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...The board of directors of a lake facilities authority, by resolution, may propose the levy of a tax upon the taxable property in the impacted lake district pursuant to section 5705.55 of the Revised Code.

... As used in this section, "hotel" and "transient guests" have the same meanings as in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code. A resolution creating a lake facilities authority under section 353.02 of the Revised Code, or any amendments or supplements thereto, may authorize the authority to levy an excise tax on transactions by which lodging in a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests to pay any costs autho...

...The director of natural resources may transfer real property owned by the state to a lake facilities authority for the purpose of promoting wetland banking, wildlife, or sporting activities. The division of wildlife within the department of natural resources may enter into an agreement with a lake facilities authority to establish wetland or natural areas to benefit wildlife or sporting activities. The agreemen...

... A lake facilities authority that levies a tax authorized by sections 353.05 and 5705.55 or section 353.06 of the Revised Code may, by resolution, anticipate the proceeds of the tax and issue lake facilities authority anticipation bonds, and notes anticipating the proceeds or the bonds, in the principal amount that, in the opinion of the authority, are necessary for the purpose of paying the cost of an authoriz...

... A lake facilities authority at any time may issue lake facilities authority revenue bonds in such principal amounts as, in the opinion of the lake facilities authority, are necessary for the purpose of paying the cost of one or more lake facilities authority facilities or parts thereof. A lake facilities authority at any time may issue renewal notes, issue bonds to retire its notes and, whenever it considers r...

... (A) With respect to facilities, and their financing, for an authorized purpose, under agreements whereby the person to whom the facility is to be leased, subleased, or sold, or to whom a loan is to be made for the facility, is to make payments sufficient to pay all of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the lake facilities authority revenue bonds issued for the facility, the lake facilities auth...

... In the discretion of the lake facilities authority, any lake facilities authority revenue bonds issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement between the lake facilities authority and a corporate trustee that may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. The trust agreement may pledge or assign revenues of the lake facilities authority to b...

... Any holder of lake facilities authority revenue bonds issued under sections 353.09 to 353.15 of the Revised Code, or any of the coupons pertaining to those bonds, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by those sections may be restricted by the applicable resolution or that trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any ri...

... Lake facilities authority revenue bonds issued under sections 353.09 to 353.15 of the Revised Code do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or any political subdivision of the state. The holders or owners of the bonds have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly or taxing authority of any political subdivision of the state for the payment of the principal of or ...

... All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by the lake facilities authority under this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of lake facilities authority revenue bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in this chapter, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such funds,...

... Except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its lake facilities authority revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the bonds, moneys in the funds of the lake facilities authority in excess of current needs may be invested as permitted by sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code or invested in linked deposit programs established by resolution of the board of directors...

...Bonds of a lake facilities authority and lake facilities authority revenue bonds are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, trust companies, savings and loan associations, deposit guaranty associations, trustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of the bond retirement funds or sinking funds of port authorities and political subdivisions, and taxing districts of this state, the ...

...As used in this chapter: "Care coordination" means assisting an individual to access available physical health, behavioral health, social, employment, education, and housing services the individual needs. "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code. "Publicly funded assistance programs" include physical health, behavioral health, social, employment, education, and h...

... (A) Each board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution to establish a local healthier buckeye council. If a local council is established, the resolution shall specify the organization of the council and shall designate a member to serve as a staffing agent and, if the board determines necessary, a member to serve as a fiscal agent. The board may revise the council's organization as necessary by adopting a res...

... (A) A local healthier buckeye council shall promote all of the following: (1) A cooperative and effective environment in all communities to maximize opportunities for individuals and families to achieve and maintain optimal health in all aspects, thereby achieving greater productivity and reducing reliance on publicly funded assistance programs; (2) Means by which council members or the entities the members repr...

