Ohio Revised Code Search
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Section 5101.26 | Disclosure of information definitions.
...artment of job and family services or a public children services agency. (C) "Fugitive felon" means an individual who is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, under the laws of the place from which the individual is fleeing, for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime that is a felony under the laws of the place from which the individual is fleeing or, in the case of New Jersey,... |
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Section 5101.27 | Restricting disclosure of information regarding public assistance recipients.
... the use of any information regarding a public assistance recipient for any purpose not directly connected with the administration of a public assistance program. (B) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department of job and family services, the department of children and youth, and county agencies shall do all of the following: (1) Release information regarding a public assistance recipient for purpose... |
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Section 5101.272 | Authorization form.
...payment, enrollment, or eligibility for public assistance cannot be conditioned on signing the authorization unless the authorization is necessary for determining eligibility for the public assistance program. (B) When an individual requests information pursuant to section 5101.27 of the Revised Code regarding the individual's receipt of public assistance and does not wish to provide a statement of purpose, the sta... |
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Section 5101.273 | Membership in the public assistance reporting information system.
... participate as an active member in the public assistance reporting information system. The department may disclose information regarding a public assistance recipient to the extent necessary to participate as an active member in the public assistance reporting information system. |
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Section 5101.28 | Written agreements with law enforcement agencies to exchange, obtain, or share information regarding public assistance recipients.
...ncy shall provide information regarding public assistance recipients to enable the department of job and family services, department of children and youth, or county agency to determine, for eligibility purposes, whether a recipient or a member of a recipient's assistance group is a fugitive felon or violating a condition of probation, a community control sanction, parole, or a post-release control sanction imposed u... |
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Section 5101.29 | Certain child care records not subject to public records law.
... a county agency, the following are not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code: (A) Names and other identifying information regarding children enrolled in or attending a child care center or home subject to licensure or registration under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code; (B) Names and other identifying information regarding children placed with an institution or association certifie... |
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Section 5101.30 | Rules for conditions and procedures for the release of information.
... participating in the administration of public assistance programs. The rules shall comply with applicable federal statutes and regulations. (1) The rules shall specify conditions and procedures for the release of information which may include, among other conditions and procedures, both of the following: (a) Permitting providers of services or assistance under public assistance programs limited access to inform... |
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Section 5101.311 | [Former R.C. 122.66, amended and renumbered as R.C. 5101.311 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Definitions.
...action agency" is not a state agency or public office. (E) "Community" means a city, village, county, multicity or multicounty unit, a neighborhood or other area, disregarding boundaries or political subdivisions, which provides a suitable organizational base and possesses a commonality of needs and interests for a community action program suitable to be served by a community action agency. (F) "Service area" mea... |
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Section 5101.312 | [Former R.C. 122.67, amended and renumbered as R.C. 5101.312 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Job and family services authority over community services assistance personnel.
...The director of job and family services shall employ and fix the compensation of professional and technical unclassified personnel as necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 5101.311 to 5101.317 of the Revised Code. |
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Section 5101.313 | [Former R.C. 122.68, amended and renumbered as R.C. 5101.313 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Job and family services duties regarding community services assistance.
...l year that has been made available for public inspection and that details how community services block grant funds will be disbursed and used during that fiscal year; (3) Information detailing how funds were expended for the current fiscal year; (4) An audit of community services block grant expenditures for the preceding federal fiscal year that is conducted in accordance with generally accepted accounting prin... |
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Section 5101.314 | [Former R.C. 122.681, amended and renumbered as R.C. 5101.314 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Confidentiality of information.
...(A) Except as permitted by this section, or when required by federal law, no person or government entity shall solicit, release, disclose, receive, use, or knowingly permit or participate in the use of any information regarding an individual receiving assistance pursuant to a department of job and family services program under sections 5101.311 to 5101.318 of the Revised Code for any purpose not directly related to t... |
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Section 5101.315 | [Former R.C. 122.69, amended and renumbered as R.C. 5101.315 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Endorsement of community action agency.
... (5) Complies with fiscal and program requirements established by department rule. |
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Section 5101.316 | [Former R.C. 122.70, amended and renumbered as R.C. 5101.316 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Board of directors of community action agencies - powers and duties.
