |
service, the department of | 22661 |
disabilities, and the county board of | 22662 |
developmental disabilities of the county in which the provider | 22663 |
provides services. | 22664 |
Sec. 5123.64. (A) Every provider of services to persons with | 22665 |
mental retardation or a developmental disability shall establish | 22666 |
policies and programs to ensure that all staff members are | 22667 |
familiar with the rights enumerated in section 5123.62 of the | 22668 |
Revised Code and observe those rights in their contacts with | 22669 |
persons receiving services. Any policy, procedure, or rule of the | 22670 |
provider that conflicts with any of the rights enumerated shall be | 22671 |
null and void. Every provider shall establish written procedures | 22672 |
for resolving complaints of violations of those rights. A copy of | 22673 |
the procedures shall be provided to any person receiving services | 22674 |
or to any parent, guardian, or advocate of a person receiving | 22675 |
services. | 22676 |
(B) Any person with mental retardation or a developmental | 22677 |
disability who believes that the person's rights as enumerated in | 22678 |
section 5123.62 of the Revised Code have been violated may: | 22679 |
(1) Bring the violation to the attention of the provider for | 22680 |
resolution; | 22681 |
(2) Report the violation to the department of | 22682 |
22683 | |
section of the legal rights service, or the appropriate county | 22684 |
board of
| 22685 |
(3) Take any other appropriate action to ensure compliance | 22686 |
with sections 5123.60 to 5123.64 of the Revised Code, including | 22687 |
the filing of a legal action to enforce rights or to recover | 22688 |
damages for violation of rights. | 22689 |
Sec. 5123.65. In addition to the rights specified in section | 22690 |
5123.62 of the Revised Code, individuals with mental retardation | 22691 |
and developmental disabilities who can safely self-administer | 22692 |
medication or receive assistance with self-administration of | 22693 |
medication have the right to self-administer medication or receive | 22694 |
assistance with the self-administration of medication. The | 22695 |
department of | 22696 |
shall adopt rules as it considers necessary to implement and | 22697 |
enforce this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance | 22698 |
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 22699 |
Sec. 5123.71. (A)(1) Proceedings for the involuntary | 22700 |
institutionalization of a person pursuant to sections 5123.71 to | 22701 |
5123.76 of the Revised Code shall be commenced by the filing of an | 22702 |
affidavit with the probate division of the court of common pleas | 22703 |
of the county where the person resides or where the person is | 22704 |
institutionalized, in the manner and form prescribed by the | 22705 |
department of | 22706 |
either on information or actual knowledge, whichever is determined | 22707 |
to be proper by the court. The affidavit may be filed only by a | 22708 |
person who has custody of the individual as a parent, guardian, or | 22709 |
service provider or by a person acting on behalf of the department | 22710 |
or a county board
of
| 22711 |
disabilities. This section does not apply regarding the | 22712 |
institutionalization of a person pursuant to section 2945.39, | 22713 |
2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code. | 22714 |
The affidavit shall contain an allegation setting forth the | 22715 |
specific category or categories under division (O) of section | 22716 |
5123.01 of the Revised Code upon which the commencement of | 22717 |
proceedings is based and a statement of the factual ground for the | 22718 |
belief that the person is a mentally retarded person subject to | 22719 |
institutionalization by court order. Except as provided in | 22720 |
division (A)(2) of this section, the affidavit shall be | 22721 |
accompanied by both of the following: | 22722 |
(a) A comprehensive evaluation report prepared by the | 22723 |
person's evaluation team that includes a statement by the members | 22724 |
of the team certifying that they have performed a comprehensive | 22725 |
evaluation of the person and that they are of the opinion that the | 22726 |
person is a mentally retarded person subject to | 22727 |
institutionalization by court order; | 22728 |
(b) An assessment report prepared by the county board of | 22729 |
22730 | |
5123.711 of the Revised Code specifying that the individual is in | 22731 |
need of services on an emergency or priority basis. | 22732 |
(2) In lieu of the comprehensive evaluation report, the | 22733 |
affidavit may be accompanied by a written and sworn statement that | 22734 |
the person or the guardian of a person adjudicated incompetent has | 22735 |
refused to allow a comprehensive evaluation and county board | 22736 |
assessment and assessment reports. Immediately after accepting an | 22737 |
affidavit that is not accompanied by the reports of a | 22738 |
comprehensive evaluation and county board assessment, the court | 22739 |
shall cause a comprehensive evaluation and county board assessment | 22740 |
of the person named in the affidavit to be performed. The | 22741 |
evaluation shall be conducted in the least restrictive environment | 22742 |
possible and the assessment shall be conducted in the same manner | 22743 |
as assessments conducted under section 5123.711 of the Revised | 22744 |
Code. The evaluation and assessment must be completed before a | 22745 |
probable cause hearing or full hearing may be held under section | 22746 |
5123.75 or 5123.76 of the Revised Code. | 22747 |
A written report of the evaluation team's findings and the | 22748 |
county board's assessment shall be filed with the court. The | 22749 |
reports shall, consistent with the rules of evidence, be accepted | 22750 |
as probative evidence in any proceeding under section 5123.75 or | 22751 |
5123.76 of the Revised Code. If the counsel for the person who is | 22752 |
evaluated or assessed is known, the court shall send to the | 22753 |
counsel a copy of the reports as soon as possible after they are | 22754 |
filed and prior to any proceedings under section 5123.75 or | 22755 |
5123.76 of the Revised Code. | 22756 |
(B) Any person who is involuntarily detained in an | 22757 |
institution or otherwise is in custody under this chapter shall be | 22758 |
informed of the right to do the following: | 22759 |
(1) Immediately make a reasonable number of telephone calls | 22760 |
or use other reasonable means to contact an attorney, a physician, | 22761 |
or both, to contact any other person or persons to secure | 22762 |
representation by counsel, or to obtain medical assistance, and be | 22763 |
provided assistance in making calls if the assistance is needed | 22764 |
and requested; | 22765 |
(2) Retain counsel and have independent expert evaluation | 22766 |
and, if the person is an indigent person, be represented by | 22767 |
court-appointed counsel and have independent expert evaluation at | 22768 |
court expense; | 22769 |
(3) Upon request, have a hearing to determine whether there | 22770 |
is probable cause to believe that the person is a mentally | 22771 |
retarded person subject to institutionalization by court order. | 22772 |
(C) No person who is being treated by spiritual means through | 22773 |
prayer alone in accordance with a recognized religious method of | 22774 |
healing may be ordered detained or involuntarily committed unless | 22775 |
the court has determined that the person represents a very | 22776 |
substantial risk of self-impairment, self-injury, or impairment or | 22777 |
injury to others. | 22778 |
Sec. 5123.711. (A) As used in this section: | 22779 |
(1) "Emergency" means either of the following that creates a | 22780 |
risk of substantial harm to an individual or others if action is | 22781 |
not taken within thirty days: | 22782 |
(a) Health and safety conditions that pose a serious risk of | 22783 |
immediate harm or death to the individual or others; | 22784 |
(b) Changes in the emotional or physical condition of an | 22785 |
individual that necessitates substantial accommodation that cannot | 22786 |
reasonably be provided by the individual's existing caretaker. | 22787 |
(2) "Priority" means a situation creating a risk of | 22788 |
substantial harm to an individual or others, but for which action | 22789 |
within thirty days is not necessary. | 22790 |
(3) "Resources" has the same meaning as in section 5126.01 | 22791 |
of the Revised Code. | 22792 |
(B) Prior to filing an affidavit under section 5123.71 of the | 22793 |
Revised Code for the involuntary institutionalization of an | 22794 |
individual, a person who is eligible to file under that section | 22795 |
and
intends to do so shall request that the county board of | 22796 |
22797 | |
of the individual's needs. Not later than thirty days after the | 22798 |
date a request is received, the board shall complete the | 22799 |
assessment and provide to the person a report of its findings and | 22800 |
recommendations. The report shall be delivered by certified mail. | 22801 |
Within three working days after receiving a request for an | 22802 |
assessment,
the board shall notify the department of | 22803 |
22804 | |
been made and that there is the potential for court-ordered | 22805 |
institutionalization of an individual. The department may provide | 22806 |
assistance to the board in the performance of the assessment. | 22807 |
(C) The board's assessment of an individual's needs shall | 22808 |
include the following: | 22809 |
(1) A determination of the current needs of the individual, | 22810 |
including an appropriate plan for services; | 22811 |
(2) A determination of whether the community is the least | 22812 |
restrictive environment in which the individual may be | 22813 |
appropriately served; | 22814 |
(3) A determination of whether the individual meets the | 22815 |
conditions for assistance on an emergency or priority basis; | 22816 |
(4) Identification of available resources to meet the | 22817 |
individual's needs, including service providers with the | 22818 |
capability of appropriately meeting those needs, special ancillary | 22819 |
services, and moneys to pay for the services necessary to meet the | 22820 |
individual's needs within the community rather than in a state | 22821 |
institution. | 22822 |
(D) If the board's assessment of an individual identifies | 22823 |
that county resources are available to meet the individual's needs | 22824 |
in the community, the board shall provide services to the | 22825 |
individual or arrange for the provision of services. If county | 22826 |
resources are not available, the board shall petition the | 22827 |
department of | 22828 |
for necessary resources that may be available from the department. | 22829 |
Sec. 5123.72. | 22830 |
22831 | |
disabilities shall designate a person to present the case on | 22832 |
behalf of the state at the hearings provided for in sections | 22833 |
5123.75 and 5123.76 of the Revised Code. The designee of the | 22834 |
director also may present the case on behalf of the state in any | 22835 |
other hearing provided for in this chapter. | 22836 |
Sec. 5123.73. (A) After receipt of the affidavit required by | 22837 |
section 5123.71 of the Revised Code, the court shall cause written | 22838 |
notice, by mail or otherwise, of any hearing the court directs, to | 22839 |
be given to all of the following persons: | 22840 |
(1) The respondent; | 22841 |
(2) The respondent's legal guardian, if any; | 22842 |
(3) The respondent's spouse, if address is known; | 22843 |
(4) The person filing the affidavit; | 22844 |
(5) Any one person designated by the respondent, except that | 22845 |
if the respondent does not make a selection, the notice shall be | 22846 |
sent to the adult next of kin other than the person who filed the | 22847 |
affidavit, if that person's address is known to the court; | 22848 |
(6) The respondent's counsel; | 22849 |
(7) The director of | 22850 |
disabilities or the director's designee under section 5123.72 of | 22851 |
the Revised Code. | 22852 |
(B) All persons entitled to notice under this section may | 22853 |
waive that notice. | 22854 |
(C) A copy of the affidavit and of any temporary order shall | 22855 |
be served with a notice under this section. | 22856 |
Sec. 5123.74. (A) On receipt of an affidavit under section | 22857 |
5123.71 of the Revised Code, the probate division of the court of | 22858 |
common pleas may, if it has probable cause to believe that the | 22859 |
person named in the affidavit is a mentally retarded person | 22860 |
subject to institutionalization by court order and that emergency | 22861 |
institutionalization is required, do any of the following: | 22862 |
(1) Issue a temporary order of detention ordering any health | 22863 |
or police officer or sheriff to take into custody and transport | 22864 |
such person to an institution or other place as designated in | 22865 |
section 5123.77 of the Revised Code; | 22866 |
(2) Order the county board of | 22867 |
developmental disabilities to provide services to the individual | 22868 |
in the community if the board's assessment of the individual | 22869 |
conducted under section 5123.711 of the Revised Code identifies | 22870 |
that resources are available to meet the individual's needs in an | 22871 |
appropriate manner within the community as an alternative to | 22872 |
institutionalization; | 22873 |
(3) Set the matter for further hearing. | 22874 |
(B) A managing officer of a nonpublic institution may, and | 22875 |
the managing officer of a public institution shall, receive for | 22876 |
observation, diagnosis, habilitation, and care any person whose | 22877 |
admission is ordered pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section. | 22878 |
The alternatives to institutionalization that may be ordered | 22879 |
under division (A)(2) of this section are limited to those that | 22880 |
are necessary to remediate the emergency condition; necessary for | 22881 |
the person's health, safety or welfare; and necessary for the | 22882 |
protection of society, if applicable. | 22883 |
(C) A person detained under this section may be observed and | 22884 |
habilitated until the probable cause hearing provided for in | 22885 |
section 5123.75 of the Revised Code. If no probable cause hearing | 22886 |
is requested or held, the person may be evaluated and shall be | 22887 |
provided with habilitative services until the full hearing is held | 22888 |
pursuant to section 5123.76 of the Revised Code. | 22889 |
Sec. 5123.75. A respondent who is involuntarily placed in an | 22890 |
institution or other place as designated in section 5123.77 of the | 22891 |
Revised Code or with respect to whom proceedings have been | 22892 |
instituted under section 5123.71 of the Revised Code shall, on | 22893 |
request of the respondent, | 22894 |
the respondent's counsel, or upon the court's own motion, be | 22895 |
afforded a hearing to determine whether there is probable cause to | 22896 |
believe that the respondent is a mentally retarded person subject | 22897 |
to institutionalization by court order. | 22898 |
(A) The probable cause hearing shall be conducted within two | 22899 |
court days from the day on which the request is made. Failure to | 22900 |
conduct the probable cause hearing within this time shall effect | 22901 |
an immediate discharge of the respondent. If the proceedings are | 22902 |
not reinstituted within thirty days, records of the proceedings | 22903 |
shall be expunged. | 22904 |
(B) The respondent shall be informed that | 22905 |
may retain counsel and have independent expert evaluation and, if | 22906 |
22907 | |
appointed counsel and have independent expert evaluation at court | 22908 |
expense. | 22909 |
(C) The probable cause hearing shall be conducted in a manner | 22910 |
consistent with the procedures set forth in division (A) of | 22911 |
section 5123.76 of the Revised Code, except divisions (A)(10) and | 22912 |
(14) of that section, and the designee of the director of
| 22913 |
22914 | |
for the state. | 22915 |
(D) If the court does not find probable cause to believe that | 22916 |
the respondent is a mentally retarded person subject to | 22917 |
institutionalization by court order, it shall order immediate | 22918 |
release of the respondent and dismiss and expunge all record of | 22919 |
the proceedings under this chapter. | 22920 |
(E) On motion of the respondent or | 22921 |
counsel and for good cause shown, the court may order a | 22922 |
continuance of the hearing. | 22923 |
(F) If the court finds probable cause to believe that the | 22924 |
respondent is a mentally retarded person subject to | 22925 |
institutionalization by court order, the court may issue an | 22926 |
interim order of placement and, where proceedings under section | 22927 |
5123.71 of the Revised Code have been instituted, shall order a | 22928 |
full hearing as provided in section 5123.76 of the Revised Code to | 22929 |
be held on the question of whether the respondent is a mentally | 22930 |
retarded person subject to institutionalization by court order. | 22931 |
Unless specifically waived by the respondent or the respondent's | 22932 |
counsel, the court shall schedule said hearing to be held as soon | 22933 |
as possible within ten days from the probable cause hearing. A | 22934 |
waiver of such full hearing at this point shall not preclude the | 22935 |
respondent from asserting the respondent's right to such hearing | 22936 |
under section 5123.76 of the Revised Code at any time prior to the | 22937 |
mandatory hearing provided in division (H) of section 5123.76 of | 22938 |
the Revised Code. In any case, if the
respondent has waived | 22939 |
the right to the full hearing, a mandatory hearing shall be held | 22940 |
under division (H) of section 5123.76 of the Revised Code between | 22941 |
the ninetieth and the one hundredth day after the original | 22942 |
involuntary detention of the person unless the respondent has been | 22943 |
discharged. | 22944 |
(G) Whenever possible, the probable cause hearing shall be | 22945 |
held before the respondent is taken into custody. | 22946 |
Sec. 5123.76. (A) The full hearing shall be conducted in a | 22947 |
manner consistent with the procedures outlined in this chapter and | 22948 |
with due process of law. The hearing shall be held by a judge of | 22949 |
the probate division or, upon transfer by the judge of the probate | 22950 |
division, by another judge of the court of common pleas, or a | 22951 |
referee designated by the judge of the probate division. Any | 22952 |
referee designated by the judge of the probate division must be an | 22953 |
attorney. | 22954 |
(1) The following shall be made available to counsel for the | 22955 |
respondent: | 22956 |
(a) All relevant documents, information, and evidence in the | 22957 |
custody or control of the state or prosecutor; | 22958 |
(b) All relevant documents, information, and evidence in the | 22959 |
custody or control of the institution, facility, or program in | 22960 |
which the respondent currently is held or in which the respondent | 22961 |
has been held pursuant to these proceedings; | 22962 |
(c) With the consent of the respondent, all relevant | 22963 |
documents, information, and evidence in the custody or control of | 22964 |
any institution or person other than the state. | 22965 |
(2) The respondent has the right to be represented by counsel | 22966 |
of the respondent's choice and has the right to attend the hearing | 22967 |
except if unusual circumstances of compelling medical necessity | 22968 |
exist that render the respondent unable to attend and the | 22969 |
respondent has not expressed a desire to attend. | 22970 |
(3) If the respondent is not represented by counsel and the | 22971 |
court determines that the conditions specified in division (A)(2) | 22972 |
of this section justify the respondent's absence and the right to | 22973 |
counsel has not been validly waived, the court shall appoint | 22974 |
counsel forthwith to represent the respondent at the hearing, | 22975 |
reserving the right to tax costs of appointed counsel to the | 22976 |
respondent unless it is shown that the respondent is indigent. If | 22977 |
the court appoints counsel, or if the court determines that the | 22978 |
evidence relevant to the respondent's absence does not justify the | 22979 |
absence, the court shall continue the case. | 22980 |
(4) The respondent shall be informed of the right to retain | 22981 |
counsel, to have independent expert evaluation, and, if an | 22982 |
indigent person, to be represented by court appointed counsel and | 22983 |
have expert independent evaluation at court expense. | 22984 |
(5) The hearing may be closed to the public unless counsel | 22985 |
for the respondent requests that the hearing be open to the | 22986 |
public. | 22987 |
(6) Unless objected to by the respondent, the respondent's | 22988 |
counsel, or
the designee of the director of | 22989 |
developmental disabilities, the court, for good cause shown, may | 22990 |
admit persons having a legitimate interest in the proceedings. | 22991 |
(7) The affiant under section 5123.71 of the Revised Code | 22992 |
shall be subject to subpoena by either party. | 22993 |
(8) The court shall examine the sufficiency of all documents | 22994 |
filed and shall inform the respondent, if present, and the | 22995 |
respondent's counsel of the nature of the content of the documents | 22996 |
and the reason for which the respondent is being held or for which | 22997 |
the respondent's placement is being sought. | 22998 |
(9) The court shall receive only relevant, competent, and | 22999 |
material evidence. | 23000 |
(10) The designee of the director shall present the evidence | 23001 |
for the state. In proceedings under this chapter, the attorney | 23002 |
general shall present the comprehensive evaluation, assessment, | 23003 |
diagnosis, prognosis, record of habilitation and care, if any, and | 23004 |
less restrictive habilitation plans, if any. The attorney general | 23005 |
does not have a similar presentation responsibility in connection | 23006 |
with a person who has been found not guilty by reason of insanity | 23007 |
and who is the subject of a hearing under section 2945.40 of the | 23008 |
Revised Code to determine whether the person is a mentally | 23009 |
retarded person subject to institutionalization by court order. | 23010 |
(11) The respondent has the right to testify and the | 23011 |
respondent or the respondent's counsel has the right to subpoena | 23012 |
witnesses and documents and to present and cross-examine | 23013 |
witnesses. | 23014 |
(12) The respondent shall not be compelled to testify and | 23015 |
shall be so advised by the court. | 23016 |
(13) On motion of the respondent or the respondent's counsel | 23017 |
for good cause shown, or upon the court's own motion, the court | 23018 |
may order a continuance of the hearing. | 23019 |
(14) To an extent not inconsistent with this chapter, the | 23020 |
Rules of Civil Procedure shall be applicable. | 23021 |
(B) Unless, upon completion of the hearing, the court finds | 23022 |
by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent named in the | 23023 |
affidavit is a mentally retarded person subject to | 23024 |
institutionalization by court order, it shall order the | 23025 |
respondent's discharge forthwith. | 23026 |
(C) If, upon completion of the hearing, the court finds by | 23027 |
clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is a mentally | 23028 |
retarded person subject to institutionalization by court order, | 23029 |
the court may order the respondent's discharge or order the | 23030 |
respondent, for a period not to exceed ninety days, to any of the | 23031 |
following: | 23032 |
(1) A public institution, provided that commitment of the | 23033 |
respondent to the institution will not cause the institution to | 23034 |
exceed its licensed capacity determined in accordance with section | 23035 |
5123.19 of the Revised Code and provided that such a placement is | 23036 |
indicated by the comprehensive evaluation report filed pursuant to | 23037 |
section 5123.71 of the Revised Code; | 23038 |
(2) A private institution; | 23039 |
(3) A county mental retardation program; | 23040 |
(4) Receive private habilitation and care; | 23041 |
(5) Any other suitable facility, program, or the care of any | 23042 |
person consistent with the comprehensive evaluation, assessment, | 23043 |
diagnosis, prognosis, and habilitation needs of the respondent. | 23044 |
(D) Any order made pursuant to division (C)(2), (4), or (5) | 23045 |
of this section shall be conditional upon the receipt by the court | 23046 |
of consent by the facility, program, or person to accept the | 23047 |
respondent. | 23048 |
(E) In determining the place to which, or the person with | 23049 |
whom, the respondent is to be committed, the court shall consider | 23050 |
the comprehensive evaluation, assessment, diagnosis, and projected | 23051 |
habilitation plan for the respondent, and shall order the | 23052 |
implementation of the least restrictive alternative available and | 23053 |
consistent with habilitation goals. | 23054 |
(F) If, at any time it is determined by the director of the | 23055 |
facility or program to which, or the person to whom, the | 23056 |
respondent is committed that the respondent could be equally well | 23057 |
habilitated in a less restrictive environment that is available, | 23058 |
the following shall occur: | 23059 |
(1) The respondent shall be released by the director of the | 23060 |
facility or program or by the person forthwith and referred to the | 23061 |
court together with a report of the findings and recommendations | 23062 |
of the facility, program, or person. | 23063 |
(2) The director of the facility or program or the person | 23064 |
shall notify the respondent's counsel and the designee of the | 23065 |
director of | 23066 |
(3) The court shall dismiss the case or order placement in | 23067 |
the less restrictive environment. | 23068 |
(G)(1) Except as provided in divisions (G)(2) and (3) of this | 23069 |
section, any person who has been committed under this section may | 23070 |
apply at any time during the ninety-day period for voluntary | 23071 |
admission to an institution under section 5123.69 of the Revised | 23072 |
Code. Upon admission of a voluntary resident, the managing officer | 23073 |
immediately shall notify the court, the respondent's counsel, and | 23074 |
the designee of the director in writing of that fact by mail or | 23075 |
otherwise, and, upon receipt of the notice, the court shall | 23076 |
dismiss the case. | 23077 |
(2) A person who is found incompetent to stand trial or not | 23078 |
guilty by reason of insanity and who is committed pursuant to | 23079 |
section 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised | 23080 |
Code shall not be voluntarily admitted to an institution pursuant | 23081 |
to division (G)(1) of this section until after the termination of | 23082 |
the commitment, as described in division (J) of section 2945.401 | 23083 |
of the Revised Code. | 23084 |
(H) If, at the end of any commitment period, the respondent | 23085 |
has not already been discharged or has not requested voluntary | 23086 |
admission status, the director of the facility or program, or the | 23087 |
person to whose care the respondent has been committed, shall | 23088 |
discharge the respondent forthwith, unless at least ten days | 23089 |
before the expiration of that period the designee of the director | 23090 |
of | 23091 |
prosecutor files an application with the court requesting | 23092 |
continued commitment. | 23093 |
(1) An application for continued commitment shall include a | 23094 |
written report containing a current comprehensive evaluation and | 23095 |
assessment, a diagnosis, a prognosis, an account of progress and | 23096 |
past habilitation, and a description of alternative habilitation | 23097 |
settings and plans, including a habilitation setting that is the | 23098 |
least restrictive setting consistent with the need for | 23099 |
habilitation. A copy of the application shall be provided to | 23100 |
respondent's counsel. The requirements for notice under section | 23101 |
5123.73 of the Revised Code and the provisions of divisions (A) to | 23102 |
(E) of this section apply to all hearings on such applications. | 23103 |
(2) A hearing on the first application for continued | 23104 |
commitment shall be held at the expiration of the first ninety-day | 23105 |
period. The hearing shall be mandatory and may not be waived. | 23106 |
(3) Subsequent periods of commitment not to exceed one | 23107 |
hundred eighty days each may be ordered by the court if the | 23108 |
designee of the director of | 23109 |
disabilities files an application for continued commitment, after | 23110 |
a hearing is held on the application or without a hearing if no | 23111 |
hearing is requested and no hearing required under division (H)(4) | 23112 |
of this section is waived. Upon the application of a person | 23113 |
involuntarily committed under this section, supported by an | 23114 |
affidavit of a licensed physician alleging that the person is no | 23115 |
longer a mentally retarded person subject to institutionalization | 23116 |
by court order, the court for good cause shown may hold a full | 23117 |
hearing on the person's continued commitment prior to the | 23118 |
expiration of any subsequent period of commitment set by the | 23119 |
court. | 23120 |
(4) A mandatory hearing shall be held at least every two | 23121 |
years after the initial commitment. | 23122 |
(5) If the court, after a hearing upon a request to continue | 23123 |
commitment, finds that the respondent is a mentally retarded | 23124 |
person subject to institutionalization by court order, the court | 23125 |
may make an order pursuant to divisions (C), (D), and (E) of this | 23126 |
section. | 23127 |
(I) Notwithstanding the provisions of division (H) of this | 23128 |
section, no person who is found to be a mentally retarded person | 23129 |
subject to institutionalization by court order pursuant to | 23130 |
division (O)(2) of section 5123.01 of the Revised Code shall be | 23131 |
held under involuntary commitment for more than five years. | 23132 |
(J) The managing officer admitting a person pursuant to a | 23133 |
judicial proceeding, within ten working days of the admission, | 23134 |
shall make a report of the admission to the department. | 23135 |
Sec. 5123.801. If neither a discharged resident, nor a | 23136 |
resident granted trial visit, nor the persons requesting the | 23137 |
resident's trial visit or discharge are financially able to bear | 23138 |
the expense of the resident's trial visit or discharge, the | 23139 |
managing officer of an institution under the control of the | 23140 |
department of | 23141 |
may then provide actual traveling and escort expenses to the | 23142 |
township of which the resident resided at the time of | 23143 |
institutionalization. The amount payable shall be charged to the | 23144 |
current expense fund of the institution. | 23145 |
The expense of the return of a resident on trial visit from | 23146 |
an institution, if it cannot be paid by the responsible relatives, | 23147 |
shall be borne by the county of institutionalization. | 23148 |
The managing officer of the institution shall provide | 23149 |
sufficient and proper clothing for traveling if neither the | 23150 |
resident nor the persons requesting the resident's trial visit or | 23151 |
discharge are financially able to provide that clothing. | 23152 |
Sec. 5123.81. When an involuntarily committed resident of an | 23153 |
institution for the mentally retarded is absent without leave, an | 23154 |
order shall be issued within
five days after | 23155 |
absence requiring the resident to be taken into custody by any | 23156 |
health or police officer, or sheriff and transported to the | 23157 |
institution from which the resident is absent. The order may be | 23158 |
issued by the director of
| 23159 |
disabilities, the managing officer of the institution from which | 23160 |
the resident is absent, or the probate judge of the county from | 23161 |
which the resident was ordered institutionalized or in which he is | 23162 |
found. The officer who takes the resident into custody shall | 23163 |
immediately notify the issuer of the order. | 23164 |
Sec. 5123.811. The managing officer of an institution under | 23165 |
the control of the department of | 23166 |
developmental disabilities shall immediately report the removal, | 23167 |
death, absence without leave, discharge, or trial visit of any | 23168 |
resident, or return of an absent without leave or visiting | 23169 |
resident to the department, the probate judge of the county from | 23170 |
which such resident was institutionalized, and the probate judge | 23171 |
of the county of the residence of such resident. In case of death, | 23172 |
the managing officer shall also notify one or more of the nearest | 23173 |
relatives of the deceased resident, if known to | 23174 |
officer, by letter, telegram, or telephone. If the place of | 23175 |
residence of such relative is unknown to the managing officer, | 23176 |
immediately upon receiving notification, the probate judge shall | 23177 |
in the speediest manner possible notify such relatives, if known | 23178 |
to | 23179 |
The managing officer of the institution shall, upon the | 23180 |
request of the probate judge of the county from which such | 23181 |
resident was institutionalized or the probate judge of the county | 23182 |
of the residence of such resident, make a report to such judge of | 23183 |
the condition of any resident under the care, treatment, custody, | 23184 |
or control of such managing officer. | 23185 |
Sec. 5123.82. (A) Any person who has been institutionalized | 23186 |
under this chapter may, at any time after discharge from such | 23187 |
institution, make application to the managing officer of any | 23188 |
public institution for habilitation and care if such person feels | 23189 |
23190 | |
director determines the applicant to be in need of such services, | 23191 |
the managing officer may provide such services as are required by | 23192 |
the applicant. | 23193 |
(B) Any person may apply to the managing officer of any | 23194 |
public institution for habilitation and care if such person feels | 23195 |
23196 | |
condition warrants, | 23197 |
outpatient and, during such enrollment, | 23198 |
services subject to Chapter 5121. of the Revised Code. | 23199 |
(C) The application prescribed in division (A) or (B) of this | 23200 |
section may also be made on behalf of a minor by a parent, | 23201 |
guardian, or custodian of a minor, and on behalf of an adult | 23202 |
adjudicated incompetent by the guardian or custodian of the adult. | 23203 |
(D) The managing officer of the public institution may refer | 23204 |
any discharged resident who makes an application under this | 23205 |
section to the director of any community mental retardation | 23206 |
program serving the county in which such resident resides, or to | 23207 |
such other facility as the director of | 23208 |
developmental disabilities may designate. Upon notice of such | 23209 |
referral, the director of such program may provide the services | 23210 |
required by the applicant. | 23211 |
Sec. 5123.85. (A) All residents institutionalized pursuant | 23212 |
to this chapter shall receive, within thirty days of their | 23213 |
admission, a comprehensive evaluation, a diagnosis, a prognosis, | 23214 |
and a description of habilitation goals consistent therewith. | 23215 |
(B) All such residents shall have a written habilitation plan | 23216 |
consistent with the comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, | 23217 |
prognosis, and goals which shall be provided, upon request of | 23218 |
resident or resident's counsel, to resident's counsel and to any | 23219 |
private physician designated by the resident or the resident's | 23220 |
counsel. | 23221 |
(C) All such residents shall receive habilitation and care | 23222 |
consistent with the habilitation plan. The department of | 23223 |
23224 | |
habilitation and care provided to such residents, consistent | 23225 |
wherever possible with standards set by the joint commission on | 23226 |
accreditation of facilities for the mentally retarded. | 23227 |
(D) All such residents shall receive periodic comprehensive | 23228 |
re-evaluations of the habilitation plan by the professional staff | 23229 |
of the institution at intervals not to exceed ninety days. | 23230 |
(E) All such residents shall be provided with prompt and | 23231 |
adequate medical treatment for any physical or mental disease or | 23232 |
injury. | 23233 |
Sec. 5123.86. (A) Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), | 23234 |
(E), and (F) of this section, the chief medical officer shall | 23235 |
provide all information, including expected physical and medical | 23236 |
consequences, necessary to enable any resident of an institution | 23237 |
for the mentally retarded to give a fully informed, intelligent, | 23238 |
and knowing consent if any of the following procedures are | 23239 |
proposed: | 23240 |
(1) Surgery; | 23241 |
(2) Convulsive therapy; | 23242 |
(3) Major aversive interventions; | 23243 |
(4) Sterilization; | 23244 |
(5) Experimental procedures; | 23245 |
(6) Any unusual or hazardous treatment procedures. | 23246 |
(B) No resident shall be subjected to any of the procedures | 23247 |
listed in division (A)(4), (5), or (6) of this section without the | 23248 |
resident's informed consent. | 23249 |
(C) If a resident is physically or mentally unable to receive | 23250 |
the information required for surgery under division (A)(1) of this | 23251 |
section, or has been adjudicated incompetent, the information may | 23252 |
be provided to the resident's natural or court-appointed guardian, | 23253 |
including an agency providing guardianship services under contract | 23254 |
with the department of | 23255 |
disabilities under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised | 23256 |
Code, who may give the informed, intelligent, and knowing written | 23257 |
consent for surgery. Consent for surgery shall not be provided by | 23258 |
a guardian who is an officer or employee of the department of | 23259 |
mental health or the department of | 23260 |
developmental disabilities. | 23261 |
If a resident is physically or mentally unable to receive the | 23262 |
information required for surgery under division (A)(1) of this | 23263 |
section and has no guardian, then the information, the | 23264 |
recommendation of the chief medical officer, and the concurring | 23265 |
judgment of a licensed physician who is not a full-time employee | 23266 |
of the state may be provided to the court in the county in which | 23267 |
the institution is located, which may approve the surgery. Before | 23268 |
approving the surgery, the court shall notify the legal rights | 23269 |
service created by section 5123.60 of the Revised Code, and shall | 23270 |
notify the resident of the resident's rights to consult with | 23271 |
counsel, to have counsel appointed by the court if the resident is | 23272 |
indigent, and to contest the recommendation of the chief medical | 23273 |
officer. | 23274 |
(D) If, in the judgment of two licensed physicians, delay in | 23275 |
obtaining consent for surgery would create a grave danger to the | 23276 |
health of a resident, emergency surgery may be performed without | 23277 |
the consent of the resident if the necessary information is | 23278 |
provided to the resident's guardian, including an agency providing | 23279 |
guardianship services under contract with the
department of | 23280 |
23281 | |
to 5123.59 of the Revised Code, or to the resident's spouse or | 23282 |
next of kin to enable that person or agency to give an informed, | 23283 |
intelligent, and knowing written consent. | 23284 |
If the guardian, spouse, or next of kin cannot be contacted | 23285 |
through exercise of reasonable diligence, or if the guardian, | 23286 |
spouse, or next of kin is contacted, but refuses to consent, then | 23287 |
the emergency surgery may be performed upon the written | 23288 |
authorization of the chief medical officer and after court | 23289 |
approval has been obtained. However, if delay in obtaining court | 23290 |
approval would create a grave danger to the life of the resident, | 23291 |
the chief medical officer may authorize surgery, in writing, | 23292 |
without court approval. If the surgery is authorized without court | 23293 |
approval, the chief medical officer who made the authorization and | 23294 |
the physician who performed the surgery shall each execute an | 23295 |
affidavit describing the circumstances constituting the emergency | 23296 |
and warranting the surgery and the circumstances warranting their | 23297 |
not obtaining prior court approval. The affidavit shall be filed | 23298 |
with the court with which the request for prior approval would | 23299 |
have been filed within five court days after the surgery, and a | 23300 |
copy of the affidavit shall be placed in the resident's file and | 23301 |
shall be given to the guardian, spouse, or next of kin of the | 23302 |
resident, to the hospital at which the surgery was performed, and | 23303 |
to the legal rights service created by section 5123.60 of the | 23304 |
Revised Code. | 23305 |
(E)(1) If it is the judgment of two licensed physicians, as | 23306 |
described in division (E)(2) of this section, that a medical | 23307 |
emergency exists and delay in obtaining convulsive therapy creates | 23308 |
a grave danger to the life of a resident who is both mentally | 23309 |
retarded and mentally ill, convulsive therapy may be administered | 23310 |
without the consent of the resident if the resident is physically | 23311 |
or mentally unable to receive the information required for | 23312 |
convulsive therapy and if the necessary information is provided to | 23313 |
the resident's natural or court-appointed guardian, including an | 23314 |
agency providing guardianship services under contract with the | 23315 |
department of | 23316 |
under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code, or to the | 23317 |
resident's spouse or next of kin to enable that person or agency | 23318 |
to give an informed, intelligent, and knowing written consent. If | 23319 |
neither the resident's guardian, spouse, nor next of kin can be | 23320 |
contacted through exercise of reasonable diligence, or if the | 23321 |
guardian, spouse, or next of kin is contacted, but refuses to | 23322 |
consent, then convulsive therapy may be performed upon the written | 23323 |
authorization of the chief medical officer and after court | 23324 |
approval has been obtained. | 23325 |
(2) The two licensed physicians referred to in division | 23326 |
(E)(1) of this section shall not be associated with each other in | 23327 |
the practice of medicine or surgery by means of a partnership or | 23328 |
corporate arrangement, other business arrangement, or employment. | 23329 |
At least one of the physicians shall be a psychiatrist as defined | 23330 |
in division (E) of section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. | 23331 |
(F) Major aversive interventions shall not be used unless a | 23332 |
resident continues to engage in behavior destructive to self or | 23333 |
others after other forms of therapy have been attempted. The | 23334 |
director of the legal rights service created by section 5123.60 of | 23335 |
the Revised Code shall be notified of any proposed major aversive | 23336 |
intervention. Major aversive interventions shall not be applied to | 23337 |
a voluntary resident without the informed, intelligent, and | 23338 |
knowing written consent of the resident or the resident's | 23339 |
guardian, including an agency providing guardianship services | 23340 |
under contract with the department of | 23341 |
developmental disabilities under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of | 23342 |
the Revised Code. | 23343 |
(G)(1) This chapter does not authorize any form of compulsory | 23344 |
medical or psychiatric treatment of any resident who is being | 23345 |
treated by spiritual means through prayer alone in accordance with | 23346 |
a recognized religious method of healing. | 23347 |
(2) For purposes of this section, "convulsive therapy" does | 23348 |
not include defibrillation. | 23349 |
Sec. 5123.89. (A) All certificates, applications, records, | 23350 |
and reports made for the purpose of this chapter, other than court | 23351 |
journal entries or court docket entries, which directly or | 23352 |
indirectly identify a resident or former resident of an | 23353 |
institution for the mentally retarded or person whose | 23354 |
institutionalization has been sought under this chapter shall be | 23355 |
kept confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person except | 23356 |
in the following situations: | 23357 |
(1) It is the judgment of the court for judicial records, and | 23358 |
the managing officer for institution records, that disclosure is | 23359 |
in the best interest of the person identified, and that person or | 23360 |
that person's guardian or, if that person is a minor, that | 23361 |
person's parent or guardian consents. | 23362 |
(2) Disclosure is provided for in other sections of this | 23363 |
chapter. | 23364 |
(3) It is the judgment of the managing officer for | 23365 |
institution records that disclosure to a mental health facility is | 23366 |
in the best interest of the person identified. | 23367 |
(B) The department of | 23368 |
disabilities shall adopt rules with respect to the systematic and | 23369 |
periodic destruction of residents' records. | 23370 |
(C)(1) As used in this division, "family" means a parent, | 23371 |
brother, sister, spouse, son, daughter, grandparent, aunt, uncle, | 23372 |
or cousin. | 23373 |
(2) Upon the death of a resident or former resident of an | 23374 |
institution for the mentally retarded or a person whose | 23375 |
institutionalization was sought under this chapter, the managing | 23376 |
officer of an institution shall provide access to the | 23377 |
certificates, applications, records, and reports made for the | 23378 |
purposes of this chapter to the resident's, former resident's, or | 23379 |
person's guardian if the guardian makes a written request. If a | 23380 |
deceased resident, former resident, or person whose | 23381 |
institutionalization was sought under this chapter did not have a | 23382 |
guardian at the time of death, the managing officer shall provide | 23383 |
access to the certificates, applications, records, and reports | 23384 |
made for purposes of this chapter to a member of the person's | 23385 |
family, upon that family member's written request. | 23386 |
(D) No person shall reveal the contents of a record of a | 23387 |
resident except as authorized by this chapter. | 23388 |
Sec. 5123.90. The attorney general shall attend to all suits | 23389 |
instituted on behalf of or against any public institution under | 23390 |
the jurisdiction of the
department of | 23391 |
developmental disabilities and the managing officer thereof. | 23392 |
If a writ of habeas corpus is applied for, the clerk of the | 23393 |
court shall give notice of the time and place of hearing to the | 23394 |
attorney general. | 23395 |
Sec. 5123.96. Costs, fees, and expenses of all proceedings | 23396 |
held under this chapter shall be paid as follows: | 23397 |
(A) To police and health officers, other than sheriffs or | 23398 |
their deputies, the same fees allowed to constables, to be paid | 23399 |
upon the approval of the probate judge; | 23400 |
(B) To sheriffs or their deputies, the same fees allowed for | 23401 |
similar services in the court of common pleas; | 23402 |
(C) To physicians or licensed clinical psychologists acting | 23403 |
as expert witnesses and to other expert witnesses designated by | 23404 |
the court, an amount determined by the court; | 23405 |
(D) To witnesses in an administrative proceeding, the same | 23406 |
fees and mileage as are provided to witnesses by section 119.094 | 23407 |
of the Revised Code, and to witnesses in a judicial proceeding, | 23408 |
the same fees and mileage as are provided to witnesses by section | 23409 |
2335.06 of the Revised Code, to be paid upon the approval of the | 23410 |
probate judge; | 23411 |
(E) To a person, other than the sheriff or the sheriff's | 23412 |
deputies, for taking a mentally retarded person to an institution | 23413 |
or removing a mentally retarded person from an institution, the | 23414 |
actual necessary expenses incurred, specifically itemized, and | 23415 |
approved by the probate judge; | 23416 |
(F) To assistants who convey mentally retarded persons to | 23417 |
institutions when authorized by the probate judge, a fee set by | 23418 |
the probate court, provided the assistants are not drawing a | 23419 |
salary from the state or any political subdivision of the state, | 23420 |
and their actual necessary expenses incurred, provided that the | 23421 |
expenses are specifically itemized and approved by the probate | 23422 |
judge; | 23423 |
(G) To an attorney appointed by the probate division for an | 23424 |
indigent who allegedly is a mentally retarded person pursuant to | 23425 |
any section of this chapter, the fees that are determined by the | 23426 |
probate division. When those indigent persons are before the | 23427 |
court, all filing and recording fees shall be waived. | 23428 |
(H) To a referee who is appointed to conduct proceedings | 23429 |
under this chapter that involve a respondent whose domicile is or, | 23430 |
before the respondent's institutionalization, was not the county | 23431 |
in which the proceedings are held, compensation as fixed by the | 23432 |
probate division, but not more than the compensation paid for | 23433 |
similar proceedings for respondents whose domicile is in the | 23434 |
county in which the proceedings are held; | 23435 |
(I) To a court reporter appointed to make a transcript of | 23436 |
proceedings under this chapter, the compensation and fees allowed | 23437 |
in other cases under section 2101.08 of the Revised Code. | 23438 |
All costs, fees, and expenses described in this section, | 23439 |
after payment by the county from appropriations pursuant to | 23440 |
section 2101.11 of the Revised Code, shall be certified by the | 23441 |
county auditor to the department of | 23442 |
developmental disabilities within two months of the date the | 23443 |
costs, fees, and expenses are incurred by the county. Payment | 23444 |
shall be provided for by the director of budget and management | 23445 |
upon presentation of properly verified vouchers. The director of | 23446 |
23447 | |
in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement | 23448 |
the payment of costs, fees, and expenses under this section. | 23449 |
Sec. 5126.01. As used in this chapter: | 23450 |
(A) As used in this division, "adult" means an individual who | 23451 |
is eighteen years of age or over and not enrolled in a program or | 23452 |
service under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code and an individual | 23453 |
sixteen or seventeen years of age who is eligible for adult | 23454 |
services under
rules adopted by the director of | 23455 |
23456 | |
Revised Code. | 23457 |
(1) "Adult services" means services provided to an adult | 23458 |
outside the home, except when they are provided within the home | 23459 |
according to an individual's assessed needs and identified in an | 23460 |
individual service plan, that support learning and assistance in | 23461 |
the area of self-care, sensory and motor development, | 23462 |
socialization, daily living skills, communication, community | 23463 |
living, social skills, or vocational skills. | 23464 |
(2) "Adult services" includes all of the following: | 23465 |
(a) Adult day habilitation services; | 23466 |
(b) Adult day care; | 23467 |
(c) Prevocational services; | 23468 |
(d) Sheltered employment; | 23469 |
(e) Educational experiences and training obtained through | 23470 |
entities and activities that are not expressly intended for | 23471 |
individuals with mental retardation and developmental | 23472 |
disabilities, including trade schools, vocational or technical | 23473 |
schools, adult education, job exploration and sampling, unpaid | 23474 |
work experience in the community, volunteer activities, and | 23475 |
spectator sports; | 23476 |
(f) Community employment services and supported employment | 23477 |
services. | 23478 |
(B)(1) "Adult day habilitation services" means adult services | 23479 |
that do the following: | 23480 |
(a) Provide access to and participation in typical activities | 23481 |
and functions of community life that are desired and chosen by the | 23482 |
general population, including such activities and functions as | 23483 |
opportunities to experience and participate in community | 23484 |
exploration, companionship with friends and peers, leisure | 23485 |
activities, hobbies, maintaining family contacts, community | 23486 |
events, and activities where individuals without disabilities are | 23487 |
involved; | 23488 |
(b) Provide supports or a combination of training and | 23489 |
supports that afford an individual a wide variety of opportunities | 23490 |
to facilitate and build relationships and social supports in the | 23491 |
community. | 23492 |
(2) "Adult day habilitation services" includes all of the | 23493 |
following: | 23494 |
(a) Personal care services needed to ensure an individual's | 23495 |
ability to experience and participate in vocational services, | 23496 |
educational services, community activities, and any other adult | 23497 |
day habilitation services; | 23498 |
(b) Skilled services provided while receiving adult day | 23499 |
habilitation services, including such skilled services as behavior | 23500 |
management intervention, occupational therapy, speech and language | 23501 |
therapy, physical therapy, and nursing services; | 23502 |
(c) Training and education in self-determination designed to | 23503 |
help the individual do one or more of the following: develop | 23504 |
self-advocacy skills, exercise the individual's civil rights, | 23505 |
acquire skills that enable the individual to exercise control and | 23506 |
responsibility over the services received, and acquire skills that | 23507 |
enable the individual to become more independent, integrated, or | 23508 |
productive in the community; | 23509 |
(d) Recreational and leisure activities identified in the | 23510 |
individual's service plan as therapeutic in nature or assistive in | 23511 |
developing or maintaining social supports; | 23512 |
(e) Counseling and assistance provided to obtain housing, | 23513 |
including such counseling as identifying options for either rental | 23514 |
or purchase, identifying financial resources, assessing needs for | 23515 |
environmental modifications, locating housing, and planning for | 23516 |
ongoing management and maintenance of the housing selected; | 23517 |
(f) Transportation necessary to access adult day habilitation | 23518 |
services; | 23519 |
(g) Habilitation management, as described in section 5126.14 | 23520 |
of the Revised Code. | 23521 |
(3) "Adult day habilitation services" does not include | 23522 |
activities that are components of the provision of residential | 23523 |
services, family support services, or supported living services. | 23524 |
(C) "Appointing authority" means the following: | 23525 |
(1) In the case of a member of a county board of | 23526 |
23527 | |
appointed by, a board of county commissioners, the board of county | 23528 |
commissioners; | 23529 |
(2) In the case of a member of a county board appointed by, | 23530 |
or to be appointed by, a senior probate judge, the senior probate | 23531 |
judge. | 23532 |
(D) "Community employment services" or "supported employment | 23533 |
services" means job training and other services related to | 23534 |
employment outside a sheltered workshop. "Community employment | 23535 |
services" or "supported employment services" include all of the | 23536 |
following: | 23537 |
(1) Job training resulting in the attainment of competitive | 23538 |
work, supported work in a typical work environment, or | 23539 |
self-employment; | 23540 |
(2) Supervised work experience through an employer paid to | 23541 |
provide the supervised work experience; | 23542 |
(3) Ongoing work in a competitive work environment at a wage | 23543 |
commensurate with workers without disabilities; | 23544 |
(4) Ongoing supervision by an employer paid to provide the | 23545 |
supervision. | 23546 |
(E) As used in this division, "substantial functional | 23547 |
limitation," "developmental delay," and "established risk" have | 23548 |
the meanings established pursuant to section 5123.011 of the | 23549 |
Revised Code. | 23550 |
"Developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability | 23551 |
that is characterized by all of the following: | 23552 |
(1) It is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or | 23553 |
a combination of mental and physical impairments, other than a | 23554 |
mental or physical impairment solely caused by mental illness as | 23555 |
defined in division (A) of section 5122.01 of the Revised Code; | 23556 |
(2) It is manifested before age twenty-two; | 23557 |
(3) It is likely to continue indefinitely; | 23558 |
(4) It results in one of the following: | 23559 |
(a) In the case of a person under age three, at least one | 23560 |
developmental delay or an established risk; | 23561 |
(b) In the case of a person at least age three but under age | 23562 |
six, at least two developmental delays or an established risk; | 23563 |
(c) In the case of a person age six or older, a substantial | 23564 |
functional limitation in at least three of the following areas of | 23565 |
major life activity, as appropriate for the person's age: | 23566 |
self-care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, | 23567 |
self-direction, capacity for independent living, and, if the | 23568 |
person is at least age sixteen, capacity for economic | 23569 |
self-sufficiency. | 23570 |
(5) It causes the person to need a combination and sequence | 23571 |
of special, interdisciplinary, or other type of care, treatment, | 23572 |
or provision of services for an extended period of time that is | 23573 |
individually planned and coordinated for the person. | 23574 |
(F) "Early childhood services" means a planned program of | 23575 |
habilitation designed to meet the needs of individuals with mental | 23576 |
retardation or other developmental disabilities who have not | 23577 |
attained compulsory school age. | 23578 |
(G)(1) "Environmental modifications" means the physical | 23579 |
adaptations to an individual's home, specified in the individual's | 23580 |
service plan, that are necessary to ensure the individual's | 23581 |
health, safety, and welfare or that enable the individual to | 23582 |
function with greater independence in the home, and without which | 23583 |
the individual would require institutionalization. | 23584 |
(2) "Environmental modifications" includes such adaptations | 23585 |
as installation of ramps and grab-bars, widening of doorways, | 23586 |
modification of bathroom facilities, and installation of | 23587 |
specialized electric and plumbing systems necessary to accommodate | 23588 |
the individual's medical equipment and supplies. | 23589 |
(3) "Environmental modifications" does not include physical | 23590 |
adaptations or improvements to the home that are of general | 23591 |
utility or not of direct medical or remedial benefit to the | 23592 |
individual, including such adaptations or improvements as | 23593 |
carpeting, roof repair, and central air conditioning. | 23594 |
(H) "Family support services" means the services provided | 23595 |
under a family support services program operated under section | 23596 |
5126.11 of the Revised Code. | 23597 |
(I) "Habilitation" means the process by which the staff of | 23598 |
the facility or agency assists an individual with mental | 23599 |
retardation or other developmental disability in acquiring and | 23600 |
maintaining those life skills that enable the individual to cope | 23601 |
more effectively with the demands of the individual's own person | 23602 |
and environment, and in raising the level of the individual's | 23603 |
personal, physical, mental, social, and vocational efficiency. | 23604 |
Habilitation includes, but is not limited to, programs of formal, | 23605 |
structured education and training. | 23606 |
(J) "Home and community-based services" means medicaid-funded | 23607 |
home and community-based services specified in division (B)(1) of | 23608 |
section 5111.87 of the Revised Code and provided under the | 23609 |
medicaid waiver components the department of | 23610 |
23611 | |
5111.871 of the Revised Code. | 23612 |
(K) "Immediate family" means parents, grandparents, brothers, | 23613 |
sisters, spouses, sons, daughters, aunts, uncles, mothers-in-law, | 23614 |
fathers-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, sons-in-law, and | 23615 |
daughters-in-law. | 23616 |
(L) "Medicaid" has the same meaning as in section 5111.01 of | 23617 |
the Revised Code. | 23618 |
(M) "Medicaid case management services" means case management | 23619 |
services provided to an individual with mental retardation or | 23620 |
other developmental disability that the state medicaid plan | 23621 |
requires. | 23622 |
(N) "Mental retardation" means a mental impairment manifested | 23623 |
during the developmental period characterized by significantly | 23624 |
subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently | 23625 |
with deficiencies in the effectiveness or degree with which an | 23626 |
individual meets the standards of personal independence and social | 23627 |
responsibility expected of the individual's age and cultural | 23628 |
group. | 23629 |
(O) "Residential services" means services to individuals with | 23630 |
mental retardation or other developmental disabilities to provide | 23631 |
housing, food, clothing, habilitation, staff support, and related | 23632 |
support services necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of | 23633 |
the individuals and the advancement of their quality of life. | 23634 |
"Residential services" includes program management, as described | 23635 |
in section 5126.14 of the Revised Code. | 23636 |
(P) "Resources" means available capital and other assets, | 23637 |
including moneys received from the federal, state, and local | 23638 |
governments, private grants, and donations; appropriately | 23639 |
qualified personnel; and appropriate capital facilities and | 23640 |
equipment. | 23641 |
(Q) "Senior probate judge" means the current probate judge of | 23642 |
a county who has served as probate judge of that county longer | 23643 |
than any of the other current probate judges of that county. If a | 23644 |
county has only one probate judge, "senior probate judge" means | 23645 |
that probate judge. | 23646 |
(R) "Service and support administration" means the duties | 23647 |
performed by a service and support administrator pursuant to | 23648 |
section 5126.15 of the Revised Code. | 23649 |
(S)(1) "Specialized medical, adaptive, and assistive | 23650 |
equipment, supplies, and supports" means equipment, supplies, and | 23651 |
supports that enable an individual to increase the ability to | 23652 |
perform activities of daily living or to perceive, control, or | 23653 |
communicate within the environment. | 23654 |
(2) "Specialized medical, adaptive, and assistive equipment, | 23655 |
supplies, and supports" includes the following: | 23656 |
(a) Eating utensils, adaptive feeding dishes, plate guards, | 23657 |
mylatex straps, hand splints, reaches, feeder seats, adjustable | 23658 |
pointer sticks, interpreter services, telecommunication devices | 23659 |
for the deaf, computerized communications boards, other | 23660 |
communication devices, support animals, veterinary care for | 23661 |
support animals, adaptive beds, supine boards, prone boards, | 23662 |
wedges, sand bags, sidelayers, bolsters, adaptive electrical | 23663 |
switches, hand-held shower heads, air conditioners, humidifiers, | 23664 |
emergency response systems, folding shopping carts, vehicle lifts, | 23665 |
vehicle hand controls, other adaptations of vehicles for | 23666 |
accessibility, and repair of the equipment received. | 23667 |
(b) Nondisposable items not covered by medicaid that are | 23668 |
intended to assist an individual in activities of daily living or | 23669 |
instrumental activities of daily living. | 23670 |
(T) "Supportive home services" means a range of services to | 23671 |
families of individuals with mental retardation or other | 23672 |
developmental disabilities to develop and maintain increased | 23673 |
acceptance and understanding of such persons, increased ability of | 23674 |
family members to teach the person, better coordination between | 23675 |
school and home, skills in performing specific therapeutic and | 23676 |
management techniques, and ability to cope with specific | 23677 |
situations. | 23678 |
(U)(1) "Supported living" means services provided for as long | 23679 |
as twenty-four hours a day to an individual with mental | 23680 |
retardation or other developmental disability through any public | 23681 |
or private resources, including moneys from the individual, that | 23682 |
enhance the individual's reputation in community life and advance | 23683 |
the individual's quality of life by doing the following: | 23684 |
(a) Providing the support necessary to enable an individual | 23685 |
to live in a residence of the individual's choice, with any number | 23686 |
of individuals who are not disabled, or with not more than three | 23687 |
individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities | 23688 |
unless the individuals are related by blood or marriage; | 23689 |
(b) Encouraging the individual's participation in the | 23690 |
community; | 23691 |
(c) Promoting the individual's rights and autonomy; | 23692 |
(d) Assisting the individual in acquiring, retaining, and | 23693 |
improving the skills and competence necessary to live successfully | 23694 |
in the individual's residence. | 23695 |
(2) "Supported living" includes the provision of all of the | 23696 |
following: | 23697 |
(a) Housing, food, clothing, habilitation, staff support, | 23698 |
professional services, and any related support services necessary | 23699 |
to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the individual | 23700 |
receiving the services; | 23701 |
(b) A combination of lifelong or extended-duration | 23702 |
supervision, training, and other services essential to daily | 23703 |
living, including assessment and evaluation and assistance with | 23704 |
the cost of training materials, transportation, fees, and | 23705 |
supplies; | 23706 |
(c) Personal care services and homemaker services; | 23707 |
(d) Household maintenance that does not include modifications | 23708 |
to the physical structure of the residence; | 23709 |
(e) Respite care services; | 23710 |
(f) Program management, as described in section 5126.14 of | 23711 |
the Revised Code. | 23712 |
Sec. 5126.011. Whenever a county board of mental retardation | 23713 |
and developmental disabilities is referred to or designated in any | 23714 |
statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the reference | 23715 |
or designation shall be deemed to refer to a county board of | 23716 |
