130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Introduced

123rd General Assembly
Regular Session
1999-2000
H. B. No. 332

REPRESENTATIVES FORD-BARRETT-BEATTY-BENDER-BRITTON-DePIERO- FLANNERY-GRENDELL-HARTNETT-JERSE-METELSKY-D.MILLER-O'BRIEN- PATTON-PERRY-PRINGLE-SALERNO-SMITH-SULLIVAN-SULZER-VESPER


A BILL
To amend sections 2151.011, 2151.312, 2151.331, 2151.34, 2151.353, 2151.418, 2151.55, 2151.62, 3313.64, 5101.14, 5101.141, 5103.02, 5103.031, 5103.032, 5103.033, 5123.77, 5153.01, 5153.16, and 5153.161, to amend for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses sections 2151.418 (5103.0318), 5103.031 (5103.13), 5103.032 (5103.131), and 5103.033 (5103.0317), and to enact new sections 5103.031, 5103.032, and 5103.033 and sections 5103.034, 5103.035, 5103.036, 5103.037, 5103.038, 5103.039, 5103.0310, 5103.0311, 5103.0312, 5103.0313, 5103.0314, 5103.0315, and 5103.0316 of the Revised Code to establish precertification and continuing training requirements for foster caregivers and provide for public children services agencies, private child placing agencies, and private noncustodial agencies to operate training programs.

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


Section 1. That sections 2151.011, 2151.312, 2151.331, 2151.34, 2151.353, 2151.418, 2151.55, 2151.62, 3313.64, 5101.14, 5101.141, 5103.02, 5103.031, 5103.032, 5103.033, 5123.77, 5153.01, 5153.16, and 5153.161 be amended, sections 2151.418 (5103.0318), 5103.031 (5103.13), 5103.032 (5103.131), and 5103.033 (5103.0317) be amended for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, and new sections 5103.031, 5103.032, and 5103.033 and sections 5103.034, 5103.035, 5103.036, 5103.037, 5103.038, 5103.039, 5103.0310, 5103.0311, 5103.0312, 5103.0313, 5103.0314, 5103.0315, and 5103.0316 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 2151.011. (A) As used in the Revised Code:

(1) "Juvenile court" means the division of the court of common pleas or a juvenile court separately and independently created having jurisdiction under this chapter.

(2) "Juvenile judge" means a judge of a court having jurisdiction under this chapter.

(3) "Private child placing agency" means any association, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, that is certified pursuant to sections UNDER SECTION 5103.03 to 5103.05 of the Revised Code to accept temporary, permanent, or legal custody of children and place the children for either foster care or adoption.

(4) "Private noncustodial agency" means any person, organization, association, or society certified by the department of human services that does not accept temporary or permanent legal custody of children, that is privately operated in this state, and that does one or more of the following:

(a) Receives and cares for children for two or more consecutive weeks;

(b) Participates in the placement of children in family CERTIFIED foster homes;

(c) Provides adoption services in conjunction with a public children services agency or private child placing agency.

(B) As used in this chapter:

(1) "Adequate parental care" means the provision by a child's parent or parents, guardian, or custodian of adequate food, clothing, and shelter to ensure the child's health and physical safety and the provision by a child's parent or parents of specialized services warranted by the child's physical or mental needs.

(2) "Adult" means an individual who is eighteen years of age or older.

(3) "Agreement for temporary custody" means a voluntary agreement authorized by section 5103.15 of the Revised Code that transfers the temporary custody of a child to a public children services agency or a private child placing agency.

(4) "Babysitting care" means care provided for a child while the parents, guardian, or legal custodian of the child are temporarily away.

(5) "Certified family foster home" means a family foster home operated by persons holding a certificate in force, issued, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 5103.02 of the Revised Code, CERTIFIED under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code.

(6)(5)(a) "Child" means a person who is under eighteen years of age, except as otherwise provided in divisions (B)(6)(5)(b) to (f) of this section.

(b) Subject to division (B)(6)(5)(c) of this section, any person who violates a federal or state law or municipal ordinance prior to attaining eighteen years of age shall be deemed a "child" irrespective of that person's age at the time the complaint is filed or the hearing on the complaint is held.

(c) Any person who, while under eighteen years of age, commits an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult and who is not taken into custody or apprehended for that act until after the person attains twenty-one years of age is not a child in relation to that act.

(d) Any person whose case is transferred for criminal prosecution pursuant to division (B) or (C) of section 2151.26 of the Revised Code shall after the transfer be deemed not to be a child in the transferred case.

(e) Subject to division (B)(6)(5)(f) of this section, any person whose case is transferred for criminal prosecution pursuant to division (B) or (C) of section 2151.26 of the Revised Code and who subsequently is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony in that case shall after the transfer be deemed not to be a child in any case in which the person is alleged to have committed prior to or subsequent to the transfer an act that would be an offense if committed by an adult. Division (B)(6)(5)(e) of this section applies to a case regardless of whether the prior or subsequent act that is alleged in the case and that would be an offense if committed by an adult allegedly was committed in the same county in which the case was transferred or in another county and regardless of whether the complaint in the case involved was filed in the same county in which the case was transferred or in another county. Division (B)(6)(5)(e) of this section applies to a case that involves an act committed prior to the transfer only when the prior act alleged in the case has not been disposed of by a juvenile court or trial court.

(f) Notwithstanding division (B)(6)(5)(e) of this section, if a person's case is transferred for criminal prosecution pursuant to division (B) or (C) of section 2151.26 of the Revised Code and if the person subsequently is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony in that case, thereafter, the person shall be considered a child solely for the following purposes in relation to any act the person subsequently commits that would be an offense if committed by an adult:

(i) For purposes of the filing of a complaint alleging that the child is a delinquent child for committing the act that would be an offense if committed by an adult;

(ii) For purposes of the juvenile court conducting a hearing under division (B) of section 2151.26 of the Revised Code relative to the complaint described in division (B)(6)(5)(f)(i) of this section to determine whether division (B)(1) of section 2151.26 of the Revised Code applies and requires that the case be transferred for criminal prosecution to the appropriate court having jurisdiction of the offense.

(7)(6) "Child day camp," "child day-care," "child day-care center," "part-time child day-care center," "type A family day-care home," "certified type B family day-care home," "type B home," "administrator of a child day-care center," "administrator of a type A family day-care home," "in-home aide," and "authorized provider" have the same meanings as in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code.

(8)(7) "Child day-care provider" means an individual who is a child-care staff member or administrator of a child day-care center, a type A family day-care home, or a type B family day-care home, or an in-home aide or an individual who is licensed, is regulated, is approved, operates under the direction of, or otherwise is certified by the department of human services, department of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, or the early childhood programs of the department of education.

(9)(8) "Commit" means to vest custody as ordered by the court.

(10)(9) "Counseling" includes both of the following:

(a) General counseling services performed by a public children services agency or shelter for victims of domestic violence to assist a child, a child's parents, and a child's siblings in alleviating identified problems that may cause or have caused the child to be an abused, neglected, or dependent child.

(b) Psychiatric or psychological therapeutic counseling services provided to correct or alleviate any mental or emotional illness or disorder and performed by a licensed psychiatrist, licensed psychologist, or a person licensed under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code to engage in social work or professional counseling.

(11)(10) "Custodian" means a person who has legal custody of a child or a public children services agency or private child placing agency that has permanent, temporary, or legal custody of a child.

(12)(11) "Detention" means the temporary care of children pending court adjudication or disposition, or execution of a court order, in a public or private facility designed to physically restrict the movement and activities of children.

(13)(12) "Developmental disability" has the same meaning as in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code.

(14) "Family foster home" means a private residence in which children are received apart from their parents, guardian, or legal custodian by an individual for hire, gain, or reward for nonsecure care, supervision, or training twenty-four hours a day. "Family foster home" does not include babysitting care provided for a child in the home of a person other than the home of the parents, guardian, or legal custodian of the child.

(15) "Foster home" means a family home in which any child is received apart from the child's parents for care, supervision, or training.

(16)(13) "Guardian" means a person, association, or corporation that is granted authority by a probate court pursuant to Chapter 2111. of the Revised Code to exercise parental rights over a child to the extent provided in the court's order and subject to the residual parental rights of the child's parents.

(17)(14) "Legal custody" means a legal status that vests in the custodian the right to have physical care and control of the child and to determine where and with whom the child shall live, and the right and duty to protect, train, and discipline the child and to provide the child with food, shelter, education, and medical care, all subject to any residual parental rights, privileges, and responsibilities. An individual granted legal custody shall exercise the rights and responsibilities personally unless otherwise authorized by any section of the Revised Code or by the court.

(18)(15) "Mental illness" and "mentally ill person subject to hospitalization by court order" have the same meanings as in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code.

(19)(16) "Mental injury" means any behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or mental disorder in a child caused by an act or omission that is described in section 2919.22 of the Revised Code and is committed by the parent or other person responsible for the child's care.

(20)(17) "Mentally retarded person" has the same meaning as in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code.

(21)(18) "Nonsecure care, supervision, or training" means care, supervision, or training of a child in a facility that does not confine or prevent movement of the child within the facility or from the facility.

(22)(19) "Organization" means any institution, public, semipublic, or private, and any private association, society, or agency located or operating in the state, incorporated or unincorporated, having among its functions the furnishing of protective services or care for children, or the placement of children in CERTIFIED foster homes or elsewhere.

(23)(20) "Out-of-home care" means detention facilities, shelter facilities, foster homes, certified foster homes, placement in a prospective adoptive home prior to the issuance of a final decree of adoption, organizations, certified organizations, child day-care centers, type A family day-care homes, child day-care provided by type B family day-care home providers and by in-home aides, group home providers, group homes, institutions, state institutions, residential facilities, residential care facilities, residential camps, day camps, hospitals, and medical clinics that are responsible for the care, physical custody, or control of children.

(24)(21) "Out-of-home care child abuse" means any of the following when committed by a person responsible for the care of a child in out-of-home care:

(a) Engaging in sexual activity with a child in the person's care;

(b) Denial to a child, as a means of punishment, of proper or necessary subsistence, education, medical care, or other care necessary for a child's health;

(c) Use of restraint procedures on a child that cause injury or pain;

(d) Administration of prescription drugs or psychotropic medication to the child without the written approval and ongoing supervision of a licensed physician;

(e) Commission of any act, other than by accidental means, that results in any injury to or death of the child in out-of-home care or commission of any act by accidental means that results in an injury to or death of a child in out-of-home care and that is at variance with the history given of the injury or death.

(25)(22) "Out-of-home care child neglect" means any of the following when committed by a person responsible for the care of a child in out-of-home care:

(a) Failure to provide reasonable supervision according to the standards of care appropriate to the age, mental and physical condition, or other special needs of the child;

(b) Failure to provide reasonable supervision according to the standards of care appropriate to the age, mental and physical condition, or other special needs of the child, that results in sexual or physical abuse of the child by any person;

(c) Failure to develop a process for all of the following:

(i) Administration of prescription drugs or psychotropic drugs for the child;

(ii) Assuring that the instructions of the licensed physician who prescribed a drug for the child are followed;

(iii) Reporting to the licensed physician who prescribed the drug all unfavorable or dangerous side effects from the use of the drug.

