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...A kinship caregiver, on obtaining foster home certification under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code, shall receive foster care maintenance payments equal to the custodial agency rate as determined by the certifying agency, which is either the custodial agency, private child placing agency, or private non-custodial agency.

...The director of children and youth may adopt rules for the administration of the kinship support program in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code.

...Benefits and services provided under the kinship guardianship assistance program, extended kinship guardianship assistance program, kinship support program, and kinship permanency incentive program are inalienable whether by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, guardianship, and other like processes.

...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 permanent living arrangement, or in the Title-IV-E-eligible care and placement responsibility of a juvenile court or other government...

...h advice from the overcoming hurdles in Ohio youth advisory board, to investigate complaints made by youth and to advocate for the best interests of children involved in concerns investigated by the office; (3) Not fewer than two regional ombudsmen; (4) Any necessary support staff. (B) The office shall investigate and resolve concerns made by or on behalf of children and families involved with public children s...

...sentatives of the overcoming hurdles in Ohio youth advisory board.

...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 ombudsman office.

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

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

...(A) No employee of the youth and family ombudsman 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; (4) Have any interest that is, or may be, in conflict with the interests and concerns of the office. (B) As used in this section, ...

...for the children services system. (C) Files of the office and any records contained in those files are not public records subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Information contained in investigative and other files maintained by the office shall be disclosed only at the discretion of the office or if disclosure is required by a court order.

...he county commissioners association of Ohio and the Ohio job and family services directors association, shall establish an evaluation system that rates each county department of job and family services in terms of its success with helping public assistance recipients obtain employment that enables the recipients to cease relying on public assistance. A county department of job and family services may implement...

...(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 responsibility for employment oversight of that social service professional, as applicable, shall at minimum issue a confidential written warning to ...

...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 house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the chairpersons of the relevant house of representatives and senate committees ...

...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 services, which shall include rules covering both of the following: (A) Imposing a penalty for unauthorized use of matching contributions; (...

...(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, the number of: (a) Accounts with high balances, as determined by the department; (b) Out-of-state transactions; (c) Transactions when the final amount processed was a whole dollar amoun...

...(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 section 5101.133, 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.

...(A) The Ohio general assembly hereby states the following beliefs with regard to the Ohio works first program: (1) That the first priority for minor heads of household and adults participating in the program is to work, which includes keeping an employer's schedule and satisfying the employer's work requirements, and to develop marketable skills. (2) That many minor heads of household and adults participating in th...

...the amount of assistance provided under Ohio works first. (C) "Custodian" means an individual who has legal custody, as defined in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, of a minor child or comparable status over a minor child created by a court of competent jurisdiction in another state. (D) "Domestic violence" means being subjected to any of the following: (1) Physical acts that resulted in, or threatened t...

...shed the Ohio works first program. The department of job and family services shall administer the program, as long as federal funds are provided for the program, in accordance with Title IV-A, federal regulations, state law, the Title IV-A state plan submitted to the United States secretary of health and human services under section 5101.80 of the Revised Code, amendments to the plan, and federal waivers grant...

... make all cash assistance payments for Ohio works first from funds appropriated for the Ohio works first program. The amount of a cash assistance payment the department is to make to an assistance group shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code and shall not exceed the payment standard. The department shall increase the payment standard on January 1, 2009, a...

... following: (1) A payment standard for Ohio works first based on federal and state appropriations that is increased in accordance with section 5107.04 of the Revised Code; (2) For the purpose of section 5107.04 of the Revised Code, the method of determining the amount of cash assistance an assistance group receives under Ohio works first; (3) Requirements for initial and continued eligibility for Ohio works first,...

...rticipate in Ohio works first, a county department of job and family services shall do the following: (a) Determine whether the assistance group's gross income exceeds fifty per cent of the federal poverty guidelines. In making this determination, the county department shall disregard amounts that federal statutes or regulations and sections 5101.17 and 5117.10 of the Revised Code require be disregarded. The assis...

...(A) A specified relative of a minor child residing with the minor child is not required to be included in the minor child's assistance group. To the extent permitted by rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code governing assistance group composition requirements and except as provided in division (B) of this section, the specified relative may choose to be included in the minor child's assistance group...

...s first program shall apply to a county department of job and family services using an application containing information the director of job and family services requires pursuant to rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code and any additional information the county department requires. If cash assistance under the program is to be paid by the director of budget and management through the medium o...

...ng a redetermination of eligibility for Ohio works first written and oral information about both of the following: (A) The availability of counseling and supportive services pursuant to division (B) of section 5107.71 of the Revised Code for members of the assistance group who have been subjected to domestic violence; (B) The availability of waivers under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code exempting members...

