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...The director of administrative services annually shall conduct a survey on diversity within each state agency's workforce at the time of the survey. Not later than December 31, 2020, and not later than the thirty-first day of December of each year thereafter, the director shall issue a report on the results of the surveys with the governor and the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code...

...t with the department of administrative services under section 124.82 of the Revised Code, because of a physician's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or military status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, age, or ancestry, shall refuse to contract with that physician for the provision of health care services under section 124.82 of the Revised Code. Any health insuring corporatio...

...(A) Whoever violates section 124.62 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

...y Ohio products, labor, skill, or other services. "Produced" does not include the mere assembling or putting together of products or materials from outside of Ohio or a state bordering Ohio. (E) "Buy Ohio products" means products that are mined, excavated, produced, manufactured, raised, or grown in the state or a state bordering Ohio where the input of Buy Ohio products, labor, skill, or other services constitute...

...(A) The department of administrative services shall establish contracts for supplies and services, including telephone, other telecommunications, and computer services, for the use of state agencies, and may establish such contracts for the use of any political subdivision as described in division (B) of section 125.04 of the Revised Code, except for the following: (1) The adjutant general for military supplies and...

... agency wanting to purchase supplies or services shall make the purchase subject to the requirements of an applicable first or second requisite procurement program described in this section, or obtain a determination from the department of administrative services that the purchase is not subject to a first or second requisite procurement program. State agencies shall submit a purchase request to the department of adm...

.... (B) The director of administrative services shall establish and maintain an Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturers program. Under the program, the director shall establish and maintain a list of Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturers qualified to fulfill a purchase request under division (B)(3) of section 125.035 of the Revised Code.

...mounts for the purchase of supplies or services determined under section 125.05 of the Revised Code; (2) Purchases that equal or exceed the dollar amounts for the purchase of supplies or services determined under section 125.05 of the Revised Code with the approval of the controlling board, if that approval is required by section 127.16 of the Revised Code; (3) The final determination of the nature or ...

...e agency shall purchase any supplies or services except as provided in this section and section 127.16 of the Revised Code. When exercising direct purchasing authority the agency shall utilize a selection process that complies with all applicable laws, rules, or regulations of the department of administrative services. (A) A state agency may, without competitive selection, make any purchase of supplies or services...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Advertising" includes advertising in print or electronic newspapers, journals, or magazines and advertising broadcast over radio or television or placed on the internet. (2) "State official" means an official elected to a statewide office or a member of the general assembly. (B) Any advertising purchased with public money by a state official for the same purpose that, in the aggre...

...r platform to access digital content or services on a recurring basis in exchange for a subscription fee. (2) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include the general assembly, any legislative agency, or the governor. (B) Any online subscription purchased by a state agency for a news periodical or news web site that is not headquartered in this state,...

...ediate and serious need for supplies or services that cannot be met through normal procurement methods required by state law; and (c) A serious threat of harm to the functioning of state government, the preservation or protection of property, or the health or safety of any person. (B) During the period of an emergency, the department of administrative services may suspend, for the emergency management agency establ...

...ed Code, the director of administrative services may make purchases by competitive sealed bid. The competitive sealed bid, at a minimum, shall contain a detailed description of the supplies or services to be purchased, terms and conditions of the sale, and any other information the director considers to be necessary for the intended purchase. Competitive sealed bids shall be awarded as provided in section 125.11 of t...

...th rules the director of administrative services shall adopt, the director may make purchases by competitive sealed proposal whenever the director determines that the use of competitive sealed bidding is not possible or not advantageous to the state. (B) Proposals shall be solicited through a request for proposals. The request for proposals shall state the relative importance of price and other evaluation factors....

...ferors submit bids in competing to sell services or supplies in an open environment via the internet. (B) Whenever the director of administrative services determines that the use of a reverse auction is advantageous to the state, the director, in accordance with rules the director shall adopt, may purchase services or supplies by reverse auction. (C) The director, by rule, may authorize a state agency that is auth...

