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...be employed by a county board of developmental disabilities: (1) An employee of an agency contracting with the county board; (2) An immediate family member of an employee of an agency contracting with the county board unless the county board adopts a resolution authorizing the immediate family member's employment with the county board or the employment is consistent with a policy adopted by the board establishing p...

...n employee of a county board of developmental disabilities also may be a member of the governing board of a political subdivision, including the board of education of a school district, or an agency that does not provide specialized services. The county board may contract with such a governing board even though the governing board includes an individual who is an employee of the county board. That member of th...

...vised Code, each county board of developmental disabilities may establish a policy that allows board members to attend a meeting of the county board via means of electronic communication. The policy shall specify at least all of the following: (1) The number of regular meetings at which each board member shall be present in person, which may not be less than one-half of the regular meetings of the county board ann...

...ment from a county board of developmental disabilities to an eligible person or to a member of the immediate family of an eligible person for services rendered to the eligible person. "Direct services contract" includes a contract for supported living pursuant to sections 5126.40 to 5126.47 of the Revised Code, family support services under section 5126.11 of the Revised Code, ...

...n of the county board of developmental disabilities shall appoint three members of the board to an ethics council to review all direct services contracts. The board's chairperson may be one of those appointed. The superintendent of the board shall be a nonvoting member of the council. The chairperson shall not appoint a person to the council if the person, or any member of...

...pointed for a county board of developmental disabilities shall review all direct services contracts, and approve or disapprove each contract in accordance with the standards in section 5126.033 of the Revised Code. The council shall develop, in consultation with the prosecuting attorney, and recommend to the board ethical standards, contract audit procedures, and grievance procedures ...

...(A) A county board of developmental disabilities shall not enter into a direct services contract unless the contract is limited either to the actual amount of the expenses or to a reasonable and allowable amount projected by the board. (B) A county board shall not enter into a direct services contract that would result in payment to a board member, former board member, employee, former e...

...r member of a county board of developmental disabilities, an employee or former employee of a county board, or an immediate family member of a member, former member, employee, or former employee of a county board is not in violation of the restrictions in Chapter 102. and sections 2921.42 and 5126.023 of the Revised Code with regard to that contract. (B) Nothing in section 5126.033 of...

...n behalf of a county board of developmental disabilities, members or employees of a county board, or both: (1) Lobbying and other governmental affairs services; (2) Legal services other than the legal services provided by a county prosecutor or provided for the purpose of collective bargaining; (3) Public relation services; (4) Consulting services; (5) Personnel training services, not includin...

...(A) Each county board of developmental disabilities shall plan and set priorities based on available resources for the provision of facilities, programs, and other services to meet the needs of county residents who are individuals with developmental disabilities, former residents of the county residing in state institutions or, before September 29, 2011, placed under purchase of service agreements under section 5123....

...the control of the department of developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5123.03 of the Revised Code and maintained for the care, treatment, and training of individuals with i ntellectual disabilities. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each county board of developmental disabilities shall make eligibility determinations in accordance with the definition of "developmental disability" con...

... in this section, "department of developmental disabilities-administered medicaid waiver component" means a medicaid waiver component administered by the department of developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5166.21 of the Revised Code. (B) If a county board of developmental disabilities determines that available resources are not sufficient to meet the needs of all individuals who request non-medicaid progr...

...sed Code by an individual with a developmental disability must be made, the individual shall be permitted to make the decision. The individual may obtain support and guidance from an adult family member or other person, but doing so does not affect the right of the individual to make the decision. (B) An individual with a developmental disability may authorize an adult to make a decision described in division (A) of...

...dertaken by a service provider or governmental entity to obtain or provide reimbursement for services to an eligible person. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, no person shall disclose the identity of an individual who requests programs or services under this chapter or release a record or report regarding an eligible person that is maintained by a county board of developmental disabilities or...

...ces from a county board of developmental disabilities or from an entity under contract with a county board. (B) A county board shall establish fees for services rendered to eligible persons if such fees are required by federal regulation and by rule adopted by the director of developmental disabilities. A county board may provide services to a person who does not meet the standards fo...

....R. 431.51, an individual with a developmental disability who is eligible for home and community-based services has the right to obtain the services from any provider of the services that is qualified to furnish the services and is willing to furnish the services to the individual. A county board of developmental disabilities that has medicaid local administrative authority under division (A) of section 5126.055 of t...

...(A) When an individual with a developmental disability or a person acting on such an individual's behalf contacts a county board of developmental disabilities about residential services, the county board shall inform the individual or person about the different types of programs and services offered as residential services, including both ICF/IID services and home and community-based services. When informing the indi...

...s established by the director of developmental disabilities pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for programs and services offered pursuant to this chapter, and subject to the rules established by the department of education and workforce pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for programs and services offered pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code, the county board of developmental disabilities ...

...are available, a county board of developmental disabilities shall provide for or arrange residential services and supported living for individuals with developmental disabilities. A county board may acquire, convey, lease, or sell property for residential services and supported living and enter into loan agreements, including mortgages, for the acquisition of such property. A county board is not required to comply w...

...dent of a county board of developmental disabilities providing transportation for pupils to special education programs under this chapter may establish a volunteer bus rider assistance program under which qualified persons may be authorized to ride with pupils to and from such programs. Volunteers shall not be compensated for their services and are not employees for purposes of Chapte...

... each year, each county board of developmental disabilities shall submit to the department of developmental disabilities, in the format established pursuant to division (B) of this section, a five-year projection of revenues and expenditures. Each five-year projection shall be approved by the superintendent of the county board. The department shall review each five-year projection and may require a county board to ...

... each year, each county board of developmental disabilities shall submit to the department of developmental disabilities both of the following: (A) An annual waiver allocation projection that contains the projected number of individuals to whom the board intends to provide home and community-based services based on available funding as projected in the board's annual five-year projection report submitted pursuant t...

... individual and ensure the individual's health, safety, and welfare. The monitoring shall include quality assurance activities. If the county board provides the services, the department of developmental disabilities shall also monitor the services. (5) Develop, with the individual and the provider of the individual's services, an effective individual service plan that includes coordination of services, recommend th...

...(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall take action under division (B) of this section against a county board of developmental disabilities if either of the following are the case: (1) The county board fails to correct a deficiency within the time required by division (F) of section 5126.055 of the Revised Code to the satisfaction of the department. (2) The county board fails to submit an acceptabl...

...(A) Each county board of developmental disabilities shall prepare a memorandum of understanding that is developed by all of the following and that is signed by the persons identified in divisions (A)(2) to (7) of this section: (1) The senior probate judge of the county or the senior probate judge's representative; (2) The county peace officer; (3) All chief municipal peace officers within the county; (4) Other la...