(d) Failure to provide proper or necessary subsistence, education, medical care, or other individualized care necessary for the health or well-being of the child;

(e) Confinement of the child to a locked room without monitoring by staff;

(f) Failure to provide ongoing security for all prescription and nonprescription medication;

(g) Isolation of a child for a period of time when there is substantial risk that the isolation, if continued, will impair or retard the mental health or physical well-being of the child.

(26)(23) "Permanent custody" means a legal status that vests in a public children services agency or a private child placing agency, all parental rights, duties, and obligations, including the right to consent to adoption, and divests the natural parents or adoptive parents of all parental rights, privileges, and obligations, including all residual rights and obligations.

(27) "Planned permanent living arrangement" means an order of a juvenile court pursuant to which both of the following apply:

(a) The court gives legal custody of a child to a public children services agency or a private child placing agency without the termination of parental rights.

(b) The order permits the agency to make an appropriate placement of the child and to enter into a written agreement with a foster care provider or with another person or agency with whom the child is placed.

(28)(24) "Permanent surrender" means the act of the parents or, if a child has only one parent, of the parent of a child, by a voluntary agreement authorized by section 5103.15 of the Revised Code, to transfer the permanent custody of the child to a public children services agency or a private child placing agency.

(29)(25) "Person responsible for a child's care in out-of-home care" means any of the following:

(a) Any foster parent, in-home aide, or provider;

(b) Any administrator, employee, or agent of any of the following: a public or private detention facility; shelter facility; organization; certified organization; child day-care center; type A family day-care home; certified type B family day-care home; group home; institution; state institution; residential facility; residential care facility; residential camp; day camp; hospital; or medical clinic;

(c) Any other person who performs a similar function with respect to, or has a similar relationship to, children.

(30)(26) "Physically impaired" means having one or more of the following conditions that substantially limit one or more of an individual's major life activities, including self-care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, and self-direction:

(a) A substantial impairment of vision, speech, or hearing;

(b) A congenital orthopedic impairment;

(c) An orthopedic impairment caused by disease, rheumatic fever or any other similar chronic or acute health problem, or amputation or another similar cause.

(31)(27) "Placement for adoption" means the arrangement by a public children services agency or a private child placing agency with a person for the care and adoption by that person of a child of whom the agency has permanent custody.

(32)(28) "Placement in foster care" means the arrangement by a public children services agency or a private child placing agency for the out-of-home care of a child of whom the agency has temporary custody or permanent custody.

(33)(29) "PLANNED PERMANENT LIVING ARRANGEMENT" MEANS AN ORDER OF A JUVENILE COURT PURSUANT TO WHICH BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:

(a) THE COURT GIVES LEGAL CUSTODY OF A CHILD TO A PUBLIC CHILDREN SERVICES AGENCY OR A PRIVATE CHILD PLACING AGENCY WITHOUT THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS.

(b) THE ORDER PERMITS THE AGENCY TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT OF THE CHILD AND TO ENTER INTO A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH A FOSTER CARE PROVIDER OR WITH ANOTHER PERSON OR AGENCY WITH WHOM THE CHILD IS PLACED.

(30) "Practice of social work" and "practice of professional counseling" have the same meanings as in section 4757.01 of the Revised Code.

(34)(31) "Probation" means a legal status created by court order following an adjudication that a child is a delinquent child, a juvenile traffic offender, or an unruly child, whereby the child is permitted to remain in the parent's, guardian's, or custodian's home subject to supervision, or under the supervision of any agency designated by the court and returned to the court for violation of probation at any time during the period of probation.

(35)(32) "Protective supervision" means an order of disposition pursuant to which the court permits an abused, neglected, dependent, unruly, or delinquent child or a juvenile traffic offender to remain in the custody of the child's parents, guardian, or custodian and stay in the child's home, subject to any conditions and limitations upon the child, the child's parents, guardian, or custodian, or any other person that the court prescribes, including supervision as directed by the court for the protection of the child.

(36)(33) "Psychiatrist" has the same meaning as in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code.

(37)(34) "Psychologist" has the same meaning as in section 4732.01 of the Revised Code.

(38)(35) "Residential camp" means a program in which the care, physical custody, or control of children is accepted overnight for recreational or recreational and educational purposes.

(39)(36) "Residential care facility" means an institution, residence, or facility that is licensed by the department of mental health under section 5119.22 of the Revised Code and that provides care for a child.

(40)(37) "Residential facility" means a home or facility that is licensed by the department of mental retardation and developmental disabilities under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code and in which a child with a developmental disability resides.

(41)(38) "Residual parental rights, privileges, and responsibilities" means those rights, privileges, and responsibilities remaining with the natural parent after the transfer of legal custody of the child, including, but not necessarily limited to, the privilege of reasonable visitation, consent to adoption, the privilege to determine the child's religious affiliation, and the responsibility for support.

(42)(39) "Secure correctional facility" means a facility under the direction of the department of youth services that is designed to physically restrict the movement and activities of children and used for the placement of children after adjudication and disposition.

(43)(40) "Sexual activity" has the same meaning as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code.

(44)(41) "Shelter" means the temporary care of children in physically unrestricted facilities pending court adjudication or disposition.

(45)(42) "Shelter for victims of domestic violence" has the same meaning as in section 3113.33 of the Revised Code.

(46)(43) "Temporary custody" means legal custody of a child who is removed from the child's home, which custody may be terminated at any time at the discretion of the court or, if the legal custody is granted in an agreement for temporary custody, by the person who executed the agreement.

(C) For the purposes of this chapter, a child shall be presumed abandoned when the parents of the child have failed to visit or maintain contact with the child for more than ninety days, regardless of whether the parents resume contact with the child after that period of ninety days.

Sec. 2151.312. (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (F) of this section, a child alleged to be or adjudicated a delinquent child, an unruly child, or a juvenile traffic offender may be held only in the following places:

(1) A certified family foster home or a home approved by the court;

(2) A facility operated by a certified child welfare agency;

(3) Any other suitable place designated by the court.

(B) In addition to the places listed in division (A) of this section, a child alleged to be or adjudicated a delinquent child may be held in a detention home or center for delinquent children that is under the direction or supervision of the court or other public authority or of a private agency and approved by the court.

(C)(1) Except as provided under division (C)(1) of section 2151.311 of the Revised Code or division (A)(6) of section 2151.356 of the Revised Code, a child alleged to be or adjudicated a neglected child, an abused child, a dependent child, an unruly child, or a juvenile traffic offender may not be held in any of the following facilities:

(a) A state correctional institution, county, multicounty, or municipal jail or workhouse, or other place in which an adult convicted of crime, under arrest, or charged with a crime is held.

(b) A secure correctional facility.

(2) Except as provided under sections 2151.56 to 2151.61 and division (A)(6) of section 2151.356 of the Revised Code and division (C)(3) of this section, a child alleged to be or adjudicated an unruly child or a juvenile traffic offender may not be held for more than twenty-four hours in a detention home. A child alleged to be or adjudicated a neglected child, an abused child, or a dependent child shall not be held in a detention home.

(3) A child who is alleged to be or who is adjudicated an unruly child and who is taken into custody on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, as listed in section 1.14 of the Revised Code, may be held in a detention home until the next succeeding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

(D) Except as provided in division (F) of this section or in division (C) of section 2151.311, in division (C)(2) of section 5139.06 and section 5120.162, or in division (B) of section 5120.16 of the Revised Code, a child who is alleged to be or is adjudicated a delinquent child may not be held in a state correctional institution, county, multicounty, or municipal jail or workhouse, or other place where an adult convicted of crime, under arrest, or charged with crime is held.

(E) Unless the detention is pursuant to division (F) of this section or division (C) of section 2151.311, division (C)(2) of section 5139.06 and section 5120.162, or division (B) of section 5120.16 of the Revised Code, the official in charge of the institution, jail, workhouse, or other facility shall inform the court immediately when a child, who is or appears to be under the age of eighteen years, is received at the facility, and shall deliver the child to the court upon request or transfer the child to a detention facility designated by the court.

(F) If a case is transferred to another court for criminal prosecution pursuant to section 2151.26 of the Revised Code, the child may be transferred for detention pending the criminal prosecution in a jail or other facility in accordance with the law governing the detention of persons charged with crime. Any child so held shall be confined in a manner that keeps the child beyond the range of touch of all adult detainees. The child shall be supervised at all times during the detention.

Sec. 2151.331. A child alleged to be or adjudicated an abused, neglected, dependent, or unruly child or a juvenile traffic offender may be detained after a complaint is filed in a certified family foster home for a period not exceeding sixty days or until the final disposition of the case, whichever comes first. The court also may arrange with a public children services agency or private child placing agency to receive, or with a private noncustodial agency for temporary care of, the child within the jurisdiction of the court. A child alleged to be or adjudicated an unruly child also may be assigned to an alternative diversion program established by the court for a period not exceeding sixty days after a complaint is filed or until final disposition of the case, whichever comes first.

If the court arranges for the board of a child temporarily detained in a certified family foster home or arranges for the board of a child through a private child placing agency, the board of county commissioners shall pay a reasonable sum, which the court shall fix, for the board of the child. In order to have certified family foster homes available for service, an agreed monthly subsidy may be paid in addition to a fixed rate per day for care of a child actually residing in the certified family foster home.

Sec. 2151.34. A child who is alleged to be or adjudicated a delinquent child may be confined in a place of juvenile detention for a period not to exceed ninety days, during which time a social history may be prepared to include court record, family history, personal history, school and attendance records, and any other pertinent studies and material that will be of assistance to the juvenile court in its disposition of the charges against that juvenile offender.

Upon the advice and recommendation of the judge, the board of county commissioners shall provide, by purchase, lease, construction, or otherwise, a place to be known as a detention home that shall be within a convenient distance of the juvenile court and shall not be used for the confinement of adults charged with criminal offenses and in which delinquent children may be detained until final disposition. Upon the joint advice and recommendation of the juvenile judges of two or more adjoining or neighboring counties, the boards of county commissioners of the counties shall form themselves into a joint board and proceed to organize a district for the establishment and support of a detention home for the use of the juvenile courts of those counties, in which delinquent children may be detained until final disposition, by using a site or buildings already established in one of the counties or by providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of the necessary buildings on the site.

A child who is adjudicated to be a juvenile traffic offender for having committed a violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or of a municipal ordinance that is substantially comparable to that division may be confined in a detention home or district detention home pursuant to division (A)(6) of section 2151.356 of the Revised Code, provided the child is kept separate and apart from alleged delinquent children.

