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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. § 5123.0424 Reimbursement of travel expenses of official members of workgroups
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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Official member" means a member of an official workgroup who was appointed by the director of developmental disabilities. (2) "Official workgroup" means a workgroup, task force, council, committee, or similar entity that has been established by t…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.043 Complaint resolution
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(A) The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules establishing procedures for administrative resolution of complaints filed under division (B) of this section and section 5126.06 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.044 Determination of violation of rights; assistance to individuals
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The department of developmental disabilities shall determine whether county boards of developmental disabilities violate the rights that individuals with developmental disabilities have under section 5126.046 of the Revised Code to obtain home and community-based services, ICF/II…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.045 Certification and licensing of providers
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No person or government entity shall receive payment for providing home and community-based services unless the person or government entity is one of the following: (A) Certified under section 5123.161 of the Revised Code;(B) Licensed as a residential facility under section 5123.…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.047 Department payment of nonfederal share of certain expenditures

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The department of developmental disabilities shall pay the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures for medicaid case management services and home and community-based services for which no county board of developmental disabilities is required by section 5126.059 or 5126.0510 of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.048 Payment of nonfederal share of county medicaid expenditures

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The director of developmental disabilities may enter into an agreement with a county board of developmental disabilities under which the department of developmental disabilities is to pay the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures for one or more of the home and community-base…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.049 Rules governing the authorization and payment of home and community-based services, medicaid case management services, and habilitation center services

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The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the authorization and payment of home and community-based services and medicaid case management services. The rules shall provide for private providers of th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.05 Audits of services and programs

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The department of developmental disabilities may conduct audits of the services and programs that either receive funds through the department or are subject to regulation by the department. Audits shall be conducted in accordance with procedures prescribed by the department. Reco…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.051 Payment agreements with providers

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(A) If the department of developmental disabilities determines pursuant to an audit conducted under section 5123.05 of the Revised Code that money is owed the state by a provider of a service or program, the department may enter into a payment agreement with the provider. The agr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.06 Divisions of department

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The director of developmental disabilities may establish divisions in the department of developmental disabilities and prescribe their powers and duties. Each division shall consist of a deputy director and the officers and employees, including those in institutions, necessary fo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.07 Bureau of research - duties

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There may be created in the department of developmental disabilities a bureau of research. The bureau shall: (A) Plan, direct, and coordinate all research programs conducted by the department;(B) Provide continuing evaluation of research programs;(C) Direct and coordinate scienti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.08 Classified and unclassified appointments

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An appointing officer may appoint a person who holds a certified position in the classified service within the department of developmental disabilities to a position in the unclassified service within the department. A person appointed pursuant to this section to a position in th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.081 Criminal records check

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(A) As used in this section: (1)(a) "Applicant" means any of the following: (i) A person who is under final consideration for appointment to or employment with the department of developmental disabilities or a county board of developmental disabilities; (ii) A person who is being…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.09 Managing officer of institution - powers and duties

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Subject to the rules of the department of developmental disabilities, each institution under the jurisdiction of the department shall be under the control of a managing officer to be known as a superintendent or by other appropriate title. The managing officer shall be appointed …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.091 Changing purpose and use of institutions

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The director of developmental disabilities may, by rule and with the approval of the governor, change the purpose for which any institution under the control of the department is being used. The director may designate a new or another use for the institution, provided the change …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.092 Citizen's advisory council

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(A) There is hereby established at each institution and branch institution under the control of the department of developmental disabilities a citizen's advisory council. Each council shall consist of seven members, including parents or other relatives of residents of institution…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.093 Duties of citizen's advisory council

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The citizen's advisory councils established under section 5123.092 of the Revised Code shall do all of the following:(A) Transmit to the director of developmental disabilities verbal or written information, received from any person or organization associated with the institution …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.10 Bond of employees

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The department of developmental disabilities shall require any of its employees and each officer and employee of every institution under its control who may be charged with custody or control of any money or property belonging to the state or who is required to give bond to give …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.11 Residency medical and psychological training programs

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(A) The director of developmental disabilities may enter into an agreement with the boards of trustees or boards of directors of two or more universities in which there is a college of medicine or college of osteopathic medicine, or of two or more colleges of medicine or colleges…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.12 Residency training programs for students enrolled in appropriate care programs

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The director of developmental disabilities may enter into an agreement with boards of trustees or boards of directors of one or more universities, colleges, or schools to establish, manage, and conduct residency training programs for students enrolled in courses of studies for oc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.122 Support rate

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Notwithstanding section 5121.04 of the Revised Code and except as provided in section 5123.194 of the Revised Code, the liable relative of a person with a developmental disability who is a minor receiving residential services pursuant to a contract entered into with the departmen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.13 Special police officers

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(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Subject to division (C) of this section, upon the recommendation of the director of developmental disabilities, the managing officer of an institution under the jurisdicti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.14 Investigations

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The department of developmental disabilities may make such investigations as are necessary in the performance of its duties and to that end the director of developmental disabilities shall have the same power as a judge of a county court to administer oaths and to enforce the att…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.15 Appointing special agents and persons

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The department of developmental disabilities may appoint and commission any competent agency or person, to serve without compensation, as a special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a designated duty for and in behalf of the department. Specific credentials shall …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.16 Valid supported living certificate required

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(A) As used in sections 5123.16 to 5123.1613 of the Revised Code: (1) "Applicant" means any of the following: (a) The chief executive officer of a business that applies under section 5123.161 of the Revised Code for a certificate to provide supported living; (b) The chief executi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.161 Application for supported living certificate

