130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Introduced*

123rd General Assembly
Regular Session
1999-2000
S. B. No. 173

SENATORS DRAKE-KEARNS


A BILL
To amend sections 124.11, 329.05, 339.11, 339.16, 339.17, 339.38, 339.39, 339.42, 339.43, 3107.18, 3313.55, 3317.03, 3701.01, 3701.14, 3702.62, 3727.01, 5705.01, 5705.191, 5705.20, and 5705.25; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 339.38 (339.75), 339.39 (339.76), 339.42 (339.74), and 339.43 (339.77); to enact sections 339.71, 339.72, 339.73, 339.78, 339.79, 339.80, 339.81, 339.82, 339.83, 339.84, 339.85, 339.86, 339.87, and 339.88; and to repeal sections 339.20, 339.21, 339.22, 339.23, 339.231, 339.24, 339.25, 339.26, 339.27, 339.28, 339.29, 339.30, 339.31, 339.32, 339.33, 339.34, 339.35, 339.36, 339.37, 339.40, 339.41, 339.45, 339.46, 339.47, 339.50, 339.51, 339.52, 339.53, 339.54, 339.55, 339.56, 339.57, 339.58, 339.59, 339.60, 339.61, 339.62, 339.63, 339.64, 339.99, 3335.43, 3701.84, and 3707.11 of the Revised Code with regard to the prevention and control of tuberculosis.

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


Section 1. That sections 124.11, 329.05, 339.11, 339.16, 339.17, 339.38, 339.39, 339.42, 339.43, 3107.18, 3313.55, 3317.03, 3701.01, 3701.14, 3702.62, 3727.01, 5705.01, 5705.191, 5705.20, and 5705.25 be amended; sections 339.38 (339.75), 339.39 (339.76), 339.42 (339.74), and 339.43 (339.77) be amended for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses; and sections 339.71, 339.72, 339.73, 339.78, 339.79, 339.80, 339.81, 339.82, 339.83, 339.84, 339.85, 339.86, 339.87, and 339.88 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 124.11. The civil service of the state and the several counties, cities, civil service townships, city health districts, general health districts, and city school districts thereof shall be divided into the unclassified service and the classified service.

(A) The unclassified service shall comprise the following positions, which shall not be included in the classified service, and which shall be exempt from all examinations required by this chapter:

(1) All officers elected by popular vote or persons appointed to fill vacancies in such offices;

(2) All election officers as defined in section 3501.01 of the Revised Code;

(3) The members of all boards and commissions, and heads of principal departments, boards, and commissions appointed by the governor or by and with the governor's consent; and the members of all boards and commissions and all heads of departments appointed by the mayor, or, if there is no mayor, such other similar chief appointing authority of any city or city school district; except as otherwise provided in division (A)(17) or (C) of this section, this chapter does not exempt the chiefs of police departments and chiefs of fire departments of cities or civil service townships from the competitive classified service;

(4) The members of county or district licensing boards or commissions and boards of revision, and deputy county auditors;

(5) All officers and employees elected or appointed by either or both branches of the general assembly, and such employees of the city legislative authority as are engaged in legislative duties;

(6) All commissioned, warrant, and noncommissioned officers and enlisted persons in the Ohio organized militia, including military appointees in the adjutant general's department;

(7)(a) All presidents, business managers, administrative officers, superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, deans, assistant deans, instructors, teachers, and such employees as are engaged in educational or research duties connected with the public school system, colleges, and universities, as determined by the governing body of the public school system, colleges, and universities;

(b) The library staff of any library in the state supported wholly or in part at public expense.

(8) Four clerical and administrative support employees for each of the elective state officers; and three clerical and administrative support employees for other elective officers and each of the principal appointive executive officers, boards, or commissions, except for civil service commissions, that are authorized to appoint such clerical and administrative support employees;

(9) The deputies and assistants of state agencies authorized to act for and on behalf of the agency, or holding a fiduciary or administrative relation to that agency and those persons employed by and directly responsible to elected county officials or a county administrator and holding a fiduciary or administrative relationship to such elected county officials or county administrator, and the employees of such county officials whose fitness would be impracticable to determine by competitive examination, provided that division (A)(9) of this section shall not affect those persons in county employment in the classified service as of September 19, 1961. Nothing in division (A)(9) of this section applies to any position in a county department of human services created pursuant to Chapter 329. of the Revised Code.

(10) Bailiffs, constables, official stenographers, and commissioners of courts of record, deputies of clerks of the courts of common pleas who supervise, or who handle public moneys or secured documents, and such officers and employees of courts of record and such deputies of clerks of the courts of common pleas as the director of administrative services finds it impracticable to determine their fitness by competitive examination;

(11) Assistants to the attorney general, special counsel appointed or employed by the attorney general, assistants to county prosecuting attorneys, and assistants to city directors of law;

(12) Such teachers and employees in the agricultural experiment stations; such students in normal schools, colleges, and universities of the state who are employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state in student or intern classifications; and such unskilled labor positions as the director of administrative services or any municipal civil service commission may find it impracticable to include in the competitive classified service; provided such exemptions shall be by order of the commission or the director, duly entered on the record of the commission or the director with the reasons for each such exemption;

(13) Any physician or dentist who is a full-time employee of the department of mental health or the department of mental retardation and developmental disabilities or of an institution under the jurisdiction of either department; and physicians who are in residency programs at the institutions;

(14) Up to twenty positions at each institution under the jurisdiction of the department of mental health or the department of mental retardation and developmental disabilities that the department director determines to be primarily administrative or managerial; and up to fifteen positions in any division of either department, excluding administrative assistants to the director and division chiefs, which are within the immediate staff of a division chief and which the director determines to be primarily and distinctively administrative and managerial;

(15) Noncitizens of the United States employed by the state, or its counties or cities, as physicians or nurses who are duly licensed to practice their respective professions under the laws of Ohio, or medical assistants, in mental, tuberculosis, or chronic disease hospitals, or institutions;

(16) Employees of the governor's office;

(17) Fire chiefs and chiefs of police in civil service townships appointed by boards of township trustees under section 505.38 or 505.49 of the Revised Code;

(18) Executive directors, deputy directors, and program directors employed by boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services under Chapter 340. of the Revised Code, and secretaries of the executive directors, deputy directors, and program directors;

(19) Superintendents, and management employees as defined in section 5126.20 of the Revised Code, of county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities;

(20) Physicians, nurses, and other employees of a county hospital who are appointed pursuant to sections 339.03 and 339.06 of the Revised Code;

(21) The executive director of the state medical board, who is appointed pursuant to division (B) of section 4731.05 of the Revised Code;

(22) County directors of human services as provided in section 329.02 of the Revised Code and administrators appointed under section 329.021 of the Revised Code;

(23) A director of economic development who is hired pursuant to division (A) of section 307.07 of the Revised Code;

(24) Chiefs of construction and compliance, of operations and maintenance, and of licensing and certification in the division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce;

(25) The executive director of a county transit system appointed under division (A) of section 306.04 of the Revised Code;

(26) Up to five positions at each of the administrative departments listed in section 121.02 of the Revised Code and at the department of taxation, department of the adjutant general, department of education, Ohio board of regents, bureau of employment services, bureau of workers' compensation, industrial commission, state lottery commission, and public utilities commission of Ohio that the head of that administrative department or of that other state agency determines to be involved in policy development and implementation. The head of the administrative department or other state agency shall set the compensation for employees in these positions at a rate that is not less than the minimum compensation specified in pay range 41 but not more than the maximum compensation specified in pay range 44 of salary schedule E-2 in section 124.152 of the Revised Code. The authority to establish positions in the unclassified service under division (A)(26) of this section is in addition to and does not limit any other authority that an administrative department or state agency has under the Revised Code to establish positions, appoint employees, or set compensation.

(27) Employees of the department of agriculture employed under section 901.09 of the Revised Code;

(28) For cities, counties, civil service townships, city health districts, general health districts, and city school districts, the deputies and assistants of elective or principal executive officers authorized to act for and in the place of their principals or holding a fiduciary relation to their principals;

(29) Employees who receive external interim, intermittent, or temporary appointments under division (B) of section 124.30 of the Revised Code;

(30) Employees appointed to administrative staff positions for which an appointing authority is given specific statutory authority to set compensation;

(31) Employees appointed to highway patrol cadet or highway patrol cadet candidate classifications.

(B) The classified service shall comprise all persons in the employ of the state and the several counties, cities, city health districts, general health districts, and city school districts thereof, not specifically included in the unclassified service. Upon the creation by the board of trustees of a civil service township civil service commission, the classified service shall also comprise, except as otherwise provided in division (A)(17) or (C) of this section, all persons in the employ of civil service township police or fire departments having ten or more full-time paid employees. The classified service consists of two classes, which shall be designated as the competitive class and the unskilled labor class.

(1) The competitive class shall include all positions and employments in the state and the counties, cities, city health districts, general health districts, and city school districts thereof, and upon the creation by the board of trustees of a civil service township of a township civil service commission all positions in civil service township police or fire departments having ten or more full-time paid employees, for which it is practicable to determine the merit and fitness of applicants by competitive examinations. Appointments shall be made to, or employment shall be given in, all positions in the competitive class that are not filled by promotion, reinstatement, transfer, or reduction, as provided in this chapter, and the rules of the director of administrative services, by appointment from those certified to the appointing officer in accordance with this chapter.