The county or district detention home shall be maintained as provided in sections 2151.01 to 2151.54 of the Revised Code. In any county in which there is no detention home or that is not served by a district detention home, the board of county commissioners shall provide funds for the boarding of such children temporarily in private homes. Children who are alleged to be or have been adjudicated delinquent children may be detained after a complaint is filed in the detention home until final disposition of their cases or in certified family foster homes or in any other home approved by the court, if any are available, for a period not exceeding sixty days or until final disposition of their cases, whichever comes first. The court also may arrange with any public children services agency or private child placing agency to receive, or private noncustodial agency for temporary care of, the children within the jurisdiction of the court. A district detention home approved for such purpose by the department of youth services under section 5139.281 of the Revised Code may receive children committed to its temporary custody under section 2151.355 of the Revised Code and provide the care, treatment, and training required.

If a detention home is established as an agency of the court or a district detention home is established by the courts of several counties as provided in this section, it shall be furnished and carried on, as far as possible, as a family home in charge of a superintendent or matron in a nonpunitive neutral atmosphere. The judge, or the directing board of a district detention home, may appoint a superintendent, a matron, and other necessary employees for the home and fix their salaries. During the school year, when possible, a comparable educational program with competent and trained staff shall be provided for those children of school age. A sufficient number of trained recreational personnel shall be included among the staff to assure wholesome and profitable leisure-time activities. Medical and mental health services shall be made available to ensure the courts all possible treatment facilities shall be given to those children placed under their care. In the case of a county detention home, the salaries shall be paid in the same manner as is provided by section 2151.13 of the Revised Code for other employees of the court, and the necessary expenses incurred in maintaining the detention home shall be paid by the county. In the case of a district detention home, the salaries and the necessary expenses incurred in maintaining the district detention home shall be paid as provided in sections 2151.341 to 2151.3415 of the Revised Code.

If the court arranges for the board of children temporarily detained in family CERTIFIED foster homes or arranges for the board of those children through any private child placing agency, a reasonable sum to be fixed by the court for the board of those children shall be paid by the county. In order to have family CERTIFIED foster homes available for service, an agreed monthly subsidy may be paid and a fixed rate per day for care of children actually residing in the family CERTIFIED foster home.

Sec. 2151.353. (A) If a child is adjudicated an abused, neglected, or dependent child, the court may make any of the following orders of disposition:

(1) Place the child in protective supervision;

(2) Commit the child to the temporary custody of a public children services agency, a private child placing agency, either parent, a relative residing within or outside the state, or a probation officer for placement in a certified family foster home or in any other home approved by the court;

(3) Award legal custody of the child to either parent or to any other person who, prior to the dispositional hearing, files a motion requesting legal custody of the child;

(4) Commit the child to the permanent custody of a public children services agency or private child placing agency, if the court determines in accordance with division (E) of section 2151.414 of the Revised Code that the child cannot be placed with one of the child's parents within a reasonable time or should not be placed with either parent and determines in accordance with division (D) of section 2151.414 of the Revised Code that the permanent commitment is in the best interest of the child. If the court grants permanent custody under this division, the court, upon the request of any party, shall file a written opinion setting forth its findings of fact and conclusions of law in relation to the proceeding.

(5) Place the child in a planned permanent living arrangement with a public children services agency or private child placing agency, if a public children services agency or private child placing agency requests the court to place the child in a planned permanent living arrangement and if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that a planned permanent living arrangement is in the best interest of the child and that one of the following exists:

(a) The child, because of physical, mental, or psychological problems or needs, is unable to function in a family-like setting and must remain in residential or institutional care.

(b) The parents of the child have significant physical, mental, or psychological problems and are unable to care for the child because of those problems, adoption is not in the best interest of the child, as determined in accordance with division (D) of section 2151.414 of the Revised Code, and the child retains a significant and positive relationship with a parent or relative.

(c) The child is sixteen years of age or older, has been counseled on the permanent placement options available to the child, is unwilling to accept or unable to adapt to a permanent placement, and is in an agency program preparing the child for independent living.

(6) Order the removal from the child's home until further order of the court of the person who committed abuse as described in section 2151.031 of the Revised Code against the child, who caused or allowed the child to suffer neglect as described in section 2151.03 of the Revised Code, or who is the parent, guardian, or custodian of a child who is adjudicated a dependent child and order any person not to have contact with the child or the child's siblings.

(B) No order for permanent custody or temporary custody of a child or the placement of a child in a planned permanent living arrangement shall be made pursuant to this section unless the complaint alleging the abuse, neglect, or dependency contains a prayer requesting permanent custody, temporary custody, or the placement of the child in a planned permanent living arrangement as desired, the summons served on the parents of the child contains as is appropriate a full explanation that the granting of an order for permanent custody permanently divests them of their parental rights, a full explanation that an adjudication that the child is an abused, neglected, or dependent child may result in an order of temporary custody that will cause the removal of the child from their legal custody until the court terminates the order of temporary custody or permanently divests the parents of their parental rights, or a full explanation that the granting of an order for a planned permanent living arrangement will result in the removal of the child from their legal custody if any of the conditions listed in divisions (A)(5)(a) to (c) of this section are found to exist, and the summons served on the parents contains a full explanation of their right to be represented by counsel and to have counsel appointed pursuant to Chapter 120. of the Revised Code if they are indigent.

If after making disposition as authorized by division (A)(2) of this section, a motion is filed that requests permanent custody of the child, the court may grant permanent custody of the child to the movant in accordance with section 2151.414 of the Revised Code.

(C) If the court issues an order for protective supervision pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section, the court may place any reasonable restrictions upon the child, the child's parents, guardian, or custodian, or any other person, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

(1) Order a party, within forty-eight hours after the issuance of the order, to vacate the child's home indefinitely or for a specified period of time;

(2) Order a party, a parent of the child, or a physical custodian of the child to prevent any particular person from having contact with the child;

(3) Issue an order restraining or otherwise controlling the conduct of any person which conduct would not be in the best interest of the child.

(D) As part of its dispositional order, the court shall journalize a case plan for the child. The journalized case plan shall not be changed except as provided in section 2151.412 of the Revised Code.

(E)(1) The court shall retain jurisdiction over any child for whom the court issues an order of disposition pursuant to division (A) of this section or pursuant to section 2151.414 or 2151.415 of the Revised Code until the child attains the age of eighteen YEARS if the child is not mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, or physically impaired, the child attains the age of twenty-one YEARS if the child is mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, or physically impaired, or the child is adopted and a final decree of adoption is issued, except that the court may retain jurisdiction over the child and continue any order of disposition under division (A) of this section or under section 2151.414 or 2151.415 of the Revised Code for a specified period of time to enable the child to graduate from high school or vocational school. The court shall make an entry continuing its jurisdiction under this division in the journal.

(2) Any public children services agency, any private child placing agency, the department of human services, or any party, other than any parent whose parental rights with respect to the child have been terminated pursuant to an order issued under division (A)(4) of this section, by filing a motion with the court, may at any time request the court to modify or terminate any order of disposition issued pursuant to division (A) of this section or section 2151.414 or 2151.415 of the Revised Code. The court shall hold a hearing upon the motion as if the hearing were the original dispositional hearing and shall give all parties to the action and the guardian ad litem notice of the hearing pursuant to the Juvenile Rules. If applicable, the court shall comply with section 2151.42 of the Revised Code.

(F) Any temporary custody order issued pursuant to division (A) of this section shall terminate one year after the earlier of the date on which the complaint in the case was filed or the child was first placed into shelter care, except that, upon the filing of a motion pursuant to section 2151.415 of the Revised Code, the temporary custody order shall continue and not terminate until the court issues a dispositional order under that section.

(G)(1) No later than one year after the earlier of the date the complaint in the case was filed or the child was first placed in shelter care, a party may ask the court to extend an order for protective supervision for six months or to terminate the order. A party requesting extension or termination of the order shall file a written request for the extension or termination with the court and give notice of the proposed extension or termination in writing before the end of the day after the day of filing it to all parties and the child's guardian ad litem. If a public children services agency or private child placing agency requests termination of the order, the agency shall file a written status report setting out the facts supporting termination of the order at the time it files the request with the court. If no party requests extension or termination of the order, the court shall notify the parties that the court will extend the order for six months or terminate it and that it may do so without a hearing unless one of the parties requests a hearing. All parties and the guardian ad litem shall have seven days from the date a notice is sent pursuant to this division to object to and request a hearing on the proposed extension or termination.

(a) If it receives a timely request for a hearing, the court shall schedule a hearing to be held no later than thirty days after the request is received by the court. The court shall give notice of the date, time, and location of the hearing to all parties and the guardian ad litem. At the hearing, the court shall determine whether extension or termination of the order is in the child's best interest. If termination is in the child's best interest, the court shall terminate the order. If extension is in the child's best interest, the court shall extend the order for six months.

(b) If it does not receive a timely request for a hearing, the court may extend the order for six months or terminate it without a hearing and shall journalize the order of extension or termination not later than fourteen days after receiving the request for extension or termination or after the date the court notifies the parties that it will extend or terminate the order. If the court does not extend or terminate the order, it shall schedule a hearing to be held no later than thirty days after the expiration of the applicable fourteen-day time period and give notice of the date, time, and location of the hearing to all parties and the child's guardian ad litem. At the hearing, the court shall determine whether extension or termination of the order is in the child's best interest. If termination is in the child's best interest, the court shall terminate the order. If extension is in the child's best interest, the court shall issue an order extending the order for protective supervision six months.

(2) If the court grants an extension of the order for protective supervision pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section, a party may, prior to termination of the extension, file with the court a request for an additional extension of six months or for termination of the order. The court and the parties shall comply with division (G)(1) of this section with respect to extending or terminating the order.

(3) If a court grants an extension pursuant to division (G)(2) of this section, the court shall terminate the order for protective supervision at the end of the extension.

(H) The court shall not issue a dispositional order pursuant to division (A) of this section that removes a child from the child's home unless the court complies with section 2151.419 of the Revised Code and includes in the dispositional order the findings of fact required by that section.

(I) If a motion or application for an order described in division (A)(6) of this section is made, the court shall not issue the order unless, prior to the issuance of the order, it provides to the person all of the following:

(1) Notice and a copy of the motion or application;

(2) The grounds for the motion or application;

(3) An opportunity to present evidence and witnesses at a hearing regarding the motion or application;

(4) An opportunity to be represented by counsel at the hearing.

(J) The jurisdiction of the court shall terminate one year after the date of the award or, if the court takes any further action in the matter subsequent to the award, the date of the latest further action subsequent to the award, if the court awards legal custody of a child to either of the following:

(1) A legal custodian who, at the time of the award of legal custody, resides in a county of this state other than the county in which the court is located;

(2) A legal custodian who resides in the county in which the court is located at the time of the award of legal custody, but moves to a different county of this state prior to one year after the date of the award or, if the court takes any further action in the matter subsequent to the award, one year after the date of the latest further action subsequent to the award.

The court in the county in which the legal custodian resides then shall have jurisdiction in the matter.

Sec. 2151.55. (A) This section shall have no effect on and after the date the Supreme Court adopts, pursuant to its authority under Section 5 of Article IV, Ohio Constitution, rules governing procedure in the juvenile courts of the state that address the placement of a child in a CERTIFIED foster home in a county other than the county in which the child resided at the time of being removed from home.

