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...(A) The clerk of the court of claims shall administer the crime victims recovery fund and shall maintain in the fund in the name of each offender a separate account for money received, or money received from the sale or other disposition of property, pursuant to section 2929.32 of the Revised Code in connection with that offender. The clerk shall distribute the money in that separate account in accordance with divis...

...All moneys that are collected pursuant to section 2929.32 of the Revised Code and required to be deposited in the crime victims recovery fund shall be credited to the fund. Any interest earned on the money in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

...(A) If a separate account has been maintained in the name of an offender in the crime victims recovery fund and if there is no further requirement to pay into the fund money, or the monetary value of property, pursuant to section 2929.32 of the Revised Code, unless otherwise ordered by a court of record in which a judgment has been rendered against the offender or the representatives of the offender, the clerk of the...

...As used in sections 2969.21 to 2969.27 of the Revised Code: (A) "Clerk" means the elected or appointed clerk of any court in this state, except the court of claims or the supreme court, in which an inmate has commenced a civil action against a government entity or employee or has filed an appeal of the judgment or order in a civil action of that nature. (B)(1) "Civil action or appeal against a government entity or ...

...(A)(1) Whenever an inmate commences a civil action or appeal against a government entity or employee on or after October 17, 1996, all of the following apply: (a) The clerk of the court in which the civil action or appeal is filed shall notify the inmate and either the department of rehabilitation and correction, the sheriff or other administrator of the jail or workhouse, or the administrator of the violation sanct...

...If an inmate files a civil action or appeal against a government entity or employee on or after the effective date of this section and if the inmate is ordered to pay court costs, an award of reasonable attorney's fees, or any other fees or expenses the clerk of the court in which the action or appeal is filed shall collect the court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and other fees or expenses from the inmate using ...

...(A) If an inmate files a civil action or appeal against a government entity or employee, the court in which the action or appeal is filed, on its own motion or on the motion of a party, may dismiss the civil action or appeal at any stage in the proceedings if the court finds any of the following: (1) The allegation of indigency in a poverty affidavit filed by the inmate is false. (2) The claim that is the basis of ...

...(A) At the time that an inmate commences a civil action or appeal against a government entity or employee, the inmate shall file with the court an affidavit that contains a description of each civil action or appeal of a civil action that the inmate has filed in the previous five years in any state or federal court. The affidavit shall include all of the following for each of those civil actions or appeals: (1) A br...

...(A) If an inmate commences a civil action or appeal against a government entity or employee and if the inmate's claim in the civil action or the inmate's claim in the civil action that is being appealed is subject to the grievance system for the state correctional institution, jail, workhouse, or violation sanction center in which the inmate is confined, the inmate shall file both of the following with the court: (1...

...If an inmate commences a civil action or appeal against a government entity or employee and is granted a judgment for damages in the civil action or appeal, the court shall order that the following be deducted and paid from the award on a pro rata basis before any payment is made to the inmate or the inmate's counsel: (A) Any fine, court costs, or court-ordered restitution imposed upon the inmate for an offense for ...

...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/IID services, nonmedicaid residential services, or nonmedicaid supported living from qualified and willing providers. The department shall pro...

...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 5123.19 of the Revised Code.

...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 the Revised Code to pay.

...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-based services that the county board would, if not for the agreement, be required by section 5126.0510 of the Revised Code to pay....

...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 the services to receive one hundred per cent of the medicaid allowable payment amount and for government providers of the services to re...

...An individual with a developmental disability who moves from one county in this state to another county in this state shall receive home and community-based services in the new county that are comparable in scope to the home and community-based services the individual receives in the prior county at the time the individual moves. If the county board serving the county to which the individual moves determines under se...

...The department of developmental disabilities may bring a mandamus action against a county board of developmental disabilities that fails to pay the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures that the county board is required by sections 5126.059 and 5126.0510 of the Revised Code to pay. The department may bring the mandamus action in the court of common pleas of the county served by the county board or in the ...

...(A) The department of developmental disabilities may charge each county board of developmental disabilities an annual fee not to exceed one and one-quarter per cent of the total value of all medicaid paid claims for home and community-based services provided during the year to an individual eligible for services from the county board. A county board shall not pass on to a provider of home and community-based services...

...The department of developmental disabilities, in consultation with the department of medicaid, office of budget and management, and county boards of developmental disabilities, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish both of the following in the event a county property tax levy for services for individuals with developmental disabilities fails: (A) A method of paying for ho...

...(A) When the director of developmental disabilities sends a party a notice by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, that the director intends to take action against the party authorized by section 5123.166, 5123.168, 5123.19, 5123.45, 5123.51, or 5126.25 of the Revised Code and the notice is returned to the director with an endorsement indicating that the notice was refused or unclaimed, the directo...

...Each person and each government entity that applies for or holds a valid license, certification, or registration issued under section 5123.161, 5123.19, 5123.45, or 5126.25 of the Revised Code shall notify the director of developmental disabilities of any change in the person's or government entity's address.

...(A) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated to the department of developmental disabilities for medicaid waiver state match, the department shall expend, in fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, not less than the amount appropriated in appropriation item 322-416, medicaid waiver - state match, in fiscal year 2008 to do both of the following: (1) Pay the nonfederal share of medicaid ex...

...(A) The director of developmental disabilities shall establish one or more programs for individuals under twenty-two years of age who have intensive behavioral needs, including such individuals with a primary diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. The programs may include one or more medicaid waiver components that the director administers pursuant to section 5166.21 of the Revised Code. The programs may do one or mo...

...(A) In addition to other authority granted the director of developmental disabilities for use of funds appropriated to the department of developmental disabilities, the director may use such funds for the following purposes: (1) All of the following to assist persons with developmental disabilities remain in the community and avoid institutionalization: (a) Behavioral and short-term interventions; (b) Residential ...

...(A) The director of developmental disabilities shall establish an interagency workgroup on autism. The purpose of the workgroup shall be to improve the coordination of the state's efforts to address the service needs of individuals with autism spectrum disorders and the families of those individuals. In fulfilling this purpose, the director may enter into interagency agreements with the government entities represente...

...As used in this section, "evidence-based intervention" means a prevention or treatment service that has been demonstrated through scientific evaluation to produce a positive outcome. The department of developmental disabilities shall establish a voluntary training and certification program for individuals who provide evidence-based interventions to individuals with an autism spectrum disorder. The department ...

...(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 the director of developmental disabilities under the director's express or implied statutory authority. (B) Subject to division (C) of ...

...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. Records created or received by the department in connection with an audit are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code ...

...(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 agreement shall include the following: (1) A schedule of installment payments whereby the money owed the state is to be paid in full wi...

...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 for the performance of the functions assigned to it. The director shall supervise the work of each division and be responsible fo...

...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 scientific investigations and studies as undertaken under this section. The department shall institute and encourage scientific investi...

...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 the unclassified service shall retain the right to resume the position and status held by the person in the classified service immediately pri...