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...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...

...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...

...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, ...

...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...

...is responsible for one or more adverse findings, the provider shall reimburse the state department or county department the amount of the adverse findings. The amount shall not be reimbursed with funds received under this section. The state department and county departments may terminate or refuse to enter into a contract with a social services provider to provide services with funds available pursuant to this sectio...

...m related administrative activities for publicly funded child care provided under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code. (2) If the department elects to accept applications, determine eligibility, redetermine eligibility, and perform related administrative activities for publicly funded child care, both of the following apply: (a) An individual seeking publicly funded child care may apply to the department or to th...

...The department of job and family services shall administer the distribution of food commodities received under the "Agricultural Adjustment Act," 48 Stat. 31, 7 U.S.C.A. 612c, as amended. The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code and issue appropriate orders as necessary for administration of the distribution program.

...The department of job and family services shall administer funds received under the "Refugee Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 102, 8 U.S.C.A. 1521, as amended. In administering the funds, the department may establish a refugee cash assistance program and a state legalization impact assistance program. The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code and issue a...

...ded, to the extent necessary to provide individuals who were recipients of aid in December 1973 under former Chapters 5105., 5106., and 5151. of the Revised Code with income from all sources equal to the income of such individuals in December 1973, including correctly paid assistance. Upon authorization by the department, the director of budget and management shall provide for payment to the secretary of amounts equa...

...he results of the application interview indicate that the household will be eligible upon full verification; (2) Information sufficient to confirm the statements in the application has been obtained from at least one additional source, not a member of the applicant's household. Such information shall be recorded in the case file and shall include: (a) The name of the person who provided the name of the informat...

...The supplemental nutrition assistance program fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of federal reimbursement for supplemental nutrition assistance program administrative expenses and other supplemental nutrition assistance program expenses. The department of job and family services shall use the money credited to the fund to pay for supplemental nutrition assistance p...

... division (C)(1) of this section if the individual requesting the replacement has a disability directly related to the loss of the card. (D) The department shall establish a process as part of the department's existing customer service telephone hotline that allows individuals to lock or unlock an electronic benefit transfer card that has been lost or stolen.

...To ensure program integrity within the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the department of job and family services shall periodically monitor the balances of supplemental nutrition assistance program accounts. If the department discovers an account with a balance that exceeds five thousand dollars, the department shall take steps to determine whether the account is inactive and, if inactive, identify the cau...

...a federal, state, or local means-tested public assistance program for failure of a member of the household to perform an action required under the program, the household may not receive, for the duration of the reduction, an increased allotment of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits as the result of a decrease in the income of the household to the extent that the decrease is the result of the r...

...The director of job and family services shall submit an application to the United States department of agriculture for participation in the elderly simplified application project within the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

...(A) As used in this section, "payment error rate" has the same meaning as in 7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(2). (B)(1) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the department of job and family services shall develop a methodology and technical system to determine payment error rates within the supplemental nutrition assistance program. The methodology and technical system shall follow the procedures o...

...(A) The department of job and family services shall redesign the employment and training program established under rules adopted by the department pursuant to division (A)(7) of section 5101.54 of the Revised Code. In redesigning the employment and training program, the department shall ensure that the new program meets the needs of employers in this state. (B) Not later than July 1, 2024, the department shall app...

...all not delegate the authority to waive individual work requirements or otherwise grant exemptions to county departments of job and family services. The department shall notify the chairpersons of the standing committees having jurisdiction in both the house of representatives and the senate when implementing the option described in division (A)(1) of this section. (B) The department of job and family services shal...

...The director of job and family services shall submit a request to the United States department of agriculture for a waiver to exclude sugar-sweetened beverages as items that may be purchased in this state under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. If a waiver submitted under this section is not approved, the director shall resubmit a request for a waiver on an annual basis.

...As used in this section, "cultivated-protein food product" has the same meaning as in section 3715.601 of the Revised Code. If the United States department of agriculture approves cultivated-protein food products for purchase under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the director of job and family services shall submit a request to the United States department of agriculture for a waiver that excludes th...

...(A) No person shall be ordered by a public agency or any person to submit to an abortion. (B) The refusal of any person to submit to an abortion or to give consent therefor shall not result in the loss of public assistance benefits or any other rights or privileges. (C) State or local public funds shall not be used to subsidize an abortion, except as provided in section 5101.56 of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section, "physician" means a person who holds a valid license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery issued under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code. (B) Unless required by the United States Constitution or by federal statute, regulation, or decisions of federal courts, state or local funds may not be used for payment or reimbursement for abortion services unless th...

...e used for the purpose of performing or inducing a nontherapeutic abortion.

...t. (D) "Area agency on aging" means a public or private nonprofit entity designated under section 173.011 of the Revised Code to administer programs on behalf of the department of aging. (E) "Caretaker" means the person assuming the primary responsibility for the care of an adult by any of the following means: (1) On a voluntary basis; (2) By contract; (3) Through receipt of payment for care; (4) As a res...

...(A) The county departments of job and family services shall implement sections 5101.60 to 5101.71 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to carry out the purposes of sections 5101.60 to 5101.71 of the Revised Code. The rules adopted pursuant to this division may include a requirement that the county departments provide on...