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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Automated external defibrillation" has the same meaning as in section 2305.235 of the Revised Code. (2) "Emergency medical services organization" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A person as defined under section 1.59 of the Revised Code who possesses an automated external defibrillator shall do both of the following: (1) Encourage expected ...

...of automated external defibrillators by public and chartered nonpublic schools, youth sports organizations, and sports and recreation locations, as that term is defined in section 755.13 of the Revised Code. The model emergency action plan shall require the plan to be practiced at least quarterly. The department shall develop a procedure whereby persons may report violations of section 755.13 of the Revised Code by...

...ment of benefits" means the transfer of health care coverage reimbursement benefits or other rights under an insurance policy, subscription contract, or health care plan by an insured, subscriber, or plan enrollee to a health care provider, hospital, or other health care facility. (C) "Clinical laboratory" means a facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematol...

...s the services; (3) A hospital, public health clinic, or not-for-profit health clinic ordering the services; (4) A referring clinical laboratory; (5) A governmental agency or any person acting on behalf of a governmental agency; (6) A physician who is permitted to bill for the services under division (D) of section 4731.72 of the Revised Code. (B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to do either of th...

...the "Social Security Act" as amended by Public Law 92-603, 42 U.S.C. 1320a-1, and the regulations adopted thereunder. Such agreement shall be subject to and include the following terms and conditions: (A) All applications, notices, requests for information, and other official communications shall be on written forms prescribed by and approved by the director of health. (B) The director, subject to Chapter 119...

...ed in section 340B(a)(4) of the "Public Health Service Act," 42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(4). "340B drug" means a covered outpatient drug that has been subject to discount pricing under the 340B drug pricing program and is purchased by a 340B covered entity. "340B drug pricing program" means the federal drug pricing program established under 42 U.S.C. 256b. "Contract pharmacy" means a retail pharmacy under contract with a...

...The director of health, with participation from the state medical board and board of nursing, shall collaborate with medical, nursing, and physician assistant schools or programs in this state, as well as medical residency and fellowship programs in this state, to develop and implement appropriate curricula in those schools and programs designed to prepare primary care and women's health care physicians, advanced pra...

...t of health shall make available to the public a toll-free patient safety telephone line. The department may make the toll-free patient safety telephone line available by maintaining a toll-free telephone line specifically for accepting calls regarding patient safety or by using a toll-free telephone line that the department maintains for accepting calls regarding other matters. The department shall accept calls pl...

...n this section, "direct care" and "home health agency" have the same meanings as in section 3740.01 of the Revised Code. (B) For the purpose of identifying jobs that are in demand in this state under section 6301.11 of the Revised Code, direct care provided by a home health agency shall be considered a targeted industry sector as identified by the governor's office of workforce transformation. (C) The director of...

...As used in sections 3701.921 to 3701.929 of the Revised Code: (A) "Advanced practice registered nurse" has the same meaning as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Patient centered medical home education advisory group" means the entity established under section 3701.924 of the Revised Code. (C) "Patient centered medical home education program" means the program established under section 3701.921 of the Re...

...education program in the department of health. For the purpose of advancing education in the patient centered medical home model of care, the director of health may implement and administer the program pursuant to sections 3701.922 to 3701.929 of the Revised Code. The patient centered medical home model of care is an enhanced model of primary care in which care teams attend to the multifaceted needs of patients...

...(A) The director of health may do any of the following to implement and administer the patient centered medical home education program: (1) Develop and implement programs of education or training on the patient centered medical home model of care or other similar enhanced models of coordinated patient centered care that are intended to address the multifaceted needs of patients and provide whole person compre...

...t funds are available, the director of health shall establish the patient centered medical home education pilot project. If the director establishes the project, all of the following apply: (1) The director shall select practices led by physicians and primary care practices led by advanced practice registered nurses to participate in the project. The director may consider the recommendations of the advisory g...

...the purpose of advising the director of health on the implementation and administration of the patient centered medical home education program. The advisory group shall develop and provide to the director a set of expected outcomes for the pilot project. The advisory group shall consider and provide other recommendations to the director and complete other duties as the director considers appropriate. (B) The advis...

...tate university college of nursing and health; (7) The college of nursing at Kent state university; (8) The university of Akron college of nursing; (9) The school of nursing at Ohio university. (B)(1) Subject to division (C)(1) of this section, the advisory group shall recommend to the director of health for inclusion in the pilot project not less than the following number of primary care practices led by phy...