...lf-sufficiency contract with the county department of job and family services: (1) Each adult member of the assistance group; (2) The assistance group's minor head of household. (B) A self-sufficiency contract shall set forth the rights and responsibilities of the assistance group as applicants for and participants of Ohio works first. Each self-sufficiency contract shall include, based on appraisals conducte...

... group's eligibility to participate in Ohio works first for one payment month or until the failure or refusal ceases, whichever is longer; (2) For a second failure or refusal, the county department shall deny or terminate the assistance group's eligibility to participate in Ohio works first for three payment months or until the failure or refusal ceases, whichever is longer; (3) For a third or subsequent failu...

...clude either the telephone number of an Ohio works first ombudsperson provided for under section 329.07 of the Revised Code or the toll-free telephone number of the state department of job and family services that the assistance group may call to obtain the telephone number of an Ohio works first ombudsperson.

...er than fifteen calendar days after the department of job and family services mails the assistance group a written notice of a sanction under section 5107.161 of the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services shall postpone imposition of the sanction until the date a final decision is rendered in the state hearing, unless the assistance group withdraws the request for the state hearing because the a...

...tance group may resume participation in Ohio works first following a sanction under section 5107.16 of the Revised Code: (A) The assistance group must reapply under section 5107.12 of the Revised Code if any of the following apply: (1) It is the assistance group's regularly scheduled time for an eligibility redetermination; (2) If the sanction was imposed under division (A)(1) of section 5107.16 of the Revise...

...ause exists as determined by the county department of job and family services. Good cause may include losing employment, inability to find employment, divorce, domestic violence considerations, and unique personal circumstances. The assistance group must provide a county department of job and family services verification acceptable to the county department of whether any members of the assistance group had employment...

...first constitutes an assignment to the department of job and family services of any rights members of an assistance group have to support from any other person. The rights to support assigned to the department pursuant to this section constitute an obligation of the person who is responsible for providing the support to the state for the amount of cash assistance provided to the assistance group. The office of...

...of an assistance group participating in Ohio works first.

...n home to be eligible to participate in Ohio works first. (2) To the extent permitted by Title IV-A and federal regulations adopted under it, a pregnant minor, minor parent, or child of a minor parent is exempt from the requirement of division (B)(1) of this section if any of the following apply: (a) The minor parent or pregnant minor does not have a parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relative living or ...

...gram for six payment months if a county department of job and family services determines that a member of the assistance group terminated the member's employment. (2) Each person who, on the day prior to the day a recipient begins to receive transitional child care, was a member of the recipient's assistance group is ineligible to participate in Ohio works first for six payment months if a county department determi...

... 5107.281 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of job and family services shall establish the learnfare program. The board of county commissioners of any county may choose to have the county participate in the learnfare program. The county department of job and family services of each participating county shall administer the program in accordance with sections 5107.28 to 5107.287 of the Revised Code and policies...

...school equivalency test approved by the department of education and workforce pursuant to division (B) of section 3301.80 of the Revised Code. (D) The participant has been excused from school attendance pursuant to section 3321.04 or is exempt under section 3321.042 of the Revised Code; (E) If child care services for a member of the participant's household are necessary for the participant to attend school, chi...

...hool attendance requirement, the county department of job and family services shall send the parent a notice warning that, if the student fails a second or subsequent time in the school year to comply with the school attendance requirement, the assistance group's cash assistance payment for the second month following report of the failure under section 5107.287 of the Revised Code will be reduced to the amount the as...

...The county department of job and family services may provide an incentive established by the county department to the participating student or student's assistance group, whichever is appropriate, if the parent or, if the student is eighteen or nineteen years of age, the student, consents to the release of the student's school attendance records and the student complies with the learnfare school attendance requiremen...

...The county department of job and family services shall require the parent of each participating student, or, if the student is eighteen or nineteen years of age, the student to consent to release of the student's school attendance records. If the parent or participating student refuses to consent, the county department shall reduce the assistance group's cash assistance payment for the month immediately following the...

...re otherwise eligible to participate in Ohio works first shall continue to be considered participants of the program.

...ween the school district and the county department of job and family services concerning a participating student's attendance shall be made only through the attendance officers and assistants appointed under section 3321.14 or 3321.15 of the Revised Code.

...The county department of job and family services shall establish policies defining "good cause for being absent from school" and specifying what constitutes a day of attendance for purposes of the learnfare program's school attendance requirement. Not later than the fifteenth day of each month of a school year or another time agreed to by the county department of job and family services and department of education...

