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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

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.01 County boards of developmental disabilities definitions
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As used in this chapter: (A) As used in this division, "adult" means an individual who is eighteen years of age or over and not enrolled in a program or service under Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code and an individual sixteen or seventeen years of age who is eligible for adult s…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.011 Reference to county board
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Whenever a county board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities is referred to or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to a county board of developmental disabilities.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.02 County or multicounty board of developmental disability required
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(A) Each county shall have its own county board of developmental disabilities. Subject to division (B) of this section: (1) A county board shall be operated as a separate administrative and service entity.(2) The functions of a county board shall not be combined with the function…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.021 Membership of county boards
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(A) Each county board of developmental disabilities shall consist of seven members. The board of county commissioners of the county shall appoint five members and the senior probate judge of the county shall appoint two members. (B) Beginning July 1, 2025, when making initial app…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0210 Members of board to attend annual in-service training

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Each year, each member of a county board of developmental disabilities shall attend at least four hours of in-service training provided or approved by the department of developmental disabilities. This training shall not be considered regularly scheduled meetings of the county bo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0211 Virtual attendance at in-service training sessions

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A member of a county board of developmental disabilities shall be considered present at an in-service training session even though the member is not physically present in the room in which the session is held if the member is connected to the session through a system that enables…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0212 Participation by member in matter involving conflict of interest

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In no circumstance shall a member of a county board of developmental disabilities participate in or vote on any matter before the county board concerning a contract agency of which the member or an immediate family member of the member is also a board member or an employee.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0213 Grounds for removal of member of board

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(A) Subject to sections 5126.0214 and 5126.0216 of the Revised Code, an appointing authority shall remove a member of a county board of developmental disabilities for any of the following reasons: (1) Neglect of duty;(2) Misconduct;(3) Malfeasance;(4) Ineligibility to serve on th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0214 Waiver of removal requirement for nonattendance

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An appointing authority shall not remove a member of a county board of developmental disabilities from the county board by reason of division (A)(5), (6), or (7) of section 5126.0213 of the Revised Code if the director of developmental disabilities waives the requirement that the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0215 Notice of grounds of removal to member and appointing authority

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If there are grounds for the mandatory removal of a member of a county board of developmental disabilities under section 5126.0213 of the Revised Code, the county board shall supply the board member and the member's appointing authority with written notice of the grounds.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0216 Request for hearing on proposed removal of member

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An appointing authority shall afford a member of a county board of developmental disabilities an opportunity for a hearing on the member's proposed removal in accordance with procedures the appointing authority shall establish, unless the appointing authority requested that the d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0217 Removal of member prohibited before conclusion of hearing

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If a member of a county board of developmental disabilities requests a hearing within the time required by section 5126.0216 of the Revised Code, the appointing authority may not remove the member from the board before the conclusion of the hearing.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0218 Eligibility of removed member for reappointment

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A member of a county board of developmental disabilities who is removed from the county board is ineligible for reappointment to the board for not less than one year. The appointing authority shall specify the time during which the member is ineligible for reappointment. If the m…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0219 Superintendent

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(A) Each county board of developmental disabilities shall either employ a superintendent or obtain the services of the superintendent of another county board of developmental disabilities. The board shall provide for a superintendent who is qualified, as specified in rules adopte…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0220 Superintendent of county board - powers and duties

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(A) The superintendent of the county board of developmental disabilities shall do all of the following: (1) Administer the work of the board, subject to the board's rules;(2) Recommend to the board the changes necessary to increase the effectiveness of the programs and services o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0221 Individuals disqualified from employment by board

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(A) As used in this section, "specialized services" has the same meaning as in section 5123.081 of the Revised Code.(B) Except as provided in division (C) of section 5126.033 of the Revised Code, none of the following individuals may be employed by a county board of developmental…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0222 Employee of county board of developmental disabilities may be member of governing board of political subdivision