developmental disabilities. | 23717 |
Sec. 5126.02. (A) Each county shall either have its own | 23718 |
county board of | 23719 |
or, pursuant to section 5126.021 or 5126.022 of the Revised Code, | 23720 |
be a member of a multicounty board of | 23721 |
developmental disabilities. Subject to division (B) of this | 23722 |
section: | 23723 |
(1) A county board shall be operated as a separate | 23724 |
administrative and service entity. | 23725 |
(2) The functions of a county board shall not be combined | 23726 |
with the functions of any other entity of county government. | 23727 |
(B) Division (A) of this section does not prohibit or | 23728 |
restrict any county board from sharing administrative functions or | 23729 |
personnel with one or more other county boards, including entering | 23730 |
into an arrangement authorized by division (B) of section | 23731 |
5126.0226 of the Revised Code. | 23732 |
Sec. 5126.021. Subject to sections 5126.024 and 5126.025 of | 23733 |
the Revised Code, a multicounty board of | 23734 |
developmental disabilities may be created if each of the | 23735 |
following, before January 1, 2007, and within a | 23736 |
one-hundred-eighty-day period, adopt an identical resolution or | 23737 |
issue an identical order providing for the creation of the | 23738 |
multicounty board: | 23739 |
(A) A majority of the members of each of the boards of county | 23740 |
commissioners seeking to create the multicounty board; | 23741 |
(B) The senior probate judge of each county served by those | 23742 |
boards of county commissioners. | 23743 |
Sec. 5126.022. Subject to sections 5126.024 and 5126.025 of | 23744 |
the Revised Code, a county that is not part of the creation of a | 23745 |
multicounty board of | 23746 |
disabilities under section 5126.021 of the Revised Code may join | 23747 |
the multicounty board if each of the following, within a sixty-day | 23748 |
period, adopt an identical resolution or issue an identical order | 23749 |
providing for the county to join the multicounty board: | 23750 |
(A) A majority of the members of the board of county | 23751 |
commissioners of the county seeking to join the multicounty board; | 23752 |
(B) A majority of the members of each of the boards of county | 23753 |
commissioners that are members of the multicounty board; | 23754 |
(C) The senior probate judge of the county seeking to join | 23755 |
the multicounty board; | 23756 |
(D) The senior probate judge of each of the counties that are | 23757 |
members of the multicounty board. | 23758 |
Sec. 5126.023. (A) Subject to section 5126.024 of the | 23759 |
Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of a county that | 23760 |
is a member of a multicounty board of | 23761 |
developmental disabilities and the senior probate judge of that | 23762 |
county may terminate the county's membership in the multicounty | 23763 |
board in the manner provided in this section. To terminate the | 23764 |
county's membership in the multicounty board, the board of county | 23765 |
commissioners shall adopt a resolution, and the senior probate | 23766 |
judge shall issue an order, providing for the termination. | 23767 |
(B) A resolution and order of termination adopted or issued | 23768 |
under this section shall specify the last day that the county will | 23769 |
be a member of the multicounty board. The resolution and order | 23770 |
also shall provide for the county to do one of the following on | 23771 |
the day immediately following the last day that the county will be | 23772 |
a member of the multicounty board: | 23773 |
(1) Create a single county board of | 23774 |
developmental disabilities; | 23775 |
(2) If the day immediately following the last day that the | 23776 |
county will be a member of the current multicounty board is before | 23777 |
January 1, 2007, co-create a new multicounty board pursuant to | 23778 |
section 5126.021 of the Revised Code; | 23779 |
(3) Join a different multicounty board pursuant to section | 23780 |
5126.022 of the Revised Code. | 23781 |
(C) A resolution and an order of termination adopted or | 23782 |
issued under this section shall include a plan for the equitable | 23783 |
adjustment and division of all services, assets, property, debts, | 23784 |
and obligations, if any, of the multicounty board that the county | 23785 |
will cease to be a member of. | 23786 |
(D) Any county terminating its membership in a multicounty | 23787 |
board shall continue to have levied against its tax list and | 23788 |
duplicate any tax levied by the board of county commissioners for | 23789 |
mental retardation and developmental disability services during | 23790 |
the period in which the county was a member of the multicounty | 23791 |
board until the levy expires or is renewed or replaced. | 23792 |
Sec. 5126.024. (A) If a board of county commissioners and | 23793 |
senior probate judge propose to join in the creation of, join, or | 23794 |
terminate the county's membership in a multicounty board of | 23795 |
23796 | |
5126.021, 5126.022, or 5126.023 of the Revised Code, the board of | 23797 |
county commissioners and judge shall do both of the following: | 23798 |
(1) Notify the county board of | 23799 |
developmental disabilities in writing of their intent to join in | 23800 |
the creation of, join, or terminate the county's membership in a | 23801 |
multicounty board, including a written explanation of the | 23802 |
administrative, fiscal, and performance considerations underlying | 23803 |
the proposed action; | 23804 |
(2) Provide the county board an opportunity to comment on the | 23805 |
proposed action. | 23806 |
(B) If the county board, not more than sixty days after | 23807 |
receiving the notice under division (A) of this section, votes to | 23808 |
oppose the proposed action and notifies the board of county | 23809 |
commissioners and judge of the vote, the county may join in | 23810 |
creation of a multicounty board, join a multicounty board, or | 23811 |
terminate the county's membership in a multicounty board only on | 23812 |
the unanimous vote of the board of county commissioners and the | 23813 |
order of that judge to proceed with the creation of, joining, or | 23814 |
termination of the county's membership in a multicounty board. | 23815 |
Sec. 5126.025. Not more than five counties may be members of | 23816 |
the same multicounty board of | 23817 |
disabilities. Only contiguous counties may be members of the same | 23818 |
multicounty board. | 23819 |
Sec. 5126.026. A board of county commissioners shall provide | 23820 |
the director of | 23821 |
with a copy of each resolution the board adopts under section | 23822 |
5126.021, 5126.022, or 5126.023 of the Revised Code. A senior | 23823 |
probate judge shall provide the director with a copy of each order | 23824 |
the judge issues under those sections. | 23825 |
Sec. 5126.027. (A) A reference to a county board of | 23826 |
23827 | |
general assembly shall mean the following: | 23828 |
(1) In the case of a county with its own county board, a | 23829 |
single county board; | 23830 |
(2) In the case of a county that is a member of a multicounty | 23831 |
board, a multicounty board. | 23832 |
(B) Unless the context provides otherwise, a law enacted by | 23833 |
the general assembly that refers to a county, or an entity or | 23834 |
official of a county, that a county board of | 23835 |
23836 | |
the following: | 23837 |
(1) In the case of a county with a single county board, that | 23838 |
county or the county entity or official specified in the law; | 23839 |
(2) In the case of a county that is a member of a multicounty | 23840 |
board, each of the counties that are members of the multicounty | 23841 |
board or the specified entity or official of each of those | 23842 |
counties. | 23843 |
Sec. 5126.028. Each county board of | 23844 |
developmental disabilities shall consist of seven members. In the | 23845 |
case of a single county board, the board of county commissioners | 23846 |
of the county shall appoint five members and the senior probate | 23847 |
judge of the county shall appoint two members. In the case of a | 23848 |
multicounty board, the membership shall be appointed as follows: | 23849 |
(A) If there are five member counties, the board of county | 23850 |
commissioners of each of the member counties shall each appoint | 23851 |
one member and the senior probate judges of the member counties | 23852 |
with the largest and second largest population shall each appoint | 23853 |
one member. | 23854 |
(B) If there are four member counties, the board of county | 23855 |
commissioners of the member county with the largest population | 23856 |
shall appoint two members, the other three boards of county | 23857 |
commissioners shall each appoint one member, and the senior | 23858 |
probate judges of the member counties with the largest and second | 23859 |
largest population shall each appoint one member. | 23860 |
(C) If there are three member counties, the boards of county | 23861 |
commissioners of the member counties with the largest and second | 23862 |
largest populations shall each appoint two members, the other | 23863 |
board of county commissioners shall appoint one member, and the | 23864 |
senior probate judges of the member counties with the largest and | 23865 |
second largest population shall each appoint one member. | 23866 |
(D) If there are two member counties, the board of county | 23867 |
commissioners of the member county with the largest population | 23868 |
shall appoint three members, the board of county commissioners of | 23869 |
the other county shall appoint two members, and the senior probate | 23870 |
judge of each county shall each appoint one member. | 23871 |
Sec. 5126.029. (A) When making appointments to a county | 23872 |
board of | 23873 |
appointing authority shall do all of the following: | 23874 |
(1) Appoint only individuals who are residents of the county | 23875 |
the appointing authority serves, citizens of the United States, | 23876 |
and interested and knowledgeable in the field of mental | 23877 |
retardation and other allied fields; | 23878 |
(2) If the appointing authority is a board of county | 23879 |
commissioners, appoint, subject to division (B) of this section, | 23880 |
at least two individuals who are immediate family members of | 23881 |
individuals eligible for services provided by the county board | 23882 |
and, whenever possible, ensure that one of those two members is an | 23883 |
immediate family member of an individual eligible for adult | 23884 |
services and the other is an immediate family member of an | 23885 |
individual eligible for early intervention services or services | 23886 |
for preschool or school-age children; | 23887 |
(3) If the appointing authority is a senior probate judge, | 23888 |
appoint, subject to division (B) of this section, at least one | 23889 |
individual who is an immediate family member of an individual | 23890 |
eligible for residential services or supported living; | 23891 |
(4) Appoint, to the maximum extent possible, individuals who | 23892 |
have professional training and experience in business management, | 23893 |
finance, law, health care practice, personnel administration, or | 23894 |
government service; | 23895 |
(5) Provide for the county board's membership to reflect, as | 23896 |
nearly as possible, the composition of the county or counties that | 23897 |
the county board serves. | 23898 |
(B) The appointing authorities of a multicounty board shall | 23899 |
coordinate their appointments to the extent necessary to satisfy | 23900 |
the requirements of this section. The coordination may provide for | 23901 |
one of the boards of county commissioners making one of the two | 23902 |
appointments required by division (A)(2) of this section and | 23903 |
another board of county commissioners making the other appointment | 23904 |
required by that division. The coordination shall ensure that at | 23905 |
least one of the senior probate judges satisfies the requirement | 23906 |
of division (A)(3) of this section. | 23907 |
Sec. 5126.0210. (A) None of the following individuals may | 23908 |
serve as
a member of
a county board of | 23909 |
developmental disabilities: | 23910 |
(1) An elected public official, except for a township | 23911 |
trustee, township fiscal officer, or individual excluded from the | 23912 |
definition of public official or employee in division (B) of | 23913 |
section 102.01 of the Revised Code; | 23914 |
(2) An immediate family member of another county board | 23915 |
member; | 23916 |
(3) A county board employee or immediate family member of a | 23917 |
county board employee; | 23918 |
(4) A former employee of the county board whose employment | 23919 |
with the county board ceased less than one calendar year before | 23920 |
the former employee would begin to serve as a member of the county | 23921 |
board; | 23922 |
(5) An individual who or whose immediate family member is a | 23923 |
board member or an employee of an agency licensed or certified by | 23924 |
the department of | 23925 |
disabilities to provide services to individuals with mental | 23926 |
retardation or developmental disabilities; | 23927 |
(6) An individual who or whose immediate family member is a | 23928 |
board member or employee of an agency contracting with the county | 23929 |
board that is not licensed or certified by the department of | 23930 |
23931 | |
services to individuals with mental retardation or developmental | 23932 |
disabilities unless there is no conflict of interest; | 23933 |
(7) An individual with an immediate family member who serves | 23934 |
as a county commissioner of a county served by the county board | 23935 |
unless the individual was a member of the county board before | 23936 |
October 31, 1980. | 23937 |
(B) All questions relating to the existence of a conflict of | 23938 |
interest for the purpose of division (A)(6) of this section shall | 23939 |
be submitted to the local prosecuting attorney for resolution. The | 23940 |
Ohio ethics commission may examine any issues arising under | 23941 |
Chapter 102. and sections 2921.42, 2921.421, and 2921.43 of the | 23942 |
Revised Code. | 23943 |
Sec. 5126.0211. (A) No individual may be appointed or | 23944 |
reappointed to a county board of | 23945 |
developmental disabilities unless the individual, before the | 23946 |
appointment or reappointment, provides to the appointing authority | 23947 |
a written declaration specifying both of the following: | 23948 |
(1) That no circumstance described in section 5126.0210 of | 23949 |
the Revised Code exists that bars the individual from serving on | 23950 |
the county board; | 23951 |
(2) Whether the individual or an immediate family member of | 23952 |
the individual has an ownership interest in or is under contract | 23953 |
with an agency contracting with the county board, and, if such an | 23954 |
ownership interest or contract exists, the identity of the agency | 23955 |
and the nature of the relationship to that agency. | 23956 |
(B) On appointment or reappointment of an individual to the | 23957 |
county board, the appointing authority shall provide a copy of the | 23958 |
individual's declaration to the superintendent of the county | 23959 |
board. The declaration is a public record for the purpose of | 23960 |
section 149.43 of the Revised Code. | 23961 |
Sec. 5126.0212. Except for members appointed under section | 23962 |
5126.0214 of the Revised Code to fill a vacancy, members of a | 23963 |
county board of | 23964 |
shall be appointed or reappointed not later than the last day of | 23965 |
November, commence their terms on the date of the stated annual | 23966 |
organizational meeting in the following January as provided under | 23967 |
section 5126.0216 of the Revised Code, and serve terms of four | 23968 |
years. The membership of an individual appointed as an immediate | 23969 |
family member of a recipient of services shall not be terminated | 23970 |
because the services are no longer received. | 23971 |
Sec. 5126.0213. Except as otherwise provided in this section | 23972 |
and section 5126.0225 of the Revised Code, a member of a county | 23973 |
board of | 23974 |
reappointed to the county board. Prior to making a reappointment, | 23975 |
the appointing authority shall ascertain, through written | 23976 |
communication with the board, that the member being considered for | 23977 |
reappointment meets the requirements of sections 5126.029 and | 23978 |
5126.0225 of the Revised Code. | 23979 |
A member who has served during each of three consecutive | 23980 |
terms shall not be reappointed for a subsequent term until two | 23981 |
years after ceasing to be a member of the county board, except | 23982 |
that a member who has served for ten years or less within three | 23983 |
consecutive terms may be reappointed for a subsequent term before | 23984 |
becoming ineligible for reappointment for two years. | 23985 |
Sec. 5126.0214. Within sixty days after a vacancy on a | 23986 |
county board of | 23987 |
occurs, including a vacancy created under section 5126.0220 of the | 23988 |
Revised Code, the appointing authority shall fill the vacancy for | 23989 |
the unexpired term. Before filling a vacancy, the appointing | 23990 |
authority shall cause a notice of the vacancy to be published on | 23991 |
at least two separate dates in one or more newspapers serving the | 23992 |
county or counties the county board serves. | 23993 |
A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the | 23994 |
expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was | 23995 |
appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. | 23996 |
Sec. 5126.0215. Members of a county board of | 23997 |
23998 | |
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses | 23999 |
incurred in the conduct of county board business, including | 24000 |
expenses that are incurred in the member's county of residence in | 24001 |
accordance with an established policy of the county board. | 24002 |
Sec. 5126.0216. Each county board of | 24003 |
developmental disabilities shall hold an organizational meeting no | 24004 |
later than the thirty-first day of January of each year and shall | 24005 |
elect its officers, which shall include a president, | 24006 |
vice-president, and recording secretary. After its annual | 24007 |
organizational meeting, the board shall meet in such manner and at | 24008 |
such times as prescribed by rules adopted by the board, but the | 24009 |
board shall meet at least ten times annually in regularly | 24010 |
scheduled sessions in accordance with section 121.22 of the | 24011 |
Revised Code, not including in-service training sessions. A | 24012 |
majority of the board constitutes a quorum. The board shall adopt | 24013 |
rules for the conduct of its business and a record shall be kept | 24014 |
of board proceedings, which shall be open for public inspection. | 24015 |
Sec. 5126.0217. Each year, each member of a county board of | 24016 |
24017 | |
least four hours of in-service training provided or approved by | 24018 |
the department of | 24019 |
disabilities. This training shall not be considered regularly | 24020 |
scheduled meetings of the county board. | 24021 |
Sec. 5126.0218. A member of a county board of | 24022 |
24023 | |
present at an in-service training session even though the member | 24024 |
is not physically present in the room in which the session is held | 24025 |
if the member is connected to the session through a system that | 24026 |
enables the member to communicate with the individuals | 24027 |
participating in the session and such individuals to communicate | 24028 |
with the member. | 24029 |
Sec. 5126.0219. In no circumstance shall a member of a | 24030 |
county board of | 24031 |
participate in or vote on any matter before the county board | 24032 |
concerning a contract agency of which the member or an immediate | 24033 |
family member of the member is also a board member or an employee. | 24034 |
Sec. 5126.0220. (A) Subject to sections 5126.0221 and | 24035 |
5126.0223 of the Revised Code, an appointing authority shall | 24036 |
remove a member of a county board of | 24037 |
developmental disabilities for any of the following reasons: | 24038 |
(1) Neglect of duty; | 24039 |
(2) Misconduct; | 24040 |
(3) Malfeasance; | 24041 |
(4) Ineligibility to serve on the county board pursuant to | 24042 |
section 5126.0210 of the Revised Code; | 24043 |
(5) Failure to attend at least four hours of in-service | 24044 |
training session each year; | 24045 |
(6) Failure to attend within one year four regularly | 24046 |
scheduled board meetings; | 24047 |
(7) Failure to attend within one year two regularly scheduled | 24048 |
board meetings if the member gave no prior notice of the member's | 24049 |
absence; | 24050 |
(8) Consistently poor performance on the county board, as | 24051 |
demonstrated by documentation that the president of the county | 24052 |
board provides to the appointing authority and the appointing | 24053 |
authority determines is convincing evidence. | 24054 |
(B) The removal provisions of divisions (A)(6) and (7) of | 24055 |
this section do not apply to absences from special meetings or | 24056 |
work sessions. | 24057 |
Sec. 5126.0221. An appointing authority shall not remove a | 24058 |
member of a county board of | 24059 |
disabilities from the county board by reason of division (A)(5), | 24060 |
(6), or (7) of section 5126.0220 of the Revised Code if the | 24061 |
director of | 24062 |
waives the requirement that the member be removed. The director | 24063 |
may issue the waiver only if the appointing authority requests | 24064 |
that the director issue the waiver and provides the director | 24065 |
evidence that is satisfactory to the director that the member's | 24066 |
absences from the in-service training sessions or regularly | 24067 |
scheduled board meetings are due to a serious health problem of | 24068 |
the member or a member of the member's immediate family. The | 24069 |
director's decision on whether to issue the waiver is final and | 24070 |
not subject to appeal. | 24071 |
The county board on which the member serves may pass a | 24072 |
resolution urging the appointing authority to request that the | 24073 |
director issue the waiver. The member whose absences from the | 24074 |
sessions or meetings are at issue may not vote on the resolution. | 24075 |
The appointing authority may request the waiver regardless of | 24076 |
whether the county board adopts the resolution. | 24077 |
Sec. 5126.0222. If there are grounds for the mandatory | 24078 |
removal of a member of a county board of | 24079 |
developmental disabilities under section 5126.0220 of the Revised | 24080 |
Code, the county board shall supply the board member and the | 24081 |
member's appointing authority with written notice of the grounds. | 24082 |
Sec. 5126.0223. An appointing authority shall afford a | 24083 |
member of a county board of | 24084 |
disabilities an opportunity for a hearing on the member's proposed | 24085 |
removal in accordance with procedures the appointing authority | 24086 |
shall establish, unless the appointing authority requested that | 24087 |
the director of | 24088 |
waive the mandatory removal under section 5126.0221 of the Revised | 24089 |
Code and the director refused to issue the waiver. The appointing | 24090 |
authority shall hold the hearing if the member requests the | 24091 |
hearing not later than thirty days after the date that the county | 24092 |
board sends the member the notice required by section 5126.0222 of | 24093 |
the Revised Code. | 24094 |
Sec. 5126.0224. If a member of a county board of | 24095 |
24096 | |
within the time required by section 5126.0223 of the Revised Code, | 24097 |
the appointing authority may not remove the member from the board | 24098 |
before the conclusion of the hearing. | 24099 |
Sec. 5126.0225. A member of a county board of | 24100 |
24101 | |
county board is ineligible for reappointment to the board for not | 24102 |
less than one year. The appointing authority shall specify the | 24103 |
time during which the member is ineligible for reappointment. If | 24104 |
the member is removed under division (A)(5) of section 5126.0220 | 24105 |
of the Revised Code, the county board shall specify the training | 24106 |
the member must complete before being eligible for reappointment. | 24107 |
Sec. 5126.0226. (A) Each county board
of | 24108 |
24109 | |
superintendent or obtain the services of the superintendent of | 24110 |
another county
board of | 24111 |
disabilities. The board shall provide for a superintendent who is | 24112 |
qualified, as specified in rules adopted by the department of | 24113 |
24114 | |
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The superintendent shall | 24115 |
have no voting privileges on the board. | 24116 |
The board shall prescribe the duties of its superintendent | 24117 |
and review the superintendent's performance. The superintendent | 24118 |
may be removed, suspended, or demoted for cause pursuant to | 24119 |
section 5126.23 of the Revised Code. The board shall fix the | 24120 |
superintendent's compensation and reimburse the superintendent for | 24121 |
actual and necessary expenses. | 24122 |
Each county board that employs its own superintendent shall | 24123 |
employ the superintendent under a contract. To enter into a | 24124 |
contract, the board shall adopt a resolution agreeing to the | 24125 |
contract. Each contract for employment or re-employment of a | 24126 |
superintendent shall be for a term of not less than one and not | 24127 |
more than five years. At the expiration of a superintendent's | 24128 |
current term of employment, the superintendent may be re-employed. | 24129 |
If the board intends not to re-employ the superintendent, the | 24130 |
board shall give the superintendent written notification of its | 24131 |
intention. The notice shall be given not less than ninety days | 24132 |
prior to the expiration of the superintendent's contract. | 24133 |
(B) Two or more county boards may enter into an arrangement | 24134 |
under which the superintendent of one county board acts as the | 24135 |
superintendent of another county board. To enter into such an | 24136 |
arrangement, each board shall adopt a resolution agreeing to the | 24137 |
arrangement. The resolutions shall specify the duration of the | 24138 |
arrangement and the contribution each board is to make to the | 24139 |
superintendent's compensation and reimbursement for expenses. | 24140 |
(C) If a vacancy occurs in the position of superintendent, a | 24141 |
county board may appoint a person who holds a valid | 24142 |
superintendent's certificate issued under the rules of the | 24143 |
department to work under a contract for an interim period not to | 24144 |
exceed one hundred eighty days until a permanent superintendent | 24145 |
can be employed or arranged for under division (A) or (B) of this | 24146 |
section. The director of the department may approve additional | 24147 |
periods of time for these types of interim appointments when so | 24148 |
requested by a resolution adopted by a county board, if the | 24149 |
director determines that the additional periods are warranted and | 24150 |
the services of a permanent superintendent are not available. | 24151 |
Sec. 5126.0227. The superintendent of the county board of | 24152 |
24153 |
(A) Administer the work of the board, subject to the board's | 24154 |
rules; | 24155 |
(B) Recommend to the board the changes necessary to increase | 24156 |
the effectiveness of the programs and services offered pursuant to | 24157 |
Chapters 3323. and 5126. of the Revised Code; | 24158 |
(C) Employ persons for all positions authorized by the board, | 24159 |
approve contracts of employment for management employees that are | 24160 |
for a term of one year or less, and approve personnel actions that | 24161 |
involve employees in the classified civil service as may be | 24162 |
necessary for the work of the board; | 24163 |
(D) Approve compensation for employees within the limits set | 24164 |
by the salary schedule and budget set by the board and in | 24165 |
accordance with section 5126.26 of the Revised Code, and ensure | 24166 |
that all employees and consultants are properly reimbursed for | 24167 |
actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of | 24168 |
official duties; | 24169 |
(E) Provide consultation to public agencies as defined in | 24170 |
division (C) of section 102.01 of the Revised Code, including | 24171 |
other county boards of | 24172 |
disabilities, and to individuals, agencies, or organizations | 24173 |
providing services supported by the board. | 24174 |
The superintendent may authorize the payment of board | 24175 |
obligations by the county auditor. | 24176 |
Sec. 5126.0228. (A) As used in this section, "specialized | 24177 |
services" has the same meaning as in section 5126.281 of the | 24178 |
Revised Code. | 24179 |
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of section 5126.033 of | 24180 |
the Revised Code, none of the following individuals may be | 24181 |
employed by a county board of | 24182 |
disabilities: | 24183 |
(1) An employee of an agency contracting with the county | 24184 |
board; | 24185 |
(2) An immediate family member of an employee of an agency | 24186 |
contracting with the county board unless the county board adopts a | 24187 |
resolution authorizing the immediate family member's employment | 24188 |
with the county board or the employment is consistent with a | 24189 |
policy adopted by the board establishing parameters for such | 24190 |
employment and the policy is consistent with Chapter 102. and | 24191 |
sections 2921.42, 2921.421, and 2921.43 of the Revised Code; | 24192 |
(3) An individual with an immediate family member who serves | 24193 |
as a county commissioner of any of the counties served by the | 24194 |
county board unless the individual was an employee of the county | 24195 |
board before October 31, 1980; | 24196 |
(4) An individual who is employed by, has an ownership | 24197 |
interest in, performs or provides administrative duties for, or is | 24198 |
a member of the governing board of an entity that provides | 24199 |
specialized services, regardless of whether the entity contracts | 24200 |
with the county board to provide specialized services. | 24201 |
Sec. 5126.0229. As used in this section, "specialized | 24202 |
services" has the same meaning as in section 5126.281 of the | 24203 |
Revised Code. | 24204 |
Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the | 24205 |
contrary, including applicable provisions of sections 102.03, | 24206 |
102.04, 2921.42, and 2921.43 of the Revised Code, an employee of a | 24207 |
county board of | 24208 |
also may be a member of the governing board of a political | 24209 |
subdivision, including the board of education of a school | 24210 |
district, or an agency that does not provide specialized services. | 24211 |
The county board may contract with such a governing board even | 24212 |
though the governing board includes an individual who is an | 24213 |
employee of the county board. That member of the governing board | 24214 |
may not vote on any matter before the governing board concerning a | 24215 |
contract with the county board or participate in any discussion or | 24216 |
debate regarding such a contract. | 24217 |
Sec. 5126.03. As used in this section and in sections | 24218 |
5126.031 to 5126.034 of the Revised Code: | 24219 |
(A) "Direct services contract" means any legally enforceable | 24220 |
agreement with an individual, agency, or other entity that, | 24221 |
pursuant to its terms or operation, may result in a payment from a | 24222 |
county board of | 24223 |
to an eligible person or to a member of the immediate family of an | 24224 |
eligible person for services rendered to the eligible person. | 24225 |
"Direct services contract" includes a contract for supported | 24226 |
living pursuant to sections 5126.40 to 5126.47 of the Revised | 24227 |
Code, family support services under section 5126.11 of the Revised | 24228 |
Code, and reimbursement for transportation expenses. | 24229 |
(B) "Eligible person" means a person eligible to receive | 24230 |
services from a county board or from an entity under contract with | 24231 |
a county board. | 24232 |
(C) "Former board member" means a person whose service on the | 24233 |
county board ended less than one year prior to commencement of | 24234 |
services under a direct services contract. | 24235 |
(D) "Former employee" means a person whose employment by the | 24236 |
county board ended less than one year prior to commencement of | 24237 |
services under a direct services contract. | 24238 |
Sec. 5126.031. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of | 24239 |
this section, annually at the organizational meeting required by | 24240 |
section 5126.0216 of the Revised Code, the chairperson of the | 24241 |
county board
of | 24242 |
shall appoint three members of the board to an ethics council to | 24243 |
review all direct services contracts. The board's chairperson may | 24244 |
be one of those appointed. The superintendent of the board shall | 24245 |
be a nonvoting member of the council. The chairperson shall not | 24246 |
appoint a person to the council if the person, or any member of | 24247 |
the person's immediate family, will have any interest in any | 24248 |
direct services contract under review by the council while the | 24249 |
person serves on the council or during the twelve-month period | 24250 |
after completing service on the council. If a council member or a | 24251 |
member of the council member's immediate family has or will have | 24252 |
such an interest, the chairperson shall replace the member by | 24253 |
appointing another board member to the council. | 24254 |
The council shall meet regularly as directed by the board to | 24255 |
perform its duties. Minutes shall be kept of the actions of the | 24256 |
council. The minutes shall be part of the public record of the | 24257 |
county board. | 24258 |
Any action taken by the council on direct services contracts | 24259 |
under its review shall be in public. The council shall afford an | 24260 |
affected party the opportunity to meet with the council on matters | 24261 |
related to a direct services contract or any action taken by the | 24262 |
council. | 24263 |
(B) If a county board establishes a policy specifying that | 24264 |
the board is not willing to enter into direct services contracts | 24265 |
with any person who is a board member or former board member or a | 24266 |
member of the immediate family of a board member or former board | 24267 |
member, the board may assume the responsibilities and perform the | 24268 |
duties of an ethics council specified in section 5126.032 of the | 24269 |
Revised Code. The policy shall be established by resolution | 24270 |
adopted by a majority of the members of the board in attendance at | 24271 |
a meeting at which there is a quorum and shall be in effect for | 24272 |
one year after its adoption, at which time the board shall, by | 24273 |
resolution adopted in the same manner as the initial resolution, | 24274 |
either renew the policy or establish a new one. | 24275 |
Sec. 5126.032. (A) The ethics council appointed for a county | 24276 |
board of | 24277 |
review all direct services contracts, and approve or disapprove | 24278 |
each contract in accordance with the standards in section 5126.033 | 24279 |
of the Revised Code. The council shall develop, in consultation | 24280 |
with the prosecuting attorney, and recommend to the board ethical | 24281 |
standards, contract audit procedures, and grievance procedures | 24282 |
with respect to the award and reconciliation of direct services | 24283 |
contracts. The superintendent, or an employee of the county board | 24284 |
designated by the superintendent, shall, in accordance with a | 24285 |
policy established by the county board, certify to the council a | 24286 |
copy of each proposed direct services contract or contract renewal | 24287 |
at a reasonable time before the contract would take effect if | 24288 |
entered into or renewed, if, at the time the contract or renewal | 24289 |
is proposed, resources approved by the board for such purposes are | 24290 |
available. | 24291 |
The council shall promptly review each direct services | 24292 |
contract certified to it. If the contract does not meet the | 24293 |
conditions specified in section 5126.033 of the Revised Code, the | 24294 |
council shall recommend that the board not enter into the contract | 24295 |
or suggest specified revisions. The superintendent shall provide | 24296 |
all the information the council needs to make its determinations. | 24297 |
The council shall certify to the board its recommendation | 24298 |
with regard to each contract. Except as provided in division (B) | 24299 |
of this section, the board, by resolution, shall enter into each | 24300 |
direct services contract that the council recommends or recommends | 24301 |
with specified revisions. The board shall not enter into any | 24302 |
contract that is not recommended by the council or enter into any | 24303 |
contract to which revisions are suggested if the contract does not | 24304 |
include the specified revisions. | 24305 |
(B) The prosecuting attorney, at the request of the board, | 24306 |
shall prepare a legal review of any direct services contract that | 24307 |
has been recommended, or recommended with revisions, by the | 24308 |
council. The board shall enter into only those contracts submitted | 24309 |
for review that are determined by the prosecuting attorney to be | 24310 |
in compliance with state law. | 24311 |
Sec. 5126.033. (A) A county board of | 24312 |
developmental disabilities shall not enter into a direct services | 24313 |
contract unless the contract is limited either to the actual | 24314 |
amount of the expenses or to a reasonable and allowable amount | 24315 |
projected by the board. | 24316 |
(B) A county board shall not enter into a direct services | 24317 |
contract that would result in payment to a board member, former | 24318 |
board member, employee, former employee, or member of the | 24319 |
immediate family of a board member, former board member, employee, | 24320 |
or former employee if the person who would receive services under | 24321 |
the contract stands to receive any preferential treatment or any | 24322 |
unfair advantage over other eligible persons. | 24323 |
(C) A county board shall not enter into a direct services | 24324 |
contract for services provided in accordance with section 5126.11 | 24325 |
or sections 5126.40 to 5126.46 of the Revised Code under which an | 24326 |
individual, agency, or other entity will employ an individual who | 24327 |
is also an employee of that county board unless all of the | 24328 |
following conditions are met: | 24329 |
(1) The employee is not in a capacity to influence the award | 24330 |
of the contract. | 24331 |
(2) The employee has not attempted in any manner to secure | 24332 |
the contract on behalf of the individual, agency, or other entity. | 24333 |
(3) The employee is not employed in management level two or | 24334 |
three
according to rules adopted by the director of | 24335 |
24336 | |
service and support administration. | 24337 |
(4) The employee is not employed by the board during the | 24338 |
period when the contract is developed as an administrator or | 24339 |
supervisor responsible for approving or supervising services to be | 24340 |
provided under the contract and agrees not to take such a position | 24341 |
while the contract is in effect, regardless of whether the | 24342 |
position is related to the services provided under the contract. | 24343 |
(5) The employee has not taken any actions that create the | 24344 |
need for the services to be provided under the contract. | 24345 |
(6) The individual, agency, or other entity seeks the | 24346 |
services of the employee because of the employee's expertise and | 24347 |
familiarity with the care and condition of one or more eligible | 24348 |
persons and other individuals with such expertise and familiarity | 24349 |
are unavailable, or an eligible person has requested to have the | 24350 |
services provided by that employee. | 24351 |
The superintendent of the county board shall notify the | 24352 |
employee and the individual, agency, or other entity that seeks | 24353 |
the employee's services of the ethics council's determination | 24354 |
under section 5126.032 of the Revised Code regarding the contract. | 24355 |
The council's determination shall be binding on all parties. | 24356 |
The employee who is the subject of the contract shall inform | 24357 |
the superintendent of the county board of any employment the | 24358 |
employee has outside the county board that is with any individual, | 24359 |
agency, or other entity that has a contract with the county board. | 24360 |
Sec. 5126.034. (A) If the requirements of section 5126.033 | 24361 |
of the Revised Code have been met for a particular direct services | 24362 |
contract, a member or former member of a county board of | 24363 |
24364 | |
employee of a county board, or an immediate family member of a | 24365 |
member, former member, employee, or former employee of a county | 24366 |
board is not in violation of the restrictions in Chapter 102. and | 24367 |
sections 2921.42 and 5126.0210 of the Revised Code with regard to | 24368 |
that contract. | 24369 |
(B) Nothing in section 5126.033 of the Revised Code shall be | 24370 |
construed to allow a member or employee of a county board to | 24371 |
authorize, or use the authority of the member's or employee's | 24372 |
office or employment to secure authorization of, a contract that | 24373 |
could result in receipt by the county board member or employee or | 24374 |
a member of the immediate family of the county board member or | 24375 |
employee of payment for expenses incurred on behalf of an | 24376 |
immediate family member who is an eligible person. | 24377 |
Sec. 5126.037. No county board of | 24378 |
developmental disabilities shall contract with a nongovernmental | 24379 |
agency whose board includes a county commissioner of any of the | 24380 |
counties served by the county board. | 24381 |
Sec. 5126.038. (A) As used in this section, "professional | 24382 |
services" means all of the following services provided on behalf | 24383 |
of a county board of | 24384 |
disabilities, members or employees of a county board, or both: | 24385 |
(1) Lobbying and other governmental affairs services; | 24386 |
(2) Legal services other than the legal services provided by | 24387 |
a county prosecutor or provided for the purpose of collective | 24388 |
bargaining; | 24389 |
(3) Public relation services; | 24390 |
(4) Consulting services; | 24391 |
(5) Personnel training services, not including tuition or | 24392 |
professional growth reimbursement programs for county board | 24393 |
members or employees. | 24394 |
(B) Each county board of | 24395 |
disabilities shall submit to the board of county commissioners of | 24396 |
each county that is served by the county board, in accordance with | 24397 |
the normal budget process and as part of its budget request, a | 24398 |
list identifying the total expenditures projected for any of the | 24399 |
following: | 24400 |
(1) Any membership dues of the members or employees of the | 24401 |
county board, in any organization, association, or other entity; | 24402 |
(2) Any professional services of the county board, its | 24403 |
members or employees, or both; | 24404 |
(3) Any training of the members or employees of the county | 24405 |
board. | 24406 |
Sec. 5126.04. (A) Each county board
of | 24407 |
24408 | |
on available resources for the provision of facilities, programs, | 24409 |
and other services to meet the needs of county residents who are | 24410 |
individuals with mental retardation and other developmental | 24411 |
disabilities, former residents of the county residing in state | 24412 |
institutions or placed under purchase of service agreements under | 24413 |
section 5123.18 of the Revised Code, and children subject to a | 24414 |
determination made pursuant to section 121.38 of the Revised Code. | 24415 |
Each county board shall assess the facility and service needs | 24416 |
of the individuals with mental retardation and other developmental | 24417 |
disabilities who are residents of the county or former residents | 24418 |
of the county residing in state institutions or placed under | 24419 |
purchase of service agreements under section 5123.18 of the | 24420 |
Revised Code. | 24421 |
Each county board shall require individual habilitation or | 24422 |
service plans for individuals with mental retardation and other | 24423 |
developmental disabilities who are being served or who have been | 24424 |
determined eligible for services and are awaiting the provision of | 24425 |
services. Each board shall ensure that methods of having their | 24426 |
service needs evaluated are available. | 24427 |
(B)(1) If a foster child is in need of assessment for | 24428 |
eligible services or is receiving services from a county board of | 24429 |
24430 | |
is placed in a different county, the agency that placed the child, | 24431 |
immediately upon placement, shall inform the county board in the | 24432 |
new county all of the following: | 24433 |
(a) That a foster child has been placed in that county; | 24434 |
(b) The name and other identifying information of the foster | 24435 |
child; | 24436 |
(c) The name of the foster child's previous county of | 24437 |
residence; | 24438 |
(d) That the foster child was in need of assessment for | 24439 |
eligible services or was receiving services from the county board | 24440 |
of | 24441 |
previous county. | 24442 |
(2) Upon receiving the notice described in division (B)(1) of | 24443 |
this section or otherwise learning that the child was in need of | 24444 |
assessment for eligible services or was receiving services from a | 24445 |
county board of | 24446 |
in the previous county, the county board in the new county shall | 24447 |
communicate with the county board of the previous county to | 24448 |
determine how services for the foster child shall be provided in | 24449 |
accordance with each board's plan and priorities as described in | 24450 |
division (A) of this section. | 24451 |
If the two county boards are unable to reach an agreement | 24452 |
within ten days of the child's placement, the county board in the | 24453 |
new county shall send notice to the Ohio department of | 24454 |
24455 | |
agree. The department shall decide how services shall be provided | 24456 |
for the foster child within ten days of receiving notice that the | 24457 |
county boards could not reach an agreement. The department may | 24458 |
decide that one, or both, of the county boards shall provide | 24459 |
services. The services shall be provided in accordance with the | 24460 |
board's plan and priorities as described in division (A) of this | 24461 |
section. | 24462 |
(C) The department of | 24463 |
disabilities may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of | 24464 |
the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section. To the | 24465 |
extent that rules adopted under this section apply to the | 24466 |
identification and placement of children with disabilities under | 24467 |
Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, the rules shall be consistent | 24468 |
with the standards and procedures established under sections | 24469 |
3323.03 to 3323.05 of the Revised Code. | 24470 |
(D) The responsibility or authority of a county board to | 24471 |
provide services under this chapter does not affect the | 24472 |
responsibility of any other entity of state or local government to | 24473 |
provide services to individuals with mental retardation and | 24474 |
developmental disabilities. | 24475 |
(E) On or before the first day of February prior to a school | 24476 |
year, a county board of | 24477 |
disabilities may elect not to participate during that school year | 24478 |
in the provision of or contracting for educational services for | 24479 |
children ages six through twenty-one years of age, provided that | 24480 |
on or before that date the board gives notice of this election to | 24481 |
the superintendent of public instruction, each school district in | 24482 |
the county, and the educational service center serving the | 24483 |
county. If a board makes this election, it shall not have any | 24484 |
responsibility for or authority to provide educational services | 24485 |
that school year for children ages six through twenty-one years | 24486 |
of age. If a board does not make an election for a school year in | 24487 |
accordance with this division, the board shall be deemed to have | 24488 |
elected to participate during that school year in the provision | 24489 |
of or contracting for educational services for children ages six | 24490 |
through twenty-one years of age. | 24491 |
(F) If a county board of
| 24492 |
developmental disabilities elects to provide educational services | 24493 |
during a school year to individuals six through twenty-one years | 24494 |
of age who have multiple disabilities, the board may provide these | 24495 |
services to individuals who are appropriately identified and | 24496 |
determined eligible pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, | 24497 |
and in accordance with applicable rules of the state board of | 24498 |
education. The county board may also provide related services to | 24499 |
individuals six through twenty-one years of age who have one or | 24500 |
more disabling conditions, in accordance with section 3317.20 and | 24501 |
Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code and applicable rules of the | 24502 |
state board of education. | 24503 |
Sec. 5126.041. (A) As used in this section: | 24504 |
(1) "Biological risk" and "environmental risk" have the | 24505 |
meanings established pursuant to section 5123.011 of the Revised | 24506 |
Code. | 24507 |
(2) "Preschool child with a disability" has the same | 24508 |
meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code. | 24509 |
(3) "State institution" means all or part of an institution | 24510 |
under the control of the department of | 24511 |
developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5123.03 of the | 24512 |
Revised Code and maintained for the care, treatment, and training | 24513 |
of the mentally retarded. | 24514 |
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each | 24515 |
county board of | 24516 |
shall make eligibility determinations in accordance with the | 24517 |
definition of "developmental disability" in section 5126.01 of the | 24518 |
Revised Code. Pursuant to rules the department of
| 24519 |
24520 | |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, a county board | 24521 |
may establish eligibility for programs and services for either of | 24522 |
the following: | 24523 |
(1) Individuals under age six who have a biological risk or | 24524 |
environmental risk of a developmental delay; | 24525 |
(2) Any preschool child with a disability eligible for | 24526 |
services under section 3323.02 of the Revised Code whose | 24527 |
disability is not attributable solely to mental illness as | 24528 |
defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. | 24529 |
(C)(1) A county board shall make determinations of | 24530 |
eligibility for service and support administration in accordance | 24531 |
with rules adopted under section 5126.08 of the Revised Code. | 24532 |
(2) All persons who were eligible for services and enrolled | 24533 |
in programs offered by a county board of | 24534 |
developmental disabilities pursuant to this chapter on July 1, | 24535 |
1991, shall continue to be eligible for those services and to be | 24536 |
enrolled in those programs as long as they are in need of | 24537 |
services. | 24538 |
(3) A person who resided in a state institution on or before | 24539 |
October 29, 1993, is eligible for programs and services offered by | 24540 |
a
county board of | 24541 |
disabilities, unless the person is determined by the county board | 24542 |
not to be in need of those programs and services. | 24543 |
(D) A county board shall refer a person who requests but is | 24544 |
not eligible for programs and services offered by the board to | 24545 |
other entities of state and local government or appropriate | 24546 |
private entities that provide services. | 24547 |
(E) Membership of a person on, or employment of a person by, | 24548 |
a
county board of | 24549 |
disabilities does not affect the eligibility of any member of that | 24550 |
person's family for services provided by the board or by any | 24551 |
entity under contract with the board. | 24552 |
Sec. 5126.042. (A) As used in this section: | 24553 |
(1) "Emergency" means any situation that creates for an | 24554 |
individual with mental retardation or developmental disabilities | 24555 |
a risk of substantial self-harm or substantial harm to others if | 24556 |
action is not taken within thirty days. An "emergency" may include | 24557 |
one or more of the following situations: | 24558 |
(a) Loss of present residence for any reason, including legal | 24559 |
action; | 24560 |
(b) Loss of present caretaker for any reason, including | 24561 |
serious illness of the caretaker, change in the caretaker's | 24562 |
status, or inability of the caretaker to perform effectively for | 24563 |
the individual; | 24564 |
(c) Abuse, neglect, or exploitation of the individual; | 24565 |
(d) Health and safety conditions that pose a serious risk to | 24566 |
the individual or others of immediate harm or death; | 24567 |
(e) Change in the emotional or physical condition of the | 24568 |
individual that necessitates substantial accommodation that cannot | 24569 |
be reasonably provided by the individual's existing caretaker. | 24570 |
(2) "Service substitution list" means a service substitution | 24571 |
list established by a county board of | 24572 |
developmental disabilities before | 24573 |
24574 | |
section as this section
existed on the day immediately before | 24575 |
24576 |
(B) If a county board of | 24577 |
disabilities determines that available resources are not | 24578 |
sufficient to meet the needs of all individuals who request | 24579 |
programs and services and may be offered the programs and | 24580 |
services, it shall establish waiting lists for services. The board | 24581 |
may establish priorities for making placements on its waiting | 24582 |
lists according to an individual's emergency status and shall | 24583 |
establish priorities in accordance with divisions (D) and (E) of | 24584 |
this section. | 24585 |
The individuals who may be placed on a waiting list include | 24586 |
individuals with a need for services on an emergency basis and | 24587 |
individuals who have requested services for which resources are | 24588 |
not available. | 24589 |
An individual placed on a county board's service substitution | 24590 |
list before | 24591 |
2008, for the purpose of obtaining home and community-based | 24592 |
services shall be deemed to have been placed on the county | 24593 |
board's waiting list for home and community-based services on the | 24594 |
date the individual made a request to the county board that the | 24595 |
individual receive home and community-based services instead of | 24596 |
the services the individual received at the time the request for | 24597 |
home and community-based services was made to the county board. | 24598 |
(C) A county board shall establish a separate waiting list | 24599 |
for each of the following categories of services, and may | 24600 |
establish separate waiting lists within the waiting lists: | 24601 |
(1) Early childhood services; | 24602 |
(2) Educational programs for preschool and school age | 24603 |
children; | 24604 |
(3) Adult services; | 24605 |
(4) Service and support administration; | 24606 |
(5) Residential services and supported living; | 24607 |
(6) Transportation services; | 24608 |
(7) Other services determined necessary and appropriate for | 24609 |
persons with mental retardation or a developmental disability | 24610 |
according to their individual habilitation or service plans; | 24611 |
(8) Family support services provided under section 5126.11 of | 24612 |
the Revised Code. | 24613 |
(D) Except as provided in division (G) of this section, a | 24614 |
county board shall do, as priorities, all of the following in | 24615 |
accordance with the assessment component, approved under section | 24616 |
5123.046 of the Revised Code, of the county board's plan developed | 24617 |
under section 5126.054 of the Revised Code: | 24618 |
(1) For the purpose of obtaining additional federal medicaid | 24619 |
funds for home and community-based services and medicaid case | 24620 |
management services, do both of the following: | 24621 |
(a) Give an individual who is eligible for home and | 24622 |
community-based services and meets both of the following | 24623 |
requirements priority over any other individual on a waiting list | 24624 |
established under division (C) of this section for home and | 24625 |
community-based services that include supported living, | 24626 |
residential services, or family support services: | 24627 |
(i) Is twenty-two years of age or older; | 24628 |
(ii) Receives supported living or family support services. | 24629 |
(b) Give an individual who is eligible for home and | 24630 |
community-based services and meets both of the following | 24631 |
requirements priority over any other individual on a waiting list | 24632 |
established under division (C) of this section for home and | 24633 |
community-based services that include adult services: | 24634 |
(i) Resides in the individual's own home or the home of the | 24635 |
individual's family and will continue to reside in that home after | 24636 |
enrollment in home and community-based services; | 24637 |
(ii) Receives adult services from the county board. | 24638 |
(2) As federal medicaid funds become available pursuant to | 24639 |
division (D)(1) of this section, give an individual who is | 24640 |
eligible for home and community-based services and meets any of | 24641 |
the following requirements priority for such services over any | 24642 |
other individual on a waiting list established under division (C) | 24643 |
of this section: | 24644 |
(a) Does not receive residential services or supported | 24645 |
living, either needs services in the individual's current living | 24646 |
arrangement or will need services in a new living arrangement, and | 24647 |
has a primary caregiver who is sixty years of age or older; | 24648 |
(b) Is less than twenty-two years of age and has at least one | 24649 |
of the following service needs that are unusual in scope or | 24650 |
intensity: | 24651 |
(i) Severe behavior problems for which a behavior support | 24652 |
plan is needed; | 24653 |
(ii) An emotional disorder for which anti-psychotic | 24654 |
medication is needed; | 24655 |
(iii) A medical condition that leaves the individual | 24656 |
dependent on life-support medical technology; | 24657 |
(iv) A condition affecting multiple body systems for which a | 24658 |
combination of specialized medical, psychological, educational, or | 24659 |
habilitation services are needed; | 24660 |
(v) A condition the county board determines to be comparable | 24661 |
in severity to any condition described in divisions (D)(2)(b)(i) | 24662 |
to (iv) of this section and places the individual at significant | 24663 |
risk of institutionalization. | 24664 |
(c) Is twenty-two years of age or older, does not receive | 24665 |
residential services or supported living, and is determined by the | 24666 |
county board to have intensive needs for home and community-based | 24667 |
services on an in-home or out-of-home basis. | 24668 |
(E) Except as provided in division (G) of this section and | 24669 |
for a number of years and beginning on a date specified in rules | 24670 |
adopted under division (K) of this section, a county board shall | 24671 |
give an individual who is eligible for home and community-based | 24672 |
services, resides in a nursing facility, and chooses to move to | 24673 |
another setting with the help of home and community-based | 24674 |
services, priority over any other individual on a waiting list | 24675 |
established under division (C) of this section for home and | 24676 |
community-based services who does not meet these criteria. | 24677 |
(F) If two or more individuals on a waiting list established | 24678 |
under division (C) of this section for home and community-based | 24679 |
services have priority for the services pursuant to division | 24680 |
(D)(1) or (2) or (E) of this section, a county board may use | 24681 |
criteria specified in rules adopted under division (K)(2) of this | 24682 |
section in determining the order in which the individuals with | 24683 |
priority will be offered the services. Otherwise, the county board | 24684 |
shall offer the home and community-based services to such | 24685 |
individuals in the order they are placed on the waiting list. | 24686 |
(G) No individual may receive priority for services pursuant | 24687 |
to division (D) or (E) of this section over an individual placed | 24688 |
on a waiting list established under division (C) of this section | 24689 |
on an emergency status. | 24690 |
(H) Prior to establishing any waiting list under this | 24691 |
section, a county board shall develop and implement a policy for | 24692 |
waiting lists that complies with this section and rules adopted | 24693 |
under division (K) of this section. | 24694 |
Prior to placing an individual on a waiting list, the county | 24695 |
board shall assess the service needs of the individual in | 24696 |
accordance with all applicable state and federal laws. The county | 24697 |
board shall place the individual on the appropriate waiting list | 24698 |
and may place the individual on more than one waiting list. The | 24699 |
county board shall notify the individual of the individual's | 24700 |
placement and position on each waiting list on which the | 24701 |
individual is placed. | 24702 |
At least annually, the county board shall reassess the | 24703 |
service needs of each individual on a waiting list. If it | 24704 |
determines that an individual no longer needs a program or | 24705 |
service, the county board shall remove the individual from the | 24706 |
waiting list. If it determines that an individual needs a program | 24707 |
or service other than the one for which the individual is on the | 24708 |
waiting list, the county board shall provide the program or | 24709 |
service to the individual or place the individual on a waiting | 24710 |
list for the program or service in accordance with the board's | 24711 |
policy for waiting lists. | 24712 |
When a program or service for which there is a waiting list | 24713 |
becomes available, the county board shall reassess the service | 24714 |
needs of the individual next scheduled on the waiting list to | 24715 |
receive that program or service. If the reassessment demonstrates | 24716 |
that the individual continues to need the program or service, the | 24717 |
board shall offer the program or service to the individual. If it | 24718 |
determines that an individual no longer needs a program or | 24719 |
service, the county board shall remove the individual from the | 24720 |
waiting list. If it determines that an individual needs a program | 24721 |
or service other than the one for which the individual is on the | 24722 |
waiting list, the county board shall provide the program or | 24723 |
service to the individual or place the individual on a waiting | 24724 |
list for the program or service in accordance with the board's | 24725 |
policy for waiting lists. The county board shall notify the | 24726 |
individual of the individual's placement and position on the | 24727 |
waiting list on which the individual is placed. | 24728 |
(I) A child subject to a determination made pursuant to | 24729 |
section 121.38 of the Revised Code who requires the home and | 24730 |
community-based services provided through a medicaid component | 24731 |
that the department of
| 24732 |
disabilities administers under section 5111.871 of the Revised | 24733 |
Code shall receive services through that medicaid component. For | 24734 |
all other services, a child subject to a determination made | 24735 |
pursuant to section 121.38 of the Revised Code shall be treated as | 24736 |
an emergency by the county boards and shall not be subject to a | 24737 |
waiting list. | 24738 |
(J) Not later than the fifteenth day of March of each | 24739 |
even-numbered year, each county board shall prepare and submit to | 24740 |
the director of | 24741 |
its recommendations for the funding of services for individuals | 24742 |
with mental retardation and developmental disabilities and its | 24743 |
proposals for reducing the waiting lists for services. | 24744 |
(K)(1) The department of | 24745 |
disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of | 24746 |
the Revised Code governing waiting lists established under this | 24747 |
section. The rules shall include procedures to be followed to | 24748 |
ensure that the due process rights of individuals placed on | 24749 |
waiting lists are not violated. | 24750 |
(2) As part of the rules adopted under this division, the | 24751 |
department shall adopt rules establishing criteria a county board | 24752 |
may use under division (F) of this section in determining the | 24753 |
order in which individuals with priority for home and | 24754 |
community-based services will be offered the services. The rules | 24755 |
shall also specify conditions under which a county board, when | 24756 |
there is no individual with priority for home and community-based | 24757 |
services pursuant to division (D)(1) or (2) or (E) of this section | 24758 |
available and appropriate for the services, may offer the services | 24759 |
to an individual on a waiting list for the services but not given | 24760 |
such priority for the services. | 24761 |
(3) As part of the rules adopted under this division, the | 24762 |
department shall adopt rules specifying both of the following for | 24763 |
the priority category established under division (E) of this | 24764 |
section: | 24765 |
(a) The number of years, which shall not exceed five, that | 24766 |
the priority category will be in effect; | 24767 |
(b) The date that the priority category is to go into effect. | 24768 |
(L) The following shall take precedence over the applicable | 24769 |
provisions of this section: | 24770 |
(1) Medicaid rules and regulations; | 24771 |
(2) Any specific requirements that may be contained within a | 24772 |
medicaid state plan amendment or waiver program that a county | 24773 |
board has authority to administer or with respect to which it has | 24774 |
authority to provide services, programs, or supports. | 24775 |
Sec. 5126.044. (A) As used in this section, "eligible | 24776 |
person" has the same meaning as in section 5126.03 of the Revised | 24777 |
Code. | 24778 |
(B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no | 24779 |
person shall disclose the identity of an individual who requests | 24780 |
programs or services under this chapter or release a record or | 24781 |
report regarding an eligible person that is maintained by a county | 24782 |
board of | 24783 |
entity under contract with a county board unless one of the | 24784 |
following circumstances exists: | 24785 |
(1) The individual, eligible person, or the individual's | 24786 |
