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Title 51, Title 51. Public Welfare

31 chapters · 1,983 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 511,983 Ch 5123, Chapter 5123 | Department of Develop…182 Ch 5101, Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and…144 Ch 5119, Chapter 5119 | Department of Behavio…121 Ch 5120, Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabil…121 Ch 5165, Chapter 5165 | Medicaid Coverage of …116 Ch 5103, Chapter 5103 | Placement of Children113 Ch 5126, Chapter 5126 | County Boards of Deve…111 Ch 5180, Chapter 5180 | Department of Childre…94 Ch 5164, Chapter 5164 | Medicaid State Plan S…92 Ch 5124, Chapter 5124 | Intermediate Care Fac…80 Ch 5153, Chapter 5153 | County Children Services72 Ch 5104, Chapter 5104 | Child Day-care69 Ch 5168, Chapter 5168 | Hospital Care Assuran…66 Ch 5107, Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program64

42 sections·Filtered byTitle 51✕Ch 5121✕

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.01 Cost for support of patients in hospitals and residents
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As used in sections 5121.01 to 5121.21 of the Revised Code: (A) "Resident" means a person admitted to an institution or other facility pursuant to Chapter 5123. of the Revised Code who is under observation or receiving habilitation and care.(B) "Applicable cost" means the rate fo…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.02 Traveling and incidental expenses
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All individuals admitted to a state institution operated by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.03 of the Revised Code shall be maintained at the expense of the state. Their traveling and incidental expenses in conveying them to the state institution s…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.03 Judicial commitment
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When any person is committed to an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities pursuant to judicial proceedings, the judge ordering such commitment shall: (A) Make a reliable report on the financial condition of such person and of each of th…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.04 Investigating financial condition of residents and relatives
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(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall investigate the financial condition of the residents in institutions, residents whose care or treatment is being paid for in a private facility or home under the control of the department, and of the relatives named in sectio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.05 Investigation powers

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The department of developmental disabilities may subpoena witnesses, take testimony under oath, and examine any public records relating to the income and other assets of a resident or liable relative. All information, conclusions, and recommendations shall be submitted to the dep…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.051 Cancelling liability for support

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All outstanding liability of relatives for the support of any patient or resident in a benevolent institution under the control of the department of mental health and addiction services or the department of developmental disabilities accrued prior to January 1, 1956, including th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.06 Persons liable for support

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(A) The following persons other than the resident or the resident's estate are liable relatives and all the following persons are jointly and severally liable for the support of a resident in an institution under the control of the department of developmental disabilities: (1) Th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.061 Modifying support charges

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The authority of the department of developmental disabilities to modify support charges pursuant to section 5121.04 of the Revised Code shall not be exercised until the resident or liable relative has petitioned the department for modification as provided in section 5121.07 of th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.07 Petitioning for release from charges

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Any person who has been charged with the payment of the support of a resident or for pre-admission care, after-care, day-care, or routine consultation and treatment services in a community service unit under the control of the department of developmental disabilities may petition…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.08 Submission of financial information to department

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The managing officers of the institutions under the control of the department of developmental disabilities and the committing court, if requested, shall submit to the department such information as they may obtain concerning the financial condition of any resident or of relative…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.09 Appointment of guardian

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In case the estate of any resident in an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities is sufficient for the resident's support, without hardship to any others who may be dependent thereon, and no guardian has been appointed for such estate, t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.10 Claims against estate

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Upon the death of a resident or former resident of any institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities, or upon the death of a person responsible under section 5121.06 of the Revised Code for the support of a resident, the department may waive t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.11 Burial or cremation of indigent patient or resident

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The state shall bear the expense of the burial or cremation of an indigent resident who dies in a state institution operated by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.03 of the Revised Code or in a state correctional institution if the body is not claimed…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.12 Collection and payment for support and maintenance of patients and residents

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The support and maintenance of residents confined in state institutions operated by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.03 of the Revised Code, including those transferred to them from state correctional institutions, and also including persons under i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.20 Suits by the institutions

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Claims due a benevolent institution may be sued for in the name of the institution.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.21 Recovery of payments by relatives

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If payment of any amount due the state under the provisions of Chapter 5121. of the Revised Code is made on account of a resident by any liable relative, as defined in division (A) of section 5121.06 of the Revised Code, such relative may recover the following amounts from the fo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.30 Community mental health services definitions

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As used in sections 5121.30 to 5121.56 of the Revised Code: (A) "Countable assets" means all of the following: (1) Cash; (2) Bank deposits; (3) Securities; (4) Individual retirement accounts; (5) Qualified employer plans, including 401(k) and Keogh plans; (6) Annuities; (7) Funds…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.31 Community mental health services patients maintained at state expense

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All patients shall be maintained at the expense of the state. The traveling and incidental expenses in conveying them to a hospital shall be paid by the county of commitment. On admission, patients shall be neatly and comfortably clothed. Thereafter, the expense of necessary clot…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.32 Annual determination of per diem charge and rate per hospital

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On an annual basis, the department of mental health and addiction services shall determine both of the following using generally accepted governmental accounting principles: (A) The per diem charge for each hospital operated by the department; (B) The ancillary per diem rate for …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.33 Billing cycle charges to patient or relative

