Section 121.374 | Multi-system youth action plan.
(A) It is the intent of this state and the general assembly that custody relinquishment for the sole purpose of gaining access to child-specific services for multi-system children and youth shall cease.
(B) The Ohio family and children first council established under section 121.37 of the Revised Code shall develop a comprehensive multi-system youth action plan that does the following:
(1) Defines and establishes shared responsibility between county and state child-serving systems for providing and funding multi-system youth services;
(2) Provides recommendations for flexible spending at the state level within the cabinet council;
(3) Defines the model and process by which the flexible spending may be accessed to pay for services for multi-system youth;
(4) Identifies strategies to assist with reducing custody relinquishment for the sole purpose of gaining access to services for multi-system children and youth;
(5) Implements the full final recommendations of the joint legislative committee for multi-system youth;
(6) Conducts an assessment of the legal and financial conditions that contribute to custody relinquishment for the purposes of receiving child-specific services.
(C) Not later than December 31, 2019, the cabinet council shall submit its final action plan to the general assembly.
Available Versions of this Section
- October 17, 2019 – Enacted by House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly [ View October 17, 2019 Version ]