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...eworker supervisor employed by a public children services agency located in the training region; (D) Analyzing training needs of PCSA caseworkers and PCSA caseworker supervisors employed by a public children services agency and other training populations described in section 5103.30 of the Revised Code and located in the training region; (E) Coordinating the training for the region with the Ohio child welfare t...

...he Revised Code. (B) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement standards set forth in division (D) of this section and section 5103.54 of the Revised Code that are substantially similar, as determined by the director, to other similarly situated providers of residential care to children. (C) The director of children and youth shall issu...

...(A) The director of children and youth may inspect a private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camp at any time. (B) The director may request access to the camp's records or to the written policies adopted by the camp pursuant to section 5103.50 of the Revised Code.

...of the Revised Code. If the director of children and youth determines that a camp is operating without a license, the director may petition the court of common pleas in the county in which the camp is located for an order enjoining its operation. The court shall grant injunctive relief upon a showing that the camp is operating without a license.

...(A) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish the following: (1) Policies and procedures for enforcing the minimum standards of operation for private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camps; (2) Procedures the director shall follow if the director determines that conditions at a camp pose imminent risk to the life, health, or safety of ...

...A parent of a child attending a private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camp is not relieved of the parent's obligations regarding compulsory school attendance pursuant to section 3321.04 or 3321.042 of the Revised Code.

... Providing rehabilitative services to a child placed in a specialized foster home program or to the child's family; (2) Conducting home studies as an assessor for specialized foster homes; (3) Providing clinical direction to specialized foster caregivers; (4) Supervision of treatment team leaders. (B) "Specialized foster home" has the same meaning as in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code.

...al treatment staff employed by a public children services agency who are not subject to the licensing requirements of Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code shall meet the requirements of sections 5153.112 and 5153.122 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Professional treatment staff employed by a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency who are not subject to the licensing requirements of Chapter 4757. of th...

...The department of children and youth shall work with private child placing agencies and private noncustodial agencies to establish a comprehensive, competency-based professional treatment staff training program for employees of private child placing agencies and private noncustodial agencies that meets the requirements of division (B)(1) of section 5103.58 of the Revised Code.

...he Revised Code: (A) "Infant" means a child who is less than one year of age. (B) "Residential infant care center" means a facility that has as its primary purpose the provision of residential services for infants affected by substance use and the preservation of families through infant diversion practices and programs.

...3, 2022, shall apply to the director of children and youth to obtain a certificate for the facility. (B) A person who, on June 13, 2022, is operating a children's crisis care facility that has as its primary purpose the provision of residential services for infants affected by substance use and the preservation of families through infant diversion practices and programs shall be deemed a residential infant care ce...

...The director of children and youth shall issue a certificate to a person to operate a residential infant care center as follows: (A) Pursuant to division (A) of section 5103.602 of the Revised Code if the center complies with all of the requirements under sections 5103.608 to 5103.6012 of the Revised Code and, if applicable, all of the rules adopted under section 5103.6018 of the Revised Code; (B)(1) Pursuant t...

...ing care for the infant. (C) A public children services agency or private child placing agency requires additional time to determine placement of the infant.

...) Require both of the following: (1) Child-care staff, volunteers, and interns in positions responsible for the daily direct care or supervision of children to be at least eighteen years old and have a high school diploma or certificate of high school equivalence; (2) Volunteers and interns who are under twenty-one years of age to be supervised. (F) Request a criminal records check with respect to volunteers...

...on and after the date the department of children and youth adopts rules regarding certification under section 5103.6018 of the Revised Code.

...not count volunteers or interns to meet child-to-staff ratios, except for in emergency situations, including an extremely ill staff member.

...The department of children and youth may apply to the United States secretary of health and human services for a federal grant under the "Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act," 42 U.S.C. 5116, and the "Family First Prevention Services Act," 42 U.S.C. 50711, 50723, and 50741 to assist residential infant care centers certified under section 5103.603 of the Revised Code in providing temporary residential and other c...

...(A) As used in this section, "firearm" has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (B) A residential infant care center that regularly maintains on its premises schedule II controlled substances, as defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code, may do both of the following: (1) Maintain firearms at the facility; (2) Permit security personnel to bear firearms while on the grounds of the fac...