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(A) Except as provided in sections 5121.35, 5121.43, 5121.46, 5121.47, 5121.49, and 5121.52 of the Revised Code, the department of mental health and addiction services shall, for each billing cycle, charge a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative the amount calculated unde…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.34 Joint and several liability of patient, estate, and liable relatives

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(A) A patient, patient's estate, and patient's liable relatives shall be jointly and severally liable for amounts charged by the department of mental health and addiction services in accordance with section 5121.33 or 5121.35 of the Revised Code. In no case shall any of the foreg…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.35 Discounted charges applied to eligible parties

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The department of mental health and addiction services shall charge a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative an amount discounted from the amount the department charges under section 5121.33 of the Revised Code if the department determines through the application process d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.36 Application for discount - determination - notice

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(A) A patient, patient's estate, or liable relative may apply for a discount by completing an application form prescribed by the director of mental health and addiction services. The department of mental health and addiction services may require a patient, estate, or relative to …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.37 Financial assessment regarding discount - modification

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After a patient's admittance to a hospital, the department of mental health and addiction services shall conduct a financial assessment to determine whether the patient, patient's estate, or liable relative will be charged an amount discounted from the amount the department charg…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.38 Department access to income and assets information

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The department of mental health and addiction services may subpoena witnesses, take testimony under oath, and examine any public records relating to the income and other assets of a patient or of a relative liable for such patient's support. All information, conclusions, and reco…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.40 Eligibility criteria for discounted charge

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(A) A patient, patient's estate, or liable relative may be eligible to be charged an amount discounted from the amount the department of mental health and addiction services charges under section 5121.33 of the Revised Code if the patient, estate, or relative has countable assets…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.41 Calculation of discount - reduced charges for impoverished patients

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(A) If the assets of a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative do not exceed the countable asset limit in section 5121.40 of the Revised Code and the annual income of the patient, estate, or relative does not exceed four hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, the pa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.42 Termination of eligibility based on asset accumulation

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative shall cease to be eligible for a discount under section 5121.36 or 5121.37 of the Revised Code on accumulation of countable assets in excess of an amount equal to fifty per cen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.43 Insurance covering patient expenses - payment over to department

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(A) If a patient is covered by an insurance policy or other contract that provides for payment of expenses for care and treatment for mental illness at or from a hospital operated by the department of mental health and addiction services, all of the following apply with respect t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.44 Extended payment agreement - security interest in residence prohibited

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The department of mental health and addiction services may enter into an extended payment agreement with a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative who has notified the department that the patient, estate, or relative cannot reasonably pay an amount the department has charge…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.45 Action to enforce collection of delinquent payment

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(A) For purposes of this section, "delinquent payment" means an amount owed by a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative to the department of mental health and addiction services for which the person has failed to do either of the following not later than ninety days after …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.46 Conditions for exemption of liable relatives

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The department of mental health and addiction services shall not charge a liable relative under sections 5121.33 and 5121.35 of the Revised Code who has done either of the following: (A) Paid all amounts charged by the department for the care and treatment of a particular patient…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.47 Limitation on charges to liable relatives for multiple patients

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Irrespective of the number of patients for which the department of mental health and addiction services may charge a liable relative under sections 5121.33 and 5121.35 of the Revised Code, the department shall not charge a liable relative or group of liable relatives who are memb…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.48 Acceptance of voluntary payments exceeding discount

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The department shall accept voluntary payments from a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative in excess of a discounted amount charged in accordance with section 5121.35 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.49 Petition for release, modification, or cancellation of charge

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(A) Any person who has been charged under section 5121.33 or 5121.35 of the Revised Code may petition the department of mental health and addiction services to do the following: (1) Release the person from a charge; (2) Modify or cancel a charge. (B) The department shall respond …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.50 Procedure on judicial commitment of patient to hospital

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When a patient is committed to a hospital pursuant to judicial proceedings, the judge ordering the commitment shall: (A) Make a reliable report on the financial condition of the patient and of each liable relative, as provided in rules adopted by the director of mental health and…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.51 Petition for guardian where estate sufficient for support

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In case the estate of any patient in a hospital is sufficient for the patient's support and no guardian has been appointed for such estate, the agent of the department of mental health and addiction services shall petition the probate court of the proper county to appoint a guard…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.52 Waiver of claim for support against decedent's estate

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On the death of a person who is a patient, or has been a patient in a hospital, or on the death of a person responsible under section 5121.34 of the Revised Code for the support of a patient, the department of mental health and addiction services may waive the presentation of any…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.53 State to bear burial expense of indigent patient

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The state shall bear the expense of the burial or cremation of an indigent patient who dies in a hospital if the body is not claimed for interment or cremation at the expense of friends or relatives, or is not delivered for anatomical purposes or for the study of embalming in acc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.54 Recovery of payment by liable relative against patient

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If payment of any amount due the state under the provisions of this chapter is made on account of a patient by any liable relative, as defined in section 5121.30 of the Revised Code, the relative may recover from the patient, the patient's guardian, or the executor or administrat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.55 Department guidelines for cost of client support

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The cost for support of a client of state-operated community mental health services is an amount determined using guidelines the department of mental health and addiction services shall issue. The guidelines shall be based on cost findings and rate-settings applicable to such ser…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.56 Support of patients transferred from correctional institutions

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The support and maintenance of patients confined in state hospitals for persons with mental illnesses, including persons transferred to them from state correctional institutions, and also including persons under indictment or conviction for crime, shall be collected and paid in a…