(B) Prior to placing a child in a CERTIFIED foster home in a county other than the county in which the child resided at the time of being removed from home, the private or government entity responsible for the placement shall communicate directly with all of the following and notify them of the intended placement: the intended foster caregiver, the juvenile court of the county in which the CERTIFIED foster home is located, and, if the child will attend the schools of the district in which the CERTIFIED foster home is located, the school district's board of education. The private or government entity shall provide any information it has in its possession concerning the reasons the child is being placed in the CERTIFIED foster home if that information may be disclosed under federal and state law.

(C) If a child is placed in a CERTIFIED foster home in a county other than the county in which the child resided at the time the child was removed from home, the superintendent of the school district in which the child resides in a CERTIFIED foster home may file, in the juvenile court of the county in which the school district is located, a complaint requesting that the child be removed from the county because the child is causing a significant and unreasonable disruption to the educational process in the school the child is attending.

(D) The court shall hold a hearing as soon as possible, but no later than thirty days after the complaint is filed. No later than five days before the date on which the court hearing is to be held, the court shall send to the entity that placed the child in a CERTIFIED foster home in the county and to the superintendent written notice by first class mail of the date, time, place, and purpose of the court hearing. The hearing shall be limited to determining whether the child is causing a significant and unreasonable disruption to the educational process. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court shall determine whether the child is causing such a disruption. If the court determines the child is causing such a disruption, the court shall order the entity that placed the child in a CERTIFIED foster home in the county to remove the child from the county. If the court determines the child is not causing such a disruption, the court shall dismiss the complaint.

(E) If the court orders the removal of a child, the court shall send written notice of the removal order to the juvenile court that journalized a case plan as part of its dispositional order pursuant to section 2151.35 of the Revised Code or issued any order pursuant to Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code requiring placement of the child in a CERTIFIED foster home in the county from which the child is ordered removed. On receipt of the removal notice, the juvenile court receiving the removal notice shall enter the notice on its journal and shall do one of the following:

(1) If a case plan was journalized as part of the dispositional order, the court shall schedule a hearing under section 2151.417 of the Revised Code to be held no later than ten days after the removal notice was received. The court shall give notice of the date, time, and location of the hearing to all parties and the guardian ad litem. At the hearing, the court shall make appropriate changes to the case plan consistent with the removal order and journalize the case plan.

(2) If no case plan was journalized as part of the dispositional order, the court shall immediately issue a new order concerning the child's placement pursuant to Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code that is consistent with the removal order.

(F) This section does not affect the jurisdiction of a court with respect to a child for which the court issued a dispositional order pursuant to Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code.

Sec. 2151.62. (A) This section applies only to a child who is or previously has been adjudicated a delinquent child for an act to which any of the following applies:

(1) It is a violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.05 of the Revised Code;

(2) It is a violation of section 2923.01 of the Revised Code and involved an attempt to commit aggravated murder or murder;

(3) It would be a felony if committed by an adult and the court determined that the child, if an adult, would be guilty of a specification found in section 2941.141, 2941.144, or 2941.145 of the Revised Code or in another section of the Revised Code that relates to the possession or use of a firearm, as defined in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code, during the commission of the act for which the child was adjudicated a delinquent child.

(B)(1) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a public children services agency, private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, or court, the department of youth services, or another private or government entity shall not place a child in a CERTIFIED foster home until it provides the foster caregivers with all of the following:

(a) A written report describing the child's social history;

(b) A written report describing all the acts committed by the child the entity knows of that resulted in the child being adjudicated a delinquent child and the disposition made by the court, unless the records pertaining to the acts have been sealed pursuant to section 2151.358 of the Revised Code;

(c) A written report describing any other violent act committed by the child of which the entity is aware;

(d) The substantial and material conclusions and recommendations of any psychiatric or psychological examination conducted on the child or, if no psychological or psychiatric examination of the child is available, the substantial and material conclusions and recommendations of an examination to detect mental and emotional disorders conducted in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code by an independent social worker, social worker, professional clinical counselor, or professional counselor licensed under that chapter. The entity shall not provide any part of a psychological, psychiatric, or mental and emotional disorder examination to the foster caregivers other than the substantial and material conclusions.

(2) Notwithstanding section 2151.358 of the Revised Code, if records of an adjudication that a child is a delinquent child have been sealed pursuant to that section and an entity knows the records have been sealed, the entity shall provide the foster caregivers a written statement that the records of a prior adjudication have been sealed.

(C) The entity that places the child in a CERTIFIED foster home shall conduct a psychological examination of the child, except that the entity is not required to conduct the examination if such an examination was conducted no more than one year prior to the child's placement. No later than sixty days after placing the child, the entity shall provide the foster caregiver a written report detailing the substantial and material conclusions and recommendations of the examination conducted pursuant to this division.

(D)(1) Except as provided in divisions (D)(2) and (3) of this section, the expenses of conducting the examinations and preparing the reports and assessment required by division (B) or (C) of this section shall be paid by the entity that places the child in the CERTIFIED foster home.

(2) When a juvenile court grants temporary or permanent custody of a child pursuant to any section of the Revised Code, including section 2151.33, 2151.353, 2151.354, or 2151.355 of the Revised Code, to a public children services agency or private child placing agency, the court shall provide the agency the information described in division (B) of this section, pay the expenses of preparing that information, and, if a new examination is required to be conducted, pay the expenses of conducting the examination described in division (C) of this section. On receipt of the information described in division (B) of this section, the agency shall provide to the court written acknowledgment that the agency received the information. The court shall keep the acknowledgment and provide a copy to the agency. On the motion of the agency, the court may terminate the order granting temporary or permanent custody of the child to that agency, if the court does not provide the information described in division (B) of this section.

(3) If one of the following entities is placing a child in a CERTIFIED foster home with the assistance of or by contracting with a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or a private noncustodial agency, the entity shall provide the agency with the information described in division (B) of this section, pay the expenses of preparing that information, and, if a new examination is required to be conducted, pay the expenses of conducting the examination described in division (C) of this section:

(a) The department of youth services if the placement is pursuant to any section of the Revised Code including section 2151.38, 5139.06, 5139.07, 5139.38, or 5139.39 of the Revised Code;

(b) A juvenile court with temporary or permanent custody of a child pursuant to section 2151.354 or 2151.355 of the Revised Code;

(c) A public children services agency or private child placing agency with temporary or permanent custody of the child.

The agency receiving the information described in division (B) of this section shall provide the entity described in division (D)(3)(a) to (c) of this section that sent the information written acknowledgment that the agency received the information and provided it to the foster caregivers. The entity shall keep the acknowledgment and provide a copy to the agency. An entity that places a child in a CERTIFIED foster home with the assistance of or by contracting with an agency remains responsible to provide the information described in division (B) of this section to the foster caregivers unless the entity receives written acknowledgment that the agency provided the information.

(E) If a child is placed in a CERTIFIED foster home as a result of an emergency removal of the child from home pursuant to division (D) of section 2151.31 of the Revised Code, an emergency change in the child's case plan pursuant to division (E)(3) of section 2151.412 of the Revised Code, or an emergency placement by the department of youth services pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 5139. of the Revised Code, the entity that places the child in the CERTIFIED foster home shall provide the information described in division (B) of this section no later than ninety-six hours after the child is placed in the CERTIFIED foster home.

(F) On receipt of the information described in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the foster caregiver shall provide to the entity that places the child in the foster caregiver's home a written acknowledgment that the foster caregiver received the information. The entity shall keep the acknowledgment and provide a copy to the foster caregiver.

(G) No person employed by an entity subject to this section and made responsible by that entity for the child's placement in a CERTIFIED foster home shall fail to provide the foster caregivers with the information required by divisions (B) and (C) of this section.

(H) It is not a violation of any duty of confidentiality provided for in the Revised Code or a code of professional responsibility for a person or government entity to provide the substantial and material conclusions and recommendations of a psychiatric or psychological examination, or an examination to detect mental and emotional disorders, in accordance with division (B)(1)(d) or (C) of this section.

Sec. 3313.64. (A) As used in this section and in section 3313.65 of the Revised Code:

(1) "Parent" means either parent, unless the parents are separated or divorced or their marriage has been dissolved or annulled, in which case "parent" means the parent who is the residential parent and legal custodian of the child. When a child is in the legal custody of a government agency or a person other than the child's natural or adoptive parent, "parent" means the parent with residual parental rights, privileges, and responsibilities. When a child is in the permanent custody of a government agency or a person other than the child's natural or adoptive parent, "parent" means the parent who was divested of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the child and the right to have the child live with the parent and be the legal custodian of the child and all residual parental rights, privileges, and responsibilities.

(2) "Legal custody," "permanent custody," and "residual parental rights, privileges, and responsibilities" have the same meanings as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code.

(3) "School district" or "district" means a city, local, or exempted village school district and excludes any school operated in an institution maintained by the department of youth services.

(4) Except as used in division (C)(2) of this section, "home" means a home, institution, family foster home, group home, or other residential facility in this state that receives and cares for children, to which any of the following applies:

(a) The home is licensed, certified, or approved for such purpose by the state or is maintained by the department of youth services.

(b) The home is operated by a person who is licensed, certified, or approved by the state to operate the home for such purpose.

(c) The home accepted the child through a placement by a person licensed, certified, or approved to place a child in such a home by the state.

(d) The home is a children's home created under section 5153.21 or 5153.36 of the Revised Code.

(5) "Agency" means all of the following:

(a) A public children services agency;

(b) An organization that holds a certificate issued by the Ohio department of human services in accordance with the requirements of section 5103.03 of the Revised Code and assumes temporary or permanent custody of children through commitment, agreement, or surrender, and places children in family homes for the purpose of adoption;

(c) Comparable agencies of other states or countries that have complied with applicable requirements of section 2151.39, or sections 5103.20 to 5103.28 of the Revised Code.

(6) A child is placed for adoption if either of the following occurs:

(a) An agency to which the child has been permanently committed or surrendered enters into an agreement with a person pursuant to section 5103.06 of the Revised Code for the care and adoption of the child.

(b) The child's natural parent places the child pursuant to section 5103.16 of the Revised Code with a person who will care for and adopt the child.

(7) "Handicapped preschool child" means a handicapped child, as defined by division (A) of section 3323.01 of the Revised Code, who is at least three years of age but is not of compulsory school age, as defined in section 3321.01 of the Revised Code, and who has not entered kindergarten.

(8) "Child," unless otherwise indicated, includes handicapped preschool children.

(B) Except as otherwise provided in section 3321.01 of the Revised Code for admittance to kindergarten and first grade, a child who is at least five but under twenty-two years of age and any handicapped preschool child shall be admitted to school as provided in this division.

(1) A child shall be admitted to the schools of the school district in which the child's parent resides.

(2) A child who does not reside in the district where the child's parent resides shall be admitted to the schools of the district in which the child resides if any of the following applies:

(a) The child is in the legal or permanent custody of a government agency or a person other than the child's natural or adoptive parent.

(b) The child resides in a home.

(c) The child requires special education.