...The director of children and youth may suspend or revoke a residential infant care center's certificate pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if the center violates or fails to comply with any of the requirements under sections 5103.608 to 5103.6012 of the Revised Code and, as applicable, the rules adopted under section 5103.6018 of the Revised Code or division (H) of section 5103.13 of the Revised Code.

...The director of children and youth shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the certification of residential infant care centers.

... preservation center" means a certified children's crisis care facility or residential infant care center that has as its primary purpose the preservation of families.

...ho holds an active license to operate a children's crisis care facility under section 5103.13 of the Revised Code or a residential infant care center under section 5103.602 of the Revised Code may apply to the director of children and youth to obtain a certificate as a family preservation center under this section.

...(A) The director of children and youth shall certify the person's family preservation center if the center complies with all of the requirements imposed under section 5103.614 of the Revised Code and all of the rules adopted under section 5103.617 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall not issue a waiver to a person of compliance with any of the requirements imposed under this section or any of the rules adop...

...ns, or the council on accreditation for children and family services; (B) Obtain and maintain certification by the Ohio department of mental health and addiction services ; (C) Provide family preservation programs informed by evidence-based or promising practices, including all of the following: (1) Family case management; (2) Service referral and linkage; (3) Parent education; (4) Trauma screening and he...

...The director of children and youth may suspend or revoke a family preservation center's certificate pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if the center violates or fails to comply with section 5103.614 of the Revised Code or any of the rules adopted under section 5103.617 of the Revised Code.

...If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the prosecutor or other appropriate public official and law enforcement officers under section 3127.45 or 3127.46 of the Revised Code.

...If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Biological sex," "birth sex," and "sex" mean the biological indication of male and female, including sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present at birth, without regard to an individual's psychological, chosen, or subjective experience of gender. (B) "Cross-sex hormone" means testosterone, estrogen, or progester...

...(A) A physician shall not knowingly do any of the following: (1) Perform gender reassignment surgery on a minor individual; (2) Prescribe a cross-sex hormone or puberty-blocking drug for a minor individual for the purpose of assisting the minor individual with gender transition; (3) Engage in conduct that aids or abets in the practices described in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, provided that this sect...

...(A) Notwithstanding section 5122.04 of the Revised Code, no mental health professional shall diagnose or treat a minor individual who presents for the diagnosis or treatment of a gender-related condition without first obtaining the consent of one of the following: (1) At least one parent of the minor individual; (2) At least one legal custodian of the minor individual; (3) The minor individual's guardian. (B)...

...This chapter does not prohibit a physician from treating, including by performing surgery on or prescribing drugs or hormones for, a minor individual who meets any of the following: (A) Was born with a medically verifiable disorder of sex development, including an individual with external biological sex characteristics that are irresolvably ambiguous, such an as individual born with forty-six XX chromosomes with vi...

...(A) Any violation of section 3129.02, section 3129.03, or section 3129.06 of the Revised Code shall be considered unprofessional conduct and subject to discipline by the applicable professional licensing board. (B) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preempt any other private cause of action arising under the common law of this state. (C) The attorney general may bring an action to enforce compliance wi...

...(A) Medical assistance provided under the medicaid program shall not include coverage for gender transition services for minor individuals. (B) This section does not apply to any of the following: (1) The circumstances described in section 3129.04 of the Revised Code; (2) Mental health services provided for a gender-related condition; (3) Any services that are not gender transition services.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Child with a disability" means a child who is at least three years of age and less than twenty-two years of age; who has an intellectual disability, a hearing impairment (including deafness), a speech or language impairment, a visual impairment (including blindness), a serious emotional disturbance, an orthopedic impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, an other health impairment, ...

...IEP" means a written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in accordance with this definition and that includes: (A) A statement of the child's present levels of academic achievement and functional performance, including: (1) How the child's disability affects the child's involvement and progress in the general education curriculum; (2) For a preschool child with...

...A community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code shall be considered a school district for the purposes of this chapter.

...(A) The individualized education program required for any student with a visual impairment under this chapter shall include the following, in addition to the statements required pursuant to section 3323.011 of the Revised Code: (1) A statement that instruction in braille reading and writing was carefully considered for the student and that pertinent literature describing the educational benefits of instructio...

... the school district responsible for a child's IEP fails to provide the transition services described in the IEP, the school district that is responsible for the IEP shall reconvene the IEP team to identify alternative strategies to meet the transition objectives for the child set out in the child's IEP.