(2) The unskilled labor class shall include ordinary unskilled laborers. Vacancies in the labor class shall be filled by appointment from lists of applicants registered by the director. The director or the commission, by rule, shall require an applicant for registration in the labor class to furnish such evidence or take such tests as the director considers proper with respect to age, residence, physical condition, ability to labor, honesty, sobriety, industry, capacity, and experience in the work or employment for which application is made. Laborers who fulfill the requirements shall be placed on the eligible list for the kind of labor or employment sought, and preference shall be given in employment in accordance with the rating received from such evidence or in such tests. Upon the request of an appointing officer, stating the kind of labor needed, the pay and probable length of employment, and the number to be employed, the director shall certify from the highest on the list double the number to be employed; from this number the appointing officer shall appoint the number actually needed for the particular work. If more than one applicant receives the same rating, priority in time of application shall determine the order in which their names shall be certified for appointment.

(C) A municipal or civil service township civil service commission may place volunteer firefighters who are paid on a fee-for-service basis in either the classified or the unclassified civil service.

(D) This division does not apply to persons in the unclassified service who have the right to resume positions in the classified service under sections 4121.121, 5119.071, 5120.07, 5120.38, 5120.381, 5120.382, 5123.08, 5139.02, and 5501.19 of the Revised Code.

An appointing authority whose employees are paid directly by warrant of the auditor of state may appoint a person who holds a certified position in the classified service within the appointing authority's agency to a position in the unclassified service within that agency. A person appointed pursuant to this division to a position in the unclassified service shall retain the right to resume the position and status held by the person in the classified service immediately prior to the person's appointment to the position in the unclassified service, regardless of the number of positions the person held in the unclassified service. Reinstatement to a position in the classified service shall be to a position substantially equal to that position in the classified service held previously, as certified by the director of administrative services. If the position the person previously held in the classified service has been placed in the unclassified service or is otherwise unavailable, the person shall be appointed to a position in the classified service within the appointing authority's agency that the director of administrative services certifies is comparable in compensation to the position the person previously held in the classified service. Service in the position in the unclassified service shall be counted as service in the position in the classified service held by the person immediately prior to the person's appointment to the position in the unclassified service. When a person is reinstated to a position in the classified service as provided in this division, the person is entitled to all rights, status, and benefits accruing to the position in the classified service during the person's time of service in the position in the unclassified service.

Sec. 329.05. The county department of human services may administer or assist in administering any state or local human services activity in addition to those mentioned in section 329.04 of the Revised Code, supported wholly or in part by public funds from any source provided by agreement between the board of county commissioners and the officer, department, board, or agency in which the administration of such activity is vested. Such officer, department, board, or agency may enter into such agreement and confer upon the county department of human services, to the extent and in particulars specified in the agreement, the performance of any duties and the exercise of any powers imposed upon or vested in such officer, board, department, or agency, with respect to the administration of such activity. Such agreement shall be in the form of a resolution of the board of county commissioners, accepted in writing by the other party to the agreement, and filed in the office of the county auditor, and when so filed, shall have the effect of transferring the exercise of the powers and duties to which the agreement relates and shall exempt the other party from all further responsibility for the exercise of the powers and duties so transferred, during the life of the agreement.

Such agreement shall be coordinated and not conflict with a partnership agreement entered into under section 307.98, a contract entered into under section 307.981 or 307.982, plan of cooperation entered into under section 307.983, a transportation work plan developed under section 307.984, or procedures for providing services to children whose families relocate frequently established under section 307.985 of the Revised Code. It may be revoked at the option of either party, by a resolution or order of the revoking party filed in the office of the auditor. Such revocation shall become effective at the end of the fiscal year occurring at least six months following the filing of the resolution or order. In the absence of such an express revocation so filed, the agreement shall continue indefinitely.

This section does not permit a county department of human services to manage or control county or district tuberculosis or other hospitals, humane societies, detention homes, jails or probation departments of courts, or veterans service commissions.

Sec. 339.11. The TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THE INDIGENT SICK AND DISABLED, THE board of county commissioners may enter INTO an agreement with one or more corporations or associations organized EITHER for charitable purposes or for the purpose of maintaining and operating a hospital in any county in which such hospital has been established, for the care of the indigent sick and disabled, excepting persons afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis, upon such terms as are agreed upon between the board and such corporations or associations. Such THE board shall provide for the payment of the amount agreed upon in BY MAKING one payment, or PAYING installments, or PAYING so much from year to year as the parties stipulate. This section does not authorize the payment of public funds to a sectarian institution, EXCEPT WHEN THE PAYMENT IS MADE UNDER SECTIONS 339.71 TO 339.86 of the Revised Code FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WITH TUBERCULOSIS. The board may employ the necessary and properly qualified employees to assist it in carrying out all responsibilities devolving upon such board by reason of any agreement, entered into in accordance with this section.

Sec. 339.16. A board of trustees of any county hospital, or of any county or district tuberculosis hospital, may contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure on behalf of any or all of its employees or such employees and their immediate dependents the following types of fringe benefits:

(A) Group or individual insurance contracts which may include life, sickness, accident, disability, annuities, endowment, health, medical expense, hospital, dental, surgical and related coverage or any combination thereof;

(B) Group or individual contracts with health insuring corporations or other providers of professional services, care, or benefits duly authorized to do business in this state.

A board of trustees of any county hospital, or of any county or district tuberculosis hospital, may contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure insurance contracts which provide protection for the trustees and employees against liability, including professional liability, provided that this section or any insurance contract issued pursuant to this section shall not be construed as a waiver of or in any manner affect the immunity of the hospital or county.

All or any portion of the cost, premium, fees, or charges therefor may be paid in such manner or combination of manners as the board of trustees may determine, including direct payment by the employee, and, if authorized in writing by the employee, by the board of trustees with moneys made available by deduction from or reduction in salary or wages or by the foregoing of a salary or wage increase.

Notwithstanding sections 3917.01 and 3917.06 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees may purchase group life insurance authorized by this section by reason of payment of premiums therefor by the board of trustees from its funds, and such group life insurance may be issued and purchased if otherwise consistent with sections 3917.01 to 3917.06 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 339.17. (A) Sections 140.03 and 140.05 of the Revised Code are alternatives to sections 339.02 to 339.13 of the Revised Code. Sections 339.02 to 339.14 and 339.21 to 339.39 of the Revised Code are not applicable with respect to hospital facilities and services provided for under leases or agreements entered into pursuant to section 140.03 or 140.05 of the Revised Code, except to the extent made applicable by section 140.03 or 140.05 of the Revised Code and the leases and agreements made thereunder.

(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, the requirements of sections 339.091 and 339.092 of the Revised Code apply to an initial agreement with a board of county commissioners, board of county hospital trustees, or county hospital commission for the acquisition, operation, or lease of a county hospital operated by a board of county hospital trustees under section 339.06 of the Revised Code, entered into pursuant to section 140.03 or 140.05 of the Revised Code, but not to any amendment or renewal of such agreement.

Sec. 339.71. AS USED IN THIS SECTION AND SECTIONS 339.72 TO 339.86 of the Revised Code:

(A) "ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS" MEANS TUBERCULOSIS THAT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED BY CLINICAL, BACTERIOLOGICAL, OR RADIOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE TO BE PRESENT IN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS NOT COMPLETED AN APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS MEDICATION, REGARDLESS OF THE STAGE OF COMMUNICABILITY OF THE TUBERCULOSIS, AND INCLUDES BOTH PULMONARY AND EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.

(B) "COMMUNICABLE TUBERCULOSIS" MEANS ACTIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED, THROUGH EXAMINATION OF A CULTURE OF SPECIMENS OBTAINED FROM THE INDIVIDUAL'S RESPIRATORY TRACT, TO BE IN A STAGE AT WHICH IT CAN BE TRANSMITTED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.

(C) "EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS" MEANS TUBERCULOSIS THAT AFFECTS TISSUES OF THE BODY OTHER THAN THE LUNGS.

(D) "PHYSICIAN" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED UNDER CHAPTER 4731. OF THE REVISED CODE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND SURGERY OR OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

(E) "PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS" MEANS TUBERCULOSIS THAT AFFECTS THE LUNGS.

(F) "TUBERCULOSIS" MEANS THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE OCCURRING IN HUMANS THAT IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MICROORGANISMS:

(1) MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

(2) MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

(3) MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM.

Sec. 339.72. EACH BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE COUNTY TO BE SERVED BY A TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT BY DESIGNATING A COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT OR BY ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ONE OR MORE BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF OTHER COUNTIES UNDER WHICH THE BOARDS JOINTLY DESIGNATE A DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT. THE ENTITY DESIGNATED AS THE COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT MAY BE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(A) A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM OPERATED BY A BOARD OF HEALTH OF A CITY OR GENERAL HEALTH DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3709.22 OF THE REVISED CODE;

(B) A TUBERCULOSIS PROGRAM OPERATED BY A COUNTY THAT RECEIVES FUNDS PURSUANT TO SECTION 339.77 OF THE REVISED CODE;

(C) A TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC ESTABLISHED BY A BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 339.76 OF THE REVISED CODE;

(D) A HOSPITAL THAT PROVIDES TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC SERVICES UNDER A CONTRACT WITH A BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 339.75 OF THE REVISED CODE.

