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Title 51, Public Welfare

31 chapters · 2,012 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 512,012 Ch 5123, Department of Developmental Disabilities182 Ch 5101, Department of Job and Family Service…145 Ch 5119, Department of Behavioral Health121 Ch 5120, Department of Rehabilitation and Cor…121 Ch 5165, Medicaid Coverage of Nursing Facilit…116 Ch 5103, Placement of Children113 Ch 5164, Medicaid State Plan Services113 Ch 5126, County Boards of Developmental Disab…111 Ch 5180, Department of Children and Youth94 Ch 5124, Intermediate Care Facility for Indiv…80 Ch 5153, County Children Services72 Ch 5104, Child Day-care69 Ch 5162, Medicaid and Medicaid Funds67 Ch 5168, Hospital Care Assurance Program; Hea…66

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.621 Memorandum of understanding related to responsibilities in cases of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation
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(A) Each county department of job and family services shall prepare a memorandum of understanding that is signed by all of the following: (1) The director of the county department of job and family services; (2) If the county department has entered into an agreement or contract w…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.63 Reporting abuse, neglect or exploitation of adult
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(A)(1) No person listed in division (A)(2) of this section having reasonable cause to believe that an adult is being abused, neglected, or exploited, or is in a condition which is the result of abuse, neglect, or exploitation shall knowingly fail to immediately report such belief…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.631 [Former R.C. 5101.612, amended and renumbered by H.B. 49, 132nd General Assembly, effective 9/29/2018] Uniform statewide automated adult protective services information system
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(A) The department of job and family services shall establish and maintain a uniform statewide automated adult protective services information system. The information system shall contain records regarding all of the following: (1) All reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation o…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.632 Access to educational materials

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Each entity that employs or is responsible for licensing or regulating the individuals required under section 5101.63 of the Revised Code to make reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of adults shall ensure that the individuals have access to the educational materials develo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.64 Referring cases of abuse

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(A) If a county department of job and family services knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the subject of a report made under section 5101.63 of the Revised Code or of an investigation conducted under section 5101.65 of the Revised Code is an individual with a developmen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.65 Investigations

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The county department of job and family services or its designee shall be responsible for the investigation of all reports provided for in section 173.20 or 5101.63 and all cases referred to it under section 5126.31 of the Revised Code and for evaluating the need for and, to the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.651 Temporary restraining order

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If, during the course of an investigation conducted under section 5101.65 of the Revised Code, any person, including the adult who is the subject of the investigation, denies or obstructs access to the residence of the adult, the county department of job and family services may f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.652 Authority to contract with other entities to perform certain duties

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The county department of job and family services may enter into an agreement or contract with any private or government entity to perform the following duties: (A) In accordance with division (G) of section 5101.63 of the Revised Code, receive reports made under that section; (B)…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.66 Request or consent to receiving protective services

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Any person who requests or consents to receive protective services shall receive such services only after an investigation and determination of a need for protective services. The investigation shall be performed in the same manner as the investigation of a report pursuant to sec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.68 Petitioning for court order to provide protective services

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If the county department of job and family services determines that an adult is in need of protective services and is an incapacitated person, the department may petition the court for an order authorizing the provision of protective services. If the adult is in need of protectiv…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.681 Notice of petition

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Notice of a petition for the provision of court-ordered protective services as provided for in section 5101.68 of the Revised Code shall be personally served upon the adult who is the subject of the petition at least five working days prior to the date set for the hearing as prov…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.682 Hearing

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(A) The court shall hold a hearing on the petition as provided in section 5101.68 of the Revised Code within fourteen days after its filing. The adult who is the subject of the petition shall have the right to be present at the hearing, present evidence, and examine and cross-exa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.69 Temporary restraining order to restrain person from interfering with provision of protective services

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(A) If an adult has consented to the provision of protective services but any other person refuses to allow such provision, the county department of job and family services or the county prosecutor may petition the court for a temporary restraining order to restrain the person fr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.70 Emergency order

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(A) Upon petition by the county department of job and family services, the department's designee, or the county prosecutor, the court may issue an order authorizing the provision of protective services on an emergency basis to an adult. The petition for any emergency order shall …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.701 Ex parte emergency order authorizing provision of protective services

