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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) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, whenever a resident of a residential facility is committed to a state-operated ICF/IID pur...

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio developmental disabilities council, which shall serve as an advocate for all persons with developmental disabilities. The council shall act in accordance with the "Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000," 42 U.S.C. 15001. The governor shall appoint the members of the council in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 15025. (B) The council shall develop the stat...

...The director of developmental disabilities, with respect to the eligibility for state reimbursement of expenses incurred by facilities and programs established and operated under Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code for persons with developmental disabilities, shall do all of the following: (A) Make rules that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of Chapter 5126. and sections 5123.35, 5123.351, and 5123.36 of the...

...(A) To the extent funds are available and on application by a county board of developmental disabilities or private nonprofit agency incorporated to provide developmental disability services, the director of developmental disabilities may enter into an agreement with the county board or agency to assist the county board or agency with a developmental disability construction project. Except as provided by division (B)...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Medicaid-certified capacity" has the same meaning as in section 5124.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Residential facility" has the same meaning as in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The director of developmental disabilities may change the terms of an agreement entered into with a county board of developmental disabilities or private, nonprofit agency pursuant to section ...

...As used in this section and sections 5123.42 to 5123.47 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adult services" has the same meaning as in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Certified supported living provider" means a person or government entity certified under section 5123.161 of the Revised Code. (C) "Drug" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Family support services" has the same mean...

...(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall develop courses for the training of developmental disabilities personnel in the administration of medications and performance of health-related activities pursuant to the authority granted under section 5123.42 of the Revised Code. The department may develop separate or combined training courses for the administration of prescribed medications, administration of ...

...As used in sections 5123.50 to 5123.542 of the Revised Code: (A) "Abuse" means all of the following: (1) The use of physical force that can reasonably be expected to result in physical harm or serious physical harm; (2) Sexual abuse; (3) Verbal abuse. (B) "Misappropriation" means depriving, defrauding, or otherwise obtaining the real or personal property of an individual by any means prohibited by the Revised Co...

...(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall establish a registry of developmental disabilities employees consisting of the names of individuals included in the registry pursuant to section 5123.51 of the Revised Code. (B) Before a person or government entity hires, contracts with, or employs an individual as a developmental disabilities employee, the person or government entity shall inquire whether the i...

...As used in sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code: (A) "Guardian" means a guardian of the person, limited guardian, interim guardian, or emergency guardian pursuant to appointment by the probate court under Chapter 2111. of the Revised Code. (B) "Trustee" means a trustee appointed by and accountable to the probate court, in lieu of a guardian and without a judicial determination of incompetency, with respe...

...(A) The Ohio protection and advocacy system staff, and attorneys designated by the system to represent persons detained, hospitalized, or institutionalized under this chapter or Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code shall have ready access to all of the following: (1) During normal business hours and at other reasonable times, all records, except records of community residential facilities and records of contract agen...

...(A) When a person who is the subject of a report under section 5123.61 of the Revised Code dies, the department of developmental disabilities or the county board of developmental disabilities, whichever is applicable, shall, on written request, provide to both of the following persons the report and any records relating to the report: (1) If the report or records are necessary to admi...

...The rights of persons with developmental disabilities include, but are not limited to, the following: (A) The right to be treated at all times with courtesy and respect and with full recognition of their dignity and individuality; (B) The right to an appropriate, safe, and sanitary living environment that complies with local, state, and federal standards and recognizes the persons' need for privacy and independence...

...This chapter shall be liberally interpreted to accomplish the following purposes: (A) To promote the human dignity and to protect the constitutional rights of persons with developmental disabilities in the state; (B) To encourage the development of the ability and potential of each person with a developmental disability in the state to the fullest possible extent, no matter how severe the degree of disability; (C)...

...(A) As used in this section, "mental illness" has the same meaning as in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The managing officer of an institution, with the concurrence of the chief program director, may admit into a specialized treatment unit for minors a minor ages ten to seventeen who is in behavior crisis and has serious behavioral challenges if one of the following applies: (1) The minor has an intelle...

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any person in the community who is eighteen years of age or older and who is or believes self to be a person with an intellectual disability may make written application to the managing officer of any institution for temporary admission for short-term care. The application may be made on behalf of a minor by a parent or guardian, and on behalf of an adult adjudi...

...A respondent who is involuntarily placed in an institution or other place as designated in section 5123.77 of the Revised Code or with respect to whom proceedings have been instituted under section 5123.71 of the Revised Code shall, on request of the respondent, the respondent's guardian, or the respondent's counsel, or upon the court's own motion, be afforded a hearing to determine whether there is probable cause to...

...(A) When the chief program director of an institution for persons with i ntellectual disabilities considers that it is in the best interest of a resident, the managing officer may permit the resident to leave the institution on a trial visit. The trial visit shall be for the period of time the managing officer determines. (B) The managing officer, upon releasing a resident on trial visit, may impose such requireme...

...(A) All residents institutionalized pursuant to this chapter shall receive, within thirty days of their admission, a comprehensive evaluation, a diagnosis, a prognosis, and a description of habilitation goals consistent therewith. (B) All such residents shall have a written habilitation plan consistent with the comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and goals which shall be provided, upon request of residen...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Family" means a parent, brother, sister, spouse, son, daughter, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or cousin. (2) "Payment" means activities undertaken by a service provider or government entity to obtain or provide reimbursement for services provided to a person. (3) "Treatment" means the provision of services to a person, including the coordination or management of services provided t...

...Costs, fees, and expenses of all proceedings held under this chapter shall be paid as follows: (A) To police and health officers, other than sheriffs or their deputies, the same fees allowed to constables, to be paid upon the approval of the probate judge; (B) To sheriffs or their deputies, the same fees allowed for similar services in the court of common pleas; (C) To physicians or licensed clinical psychologists...

...(A) Every provider agreement with an ICF/IID provider shall do both of the following: (1) Except as provided by division (B) of this section, include any part of the ICF/IID that meets federal and state standards for medicaid certification; (2) Prohibit the provider from doing either of the following: (a) Discriminating against a resident on the basis of race, color, sex, creed, or national origin; (b) Subje...

...(A) If an ICF/IID provider required by section 5124.10 of the Revised Code to file a cost report for the ICF/IID fails to file the cost report by the date it is due or the date, if any, to which the due date is extended pursuant to division (E) of that section, or files an incomplete or inadequate report for the ICF/IID under that section, the department of developmental disabilities shall do both of the follow...

...(A) The total per medicaid day payment rate determined under section 5124.15 of the Revised Code shall not be the initial rate for ICF/IID services provided by a new ICF/IID. Instead, the initial total per medicaid day payment rate for ICF/IID services provided by a new ICF/IID shall be determined in accordance with this section. (B) The initial total per medicaid day payment rate for ICF/IID services provided by ...

...(A) As used in sections 5124.191 to 5124.193 of the Revised Code, "ICF/IID resident" includes an individual who is on hospital or therapeutic leave from an ICF/IID. (B) In accordance with rules adopted under section 5124.03 of the Revised Code, the department of developmental disabilities shall assess each ICF/IID resident regardless of payment source and compile complete assessment data on the residents. The depar...