Sec. 339.73. EACH COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT SHALL ENSURE THAT TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT SERVICES ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH TUBERCULOSIS WHO RESIDE IN THE AREA SERVED BY THE UNIT. SERVICES SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY RESIDENT OF THE AREA SERVED, REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS RESIDED IN THE AREA OR THE INDIVIDUAL'S INCOME AND RESOURCES. THE SERVICES PROVIDED SHALL AT LEAST INCLUDE TREATMENT BY A PHYSICIAN AND PROVISION OF ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS MEDICATION AND MAY INCLUDE MAKING REFERRALS FOR RECEIPT OF TREATMENT OR TEMPORARY HOUSING.

Sec. 339.42 339.74. The county commissioners of each county EACH COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT shall establish a TUBERCULOSIS record bureau, appoint a director thereof, and appoint such assistants as are required to keep and maintain adequate records with respect to all known cases of tuberculosis within the county. The county commissioners may delegate the authority to operate such bureau to a county or district tuberculosis hospital, a county tuberculosis clinic, a joint county tuberculosis clinic, or a city or general health district. All tuberculosis hospitals, tuberculosis clinics, general and private hospitals and all boards of health shall immediately report all cases of tuberculosis which are known to them to such record bureau, and they shall supply the bureau with such data with respect to such cases and with respect to the persons who live or work in close contact with such cases as it requests AREA SERVED BY THE UNIT.

Sec. 339.38 339.75. The board of county commissioners of any county may contract with the board of trustees of a county or district tuberculosis A CITY OR GENERAL HEALTH DISTRICT BOARD OF HEALTH, ANY hospital or with the director of health for, clinic services, or OTHER HEALTH CARE ENTITY for the care, treatment, and maintenance of residents of the county who are suffering from WITH tuberculosis. The board of county commissioners of the county in which such patients reside shall pay to the board of trustees of such county or district tuberculosis hospital, or to the treasurer of state, ENTITY WITH WHICH IT CONTRACTS the amount provided in the contract. They shall also pay for the transportation of patients and attendants. The board of county commissioners may also contract for the care and treatment of residents of the county suffering from tuberculosis with a general hospital, properly equipped both as to personnel and facilities for the care and treatment of tuberculosis, or with a person, firm, association, or corporation operating a hospital exclusively for the care and treatment of the tuberculous. No contract shall be made unless such general or private hospital has been inspected and approved by the department of health. Such approval may be withdrawn and such contract shall be cancelled, if, in the judgment of the department, such general or private hospital is not properly managed. If such approval is withdrawn, the person, firm, association, or corporation operating such institutions may appeal to the public health council for a decision.

Sec. 339.39 339.76. The board of county commissioners of any county may establish and maintain one or more tuberculosis clinics in the county, may employ physicians, public health nurses, and other persons for the operation of such clinics or other means as are provided for the prevention, cure, and treatment of tuberculosis, and may provide by tax levies, or otherwise, the necessary funds for such clinics to be established, maintained, and operated. Clinics so established shall be under the control of the board of county commissioners, and shall be supervised by a board of three trustees, similar in all respects to and with all the powers enjoyed by a board of trustees of a county tuberculosis hospital, or by a city or general district board of health within the county, as the board of county commissioners designates.

The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties may join together to establish a joint county tuberculosis clinic. Clinics so established shall be under the control of the joint boards of county commissioners of the member counties and shall be supervised by a board of trustees, such board to consist of an equal number of trustees from each of the member counties, with all of the powers enjoyed by a board of trustees of a county tuberculosis hospital, or by a city or general health district board of health within the county where the clinic is located, as the member boards of county commissioners shall designate. The cost of the establishment and the maintenance of such clinics shall be distributed among the member counties as agreed upon by such members, and such costs shall be paid from the respective county general funds, or from tax levies, or both.

Sec. 339.43 339.77. (A) The director of health shall make available financial assistance for treatment of tuberculosis patients to counties operating an acceptable tuberculosis program. Annually, the director shall pay to the BOARD OF county commissioners of the patient's legal residence a per-active-case amount that equals the annually appropriated funds divided by the number of active cases with documented completion of an approved course of treatment during the previous fiscal year. Total payment shall not exceed the amount of funds appropriated for the purpose. The Ohio public health council DIRECTOR shall provide forms for documentation and shall determine what constitutes an "acceptable tuberculosis program," an "approved course of treatment," and an "active case." The director or his THE DIRECTOR'S authorized agent shall upon request be allowed access to any patient's medical records in order to verify the accuracy of the information submitted to justify such financial assistance. If such medical records are denied or are unavailable, the financial assistance shall terminate or be denied.

(B) ANNUALLY, THE DIRECTOR SHALL REIMBURSE BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COST OF DETAINING INDIGENT PERSONS WITH TUBERCULOSIS. TOTAL PAYMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR THE PURPOSE. THE DIRECTOR SHALL PRESCRIBE THE RATE OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR DETENTION. ANY FUNDS NOT EXPENDED FOR THIS PURPOSE BY THE END OF A FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE DISBURSED TO BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.

Sec. 339.78. (A) WHEN A PHYSICIAN COMPLETES DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES CONFIRMING THAT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS TUBERCULOSIS, THE PHYSICIAN SHALL REPORT THE CONFIRMED CASE OF TUBERCULOSIS TO THE COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT. A PHYSICIAN SHALL MAKE A REPORT TO THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES IF THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS DEMONSTRATED BY AN INDIVIDUAL ARE SUFFICIENT FOR THE PHYSICIAN TO SUSPECT THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS TUBERCULOSIS. AT ANY TIME IT IS DETERMINED THAT AN INDIVIDUAL'S TUBERCULOSIS IS RESISTANT TO ONE OR MORE DRUGS, THE PHYSICIAN SHALL MAKE A REPORT TO THE UNIT.

THE PHYSICIAN ATTENDING AN INDIVIDUAL WITH TUBERCULOSIS SHALL DOCUMENT THE INDIVIDUAL'S ADHERENCE TO THE TREATMENT REGIMEN THAT THE PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBES AND MAKE A REPORT TO THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT IF THE INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT ADHERE TO THE REGIMEN.

IN EACH REPORT MADE UNDER THIS DIVISION, THE PHYSICIAN SHALL PROVIDE ALL INFORMATION THAT THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT REQUESTS. THE INFORMATION SHALL BE PROVIDED AT INTERVALS SPECIFIED BY THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT.

(B) IN ADDITION TO ACCEPTING REPORTS MADE BY PHYSICIANS UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, A COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT SHALL ACCEPT REPORTS MADE AS FOLLOWS:

(1) THE ADMINISTRATOR OF A HOSPITAL, CLINIC, OR OTHER FACILITY THAT IS PROVIDING SERVICES TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CONFIRMED OR SUSPECTED OF HAVING TUBERCULOSIS SHALL REPORT THE CASE TO THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT;

(2) THE ADMINISTRATOR OF A LABORATORY THAT PERFORMS TESTS FOR TUBERCULOSIS ON HUMAN SPECIMENS SHALL REPORT TO THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT EACH POSITIVE TUBERCULOSIS TEST RESULT OBTAINED;

(3) ANY PERSON WHO SUSPECTS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS TUBERCULOSIS MAY REPORT THAT SUSPICION TO THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT.

Sec. 339.79. A COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT SHALL MAKE A REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EACH TIME THE UNIT RECEIVES A REPORT UNDER SECTION 339.78 OF THE REVISED CODE OF A SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED CASE OF TUBERCULOSIS OR A CASE OF TUBERCULOSIS THAT IS RESISTANT TO ONE OR MORE DRUGS. IF THE REPORT PERTAINS TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE, THE UNIT ALSO SHALL MAKE A REPORT TO THE STATE OR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY THAT SERVES THE STATE IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDES.

Sec. 339.80. (A) WHEN A COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT RECEIVES A REPORT UNDER SECTION 339.78 OF THE REVISED CODE OF A CONFIRMED CASE OF TUBERCULOSIS, THE UNIT SHALL CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION THAT INCLUDES PERSONAL CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WITH TUBERCULOSIS. THE INVESTIGATION SHALL COMMENCE NOT LATER THAN THREE WORKING DAYS AFTER THE UNIT RECEIVES THE REPORT.

(B) WHEN A REPORT OF SUSPECTED TUBERCULOSIS IS RECEIVED, THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT SHALL CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL HAS TUBERCULOSIS. PENDING CONFIRMATION THAT THE SUSPICION OF TUBERCULOSIS IS CORRECT, THE UNIT MAY CONTACT THE INDIVIDUAL AND PROCEED WITH AN INVESTIGATION AS THOUGH THE SUSPECTED CASE IS A CONFIRMED CASE OF TUBERCULOSIS.