...The department of administrative services shall actively promote and accelerate the use of electronic procurement, including reverse auctions as defined by section 125.072 of the Revised Code, when exercising its statutory powers. Beginning July 1, 2004, the department shall annually on or before the first day of July report to the committees in each house of the general assembly dealing with finance indicating th...

...Any person who is certified by the director of development in accordance with the rules adopted under division (B)(1) of section 122.921 of the Revised Code as a minority business enterprise may have that person's name placed on a special minority business enterprise notification list to be used in connection with contracts awarded under section 125.081 of the Revised Code. The minority business enterprise notificati...

...s that the department of administrative services is required by law to make through competitive selection, the director of administrative services shall select a number of such purchases, the aggregate value of which equals approximately fifteen per cent of the estimated total value of all such purchases to be made in the current fiscal year. The director shall set aside the purchases selected for competition only by...

...opted by the director of administrative services. (B) The director of administrative services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing guidelines for the procurement of recycled products pursuant to division (A) of this section.

... Code, the department of administrative services may prescribe such conditions under which competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, and bids in reverse auctions will be received and terms of the proposed purchase as it considers necessary; provided, that all such conditions and terms shall be reasonable and shall not unreasonably restrict competition, and bidders may bid and offerors may propose upon al...

...As used in this section and sections 125.092 and 125.093 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agricultural materials" means agricultural-based materials or residues, including plant, animal, and marine materials or residues, used in the manufacture of commercial or industrial nonfood products. (B) "Biobased product" means a product determined by the United States secretary of agriculture to be a commercial or industria...

...plies, the department of administrative services, other state agencies, and state institutions of higher education shall purchase biobased products in accordance with the biobased product preference program established by the director of administrative services under this section. (B) Not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the director shall establish a biobased produ...

...eafter, the director of administrative services shall prepare and submit to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives a report that describes the number and types of biobased products purchased under section 125.092 of the Revised Code and the amount of money spent by the department of administrative services and other state agencies for those biobased products.

...(A) The department of administrative services may require that all competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, and bids received in a reverse auction be accompanied by a performance bond or other financial assurance acceptable to the director of administrative services, in the sum and with the sureties it prescribes, payable to the state, and conditioned that the person submitting the bid or proposal, if t...

...ction, the department of administrative services or the state agency responsible for evaluating a contract for the purchase of products or services shall evaluate the bids and offers received according to the criteria and procedures established pursuant to division (B) of section 125.09 of the Revised Code for determining if a product is mined, excavated, produced, manufactured, raised, or grown in the United States,...

...The medicaid director may adopt rules under section 5165.02 of the Revised Code governing adjustments to the medicaid payment rate for a nursing facility that undergoes a change of operator. No rate adjustment resulting from a change of operator shall be effective before the effective date of the entering operator's provider agreement. This is the case regardless of whether the provider agreement is entered int...

...The department of health's determination that a change of operator has or has not occurred for purposes of licensure under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code shall not affect the department of medicaid's determination of whether or when a change of operator occurs or the effective date of an entering operator's provider agreement under section 5165.511, section 5165.512, or, pursuant to section 5165.515, section...

...(A) Each nursing facility shall ensure that the identity of the operator that holds the license to operate the facility issued under section 3721.02 of the Revised Code and the operator that holds the medicaid provider agreement for the facility issued under section 5165.07 of the Revised Code is the same person and is consistently identified for both purposes. (B) A nursing facility that has a difference in the id...

...(A) On receipt of a written notice under section 5165.50 of the Revised Code of a facility closure or voluntary withdrawal of participation, on receipt of a written notice under section 5165.51 of the Revised Code of a change of operator, or on the effective date of an involuntary termination, the department of medicaid shall estimate the amount of any overpayments made under the medicaid program to the exiting opera...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (C), and (D) of this section, the department of medicaid may withhold from payment due an exiting operator under the medicaid program the total amount specified in the notice provided under division (C) of section 5165.52 of the Revised Code that the exiting operator owes or may owe to the department under the medicaid program. (B) In the case of a change of operator and su...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, an exiting operator shall file with the department of medicaid a cost report not later than ninety days after the last day the exiting operator's provider agreement is in effect or, in the case of a voluntary withdrawal of participation, the effective date of the voluntary withdrawal of participation. The cost report shall cover the period that begins with...