guardian, or, if the individual is a minor, the individual's | 24787 |
parent or guardian, makes a written request to the county board or | 24788 |
entity for or approves in writing disclosure of the individual's | 24789 |
identity or release of the record or report regarding the eligible | 24790 |
person. | 24791 |
(2) Disclosure of the identity of an individual is needed for | 24792 |
approval of a direct services contract under section 5126.032 or | 24793 |
5126.033 of the Revised Code. The county board shall release only | 24794 |
the individual's name and the general nature of the services to be | 24795 |
provided. | 24796 |
(3) Disclosure of the identity of the individual is needed to | 24797 |
ascertain that the county board's waiting lists for programs or | 24798 |
services are being maintained in accordance with section 5126.042 | 24799 |
of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under that section. The | 24800 |
county board shall release only the individual's name, the general | 24801 |
nature of the programs or services to be provided the individual, | 24802 |
the individual's rank on each waiting list that includes the | 24803 |
individual, and any circumstances under which the individual was | 24804 |
given priority when placed on a waiting list. | 24805 |
(C) A board or entity that discloses an individual's identity | 24806 |
or releases a record or report regarding an eligible person shall | 24807 |
maintain a record of when and to whom the disclosure or release | 24808 |
was made. | 24809 |
(D)(1) At the request of an eligible person or the person's | 24810 |
guardian or, if the eligible person is a minor, the person's | 24811 |
parent or guardian, a county board or entity under contract with a | 24812 |
county board shall provide the person who made the request access | 24813 |
to records and reports regarding the eligible person. On written | 24814 |
request, the county board or entity shall provide copies of the | 24815 |
records and reports to the eligible person, guardian, or parent. | 24816 |
The county board or entity may charge a reasonable fee to cover | 24817 |
the costs of copying. The county board or entity may waive the fee | 24818 |
in cases of hardship. | 24819 |
(2) A county board shall provide access to any waiting list | 24820 |
or record or report regarding an eligible person maintained by the | 24821 |
board to any state agency responsible for monitoring and reviewing | 24822 |
programs and services provided or arranged by the county board, | 24823 |
any state agency involved in the coordination of services for an | 24824 |
eligible person, and any agency under contract with the department | 24825 |
of
| 24826 |
provision of protective service pursuant to section 5123.56 of the | 24827 |
Revised Code. | 24828 |
(3) When an eligible person who requests programs or services | 24829 |
under this chapter dies, the county board or entity under contract | 24830 |
with the county board, shall, on written request, provide to both | 24831 |
of the following persons any reports and records in the board or | 24832 |
entity's possession concerning the eligible person: | 24833 |
(a) If the report or records are necessary to administer the | 24834 |
estate of the person who is the subject of the reports or records, | 24835 |
to the executor or administrator of the person's estate; | 24836 |
(b) To the guardian of the person who is the subject of the | 24837 |
reports or records or, if the individual had no guardian at the | 24838 |
time of death, to a person in the first applicable of the | 24839 |
following categories: | 24840 |
(i) The person's spouse; | 24841 |
(ii) The person's children; | 24842 |
(iii) The person's parents; | 24843 |
(iv) The person's brothers or sisters; | 24844 |
(v) The person's uncles or aunts; | 24845 |
(vi) The person's closest relative by blood or adoption; | 24846 |
(vii) The person's closest relative by marriage. | 24847 |
The county board or entity shall provide the reports and | 24848 |
records as required by division (D)(3) of this section not later | 24849 |
than thirty days after receipt of the request. | 24850 |
(E) A county board shall notify an eligible person, the | 24851 |
person's guardian, or, if the eligible person is a minor, the | 24852 |
person's parent or guardian, prior to destroying any record or | 24853 |
report regarding the eligible person. | 24854 |
Sec. 5126.045. (A) As used in this section, "eligible | 24855 |
person" means a person eligible to receive services from a county | 24856 |
board of | 24857 |
an entity under contract with a county board. | 24858 |
(B) A county board shall establish fees for services rendered | 24859 |
to eligible persons if such fees are required by federal | 24860 |
regulation and by rule adopted by
the director of | 24861 |
24862 |
A county board may provide services to a person who does not | 24863 |
meet the standards for eligibility. The board may establish fees | 24864 |
for these services, which may be paid for by the person, by | 24865 |
another person on the person's behalf of the ineligible person, or | 24866 |
by another governmental entity. | 24867 |
Sec. 5126.046. (A) Each county board of | 24868 |
24869 | |
administrative authority under division (A) of section 5126.055 of | 24870 |
the Revised Code for habilitation, vocational, or community | 24871 |
employment services provided as part of home and community-based | 24872 |
services shall create a list of all persons and government | 24873 |
entities eligible to provide such habilitation, vocational, or | 24874 |
community employment services. If the county board chooses and is | 24875 |
eligible to provide such habilitation, vocational, or community | 24876 |
employment services, the county board shall include itself on the | 24877 |
list. The county board shall make the list available to each | 24878 |
individual with mental retardation or other developmental | 24879 |
disability who resides in the county and is eligible for such | 24880 |
habilitation, vocational, or community employment services. The | 24881 |
county board shall also make the list available to such | 24882 |
individuals' families. | 24883 |
An individual with mental retardation or other developmental | 24884 |
disability who is eligible for habilitation, vocational, or | 24885 |
community employment services may choose the provider of the | 24886 |
services. | 24887 |
(B) Each month, the department of | 24888 |
developmental disabilities shall create a list of all persons and | 24889 |
government entities eligible to provide residential services and | 24890 |
supported living. The department shall include on the list all | 24891 |
residential facilities licensed under section 5123.19 of the | 24892 |
Revised Code and all supported living providers certified under | 24893 |
section 5123.161 of the Revised Code. The department shall | 24894 |
distribute the monthly lists to county boards that have local | 24895 |
administrative authority under division (A) of section 5126.055 | 24896 |
of the Revised Code for residential services and supported living | 24897 |
provided as part of home and community-based services. A county | 24898 |
board that receives a list shall make it available to each | 24899 |
individual with mental retardation or other developmental | 24900 |
disability who resides in the county and is eligible for such | 24901 |
residential services or supported living. The county board shall | 24902 |
also make the list available to the families of those | 24903 |
individuals. | 24904 |
An individual who is eligible for residential services or | 24905 |
supported living may choose the provider of the residential | 24906 |
services or supported living. | 24907 |
(C) If a county board that has medicaid local administrative | 24908 |
authority under division (A) of section 5126.055 of the Revised | 24909 |
Code for home and community-based services violates the right | 24910 |
established by this section of an individual to choose a provider | 24911 |
that is qualified and willing to provide services to the | 24912 |
individual, the individual shall receive timely notice that the | 24913 |
individual may request a hearing under section 5101.35 of the | 24914 |
Revised Code. | 24915 |
(D) The departments of | 24916 |
disabilities and job and family services shall adopt rules in | 24917 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the | 24918 |
implementation of this section. The rules shall include procedures | 24919 |
for individuals to choose their service providers. The rules shall | 24920 |
not be limited by a provider selection system established under | 24921 |
section 5126.42 of the Revised Code, including any pool of | 24922 |
providers created pursuant to a provider selection system. | 24923 |
Sec. 5126.05. (A) Subject to the rules established by the | 24924 |
director of
| 24925 |
pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for programs and | 24926 |
services offered pursuant to this chapter, and subject to the | 24927 |
rules established by the state board of education pursuant to | 24928 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for programs and services offered | 24929 |
pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, the county board of | 24930 |
24931 |
(1) Administer and operate facilities, programs, and services | 24932 |
as provided by this chapter and Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code | 24933 |
and establish policies for their administration and operation; | 24934 |
(2) Coordinate, monitor, and evaluate existing services and | 24935 |
facilities available to individuals with mental retardation and | 24936 |
developmental disabilities; | 24937 |
(3) Provide early childhood services, supportive home | 24938 |
services, and adult services, according to the plan and priorities | 24939 |
developed under section 5126.04 of the Revised Code; | 24940 |
(4) Provide or contract for special education services | 24941 |
pursuant to Chapters 3317. and 3323. of the Revised Code and | 24942 |
ensure that related services, as defined in section 3323.01 of the | 24943 |
Revised Code, are available according to the plan and priorities | 24944 |
developed under section 5126.04 of the Revised Code; | 24945 |
(5) Adopt a budget, authorize expenditures for the purposes | 24946 |
specified in this chapter and do so in accordance with section | 24947 |
319.16 of the Revised Code, approve attendance of board members | 24948 |
and employees at professional meetings and approve expenditures | 24949 |
for attendance, and exercise such powers and duties as are | 24950 |
prescribed by the director; | 24951 |
(6) Submit annual reports of its work and expenditures, | 24952 |
pursuant to sections 3323.09 and 5126.12 of the Revised Code, to | 24953 |
the director, the superintendent of public instruction, and the | 24954 |
board of county commissioners at the close of the fiscal year and | 24955 |
at such other times as may reasonably be requested; | 24956 |
(7) Authorize all positions of employment, establish | 24957 |
compensation, including but not limited to salary schedules and | 24958 |
fringe benefits for all board employees, approve contracts of | 24959 |
employment for management employees that are for a term of more | 24960 |
than one year, employ legal counsel under section 309.10 of the | 24961 |
Revised Code, and contract for employee benefits; | 24962 |
(8) Provide service and support administration in accordance | 24963 |
with section 5126.15 of the Revised Code; | 24964 |
(9) Certify respite care homes pursuant to rules adopted | 24965 |
under section 5123.171 of the Revised Code by the director of | 24966 |
24967 |
(B) To the extent that rules adopted under this section apply | 24968 |
to the identification and placement of children with disabilities | 24969 |
under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, they shall be consistent | 24970 |
with the standards and procedures established under sections | 24971 |
3323.03 to 3323.05 of the Revised Code. | 24972 |
(C) Any county board may enter into contracts with other such | 24973 |
boards and with public or private, nonprofit, or profit-making | 24974 |
agencies or organizations of the same or another county, to | 24975 |
provide the facilities, programs, and services authorized or | 24976 |
required, upon such terms as may be agreeable, and in accordance | 24977 |
with this chapter and Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code and rules | 24978 |
adopted thereunder and in accordance with sections 307.86 and | 24979 |
5126.071 of the Revised Code. | 24980 |
(D) A county board may combine transportation for children | 24981 |
and adults enrolled in programs and services offered under section | 24982 |
5126.12 with transportation for children enrolled in classes | 24983 |
funded under section 3317.20 or units approved under section | 24984 |
3317.05 of the Revised Code. | 24985 |
(E) A county board may purchase all necessary insurance | 24986 |
policies, may purchase equipment and supplies through the | 24987 |
department of administrative services or from other sources, and | 24988 |
may enter into agreements with public agencies or nonprofit | 24989 |
organizations for cooperative purchasing arrangements. | 24990 |
(F) A county board may receive by gift, grant, devise, or | 24991 |
bequest any moneys, lands, or property for the benefit of the | 24992 |
purposes for which the board is established and hold, apply, and | 24993 |
dispose of the moneys, lands, and property according to the terms | 24994 |
of the gift, grant, devise, or bequest. All money received by | 24995 |
gift, grant, bequest, or disposition of lands or property received | 24996 |
by gift, grant, devise, or bequest shall be deposited in the | 24997 |
county treasury to the credit of such board and shall be available | 24998 |
for use by the board for purposes determined or stated by the | 24999 |
donor or grantor, but may not be used for personal expenses of the | 25000 |
board members. Any interest or earnings accruing from such gift, | 25001 |
grant, devise, or bequest shall be treated in the same manner and | 25002 |
subject to the same provisions as such gift, grant, devise, or | 25003 |
bequest. | 25004 |
(G) The board of county commissioners shall levy taxes and | 25005 |
make appropriations sufficient to enable the county board of | 25006 |
25007 | |
functions and duties, and may utilize any available local, state, | 25008 |
and federal funds for such purpose. | 25009 |
Sec. 5126.051. (A) To the extent that resources are | 25010 |
available, a county board of | 25011 |
disabilities shall provide for or arrange residential services and | 25012 |
supported living for individuals with mental retardation and | 25013 |
developmental disabilities. | 25014 |
A county board may acquire, convey, lease, or sell property | 25015 |
for residential services and supported living and enter into loan | 25016 |
agreements, including mortgages, for the acquisition of such | 25017 |
property. A county board is not required to comply with provisions | 25018 |
of Chapter 307. of the Revised Code providing for competitive | 25019 |
bidding or sheriff sales in the acquisition, lease, conveyance, or | 25020 |
sale of property under this division, but the acquisition, lease, | 25021 |
conveyance, or sale must be at fair market value determined by | 25022 |
appraisal of one or more disinterested persons appointed by the | 25023 |
board. | 25024 |
Any action taken by a county board under this division that | 25025 |
will incur debt on the part of the county shall be taken in | 25026 |
accordance with Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. A county board | 25027 |
shall not incur any debt on the part of the county without the | 25028 |
prior approval of the board of county commissioners. | 25029 |
(B)(1) To the extent that resources are available, in | 25030 |
addition to sheltered employment and work activities provided as | 25031 |
adult services pursuant to division (A)(3) of section 5126.05 of | 25032 |
the Revised Code, a county board of | 25033 |
developmental disabilities may provide or arrange for job | 25034 |
training, vocational evaluation, and community employment services | 25035 |
to mentally retarded and developmentally disabled individuals who | 25036 |
are age eighteen and older and not enrolled in a program or | 25037 |
service under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code or age sixteen or | 25038 |
seventeen and eligible for adult services under rules adopted by | 25039 |
the director of | 25040 |
under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. These services shall be | 25041 |
provided in accordance with the individual's individual service or | 25042 |
habilitation plan and shall include support services specified in | 25043 |
the plan. | 25044 |
(2) A county board may, in cooperation with the Ohio | 25045 |
rehabilitation services commission, seek federal funds for job | 25046 |
training and community employment. | 25047 |
(3) A county board may contract with any agency, board, or | 25048 |
other entity that is accredited by the commission on accreditation | 25049 |
of rehabilitation facilities to provide services. A county board | 25050 |
that is accredited by the commission on accreditation of | 25051 |
rehabilitation facilities may provide services for which it is | 25052 |
certified by the commission. | 25053 |
(C) To the extent that resources are available, a county | 25054 |
board may provide services to an individual with mental | 25055 |
retardation or other developmental disability in addition to those | 25056 |
provided pursuant to this section, section 5126.05 of the Revised | 25057 |
Code, or any other section of this chapter. The services shall be | 25058 |
provided in accordance with the individual's habilitation or | 25059 |
service plan and may be provided in collaboration with other | 25060 |
entities of state or local government. | 25061 |
Sec. 5126.052. (A) The superintendent of a county board of | 25062 |
25063 | |
transportation for pupils to special education programs under this | 25064 |
chapter may establish a volunteer bus rider assistance program | 25065 |
under which qualified persons may be authorized to ride with | 25066 |
pupils to and from such programs. Volunteers shall not be | 25067 |
compensated for their services and are not employees for purposes | 25068 |
of Chapter 4117. or 4123. of the Revised Code. Nothing in this | 25069 |
section authorizes a superintendent or board to adversely affect | 25070 |
the employment of any employee of the board. | 25071 |
Volunteers may be assigned duties or responsibilities by the | 25072 |
superintendent, including but not limited to, assisting pupils in | 25073 |
embarking and disembarking from buses and in crossing streets | 25074 |
where necessary to ensure the safety of the pupil, assisting the | 25075 |
bus driver, and such other activities as the superintendent | 25076 |
determines will aid in the safe and efficient transportation of | 25077 |
pupils. | 25078 |
(B) The superintendent shall ensure that each pupil receiving | 25079 |
transportation under this chapter is instructed in school bus | 25080 |
safety, proper bus rider behavior, and the potential problems and | 25081 |
hazards associated with school bus ridership. Such instruction | 25082 |
shall occur within two weeks after the pupil first receives | 25083 |
transportation under this chapter. | 25084 |
Sec. 5126.054. (A) Each county board of | 25085 |
25086 | |
three-calendar year plan that includes the following three | 25087 |
components: | 25088 |
(1) An assessment component that includes all of the | 25089 |
following: | 25090 |
(a) The number of individuals with mental retardation or | 25091 |
other developmental disability residing in the county who need the | 25092 |
level of care provided by an intermediate care facility for the | 25093 |
mentally retarded, may seek home and community-based services, are | 25094 |
given priority for the services pursuant to division (D) of | 25095 |
section 5126.042 of the Revised Code; the service needs of those | 25096 |
individuals; and the projected annualized cost for services; | 25097 |
(b) The source of funds available to the county board to pay | 25098 |
the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures that the county | 25099 |
board is required by sections 5126.059 and 5126.0510 of the | 25100 |
Revised Code to pay; | 25101 |
(c) Any other applicable information or conditions that the | 25102 |
department of | 25103 |
requires as a condition of approving the component under section | 25104 |
5123.046 of the Revised Code. | 25105 |
(2) | 25106 |
the number of individuals to be provided, during the first year | 25107 |
that the plan is in effect, home and community-based services | 25108 |
pursuant to the priority given to them under divisions (D)(1) and | 25109 |
(2) of section 5126.042 of the Revised Code and the types of home | 25110 |
and community-based services the individuals are to receive; | 25111 |
(3) A component that provides for the implementation of | 25112 |
medicaid case management services and home and community-based | 25113 |
services for individuals who begin to receive the services on or | 25114 |
after the date the plan is approved under section 5123.046 of the | 25115 |
Revised Code. A county board shall include all of the following in | 25116 |
the component: | 25117 |
(a) If the department of | 25118 |
disabilities or department of job and family services requires, an | 25119 |
agreement to pay the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures | 25120 |
that the county board is required by sections 5126.059 and | 25121 |
5126.0510 of the Revised Code to pay; | 25122 |
(b) How the services are to be phased in over the period the | 25123 |
plan covers, including how the county board will serve individuals | 25124 |
on a waiting list established under division (C) of section | 25125 |
5126.042 who are given priority status under division (D)(1) of | 25126 |
that section; | 25127 |
(c) Any agreement or commitment regarding the county board's | 25128 |
funding of home and community-based services that the county board | 25129 |
has with the department at the time the county board develops the | 25130 |
component; | 25131 |
(d) Assurances adequate to the department that the county | 25132 |
board will comply with all of the following requirements: | 25133 |
(i) To provide the types of home and community-based services | 25134 |
specified in the preliminary implementation component required by | 25135 |
division (A)(2) of this section to at least the number of | 25136 |
individuals specified in that component; | 25137 |
(ii) To use any additional funds the county board receives | 25138 |
for the services to improve the county board's resource | 25139 |
capabilities for supporting such services available in the county | 25140 |
at the time the component is developed and to expand the services | 25141 |
to accommodate the unmet need for those services in the county; | 25142 |
(iii) To employ a business manager who is either a new | 25143 |
employee who has earned at least a bachelor's degree in business | 25144 |
administration or a current employee who has the equivalent | 25145 |
experience of a bachelor's degree in business administration. If | 25146 |
the county board will employ a new employee, the county board | 25147 |
shall include in the component a timeline for employing the | 25148 |
employee. | 25149 |
(iv) To employ or contract with a medicaid services manager | 25150 |
who is either a new employee who has earned at least a bachelor's | 25151 |
degree or a current employee who has the equivalent experience of | 25152 |
a bachelor's degree. If the county board will employ a new | 25153 |
employee, the county board shall include in the component a | 25154 |
timeline for employing the employee. Two or three county boards | 25155 |
that have a combined total enrollment in county board services not | 25156 |
exceeding one thousand individuals as determined pursuant to | 25157 |
certifications made under division (B) of section 5126.12 of the | 25158 |
Revised Code may satisfy this requirement by sharing the services | 25159 |
of a medicaid services manager or using the services of a medicaid | 25160 |
services manager employed by or under contract with a regional | 25161 |
council that the county boards establish under section 5126.13 of | 25162 |
the Revised Code. | 25163 |
(e) Programmatic and financial accountability measures and | 25164 |
projected outcomes expected from the implementation of the plan; | 25165 |
(f) Any other applicable information or conditions that the | 25166 |
department requires as a condition of approving the component | 25167 |
under section 5123.046 of the Revised Code. | 25168 |
(B) A county board whose plan developed under division (A) of | 25169 |
this section is approved by the department under section 5123.046 | 25170 |
of the Revised Code shall update and renew the plan in accordance | 25171 |
with a schedule the department shall develop. | 25172 |
Sec. 5126.055. (A) Except as provided in section 5126.056 | 25173 |
of the Revised Code, a county board of
| 25174 |
developmental disabilities has medicaid local administrative | 25175 |
authority to, and shall, do all of the following for an individual | 25176 |
with mental retardation or other developmental disability who | 25177 |
resides in the county that the county board serves and seeks or | 25178 |
receives home and community-based services: | 25179 |
(1) Perform assessments and evaluations of the individual. As | 25180 |
part of the assessment and evaluation process, the county board | 25181 |
shall do all of the following: | 25182 |
(a) Make a recommendation to the department of | 25183 |
25184 | |
department should approve or deny the individual's application for | 25185 |
the services, including on the basis of whether the individual | 25186 |
needs the level of care an intermediate care facility for the | 25187 |
mentally retarded provides; | 25188 |
(b) If the individual's application is denied because of the | 25189 |
county board's recommendation and the individual requests a | 25190 |
hearing under section 5101.35 of the Revised Code, present, with | 25191 |
the department of | 25192 |
disabilities or department of job and family services, whichever | 25193 |
denies the application, the reasons for the recommendation and | 25194 |
denial at the hearing; | 25195 |
(c) If the individual's application is approved, recommend to | 25196 |
the departments of | 25197 |
disabilities and job and family services the services that should | 25198 |
be included in the individual's individualized service plan and, | 25199 |
if either department approves, reduces, denies, or terminates a | 25200 |
service included in the individual's individualized service plan | 25201 |
under section 5111.871 of the Revised Code because of the county | 25202 |
board's recommendation, present, with the department that made the | 25203 |
approval, reduction, denial, or termination, the reasons for the | 25204 |
recommendation and approval, reduction, denial, or termination at | 25205 |
a hearing under section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. | 25206 |
(2) In accordance with the rules adopted under section | 25207 |
5126.046 of the Revised Code, perform the county board's duties | 25208 |
under that section regarding assisting the individual's right to | 25209 |
choose a qualified and willing provider of the services and, at a | 25210 |
hearing under section 5101.35 of the Revised Code, present | 25211 |
evidence of the process for appropriate assistance in choosing | 25212 |
providers; | 25213 |
(3) If the county board is certified under section 5123.161 | 25214 |
of the Revised Code to provide the services and agrees to | 25215 |
provide the services to the individual and the individual | 25216 |
chooses the county board to provide the services, furnish, in | 25217 |
accordance with the county board's medicaid provider agreement | 25218 |
and for the authorized reimbursement rate, the services the | 25219 |
individual requires; | 25220 |
(4) Monitor the services provided to the individual and | 25221 |
ensure the individual's health, safety, and welfare. The | 25222 |
monitoring shall include quality assurance activities. If the | 25223 |
county board provides the services, the department of | 25224 |
25225 | |
services. | 25226 |
(5) Develop, with the individual and the provider of the | 25227 |
individual's services, an effective individualized service plan | 25228 |
that includes coordination of services, recommend that the | 25229 |
departments of | 25230 |
and job and family services approve the plan, and implement the | 25231 |
plan unless either department disapproves it; | 25232 |
(6) Have an investigative agent conduct investigations under | 25233 |
section 5126.313 of the Revised Code that concern the individual; | 25234 |
(7) Have a service and support administrator perform the | 25235 |
duties under division (B)(9) of section 5126.15 of the Revised | 25236 |
Code that concern the individual. | 25237 |
(B) A county board shall perform its medicaid local | 25238 |
administrative authority under this section in accordance with all | 25239 |
of the following: | 25240 |
(1) The county board's plan that the department of | 25241 |
25242 | |
5123.046 of the Revised Code; | 25243 |
(2) All applicable federal and state laws; | 25244 |
(3) All applicable policies of the departments of | 25245 |
25246 | |
services and the United States department of health and human | 25247 |
services; | 25248 |
(4) The department of job and family services' supervision | 25249 |
under its authority under section 5111.01 of the Revised Code to | 25250 |
act as the single state medicaid agency; | 25251 |
(5) The department of | 25252 |
disabilities' oversight. | 25253 |
(C) The departments of | 25254 |
disabilities and job and family services shall communicate with | 25255 |
and provide training to county boards regarding medicaid local | 25256 |
administrative authority granted by this section. The | 25257 |
communication and training shall include issues regarding audit | 25258 |
protocols and other standards established by the United States | 25259 |
department of health and human services that the departments | 25260 |
determine appropriate for communication and training. County | 25261 |
boards shall participate in the training. The departments shall | 25262 |
assess the county board's compliance against uniform standards | 25263 |
that the departments shall establish. | 25264 |
(D) A county board may not delegate its medicaid local | 25265 |
administrative authority granted under this section but may | 25266 |
contract with a person or government entity, including a council | 25267 |
of governments, for assistance with its medicaid local | 25268 |
administrative authority. A county board that enters into such a | 25269 |
contract shall
notify the director of | 25270 |
developmental disabilities. The notice shall include the tasks and | 25271 |
responsibilities that the contract gives to the person or | 25272 |
government entity. The person or government entity shall comply in | 25273 |
full with all requirements to which the county board is subject | 25274 |
regarding the person or government entity's tasks and | 25275 |
responsibilities under the contract. The county board remains | 25276 |
ultimately responsible for the tasks and responsibilities. | 25277 |
(E) A county board that has medicaid local administrative | 25278 |
authority under this section shall, through the departments of | 25279 |
25280 | |
family services, reply to, and cooperate in arranging compliance | 25281 |
with, a program or fiscal audit or program violation exception | 25282 |
that a state or federal audit or review discovers. The department | 25283 |
of job and family services shall timely notify the department of | 25284 |
25285 | |
board of any adverse findings. After receiving the notice, the | 25286 |
county
board, in conjunction with the department of | 25287 |
25288 | |
with the department of job and family services and timely prepare | 25289 |
and send to the department a written plan of correction or | 25290 |
response to the adverse findings. The county board is liable for | 25291 |
any adverse findings that result from an action it takes or fails | 25292 |
to take in its implementation of medicaid local administrative | 25293 |
authority. | 25294 |
(F) If the department of | 25295 |
disabilities or department of job and family services determines | 25296 |
that a county board's implementation of its medicaid local | 25297 |
administrative authority under this section is deficient, the | 25298 |
department that makes the determination shall require that county | 25299 |
board do the following: | 25300 |
(1) If the deficiency affects the health, safety, or welfare | 25301 |
of an individual with mental retardation or other developmental | 25302 |
disability, correct the deficiency within twenty-four hours; | 25303 |
(2) If the deficiency does not affect the health, safety, or | 25304 |
welfare of an individual with mental retardation or other | 25305 |
developmental disability, receive technical assistance from the | 25306 |
department or submit a plan of correction to the department that | 25307 |
is acceptable to the department within sixty days and correct the | 25308 |
deficiency within the time required by the plan of correction. | 25309 |
Sec. 5126.056. (A) The department of | 25310 |
developmental disabilities shall take action under division (B) of | 25311 |
this section against a county board of | 25312 |
developmental disabilities if any of the following are the case: | 25313 |
(1) The county board fails to submit to the department all | 25314 |
the components of its three-year plan required by section 5126.054 | 25315 |
of the Revised Code. | 25316 |
(2) The department disapproves the county board's three-year | 25317 |
plan under section 5123.046 of the Revised Code. | 25318 |
(3) The county board fails, as required by division (B) of | 25319 |
section 5126.054 of the Revised Code, to update and renew its | 25320 |
three-year plan in accordance with a schedule the department | 25321 |
develops under that section. | 25322 |
(4) The county board fails to implement its initial or | 25323 |
renewed three-year plan approved by the department. | 25324 |
(5) The county board fails to correct a deficiency within the | 25325 |
time required by division (F) of section 5126.055 of the Revised | 25326 |
Code to the satisfaction of the department. | 25327 |
(6) The county board fails to submit an acceptable plan of | 25328 |
correction to the department within the time required by division | 25329 |
(F)(2) of section 5126.055 of the Revised Code. | 25330 |
(B) If required by division (A) of this section to take | 25331 |
action against a county board, the department shall issue an order | 25332 |
terminating the county board's medicaid local administrative | 25333 |
authority over all or part of home and community-based services, | 25334 |
medicaid case management services, or all or part of both of those | 25335 |
services. The department shall provide a copy of the order to the | 25336 |
board of county commissioners, senior probate judge, county | 25337 |
auditor, and president and superintendent of the county board. The | 25338 |
department shall specify in the order the medicaid local | 25339 |
administrative authority that the department is terminating, the | 25340 |
reason for the termination, and the county board's option and | 25341 |
responsibilities under this division. | 25342 |
A county board whose medicaid local administrative authority | 25343 |
is terminated may, not later than thirty days after the department | 25344 |
issues the termination order, recommend to the department that | 25345 |
another county board that has not had any of its medicaid local | 25346 |
administrative authority terminated or another entity the | 25347 |
department approves administer the services for which the county | 25348 |
board's medicaid local administrative authority is terminated. The | 25349 |
department may contract with the other county board or entity to | 25350 |
administer the services. If the department enters into such a | 25351 |
contract, the county board shall adopt a resolution giving the | 25352 |
other county board or entity full medicaid local administrative | 25353 |
authority over the services that the other county board or entity | 25354 |
is to administer. The other county board or entity shall be known | 25355 |
as the contracting authority. | 25356 |
If the department rejects the county board's recommendation | 25357 |
regarding a contracting authority, the county board may appeal the | 25358 |
rejection under section 5123.043 of the Revised Code. | 25359 |
If the county board does not submit a recommendation to the | 25360 |
department regarding a contracting authority within the required | 25361 |
time or the department rejects the county board's recommendation | 25362 |
and the rejection is upheld pursuant to an appeal, if any, under | 25363 |
section 5123.043 of the Revised Code, the department shall appoint | 25364 |
an administrative receiver to administer the services for which | 25365 |
the county board's medicaid local administrative authority is | 25366 |
terminated. To the extent necessary for the department to appoint | 25367 |
an administrative receiver, the department may utilize employees | 25368 |
of the department, management personnel from another county board, | 25369 |
or other individuals who are not employed by or affiliated with in | 25370 |
any manner a person that provides home and community-based | 25371 |
services or medicaid case management services pursuant to a | 25372 |
contract with any county board. The administrative receiver shall | 25373 |
assume full administrative responsibility for the county board's | 25374 |
services for which the county board's medicaid local | 25375 |
administrative authority is terminated. | 25376 |
The contracting authority or administrative receiver shall | 25377 |
develop and submit to the department a plan of correction to | 25378 |
remediate the problems that caused the department to issue the | 25379 |
termination order. If, after reviewing the plan, the department | 25380 |
approves it, the contracting authority or administrative receiver | 25381 |
shall implement the plan. | 25382 |
The county board shall transfer control of state and federal | 25383 |
funds it is otherwise eligible to receive for the services for | 25384 |
which the county board's medicaid local administrative authority | 25385 |
is terminated and funds the county board may use under division | 25386 |
(A) of section 5126.0511 of the Revised Code to pay the | 25387 |
nonfederal share of the services that the county board is | 25388 |
required by sections 5126.059 and 5126.0510 of the Revised Code | 25389 |
to pay. The county board shall transfer control of the funds to | 25390 |
the contracting authority or administrative receiver administering | 25391 |
the services. The amount the county board shall transfer shall be | 25392 |
the amount necessary for the contracting authority or | 25393 |
administrative receiver to fulfill its duties in administering | 25394 |
the services, including its duties to pay its personnel for time | 25395 |
worked, travel, and related matters. If the county board fails to | 25396 |
make the transfer, the department may withhold the state and | 25397 |
federal funds from the county board and bring a mandamus action | 25398 |
against the county board in the court of common pleas of the | 25399 |
county served by the county board or in the Franklin county court | 25400 |
of common pleas. The mandamus action may not require that the | 25401 |
county board transfer any funds other than the funds the county | 25402 |
board is required by division (B) of this section to transfer. | 25403 |
The contracting authority or administrative receiver has the | 25404 |
right to authorize the payment of bills in the same manner that | 25405 |
the county board may authorize payment of bills under this chapter | 25406 |
and section 319.16 of the Revised Code. | 25407 |
Sec. 5126.058. (A) Each county board of | 25408 |
25409 | |
understanding that is developed by all of the following and that | 25410 |
is signed by the persons identified in divisions (A)(2) to (7) of | 25411 |
this section: | 25412 |
(1) The senior probate judge of the county or the senior | 25413 |
probate judge's representative; | 25414 |
(2) The county peace officer; | 25415 |
(3) All chief municipal peace officers within the county; | 25416 |
(4) Other law enforcement officers handling abuse, neglect, | 25417 |
and exploitation of mentally retarded and developmentally disabled | 25418 |
persons in the county; | 25419 |
(5) The prosecuting attorney of the county; | 25420 |
(6) The public children services agency; | 25421 |
(7) The coroner of the county. | 25422 |
(B) A memorandum of understanding shall set forth the normal | 25423 |
operating procedure to be employed by all concerned officials in | 25424 |
the execution of their respective responsibilities under this | 25425 |
section and sections 313.12, 2151.421, 2903.16, 5126.31, and | 25426 |
5126.33 of the Revised Code and shall have as its primary goal the | 25427 |
elimination of all unnecessary interviews of persons who are the | 25428 |
subject of reports made pursuant to this section. A failure to | 25429 |
follow the procedure set forth in the memorandum by the concerned | 25430 |
officials is not grounds for, and shall not result in, the | 25431 |
dismissal of any charge or complaint arising from any reported | 25432 |
case of abuse, neglect, or exploitation or the suppression of any | 25433 |
evidence obtained as a result of any reported abuse, neglect, or | 25434 |
exploitation and does not give any rights or grounds for appeal or | 25435 |
post-conviction relief to any person. | 25436 |
(C) A memorandum of understanding shall include, but is not | 25437 |
limited to, all of the following: | 25438 |
(1) The roles and responsibilities for handling emergency and | 25439 |
nonemergency cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation; | 25440 |
(2) The roles and responsibilities for handling and | 25441 |
coordinating investigations of reported cases of abuse, neglect, | 25442 |
or exploitation and methods to be used in interviewing the person | 25443 |
who is the subject of the report and who allegedly was abused, | 25444 |
neglected, or exploited; | 25445 |
(3) The roles and responsibilities for addressing the | 25446 |
categories of persons who may interview the person who is the | 25447 |
subject of the report and who allegedly was abused, neglected, or | 25448 |
exploited; | 25449 |
(4) The roles and responsibilities for providing victim | 25450 |
services to mentally retarded and developmentally disabled persons | 25451 |
pursuant to Chapter 2930. of the Revised Code; | 25452 |
(5) The roles and responsibilities for the filing of criminal | 25453 |
charges against persons alleged to have abused, neglected, or | 25454 |
exploited mentally retarded or developmentally disabled persons. | 25455 |
(D) A memorandum of understanding may be signed by victim | 25456 |
advocates, municipal court judges, municipal prosecutors, and any | 25457 |
other person whose participation furthers the goals of a | 25458 |
memorandum of understanding, as set forth in this section. | 25459 |
Sec. 5126.059. A county board of | 25460 |
developmental disabilities shall pay the nonfederal share of | 25461 |
medicaid expenditures for medicaid case management services the | 25462 |
county board provides to an individual with mental retardation or | 25463 |
other developmental disability who the county board determines | 25464 |
under section 5126.041 of the Revised Code is eligible for county | 25465 |
board services. | 25466 |
Sec. 5126.0510. (A) Except as otherwise provided in an | 25467 |
agreement entered into under section 5123.048 of the Revised Code | 25468 |
and subject to divisions (B), (C), and (D) of this section, a | 25469 |
county board of | 25470 |
shall pay the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures for the | 25471 |
following home and community-based services provided to an | 25472 |
individual with mental retardation or other developmental | 25473 |
disability who the county board determines under section 5126.041 | 25474 |
of the Revised Code is eligible for county board services: | 25475 |
(1) Home and community-based services provided by the county | 25476 |
board to such an individual; | 25477 |
(2) Home and community-based services provided by a provider | 25478 |
other than the county board to such an individual who is enrolled | 25479 |
as of June 30, 2007, in the medicaid waiver component under which | 25480 |
the services are provided; | 25481 |
(3) Home and community-based services provided by a provider | 25482 |
other than the county board to such an individual who, pursuant to | 25483 |
a request the county board makes, enrolls in the medicaid waiver | 25484 |
component under which the services are provided after June 30, | 25485 |
2007; | 25486 |
(4) Home and community-based services provided by a provider | 25487 |
other than the county board to such an individual for whom there | 25488 |
is in effect an agreement entered into under division (E) of this | 25489 |
section between the county board and director of | 25490 |
25491 |
(B) In the case of medicaid expenditures for home and | 25492 |
community-based services for which division (A)(2) of this section | 25493 |
requires a county board to pay the nonfederal share, the following | 25494 |
shall apply to such services provided during fiscal year 2008 | 25495 |
under the individual options medicaid waiver component: | 25496 |
(1) The county board shall pay no less than the total amount | 25497 |
the county board paid as the nonfederal share for home and | 25498 |
community-based services provided in fiscal year 2007 under the | 25499 |
individual options medicaid waiver component; | 25500 |
(2) The county board shall pay no more than the sum of the | 25501 |
following: | 25502 |
(a) The total amount the county board paid as the nonfederal | 25503 |
share for home and community-based services provided in fiscal | 25504 |
year 2007 under the individual options medicaid waiver component; | 25505 |
(b) An amount equal to one per cent of the total amount the | 25506 |
department of | 25507 |
and county board paid as the nonfederal share for home and | 25508 |
community-based services provided in fiscal year 2007 under the | 25509 |
individual options medicaid waiver component to individuals the | 25510 |
county board determined under section 5126.041 of the Revised Code | 25511 |
are eligible for county board services. | 25512 |
(C) A county board is not required to pay the nonfederal | 25513 |
share of home and community-based services provided after June 30, | 25514 |
2008, that the county board is otherwise required by division | 25515 |
(A)(2) of this section to pay if the department of | 25516 |
25517 | |
division (A) of section 5123.0416 of the Revised Code. | 25518 |
(D) A county board is not required to pay the nonfederal | 25519 |
share of home and community-based services that the county board | 25520 |
is otherwise required by division (A)(3) of this section to pay if | 25521 |
both of the following apply: | 25522 |
(1) The services are provided to an individual who enrolls in | 25523 |
the medicaid waiver component under which the services are | 25524 |
provided as the result of an order issued following a state | 25525 |
hearing, administrative appeal, or appeal to a court of common | 25526 |
pleas made under section 5101.35 of the Revised Code; | 25527 |
(2) There are more individuals who are eligible for services | 25528 |
from the county board enrolled in the medicaid waiver component | 25529 |
than is required by section 5126.0512 of the Revised Code. | 25530 |
(E) A county board may enter into an agreement with the | 25531 |
director of | 25532 |
under which the county board agrees to pay the nonfederal share of | 25533 |
medicaid expenditures for one or more home and community-based | 25534 |
services that the county board is not otherwise required by | 25535 |
division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section to pay and that are | 25536 |
provided to an individual the county board determines under | 25537 |
section 5126.041 of the Revised Code is eligible for county board | 25538 |
services. The agreement shall specify which home and | 25539 |
community-based services the agreement covers. The county board | 25540 |
shall pay the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures for the | 25541 |
home and community-based services that the agreement covers as | 25542 |
long as the agreement is in effect. | 25543 |
Sec. 5126.0511. (A) A county board of | 25544 |
developmental disabilities may use the following funds to pay the | 25545 |
nonfederal share of the medicaid expenditures that the county | 25546 |
board is required by sections 5126.059 and 5126.0510 of the | 25547 |
Revised Code to pay: | 25548 |
(1) To the extent consistent with the levy that generated the | 25549 |
taxes, the following taxes: | 25550 |
(a) Taxes levied pursuant to division (L) of section 5705.19 | 25551 |
of the Revised Code and section 5705.222 of the Revised Code; | 25552 |
(b) Taxes levied under section 5705.191 of the Revised Code | 25553 |
that the board of county commissioners allocates to the county | 25554 |
board. | 25555 |
(2) Funds that the department of | 25556 |
developmental disabilities distributes to the county board under | 25557 |
sections 5126.11 and 5126.18 of the Revised Code; | 25558 |
(3) Earned federal revenue funds the county board receives | 25559 |
for medicaid services the county board provides pursuant to the | 25560 |
county board's valid medicaid provider agreement; | 25561 |
(4) Funds that the department of | 25562 |
developmental disabilities distributes to the county board as | 25563 |
subsidy payments; | 25564 |
(5) In the case of medicaid expenditures for home and | 25565 |
community-based services, funds allocated to or otherwise made | 25566 |
available for the county board under section 5123.0416 of the | 25567 |
Revised Code to pay the nonfederal share of such medicaid | 25568 |
expenditures. | 25569 |
Each year, each county board shall adopt a resolution | 25570 |
specifying the amount of funds it will use in the next year to pay | 25571 |
the nonfederal share of the medicaid expenditures that the county | 25572 |
board is required by sections 5126.059 and 5126.0510 of the | 25573 |
Revised Code to pay. The amount specified shall be adequate to | 25574 |
assure that the services for which the medicaid expenditures are | 25575 |
made will be available in the county in a manner that conforms to | 25576 |
all applicable state and federal laws. A county board shall state | 25577 |
in its resolution that the payment of the nonfederal share | 25578 |
represents an ongoing financial commitment of the county board. A | 25579 |
county board shall adopt the resolution in time for the county | 25580 |
auditor to make the determination required by division (C) of | 25581 |
this section. | 25582 |
(C) Each year, a county auditor shall determine whether the | 25583 |
amount of funds a county board specifies in the resolution it | 25584 |
adopts under division (B) of this section will be available in | 25585 |
the following year for the county board to pay the nonfederal | 25586 |
share of the medicaid expenditures that the county board is | 25587 |
required by sections 5126.059 and 5126.0510 of the Revised Code | 25588 |
to pay. The county auditor shall make the determination not later | 25589 |
than the last day of the year before the year in which the funds | 25590 |
are to be used. | 25591 |
Sec. 5126.0512. (A) As used in this section, "medicaid | 25592 |
waiver component" means a medicaid waiver component as defined in | 25593 |
section 5111.85 of the Revised Code under which home and | 25594 |
community-based services are provided. | 25595 |
(B) Effective July 1, 2007, each county board of | 25596 |
25597 | |
medicaid waiver component, that the number of individuals eligible | 25598 |
under section 5126.041 of the Revised Code for services from the | 25599 |
county board who are enrolled in a medicaid waiver component is no | 25600 |
less than the sum of the following: | 25601 |
(1) The number of individuals eligible for services from the | 25602 |
county board who are enrolled in the medicaid waiver component on | 25603 |
June 30, 2007; | 25604 |
(2) The number of medicaid waiver component slots the county | 25605 |
board requested before July 1, 2007, that were assigned to the | 25606 |
county board before that date but in which no individual was | 25607 |
enrolled before that date. | 25608 |
(C) An individual enrolled in a medicaid waiver component | 25609 |
after March 1, 2007, due to an emergency reserve capacity waiver | 25610 |
assignment shall not be counted in determining the number of | 25611 |
individuals a county board must ensure under division (B) of this | 25612 |
section are enrolled in a medicaid waiver component. | 25613 |
(D) An individual who is enrolled in a medicaid waiver | 25614 |
component to comply with the terms of the consent order filed | 25615 |
March 5, 2007, in Martin v. Strickland, Case No. 89-CV-00362, in | 25616 |
the United States district court for the southern district of | 25617 |
Ohio, eastern division, shall be excluded in determining whether a | 25618 |
county board has complied with division (B) of this section. | 25619 |
(E) A county board shall make as many requests for | 25620 |
individuals to be enrolled in a medicaid waiver component as | 25621 |
necessary for the county board to comply with division (B) of this | 25622 |
section. | 25623 |
Sec. 5126.06. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this | 25624 |
section, any person who has a complaint involving any of the | 25625 |
programs, services, policies, or administrative practices of a | 25626 |
county board
of | 25627 |
or any of the entities under contract with the county board, may | 25628 |
file a complaint with the board. Prior to commencing a civil | 25629 |
action regarding the complaint, a person shall attempt to have the | 25630 |
complaint resolved through the administrative resolution process | 25631 |
established in the rules adopted under section 5123.043 of the | 25632 |
Revised Code. After exhausting the administrative resolution | 25633 |
process, the person may commence a civil action if the complaint | 25634 |
is not settled to the person's satisfaction. | 25635 |
(B) An employee of a county board may not file under this | 25636 |
section a complaint related to the terms and conditions of | 25637 |
employment of the employee. | 25638 |
Sec. 5126.07. No county board of | 25639 |
developmental disabilities or any agency, corporation, or | 25640 |
association under contract with a county board of | 25641 |
25642 | |
the provision of services under its authority or contract on the | 25643 |
basis of race, color, sex, creed, disability, national origin, or | 25644 |
the inability to pay. | 25645 |
Each county board of | 25646 |
disabilities shall provide a plan of affirmative action describing | 25647 |
its goals and methods for the provision of equal employment | 25648 |
opportunities for all persons under its authority and shall ensure | 25649 |
nondiscrimination in employment under its authority or contract on | 25650 |
the basis of race, color, sex, creed, disability, or national | 25651 |
origin. | 25652 |
Sec. 5126.071. (A) As used in this section, "minority | 25653 |
business enterprise" has the meaning given in division (E)(1) of | 25654 |
section 122.71 of the Revised Code. | 25655 |
(B) Any minority business enterprise that desires to bid on a | 25656 |
contract under division (C) or (D) of this section shall first | 25657 |
apply to the equal employment opportunity coordinator in the | 25658 |
department of administrative services for certification as a | 25659 |
minority business enterprise. The coordinator shall approve the | 25660 |
application of any minority business enterprise that complies with | 25661 |
the rules adopted under section 122.71 of the Revised Code. The | 25662 |
coordinator shall prepare and maintain a list of minority business | 25663 |
enterprises certified under this section. | 25664 |
(C) From the contracts to be awarded for the purchases of | 25665 |
equipment, materials, supplies, insurance, and nonprogram | 25666 |
services, other than contracts entered into and exempt under | 25667 |
sections 307.86 and 5126.05 of the Revised Code, each county board | 25668 |
of | 25669 |
a number of contracts with an aggregate value of approximately | 25670 |
fifteen per cent of the total estimated value of such contracts to | 25671 |
be awarded in the current calendar year. The board shall set aside | 25672 |
the contracts so selected for bidding by minority business | 25673 |
enterprises only. The bidding procedures for such contracts shall | 25674 |
be the same as for all other contracts awarded under section | 25675 |
307.86 of the Revised Code, except that only minority business | 25676 |
enterprises certified and listed under division (B) of this | 25677 |
section shall be qualified to submit bids. Contracts set aside and | 25678 |
awarded under this section shall not include contracts for the | 25679 |
purchase of services such as direct and ancillary services, | 25680 |
service and support administration, residential services, and | 25681 |
family support services. | 25682 |
(D) To the extent that a board is authorized to enter into | 25683 |
contracts for construction which are not exempt from the | 25684 |
competitive bidding requirements of section 307.86 of the Revised | 25685 |
Code, the board shall set aside a number of contracts the | 25686 |
aggregate value of which equals approximately five per cent of the | 25687 |
aggregate value of construction contracts for the current calendar | 25688 |
year for bidding by minority business enterprises only. The | 25689 |
bidding procedures for the contracts set aside for minority | 25690 |
business enterprises shall be the same as for all other contracts | 25691 |
awarded by the board, except that only minority business | 25692 |
enterprises certified and listed under division (B) of this | 25693 |
section shall be qualified to submit bids. | 25694 |
Any contractor awarded a construction contract pursuant to | 25695 |
this section shall make every effort to ensure that certified | 25696 |
minority business subcontractors and materials suppliers | 25697 |
participate in the contract. In the case of contracts specified in | 25698 |
this division, the total value of subcontracts awarded to and | 25699 |
materials and services purchased from minority businesses shall be | 25700 |
at least ten per cent of the total value of the contract, wherever | 25701 |
possible and whenever the contractor awards subcontracts or | 25702 |
purchases materials or services. | 25703 |
(E) In the case of contracts set aside under divisions (C) | 25704 |
and (D) of this section, if no bid is submitted by a minority | 25705 |
business enterprise, the contract shall be awarded according to | 25706 |
normal bidding procedures. The board shall from time to time set | 25707 |
aside such additional contracts as are necessary to replace those | 25708 |
contracts previously set aside on which no minority business | 25709 |
enterprise bid. | 25710 |
(F) This section does not preclude any minority business | 25711 |
enterprise from bidding on any other contract not specifically set | 25712 |
aside for minority business enterprises. | 25713 |
(G) Within ninety days after the beginning of each calendar | 25714 |
year, each county board of | 25715 |
disabilities shall file a report with the
department of | 25716 |
25717 | |
calendar year the name of each minority business enterprise with | 25718 |
which the board entered into a contract, the value and type of | 25719 |
each such contract, the total value of contracts awarded under | 25720 |
divisions (C) and (D) of this section, the total value of | 25721 |
contracts awarded for the purchases of equipment, materials, | 25722 |
supplies, or services, other than contracts entered into under the | 25723 |
exemptions of sections 307.86 and 5126.05 of the Revised Code, and | 25724 |
the total value of contracts entered into for construction. | 25725 |
(H) Any person who intentionally misrepresents that person as | 25726 |
owning, controlling, operating, or participating in a minority | 25727 |
business enterprise for the purpose of obtaining contracts or any | 25728 |
other benefits under this section shall be guilty of theft by | 25729 |
deception as provided for in section 2913.02 of the Revised Code. | 25730 |
Sec. 5126.08. (A) The director of | 25731 |
developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with | 25732 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for all programs and services | 25733 |
offered by a county board of | 25734 |
disabilities. Such rules shall include, but are not limited to, | 25735 |
the following: | 25736 |
(1) Determination of what constitutes a program or service; | 25737 |
(2) Standards to be followed by a board in administering, | 25738 |
providing, arranging, or operating programs and services; | 25739 |
(3) Standards for determining the nature and degree of mental | 25740 |
retardation, including mild mental retardation, or developmental | 25741 |
disability; | 25742 |
(4) Standards for determining eligibility for programs and | 25743 |
services under sections 5126.042 and 5126.15 of the Revised Code; | 25744 |
(5) Procedures for obtaining consent for the arrangement of | 25745 |
services under section 5126.31 of the Revised Code and for | 25746 |
obtaining signatures on individual service plans under that | 25747 |
section; | 25748 |
(6) Specification of the service and support administration | 25749 |
to be provided by a county board and standards for resolving | 25750 |
grievances in connection with service and support administration; | 25751 |
(7) Standards for the provision of environmental | 25752 |
modifications, including standards that require adherence to all | 25753 |
applicable state and local building codes; | 25754 |
(8) Standards for the provision of specialized medical, | 25755 |
adaptive, and assistive equipment, supplies, and supports. | 25756 |
(B) The director shall be the final authority in determining | 25757 |
the nature and degree of mental retardation or developmental | 25758 |
disability. | 25759 |
Sec. 5126.081. (A) In addition to the rules adopted under | 25760 |
division (A)(2) of section 5126.08 of the Revised Code | 25761 |
establishing standards for the administration, provision, | 25762 |
arrangement, and operation of programs and services by county | 25763 |
boards of | 25764 |
department of | 25765 |
shall establish a system of accreditation for county boards of | 25766 |
25767 | |
the boards are in compliance with federal and state statutes and | 25768 |
rules. The department shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter | 25769 |
119. of the Revised Code governing the system of accreditation. | 25770 |
The rules shall include appropriate timelines for compliance when | 25771 |
a board is found to be not in compliance and appropriate actions | 25772 |
to be taken by boards in complying with the accreditation | 25773 |
requirements. | 25774 |
(B) Prior to accrediting a board, the department shall | 25775 |
conduct a comprehensive, on-site review of the board. During the | 25776 |
review, the department shall document the board's compliance with | 25777 |
the department's accreditation requirements. After completing the | 25778 |
review, the department shall conduct an exit conference with the | 25779 |
president of the board, the superintendent of the board, and any | 25780 |
other officials the board asks to have present. The department | 25781 |
shall discuss its findings from the review with the board's | 25782 |
representatives and provide a written report of its findings not | 25783 |
later than thirty days following the exit conference. If the | 25784 |
department finds that the board is in compliance with the | 25785 |
requirements for accreditation, the department shall issue | 25786 |
evidence of accreditation to the board. | 25787 |
Accreditation may be granted for periods of up to five years | 25788 |
and may be renewed. Not less than once prior to the date a board's | 25789 |
accreditation is scheduled to expire, the department shall conduct | 25790 |
a comprehensive, on-site review of the board. | 25791 |
Each board shall conduct an annual audit of itself to | 25792 |
evaluate its compliance with the requirements for accreditation. | 25793 |
The department may conduct an interim review of any new program or | 25794 |
service initiated by a board after its last comprehensive review. | 25795 |
The department may conduct other reviews and investigations as | 25796 |
necessary to enforce this section. | 25797 |
(C) If the department determines through its review of a | 25798 |
board that the board is not in compliance with the requirements | 25799 |
for accreditation, the department shall, except as provided in | 25800 |
division (F) of this section, grant the board an opportunity to | 25801 |
correct the matters in which it is not in compliance. The | 25802 |
department shall grant the board an appropriate length of time to | 25803 |
comply with the requirements prior to taking any action to deny | 25804 |
accreditation to the board. To avoid denial of accreditation, the | 25805 |
board superintendent shall prepare a plan of correction to | 25806 |
remediate the matters specified in the department's written report | 25807 |
as not being in compliance with the requirements for | 25808 |
accreditation. The superintendent shall submit the plan to the | 25809 |
board for review, and the board shall review the plan. If the | 25810 |
board believes that the plan is sufficient to correct the matters, | 25811 |
the board shall approve the plan by resolution and submit the plan | 25812 |
to the department for its review. The department shall review the | 25813 |
plan of correction. If the department approves the plan, the board | 25814 |
shall commence action to implement the plan. The department shall, | 25815 |
as necessary, conduct follow-up reviews of the board to determine | 25816 |
whether it has met the requirements for accreditation. If the plan | 25817 |
of correction submitted by a board is disapproved, the department | 25818 |
shall inform the board of the reasons for disapproval and may | 25819 |
grant the board an opportunity to submit a revised plan of | 25820 |
correction. | 25821 |
A board may request technical assistance from the department, | 25822 |
other boards, or professional organizations in preparing plans of | 25823 |
correction and in implementing plans of correction. | 25824 |
(D) If, after being given the opportunity to implement a plan | 25825 |
of correction, a board continues to fail to meet the requirements | 25826 |
for accreditation, the department shall issue an order denying | 25827 |
accreditation to the board. The department may deny accreditation | 25828 |
to the board for all or part of the programs or services offered | 25829 |
by the board. | 25830 |
The department shall simultaneously notify all of the | 25831 |
following officials in the county: the members of the board of | 25832 |