...ards are established by the director of health; (3) Have submitted an application to participate in the project established under former section 185.05 of the Revised Code not later than April 15, 2011. (4) Meet any other criteria established by the director as part of the selection process. (B) To be eligible for inclusion in the pilot project, a primary care practice led by advanced practice registered nurses sh...

...The director of health shall enter into a contract with each primary care practice selected by the director for inclusion in the patient centered medical home education pilot project. The contract shall specify the terms and conditions for inclusion in the pilot project, including a requirement that the practice provide comprehensive, coordinated primary care services to patients and serve as the patients' medi...

...(A) The director of health shall collaborate with medical, nursing, and physician assistant schools or programs in this state to develop appropriate curricula designed to prepare primary care physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants to practice within the patient centered medical home model of care. In developing the curricula, the director and the schools or programs shall include al...

...(A) If the director of health establishes the patient centered medical home education pilot project, the director shall prepare reports of its findings and recommendations from the pilot project. Each report shall include an evaluation of the learning opportunities generated by the pilot project, the physicians and advanced practice registered nurses trained in the pilot project, the costs of the pilot project,...

...ct to available funds, the director of health shall establish the Ohio violent death reporting system to collect and maintain information, data, and records regarding violent deaths in Ohio.

...The director of health, through the Ohio violent death reporting system, shall do all of the following regarding violent death information, data, and records maintained in the system: (A) Monitor the incidence and causes of the various types of violent deaths; (B) Make appropriate epidemiologic studies of the violent deaths; (C) Analyze trends and patterns in, and circumstances related to, the violent deaths; ...

...tion model set forth by the director of health pursuant to section 3701.934 of the Revised Code.

...The director of health, pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall do all of the following: (A) Specify the types of violent deaths that shall be included in the Ohio violent death reporting system; (B) Specify the information, data, and records to be collected for use by the Ohio violent death reporting system; (C) Specify the sources from which the information, data...

...The director of health shall collect information about violent deaths in Ohio only from existing sources related to violent crimes and shall not conduct independent criminal investigations in order to obtain information, data, or records for use by the Ohio violent death reporting system.

...At the request of the director of health, every department, agency, and political subdivision of the state shall provide information, data, records, and otherwise assist in the execution of sections 3701.93 to 3701.9314 of the Revised Code.

... of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services or any community addiction services provider or community mental health services provider under contract with such a board shall discriminate in the provision of addiction services, mental health services, or recovery supports under its authority, in employment, or under a contract on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, military status, sex, age, natio...

... of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services shall select a number of contracts with an aggregate value of approximately fifteen per cent of the total estimated value of contracts to be awarded in the current fiscal year. The board shall set aside the contracts so selected for bidding by minority business enterprises only. The bidding procedures for such contracts shall be the same as for all other contrac...

...d in the community addiction and mental health plan and budget established pursuant to sections 340.03 and 340.08 of the Revised Code. Once a referral has been received pursuant to this section, the public children services agency and the community addiction services provider shall, in accordance with 42 C.F.R. Part 2, share with each other any information concerning the persons and services described in that divisio...

...cation and service coordination between public children services agencies and boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services when a public children services agency refers a child in its custody to a board for services funded by the board. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

... of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services. If the service district a board represents consists of more than one county, the board shall administer the program in each county.

...section 2744.01 of the Revised Code. "Publicly funded assistance programs" include physical health, behavioral health, social, employment, education, and housing programs funded or provided by the state or a political subdivision of the state.

...ye programs; (d) Representatives from public and private entities, including any of the following: (i) Employers; (ii) Municipal corporations, counties, and townships; (iii) Courts, including those with specialized court programs certified by the Ohio supreme court; (iv) Law enforcement; (v) Faith-based social services organizations; (vi) Foundations; (vii) Public health, including free clinics; (vi...

...r productivity and reducing reliance on publicly funded assistance programs; (2) Means by which council members or the entities the members represent may reduce the reliance of individuals and families on publicly funded assistance programs using both of the following: (a) Programs that have been demonstrated to be effective and have one or more of the following features: (i) Low costs; (ii) Use volunteer wor...

... for the administration and delivery of publicly funded assistance programs or other services or programs provided by council members or the entities the members represent; (D) Recommendations regarding the best practices in care coordination.