(3) A child who is not entitled under division (B)(2) of this section to be admitted to the schools of the district where the child resides and who is residing with a resident of this state with whom the child has been placed for adoption shall be admitted to the schools of the district where the child resides unless either of the following applies:

(a) The placement for adoption has been terminated.

(b) Another school district is required to admit the child under division (B)(1) of this section.

Division (B) of this section does not prohibit the board of education of a school district from placing a handicapped child who resides in the district in a special education program outside of the district or its schools in compliance with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code.

(C) A district shall not charge tuition for children admitted under division (B)(1) or (3) of this section. If the district admits a child under division (B)(2) of this section, tuition shall be paid to the district that admits the child as follows:

(1) If the child receives special education in accordance with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, tuition shall be paid in accordance with section 3323.091, 3323.13, 3323.14, or 3323.141 of the Revised Code regardless of who has custody of the child or whether the child resides in a home.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2)(d) of this section, if the child is in the permanent or legal custody of a government agency or person other than the child's parent, tuition shall be paid by:

(a) The district in which the child's parent resided at the time the court removed the child from home or at the time the court vested legal or permanent custody of the child in the person or government agency, whichever occurred first; or

(b) If the parent's residence at the time the court removed the child from home or placed the child in the legal or permanent custody of the person or government agency is unknown, tuition shall be paid by the district in which the child resided at the time the child was removed from home or placed in legal or permanent custody, whichever occurred first; or

(c) If a school district cannot be established under division (C)(2)(a) or (b) of this section, tuition shall be paid by the district determined as required by section 2151.357 of the Revised Code by the court at the time it vests custody of the child in the person or government agency.;

(d) If at the time the court removed the child from home or vested legal or permanent custody of the child in the person or government agency, whichever occurred first, one parent was in a residential or correctional facility or a juvenile residential placement and the other parent, if living and not in such a facility or placement, was not known to reside in this state, tuition shall be paid by the district determined under division (D) of section 3313.65 of the Revised Code as the district required to pay any tuition while the parent was in such facility or placement.

(3) If the child is not in the permanent or legal custody of a government agency or person other than the child's parent and the child resides in a home, tuition shall be paid by one of the following:

(a) The school district in which the child's parent resides;

(b) If the child's parent is not a resident of this state, the home in which the child resides.

(D) Tuition required to be paid under divisions (C)(2) and (3)(a) of this section shall be computed in accordance with section 3317.08 of the Revised Code. Tuition required to be paid under division (C)(3)(b) of this section shall be computed in accordance with section 3317.081 of the Revised Code. If a home fails to pay the tuition required by division (C)(3)(b) of this section, the board of education providing the education may recover in a civil action the tuition and the expenses incurred in prosecuting the action, including court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. If the prosecuting attorney or city director of law represents the board in such action, costs and reasonable attorney's fees awarded by the court, based upon the prosecuting attorney's, director's, or one of their designee's time spent preparing and presenting the case, shall be deposited in the county or city general fund.

(E) A board of education may enroll a child free of any tuition obligation for a period not to exceed sixty days, on the sworn statement of an adult resident of the district that the resident has initiated legal proceedings for custody of the child.

(F) In the case of any individual entitled to attend school under this division, no tuition shall be charged by the school district of attendance and no other school district shall be required to pay tuition for the individual's attendance. Notwithstanding division (B), (C), or (E) of this section:

(1) All persons at least eighteen but under twenty-two years of age who live apart from their parents, support themselves by their own labor, and have not successfully completed the high school curriculum or the individualized education program developed for the person by the high school pursuant to section 3323.08 of the Revised Code, are entitled to attend school in the district in which they reside.

(2) Any child under eighteen years of age who is married is entitled to attend school in the child's district of residence.

(3) A child is entitled to attend school in the district in which either of the child's parents is employed if the child has a medical condition that may require emergency medical attention. The parent of a child entitled to attend school under division (F)(3) of this section shall submit to the board of education of the district in which the parent is employed a statement from the child's physician certifying that the child's medical condition may require emergency medical attention. The statement shall be supported by such other evidence as the board may require.

(4) Any child residing with a person other than the child's parent is entitled, for a period not to exceed twelve months, to attend school in the district in which that person resides if the child's parent files an affidavit with the superintendent of the district in which the person with whom the child is living resides stating all of the following:

(a) That the parent is serving outside of the state in the armed services of the United States;

(b) That the parent intends to reside in the district upon returning to this state;

(c) The name and address of the person with whom the child is living while the parent is outside the state.

(5) Any child under the age of twenty-two years who, after the death of a parent, resides in a school district other than the district in which the child attended school at the time of the parent's death is entitled to continue to attend school in the district in which the child attended school at the time of the parent's death for the remainder of the school year, subject to approval of that district board.

(6) A child under the age of twenty-two years who resides with a parent who is having a new house built in a school district outside the district where the parent is residing is entitled to attend school for a period of time in the district where the new house is being built. In order to be entitled to such attendance, the parent shall provide the district superintendent with the following:

(a) A sworn statement explaining the situation, revealing the location of the house being built, and stating the parent's intention to reside there upon its completion;

(b) A statement from the builder confirming that a new house is being built for the parent and that the house is at the location indicated in the parent's statement.

(7) A child under the age of twenty-two years residing with a parent who has a contract to purchase a house in a school district outside the district where the parent is residing and who is waiting upon the date of closing of the mortgage loan for the purchase of such house is entitled to attend school for a period of time in the district where the house is being purchased. In order to be entitled to such attendance, the parent shall provide the district superintendent with the following:

(a) A sworn statement explaining the situation, revealing the location of the house being purchased, and stating the parent's intent to reside there;

(b) A statement from a real estate broker or bank officer confirming that the parent has a contract to purchase the house, that the parent is waiting upon the date of closing of the mortgage loan, and that the house is at the location indicated in the parent's statement.

The district superintendent shall establish a period of time not to exceed ninety days during which the child entitled to attend school under division (F)(6) or (7) of this section may attend without tuition obligation. A student attending a school under division (F)(6) or (7) of this section shall be eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics under the auspices of that school, provided the board of education of the school district where the student's parent resides, by a formal action, releases the student to participate in interscholastic athletics at the school where the student is attending, and provided the student receives any authorization required by a public agency or private organization of which the school district is a member exercising authority over interscholastic sports.

(8) A child whose parent is a full-time employee of a city, local, or exempted village school district may be admitted to the schools of the district where the child's parent is employed, provided the board of education establishes such an admission policy by resolution adopted by a majority of its members. Any such policy shall take effect on the first day of the school year and the effective date of any amendment or repeal may not be prior to the first day of the subsequent school year. The policy shall be uniformly applied to all such children and shall provide for the admission of any such child upon request of the parent. No child may be admitted under this policy after the first day of classes of any school year.

(9) A child who is with the child's parent under the care of a shelter for victims of domestic violence, as defined in section 3113.33 of the Revised Code, is entitled to attend school free in the district in which the child is with his THE CHILD'S parent, and no other school district shall be required to pay tuition for the child's attendance in that school district.

The enrollment of a child in a school district under this division shall not be denied due to a delay in the school district's receipt of any records required under section 3313.672 of the Revised Code or any other records required for enrollment. Any days of attendance and any credits earned by a child while enrolled in a school district under this division shall be transferred to and accepted by any school district in which the child subsequently enrolls. The state board of education shall adopt rules to ensure compliance with this division.

(10) Any child under the age of twenty-two years whose parent has moved out of the school district after the commencement of classes in the child's senior year of high school is entitled, subject to the approval of that district board, to attend school in the district in which the child attended school at the time of the parental move for the remainder of the school year and for one additional semester or equivalent term. A district board may also adopt a policy specifying extenuating circumstances under which a student may continue to attend school under division (F)(10) of this section for an additional period of time in order to successfully complete the high school curriculum for the individualized education program developed for the student by the high school pursuant to section 3323.08 of the Revised Code.

(11) As used in this division, "grandparent" means a parent of a parent of a child. A child under the age of twenty-two years who is in the custody of the child's parent, resides with a grandparent, and does not require special education is entitled to attend the schools of the district in which the child's grandparent resides, provided that, prior to such attendance in any school year, the board of education of the school district in which the child's grandparent resides and the board of education of the school district in which the child's parent resides enter into a written agreement specifying that good cause exists for such attendance, describing the nature of this good cause, and consenting to such attendance.

In lieu of a consent form signed by a parent, a board of education may request the grandparent of a child attending school in the district in which the grandparent resides pursuant to division (F)(11) of this section to complete any consent form required by the district, including any authorization required by sections 3313.712 and 3313.713 of the Revised Code. Upon request, the grandparent shall complete any consent form required by the district. A school district shall not incur any liability solely because of its receipt of a consent form from a grandparent in lieu of a parent.

Division (F)(11) of this section does not create, and shall not be construed as creating, a new cause of action or substantive legal right against a school district, a member of a board of education, or an employee of a school district. This section does not affect, and shall not be construed as affecting, any immunities from defenses to tort liability created or recognized by Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code for a school district, member, or employee.

(12) A child under the age of twenty-two years is entitled to attend school in a school district other than the district in which the child is entitled to attend school under division (B), (C), or (E) of this section provided that, prior to such attendance in any school year, both of the following occur:

(a) The superintendent of the district in which the child is entitled to attend school under division (B), (C), or (E) of this section contacts the superintendent of another district for purposes of this division;

(b) The superintendents of both districts enter into a written agreement that consents to the attendance and specifies that the purpose of such attendance is to protect the student's physical or mental well-being or to deal with other extenuating circumstances deemed appropriate by the superintendents.

While an agreement is in effect under this division for a student who is not receiving special education under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code and notwithstanding Chapter 3327. of the Revised Code, the board of education of neither school district involved in the agreement is required to provide transportation for the student to and from the school where the student attends.

A student attending a school of a district pursuant to this division shall be allowed to participate in all student activities, including interscholastic athletics, at the school where the student is attending on the same basis as any student who has always attended the schools of that district while of compulsory school age.

(G) A board of education, after approving admission, may waive tuition for students who will temporarily reside in the district and who are either of the following:

(1) Residents or domiciliaries of a foreign nation who request admission as foreign exchange students;

(2) Residents or domiciliaries of the United States but not of Ohio who request admission as participants in an exchange program operated by a student exchange organization.

(H) Pursuant to sections 3311.211, 3313.90, 3319.01, 3323.04, 3327.04, and 3327.06 of the Revised Code, a child may attend school or participate in a special education program in a school district other than in the district where the child is entitled to attend school under division (B) of this section.

(I) This division does not apply to a child receiving special education.