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As used in this section, "specialized services" has the same meaning as in section 5123.081 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, including applicable provisions of sections 102.03, 102.04, 2921.42, and 2921.43 of the Revised Code…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0223 Electronic attendance at county board meetings

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(A) As used in this section, "electronic communication" means live, audio-enabled communication that permits the board members attending a meeting, the board members present in person at the place where the meeting is conducted, and all members of the public present in person at …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.023 Persons who may not serve on a county board of developmental disabilities

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None of the following individuals may serve as a member of a county board of developmental disabilities:(A) An elected public official, except for a township trustee, township fiscal officer, or individual excluded from the definition of public official or employee in division (B…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.024 Declaration of eligibility prior to appointment to board

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(A) No individual may be appointed or reappointed to a county board of developmental disabilities unless the individual, before the appointment or reappointment, provides to the appointing authority a written declaration specifying both of the following: (1) That no circumstance …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.025 Time and term of appointment of members of board

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Except for members appointed under section 5126.027 of the Revised Code to fill a vacancy, members of a county board of developmental disabilities shall be appointed or reappointed not later than the last day of November, commence their terms on the date of the stated annual orga…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.026 Reappointment of members of board

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Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 5126.0218 of the Revised Code, a member of a county board of developmental disabilities may be reappointed to the county board. Prior to making a reappointment, the appointing authority shall ascertain, through written comm…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.027 Filling of vacancy on board for unexpired term

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Within sixty days after a vacancy on a county board of developmental disabilities occurs, including a vacancy created under section 5126.0213 of the Revised Code, the appointing authority shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. Before filling a vacancy, the appointing auth…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.028 Members of board not compensated - reimbursement for expenses

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Members of a county board of developmental disabilities shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the conduct of county board business, including expenses that are incurred in the member's county of residence in accordance with a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.029 Organization of board

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(A) Each county board of developmental disabilities shall hold an organizational meeting no later than the thirty-first day of January of each year and shall elect its officers, which shall include a president, vice-president, and recording secretary. After its annual organizatio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.03 Direct services contract definitions

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As used in this section and in sections 5126.031 to 5126.034 of the Revised Code: (A) "Direct services contract" means any legally enforceable agreement with an individual, agency, or other entity that, pursuant to its terms or operation, may result in a payment from a county boa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.031 Appointing ethics council

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, annually at the organizational meeting required by section 5126.029 of the Revised Code, the chairperson of the county board of developmental disabilities shall appoint three members of the board to an ethics council to revi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.032 Reviewing direct services contracts

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(A) The ethics council appointed for a county board of developmental disabilities shall review all direct services contracts, and approve or disapprove each contract in accordance with the standards in section 5126.033 of the Revised Code. The council shall develop, in consultati…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.033 Direct services contract requirements

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(A) A county board of developmental disabilities shall not enter into a direct services contract unless the contract is limited either to the actual amount of the expenses or to a reasonable and allowable amount projected by the board. (B) A county board shall not enter into a di…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.034 Contracts in conformity with law

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(A) If the requirements of section 5126.033 of the Revised Code have been met for a particular direct services contract, a member or former member of a county board of developmental disabilities, an employee or former employee of a county board, or an immediate family member of a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.038 Identification of certain expenses

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(A) As used in this section, "professional services" means all of the following services provided on behalf of a county board of developmental disabilities, members or employees of a county board, or both: (1) Lobbying and other governmental affairs services;(2) Legal services ot…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.04 Planning and setting priorities

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(A) Each county board of developmental disabilities shall plan and set priorities based on available resources for the provision of facilities, programs, and other services to meet the needs of county residents who are individuals with developmental disabilities, former residents…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.041 Eligibility determinations

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Preschool child with a disability" has the same meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code.(2) "State institution" means all or part of an institution under the control of the department of developmental disabilities pursuant to section 512…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.042 Waiting lists for non-medicaid programs or services