Sec. 339.81. ANY INFORMATION, DATA, AND REPORTS WITH RESPECT TO A CASE OF TUBERCULOSIS THAT ARE FURNISHED TO, OR PROCURED BY, A COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT OR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL BE CONFIDENTIAL AND USED ONLY FOR STATISTICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND MEDICAL RESEARCH FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTROLLING TUBERCULOSIS IN THIS STATE. NO PHYSICIAN, HOSPITAL, OR OTHER ENTITY FURNISHING INFORMATION, DATA, OR REPORTS PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER SHALL BY REASON OF SUCH FURNISHING BE DEEMED TO HAVE VIOLATED ANY CONFIDENTIAL RELATIONSHIP, OR BE HELD LIABLE IN DAMAGES TO ANY PERSON, OR BE HELD TO ANSWER FOR WILLFUL BETRAYAL OF A PROFESSIONAL CONFIDENCE.

Sec. 339.82. THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO INDIVIDUALS WITH TUBERCULOSIS:

(A)(1) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS SHALL COMPLETE THE ENTIRE TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT REGIMEN PRESCRIBED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL BY A PHYSICIAN. THE REGIMEN PRESCRIBED SHALL INCLUDE A COURSE OF ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS MEDICATION, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS, AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOLLOWING CONTAGION PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF TUBERCULOSIS.

(2) IF AN INDIVIDUAL FAILS TO TAKE PRESCRIBED ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS MEDICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (A)(1) OF THIS SECTION, THE COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE UNDER WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL IS REQUIRED TO BE WITNESSED INGESTING THE ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS MEDICATION BY INDIVIDUALS DESIGNATED BY THE UNIT. THE INDIVIDUAL SHALL TAKE THE MEDICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE.

(B) AN INDIVIDUAL WITH COMMUNICABLE TUBERCULOSIS WHO IS NOT HOSPITALIZED OR OTHERWISE CONFINED SHALL NOT ATTEND ANY PUBLIC GATHERING OR BE IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE THAT THE COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT DETERMINES CANNOT BE MAINTAINED IN A MANNER ADEQUATE TO PROTECT OTHERS FROM THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE. AN INDIVIDUAL WITH COMMUNICABLE TUBERCULOSIS WHO CANNOT BE MAINTAINED OUTSIDE OF A HOSPITAL IN A MANNER ADEQUATE TO PROTECT OTHERS FROM THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE SHALL SUBMIT TO HOSPITALIZATION AND REMAIN HOSPITALIZED.

(C) AN INDIVIDUAL WITH ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS WHO INTENDS TO TRAVEL OR RELOCATE SHALL NOTIFY THE COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT. THE UNIT SHALL NOTIFY THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT OF THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL DISTRICT TO WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL INTENDS TO TRAVEL OR RELOCATE OR THE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY OF THE STATE TO WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL INTENDS TO TRAVEL OR RELOCATE.

Sec. 339.83. WHEN A COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT BECOMES AWARE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WITH ACTIVE OR COMMUNICABLE TUBERCULOSIS IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 339.82 of the Revised Code, THE UNIT SHALL INFORM THE INDIVIDUAL THAT SECTION 339.82 OF THE REVISED CODE REQUIRES COMPLIANCE AND THAT THE UNIT MAY ISSUE AN ORDER UNDER SECTION 339.84 OF THE REVISED CODE COMPELLING THE INDIVIDUAL TO COMPLY.

Sec. 339.84. IF AN INDIVIDUAL FAILS TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 339.82 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT MAY ISSUE AN ORDER COMPELLING THE INDIVIDUAL TO COMPLY.

Sec. 339.85. IF AN INDIVIDUAL FAILS TO COMPLY WITH AN ORDER ISSUED UNDER SECTION 339.84 of the Revised Code, THE COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT MAY APPLY TO THE PROBATE COURT OF THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY FOR AN INJUNCTION PROHIBITING THE INDIVIDUAL FROM CONTINUING TO VIOLATE THE UNIT'S ORDER. IF THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT BELIEVES THAT AN INDIVIDUAL'S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ITS ORDER INVOLVES AN IMMEDIATE DANGER TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, THE UNIT MAY REQUEST THAT THE COURT ISSUE AN INJUNCTION WITHOUT GRANTING THE INDIVIDUAL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A PRIOR HEARING OR THAT THE COURT HOLD AN EXPEDITED HEARING ON THE MATTER.

Sec. 339.86. (A) IF AN INDIVIDUAL FAILS TO COMPLY WITH AN INJUNCTION ISSUED UNDER SECTION 339.85 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT MAY REQUEST THAT THE PROBATE COURT OF THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY ISSUE AN ORDER UNDER WHICH THE UNIT IS GRANTED THE AUTHORITY TO DETAIN THE INDIVIDUAL IN A HOSPITAL OR OTHER PLACE TO BE TREATED OR EXAMINED FOR TUBERCULOSIS. IN THE REQUEST, THE UNIT SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

(1) THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL;

(2) THE PURPOSE OF MAKING THE REQUEST FOR DETENTION;

(3) AN INDIVIDUALIZED ASSESSMENT THAT CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND BEHAVIOR OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT CONSTITUTES THE BASIS FOR MAKING THE REQUEST;

(4) A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE DETAINED;

(5) A RECOMMENDATION OF A HOSPITAL OR OTHER PLACE TO BE USED FOR THE DETENTION.

(B) THE COURT MAY ISSUE AN ORDER FOR DETENTION FOR AN INITIAL PERIOD OF NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS. AT THE END OF THE INITIAL PERIOD OF DETENTION, THE COURT SHALL REVIEW THE CASE AND MAY EXTEND THE ORDER FOR SUBSEQUENT PERIODS OF NOT MORE THAN NINETY DAYS. AT THE END OF EACH SUBSEQUENT PERIOD OF DETENTION, THE COURT SHALL REVIEW THE CASE. WHEN THE COURT RECEIVES SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL SUBJECT TO THE ORDER NO LONGER HAS ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS, THE COURT SHALL TERMINATE THE ORDER FOR DETENTION.

(C) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN DETAINED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY PROVIDE THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT WITH THE NAMES, ADDRESSES, AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE DETENTION, AND THE UNIT SHALL NOTIFY ALL OR A REASONABLE NUMBER OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN DETAINED SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO FORCIBLE ADMINISTRATION OF ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS MEDICATION. THE INDIVIDUAL MAY, AT ANY TIME, SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT TO BE RELEASED FROM DETENTION.

DURING ANY PROCEEDING PERTAINING TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S DETENTION OR PROPOSED DETENTION, THE INDIVIDUAL HAS THE RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS INDIGENT, THE INDIVIDUAL MAY APPLY FOR COURT-APPOINTED COUNSEL. THE COURT MAY APPOINT COUNSEL FOR THE INDIVIDUAL IF IT DETERMINES THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS INDIGENT.

Sec. 339.87. (A) WHEN A TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS, OR IS SUSPECTED OF HAVING, ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS POSES A SUBSTANTIAL DANGER TO THE HEALTH OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS, THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT MAY ISSUE AN EMERGENCY DETENTION ORDER DIRECTING A SHERIFF OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO REMOVE THE INDIVIDUAL TO A HOSPITAL OR OTHER PLACE TO BE TREATED AND EXAMINED FOR TUBERCULOSIS.

(B) NOT LATER THAN THE END OF THE THIRD BUSINESS DAY AFTER DETENTION OF AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT SHALL APPLY TO THE PROBATE COURT OF THE COUNTY FROM WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVED FOR A DETENTION ORDER UNDER DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 339.86 of the Revised Code. IF A REQUEST IS NOT FILED IN THAT TIME, THE INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY RELEASED. AN INDIVIDUAL RELEASED FOR THIS REASON SHALL NOT BE DETAINED BY A SUBSEQUENT ORDER UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION UNLESS THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNIT FIRST OBTAINS AN ORDER FROM THE PROBATE COURT PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 339.86 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 339.88. THE EXPENSES INCURRED FOR DETENTION UNDER SECTION 339.86 OR 339.87 of the Revised Code SHALL BE PAID BY THE INDIVIDUAL DETAINED OR IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS INDIGENT, BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY FROM WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVED. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY APPLY TO THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER SECTION 339.77 of the Revised Code FOR EXPENSES OF DETAINING INDIGENT INDIVIDUALS WITH TUBERCULOSIS.

Sec. 3107.18. (A) Except when giving effect to such a decree would violate the public policy of this state, a court decree terminating the relationship of parent and child, or establishing the relationship by adoption, issued pursuant to due process of law by a court of any jurisdiction outside this state, whether within or outside the United States, shall be recognized in this state, and the rights and obligations of the parties as to all matters within the jurisdiction of this state, including, without limitation, those matters specified in section 3107.15 of the Revised Code, shall be determined as though the decree were issued by a court of this state. A decree or certificate of adoption that is issued under the laws of a foreign country and that is verified and approved by the immigration and naturalization service of the United States shall be recognized in this state. Nothing in this section prohibits a court from issuing a final decree of adoption or interlocutory order of adoption pursuant to section 3107.14 of the Revised Code for a person the petitioner has adopted pursuant to a decree or certificate of adoption recognized in this state that was issued outside the United States.