...pose of this chapter to ensure that all children with disabilities residing in this state who are at least three years of age and less than twenty-two years of age, including children with disabilities who have been suspended or expelled from school, have available to them a free appropriate public education. No school district, county board of developmental disabilities, or other educational agency shall receive sta...

...ontracting for educational services for children under division (D) of section 5126.05 of the Revised Code. (A) When a school district, educational service center, or participating county board of developmental disabilities enters into an agreement or contract with another school district, educational service center, or participating county board of developmental disabilities to provide educational services to a d...

... in consultation with the department of children and youth for staffing ratios for programs with preschool children with disabilities shall require the following: (A) A full-time staff member shall be provided when there are eight full-day or sixteen half-day preschool children eligible for special education enrolled in a center-based preschool special education program. (B) Staff ratios of one teacher for ever...

...cation, location, and evaluation of all children with disabilities residing in the state, including children with disabilities who are homeless children or are wards of the state and children with disabilities attending nonpublic schools, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, and who are in need of special education and related services. The department of education and workforce shall develop and implemen...

...The board of education of each school district shall annually assess the reading and writing skills of each student with a visual impairment enrolled in the district in each medium in which instruction is specified as appropriate for the student pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 3323.013 of the Revised Code. The results of each assessment shall be provided in a written statement that specifies the st...

...f individualized education programs for children with disabilities. The department of education and workforce shall require the board of education of each school district to develop an individualized education program for each child with a disability who is at least three years of age and less than twenty-two years of age residing in the district in a manner that is in accordance with rules of the department. P...

...sistent with the number and location of children with disabilities in the state who are enrolled by their parents in nonpublic elementary and secondary schools in the school district served by a board of education of a school district, provision is made for the participation of those children in the program for the education of children with disabilities which is assisted or carried out under Part B of the "Individua...

...act as a surrogate for the parents of a child with a disability under division (B) of section 3323.05 of the Revised Code if the individual is an employee of the department of education and workforce or the school district or any other agency involved in the education or care of the child or if the individual has any interest that conflicts with the interests of the child. If a conflict of interest arises subsequent ...

...a document that compares a parent's and child's rights under this chapter and 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq. with the parent's and child's rights under the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program, established in sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code, including the provisions of divisions (A) and (B) of section 3310.53 of the Revised Code. The department shall revise that document as necessary to reflect any ...

...cation, location, and evaluation of all children with disabilities in the state; (2) The provision of special education and related services to ensure a free appropriate public education for all children with disabilities at least three years of age and less than twenty-two years of age, including children with disabilities who have been suspended or expelled from school; (3) The availability of special educati...

... education and related services for all children with disabilities who are at least three years of age and less than twenty-two years of age, including children with disabilities who have been suspended or expelled from school, and may authorize special education and related services for children with disabilities who are less than three years of age in accordance with rules adopted by the department. The department ...

...trict will provide for the education of children with disabilities within its jurisdiction and has in effect policies, procedures, and programs that are consistent with the policies and procedures adopted by the department in accordance with section 612 of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004," 20 U.S.C. 1412, and that meet the conditions applicable to school districts under section 61...

...During the time that any child support order issued in accordance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code or a notice issued pursuant to section 3119.33 or 3119.34 of the Revised Code is in effect and after the employer has received a copy of the order or notice, the employer of the person required to provide health insurance coverage shall comply with the order or notice.

...ion 3109.19 of the Revised Code, or the child support enforcement agency, the employer of a person required to provide health insurance coverage under a child support order shall release to the other parent, person, and the agency all information about the health insurance coverage that is necessary to ensure compliance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code, a notice issued under section 3119.33 of the Revised ...

...Information provided by an employer pursuant to section 3119.362 of the Revised Code shall be used only for the purpose of the enforcement of an order issued in accordance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code, a notice issued under section 3119.33 of the Revised Code, or a notice issued pursuant to section 3119.34 of the Revised Code.

...34 of the Revised Code shall notify the child support enforcement agency of any change in or the termination of the health insurance coverage that is maintained pursuant to the order or notice.

...On receipt of a national medical support notice sent by an employer under section 3119.36 of the Revised Code, a health plan administrator shall complete and comply with the notice in accordance with its instructions, federal regulations, and any rules adopted by the department of job and family services under section 3119.51 of the Revised Code.