A school district required to pay tuition pursuant to division (C)(2) or (3) of this section or section 3313.65 of the Revised Code shall have an amount deducted under division (F) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code equal to its own tuition rate for the same period of attendance. A school district entitled to receive tuition pursuant to division (C)(2) or (3) of this section or section 3313.65 of the Revised Code shall have an amount credited under division (F) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code equal to its own tuition rate for the same period of attendance. If the tuition rate credited to the district of attendance exceeds the rate deducted from the district required to pay tuition, the department of education shall pay the district of attendance the difference from amounts deducted from all districts' payments under division (F) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code but not credited to other school districts under such division and from appropriations made for such purpose. The treasurer of each school district shall, by the fifteenth day of January and July, furnish the superintendent of public instruction a report of the names of each child who attended the district's schools under divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section or section 3313.65 of the Revised Code during the preceding six calendar months, the duration of the attendance of those children, the school district responsible for tuition on behalf of the child, and any other information that the superintendent requires.

Upon receipt of the report the superintendent, pursuant to division (F) of section 3317.023 of the Revised Code, shall deduct each district's tuition obligations under divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section or section 3313.65 of the Revised Code and pay to the district of attendance that amount plus any amount required to be paid by the state.

(J) In the event of a disagreement, the superintendent of public instruction shall determine the school district in which the parent resides.

(K) Nothing in this section requires or authorizes, or shall be construed to require or authorize, the admission to a public school in this state of a pupil who has been permanently excluded from public school attendance by the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to sections 3301.121 and 3313.662 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 5101.14. (A) Within available funds, the department of human services shall make payments to the counties within thirty days after the beginning of each calendar quarter for a part of their costs for services to children performed pursuant to Chapter 5153. of the Revised Code.

Funds provided to the county under this section shall be deposited into the children services fund created pursuant to section 5101.144 of the Revised Code.

(B)(1) The funds distributed under this section shall be used for the following:

(a) Home-based services to children and families;

(b) Protective services to children;

(c) To find, develop, and approve adoptive homes;

(d) Short-term, out-of-home care and treatment for children;

(e) Costs for the care of a child who resides with a caretaker relative, other than the child's parent, and is in the legal custody of a public children services agency pursuant to a voluntary temporary custody agreement entered into under division (A) of section 5103.15 of the Revised Code or in the legal custody of a public children services agency or the caretaker relative pursuant to an allegation or adjudication of abuse, neglect, or dependency made under Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code;

(f) Other services a public children services agency considers necessary to protect children from abuse, neglect, or dependency.

(2) No funds distributed under this section shall be used for the costs of maintaining a child in a children's home owned and operated by the county.

(C) In each fiscal year, the amount of funds available for distribution under this section shall be allocated to counties as follows:

(1) If the amount is less than the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year, each county shall receive an amount equal to the percentage of the funding it received in the immediately preceding fiscal year, exclusive of any releases from or additions to the allocation or any sanctions imposed under this section;

(2) If the amount is equal to the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year, each county shall receive an amount equal to the amount it received in the preceding fiscal year, exclusive of any releases from or additions to the allocation or any sanctions imposed under this section;

(3) If the amount is greater than the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year, each county shall receive the amount determined under division (C)(2) of this section as a base allocation, plus a percentage of the amount that exceeds the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year. The amount exceeding the amount initially appropriated in the immediately preceding fiscal year shall be allocated to the counties as follows:

(a) Twelve per cent divided equally among all counties;

(b) Forty-eight per cent in the ratio that the number of residents of the county under the age of eighteen bears to the total number of such persons residing in this state;

(c) Forty per cent in the ratio that the number of residents of the county with incomes under the federal poverty guideline bears to the total number of such persons in this state.

As used in division (C)(3)(c) of this section, "federal poverty guideline" means the poverty guideline as defined by the United States office of management and budget and revised by the United States secretary of health and human services in accordance with section 673 of the "Community Services Block Grant Act," 95 Stat. 511 (1981), 42 U.S.C.A. 9902, as amended.

(D)(C) The department may adopt rules as necessary for the allocation of funds under this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code.

(E)(D)(1) As used in this division, "services to children" includes only children's protective services, home-based services to children and families, family foster home services, residential treatment services, adoptive services, and independent living services.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the allocation of funds for a fiscal year to a county under this section shall be reduced by the department if in the preceding calendar year the total amount expended for services to children from local funds and funds distributed to the county under section 5101.46 of the Revised Code was less than the total expended from those sources in the second preceding calendar year. The reduction shall be equal to the difference between the total expended in the preceding calendar year and the total expended in the second preceding calendar year.

The determination of whether the amount expended for services to children was less in the preceding calendar year than in the second preceding calendar year shall not include a difference due to any of the following factors to the extent that the difference does not exceed the amount attributable to that factor:

(a) An across-the-board reduction in the county budget as a whole;

(b) A reduced or failed levy specifically earmarked for children services;

(c) A reduced allocation of funds to the county under section 5101.24 of the Revised Code;

(d) The closure of, or a reduction in the operating capacity of, a children's home owned and operated by the county.

(3) Funds withheld under this division may be reallocated by the department to other counties. The department may grant whole or partial waivers of the provisions of this division.

(E) public agency

(F) Children who are in the temporary or permanent custody of a certified public or private nonprofit agency or institution, or who are in adoptions subsidized under division (B) of section 5153.163 of the Revised Code are eligible for medical assistance through the medical assistance program established under section 5111.01 of the Revised Code.

(G) Within ninety days after the end of each fiscal year, each county shall return any unspent funds to the department.

(H) The department shall prepare an annual report detailing on a county-by-county basis the services provided with funds distributed under this section. The report shall be submitted to the general assembly by the thirtieth day of September each year and also shall be made available to the public.

(I) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules prescribing reports on expenditures to be submitted by the counties as necessary for the implementation of this section.

Sec. 5101.141. (A) The department of human services shall act as the single state agency to administer federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance made pursuant to Title IV-E of the "Social Security Act," 94 Stat. 501, 42 U.S.C.A. 670 (1980), as amended, and shall adopt rules to implement this authority. Internal management rules governing financial and administrative requirements applicable to public children services agencies shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. Rules establishing eligibility, program participation, and other requirements shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. A public children services agency to which the department distributes Title IV-E funds shall administer the funds in accordance with those rules.

(B)(1) The county, on behalf of each child eligible for foster care maintenance payments under Title IV-E of the "Social Security Act," shall make payments to cover the cost of providing all of the following:

(a) The child's food, clothing, shelter, daily supervision, and school supplies;

(b) The child's personal incidentals;

(c) Reasonable travel to the child's home for visitation.

(2) In addition to payments made under division (B)(1) of this section, the county may, on behalf of each child eligible for foster care maintenance payments under Title IV-E of the "Social Security Act," make payments to cover the cost of providing the following:

(a) Liability insurance with respect to the child;

(b) If the county is participating in the demonstration project established under division (A) of section 5101.142 of the Revised Code, services provided under the project.

(3) With respect to a child who is in a child-care institution, including any type of group home designed for the care of children or any privately operated program consisting of two or more family CERTIFIED foster homes operated by a common administrative unit, the foster care maintenance payments made by the county on behalf of the child shall include the reasonable cost of the administration and operation of the institution, group home, or program, as necessary to provide the items described in division DIVISIONS (B)(1) and (2) of this section.

(C) To the extent that either foster care maintenance payments under division (B) of this section or Title IV-E adoption assistance payments for maintenance costs require the expenditure of county funds, the board of county commissioners shall report the nature and amount of each expenditure of county funds to the department.

(D) The department shall distribute to public children services agencies that incur and report such expenditures federal financial participation received for administrative and training costs incurred in the operation of foster care maintenance and adoption assistance programs. The department may withhold not more than two per cent of the federal financial participation received. The funds withheld shall be in addition to any administration and training cost for which the department is reimbursed through its own cost allocation plan.

(E) All federal funds received by a county pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the county's children services fund created pursuant to section 5101.144 of the Revised Code.

(F) The department shall periodically publish and distribute the maximum amounts that the department will reimburse public children services agencies for making payments on behalf of children eligible for foster care maintenance payments.

(G) The department, by and through its director, is hereby authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate, and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this state with agencies of any other states, for the provision of medical assistance and other social services to children in relation to whom all of the following apply:

(1) They have special needs.

(2) This state or another state that is a party to the interstate compact is providing adoption assistance on their behalf.

(3) They move into this state from another state or move out of this state to another state.

Sec. 5103.02. As used in sections 5103.03 to 5103.19 of the Revised Code:

(A) "Institution ASSOCIATION" or "association INSTITUTION" includes any incorporated or unincorporated organization, society, association, or agency, public or private, that receives or cares for children for two or more consecutive weeks; any individual who, for hire, gain, or reward, receives or cares for children for two or more consecutive weeks, unless the individual is related to them by blood or marriage; and any individual not in the regular employ of a court, or of an institution or association certified in accordance with section 5103.03 of the Revised Code, who in any manner becomes a party to the placing of children in foster homes, unless the individual is related to such children by blood or marriage, or is the appointed guardian of such children; provided, that any organization, society, association, school, agency, child guidance center, detention or rehabilitation facility, or children's clinic licensed, regulated, approved, operated under the direction of, or otherwise certified by the department of education, a local board of education, the department of youth services, the department of mental health, or the department of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, or any individual who provides care for only a single-family group, placed there by their parents or other relative having custody, shall not be considered as being within the purview of these sections.

(B) "Family foster home" has the same meaning as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code MEANS A FOSTER HOME THAT IS NOT A TREATMENT FOSTER HOME.

(C) "FOSTER HOME" MEANS A PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN WHICH CHILDREN ARE RECEIVED APART FROM THEIR PARENTS, GUARDIAN, OR LEGAL CUSTODIAN, BY AN INDIVIDUAL FOR HIRE, GAIN, OR REWARD FOR NONSECURE CARE, SUPERVISION, OR TRAINING TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY. "FOSTER HOME" DOES NOT INCLUDE CARE PROVIDED FOR A CHILD IN THE HOME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE CHILD'S PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR LEGAL CUSTODIAN WHILE THE PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR LEGAL CUSTODIAN IS TEMPORARILY AWAY. FAMILY FOSTER HOMES AND TREATMENT FOSTER HOMES ARE TYPES OF FOSTER HOMES.

(D) "RECOMMENDING AGENCY" MEANS A PUBLIC CHILDREN SERVICES AGENCY, PRIVATE CHILD PLACING AGENCY, OR PRIVATE NONCUSTODIAL AGENCY THAT RECOMMENDS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES CERTIFY OR RECERTIFY A FOSTER HOME UNDER SECTION 5103.03 of the Revised Code.

(E) "Treatment foster home" means a family foster home that incorporates special psychological or medical treatment REHABILITATIVE SERVICES designed to care for TREAT the specific needs of the children received in the family foster home and that receives and cares for children who are emotionally or behaviorally disturbed, CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT, ADJUDICATED OR ALLEGED DELINQUENT OR UNRULY, medically fragile requiring special medical treatment due to physical ailment or condition, mentally retarded, or developmentally disabled, OR WHO OTHERWISE HAVE EXCEPTIONAL OR INTENSIVE NEEDS.