(B) If a child born in a foreign country is placed with adoptive parents or an adoptive parent in this state for the purpose of adoption and if the adoption previously has been finalized in the country of the child's birth, the adoptive parent or parents may bring a petition in the probate court in their county of residence, requesting that the court issue a final decree of adoption or an interlocutory order of adoption pursuant to section 3701.14 3107.14 of the Revised Code. In a proceeding on the petition, proof of finalization of the adoption outside the United States is prima-facie evidence of the consent of the parties who are required to give consent even if the foreign decree or certificate of adoption was issued with respect to only one of two adoptive parents who seek to adopt the child in this state.

(C) At the request of a person who has adopted a person pursuant to a decree or certificate of adoption recognized in this state that was issued outside the United States, the court of the county in which the person making the request resides shall order the department of health to issue a foreign birth record for the adopted person under division (A)(4) of section 3705.12 of the Revised Code. The court may specify a change of name for the child and, if a physician has recommended a revision of the birth date, a revised birth date. The court shall send to the department with its order a copy of the foreign adoption decree or certificate of adoption and, if the foreign decree or certificate of adoption is not in English, a translation certified as to its accuracy by the translator and provided by the person who requested the order.

Sec. 3313.55. The board of education of any school district may establish such special schools as it deems necessary for all persons who are afflicted with tuberculosis, and may cause all youth, within such district, so afflicted, to be excluded from the regular schools, and may provide for and pay from the school funds, the expense of transportation of such persons to and from such special schools. The board of any school district in which is located a state, district, county, or municipal hospital for children with tuberculosis or epilepsy or any public institution, except state institutions for the care and treatment of delinquent, unstable, or socially maladjusted children, shall make provision for the education of all educable children therein; except that in the event another school district within the same county or an adjoining county is the source of sixty per cent or more of the children in said hospital or institution, the board of that school district shall make provision for the education of all the children therein. In any case IN WHICH A BOARD PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES UNDER THIS SECTION, the board which THAT provides the educational facilities shall be entitled to all moneys authorized for the attendance of pupils as provided in Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code;, tuition as provided in section 3317.08 of the Revised Code;, and such additional compensation as is provided for crippled children in sections 3323.01 to 3323.12 of the Revised Code. Any board which THAT provides the educational facilities for children in county or municipal institutions established for the care and treatment of children who are delinquent, unstable, or socially maladjusted shall not be entitled to any moneys provided for crippled children in sections 3323.01 to 3323.12 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3317.03. Notwithstanding divisions (A)(1), (B)(1), and (C) of this section, any student enrolled in kindergarten more than half time shall be reported as one-half student under this section.

(A) The superintendent of each city and exempted village school district and of each educational service center shall, for the schools under the superintendent's supervision, certify to the state board of education on or before the fifteenth day of October in each year for the first full school week in October the formula ADM, which shall consist of the average daily membership during such week of the sum of the following:

(1) On an FTE basis, the number of students in grades kindergarten through twelve receiving any educational services from the district, except that the following categories of students shall not be included in the determination:

(a) Students enrolled in adult education classes;

(b) Adjacent or other district students enrolled in the district under an open enrollment policy pursuant to section 3313.98 of the Revised Code;

(c) Students receiving services in the district pursuant to a compact, cooperative education agreement, or a contract, but who are entitled to attend school in another district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code;

(d) Students for whom tuition is payable pursuant to sections 3317.081 and 3323.141 of the Revised Code.

(2) On an FTE basis, the number of students entitled to attend school in the district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code, but receiving educational services in grades kindergarten through twelve from one or more of the following entities:

(a) A community school pursuant to Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code or Section 50.52 of Amended Substitute House Bill No. 215 of the 122nd general assembly;

(b) An alternative school pursuant to sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code as described in division (I)(2)(a) or (b) of this section;

(c) A college pursuant to Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code;

(d) An adjacent or other school district under an open enrollment policy adopted pursuant to section 3313.98 of the Revised Code;

(e) An educational service center or cooperative education district;

(f) Another school district under a cooperative education agreement, compact, or contract.

(3) One-fourth of the number of students enrolled in a joint vocational school district or under a vocational education compact;

(4) The number of handicapped children, other than handicapped preschool children, entitled to attend school in the district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code who are placed with a county MR/DD board, minus the number of such children placed with a county MR/DD board in fiscal year 1998. If this calculation produces a negative number, the number reported under division (A)(4) of this section shall be zero.

(B) To enable the department of education to obtain the data needed to complete the calculation of payments pursuant to this chapter, in addition to the formula ADM, each superintendent shall report separately the following student counts:

(1) The total average daily membership in regular day classes included in the report under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section for kindergarten, and each of grades one through twelve in schools under the superintendent's supervision;

(2) The average daily membership of all handicapped preschool children included in a unit approved for the district under section 3317.05 of the Revised Code, in accordance with rules adopted under that section;

(3) The number of children entitled to attend school in the district pursuant to section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code who are participating in a pilot project scholarship program established under sections 3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code as described in division (I)(2)(a) or (b) of this section, are enrolled in a college under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, are enrolled in an adjacent or other school district under section 3313.98 of the Revised Code, are enrolled in a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code or Section 50.52 of Amended Substitute House Bill No. 215 of the 122nd general assembly, or are participating in a program operated by a county MR/DD board or a state institution;

(4) The number of pupils enrolled in joint vocational schools;

(5) The average daily membership of handicapped children reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section receiving category one special education services, described in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(6) The average daily membership of handicapped children reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section receiving category two special education services, described in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(7) The average daily membership of handicapped children reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section identified as having any of the handicaps specified in division (F)(3) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code;

(8) The average daily membership of pupils reported under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section enrolled in vocational education programs or classes operated by the school district or by another district other than a joint vocational school district or by an educational service center;

(9) The average number of children transported by the school district on board-owned or contractor-owned and -operated buses, reported in accordance with rules adopted by the department of education;

(10)(a) The number of children, other than handicapped preschool children, the district placed with a county MR/DD board in fiscal year 1998;

(b) The number of handicapped children, other than handicapped preschool children, placed with a county MR/DD board in the current fiscal year to receive category one special education services, described in division (A) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(c) The number of handicapped children, other than handicapped preschool children, placed with a county MR/DD board in the current fiscal year to receive category two special education services, described in division (B) of section 3317.013 of the Revised Code;

(d) The number of handicapped children, other than handicapped preschool children, placed with a county MR/DD board in the current fiscal year to receive category three special education services, described in division (F)(3) of section 3317.02 of the Revised Code.

(C) Except as otherwise provided in this section for kindergarten students, the average daily membership in divisions (B)(1) to (8) of this section shall be based upon the number of full-time equivalent students. The state board of education shall adopt rules defining full-time equivalent students and for determining the average daily membership therefrom for the purposes of divisions (A) and (B) of this section. No child shall be counted as more than a total of one child in the sum of the average daily memberships of a school district under division (A) or under divisions (B)(1) to (8) of this section. Based on the information reported under this section, the department of education shall determine the total student count, as defined in section 3301.011 of the Revised Code, for each school district.

(D) The superintendent of each joint vocational and cooperative education school district shall certify to the superintendent of public instruction, in a manner prescribed by the state board of education, the applicable average daily memberships for all students in the joint vocational or cooperative education school district, also indicating the city, local, or exempted village school district of residence for each pupil.

(E) In each school of each city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, and cooperative education school district there shall be maintained a record of school membership, which record shall accurately show, for each day the school is in session, the actual membership enrolled in regular day classes. For the purpose of determining average daily membership, the membership figure of any school shall not include any pupils except those pupils described by division (A) of this section. The record of membership for each school shall be maintained in such manner that no pupil shall be counted as in membership prior to the actual date of entry in the school and also in such manner that where for any cause a pupil permanently withdraws from the school that pupil shall not be counted as in membership from and after the date of such withdrawal. There shall not be included in the membership of any school any of the following:

(1) Any pupil who has graduated from the twelfth grade of a public high school;

(2) Any pupil who is not a resident of the state;

(3) Any pupil who was enrolled in the schools of the district during the previous school year when tests were administered under section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code but did not take one or more of the tests required by that section and was not excused pursuant to division (C)(1) of that section;

(4) Any pupil who has attained the age of twenty-two years, except for the following:

(a) Persons suffering from tuberculosis and receiving treatment in any approved state, county, district, or municipal tuberculosis hospital who have not graduated from the twelfth grade of a public high school;

(b) Veterans VETERANS of the armed services whose attendance was interrupted before completing the recognized twelve-year course of the public schools by reason of induction or enlistment in the armed forces and who apply for reenrollment in the public school system of their residence not later than four years after termination of war or their honorable discharge.

If, however, any veteran described by division (E)(4)(b) of this section elects to enroll in special courses organized for veterans for whom tuition is paid under the provisions of federal laws, or otherwise, that veteran shall not be included in average daily membership.

Notwithstanding division (E)(3) of this section, the membership of any school may include a pupil who did not take a test required by section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code if the superintendent of public instruction grants a waiver from the requirement to take the test to the specific pupil. The superintendent may grant such a waiver only for good cause in accordance with rules adopted by the state board of education.

The average daily membership figure of any local, city, or exempted village school district shall be determined by dividing the figure representing the sum of the number of pupils enrolled during each day the school of attendance is actually open for instruction during the first full school week in October by the total number of days the school was actually open for instruction during that week. For purposes of state funding, "enrolled" persons are only those pupils who are attending school, those who have attended school during the current school year and are absent for authorized reasons, and those handicapped children currently receiving home instruction.