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(A) A court, through a probate judge or a magistrate under the direction of a probate judge, may issue by telephone an ex parte emergency order authorizing the provision of protective services, including the relief available under division (B) of section 5101.702 of the Revised C…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.702 Hearing

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(A) If an order is issued pursuant to section 5101.701 of the Revised Code, the court shall hold a hearing not later than twenty-four hours after the issuance to determine whether there is probable cause for the order, except that if the day following the day on which the order i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.71 Evaluating ability to pay for services

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(A) If it appears that an adult in need of protective services has the financial means sufficient to pay for such services, the county department of job and family services shall make an evaluation regarding such means. If the evaluation establishes that the adult has such financ…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.73 Denial or obstruction of access to adult victim's residence

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If, during the course of an investigation by a local law enforcement agency of criminal exploitation, any person, including the adult who is the alleged victim, denies or obstructs access to the residence of the adult, the county prosecutor may file a petition in court for a temp…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.74 Elder abuse commission

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(A) There is hereby created the elder abuse commission. The commission shall consist of the following members: (1) The following members, appointed by the attorney general: (a) One representative of the AARP; (b) One representative of the buckeye state sheriffs' association; (c) …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.741 Duties of commission

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(A) The elder abuse commission shall formulate and recommend strategies on all of the following: (1) Increasing awareness of and improving education on elder abuse; (2) Increasing research on elder abuse; (3) Improving policy, funding, and programming related to elder abuse, incl…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.80 Administering Title IV-A of the Social Security Act

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(A) As used in this section and in section 5101.801 of the Revised Code: (1) "County family services agency" has the same meaning as in section 307.981 of the Revised Code. (2) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 9.82 of the Revised Code. (3) "Title IV-A administrat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.801 Benefits and services that are not defined as assistance

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(A) Except as otherwise provided by the law enacted by the general assembly or executive order issued by the governor establishing the Title IV-A program, a Title IV-A program identified under division (A)(4)(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) of section 5101.80 of the Revised Code s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.803 Title IV-A demonstration program

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(A) Subject to division (E) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code, there is hereby created the Title IV-A demonstration program to provide funding for innovative and promising prevention and intervention projects that meet one or more of the four purposes of the temporary assis…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.806 TANF spending plan

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(A) The department of job and family services shall prepare and submit to the governor not later than the first day of November in each even-numbered year a TANF spending plan describing the anticipated spending of temporary assistance for needy families block grant funds for the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.81 Examination of Title IV-A state plan by legislature

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(A) Prior to submitting the Title IV-A state plan required by section 5101.80 of the Revised Code to the United States secretary of health and human services, the department of job and family services shall submit the plan to all of the following members of the general assembly: …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.82 Title IV-A reserve fund

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There is hereby created in the state treasury the Title IV-A reserve fund. If authorized by the agreement between the director of budget and management and the United States secretary of the treasury entered into pursuant to section 131.36 of the Revised Code, the director of bud…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.821 TANF federal fund

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Except as otherwise approved by the director of budget and management, the department of job and family services shall deposit federal funds received under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C.A. 601, 110 Stat. 2113 (1996), into the temporary assistance for needy fam…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.83 Repaying fraudulent assistance

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Assistance group" has the same meaning as in section 5107.02 of the Revised Code, except that it also means a group provided benefits and services under the prevention, retention, and contingency program or the comprehensive case management and e…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.84 Eligibility for aid

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An individual otherwise ineligible for aid under Chapter 5107. or 5108. of the Revised Code or supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) because of paragraph (a) of 21 U.S.C. 862a is eligible for the aid or…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.86 Adult emergency assistance program

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(A) As used in this section, poverty guideline means the official poverty guideline as revised annually by the United States secretary of health and human services in accordance with section 673 of the Community Services Block Grant Act, 95 Stat. 511 (1981), 42 U.S.C.A. 9902, as …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.87 Victims of human trafficking fund

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There is hereby created in the treasury of state the victims of human trafficking fund consisting of money seized in connection with a violation of section 2905.32, 2907.21, or 2907.22 of the Revised Code or acquired from the sale of personal effects, tools, or other property sei…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.89 Youth and family ombudsmen office definitions

