To establish the Office of Human Services Innovation in the Department of Job and Family Services.

Section 1. (A) There is hereby established in the Department of Job and Family Services the Office of Human Services Innovation. The Director of Job and Family Services shall establish the Office's organizational structure, may reassign the Department's staff and resources as necessary to support the Office's activities, and is responsible for the Office's operations. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, Director of the Governor's Office of Workforce Transformation, and Director of the Governor's Office of Health Transformation shall assist the Director of Job and Family Services with leadership and organizational support for the Office.

(B) Not later than January 1, 2015, the Office shall submit to the Governor recommendations for all of the following:

(1) Coordinating services across all public assistance programs to help individuals find employment, succeed at work, and stay out of poverty;

(2) Revising incentives for public assistance programs to foster person-centered case management;

(3) Standardizing and automating eligibility determination policies and processes for public assistance programs;

(4) Other matters the Office considers appropriate.

(C) In its development of the recommendations under division (B) of this section, the Office shall do both of the following:

(1) Have as its goal the coordination and reform of state programs to assist Ohioans in preparing for life and the dignity of work and to promote individual responsibility and work opportunity;

(2) Not later than three months after the effective date of this section, establish clear principles to guide the development of the recommendations, clearly identify problems to be addressed in the recommendations, and make an inventory of all existing state and other resources that the Office considers relevant to the development of the recommendations.

(D) The Office shall convene and coordinate the directors and staff of the departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and institutions of the executive branch of the state as necessary to develop the recommendations to be submitted to the Governor under division (B) of this section. The departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and institutions shall comply with all requests and directives that the Office makes, subject to the supervision of the directors of the departments, agencies, offices, boards, and commissions. The Office also shall convene other individuals interested in the issues that the Office addresses in the development of the recommendations to obtain such individuals' input on, and support for, the recommendations.