The average daily membership figure of any joint vocational or cooperative education school district shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted by the state board of education.

(F)(1) If the formula ADM for the first full school week in February is at least three per cent greater than that certified for the first full school week in the preceding October, the superintendent of schools of any city or exempted village school district or educational service center shall certify such increase to the superintendent of public instruction. Such certification shall be submitted no later than the fifteenth day of February. For the balance of the fiscal year, beginning with the February payments, the superintendent of public instruction shall use the increased formula ADM in calculating or recalculating the amounts to be allocated in accordance with section 3317.022 of the Revised Code. In no event shall the superintendent use an increased membership certified to the superintendent after the fifteenth day of February.

(2) If during the first full school week in February the total number of units for handicapped preschool children that are eligible for approval under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code exceeds the number of such units that have been approved for the year under such division, the superintendent of schools of any city, exempted village, or cooperative education school district or educational service center shall make the certifications required by this section for such week. If the state board of education determines additional units can be approved for the fiscal year within any limitations set forth in the acts appropriating moneys for the funding of such units, the board shall approve additional units for the fiscal year on the basis of such average daily membership. For each unit so approved, the department of education shall pay an amount computed in the manner prescribed in section 3317.161 or 3317.19 and section 3317.162 of the Revised Code.

(3) If during the first full school week in February the total number of special education units that are eligible for approval under division (D)(1) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code for a joint vocational school district exceeds the number of those units that have been approved for the year under that division, the superintendent of the district shall make the certifications required by this section for that week. If the state board of education determines additional units can be approved for the fiscal year within any limitations set forth in the acts appropriating moneys for the funding of such units, the state board shall approve additional units for the fiscal year on the basis of the average daily membership certified. For each unit approved, the department of education shall pay an amount computed in the manner prescribed by section 3317.16 of the Revised Code.

(G)(1)(a) The superintendent of an institution operating a special education program pursuant to section 3323.091 of the Revised Code shall, for the programs under such superintendent's supervision, certify to the state board of education the average daily membership of all handicapped children in classes or programs approved annually by the state board of education, in the manner prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction.

(b) The superintendent of an institution with vocational education units approved under division (A) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code shall, for the units under the superintendent's supervision, certify to the state board of education the average daily membership in those units, in the manner prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction.

(2) The superintendent of each county MR/DD board that maintains special education classes or units approved by the state board of education pursuant to section 3317.05 of the Revised Code shall do both of the following:

(a) Certify to the state board, in the manner prescribed by the board, the average daily membership in classes and units approved under division (D)(1) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code for each school district that has placed children in the classes or units;

(b) Certify to the state board, in the manner prescribed by the board, the average daily membership in preschool handicapped units approved under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code.

(3) If during the first full school week in February the average daily membership of the classes or units maintained by the county MR/DD board that are eligible for approval under division (D)(1) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code is greater than the average daily membership for the preceding October, the superintendent of the board shall make the certifications required by this section for such week and, if during the first full school week in February the average daily membership of the units maintained by the county MR/DD board that are eligible for approval under division (B) of section 3317.05 of the Revised Code is greater than the average daily membership for the preceding October, the superintendent shall certify the average daily membership for the first full school week in February for such units to the state board of education. If the state board determines that additional classes or units can be approved for the fiscal year within any limitations set forth in the acts appropriating moneys for the funding of such classes and units, the board shall approve and fund additional units for the fiscal year on the basis of such average daily membership. For each unit so approved, the department of education shall pay an amount computed in the manner prescribed in sections 3317.161 and 3317.162 of the Revised Code.

(H) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, when any city, local, or exempted village school district provides instruction for a nonresident pupil whose attendance is unauthorized attendance as defined in section 3327.06 of the Revised Code, that pupil's membership shall not be included in that district's membership figure used in the calculation of that district's formula ADM or included in the determination of any unit approved for the district under section 3317.05 of the Revised Code. The reporting official shall report separately the average daily membership of all pupils whose attendance in the district is unauthorized attendance, and the membership of each such pupil shall be credited to the school district in which the pupil is entitled to attend school under division (B) of section 3313.64 or section 3313.65 of the Revised Code as determined by the department of education.

(I)(1) A school district admitting a scholarship student of a pilot project district pursuant to division (C) of section 3313.976 of the Revised Code may count such student in its average daily membership.

(2) In any year for which funds are appropriated for pilot project scholarship programs, a school district implementing a state-sponsored pilot project scholarship program that year pursuant to sections 3313.974 through 3313.979 of the Revised Code may count in average daily membership:

(a) All children residing in the district and utilizing a scholarship to attend kindergarten in any alternative school, as defined in division (A)(9) of section 3313.974 of the Revised Code;

(b) All children who were enrolled in the district in the preceding year who are utilizing a scholarship to attend any such alternative school.

Sec. 3701.01. As used in sections 3701.01, 3701.04, 3701.08, 3701.09, and 3701.37 to 3701.45 of the Revised Code:

(A) "The federal act" means Title VI of the "Public Health Service Act," 60 Stat. 1041 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 291, as amended.

(B) "The surgeon general" means the surgeon general of the public health service of the United States or such other officer or employee of the United States responsible for administration of the federal act.

(C) "Hospital" includes public health centers and general, tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease, and other types of hospitals, and related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses' home facilities, extended care facilities, self-care units, and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals, and also includes education and training facilities for health professions personnel operated as an integral part of a hospital, but does not include any hospital furnishing primarily domiciliary care.

(D) "Public health center" means a publicly owned facility for the housing of the public health services of a community and one which makes available equipment to aid physicians in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease.

(E) "Nonprofit hospital," or "nonprofit" as applied to a facility, means any hospital or facility owned and operated by one or more nonprofit corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.

(F) "Medical facilities" means outpatient facilities, rehabilitation facilities, and facilities for long-term care, including nursing homes, as those terms are defined in the federal act, and such other facilities for which federal aid may be authorized under the federal act.

Sec. 3701.14. (A) The director of health shall make inquiry as to the cause of disease, especially when contagious, infectious, epidemic, or endemic, and take prompt action to control and suppress it. The reports of births and deaths, the sanitary conditions and effects of localities and employments, the personal and business habits of the people, and the relation of the diseases of man and beast, shall be subjects of study by the director. The director may make and execute orders necessary to protect the people against diseases of lower animals, and shall collect and preserve information in respect to such matters and kindred subjects as may be useful in the discharge of the director's duties, and for dissemination among the people. When called upon by the state or local governments, or the board of health of a general or city health district, the director shall promptly investigate and report upon the water supply, sewerage, disposal of excreta of any locality, and the heating, plumbing, and ventilation of a public building.

The (B) WITH REGARD TO TUBERCULOSIS, THE FOLLOWING APPLY:

(1) THE DIRECTOR SHALL MAKE PAYMENTS TO BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 339.77 OF THE REVISED CODE;

(2) THE director shall maintain registries of hospitals, clinics, physicians, or other care providers to whom the director shall refer persons who make inquiries to the department of health regarding possible exposure to tuberculosis;

(3) THE DIRECTOR SHALL ENGAGE IN TUBERCULOSIS SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE FREQUENCY OF TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION, DEMOGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF TUBERCULOSIS CASES, AND TRENDS PERTAINING TO TUBERCULOSIS;

(4) THE DIRECTOR SHALL MAINTAIN A TUBERCULOSIS REGISTRY TO RECORD THE INCIDENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS IN THIS STATE;

(5) THE DIRECTOR MAY APPOINT PHYSICIANS TO SERVE AS TUBERCULOSIS CONSULTANTS FOR GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF THE STATE SPECIFIED BY THE DIRECTOR. EACH TUBERCULOSIS CONSULTANT SHALL ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVISING AND ASSISTING PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE PREVENTION, CARE, TREATMENT, AND CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND FOR REVIEWING MEDICAL RECORDS PERTAINING TO THE TREATMENT PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS WITH TUBERCULOSIS.

(6) THE PUBLIC HEALTH COUNCIL SHALL ADOPT RULES ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR THE FOLLOWING:

(a) PERFORMING TUBERCULOSIS SCREENINGS;

(b) PERFORMING EXAMINATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO TUBERCULOSIS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUSPECTED OF HAVING TUBERCULOSIS;

(c) PROVIDING TREATMENT TO INDIVIDUALS WITH TUBERCULOSIS;

(d) METHODS OF PREVENTING INDIVIDUALS WITH COMMUNICABLE TUBERCULOSIS FROM INFECTING OTHER INDIVIDUALS;

(e) PERFORMING LABORATORY TESTS FOR TUBERCULOSIS AND STUDIES OF THE RESISTANCE OF TUBERCULOSIS TO ONE OR MORE DRUGS;

(f) SELECTING LABORATORIES THAT PROVIDE IN A TIMELY FASHION THE RESULTS OF A LABORATORY TEST FOR TUBERCULOSIS. THE STANDARDS SHALL INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT THAT FIRST CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO LABORATORIES LOCATED IN THIS STATE.