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As used in sections 5101.89 to 5101.899 of the Revised Code: (A) "Youth" means a person who is any of the following: (1) Less than eighteen years of age; (2) An emancipated young adult; (3) Is in the temporary or permanent custody of a public children services agency, a planned p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.891 Youth and family ombudsmen office

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(A) There is created a youth and family ombudsmen office under the department of job and family services consisting of the following: (1) A family ombudsman, who shall be appointed by the governor, to investigate complaints made by adults; (2) A youth ombudsman, who shall be appo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.892 Office duties; annual report

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The youth and family ombudsmen office shall perform all of the following duties: (A) Receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve complaints from citizens, including children in the custody of a public children services agency or in the care and placement of a Title IV-E agency, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.893 Evaluation of annual report

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Not later than sixty days after release of the annual report described under section 5101.892 of the Revised Code, the overcoming hurdles in Ohio youth advisory board shall provide an evaluation of the report to the governor and the youth ombudsman of the youth and family ombudsm…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.894 Reporting suspected violations of state law

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To the extent permitted by state or federal law, a representative of the youth and family ombudsmen office may report to an appropriate authority any suspected violation of state law discovered during the course of a complaint review.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.895 Office administration

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The department of job and family services shall be responsible for all administrative undertakings for the youth and family ombudsmen office, including the provision of offices, equipment, and supplies, as necessary.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.897 Employee prohibitions

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(A) No employee of the youth and family ombudsmen office shall do any of the following: (1) Hold any office of trust or profit; (2) Engage in any occupation or business interfering or inconsistent with the duties of the office; (3) Serve on any committee of any political party; (…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.899 Record access and confidentiality

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(A) The youth and family ombudsmen office shall have access to the records of the department of children and youth and the department of job and family services that are necessary for the administration of sections 5101.89 to 5101.899 of the Revised Code and in the performance of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.90 Evaluation of county department on helping public assistance recipients obtain employment

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(A) As used in this section, "public assistance" has the same meaning as in section 5101.26 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of job and family services, in consultation with representatives designated by the county commissioners association of Ohio and the Ohio job and fam…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.93 Warning, explanation for failure to report violation involving a companion animal

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(A) As used in this section, "social service professional" has the same meaning as in section 959.07 of the Revised Code. (B) For a first or subsequent violation of division (B)(1) of section 959.07 of the Revised Code by a social service professional, the entity with responsibil…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.95 Notice of public assistance waiver or state plan amendment

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Not later than thirty days before submitting a waiver or state plan amendment relating to a public assistance benefit program to the appropriate federal entity, the director of job and family services shall submit a copy of the waiver or state plan amendment to the speaker of the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.971 Annual report

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The department of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to govern the implementation of individual development account programs under sections 329.11 to 329.14 of the Revised Code by county departments of job and family serv…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.98 Public assistance programs quarterly report

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(A) Quarterly, the department of job and family services shall compile a report on public assistance programs in this state, including the following information: (1) Regarding the supplemental nutrition assistance program: (a) The number of accounts with high balances, as determi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.99 Penalty

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(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 5101.27 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of section 5101.63 or division (C)(2) of section 5101.631 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5103.02 Placement of children definitions

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As used in sections 5103.03 to 5103.181 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Association" or "institution" includes all of the following: (a) Any incorporated or unincorporated organization, society, association, or agency, public or private, that receives or cares for children for two o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5103.021 Scholars residential centers

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(A) As used in this section, a "scholars residential center" is a center that meets all of the following: (1) The center is a certified affiliate in good standing of a national organization with a mission to help underserved children in middle school and high school in a comprehe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5103.03 Rules for adequate and competent management of institutions or associations

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(A) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules as necessary for the adequate and competent management and certification of institutions or associations. The director shall ensure that foster care home study rules adopted under this section align any home study content, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5103.031 Preplacement training

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Except as provided in section 5103.033 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth may not issue a certificate under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code to a foster home unless the prospective foster caregiver successfully completes preplacement training through a p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5103.0310 Background checks

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(A) Prior to employing a person or engaging a subcontractor, intern, or volunteer, an institution or association, as defined in division (A)(1)(a) of section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, that is a residential facility, as defined in division (A)(8) of section 5103.05 of the Revis…