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...director of mental health and addiction services shall administer the problem casino gambling and addictions fund. The director shall use the money in the fund to support gambling addiction services, alcohol and drug addiction services, other services that relate to gambling addiction and substance abuse, and research that relates to gambling addiction and substance abuse. Treatment and prevention services supported ...

...partment of mental health and addiction services shall create the all roads lead to home program. The program shall include all of the following initiatives: (1) A media campaign. As part of the campaign, the department shall develop public service announcements and shall make the announcements available to television and radio media outlets. The announcements shall be made available beginning on January 1, 2018, ...

...irector of mental health and addiction services shall collaborate with the state board of pharmacy and attorney general in the establishment and administration of a drug take-back program, as provided under section 4729.69 of the Revised Code. (B) The department may accept grants, gifts, or donations for purposes of the program. Money received under this division shall be deposited into the drug take-back pro...

...director of mental health and addiction services may accept, hold, and administer in trust on behalf of the state, if it is for the public interest, any grant, gift, devise, or bequest of money or property made to the state for the use or benefit of any institution described in section 5119.14 of the Revised Code or for the use and benefit of persons with mental illnesses under its control. If the trust so provides, ...

...As used in this section, "supplemental services" has the same meaning as in section 5815.28 of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the services fund for individuals with mental illness. On the death of the beneficiary of a trust created pursuant to section 5815.28 of the Revised Code, the portion of the remaining assets of the trust specified in the trust instrument shall be de...

...artment of mental health and addiction services as described in section 5119.14 of the Revised Code, with the approval of the director of mental health and addiction services, may establish local institution funds designated as follows: (A) Industrial and entertainment fund created and maintained for the entertainment and welfare of the patients of the institution. The director shall establish rules for the o...

...artment of mental health and addiction services and shall pay out the same only in accordance with this chapter. The department shall cause to be furnished a contract of indemnity to cover all funds received by it or by its managing officers, employees, or agents while the funds are in the possession of such managing officers, employees or agents. Such funds are designated as follows: (A) Funds which are due...

...artment of mental health and addiction services may pay an amount for personal use to each individual residing in a state institution as described in section 5119.14 of the Revised Code who would be eligible for supplemental security income benefits at the reduced rate established by Title XVI of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq., if the medicaid program covers services provided in such institut...

...artment of mental health and addiction services by any patient under the department's control or by relatives, guardians, conservators, and others for the special benefit of such patient, as well as all other funds and all other income paid to the patient, the patient's estate, or on the patient's behalf, or paid to the managing officer or to the institution as representative payee or otherwise paid on the pat...

...partment of mental health and addiction services shall submit an annual report to the governor that shall describe the services the department offers and how appropriated funds have been spent. The report shall include all of the following: (A) The utilization of state hospitals by each alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district; (B) The number of persons served by community addiction services pr...

...partment of mental health and addiction services shall collect and compile statistics and other information on the care and treatment of persons with mental disabilities, and the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons with alcohol use disorder, persons with drug dependencies, persons in danger of drug dependence, and persons with or in danger of developing a gambling addiction in this state. The information s...

...nitarianism require that facilities and services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently, it is the purpose of this compact and of the party states to provide the necessary legal basis for the institutionalization or other appropriate care and treatment of the mentally ill and intellectually disabled under a system that recognizes the paramount importance of patient welfare and to establish th...

...irector of mental health and addiction services and the director of developmental disabilities each shall designate an officer who shall be the compact administrator for the department and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall adopt rules to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrators of each department shall serve subject to the pleasure of the...

...re or contemplate the provision of any service by this state, no such agreement shall have force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction the institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service.

...Any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon the state of Ohio by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder, as provided in sections 5119.70 to 5119.72 of the Revised Code, shall be made from appropriated funds upon presentation to the director of budget and management of itemized vouchers approved by the compact administrator.

...As used in sections 5119.81 to 5119.85 of the Revised Code: (A) "9-8-8 administrator" means the administrator of the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system, as established in section 5119.82 of the Revised Code. (B) "9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline" or "9-8-8 hotline" means the 9-8-8 universal telephone number in the United States, as established under 47 U.S.C....

...partment of mental health and addiction services to oversee the administration of the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system statewide.