...od cause for not attending school. The department shall provide, in addition to the cash assistance payment provided under Ohio works first, an incentive payment, in an amount determined by the department, to every participating teen who attends school in accordance with the requirements governing the LEAP program. In addition to the incentive payment, the department may provide other incentives to participati...

...For the purpose of encouraging individuals who have successfully completed the requirements of the LEAP program to enroll in post-secondary education, the director of job and family services may provide an award to such individuals who enroll in post-secondary education. If provided, the award shall be provided in accordance with rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code.

...dual is ineligible for assistance under Ohio works first if either of the following apply: (A) The individual is a fugitive felon as defined in section 5101.26 of the Revised Code; (B) The individual is violating a condition of probation, a community control sanction, parole, or a post-release control sanction imposed under federal or state law.

...ution is not eligible to participate in Ohio works first. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a minor child residing with the minor child's mother who participates in a prison nursery program established under section 5120.65 of the Revised Code.

...lated to employment for participants of Ohio works first who have not earned a high school diploma or certificate of high school equivalence; (10) Education activities established under section 5107.60 of the Revised Code for participants of Ohio works first who have not completed secondary school or received a certificate of high school equivalence under which the participants attend a secondary school or a cours...

...cipate in Ohio works first, the county department of job and family services that receives the application shall schedule and conduct an appraisal of each member of the assistance group who is a minor head of household or adult, other than a minor head of household participating in the LEAP program. The appraisal may include an evaluation of the employment, educational, physiological, and psychological abilitie...

...of household and adult participating in Ohio works first, other than a minor head of household participating in the LEAP program, to one or more work activities and developmental activities. If a county department assigns a minor head of household or adult to the work activity established under division (H) of section 5107.60 of the Revised Code, the county department shall make reasonable efforts to assign the mino...

...n 5107.42 of the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services shall place the minor head of household or adult in the assigned activity as soon as the activity becomes available. (B)(1) Except as provided in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code, a minor head of household or adult placed in one or more work activities or developmental activities shall participate in the activities a...

...County departments of job and family services, on a statewide average basis, shall exceed the federal minimum work activity participation rates established by section 407(a) of Title IV-A, 42 U.S.C.A. 607(a), by not less than five percentage points.

...ram for more than six weeks, unless the unemployment rate of the state is at least fifty per cent greater than the unemployment rate of the United States, in which case the applicant or participant may participate in the program not more than twelve weeks. An applicant or participant may not participate in the program more than four consecutive weeks. For one time only per applicant or participant, a county departme...

...ive payments from appropriations to the department of job and family services for a portion of the costs of salaries, wages, and benefits those employers pay to or on behalf of employees who are participants of the subsidized employment program at the time of employment. (B) The director of job and family services may redetermine rates of payments to employers under this section annually. (C) A state agency or po...

...rience program are not employees of the department of job and family services or a county department of job and family services. The operation of the work experience program does not constitute the operation of an employment agency by the department of job and family services or a county department of job and family services. (B) County departments of job and family services shall develop work projects to which pa...

...A county department of job and family services may contract with the chief administrator of a nonpublic school or with any school district board of education that has adopted a resolution under section 3319.089 of the Revised Code to provide for a participant of the work experience program who has a minor child enrolled in the nonpublic school or a public school in the district to be assigned under the work experienc...

... households and adults participating in Ohio works first an education program under which the participant is enrolled full-time in post-secondary education leading to vocation at a state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.031 of the Revised Code; a private nonprofit college or university that possesses a certificate of authorization issued pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, or is ...

... households and adults participating in Ohio works first: (A) Unsubsidized employment activities, including activities a county department determines are legitimate entrepreneurial activities; (B) On-the-job training activities, including training to become an employee of a child care center or type A family child care home, administrator of a licensed type B family child care home, or in-home aide; (C) Comm...

...Service as an Ohio works first ombudsperson pursuant to section 329.07 of the Revised Code may be an assignment under the work experience program or a work activity established under section 5107.60 of the Revised Code to which a participant of Ohio works first is assigned under section 5107.42 of the Revised Code.

... households and adults participating in Ohio works first. In establishing developmental activities, county departments are not limited by the restrictions that Title IV-A imposes on work activities. Developmental activities may be identical or similar to, or different from, work activities and alternative work activities. In accordance with a federal waiver granted by the United States secretary of health and huma...

