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H. B. No. 111 As IntroducedAs Introduced
127th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2007-2008 |
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Cosponsors: Representatives Patton, McGregor, J.
A BILL
To amend section 2151.03 of the Revised Code to expand the definition of neglected child to include a child whose parent, guardian, or custodian knowingly allows a sexually oriented offender or juvenile delinquent who committed a sexually oriented offense to reside in the same residence as that child.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 2151.03 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2151.03. (A) As used in this chapter, "neglected
child" includes any child: (1) Who is abandoned by the child's parents, guardian, or
custodian; (2) Who lacks adequate parental care because of the faults
or habits of the child's parents, guardian, or custodian; (3) Whose parents, guardian, or custodian neglects the child or
refuses to provide proper or necessary subsistence,
education, medical or surgical care or treatment, or other care
necessary for the child's health, morals, or well being; (4) Whose parents, guardian, or custodian neglects the child or
refuses to provide the special care made necessary by
the child's mental condition; (5) Whose parents, legal guardian, or custodian have has
placed or attempted to place the child in violation of sections 5103.16
and 5103.17 of the Revised Code; (6) Who, because of the omission of the child's parents, guardian,
or custodian, suffers physical or mental injury that harms or
threatens to harm the child's health or welfare; (7) Who is subjected to out-of-home care child neglect; (8) Whose parents, guardian, or custodian knowingly allows a person who has been convicted of, has pleaded guilty to, or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for, committing a sexually oriented offense, as defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code, to reside in the same residence as the child. (B) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as
subjecting a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child to
criminal liability when, solely in the practice of religious
beliefs, the parent, guardian, or custodian fails to provide adequate medical
or surgical care or
treatment for the child. This division does not abrogate or
limit any person's responsibility under section 2151.421 of the
Revised Code to report child abuse that is known or reasonably suspected or believed to have occurred, child neglect that is known or reasonably
suspected or believed to have occurred, and children who are known to face or
are reasonably suspected or believed to be facing a threat of suffering abuse or neglect
and does not preclude any exercise of the authority of the state,
any political subdivision, or any court to ensure that medical or
surgical care or treatment is provided to a child when the child's health
requires the provision of medical or surgical care or treatment.
Section 2. That existing section 2151.03 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.
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