...(A) Not later than one year after the effective date of this section and annually thereafter, the 9-8-8 administrator shall compile an annual report regarding the operation of the 9-8-8 national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline in this state. (B) Each annual report shall, at a minimum, specify all of the following: (1) The total number of 9-8-8 call centers in this state to which calls, texts,...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the 9-8-8 fund. The fund shall consist of all money from the following sources: (1) Appropriations made by the general assembly; (2) Money awarded to the state by donation, gift, or bequest, and other money received for purposes of this section; (3) Interest or other earnings on the fund. (B) Money in the fund shall be used to oversee and administer the 9-8-8 ...

...ise, of customer premises equipment, or service used for or with the 9-8-8 hotline, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, suppliers, corporate parents, and affiliates are not liable in damages in a civil action for injuries, death or loss to persons or property incurred by any person resulting from such an entity's or its officers', directors', employees', agents', or suppliers' participation i...

...director of mental health and addiction services shall consult with the superintendent of insurance as required by section 3901.90 of the Revised Code to develop consumer and payer education on mental health and addiction services insurance parity and establish and promote a consumer hotline to collect information and help consumers understand and access their insurance benefits. The department of mental health and ...

...ohol, drug addiction, and mental health services" means a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services established under section 340.02 or 340.021 of the Revised Code. (D) "Danger" or "threat of danger to self, family, or others" means substantial physical harm or threat of substantial physical harm upon self, family, or others. (E) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3701.01 or 3727.0...

...A probate court may order involuntary treatment for a person experiencing alcohol and other drug abuse pursuant to the procedures set forth in sections 5119.90 to 5119.98 of the Revised Code.

...No person shall be ordered to undergo treatment under sections 5119.90 to 5119.98 of the Revised Code unless all of the following apply to that person: (A) The person experiences alcohol and other drug abuse. (B) The person presents an imminent danger or imminent threat of danger to self, family, or others as a result of alcohol and other drug abuse, or there exists a substantial likelihood of such a threat in t...

...(A) A person may initiate proceedings for treatment for an individual experiencing alcohol and other drug abuse by filing a verified petition in the probate court. The petition and all subsequent court documents shall be entitled: "In the interest of (name of respondent)." A spouse, relative, or guardian of the individual concerning whom the petition is filed shall file the petition. A petition filed under this divis...

...Any veterans plot owned or maintained by any county, township, or municipal corporation shall be open for the burial of the body of any deceased veteran on application by a relative of the decedent or other proper person responsible for the disposition of the remains to the county, township, or municipal corporation owning or maintaining the plot.

...If it is desired to bury the body or cremated remains of any deceased veteran in any cemetery not having a burial plot as provided by section 5901.22 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners, any board of township trustees, or the legislative authority of any municipal corporation in the county in which the cemetery is situated may purchase a space for the grave of the veteran or the veteran's cremated ...

...ommissioners shall require the veterans service commission, upon application and with the approval of the family or friends of the deceased, to contract, at a fair and reasonable price, with the funeral director selected by the family or friends, and cause to be interred or cremated in a decent and respectable manner the body of any veteran, or the parent, spouse, or surviving spouse of any such veteran, who dies wit...

...01.25 of the Revised Code, the veterans service commission shall use the forms of contracts prescribed by sections 5901.25 to 5901.32 of the Revised Code, and abide by the regulations provided by such sections. The commission shall see that funeral directors furnish all items specified in the contract, that when the benefits of such sections are claimed the entire amount to be contributed by the county toward the cos...

...f any burial or cremation, the veterans service commission, pursuant to section 5901.25 of the Revised Code, shall satisfy itself, beyond a reasonable doubt, by careful inquiry, that the family of the deceased is unable, for want of means, to defray the expenses of the burial or cremation, or that the family may be deprived of means actually necessary for its immediate support. Thereupon the commission shall cause th...

...Upon the death of an inmate of any home for indigent parents, spouses, or surviving spouses of veterans, the manager of the home may, upon a certificate signed by the attending physician of the home, certify as to the death of the inmate to the board of county commissioners of the county from which the parent, spouse, or surviving spouse was admitted to the home, and the board shall proceed as provided in section 590...

...uneral director employed to perform the service described by section 5901.25 of the Revised Code shall use the blanks provided by this section, specifying what the funeral director is to furnish for the service. The contract shall be signed by the funeral director and a copy thereof left with the veterans service commission with which it is made. Such contract shall read as follows: "I ________________, funeral dir...