... households and adults participating in Ohio works first. In establishing alternative work activities, county departments are not limited by the restrictions Title IV-A imposes on work activities. The following are examples of alternative work activities that a county department may establish: (A) Parenting classes and life-skills training; (B) Participation in addiction services provided by a community addiction s...

...ain a grievance procedure for resolving complaints by individuals or their representatives that the assignment of a participant of Ohio works first violates this section.

...vices shall provide for participants of Ohio works first placed in a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity to receive support services the county department determines to be necessary. County departments may provide for applicants of Ohio works first placed in the work activity established under section 5107.50 of the Revised Code to receive support services the county department determ...

...Except for a participant of Ohio works first who is assigned to a work activity established under section 5107.52 or division (A) of section 5107.60 of the Revised Code, credit for work performed by a participant in a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity does not constitute remuneration for the purpose of Chapter 124., 144., or 145. of the Revised Code and services performed by the part...

..., and alternative work activities under Ohio works first, a county department of job and family services shall give first consideration to applicants for and participants of Ohio works first, provided such applicants and participants qualify for the administrative and supervisory positions to be filled. An applicant or participant shall be eligible for first consideration only within the county in which the applicant...

...ode jeopardizes federal funding for the Ohio works first program, the department shall ensure that county departments of job and family services require minor heads of household and adults participating in Ohio works first to participate in work activities, developmental activities, and alternative work activities in a manner consistent with 42 U.S.C.A. 607.

...s of assistance groups participating in Ohio works first to determine whether any members of the group are in need of other assistance or services provided by the county department or other private or government entities. Assessments may include the following: (A) Whether any member of the assistance group has a substance abuse problem; (B) Whether there are any other circumstances that may limit an assistance gro...

...oups applying for and participating in Ohio works first who have been subjected to domestic violence by utilizing the domestic violence screening process established in the rules; (B) Refer a member who has been subjected to domestic violence to counseling and supportive services; (C) Except as provided in section 5107.713 of the Revised Code, maintain the confidentiality of information about a member who has bee...

...ubjected to domestic violence, a county department of job and family services shall do both of the following: (A) Where available, rely on records from any of the following: (1) Police, courts, and other governmental entities; (2) Shelters and legal, religious, medical, and other professionals from whom an assistance group member sought assistance in dealing with domestic violence; (3) Other persons with kno...

...group applying for or participating in Ohio works first who is referred to counseling or supportive services pursuant to division (B) of section 5107.71 of the Revised Code may decline the counseling, supportive services, or both.

...group applying for or participating in Ohio works first who has been subjected to domestic violence, the county department shall provide information about the member to the department of job and family services. The department shall maintain the information for federal reporting and statistical analysis purposes only.

...of an assistance group participating in Ohio works first a waiver that exempts the member from a requirement of the Ohio works first program if the county department determines that the member has been subjected to domestic violence and requiring compliance with the requirement would make it more difficult for the member to escape domestic violence or unfairly penalize the member. A waiver shall specify the particula...

...f an assistance group participating in Ohio works first shall provide the member a written explanation for the refusal. The written explanation shall be provided to the member in a manner protecting the member's confidentiality. The member may appeal the refusal pursuant to section 5101.35 of the Revised Code.

...f an assistance group participating in Ohio works first may decline a waiver that would otherwise be issued under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code and may terminate at any time a waiver that has been issued under that section.

...The department of job and family services shall monitor county departments of job and family services' implementation of sections 5107.71 to 5107.716 of the Revised Code to ensure that the county departments comply with those sections.

...s shall refer a parent participating in Ohio works first whose minor child is a member of the parent's assistance group to any private or public agency, medical doctor, clinic, or other person or organization which can advise the parent on methods of controlling the size and spacing of the parent's family, consistent with the parent's religious and moral views. A county department shall document each referral it mak...

...Cash assistance under Ohio works first is inalienable whether by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, and other like process.

...mber of an assistance group or a county department of job and family services. Except as provided in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code, each county department of job and family services shall take action to recover erroneous payments. Action may include reducing payments of cash assistance made under Ohio works first to assistance groups that receive erroneous payments or instituting a civil ac...

...t tracking system is in operation, the department of job and family services shall include a notice of the amount of support payments due a member of the assistance group that a child support enforcement agency collected and paid to the department pursuant to section 5107.20 of the Revised Code during the most recent month for which the department has this information.

...duals who have ceased to participate in Ohio works first have entered the workforce.

... county where the criminal charges were filed. (b) When the residence of a person is disputed, the matter of residence shall be referred to the department of mental health and addiction services for investigation and determination. Residence shall not be a basis for a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services to deny services to any person present in the board's service district, and the board s...