THE RULES SHALL BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 119. OF THE REVISED CODE AND SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR GUIDELINES ON TUBERCULOSIS ISSUED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE OR BY THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY. THE RULES SHALL APPLY TO COUNTY OR DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNITS, PHYSICIANS WHO EXAMINE AND TREAT INDIVIDUALS FOR TUBERCULOSIS, AND LABORATORIES THAT PERFORM TESTS FOR TUBERCULOSIS.

Sec. 3702.62. (A) Any action pursuant to section 140.03, 140.04, 140.05, 307.091, 313.21, 339.01, 339.021, 339.03, 339.06, 339.08, 339.09, 339.12, 339.14, 339.21, 339.231, 339.24, 339.31, 339.36, 339.39, 513.05, 513.07, 513.08, 513.081, 513.12, 513.15, 513.17, 513.171, 749.02, 749.14, 749.16, 749.20, 749.25, 749.28, 749.35, 1751.06, or 3707.29 of the Revised Code shall be taken in accordance with sections 3702.51 to 3702.61 of the Revised Code.

(B) A nursing home certified as an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded under Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, that is required to apply for licensure as a residential facility under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code is not, with respect to the portion of the home certified as an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, subject to sections 3702.51 to 3702.61 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3727.01. As used in this section, "health maintenance organization" means a public or private organization organized under the law of any state that is qualified under section 1310(d) of Title XIII of the "Public Health Service Act," 87 Stat. 931 (1973), 42 U.S.C. 300e-9, or that does all of the following:

(A) Provides or otherwise makes available to enrolled participants health care services including at least the following basic health care services: usual physician services, hospitalization, laboratory, x-ray, emergency and preventive service, and out-of-area coverage;

(B) Is compensated, except for copayments, for the provision of basic health care services to enrolled participants by a payment that is paid on a periodic basis without regard to the date the health care services are provided and that is fixed without regard to the frequency, extent, or kind of health service actually provided;

(C) Provides physician services primarily in either of the following ways:

(1) Directly through physicians who are either employees or partners of the organization;

(2) Through arrangements with individual physicians or one or more groups of physicians organized on a group-practice or individual-practice basis.

As used in this chapter, "hospital" means an institution classified as a hospital under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code in which are provided to inpatients diagnostic, medical, surgical, obstetrical, psychiatric, or rehabilitation care for a continuous period longer than twenty-four hours; a tuberculosis hospital; or a hospital operated by a health maintenance organization. "Hospital" does not include a facility licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code, a health care facility operated by the department of mental health or the department of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, a health maintenance organization that does not operate a hospital, the office of any private licensed health care professional, whether organized for individual or group practice, or a clinic that provides ambulatory patient services and where patients are not regularly admitted as inpatients. "Hospital" also does not include an institution for the sick that is operated exclusively for patients who use spiritual means for healing and for whom the acceptance of medical care is inconsistent with their religious beliefs, accredited by a national accrediting organization, exempt from federal income taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended, and providing twenty-four hour nursing care pursuant to the exemption in division (G) of section 4723.32 of the Revised Code from the licensing requirements of Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code.

Sec. 5705.01. As used in this chapter:

(A) "Subdivision" means any county; municipal corporation; township; township police district; township fire district; joint fire district; joint ambulance district; joint emergency medical services district; fire and ambulance district; joint recreation district; township waste disposal district; township road district; community college district; technical college district; detention home district; a district organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code; a combined district organized under sections 2151.34 and 2151.65 of the Revised Code; a joint-county alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district; a drainage improvement district created under section 6131.52 of the Revised Code; a union cemetery district; a county school financing district; or a city, local, exempted village, cooperative education, or joint vocational school district.

(B) "Municipal corporation" means all municipal corporations, including those that have adopted a charter under Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution.

(C) "Taxing authority" or "bond issuing authority" means, in the case of any county, the board of county commissioners; in the case of a municipal corporation, the council or other legislative authority of the municipal corporation; in the case of a city, local, exempted village, cooperative education, or joint vocational school district, the board of education; in the case of a community college district, the board of trustees of the district; in the case of a technical college district, the board of trustees of the district; in the case of a detention home district, a district organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code, or a combined district organized under sections 2151.34 and 2151.65 of the Revised Code, the joint board of county commissioners of the district; in the case of a township, the board of township trustees; in the case of a joint fire district, the board of fire district trustees; in the case of a joint recreation district, the joint recreation district board of trustees; in the case of a joint-county alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district, the district's board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services; in the case of a joint ambulance district or a fire and ambulance district, the board of trustees of the district; in the case of a union cemetery district, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and the board of township trustees, acting jointly as described in section 759.341 of the Revised Code; in the case of a drainage improvement district, the board of county commissioners of the county in which the drainage district is located; in the case of a joint emergency medical services district, the joint board of county commissioners of all counties in which all or any part of the district lies; and in the case of a township police district, a township fire district, a township road district, or a township waste disposal district, the board of township trustees of the township in which the district is located. "Taxing authority" also means the educational service center governing board that serves as the taxing authority of a county school financing district as provided in section 3311.50 of the Revised Code.

(D) "Fiscal officer" in the case of a county, means the county auditor; in the case of a municipal corporation, the city auditor or village clerk, or such officer as, by virtue of the charter, has the duties and functions of the city auditor or village clerk, except that in the case of a municipal university the board of directors of which have assumed, in the manner provided by law, the custody and control of the funds of the university, the chief accounting officer of the university shall perform, with respect to the funds, the duties vested in the fiscal officer of the subdivision by sections 5705.41 and 5705.44 of the Revised Code; in the case of a school district, the treasurer of the board of education; in the case of a county school financing district, the treasurer of the educational service center governing board that serves as the taxing authority; in the case of a township, the township clerk; in the case of a joint fire district, the clerk of the board of fire district trustees; in the case of a joint ambulance district, the clerk of the board of trustees of the district; in the case of a joint emergency medical services district, the person appointed as fiscal officer pursuant to division (D) of section 307.053 of the Revised Code; in the case of a fire and ambulance district, the person appointed as fiscal officer pursuant to division (B) of section 505.375 of the Revised Code; in the case of a joint recreation district, the person designated pursuant to section 755.15 of the Revised Code; in the case of a union cemetery district, the clerk of the municipal corporation designated in section 759.34 of the Revised Code; in the case of a children's home district, tuberculosis hospital district, educational service center, general health district, joint-county alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district, county library district, detention home district, district organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code, a combined district organized under sections 2151.34 and 2151.65 of the Revised Code, or a metropolitan park district for which no treasurer has been appointed pursuant to section 1545.07 of the Revised Code, the county auditor of the county designated by law to act as the auditor of the district; in the case of a metropolitan park district which has appointed a treasurer pursuant to section 1545.07 of the Revised Code, that treasurer; in the case of a drainage improvement district, the auditor of the county in which the drainage improvement district is located; and in all other cases, the officer responsible for keeping the appropriation accounts and drawing warrants for the expenditure of the moneys of the district or taxing unit.

(E) "Permanent improvement" or "improvement" means any property, asset, or improvement with an estimated life or usefulness of five years or more, including land and interests therein, and reconstructions, enlargements, and extensions thereof having an estimated life or usefulness of five years or more.

(F) "Current operating expenses" and "current expenses" mean the lawful expenditures of a subdivision, except those for permanent improvements, and except payments for interest, sinking fund, and retirement of bonds, notes, and certificates of indebtedness of the subdivision.

(G) "Debt charges" means interest, sinking fund, and retirement charges on bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness.

(H) "Taxing unit" means any subdivision or other governmental district having authority to levy taxes on the property in the district or issue bonds that constitute a charge against the property of the district, including conservancy districts, metropolitan park districts, sanitary districts, road districts, and other districts.

(I) "District authority" means any board of directors, trustees, commissioners, or other officers controlling a district institution or activity that derives its income or funds from two or more subdivisions, such as the educational service center, the trustees of district tuberculosis hospitals and district children's homes, the district board of health, a joint-county alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district's board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, detention home districts, a joint recreation district board of trustees, districts organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code, combined districts organized under sections 2151.34 and 2151.65 of the Revised Code, and other such boards.

(J) "Tax list" and "tax duplicate" mean the general tax lists and duplicates prescribed by sections 319.28 and 319.29 of the Revised Code.

(K) "Property" as applied to a tax levy means taxable property listed on general tax lists and duplicates.

(L) "School library district" means a school district in which a free public library has been established that is under the control and management of a board of library trustees as provided in section 3375.15 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 5705.191. The taxing authority of any subdivision, other than the board of education of a school district or the taxing authority of a county school financing district, by a vote of two-thirds of all its members, may declare by resolution that the amount of taxes that may be raised within the ten-mill limitation by levies on the current tax duplicate will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary requirements of the subdivision, and that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of such limitation for any of the purposes in section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, or to supplement the general fund for the purpose of making appropriations for one or more of the following purposes: public assistance, human or social services, relief, welfare, hospitalization, health, and support of general or tuberculosis hospitals, and that the question of such additional tax levy shall be submitted to the electors of the subdivision at a general, primary, or special election to be held at a time therein specified. Such resolution shall not include a levy on the current tax list and duplicate unless such election is to be held at or prior to the general election day of the current tax year. Such resolution shall conform to the requirements of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, except that a levy to supplement the general fund for the purposes of public assistance, human or social services, relief, welfare, hospitalization, health, or the support of general or tuberculosis hospitals may not be for a longer period than ten years. All other levies under this section may not be for a longer period than five years unless a longer period is permitted by section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, and the resolution shall specify the date of holding such election, which shall not be earlier than seventy-five days after the adoption and certification of such resolution. The resolution shall go into immediate effect upon its passage and no publication of the same is necessary other than that provided for in the notice of election. A copy of such resolution, immediately after its passage, shall be certified to the board of elections of the proper county or counties in the manner provided by section 5705.25 of the Revised Code, and such section shall govern the arrangements for the submission of such question and other matters with respect to such election, to which section 5705.25 of the Revised Code refers, excepting that such election shall be held on the date specified in the resolution, which shall be consistent with the requirements of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code, provided that only one special election for the submission of such question may be held in any one calendar year and provided that a special election may be held upon the same day a primary election is held. Publication of notice of such election shall be made in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the county once a week for four consecutive weeks.

