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...If a patient is covered by an insurance policy or other contract that provides for payment of expenses for care and treatment for mental illness at or from a hospital under the jurisdiction of the department of mental health and addiction services, sections 5121.33 to 5121.55 of the Revised Code are inapplicable to the extent that the policy or contract is in force. Any insurance carrier or other third party pa...

...The department of mental health and addiction services may enter into an extended payment agreement with a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative who has notified the department that the patient, estate, or relative cannot reasonably pay an amount the department has charged. In no case shall the department take a security interest, mortgage, or lien against the principal family residence of a patient or ...

...(A) For purposes of this section, "delinquent payment" means an amount owed by a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative to the department of mental health and addiction services for which the person has failed to do either of the following not later than ninety days after the service associated with the charge was incurred: (1) Make payment in full; (2) Make a payment in accordance with the terms of an...

...The department of mental health and addiction services shall not charge a liable relative under sections 5121.33 and 5121.35 of the Revised Code who has done either of the following: (A) Paid all amounts charged by the department for the care and treatment of a particular patient for fifteen consecutive years; (B) Paid amounts charged by the department for the care and treatment of more than one patient for ...

...Irrespective of the number of patients for which the department of mental health and addiction services may charge a liable relative under sections 5121.33 and 5121.35 of the Revised Code, the department shall not charge a liable relative or group of liable relatives who are members of the same family unit for the support of more than one patient during the same period of time.

...The department shall accept voluntary payments from a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative in excess of a discounted amount charged in accordance with section 5121.35 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Any person who has been charged under section 5121.33 or 5121.35 of the Revised Code may petition the department of mental health and addiction services to do the following: (1) Release the person from a charge; (2) Modify or cancel a charge. (B) The department shall respond to a petition in writing and inform the petitioner of whether a release, modification, or cancellation has been approved.

...When a patient is committed to a hospital pursuant to judicial proceedings, the judge ordering the commitment shall: (A) Make a reliable report on the financial condition of the patient and of each liable relative, as provided in rules adopted by the director of mental health and addiction services; (B) Certify the report required under division (A) of this section to the managing officer of the hospital. The...

...In case the estate of any patient in a hospital is sufficient for the patient's support and no guardian has been appointed for such estate, the agent of the department of mental health and addiction services shall petition the probate court of the proper county to appoint a guardian.

...On the death of a person who is a patient, or has been a patient in a hospital, or on the death of a person responsible under section 5121.34 of the Revised Code for the support of a patient, the department of mental health and addiction services may waive the presentation of any claim for support against the estate of such decedent, when in its judgment an otherwise dependent person will be directly benefited ...

...xpense of the burial or cremation of an indigent patient who dies in a hospital if the body is not claimed for interment or cremation at the expense of friends or relatives, or is not delivered for anatomical purposes or for the study of embalming in accordance with section 1713.34 of the Revised Code. The managing officer of the hospital shall provide at the grave of the patient or, if the patient's cremated remains...

...If payment of any amount due the state under the provisions of this chapter is made on account of a patient by any liable relative, as defined in section 5121.30 of the Revised Code, the relative may recover from the patient, the patient's guardian, or the executor or administrator of the patient's estate, the full amount of payment made by the liable relative; provided, that in no event may a relative recover in tot...

...The guidelines shall be based on cost findings and rate-settings applicable to such services.

...tions, and also including persons under indictment or conviction for crime, shall be collected and paid in accordance with sections 5121.30 to 5121.55 of the Revised Code.

...apter 5119. of the Revised Code. (G) "Public hospital" means a facility that is tax-supported and under the jurisdiction of the department of mental health and addiction services. (H) "Community mental health services provider" means an agency, association, corporation, individual, or program that provides community mental health services that are certified by the director of mental health and addiction services ...

...The provisions of this chapter regarding hospitalization apply to a person who is found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity and is committed pursuant to section 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code to the extent that the provisions are not in conflict with any provision of sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code. If a provision of this chapter is in conflict...

...iate, and except that, in the case of a public hospital, no person shall be admitted without the authorization of the board of the person's county of residence. (C) If a minor or person adjudicated incompetent due to mental illness whose voluntary admission is applied for under division (B) of this section is admitted, the court shall determine, upon petition by private or otherwise appointed counsel, a relative, o...

.... Before a patient is released from a public hospital, the chief clinical officer shall, when possible, notify the board of the patient's county of residence of the patient's pending release after the chief clinical officer has informed the patient that the board will be so notified.

...(A) Upon the request of a minor fourteen years of age or older, a mental health professional may provide outpatient mental health services, excluding the use of medication, without the consent or knowledge of the minor's parent or guardian. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the minor's parent or guardian shall not be informed of the services without the minor's consent unless the mental health professiona...

...equested; (2) Retain counsel and have independent expert evaluation of the person's mental condition and, if the person is unable to obtain an attorney or independent expert evaluation, be represented by court-appointed counsel or have independent expert evaluation of the person's mental condition, or both, at public expense if the person is indigent; (3) Have a hearing to determine whether or not the person is a...

...If a person taken into custody under section 5122.10 or 5122.11 of the Revised Code is released from custody before having an initial hearing, a court that has made a file or record relating to the person during this period shall expunge it.

...t shall be given to the hospital by the individual authorized under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section to transport the person. The statement shall specify the circumstances under which such person was taken into custody and the reasons for the belief that the person is a person with a mental illness subject to court order and represents a substantial risk of physical harm to self or others if allowed to remain a...

...tatement of alleged facts sufficient to indicate probable cause to believe that the person is a person with a mental illness subject to court order. The affidavit may be accompanied, or the court may require that the affidavit be accompanied, by a certificate of a psychiatrist, or a certificate signed by a licensed clinical psychologist and a certificate signed by a licensed physician stating that the person who issu...

...bate Judge, - Deputy Clerk, or Notary - Public WAIVER I, the undersigned party filing the affidavit hereby waive the issuing and service of notice of the hearing on said affidavit, and voluntarily enter my appearance herein. Dated this _____________ day of _______________, 20___ - _____________________________ - Signature of the party filing - the affidavit

...A probate court that terminates jurisdiction over a defendant described in division (B)(1)(a)(v)(I) of section 2945.38 of the Revised Code, for whom a trial court or prosecutor initiated proceedings alleging that the defendant is a mentally ill person subject to court order pursuant to sections 5122.11 to 5122.15 of the Revised Code, shall immediately do both of the following: (A) Notify the initiating court or pro...