county commissioners, the senior probate judge, the county | 25833 |
auditor, and the president and superintendent of the county board | 25834 |
of | 25835 |
shall identify the programs and services that have been denied | 25836 |
accreditation, the requirements for accreditation with which the | 25837 |
board is not in compliance, and the responsibilities of the county | 25838 |
officials to contract under division (E)(1) of this section to | 25839 |
have the board's programs and services administered by another | 25840 |
party or become subject to administrative receivership under | 25841 |
division (E)(2) of this section. | 25842 |
(E)(1) When a board is denied accreditation, the department | 25843 |
shall first give the board the option of contracting to have the | 25844 |
board's programs and services that were denied accreditation | 25845 |
administered by an
accredited county board of | 25846 |
25847 | |
to the approval of the department. The board may contract with | 25848 |
more than one board that has been accredited. When a board enters | 25849 |
into a contract, the board shall, by resolution, give the | 25850 |
contractor full administrative authority over the programs and | 25851 |
services that the contractor will administer. | 25852 |
(2) If a board fails to exercise its option of entering into | 25853 |
a contract under division (E)(1) of this section sooner than | 25854 |
thirty days after the department denies accreditation, the | 25855 |
department shall appoint an administrative receiver of the board's | 25856 |
programs and services that were denied accreditation. The | 25857 |
department may appoint employees of the department, management | 25858 |
personnel from county boards of | 25859 |
developmental disabilities, or individuals from other entities as | 25860 |
necessary to meet its needs for appointing an administrative | 25861 |
receiver, except that individuals from other entities may be | 25862 |
appointed only when qualified department employees or board | 25863 |
management personnel are unavailable. The department may not | 25864 |
appoint an individual who is employed by or affiliated with an | 25865 |
entity that is under contract with the board. The administrative | 25866 |
receiver shall assume full administrative responsibility for the | 25867 |
board's programs and services that were denied accreditation. | 25868 |
(3) The board or entity that contracts with a board under | 25869 |
division (E)(1) of this section, or the administrative receiver | 25870 |
appointed under division (E)(2) of this section, shall develop and | 25871 |
implement a plan of correction to remediate the matters that | 25872 |
caused the department to deny accreditation. The contractor or | 25873 |
administrative receiver shall submit the plan to the department, | 25874 |
and the department shall review the plan. If the plan is approved | 25875 |
by the department, the contractor or administrative receiver shall | 25876 |
commence action to implement the plan. The contractor or | 25877 |
administrative receiver shall report to the department any | 25878 |
findings it can make pertaining to issues or circumstances that | 25879 |
are beyond the control of the board and result in the unlikelihood | 25880 |
that compliance with the requirements for accreditation can be | 25881 |
achieved unless the issues or circumstances are remediated. | 25882 |
(4) For purposes of divisions (E)(1) and (2) of this section, | 25883 |
the department shall require the board that has been denied | 25884 |
accreditation to transfer control of state and federal funds it is | 25885 |
eligible to receive for the board's programs and services that | 25886 |
have been denied accreditation in an amount necessary for the | 25887 |
contractor or administrative receiver to fulfill its duties in | 25888 |
administering the programs and services for the board. The | 25889 |
transfer of control of funds does not cause any programs and | 25890 |
services of the board that are accredited to lose their | 25891 |
accreditation. If the board refuses to transfer control of funds, | 25892 |
the department may withhold state and federal funds from the board | 25893 |
in an amount necessary for the contractor or administrative | 25894 |
receiver to fulfill its duties. The amount transferred or withheld | 25895 |
from a board shall include reimbursements for the personnel of the | 25896 |
contractor or administrative receiver, including amounts for time | 25897 |
worked, travel, and related expenses. | 25898 |
A contractor or administrative receiver that has assumed the | 25899 |
administration of a board's programs and services has the right to | 25900 |
authorize the payment of bills in the same manner that a board may | 25901 |
authorize payment of bills under this chapter and section 319.16 | 25902 |
of the Revised Code. | 25903 |
(F) When the department's review of a board reveals serious | 25904 |
health and safety issues within the programs and services offered | 25905 |
by the board, the department shall order the board to correct the | 25906 |
violations immediately or appoint an administrative receiver. | 25907 |
(G) At any time a board can demonstrate that it is capable of | 25908 |
assuming its duties in compliance with the department's | 25909 |
requirements for accreditation, the department shall reverse its | 25910 |
order denying accreditation and issue evidence of accreditation to | 25911 |
the board. | 25912 |
A board may appeal the department's denial of accreditation | 25913 |
or refusal to reverse a denial of accreditation only by filing a | 25914 |
complaint under section 5123.043 of the Revised Code. If in its | 25915 |
appeal the board can demonstrate that it is capable of assuming | 25916 |
its duties in compliance with the department's requirements for | 25917 |
accreditation, the department shall reverse its order denying | 25918 |
accreditation and shall issue evidence of accreditation to the | 25919 |
board. | 25920 |
(H) All notices issued to a board by the department under | 25921 |
this section shall be delivered to the board's president and | 25922 |
superintendent. | 25923 |
(I) A board's president may designate another member of the | 25924 |
board as the individual to be responsible for fulfilling all or | 25925 |
part of the president's responsibilities established under this | 25926 |
section. | 25927 |
Sec. 5126.082. (A) In addition to the rules adopted under | 25928 |
division (A)(2) of section 5126.08 of the Revised Code | 25929 |
establishing standards to
be followed by county boards of | 25930 |
25931 | |
providing, arranging, and operating programs and services and in | 25932 |
addition to the board accreditation system established under | 25933 |
section
5126.081 of the Revised
Code, the director of | 25934 |
25935 | |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing | 25936 |
standards for promoting and advancing the quality of life of | 25937 |
individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities | 25938 |
receiving any of the following: | 25939 |
(1) Early childhood services pursuant to section 5126.05 of | 25940 |
the Revised Code for children under age three; | 25941 |
(2) Adult services pursuant to section 5126.05 and division | 25942 |
(B) of section 5126.051 of the Revised Code for individuals age | 25943 |
sixteen or older; | 25944 |
(3) Family support services pursuant to section 5126.11 of | 25945 |
the Revised Code. | 25946 |
(B) The rules adopted under this section shall specify the | 25947 |
actions county boards of
| 25948 |
disabilities and the agencies with which they contract should take | 25949 |
to do the following: | 25950 |
(1) Offer individuals with mental retardation and | 25951 |
developmental disabilities, and their families when appropriate, | 25952 |
choices in programs and services that are centered on the needs | 25953 |
and desires of those individuals; | 25954 |
(2) Maintain infants with their families whenever possible by | 25955 |
collaborating with other agencies that provide services to infants | 25956 |
and their families and taking other appropriate actions; | 25957 |
(3) Provide families that have children with mental | 25958 |
retardation and developmental disabilities under age eighteen | 25959 |
residing in their homes the resources necessary to allow the | 25960 |
children to remain in their homes; | 25961 |
(4) Create and implement community employment services based | 25962 |
on the needs and desires of adults with mental retardation and | 25963 |
developmental disabilities; | 25964 |
(5) Create, in collaboration with other agencies, | 25965 |
transportation systems that provide safe and accessible | 25966 |
transportation within the county to individuals with disabilities; | 25967 |
(6) Provide services that allow individuals with disabilities | 25968 |
to be integrated into the community by engaging in educational, | 25969 |
vocational, and recreational activities with individuals who do | 25970 |
not have disabilities; | 25971 |
(7) Provide age-appropriate retirement services for | 25972 |
individuals age sixty-five and older with mental retardation and | 25973 |
developmental disabilities; | 25974 |
(8) Establish residential services and supported living for | 25975 |
individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities | 25976 |
in accordance with their needs. | 25977 |
(C) To assist in funding programs and services that meet the | 25978 |
standards established under this section, each county board of | 25979 |
25980 | |
good faith effort to acquire available federal funds, including | 25981 |
reimbursements under Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 79 | 25982 |
Stat. 286 (1965), 42 U.S.C.A. 1396, as amended. | 25983 |
(D) Each county board of
| 25984 |
disabilities shall work toward full compliance with the standards | 25985 |
established under this section, based on its available resources. | 25986 |
Funds received under this chapter shall be used to comply with the | 25987 |
standards. Annually, each board shall conduct a self audit to | 25988 |
evaluate the board's progress in complying fully with the | 25989 |
standards. | 25990 |
(E) The department shall complete a program quality review of | 25991 |
each county board of
| 25992 |
disabilities to determine the extent to which the board has | 25993 |
complied with the standards. The review shall be conducted in | 25994 |
conjunction with the comprehensive accreditation review of the | 25995 |
board that is conducted under section 5126.081 of the Revised | 25996 |
Code. | 25997 |
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or Chapter | 25998 |
5123. of the Revised Code requiring the department to distribute | 25999 |
funds to county boards of | 26000 |
disabilities, the department may withhold funds from a board if it | 26001 |
finds that the board is not in substantial compliance with the | 26002 |
standards established under this section. | 26003 |
(F) When the standards for accreditation from the commission | 26004 |
on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities, or another | 26005 |
accrediting agency, meet or exceed the standards established under | 26006 |
this section, the director may accept accreditation from the | 26007 |
commission or other agency as evidence that the board is in | 26008 |
compliance with all or part of the standards established under | 26009 |
this section. Programs and services accredited by the commission | 26010 |
or agency are exempt from the program quality reviews required by | 26011 |
division (E) of this section. | 26012 |
Sec. 5126.09. A county board of | 26013 |
developmental disabilities may procure a policy or policies of | 26014 |
insurance insuring board members or employees of the board or | 26015 |
agencies with which the board contracts or volunteer bus rider | 26016 |
assistants authorized by section 5126.061 of the Revised Code | 26017 |
against liability arising from the performance of their official | 26018 |
duties. | 26019 |
Sec. 5126.10. The director of | 26020 |
developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with | 26021 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standard cost | 26022 |
allocation procedures and shall require county
boards of | 26023 |
26024 | |
to allocate all indirect costs to services provided pursuant to | 26025 |
Chapters 3323. and 5126. of the Revised Code. | 26026 |
Sec. 5126.11. (A) As used in this section, "respite care" | 26027 |
means appropriate, short-term, temporary care that is provided to | 26028 |
a mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person to sustain | 26029 |
the family structure or to meet planned or emergency needs of the | 26030 |
family. | 26031 |
(B) Subject to rules adopted by the director of | 26032 |
26033 | |
availability of money from state and federal sources, the county | 26034 |
board of | 26035 |
establish a family support services program. Under such a program, | 26036 |
the board shall make payments to an individual with mental | 26037 |
retardation or other developmental disability or the family of an | 26038 |
individual with mental retardation or other developmental | 26039 |
disability who desires to remain in and be supported in the family | 26040 |
home. Payments shall be made for all or part of costs incurred or | 26041 |
estimated to be incurred for services that would promote | 26042 |
self-sufficiency and normalization, prevent or reduce | 26043 |
inappropriate institutional care, and further the unity of the | 26044 |
family by enabling the family to meet the special needs of the | 26045 |
individual and to live as much like other families as possible. | 26046 |
Payments may be made in the form of reimbursement for expenditures | 26047 |
or in the form of vouchers to be used to purchase services. | 26048 |
(C) Payment shall not be made under this section to an | 26049 |
individual or the individual's family if the individual is living | 26050 |
in a residential facility that is providing residential services | 26051 |
under contract with the department of | 26052 |
developmental disabilities or a county board. | 26053 |
(D) Payments may be made for the following services: | 26054 |
(1) Respite care, in or out of the home; | 26055 |
(2) Counseling, supervision, training, and education of the | 26056 |
individual, the individual's caregivers, and members of the | 26057 |
individual's family that aid the family in providing proper care | 26058 |
for the individual, provide for the special needs of the family, | 26059 |
and assist in all aspects of the individual's daily living; | 26060 |
(3) Special diets, purchase or lease of special equipment, or | 26061 |
modifications of the home, if such diets, equipment, or | 26062 |
modifications are necessary to improve or facilitate the care and | 26063 |
living environment of the individual; | 26064 |
(4) Providing support necessary for the individual's | 26065 |
continued skill development, including such services as | 26066 |
development of interventions to cope with unique problems that may | 26067 |
occur within the complexity of the family, enrollment of the | 26068 |
individual in special summer programs, provision of appropriate | 26069 |
leisure activities, and other social skills development | 26070 |
activities; | 26071 |
(5) Any other services that are consistent with the purposes | 26072 |
specified in division (B) of this section and specified in the | 26073 |
individual's service plan. | 26074 |
(E) In order to be eligible for payments under a family | 26075 |
support services program, the individual or the individual's | 26076 |
family must reside in the county served by the county board, and | 26077 |
the individual must be in need of habilitation. Payments shall be | 26078 |
adjusted for income in accordance with the payment schedule | 26079 |
established in rules adopted under this section. Payments shall be | 26080 |
made only after the county board has taken into account all other | 26081 |
available assistance for which the individual or family is | 26082 |
eligible. | 26083 |
(F) Before incurring expenses for a service for which payment | 26084 |
will be sought under a family support services program, the | 26085 |
individual or family shall apply to the county board for a | 26086 |
determination of eligibility and approval of the service. The | 26087 |
service need not be provided in the county served by the county | 26088 |
board. After being determined eligible and receiving approval for | 26089 |
the service, the individual or family may incur expenses for the | 26090 |
service or use the vouchers received from the county board for the | 26091 |
purchase of the service. | 26092 |
If the county board refuses to approve a service, an appeal | 26093 |
may be made in accordance with rules adopted by the department | 26094 |
under this section. | 26095 |
(G) To be reimbursed for expenses incurred for approved | 26096 |
services, the individual or family shall submit to the county | 26097 |
board a statement of the expenses incurred accompanied by any | 26098 |
evidence required by the board. To redeem vouchers used to | 26099 |
purchase approved services, the entity that provided the service | 26100 |
shall submit to the county board evidence that the service was | 26101 |
provided and a statement of the charges. The county board shall | 26102 |
make reimbursements and redeem vouchers no later than forty-five | 26103 |
days after it receives the statements and evidence required by | 26104 |
this division. | 26105 |
(H) A county board shall consider the following objectives in | 26106 |
carrying out a family support services program: | 26107 |
(1) Enabling individuals to return to their families from an | 26108 |
institution
under the jurisdiction of the department of | 26109 |
26110 |
(2) Enabling individuals found to be subject to | 26111 |
institutionalization by court order under section 5123.76 of the | 26112 |
Revised Code to remain with their families with the aid of | 26113 |
payments provided under this section; | 26114 |
(3) Providing services to eligible children and adults | 26115 |
currently residing in the community; | 26116 |
(4) Providing services to individuals with developmental | 26117 |
disabilities who are not receiving other services from the board. | 26118 |
(I) The director shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, | 26119 |
rules for the implementation of family support services programs | 26120 |
by county boards. Such rules shall include the following: | 26121 |
(1) A payment schedule adjusted for income; | 26122 |
(2) A formula for distributing to county boards the money | 26123 |
appropriated for family support services; | 26124 |
(3) Standards for supervision, training, and quality control | 26125 |
in the provision of respite care services; | 26126 |
(4) Eligibility standards and procedures for providing | 26127 |
temporary emergency respite care; | 26128 |
(5) Procedures for hearing and deciding appeals made under | 26129 |
division (F) of this section; | 26130 |
(6) Requirements to be followed by county boards regarding | 26131 |
reports submitted under division (K) of this section. | 26132 |
Rules adopted under divisions (I)(1) and (2) of this section | 26133 |
shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised | 26134 |
Code. Rules adopted under divisions (I)(3) to (6) of this section | 26135 |
shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised | 26136 |
Code. | 26137 |
(J) All individuals certified by the superintendent of the | 26138 |
county board as eligible for temporary emergency respite care in | 26139 |
accordance with rules adopted under this section shall be | 26140 |
considered eligible for temporary emergency respite care for not | 26141 |
more than five days to permit the determination of eligibility for | 26142 |
family support services. The requirements of divisions (E) and (F) | 26143 |
of this section do not apply to temporary emergency respite care. | 26144 |
(K) The department
of
| 26145 |
disabilities shall distribute to county boards money appropriated | 26146 |
for family support services in quarterly installments of equal | 26147 |
amounts. The installments shall be made not later than the | 26148 |
thirtieth day of September, the thirty-first day of December, the | 26149 |
thirty-first day of March, and the thirtieth day of June. A county | 26150 |
board shall use no more than seven per cent of the funds for | 26151 |
administrative costs. Each county board shall submit reports to | 26152 |
the department on payments made under this section. The reports | 26153 |
shall be submitted at those times and in the manner specified in | 26154 |
rules adopted under this section. | 26155 |
(L) The county board shall not be required to make payments | 26156 |
for family support services at a level that exceeds available | 26157 |
state and federal funds for such payments. | 26158 |
Sec. 5126.12. (A) As used in this section: | 26159 |
(1) "Approved school age class" means a class operated by a | 26160 |
county board of
| 26161 |
and funded by the department of education under section 3317.20 of | 26162 |
the Revised Code. | 26163 |
(2) "Approved preschool unit" means a class or unit operated | 26164 |
by a
county board of | 26165 |
disabilities and approved under division (B) of section 3317.05 of | 26166 |
the Revised Code. | 26167 |
(3) "Active treatment" means a continuous treatment program, | 26168 |
which includes aggressive, consistent implementation of a program | 26169 |
of specialized and generic training, treatment, health services, | 26170 |
and related services, that is directed toward the acquisition of | 26171 |
behaviors necessary for an individual with mental retardation or | 26172 |
other developmental disability to function with as much | 26173 |
self-determination and independence as possible and toward the | 26174 |
prevention of deceleration, regression, or loss of current optimal | 26175 |
functional status. | 26176 |
(4) "Eligible for active treatment" means that an individual | 26177 |
with mental retardation or other developmental disability resides | 26178 |
in an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded | 26179 |
certified under Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 79 Stat. | 26180 |
286 (1965), 42 U.S.C. 1396, as amended; resides in a state | 26181 |
institution
operated by the department of | 26182 |
developmental disabilities; or is enrolled in home and | 26183 |
community-based services. | 26184 |
(5) "Traditional adult services" means vocational and | 26185 |
nonvocational activities conducted within a sheltered workshop or | 26186 |
adult activity center or supportive home services. | 26187 |
(B) Each county board of | 26188 |
disabilities shall certify to the director of
| 26189 |
26190 |
(1) On or before the fifteenth day of October, the average | 26191 |
daily membership for the first full week of programs and services | 26192 |
during October receiving: | 26193 |
(a) Early childhood services provided pursuant to section | 26194 |
5126.05 of the Revised Code for children who are less than three | 26195 |
years of age on the thirtieth day of September of the academic | 26196 |
year; | 26197 |
(b) Special education for children with disabilities in | 26198 |
approved school age classes; | 26199 |
(c) Adult services for persons sixteen years of age and older | 26200 |
operated pursuant to section 5126.05 and division (B) of section | 26201 |
5126.051 of the Revised Code. Separate counts shall be made for | 26202 |
the following: | 26203 |
(i) Persons enrolled in traditional adult services who are | 26204 |
eligible for but not enrolled in active treatment; | 26205 |
(ii) Persons enrolled in traditional adult services who are | 26206 |
eligible for and enrolled in active treatment; | 26207 |
(iii) Persons enrolled in traditional adult services but who | 26208 |
are not eligible for active treatment; | 26209 |
(iv) Persons participating in community employment services. | 26210 |
To be counted as participating in community employment services, a | 26211 |
person must have spent an average of no less than ten hours per | 26212 |
week in that employment during the preceding six months. | 26213 |
(d) Other programs in the county for individuals with mental | 26214 |
retardation and developmental disabilities that have been approved | 26215 |
for
payment of subsidy by the department of | 26216 |
developmental disabilities. | 26217 |
The membership in each such program and service in the county | 26218 |
shall be reported on forms prescribed by the department of
| 26219 |
26220 |
The department of | 26221 |
disabilities shall adopt rules defining full-time equivalent | 26222 |
enrollees and for determining the average daily membership | 26223 |
therefrom, except that certification of average daily membership | 26224 |
in approved school age classes shall be in accordance with rules | 26225 |
adopted by the state board of education. The average daily | 26226 |
membership figure shall be determined by dividing the amount | 26227 |
representing the sum of the number of enrollees in each program or | 26228 |
service in the week for which the certification is made by the | 26229 |
number of days the program or service was offered in that week. No | 26230 |
enrollee may be counted in average daily membership for more than | 26231 |
one program or service. | 26232 |
(2) By the fifteenth day of December, the number of children | 26233 |
enrolled in approved preschool units on the first day of December; | 26234 |
(3) On or before the thirtieth day of April, an itemized | 26235 |
report of all income and operating expenditures for the | 26236 |
immediately preceding calendar year, in the format specified by | 26237 |
the department of
| 26238 |
disabilities; | 26239 |
(4) That each required certification and report is in | 26240 |
accordance
with rules established by the department of | 26241 |
26242 | |
education for the operation and subsidization of the programs and | 26243 |
services. | 26244 |
Sec. 5126.121. Each county board of | 26245 |
developmental disabilities may be eligible to receive a subsidy | 26246 |
from the department of | 26247 |
disabilities for the employment of a business manager as provided | 26248 |
in this section. The department shall adopt rules in accordance | 26249 |
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying standards for the | 26250 |
employment of such a business manager. The rules shall include the | 26251 |
minimum education and experience requirements for the position of | 26252 |
business manager and shall specify requirements for courses in | 26253 |
fiscal and business management that are annually sponsored or | 26254 |
certified by the department and that are applicable to the | 26255 |
position and designed to teach effective business practices. Each | 26256 |
county board of | 26257 |
that employs a business manager in accordance with the standards | 26258 |
adopted under this section may receive a subsidy from the | 26259 |
department. | 26260 |
The department shall distribute this subsidy to eligible | 26261 |
county boards in quarterly installments of equal amounts. The | 26262 |
installments shall be made not later than the thirtieth day of | 26263 |
September, the thirty-first day of December, the thirty-first day | 26264 |
of March, and the thirtieth day of June. | 26265 |
Sec. 5126.13. (A) A county board of | 26266 |
developmental disabilities may enter into an agreement with one or | 26267 |
more other county boards of | 26268 |
disabilities to establish a regional council in accordance with | 26269 |
Chapter 167. of the Revised Code. The agreement shall specify the | 26270 |
duties and functions to be performed by the council, which may | 26271 |
include any duty or function a county board is required or | 26272 |
authorized to perform under this chapter. If directed to do so by | 26273 |
a resolution adopted by a county board that is a member of a | 26274 |
regional council, the department of | 26275 |
developmental disabilities shall make any distributions of money | 26276 |
for that county for the duties or functions performed by the | 26277 |
council pursuant to its agreement that are otherwise required to | 26278 |
be made to the county board under this chapter to the fiscal | 26279 |
officer of the council designated under section 167.04 of the | 26280 |
Revised Code. | 26281 |
A county board may also enter into an agreement with one or | 26282 |
more school districts or other political subdivisions to establish | 26283 |
a regional council in accordance with Chapter 167. of the Revised | 26284 |
Code. | 26285 |
(B) On or before the thirtieth day of March, the fiscal | 26286 |
officer of a regional council described in this section shall | 26287 |
report to the
department of | 26288 |
disabilities, in the format specified by the department, all | 26289 |
income and operating expenditures of the council for the | 26290 |
immediately preceding calendar year. | 26291 |
Sec. 5126.14. The entity responsible for the habilitation | 26292 |
management included in adult day habilitation services, the | 26293 |
program management included in residential services, and the | 26294 |
program management included in supported living shall provide | 26295 |
administrative oversight by doing all of the following: | 26296 |
(A) Having available supervisory personnel to monitor and | 26297 |
ensure implementation of all interventions in accordance with | 26298 |
every individual service plan implemented by the staff who work | 26299 |
with the individuals receiving the services; | 26300 |
(B) Providing appropriate training and technical assistance | 26301 |
for all staff who work with the individuals receiving services; | 26302 |
(C) Communicating with service and support administration | 26303 |
staff for the purpose of coordinating activities to ensure that | 26304 |
services are provided to individuals in accordance with individual | 26305 |
service plans and intended outcomes; | 26306 |
(D) Monitoring for unusual and major unusual incidents and | 26307 |
cases of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or misappropriation of | 26308 |
funds involving the individual under the care of staff who are | 26309 |
providing the services; taking immediate actions as necessary to | 26310 |
maintain the health, safety, and welfare of the individuals | 26311 |
receiving the services; and providing notice of unusual and major | 26312 |
unusual incidents and suspected cases of abuse, neglect, | 26313 |
exploitation, or misappropriation of funds to the county board of | 26314 |
26315 |
(E) Performing other administrative duties as required by | 26316 |
state or federal law or by the county board of | 26317 |
26318 |
Sec. 5126.15. (A) A county board of | 26319 |
developmental disabilities shall provide service and support | 26320 |
administration to each individual three years of age or older who | 26321 |
is eligible for service and support administration if the | 26322 |
individual requests, or a person on the individual's behalf | 26323 |
requests, service and support administration. A board shall | 26324 |
provide service and support administration to each individual | 26325 |
receiving home and community-based services. A board may provide, | 26326 |
in accordance with the service coordination requirements of 34 | 26327 |
C.F.R. 303.23, service and support administration to an individual | 26328 |
under three years of age eligible for early intervention services | 26329 |
under 34 C.F.R. part 303. A board may provide service and support | 26330 |
administration to an individual who is not eligible for other | 26331 |
services of the board. Service and support administration shall be | 26332 |
provided in accordance with rules adopted under section 5126.08 of | 26333 |
the Revised Code. | 26334 |
A board may provide service and support administration by | 26335 |
directly employing service and support administrators or by | 26336 |
contracting with entities for the performance of service and | 26337 |
support administration. Individuals employed or under contract as | 26338 |
service and support administrators shall not be in the same | 26339 |
collective bargaining unit as employees who perform duties that | 26340 |
are not administrative. | 26341 |
Individuals employed by a board as service and support | 26342 |
administrators shall not be assigned responsibilities for | 26343 |
implementing other services for individuals and shall not be | 26344 |
employed by or serve in a decision-making or policy-making | 26345 |
capacity for any other entity that provides programs or services | 26346 |
to individuals with mental retardation or developmental | 26347 |
disabilities. An individual employed as a conditional status | 26348 |
service and support administrator shall perform the duties of | 26349 |
service and support administration only under the supervision of a | 26350 |
management employee who is a service and support administration | 26351 |
supervisor. | 26352 |
(B) The individuals employed by or under contract with a | 26353 |
board to provide service and support administration shall do all | 26354 |
of the following: | 26355 |
(1) Establish an individual's eligibility for the services of | 26356 |
the county board of | 26357 |
disabilities; | 26358 |
(2) Assess individual needs for services; | 26359 |
(3) Develop individual service plans with the active | 26360 |
participation of the individual to be served, other persons | 26361 |
selected by the individual, and, when applicable, the provider | 26362 |
selected by the individual, and recommend the plans for approval | 26363 |
by the department of | 26364 |
disabilities when services included in the plans are funded | 26365 |
through medicaid; | 26366 |
(4) Establish budgets for services based on the individual's | 26367 |
assessed needs and preferred ways of meeting those needs; | 26368 |
(5) Assist individuals in making selections from among the | 26369 |
providers they have chosen; | 26370 |
(6) Ensure that services are effectively coordinated and | 26371 |
provided by appropriate providers; | 26372 |
(7) Establish and implement an ongoing system of monitoring | 26373 |
the implementation of individual service plans to achieve | 26374 |
consistent implementation and the desired outcomes for the | 26375 |
individual; | 26376 |
(8) Perform quality assurance reviews as a distinct function | 26377 |
of service and support administration; | 26378 |
(9) Incorporate the results of quality assurance reviews and | 26379 |
identified trends and patterns of unusual incidents and major | 26380 |
unusual incidents into amendments of an individual's service plan | 26381 |
for the purpose of improving and enhancing the quality and | 26382 |
appropriateness of services rendered to the individual; | 26383 |
(10) Ensure that each individual receiving services has a | 26384 |
designated person who is responsible on a continuing basis for | 26385 |
providing the individual with representation, advocacy, advice, | 26386 |
and assistance related to the day-to-day coordination of services | 26387 |
in accordance with the individual's service plan. The service and | 26388 |
support administrator shall give the individual receiving services | 26389 |
an opportunity to designate the person to provide daily | 26390 |
representation. If the individual declines to make a designation, | 26391 |
the administrator shall make the designation. In either case, the | 26392 |
individual receiving services may change at any time the person | 26393 |
designated to provide daily representation. | 26394 |
Sec. 5126.18. (A) As used in this section: | 26395 |
(1) "County board" means a county board of | 26396 |
26397 |
(2) Notwithstanding section 5126.01 of the Revised Code, | 26398 |
"adult services" means the following services, as they are | 26399 |
identified on individual information forms submitted by county | 26400 |
boards to the department of | 26401 |
disabilities, provided to an individual with mental retardation | 26402 |
or other developmental disability who is at least twenty-two years | 26403 |
of age: | 26404 |
(a) Assessment; | 26405 |
(b) Home service; | 26406 |
(c) Adult program; | 26407 |
(d) Community employment services; | 26408 |
(e) Retirement. | 26409 |
(3) "Adult services enrollment" means a county board's | 26410 |
average daily membership in adult services, exclusive of such | 26411 |
services provided to individuals served solely through service and | 26412 |
support administration provided pursuant to section 5126.15 of the | 26413 |
Revised Code or family support services provided pursuant to | 26414 |
section 5126.11 of the Revised Code. | 26415 |
(4) "Taxable value" means the taxable value of a county board | 26416 |
certified under division (B)(1) of this section. | 26417 |
(5) "Per-mill yield" of a county board means the quotient | 26418 |
obtained by dividing (a) the taxable value of the county board by | 26419 |
(b) one thousand. | 26420 |
(6) "Local adult services cost" means a county board's | 26421 |
expenditures for adult services, excluding all federal and state | 26422 |
reimbursements and subsidy allocations received by such boards and | 26423 |
expended for such services, as certified under section 5126.12 of | 26424 |
the Revised Code. | 26425 |
(7) "Statewide average millage" means one thousand multiplied | 26426 |
by the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the total of the local | 26427 |
adult services costs of all county boards by (b) the total of the | 26428 |
taxable values of all county boards. | 26429 |
(8) "County yield" of a county board means the product | 26430 |
obtained by multiplying (a) the statewide average millage by (b) | 26431 |
the per-mill yield of the county board. | 26432 |
(9) "County yield per enrollee" of a county board means the | 26433 |
quotient obtained by dividing (a) the county yield of the county | 26434 |
board by (b) the adult enrollment of the county board. | 26435 |
(10) "Statewide yield per enrollee" means the quotient | 26436 |
obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the county yields of all | 26437 |
county boards by (b) the sum of the adult enrollments of all | 26438 |
county boards. | 26439 |
(11) "Local tax effort for adult services" of a county board | 26440 |
means one thousand multiplied by the quotient obtained by dividing | 26441 |
(a) the local adult services cost of the county board by (b) the | 26442 |
taxable value of the county board. | 26443 |
(12) "Funding percentage" for a fiscal year means the | 26444 |
percentage that the amount appropriated to the department for the | 26445 |
purpose of making payments under this section in the fiscal year | 26446 |
is of the amount computed under division (C)(3) of this section | 26447 |
for the fiscal year. | 26448 |
(13) "Funding-adjusted required millage" for a fiscal year | 26449 |
means the statewide average millage multiplied by the funding | 26450 |
percentage for that fiscal year. | 26451 |
(B)(1)
On the request of the
director of
| 26452 |
26453 | |
to the department of | 26454 |
disabilities information specifying the taxable value of property | 26455 |
on each county's tax list of real and public utility property and | 26456 |
tax list of personal property for the most recent tax year for | 26457 |
which such information is available. The director may request any | 26458 |
other tax information necessary for the purposes of this section. | 26459 |
(2) On the request of the director, each county board shall | 26460 |
report the county board's adult services enrollment and local | 26461 |
adult services cost. | 26462 |
(C) Each year, the department of | 26463 |
developmental disabilities shall compute the following: | 26464 |
(1) For each county board, the amount, if any, by which the | 26465 |
statewide yield per enrollee exceeds the county yield per | 26466 |
enrollee; | 26467 |
(2) For each county board, the amount of any excess computed | 26468 |
under division (C)(1) of this section multiplied by the adult | 26469 |
services enrollment of the county board; | 26470 |
(3) The sum of the amounts computed under division (C)(2) of | 26471 |
this section for all county boards. | 26472 |
(D) From money appropriated for the purpose, the department | 26473 |
shall provide for payment to each county board of the amount | 26474 |
computed for that county board under division (C)(2) of this | 26475 |
section, subject to any reduction or adjustment under division | 26476 |
(E), (F), or (G) of this section. The department shall make the | 26477 |
payments in quarterly installments of equal amounts. The | 26478 |
installments shall be made not later than the thirtieth day of | 26479 |
September, thirty-first day of December, thirty-first day of | 26480 |
March, and thirtieth day of June. | 26481 |
(E) If a county board's local tax effort for adult services | 26482 |
is less than the funding-adjusted required millage, the director | 26483 |
shall reduce the amount of payment otherwise computed under | 26484 |
division (C)(2) of this section so that the amount paid, after the | 26485 |
reduction, is the same percentage of the amount computed under | 26486 |
division (C)(2) of this section as the county board's local tax | 26487 |
effort for adult services is of the funding-adjusted required | 26488 |
millage. | 26489 |
If the director reduces the amount of a county board's | 26490 |
payment under this division, the department, not later than the | 26491 |
fifteenth day of July, shall notify the county board of the | 26492 |
reduction and the amount of the reduction. The notice shall | 26493 |
include a statement that the county board may request to be | 26494 |
exempted from the reduction by filing a request with the director, | 26495 |
in the manner and form prescribed by the director, within | 26496 |
twenty-one days after such notification is issued. The board may | 26497 |
present evidence of its attempt to obtain passage of levies or any | 26498 |
other extenuating circumstances the board considers relevant. If | 26499 |
the county board requests a hearing before the director to present | 26500 |
such evidence, the director shall conduct a hearing on the request | 26501 |
unless the director exempts the board from the reduction on the | 26502 |
basis of the evidence presented in the request filed by the board. | 26503 |
Upon receiving a properly and timely filed request for exemption, | 26504 |
but not later than the thirty-first day of August, the director | 26505 |
shall determine whether the county board shall be exempted from | 26506 |
all or a part of the reduction. The director may exempt the board | 26507 |
from all or part of the reduction if the director finds that the | 26508 |
board has made good faith efforts to obtain passage of tax levies | 26509 |
or that there are extenuating circumstances. | 26510 |
(F) If a payment is reduced under division (E) of this | 26511 |
section and the director does not exempt the county board from the | 26512 |
reduction, the amount of the reduction shall be apportioned among | 26513 |
all county boards entitled to payments under this section for | 26514 |
which payments were not so reduced. The amount apportioned to each | 26515 |
county board shall be proportionate to the amount of the board's | 26516 |
payment as computed under division (C)(2) of this section. | 26517 |
(G) If, for any fiscal year, the amount appropriated to the | 26518 |
department for the purpose of this section is less than the amount | 26519 |
computed under division (C)(3) of this section for the fiscal | 26520 |
year, the department shall adjust the amount of each payment as | 26521 |
computed under divisions (C)(2), (E), and (F) of this section by | 26522 |
multiplying that amount by the funding percentage. | 26523 |
(H) The payments authorized by this section are supplemental | 26524 |
to all other funds that may be received by a county board. A | 26525 |
county board shall use the payments solely to pay the nonfederal | 26526 |
share of medicaid expenditures that sections 5126.059 and | 26527 |
5126.0510 of the Revised Code require the county board to pay. | 26528 |
Sec. 5126.19. (A) The director of | 26529 |
developmental disabilities may grant temporary funding from the | 26530 |
community | 26531 |
fund
based on allocations to
county
boards of | 26532 |
26533 | |
part of the funding directly to a county board, the persons who | 26534 |
provide the services for which the funding is granted, or persons | 26535 |
with mental retardation or developmental disabilities who are to | 26536 |
receive those services. | 26537 |
(B) Funding granted under division (A) of this section shall | 26538 |
be granted according to the availability of moneys in the fund and | 26539 |
priorities established by the director. Funding may be granted for | 26540 |
any of the following purposes: | 26541 |
(1) Behavioral or short-term interventions for persons with | 26542 |
mental retardation or developmental disabilities that assist them | 26543 |
in remaining in the community by preventing institutionalization; | 26544 |
(2) Emergency respite care services, as defined in section | 26545 |
5126.11 of the Revised Code; | 26546 |
(3) Family support services provided under section 5126.11 of | 26547 |
the Revised Code; | 26548 |
(4) Supported living, as defined in section 5126.01 of the | 26549 |
Revised Code; | 26550 |
(5) Staff training for county board employees, employees of | 26551 |
providers of residential services as defined in section 5126.01 of | 26552 |
the Revised Code, and other personnel under contract with a county | 26553 |
board, to provide the staff with necessary training in serving | 26554 |
mentally retarded or developmentally disabled persons in the | 26555 |
community; | 26556 |
(6) Short-term provision of early childhood services provided | 26557 |
under section 5126.05, adult services provided under sections | 26558 |
5126.05 and 5126.051, and service and support administration | 26559 |
provided under section 5126.15 of the Revised Code, when local | 26560 |
moneys are insufficient to meet the need for such services due to | 26561 |
the successive failure within a two-year period of three or more | 26562 |
proposed levies for the services; | 26563 |
(7) Contracts with providers of residential services to | 26564 |
maintain persons with mental retardation and developmental | 26565 |
disabilities in their programs and avoid institutionalization. | 26566 |
(C) If the trust fund contains more than ten million dollars | 26567 |
on the first day of July the director shall use one million | 26568 |
dollars for payments under section 5126.18 of the Revised Code, | 26569 |
two million dollars for subsidies to county boards for supported | 26570 |
living, and one million dollars for subsidies to county boards | 26571 |
for early childhood services and adult services provided under | 26572 |
section 5126.05 of the Revised Code. Distributions of funds under | 26573 |
this division shall be made prior to August 31 of the state fiscal | 26574 |
year in which the funds are available. The funds shall be | 26575 |
allocated to a county board in an amount equal to the same | 26576 |
percentage of the total amount allocated to the county board the | 26577 |
immediately preceding state fiscal year. | 26578 |
(D) In addition to making grants under division (A) of this | 26579 |
section, the director may use money available in the trust fund | 26580 |
for the same purposes that rules adopted under section 5123.0413 | 26581 |
of the Revised Code provide for money in the state | 26582 |
developmental disabilities risk fund and the state insurance | 26583 |
against | 26584 |
under that section, to be used. | 26585 |
Sec. 5126.20. As used in this section and sections 5126.21 | 26586 |
to 5126.29 of the Revised Code: | 26587 |
(A) "Service employee" means a person employed by a county | 26588 |
board of | 26589 |
position which may require evidence of registration under section | 26590 |
5126.25 of the Revised Code but for which a bachelor's degree from | 26591 |
an accredited college or university is not required, and includes | 26592 |
employees in the positions listed in division (C) of section | 26593 |
5126.22 of the Revised Code. | 26594 |
(B)(1) "Professional employee" means both of the following: | 26595 |
(a) A person employed by a board in a position for which | 26596 |
either a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or | 26597 |
university or a license or certificate issued under Title XLVII of | 26598 |
the Revised Code is a minimum requirement; | 26599 |
(b) A person employed by a board as a conditional status | 26600 |
service and support administrator. | 26601 |
(2) "Professional employee" includes employees in the | 26602 |
positions listed in division (B) of section 5126.22 of the Revised | 26603 |
Code. | 26604 |
(C) "Management employee" means a person employed by a board | 26605 |
in a position having supervisory or managerial responsibilities | 26606 |
and duties, and includes employees in the positions listed in | 26607 |
division (A) of section 5126.22 of the Revised Code. | 26608 |
(D) "Limited contract" means a contract of limited duration | 26609 |
which is renewable at the discretion of the superintendent. | 26610 |
(E) "Continuing contract" means a contract of employment that | 26611 |
was issued prior to June 24, 1988, to a classified employee under | 26612 |
which the employee has completed the employee's probationary | 26613 |
period and under which the employee retains employment until the | 26614 |
employee retires or resigns, is removed pursuant to section | 26615 |
5126.23 of the Revised Code, or is laid off. | 26616 |
(F) "Supervisory responsibilities and duties" includes the | 26617 |
authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, | 26618 |
discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees of the | 26619 |
board; to responsibly direct them; to adjust their grievances; or | 26620 |
to effectively recommend such action, if the exercise of that | 26621 |
authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature but | 26622 |
requires the use of independent judgment. | 26623 |
(G) "Managerial responsibilities and duties" includes | 26624 |
formulating policy on behalf of the board, responsibly directing | 26625 |
the implementation of policy, assisting in the preparation for the | 26626 |
conduct of collective negotiations, administering collectively | 26627 |
negotiated agreements, or having a major role in personnel | 26628 |
administration. | 26629 |
(H) "Investigative agent" means an individual who conducts | 26630 |
investigations under section 5126.313 of the Revised Code. | 26631 |
Sec. 5126.201. A person may be employed by a county board of | 26632 |
26633 | |
status service and support administrator only if either of the | 26634 |
following is true: | 26635 |
(A) The person has at least an appropriate associate degree; | 26636 |
(B) The person meets both of the following requirements: | 26637 |
(1) The person was employed by the county board and performed | 26638 |
service and support administration duties on June 30, 2005; | 26639 |
(2) The person holds a high school diploma or a general | 26640 |
educational development certificate of high school equivalence. | 26641 |
Sec. 5126.21. As used in this section, "management employee" | 26642 |
does not include the superintendent of a county board
of | 26643 |
26644 |
(A)(1) Each management employee of a county board of
| 26645 |
26646 | |
contract for a period of not less than one year and not more than | 26647 |
five years, except that a management employee hired after the | 26648 |
beginning of a program year may be employed under a limited | 26649 |
contract expiring at the end of the program year. The board shall | 26650 |
approve all contracts of employment for management employees that | 26651 |
are for a term of more than one year. A management employee shall | 26652 |
receive notice of the superintendent's intention not to rehire the | 26653 |
employee at least ninety days prior to the expiration of the | 26654 |
contract. If the superintendent fails to notify a management | 26655 |
employee, the employee shall be reemployed under a limited | 26656 |
contract of one year at the same salary plus any authorized salary | 26657 |
increases. | 26658 |
(2) During the term of a contract a management employee's | 26659 |
salary may be increased, but shall not be reduced unless the | 26660 |
reduction is part of a uniform plan affecting all employees of the | 26661 |
board. | 26662 |
(B) All management employees may be removed, suspended, or | 26663 |
demoted for cause pursuant to section 5126.23 of the Revised Code. | 26664 |
(C) All management employees shall receive employee benefits | 26665 |
that shall include sick leave, vacation leave, holiday pay, and | 26666 |
such other benefits as are established by the board. Sections | 26667 |
124.38 and 325.19 of the Revised Code do not apply to management | 26668 |
employees. | 26669 |
(D) The superintendent of a county board of | 26670 |
26671 | |
management employees of the board of their salary no later than | 26672 |
thirty days before the first day of the new contract year. | 26673 |
(E) All management employees of a county board of | 26674 |
26675 | |
continuing contract status prior to the effective date of this | 26676 |
section have continuing contract status so long as they maintain | 26677 |
employment with the board. | 26678 |
(F) All management employees who were probationary employees | 26679 |
on the effective date of this section shall, upon completion of | 26680 |
their probationary period, be granted continuing contract status | 26681 |
if retained in employment. | 26682 |
(G) Each county board of | 26683 |
disabilities shall establish a lay-off policy to be followed if it | 26684 |
determines a reduction in the number of management employees is | 26685 |
necessary. | 26686 |
Sec. 5126.22. (A) Employees who hold the following positions | 26687 |
in a county board of | 26688 |
disabilities are management employees: | 26689 |
assistant superintendent | 26690 |
director of business | 26691 |
director of personnel | 26692 |
adult services director | 26693 |
workshop director | 26694 |
habilitation manager | 26695 |
director of residential services | 26696 |
principal (director of children services) | 26697 |
program or service supervisor | 26698 |
plant manager | 26699 |
production manager | 26700 |
service and support administration supervisor | 26701 |
investigative agent | 26702 |
confidential employees as defined in section 4117.01 of the | 26703 |
Revised Code | 26704 |
positions designated by the director of | 26705 |
26706 | |
responsibilities and duties | 26707 |
positions designated by the county board in accordance with | 26708 |
division (D) of this section. | 26709 |
(B) Employees who hold the following positions in a board are | 26710 |
professional employees: | 26711 |
personnel certified pursuant to Chapter 3319. of the Revised | 26712 |
Code | 26713 |
early intervention specialist | 26714 |
physical development specialist | 26715 |
habilitation specialist | 26716 |
work adjustment specialist | 26717 |
placement specialist | 26718 |
vocational evaluator | 26719 |
psychologist | 26720 |
occupational therapist | 26721 |
speech and language pathologist | 26722 |
recreation specialist | 26723 |
behavior management specialist | 26724 |
physical therapist | 26725 |
supportive home services specialist | 26726 |
licensed practical nurse or registered nurse | 26727 |
rehabilitation counselor | 26728 |
doctor of medicine and surgery or of osteopathic medicine and | 26729 |
surgery | 26730 |
dentist | 26731 |
service and support administrator | 26732 |
conditional status service and support administrator | 26733 |
social worker | 26734 |
any position that is not a management position and for which | 26735 |
the standards for certification established by the director of | 26736 |
26737 | |
5126.25 of the Revised Code require a bachelor's or higher degree | 26738 |
professional positions designated by the director | 26739 |
professional positions designated by the county board in | 26740 |
accordance with division (D) of this section. | 26741 |
(C) Employees who hold positions in a board that are neither | 26742 |
management positions nor professional positions are service | 26743 |
employees. Service employee positions include: | 26744 |
workshop specialist | 26745 |
workshop specialist assistant | 26746 |
contract procurement specialist | 26747 |
community employment specialist | 26748 |
any assistant to a professional employee certified to | 26749 |
provide, or supervise the provision of, adult services or service | 26750 |
and support administration | 26751 |
service positions designated by the director | 26752 |
service positions designated by a county board in accordance | 26753 |
with division (D) of this section. | 26754 |
(D) A county board may designate a position only if the | 26755 |
position does not include directly providing, or supervising | 26756 |
employees who directly provide, service or instruction to | 26757 |
individuals with mental retardation or developmental disabilities. | 26758 |
(E) If a county board desires to have a position established | 26759 |
that is not specifically listed in this section that includes | 26760 |
directly providing, or supervising employees who directly provide, | 26761 |
services or instruction to individuals with mental retardation or | 26762 |
developmental disabilities, the board shall submit to the director | 26763 |
a written description of the position and request that the | 26764 |
director designate the position as a management, professional, or | 26765 |
service position under this section. The director shall consider | 26766 |
each request submitted under this division and respond within | 26767 |
thirty days. If the director approves the request, the director | 26768 |
shall designate the position as a management, professional, or | 26769 |
service position. | 26770 |
(F) A county board shall not terminate its employment of any | 26771 |
management, professional, or service employee solely because a | 26772 |
position is added to or eliminated from those positions listed in | 26773 |
this section or because a position is designated or no longer | 26774 |
designated by the director or a county board. | 26775 |
Sec. 5126.221. Each county board of | 26776 |
developmental disabilities shall employ at least one investigative | 26777 |
agent or contract with a person or government entity, including | 26778 |
another county board of | 26779 |
disabilities or a regional council established under section | 26780 |
5126.13 of the Revised Code, for the services of an investigative | 26781 |
agent. Neither a county board nor a person or government entity | 26782 |
with which a county board contracts for the services of an | 26783 |
investigative agent shall assign any duties to an investigative | 26784 |
agent other than conducting investigations under section 5126.313 | 26785 |
of the Revised Code. | 26786 |
All investigative agents shall be trained in civil and | 26787 |
criminal investigatory practices. The person responsible for | 26788 |
supervising the work of the investigative agents shall report | 26789 |
directly to a county board's superintendent regarding the | 26790 |
investigative agents. | 26791 |
No investigative agent shall do anything that interferes with | 26792 |
the investigative agent's objectivity in conducting investigations | 26793 |
under section 5126.313 of the Revised Code. | 26794 |
Sec. 5126.23. (A) As used in this section, "employee" means | 26795 |
a management employee or superintendent of a county board of | 26796 |
26797 |
(B) An employee may be removed, suspended, or demoted in | 26798 |
accordance with this section for violation of written rules set | 26799 |
forth by the board or for incompetency, inefficiency, dishonesty, | 26800 |
drunkenness, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous | 26801 |
treatment of the public, neglect of duty, or other acts of | 26802 |
misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance. | 26803 |
(C) Prior to the removal, suspension, or demotion of an | 26804 |
employee pursuant to this section, the employee shall be notified | 26805 |
in writing of the charges against | 26806 |
otherwise provided in division (H) of this section, not later than | 26807 |
thirty days after receiving such notification, a predisciplinary | 26808 |
conference shall be held to provide the employee an opportunity to | 26809 |
refute the charges against | 26810 |
hours prior to the conference, the employee shall be given a copy | 26811 |
of
the charges against | 26812 |
If the removal, suspension, or demotion action is directed | 26813 |
against a management employee, the conference shall be held by the | 26814 |
superintendent or a person | 26815 |
the superintendent shall notify the management employee within | 26816 |
fifteen days after the conference of the decision made with | 26817 |
respect to the charges. If the removal, suspension, or demotion | 26818 |
action is directed against a superintendent, the conference shall | 26819 |
be held by the members of the board or their designees, and the | 26820 |
board shall notify the superintendent within fifteen days after | 26821 |
the conference of its decision with respect to the charges. | 26822 |
(D) Within fifteen days after receiving notification of the | 26823 |
results of the predisciplinary conference, an employee may file | 26824 |
with the board a written demand for a hearing before the board or | 26825 |
before a referee, and the board shall set a time for the hearing | 26826 |
which shall be within thirty days from the date of receipt of the | 26827 |
written demand, and the board shall give the employee at least | 26828 |
twenty days notice in writing of the time and place of the | 26829 |
hearing. | 26830 |
(E) If a referee is demanded by an employee or a county | 26831 |
board, the hearing shall be conducted by a referee selected in | 26832 |
accordance with division (F) of this section; otherwise, it shall | 26833 |
be conducted by a majority of the members of the board and shall | 26834 |
be confined to the charges enumerated at the predisciplinary | 26835 |
conference. | 26836 |
(F) Referees for the hearings required by this section shall | 26837 |
be selected from the list of names compiled by the superintendent | 26838 |
of public instruction pursuant to section 3319.161 of the Revised | 26839 |
Code. Upon receipt of notice that a referee has been demanded by | 26840 |
an employee or a county board, the superintendent of public | 26841 |
instruction shall immediately designate three persons from such | 26842 |
list, from whom the referee for the hearing shall be chosen, and | 26843 |
26844 | |
notify the designees, the county board, and the employee. If | 26845 |
within five days of receipt of the notice, the county board and | 26846 |
employee are unable to agree upon one of the designees to serve as | 26847 |
referee, the superintendent of public instruction shall appoint | 26848 |
one of the designees to serve as referee. The appointment of the | 26849 |
referee shall be entered in the minutes of the county board. The | 26850 |
referee
appointed shall be paid | 26851 |
customary fee for attending the hearing which shall be paid from | 26852 |
the general fund of the
county board of | 26853 |
developmental disabilities. | 26854 |
(G) The board shall provide for a complete stenographic | 26855 |
record of the proceedings, and a copy of the record shall be | 26856 |
furnished to the employee. | 26857 |
Both parties may be present at the hearing, be represented by | 26858 |
counsel, require witnesses to be under oath, cross-examine | 26859 |
witnesses, take a record of the proceedings, and require the | 26860 |
presence of witnesses in their behalf upon subpoena to be issued | 26861 |
by the county board. If any person fails to comply with a | 26862 |
subpoena, a judge of the court of common pleas of the county in | 26863 |
which the person resides, upon application of any interested | 26864 |
party, shall compel attendance of the person by attachment | 26865 |
proceedings as for contempt. Any member of the board or the | 26866 |
referee may administer oaths to witnesses. After a hearing by a | 26867 |
referee, the referee shall file | 26868 |
the termination of the hearing. After consideration of the | 26869 |
referee's report, the board, by a majority vote, may accept or | 26870 |
reject the referee's recommendation. After a hearing by the board, | 26871 |
the board, by majority vote, may enter its determination upon its | 26872 |
minutes. If the decision, after hearing, is in favor of the | 26873 |
employee, the charges and the record of the hearing shall be | 26874 |
physically expunged from the minutes and, if the employee has | 26875 |
suffered any loss of salary by reason of being suspended, | 26876 |
employee
shall be paid | 26877 |
period of such suspension. | 26878 |
Any employee affected by a determination of the board under | 26879 |
this division may appeal to the court of common pleas of the | 26880 |
county in which the board is located within thirty days after | 26881 |
receipt of notice of the entry of such determination. The appeal | 26882 |
shall be an original action in the court and shall be commenced by | 26883 |
the filing of a complaint against the board, in which complaint | 26884 |
the facts shall be alleged upon which the employee relies for a | 26885 |
reversal or modification of such determination. Upon service or | 26886 |
waiver of summons in that appeal, the board immediately shall | 26887 |
transmit to the clerk of the court for filing a transcript of the | 26888 |
original papers filed with the board, a certified copy of the | 26889 |
minutes of the board into which the determination was entered, and | 26890 |
a certified transcript of all evidence adduced at the hearing or | 26891 |
hearings before the board or a certified transcript of all | 26892 |
evidence adduced at the hearing or hearings before the referee, | 26893 |
whereupon the cause shall be at issue without further pleading and | 26894 |
shall be advanced and heard without delay. The court shall examine | 26895 |
the transcript and record of the hearing and shall hold such | 26896 |
additional hearings as it considers advisable, at which it may | 26897 |
consider other evidence in addition to the transcript and record. | 26898 |
Upon final hearing, the court shall grant or deny the relief | 26899 |
prayed for in the complaint as may be proper in accordance with | 26900 |
the evidence adduced in the hearing. Such an action is a special | 26901 |
proceeding, and either the employee or the board may appeal from | 26902 |
the decision of the court of common pleas pursuant to the Rules of | 26903 |
Appellate Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with those | 26904 |
rules, Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code. | 26905 |
(H) Notwithstanding divisions (C) to (G) of this section, a | 26906 |
county board and an employee may agree to submit issues regarding | 26907 |
the employee's removal, suspension, or demotion to binding | 26908 |
arbitration. The terms of the submission, including the method of | 26909 |
selecting the arbitrator or arbitrators and the responsibility for | 26910 |
compensating the arbitrator, shall be provided for in the | 26911 |
arbitration agreement. The arbitrator shall be selected within | 26912 |
fifteen days of the execution of the agreement. Chapter 2711. of | 26913 |
the Revised Code governs the arbitration proceedings. | 26914 |
Sec. 5126.24. (A) As used in this section: | 26915 |
(1) "License" means an educator license issued by the state | 26916 |
