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...r the care, treatment, and training of individuals with i ntellectual disabilities. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each county board of developmental disabilities shall make eligibility determinations in accordance with the definition of "developmental disability" contained in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code. Pursuant to rules adopted under section 5123.012 of the Revised Code, a county...

...not sufficient to meet the needs of all individuals who request non-medicaid programs or services, it shall establish one or more waiting lists for the non-medicaid programs or services in accordance with its plan developed under section 5126.04 of the Revised Code. The board may establish priorities for making placements on its waiting lists established under this division. Any such priorities shall be consistent wi...

...s a guardian has been appointed for the individual, when a decision regarding receipt of a service or participation in a program provided for or funded under this chapter or Chapter 5123. or 5124. of the Revised Code by an individual with a developmental disability must be made, the individual shall be permitted to make the decision. The individual may obtain support and guidance from an adult family member or other ...

...erson shall disclose the identity of an individual who requests programs or services under this chapter or release a record or report regarding an eligible person that is maintained by a county board of developmental disabilities or an entity under contract with a county board unless one of the following circumstances exists: (1) The individual, eligible person, or the individual's guardian, or, if the individual ...

...(A) As used in this section, "eligible person" means a person eligible to receive services from a county board of developmental disabilities or from an entity under contract with a county board. (B) A county board shall establish fees for services rendered to eligible persons if such fees are required by federal regulation and by rule adopted by the director of developmental disabiliti...

...erwise provided by 42 C.F.R. 431.51, an individual with a developmental disability who is eligible for home and community-based services has the right to obtain the services from any provider of the services that is qualified to furnish the services and is willing to furnish the services to the individual. A county board of developmental disabilities that has medicaid local administrative authority under division (A)...

...(A) When an individual with a developmental disability or a person acting on such an individual's behalf contacts a county board of developmental disabilities about residential services, the county board shall inform the individual or person about the different types of programs and services offered as residential services, including both ICF/IID services and home and community-based services. When informing the indi...

...ntracts with other such boards and with public or private, nonprofit, or profit-making agencies or organizations of the same or another county, to provide the facilities, programs, and services authorized or required, upon such terms as may be agreeable, and in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder and in accordance with sections 307.86 and 5126.071 of the Rev...

...ntial services and supported living for individuals with developmental disabilities. A county board may acquire, convey, lease, or sell property for residential services and supported living and enter into loan agreements, including mortgages, for the acquisition of such property. A county board is not required to comply with provisions of Chapter 307. of the Revised Code providing for competitive bidding or sheriff...

...(A) The superintendent of a county board of developmental disabilities providing transportation for pupils to special education programs under this chapter may establish a volunteer bus rider assistance program under which qualified persons may be authorized to ride with pupils to and from such programs. Volunteers shall not be compensated for their services and are not employees for pu...

...e timely submission. If the department finds the explanation to be sufficient, the department may grant an extension for the submission of the county board's five-year projection. If the department finds the explanation insufficient, or if no explanation is submitted, the department may do either of the following: (1) Conduct further reviews as necessary to complete the five-year projections at full cost to the cou...

...n that contains the projected number of individuals to whom the board intends to provide home and community-based services based on available funding as projected in the board's annual five-year projection report submitted pursuant to section 5126.053 of the Revised Code; (B) Assurances that the county board does both of the following: (1) Employs or contracts with a business manager, or has entered into an agree...

...d shall, do all of the following for an individual with a developmental disability who resides in the county that the county board serves and seeks or receives home and community-based services: (1) Perform assessments and evaluations of the individual. As part of the assessment and evaluation process, all of the following apply: (a) The county board shall make a recommendation to the department of developmental ...

...nel from another county board, or other individuals who are not employed by or affiliated with in any manner a person that provides home and community-based services or medicaid case management services pursuant to a contract with any county board. The administrative receiver shall assume full administrative responsibility for the county board's services for which the county board's medicaid local administrative auth...

...cuting attorney of the county; (6) The public children services agency; (7) The coroner of the county. (B) A memorandum of understanding shall set forth the normal operating procedure to be employed by all concerned officials in the execution of their respective responsibilities under this section and sections 313.12, 2151.421, 2903.16, 5126.31, and 5126.33 of the Revised Code and shall have as its primary goal th...

...ervices the county board provides to an individual with a developmental disability who the county board determines under section 5126.041 of the Revised Code is eligible for county board services.

...community-based services provided to an individual with a developmental disability who the county board determines under section 5126.041 of the Revised Code is eligible for county board services: (1) Home and community-based services provided by the county board to such an individual; (2) Home and community-based services provided by a provider other than the county board to such an individual who is enrolled as o...

...(A) A county board of developmental disabilities may use the following funds to pay the nonfederal share of the medicaid expenditures that the county board is required by sections 5126.059 and 5126.0510 of the Revised Code to pay: (1) To the extent consistent with the levy that generated the taxes, the following taxes: (a) Taxes levied pursuant to division (L) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code and secti...

...lities shall ensure that the number of individuals eligible under section 5126.041 of the Revised Code for services from the county board who are enrolled in home and community-based services is no less than the sum of the following: (1) The number of individuals eligible for services from the county board who are enrolled in home and community-based services on June 30, 2007; (2) The number of home and commu...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, any person who has a complaint involving any of the programs, services, policies, or administrative practices of a county board of developmental disabilities or any of the entities under contract with the county board, may file a complaint with the board. Prior to commencing a civil action regarding the complaint, a person shall attempt to have the ...

...No county board of developmental disabilities or any agency, corporation, or association under contract with a county board of developmental disabilities shall discriminate in the provision of services under its authority or contract on the basis of race, color, sex, creed, disability, national origin, or the inability to pay. Each county board of developmental disabilities shall provide a plan of affirma...

...(A) As used in this section, "minority business enterprise" has the meaning given in division (E)(1) of section 122.71 of the Revised Code. (B) Any minority business enterprise that desires to bid on a contract under division (C) or (D) of this section shall first apply to the department of development for certification as a minority business enterprise. The director of development shall approve the application of ...

...ed Code and for obtaining signatures on individualized service plans under that section; (6) Specification of the service and support administration to be provided by a county board and standards for resolving grievances in connection with service and support administration. (B) The director shall be the final authority in determining the nature and degree of developmental disability.

...t. The department shall discuss its findings from the review with the board's representatives and provide a written report of its findings not later than thirty days following the exit conference. If the department finds that the board is in compliance with the requirements for accreditation, the department shall issue evidence of accreditation to the board. Accreditation may be granted for periods of ...

...ng and advancing the quality of life of individuals with developmental disabilities receiving any of the following: (1) Early childhood services pursuant to section 5126.05 of the Revised Code for children under age three; (2) Adult services pursuant to section 5126.05 and division (B) of section 5126.051 of the Revised Code for individuals age sixteen or older; (3) Family support services pursuant to section 5126...