Sec. 5103.031. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES MAY NOT ISSUE A CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 5103.03 OF THE REVISED CODE TO A FOSTER HOME UNLESS THE FOSTER CAREGIVER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES THE FOLLOWING AMOUNT OF PRECERTIFICATION TRAINING THROUGH A PRECERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM OPERATED UNDER SECTION 5103.033 OF THE REVISED CODE:

(A) IF THE FOSTER HOME IS A FAMILY FOSTER HOME, AT LEAST THIRTY-SIX HOURS;

(B) IF THE FOSTER HOME IS A TREATMENT FOSTER HOME, AT LEAST FORTY-EIGHT HOURS.

Sec. 5103.032. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES MAY NOT RENEW A FOSTER HOME CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 5103.03 OF THE REVISED CODE UNLESS THE FOSTER CAREGIVER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES THE FOLLOWING AMOUNT OF CONTINUING TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOSTER CAREGIVER'S NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND CONTINUING TRAINING PLAN DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED UNDER SECTION 5103.034 OF THE REVISED CODE:

(A) IF THE FOSTER HOME IS A FAMILY FOSTER HOME, AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS EACH YEAR;

(B) IF THE FOSTER HOME IS A TREATMENT FOSTER HOME, AT LEAST THIRTY-SIX HOURS THE FIRST YEAR THE FOSTER HOME'S INITIAL CERTIFICATE IS IN EFFECT AND AT LEAST THIRTY HOURS EACH YEAR THEREAFTER.

Sec. 5103.033. A PUBLIC CHILDREN SERVICES AGENCY, PRIVATE CHILD PLACING AGENCY, OR PRIVATE NONCUSTODIAL AGENCY OPERATING A PRECERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM OR CONTINUING TRAINING PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES UNDER SECTION 5103.038 OF THE REVISED CODE SHALL MAKE THE PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO FOSTER CAREGIVERS. THE AGENCY SHALL MAKE THE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE TYPE OF RECOMMENDING AGENCY FROM WHICH A FOSTER CAREGIVER SEEKS A RECOMMENDATION AND WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE FOSTER CAREGIVER.

Sec. 5103.034. A PUBLIC CHILDREN SERVICES AGENCY, PRIVATE CHILD PLACING AGENCY, OR PRIVATE NONCUSTODIAL AGENCY ACTING AS A RECOMMENDING AGENCY FOR A FOSTER CAREGIVER HOLDING A CERTIFICATE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 5103.03 of the Revised Code SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A WRITTEN NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND CONTINUING TRAINING PLAN FOR THE FOSTER CAREGIVER. EACH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND CONTINUING TRAINING PLAN SHALL SATISFY ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

(A) BE EFFECTIVE FOR THE TWO-YEAR PERIOD THE FOSTER CAREGIVER'S CERTIFICATE IS IN EFFECT;

(B) BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE TYPE OF FOSTER HOME THE FOSTER CAREGIVER OPERATES;

(C) REQUIRE THE FOSTER CAREGIVER TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE COURSES EACH CONTINUING TRAINING PROGRAM MUST PROVIDE AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5103.0311 OF THE REVISED CODE AND ANY OTHER COURSES THE AGENCY CONSIDERS APPROPRIATE;

(D) INCLUDE CRITERIA THE AGENCY IS TO USE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE FOSTER CAREGIVER HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE COURSES;

(E) GUARANTEE THAT THE COURSES THE FOSTER CAREGIVER IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ARE AVAILABLE TO THE FOSTER CAREGIVER.

Sec. 5103.035. FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER A FOSTER CAREGIVER HAS SATISFIED THE REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 5103.031 OR 5103.032 OF THE REVISED CODE, A RECOMMENDING AGENCY SHALL ACCEPT TRAINING OBTAINED PURSUANT TO A PRECERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM OR CONTINUING TRAINING PROGRAM OPERATED UNDER SECTION 5103.033 of the Revised Code REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE AGENCY OPERATED THE PRECERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM OR CONTINUING TRAINING PROGRAM. THE AGENCY MAY REQUIRE THAT THE FOSTER CAREGIVER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE ADDITIONAL TRAINING AS A CONDITION OF THE AGENCY RECOMMENDING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES CERTIFY OR RECERTIFY THE FOSTER CAREGIVER'S FOSTER HOME UNDER SECTION 5103.03 OF THE REVISED CODE.

Sec. 5103.036. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENTS OF YOUTH SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH, AND ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION SERVICES, SHALL DEVELOP A MODEL DESIGN OF A PRECERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM FOR FOSTER CAREGIVERS SEEKING AN INITIAL CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 5103.03 OF THE REVISED CODE AND A MODEL DESIGN OF A CONTINUING TRAINING PROGRAM FOR FOSTER CAREGIVERS SEEKING RENEWAL OF A CERTIFICATE UNDER THAT SECTION. THE MODEL DESIGN OF A PRECERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 5103.0310 OF THE REVISED CODE. THE MODEL DESIGN OF A CONTINUING TRAINING PROGRAM SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 5103.0311 of the Revised Code. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SHALL MAKE THE MODEL DESIGNS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC CHILDREN SERVICES AGENCIES, PRIVATE CHILD PLACING AGENCIES, AND PRIVATE NONCUSTODIAL AGENCIES.

Sec. 5103.037. NOT LATER THAN THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR, EACH PUBLIC CHILDREN SERVICES AGENCY, PRIVATE CHILD PLACING AGENCY, AND PRIVATE NONCUSTODIAL AGENCY THAT SEEKS TO OPERATE A PRECERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM OR CONTINUING TRAINING PROGRAM UNDER SECTION 5103.033 OF THE REVISED CODE SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES A PROPOSAL OUTLINING THE PROGRAM. THE PROPOSAL MAY BE THE SAME AS, A MODIFICATION OF, OR DIFFERENT FROM A MODEL DESIGN DEVELOPED UNDER SECTION 5103.036 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 5103.038. NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER RECEIVING A PROPOSAL UNDER SECTION 5103.037 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SHALL EITHER APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE PROPOSED PROGRAM. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPROVE A PROPOSED PRECERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM IF IT COMPLIES WITH SECTION 5103.0310 OF THE REVISED CODE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPROVE A PROPOSED CONTINUING TRAINING PROGRAM IF IT COMPLIES WITH SECTION 5103.0311 OF THE REVISED CODE. IF THE DEPARTMENT DISAPPROVES A PROPOSAL, IT SHALL PROVIDE THE REASON FOR DISAPPROVAL TO THE AGENCY THAT SUBMITTED THE PROPOSAL AND ADVISE THE AGENCY OF HOW TO REVISE THE PROPOSAL SO THAT THE DEPARTMENT CAN APPROVE IT.

Sec. 5103.039. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES' APPROVAL UNDER SECTION 5103.038 of the Revised Code OF A PROPOSED PRECERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM OR CONTINUING TRAINING PROGRAM IS VALID ONLY FOR THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE YEAR THE PROPOSAL FOR THE PROGRAM IS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT UNDER SECTION 5103.037 OF THE REVISED CODE.

Sec. 5103.0310. A PRECERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM SHALL CONSIST OF COURSES IN THE ROLE OF FOSTER CAREGIVERS AS A PART OF THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF FOSTER CHILDREN. THE COURSES SHALL ADDRESS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

(A) THE LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FOSTER CAREGIVERS;

(B) FAMILY SYSTEMS;

(C) CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND DEPENDENCY;

(D) THE IMPACT OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND DEPENDENCY ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT;

(E) THE EFFECTS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT;

(F) SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS, LEARNING DISORDERS, AND COMMON CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES;

(G) ATTACHMENT, SEPARATION, AND PLACEMENT ISSUES;

(H) DISCIPLINE;

(I) CULTURAL ISSUES IN PLACEMENT;

(J) PRIMARY FAMILIES;

(K) SEXUAL ABUSE;

(L) THE EFFECTS OF CAREGIVING ON THE FAMILY;

(M) PERMANENCY ISSUES FOR CHILDREN;

(N) PERMANENCY ISSUES FOR FAMILIES;

(O) AVAILABLE COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR ASSISTANCE;

(P) THE SUBSTANCE OF SECTION 2151.62 OF THE REVISED CODE. A COURSE ADDRESSING SECTION 2151.62 OF THE REVISED CODE SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN ONE HOUR LONG.

Sec. 5103.0311. A CONTINUING TRAINING PROGRAM SHALL CONSIST OF COURSES THAT ADDRESS AT LEAST ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

(A) PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN;

(B) PARENTING SKILLS;

(C) PERMANENCY PLANNING PROCEDURES;

(D) PROPER METHODS OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT AND USE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS;

(E) SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DEPENDENCY.

Sec. 5103.0312. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SHALL PAY FOSTER CAREGIVERS FOR ATTENDING TRAINING COURSES PURSUANT TO A PRECERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM OR CONTINUING TRAINING PROGRAM OPERATED UNDER SECTION 5103.033 OF THE REVISED CODE. THE PAYMENT SHALL BE BASED ON A PER DIEM RATE ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE PAYMENT SHALL BE THE SAME REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF RECOMMENDING AGENCY FROM WHICH A FOSTER CAREGIVER SEEKS A RECOMMENDATION.

Sec. 5103.0313. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SHALL REIMBURSE A PUBLIC CHILDREN SERVICES AGENCY, PRIVATE CHILD PLACING AGENCY, OR PRIVATE NONCUSTODIAL AGENCY FOR THE COST TO THE AGENCY OF PROVIDING TRAINING TO A FOSTER CAREGIVER THROUGH A PRECERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM OR CONTINUING TRAINING PROGRAM OPERATED UNDER SECTION 5103.033 OF THE REVISED CODE. THE REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE ON A PER DIEM BASIS AND LIMITED TO THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRAINER, OBTAINING A SITE AT WHICH THE TRAINING IS PROVIDED, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRAINING. A REIMBURSEMENT RATE SHALL BE THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE TRAINING PROGRAM IS OPERATED BY A PUBLIC CHILDREN SERVICES AGENCY, PRIVATE CHILD PLACING AGENCY, OR PRIVATE NONCUSTODIAL AGENCY.

Sec. 5103.0314. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SHALL NOT REIMBURSE A RECOMMENDING AGENCY FOR THE COST OF ANY TRAINING THE AGENCY REQUIRES A FOSTER CAREGIVER TO UNDERGO AS A CONDITION OF THE AGENCY RECOMMENDING THE DEPARTMENT CERTIFY OR RECERTIFY THE FOSTER CAREGIVER'S FOSTER HOME UNDER SECTION 5103.03 OF THE REVISED CODE IF THE TRAINING IS IN ADDITION TO THE TRAINING REQUIRED BY SECTION 5103.031 OR 5103.032 OF THE REVISED CODE.

Sec. 5103.0315. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SHALL SEEK FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION FOR THE COST OF MAKING PAYMENTS UNDER SECTION 5103.0312 OF THE REVISED CODE AND REIMBURSEMENTS UNDER SECTION 5103.0313 OF THE REVISED CODE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY THE GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY PROPOSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT ENDANGERS THE FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION.