... A local healthier buckeye council shall report the following information to the legislative service commission: (A) Notification that the local council has been established and information regarding the council's organization, plan, and activities; (B) Information regarding enrollment or outcome data collected under division (E) of section 355.03 of the Revised Code; (C) Recommendations regarding the best prac...

... (A) No person shall knowingly cause or attempt to cause physical harm to another or to another's unborn. (B) No person shall recklessly cause serious physical harm to another or to another's unborn. (C)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of assault, and the court shall sentence the offender as provided in this division and divisions (C)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10) of this secti...

... (A)(1) The appointing or hiring officer of any entity that appoints or employs any person responsible for a child's care in out-of-home care shall request the superintendent of BCII to conduct a criminal records check with respect to any person who is under final consideration for appointment or employment as a person responsible for a child's care in out-of-home care. The request shall be made at the time of initia...

... (A) As used in this section and section 3792.06 of the Revised Code: (1) "Advocate" means an individual who advocates on behalf of a congregate care setting patient or resident. An advocate may include but is not limited to any of the following: (a) The patient's or resident's spouse, family member, companion, or guardian; (b) In the case of a minor patient or resident, the minor's residential parent and legal...

... (A) It is the intent of the general assembly in enacting Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code to require each hospital operating in this state to be licensed by the director of health. Beginning on September 30, 2024, any reference to a hospital contained in the Revised Code in a chapter other than Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code shall be construed to mean a hospital licensed under Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code. ...

...(A) The board of county hospital trustees, upon completion of construction or leasing and equipping of a county hospital, shall assume and continue the operation of the hospital. (B) The board of county hospital trustees shall have the entire management and control of the county hospital. The board may in writing delegate its management and control of the county hospital to the administrator of the county hospital e...

... (A) Infectious wastes shall be segregated, managed, treated, and disposed of in accordance with rules adopted under this section. (B) The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules necessary or appropriate to protect human health or safety or the environment that do both of the following: (1) Establish standards for generators of infectious wast...

...(A) Upon application to the board of county commissioners by an Ohio corporation or corporations, organized for charitable hospital purposes and not for profit, in this section called participating hospital corporations, the board of county commissioners may, after a determination that the preservation of the public health requires additional hospital facilities in the county, appoint a hospital commission of not les...

...As used in sections 5168.01 to 5168.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Bad debt," "charity care," "courtesy care," and "contractual allowances" have the same meanings given these terms in regulations adopted under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. (B) "Cost reporting period" means the twelve-month period used by a hospital in reporting costs for purposes of Title XVIII of the "Social Securi...

... (A) Two or more hospital agencies may enter into agreements for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, equipping, and furnishing of hospital facilities, or the management, operation, occupancy, use, maintenance, and repair of hospital facilities, or for participation in programs, projects, activities, and services useful to, connected with, supplementing, or...

... (A) Subject to division (E) of this section, a hospital shall maintain and make publicly available a list of the standard charges described in divisions (C)(2)(b), (c), (d), and (e) of section 3727.33 of the Revised Code for the hospital's shoppable services. With respect to the shoppable services that are included on the list, a hospital may select the shoppable services to be included on the list, subject to all o...

... (A) Before or during each program year, the department of medicaid shall issue to each hospital the preliminary determination of the amount that the hospital is assessed under section 5168.06 of the Revised Code during the program year. The preliminary determination of a hospital's assessment shall be calculated for a cost-reporting period that is specified in rules adopted under section 5168.02 of the Revised Code....

... As used in this chapter: (A)(1) "Basic health care services" means the following services when medically necessary: (a) Physician's services, except when such services are supplemental under division (B) of this section; (b) Inpatient hospital services; (c) Outpatient medical services; (d) Emergency health services; (e) Urgent care services; (f) Diagnostic laboratory services and diagnostic and therape...

... As used in this chapter: (A) "Emergency call" means a call to duty, including, but not limited to, communications from citizens, police dispatches, and personal observations by peace officers of inherently dangerous situations that demand an immediate response on the part of a peace officer. (B) "Employee" means an officer, agent, employee, or servant, whether or not compensated or full-time or part-time, who is a...

