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...(A) The party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize and improve their programs for the confinement, treatment, and rehabilitation of various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to provide institutional facilities and such programs on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the best interest of such offenders and of society and effecting economies...

...l justice services in the department of public safety. (E) The correctional institution inspection committee shall appoint an advisory committee to review the operation of the system for estimating future state correctional institution populations that is used by the department in the preparation of population cost impact statements pursuant to this section and to join with the department in its reviews and updating...

...The department of rehabilitation and correction may enter into a contract with any person or with a political subdivision in which a state correctional institution is located under which an institution will provide water or sewage treatment services for the person or political subdivision if the institution has a water or sewage treatment facility with sufficient excess capacity to provide the services. Any ...

...(A) If a treaty between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange, from one of the signatory countries to the other signatory country, of convicted offenders who are citizens or nationals of the other signatory country, the governor, subject to and in accordance with the terms of the treaty, may authorize the director of rehabilitation and correction to allow the transfer or exchan...

...(A) As used in this section, "licensed health professional" means any or all of the following: (1) A dentist who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code to practice dentistry; (2) A licensed practical nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code that authorizes the practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse; (3) An optometri...

...(A) As used in sections 5120.56 to 5120.58 of the Revised Code: (1) "Ancillary services" means services provided to an offender as necessary for the particular circumstances of the offender's personal supervision, including, but not limited to, specialized counseling, testing, or other services not included in the calculation of residential or supervision costs. (2) "Cost debt" means a cost of incarceration or sup...

...ermination, after considering security, public safety, and transportation issues, whether or not to render or arrange for the rendering of health care services in accordance with the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or agreement. The department, based on security, public safety, or transportation concerns or any combination of those concerns, may arrange for the rendering of health care services for the ...

...following: (A) Establish a schedule of health care benefits that are available to offenders who are in the custody or under the supervision of the department; (B) Establish a program to encourage the utilization of preventive health care services by offenders.

...(A) Within nine months prior to the release of a prisoner from a state correctional institution if the prisoner is serving a sentence that is more than one year, or within a reasonable time if the prisoner is serving a sentence that is less than one year, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall attempt to verify the prisoner's age and identity in order to satisfy the requirements of section 4507.51 of t...

...C) The office shall also make available publications that will assist victims in contacting staff of the department about problems with offenders under the supervision of the adult parole authority or confined in state correctional institutions under the department's jurisdiction. (D) The office shall employ a victim coordinator who shall administer the office's functions. The victim coordinator shall be in th...

...(A)(1) Not later than ninety days after January 1, 1997, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt standards that it will use under this section to assess the following criminal offenders and may periodically revise the standards: (a) A criminal offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violent sex offense or designated homicide, assault, or kidnapping offense and is adjudicated a sexual...

...The director of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that govern the establishment and operation of a system that provides limited and monitored access to the internet for prisoners solely for a use or purpose approved by the managing officer of that prisoner's institution or by the managing officer's designee. The rules shall include all of the following: (A) Crite...

...m drug testing performed by a reputable public laboratory to determine whether the prisoner ingested or was injected with a drug of abuse. (C) A prisoner who is subjected to random drug testing under this section and whose test indicates that the prisoner ingested or was injected with a drug of abuse shall pay the fee for that positive test and other subsequent test fees as a sanction specified by the departmen...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Ohio prisoner" means a person who is charged with or convicted of a crime in this state or who is alleged or found to be a delinquent child in this state. (2) "Out-of-state prisoner" and "private contractor" have the same meaning as in section 9.07 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than nine months after the effective date of this section, the department of rehabilitation and co...

...ection, if one is so established. (2) "Public assistance" has the same meaning as in section 5101.58 of the Revised Code. (3) "Support" means amounts to be paid under a support order. (4) "Support order" has the same meaning as in section 3119.01 of the Revised Code.

...An inmate is eligible to participate in the prison nursery program if she is pregnant at the time she is delivered into the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction, she gives birth on or after the date the program is implemented, she is subject to a sentence of imprisonment of not more than three years, and she and the child meet any other criteria established by the department.

...rticipate in the medicaid program or a health insurance program; (3) Accept the normal risks of childrearing; (4) Abide by any court decisions regarding the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities with respect to the child. (B) Assign to the department any rights to support from any other person, excluding support assigned pursuant to section 5107.20 of the Revised Code and medical support assigned ...

... person, other than the inmate, or to a public children services agency or private child placing agency. (G) The inmate is released from imprisonment.

...(A) The rights to support assigned by an inmate pursuant to section 5120.652 of the Revised Code constitute an obligation of the person who is responsible for providing the support to the department of rehabilitation and correction for the support provided the inmate and child pursuant to the prison nursery program. The division of child support in the department of job and family services shall collect support...

...The managing officer of each institution in which a prison nursery program is established pursuant to section 5120.65 of the Revised Code shall do the following: (A) Create and maintain a prison nursery program fund to pay expenses associated with the prison nursery program; (B) Create and maintain an individual nursery account for each inmate participating in the prison nursery program at the institution to help ...

...Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, neither the prison nursery program nor the department of rehabilitation and correction, with respect to the program, is subject to any regulation, licensing, or oversight by the department of job and family services unless the departments agree to voluntary regulation, licensing, or oversight by the department of job and family services.

...If the department of rehabilitation and correction establishes the prison nursery program, it shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules that establish requirements necessary and appropriate to the establishment, implementation, and operation of the program. The department shall adopt the rules prior to implementing the program.

...under division (A) of this section is a public record open for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The department shall make the database searchable by inmate name and by the county and zip code where the offender intends to reside after release from a state correctional institution if this information is known to the department. (3) The database required under division (A) of this section may cont...

...(A) When a prisoner becomes eligible for parole under section 2967.13 of the Revised Code, the warden of the institution in which the prisoner is incarcerated shall prepare a report containing all of the following information: (1) Information concerning the prisoner's participation in programs during the prisoner's time at the institution; (2) Information concerning the prisoner's compliance or noncompliance with r...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the federal equitable sharing fund. The director of rehabilitation and correction shall deposit in the fund all money received by the department from the federal government as equitable sharing payments under 28 U.S.C. 524. The director shall establish rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the operation of the fund. (B)(1) The department...