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| To enact section 5123.193 of the Revised Code | 1 |
| regarding the admission of sex offenders to | 2 |
| residential facilities for persons with | 3 |
| developmental disabilities. | 4 |
| Section 1. That section 5123.193 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 5123.193. (A) Before an individual is admitted as a | 7 |
| resident to a residential facility, the residential facility shall | 8 |
| do both of the following: | 9 |
| (1) Search for the individual's name in the internet-based | 10 |
| sex offender and child-victim offender database established under | 11 |
| division (A)(11) of section 2950.13 of the Revised Code; | 12 |
| (2) If the search results identify the individual as a sex | 13 |
| offender, notify both of the following that the individual may be | 14 |
| admitted to the residential facility: | 15 |
| (a) All local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over | 16 |
| the residential facility's location; | 17 |
| (b) Leaders of the community in which the residential | 18 |
| facility is located who the residential facility has reason to | 19 |
| believe would help disseminate to other members of the community | 20 |
| the information about the individual's possible admission. | 21 |
| (B) Each residential facility shall develop a protocol for | 22 |
| establishing and implementing all of the following plans when the | 23 |
| residential facility admits as a resident an individual who is | 24 |
| identified as a sex offender pursuant to the search conducted | 25 |
| under division (A)(1) of this section: | 26 |
| (1) A resident supervision plan that provides for the | 27 |
| residential facility to identify and provide the proper amount of | 28 |
| supervision the individual needs at the residential facility; | 29 |
| (2) A medical emergency plan for the individual and other | 30 |
| residents of the residential facility; | 31 |
| (3) A community engagement plan that includes methods for | 32 |
| both of the following: | 33 |
| (a) Members of the community in which the residential | 34 |
| facility is located to express concerns about the residential | 35 |
| facility's operation; | 36 |
| (b) The residential facility to address the community | 37 |
| members' concerns that are expressed to the residential facility. | 38 |
| (C) A residential facility that admits as a resident an | 39 |
| individual who is identified as a sex offender pursuant to the | 40 |
| search conducted under division (A)(1) of this section shall do | 41 |
| both of the following: | 42 |
| (1) In accordance with the protocol developed under division | 43 |
| (B) of this section, establish and implement the plans specified | 44 |
| in that division; | 45 |
| (2) Subject to division (D) of this section, provide copies | 46 |
| of the plans to the local law enforcement agencies and community | 47 |
| leaders to whom the residential facility provides notice about the | 48 |
| individual pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section. | 49 |
| (D) A residential facility shall redact all medical | 50 |
| information about individuals from the copies of the plans that | 51 |
| the residential facility provides to local law enforcement | 52 |
| agencies and community leaders pursuant to division (C)(2) of this | 53 |
| section. | 54 |