...If an exiting operator required by section 5165.522 of the Revised Code to file a cost report with the department of medicaid fails to file the cost report in accordance with that section, all payments under the medicaid program for the period the cost report is required to cover are deemed overpayments until the date the department receives the properly completed cost report. The department may impose on the e...

...The department of medicaid may not provide an exiting operator final payment under the medicaid program until the department receives all properly completed cost reports the exiting operator is required to file under sections 5165.10 and 5165.522 of the Revised Code.

...The department of medicaid shall determine the actual amount of debt an exiting operator owes the department under the medicaid program by completing all final fiscal audits not already completed and performing all other appropriate actions the department determines to be necessary. The department shall issue an initial debt summary report on this matter not later than sixty days after the date the exiting operator f...

...The department of medicaid shall release the actual amount withheld under division (A) of section 5165.521 of the Revised Code, less any amount the exiting operator owes the department under the medicaid program, as follows: (A) Unless the department issues the initial debt summary report required by section 5165.525 of the Revised Code not later than sixty days after the date the exiting operator files the proper...

...The department of medicaid, at its sole discretion, may release the amount withheld under division (A) of section 5165.521 of the Revised Code if the exiting operator submits to the department written notice of a postponement of a change of operator, facility closure, or voluntary withdrawal of participation and the transactions leading to the change of operator, facility closure, or voluntary withdrawal of pa...

...(A) All amounts withheld under section 5165.521 of the Revised Code from payment due an exiting operator under the medicaid program shall be deposited into the medicaid payment withholding fund created by the controlling board pursuant to section 131.35 of the Revised Code. Money in the fund shall be used as follows: (1) To pay an exiting operator when a withholding is released to the exiting operator under sectio...

...The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5165.02 of the Revised Code to implement sections 5165.50 to 5165.53 of the Revised Code, including rules applicable to an exiting operator that provides written notification under section 5165.50 of the Revised Code of a voluntary withdrawal of participation. Rules adopted under this section shall comply with the "Social Security Act," section 1919(c)(2)(F)...

...y, and is eligible for nursing facility services under the medicaid program. (I) "Noncompliance" means failure to substantially meet all applicable certification requirements. (J) "Nursing facility" includes a skilled nursing facility to the extent the context requires. (K) "Repeat finding" or "repeat deficiency" means a finding or deficiency cited pursuant to a survey, to which both of the following apply: ...

...d States secretary of health and human services under the "Social Security Act," sections 1819 and 1919, 42 U.S.C. 1395i-3 and 1396r, and necessary for administration and enforcement of sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 of the Revised Code. If the secretary does not issue appropriate regulations for enforcement of those sections of the "Social Security Act" on or before December 13, 1990, the medicaid director may a...

...d States secretary of health and human services for the enforcement of those sections of the "Social Security Act"; and with the rules authorized by section 5165.61 of the Revised Code. The department and agencies shall enforce sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 of the Revised Code for purposes of the medicare program only to the extent prescribed by the regulations, guidelines, and procedures issued by the secretary...

...The department of medicaid may enter into contracts with other state agencies pursuant to section 5162.35 of the Revised Code that authorize the agencies to perform all or part of the duties assigned to the department of medicaid under sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 of the Revised Code. Each contract shall specify the duties the agency is authorized to perform and the sections of the Revised Code under which the a...

...d States secretary of health and human services under Title XVIII and Title XIX, sections 5165.65 to 5165.68 of the Revised Code, and rules adopted under section 3721.022 of the Revised Code.

...(A) A department of health survey team shall conclude each survey of a nursing facility not later than one business day after the survey team ceases to need to be on site at the facility for the survey. Not later than the day that the survey team concludes the survey, the survey team shall conduct an exit interview with the administrator or other person in charge of the facility and any other facility staff mem...