board of education under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code or a | 26917 |
certificate issued by
the department of | 26918 |
developmental disabilities. | 26919 |
(2) "Teacher" means a person employed by a county board of | 26920 |
26921 | |
that requires a license. | 26922 |
(3) "Nonteaching employee" means a person employed by a | 26923 |
county board of | 26924 |
in a position that does not require a license. | 26925 |
(4) "Years of service" includes all service described in | 26926 |
division (A) of section 3317.13 of the Revised Code. | 26927 |
(B) Subject to rules established by the director of | 26928 |
26929 | |
119. of the Revised Code, each county board of | 26930 |
26931 | |
salary schedules for teachers and nonteaching employees. | 26932 |
(C) The teachers' salary schedule shall provide for | 26933 |
increments based on training and years of service. The board may | 26934 |
establish its own service requirements provided no teacher | 26935 |
receives less than the salary the teacher would be paid under | 26936 |
section 3317.13 of the Revised Code if the teacher were employed | 26937 |
by a school district board of education and provided full credit | 26938 |
for a minimum of five years of actual teaching and military | 26939 |
experience as defined in division (A) of such section is given to | 26940 |
each teacher. | 26941 |
Each teacher who has completed training that would qualify | 26942 |
the teacher for a higher salary bracket pursuant to this section | 26943 |
shall file by the fifteenth day of September with the fiscal | 26944 |
officer of the board, satisfactory evidence of the completion of | 26945 |
such additional training. The fiscal officer shall then | 26946 |
immediately place the teacher, pursuant to this section, in the | 26947 |
proper salary bracket in accordance with training and years of | 26948 |
service. No teacher shall be paid less than the salary to which | 26949 |
the teacher would be entitled under section 3317.13 of the Revised | 26950 |
Code if the teacher were employed by a school district board of | 26951 |
education. | 26952 |
The superintendent of each county board, on or before the | 26953 |
fifteenth day of October of each year, shall certify to the state | 26954 |
board of education the name of each teacher employed, on an annual | 26955 |
salary, in each special education program operated pursuant to | 26956 |
section 3323.09 of the Revised Code during the first full school | 26957 |
week of October. The superintendent further shall certify, for | 26958 |
each teacher, the number of years of training completed at a | 26959 |
recognized college, the degrees earned from a college recognized | 26960 |
by the state board, the type of license held, the number of months | 26961 |
employed by the board, the annual salary, and other information | 26962 |
that the state board may request. | 26963 |
(D) The nonteaching employees' salary schedule established by | 26964 |
the board shall be based on training, experience, and | 26965 |
qualifications with initial salaries no less than salaries in | 26966 |
effect on July 1, 1985. Each board shall prepare and may amend | 26967 |
from time to time, specifications descriptive of duties, | 26968 |
responsibilities, requirements, and desirable qualifications of | 26969 |
the classifications of employees required to perform the duties | 26970 |
specified in the salary schedule. All nonteaching employees shall | 26971 |
be notified of the position classification to which they are | 26972 |
assigned and the salary for the classification. The compensation | 26973 |
of all nonteaching employees working for a particular board shall | 26974 |
be uniform for like positions except as compensation would be | 26975 |
affected by salary increments based upon length of service. | 26976 |
On the fifteenth day of October of each year the nonteaching | 26977 |
employees' salary schedule and list of job classifications and | 26978 |
salaries in effect on that date shall be filed by each board with | 26979 |
the superintendent of public instruction. If such salary schedule | 26980 |
and classification plan is not filed, the superintendent of public | 26981 |
instruction shall order the board to file such schedule and list | 26982 |
forthwith. If this condition is not corrected within ten days | 26983 |
after receipt of the order from the superintendent, no money shall | 26984 |
be distributed to the district under Chapter 3317. of the Revised | 26985 |
Code until the superintendent has satisfactory evidence of the | 26986 |
board's full compliance with such order. | 26987 |
Sec. 5126.25. (A) The director of | 26988 |
developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with | 26989 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing uniform standards | 26990 |
and procedures for the certification of persons for employment by | 26991 |
county boards of | 26992 |
as superintendents, management employees, and professional | 26993 |
employees and uniform standards and procedures for the | 26994 |
registration of persons for employment by county boards as | 26995 |
registered service employees. As part of the rules, the director | 26996 |
may establish continuing education and professional training | 26997 |
requirements for renewal of certificates and evidence of | 26998 |
registration and shall establish such requirements for renewal of | 26999 |
an investigative agent certificate. In the rules, the director | 27000 |
shall establish certification standards for employment in the | 27001 |
position of investigative agent that require an individual to have | 27002 |
or obtain no less than an associate degree from an accredited | 27003 |
college or university or have or obtain comparable experience or | 27004 |
training. The director shall not adopt rules that require any | 27005 |
service employee to have or obtain a bachelor's or higher degree. | 27006 |
The director shall adopt the rules in a manner that provides | 27007 |
for the issuance of certificates and evidence of registration | 27008 |
according to categories, levels, and grades. The rules shall | 27009 |
describe each category, level, and grade. | 27010 |
The rules adopted under this division shall apply to persons | 27011 |
employed or seeking employment in a position that includes | 27012 |
directly providing, or supervising persons who directly provide, | 27013 |
services or instruction to or on behalf of individuals with mental | 27014 |
retardation or developmental disabilities, except that the rules | 27015 |
shall not apply to persons who hold a valid license issued under | 27016 |
Chapter 3319. of the Revised Code and perform no duties other than | 27017 |
teaching or supervision of a teaching program or persons who hold | 27018 |
a valid license or certificate issued under Title XLVII of the | 27019 |
Revised Code and perform only those duties governed by the license | 27020 |
or certificate. The rules shall specify the positions that require | 27021 |
certification or registration. The rules shall specify that the | 27022 |
position of investigative agent requires certification. | 27023 |
(B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter | 27024 |
119. of the Revised Code establishing standards for approval of | 27025 |
courses of study to prepare persons to meet certification | 27026 |
requirements. The director shall approve courses of study meeting | 27027 |
the standards and provide for the inspection of the courses to | 27028 |
ensure the maintenance of satisfactory training procedures. The | 27029 |
director shall approve courses of study only if given by a state | 27030 |
university or college as defined in section 3345.32 of the Revised | 27031 |
Code, a state university or college of another state, or an | 27032 |
institution that has received a certificate of authorization to | 27033 |
confer degrees from the board of regents pursuant to Chapter 1713. | 27034 |
of the Revised Code or from a comparable agency of another state. | 27035 |
(C) Each applicant for a certificate for employment or | 27036 |
evidence of registration for employment by a county board shall | 27037 |
apply to the department of | 27038 |
disabilities on forms that the director of the department shall | 27039 |
prescribe and provide. The application shall be accompanied by the | 27040 |
application fee established in rules adopted under this section. | 27041 |
(D) The director shall issue a certificate for employment to | 27042 |
each applicant who meets the standards for certification | 27043 |
established under this section and shall issue evidence of | 27044 |
registration for employment to each applicant who meets the | 27045 |
standards for registration established under this section. Each | 27046 |
certificate or evidence of registration shall state the category, | 27047 |
level, and grade for which it is issued. | 27048 |
The director shall issue, renew, deny, suspend, or revoke | 27049 |
certificates and evidence of registration in accordance with rules | 27050 |
adopted under this section. The director shall deny, suspend, or | 27051 |
revoke a certificate or evidence of registration if the director | 27052 |
finds, pursuant to an adjudication conducted in accordance with | 27053 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that the applicant for or holder | 27054 |
of the certificate or evidence of registration is guilty of | 27055 |
intemperate, immoral, or other conduct unbecoming to the | 27056 |
applicant's or holder's position, or is guilty of incompetence or | 27057 |
negligence within the scope of the applicant's or holder's duties. | 27058 |
The director shall deny or revoke a certificate or evidence of | 27059 |
registration if the director finds, pursuant to an adjudication | 27060 |
conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, | 27061 |
that the applicant for or holder of the certificate or evidence of | 27062 |
registration has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the | 27063 |
offenses described in division (E) of section 5126.28 of the | 27064 |
Revised Code, unless the individual meets standards for | 27065 |
rehabilitation that the director establishes in the rules adopted | 27066 |
under that section. Evidence supporting such allegations shall be | 27067 |
presented to the director in writing and the director shall | 27068 |
provide prompt notice of the allegations to the person who is the | 27069 |
subject of the allegations. A denial, suspension, or revocation | 27070 |
may be appealed in accordance with procedures the director shall | 27071 |
establish in the rules adopted under this section. | 27072 |
(E)(1) A person holding a valid certificate under this | 27073 |
section on the effective date of any rules adopted under this | 27074 |
section that increase certification standards shall have such | 27075 |
period as the rules prescribe, but not less than one year after | 27076 |
the effective date of the rules, to meet the new certification | 27077 |
standards. | 27078 |
A person who is registered under this section on the | 27079 |
effective date of any rule that changes the standards adopted | 27080 |
under this section shall have such period as the rules prescribe, | 27081 |
but not less than one year, to meet the new registration | 27082 |
standards. | 27083 |
(2) If an applicant for a certificate for employment has not | 27084 |
completed the courses of instruction necessary to meet the | 27085 |
department's standards for certification, the department shall | 27086 |
inform the applicant of the courses the applicant must | 27087 |
successfully complete to meet the standards and shall specify the | 27088 |
time within which the applicant must complete the courses. The | 27089 |
department shall grant the applicant at least one year to complete | 27090 |
the courses and shall not require the applicant to complete more | 27091 |
than four courses in any one year. The applicant is not subject to | 27092 |
any changes regarding the courses required for certification that | 27093 |
are made after the department informs the applicant of the courses | 27094 |
the applicant must complete, unless the applicant does not | 27095 |
successfully complete the courses within the time specified by the | 27096 |
department. | 27097 |
(F) A person who holds a certificate or evidence of | 27098 |
registration, other than one designated as temporary, is qualified | 27099 |
to be employed according to that certificate or evidence of | 27100 |
registration by any county board. | 27101 |
(G) The director shall monitor county boards to ensure that | 27102 |
their employees who must be certified or registered are | 27103 |
appropriately certified or registered and performing those | 27104 |
functions they are authorized to perform under their certificate | 27105 |
or evidence of registration. | 27106 |
(H) A county board superintendent or the superintendent's | 27107 |
designee may certify to the director that county board employees | 27108 |
who are required to meet continuing education or professional | 27109 |
training requirements as a condition of renewal of certificates or | 27110 |
evidence of registration have met the requirements. The | 27111 |
superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall maintain in | 27112 |
appropriate personnel files evidence acceptable to the director | 27113 |
that the employees have met the requirements and permit | 27114 |
representatives of the department access to the evidence on | 27115 |
request. | 27116 |
(I) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be | 27117 |
deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the program fee | 27118 |
fund created under section 5123.033 of the Revised Code. | 27119 |
(J) Employees of entities that contract with county boards of | 27120 |
27121 | |
programs and services for individuals with mental retardation and | 27122 |
developmental disabilities are subject to the certification and | 27123 |
registration requirements established under section 5123.082 of | 27124 |
the Revised Code. | 27125 |
Sec. 5126.251. On receipt of a notice pursuant to section | 27126 |
3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of | 27127 |
27128 | |
to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted | 27129 |
under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a | 27130 |
certificate or evidence of registration issued pursuant to this | 27131 |
chapter. | 27132 |
Sec. 5126.252. Notwithstanding sections 5123.082, 5126.25, | 27133 |
and 5126.26
of the Revised Code, the department of | 27134 |
27135 | |
boards of | 27136 |
establish and administer in their counties programs for the | 27137 |
certification and registration of persons for employment by the | 27138 |
boards. A certificate or evidence of registration issued by a | 27139 |
board participating in programs under this section shall have the | 27140 |
same force and effect as a certificate or evidence of registration | 27141 |
issued by the department under section 5123.082 or 5126.25 of the | 27142 |
Revised Code. | 27143 |
Sec. 5126.253. (A) As used in this section: | 27144 |
(1) "Conduct unbecoming to the teaching profession" shall be | 27145 |
as described in rules adopted by the state board of education. | 27146 |
(2) "Intervention in lieu of conviction" means intervention | 27147 |
in lieu of conviction under section 2951.041 of the Revised Code. | 27148 |
(3) "License" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of | 27149 |
the Revised Code. | 27150 |
(4) "Pre-trial diversion program" means a pre-trial diversion | 27151 |
program under section 2935.36 of the Revised Code or a similar | 27152 |
diversion program under rules of a court. | 27153 |
(B) The superintendent of each county board of | 27154 |
27155 | |
board, if division (C) of this section applies, shall promptly | 27156 |
submit to the superintendent of public instruction the | 27157 |
information prescribed in division (D) of this section when any | 27158 |
of the following conditions applies to an employee of the board | 27159 |
who holds a license issued by the state board of education: | 27160 |
(1) The superintendent or president knows that the employee | 27161 |
has pleaded guilty to, has been found guilty by a jury or court | 27162 |
of, has been convicted of, has been found to be eligible for | 27163 |
intervention in lieu of conviction for, or has agreed to | 27164 |
participate in a pre-trial diversion program for an offense | 27165 |
described in division (B)(2) or (C) of section 3319.31 or | 27166 |
division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. | 27167 |
(2) The board has initiated termination or nonrenewal | 27168 |
proceedings against, has terminated, or has not renewed the | 27169 |
contract of the employee because the board has reasonably | 27170 |
determined that the employee has committed an act unbecoming to | 27171 |
the teaching profession or an offense described in division (B)(2) | 27172 |
or (C) of section 3319.31 or division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of | 27173 |
the Revised Code. | 27174 |
(3) The employee has resigned under threat of termination or | 27175 |
nonrenewal as described in division (B)(2) of this section. | 27176 |
(4) The employee has resigned because of or in the course of | 27177 |
an investigation by the board regarding whether the employee has | 27178 |
committed an act unbecoming to the teaching profession or an | 27179 |
offense described in division (B)(2) or (C) of section 3319.31 or | 27180 |
division (B)(1) of section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. | 27181 |
(C) If the employee to whom any of the conditions prescribed | 27182 |
in divisions (B)(1) to (4) of this section applies is the | 27183 |
superintendent of a county board of | 27184 |
developmental disabilities, the president of the board shall make | 27185 |
the report required under this section. | 27186 |
(D) If a report is required under this section, the | 27187 |
superintendent or president shall submit to the superintendent of | 27188 |
public instruction the name and social security number of the | 27189 |
employee about whom information is required and a factual | 27190 |
statement regarding any of the conditions prescribed in divisions | 27191 |
(B)(1) to (4) of this section that applies to the employee. | 27192 |
(E) A determination made by the board as described in | 27193 |
division (B)(2) of this section or a termination, nonrenewal, | 27194 |
resignation, or other separation described in divisions (B)(2) to | 27195 |
(4) of this section does not create a presumption of the | 27196 |
commission or lack of the commission by the employee of an act | 27197 |
unbecoming to the teaching profession or an offense described in | 27198 |
division (B)(2) or (C) of section 3319.31 or division (B)(1) of | 27199 |
section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. | 27200 |
(F) No individual required to submit a report under division | 27201 |
(B) of this section shall knowingly fail to comply with that | 27202 |
division. | 27203 |
(G) An individual who provides information to the | 27204 |
superintendent of public instruction in accordance with this | 27205 |
section in good faith shall be immune from any civil liability | 27206 |
that otherwise might be incurred or imposed for injury, death, or | 27207 |
loss to person or property as a result of the provision of that | 27208 |
information. | 27209 |
Sec. 5126.254. The superintendent of each county board of | 27210 |
27211 | |
that the reports of any investigation by the board of an employee | 27212 |
regarding whether the employee has committed an act or offense for | 27213 |
which the superintendent is required to make a report to the | 27214 |
superintendent of public instruction under section 5126.253 of the | 27215 |
Revised Code be kept in the employee's personnel file. If, after | 27216 |
an investigation under division (A) of section 3319.311 of the | 27217 |
Revised Code, the superintendent of public instruction determines | 27218 |
that the results of that investigation do not warrant initiating | 27219 |
action under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, the | 27220 |
superintendent of the county board shall require the reports of | 27221 |
the board's investigation to be moved from the employee's | 27222 |
personnel file to a separate public file. | 27223 |
Sec. 5126.26. Except as otherwise provided in this section | 27224 |
and section 5126.27 of the Revised Code, no person shall be | 27225 |
employed or compensated by a county
board of | 27226 |
27227 | |
certificate, evidence of registration, or license required for the | 27228 |
position under the rules of the department or the department of | 27229 |
education, but the superintendent of a county board may employ, | 27230 |
and the board shall compensate, a person pending the issuance of | 27231 |
an initial certificate or
registration if | 27232 |
requirements for
certification or
registration, | 27233 |
applied for certification or registration, and the application has | 27234 |
not been denied. A person's employment shall be terminated if a | 27235 |
required license, certificate, or registration is denied, | 27236 |
permanently revoked, or not renewed. | 27237 |
Sec. 5126.27. (A) A county board of | 27238 |
developmental disabilities shall allow a professional employee | 27239 |
hired by the board prior to July 17, 1990, who does not meet the | 27240 |
standards for certification established under section 5126.25 of | 27241 |
the Revised Code for the position he holds on July 17, 1990, to | 27242 |
elect to do one of the following: | 27243 |
(1) Accept a position with the board, if such a position is | 27244 |
available, for which | 27245 |
standards; | 27246 |
(2) Remain in the position | 27247 |
1990, and comply with the provisions of a professional development | 27248 |
plan
prescribed by the director of | 27249 |
developmental disabilities under division (B) of this section. | 27250 |
If the employee accepts a position under division (A)(1) of | 27251 |
this section, | 27252 |
than the
compensation | 27253 |
the employee held on July 17, 1990. | 27254 |
(B) If an employee elects the option described in division | 27255 |
(A)(2) of this section, the board shall notify the department. The | 27256 |
director shall issue a temporary certificate to the employee for | 27257 |
the position | 27258 |
development
plan for | 27259 |
shall be valid only during the period required for completion of | 27260 |
the professional development plan and only while the employee is | 27261 |
employed by the
board by which | 27262 |
July 17, 1990. The plan shall specify the coursework the employee | 27263 |
must successfully complete and any other requirements for | 27264 |
certification and the schedule for completion of the plan, except: | 27265 |
(1) The plan shall not require that the employee complete | 27266 |
more than six semester hours, or the equivalent, of coursework in | 27267 |
any twelve-month period; | 27268 |
(2) All coursework must be completed at an accredited college | 27269 |
or university recognized by the department; | 27270 |
(3) The plan shall not require the employee to complete more | 27271 |
than sixty semester hours, or the equivalent, of coursework, or to | 27272 |
obtain a bachelor's or higher degree if a greater number of hours | 27273 |
of coursework would be required to do so. | 27274 |
Notwithstanding any standards for certification established | 27275 |
by the director under section 5126.25 of the Revised Code, if the | 27276 |
employee successfully completes the professional development plan | 27277 |
within the time specified, the director shall grant | 27278 |
employee the
appropriate certificate for the position | 27279 |
employer holds. | 27280 |
Sec. 5126.28. (A) As used in this section: | 27281 |
(1) "Applicant" means a person who is under final | 27282 |
consideration for appointment to or employment in a position with | 27283 |
a
county board of | 27284 |
disabilities, including, but not limited to, a person who is being | 27285 |
transferred to the county board and an employee who is being | 27286 |
recalled or reemployed after a layoff. | 27287 |
(2) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in | 27288 |
section 109.572 of the Revised Code. | 27289 |
(3) "Minor drug possession offense" has the same meaning as | 27290 |
in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code. | 27291 |
(B) The superintendent of a county board of | 27292 |
27293 | |
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and | 27294 |
investigation to conduct a criminal records check with respect to | 27295 |
any applicant who has applied to the board for employment in any | 27296 |
position, except that a county board superintendent is not | 27297 |
required to request a criminal records check for an employee of | 27298 |
the board who is being considered for a different position or is | 27299 |
returning after a leave of absence or seasonal break in | 27300 |
employment, as long as the superintendent has no reason to believe | 27301 |
that the employee has committed any of the offenses listed or | 27302 |
described in division (E) of this section. | 27303 |
If the applicant does not present proof that the applicant | 27304 |
has been a resident of this state for the five-year period | 27305 |
immediately prior to the date upon which the criminal records | 27306 |
check is requested, the county board superintendent shall request | 27307 |
that the superintendent of the bureau obtain information from the | 27308 |
federal bureau of investigation as a part of the criminal records | 27309 |
check for the applicant. If the applicant presents proof that the | 27310 |
applicant has been a resident of this state for that five-year | 27311 |
period, the county board superintendent may request that the | 27312 |
superintendent of the bureau include information from the federal | 27313 |
bureau of investigation in the criminal records check. For | 27314 |
purposes of this division, an applicant may provide proof of | 27315 |
residency in this state by presenting, with a notarized statement | 27316 |
asserting that the applicant has been a resident of this state for | 27317 |
that five-year period, a valid driver's license, notification of | 27318 |
registration as an elector, a copy of an officially filed federal | 27319 |
or state tax form identifying the applicant's permanent residence, | 27320 |
or any other document the superintendent considers acceptable. | 27321 |
(C) The county board superintendent shall provide to each | 27322 |
applicant a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division | 27323 |
(C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, provide to each | 27324 |
applicant a standard impression sheet to obtain fingerprint | 27325 |
impressions prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of section | 27326 |
109.572 of the Revised Code, obtain the completed form and | 27327 |
impression sheet from each applicant, and forward the completed | 27328 |
form and impression sheet to the superintendent of the bureau of | 27329 |
criminal identification and investigation at the time the criminal | 27330 |
records check is requested. | 27331 |
Any applicant who receives pursuant to this division a copy | 27332 |
of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section | 27333 |
109.572 of the Revised Code and a copy of an impression sheet | 27334 |
prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of that section and who is | 27335 |
requested to complete the form and provide a set of fingerprint | 27336 |
impressions shall complete the form or provide all the information | 27337 |
necessary to complete the form and shall provide the impression | 27338 |
sheet with the impressions of the applicant's fingerprints. If an | 27339 |
applicant, upon request, fails to provide the information | 27340 |
necessary to complete the form or fails to provide impressions of | 27341 |
the applicant's fingerprints, the county board superintendent | 27342 |
shall not employ that applicant. | 27343 |
(D) A county board superintendent may request any other state | 27344 |
or federal agency to supply the board with a written report | 27345 |
regarding the criminal record of each applicant. With regard to an | 27346 |
applicant who becomes a board employee, if the employee holds an | 27347 |
occupational or professional license or other credentials, the | 27348 |
superintendent may request that the state or federal agency that | 27349 |
regulates the employee's occupation or profession supply the board | 27350 |
with a written report of any information pertaining to the | 27351 |
employee's criminal record that the agency obtains in the course | 27352 |
of conducting an investigation or in the process of renewing the | 27353 |
employee's license or other credentials. | 27354 |
(E) Except as provided in division (K)(2) of this section and | 27355 |
in rules adopted by the department of | 27356 |
developmental disabilities in accordance with division (M) of this | 27357 |
section, no county board of | 27358 |
disabilities shall employ a person to fill a position with the | 27359 |
board who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the | 27360 |
following: | 27361 |
(1) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 27362 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 27363 |
2903.341, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, | 27364 |
2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.21, 2907.22, | 27365 |
2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, | 27366 |
2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2919.12, 2919.22, 2919.24, | 27367 |
2919.25, 2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, | 27368 |
2925.05, 2925.06, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code, a violation of | 27369 |
section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, | 27370 |
1996, a violation of section 2919.23 of the Revised Code that | 27371 |
would have been a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code | 27372 |
as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, had the violation occurred | 27373 |
prior to that date, a violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised | 27374 |
Code that is not a minor drug possession offense, or felonious | 27375 |
sexual penetration in violation of former section 2907.12 of the | 27376 |
Revised Code; | 27377 |
(2) A felony contained in the Revised Code that is not listed | 27378 |
in this division, if the felony bears a direct and substantial | 27379 |
relationship to the duties and responsibilities of the position | 27380 |
being filled; | 27381 |
(3) Any offense contained in the Revised Code constituting a | 27382 |
misdemeanor of the first degree on the first offense and a felony | 27383 |
on a subsequent offense, if the offense bears a direct and | 27384 |
substantial relationship to the position being filled and the | 27385 |
nature of the services being provided by the county board; | 27386 |
(4) A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance | 27387 |
or law of this state, any other state, or the United States, if | 27388 |
the offense is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses | 27389 |
listed or described in division (E)(1), (2), or (3) of this | 27390 |
section. | 27391 |
(F) Prior to employing an applicant, the county board | 27392 |
superintendent shall require the applicant to submit a statement | 27393 |
with the applicant's signature attesting that the applicant has | 27394 |
not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the offenses | 27395 |
listed or described in division (E) of this section. The | 27396 |
superintendent also shall require the applicant to sign an | 27397 |
agreement under which the applicant agrees to notify the | 27398 |
superintendent within fourteen calendar days if, while employed by | 27399 |
the board, the applicant is ever formally charged with, convicted | 27400 |
of, or pleads guilty to any of the offenses listed or described in | 27401 |
division (E) of this section. The agreement shall inform the | 27402 |
applicant that failure to report formal charges, a conviction, or | 27403 |
a guilty plea may result in being dismissed from employment. | 27404 |
(G) A county board of | 27405 |
disabilities shall pay to the bureau of criminal identification | 27406 |
and investigation the fee prescribed pursuant to division (C)(3) | 27407 |
of section 109.572 of the Revised Code for each criminal records | 27408 |
check requested and conducted pursuant to this section. | 27409 |
(H)(1) Any report obtained pursuant to this section is not a | 27410 |
public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code | 27411 |
and shall not be made available to any person, other than the | 27412 |
applicant who is the subject of the records check or criminal | 27413 |
records check or the applicant's representative, the board | 27414 |
requesting the records check or criminal records check or its | 27415 |
representative, the department of | 27416 |
developmental disabilities, and any court, hearing officer, or | 27417 |
other necessary individual involved in a case dealing with the | 27418 |
denial of employment to the applicant or the denial, suspension, | 27419 |
or revocation of a certificate or evidence of registration under | 27420 |
section 5126.25 of the Revised Code. | 27421 |
(2) An individual for whom a county board superintendent has | 27422 |
obtained reports under this section may submit a written request | 27423 |
to the county board to have copies of the reports sent to any | 27424 |
state agency, entity of local government, or private entity. The | 27425 |
individual shall specify in the request the agencies or entities | 27426 |
to which the copies are to be sent. On receiving the request, the | 27427 |
county board shall send copies of the reports to the agencies or | 27428 |
entities specified. | 27429 |
A county board may request that a state agency, entity of | 27430 |
local government, or private entity send copies to the board of | 27431 |
any report regarding a records check or criminal records check | 27432 |
that the agency or entity possesses, if the county board obtains | 27433 |
the written consent of the individual who is the subject of the | 27434 |
report. | 27435 |
(I) Each county board superintendent shall request the | 27436 |
registrar of motor vehicles to supply the superintendent with a | 27437 |
certified abstract regarding the record of convictions for | 27438 |
violations of motor vehicle laws of each applicant who will be | 27439 |
required by the applicant's employment to transport individuals | 27440 |
with mental retardation or developmental disabilities or to | 27441 |
operate the board's vehicles for any other purpose. For each | 27442 |
abstract provided under this section, the board shall pay the | 27443 |
amount specified in section 4509.05 of the Revised Code. | 27444 |
(J) The county board superintendent shall provide each | 27445 |
applicant with a copy of any report or abstract obtained about the | 27446 |
applicant under this section. At the request of the director of | 27447 |
27448 | |
superintendent also shall provide the director with a copy of a | 27449 |
report or abstract obtained under this section. | 27450 |
(K)(1) The county board superintendent shall inform each | 27451 |
person, at the time of the person's initial application for | 27452 |
employment, that the person is required to provide a set of | 27453 |
impressions of the person's fingerprints and that a criminal | 27454 |
records check is required to be conducted and satisfactorily | 27455 |
completed in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code | 27456 |
if the person comes under final consideration for appointment or | 27457 |
employment as a precondition to employment in a position. | 27458 |
(2) A board may employ an applicant pending receipt of | 27459 |
reports requested under this section. The board shall terminate | 27460 |
employment of any such applicant if it is determined from the | 27461 |
reports that the applicant failed to inform the county board that | 27462 |
the applicant had been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of | 27463 |
the offenses listed or described in division (E) of this section. | 27464 |
(L) The board may charge an applicant a fee for costs it | 27465 |
incurs in obtaining reports, abstracts, or fingerprint impressions | 27466 |
under this section. A fee charged under this division shall not | 27467 |
exceed the amount of the fees the board pays under divisions (G) | 27468 |
and (I) of this section. If a fee is charged under this division, | 27469 |
the board shall notify the applicant of the amount of the fee at | 27470 |
the time of the applicant's initial application for employment and | 27471 |
that, unless the fee is paid, the board will not consider the | 27472 |
applicant for employment. | 27473 |
(M) The department of | 27474 |
disabilities shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the | 27475 |
Revised Code to implement this section and section 5126.281 of the | 27476 |
Revised Code, including rules specifying circumstances under which | 27477 |
a county board or contracting entity may hire a person who has | 27478 |
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense listed or | 27479 |
described in division (E) of this section but who meets standards | 27480 |
in regard to rehabilitation set by the department. The rules may | 27481 |
not authorize a county board or contracting entity to hire an | 27482 |
individual who is included in the registry established under | 27483 |
section 5123.52 of the Revised Code. | 27484 |
Sec. 5126.281. (A) As used in this section: | 27485 |
(1) "Contracting entity" means an entity under contract with | 27486 |
a county board of
| 27487 |
disabilities for the provision of specialized services to | 27488 |
individuals with mental retardation or a developmental disability. | 27489 |
(2) "Direct services position" means an employment position | 27490 |
in which the employee has physical contact with, the opportunity | 27491 |
to be alone with, or exercises supervision or control over one or | 27492 |
more individuals with mental retardation or a developmental | 27493 |
disability. | 27494 |
(3) "Specialized services" means any program or service | 27495 |
designed and operated to serve primarily individuals with mental | 27496 |
retardation or a developmental disability, including a program or | 27497 |
service provided by an entity licensed or certified by the | 27498 |
department of | 27499 |
If there is a question as to whether a contracting entity is | 27500 |
providing specialized services, the contracting entity may request | 27501 |
that the director of
| 27502 |
disabilities make a determination. The director's determination is | 27503 |
final. | 27504 |
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, | 27505 |
each contracting entity shall conduct background investigations in | 27506 |
the same manner county boards conduct investigations under section | 27507 |
5126.28 of the Revised Code of all persons under final | 27508 |
consideration for employment with the contracting entity in a | 27509 |
direct services position. On request, the county board shall | 27510 |
assist a contracting entity in obtaining reports from the bureau | 27511 |
of criminal identification and investigation or any other state or | 27512 |
federal agency and in obtaining abstracts from the registrar of | 27513 |
motor vehicles. | 27514 |
(2) A contracting entity is not required to request a | 27515 |
criminal records check for either of the following: | 27516 |
(a) An employee of the entity who is in a direct services | 27517 |
position and being considered for a different direct services | 27518 |
position or is returning after a leave of absence or seasonal | 27519 |
break in employment, as long as the contracting entity has no | 27520 |
reason to believe that the employee has committed any of the | 27521 |
offenses listed or described in division (E) of section 5126.28 of | 27522 |
the Revised Code; | 27523 |
(b) A person who will provide only respite care under a | 27524 |
family support services program established under section 5126.11 | 27525 |
of the Revised Code, if the person is selected by a family member | 27526 |
of the individual with mental retardation or a developmental | 27527 |
disability who is to receive the respite care. | 27528 |
(C) No contracting entity shall place a person in a direct | 27529 |
services position if the person has been convicted of or pleaded | 27530 |
guilty to any offense listed or described in division (E) of | 27531 |
section 5126.28 of the Revised Code, unless the person meets the | 27532 |
standards for rehabilitation established by rules adopted under | 27533 |
section 5126.28 of the Revised Code. | 27534 |
(D) A contracting entity may place a person in a direct | 27535 |
services position pending receipt of information concerning the | 27536 |
person's background investigation from the bureau of criminal | 27537 |
identification and investigation, the registrar of motor vehicles, | 27538 |
or any other state or federal agency if the person submits to the | 27539 |
contracting entity a statement with the person's signature that | 27540 |
the person has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of | 27541 |
the offenses listed or described in division (E) of section | 27542 |
5126.28 of the Revised Code. No contracting entity shall fail to | 27543 |
terminate the placement of such person if the contracting entity | 27544 |
is informed that the person has been convicted of or pleaded | 27545 |
guilty to any of the offenses listed or described in division (E) | 27546 |
of section 5126.28 of the Revised Code. | 27547 |
(E) Prior to employing a person in a direct services | 27548 |
position, the contracting entity shall require the person to | 27549 |
submit a statement with the applicant's signature attesting that | 27550 |
the applicant has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any | 27551 |
of the offenses listed or described in division (E) of section | 27552 |
5126.28 of the Revised Code. The contracting entity also shall | 27553 |
require the person to sign an agreement to notify the contracting | 27554 |
entity within fourteen calendar days if, while employed by the | 27555 |
entity, the person is ever formally charged with, convicted of, or | 27556 |
pleads guilty to any of the offenses listed or described in | 27557 |
division (E) of section 5126.28 of the Revised Code. The agreement | 27558 |
shall inform the person that failure to report formal charges, a | 27559 |
conviction, or a guilty plea may result in being dismissed from | 27560 |
employment. | 27561 |
(F) A county board may take appropriate action against a | 27562 |
contracting entity that violates this section, including | 27563 |
terminating the contracting entity's contract with the board. | 27564 |
Sec. 5126.29. (A) No professional or management employee in | 27565 |
a position that requires a license issued by the state board of | 27566 |
education under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code or | 27567 |
a certificate issued by the director of | 27568 |
developmental disabilities under section 5126.25 of the Revised | 27569 |
Code shall terminate the employee's employment contract with a | 27570 |
county board of | 27571 |
without obtaining the written consent of the board prior to the | 27572 |
termination or giving the board written notice of the termination | 27573 |
at least thirty days before its effective date. | 27574 |
(B) Upon complaint by a county board of | 27575 |
27576 | |
issued under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code has | 27577 |
violated division (A) of this section, the state board of | 27578 |
education shall investigate the complaint. If the state board | 27579 |
determines that the person did violate division (A) of this | 27580 |
section, it may suspend the person's license for a period of time | 27581 |
not exceeding one year as determined by the state board. | 27582 |
(C) Upon complaint by a county board of | 27583 |
27584 | |
issued under section 5126.25 of the Revised Code has violated | 27585 |
division (A) of this section, the director of | 27586 |
27587 | |
the director determines that the person did violate division (A) | 27588 |
of this section, the director may suspend the person's certificate | 27589 |
for a period of time not exceeding one year as determined by the | 27590 |
director. | 27591 |
Sec. 5126.30. As used in sections 5126.30 to 5126.34 of the | 27592 |
Revised Code: | 27593 |
(A) "Adult" means a person eighteen years of age or older | 27594 |
with mental retardation or a developmental disability. | 27595 |
(B) "Caretaker" means a person who is responsible for the | 27596 |
care of an adult by order of a court, including an order of | 27597 |
guardianship, or who assumes the responsibility for the care of an | 27598 |
adult as a volunteer, as a family member, by contract, or by the | 27599 |
acceptance of payment for care. | 27600 |
(C) "Abuse" has the same meaning as in section 5123.50 of the | 27601 |
Revised Code, except that it includes a misappropriation, as | 27602 |
defined in that section. | 27603 |
(D) "Neglect" has the same meaning as in section 5123.50 of | 27604 |
the Revised Code. | 27605 |
(E) "Exploitation" means the unlawful or improper act of a | 27606 |
caretaker using an adult or an adult's resources for monetary or | 27607 |
personal benefit, profit, or gain, including misappropriation, as | 27608 |
defined in section 5123.50 of the Revised Code, of an adult's | 27609 |
resources. | 27610 |
(F) "Working day" means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, | 27611 |
or Friday, except when that day is a holiday as defined in section | 27612 |
1.14 of the Revised Code. | 27613 |
(G) "Incapacitated" means lacking understanding or capacity, | 27614 |
with or without the assistance of a caretaker, to make and carry | 27615 |
out decisions regarding food, clothing, shelter, health care, or | 27616 |
other necessities, but does not include mere refusal to consent to | 27617 |
the provision of services. | 27618 |
(H) "Emergency protective services" means protective services | 27619 |
furnished to a person with mental retardation or a developmental | 27620 |
disability to prevent immediate physical harm. | 27621 |
(I) "Protective services" means services provided by the | 27622 |
county board of | 27623 |
to an adult with mental retardation or a developmental disability | 27624 |
for the prevention, correction, or discontinuance of an act of as | 27625 |
well as conditions resulting from abuse, neglect, or exploitation. | 27626 |
(J) "Protective service plan" means an individualized plan | 27627 |
developed by the county board of | 27628 |
developmental disabilities to prevent the further abuse, neglect, | 27629 |
or exploitation of an adult with mental retardation or a | 27630 |
developmental disability. | 27631 |
(K) "Substantial risk" has the same meaning as in section | 27632 |
2901.01 of the Revised Code. | 27633 |
(L) "Party" means all of the following: | 27634 |
(1) An adult who is the subject of a probate proceeding under | 27635 |
sections 5126.30 to 5126.33 of the Revised Code; | 27636 |
(2) A caretaker, unless otherwise ordered by the probate | 27637 |
court; | 27638 |
(3) Any other person designated as a party by the probate | 27639 |
court including but not limited to, the adult's spouse, custodian, | 27640 |
guardian, or parent. | 27641 |
(M) "Board" means a county board of | 27642 |
developmental disabilities. | 27643 |
Sec. 5126.31. (A) A county board of | 27644 |
developmental disabilities shall review reports of abuse and | 27645 |
neglect made under section 5123.61 of the Revised Code and reports | 27646 |
referred to it under section 5101.611 of the Revised Code to | 27647 |
determine whether the person who is the subject of the report is | 27648 |
an adult with mental retardation or a developmental disability in | 27649 |
need of services to deal with the abuse or neglect. The board | 27650 |
shall give notice of each report to the registry office of the | 27651 |
department of | 27652 |
established pursuant to section 5123.61 of the Revised Code on the | 27653 |
first working day after receipt of the report. If the report | 27654 |
alleges that there is a substantial risk to the adult of immediate | 27655 |
physical harm or death, the board shall initiate review within | 27656 |
twenty-four hours of its receipt of the report. If the board | 27657 |
determines that the person is sixty years of age or older but does | 27658 |
not have mental retardation or a developmental disability, it | 27659 |
shall refer the case to the county department of job and family | 27660 |
services. If the board determines that the person is an adult with | 27661 |
mental retardation or a developmental disability, it shall | 27662 |
continue its review of the case. | 27663 |
(B) For each review over which the board retains | 27664 |
responsibility under division (A) of this section, it shall do all | 27665 |
of the following: | 27666 |
(1) Give both written and oral notice of the purpose of the | 27667 |
review to the adult and, if any, to the adult's legal counsel or | 27668 |
caretaker, in simple and clear language; | 27669 |
(2) Visit the adult, in the adult's residence if possible, | 27670 |
and explain the notice given under division (B)(1) of this | 27671 |
section; | 27672 |
(3) Request from the registry office any prior reports | 27673 |
concerning the adult or other principals in the case; | 27674 |
(4) Consult, if feasible, with the person who made the report | 27675 |
under section 5101.61 or 5123.61 of the Revised Code and with any | 27676 |
agencies or persons who have information about the alleged abuse | 27677 |
or neglect; | 27678 |
(5) Cooperate fully with the law enforcement agency | 27679 |
responsible for investigating the report and for filing any | 27680 |
resulting criminal charges and, on request, turn over evidence to | 27681 |
the agency; | 27682 |
(6) Determine whether the adult needs services, and prepare a | 27683 |
written report stating reasons for the determination. No adult | 27684 |
shall be determined to be abused, neglected, or in need of | 27685 |
services for the sole reason that, in lieu of medical treatment, | 27686 |
the adult relies on or is being furnished spiritual treatment | 27687 |
through prayer alone in accordance with the tenets and practices | 27688 |
of a church or religious denomination of which the adult is a | 27689 |
member or adherent. | 27690 |
(C) The board shall arrange for the provision of services for | 27691 |
the prevention, correction or discontinuance of abuse or neglect | 27692 |
or of a condition resulting from abuse or neglect for any adult | 27693 |
who has been determined to need the services and consents to | 27694 |
receive them. These services may include, but are not limited to, | 27695 |
service and support administration, fiscal management, medical, | 27696 |
mental health, home health care, homemaker, legal, and residential | 27697 |
services and the provision of temporary accommodations and | 27698 |
necessities such as food and clothing. The services do not include | 27699 |
acting as a guardian, trustee, or protector as defined in section | 27700 |
5123.55 of the Revised Code. If the provision of residential | 27701 |
services would
require expenditures
by the department
of | 27702 |
27703 | |
the approval of the department prior to arranging the residential | 27704 |
services. | 27705 |
To arrange services, the board shall: | 27706 |
(1) Develop an individualized service plan identifying the | 27707 |
types of services required for the adult, the goals for the | 27708 |
services, and the persons or agencies that will provide them; | 27709 |
(2) In accordance with rules established by the director of | 27710 |
27711 | |
consent of the adult or the adult's guardian to the provision of | 27712 |
any of these services and obtain the signature of the adult or | 27713 |
guardian on the individual service plan. An adult who has been | 27714 |
found incompetent under Chapter 2111. of the Revised Code may | 27715 |
consent to services. If the board is unable to obtain consent, it | 27716 |
may seek, if the adult is incapacitated, a court order pursuant to | 27717 |
section 5126.33 of the Revised Code authorizing the board to | 27718 |
arrange these services. | 27719 |
(D) The board shall ensure that the adult receives the | 27720 |
services arranged by the board from the provider and shall have | 27721 |
the services terminated if the adult withdraws consent. | 27722 |
(E) On completion of a review, the board shall submit a | 27723 |
written report to the registry office established under section | 27724 |
5123.61 of the Revised Code. If the report includes a finding that | 27725 |
a person with mental retardation or a developmental disability is | 27726 |
a victim of action or inaction that may constitute a crime under | 27727 |
federal law or the law of this state, the board shall submit the | 27728 |
report to the law enforcement agency responsible for investigating | 27729 |
the report. Reports prepared under this section are not public | 27730 |
records as defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code. | 27731 |
Sec. 5126.311. (A) Notwithstanding the requirement of | 27732 |
section
5126.31 of the Revised Code that a county board of | 27733 |
27734 | |
and neglect, one of the following government entities, at the | 27735 |
request of the county
board or the department of | 27736 |
27737 | |
report instead of the county board if circumstances specified in | 27738 |
rules adopted under division (B) of this section exist: | 27739 |
(1) Another county board of | 27740 |
developmental disabilities; | 27741 |
(2) The department; | 27742 |
(3) A regional council of government established pursuant to | 27743 |
Chapter 167. of the Revised Code; | 27744 |
(4) Any other government entity authorized to investigate | 27745 |
reports of abuse and neglect. | 27746 |
(B) The director of | 27747 |
disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of | 27748 |
the Revised Code specifying circumstances under which it is | 27749 |
inappropriate for a county board to review reports of abuse and | 27750 |
neglect. | 27751 |
Sec. 5126.313. (A) After reviewing a report of abuse or | 27752 |
neglect under section 5126.31 of the Revised Code or a report of a | 27753 |
major unusual incident made in accordance with rules adopted under | 27754 |
section 5123.612 of the Revised Code, a county board of | 27755 |
27756 | |
investigation if circumstances specified in rules adopted under | 27757 |
division (B) of this section exist. If the circumstances specified | 27758 |
in the rules exist, the county board shall conduct the | 27759 |
investigation in the manner specified by the rules. | 27760 |
(B) The director of | 27761 |
disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of | 27762 |
the Revised Code specifying circumstances under which a county | 27763 |
board shall conduct investigations under division (A) of this | 27764 |
section and the manner in which the county board shall conduct the | 27765 |
investigation. | 27766 |
Sec. 5126.33. (A) A county board of | 27767 |
developmental disabilities may file a complaint with the probate | 27768 |
court of the county in which an adult with mental retardation or a | 27769 |
developmental disability resides for an order authorizing the | 27770 |
board to arrange services described in division (C) of section | 27771 |
5126.31 of the Revised Code for that adult if the adult is | 27772 |
eligible to receive services or support under section 5126.041 of | 27773 |
the Revised Code and the board has been unable to secure consent. | 27774 |
The complaint shall include: | 27775 |
(1) The name, age, and address of the adult; | 27776 |
(2) Facts describing the nature of the abuse, neglect, or | 27777 |
exploitation and supporting the board's belief that services are | 27778 |
needed; | 27779 |
(3) The types of services proposed by the board, as set forth | 27780 |
in the protective service plan described in division (J) of | 27781 |
section 5126.30 of the Revised Code and filed with the complaint; | 27782 |
(4) Facts showing the board's attempts to obtain the consent | 27783 |
of the adult or the adult's guardian to the services. | 27784 |
(B) The board shall give the adult notice of the filing of | 27785 |
the complaint and in simple and clear language shall inform the | 27786 |
adult of the adult's rights in the hearing under division (C) of | 27787 |
this section and explain the consequences of a court order. This | 27788 |
notice shall be personally served upon all parties, and also shall | 27789 |
be given to the adult's legal counsel, if any, and the legal | 27790 |
rights service. The notice shall be given at least twenty-four | 27791 |
hours prior to the hearing, although the court may waive this | 27792 |
requirement upon a showing that there is a substantial risk that | 27793 |
the adult will suffer immediate physical harm in the twenty-four | 27794 |
hour period and that the board has made reasonable attempts to | 27795 |
give the notice required by this division. | 27796 |
(C) Upon the filing of a complaint for an order under this | 27797 |
section, the court shall hold a hearing at least twenty-four hours | 27798 |
and no later than seventy-two hours after the notice under | 27799 |
division (B) of this section has been given unless the court has | 27800 |
waived the notice. All parties shall have the right to be present | 27801 |
at the hearing, present evidence, and examine and cross-examine | 27802 |
witnesses. The Ohio Rules of Evidence shall apply to a hearing | 27803 |
conducted pursuant to this division. The adult shall be | 27804 |
represented by counsel unless the court finds that the adult has | 27805 |
made a voluntary, informed, and knowing waiver of the right to | 27806 |
counsel. If the adult is indigent, the court shall appoint | 27807 |
counsel to represent the adult. The board shall be represented by | 27808 |
the county prosecutor or an attorney designated by the board. | 27809 |
(D)(1) The court shall issue an order authorizing the board | 27810 |
to arrange the protective services if it finds, on the basis of | 27811 |
clear and convincing evidence, all of the following: | 27812 |
(a) The adult has been abused, neglected, or exploited; | 27813 |
(b) The adult is incapacitated; | 27814 |
(c) There is a substantial risk to the adult of immediate | 27815 |
physical harm or death; | 27816 |
(d) The adult is in need of the services; | 27817 |
(e) No person authorized by law or court order to give | 27818 |
consent for the adult is available or willing to consent to the | 27819 |
services. | 27820 |
(2) The board shall develop a detailed protective service | 27821 |
plan describing the services that the board will provide, or | 27822 |
arrange for the provision of, to the adult to prevent further | 27823 |
abuse, neglect, or exploitation. The board shall submit the plan | 27824 |
to the court for approval. The protective service plan may be | 27825 |
changed only by court order. | 27826 |
(3) In formulating the order, the court shall consider the | 27827 |
individual protective service plan and shall specifically | 27828 |
designate the services that are necessary to deal with the abuse, | 27829 |
neglect, or exploitation or condition resulting from abuse, | 27830 |
neglect, or exploitation and that are available locally, and | 27831 |
authorize the board to arrange for these services only. The court | 27832 |
shall limit the provision of these services to a period not | 27833 |
exceeding six months, renewable for an additional six-month period | 27834 |
on a showing by the board that continuation of the order is | 27835 |
necessary. | 27836 |
(E) If the court finds that all other options for meeting the | 27837 |
adult's needs have been exhausted, it may order that the adult be | 27838 |
removed from the adult's place of residence and placed in another | 27839 |
residential setting. Before issuing that order, the court shall | 27840 |
consider the adult's choice of residence and shall determine that | 27841 |
the new residential setting is the least restrictive alternative | 27842 |
available for meeting the adult's needs and is a place where the | 27843 |
adult can obtain the necessary requirements for daily living in | 27844 |
safety. The court shall not order an adult to a hospital or public | 27845 |
hospital as defined in section 5122.01 or a state institution as | 27846 |
defined in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. | 27847 |
(F) The court shall not authorize a change in an adult's | 27848 |
placement ordered under division (E) of this section unless it | 27849 |
finds compelling reasons to justify a change. The parties to whom | 27850 |
notice was given in division (B) of this section shall be given | 27851 |
notice of a proposed change at least five working days prior to | 27852 |
the change. | 27853 |
(G) The adult, the board, or any other person who received | 27854 |
notice of the petition may file a motion for modification of the | 27855 |
court order at any time. | 27856 |
(H) The county board shall pay court costs incurred in | 27857 |
proceedings brought pursuant to this section. The adult shall not | 27858 |
be required to pay for court-ordered services. | 27859 |
(I)(1) After the filing of a complaint for an order under | 27860 |
this section, the court, prior to the final disposition, may enter | 27861 |
any temporary order that the court finds necessary to protect the | 27862 |
adult with mental retardation or a developmental disability from | 27863 |
abuse, neglect, or exploitation including, but not limited to, the | 27864 |
following: | 27865 |
(a) A temporary protection order; | 27866 |
(b) An order requiring the evaluation of the adult; | 27867 |
(c) An order requiring a party to vacate the adult's place of | 27868 |
residence or legal settlement, provided that, subject to division | 27869 |
(K)(1)(d) of this section, no operator of a residential facility | 27870 |
licensed by the department may be removed under this division; | 27871 |
(d) In the circumstances described in, and in accordance with | 27872 |
the procedures set forth in, section 5123.191 of the Revised Code, | 27873 |
an order of the type described in that section that appoints a | 27874 |
receiver to take possession of and operate a residential facility | 27875 |
licensed by the department. | 27876 |
(2) The court may grant an ex parte order pursuant to this | 27877 |
division on its own motion or if a party files a written motion or | 27878 |
makes an oral motion requesting the issuance of the order and | 27879 |
stating the reasons for it if it appears to the court that the | 27880 |
best interest and the welfare of the adult require that the court | 27881 |
issue the order immediately. The court, if acting on its own | 27882 |
motion, or the person requesting the granting of an ex parte | 27883 |
order, to the extent possible, shall give notice of its intent or | 27884 |
of the request to all parties, the adult's legal counsel, if any, | 27885 |
and the legal rights service. If the court issues an ex parte | 27886 |
order, the court shall hold a hearing to review the order within | 27887 |
seventy-two hours after it is issued or before the end of the next | 27888 |
day after the day on which it is issued, whichever occurs first. | 27889 |
The court shall give written notice of the hearing to all parties | 27890 |
to the action. | 27891 |
Sec. 5126.331. (A) A probate court, through a probate judge | 27892 |
or magistrate, may issue by telephone an ex parte emergency order | 27893 |
authorizing any of the actions described in division (B) of this | 27894 |
section if all of the following are the case: | 27895 |
(1) The court receives notice from the county board of | 27896 |
27897 | |
employee of the board, that the board or employee believes an | 27898 |
emergency order is needed as described in this section. | 27899 |
(2) The adult who is the subject of the notice is eligible to | 27900 |
receive services or support under section 5126.041 of the Revised | 27901 |
Code. | 27902 |
(3) There is reasonable cause to believe that the adult is | 27903 |
incapacitated. | 27904 |
(4) There is reasonable cause to believe that there is a | 27905 |
substantial risk to the adult of immediate physical harm or death. | 27906 |
(B) An order issued under this section may authorize the | 27907 |
county board of | 27908 |
to do any of the following: | 27909 |
(1) Provide, or arrange for the provision of, emergency | 27910 |
protective services for the adult; | 27911 |
(2) Remove the adult from the adult's place of residence or | 27912 |
legal settlement; | 27913 |
(3) Remove the adult from the place where the abuse, neglect, | 27914 |
or exploitation occurred. | 27915 |
(C) A court shall not issue an order under this section to | 27916 |
remove an adult from a place described in division (B)(2) or (3) | 27917 |
of this section until the court is satisfied that reasonable | 27918 |
efforts have been made to notify the adult and any person with | 27919 |
whom the adult resides of the proposed removal and the reasons for | 27920 |
it, except that, the court may issue an order prior to giving the | 27921 |
notice if one of the following is the case: | 27922 |
(1) Notification could jeopardize the physical or emotional | 27923 |
safety of the adult. | 27924 |
(2) The notification could result in the adult being removed | 27925 |
from the court's jurisdiction. | 27926 |
(D) An order issued under this section shall be in effect for | 27927 |
not longer than twenty-four hours, except that if the day | 27928 |
following the day on which the order is issued is a weekend-day or | 27929 |
legal holiday, the order shall remain in effect until the next | 27930 |
business day. | 27931 |
(E)(1) Except as provided in division (E)(2) of this section, | 27932 |
not later than twenty-four hours after an order is issued under | 27933 |
this section, the county board or employee that provided notice to | 27934 |
the probate court shall file a complaint with the court in | 27935 |
accordance with division (A) of section 5126.33 of the Revised | 27936 |
Code. | 27937 |
(2) If the day following the day on which the order was | 27938 |
issued is a weekend-day or a holiday, the county board or employee | 27939 |
shall file the complaint with the probate court on the next | 27940 |
business day. | 27941 |
(3) Except as provided in section 5126.332 of the Revised | 27942 |
Code, proceedings on the complaint filed pursuant to this division | 27943 |
shall be conducted in accordance with section 5126.33 of the | 27944 |
Revised Code. | 27945 |
Sec. 5126.333. Any person who has reason to believe that | 27946 |
there is a substantial risk to an adult with mental retardation or | 27947 |
a developmental disability of immediate physical harm or death and | 27948 |
that the responsible county board of | 27949 |
developmental disabilities has failed to seek an order pursuant to | 27950 |
section 5126.33 or 5126.331 of the Revised Code may notify the | 27951 |
department of | 27952 |
Within twenty-four hours of receipt of such notice, the department | 27953 |
shall cause an investigation to be conducted regarding the notice. | 27954 |
The department shall provide assistance to the county board to | 27955 |
provide for the health and safety of the adult as permitted by | 27956 |
law. | 27957 |
Sec. 5126.34.
