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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Agency of a political subdivision" means each organized body, office, or agency established by a political subdivision for the exercise of any function of the political subdivision, except that "agency of a political subdivision" does not include an agency that is a covered entity as defined in 45 C.F.R. 160.103, as amended. (2)(a) "Breach of the security of the system" means unaut...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Confidential personal information" means personal information that is not a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (2) "State agency" does not include the courts or any judicial agency, any state-assisted institution of higher education, or any local agency. (B) Each state agency shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regulating ...

...(A) No public official, public employee, or other person who maintains, or is employed by a person who maintains, a personal information system for a state or local agency shall purposely refuse to comply with division (E), (F), (G), or (H) of section 1347.05, section 1347.071, division (A), (B), or (C) of section 1347.08, or division (A) or (C) of section 1347.09 of the Revised Code. Whoever violates this sect...

...(A) There is hereby created within the supreme court the state criminal sentencing commission, consisting of thirty-one members. One member shall be the chief justice of the supreme court, who shall be the chairperson of the commission. The following ten members of the commission, no more than six of whom shall be members of the same political party, shall be appointed by the chief justice: one judge of a court of ap...

...(A) The state criminal sentencing commission shall study the existing criminal statutes and law of this state, sentencing patterns throughout the state, and available correctional resources. The commission shall use the results of its study to develop and recommend to the general assembly a comprehensive criminal sentencing structure. As part of its study, the commission shall do all of the following: (1) Evaluate t...

...(A) No later than July 1, 1993, the state criminal sentencing commission shall recommend to the general assembly a comprehensive criminal sentencing structure for the state that is consistent with the sentencing policy developed pursuant to division (B) of section 181.23 of the Revised Code and the conclusions of the study conducted pursuant to division (A) of that section. The sentencing structure shall be designed ...

...(A) If the comprehensive criminal sentencing structure that it recommends to the general assembly pursuant to section 181.24 of the Revised Code or any aspects of that sentencing structure are enacted into law, the state criminal sentencing commission shall do all of the following: (1) Assist the general assembly in the implementation of those aspects of the sentencing structure that are enacted into law; (2...

...(A) In addition to its duties set forth in this chapter, the state criminal sentencing commission shall do all of the following: (1) Review all statutes governing delinquent child, unruly child, and juvenile traffic offender dispositions in this state; (2) Review state and local resources, including facilities and programs, used for delinquent child, unruly child, and juvenile traffic offender dispositions and th...

...(A) In addition to its duties set forth in sections 181.23 to 181.26 of the Revised Code, the state criminal sentencing commission is hereby designated a criminal justice agency, as defined in section 109.571 of the Revised Code, and as such is authorized by this state to apply for access to the computerized databases administered by the national crime information center or the law enforcement automated data system i...

...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.

...In each county, except as provided in section 329.40 of the Revised Code, there shall be a county department of job and family services which, when so established, shall be governed by this chapter. The department shall consist of a county director of job and family services appointed by the board of county commissioners, and such assistants and other employees as are necessary for the efficient performance of the fu...

...Whenever the county department of welfare, county department of human services, county director of welfare, or county director of human services 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 the county department of job and family services or county director of job and family services, as the case may be.

...Under the control and direction of the board of county commissioners, the county director of job and family services shall have full charge of the county department of job and family services. The director shall prepare the annual budget estimate of the department and submit it to the board. Before submitting the budget estimate to the board, the director shall consider the recommendations of the county family ser...

...(A) The board of county commissioners may, in addition to the county director of job and family services, appoint administrators to oversee services provided by the county department of job and family services, subject to the following limitations: (1) If the county has a population of five hundred thousand or more, the board may appoint up to five administrators. (2) If the county has a population of two hundred a...

...Each 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.

...(A) As used in this section, "applicant" or "recipient" means either of the following: (1) An applicant for or participant in the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; (2) An applicant for or recipient of cash assistance provided under the refugee assistance program established under section 5101.49 of the Revised Code. (B) Each county department of job and family services s...

...In each county in which there is a county transit board established by section 306.01 of the Revised Code, a county transit system operated under that section, or a regional transit authority created under section 306.32 of the Revised Code, 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 departme...

...Each 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 as...

...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,...