...d contract, as approved by the veterans service commission, to the county auditor, upon printed blanks furnished by the auditor, and make an oath that the funeral director has honestly and faithfully performed the contract, that the bill and contract attached is a true copy of the one left with the parties who engaged the funeral director's services, and that the bill covers the entire expense of the service describe...

...he family of the deceased, the veterans service commission shall withhold its signature to the itemized bill and contract until such matters are definitely settled.

...Upon securing the report and statement of expenses as provided by section 5901.27 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall transcribe in a book to be kept for that purpose, all the facts contained in the report concerning a deceased veteran, and shall certify the expenses thus incurred to the county auditor, who shall draw a warrant for those expenses upon the county treasurer, to be paid from the...

...The board of county commissioners shall, upon the petition of any five veterans of any township or municipal corporation in its county, procure for and furnish to the petitioners a suitable and durable marker for the grave of each veteran buried in the limits of the township or municipal corporation. The name of the veteran and the company, regiment, or other command in which he served may be inscribed upon the marke...

...The board of county commissioners shall provide for the proper care of the graves of all veterans, and of confederate soldiers, sailors, and marines who are buried in lots used exclusively for the benefit of veterans and confederate soldiers, sailors, and marines in cemeteries or burying grounds.

...For the purpose of enabling counties or municipal corporations to aid and facilitate the construction of veterans' facilities operated by the United States department of veterans affairs as a public works project of the government of the United States, the board of county commissioners of any county or the legislative authority of any municipal corporation may acquire lands by purchase or deed of gift for the purpose...

...In any county having a cemetery or part of it set apart for the burial of veterans, or containing a monument erected to their memory, or containing monuments and memorials erected by private or public expense to the memory of veterans, the board of county commissioners shall care for and properly preserve that portion of the cemetery so set apart for the burial of such veterans, and shall care for and properly preser...

...(A) No person who is not a veteran, an active-duty member of the armed forces of the United States, or the spouse, surviving spouse, dependent parent, minor child, or ward of a veteran or an active-duty member of the armed forces of the United States shall knowingly represent that the person is a veteran, an active-duty member of the armed forces of the United States, or the spouse, surviving spouse, dependent parent...

...to the position of director of veterans services shall be an honorably discharged or honorably separated veteran of the United States armed forces. The department of veterans services shall employ administrative and technical personnel as are necessary to perform the general and specific duties of the department. For positions within the department, the director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Cod...

...The duties of the director of veterans services shall include the following: (A) Furnishing the veterans service commissions of all counties of the state copies of the state laws, rules, and legislation relating to the operation of the commissions and their offices; (B) Upon application, assisting the general public in obtaining records of vital statistics pertaining to veterans or their dependents; (C) Adoptin...

...The director of veterans services may microfilm or otherwise duplicate all or any part of copies of original certificates of discharge and separation submitted by Ohio veterans. The director may prepare and maintain files of such microfilmed certificates of discharge and separation in such manner that they may readily be available for the use of the department of veterans services, authorize...

...pplication, the director of veterans services shall furnish necessary instructions and advice to the veterans of the state, their heirs, or their legal representatives, respecting their claims against the United States or the state for pensions, bounty, bonus, back pay, or otherwise, by reason of military service. (B) The director or the director's representative may examine the ...

...n application, the director of veterans services shall grant money in the fund to individuals injured while in active service as a member of the armed forces of the United States while serving after October 7, 2001, and to individuals diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder while serving, or after having served, after October 7, 2001. (C) An individual who receives a grant under this section is precluded from ...

...The director of veterans services shall keep a register showing the situation and disposition of any claim filed by the department of veterans services.

...The director of veterans services may administer oaths. The director's official certificate shall be received in evidence without further authentication.

...The director of veterans services, or any employee thereof, shall not receive directly or indirectly a fee or reward of any kind from a claimant or other person for services rendered or to be rendered, relating to a duty required of the director or employee under sections 5902.01 to 5902.07 of the Revised Code, or in any manner connected therewith.

...in this state. The director of veterans services shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to administer the network.

...The director of veterans services shall develop, institute, and monitor a program under which the department of veterans services assists individuals, who are medical assistance recipients, to obtain federal military-related health care benefits. As used in this section, "federal military-related health care benefits" has the meaning defined in section 5160.471 of the Revised Code.