Sec. 5103.0316. NOT LATER THAN NINETY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SHALL ADOPT RULES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 119. OF THE REVISED CODE AS NECESSARY FOR THE EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF SECTIONS 5103.031 TO 5103.0316 OF THE REVISED CODE.

Sec. 5103.033 5103.0317. A family foster home may not receive more than five children apart from their parents, guardian, or custodian, except in order to accommodate a sibling group or the remaining members of a sibling group.

Sec. 2151.418 5103.0318. Any foster home or family foster home shall be considered to be a residential use of property for purposes of municipal, county, and township zoning and shall be a permitted use in all zoning districts in which residential uses are permitted. No municipal, county, or township zoning regulation shall require a conditional permit or any other special exception certification for any foster home or family foster home.

Sec. 5103.031 5103.13. (A) As used in this section, "HIV" has the same meaning as in section 3701.24 of the Revised Code.

(B) The department of human services shall provide, by rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, for the licensure of crisis nurseries as either type A or type B crisis nurseries. The rules shall specify that a license shall not be issued to an applicant for licensure as a crisis nursery if the conditions at any of its facilities would jeopardize the health or safety of the children to whom it provides care.

(C) A type A crisis nursery shall provide temporary shelter and other care for not more than twenty children at one time. Each child shall be under age six and drug-exposed, HIV-infected, or referred by a public children services agency, as defined in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code. No child shall receive shelter or other care from a particular type A crisis nursery for a period exceeding sixty days.

(D) A type B crisis nursery shall provide, without charging a fee, temporary services and care to children under age thirteen who are abused and neglected, at high risk of abuse and neglect, or members of families receiving child protective services. A type B crisis nursery shall also provide referrals to support services. No child shall receive services or care from a type B crisis nursery for more than thirty days in any year.

Sec. 5103.032 5103.131. The department of human services may apply to the United States secretary of health and human services for a federal grant under the "Temporary Child Care for Children With Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act," 100 Stat. 907 (1986), 42 U.S.C. 5117, to assist type B crisis nurseries licensed under section 5103.031 5103.13 of the Revised Code in providing temporary services and care to minors.

Sec. 5123.77. (A) Pending his removal to an institution, a person taken into custody or ordered to be institutionalized pursuant to this chapter may be held in his THE PERSON'S home, a family CERTIFIED foster home, licensed rest or nursing home, a county home, or a facility used for detention, but he THE PERSON shall be kept separate from persons charged with or convicted of penal offenses.

(B) Whenever any person is taken into custody under this chapter, the person in charge of the institution or facility in which that person is temporarily held under division (A) of this section immediately shall notify that person's legal guardian, spouse, or next of kin and his THE PERSON'S counsel, if such can be ascertained.

Sec. 5153.01. (A) As used in the Revised Code, "public children services agency" means an entity specified in section 5153.02 of the Revised Code that has assumed the powers and duties of the children services function prescribed by this chapter for a county.

(B) As used in this chapter:

(1) "Babysitting care" means care provided for a child while the parents, guardian, or legal custodian of the child are temporarily away.

(2) "Certified family foster home" means a family foster home operated by a person holding a certificate issued pursuant to, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 5103.02 of the Revised Code, CERTIFIED UNDER section 5103.03 of the Revised Code that is in full force and effect.

(3) "Certified organization" means any organization holding a certificate issued pursuant to section 5103.03 of the Revised Code that is in full force and effect.

(4) "Child" means any person under eighteen years of age or a mentally or physically handicapped person, as defined by rule of the department of human services, under twenty-one years of age.

(5) "Executive director" means the person charged with the responsibility of administering the powers and duties of a public children services agency appointed pursuant to section 5153.10 of the Revised Code.

(6) "Family foster home" means a private residence in which children are received apart from their parents, guardian, or legal custodian by an individual for hire, gain, or reward for nonsecure care, supervision, or training twenty-four hours a day. "Family foster home" does not include babysitting care provided for a child in the home of a person other than the home of the parents, guardian, or legal custodian of the child.

(7) "Foster home" means a family home in which any child is received, apart from the child's parents, for care, supervision, or training.

(8) "Organization" means any public, semipublic, or private institution, including maternity homes and day nurseries, and any private association, society, or agency, located or operating in this state, incorporated or unincorporated, having among its functions the furnishing of protective services or care for children or the placement of children in CERTIFIED foster homes or elsewhere.

Sec. 5153.16. (A) Except as provided in section 2151.422 of the Revised Code, in accordance with rules of the department of human services, and on behalf of children in the county whom the public children services agency considers to be in need of public care or protective services, the public children services agency shall do all of the following:

(1) Make an investigation concerning any child alleged to be an abused, neglected, or dependent child;

(2) Enter into agreements with the parent, guardian, or other person having legal custody of any child, or with the department of human services, department of mental health, department of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, other department, any certified organization within or outside the county, or any agency or institution outside the state, having legal custody of any child, with respect to the custody, care, or placement of any child, or with respect to any matter, in the interests of the child, provided the permanent custody of a child shall not be transferred by a parent to the public children services agency without the consent of the juvenile court;

(3) Accept custody of children committed to the public children services agency by a court exercising juvenile jurisdiction;

(4) Provide such care as the public children services agency considers to be in the best interests of any child adjudicated to be an abused, neglected, or dependent child the agency finds to be in need of public care or service;

(5) Provide social services to any unmarried girl adjudicated to be an abused, neglected, or dependent child who is pregnant with or has been delivered of a child;

(6) Make available to the bureau for children with medical handicaps of the department of health at its request any information concerning a crippled child found to be in need of treatment under sections 3701.021 to 3701.028 of the Revised Code who is receiving services from the public children services agency;

(7) Provide temporary emergency care for any child considered by the public children services agency to be in need of such care, without agreement or commitment;

(8) Find family CERTIFIED foster homes, within or outside the county, for the care of children, including handicapped children from other counties attending special schools in the county;

(9) Subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners and the state department of human services, establish and operate a training school or enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation or other political subdivision of the county respecting the operation, acquisition, or maintenance of any children's home, training school, or other institution for the care of children maintained by such municipal corporation or political subdivision;

(10) Acquire and operate a county children's home, establish, maintain, and operate a receiving home for the temporary care of children, or procure family CERTIFIED foster homes for this purpose;

(11) Enter into an agreement with the trustees of any district children's home, respecting the operation of the district children's home in cooperation with the other county boards in the district;

(12) Cooperate with, make its services available to, and act as the agent of persons, courts, the department of human services, the department of health, and other organizations within and outside the state, in matters relating to the welfare of children, except that the public children services agency shall not be required to provide supervision of or other services related to the exercise of companionship or visitation rights granted pursuant to section 3109.051, 3109.11, or 3109.12 of the Revised Code unless a juvenile court, pursuant to Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, or a common pleas court, pursuant to division (E)(6) of section 3113.31 of the Revised Code, requires the provision of supervision or other services related to the exercise of the companionship or visitation rights;

(13) Make investigations at the request of any superintendent of schools in the county or the principal of any school concerning the application of any child adjudicated to be an abused, neglected, or dependent child for release from school, where such service is not provided through a school attendance department;

(14) Administer funds provided under Title IV-E of the "Social Security Act," 94 Stat. 501 (1980), 42 U.S.C.A. 671, as amended, in accordance with rules adopted by the state department of human services under section 5101.141 of the Revised Code;

(15) In addition to administering Title IV-E adoption assistance funds, enter into agreements to make adoption assistance payments under section 5153.163 of the Revised Code;

(16) Implement a system of risk assessment, in accordance with rules adopted by the state department of human services, to assist the public children services agency in determining the risk of abuse or neglect to a child;

(17) Enter into a plan of cooperation with the board of county commissioners under section 307.983 of the Revised Code and comply with the partnership agreement the board enters into under section 307.98 of the Revised Code and contracts the board enters into under sections 307.981 and 307.982 of the Revised Code that affect the public children services agency;

(18) Make reasonable efforts to prevent the removal of an alleged or adjudicated abused, neglected, or dependent child from the child's home, eliminate the continued removal of the child from the child's home, or make it possible for the child to return home safely, except that reasonable efforts of that nature are not required when a court has made a determination under division (A)(2) of section 2151.419 of the Revised Code;

(19) Make reasonable efforts to place the child in a timely manner in accordance with the permanency plan approved under division (E) of section 2151.417 of the Revised Code and to complete whatever steps are necessary to finalize the permanent placement of the child.

(B) The public children services agency shall use the system implemented pursuant to division (B)(16) of this section in connection with an investigation undertaken pursuant to division (F)(1) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code and may use the system at any other time the agency is involved with any child when the agency determines that risk assessment is necessary.

(C) Except as provided in section 2151.422 of the Revised Code, in accordance with rules of the department of human services, and on behalf of children in the county whom the public children services agency considers to be in need of public care or protective services, the public children services agency may do the following:

(1) Provide or find, with other child serving systems, treatment foster care for the care of children in a treatment foster home, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, CERTIFIED UNDER SECTION 5103.03 of the Revised Code;

(2)(a) Except as limited by divisions (C)(2)(b) and (c) of this section, contract with the following for the purpose of assisting the agency with its duties:

(i) County departments of human services;

(ii) Boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services;

(iii) County boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities;

(iv) Regional councils of political subdivisions established under Chapter 167. of the Revised Code;

(v) Private and government providers of services;

(vi) Managed care organizations and prepaid health plans.

(b) A public children services agency contract under division (C)(2)(a) of this section regarding the agency's duties under section 2151.421 of the Revised Code may not provide for the entity under contract with the agency to perform any service not authorized by the department's rules.

(c) Only a county children services board appointed under section 5153.03 of the Revised Code that is a public children services agency may contract under division (C)(2)(a) of this section. If an entity specified in division (B) or (C) of section 5153.02 of the Revised Code is the public children services agency for a county, the board of county commissioners may enter into contracts pursuant to section 307.982 of the Revised Code regarding the agency's duties.

Sec. 5153.161. Care provided by the public children services agency under division (A)(4) of section 5153.16 of the Revised Code shall be provided by the agency, by its own means or through other available resources, in the child's own home, in the home of a relative, or in a certified family foster home, any other home approved by the court, receiving home, school, hospital, convalescent home, or other public or private institution within or outside the county or state.


Section 2. That existing sections 2151.011, 2151.312, 2151.331, 2151.34, 2151.353, 2151.418, 2151.55, 2151.62, 3313.64, 5101.14, 5101.141, 5103.02, 5103.031, 5103.032, 5103.033, 5123.77, 5153.01, 5153.16, and 5153.161 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.


Section 3. Section 5103.031 of the Revised Code does not apply to a foster home, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, holding a valid certificate issued under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code on the effective date of this act.


Section 4. Sections 5101.14 and 5153.161 of the Revised Code are presented in this act as composites of the sections as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 215 and Sub. H.B. 408 of the 122nd General Assembly, with the new language of neither of the acts shown in capital letters. This is in recognition of the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that such amendments are to be harmonized where not substantively irreconcilable and constitutes a legislative finding that such are the resulting versions in effect prior to the effective date of this act.
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