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...quarter, the department of children and youth shall determine the state's preliminary infant mortality and preterm birth rates, as well as the stillbirth rate, delineated by race and ethnic group. The rates shall be determined using a simple rolling average. The department shall publish the rates in a quarterly report, which shall also include a description of the data sources and methodology used to determine the ra...

...es. (B) The director of children and youth shall do all of the following: (1) Publish stillbirth data compiled from the department of health's fetal death statistical file and make it available on the department of children and youth's internet web site; (2) Review the stillbirth data described in division (B)(1) of this section and identify potential trends in the incidence of stillbirth and the possible ca...

..., to an expectant parent who uses their services; (2) By the staff of pediatric physicians' offices, to any of the following who use their services: an infant's parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the infant; (3) By the staff of a hospital or freestanding birthing center, to an infant's parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the infant, before the child is discharged from the facility t...

...The director of children and youth shall require each recipient of a grant the department of children and youth administers that pertains to safe crib procurement to report annually to the department both of the following: (A) Demographic information specified by the director of children and youth regarding the individuals to whom safe cribs were distributed; (B) If known, the extent to which distributed cribs ...

...(A) The department of children and youth shall create a population-based questionnaire designed to examine maternal behaviors and experiences before, during, and after a woman's pregnancy, as well as during the early infancy of the woman's child. The questionnaire shall collect information that is similar to the information collected by the pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system (PRAMS) questionnaire that the de...

...ished in the department of children and youth a pregnancy-associated mortality review (PAMR) board to identify and review all pregnancy-associated deaths statewide for the purpose of reducing the incidence of those deaths.

...The PAMR board may not conduct a review of a pregnancy-associated death while an investigation of the death or prosecution of a person for causing the death is pending unless the prosecuting attorney agrees to allow the review. The law enforcement agency conducting the criminal investigation, on the conclusion of the investigation, and the prosecuting attorney prosecuting the case, on the conclusion of the prosecutio...

...government entity, agency that provides services specifically to individuals or families, law enforcement agency, health care provider, or other public or private entity that provided services to a woman whose death is being reviewed by the PAMR board shall submit to the board a copy of any record it possesses that the board requests. In addition, such an individual or entity may make available to the board additiona...

...itted to the department of children and youth by the board, other than the biennial reports described in section 5180.277 of the Revised Code, are confidential and not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Such materials shall be used by the board and department only in the exercise of the proper functions of the board and department. (B) No person shall permit or encourage the unauthorized dis...

...(A) An individual or public or private entity providing records, documents, reports, or other information to the PAMR board is immune from any civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that otherwise might be incurred or imposed as a result of providing the records, documents, reports, or information to the board. (B) Each board member is immune from any civil liability for injury, death, or...

... report to the director of children and youth, the general assembly, and the governor. The copy to the general assembly shall be submitted in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code. The initial report shall be submitted not later than March 1, 2020, with subsequent reports submitted not later than March 1 every two years thereafter. The director shall make a copy of each report available on the departm...

...The director of children and youth shall adopt rules that are necessary for the implementation of sections 5180.27 to 5180.277 of the Revised Code, including rules that do all of the following: (A) Establish a procedure for the PAMR board to follow in conducting pregnancy-associated death reviews; (B) Specify the data and other relevant information the board must use when conducting pregnancy-associated death r...

...ves; (4) The director of children and youth, who shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member, or the director's designee. (D) Members shall not be compensated for work as members of the advisory board to the extent that serving on the board is considered a part of the member's regular duties of employment. (E) Each voting member appointed to the board shall serve a term of three years, each term ending on th...

...rograms, the department of children and youth shall ensure state departments, agencies, and boards have information to communicate with parents, caregivers, and child care providers about such programs to promote their benefits, including their parenting, caregiving, and educational resources.

...gally engaged in rendering professional services. (B) "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" has the same meaning as in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Professional services" means any of the following: (1) The practice of engineering as defined in section 4733.01 of the Revised Code; (2) The practice of surveying as defined in section 4733.01 of the Revised Code; (3) The practice of landscape archit...

...ith any qualified firm for professional services in accordance with this chapter.

... enter into a contract for professional services. The director shall advertise the public notice via the internet or by other means to ensure that qualified firms are notified and given the opportunity to be considered for the award of the contract. The director may include more than one contract in a single public notice. The director may limit the number of contracts to which a firm may respond for the purpose of e...

...r firms seeking to provide professional services and may require that each prequalified firm maintain a current statement of qualifications with the department of transportation. The prequalification requirements shall be based on the factors set forth in division (D) of section 5526.01 of the Revised Code.

...y the firm, the scope and nature of the services that the firm would provide, and the various technical approaches that the firm may take with respect to the project to which the proposed contract applies. (B) Following the evaluation of the qualifications of firms and any additional discussions with those firms with respect to a contract for professional services, the director shall do both of the following: (1) ...

...Code. When contracting for professional services for the purpose of addressing the emergency, the director shall comply with that section. (3) A project requiring special expertise where there exist fewer than three qualified firms.

...ept for any firm providing professional services that relate to research or training, right-of-way acquisition services, or services to assist the department of transportation in the administration of contract claims, a firm that renders professional services to the department, during the period of the performance of professional services for the department and for any other period of time specified in a contract wit...

...e performance of emergency professional services. Not later than thirty days after the professional services have been performed, the director shall submit a written report to the controlling board indicating the amount of the emergency contract, the services performed by the firm, and the circumstances giving rise to the emergency.

...As used in sections 5901.01 to 5901.37 of the Revised Code: (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, "veteran" means either of the following: (1) A former member of the armed forces of the United States who served on active military duty and received an honorable discharge or honorable separation, a member of the armed forces of the United States who died on active military duty, or a membe...

...m DD214 with the department of veterans services in accordance with guidelines established by the director of that department. Such appointments shall be made from lists of recommended persons, in the manner specified in the following paragraph. One person shall be a representative recommended by the American Legion; one person shall be a representative recommended by the Veterans of Foreign Wars; one person shall be...

... with the department of veterans services in accordance with guidelines established by the director of that department. (2) If the board of county commissioners appoints additional members as described in division (B)(1) of this section, the board may permit the commission to submit an original or revised budget request for the ensuing fiscal year later than the last Monday in ...