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...ction of the governor, the directors of departments shall devise a practical and working basis for co-operation and co-ordination of work and for the elimination of duplication and overlapping functions. They shall co-operate with each other in the employment of services and the use of quarters and equipment. The director of any department may empower or require an employee of another department, subject to the conse...

...Each department shall make and file a report of its transactions and proceedings at the time and in the manner prescribed by section 149.01 of the Revised Code.

...Any instrument by which a department acquires an interest in real property, including any deed, transfer, grant, reservation, agreement creating an easement, or lease, shall identify the department for whose use and benefit the interest in real property is acquired, as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.

...Whenever power is vested in any state department, board, or commission, to inspect, examine, secure data or information, or to procure assistance from another department, office, or institution, a duty is hereby imposed upon the department, office, or institution upon which demand is made to make such power effective.

...Each department shall adopt and keep an official seal, which shall consist of the coat of arms of the state, as described in section 5.04 of the Revised Code, within a circle one and one-fourth inches in diameter, and shall be surrounded by the proper name of the department, to which may be added the title of any division, board, or commission within the department, if the director of the department so prescribes. Su...

...Records in the custody of each agency shall be retained for time periods in accordance with law establishing specific retention periods, and in accordance with retention periods or disposition instructions established by the state records administration.

...s to determine parole or pardon and the department of rehabilitation and correction when its hearings are conducted at a correctional institution for the sole purpose of making determinations under section 2967.271 of the Revised Code regarding the release or maintained incarceration of an offender to whom that section applies; (4) The organized crime investigations commission established under section 177.01 of t...

...(A) As used in this section: "Hearing" means an administrative hearing, hearing as defined in section 119.01 of the Revised Code, or other hearing at which a person may present written or oral testimony on a matter before the public body. "Meeting" has the same meaning as in section 121.22 of the Revised Code. "Public body" has the same meaning as in section 121.22 of the Revised Code. "Multi-party meeting" m...

...he person's name from the list. (B) No department, office, institution, board, commission, or other state agency shall award a public improvement, service, or supply contract or subcontract to any person whose name appears on the most recent list established pursuant to this section and who has received written notice as provided in division (A) of this section. (C) No person holding a public improvement, service, ...

...As used in sections 121.30 to 121.34 of the Revised Code, "Spanish-speaking people" means persons who possess any of the following characteristics: (A) Use Spanish as their primary language; (B) Regard themselves as or are regarded in their community as being of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central American, South American, Spanish, or other Spanish-speaking origin or descent.

...There is hereby created the commission on Hispanic-Latino affairs consisting of eleven voting members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The speaker of the house of representatives shall recommend to the governor two persons for appointment to the commission, the president of the senate shall recommend to the governor two such persons, and the minority leaders of the house and senate...

... governor, general assembly, and state departments and agencies of the nature, magnitude, and priorities of the problems of Spanish-speaking people; (F) Advise the governor, general assembly, and state departments and agencies on, and assist in the development and implementation of, comprehensive and coordinated policies, programs, and procedures focusing on the special problems and needs of Spanish-speaking p...

...ies in all state and local governmental departments and agencies; (E) Submit a full written annual report of its activities, accomplishments, and recommendations to the commission; (F) Establish advisory committees on special subjects as needed to facilitate and maximize community participation in the operation of the commission. The committees shall be composed of persons representing community organizations and c...

...e state agencies administer: (1) The department of aging; (2) The department of development; (3) The department of developmental disabilities; (4) The department of education and workforce; (5) The department of health; (6) The department of job and family services; (7) The department of medicaid; (8) The department of mental health and addiction services; (9) The opportunities for Ohioans ...

...cal funds. Such entities may include county boards of developmental disabilities, area agencies on aging, county departments of job and family services, and boards of health of city and general health districts. (C) Beginning one year after September 26, 2003, each contract subject to this section shall include terms requiring that the provider of home care services to home care dependent adults...

...grants received and administered by the department of children and youth for early intervention services under the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004," 118 Stat. 2744, 20 U.S.C.A. 1400, as amended; (d) Establishing and maintaining the Ohio automated service coordination system pursuant to section 121.376 of the Revised Code. (4) The cabinet council shall develop and implement the following: ...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the family and children first administration fund. The fund shall consist of money that the director of budget and management transfers from one or more funds of one or more agencies represented on the Ohio family and children first cabinet council. The director may transfer only money that state or federal law permits to be used for the cabinet council's administrative c...

...(A) As used in this section: "At-risk individual" means an individual at great risk of not being able to access available health and social services due to barriers such as poverty, inadequate transportation, culture, and priorities of basic survival. "Care coordination agency" means a person or government entity that assists at-risk individuals access available health and social services the at-risk individu...

...tion 121.37 of the Revised Code. (D) Personnel having access to the Ohio automated service coordination information system shall be limited to those individuals who have been educated on the confidentiality requirements of the Ohio automated service coordination information system, who are informed of all penalties, who have been educated in security procedures, and who have provided acknowledgement of rules devel...

...(A) An agency represented on a county family and children first council that disagrees with the council's decision concerning the services or funding for services a child is to receive from agencies represented on the council may initiate the local dispute resolution process established in the county service coordination mechanism applicable to the council. On completion of the process, the decision maker designated ...

...disagrees with a decision rendered by a county family and children first council regarding services for a child may initiate the dispute resolution process established in the county service coordination mechanism pursuant to division (C)(9) of section 121.37 of the Revised Code. Not later than sixty days after the parent or custodian initiates the dispute resolution process, the council shall make findings regardi...

...Each agency represented on a county family and children first council that is providing services or funding for services that are the subject of the dispute resolution process initiated by a parent or custodian under section 121.381 of the Revised Code shall continue to provide those services and the funding for those services during the dispute resolution process.

...(A) As used in this section, "environmental protection" means any of the following: (1) Protection of human health or safety, biological resources, or natural resources by preventing, reducing, or remediating the pollution or degradation of air, land, or water resources or by preventing or limiting the exposure of humans, animals, or plants to pollution; (2) Appropriation or regulation of privately owned property t...

...throughout the state; (8) Assist the department of education and workforce, school districts, the chancellor of higher education, and institutions of higher education in coordinating community service education programs through cooperative efforts between institutions and organizations in the public and private sectors; (9) Assist the departments of natural resources, youth services, aging, job and family servi...

...(A) As used in this section and section 121.402 of the Revised Code, "organization or entity" and "unsupervised access to a child" have the same meanings as in section 109.574 of the Revised Code. (B) The Ohio commission on service and volunteerism shall adopt a set of "recommended best practices" for organizations or entities to follow when one or more volunteers of the organization or entity have unsupervis...