...em of any needed changes; (D) Convene public meetings to provide community members the opportunity to comment on public policies and programs to reduce poverty; (E) Annually evaluate the policies and programs of the community action agency according to criteria determined by department of job and family services rule; (F) Submit the results of the evaluation required by division (E) of this section, along with ... |
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Section 5101.317 | [Former R.C. 122.701, amended and renumbered as R.C. 5101.317 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Designating new or rescinding former community action agency designation.
...e Revised Code; (3) Hold at least one public meeting within a community action agency's service area for the purpose of allowing citizens to comment on the community action agency's delivery of services; (4) Evaluate the proposed service area of the community action agency, and, as may be necessary, modify the boundaries of the service area so that low-income persons in the area are adequately and efficiently ser... |
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Section 5101.318 | [Former R.C. 122.702, amended and renumbered as R.C. 5101.318 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Hearings on use of community services block grant funds.
...The general assembly shall conduct public hearings on community services block grant funds, as required by section 676 of the "Community Services Block Grant Act," 42 U.S.C. 9901. |
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Section 5101.32 | Procedures and formats for RC 109.5721 notices.
...(A) The department of job and family services and the department of children and youth shall work with the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to develop procedures and formats necessary to produce the notices described in division (D) of section 109.5721 of the Revised Code in a format that is acceptable for use by the applicable department. Each department may adopt rules in ac... |
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Section 5101.33 | Electronic benefit transfers.
...ansfer; (5) Satisfying any applicable requirements of federal and state law. (C) The department may enter into a written agreement with any person or government entity to provide benefits administered by that person or entity through the medium of electronic benefit transfer. A written agreement may require the person or government entity to pay to the department either or both of the following: (1) A charge th... |
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Section 5101.35 | Appeals.
...e person hearing the appeal. (I) The requirements of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code apply to a state hearing or administrative appeal under this section only to the extent, if any, specifically provided by rules adopted under this section. |
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Section 5101.351 | Hearing officers.
...The department of job and family services or the department of children and youth may employ or contract with hearing officers to draft and recommend state hearing decisions under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. The department may employ or contract with hearing authorities to issue state hearing decisions under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. A hearing authority employed or ... |
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Section 5101.36 | Right of subrogation to department of job and family services for workers' compensation benefits.
...Any application for public assistance gives a right of subrogation to the department of job and family services for any workers' compensation benefits payable to a person who is subject to a support order, as defined in section 3119.01 of the Revised Code, on behalf of the applicant, to the extent of any public assistance payments made on the applicant's behalf. If the director of job and family services, in consulta... |
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Section 5101.37 | Investigations and hearings by department, county or child support enforcement agency.
...he subject of the audit report is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (E) The director of job and family services or director of children and youth may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code as if they were internal management rules. |
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Section 5101.38 | Appointment of agents.
...The department of job and family services or the department of children and youth may appoint and commission any competent officer, employee, agency, or person to serve as a special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a designated duty for and in behalf of the department. Specific credentials shall be given by the department to each person so designated, and each credential shall state: (A) The person... |
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Section 5101.44 | Ohio welfare conference.
...The department of job and family services may call an annual conference, of the officials specified in section 5101.45 of the Revised Code and representatives of the various social agencies in the state, to be known as the "Ohio welfare conference." The conference shall: (A) Facilitate discussion of the problems and methods of practical human improvement; (B) Increase the efficiency of agencies and institutions dev... |
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Section 5101.45 | Conference expenses.
...s responsible for the administration of public funds used for the relief and maintenance of the poor, officials authorized to administer laws on community control sanctions, and members of the boards of county visitors as are invited by the department of job and family services to the conferences provided for in section 5101.44 of the Revised Code, shall be paid from any fund available for their respective offices, ... |
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Section 5101.46 | Administering provision of social services funded through grants made under Title XX.
...e local agencies; (c) Employees of a public children services agency directly engaged in providing Title XX services. (5) Title XX funds distributed for the purpose of providing family planning services shall be distributed by the respective local agencies according to the same order of priority that applies to the department of job and family services under section 5101.101 of the Revised Code. (D) The depa... |