...ode. (B) Upon request of the office of child support in the department of job and family services and for the purpose of establishing and enforcing orders to provide health insurance coverage, a health insurance provider shall provide the information described in division (A)(2) of this section to the office of child support.

... for an administrative hearing with the child support enforcement agency that issued the notice. The hearing shall address whether a mistake of fact was made in the national medical support notice referred to in the notice issued by the agency. The request must be filed not later than fourteen days after the date on which the notice of medical support enforcement activity is sent. If the person makes a timely reques...

...ty becomes a final determination of the child support enforcement agency that issued that notice that no mistake of fact exists in the national medical support notice referred to in the notice of medical support enforcement activity. When an agency's determination becomes final, the agency shall take further action as required by section 3119.41 of the Revised Code.

...If a person who received a notice of medical support enforcement activity files a timely written motion for a court hearing to determine whether there is still a mistake of fact in the national medical support notice referred to in the notice of medical support enforcement activity, the court shall hold a hearing as soon as possible, but not later than ten days, after the motion is filed. Not later than five days bef...

...section 3119.40 of the Revised Code, or child support enforcement agency, under section 3119.38 or 3119.39 of the Revised Code, makes a final determination that no mistake of fact exists in a national medical support notice referred to in a notice of medical support enforcement activity sent to a person, the national medical support notice shall remain in effect. If a court or agency determines that a mistake of fact...

...A child support order issued in accordance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code or notice issued pursuant to section 3119.33 or 3119.34 of the Revised Code is binding on the obligor and the obligee, their employers, and any health plan administrator that provides health insurance coverage for either of them or their children.

...vides health insurance coverage for the children who are the subject of a child support order in accordance with the child support order or a notice sent by an employer pursuant to section 3119.36 of the Revised Code shall reimburse the individual who is designated to receive reimbursement in the child support order for covered out-of-pocket medical, optical, hospital, dental, or prescription expenses incurred on ...

...inistrator to accept for enrollment any child who does not meet the underwriting standards of the health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan for which application is made.

...health insurance coverage pursuant to a child support order issued in accordance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code does not obtain the required coverage within thirty days after the order is issued, the child support enforcement agency may notify the court that issued the court child support order or, with respect to an administrative child support order, the court of common pleas of the county in which the ag...

...Whoever violates a court child support order issued in accordance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code may be punished as for contempt under Chapter 2705. of the Revised Code.

...705. for failing to comply with a court child support order issued in accordance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code and the person previously has been found in contempt under that chapter, the court shall consider the failure to comply with the order as a change in circumstances for the purpose of modification of the amount of support due under the court child support order issued in accordance with section 3...

...An obligee or obligor under a court child support order may file a motion with the court that issued the order requesting that the court modify the order with regard to health insurance coverage for the children who are the subject of the order.

...Revised Code, the court shall order the child support enforcement agency to conduct an investigation to determine whether satisfactory health insurance coverage for the children is available to the obligor or obligee, both the obligor and obligee, or the obligor and obligee together. Upon completion of its investigation, the agency shall provide to the court, in writing, the information it has obtained through its...

...d Code, the court may modify the court child support order pursuant to sections 3119.30 and 3119.32 of the Revised Code and based on information received from the child support enforcement agency pursuant to section 3119.47 of the Revised Code.

...An obligor or obligee under a court child support order may file a motion with the court that issued the order requesting that the court modify the amount of child support required to be paid under the order because that amount does not adequately cover the medical needs of the child.

...t shall determine whether the amount of child support required to be paid under the court child support order adequately covers the medical needs of the child and whether to modify the order.

...The department of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as appropriate to implement the requirements of sections 3119.29 to 3119.56 of the Revised Code.

...A party to a child support order issued in accordance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code shall notify any physician, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, hospital, or other provider of medical services that provides medical services to the child who is the subject of the child support order of the number of any health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan that covers the child i...

...r or obligee who fails to comply with a child support order issued in accordance with section 3119.30 of the Revised Code is liable to the other for any medical expenses incurred as a result of the failure to comply with the order.

...If a child support enforcement agency, periodically or on request of either parent, plans to review a child support order in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to section 3119.76 of the Revised Code or otherwise plans to review a child support order, and if an application for services administered under Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, as amended, has been complete...