... As used in this chapter: (A) "Hospital agency" means any public hospital agency or any nonprofit hospital agency. (B) "Public hospital agency" means any county, board of county hospital trustees established pursuant to section 339.02 of the Revised Code, county hospital commission established pursuant to section 339.14 of the Revised Code, municipal corporation, new community authority organized under Chapter ...

... As used in sections 5168.40 to 5168.56 of the Revised Code: (A) "Bed surrender" means the following: (1) In the case of a nursing home, the removal of a bed from a nursing home's licensed capacity in a manner that reduces the total licensed capacity of all nursing homes and makes it impossible for the bed to ever be a part of any nursing home's licensed capacity; (2) In the case of a hospital, the removal o...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Public record" means records kept by any public office, including, but not limited to, state, county, city, village, township, and school district units, and records pertaining to the delivery of educational services by an alternative school in this state kept by the nonprofit or for-profit entity operating the alternative school pursuant to section 3313.533 of the Revised Code. ...

... A patient admitted under section 5122.02 of the Revised Code who requests release in writing, or whose release is requested in writing by the patient's counsel, legal guardian, parent, spouse, or adult next of kin shall be released forthwith, except when any of the following is the case: (A) The patient was admitted on the patient's own application and the request for release is made by a person other than the pa...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Law enforcement agency" means the state highway patrol, the police department of a municipal corporation, or a county sheriff. (2) "Abuse" has the same meaning as in section 5123.50 of the Revised Code, except that it includes a misappropriation, as defined in that section. (3) "Neglect" has the same meaning as in section 5123.50 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of develop...

...(A)(1) Every public authority authorized to contract for or construct with its own forces a public improvement, before advertising for bids or undertaking such construction with its own forces, shall have the director of commerce determine the prevailing rates of wages of mechanics and laborers in accordance with section 4115.05 of the Revised Code for the class of work called for by the public improvement, in ...

...(A) As used in this section and in section 109.35 of the Revised Code: (1) "Fair market value" means the price that the assets being transferred would bring in a competitive and open market under a fair sale with the buyer and seller acting prudently, knowledgeably, and in their own best interest and a reasonable time being allowed for exposure in the market. (2) "Nonprofit health care entity" means any of the foll...

... (A)(1) The department of health shall recognize as a comprehensive stroke center a hospital that satisfies the requirements of division (B)(1) of section 3727.12 of the Revised Code and submits a complete application. (2) The department shall recognize as a thrombectomy-capable stroke center a hospital that satisfies the requirements of division (B)(2) of section 3727.12 of the Revised Code and submits a complete...

... (A)(1) Any of the following who has reason to believe that a person is a person with a mental illness subject to court order and represents a substantial risk of physical harm to self or others if allowed to remain at liberty pending examination may take the person into custody and may immediately transport the person to a hospital or, notwithstanding section 5119.33 of the Revised Code, to a general hospital not li...

...As used in sections 5168.20 to 5168.28 of the Revised Code: (A) "Applicable assessment percentage" means the percentage specified in rules adopted under section 5168.26 of the Revised Code that is used in calculating a hospital's assessment under section 5168.21 of the Revised Code. (B) "Assessment program year" means the twelve-month period beginning the first day of October of a calendar year and ending the last ...

...A joint township district hospital board may, in lieu of proceeding to establish, construct, and maintain a joint township hospital, enter into an agreement with a county hospital commission which has constructed or is in the process of constructing general hospital facilities pursuant to section 339.14 of the Revised Code, for participation by the joint township hospital district in the construction, enlargement, eq...

... (A) This section shall be liberally construed to require public officials to take official action and to conduct all deliberations upon official business only in open meetings unless the subject matter is specifically excepted by law. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Public body" means any of the following: (a) Any board, commission, committee, council, or similar decision-making body of a state agency, in...