Each county board of | 27958 |
developmental disabilities shall provide comprehensive, formal | 27959 |
training for county board employees and other persons authorized | 27960 |
to implement sections 5126.30 to 5126.34 of the Revised Code. | 27961 |
The department of | 27962 |
disabilities shall adopt rules establishing minimum standards for | 27963 |
the training provided by county boards pursuant to this section. | 27964 |
The training provided by the county boards shall meet the minimum | 27965 |
standards prescribed by the rules. | 27966 |
Sec. 5126.36. (A) As used in this section, "health-related | 27967 |
activities," "prescribed medication," and "tube feeding" have the | 27968 |
same meanings as in section 5123.41 of the Revised Code. | 27969 |
(B) In accordance with sections 5123.42 and 5123.651 of the | 27970 |
Revised Code,
an
employee of
a county board of
| 27971 |
27972 | |
board who is not specifically authorized by other provisions of | 27973 |
the Revised Code to administer prescribed medications, perform | 27974 |
health-related activities, perform tube feedings, or provide | 27975 |
assistance in the self-administration of prescribed medications | 27976 |
may do so pursuant to the authority granted under those sections. | 27977 |
Sec. 5126.40. (A) Sections 5126.40 to 5126.47 of the Revised | 27978 |
Code do not apply to medicaid-funded supported living. | 27979 |
(B) As used in sections 5126.40 to 5126.47 of the Revised | 27980 |
Code, "provider" means a person or government entity certified by | 27981 |
the director of | 27982 |
to provide supported living for individuals with mental | 27983 |
retardation and developmental disabilities. | 27984 |
(C) On and after July 1, 1995, each county board shall plan | 27985 |
and develop supported living for individuals with mental | 27986 |
retardation and developmental disabilities who are residents of | 27987 |
the county in accordance with sections 5126.41 to 5126.47 of the | 27988 |
Revised Code. | 27989 |
Sec. 5126.41. The county board of | 27990 |
developmental disabilities shall identify residents of the county | 27991 |
for whom supported living is to be provided. Identification of the | 27992 |
residents shall be made in accordance with the priorities set | 27993 |
under section 5126.04 of the Revised Code and the waiting list | 27994 |
policies developed under section 5126.042 of the Revised Code. The | 27995 |
board shall assist the residents in identifying their individual | 27996 |
service needs. | 27997 |
To arrange supported living for an individual, the board | 27998 |
shall assist the individual in developing an individual service | 27999 |
plan. In developing the plan, the individual shall choose a | 28000 |
residence that is appropriate according to local standards; the | 28001 |
individuals, if any, with whom the individual will live in the | 28002 |
residence; the services the individual needs to live in the | 28003 |
individual's residence of choice; and the providers from which the | 28004 |
services will be received. The choices available to an individual | 28005 |
shall be based on available resources. | 28006 |
The board shall obtain the consent of the individual or the | 28007 |
individual's guardian and the signature of the individual or | 28008 |
guardian on the individual service plan. The county board shall | 28009 |
ensure that the individual receives from the provider the services | 28010 |
contracted for under section 5126.45 of the Revised Code. | 28011 |
An individual service plan for supported living shall be | 28012 |
effective for a period of time agreed to by the county board and | 28013 |
the individual. In determinating that period, the county board and | 28014 |
the individual shall consider the nature of the services to be | 28015 |
provided and the manner in which they are customarily provided. | 28016 |
Sec. 5126.42. (A) A county board of | 28017 |
developmental disabilities shall establish an advisory council | 28018 |
composed of board members or employees of the board, providers, | 28019 |
individuals receiving supported living, and advocates for | 28020 |
individuals receiving supported living to provide on-going | 28021 |
communication among all persons concerned with supported living. | 28022 |
(B) The board shall develop procedures for the resolution of | 28023 |
grievances between the board and providers or between the board | 28024 |
and an entity with which it has a shared funding agreement. | 28025 |
(C) The board shall develop and implement a provider | 28026 |
selection system. Each system shall enable an individual to choose | 28027 |
to continue receiving supported living from the same providers, to | 28028 |
select additional providers, or to choose alternative providers. | 28029 |
Annually, the board shall review its provider selection system to | 28030 |
determine whether it has been implemented in a manner that allows | 28031 |
individuals fair and equitable access to providers. | 28032 |
In developing a provider selection system, the county board | 28033 |
shall create a pool of providers for individuals to use in | 28034 |
choosing their providers of supported living. The pool shall be | 28035 |
created by placing in the pool all providers on record with the | 28036 |
board or by placing in the pool all providers approved by the | 28037 |
board through soliciting requests for proposals for supported | 28038 |
living contracts. In either case, only providers that are | 28039 |
certified by the director of | 28040 |
disabilities may be placed in the pool. | 28041 |
If the board places all providers on record in the pool, the | 28042 |
board shall review the pool at least annually to determine whether | 28043 |
each provider has continued interest in being a provider and has | 28044 |
maintained its certification by the department. At any time, an | 28045 |
interested and certified provider may make a request to the board | 28046 |
that it be added to the pool, and the board shall add the provider | 28047 |
to the pool not later than seven days after receiving the request. | 28048 |
If the board solicits requests for proposals for inclusion of | 28049 |
providers in the pool, the board shall develop standards for | 28050 |
selecting the providers to be included. Requests for proposals | 28051 |
shall be solicited at least annually. When requests are solicited, | 28052 |
the board shall cause legal notices to be published at least once | 28053 |
each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper with general | 28054 |
circulation within the county. The board's formal request for | 28055 |
proposals shall include a description of any applicable contract | 28056 |
terms, the standards that are used to select providers for | 28057 |
inclusion in the pool, and the process the board uses to resolve | 28058 |
disputes arising from the selection process. The board shall | 28059 |
accept requests from any entity interested in being a provider of | 28060 |
supported living for individuals served by the board. Requests | 28061 |
shall be approved or denied according to the standards developed | 28062 |
by the board. Providers that previously have been placed in the | 28063 |
pool are not required to resubmit a request for proposal to be | 28064 |
included in the pool, unless the board's standards have been | 28065 |
changed. | 28066 |
In assisting an individual in choosing a provider, the county | 28067 |
board shall provide the individual with uniform and consistent | 28068 |
information pertaining to each provider in the pool. An individual | 28069 |
may choose to receive supported living from a provider that is | 28070 |
not included in the pool, if the provider is certified by the | 28071 |
director of | 28072 |
Sec. 5126.43. (A) After receiving notice from the department | 28073 |
of | 28074 |
of state funds to be distributed to it for planning, developing, | 28075 |
contracting for, and providing supported living, the county board | 28076 |
of | 28077 |
arrange for supported living on behalf of and with the consent of | 28078 |
individuals based on their individual service plans developed | 28079 |
under section 5126.41 of the Revised Code. With the state | 28080 |
distribution and any other money designated by the board for | 28081 |
supported living, the board shall arrange for supported living in | 28082 |
one or more of the following ways: | 28083 |
(1) By contracting under section 5126.45 of the Revised Code | 28084 |
with providers selected by the individual to be served; | 28085 |
(2) By entering into shared funding agreements with state | 28086 |
agencies, local public agencies, or political subdivisions at | 28087 |
rates negotiated by the board; | 28088 |
(3) By providing direct payment or vouchers to be used to | 28089 |
purchase supported living, pursuant to a written contract in an | 28090 |
amount determined by the board, to the individual or a person | 28091 |
providing the individual with protective services as defined in | 28092 |
section 5123.55 of the Revised Code. | 28093 |
(B) The board may arrange for supported living only with | 28094 |
providers that are certified by the
director of | 28095 |
28096 |
When no certified provider is willing and able to provide | 28097 |
supported living for an individual in accordance with the terms of | 28098 |
the individual service plan for that individual, a county board | 28099 |
may provide supported living directly if it is certified by the | 28100 |
director of | 28101 |
provide supported living. | 28102 |
A county board may, for a period not to exceed ninety days, | 28103 |
contract for or provide supported living without meeting the | 28104 |
requirements of this section for an individual it determines to be | 28105 |
in emergency need of supported living. Thereafter, the individual | 28106 |
shall choose providers in accordance with sections 5126.41 and | 28107 |
5126.42 of the Revised Code. | 28108 |
Sec. 5126.45. (A) A contract between a county board of | 28109 |
28110 | |
of supported living shall be in writing and shall be based on the | 28111 |
individual service plan developed by the individual under section | 28112 |
5126.41 of the Revised Code. The plan may be submitted as an | 28113 |
addendum to the contract. An individual receiving services | 28114 |
pursuant to a contract shall be considered a third-party | 28115 |
beneficiary to the contract. | 28116 |
(B) The contract shall be negotiated between the provider and | 28117 |
the county board. The terms of the contract shall include at least | 28118 |
the following: | 28119 |
(1) The contract period and conditions for renewal; | 28120 |
(2) The services to be provided pursuant to the individual | 28121 |
service plan; | 28122 |
(3) The rights and responsibilities of all parties to the | 28123 |
contract; | 28124 |
(4) The methods that will be used to evaluate the services | 28125 |
delivered by the provider; | 28126 |
(5) Procedures for contract modification that ensure all | 28127 |
parties affected by the modification are involved and agree; | 28128 |
(6) A process for resolving conflicts between individuals | 28129 |
receiving services, the county board, and the provider, as | 28130 |
applicable; | 28131 |
(7) Procedures for the retention of applicable records; | 28132 |
(8) Provisions for contract termination by any party involved | 28133 |
that include requirements for an appropriate notice of intent to | 28134 |
terminate the contract; | 28135 |
(9) Methods to be used to document services provided; | 28136 |
(10) Procedures for submitting reports required by the county | 28137 |
board as a condition of receiving payment under the contract; | 28138 |
(11) The method and schedule the board will use to make | 28139 |
payments to the provider and whether periodic payment adjustments | 28140 |
will be made to the provider; | 28141 |
(12) Provisions for conducting fiscal reconciliations for | 28142 |
payments made through methods other than a fee-for-service | 28143 |
arrangement. | 28144 |
(C) Payments to the provider under a supported living | 28145 |
contract must be determined by the board to be reasonable in | 28146 |
accordance with policies and procedures developed by the board. | 28147 |
Goods or services provided without charge to the provider shall | 28148 |
not be included as expenditures of the provider. | 28149 |
(D) The board shall establish procedures for reconciling | 28150 |
expenditures and payments, other than those made under a | 28151 |
fee-for-service arrangement, for the prior contract year when a | 28152 |
contract is not renewed and shall reconcile expenditures and | 28153 |
payments in accordance with these procedures. | 28154 |
(E) A provider or an entity with which the board has entered | 28155 |
into a shared funding agreement may appeal a negotiated contract | 28156 |
or proposed shared funding rate to the county board using the | 28157 |
procedures established by the board under section 5126.42 of the | 28158 |
Revised Code. | 28159 |
Sec. 5126.46. (A) No county board of | 28160 |
developmental disabilities shall be obligated to use any money | 28161 |
other than money in the
community | 28162 |
developmental disabilities residential services fund to furnish | 28163 |
residential services. | 28164 |
(B) Except with respect to a child required to be provided | 28165 |
services pursuant to section 121.38 of the Revised Code, no court | 28166 |
or other entity of state or local government shall order or | 28167 |
otherwise
require a county board of | 28168 |
developmental disabilities to use money from local sources for | 28169 |
residential services for an individual with mental retardation or | 28170 |
developmental disabilities or to arrange for residential services | 28171 |
for such an individual unless a vacancy exists in an appropriate | 28172 |
residential setting within the county. | 28173 |
Sec. 5126.47. A county board of | 28174 |
developmental disabilities may, pursuant to a resolution adopted | 28175 |
by an affirmative vote of the majority of its members, establish, | 28176 |
by agreement with one or more other county boards of
| 28177 |
28178 | |
consortium to jointly provide residential services and supported | 28179 |
living. The agreement shall designate one board to assume the | 28180 |
fiscal responsibilities for the consortium. The county auditor of | 28181 |
the designated county shall establish a
community
| 28182 |
28183 | |
fund for the consortium. Each board that is a member of the | 28184 |
consortium shall cause to be deposited in the fund any state or | 28185 |
federal money received for community residential services the | 28186 |
county board has agreed to contribute to the consortium. | 28187 |
Sec. 5126.49. The county board of | 28188 |
developmental disabilities may adopt a resolution requesting the | 28189 |
board of county commissioners to implement a residential facility | 28190 |
linked deposit program under sections 5126.51 to 5126.62 of the | 28191 |
Revised Code if the county board of | 28192 |
developmental disabilities finds all of the following: | 28193 |
(A) There is a shortage of residential facilities in the | 28194 |
county for individuals with mental retardation or developmental | 28195 |
disabilities. | 28196 |
(B) Eligible organizations, otherwise willing and able to | 28197 |
develop residential facilities in the county, have been unable to | 28198 |
do so because of high interest rates. | 28199 |
(C) Placement of residential facility linked deposits will | 28200 |
assist in financing the development of residential facilities in | 28201 |
the county that otherwise would not be developed because of high | 28202 |
interest rates. | 28203 |
The board shall transmit a certified copy of the resolution | 28204 |
to the board of county commissioners. | 28205 |
Sec. 5126.50. If the board of county commissioners adopts a | 28206 |
resolution under sections 135.801 and 135.802 of the Revised Code | 28207 |
implementing a residential facility linked deposit program, the | 28208 |
county board of | 28209 |
shall adopt a resolution that does all of the following: | 28210 |
(A) Establishes standards for its review of applications and | 28211 |
its approval or disapproval of proposed residential facilities | 28212 |
under section 5126.55 of the Revised Code; | 28213 |
(B) Prescribes the form of applications under section 5126.54 | 28214 |
of the Revised Code; | 28215 |
(C) Establishes standards for approval or disapproval of | 28216 |
applications for linked deposit loans under section 5126.58 of the | 28217 |
Revised Code. | 28218 |
Sec. 5126.54. An eligible organization that seeks a | 28219 |
residential facility linked deposit loan to finance all or part of | 28220 |
the development of a residential facility shall obtain approval of | 28221 |
the proposed project from the county board of | 28222 |
28223 | |
will be developed. The application shall be in the form prescribed | 28224 |
by the board and include all of the following: | 28225 |
(A) The organization's name, business address, and telephone | 28226 |
number; | 28227 |
(B) The name of an officer or employee of the organization | 28228 |
who may be contacted with regard to the application; | 28229 |
(C) A description of the residential facility and a timetable | 28230 |
showing the time at which each phase of its development is | 28231 |
expected to be completed; | 28232 |
(D) The amount of the loan to be applied for; | 28233 |
(E) Any other information the board considers necessary to | 28234 |
successfully review the application. | 28235 |
Whoever knowingly makes a false statement on an application | 28236 |
is guilty of the offense of falsification under section 2921.13 of | 28237 |
the Revised Code. | 28238 |
Sec. 5126.55. The county board of | 28239 |
developmental disabilities shall review each application filed | 28240 |
under section 5126.54 of the Revised Code and adopt a resolution | 28241 |
approving or disapproving development of the proposed residential | 28242 |
facility. The board shall not approve development of the proposed | 28243 |
residential facility unless it finds, based upon the application | 28244 |
and its evaluation of the applicant, that development of the | 28245 |
residential facility is consistent with its plan and priorities, | 28246 |
under section 5126.05 of the Revised Code, for the provision of | 28247 |
residential facilities for individuals with mental retardation or | 28248 |
developmental disabilities residing in the county. | 28249 |
The resolution shall include specific findings of fact | 28250 |
justifying the approval or disapproval. | 28251 |
The board shall transmit a certified copy of the resolution | 28252 |
to the applicant and to the board of county commissioners. | 28253 |
Sec. 5126.57. In reviewing an application for a residential | 28254 |
facility linked deposit loan, the eligible lending institution | 28255 |
shall apply the same lending standards as it customarily applies | 28256 |
to applications for loans for the development of residential | 28257 |
property. The lending institution shall either approve or | 28258 |
disapprove an application for a residential facility linked | 28259 |
deposit loan within a reasonable time, in accordance with | 28260 |
commercial practice. | 28261 |
If the lending institution approves an application, it shall | 28262 |
prepare and transmit each of the following to the county board of | 28263 |
28264 |
(A) A certification that it is an eligible lending | 28265 |
institution; | 28266 |
(B) A statement that it has approved a residential facility | 28267 |
linked deposit loan to the eligible organization and the amount of | 28268 |
the loan; | 28269 |
(C) A copy of the eligible organization's loan application | 28270 |
and a copy of the resolution of the eligible organization's board | 28271 |
of trustees included with the loan application; | 28272 |
(D) Any other information the board of county commissioners | 28273 |
requires in the resolution adopted under sections 135.801 and | 28274 |
135.802 of the Revised Code. | 28275 |
If the lending institution does not approve an application | 28276 |
for a residential facility linked deposit loan, it shall promptly | 28277 |
notify the county board of | 28278 |
disabilities of such disapproval. | 28279 |
Sec. 5126.58. The county board of | 28280 |
developmental disabilities shall adopt a resolution approving or | 28281 |
disapproving an eligible organization's application for a | 28282 |
residential facility linked deposit loan. The board shall | 28283 |
disapprove an application unless it finds, based on the | 28284 |
application and its evaluation of the applicant, each of the | 28285 |
following: | 28286 |
(A) The applicant has fully complied with sections 5126.54 | 28287 |
and 5126.56 of the Revised Code. | 28288 |
(B) Development of the residential facility will materially | 28289 |
contribute to alleviating the shortage of residential facilities | 28290 |
in the county for individuals with mental retardation or | 28291 |
developmental disabilities. | 28292 |
(C) The applicant is ready to proceed with development of the | 28293 |
residential facility, but is unable to do so because of high | 28294 |
interest rates. | 28295 |
(D) The board of county commissioners has certified that | 28296 |
public moneys of the county are currently available for placement | 28297 |
of the residential facility linked deposit necessary to provide | 28298 |
low-cost financing to the applicant. | 28299 |
(E) Placement of the residential facility linked deposit, | 28300 |
considered in the aggregate with all other residential facility | 28301 |
linked deposits under the county's residential facility linked | 28302 |
deposit program, will not cause the total amount of the county's | 28303 |
residential facility linked deposits to exceed an amount equal to | 28304 |
ten per cent of the operating budget of the county board of
| 28305 |
28306 | |
If placement of the residential facility linked deposit would | 28307 |
cause the total amount of the county's residential facility linked | 28308 |
deposits to exceed the maximum established by this division, the | 28309 |
board may accept the application but limit the amount of the | 28310 |
residential facility linked deposit accordingly. | 28311 |
The resolution shall include specific findings of fact | 28312 |
justifying acceptance or rejection of the application. If the | 28313 |
board accepts the application, it shall specify the amount of the | 28314 |
residential facility linked deposit in the resolution. | 28315 |
The board shall transmit a certified copy of the resolution | 28316 |
to the applicant, the eligible lending institution, and the | 28317 |
county's investing authority. | 28318 |
Sec. 5126.59. On acceptance of a residential facility linked | 28319 |
deposit loan by the county board of | 28320 |
developmental disabilities, the county's investing authority shall | 28321 |
enter into a residential facility linked deposit agreement with | 28322 |
the eligible lending institution. The agreement shall include all | 28323 |
of the following terms: | 28324 |
(A) An agreement by the investing authority to place | 28325 |
certificates of deposit with the eligible lending institution, in | 28326 |
the amount of the residential facility linked deposit specified in | 28327 |
the resolution, at an interest rate of up to five per cent per | 28328 |
year below current annual market rates, for a term considered | 28329 |
appropriate by the investing authority, not to exceed five years, | 28330 |
and to renew the certificates of deposit for up to four additional | 28331 |
terms, each additional term not to exceed five years; | 28332 |
(B) An agreement by the eligible lending institution to lend | 28333 |
the value of the certificates of deposit placed with the | 28334 |
institution to the eligible organization at an annual interest | 28335 |
rate that is the same number of percentage points below the annual | 28336 |
borrowing rate currently applicable to similar loans as the annual | 28337 |
interest rate agreed to for certificates of deposit placed | 28338 |
pursuant to division (A) of this section is below current annual | 28339 |
market rates; | 28340 |
(C) An agreement by the eligible lending institution to pay | 28341 |
interest on the certificates of deposit at times determined by the | 28342 |
investing authority; | 28343 |
(D) The form in which the eligible lending institution is to | 28344 |
make the certification required by section 5126.60 of the Revised | 28345 |
Code; | 28346 |
(E) Any other terms necessary to carry out the purpose of | 28347 |
sections 5126.51 to 5126.62 of the Revised Code. | 28348 |
The agreement may contain terms specifying the period of time | 28349 |
during which the eligible lending institution is to lend funds | 28350 |
upon placement of the residential facility linked deposit. | 28351 |
The investing authority shall determine current market rates | 28352 |
under the agreement. | 28353 |
Sec. 5126.61. The county investing authority shall monitor | 28354 |
the compliance with sections 5126.51 to 5126.62 of the Revised | 28355 |
Code of eligible lending institutions and eligible organizations | 28356 |
receiving residential facility linked deposits and loans. | 28357 |
The investing authority shall annually report to the board of | 28358 |
county commissioners and county board of | 28359 |
developmental disabilities with regard to the operation of the | 28360 |
county's residential facility linked deposit program. The report | 28361 |
shall list the eligible organizations receiving residential | 28362 |
facility linked deposit loans under the residential facility | 28363 |
linked deposit program. | 28364 |
Sec. 5126.62. The county, board of county commissioners, | 28365 |
county board of
| 28366 |
and county investing authority are not liable to any eligible | 28367 |
lending institution in any manner for payment of the principal or | 28368 |
interest on a loan to an eligible organization. Delay in payment | 28369 |
or default on the part of an eligible organization does not in any | 28370 |
manner affect the residential facility linked deposit agreement | 28371 |
between the county investing authority and the eligible lending | 28372 |
institution. | 28373 |
Sec. 5126.99. (A) Whoever violates division (B) of section | 28374 |
5126.044 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the | 28375 |
first degree. | 28376 |
(B) Whoever violates division (F) of section 5126.253 of the | 28377 |
Revised Code shall be punished as follows: | 28378 |
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this | 28379 |
section, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth | 28380 |
degree. | 28381 |
(2) The person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree | 28382 |
if both of the following conditions apply: | 28383 |
(a) The employee who is the subject of the report that the | 28384 |
person fails to submit was required to be reported for the | 28385 |
commission or alleged commission of an act or offense involving | 28386 |
the infliction on a child of any physical or mental wound, injury, | 28387 |
disability, or condition of a nature that constitutes abuse or | 28388 |
neglect of the child; | 28389 |
(b) During the period between the violation of division (F) | 28390 |
of section 5126.253 of the Revised Code and the conviction of or | 28391 |
plea of guilty by the person for that violation, the employee who | 28392 |
is the subject of the report that the person fails to submit | 28393 |
inflicts on any child attending a school district, educational | 28394 |
service center, public or nonpublic school, or county board of | 28395 |
28396 | |
employee works any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, | 28397 |
or condition of a nature that constitutes abuse or neglect of the | 28398 |
child. | 28399 |
Sec. 5139.08. The department of youth services may enter | 28400 |
into an agreement with the director of rehabilitation and | 28401 |
correction pursuant to which the department of youth services, in | 28402 |
accordance with division (C)(2) of section 5139.06 and section | 28403 |
5120.162 of the Revised Code, may transfer to a correctional | 28404 |
medical center established by the department of rehabilitation and | 28405 |
correction, children who are within its custody for diagnosis or | 28406 |
treatment of an illness, physical condition, or other medical | 28407 |
problem. The department of youth services may enter into any other | 28408 |
agreements with the director of job and family services, the | 28409 |
director of mental health, the director of | 28410 |
developmental disabilities, the director of rehabilitation and | 28411 |
correction, with the courts having probation officers or other | 28412 |
public officials, and with private agencies or institutions for | 28413 |
separate care or special treatment of children subject to the | 28414 |
control of the department of youth services. The department of | 28415 |
youth services may, upon the request of a juvenile court not | 28416 |
having a regular probation officer, provide probation services for | 28417 |
such court. | 28418 |
Upon request by the department of youth services, any public | 28419 |
agency or group care facility established or administered by the | 28420 |
state for the care and treatment of children and youth shall, | 28421 |
consistent with its functions, accept and care for any child whose | 28422 |
custody is vested in the department in the same manner as it would | 28423 |
be required to do if custody had been vested by a court in such | 28424 |
agency or group care facility. If the department has reasonable | 28425 |
grounds to believe that any child or youth whose custody is vested | 28426 |
in it is mentally ill or mentally retarded, the department may | 28427 |
file an affidavit under section 5122.11 or 5123.76 of the Revised | 28428 |
Code. The department's affidavit for admission of a child or youth | 28429 |
to such institution shall be filed with the probate court of the | 28430 |
county from which the child was committed to the department. Such | 28431 |
court may request the probate court of the county in which the | 28432 |
child is held to conduct the hearing on the application, in which | 28433 |
case the court making such request shall bear the expenses of the | 28434 |
proceeding. If the department files such an affidavit, the child | 28435 |
or youth may be kept in such institution until a final decision on | 28436 |
the affidavit is made by the appropriate court. | 28437 |
Sec. 5139.34. (A) Funds may be appropriated to the | 28438 |
department of youth services for the purpose of granting state | 28439 |
subsidies to counties. A county or the juvenile court that serves | 28440 |
a county shall use state subsidies granted to the county pursuant | 28441 |
to this section only in accordance with divisions (B)(2)(a) and | 28442 |
(3)(a) of section 5139.43 of the Revised Code and the rules | 28443 |
pertaining to the state subsidy funds that the department adopts | 28444 |
pursuant to division (D) of section 5139.04 of the Revised Code. | 28445 |
The department shall not grant financial assistance pursuant to | 28446 |
this section for the provision of care and services for children | 28447 |
in a placement facility unless the facility has been certified, | 28448 |
licensed, or approved by a state or national agency with | 28449 |
certification, licensure, or approval authority, including, but | 28450 |
not limited to, the department of job and family services, | 28451 |
department of education, department of mental health, department | 28452 |
of | 28453 |
28454 | |
purposes of this section, placement facilities do not include a | 28455 |
state institution or a county or district children's home. | 28456 |
The department also shall not grant financial assistance | 28457 |
pursuant to this section for the provision of care and services | 28458 |
for children, including, but not limited to, care and services in | 28459 |
a detention facility, in another facility, or in out-of-home | 28460 |
placement, unless the minimum standards applicable to the care and | 28461 |
services that the department prescribes in rules adopted pursuant | 28462 |
to division (D) of section 5139.04 of the Revised Code have been | 28463 |
satisfied. | 28464 |
(B) The department of youth services shall apply the | 28465 |
following formula to determine the amount of the annual grant that | 28466 |
each county is to receive pursuant to division (A) of this | 28467 |
section, subject to the appropriation for this purpose to the | 28468 |
department made by the general assembly: | 28469 |
(1) Each county shall receive a basic annual grant of fifty | 28470 |
thousand dollars. | 28471 |
(2) The sum of the basic annual grants provided under | 28472 |
division (B)(1) of this section shall be subtracted from the total | 28473 |
amount of funds appropriated to the department of youth services | 28474 |
for the purpose of making grants pursuant to division (A) of this | 28475 |
section to determine the remaining portion of the funds | 28476 |
appropriated. The remaining portion of the funds appropriated | 28477 |
shall be distributed on a per capita basis to each county that has | 28478 |
a population of more than twenty-five thousand for that portion of | 28479 |
the population of the county that exceeds twenty-five thousand. | 28480 |
(C)(1) Prior to a county's receipt of an annual grant | 28481 |
pursuant to this section, the juvenile court that serves the | 28482 |
county shall prepare, submit, and file in accordance with division | 28483 |
(B)(3)(a) of section 5139.43 of the Revised Code an annual grant | 28484 |
agreement and application for funding that is for the combined | 28485 |
purposes of, and that satisfies the requirements of, this section | 28486 |
and section 5139.43 of the Revised Code. In addition to the | 28487 |
subject matters described in division (B)(3)(a) of section 5139.43 | 28488 |
of the Revised Code or in the rules that the department adopts to | 28489 |
implement that division, the annual grant agreement and | 28490 |
application for funding shall address fiscal accountability and | 28491 |
performance matters pertaining to the programs, care, and services | 28492 |
that are specified in the agreement and application and for which | 28493 |
state subsidy funds granted pursuant to this section will be used. | 28494 |
(2) The county treasurer of each county that receives an | 28495 |
annual grant pursuant to this section shall deposit the state | 28496 |
subsidy funds so received into the county's felony delinquent care | 28497 |
and custody fund created pursuant to division (B)(1) of section | 28498 |
5139.43 of the Revised Code. Subject to exceptions prescribed in | 28499 |
section 5139.43 of the Revised Code that may apply to the | 28500 |
disbursement, the department shall disburse the state subsidy | 28501 |
funds to which a county is entitled in a lump sum payment that | 28502 |
shall be made in July of each calendar year. | 28503 |
(3) Upon an order of the juvenile court that serves a county | 28504 |
and subject to appropriation by the board of county commissioners | 28505 |
of that county, a county treasurer shall disburse from the | 28506 |
county's felony delinquent care and custody fund the state subsidy | 28507 |
funds granted to the county pursuant to this section for use only | 28508 |
in accordance with this section, the applicable provisions of | 28509 |
section 5139.43 of the Revised Code, and the county's approved | 28510 |
annual grant agreement and application for funding. | 28511 |
(4) The moneys in a county's felony delinquent care and | 28512 |
custody fund that represent state subsidy funds granted pursuant | 28513 |
to this section are subject to appropriation by the board of | 28514 |
county commissioners of the county; shall be disbursed by the | 28515 |
county treasurer as required by division (C)(3) of this section; | 28516 |
shall be used in the manners referred to in division (C)(3) of | 28517 |
this section; shall not revert to the county general fund at the | 28518 |
end of any fiscal year; shall carry over in the felony delinquent | 28519 |
care and custody fund from the end of any fiscal year to the next | 28520 |
fiscal year; shall be in addition to, and shall not be used to | 28521 |
reduce, any usual annual increase in county funding that the | 28522 |
juvenile court is eligible to receive or the current level of | 28523 |
county funding of the juvenile court and of any programs, care, or | 28524 |
services for alleged or adjudicated delinquent children, unruly | 28525 |
children, or juvenile traffic offenders or for children who are at | 28526 |
risk of becoming delinquent children, unruly children, or juvenile | 28527 |
traffic offenders; and shall not be used to pay for the care and | 28528 |
custody of felony deliquents who are in the care and custody of an | 28529 |
institution pursuant to a commitment, recommitment, or revocation | 28530 |
of a release on parole by the juvenile court of that county or who | 28531 |
are in the care and custody of a community corrections facility | 28532 |
pursuant to a placement by the department with the consent of the | 28533 |
juvenile court as described in division (E) of section 5139.36 of | 28534 |
the Revised Code. | 28535 |
(5) As a condition of the continued receipt of state subsidy | 28536 |
funds pursuant to this section, each county and the juvenile court | 28537 |
that serves each county that receives an annual grant pursuant to | 28538 |
this section shall comply with divisions (B)(3)(b), (c), and (d) | 28539 |
of section 5139.43 of the Revised Code. | 28540 |
Sec. 5145.18. Any printing or binding performed in a state | 28541 |
correctional institution may be performed for the use of the | 28542 |
institution, the departments
of mental health, | 28543 |
28544 | |
the department of public safety in connection with the | 28545 |
registration of motor vehicles, and for any other purpose | 28546 |
authorized by division (B) of section 5145.03 and by sections | 28547 |
5145.16 and 5145.161 of the Revised Code. | 28548 |
Sec. 5153.16. (A) Except as provided in section 2151.422 of | 28549 |
the Revised Code, in accordance with rules adopted under section | 28550 |
5153.166 of the Revised Code, and on behalf of children in the | 28551 |
county whom the public children services agency considers to be in | 28552 |
need of public care or protective services, the public children | 28553 |
services agency shall do all of the following: | 28554 |
(1) Make an investigation concerning any child alleged to be | 28555 |
an abused, neglected, or dependent child; | 28556 |
(2) Enter into agreements with the parent, guardian, or other | 28557 |
person having legal custody of any child, or with the department | 28558 |
of job and family services, department of mental health, | 28559 |
department of | 28560 |
other department, any certified organization within or outside the | 28561 |
county, or any agency or institution outside the state, having | 28562 |
legal custody of any child, with respect to the custody, care, or | 28563 |
placement of any child, or with respect to any matter, in the | 28564 |
interests of the child, provided the permanent custody of a child | 28565 |
shall not be transferred by a parent to the public children | 28566 |
services agency without the consent of the juvenile court; | 28567 |
(3) Accept custody of children committed to the public | 28568 |
children services agency by a court exercising juvenile | 28569 |
jurisdiction; | 28570 |
(4) Provide such care as the public children services agency | 28571 |
considers to be in the best interests of any child adjudicated to | 28572 |
be an abused, neglected, or dependent child the agency finds to be | 28573 |
in need of public care or service; | 28574 |
(5) Provide social services to any unmarried girl adjudicated | 28575 |
to be an abused, neglected, or dependent child who is pregnant | 28576 |
with or has been delivered of a child; | 28577 |
(6) Make available to the bureau for children with medical | 28578 |
handicaps of the department of health at its request any | 28579 |
information concerning a crippled child found to be in need of | 28580 |
treatment under sections 3701.021 to 3701.028 of the Revised Code | 28581 |
who is receiving services from the public children services | 28582 |
agency; | 28583 |
(7) Provide temporary emergency care for any child considered | 28584 |
by the public children services agency to be in need of such care, | 28585 |
without agreement or commitment; | 28586 |
(8) Find certified foster homes, within or outside the | 28587 |
county, for the care of children, including handicapped children | 28588 |
from other counties attending special schools in the county; | 28589 |
(9) Subject to the approval of the board of county | 28590 |
commissioners and the state department of job and family services, | 28591 |
establish and operate a training school or enter into an agreement | 28592 |
with any municipal corporation or other political subdivision of | 28593 |
the county respecting the operation, acquisition, or maintenance | 28594 |
of any children's home, training school, or other institution for | 28595 |
the care of children maintained by such municipal corporation or | 28596 |
political subdivision; | 28597 |
(10) Acquire and operate a county children's home, establish, | 28598 |
maintain, and operate a receiving home for the temporary care of | 28599 |
children, or procure certified foster homes for this purpose; | 28600 |
(11) Enter into an agreement with the trustees of any | 28601 |
district children's home, respecting the operation of the district | 28602 |
children's home in cooperation with the other county boards in the | 28603 |
district; | 28604 |
(12) Cooperate with, make its services available to, and act | 28605 |
as the agent of persons, courts, the department of job and family | 28606 |
services, the department of health, and other organizations within | 28607 |
and outside the state, in matters relating to the welfare of | 28608 |
children, except that the public children services agency shall | 28609 |
not be required to provide supervision of or other services | 28610 |
related to the exercise of parenting time rights granted pursuant | 28611 |
to section 3109.051 or 3109.12 of the Revised Code or | 28612 |
companionship or visitation rights granted pursuant to section | 28613 |
3109.051, 3109.11, or 3109.12 of the Revised Code unless a | 28614 |
juvenile court, pursuant to Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, or | 28615 |
a common pleas court, pursuant to division (E)(6) of section | 28616 |
3113.31 of the Revised Code, requires the provision of supervision | 28617 |
or other services related to the exercise of the parenting time | 28618 |
rights or companionship or visitation rights; | 28619 |
(13) Make investigations at the request of any superintendent | 28620 |
of schools in the county or the principal of any school concerning | 28621 |
the application of any child adjudicated to be an abused, | 28622 |
neglected, or dependent child for release from school, where such | 28623 |
service is not provided through a school attendance department; | 28624 |
(14) Administer funds provided under Title IV-E of the | 28625 |
"Social Security Act," 94 Stat. 501 (1980), 42 U.S.C.A. 671, as | 28626 |
amended, in accordance with rules adopted under section 5101.141 | 28627 |
of the Revised Code; | 28628 |
(15) In addition to administering Title IV-E adoption | 28629 |
assistance funds, enter into agreements to make adoption | 28630 |
assistance payments under section 5153.163 of the Revised Code; | 28631 |
(16) Implement a system of safety and risk assessment, in | 28632 |
accordance with rules adopted by the director of job and family | 28633 |
services, to assist the public children services agency in | 28634 |
determining the risk of abuse or neglect to a child; | 28635 |
(17) Enter into a plan of cooperation with the board of | 28636 |
county commissioners under section 307.983 of the Revised Code and | 28637 |
comply with each fiscal agreement the board enters into under | 28638 |
section 307.98 of the Revised Code that include family services | 28639 |
duties of public children services agencies and contracts the | 28640 |
board enters into under sections 307.981 and 307.982 of the | 28641 |
Revised Code that affect the public children services agency; | 28642 |
(18) Make reasonable efforts to prevent the removal of an | 28643 |
alleged or adjudicated abused, neglected, or dependent child from | 28644 |
the child's home, eliminate the continued removal of the child | 28645 |
from the child's home, or make it possible for the child to return | 28646 |
home safely, except that reasonable efforts of that nature are not | 28647 |
required when a court has made a determination under division | 28648 |
(A)(2) of section 2151.419 of the Revised Code; | 28649 |
(19) Make reasonable efforts to place the child in a timely | 28650 |
manner in accordance with the permanency plan approved under | 28651 |
division (E) of section 2151.417 of the Revised Code and to | 28652 |
complete whatever steps are necessary to finalize the permanent | 28653 |
placement of the child; | 28654 |
(20) Administer a Title IV-A program identified under | 28655 |
division (A)(4)(c) or (f) of section 5101.80 of the Revised Code | 28656 |
that the department of job and family services provides for the | 28657 |
public children services agency to administer under the | 28658 |
department's supervision pursuant to section 5101.801 of the | 28659 |
Revised Code; | 28660 |
(21) Administer the kinship permanency incentive program | 28661 |
created under section 5101.802 of the Revised Code under the | 28662 |
supervision of the director of job and family services; | 28663 |
(22) Provide independent living services pursuant to sections | 28664 |
2151.81 to 2151.84 of the Revised Code. | 28665 |
(B) The public children services agency shall use the system | 28666 |
implemented pursuant to division (A)(16) of this section in | 28667 |
connection with an investigation undertaken pursuant to division | 28668 |
(F)(1) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code to assess both of | 28669 |
the following: | 28670 |
(1) The ongoing safety of the child; | 28671 |
(2) The appropriateness of the intensity and duration of the | 28672 |
services provided to meet child and family needs throughout the | 28673 |
duration of a case. | 28674 |
(C) Except as provided in section 2151.422 of the Revised | 28675 |
Code, in accordance with rules of the director of job and family | 28676 |
services, and on behalf of children in the county whom the public | 28677 |
children services agency considers to be in need of public care or | 28678 |
protective services, the public children services agency may do | 28679 |
the following: | 28680 |
(1) Provide or find, with other child serving systems, | 28681 |
specialized foster care for the care of children in a specialized | 28682 |
foster home, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, | 28683 |
certified under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code; | 28684 |
(2)(a) Except as limited by divisions (C)(2)(b) and (c) of | 28685 |
this section, contract with the following for the purpose of | 28686 |
assisting the agency with its duties: | 28687 |
(i) County departments of job and family services; | 28688 |
(ii) Boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health | 28689 |
services; | 28690 |
(iii) County boards of | 28691 |
disabilities; | 28692 |
(iv) Regional councils of political subdivisions established | 28693 |
under Chapter 167. of the Revised Code; | 28694 |
(v) Private and government providers of services; | 28695 |
(vi) Managed care organizations and prepaid health plans. | 28696 |
(b) A public children services agency contract under division | 28697 |
(C)(2)(a) of this section regarding the agency's duties under | 28698 |
section 2151.421 of the Revised Code may not provide for the | 28699 |
entity under contract with the agency to perform any service not | 28700 |
authorized by the department's rules. | 28701 |
(c) Only a county children services board appointed under | 28702 |
section 5153.03 of the Revised Code that is a public children | 28703 |
services agency may contract under division (C)(2)(a) of this | 28704 |
section. If an entity specified in division (B) or (C) of section | 28705 |
5153.02 of the Revised Code is the public children services agency | 28706 |
for a county, the board of county commissioners may enter into | 28707 |
contracts pursuant to section 307.982 of the Revised Code | 28708 |
regarding the agency's duties. | 28709 |
Sec. 5153.99. Whoever violates division (F) of section | 28710 |
5153.176 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: | 28711 |
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this | 28712 |
section, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth | 28713 |
degree. | 28714 |
(B) The person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree | 28715 |
if, during the period between the violation and the conviction of | 28716 |
or plea of guilty by the person for that violation, the license | 28717 |
holder who is the subject of the investigation about which the | 28718 |
person fails to provide information inflicts on any child | 28719 |
attending a school district, educational service center, public or | 28720 |
nonpublic school, or county board of | 28721 |
developmental disabilities where the license holder works any | 28722 |
physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a | 28723 |
nature that constitutes abuse or neglect of the child. | 28724 |
Sec. 5511.03. The director of transportation shall examine | 28725 |
the existing highway facilities serving the several hospitals, | 28726 |
educational institutions, and correctional and other similar | 28727 |
institutions belonging to the state, and located outside municipal | 28728 |
corporations. Where | 28729 |
institution is not located on a state highway or connected with a | 28730 |
highway by a suitable road, affording in its present condition | 28731 |
adequate transportation facilities to those having occasion to | 28732 |
visit such institution, | 28733 |
highway leading to such institution from a convenient point on an | 28734 |
existing
highway. Where | 28735 |
institution is not served by adequate highway facilities | 28736 |
connecting it with the railroad delivery point from which it | 28737 |
principally obtains fuel,
provisions, and supplies, | 28738 |
director may establish a highway connecting such institution and | 28739 |
railroad delivery point. Limitations imposed on the mileage of | 28740 |
state highways shall not apply to highways established under this | 28741 |
section. | 28742 |
The director may construct at state expense all highways | 28743 |
established under authority of this section and pay the entire | 28744 |
cost thereof from the state highway operating fund. Such highways | 28745 |
shall be maintained by the department of transportation and the | 28746 |
cost shall be paid from the highway operating fund of the | 28747 |
department. | 28748 |
The directors of transportation, mental health, | 28749 |
28750 | |
correction may cooperate in the establishment, construction, | 28751 |
reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of roads within the limits | 28752 |
of state institutions. The cost shall be paid from funds | 28753 |
appropriated for highway purposes and from the funds appropriated | 28754 |
to the department of mental health, department of | 28755 |
28756 | |
rehabilitation and correction for capital improvements or | 28757 |
maintenance in such proportion as may be agreed upon by the | 28758 |
directors of transportation, mental health, | 28759 |
developmental disabilities, and rehabilitation and correction. | 28760 |
Sec. 5543.011. A county engineer may sell directly to a | 28761 |
county board of
| 28762 |
gasoline and diesel fuel that has been purchased for the use of | 28763 |
the county engineer's office. | 28764 |
Sec. 5705.091. The board of county commissioners of each | 28765 |
county shall establish a county | 28766 |
developmental disabilities general fund. Notwithstanding section | 28767 |
5705.10 of the Revised Code, proceeds from levies under section | 28768 |
5705.222 and division (L) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code | 28769 |
shall be deposited to the credit of the
county | 28770 |
28771 | |
established within the county | 28772 |
disabilities general fund for each of the several particular | 28773 |
purposes of the levies as specified in the resolutions under which | 28774 |
the levies were approved, and proceeds from different levies that | 28775 |
were approved for the same particular purpose shall be credited to | 28776 |
accounts for that purpose. Other money received by the county for | 28777 |
the purposes of Chapters 3323. and 5126. of the Revised Code and | 28778 |
not required by state or federal law to be deposited to the credit | 28779 |
of a different fund shall also be deposited to the credit of the | 28780 |
county | 28781 |
fund, in an account appropriate to the particular purpose for | 28782 |
which the money was received. Unless otherwise provided by law, an | 28783 |
unexpended balance at the end of a fiscal year in any account in | 28784 |
the county
| 28785 |
general fund shall be appropriated the next fiscal year to the | 28786 |
same fund. | 28787 |
A county board of | 28788 |
disabilities may request, by resolution, that the board of county | 28789 |
commissioners establish a county | 28790 |
developmental disabilities capital fund for money to be used for | 28791 |
acquisition, construction, or improvement of capital facilities or | 28792 |
acquisition of capital equipment used in providing services to | 28793 |
mentally retarded and developmentally disabled persons. The county | 28794 |
board of | 28795 |
transmit a certified copy of the resolution to the board of county | 28796 |
commissioners. Upon receiving the resolution, the board of county | 28797 |
commissioners shall establish a county | 28798 |
developmental disabilities capital fund. | 28799 |
Sec. 5705.14. No transfer shall be made from one fund of a | 28800 |
subdivision to any other fund, by order of the court or otherwise, | 28801 |
except as follows: | 28802 |
(A) The unexpended balance in a bond fund that is no longer | 28803 |
needed for the purpose for which such fund was created shall be | 28804 |
transferred to the sinking fund or bond retirement fund from which | 28805 |
such bonds are payable. | 28806 |
(B) The unexpended balance in any specific permanent | 28807 |
improvement fund, other than a bond fund, after the payment of all | 28808 |
obligations incurred in the acquisition of such improvement, shall | 28809 |
be transferred to the sinking fund or bond retirement fund of the | 28810 |
subdivision; provided that if such money is not required to meet | 28811 |
the obligations payable from such funds, it may be transferred to | 28812 |
a special fund for the acquisition of permanent improvements, or, | 28813 |
with the approval of the court of common pleas of the county in | 28814 |
which such subdivision is located, to the general fund of the | 28815 |
subdivision. | 28816 |
(C) The unexpended balance in the sinking fund or bond | 28817 |
retirement fund of a subdivision, after all indebtedness, | 28818 |
interest, and other obligations for the payment of which such fund | 28819 |
exists have been paid and retired, shall be transferred, in the | 28820 |
case of the sinking fund, to the bond retirement fund, and in the | 28821 |
case of the bond retirement fund, to the sinking fund; provided | 28822 |
that if such transfer is impossible by reason of the nonexistence | 28823 |
of the fund to receive the transfer, such unexpended balance, with | 28824 |
the approval of the court of common pleas of the county in which | 28825 |
such division is located, may be transferred to any other fund of | 28826 |
the subdivision. | 28827 |
(D) The unexpended balance in any special fund, other than an | 28828 |
improvement fund, existing in accordance with division (D), (F), | 28829 |
or (G) of section 5705.09 or section 5705.12 of the Revised Code, | 28830 |
may be transferred to the general fund or to the sinking fund or | 28831 |
bond retirement fund after the termination of the activity, | 28832 |
service, or other undertaking for which such special fund existed, | 28833 |
but only after the payment of all obligations incurred and payable | 28834 |
from such special fund. | 28835 |
(E) Money may be transferred from the general fund to any | 28836 |
other fund of the subdivision. | 28837 |
(F) Moneys retained or received by a county under section | 28838 |
4501.04 or division (A)(3) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code | 28839 |
may be transferred from the fund into which they were deposited to | 28840 |
the sinking fund or bond retirement fund from which any principal, | 28841 |
interest, or charges for which such moneys may be used is payable. | 28842 |
(G) Moneys retained or received by a municipal corporation | 28843 |
under section 4501.04 or division (A)(1) or (2) of section 5735.27 | 28844 |
of the Revised Code may be transferred from the fund into which | 28845 |
they were deposited to the sinking fund or bond retirement fund | 28846 |
from which any principal, interest, or charges for which such | 28847 |
moneys may be used is payable. | 28848 |
(H)(1) Money may be transferred from the county | 28849 |
28850 | |
county | 28851 |
fund established under section 5705.091 of the Revised Code or to | 28852 |
any other fund created for the purposes of the county board of | 28853 |
28854 | |
money in the fund to which the money is transferred can be spent | 28855 |
for the particular purpose of the transferred money. The county | 28856 |
board of | 28857 |
request, by resolution, that the board of county commissioners | 28858 |
make the transfer. The county board of | 28859 |
developmental disabilities shall transmit a certified copy of the | 28860 |
resolution to the board of county commissioners. Upon receiving | 28861 |
the resolution, the board of county commissioners may make the | 28862 |
transfer. Money transferred to a fund shall be credited to an | 28863 |
account appropriate to its particular purpose. | 28864 |
(2) An unexpended balance in an account in the county
| 28865 |
28866 | |
other fund created for the purposes of the county board of
| 28867 |
28868 | |
to the county | 28869 |
general fund. The transfer may be made if the unexpended balance | 28870 |
is no longer needed for its particular purpose and all outstanding | 28871 |
obligations have been paid. Money transferred back to the county | 28872 |
28873 | |
shall be credited to an account for current expenses within that | 28874 |
fund. The county
board of | 28875 |
disabilities may request, by resolution, that the board of county | 28876 |
commissioners
make the transfer. The county board of | 28877 |
28878 | |
certified copy of the resolution to the board of county | 28879 |
commissioners. Upon receiving the resolution, the board of county | 28880 |
commissioners may make the transfer. | 28881 |
Except in the case of transfer pursuant to division (E) of | 28882 |
this section, transfers authorized by this section shall only be | 28883 |
made by resolution of the taxing authority passed with the | 28884 |
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members. | 28885 |
Sec. 5705.191. The taxing authority of any subdivision, | 28886 |
other than the board of education of a school district or the | 28887 |
taxing authority of a county school financing district, by a vote | 28888 |
of two-thirds of all its members, may declare by resolution that | 28889 |
the amount of taxes that may be raised within the ten-mill | 28890 |
limitation by levies on the current tax duplicate will be | 28891 |
insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary | 28892 |
requirements of the subdivision, and that it is necessary to levy | 28893 |
a tax in excess of such limitation for any of the purposes in | 28894 |
section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, or to supplement the general | 28895 |
fund for the purpose of making appropriations for one or more of | 28896 |
the following purposes: public assistance, human or social | 28897 |
services, relief, welfare, hospitalization, health, and support of | 28898 |
general hospitals, and that the question of such additional tax | 28899 |
levy shall be submitted to the electors of the subdivision at a | 28900 |
general, primary, or special election to be held at a time therein | 28901 |
specified. Such resolution shall not include a levy on the current | 28902 |
tax list and duplicate unless such election is to be held at or | 28903 |
prior to the general election day of the current tax year. Such | 28904 |
resolution shall conform to the requirements of section 5705.19 of | 28905 |
the Revised Code, except that a levy to supplement the general | 28906 |
fund for the purposes of public assistance, human or social | 28907 |
services, relief, welfare, hospitalization, health, or the support | 28908 |
of general or tuberculosis hospitals may not be for a longer | 28909 |
period than ten years. All other levies under this section may not | 28910 |
be for a longer period than five years unless a longer period is | 28911 |
permitted by section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, and the | 28912 |
resolution shall specify the date of holding such election, which | 28913 |
shall not be earlier than seventy-five days after the adoption and | 28914 |
certification of such resolution. The resolution shall go into | 28915 |
immediate effect upon its passage and no publication of the same | 28916 |
is necessary other than that provided for in the notice of | 28917 |
election. A copy of such resolution, immediately after its | 28918 |
passage, shall be certified to the board of elections of the | 28919 |
proper county or counties in the manner provided by section | 28920 |
5705.25 of the Revised Code, and such section shall govern the | 28921 |
arrangements for the submission of such question and other matters | 28922 |
with respect to such election, to which section 5705.25 of the | 28923 |
Revised Code refers, excepting that such election shall be held on | 28924 |
the date specified in the resolution, which shall be consistent | 28925 |
with the requirements of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code, | 28926 |
provided that only one special election for the submission of such | 28927 |
question may be held in any one calendar year and provided that a | 28928 |
special election may be held upon the same day a primary election | 28929 |
is held. Publication of notice of that election shall be made in | 28930 |
one or more newspapers of general circulation in the county once a | 28931 |
week for two consecutive weeks prior to the election, and, if the | 28932 |
board of elections operates and maintains a web site, the board of | 28933 |
elections shall post notice of the election on its web site for | 28934 |
thirty days prior to the election. | 28935 |
If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in | 28936 |
favor thereof, the taxing authority of the subdivision may make | 28937 |
the necessary levy within such subdivision at the additional rate | 28938 |
or at any lesser rate outside the ten-mill limitation on the tax | 28939 |
list and duplicate for the purpose stated in the resolution. Such | 28940 |
tax levy shall be included in the next annual tax budget that is | 28941 |
certified to the county budget commission. | 28942 |
After the approval of such a levy by the electors, the taxing | 28943 |