.... Immediately upon determining that an emergency exists at a facility that does not result from a deficiency that creates immediate jeopardy, the department of health shall notify the department of medicaid and any contracting agency.

...The results of a survey of a nursing facility that is conducted under section 5165.64 of the Revised Code, including any statement of deficiencies and all findings and deficiencies cited in the statement on the basis of the survey, shall be used solely to determine the nursing facility's compliance with certification requirements or with this chapter or another chapter of the Revised Code. Those results of a survey, ...

...(A) Not later than ten days after an exit interview, including an exit interview at which a department of health survey team discloses a finding that immediate jeopardy exists, the department of health shall deliver to the nursing facility a detailed statement, titled a statement of deficiencies, setting forth all findings and deficiencies cited on the basis of the survey, including any finding cited pursuant t...

...d States secretary of health and human services under Title XVIII and Title XIX; (b) Includes all the information required by division (A) of this section. (2) The department may consult with the department of medicaid, department of aging, and office of the state long-term care ombudsman program when determining whether a plan, or modification of an existing plan, to which division (A)(4) of this section app...

...ion 5165.66 of the Revised Code, or an emergency is found to exist. Appointment of monitors under this section is not subject to appeal under section 5165.87 or any other section of the Revised Code. No employee of a facility for which monitors are appointed, no person employed by the facility within the previous two years, and no person who currently has a consulting or other contract with the department or th...

...d States secretary of health and human services under Title XIX for certification of nursing facilities that have a deficiency. (2) The department of health has approved a plan of correction submitted by the facility under section 5165.69 of the Revised Code for each deficiency. (3) The provider agrees to repay the department of medicaid, in accordance with section 5165.85 of the Revised Code, the federal sha...

...Within the appropriation for personal services, each county department of job and family services may employ the necessary employees who, except for the county director of job and family services as provided in section 329.02 of the Revised Code, shall be in the classified service. Compensation for positions in each service, group, or grade established by the director of administrative services shall not be less than...

...ach county department of job and family services shall have hours of operation outside the county department's normal hours of operation during which the county department will accept from employed individuals applications for the programs administered by the county department and assist employed program recipients and participants with matters related to the programs.

...ach county department of job and family services shall establish a direct deposit system under which cash assistance payments to recipients who agree to direct deposit are made by electronic transfer to an account in a financial institution designated under this section. No financial institution shall impose any charge for such an account that the institution does not impose on its other customers for the same type o...

...The county department of job and family services shall have, exercise, and perform the following powers and duties: (1) Perform any duties assigned by the state department of job and family services, department of children and youth, or department of medicaid regarding the provision of public family services, including the provision of the following services to prevent or reduce economic or personal dependency and...

...the county department of job and family services shall meet not less than once each calendar quarter with transit representatives of the board, system, or authority. The department and transit representatives shall discuss the transportation needs of the county's Ohio works first participants, review existing efforts and develop new options to meet those needs, and measure the accomplishments of those efforts.

...ach county department of job and family services shall certify eligible public assistance and nonpublic assistance households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in accordance with federal and state law to enable low-income households to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and thereby to purchase foods having a greater monetary value than is possible under public ass...

...The county department of job and family services may administer or assist in administering any state or local family services duty in addition to those mentioned in section 329.04 of the Revised Code, supported wholly or in part by public funds from any source provided by agreement between the board of county commissioners and the officer, department, board, or agency in which the administration of such activity is ...

...The county department of job and family services shall make voter registration applications as prescribed by the secretary of state under section 3503.10 of the Revised Code available to persons who are applying for, receiving assistance from, or participating in any of the following: (A) The medicaid program; (B) The Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; (C) The prevention,...

...sioners shall establish a county family services planning committee. The board shall appoint a member to represent the county department of job and family services; an employee in the classified civil service of the county department of job and family services, if there are any such employees; and a member to represent the public. The board shall appoint other individuals to the committee in such a manner that the co...

