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...The department of behavioral health may make such investigations as are necessary in the performance of its duties and to that end the director of behavioral health shall have the same power as a judge of a county court to administer oaths and to enforce the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books or papers. The department shall keep a record of such investigations stating the time, place...

...The department of behavioral health, in conjunction with the department of job and family services, shall develop a joint state plan to improve the accessibility and timeliness of alcohol and drug addiction services for individuals identified by a public children services agency as in need of those services. The plan shall address the fact that Ohio works first participants may be among the persons receiving services...

...(A) The department of behavioral health, in accordance with division (B) of this section, shall give priority to developing, and promptly shall develop, with available public and private resources a program that does all of the following: (1) Provides a manner of identifying the aggregate number of pregnant women in this state who are addicted to a drug of abuse; (2) Provides for an effective means of interventio...

...The department of behavioral health shall establish and administer a statewide program to prevent youth use of cannabis. The program shall do the following: (A) Use a harm reduction approach; (B) Include practices aimed at the prevention or reduction of substance use, substance abuse, substance dependence, and substance use disorders; (C) Use other evidence-based approaches selected by the department.

...An appointing authority may appoint a person who holds a certified or permanent position in the classified service within the department of behavioral health to a position in the unclassified service within the department. A person appointed pursuant to this section to a position in the unclassified service shall retain the right to resume the position and status held by the person in the classified service immediate...

...(A) No appointing officer shall appoint a person to fill a position in either the classified or unclassified service of the department of behavioral health if the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of the following: (1) Any felony contained in the Revised Code, if the felony bears a direct and substantial relationship to the position being filled; (2) Any crime contained in the Revised...

...The department of behavioral health may require any of its employees and each officer and employee of every institution under its control who may be charged with custody or control of any money or property belonging to the state or who is required to give bond, to give a surety company bond, properly conditioned, in a sum to be fixed by the department which when approved by the department, shall be filed in the offic...

...The department of behavioral health may provide educational grants or tuition reimbursements to upgrade the education, training, and professional achievement of its employees, whenever it determines that provision of such grants or reimbursements is essential to the achievement of its goals. The department may enter into agreements with its employees for the purposes of this section. The agreements may require, as a ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Advanced practice registered nurse" has the same meaning as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Clinician" means any of the following: (a) An advanced practice registered nurse; (b) A physician; (c) A physician assistant. (3) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic me...

...(A) The director of behavioral health or the managing officer of an institution of the department may enter into an agreement with boards of trustees or boards of directors of one or more institutions of higher education or hospitals licensed pursuant to section 5119.33 of the Revised Code to establish, manage, and conduct collaborative training efforts for students enrolled in courses of studies for occupations or p...

...The courses of study for the instruction and training of all persons in institutions under the control of the department of behavioral health shall be subject to the approval of the superintendent of public instruction. All teachers employed in institutions under the control of the department of behavioral health shall possess such educator licenses or have such qualifications and approval as the superintendent of...

...(A) As used in this section, "state correctional institution" has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of behavioral health shall develop a program that is designed to educate and train the employees of each state correctional institution, the employees of each department of youth services institution, and other persons associated by contract or otherwise with each state c...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Community-based correctional facility" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Drug used in medication-assisted treatment" means a drug approved by the United States food and drug administration for use in medication-assisted treatment, regardless of the method the drug is administered or the form in which it is dispensed, including an oral drug, an...

...(A) As used in this section, "overdose reversal drug" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Subject to available funds, the department of behavioral health shall provide overdose reversal drugs to hospitals to be provided to patients as described in section 3727.81 of the Revised Code. (C) The department of behavioral health, in coordination with the department of health, shall estab...

...(A) As used in this section: "Electroencephalogram (EEG) combined transcranial magnetic stimulation" means treatment in which transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) frequency pulses are tuned to the patient's physiology and biometric data. "First responder" has the meaning defined in section 2903.01 of the Revised Code. "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning defined in section 9.69 of the Revised Code. ...

...(A) The director of behavioral health may acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise such real and personal property rights in the name of the state as are necessary for the purposes of the department. (B) When it is necessary for a state institution under the jurisdiction of the department to acquire any real estate, right-of-way, or easement in real estate in order to accomplish the purposes for which it was organ...

... disabilities, pregnant women, parents, guardians or custodians of children at risk of abuse or neglect, and other special target populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, as determined by the department; (4) Develop standards and measures for both of the following: (a) Evaluating the effectiveness of addiction services, including opioid treatment programs, of mental health services, and of recovery su...

...The department of behavioral health may establish a process and standards for the state certification of certified community behavioral health clinics. The process and standards may be based on the provisions of section 223 of the "Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014," 42 U.S.C. 1396a note. If the department establishes a process and standards for the state certification of certified community behavioral heal...

...The director of behavioral health, with respect to all mental health and addiction facilities, addiction services, mental health services, and recovery supports established and operated or provided under Chapter 340. of the Revised Code, shall do all of the following: (A) Adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and Chapters 340. and 51...

...(A) The director of behavioral health, in accordance with procedures established under division (G)(5) of section 5119.22 of the Revised Code, may issue to a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services a time-limited waiver of the requirement of section 340.033 of the Revised Code that ambulatory detoxification and medication-assisted treatment be made available within the borders of the board's serv...

...(A) The department of behavioral health shall establish a methodology for allocating to boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services the funds appropriated by the general assembly to the department for the purpose of the community-based continuum of care that each board establishes under section 340.032 of the Revised Code. The department shall establish the methodology after notifying and consulting...

...(A) As used in this section, "administrative function" means a function related to one or more of the following: (1) Continuous quality improvement; (2) Utilization review; (3) Resource development; (4) Fiscal administration; (5) General administration; (6) Any other function related to administration that is required by Chapter 340. of the Revised Code. (B) Each board of alcohol, drug addiction, and m...

...(A) The director of behavioral health may withhold funds, in whole or in part, that otherwise are to be allocated to a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services under section 5119.23 of the Revised Code if either of the following circumstances apply: (1) The board fails to comply with Chapter 340. or 5119. of the Revised Code or rules of the department of behavioral health; (2) The board denies...

...Any person treated under this chapter or rules adopted under it shall retain the person's civil rights and liberties, including the right not to be experimented upon with treatment not accepted as good medical practice without the person's fully informed consent, the right as a person receiving services to maintain the confidentiality of health and medical records, the right as a person detained for medical pur...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Federally assisted," "program," and "substance use disorder" have the same meanings as in 42 C.F.R. 2.11 and as further described in 42 C.F.R. 2.12(b). (3) "Post-release control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. (B) In accordance with 42...