authority of the subdivision may anticipate a fraction of the | 28944 |
proceeds of such levy and issue anticipation notes. In the case of | 28945 |
a continuing levy that is not levied for the purpose of current | 28946 |
expenses, notes may be issued at any time after approval of the | 28947 |
levy in an amount not more than fifty per cent of the total | 28948 |
estimated proceeds of the levy for the succeeding ten years, less | 28949 |
an amount equal to the fraction of the proceeds of the levy | 28950 |
previously anticipated by the issuance of anticipation notes. In | 28951 |
the case of a levy for a fixed period that is not for the purpose | 28952 |
of current expenses, notes may be issued at any time after | 28953 |
approval of the levy in an amount not more than fifty per cent of | 28954 |
the total estimated proceeds of the levy throughout the remaining | 28955 |
life of the levy, less an amount equal to the fraction of the | 28956 |
proceeds of the levy previously anticipated by the issuance of | 28957 |
anticipation notes. In the case of a levy for current expenses, | 28958 |
notes may be issued after the approval of the levy by the electors | 28959 |
and prior to the time when the first tax collection from the levy | 28960 |
can be made. Such notes may be issued in an amount not more than | 28961 |
fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds of the levy | 28962 |
throughout the term of the levy in the case of a levy for a fixed | 28963 |
period, or fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds for the | 28964 |
first ten years of the levy in the case of a continuing levy. | 28965 |
No anticipation notes that increase the net indebtedness of a | 28966 |
county may be issued without the prior consent of the board of | 28967 |
county commissioners of that county. The notes shall be issued as | 28968 |
provided in section 133.24 of the Revised Code, shall have | 28969 |
principal payments during each year after the year of their | 28970 |
issuance over a period not exceeding the life of the levy | 28971 |
anticipated, and may have a principal payment in the year of their | 28972 |
issuance. | 28973 |
"Taxing authority" and "subdivision" have the same meanings | 28974 |
as in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code. | 28975 |
"Human or social services" includes a county's contributions | 28976 |
to a multicounty board of | 28977 |
disabilities of which the county is a member. | 28978 |
This section is supplemental to and not in derogation of | 28979 |
sections 5705.20, 5705.21, and 5705.22 of the Revised Code. | 28980 |
Sec. 5705.222. (A) At any time the board of county | 28981 |
commissioners of any county by a majority vote of the full | 28982 |
membership may declare by resolution and certify to the board of | 28983 |
elections of the county that the amount of taxes which may be | 28984 |
raised within the ten-mill limitation by levies on the current tax | 28985 |
duplicate will be insufficient to provide the necessary | 28986 |
requirements of the single county board of | 28987 |
developmental disabilities established pursuant to Chapter 5126. | 28988 |
of the Revised Code, or the county's contribution to a multicounty | 28989 |
board created under that chapter of which the county is a member, | 28990 |
and that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of such | 28991 |
limitation for the operation of programs and services by county | 28992 |
boards of | 28993 |
for the acquisition, construction, renovation, financing, | 28994 |
maintenance, and operation of mental retardation and developmental | 28995 |
disabilities facilities. | 28996 |
Such resolution shall conform to section 5705.19 of the | 28997 |
Revised Code, except that the increased rate may be in effect for | 28998 |
any number of years not exceeding ten or for a continuing period | 28999 |
of time. | 29000 |
The resolution shall be certified and submitted in the manner | 29001 |
provided in section 5705.25 of the Revised Code, except that it | 29002 |
may be placed on the ballot in any election, and shall be | 29003 |
certified to the board of elections not less than seventy-five | 29004 |
days before the election at which it will be voted upon. | 29005 |
If the majority of the electors voting on a levy for the | 29006 |
support of the programs and services of the county board of
| 29007 |
29008 | |
levy, the board of county commissioners may levy a tax within the | 29009 |
county at the additional rate outside the ten-mill limitation | 29010 |
during the specified or continuing period, for the purpose stated | 29011 |
in the resolution. The county board of | 29012 |
developmental disabilities, within its budget and with the | 29013 |
approval of the board of county commissioners through annual | 29014 |
appropriations, shall use the proceeds of a levy approved under | 29015 |
this section solely for the purposes authorized by this section. | 29016 |
(B) When electors have approved a tax levy under this | 29017 |
section, the county commissioners may anticipate a fraction of the | 29018 |
proceeds of the levy and issue anticipation notes in accordance | 29019 |
with section 5705.191 or 5705.193 of the Revised Code. | 29020 |
(C) The county auditor, upon receipt of a resolution from the | 29021 |
county board of | 29022 |
shall establish a capital improvements account or a reserve | 29023 |
balance account, or both, as specified in the resolution. The | 29024 |
capital improvements account shall be a contingency account for | 29025 |
the necessary acquisition, replacement, renovation, or | 29026 |
construction of facilities and movable and fixed equipment. Upon | 29027 |
the request of the county board of | 29028 |
developmental disabilities, moneys not needed to pay for current | 29029 |
expenses may be appropriated to this account, in amounts such that | 29030 |
this account does not exceed twenty-five per cent of the | 29031 |
replacement value of all capital facilities and equipment | 29032 |
currently used by the county board of | 29033 |
developmental disabilities for mental retardation and | 29034 |
developmental disabilities programs and services. Other moneys | 29035 |
available for current capital expenses from federal, state, or | 29036 |
local sources may also be appropriated to this account. | 29037 |
The reserve balance account shall contain those moneys that | 29038 |
are not needed to pay for current operating expenses and not | 29039 |
deposited in the capital improvements account but that will be | 29040 |
needed to pay for operating expenses in the future. Upon the | 29041 |
request of a county board of | 29042 |
disabilities, the board of county commissioners may appropriate | 29043 |
moneys to the reserve balance account. | 29044 |
Sec. 5705.28. (A) Except as provided in division (B)(1) or | 29045 |
(2) of this section or in section 5705.281 of the Revised Code, | 29046 |
the taxing authority of each subdivision or other taxing unit | 29047 |
shall adopt a tax budget for the next succeeding fiscal year: | 29048 |
(1) On or before the fifteenth day of January in the case of | 29049 |
a school district; | 29050 |
(2) On or before the fifteenth day of July in the case of all | 29051 |
other subdivisions and taxing units. | 29052 |
(B)(1) Before the first day of June in each year, the board | 29053 |
of trustees of a school library district entitled to participate | 29054 |
in any appropriation or revenue of a school district or to have a | 29055 |
tax proposed by the board of education of a school district shall | 29056 |
file with the board of education of the school district a tax | 29057 |
budget for the ensuing fiscal year. On or before the fifteenth day | 29058 |
of July in each year, the board of education of a school district | 29059 |
to which a school library district tax budget was submitted under | 29060 |
this division shall adopt such tax budget on behalf of the library | 29061 |
district, but such budget shall not be part of the school | 29062 |
district's tax budget. | 29063 |
(2)(a) The taxing authority of a taxing unit that does not | 29064 |
levy a tax is not required to adopt a tax budget pursuant to | 29065 |
division (A) of this section. Instead, on or before the fifteenth | 29066 |
day of July each year, such taxing authority shall adopt an | 29067 |
operating budget for the taxing unit for the ensuing fiscal year. | 29068 |
The operating budget shall include an estimate of receipts from | 29069 |
all sources, a statement of all taxing unit expenses that are | 29070 |
anticipated to occur, and the amount required for debt charges | 29071 |
during the fiscal year. The operating budget is not required to be | 29072 |
filed with the county auditor or the county budget commission. | 29073 |
(b) Except for this section and sections 5705.36, 5705.38, | 29074 |
5705.40, 5705.41, 5705.43, 5705.44, and 5705.45 of the Revised | 29075 |
Code, a taxing unit that does not levy a tax is not a taxing unit | 29076 |
for purposes of Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code. Documents | 29077 |
prepared in accordance with such sections are not required to be | 29078 |
filed with the county auditor or county budget commission. | 29079 |
(c) The total appropriations from each fund of a taxing unit | 29080 |
that does not levy a tax shall not exceed the total estimated | 29081 |
revenue available for expenditures from the fund, and | 29082 |
appropriations shall be made from each fund only for the purposes | 29083 |
for which the fund is established. | 29084 |
(C)(1) To assist in the preparation of the tax budget, the | 29085 |
head of each department, board, commission, and district authority | 29086 |
entitled to participate in any appropriation or revenue of a | 29087 |
subdivision shall file with the taxing authority, or in the case | 29088 |
of a municipal corporation, with its chief executive officer, | 29089 |
before the forty-fifth day prior to the date on which the budget | 29090 |
must be adopted, an estimate of contemplated revenue and | 29091 |
expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year, in such form as is | 29092 |
prescribed by the taxing authority of the subdivision or by the | 29093 |
auditor of state. The taxing authority shall include in its budget | 29094 |
of expenditures the full amounts requested by district | 29095 |
authorities, not to exceed the amount authorized by law, if such | 29096 |
authorities may fix the amount of revenue they are to receive from | 29097 |
the subdivision. In a municipal corporation in which a special | 29098 |
levy for a municipal university has been authorized to be levied | 29099 |
in excess of the ten-mill limitation, or is required by the | 29100 |
charter of the municipal corporation, the taxing authority shall | 29101 |
include an amount not less than the estimated yield of such levy, | 29102 |
if such amount is requested by the board of directors of the | 29103 |
municipal university. | 29104 |
(2) A county board of | 29105 |
disabilities may include within its estimate of contemplated | 29106 |
revenue and expenditures a reserve balance account in the | 29107 |
community | 29108 |
residential services fund. The account shall contain money that is | 29109 |
not needed to pay for current expenses for residential services | 29110 |
and supported living but will be needed to pay for expenses for | 29111 |
such services in the future or may be needed for unanticipated | 29112 |
emergency expenses. On the request of the county
board of | 29113 |
29114 | |
commissioners shall include such an account in its budget of | 29115 |
expenditures and appropriate money to the account from residential | 29116 |
service moneys for the county board. | 29117 |
(D) The board of trustees of any public library desiring to | 29118 |
participate in the distribution of the county public library fund | 29119 |
shall adopt appropriate rules extending the benefits of the | 29120 |
library service of such library to all the inhabitants of the | 29121 |
county on equal terms, unless such library service is by law | 29122 |
available to all such inhabitants, and shall certify a copy of | 29123 |
such rules to the taxing authority with its estimate of | 29124 |
contemplated revenue and expenditures. Where such rules have been | 29125 |
so certified or where the adoption of such rules is not required, | 29126 |
the taxing authority shall include in its budget of receipts such | 29127 |
amounts as are specified by such board as contemplated revenue | 29128 |
from the county public library fund, and in its budget of | 29129 |
expenditures the full amounts requested therefrom by such board. | 29130 |
No library association, incorporated or unincorporated, is | 29131 |
entitled to participate in the proceeds of the county public | 29132 |
library fund unless such association both was organized and | 29133 |
operating prior to January 1, 1968, and participated in the | 29134 |
distribution of the proceeds of the county public library fund | 29135 |
prior to December 31, 2005. | 29136 |
Sec. 5705.44. When contracts or leases run beyond the | 29137 |
termination of the fiscal year in which they are made, the fiscal | 29138 |
officer of the taxing authority shall make a certification for the | 29139 |
amount required to meet the obligation of such contract or lease | 29140 |
maturing in such fiscal year. The amount of the obligation under | 29141 |
such contract or lease remaining unfulfilled at the end of a | 29142 |
fiscal year, and which will become payable during the next fiscal | 29143 |
year, shall be included in the annual appropriation measure for | 29144 |
the next year as a fixed charge. | 29145 |
The certificate required by section 5705.41 of the Revised | 29146 |
Code as to money in the treasury shall not be required for | 29147 |
contracts on which payments are to be made from the earnings of a | 29148 |
publicly operated water works or public utility, but in the case | 29149 |
of any such contract made without such certification, no payment | 29150 |
shall be made on account thereof, and no claim or demand thereon | 29151 |
shall be recoverable, except out of such earnings. That | 29152 |
certificate also shall not be required if requiring the | 29153 |
certificate makes it impossible for a county board of | 29154 |
29155 | |
share of medicaid expenditures that the county board is required | 29156 |
by sections 5126.059 and 5126.0510 of the Revised Code to pay. | 29157 |
Sec. 5735.142. (A)(1) Any person who uses any motor fuel, on | 29158 |
which the tax imposed by sections 5735.05, 5735.25, and 5735.29 of | 29159 |
the Revised Code has been paid, for the purpose of operating a | 29160 |
transit bus shall be reimbursed in the amount of the tax paid on | 29161 |
motor fuel used by public transportation systems providing transit | 29162 |
or paratransit service on a regular and continuing basis within | 29163 |
the state; | 29164 |
(2) A city, exempted village, joint vocational, or local | 29165 |
school district or educational service center that purchases any | 29166 |
motor fuel for school district or service center operations, on | 29167 |
which any tax imposed by section 5735.29 of the Revised Code that | 29168 |
became effective on or after July 1, 2003, has been paid, may, if | 29169 |
an application is filed under this section, be reimbursed in the | 29170 |
amount of all but two cents per gallon of the total tax imposed by | 29171 |
such section and paid on motor fuel. | 29172 |
(3) A county board of | 29173 |
disabilities that, on or after July 1, 2005, purchases any motor | 29174 |
fuel for county board operations, on which any tax imposed by | 29175 |
section 5735.29 of the Revised Code has been paid may, if an | 29176 |
application is filed under this section, be reimbursed in the | 29177 |
amount of all but two cents per gallon of the total tax imposed by | 29178 |
such section and paid on motor fuel purchased on or after July 1, | 29179 |
2005. | 29180 |
(B) Such person, school district, educational service center, | 29181 |
or county board shall file with the tax commissioner an | 29182 |
application for refund within one year from the date of purchase, | 29183 |
stating the quantity of fuel used for operating transit buses used | 29184 |
by local transit systems in furnishing scheduled common carrier, | 29185 |
public passenger land transportation service along regular routes | 29186 |
primarily in one or more municipal corporations or for operating | 29187 |
vehicles used for school district, service center, or county board | 29188 |
operations. However, no claim shall be made for the tax on fewer | 29189 |
than one hundred gallons of motor fuel. A school district, | 29190 |
educational service center, or county board shall not apply for a | 29191 |
refund for any tax paid on motor fuel that is sold by the | 29192 |
district, service center, or county board. The application shall | 29193 |
be accompanied by the statement described in section 5735.15 of | 29194 |
the Revised Code showing the purchase, together with evidence of | 29195 |
payment thereof. | 29196 |
(C) After consideration of the application and statement, the | 29197 |
commissioner shall determine the amount of refund to which the | 29198 |
applicant is entitled. If the amount is not less than that | 29199 |
claimed, the commissioner shall certify the amount to the director | 29200 |
of budget and management and treasurer of state for payment from | 29201 |
the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the Revised | 29202 |
Code. If the amount is less than that claimed, the commissioner | 29203 |
shall proceed in accordance with section 5703.70 of the Revised | 29204 |
Code. | 29205 |
The commissioner may require that the application be | 29206 |
supported by the affidavit of the claimant. No refund shall be | 29207 |
authorized or ordered for any single claim for the tax on fewer | 29208 |
than one hundred gallons of motor fuel. No refund shall be | 29209 |
authorized or ordered on motor fuel that is sold by a school | 29210 |
district, educational service center, or county board. | 29211 |
(D) The refund authorized by this section or section 5703.70 | 29212 |
of the Revised Code shall be reduced by the cents per gallon | 29213 |
amount of any qualified fuel credit received under section | 29214 |
5735.145 of the Revised Code, as determined by the commissioner, | 29215 |
for each gallon of qualified fuel included in the total gallonage | 29216 |
of motor fuel upon which the refund is computed. | 29217 |
(E) The right to receive any refund under this section or | 29218 |
section 5703.70 of the Revised Code is not assignable. The payment | 29219 |
of this refund shall not be made to any person or entity other | 29220 |
than the person or entity originally entitled thereto who used the | 29221 |
motor fuel upon which the claim for refund is based, except that | 29222 |
the refund when allowed and certified, as provided in this | 29223 |
section, may be paid to the executor, the administrator, the | 29224 |
receiver, the trustee in bankruptcy, or the assignee in insolvency | 29225 |
proceedings of the person. | 29226 |
Sec. 5815.28. (A) As used in this section: | 29227 |
(1) "Ascertainable standard" includes a standard in a trust | 29228 |
instrument requiring the trustee to provide for the care, comfort, | 29229 |
maintenance, welfare, education, or general well-being of the | 29230 |
beneficiary. | 29231 |
(2) "Disability" means any substantial, medically | 29232 |
determinable impairment that can be expected to result in death or | 29233 |
that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period | 29234 |
of at least twelve months, except that "disability" does not | 29235 |
include an impairment that is the result of abuse of alcohol or | 29236 |
drugs. | 29237 |
(3) "Political subdivision" and "state" have the same | 29238 |
meanings as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code. | 29239 |
(4) "Supplemental services" means services specified by rule | 29240 |
of the department of mental health under section 5119.01 of the | 29241 |
Revised Code or the department of | 29242 |
developmental disabilities under section 5123.04 of the Revised | 29243 |
Code that are provided to an individual with a disability in | 29244 |
addition to services the individual is eligible to receive under | 29245 |
programs authorized by federal or state law. | 29246 |
(B) Any person may create a trust under this section to | 29247 |
provide funding for supplemental services for the benefit of | 29248 |
another individual who meets either of the following conditions: | 29249 |
(1) The individual has a physical or mental disability and is | 29250 |
eligible to receive services through the department of | 29251 |
29252 | |
29253 |
(2) The individual has a mental disability and is eligible to | 29254 |
receive services through the department of mental health or a | 29255 |
board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services. | 29256 |
The trust may confer discretion upon the trustee and may | 29257 |
contain specific instructions or conditions governing the exercise | 29258 |
of the discretion. | 29259 |
(C) The general division of the court of common pleas and the | 29260 |
probate court of the county in which the beneficiary of a trust | 29261 |
authorized by division (B) of this section resides or is confined | 29262 |
have concurrent original jurisdiction to hear and determine | 29263 |
actions pertaining to the trust. In any action pertaining to the | 29264 |
trust in a court of common pleas or probate court and in any | 29265 |
appeal of the action, all of the following apply to the trial or | 29266 |
appellate court: | 29267 |
(1) The court shall render determinations consistent with the | 29268 |
testator's or other settlor's intent in creating the trust, as | 29269 |
evidenced by the terms of the trust instrument. | 29270 |
(2) The court may order the trustee to exercise discretion | 29271 |
that the trust instrument confers upon the trustee only if the | 29272 |
instrument contains specific instructions or conditions governing | 29273 |
the exercise of that discretion and the trustee has failed to | 29274 |
comply with the instructions or conditions. In issuing an order | 29275 |
pursuant to this division, the court shall require the trustee to | 29276 |
exercise the trustee's discretion only in accordance with the | 29277 |
instructions or conditions. | 29278 |
(3) The court may order the trustee to maintain the trust and | 29279 |
distribute assets in accordance with rules adopted by the director | 29280 |
of mental health under section 5119.01 of the Revised Code or the | 29281 |
director of | 29282 |
under section 5123.04 of the Revised Code if the trustee has | 29283 |
failed to comply with such rules. | 29284 |
(D) To the extent permitted by federal law and subject to the | 29285 |
provisions of division (C)(2) of this section pertaining to the | 29286 |
enforcement of specific instructions or conditions governing a | 29287 |
trustee's discretion, a trust authorized by division (B) of this | 29288 |
section that confers discretion upon the trustee shall not be | 29289 |
considered an asset or resource of the beneficiary, the | 29290 |
beneficiary's estate, the settlor, or the settlor's estate and | 29291 |
shall be exempt from the claims of creditors, political | 29292 |
subdivisions, the state, other governmental entities, and other | 29293 |
claimants against the beneficiary, the beneficiary's estate, the | 29294 |
settlor, or the settlor's estate, including claims based on | 29295 |
provisions of Chapters 5111., 5121., or 5123. of the Revised Code | 29296 |
and claims sought to be satisfied by way of a civil action, | 29297 |
subrogation, execution, garnishment, attachment, judicial sale, or | 29298 |
other legal process, if all of the following apply: | 29299 |
(1) At the time the trust is created, the trust principal | 29300 |
does not exceed the maximum amount determined under division (E) | 29301 |
of this section; | 29302 |
(2) The trust instrument contains a statement of the | 29303 |
settlor's intent, or otherwise clearly evidences the settlor's | 29304 |
intent, that the beneficiary does not have authority to compel the | 29305 |
trustee under any circumstances to furnish the beneficiary with | 29306 |
minimal or other maintenance or support, to make payments from the | 29307 |
principal of the trust or from the income derived from the | 29308 |
principal, or to convert any portion of the principal into cash, | 29309 |
whether pursuant to an ascertainable standard specified in the | 29310 |
instrument or otherwise; | 29311 |
(3) The trust instrument provides that trust assets can be | 29312 |
used only to provide supplemental services, as defined by rule of | 29313 |
the director of mental health under section 5119.01 of the Revised | 29314 |
Code or the director of | 29315 |
disabilities under section 5123.04 of the Revised Code, to the | 29316 |
beneficiary; | 29317 |
(4) The trust is maintained and assets are distributed in | 29318 |
accordance with rules adopted by the director of mental health | 29319 |
under section 5119.01 of the Revised Code or the director of | 29320 |
29321 | |
5123.04 of the Revised Code; | 29322 |
(5) The trust instrument provides that on the death of the | 29323 |
beneficiary, a portion of the remaining assets of the trust, which | 29324 |
shall be not less than fifty per cent of such assets, will be | 29325 |
deposited to the credit of the services fund for individuals with | 29326 |
mental illness created by section 5119.17 of the Revised Code or | 29327 |
the services fund for individuals with mental retardation and | 29328 |
developmental disabilities created by section 5123.40 of the | 29329 |
Revised Code. | 29330 |
(E) In 1994, the trust principal maximum amount for a trust | 29331 |
created under this section shall be two hundred thousand dollars. | 29332 |
The maximum amount for a trust created under this section prior to | 29333 |
November 11, 1994, may be increased to two hundred thousand | 29334 |
dollars. | 29335 |
In 1995, the maximum amount for a trust created under this | 29336 |
section shall be two hundred two thousand dollars. Each year | 29337 |
thereafter, the maximum amount shall be the prior year's amount | 29338 |
plus two thousand dollars. | 29339 |
(F) This section does not limit or otherwise affect the | 29340 |
creation, validity, interpretation, or effect of any trust that is | 29341 |
not created under this section. | 29342 |
(G) Once a trustee takes action on a trust created by a | 29343 |
settlor under this section and disburses trust funds on behalf of | 29344 |
the beneficiary of the trust, then the trust may not be terminated | 29345 |
or otherwise revoked by a particular event or otherwise without | 29346 |
payment into the services fund created pursuant to section 5119.17 | 29347 |
or 5123.40 of the Revised Code of an amount that is equal to the | 29348 |
disbursements made on behalf of the beneficiary for medical care | 29349 |
by the state from the date the trust vests but that is not more | 29350 |
than fifty per cent of the trust corpus. | 29351 |
Sec. 5815.35. (A)(1) As used in this division, "fiduciary" | 29352 |
means any person, association, or corporation, other than a | 29353 |
trustee of a testamentary trust, an assignee or trustee for an | 29354 |
insolvent debtor, or a guardian under Chapter 5905. of the Revised | 29355 |
Code, that is appointed by and accountable to the probate court, | 29356 |
and that is acting in a fiduciary capacity for another or charged | 29357 |
with duties in relation to any property, interest, or estate for | 29358 |
another's benefit. A fiduciary also includes an agency under | 29359 |
contract with the department of | 29360 |
developmental disabilities for the provision of protective service | 29361 |
under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code, when | 29362 |
appointed by and accountable to the probate court as a guardian or | 29363 |
trustee for a mentally retarded or developmentally disabled | 29364 |
person. | 29365 |
(2) A fiduciary who enters a contract as fiduciary on or | 29366 |
after March 22, 1984, is not personally liable on that contract, | 29367 |
unless the contract otherwise specifies, if the contract is within | 29368 |
the fiduciary's authority and the fiduciary discloses that the | 29369 |
contract is being entered into in a fiduciary capacity. In a | 29370 |
contract, the words "fiduciary" or "as fiduciary" or other words | 29371 |
that indicate one's fiduciary capacity following the name or | 29372 |
signature of a fiduciary are sufficient disclosure for purposes | 29373 |
of this division. | 29374 |
(B)(1) As used in this division, "partnership" includes a | 29375 |
partnership composed of only general partners and a partnership | 29376 |
composed of general and limited partners. | 29377 |
(2) Subject to division (D) of this section, an executor or | 29378 |
administrator who acquires, in a fiduciary capacity, a general | 29379 |
partnership interest upon the death of a general partner of a | 29380 |
partnership is not personally liable for any debt, obligation, or | 29381 |
liability of the partnership that arises from the executor's or | 29382 |
administrator's actions, except as provided in this division, as a | 29383 |
general partner, or for any debt, obligation, or liability of the | 29384 |
partnership for which the executor or administrator otherwise | 29385 |
would be personally liable because the executor or administrator | 29386 |
holds the general partnership interest, if the executor or | 29387 |
administrator discloses that the general partnership interest is | 29388 |
held by the executor or administrator in a fiduciary capacity. | 29389 |
This immunity does not apply if an executor or administrator | 29390 |
causes loss or injury to a person who is not a partner in the | 29391 |
partnership by a wrongful act or omission. This immunity is not | 29392 |
available to an executor or administrator who holds a general | 29393 |
partnership interest in a fiduciary capacity if the spouse or any | 29394 |
lineal descendants of the executor or administrator, or the | 29395 |
executor or administrator other than in a fiduciary capacity, | 29396 |
holds any interest in the partnership. | 29397 |
A partnership certificate that is filed pursuant to Chapter | 29398 |
1777. or another chapter of the Revised Code and that indicates | 29399 |
that an executor or administrator holds a general partnership | 29400 |
interest in a fiduciary capacity by the use following the name or | 29401 |
signature of the executor or administrator of the words "executor | 29402 |
under the will of (name of decedent)" or "administrator of the | 29403 |
estate of (name of decedent)" or other words that indicate the | 29404 |
executor's or administrator's fiduciary capacity constitutes a | 29405 |
sufficient disclosure for purposes of this division. | 29406 |
If a partnership certificate is not required to be filed | 29407 |
pursuant to Chapter 1776. or 1777. or another chapter of the | 29408 |
Revised Code, a sufficient disclosure for purposes of this | 29409 |
division can be made by an executor or administrator if a | 29410 |
certificate that satisfies the following requirements is filed | 29411 |
with the recorder of the county in which the partnership's | 29412 |
principal office or place of business is situated and with the | 29413 |
recorder of each county in which the partnership owns real | 29414 |
estate: | 29415 |
(a) The certificate shall state in full the names of all | 29416 |
persons holding interests in the partnership and their places of | 29417 |
residence; | 29418 |
(b) The certificate shall be signed by all persons who are | 29419 |
general partners in the partnership, and shall be acknowledged by | 29420 |
a person authorized to take acknowledgements of deeds; | 29421 |
(c) The certificate shall use the words "executor under the | 29422 |
will of (name of decedent)" or "administrator of the estate of | 29423 |
(name of decedent)" or other words that indicate the executor's or | 29424 |
administrator's fiduciary capacity, following the name or | 29425 |
signature of the executor or administrator. | 29426 |
A contract or other written instrument delivered to a party | 29427 |
that contracts with the partnership in which an executor or | 29428 |
administrator holds a general partnership interest in a fiduciary | 29429 |
capacity, that indicates that the executor or administrator so | 29430 |
holds the interest, constitutes a disclosure for purposes of this | 29431 |
division with respect to transactions between the party and the | 29432 |
partnership. If a disclosure has been made by a certificate in | 29433 |
accordance with this division, a disclosure for purposes of this | 29434 |
division with respect to such transactions exists regardless of | 29435 |
whether a contract or other instrument indicates the executor or | 29436 |
administrator holds the general partnership interest in a | 29437 |
fiduciary capacity. | 29438 |
If an executor or administrator acquires, in a fiduciary | 29439 |
capacity, a general partnership interest, the decedent's estate is | 29440 |
liable for debts, obligations, or liabilities of the partnership. | 29441 |
(C) An estate that includes a general partnership interest is | 29442 |
not liable for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of a | 29443 |
partnership in which another estate has a general partnership | 29444 |
interest, merely because the executor or administrator of the | 29445 |
estates holds a general partnership interest in both of the | 29446 |
partnerships in the executor's or administrator's fiduciary | 29447 |
capacities. | 29448 |
(D) Divisions (B) and (C) of this section apply to general | 29449 |
partnership interests held by executors or administrators in their | 29450 |
fiduciary capacities prior to and on or after March 22, 1984. If | 29451 |
an appropriate disclosure is made pursuant to division (B) of | 29452 |
this section, the immunity acquired under that division extends | 29453 |
only to debts, obligations, and liabilities of the partnership | 29454 |
arising on and after the date of the disclosure and to debts, | 29455 |
obligations, and liabilities of the partnership that arose prior | 29456 |
to the acquisition of the general partnership interest by the | 29457 |
executor or administrator becoming a general partner. | 29458 |
(E) The liability limitations in this section apply to | 29459 |
fiduciaries as partners notwithstanding the broader personal | 29460 |
liabilities otherwise imposed by any partnership law. | 29461 |
(F) If an estate or other fund held by a fiduciary is | 29462 |
identified as a partner, the reference is deemed to be to, and the | 29463 |
partner is, the current executor, administrator, or other | 29464 |
fiduciary of the estate or other fund and their successors as | 29465 |
executors, administrators, or other fiduciaries. | 29466 |
Section 2. That existing sections 9.239, 9.55, 101.37, | 29467 |
101.39, 107.12, 109.57, 109.572, 109.71, 109.77, 109.86, 117.102, | 29468 |
121.02, 121.03, 121.32, 121.36, 121.37, 123.01, 124.11, 124.23, | 29469 |
124.241, 124.27, 124.38, 124.381, 125.602, 125.603, 126.32, | 29470 |
127.16, 135.801, 135.802, 135.803, 140.01, 140.03, 140.05, | 29471 |
145.012, 145.297, 154.17, 154.20, 173.03, 305.14, 307.10, 307.86, | 29472 |
309.10, 319.16, 325.19, 329.06, 1751.01, 1751.02, 2108.521, | 29473 |
2109.01, 2109.04, 2111.01, 2111.02, 2111.10, 2133.25, 2151.011, | 29474 |
2151.421, 2903.33, 2919.271, 2921.36, 2921.38, 2930.061, | 29475 |
2935.03, 2945.37, 2945.371, 2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, | 29476 |
2967.22, 3109.18, 3301.07, 3301.15, 3301.52, 3301.53, 3301.55, | 29477 |
3301.57, 3301.58, 3304.231, 3313.65, 3313.715, 3314.022, 3314.99, | 29478 |
3317.01, 3317.02, 3317.024, 3317.03, 3317.032, 3317.05, 3317.051, | 29479 |
3317.052, 3317.07, 3317.15, 3317.20, 3319.22, 3319.99, 3323.01, | 29480 |
3323.02, 3323.021, 3323.03, 3323.04, 3323.05, 3323.07, 3323.09, | 29481 |
3323.091, 3323.12, 3323.141, 3323.142, 3323.31, 3326.99, 3501.01, | 29482 |
3701.78, 3701.93, 3701.932, 3701.933, 3705.36, 3721.01, 3721.14, | 29483 |
3722.01, 3727.01, 3735.58, 4109.06, 4115.32, 4141.29, 4511.21, | 29484 |
4511.75, 4723.071, 5101.35, 5101.46, 5101.611, 5103.02, 5103.13, | 29485 |
5104.08, 5107.24, 5111.042, 5111.151, 5111.202, 5111.203, | 29486 |
5111.211, 5111.251, 5111.291, 5111.65, 5111.677, 5111.709, | 29487 |
5111.87, 5111.871, 5111.872, 5111.873, 5111.874, 5111.875, | 29488 |
5111.876, 5111.8710, 5111.915, 5112.30, 5112.32, 5112.37, | 29489 |
5112.371, 5119.16, 5119.221, 5119.51, 5120.07, 5120.135, 5121.01, | 29490 |
5121.02, 5121.03, 5121.04, 5121.05, 5121.051, 5121.06, 5121.061, | 29491 |
5121.07, 5121.08, 5121.09, 5121.10, 5121.11, 5121.12, 5123.01, | 29492 |
5123.012, 5123.02, 5123.021, 5123.03, 5123.031, 5123.032, | 29493 |
5123.033, 5123.04, 5123.042, 5123.043, 5123.044, 5123.046, | 29494 |
5123.047, 5123.048, 5123.049, 5123.0410, 5123.0411, 5123.0412, | 29495 |
5123.0413, 5123.0414, 5123.0415, 5123.0416, 5123.0417, 5123.05, | 29496 |
5123.051, 5123.06, 5123.07, 5123.08, 5123.081, 5123.082, | 29497 |
5123.083, 5123.09, 5123.091, 5123.092, 5123.093, 5123.10, | 29498 |
5123.11, 5123.12, 5123.122, 5123.13, 5123.14, 5123.15, 5123.16, | 29499 |
5123.161, 5123.162, 5123.163, 5123.164, 5123.166, 5123.167, | 29500 |
5123.168, 5123.169, 5123.17, 5123.171, 5123.172, 5123.18, | 29501 |
5123.181, 5123.19, 5123.191, 5123.194, 5123.195, 5123.196, | 29502 |
5123.198, 5123.21, 5123.211, 5123.22, 5123.221, 5123.23, 5123.24, | 29503 |
5123.25, 5123.26, 5123.27, 5123.28, 5123.29, 5123.30, 5123.31, | 29504 |
5123.33, 5123.34, 5123.35, 5123.351, 5123.352, 5123.36, 5123.37, | 29505 |
5123.371, 5123.372, 5123.373, 5123.374, 5123.375, 5123.38, | 29506 |
5123.40, 5123.41, 5123.42, 5123.421, 5123.43, 5123.44, 5123.45, | 29507 |
5123.451, 5123.47, 5123.50, 5123.51, 5123.52, 5123.53, 5123.54, | 29508 |
5123.541, 5123.542, 5123.55, 5123.56, 5123.57, 5123.58, 5123.59, | 29509 |
5123.60, 5123.601, 5123.602, 5123.604, 5123.61, 5123.611, | 29510 |
5123.612, 5123.613, 5123.614, 5123.63, 5123.64, 5123.65, 5123.71, | 29511 |
5123.711, 5123.72, 5123.73, 5123.74, 5123.75, 5123.76, 5123.801, | 29512 |
5123.81, 5123.811, 5123.82, 5123.85, 5123.86, 5123.89, 5123.90, | 29513 |
5123.96, 5126.01, 5126.02, 5126.021, 5126.022, 5126.023, 5126.024, | 29514 |
5126.025, 5126.026, 5126.027, 5126.028, 5126.029, 5126.0210, | 29515 |
5126.0211, 5126.0212, 5126.0213, 5126.0214, 5126.0215, 5126.0216, | 29516 |
5126.0217, 5126.0218, 5126.0219, 5126.0220, 5126.0221, | 29517 |
5126.0222, 5126.0223, 5126.0224, 5126.0225, 5126.0226, 5126.0227, | 29518 |
5126.0228, 5126.0229, 5126.03, 5126.031, 5126.032, 5126.033, | 29519 |
5126.034, 5126.037, 5126.038, 5126.04, 5126.041, 5126.042, | 29520 |
5126.044, 5126.045, 5126.046, 5126.05, 5126.051, 5126.052, | 29521 |
5126.054, 5126.055, 5126.056, 5126.058, 5126.059, 5126.0510, | 29522 |
5126.0511, 5126.0512, 5126.06, 5126.07, 5126.071, 5126.08, | 29523 |
5126.081, 5126.082, 5126.09, 5126.10, 5126.11, 5126.12, | 29524 |
5126.121, 5126.13, 5126.14, 5126.15, 5126.18, 5126.19, 5126.20, | 29525 |
5126.201, 5126.21, 5126.22, 5126.221, 5126.23, 5126.24, 5126.25, | 29526 |
5126.251, 5126.252, 5126.253, 5126.254, 5126.26, 5126.27, | 29527 |
5126.28, 5126.281, 5126.29, 5126.30, 5126.31, 5126.311, | 29528 |
5126.313, 5126.33, 5126.331, 5126.333, 5126.34, 5126.36, 5126.40, | 29529 |
5126.41, 5126.42, 5126.43, 5126.45, 5126.46, 5126.47, 5126.49, | 29530 |
5126.50, 5126.54, 5126.55, 5126.57, 5126.58, 5126.59, 5126.61, | 29531 |
5126.62, 5126.99, 5139.08, 5139.34, 5145.18, 5153.16, 5153.99, | 29532 |
5511.03, 5543.011, 5705.091, 5705.14, 5705.191, 5705.222, 5705.28, | 29533 |
5705.44, 5735.142, 5815.28, and 5815.35 and section 5123.011 as it | 29534 |
results from Am. Sub. S.B. 156 of the 119th General Assembly and | 29535 |
section 5123.011 of the Revised Code as it results from Am. Sub. | 29536 |
S.B. 285 of the 121st General Assembly are hereby repealed. | 29537 |
Section 3. That Sections 213.30, 269.20.40, 269.20.80, | 29538 |
269.20.90, 269.30.50, 293.30, 309.31.60, 309.31.70, 335.40.10, | 29539 |
337.10, 337.20.10, 337.30.10, 337.30.20, 337.30.30, 337.30.40, | 29540 |
337.30.60, 337.30.70, 337.30.80, 337.40.10, and 337.40.30 of Am. | 29541 |
Sub. H.B. 119 of the 127th General Assembly be amended to read as | 29542 |
follows: | 29543 |
Sec. 213.30. UNIFIED LONG-TERM CARE BUDGET WORKGROUP | 29544 |
(A) There is hereby created the Unified Long-Term Care Budget | 29545 |
Workgroup. The Workgroup shall consist of the following members: | 29546 |
(1) The Director of Aging; | 29547 |
(2) Consumer advocates, representatives of the provider | 29548 |
community, and state policy makers, appointed by the Governor; | 29549 |
(3) Two members of the House of Representatives, one member | 29550 |
from the majority party and one member from the minority party, | 29551 |
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | 29552 |
(4) Two members of the Senate, one member from the majority | 29553 |
party and one member from the minority party, appointed by the | 29554 |
President of the Senate. | 29555 |
The Director of Aging shall serve as the chairperson of the | 29556 |
Workgroup. | 29557 |
(B) The Workgroup shall develop a unified long-term care | 29558 |
budget that facilitates the following: | 29559 |
(1) Providing a consumer a choice of services that meet the | 29560 |
consumer's health care needs and improve the consumer's quality of | 29561 |
life; | 29562 |
(2) Providing a continuum of services that meet the needs of | 29563 |
a consumer throughout life; | 29564 |
(3) Consolidating policymaking authority and the associated | 29565 |
budgets in a single entity to simplify the consumer's decision | 29566 |
making and maximize the state's flexibility in meeting the | 29567 |
consumer's needs; | 29568 |
(4) Assuring the state has a system that is cost effective | 29569 |
and links disparate services across agencies and jurisdictions. | 29570 |
(C) The Workgroup shall submit a written implementation plan | 29571 |
to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the | 29572 |
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of | 29573 |
the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the members of | 29574 |
the Joint Legislative Committee on Medicaid Technology and Reform | 29575 |
not later than June 1, 2008. The plan shall incorporate the | 29576 |
following: | 29577 |
(1) Recommendations regarding the structure of the unified | 29578 |
long-term care budget; | 29579 |
(2) A plan outlining how funds can be transferred among | 29580 |
involved agencies in a fiscally neutral manner; | 29581 |
(3) Identification of the resources needed to implement the | 29582 |
unified budget in a multiphase approach starting in fiscal year | 29583 |
2009; | 29584 |
(4) Success criteria and tools to measure progress against | 29585 |
the success criteria. | 29586 |
The plan shall consider the recommendations of the Medicaid | 29587 |
Administrative Study Council and the Ohio Commission to Reform | 29588 |
Medicaid. | 29589 |
(D) In support of the Unified Long-Term Care Budget the | 29590 |
following shall be established in the General Revenue Fund: | 29591 |
(1) In the Department of Aging, 490-423, Long-Term Care | 29592 |
Budget - State; | 29593 |
(2) In the Department of Job and Family Services, 600-435, | 29594 |
Long-Term Care Budget - State; | 29595 |
(3) In the Department of | 29596 |
Disabilities, 322-406, Long-Term Care Budget - State; | 29597 |
(4) In the Department of Mental Health, 335-411, Long-Term | 29598 |
Care Budget - State. | 29599 |
(E) On an annual basis, the Directors of Aging and Budget and | 29600 |
Management shall submit a written report to the Speaker of the | 29601 |
House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of | 29602 |
Representatives, the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader | 29603 |
of the Senate, and the members of the Joint Legislative Committee | 29604 |
on Medicaid Technology and Reform describing the progress towards | 29605 |
establishing, or if already established, the effectiveness of the | 29606 |
unified long-term care budget. | 29607 |
(F) When the Governor creates the administration described in | 29608 |
section 309.30.03 of this act for the Medicaid program, the | 29609 |
Director of Budget and Management may do all of the following in | 29610 |
support of the Workgroup's proposal: | 29611 |
(1) Transfer funds and appropriations currently appropriated | 29612 |
to pay for Medicaid services to any appropriation item referenced | 29613 |
in division (D) of this section; | 29614 |
(2) Transfer funds between appropriation items referenced in | 29615 |
division (D) of this section; | 29616 |
(3) Develop a reporting mechanism to transparently show how | 29617 |
the funds are being transferred and expended. | 29618 |
The Director shall obtain Controlling Board approval before | 29619 |
transferring funds or appropriations under division (F) of this | 29620 |
section. | 29621 |
(G) Before a proposal for a unified long-term care budget may | 29622 |
be implemented, the Joint Legislative Committee on Medicaid | 29623 |
Technology and Reform shall approve implementation of the proposal | 29624 |
and submit the Committee's approval to the Governor. | 29625 |
Sec. 269.20.40. EDUCATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM | 29626 |
The foregoing appropriation item 200-446, Education | 29627 |
Management Information System, shall be used by the Department of | 29628 |
Education to improve the Education Management Information System | 29629 |
(EMIS). | 29630 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-446, Education | 29631 |
Management Information System, up to $1,338,620 in fiscal year | 29632 |
2008 and up to $1,372,085 in fiscal year 2009 shall be distributed | 29633 |
to designated information technology centers for costs relating to | 29634 |
processing, storing, and transferring data for the effective | 29635 |
operation of the EMIS. These costs may include, but are not | 29636 |
limited to, personnel, hardware, software development, | 29637 |
communications connectivity, professional development, and support | 29638 |
services, and to provide services to participate in the State | 29639 |
Education Technology Plan pursuant to section 3301.07 of the | 29640 |
Revised Code. | 29641 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-446, Education | 29642 |
Management Information System, up to $8,256,569 in fiscal year | 29643 |
2008 and up to $8,462,984 in fiscal year 2009 shall be distributed | 29644 |
on a per-pupil basis to school districts, community schools | 29645 |
established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, educational | 29646 |
service centers, joint vocational school districts, and any other | 29647 |
education entity that reports data through EMIS. From this | 29648 |
funding, each school district or community school established | 29649 |
under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code with enrollment greater | 29650 |
than 100 students and each vocational school district shall | 29651 |
receive a minimum of $5,000 in each fiscal year. Each school | 29652 |
district or community school established under Chapter 3314. of | 29653 |
the Revised Code with enrollment between one and one hundred and | 29654 |
each
educational service center and each county board of
| 29655 |
developmental disabilities that submits data through EMIS shall | 29656 |
receive $3,000 in each fiscal year. This subsidy shall be used for | 29657 |
costs relating to reporting, processing, storing, transferring, | 29658 |
and exchanging data necessary to meet requirements of the | 29659 |
Department of Education's data system. | 29660 |
The remainder of appropriation item 200-446, Education | 29661 |
Management Information System, shall be used to develop and | 29662 |
support a common core of data definitions and standards as adopted | 29663 |
by the Education Management Information System Advisory Board, | 29664 |
including the ongoing development and maintenance of the data | 29665 |
dictionary and data warehouse. In addition, such funds shall be | 29666 |
used to support the development and implementation of data | 29667 |
standards and the design, development, and implementation of a new | 29668 |
data exchange system. | 29669 |
Any provider of software meeting the standards approved by | 29670 |
the Education Management Information System Advisory Board shall | 29671 |
be designated as an approved vendor and may enter into contracts | 29672 |
with local school districts, community schools, information | 29673 |
technology centers, or other educational entities for the purpose | 29674 |
of collecting and managing data required under Ohio's education | 29675 |
management information system (EMIS) laws. On an annual basis, the | 29676 |
Department of Education shall convene an advisory group of school | 29677 |
districts, community schools, and other education-related entities | 29678 |
to review the Education Management Information System data | 29679 |
definitions and data format standards. The advisory group shall | 29680 |
recommend changes and enhancements based upon surveys of its | 29681 |
members, education agencies in other states, and current industry | 29682 |
practices, to reflect best practices, align with federal | 29683 |
initiatives, and meet the needs of school districts. | 29684 |
School districts and community schools not implementing a | 29685 |
common and uniform set of data definitions and data format | 29686 |
standards for Education Management Information System purposes | 29687 |
shall have all EMIS funding withheld until they are in compliance. | 29688 |
Sec. 269.20.80. PUPIL TRANSPORTATION | 29689 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-502, Pupil | 29690 |
Transportation, up to $830,624 in fiscal year 2008 and up to | 29691 |
$838,930 in fiscal year 2009 may be used by the Department of | 29692 |
Education for training prospective and experienced school bus | 29693 |
drivers in accordance with training programs prescribed by the | 29694 |
Department. Up to $59,870,514 in fiscal year 2008 and up to | 29695 |
$60,469,220 in fiscal year 2009 may be used by the Department of | 29696 |
Education for special education transportation reimbursements to | 29697 |
school districts and county | 29698 |
disabilities for transportation operating costs as provided in | 29699 |
division (J) of section 3317.024 of the Revised Code. The | 29700 |
remainder of appropriation item 200-502, Pupil Transportation, | 29701 |
shall be used for the state reimbursement of public school | 29702 |
districts' costs in transporting pupils to and from the school | 29703 |
they attend in accordance with the district's policy, State Board | 29704 |
of Education standards, and the Revised Code. | 29705 |
Notwithstanding the distribution formula outlined in division | 29706 |
(D) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code, each school district | 29707 |
shall receive an additional one per cent in state funding for | 29708 |
transportation in fiscal year 2008 over what was received in | 29709 |
fiscal year 2007, and the local share of transportation costs that | 29710 |
is used in the calculation of the charge-off supplement under | 29711 |
section 3317.0216 of the Revised Code and the excess cost | 29712 |
supplement under division (F) of section 3317.022 of the Revised | 29713 |
Code for each school district in fiscal year 2008 shall be | 29714 |
increased by one per cent from that used in calculations in fiscal | 29715 |
year 2007. | 29716 |
Notwithstanding the distribution formula outlined in division | 29717 |
(D) of section 3317.022 of the Revised Code, each school district | 29718 |
shall receive an additional one per cent in state funding for | 29719 |
transportation in fiscal year 2009 over what was received in | 29720 |
fiscal year 2008, and the local share of transportation costs that | 29721 |
is used in the calculation of the charge-off supplement under | 29722 |
section 3317.0216 of the Revised Code and the excess cost | 29723 |
supplement under division (F) of section 3317.022 of the Revised | 29724 |
Code for each school district in fiscal year 2009 shall be | 29725 |
increased by one per cent from that used in calculations in fiscal | 29726 |
year 2008. | 29727 |
School districts not receiving state funding for | 29728 |
transportation in fiscal year 2005 under division (D) of section | 29729 |
3317.022 of the Revised Code shall not receive state funding for | 29730 |
transportation in fiscal year 2008 or fiscal year 2009. | 29731 |
Sec. 269.20.90. BUS PURCHASE ALLOWANCE | 29732 |
The foregoing appropriation item 200-503, Bus Purchase | 29733 |
Allowance, shall be distributed to school districts, educational | 29734 |
service
centers, and county | 29735 |
disabilities pursuant to rules adopted under section 3317.07 of | 29736 |
the Revised Code. Up to 28 per cent of the amount appropriated | 29737 |
may be used to reimburse school districts and educational service | 29738 |
centers for the purchase of buses to transport students with | 29739 |
disabilities and nonpublic school students
and to county | 29740 |
boards of developmental disabilities, the Ohio School for the | 29741 |
Deaf, and the Ohio School for the Blind for the purchase of buses | 29742 |
to transport students with disabilities. | 29743 |
SCHOOL LUNCH MATCH | 29744 |
The foregoing appropriation item 200-505, School Lunch Match, | 29745 |
shall be used to provide matching funds to obtain federal funds | 29746 |
for the school lunch program. | 29747 |
Sec. 269.30.50. SPECIAL EDUCATION ENHANCEMENTS | 29748 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-540, Special | 29749 |
Education Enhancements, up to $2,906,875 in each fiscal year shall | 29750 |
be used for home instruction for children with disabilities; up to | 29751 |
$1,462,500 in each fiscal year shall be used for parent mentoring | 29752 |
programs; and up to $2,783,396 in each fiscal year may be used for | 29753 |
school psychology interns. | 29754 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-540, Special | 29755 |
Education Enhancements, $750,000 in each fiscal year shall be used | 29756 |
for the Out of School Initiative of Sinclair Community College. | 29757 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-540, Special | 29758 |
Education Enhancements, $200,000 shall be used for a preschool | 29759 |
special education pilot program in Bowling Green City School | 29760 |
District. | 29761 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-540, Special | 29762 |
Education Enhancements, $200,000 in each fiscal year shall be used | 29763 |
to support the Bellefaire Jewish Children's Bureau. | 29764 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-540, Special | 29765 |
Education Enhancements, up to $82,707,558 in fiscal year 2008 and | 29766 |
up to $83,371,505 in fiscal year 2009 shall be distributed by the | 29767 |
Department of Education to
county boards of
| 29768 |
developmental disabilities, educational service centers, and | 29769 |
school districts for preschool special education units and | 29770 |
preschool supervisory units under section 3317.052 of the Revised | 29771 |
Code. To the greatest extent possible, the Department of Education | 29772 |
shall allocate these units to school districts and educational | 29773 |
service centers. | 29774 |
The Department may reimburse county | 29775 |
developmental disabilities, educational service centers, and | 29776 |
school districts for services provided by instructional | 29777 |
assistants, related services as defined in rule 3301-51-11 of the | 29778 |
Administrative Code, physical therapy services provided by a | 29779 |
licensed physical therapist or physical therapist assistant under | 29780 |
the supervision of a licensed physical therapist as required | 29781 |
under Chapter 4755. of the Revised Code and Chapter 4755-27 of | 29782 |
the Administrative Code and occupational therapy services | 29783 |
provided by a licensed occupational therapist or occupational | 29784 |
therapy assistant under the supervision of a licensed | 29785 |
occupational therapist as required under Chapter 4755. of the | 29786 |
Revised Code and Chapter 4755-7 of the Administrative Code. | 29787 |
Nothing in this section authorizes occupational therapy assistants | 29788 |
or physical therapist assistants to generate or manage their own | 29789 |
caseloads. | 29790 |
The Department of Education shall require school districts, | 29791 |
educational service centers, and county | 29792 |
developmental disabilities serving preschool children with | 29793 |
disabilities to document child progress using research-based | 29794 |
indicators prescribed by the Department and report results | 29795 |
annually. The reporting dates and method shall be determined by | 29796 |
the Department. | 29797 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-540, Special | 29798 |
Education Enhancements, $650,000 in each fiscal year shall be | 29799 |
used for the Collaborative Language and Literacy Instruction | 29800 |
Project. | 29801 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-540, Special | 29802 |
Education Enhancements, $325,000 in each fiscal year shall be used | 29803 |
by the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence to contract with | 29804 |
the Delaware-Union Educational Service Center for the provision of | 29805 |
autism transition services. | 29806 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-540, Special | 29807 |
Education Enhancements, $75,000 in each fiscal year shall be used | 29808 |
for Leaf Lake/Geauga Educational Assistance Funding. | 29809 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-540, Special | 29810 |
Education Enhancements, $650,000 in each fiscal year shall be used | 29811 |
to support Project More for one-to-one reading mentoring. | 29812 |
The remainder of appropriation item 200-540, Special | 29813 |
Education Enhancements, shall be used to fund special education | 29814 |
and related services at
county boards of | 29815 |
developmental disabilities for eligible students under section | 29816 |
3317.20 of the Revised Code and at institutions for eligible | 29817 |
students under section 3317.201 of the Revised Code. | 29818 |
Sec. 293.30. ABSTINENCE AND ADOPTION EDUCATION | 29819 |
The foregoing appropriation item 440-425, Abstinence and | 29820 |
Adoption Education, shall be used for abstinence and adoption | 29821 |
education. The Director of Health shall develop guidelines for | 29822 |
the establishment of abstinence and adoption education programs | 29823 |
for teenagers with the purpose of decreasing unplanned | 29824 |
pregnancies and abortion. | 29825 |
HEALTHY OHIO | 29826 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 440-437, Healthy Ohio, | 29827 |
$100,000 in each fiscal year shall be allocated to the Center for | 29828 |
Closing Health Gaps to help with disparities in minority health. | 29829 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 440-437, Healthy Ohio, | 29830 |
$500,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to support | 29831 |
evidence-based programs for diabetes management and prevention, | 29832 |
utilizing proven behavior change strategies leading to improved | 29833 |
levels of routine physical activity and healthy eating habits. The | 29834 |
program shall provide screening for diabetes, and for those | 29835 |
determined to be at highest risk for diabetes, education on | 29836 |
diabetes, diabetes management, physical activity and eating | 29837 |
habits, and opportunities for monitored physical activity for | 29838 |
adults and families. Grants shall be provided to, but not limited | 29839 |
to, the Ohio YMCA State Alliance in collaboration with other | 29840 |
community organizations. Each program shall include post program | 29841 |
measurements, including, but not limited to, blood sugar testing, | 29842 |
participant satisfaction surveys, and participant retention. | 29843 |
BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING | 29844 |
The foregoing appropriation item 440-438, Breast and Cervical | 29845 |
Cancer Screening, may be used for breast and cervical cancer | 29846 |
screenings and services as permitted under the National Breast and | 29847 |
Cervical Cancer Early Detection Project. | 29848 |
HIV/AIDS PREVENTION/TREATMENT | 29849 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 440-444, AIDS Prevention | 29850 |
and Treatment, not more than $6.7 million in each fiscal year | 29851 |
shall be used to assist persons with HIV/AIDS in acquiring | 29852 |
HIV-related medications. | 29853 |
INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION | 29854 |
The foregoing appropriation item 440-446, Infectious Disease | 29855 |
Prevention, shall be used for the purchase of drugs for sexually | 29856 |
transmitted diseases. | 29857 |
HELP ME GROW | 29858 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 440-459, Help Me Grow, | 29859 |
$10,423,397 in fiscal year 2008 and $13,741,847 in fiscal year | 29860 |
2009 shall be used by the Department of Health to distribute | 29861 |
subsidies to counties to implement the Help Me Grow Program. | 29862 |
Appropriation item 440-459, Help Me Grow, may be used in | 29863 |
conjunction with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families from the | 29864 |
Department of Job and Family Services, Early Intervention funding | 29865 |
from the Department of | 29866 |
Disabilities, and in conjunction with other early childhood funds | 29867 |
and services to promote the optimal development of young children. | 29868 |
Local contracts shall be developed between local departments of | 29869 |
job and family services and family and children first councils for | 29870 |
the administration of TANF funding for the Help Me Grow Program. | 29871 |
The Department of Health shall enter into an interagency agreement | 29872 |
with the Department of
Education, Department of | 29873 |
29874 | |
Services, and Department of Mental Health to ensure that all early | 29875 |
childhood programs and initiatives are coordinated and school | 29876 |
linked. | 29877 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 440-459, Help Me Grow, | 29878 |
$500,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $300,000 in fiscal year 2009 | 29879 |
shall be used for the establishment of the Autism Diagnosis | 29880 |
Education Pilot Program. Not later than December 31, 2008, the | 29881 |
Director of Health shall compile and submit to the Governor and | 29882 |
the General Assembly a written report describing the action taken | 29883 |
under the Autism Diagnosis Education Pilot Program since the | 29884 |
effective date of this section. Not later than December 31, 2009, | 29885 |
the Director shall compile and submit to the Governor and the | 29886 |
General Assembly a written report describing the action taken | 29887 |
under the Pilot Program since December 31, 2008. | 29888 |
TARGETED HEALTH CARE SERVICES OVER 21 | 29889 |
In each fiscal year, of the foregoing appropriation item | 29890 |
440-507, Targeted Health Care Services Over 21, $731,023 shall be | 29891 |
used to administer the cystic fibrosis program and implement the | 29892 |
Hemophilia Insurance Premium Payment Program. These funds also may | 29893 |
be used, to the extent that funding is available, to provide up to | 29894 |
18 in-patient hospital days for participants in the cystic | 29895 |
fibrosis program. The Department shall expend all of these | 29896 |
earmarked funds. | 29897 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 440-507, Targeted Health | 29898 |
