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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. § 5180.18 [Former R.C. 3701.671, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 1/1/2025] Reporting safe crib procurement
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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 …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.19 [Former R.C. 3701.952, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 1/1/2025] Maternal behavior questionnaire
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(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…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.20 Programs to reduce negative birth outcomes and disparities
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(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…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.21 Help me grow program

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.22 Central intake and referral system for home visiting programs

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(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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.25 [Former R.C. 3701.614, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 1/1/2025] Educational materials regarding health risks of lead-based paint

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.26 [Former R.C. 5101.76, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Procurement of epinephrine delivery systems for camps

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.261 [Former R.C. 5101.77, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Procurement of inhalers for camps

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.262 [Former R.C. 5101.78, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Procurement of glucagon for camps

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.27 [Former R.C. 3738.01, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Pregnancy-associated mortality review board - creation

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.271 [Former R.C. 3738.02, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Pregnancy-associated mortality review board - review during criminal investigation

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.272 [Former R.C. 3738.03, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Pregnancy-associated mortality review board - administration

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.273 [Former R.C. 3738.04, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Pregnancy-associated mortality review board - duties

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.274 [Former R.C. 3738.05, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Pregnancy-associated mortality review board - production of documents; family member participation

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.275 [Former R.C. 3738.06, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Pregnancy-associated mortality review board - confidentiality

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.276 [Former R.C. 3738.07, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Pregnancy-associated mortality review board - immunity from civil liability

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.277 [Former R.C. 3738.08, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Pregnancy-associated mortality review board - reports

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.278 [Former R.C. 3738.09, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Pregnancy-associated mortality review board - rulemaking

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.30 Lead agency for part C early intervention services program

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.31 [Former R.C. 5123.024, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 1/1/2025] Implementation of part C early intervention services program

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.32 [Former R.C. 5123.0421, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 1/1/2025] Rulemaking

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.33 [Former R.C. 5123.0423, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 1/1/2025] Request for student data verification code

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.35 [Enacted as R.C. 5180.40 by H.B. 315, 135th General Assembly, and recodified as R.C. 5180.35 pursuant to R.C. 103.131] Dolly Parton's imagination library of Ohio advisory board

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.40 [Former R.C. 5101.13, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Uniform statewide automated child welfare information system - creation

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(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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.401 [Former R.C. 5101.131, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Uniform statewide automated child welfare information system - confidentiality

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.402 [Former R.C. 5101.132, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Uniform statewide automated child welfare information system - access to information

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.403 [Former R.C. 5101.133, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Uniform statewide automated child welfare information system - use and disclosure of information

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.404 [Former R.C. 5101.134, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Uniform statewide automated child welfare information system - private agency use

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(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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.405 [Former R.C. 5101.135, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Uniform statewide automated child welfare information system - shaken baby syndrome notation

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.406 [Former R.C. 5101.136, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Uniform statewide automated child welfare information system - search request

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.407 [Former R.C. 5101.137, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Uniform statewide automated child welfare information system - expungement policy

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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

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.41 [Former R.C. 5101.14, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] County allocations for children services

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.411 [Former R.C. 5101.144, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Children services fund

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.42 [Former R.C. 5101.141, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Administering federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.421 [Former R.C. 5101.142, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Demonstration projects expanding Title IV-E eligibility and services

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.4210 [Former R.C. 5101.1413, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Young adults - payment of nonfederal share

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.4211 [Former R.C. 5101.1414, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Young adults - rules

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.4212 [Former R.C. 5101.1415, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Young adults - applicability

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.4213 [Former R.C. 5101.1416, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Kinship guardianship assistance

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(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) …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.4214 [Former R.C. 5101.1417, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Rules to carry out federal foster care, adoption, and kinship guardianship assistance

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The department of children and youth shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 5180.42, 5180.428, and 5180.4213 of the Revised Code, and 42 U.S.C. 673(d) of the "Social Security Act," including rules that do all of the following: (A) Allow a kinship guardi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.422 [Former R.C. 5101.145, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Title IV-E placement services agencies - rules on financial requirements

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(A) In adopting rules under section 5180.42 of the Revised Code regarding financial requirements applicable to public children services agencies, private child placing agencies, private noncustodial agencies, and government entities that provide Title IV-E reimbursable placement …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.423 [Former R.C. 5101.146, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Title IV-E placement services agencies - penalties for noncompliance

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The department of children and youth shall establish the following penalties, which shall be enforced at the discretion of the department, for the failure of a public children services agency, private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, or government entity that pr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.424 [Former R.C. 5101.147, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Title IV-E placement services agencies - notice of noncompliance

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If a public children services agency fails to comply with the fiscal accountability procedures established by the department of children and youth, the department shall notify the board of county commissioners of the county served by the agency. If a private child placing agency …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.425 [Former R.C. 5101.148, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] No unnecessary removal of children from foster homes due to sanction

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If the department of children and youth sanctions a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency, it shall take every possible precaution to ensure that any foster children that have been placed by the agency under sanction are not…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.426 [Former R.C. 5101.149, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] No personal loans from children services fund

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Money from the children services fund shall not be used to provide a personal loan to any individual. Last updated October 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.427 [Former R.C. 5101.1410, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Certifying claim to attorney general

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In addition to the remedies available under sections 5101.24 and 5180.423 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth may certify a claim to the attorney general under section 131.02 of the Revised Code for the attorney general to take action under that section agai…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.428 [Former R.C. 5101.1411, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Young adults - foster care and adoption assistance payments

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(A)(1) The director of children and youth shall implement 42 U.S.C. 675(8) to make federal payments for foster care under Title IV-E directly to, or on behalf of, any emancipated young adult who meets the following requirements: (a) The emancipated young adult signs a voluntary p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.429 [Former R.C. 5101.1412, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Young adults - voluntary participation agreement

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(A) Without the approval of a court, an emancipated young adult who receives payments, or on whose behalf payments are received, under division (A) of section 5180.428 of the Revised Code, may enter into a voluntary participation agreement with the department of children and yout…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.43 [Former R.C. 5101.1418, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Post-adoption special services subsidy payments

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(A)(1) If, after a child's adoption is finalized, the department of children and youth considers the child to be in need of public care or protective services, the department may, to the extent state funds are available for this purpose, enter into an agreement with the child's a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5180.44 [Former R.C. 5101.15, renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Reimbursement to counties for child welfare worker salaries

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Within available funds the department of children and youth may reimburse counties in accordance with this section for a portion of the salaries paid to child welfare workers employed under section 5153.12 of the Revised Code. No county with a population of eighty thousand or les…