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A person or government entity that seeks to provide supported living shall apply to the director of developmental disabilities for a supported living certificate. Except as provided in sections 5123.166 and 5123.169 of the Revised Code, the director shall issue to the person or g…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.1610 Termination or refusal of provider agreement for supported living

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(A) All of the following apply if the department of medicaid, pursuant to section 5164.38 of the Revised Code, refuses to enter into, terminates, or refuses to revalidate a provider agreement that authorizes a person or government entity to provide supported living under the medi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.1611 Rules governing supported living program

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The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing all of the following: (A) The extent to which a county board of developmental disabilities may provide supported living; (B) The application process for obtaining a su…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.1612 Summary order suspending supported living certificate holder's authority to provide supported living

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(A) The director of developmental disabilities may issue a summary order suspending a supported living certificate holder's authority to provide supported living to one or more identified individuals if the director determines that both of the following are the case: (1) The cert…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.1613 Guardian supported living exclusion

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(A) A person who has been granted guardianship of an individual with a developmental disability shall not provide supported living to that individual either as an independent provider or as an employee or contractor of a supported living certificate holder unless there is a relat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.162 Applicant survey to determine if standards met

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(A) The director of developmental disabilities may conduct surveys of persons and government entities that seek a supported living certificate to determine whether the persons and government entities meet the certification standards. The director may also conduct surveys of provi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.163 Term of supported living certificate

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A supported living certificate is valid for a period of time established in rules adopted under section 5123.1611 of the Revised Code, unless any of the following occur before the end of that period of time:(A) The director of developmental disabilities issues an order requiring …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.164 Renewal of supported living certificate

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Except as provided in sections 5123.166 and 5123.169 of the Revised Code, the director of developmental disabilities shall renew a supported living certificate if the certificate holder follows the renewal process established in rules adopted under section 5123.1611 of the Revise…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.165 Provision of supported living and residence

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person or government entity may provide supported living to an individual with a developmental disability if the person or government entity also provides the individual a residence.(B) A person may provide supported livi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.166 Adjudication order against certificate applicant or holder

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(A) If good cause exists as specified in division (B) of this section and determined in accordance with procedures established in rules adopted under section 5123.1611 of the Revised Code, the director of developmental disabilities may issue an adjudication order requiring that o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.167 Reapplication after negative adjudication on certificate

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If the director of developmental disabilities issues an adjudication order under section 5123.166 of the Revised Code refusing to issue a supported living certificate to a person or government entity, refusing to renew a person or government entity's supported living certificate,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.168 Termination of certificate for failure to bill for services

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The director of developmental disabilities shall terminate a supported living certificate if the certificate holder has not billed for supported living for twenty-four consecutive months. To terminate a supported living certificate under this section, the director shall send a no…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.169 Issuance of supported living certificate

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(A) The director of developmental disabilities shall not issue a supported living certificate to an applicant or renew an applicant's supported living certificate if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant fails to comply with division (C)(2) of this section; (2) Excep…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.17 Care outside institution

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The department of developmental disabilities may provide for the custody, supervision, control, treatment, and training of persons with developmental disabilities elsewhere than within the enclosure of an institution under its jurisdiction, if the department so determines with re…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.171 Respite care services

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As used in this section, "respite care" means appropriate, short-term, temporary care provided to a person with a developmental disability to sustain the family structure or to meet planned or emergency needs of the family.The department of developmental disabilities shall provid…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.18 Contracts with person or agency to provide services

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The department of developmental disabilities may enter into a contract with a person or government agency to provide residential services to individuals with developmental disabilities in need of residential services. To be eligible to enter into a contract with the department un…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.19 Operation of residential facilities

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(A) As used in sections 5123.19 to 5123.20 of the Revised Code: (1) "Independent living arrangement" means an arrangement in which an individual with a developmental disability resides in an individualized setting chosen by the individual or the individual's guardian, which is no…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.191 Appointing receiver to operate residential facility

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(A) The court of common pleas or a judge thereof in the judge's county, or the probate court, may appoint a receiver to take possession of and operate a residential facility licensed by the department of developmental disabilities, in causes pending in such courts respectively, w…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.192 Licensing for ICF/IID after 7/1/2013

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(A) A person or government agency operating, on September 10, 2012, an ICF/IID pursuant to a nursing home license issued under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code shall do both of the following as a condition of continuing to operate the ICF/IID on and after July 1, 2013: (1) Not l…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.193 Searchable database of vacancies in licensed residential facilities

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The director of developmental disabilities shall include on the internet web site maintained by the department of developmental disabilities a searchable database of vacancies in licensed residential facilities. Each person or government entity operating a licensed residential fa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.194 Waiving support collection requirements to facilitate independent living

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In the case of an individual who resides in a residential facility and is preparing to move into an independent living arrangement and the individual's liable relative, the department of developmental disabilities may waive the support collection requirements of sections 5121.04 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.196 Maximum number of beds

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(A) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, the director of developmental disabilities shall not issue a license under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code on or after July 1, 2003, if issuance will result in there being more beds in all residential facilities licensed…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.197 Initial residential facility license or modification of existing facility license not required in certain instances

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Neither an applicant for an initial residential facility license under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code nor an applicant for a modification of an existing residential facility license under that section is required to obtain approval of a plan for the proposed new residential …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.198 Reduction in number of residents

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(A) As used in this section, "date of the commitment" means the date that an individual specified in division (B) of this section begins to reside in a state-operated ICF/IID after being committed to the ICF/IID pursuant to sections 5123.71 to 5123.76 of the Revised Code.(B) Exce…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.20 Prohibiting operation without license

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No person or government agency shall operate a residential facility or receive an individual with a developmental disability as a resident of a residential facility unless the facility is licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code, and no person or governmental agency sha…