Care Services Over 21, $900,000 in each fiscal year shall be used | 29899 |
to provide essential medications and to pay the copayments for | 29900 |
drugs approved by the Department of Health and covered by Medicare | 29901 |
Part D that are dispensed to Bureau for Children with Medical | 29902 |
Handicaps (BCMH) participants for the cystic fibrosis program. | 29903 |
These funds also may be used, to the extent that funding is | 29904 |
available, to provide up to 18 in-patient hospital days for | 29905 |
participants in the cystic fibrosis program. The Department shall | 29906 |
expend all of these earmarked funds. | 29907 |
UNCOMPENSATED CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL | 29908 |
The foregoing appropriation item 440-511, Uncompensated Care | 29909 |
and Emergency Medical Assistance, shall be used to fund programs | 29910 |
that provide health care without ability to pay. This is not an | 29911 |
entitlement program and services are offered only to the extent | 29912 |
that funding is available. | 29913 |
MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH BLOCK GRANT | 29914 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 440-601, Maternal Child | 29915 |
Health Block Grant (Fund 320), $2,091,299 shall be used in each | 29916 |
fiscal year for the purposes of abstinence and adoption education. | 29917 |
The Director of Health shall develop guidelines for the | 29918 |
establishment of abstinence and adoption education programs for | 29919 |
teenagers with the purpose of decreasing unplanned pregnancies and | 29920 |
abortion. | 29921 |
GENETICS SERVICES | 29922 |
The foregoing appropriation item 440-608, Genetics Services | 29923 |
(Fund 4D6), shall be used by the Department of Health to | 29924 |
administer programs authorized by sections 3701.501 and 3701.502 | 29925 |
of the Revised Code. None of these funds shall be used to counsel | 29926 |
or refer for abortion, except in the case of a medical emergency. | 29927 |
FEE SUPPORTED PROGRAMS | 29928 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 440-647, Fee Supported | 29929 |
Programs (Fund 470), $50,000 in fiscal year 2008 shall be used by | 29930 |
the Department to make hospital performance information available | 29931 |
on a web site as required in section 3727.391 of the Revised | 29932 |
Code. | 29933 |
MEDICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AUDIT | 29934 |
The Medically Handicapped Children Audit Fund (Fund 477) | 29935 |
shall receive revenue from audits of hospitals and recoveries from | 29936 |
third-party payers. Moneys may be expended for payment of audit | 29937 |
settlements and for costs directly related to obtaining recoveries | 29938 |
from third-party payers and for encouraging Medically Handicapped | 29939 |
Children's Program recipients to apply for third-party benefits. | 29940 |
Moneys also may be expended for payments for diagnostic and | 29941 |
treatment services on behalf of medically handicapped children, as | 29942 |
defined in division (A) of section 3701.022 of the Revised Code, | 29943 |
and Ohio residents who are twenty-one or more years of age and who | 29944 |
are suffering from cystic fibrosis or hemophilia. Moneys may also | 29945 |
be expended for administrative expenses incurred in operating the | 29946 |
Medically Handicapped Children's Program. | 29947 |
TRANSFER FROM STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S FUND (FUND 546) TO THE | 29948 |
POISON CONTROL FUND (FUND 5CB) IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | 29949 |
Notwithstanding section 3737.71 of the Revised Code, on July | 29950 |
1, 2007, or as soon as possible thereafter, the Director of Budget | 29951 |
and Management shall transfer $150,000 cash from the State Fire | 29952 |
Marshal's Fund (Fund 546) in the Department of Commerce to the | 29953 |
Poison Control Fund (Fund 5CB) in the Department of Health. | 29954 |
Notwithstanding section 3737.71 of the Revised Code, on July 1, | 29955 |
2008, or as soon as possible thereafter, the Director of Budget | 29956 |
and Management shall transfer $150,000 cash from the State Fire | 29957 |
Marshal's Fund (Fund 546) in the Department of Commerce to the | 29958 |
Poison Control Fund (Fund 5CB) in the Department of Health. | 29959 |
POISON CONTROL CENTERS | 29960 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 440-640, Poison Control | 29961 |
Centers, in each fiscal year, the poison control centers in the | 29962 |
municipal corporations of Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus | 29963 |
shall each receive an allocation of $50,000. | 29964 |
SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM INNOVATION | 29965 |
Any revenues deposited to the credit of the Sewage Treatment | 29966 |
System Innovation Fund (Fund 5CJ) in accordance with Section | 29967 |
120.02 of this act are hereby appropriated to appropriation item | 29968 |
440-654, Sewage Treatment System Innovation, in the fiscal year in | 29969 |
which the revenues are received. On July 1, 2008, or as soon as | 29970 |
possible thereafter, the Department of Health shall certify to the | 29971 |
Director of Budget and Management the total fiscal year 2008 | 29972 |
unencumbered appropriations in appropriation item 440-654, Sewage | 29973 |
Treatment System Innovation. The Department of Health may direct | 29974 |
the Director of Budget and Management to transfer an amount not to | 29975 |
exceed the total fiscal year 2008 unencumbered appropriations to | 29976 |
fiscal year 2009 for use in appropriation item 440-654, Sewage | 29977 |
Treatment System Innovation. Additional appropriation authority | 29978 |
equal to the amount certified by the Department of Health is | 29979 |
hereby appropriated to appropriation item 440-654, Sewage | 29980 |
Treatment System Innovation, in fiscal year 2009. | 29981 |
CASH TRANSFER FROM LIQUOR CONTROL FUND TO ALCOHOL TESTING AND | 29982 |
PERMIT FUND | 29983 |
The Director of Budget and Management, pursuant to a plan | 29984 |
submitted by the Department of Health, or as otherwise determined | 29985 |
by the Director of Budget and Management, shall set a schedule to | 29986 |
transfer cash from the Liquor Control Fund (Fund 043) to the | 29987 |
Alcohol Testing and Permit Fund (Fund 5C0) to meet the operating | 29988 |
needs of the Alcohol Testing and Permit program. | 29989 |
The Director of Budget and Management shall transfer to the | 29990 |
Alcohol Testing and Permit Fund (Fund 5C0) from the Liquor Control | 29991 |
Fund (Fund 043) created in section 4301.12 of the Revised Code | 29992 |
such amounts at such times as determined by the transfer schedule. | 29993 |
MEDICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN - COUNTY ASSESSMENTS | 29994 |
The foregoing appropriation item 440-607, Medically | 29995 |
Handicapped Children - County Assessments (Fund 666), shall be | 29996 |
used to make payments under division (E) of section 3701.023 of | 29997 |
the Revised Code. | 29998 |
Sec. 309.31.60. TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF | 29999 |
30000 |
The Department of Job and Family Services shall transfer, | 30001 |
through intrastate transfer vouchers, cash from Fund 4K1, ICF/MR | 30002 |
Bed Assessments, to Fund 4K8, Home and Community-Based Services, | 30003 |
in the Department of | 30004 |
Disabilities. The amount transferred shall equal $12,000,000 in | 30005 |
each fiscal year. The transfer may occur on a quarterly basis or | 30006 |
on a schedule developed and agreed to by both departments. | 30007 |
Sec. 309.31.70. FUNDING FOR TRANSITION WAIVER SERVICES | 30008 |
Notwithstanding any limitations contained in sections 5112.31 | 30009 |
and 5112.37 of the Revised Code, in each fiscal year, cash from | 30010 |
Fund 4K1, ICF/MR Bed Assessments, in excess of the amounts needed | 30011 |
for transfers to Fund 4K8, Home and Community-Based Services, in | 30012 |
the Department of | 30013 |
Disabilities, may be used by the Department of Job and Family | 30014 |
Services to cover costs of care provided to participants in a | 30015 |
waiver with an ICF/MR level of care requirement administered by | 30016 |
the Department of Job and Family Services. | 30017 |
Sec. 335.40.10. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES - CHILDREN | 30018 |
The foregoing appropriation item 335-404, Behavioral Health | 30019 |
Services-Children, shall be used to provide behavioral health | 30020 |
services for children and their families. Behavioral health | 30021 |
services include mental health and alcohol and other drug | 30022 |
treatment services and other necessary supports. | 30023 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 335-404, Behavioral | 30024 |
Health Services-Children, an amount up to $4.5 million in fiscal | 30025 |
year 2008 and $5.5 million in fiscal year 2009 shall be | 30026 |
distributed to local Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health | 30027 |
Boards; Community Mental Health Boards; and Alcohol and Drug | 30028 |
Addiction Boards, based upon a distribution formula and guidance | 30029 |
defined by a team of state and local stakeholders appointed by the | 30030 |
Ohio Family and Children First Cabinet Council. This team shall | 30031 |
include, but not be limited to, all of the following: | 30032 |
(A) At least one representative from each of the Departments | 30033 |
of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, Mental Health, Education, | 30034 |
Health, Job and Family Services, | 30035 |
Developmental Disabilities, and the Department of Youth Services; | 30036 |
(B) At least one person representing local public children's | 30037 |
services agencies; | 30038 |
(C) At least one person representing juvenile courts; | 30039 |
(D) At least one person representing local Alcohol, Drug | 30040 |
Addiction, and Mental Health Boards; Community Mental Health | 30041 |
Boards; and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Boards; | 30042 |
(E) At least one person representing local Family and | 30043 |
Children First Council Coordinators; | 30044 |
(F) At least one family representative. | 30045 |
Funds may be used to support the following services and | 30046 |
activities as determined by local Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and | 30047 |
Mental Health Boards; Community Mental Health Boards; and Alcohol | 30048 |
and Drug Addiction Boards and local family and children first | 30049 |
councils and aligned with county service coordination mechanism as | 30050 |
described in division (C) of section 121.37 of the Revised Code: | 30051 |
(A) Mental health services provided by the Ohio Department of | 30052 |
Mental Health certified agencies and alcohol and other drug | 30053 |
services provided by Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction | 30054 |
Services certified agencies; | 30055 |
(B) Services and supports for children and their families | 30056 |
that further the implementation of their individual service plans; | 30057 |
(C) Treatment services in out-of-home settings, including | 30058 |
residential facilities, when other alternatives are not available | 30059 |
or feasible; | 30060 |
(D) Administrative support for efforts associated with this | 30061 |
initiative; | 30062 |
(E) These funds shall not be used to supplant existing | 30063 |
efforts. | 30064 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 335-404, Behavioral | 30065 |
Health Services-Children, an amount up to $1.0 million in fiscal | 30066 |
year 2008 and $1.0 million in fiscal year 2009 shall be used to | 30067 |
support projects, as determined by the Ohio Family and Children | 30068 |
First Cabinet Council, in select areas around the state to focus | 30069 |
on improving behavioral health juvenile justice services. | 30070 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 335-405, Family & | 30071 |
Children First, an amount up to $500,000 in fiscal year 2008 and | 30072 |
$500,000 in fiscal year 2009 shall be used for children for whom | 30073 |
the primary focus of treatment is not a mental health or alcohol | 30074 |
or drug addiction disorder and require services or supports to | 30075 |
assist those needs through the County Family and Children First | 30076 |
Council. | 30077 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 335-404, Behavioral | 30078 |
Health Services – Children, an amount up to $500,000 in each | 30079 |
fiscal year shall be used to provide behavioral health treatment | 30080 |
services for children from birth to age seven. | 30081 |
Sec. 337.10. | 30082 |
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES | 30083 |
Sec. 337.20.10. LEASE-RENTAL PAYMENTS | 30084 |
The foregoing appropriation item 320-415, Lease-Rental | 30085 |
Payments, shall be used to meet all payments at the time they are | 30086 |
required to be made during the period from July 1, 2007, to June | 30087 |
30, 2009, by the Department of
| 30088 |
Developmental Disabilities under leases and agreements made under | 30089 |
section 154.20 of the Revised Code. These appropriations are the | 30090 |
source of funds pledged for bond service charges or obligations | 30091 |
issued pursuant to Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. | 30092 |
Sec. 337.30.10. RESIDENTIAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES | 30093 |
The Department of | 30094 |
Disabilities may designate a portion of appropriation item | 30095 |
322-413, Residential and Support Services, for Sermak Class | 30096 |
Services used to implement the requirements of the agreement | 30097 |
settling the | 30098 |
No. c-2-80-220, United States District Court for the Southern | 30099 |
District of Ohio, Eastern Division. | 30100 |
Sec. 337.30.20. OTHER RESIDENTIAL AND SUPPORT SERVICE | 30101 |
PROGRAMS | 30102 |
Notwithstanding Chapters 5123. and 5126. of the Revised Code, | 30103 |
the Department of | 30104 |
Disabilities may develop residential and support service programs | 30105 |
funded by appropriation item 322-413, Residential and Support | 30106 |
Services, and the appropriation for supported living in | 30107 |
appropriation item 322-501, County Board Subsidy, that enable | 30108 |
persons with mental retardation and developmental disabilities to | 30109 |
live in the community. Notwithstanding Chapter 5121. and section | 30110 |
5123.122 of the Revised Code, the Department may waive the support | 30111 |
collection requirements of those statutes for persons in community | 30112 |
programs developed by the Department under this section. The | 30113 |
Department shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised | 30114 |
Code or may use existing rules for the implementation of these | 30115 |
programs. | 30116 |
Sec. 337.30.30. MEDICAID WAIVER - STATE MATCH (GRF) | 30117 |
Except as otherwise provided in section 5123.0416 of the | 30118 |
Revised Code, the purposes for which the foregoing appropriation | 30119 |
item 322-416, Medicaid Waiver - State Match, shall be used include | 30120 |
the following: | 30121 |
(A) Home and community-based waiver services under Title XIX | 30122 |
of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, | 30123 |
as amended. | 30124 |
(B) To pay the nonfederal share of the cost of one or more | 30125 |
new intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded certified | 30126 |
beds, if the Director of | 30127 |
Disabilities is required by | 30128 |
127th General Assembly to transfer to the Director of Job and | 30129 |
Family Services funds to pay such nonfederal share. | 30130 |
Except as otherwise provided in section 5123.0416 of the | 30131 |
Revised Code, the Department of | 30132 |
Developmental Disabilities may designate a portion of | 30133 |
appropriation item 322-416, Medicaid Waiver - State Match, to | 30134 |
county boards of | 30135 |
that have greater need for various residential and support | 30136 |
services because of a low percentage of residential and support | 30137 |
services development in comparison to the number of individuals | 30138 |
with mental retardation or developmental disabilities in the | 30139 |
county. | 30140 |
Sec. 337.30.40. STATE SUBSIDY TO COUNTY | 30141 |
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES | 30142 |
Except as otherwise provided in Section 337.40.30 of | 30143 |
30144 | |
Department of | 30145 |
shall use the foregoing appropriation item 322-501, County Boards | 30146 |
Subsidy, to pay each county board of | 30147 |
developmental disabilities in each fiscal year of the biennium an | 30148 |
amount that is equal to the amount such board received in fiscal | 30149 |
year 2007 from former appropriation items 322-417, Supported | 30150 |
Living; 322-452, Service and Support Administration; and 322-501, | 30151 |
County Boards Subsidies. | 30152 |
Except as otherwise provided in section 5126.0511 of the | 30153 |
Revised Code, county boards shall use the subsidy for early | 30154 |
childhood services and adult services provided under section | 30155 |
5126.05 of the Revised Code, service and support administration | 30156 |
provided under section 5126.15 of the Revised Code, and supported | 30157 |
living as defined in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code. | 30158 |
In the event that the appropriation in appropriation item | 30159 |
322-501, County Board Subsidy, for fiscal year 2008 or fiscal year | 30160 |
2009 is greater than the subsidy paid by the Department for fiscal | 30161 |
year 2007 from former appropriation items 332-417, Supported | 30162 |
Living; 322-452, Services and Support Administration; and 322-501, | 30163 |
County Boards Subsidies, the Department and county boards shall | 30164 |
develop a formula for allocating the additional appropriation to | 30165 |
each county board to support priorities determined by the | 30166 |
Department and county boards. | 30167 |
The Department shall distribute this subsidy to county boards | 30168 |
in quarterly installments of equal amounts. The installments shall | 30169 |
be made not later than the thirtieth day of September, the | 30170 |
thirty-first day of December, the thirty-first day of March, and | 30171 |
thirtieth day of June. | 30172 |
The Department also may use the foregoing appropriation item | 30173 |
322-501, County Boards Subsidy, to pay the nonfederal share of the | 30174 |
cost of one or more new intermediate care facility for the | 30175 |
mentally retarded certified beds, if the Director of | 30176 |
30177 | |
Am. Sub. H.B. 119 of the 127th General Assembly to transfer to | 30178 |
the Director of Job and Family Services funds to pay such | 30179 |
nonfederal share. | 30180 |
Sec. 337.30.60. TARGETED CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES | 30181 |
County boards of | 30182 |
disabilities shall pay the nonfederal portion of targeted case | 30183 |
management costs to the Department of | 30184 |
Developmental Disabilities. The Director of | 30185 |
Developmental Disabilities shall withhold any amount owed to the | 30186 |
Department from subsequent disbursements from any appropriation | 30187 |
item or money otherwise due to a nonpaying county. | 30188 |
The Departments of | 30189 |
Disabilities and Job and Family Services may enter into an | 30190 |
interagency agreement under which the Department of | 30191 |
30192 | |
Department of Job and Family Services the nonfederal portion of | 30193 |
the cost of targeted case management services paid by county | 30194 |
boards and the Department of Job and Family Services shall pay the | 30195 |
total cost of targeted case management claims. | 30196 |
Sec. 337.30.70. TRANSFER TO PROGRAM FEE FUND | 30197 |
On July 1, 2007, or as soon as possible thereafter, the | 30198 |
Director of | 30199 |
shall certify to the Director of Budget and Management the amount | 30200 |
of cash that has been deposited into Fund 4B5, | 30201 |
Conference/Training, pursuant to sections 5123.19 and 5126.25 of | 30202 |
the Revised Code, less the amount that has been expended from Fund | 30203 |
4B5 to operate the Certification and Registration Program | 30204 |
established under section 5126.25 of the Revised Code and to | 30205 |
license and inspect residential facilities as outlined in section | 30206 |
5123.19 of the Revised Code. The certified amount shall not | 30207 |
include amounts deposited into Fund 4B5 for training and | 30208 |
conferences conducted by the Department of | 30209 |
Developmental Disabilities. Upon receipt of the certification, the | 30210 |
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer cash equal to the | 30211 |
amount certified and all associated liabilities and obligations to | 30212 |
Fund 5EV, Program Fee Fund, in the Department of | 30213 |
30214 |
Sec. 337.30.80. DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER BILLING FOR SERVICES | 30215 |
Developmental centers of the Department of | 30216 |
30217 | |
with mental retardation or developmental disabilities living in | 30218 |
the community or to providers of services to these persons. The | 30219 |
Department may develop a method for recovery of all costs | 30220 |
associated with the provisions of these services. | 30221 |
Sec. 337.40.10. TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER | 30222 |
PHARMACY PROGRAMS | 30223 |
The Department of | 30224 |
Disabilities shall pay the Department of Job and Family Services | 30225 |
quarterly, through intrastate transfer voucher, the nonfederal | 30226 |
share of Medicaid prescription drug claim costs for all | 30227 |
developmental centers paid by the Department of Job and Family | 30228 |
Services. | 30229 |
Sec. 337.40.30. NONFEDERAL SHARE OF NEW ICF/MR BEDS | 30230 |
(A) As used in this section, "intermediate care facility for | 30231 |
the mentally retarded" has the same meaning as in section 5111.20 | 30232 |
of the Revised Code. | 30233 |
(B) If one or more new beds obtain certification as an | 30234 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded bed on or | 30235 |
after July 1, 2007, the Director of | 30236 |
Developmental Disabilities shall transfer funds to the Department | 30237 |
of Job and Family Services to pay the nonfederal share of the cost | 30238 |
under the Medicaid Program for those beds. Except as otherwise | 30239 |
provided in section 5123.0416 of the Revised Code, the Director | 30240 |
shall use only the following funds for the transfer: | 30241 |
(1) Funds appropriated to the Department of | 30242 |
30243 | |
322-416, Medicaid Waiver - State Match; | 30244 |
(2) Funds appropriated to the Department in appropriation | 30245 |
item 322-501, County Boards Subsidies. | 30246 |
(C) If the beds are located in a county served by a county | 30247 |
board of | 30248 |
initiates or supports the beds' certification, the funds that the | 30249 |
Director transfers under division (B) of this section shall be | 30250 |
funds that the Director has allocated to the county board serving | 30251 |
the county in which the beds are located unless the amount of the | 30252 |
allocation is insufficient to pay the entire nonfederal share of | 30253 |
the cost under the Medicaid Program for those beds. If the | 30254 |
allocation is insufficient, the Director shall use as much of such | 30255 |
funds allocated to other counties as is needed to make up the | 30256 |
difference. | 30257 |
Section 4. That existing Sections 213.30, 269.20.40, | 30258 |
269.20.80, 269.20.90, 269.30.50, 293.30, 309.31.60, 309.31.70, | 30259 |
335.40.10, 337.10, 337.20.10, 337.30.10, 337.30.20, 337.30.30, | 30260 |
337.30.40, 337.30.60, 337.30.70, 337.30.80, 337.40.10, and | 30261 |
337.40.30 of Am. Sub. H.B. 119 of the 127th General Assembly are | 30262 |
hereby repealed. | 30263 |
Section 5. That Sections 337.30.43, 337.40, and 337.40.15 of | 30264 |
Am. Sub. H.B. 119 of the 127th General Assembly, as amended by Am. | 30265 |
Sub. H.B. 562 of the 127th General Assembly, be amended to read as | 30266 |
follows: | 30267 |
Sec. 337.30.43. TAX EQUITY | 30268 |
Notwithstanding section 5126.18 of the Revised Code, for | 30269 |
fiscal year 2009, if the Department of | 30270 |
Developmental Disabilities determines that sufficient funds are | 30271 |
available, the Department shall use the foregoing appropriation | 30272 |
item 322-503, Tax Equity, to pay each county board
of | 30273 |
30274 | |
equal to the amount the board received for fiscal year 2008. If | 30275 |
the Department determines that there are not sufficient funds | 30276 |
available in the appropriation item for this purpose, the | 30277 |
Department shall pay to each county board an amount that is | 30278 |
proportionate to the amount the board received for fiscal year | 30279 |
2008. Proportionality shall be determined by dividing the total | 30280 |
tax equity payments distributed to county boards for fiscal year | 30281 |
2008 by the tax equity payment a county board received for fiscal | 30282 |
year 2008. | 30283 |
Sec. 337.40. RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES | 30284 |
General Revenue Fund | 30285 |
GRF | 323-321 | Developmental Center and Residential Facilities Operation Expenses | $ | 102,796,851 | $ | 102,796,851 | 30286 | ||||
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund | $ | 102,796,851 | $ | 102,796,851 | 30287 |
General Services Fund Group | 30288 |
152 | 323-609 | Developmental Center and Residential Operating Services | $ | 912,177 | $ | 912,177 | 30289 | ||||
TOTAL GSF General Services | 30290 | ||||||||||
Fund Group | $ | 912,177 | $ | 912,177 | 30291 |
Federal Special Revenue Fund Group | 30292 |
3A4 | 323-605 | Developmental Center and Residential Facility Services and Support | $ | 136,299,536 | $ | 137,555,308 | 30293 | ||||
TOTAL FED Federal Special Revenue | 30294 | ||||||||||
Fund Group | $ | 136,299,536 | $ | 137,555,308 | 30295 |
State Special Revenue Fund Group | 30296 |
221 | 322-620 | Supplement Service Trust | $ | 150,000 | $ | 150,000 | 30297 | ||||
489 | 323-632 | Developmental Center Direct Care Support | $ | 14,543,764 | $ | 14,671,616 | 30298 | ||||
TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue | 30299 | ||||||||||
Fund Group | $ | 14,693,764 | $ | 14,821,616 | 30300 | ||||||
TOTAL ALL RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES | 30301 | ||||||||||
BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 254,702,328 | $ | 256,085,952 | 30302 |
DEPARTMENT TOTAL | 30303 | ||||||||||
GENERAL REVENUE FUND | $ | 369,669,156 | $ | 389,282,941 | 30304 | ||||||
DEPARTMENT TOTAL | 30305 | ||||||||||
GENERAL SERVICES FUND GROUP | $ | 1,172,177 | $ | 1,022,177 | 30306 | ||||||
DEPARTMENT TOTAL | 30307 | ||||||||||
FEDERAL SPECIAL REVENUE FUND GROUP | $ | 610,780,538 | $ | 658,082,406 | 30308 | ||||||
DEPARTMENT TOTAL | 30309 | ||||||||||
STATE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND GROUP | $ | 192,359,213 | $ | 205,307,651 | 30310 | ||||||
TOTAL DEPARTMENT OF |
30311 | ||||||||||
30312 | |||||||||||
DISABILITIES | $ | 1,173,981,084 | $ | 1,253,695,175 | 30313 |
Sec. 337.40.15. GALLIPOLIS DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER PILOT | 30315 |
PROGRAM | 30316 |
The Director of | 30317 |
Disabilities shall establish a pilot program during calendar year | 30318 |
2009 under which the Gallipolis Developmental Center operates an | 30319 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded with eight | 30320 |
beds at a site separate from the grounds of the developmental | 30321 |
center. The Gallipolis Developmental Center may operate the | 30322 |
intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded | 30323 |
notwithstanding section 5123.196 of the Revised Code. Money shall | 30324 |
be expended on the pilot program beginning in the first half of | 30325 |
calendar year 2009. | 30326 |
The Director of
| 30327 |
Disabilities and the Director of Job and Family Services shall | 30328 |
provide the Gallipolis Developmental Center technical assistance | 30329 |
regarding the pilot program. | 30330 |
The Director of | 30331 |
Disabilities shall conduct an evaluation of the pilot program, | 30332 |
including an evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of the | 30333 |
services the Gallipolis Developmental Center provides under the | 30334 |
pilot program. The Director shall submit a report of the | 30335 |
evaluation to the Governor and the General Assembly not later | 30336 |
than April 1, 2010. The Director shall include in the report | 30337 |
recommendations regarding the continuation of the pilot program | 30338 |
and whether other developmental centers should be permitted to | 30339 |
establish and operate intermediate care facilities for the | 30340 |
mentally retarded at sites separate from the grounds of the | 30341 |
developmental centers. | 30342 |
Section 6. That existing Sections 337.30.43, 337.40, and | 30343 |
337.40.15 of Am. Sub. H.B. 119 of the 127th General Assembly, as | 30344 |
amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 562 of the 127th General Assembly, are | 30345 |
hereby repealed. | 30346 |
Section 7. That Sections 209.60.40, 209.60.50, and 501.40 of | 30347 |
H.B. 496 of the 127th General Assembly be amended to read as | 30348 |
follows: | 30349 |
Sec. 209.60.40. The foregoing appropriations for the | 30350 |
Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, C03801, | 30351 |
Community Assistance Projects; Department of Mental Health, | 30352 |
C58001, Community Assistance Projects; and
Department of
| 30353 |
30354 | |
Assistance Projects, may be used on facilities constructed or to | 30355 |
be constructed pursuant to Chapter 340., 3793., 5119., 5123., or | 30356 |
5126. of the Revised Code or the authority granted by section | 30357 |
154.20 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to those | 30358 |
chapters and that section and shall be distributed by the | 30359 |
Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, the Department | 30360 |
of Mental Health, and
the Department of | 30361 |
Developmental Disabilities, subject to Controlling Board approval. | 30362 |
Sec. 209.60.50. (A) No capital improvement appropriations | 30363 |
made
in
Sections 201.60 and 201.60.10 to 201.60.40 of | 30364 |
H.B. 496 of the 127th General Assembly shall be released for | 30365 |
planning or for improvement, renovation, or construction or | 30366 |
acquisition of capital facilities if a governmental agency, as | 30367 |
defined in section 154.01 of the Revised Code, does not own the | 30368 |
real property that constitutes the capital facilities or on which | 30369 |
the capital facilities are or will be located. This restriction | 30370 |
does not apply in any of the following circumstances: | 30371 |
(1) The governmental agency has a long-term (at least fifteen | 30372 |
years) lease of, or other interest (such as an easement) in, the | 30373 |
real property. | 30374 |
(2) In the case of an appropriation for capital facilities | 30375 |
that, because of their unique nature or location, will be owned or | 30376 |
be part of facilities owned by a separate nonprofit organization | 30377 |
and made available to the governmental agency for its use, the | 30378 |
nonprofit organization either owns or has a long-term (at least | 30379 |
fifteen years) lease of the real property or other capital | 30380 |
facility to be improved, renovated, constructed, or acquired and | 30381 |
has entered into a joint or cooperative use agreement, approved by | 30382 |
the Department of Mental
Health,
Department
of | 30383 |
30384 | |
Addiction Services, whichever is applicable, with the governmental | 30385 |
agency for that agency's use of and right to use the capital | 30386 |
facilities to be financed and, if applicable, improved, the value | 30387 |
of such use or right to use being, as determined by the parties, | 30388 |
reasonably related to the amount of the appropriation. | 30389 |
(B) In the case of capital facilities referred to in division | 30390 |
(A)(2) of this section, the joint or cooperative use agreement | 30391 |
shall include, as a minimum, provisions that: | 30392 |
(1) Specify the extent and nature of that joint or | 30393 |
cooperative use, extending for not fewer than fifteen years, with | 30394 |
the value of such use or right to use to be, as determined by the | 30395 |
parties and approved by the applicable department, reasonably | 30396 |
related to the amount of the appropriation; | 30397 |
(2) Provide for pro rata reimbursement to the state should | 30398 |
the arrangement for joint or cooperative use by a governmental | 30399 |
agency be terminated; and | 30400 |
(3) Provide that procedures to be followed during the capital | 30401 |
improvement process will comply with appropriate applicable state | 30402 |
statutes and rules,
including provisions of | 30403 |
the 127th General Assembly. | 30404 |
Sec. 501.40. AGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF CAPITAL FACILITIES | 30405 |
PROJECTS | 30406 |
Notwithstanding sections 123.01 and 123.15 of the Revised | 30407 |
Code, the Director of Administrative Services may authorize the | 30408 |
Departments of Mental Health, | 30409 |
Disabilities, Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, Agriculture, | 30410 |
Job and Family Services, Rehabilitation and Correction, Youth | 30411 |
Services, Public Safety, Transportation, the Ohio Veterans' Home, | 30412 |
and the Rehabilitation Services Commission to administer any | 30413 |
capital facilities projects when the estimated cost, including | 30414 |
design fees, construction, equipment, and contingency amounts, is | 30415 |
less than $1,500,000. Requests for authorization to administer | 30416 |
capital facilities projects shall be made in writing to the | 30417 |
Director of Administrative Services by the respective state agency | 30418 |
within sixty days after the effective date of the act in which the | 30419 |
General Assembly initially makes an appropriation for the project. | 30420 |
Upon the release of funds for such projects by the Controlling | 30421 |
Board or the Director of Budget and Management, the agency may | 30422 |
administer the capital project or projects for which agency | 30423 |
administration has been authorized without the supervision, | 30424 |
control, or approval of the Director of Administrative Services. | 30425 |
A state agency authorized by the Director of Administrative | 30426 |
Services to administer capital facilities projects pursuant to | 30427 |
this section shall comply with the applicable procedures and | 30428 |
guidelines established in Chapter 153. of the Revised Code. | 30429 |
Section 8. That existing Sections 209.60.40, 209.60.50, and | 30430 |
501.40 of H.B. 496 of the 127th General Assembly are hereby | 30431 |
repealed. | 30432 |
Section 9. That Section 201.60.30 of H.B. 496 of the 127th | 30433 |
General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 420 of the 127th | 30434 |
General Assembly, be amended to read as follows: | 30435 |
Reappropriations |
Sec. 201.60.30. | 30436 |
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES | 30437 |
30438 | |
C59000 | Asbestos Abatement | $ | 999,637 | 30439 | |||
C59004 | Community Assistance Projects | $ | 1,202,040 | 30440 | |||
C59020 | Kamp Dovetail Project at Rocky Fork Lake State Park | $ | 100,000 | 30441 | |||
C59022 | Razing of Buildings | $ | 80,595 | 30442 | |||
C59024 | Telecommunications Systems Improvement | $ | 774,454 | 30443 | |||
C59029 | Emergency Generator Replacement | $ | 1,049,606 | 30444 | |||
C59034 | Statewide Developmental Centers | $ | 5,479,662 | 30445 | |||
C59050 | Emergency Improvements | $ | 634,970 | 30446 | |||
Total Statewide and Central Office Projects | $ | 10,320,964 | 30447 |
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PROJECTS | 30448 |
The foregoing appropriation item C59004, Community Assistance | 30449 |
Projects, may be used to provide community assistance funds for | 30450 |
the construction or renovation of facilities for day programs or | 30451 |
residential programs that provide services to persons eligible for | 30452 |
services from the Department of | 30453 |
Developmental Disabilities or county boards of | 30454 |
30455 | |
agencies for the construction or renovation of facilities for | 30456 |
persons eligible
for services from the Department
of | 30457 |
30458 | |
30459 | |
the prevailing wage provisions in section 176.05 of the Revised | 30460 |
Code. | 30461 |
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, | 30462 |
of the foregoing appropriation item C59004, Community Assistance | 30463 |
Projects, $75,000 shall be used for the Hanson Home. | 30464 |
30465 | |
30466 | |
C59005 | Residential Renovations - CAMDC | $ | 41,398 | 30467 | |||
C59023 | HVAC Renovations - Residential Buildings | $ | 1,000 | 30468 | |||
C59025 | Cambridge HVAC Upgrade - Activity Center | $ | 3,538 | 30469 | |||
C59046 | Utility Upgrade Centerwide | $ | 5,960 | 30470 | |||
Total Cambridge Developmental Center | $ | 51,896 | 30471 |
30472 | |
C59036 | Columbus Developmental Center | $ | 8,162 | 30473 | |||
Total Columbus Developmental Center | $ | 8,162 | 30474 |
30475 | |
C59027 | HVAC Replacements | $ | 4,873 | 30476 | |||
C59037 | Gallipolis Developmental Center | $ | 21,849 | 30477 | |||
Total Gallipolis Developmental Center | $ | 26,722 | 30478 |
30479 | |
C59038 | Montgomery Developmental Center | $ | 43,634 | 30480 | |||
Total Montgomery Developmental Center | $ | 43,634 | 30481 |
30482 | |
C59039 | Mount Vernon Developmental Center | $ | 160,353 | 30483 | |||
Total Mount Vernon Developmental Center | $ | 160,353 | 30484 |
30485 | |
C59030 | Replace Chiller | $ | 8,535 | 30486 | |||
C59040 | Northwest Ohio Developmental Center | $ | 11,171 | 30487 | |||
Total Northwest Ohio Developmental Center | $ | 19,706 | 30488 |
30489 | |
C59016 | Residential Renovation - HVAC Upgrade | $ | 23,075 | 30490 | |||
C59041 | Southwest Ohio Developmental Center | $ | 14,566 | 30491 | |||
C59048 | Renovation Program and Support Services Building | $ | 3,900 | 30492 | |||
Total Southwest Ohio Developmental Center | $ | 41,541 | 30493 |
30494 | |
C59026 | Roof and Exterior Renovations | $ | 19,666 | 30495 | |||
C59043 | Tiffin Developmental Center | $ | 20,696 | 30496 | |||
Total Tiffin Developmental Center | $ | 40,362 | 30497 |
30498 | |
C59017 | Residential Renovations - WDC | $ | 5,057 | 30499 | |||
C59021 | Water Line Replacement - WDC | $ | 16,267 | 30500 | |||
C59031 | ADA Compliance - WDC | $ | 3,628 | 30501 | |||
C59044 | Warrensville Developmental Center | $ | 29,860 | 30502 | |||
Total Warrensville Developmental Center | $ | 54,812 | 30503 |
30504 | |
C59045 | Youngstown Developmental Center | $ | 24,400 | 30505 | |||
Total Youngstown Developmental Center | $ | 24,400 | 30506 |
TOTAL Department of |
30507 | ||||||
|
$ | 10,792,552 | 30508 | ||||
TOTAL Mental Health Facilities Improvement Fund | $ | 43,084,415 | 30509 |
Section 10. That existing Section 201.60.30 of H.B. 496 of | 30511 |
the 127th General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 420 of the | 30512 |
127th General Assembly is hereby repealed. | 30513 |
Section 11. That Sections 231.30.10, 231.30.20, 253.10, and | 30514 |
751.10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 562 of the 127th General Assembly be | 30515 |
amended to read as follows: | 30516 |
Sec. 231.30.10. The foregoing appropriations for the | 30517 |
Department of Mental Health, C58001, Community Assistance | 30518 |
Projects, and the
Department of | 30519 |
Developmental Disabilities, C59004, Community Assistance | 30520 |
Projects, may be used for facilities constructed or to be | 30521 |
constructed pursuant to Chapter 340., 3793., 5119., 5123., or | 30522 |
5126. of the Revised Code or the authority granted by section | 30523 |
154.20 of the Revised Code and the rules issued pursuant to those | 30524 |
chapters and shall be distributed by the Department of Mental | 30525 |
Health and
the
Department of | 30526 |
Disabilities, all subject to Controlling Board approval. | 30527 |
Sec. 231.30.20. (A) No capital improvement appropriations | 30528 |
made in Sections
231.10.10 to 231.30.10 of | 30529 |
562 of the 127th General Assembly shall be released for planning | 30530 |
or for improvement, renovation, or construction or acquisition of | 30531 |
capital facilities if a governmental agency, as defined in | 30532 |
section 154.01 of the Revised Code, does not own the real | 30533 |
property that constitutes the capital facilities or on which the | 30534 |
capital facilities are or will be located. This restriction does | 30535 |
not apply in any of the following circumstances: | 30536 |
(1) The governmental agency has a long-term (at least fifteen | 30537 |
years) lease of, or other interest (such as an easement) in, the | 30538 |
real property. | 30539 |
(2) In the case of an appropriation for capital facilities | 30540 |
that, because of their unique nature or location, will be owned or | 30541 |
be part of facilities owned by a separate nonprofit organization | 30542 |
and made available to the governmental agency for its use or | 30543 |
operated by the nonprofit organization under contract with the | 30544 |
governmental agency, the nonprofit organization either owns or has | 30545 |
a long-term (at least fifteen years) lease of the real property or | 30546 |
other capital facility to be improved, renovated, constructed, or | 30547 |
acquired and has entered into a joint or cooperative use | 30548 |
agreement, approved by the Department of Mental Health or the | 30549 |
Department
of | 30550 |
whichever is applicable, with the governmental agency for that | 30551 |
agency's use of and right to use the capital facilities to be | 30552 |
financed and, if applicable, improved, the value of such use or | 30553 |
right to use being, as determined by the parties, reasonably | 30554 |
related to the amount of the appropriation. | 30555 |
(B) In the case of capital facilities referred to in division | 30556 |
(A)(2) of this section, the joint or cooperative use agreement | 30557 |
shall include, at a minimum, provisions that: | 30558 |
(1) Specify the extent and nature of that joint or | 30559 |
cooperative use, extending for not fewer than fifteen years, with | 30560 |
the value of such use or right to use to be, as determined by the | 30561 |
parties and approved by the approving department, reasonably | 30562 |
related to the amount of the appropriation; | 30563 |
(2) Provide for pro rata reimbursement to the state should | 30564 |
the arrangement for joint or cooperative use by a governmental | 30565 |
agency be terminated; | 30566 |
(3) Provide that procedures to be followed during the capital | 30567 |
improvement process will comply with applicable state statutes | 30568 |
and rules,
including the provisions of | 30569 |
of the 127th General Assembly. | 30570 |
Sec. 253.10. AGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF CAPITAL FACILITIES | 30571 |
PROJECTS | 30572 |
Notwithstanding sections 123.01 and 123.15 of the Revised | 30573 |
Code, the Director of Administrative Services may authorize the | 30574 |
Departments of Mental Health, | 30575 |
Disabilities, Agriculture, Job and Family Services, Rehabilitation | 30576 |
and Correction, Youth Services, Public Safety, Transportation, and | 30577 |
the Ohio Veterans' Home to administer any capital facilities | 30578 |
projects, the estimated cost of which, including design fees, | 30579 |
construction, equipment, and contingency amounts, is less than | 30580 |
$1,500,000. Requests for authorization to administer capital | 30581 |
facilities projects shall be made in writing to the Director of | 30582 |
Administrative Services by the applicable state agency within | 30583 |
sixty days after the effective date of the section of law in which | 30584 |
the General Assembly initially makes an appropriation for the | 30585 |
project. Upon the release of funds for the projects by the | 30586 |
Controlling Board or the Director of Budget and Management, the | 30587 |
agency may administer the capital project or projects for which | 30588 |
agency administration has been authorized without the supervision, | 30589 |
control, or approval of the Director of Administrative Services. | 30590 |
A state agency authorized by the Director of Administrative | 30591 |
Services to administer capital facilities projects pursuant to | 30592 |
this section shall comply with the applicable procedures and | 30593 |
guidelines established in Chapter 153. of the Revised Code. | 30594 |
Sec. 751.10. ICF/MR CONVERSION | 30595 |
(A) As used in this section, "home and community-based | 30596 |
services" has the same meaning as in section 5123.01 of the | 30597 |
Revised Code. | 30598 |
(B) For each quarter of fiscal year 2009, the Director of | 30599 |
30600 | |
to the Director of Budget and Management the estimated amount to | 30601 |
be transferred from the Department of Job and Family Services to | 30602 |
the Department
of | 30603 |
Disabilities for the provision of home and community-based | 30604 |
services made available by the slots sought under section | 30605 |
5111.877 of the Revised Code. On receipt of the certification | 30606 |
from the Director of | 30607 |
Disabilities, the Director of Budget and Management may do one | 30608 |
or more of the following: | 30609 |
(1) Reduce GRF appropriation item 600-525, Health | 30610 |
Care/Medicaid, in the Department of Job and Family Services, by | 30611 |
the estimated amount for providing the home and community-based | 30612 |
services and increase GRF appropriation item 322-416, Medicaid | 30613 |
Waiver - State Match, in
the Department of | 30614 |
Developmental Disabilities, by the state share of the estimated | 30615 |
amount for the provision of the home and community-based | 30616 |
services; | 30617 |
(2) Increase appropriation item 322-639, Medicaid Waiver – | 30618 |
Federal, in the Department of | 30619 |
Disabilities, by the federal share amount of the estimated amount | 30620 |
for the provision of the home and community-based services; | 30621 |
(3) Increase appropriation item 600-655, Interagency | 30622 |
Reimbursement, in the Department of Job and Family Services, by | 30623 |
the federal share of the estimated amount for the provision of | 30624 |
the home and community-based services. | 30625 |
Section 12. That existing Sections 231.30.10, 231.30.20, | 30626 |
253.10, and 751.10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 562 of the 127th General | 30627 |
Assembly are hereby repealed. | 30628 |
Section 13. That Section 231.20.30 of Am. Sub. H.B. 562 of | 30629 |
the 127th General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 420 of the | 30630 |
127th General Assembly, be amended to read as follows: | 30631 |
Appropriations |
Sec. 231.20.30. | 30632 |
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES | 30633 |
30634 | |
C59004 | Community Assistance Projects | $ | 13,551,537 | 30635 | |||
C59022 | Razing of Buildings | $ | 200,000 | 30636 | |||
C59024 | Telecommunications | $ | 400,000 | 30637 | |||
C59029 | Generator Replacement | $ | 1,000,000 | 30638 | |||
C59034 | Statewide Developmental Centers | $ | 4,294,237 | 30639 | |||
C59050 | Emergency Improvements | $ | 500,000 | 30640 | |||
C59051 | Energy Conservation | $ | 500,000 | 30641 | |||
C59052 | Guernsey County MRDD Boiler Replacement | $ | 275,000 | 30642 | |||
C59054 | Recreation Unlimited Life Center - Delaware | $ | 150,000 | 30643 | |||
C59055 | Camp McKinley Improvements | $ | 30,000 | 30644 | |||
C59056 | The Hope Learning Center | $ | 250,000 | 30645 | |||
Total Statewide and Central Office Projects | $ | 21,150,774 | 30646 | ||||
TOTAL Department of |
$ | 21,150,774 | 30647 | ||||
TOTAL Mental Health Facilities Improvement Fund | $ | 127,630,774 | 30648 |
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PROJECTS | 30649 |
The foregoing appropriation item C59004, Community Assistance | 30650 |
Projects, may be used to provide community assistance funds for | 30651 |
the development, purchase, construction, or renovation of | 30652 |
facilities for day programs or residential programs that provide | 30653 |
services to persons eligible for services from the Department of | 30654 |
30655 | |
of | 30656 |
provided to nonprofit agencies for the construction or renovation | 30657 |
of facilities for persons eligible for services from the | 30658 |
Department
of | 30659 |
and county
boards of
| 30660 |
disabilities shall be governed by the prevailing wage provisions | 30661 |
in section 176.05 of the Revised Code. | 30662 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item C59004, Community | 30663 |
Assistance Projects, $250,000 shall be used for North Olmsted | 30664 |
Welcome House. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the | 30665 |
contrary, North Olmsted Welcome House is not subject to the | 30666 |
requirements of Chapter 153. of the Revised Code. | 30667 |
Section 14. That existing Section 231.20.30 of Am. Sub. H.B. | 30668 |
562 of the 127th General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 420 | 30669 |
of the 127th General Assembly is hereby repealed. | 30670 |
Section 15. That Section 4 of Am. Sub. H.B. 516 of the 125th | 30671 |
General Assembly, as most recently amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 100 of | 30672 |
the 127th General Assembly, be amended to read as follows: | 30673 |
Sec. 4. The following agencies shall be retained pursuant to | 30674 |
division (D) of section 101.83 of the Revised Code and shall | 30675 |
expire on December 31, 2010: | 30676 |
REVISED CODE OR | 30677 | ||||
UNCODIFIED | 30678 | ||||
AGENCY NAME | SECTION | 30679 |
Administrator, Interstate Compact on Mental Health | 5119.50 | 30680 | ||
Administrator, Interstate Compact on | 5103.20 | 30681 | ||
Placement of Children | 30682 | |||
Advisory Board of Governor's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives | 107.12 | 30683 | ||
Advisory Boards to the EPA for Air Pollution | 121.13 | 30684 | ||
Advisory Boards to the EPA for Water Pollution | 121.13 | 30685 | ||
Advisory Committee of the State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board | 4741.03(D)(3) | 30686 | ||
Advisory Committee on Livestock Exhibitions | 901.71 | 30687 | ||
Advisory Council on Amusement Ride Safety | 1711.51 | 30688 | ||
Advisory Board of Directors for Prison Labor | 5145.162 | 30689 | ||
Advisory Council for Each Wild, Scenic, or Recreational River Area | 1517.18 | 30690 | ||
Advisory Councils or Boards for State Departments | 107.18 or 121.13 | 30691 | ||
Advisory Group to the Ohio Water Resources Council | 1521.19(C) | 30692 | ||
Alzheimer's Disease Task Force | 173.04(F) | 30693 | ||
AMBER Alert Advisory Committee | 5502.521 | 30694 | ||
Apprenticeship Council | 4139.02 | 30695 | ||
Armory Board of Control | 5911.09 | 30696 | ||
Automated Title Processing Board | 4505.09(C)(1) | 30697 | ||
Banking Commission | 1123.01 | 30698 | ||
Board of Directors of the Ohio Health Reinsurance Program | 3924.08 | 30699 | ||
Board of Voting Machine Examiners | 3506.05(B) | 30700 | ||
Brain Injury Advisory Committee | 3304.231 | 30701 | ||
Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board | 105.41 | 30702 | ||
Child Support Guideline Advisory Council | 3119.024 | 30703 | ||
Children's Trust Fund Board | 3109.15 | 30704 | ||
Citizens Advisory Committee (BMV) | 4501.025 | 30705 | ||
Citizen's Advisory Councils (Dept. of |
5123.092 | 30706 | ||
Clean Ohio Trail Advisory Board | 1519.06 | 30707 | ||
Coastal Resources Advisory Council | 1506.12 | 30708 | ||
Commission on African-American Males | 4112.12 | 30709 | ||
Commission on Hispanic-Latino Affairs | 121.31 | 30710 | ||
Commission on Minority Health | 3701.78 | 30711 | ||
Committee on Prescriptive Governance | 4723.49 | 30712 | ||
Commodity Advisory Commission | 926.32 | 30713 | ||
30714 | ||||
Community Oversight Council | 3311.77 | 30715 | ||
Compassionate Care Task Force | Section 3, H.B. 474, 124th GA | 30716 | ||
Continuing Education Committee (for Sheriffs) | 109.80 | 30717 | ||
Coordinating Committee, Agricultural Commodity Marketing Programs | 924.14 | 30718 | ||
Council on Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services | 3793.09 | 30719 | ||
Council on Unreclaimed Strip Mined Lands | 1513.29 | 30720 | ||
Council to Advise on the Establishment and Implementation of the Birth Defects Information System | 3705.34 | 30721 | ||
County Sheriffs' Standard Car-Marking and Uniform Commission | 311.25 | 30722 | ||
Credit Union Council | 1733.329 | 30723 | ||
Criminal Sentencing Advisory Committee | 181.22 | 30724 | ||
Day-Care Advisory Council | 5104.08 | 30725 | ||
Dentist Loan Repayment Advisory Board | 3702.92 | 30726 | ||
Development Financing Advisory Council | 122.40 | 30727 | ||
Education Commission of the States (Interstate Compact for Education) | 3301.48 | 30728 | ||
Electrical Safety Inspector Advisory Committee | 3783.08 | 30729 | ||
Emergency Response Commission | 3750.02 | 30730 | ||
Engineering Experiment Station Advisory Committee | 3335.27 | 30731 | ||
Environmental Education Council | 3745.21 | 30732 | ||
EPA Advisory Boards or Councils | 121.13 | 30733 | ||
Farmland Preservation Advisory Board | 901.23 | 30734 | ||
Financial Planning & Supervision Commission for Municipal Corporation, County, or Township | 118.05 | 30735 | ||
Financial Planning & Supervision Commission for School District | 3316.05 | 30736 | ||
Forestry Advisory Council | 1503.40 | 30737 | ||
Governance Authority for a State University or College | 3345.75 | 30738 | ||
Governor's Advisory Council on Physical Fitness, Wellness, & Sports | 3701.77 | 30739 | ||
Governor's Council on People with Disabilities | 3303.41 | 30740 | ||
Governor's Residence Advisory Commission | 107.40 | 30741 | ||
Great Lakes Commission (Great Lakes Basin Compact) | 6161.01 | 30742 | ||
Gubernatorial Transition Committee | 107.29 | 30743 | ||
Head Start Partnership Study Council | Section 41.35, H.B. 95, 125th GA | 30744 | ||
Hemophilia Advisory Subcommittee | 3701.0210 | 30745 | ||
Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee | 175.25 | 30746 | ||
Industrial Commission Nominating Council | 4121.04 | 30747 | ||
Industrial Technology and Enterprise Advisory Council | 122.29 | 30748 | ||
Infant Hearing Screening Subcommittee | 3701.507 | 30749 | ||
Insurance Agent Education Advisory Council | 3905.483 | 30750 | ||
Interagency Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs | 121.32(J) | 30751 | ||
Interstate Mining Commission (Interstate Mining Compact) | 1514.30 | 30752 | ||
Interstate Rail Passenger Advisory Council (Interstate High Speed Intercity Rail Passenger Network Compact) | 4981.35 | 30753 | ||
Joint Council on |
101.37 | 30754 | ||
Joint Select Committee on Volume Cap | 133.021 | 30755 | ||
Labor-Management Government Advisory Council | 4121.70 | 30756 | ||
Legal Rights Service Commission | 5123.60 | 30757 | ||
Legislative Task Force on Redistricting, Reapportionment, and Demographic Research | 103.51 | 30758 | ||
Maternal and Child Health Council | 3701.025 | 30759 | ||
Medically Handicapped Children's Medical Advisory Council | 3701.025 | 30760 | ||
Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact Commission (Ohio members) | 4981.361 | 30761 | ||
Military Activation Task Force | 5902.15 | 30762 | ||
Milk Sanitation Board | 917.03 | 30763 | ||
Mine Subsidence Insurance Governing Board | 3929.51 | 30764 | ||
Minority Development Financing Board | 122.72 | 30765 | ||
Multi-Agency Radio Communications Systems Steering Committee | Sec. 21, H.B. 790, 120th GA | 30766 | ||
Multidisciplinary Council | 3746.03 | 30767 | ||
Muskingum River Advisory Council | 1501.25 | 30768 | ||
National Museum of Afro-American History and Culture Planning Committee | 149.303 | 30769 | ||
Ohio Advisory Council for the Aging | 173.03 | 30770 | ||
Ohio Aerospace & Defense Advisory Council | 122.98 | 30771 | ||
Ohio Arts Council | 3379.02 | 30772 | ||
Ohio Business Gateway Steering Committee | 5703.57 | 30773 | ||
Ohio Cemetery Dispute Resolution Commission | 4767.05 | 30774 | ||
Ohio Civil Rights Commission Advisory Agencies and Conciliation Councils | 4112.04(B) | 30775 | ||
Ohio Commercial Insurance Joint Underwriting Association Board Of Governors | 3930.03 | 30776 | ||
Ohio Commercial Market Assistance Plan Executive Committee | 3930.02 | 30777 | ||
Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management | 179.02 | 30778 | ||
Ohio Commission to Reform Medicaid | Section 59.29, H.B. 95, 125th GA | 30779 | ||
Ohio Community Service Council | 121.40 | 30780 | ||
Ohio Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision | 5149.22 | 30781 | ||
Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission | 3383.02 | 30782 | ||
Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council | 5123.35 | 30783 | ||
Ohio Expositions Commission | 991.02 | 30784 | ||
Ohio Family and Children First Cabinet Council | 121.37 | 30785 | ||
Ohio Geology Advisory Council | 1505.11 | 30786 | ||
Ohio Grape Industries Committee | 924.51 | 30787 | ||
Ohio Hepatitis C Advisory Commission | 3701.92 | 30788 | ||
Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board | 149.301 | 30789 | ||
Ohio Historical Society Board of Trustees | 149.30 | 30790 | ||
Ohio Judicial Conference | 105.91 | 30791 | ||
Ohio Lake Erie Commission | 1506.21 | 30792 | ||
Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission | Section 4, S.B. 281, 124th GA and Section 3, S.B. 86, 125th GA | 30793 | ||
Ohio Medical Quality Foundation | 3701.89 | 30794 | ||
Ohio Parks and Recreation Council | 1541.40 | 30795 | ||
Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission | 109.71 | 30796 | ||
Ohio Public Defender Commission | 120.01 | 30797 | ||
Ohio Public Library Information Network Board | Sec. 69, H.B. 117, 121st GA, as amended by H.B. 284, 121st GA | 30798 | ||
Ohio Quarter Horse Development Commission | 3769.086 | 30799 | ||
Ohio Small Government Capital Improvements Commission | 164.02 | 30800 | ||
Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission | 1515.02 | 30801 | ||
Ohio Standardbred Development Commission | 3769.085 | 30802 | ||
Ohio Steel Industry Advisory Council | 122.97 | 30803 | ||
Ohio Teacher Education and Licensure Advisory Council | 3319.28(D) | 30804 | ||
Ohio Thoroughbred Racing Advisory Committee | 3769.084 | 30805 | ||
Ohio Tuition Trust Authority | 3334.03 | 30806 | ||
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Advisory Committee | 3337.10 | 30807 | ||
Ohio Vendors Representative Committee | 3304.34 | 30808 | ||
Ohio War Orphans Scholarship Board | 5910.02 | 30809 | ||
Ohio Water Advisory Council | 1521.031 | 30810 | ||
Ohio Water Resources Council | 1521.19 | 30811 | ||
Ohioana Library Association, Martha Kinney Cooper Memorial | 3375.62 | 30812 | ||
Oil and Gas Commission | 1509.35 | 30813 | ||
Operating Committee, Agricultural Commodity Marketing Programs | 924.07 | 30814 | ||
Organized Crime Investigations Commission | 177.01 | 30815 | ||
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee of the Dept. of Job and Family Services | 5111.81 | 30816 | ||
Physician Loan Repayment Advisory Board | 3702.81 | 30817 | ||
Power Siting Board | 4906.02 | 30818 | ||
Prequalification Review Board | 5525.07 | 30819 | ||
Private Water Systems Advisory Council | 3701.346 | 30820 | ||
Public Employment Risk Reduction Advisory Commission | 4167.02 | 30821 | ||
Public Health Council | 3701.33 | 30822 | ||
Public Utilities Commission Nominating Council | 4901.021 | 30823 | ||
Public Utility Property Tax Study Committee | 5727.85 | 30824 | ||
Radiation Advisory Council | 3748.20 | 30825 | ||
Reclamation Commission | 1513.05 | 30826 | ||
Recreation and Resources Commission | 1501.04 | 30827 | ||
Recycling and Litter Prevention Advisory Council | 1502.04 | 30828 | ||
Rehabilitation Services Commission Consumer Advisory Committee | 3304.24 | 30829 | ||
Savings & Loans Associations & Savings Banks Board | 1181.16 | 30830 | ||
Schools and Ministerial Lands Divestiture Committee | 501.041 | 30831 | ||
Second Chance Trust Fund Advisory Committee | 2108.17 | 30832 | ||
Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Council | 3704.19 | 30833 | ||
Solid Waste Management Advisory Council | 3734.51 | 30834 | ||
State Agency Coordinating Group | 1521.19 | 30835 | ||
State Board of Emergency Medical Services Subcommittees | 4765.04 | 30836 | ||
State Council of Uniform State Laws | 105.21 | 30837 | ||
State Committee for the Purchase of Products and Services Provided by Persons with Severe Disabilities | 4115.32 | 30838 | ||
State Criminal Sentencing Commission | 181.21 | 30839 | ||
State Fire Commission | 3737.81 | 30840 | ||
State Racing Commission | 3769.02 | 30841 | ||
State Victims Assistance Advisory Committee | 109.91 | 30842 | ||
Student Tuition Recovery Authority | 3332.081 | 30843 | ||
Tax Credit Authority | 122.17 | 30844 | ||
Technical Advisory Committee to Assist the Director of the Ohio Coal Development Office | 1551.35 | 30845 | ||
Technical Advisory Council on Oil and Gas | 1509.38 | 30846 | ||
Transportation Review Advisory Council | 5512.07 | 30847 | ||
Unemployment Compensation Review Commission | 4141.06 | 30848 | ||
Unemployment Compensation Advisory Council | 4141.08 | 30849 | ||
Utility Radiological Safety Board | 4937.02 | 30850 | ||
Vehicle Management Commission | 125.833 | 30851 | ||
Veterans Advisory Committee | 5902.02(K) | 30852 | ||
Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund Boards (Private and Public) | 146.02 | 30853 | ||
Water and Sewer Commission | 1525.11(C) | 30854 | ||
Waterways Safety Council | 1547.73 | 30855 | ||
Wildlife Council | 1531.03 | 30856 | ||
Workers' Compensation Board of Directors Nominating Committee | 4121.123 | 30857 |
Section 16. That existing Section 4 of Am. Sub. H.B. 516 of | 30858 |
the 125th General Assembly, as most recently amended by Am. Sub. | 30859 |
H.B. 100 of the 127th General Assembly, is hereby repealed. | 30860 |
Section 17. The amendment of section 5120.07 of the Revised | 30861 |
Code is not intended to supersede the earlier repeal, with delayed | 30862 |
effective date, of that section. | 30863 |
Section 18. The General Assembly, applying the principle | 30864 |
stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that | 30865 |
amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of | 30866 |
simultaneous operation, finds that the following sections, | 30867 |
presented in this act as composites of the sections as amended by | 30868 |
the acts indicated, are the resulting versions of the sections in | 30869 |
effect prior to the effective date of the sections as presented in | 30870 |
this act: | 30871 |
Section 109.57 of the Revised Code as amended by both Sub. | 30872 |
H.B. 428 and Sub. S.B. 163 of the 127th General Assembly. | 30873 |
Section 109.572 of the Revised Code as amended by Sub. H.B. | 30874 |
195, Sub. H.B. 545, and Sub. S.B. 247, all of the 127th General | 30875 |
Assembly. | 30876 |
Section 109.77 of the Revised Code as amended by Am. Sub. | 30877 |
H.B. 490, Sub. H.B. 545, and H.B. 675, all of the 124th General | 30878 |
Assembly. | 30879 |
Section 121.37 of the Revised Code as amended by both Sub. | 30880 |
H.B. 289 and Am. Sub. H.B. 530 of the 126th General Assembly. | 30881 |
Section 325.19 of the Revised Code as amended by both Sub. | 30882 |
H.B. 187 and Sub. S.B. 126 of the 126th General Assembly. | 30883 |
Section 1751.01 of the Revised Code as amended by both Am. | 30884 |
Sub. H.B. 562 and Sub. S.B. 186 of the 127th General Assembly. | 30885 |
Section 3109.18 of the Revised Code as amended by both Am. | 30886 |
Sub. H.B. 11 and Sub. S.B. 66 of the 125th General Assembly. | 30887 |
Section 5126.04 of the Revised Code as amended by both Am. | 30888 |
Sub. H.B. 119 and Am. Sub. H.B. 214 of the 127th General Assembly. | 30889 |
Section 5815.35 of the Revised Code as amended by both Sub. | 30890 |
H.B. 332 and Sub. H.B. 499 of the 127th General Assembly. | 30891 |