Title 51, Title 51. Public Welfare

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Preliminary infant mortality and preterm birth rates" means infant mortality and preterm birth rates that are derived from vital records as defined in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code, are not considered finalized by the department of health, …

(A) As used in this section, "stillbirth" means death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception of at least twenty weeks of gestation, which after such expulsion or extraction does not breathe or show any other evidence of life…

(A) The department of children and youth shall create an infant mortality scorecard. The scorecard shall report all of the following: (1) The state's performance on population health measures, including the infant mortality rate, preterm birth rate, and low birth weight rate, del…

(A) As used in this section and sections 5180.15, 5180.16, and 5180.17 of the Revised Code: (1) "Child care center," "type A family child care home," and "licensed type B family child care home" have the same meanings as in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Child care fac…

(A) A copy of the shaken baby syndrome educational materials developed under section 5180.14 of the Revised Code shall be distributed in the following manner: (1) By childbirth educators and the staff of obstetricians' offices, to an expectant parent who uses their services; (2) …

(A) As used in this section, "sudden unexpected infant death" means the death of an infant that occurs suddenly and unexpectedly, the cause of which is not immediately obvious prior to investigation. (B) The department of children and youth shall establish the safe sleep educatio…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Contractor" means a person who provides personal services pursuant to a contract. (2) "Critical access hospital" means a facility designated as a critical access hospital by the director of health under section 3701.073 of the Revised Code. (3) "…

The director of children and youth shall require each recipient of a grant the department of children and youth administers that pertains to safe crib procurement to report annually to the department both of the following: (A) Demographic information specified by the director of …

(A) The department of children and youth shall create a population-based questionnaire designed to examine maternal behaviors and experiences before, during, and after a woman's pregnancy, as well as during the early infancy of the woman's child. The questionnaire shall collect i…

(A) The director of children and youth shall identify each government program providing benefits, other than the help me grow program established by the department of children and youth pursuant to section 5180.21 of the Revised Code, that has the goal of reducing infant mortalit…

(A) The department of children and youth shall establish the help me grow program as the state's evidence-based parent support program that encourages early prenatal and well-baby care, as well as provides parenting education to promote the comprehensive health and development of…

(A) The department of children and youth shall create a central intake and referral system for all home visiting programs operating in this state. Through a competitive bidding process, the department of children and youth may select one or more persons or government entities to …

(A) The department of children and youth shall develop educational materials describing the health risks of lead-based paint and measures that may be taken to reduce those risks. (B) As part of the home visiting services described in section 5180.21 of the Revised Code, each elig…

(A) A residential camp, as defined in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, a child day camp, as defined in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code, or a child day camp operated by any county, township, municipal corporation, township park district created under section 511.18 of the…

(A) As used in this section, "inhaler" means a device that delivers medication to alleviate asthmatic symptoms, is manufactured in the form of a metered dose inhaler or dry powdered inhaler, and may include a spacer, holding chamber, or other device that attaches to the inhaler a…

(A) As used in this section, "licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs" and "prescriber" have the same meanings as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A residential camp, as defined in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code; a child day camp, as defined in…

(A) As used in this section and sections 5180.271 to 5180.278 of the Revised Code, "pregnancy-associated death" means the death of a woman while pregnant or anytime within one year of pregnancy regardless of cause. (B) There is hereby established in the department of children and…

The PAMR board may not conduct a review of a pregnancy-associated death while an investigation of the death or prosecution of a person for causing the death is pending unless the prosecuting attorney agrees to allow the review. The law enforcement agency conducting the criminal i…

All of the following apply with respect to the PAMR board: (A) The director of children and youth shall appoint the board's members. In doing so, the director shall make a good faith effort to select members who represent all regions of the state and multiple areas of expertise a…

The PAMR board shall seek to reduce the incidence of pregnancy-associated deaths in this state by doing all of the following: (A) Promoting cooperation, collaboration, and communication between all groups, professions, agencies, and entities that serve pregnant and postpartum wom…

(A) Notwithstanding section 3701.243 and any other section of the Revised Code pertaining to confidentiality, and except as provided in division (B) of this section, an individual, government entity, agency that provides services specifically to individuals or families, law enfor…

(A) Any record, document, report, or other information presented to the PAMR board, as well as all statements made by board members during board meetings, all work products of the board, and data submitted to the department of children and youth by the board, other than the bienn…

(A) An individual or public or private entity providing records, documents, reports, or other information to the PAMR board is immune from any civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that otherwise might be incurred or imposed as a result of providing the…