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(A) As used in this section, "department of developmental disabilities-administered medicaid waiver component" means a medicaid waiver component administered by the department of developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5166.21 of the Revised Code. (B) If a county board of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.043 Decisions by individuals with developmental disabilities; authorization for decision by adult; decisions by guardian

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(A) Unless a guardian has been appointed for the individual, when a decision regarding receipt of a service or participation in a program provided for or funded under this chapter or Chapter 5123. or 5124. of the Revised Code by an individual with a developmental disability must …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.044 Confidentiality

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Eligible person" has the same meaning as in section 5126.03 of the Revised Code. (2) "Treatment" means the provision, coordination, or management of services provided to an eligible person. (3) "Payment" means activities undertaken by a service p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.045 Fees for services

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(A) As used in this section, "eligible person" means a person eligible to receive services from a county board of developmental disabilities or from an entity under contract with a county board. (B) A county board shall establish fees for services rendered to eligible persons if …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.046 Right to community-based services; list of providers

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(A) Except as otherwise provided by 42 C.F.R. 431.51, an individual with a developmental disability who is eligible for home and community-based services has the right to obtain the services from any provider of the services that is qualified to furnish the services and is willin…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.047 Information regarding residential services

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(A) When an individual with a developmental disability or a person acting on such an individual's behalf contacts a county board of developmental disabilities about residential services, the county board shall inform the individual or person about the different types of programs …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.05 County board - powers and duties

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(A) Subject to the rules established by the director of developmental disabilities pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for programs and services offered pursuant to this chapter, and subject to the rules established by the department of education and workforce pursuant t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.051 Residential services and supported living services

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(A) To the extent that resources are available, a county board of developmental disabilities shall provide for or arrange residential services and supported living for individuals with developmental disabilities.A county board may acquire, convey, lease, or sell property for resi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0510 Payment of nonfederal share of home services expenditures

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in an agreement entered into under section 5123.048 of the Revised Code and subject to divisions (B), (C), (D), and (E) of this section, a county board of developmental disabilities shall pay the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures for the f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0511 Payment of nonfederal share of home services

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(A) A county board of developmental disabilities may use the following funds to pay the nonfederal share of the medicaid expenditures that the county board is required by sections 5126.059 and 5126.0510 of the Revised Code to pay: (1) To the extent consistent with the levy that g…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.0512 Number enrolled in home and community-based services

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(A) Except as provided in rules adopted under section 5123.0413 of the Revised Code, each county board of developmental disabilities shall ensure that the number of individuals eligible under section 5126.041 of the Revised Code for services from the county board who are enrolled…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.052 Volunteer bus rider assistance program

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(A) The superintendent of a county board of developmental disabilities providing transportation for pupils to special education programs under this chapter may establish a volunteer bus rider assistance program under which qualified persons may be authorized to ride with pupils t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.053 Five-year projection of revenues and expenditures

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(A) Beginning April 1, 2020, and then annually thereafter on or before the first day of April each year, each county board of developmental disabilities shall submit to the department of developmental disabilities, in the format established pursuant to division (B) of this sectio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.054 Annual plan

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Annually, on or before the thirty-first day of December each year, each county board of developmental disabilities shall submit to the department of developmental disabilities both of the following: (A) An annual waiver allocation projection that contains the projected number of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.055 Services provided by board that has medicaid local administrative authority

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(A) Except as provided in section 5126.056 of the Revised Code, a county board of developmental disabilities has medicaid local administrative authority to, and shall, do all of the following for an individual with a developmental disability who resides in the county that the cou…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.056 Terminating county board's medicaid local administrative authority

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(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall take action under division (B) of this section against a county board of developmental disabilities if either of the following are the case: (1) The county board fails to correct a deficiency within the time required by divis…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.058 Memorandum of understanding

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(A) Each county board of developmental disabilities shall prepare a memorandum of understanding that is developed by all of the following and that is signed by the persons identified in divisions (A)(2) to (7) of this section:(1) The senior probate judge of the county or the seni…