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...s of the United States" means the army, air force, navy, marine corps, space force, coast guard, and any other military service branch that is designated by congress as a part of the armed forces of the United States. (2) "Domiciliary" means a separate area within the Ohio veterans' home providing domiciliary care. (3) "Domiciliary care" means providing shelter, food, and necessary medical care on an ambulatory s...

...The director of veterans services shall govern the Ohio veterans' homes and have charge and custody of the homes' facilities. The director shall govern, conduct, and care for veterans' homes, the property of the homes, and the veterans residing in the homes. All supplies for the veterans' homes shall be purchased as provided in sections 125.04 to 125.15 of the Revised Code. The director shall appoint a superi...

...(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The superintendent of the Ohio veterans' homes shall not appoint a person as a chief of police or an employee as a Ohio veterans' home police officer on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person or employee previously has been conv...

...The director of veterans services may do either of the following to expand nursing home care and domiciliary services to veterans at sites other than the Ohio veterans' homes and nursing homes: (A) Enter into contracts or agreements, including agreements for the acceptance of grants, to construct, lease, purchase, or otherwise acquire real property or facilities to establish a network of facilities; (B) Ent...

...The management and control of veterans' homes shall be subject to such inspection and supervision as the congress of the United States may require as a condition of making appropriations for their maintenance. A person appointed or designated by congress may make such inspection and exercise such supervision, and, if so required by congress, the person may have and exercise the privileges of the director of...

...United States department of veterans affairs or any person who is awarded either the armed forces expeditionary medal established by presidential executive order 10977 dated December 4, 1961, or the Vietnam service medal established by presidential executive order 11231 dated July 8, 1965, who have been honorably discharged or separated under honorable conditions therefrom, or any discharged members of the Polish and...

...(A) A person with a mental illness subject to court order whose mental condition causes the person to be dangerous to the community shall not be admitted to a veterans' home. If a person with a mental illness subject to court order, through misrepresentation as to the person's condition, is sent to a home, the person shall be returned to, and the expense of the return shall be borne by, the county from which the pers...

...dmission into a veterans' home, the chairperson of the veterans service commission of the county in which the veteran resides, upon application, may furnish the veteran transportation to the home by the most direct route from the veteran's residence. The transportation shall be paid from the veterans service commission fund of the county.

...When a resident of a veterans' home becomes dangerous to the community due to a mental illness, the superintendent of the Ohio veterans' homes shall file with the probate judge of the county in which the home is located substantially the following affidavit: "The State of Ohio, __________ county, ss. ___________, superintendent of the Ohio veterans' homes, being duly sworn, says that the superintendent believ...

...(A) When the affidavit referred to in section 5907.08 of the Revised Code is filed, the probate judge shall forthwith determine whether the resident is a person with a mental illness subject to court order. Insofar as applicable, the laws governing in cases of admission to a state hospital for persons with mental illness shall apply. The probate judge shall have the same authority, and may receive and order paid the ...

...(A) The Ohio veterans' homes shall maintain and operate a nursing home as part of each veterans' home for the benefit of honorably discharged veterans admitted to a veterans' home under this chapter. The nursing homes are subject to sections 3721.01 to 3721.09 and 3721.99 of the Revised Code. (B) The nursing home within the veterans' home located in Sandusky shall be known as "The Robert T. Secrest Nursing Hom...

...(A) The superintendent of the Ohio veterans' homes, with the approval of the director of veterans services, may establish a local fund for each veterans' home to be used for the entertainment and welfare of the residents of the home. Each fund shall be designated as the residents' benefit fund and shall be operated for the exclusive benefit of the residents of the associated home. Each fund shall receive all re...

...The superintendent of the Ohio veterans' homes may utilize the services of volunteers to assist in attending to and caring for residents, assisting in resident activities, caring for veterans' homes' buildings and grounds, and participating in any other services that accomplish any of the superintendent's purposes related to veterans' homes. All volunteer programs are subject to the superintendent's approval. T...

...Residents of veterans' homes may be assessed a fee to pay a portion of the expenses of their support, dependent upon their ability to pay. Subject to controlling board approval, the director of veterans services shall adopt rules for determining a resident's ability to pay. Each resident shall furnish the required statements of income, assets, debts, and expenses. All fees contributed by the residents under t...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio veterans' homes operating fund, in which shall be placed the fee and interest revenue credited to it under section 5907.13 of the Revised Code. The fund shall be used for paying the operating costs of veterans' homes.

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio veterans' homes fund, to which shall be credited the fee and interest revenue specified in section 5907.13 of the Revised Code. The fund shall be used only for the following purposes: (A) Paying the cost of capital facilities or equipment purchases for veterans' homes; (B) Participation in capital facilities for veterans' homes with the federal government,...

...United States department of veterans affairs in per diem grants for care that veterans' homes provide shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio veterans' homes federal grant fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used only for the operating costs of veterans' homes. (B) Any resident of a veterans' home whom the United States department of veterans affai...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio veterans' homes rental and service fund. Revenue generated from temporary use agreements of a veterans' home, from the sale of meals at a home's dining halls, and from rental, lease, or sharing agreements for the use of facilities, supplies, equipment, utilities, or services provided by a home shall be credited to the fund. The fund shall be used for ...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the medicare services fund. Revenue from federal reimbursement of medicare services that were provided at state veterans' homes shall be credited to the fund. The fund shall be used for paying the operating costs of the state veterans' homes.

...(A) As used in this section, "physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (B) The department of veterans services may establish a physician recruitment program under which the department agrees to repay all or part of the principal and interest of a governmental or other educational loan incurred by a physicia...

...(A) As used in this section, "bingo," "bingo game operator," and "participant" have the same meanings as in section 2915.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding sections 2915.07 to 2915.13 of the Revised Code, an Ohio veterans' home may conduct bingo games as described in division (O)(1) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code, but only if the Ohio veterans' home complies with all of the following requirements: ...

...United States department of veterans affairs for pension purposes; (2) Any person who was a member of the armed services of the United States and participated in an operation for which the armed forces expeditionary medal was awarded; (3) Any person who served as a member of the United States merchant marine and to whom either of the following applies: (a) The person has an honorable report of separation fro...

...There is hereby created an Ohio war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship board as part of the department of veterans services. The board consists of eight members as follows: the chancellor of higher education or the chancellor's designee; the director of veterans services or the director's designee; one member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker; one member of the senate...

...Scholarships shall be granted only to children of deceased or disabled veterans of the armed services of the United States. To be eligible for a scholarship, such child shall: (A) At the time of application, have attained the sixteenth, but not the twenty-fifth, birthday; (B) At the time of application, if a child of a veteran who entered the armed services: (1) As a legal resident of Ohio, have resided in the sta...

...War orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarships provided in sections 5910.01 to 5910.06 of the Revised Code, shall be granted to children of members of the Ohio national guard and the reserve components of any of the armed services of the United States who are killed or permanently and totally disabled while on active duty pursuant to bona fide orders of the governor or the president of the United S...