(A) The PAMR board shall prepare a biennial report that does all of the following: (1) Summarizes the board's findings from the reviews completed in the immediately preceding two calendar years, including any trends or patterns identified by the board; (2) Makes recommendations o…

The director of children and youth shall adopt rules that are necessary for the implementation of sections 5180.27 to 5180.277 of the Revised Code, including rules that do all of the following: (A) Establish a procedure for the PAMR board to follow in conducting pregnancy-associa…

The department of children and youth shall serve as the "lead agency," as described by 20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(10), to implement the state's part C early intervention services program, through which early intervention services are provided to eligible infants and toddlers in accordance…

The department of children and youth may do any of the following as the lead agency to implement the state's part C early intervention services program, as described in section 5180.30 of the Revised Code: (A) Enter into an interagency agreement with one or more other state agenc…

The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary to implement the state's part C early intervention services program, including rules that specify all of the following: (A) Eligibility requirements to rece…

As used in this section, "school district of residence" has the same meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code. The director of children and youth shall request a student data verification code from the independent contractor engaged by the department of education and wor…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Dollywood foundation" means the Dollywood nonprofit foundation headquartered in Tennessee. (2) "Dolly Parton's imagination library of Ohio" means the nonprofit organization within the Dollywood foundation created to fund and manage the operations…

(A) The department of children and youth shall establish and maintain a uniform statewide automated child welfare information system in accordance with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 674(a)(3)(C) and related federal regulations and guidelines. The information system shall contain …

Except as provided in section 5180.402 of the Revised Code, information contained in or obtained from the information system established and maintained under section 5180.40 of the Revised Code is confidential and is not subject to disclosure pursuant to section 149.43 or 1347.08…

(A) Information contained in the information system established and maintained under section 5180.40 of the Revised Code may be accessed or entered only as follows: (1) The department of job and family services, the department of children and youth, a public children services age…

No person shall access or use information contained in the information system established and maintained under section 5180.40 of the Revised Code other than in accordance with section 5180.402 of the Revised Code or rules authorized by that section. No person shall disclose info…

(A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code that requires confidentiality of information that is contained in the uniform statewide automated child welfare information system established in section 5180.40 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth shall …

(A) A public children services employee who is entering a report of an investigation of child abuse in the statewide automated child welfare information system, as required by section 5180.40 of the Revised Code, shall make a notation on each case of child abuse that indicates wh…

If a person requests the department of children and youth to conduct a search of whether that person's name has been placed or remains in the statewide automated child welfare information system as an alleged perpetrator of child abuse or neglect and a search reveals that a "subs…

The department of children and youth shall work with stakeholders to establish an expungement policy regarding dispositions of child abuse or neglect in Ohio's central registry on child abuse and neglect by March 1, 2024. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM

(A) As used in this section and section 5180.411 of the Revised Code, "children services" means services provided to children pursuant to Chapter 5153. of the Revised Code. (B) Within available funds, the department of children and youth shall distribute funds to the counties wit…

Each county shall deposit all funds its public children services agency receives from appropriations made by the board of county commissioners or any other source for the purpose of providing children services into a special fund in the county treasury known as the children servi…

(A) As used in sections 5180.42 to 5180.4214 of the Revised Code: (1) "Adopted young adult" means a person: (a) Who was in the temporary or permanent custody of a public children services agency; (b) Who was adopted at the age of sixteen or seventeen and attained the age of sixte…

(A) The department of children and youth may apply to the United States secretary of health and human services for a waiver of requirements established under Title IV-E, or regulations adopted thereunder, to conduct a demonstration project expanding eligibility for and services p…

Notwithstanding section 5180.42 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted thereunder, the department of children and youth shall pay the full nonfederal share of payments made pursuant to section 5180.428 of the Revised Code. No public children services agency shall be responsibl…

(A) The department of children and youth shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 5180.428 to 5180.4210 of the Revised Code, including rules that do all of the following: (1) Allow an emancipated young adult described in division (A)(1) of section 5180.42…

The provisions of divisions (A) and (D) to (G) of section 5180.428 of the Revised Code shall not apply if the person is eligible for temporary or permanent custody until age twenty-one pursuant to a dispositional order under sections 2151.353, 2151.414, and 2151.415 of the Revise…

(A) The director of children and youth shall implement 42 U.S.C. 673(d) to provide kinship guardianship assistance under Title IV-E on behalf of a child to a relative who meets the following requirements: (1) The relative has cared for the eligible child pursuant to division (B) …