...eral act" means Title VI of the "Public Health Service Act," 60 Stat. 1041 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 291, as amended. (B) "The surgeon general" means the surgeon general of the public health service of the United States or such other officer or employee of the United States responsible for administration of the federal act. (C) "Hospital" includes public health centers and general, mental, chronic disease, and other types ...

...(A) The director of health shall adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, such rules as are necessary to carry out sections 3701.021 to 3701.0210 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, rules to establish the following: (1) Subject to division (D) of this section, medical and financial eligibility requirements for the program for children and youth with special health care needs; ...

...ficient organization and utilization of public and private resources and ensure that care rendered is family-centered, community-based, and coordinated. (D)(1) "Third party" means any person or government entity other than the following: (a) A child or youth with special health care needs participating in the program for children and youth with special health care needs or the child or youth's parent or guardia...

...e child or youth by parents, guardians, public health nurses, or any other interested person. The department of health may designate other agencies to refer applicants to the department of health. (B) In accordance with the procedures established in rules adopted under division (A)(4) of section 3701.021 of the Revised Code, the department of health shall authorize a provider or providers to provide to any Ohio re...

...cts shall provide service coordination, public health nursing, or transportation services for children and youth with special health care needs. (3) In addition to any amount retained under division (A)(2) of this section, the department, in accordance with rules adopted under section 3701.021 of the Revised Code, may allow counties that it determines have significant numbers of potentially eligible children and y...

...nvolved, such as hospitals, private and public health clinics, and private physicians' offices, and shall be eligible for the program. Members of the council shall receive no compensation, but shall receive their actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties in accordance with the rules of the office of budget and management.

...ram for children and youth with special health care needs gives a right of subrogation to the department of health against the liability of a third party for the costs of goods or services paid by the department under division (E) of section 3701.023 of the Revised Code. The department's subrogation claim shall not exceed the total cost of the goods and services paid under division (E) of section 3701.023 of the Revi...

...The department of health shall administer funds received from the "Maternal and Child Health Block Grant," Title V of the "Social Security Act," 95 Stat. 818 (1981), 42 U.S.C.A. 701, as amended, for programs including the program for children and youth with special health care needs, and to provide technical assistance and consultation to city and general health districts and local health planning organizations in im...

...s amended, are confidential and are not public records within the meaning of section 149.43 of the Revised Code: (1) Records that pertain to medical history, diagnosis, treatment, or medical condition; (2) Reports of psychological diagnosis and treatment and reports of social workers; (3) Reports of public health nurses. (B) The department of health shall not release any records specified in division (A) ...

...t to available funds, the department of health shall establish and administer a hemophilia program to provide payment of health insurance premiums for Ohio residents who meet all of the following requirements: (A) Have been diagnosed with hemophilia or a related bleeding disorder; (B) Are at least twenty-one years of age; (C) Meet the eligibility requirements established by rules adopted under division (A)(12) of ...

...The children and youth with special health care needs medical advisory council shall appoint a hemophilia advisory subcommittee to advise the director of health and council on all matters pertaining to the care and treatment of persons with hemophilia. The duties of the subcommittee include, but are not limited to, the monitoring of care and treatment of children and adults who suffer from hemophilia or from other si...

...g abstinence education, the director of health shall submit to the United States secretary of health and human services an application for the allotment of those funds that is available to this state. The director shall use the funds received in accordance with any conditions under which the application was approved.

...ployees of the department and, during a public health emergency, other persons to administer the laws and rules on the director's behalf. (B) Nothing in this section authorizes any action that prevents the fulfillment of duties or impairs the exercise of authority established by law for any other person or entity.

...he federal government or other sources, public or private, that are made available for use in monitoring, studying, and preventing pregnancy losses. To the extent that funding from grants is available, the director shall do the following: (1) Establish a population-based pregnancy loss registry to monitor the incidence of various types of pregnancy losses that occur in this state, make appropriate epidemiological s...

...rtment receives through Title X of the "Public Health Service Act," 84 Stat. 1504 (1970), 42 U.S.C. 300a, as amended. This section does not apply to grants awarded by the department under section 3701.046 of the Revised Code. (B) With respect to each period during which funds from a particular source are distributed for the purpose of providing family planning services, the department is subject to both of the fol...

...94," part A of Title XIX of the "Public Health and Human Services Act," 108 Stat. 1920 (1994), former 42 U.S.C. 300w, 42 U.S.C. 280b-1b, as amended. (3) "Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act" means the "Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 409 (1990), 42 U.S.C. 300k, as amended. (4) "Infertility prevention project" means the infertility prevention project operated b...