...Wherever a county human services planning committee is referred to or designated in the Revised Code or any rule, contract, or other document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to a county family services planning committee.

...ach county department of job and family services shall have at least one Ohio works first ombudsperson. A county department may provide for an Ohio works first participant who resides in the county the county department serves and is qualified to perform the duties of an ombudsperson to be an ombudsperson. If no Ohio works first participant residing in the county the county department serves is qualified to per...

...All moneys received by each county from the state, or from the federal government under the "Social Security Act," or any act of the congress amendatory of or in substitution for such act, for Ohio works first under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code, the prevention, retention, and contingency program under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code, or for any other welfare activity, shall be considered appropriated for the p...

...the county department of job and family services, and the proceeds of all tax levies in process of collection for the use of such boards, agencies, or departments shall be transferred to the county department of job and family services, when established. At the time the exercise of any powers and duties of any other board, agency, or department are transferred to the county department of job and family services, or t...

...s a plan that includes a description of services or goods to be sold, a marketing plan, and projected financial statements.

...) A county department of job and family services may establish an individual development account program for residents of the county. The program shall provide for establishment of accounts for participants and acceptance of contributions from individuals and entities, including the county department, to be used as matching funds for deposit in the accounts. (B) A county department shall select a fiduciary organiza...

...A fiduciary organization may establish an individual development account only in a financial institution insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or in accordance with section 1733.041 of the Revised Code. Not later than the thirtieth day of January of each year, a fiduciary organization shall determine whether the amount it deposited into individual development accounts from contributions made by indivi...

...f it is needed to deal with a personal emergency of the participant or a member of the participant's family or household. Withdrawal shall result in the loss of any matching funds in an amount equal to the amount of the withdrawal. (3) Regardless of the reason for the withdrawal, a withdrawal from an individual development account may be made only with the approval of the fiduciary organization.

...r persons are eligible for benefits or services under any assistance program administered by the county department of job and family services, the county department may issue an identification card to the person or persons. The county department shall determine the card's material, design, and informational content, which may include a photograph, social security number, name, and signature, and shall prescrib...

...int county department of job and family services to perform the duties, provide the services, and operate the programs required under this chapter. The agreement shall be ratified by resolution of the board of county commissioners of each county that entered into the agreement. Each board of county commissioners that enters into an agreement shall give notice of the agreement to the Ohio department of job and f...

...nt county department of job and family services formed under section 329.40 of the Revised Code shall appoint and fix the compensation of the director of the department. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. Under the direction and control of the board, the director shall have full charge of the department as set forth in section 329.02 of the Revised Code for the director of a si...

...nt county department of job and family services under section 329.40 of the Revised Code shall serve as the fiscal officer of the joint county department, and the county treasurer of that county shall serve as the treasurer of the joint county department, unless the counties that formed the joint county department agree to appoint the county auditor and county treasurer of another county that formed the departm...

...nt county department of job and family services under section 329.40 of the Revised Code shall serve as the legal advisor of the board of directors of the joint county department, unless the counties that formed the joint county department agree to appoint the prosecuting attorney of another county that formed the joint county department as legal advisor of the board. The board of directors may pay to the count...

...nt county department of job and family services formed under section 329.40 of the Revised Code may acquire, by purchase or lease, real property, equipment, and systems to improve, maintain, or operate family service programs within the territory served by the joint county department. A board of county commissioners may acquire, within its county, real property or any estate, interest, or right therein, by app...

...int county department of job and family services may adopt a resolution requesting to withdraw from the agreement. Upon adopting such a resolution, the board of county commissioners shall deliver a copy of the resolution to the board of directors of the joint county department. Upon receiving the resolution, the board of directors shall deliver written notice of the requested withdrawal to the boards of county ...

...int county department of job and family services under section 329.40 of the Revised Code, by adopting a resolution, may propose the removal of another county that formed the joint county department. The board of county commissioners shall send a copy of such a resolution to the board of directors of the joint county department. Not later than ten days after receiving the copy of the resolution, the board of di...