If a majority of the electors voting on the question in an election held on the day of a primary, presidential primary, or general election, or fifty-five per cent of those voting on the question at a special election held on any other day vote in favor thereof, or, when the question is a levy proposed for purposes under division (L) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, if a majority of those voting on the question at a special election held on any other day vote in favor thereof, the taxing authority of the subdivision may make the necessary levy within such subdivision at the additional rate or at any lesser rate outside the ten-mill limitation on the tax list and duplicate for the purpose stated in the resolution. Such tax levy shall be included in the next annual tax budget that is certified to the county budget commission.

After the approval of such a levy by the electors, the taxing authority of the subdivision may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of such levy and issue anticipation notes. In the case of a continuing levy that is not levied for the purpose of current expenses, notes may be issued at any time after approval of the levy in an amount not more than fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds of the levy for the succeeding ten years, less an amount equal to the fraction of the proceeds of the levy previously anticipated by the issuance of anticipation notes. In the case of a levy for a fixed period that is not for the purpose of current expenses, notes may be issued at any time after approval of the levy in an amount not more than fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds of the levy throughout the remaining life of the levy, less an amount equal to the fraction of the proceeds of the levy previously anticipated by the issuance of anticipation notes. In the case of a levy for current expenses, notes may be issued after the approval of the levy by the electors and prior to the time when the first tax collection from the levy can be made. Such notes may be issued in an amount not more than fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds of the levy throughout the term of the levy in the case of a levy for a fixed period, or fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds for the first ten years of the levy in the case of a continuing levy.

No anticipation notes that increase the net indebtedness of a county may be issued without the prior consent of the board of county commissioners of that county. The notes shall be issued as provided in section 133.24 of the Revised Code, shall have principal payments during each year after the year of their issuance over a period not exceeding the life of the levy anticipated, and may have a principal payment in the year of their issuance.

"Taxing authority" and "subdivision" have the same meanings as in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code.

This section is supplemental to and not in derogation of sections 5705.20, 5705.21, and 5705.22 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 5705.20. The board of county commissioners of any county, in any year, after providing the normal and customary percentage of the total general fund appropriations for the support of tuberculosis hospitals, or for the care, treatment, and maintenance of residents of the county who are suffering from tuberculosis at hospitals with which the board has contracted pursuant to section 339.20 of the Revised Code, or for the support of tuberculosis clinics established pursuant to section 339.36 or section 339.39 339.76 of the Revised Code, by vote of two-thirds of all the members of said board may declare by resolution that the amount of taxes which may be raised within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the support of tuberculosis hospitals, or for the care, treatment, and maintenance of residents of the county who are suffering from tuberculosis at hospitals with which the board has contracted pursuant to such section, or for the support of tuberculosis clinics established pursuant to such sections SECTION 339.76 OF THE REVISED CODE, and that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of the ten-mill limitation to supplement such general fund appropriations for such purpose, but the total levy for this purpose shall not exceed sixty-five one hundredths of a mill.

Such resolution shall conform to section 5705.19 of the Revised Code and be certified to the board of elections not less than seventy-five days before the general election and submitted in the manner provided in section 5705.25 of the Revised Code.

If the majority of electors voting on a levy to supplement general fund appropriations for the support of tuberculosis hospitals, or for the care, treatment, and maintenance of residents of the county who are suffering from tuberculosis at hospitals with which the board has contracted pursuant to section 339.20 of the Revised Code, or for the support of tuberculosis clinics established pursuant to section 339.36 or 339.39 339.76 of the Revised Code, vote in favor thereof, the board of said county may levy a tax within such county at the additional rate in excess of the ten-mill limitation during the period and for the purpose stated in the resolution or at any less rate or for any of said years.

Sec. 5705.25. (A) A copy of any resolution adopted as provided in section 5705.19 of the Revised Code shall be certified by the taxing authority to the board of elections of the proper county not less than seventy-five days before the general election in any year, and the board shall submit the proposal to the electors of the subdivision at the succeeding November election. Except as otherwise provided in this division, a resolution to renew an existing levy, regardless of the section of the Revised Code under which the tax was imposed, shall not be placed on the ballot unless the question is submitted at the general election held during the last year the tax to be renewed or replaced may be extended on the real and public utility property tax list and duplicate, or at any election held in the ensuing year. The limitation of the foregoing sentence does not apply to a resolution to renew and increase or to renew part of an existing levy that was imposed under section 5705.191 of the Revised Code to supplement the general fund for the purpose of making appropriations for one or more of the following purposes: for public assistance, human or social services, relief, welfare, hospitalization, health, and support of general or tuberculosis hospitals. The board shall make the necessary arrangements for the submission of such questions to the electors of such subdivision, and the election shall be conducted, canvassed, and certified in the same manner as regular elections in such subdivision for the election of county officers. Notice of the election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the subdivision once a week for four consecutive weeks prior to the election, stating the purpose, the proposed increase in rate, expressed in dollars and cents for each one hundred dollars of valuation as well as in mills for each one dollar of valuation, the number of years during which such increase will be in effect, the first month and year in which the tax will be levied, and the time and place of the election.

(B) The form of the ballots cast at an election held pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be as follows:

"An additional tax for the benefit of (name of subdivision or public library) .......... for the purpose of (purpose stated in the resolution) .......... at a rate not exceeding ...... mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to (rate expressed in dollars and cents) ............ for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for ...... (life of indebtedness or number of years the levy is to run).
For the Tax Levy
Against the Tax Levy
"

(C) If the levy is to be in effect for a continuing period of time, the notice of election and the form of ballot shall so state instead of setting forth a specified number of years for the levy.

If the tax is to be placed on the current tax list, the form of the ballot shall be modified by adding, after the statement of the number of years the levy is to run, the phrase ", beginning in .......... (first month and year the tax is to be levied)."

If the levy submitted is a proposal to renew, increase, or decrease an existing levy, the form of the ballot specified in division (B) of this section may be changed by substituting for the words "An additional" at the beginning of the form, the words "A renewal of a" in case of a proposal to renew an existing levy in the same amount; the words "A renewal of ........ mills and an increase of ...... mills to constitute a" in the case of an increase; or the words "A renewal of part of an existing levy, being a reduction of ...... mills, to constitute a" in the case of a decrease in the proposed levy.

The question covered by such resolution shall be submitted as a separate proposition but may be printed on the same ballot with any other proposition submitted at the same election, other than the election of officers. More than one such question may be submitted at the same election.

(D) A levy voted in excess of the ten-mill limitation under this section shall be certified to the tax commissioner. In the first year of such levy, it shall be extended on the tax lists after the February settlement succeeding such election. If such additional tax is to be placed upon the tax list of the current year, as specified in the resolution providing for its submission, the result of the election shall be certified immediately after the canvass by the board of elections to the taxing authority, who shall forthwith make the necessary levy and certify it to the county auditor, who shall extend it on the tax lists for collection. After the first year, the tax levy shall be included in the annual tax budget that is certified to the county budget commission.


Section 2. That existing sections 124.11, 329.05, 339.11, 339.16, 339.17, 339.38, 339.39, 339.42, 339.43, 3107.18, 3313.55, 3317.03, 3701.01, 3701.14, 3702.62, 3727.01, 5705.01, 5705.191, 5705.20, and 5705.25 and sections 339.20, 339.21, 339.22, 339.23, 339.231, 339.24, 339.25, 339.26, 339.27, 339.28, 339.29, 339.30, 339.31, 339.32, 339.33, 339.34, 339.35, 339.36, 339.37, 339.40, 339.41, 339.45, 339.46, 339.47, 339.50, 339.51, 339.52, 339.53, 339.54, 339.55, 339.56, 339.57, 339.58, 339.59, 339.60, 339.61, 339.62, 339.63, 339.64, 339.99, 3335.43, 3701.84, and 3707.11 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.


Section 3. A board of county commissioners that, on the effective date of this act, has taken measures for the prevention and control of tuberculosis shall, on and after the effective date of this act, maintain at least the same level of effort for the prevention and control of tuberculosis. The board shall negotiate modifications in any contracts or other agreements that have been entered into prior to the effective date of this act in order to bring them into compliance with the system of tuberculosis prevention and control established by this act.


Section 4. Section 5705.01 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 117 and Am. H.B. 192 of the 121st 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 is the resulting version in effect prior to the effective date of this act.
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