...department of mental health," the term "Ohio department of mental health," the term "department of alcohol and drug addiction services," or the term "Ohio department of alcohol and drug addiction services" is used, referred to, or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the use, reference, or designation shall be construed to mean the department of mental health and addiction services. (...

...The department of mental health and addiction services and any institutions under its supervision or jurisdiction shall, where applicable, be in substantial compliance with standards set forth for psychiatric facilities by the joint commission or medical assistance standards under Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, or other applicable standards. The require...

...titution under the jurisdiction of the department shall be under the management and control of a managing officer to be known as a chief executive officer or by another appropriate title. Such managing officer shall be appointed by the director of mental health and addiction services, and shall be in the unclassified service and serve at the pleasure of the director. Each managing officer shall be of good mora...

...ch service when an itemized account is filed and approved.

...The department of mental health and addiction services shall keep in its office, accessible only to its employees, except by the consent of the department or the order of the judge of a court of record, a record showing the name, residence, sex, age, nativity, occupation, condition, and date of entrance or commitment of every patient in the institutions governed by it, the date, cause, and terms of discharge an...

... which a benevolent institution of the department of mental health and addiction services is located, in which petition the desire to erect or carry on at a less distance than that prescribed in section 3767.19 of the Revised Code shall be set forth, the business prohibited, the precise point of its establishment, and the reasons and circumstances, in its opinion, why the erection or carrying on of the busines...

... felony. If the special police officer files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the special police officer does not file a timely appeal, the managing officer shall terminate the employment of that special police officer. If the special police officer files an appeal that results in that special police officer's acquittal of the f...

...cations of physician specialists in the department of mental health. The director shall prepare, and may amend from time to time, classifications for those physician specialists, and they shall receive a salary fixed pursuant to section 124.15 or 124.152 of the Revised Code. The director may employ and classify physicians in the department as physician specialists, within the classifications and pay ranges fixe...

... instituted on behalf of or against the department of mental health and addiction services or any institution under the jurisdiction of the department and the managing officer thereof, except such institutions as are privately owned or operated under a license from the department of mental health and addiction services, and shall represent the public hospital in proceedings under section 5122.15 of the Revised Code. ...

...ecutive and appointing authority of the department of mental health and addiction services. The director may organize the department for its efficient operation, including creating divisions or offices as necessary. The director may establish procedures for the governance of the department, conduct of its employees and officers, performance of its business, and custody, use, and preservation of departmental records, ...

...titutions under the jurisdiction of the department and shall review and approve decisions relating to the employment of the chief clinical officers. The medical director or the medical director's designee shall advise the director on matters relating to licensure, research, the certification and delivery of addiction services and mental health services, and community addiction and mental health plans. The medical dir...

...eview its operations and to investigate complaints made by any patient or by any person on behalf of a patient, provided these duties may be performed by a person designated by the director. (E) The department of mental health and addiction services may provide or contract to provide addiction services for offenders incarcerated in the state prison system. (F) In addition to the powers expressly conferred, the de...

...The department of mental health and addiction services has all the authority necessary to carry out its powers and duties under this chapter and Chapters 340., 2919., 2945., and 5122. of the Revised Code, including the authority to adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and Chapters 340., 2919., 2945., and 5122. of the Revised Cod...

... with all documents introduced, kept on file at the office of the department. The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as in the court of common pleas, but no officer or employee of the institution under investigation is entitled to such fees. Any judge of the probate court or of the court of common pleas, upon application of the department, may compel the attendance of witnesses, the ...

...s. The plan shall address the fact that Ohio works first participants may be among the persons receiving services under section 340.15 of the Revised Code and shall require the department of job and family services to seek federal funds available under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, for the provision of the services to Ohio works first participants who are r...

...(A) The department of mental health and addiction services, in accordance with division (B) of this section, shall give priority to developing, and promptly shall develop, with available public and private resources a program that does all of the following: (1) Provides a manner of identifying the aggregate number of pregnant women in this state who are addicted to a drug of abuse; (2) Provides for an effective mea...

...on in the classified service within the department of mental health and addiction services to a position in the unclassified service within the department. A person appointed pursuant to this section to a position in the unclassified service shall retain the right to resume the position and status held by the person in the classified service immediately prior to the person's appointment to the position in the unclass...

...ssified or unclassified service of the department of mental health and addiction services if the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of the following: (1) Any felony contained in the Revised Code, if the felony bears a direct and substantial relationship to the position being filled; (2) Any crime contained in the Revised Code constituting a misdemeanor of the first degree on the fi...