To enact section 5123.193 of the Revised Code regarding the admission of sex offenders to residential facilities for persons with developmental disabilities.

Section 1. That section 5123.193 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 5123.193.  (A) Before an individual is admitted as a resident to a residential facility, the residential facility shall do both of the following:

(1) Search for the individual's name in the internet-based sex offender and child-victim offender database established under division (A)(11) of section 2950.13 of the Revised Code;

(2) If the search results identify the individual as a sex offender, notify both of the following that the individual may be admitted to the residential facility:

(a) All local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the residential facility's location;

(b) Leaders of the community in which the residential facility is located who the residential facility has reason to believe would help disseminate to other members of the community the information about the individual's possible admission.

(B) Each residential facility shall develop a protocol for establishing and implementing all of the following plans when the residential facility admits as a resident an individual who is identified as a sex offender pursuant to the search conducted under division (A)(1) of this section:

(1) A resident supervision plan that provides for the residential facility to identify and provide the proper amount of supervision the individual needs at the residential facility;

(2) A medical emergency plan for the individual and other residents of the residential facility;

(3) A community engagement plan that includes methods for both of the following:

(a) Members of the community in which the residential facility is located to express concerns about the residential facility's operation;

(b) The residential facility to address the community members' concerns that are expressed to the residential facility.

(C) A residential facility that admits as a resident an individual who is identified as a sex offender pursuant to the search conducted under division (A)(1) of this section shall do both of the following:

(1) In accordance with the protocol developed under division (B) of this section, establish and implement the plans specified in that division;

(2) Subject to division (D) of this section, provide copies of the plans to the local law enforcement agencies and community leaders to whom the residential facility provides notice about the individual pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section.

(D) A residential facility shall redact all medical information about individuals from the copies of the plans that the residential facility provides to local law enforcement agencies and community leaders pursuant to division (C)(2) of this section.