CORRECTED VERSION*

Ohio Legislative Service CommissionBill Analysis Megan Cummiskey and other LSC staff

Sub. H.B. 153 129th General Assembly

(As Pending in H. Finance and Appropriations − LSC 129 1066-2)   

Rep. Amstutz

TABLE OF CONTENTS

This  analysis  is  arranged  by  state  agency,  beginning with  the Department  of Administrative Services and continuing in alphabetical order.  Items that do not directly involve an agency are located under the agency that has regulatory authority over the item, or otherwise deals with  the  subject matter of  the  item.   The analysis  includes a Local Government category and a Retirement category and ends with a Miscellaneous category.  Note  that  the  billʹs  criminal  sentencing  reforms  are  discussed  under  the Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections. 

Within each category, a summary of  the  items appears  first  (in  the  form of dot points),  followed by a discussion of  their  content and operation.    Items generally are presented in the order in which they appear in the Revised Code. 

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (DAS) ....................................................... 16 Health care benefits for political subdivision, school district, and institution of higher education employees ................................................................................................... 19

Department of Administrative Services designed plans .......................................................... 19 Definitions ............................................................................................................................... 19 Health care benefit plans ........................................................................................................ 20

Independent consultant recommendations .......................................................................... 20 Geographic regions and consortiums .................................................................................. 22 Additional duties for the Department ................................................................................... 22 Nonidentifiable aggregate claim data .................................................................................. 23 Provision of plan information ............................................................................................... 24

                                                 * This version of the analysis includes discussion of the extension of various air and water fees under the Environmental Protection Agency. 

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Professional insurance services not prohibited ................................................................... 24 Audits ................................................................................................................................... 24

Feasibility report ...................................................................................................................... 24 Self-insurance ......................................................................................................................... 25 Home rule ............................................................................................................................... 25 Health care plans for school districts and institutions of higher education .............................. 25 Health care plans for counties................................................................................................. 26 Health care plans for townships .............................................................................................. 27 Health care plans for park districts .......................................................................................... 28 Health care plans for board of education members ................................................................ 28

Public construction reform .......................................................................................................... 28 Permissible methods of construction delivery ......................................................................... 29

Construction manager at risk ............................................................................................... 29 Design-build firm .................................................................................................................. 31 General contracting ............................................................................................................. 33 Design assist ....................................................................................................................... 33

State projects requiring complete specifications prior to bid ................................................... 33 Community college districts; technical college districts ....................................................... 34

Methods of advertising for bids ............................................................................................... 35 Contingency reserve ............................................................................................................... 36 Life-cycle cost analysis; energy consumption analysis ........................................................... 36 Bid guaranties ......................................................................................................................... 37 Prompt payment ...................................................................................................................... 37

Civil service law .......................................................................................................................... 38 Civil service examinations ....................................................................................................... 38 Special examinations .............................................................................................................. 38 Appointments .......................................................................................................................... 38 Veterans bonus ....................................................................................................................... 39 Probationary employees ......................................................................................................... 39 Promotions .............................................................................................................................. 39

DAS job classification plans and appointment incentive programs not created by rule .............. 40 State public notice web site ........................................................................................................ 40 Duties of the Office of Information Technology and fund creation .............................................. 42

Information technology purchase program.............................................................................. 42 Revenue deposits to the Information Technology Fund.......................................................... 43 Fund creation .......................................................................................................................... 43

State Employee Child Support Fund ........................................................................................... 43 State of Ohio Computer Center rent ........................................................................................... 44 Report on acquisition and disposal of federal property ............................................................... 44  DEPARTMENT OF AGING (AGE) ............................................................................................. 44 Long-term acute care hospitals ................................................................................................... 45 Fee for certification of community-based long-term care agencies ............................................ 46 Suspensions; evidence of compliance ........................................................................................ 46 Actions that do not require a hearing .......................................................................................... 47

Notice ...................................................................................................................................... 48 Aging and disabilities resource network ...................................................................................... 48 Ohio Long-Term Care Consumer Guide ..................................................................................... 49

Fees ........................................................................................................................................ 49 Information on adult care facilities and home and community-based services ....................... 49

 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (AGR) .............................................................................. 49 Phytosanitary certificates fees .................................................................................................... 50 Seasonal gypsy moth traptenders .............................................................................................. 51 Grape industries .......................................................................................................................... 51

Wine tax diversion to Ohio Grape Industries Fund ................................................................. 51 Expenditures by Ohio Grape Industries Committee ................................................................ 51

Division of Weights and Measures .............................................................................................. 51 Commercially used weighing and measuring device permit program ..................................... 51 Other changes to the weights and measures program ........................................................... 53

 AIR QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (AIR) ................................................................. 54 Ohio Coal Development Office ................................................................................................... 54  DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION SERVICES (ADA) .......................... 55 Medicaid elevation for alcohol and drug addiction services ........................................................ 55 Statewide Treatment and Prevention Fund ................................................................................ 56  AUDITOR OF STATE (AUD) ...................................................................................................... 56 OBM approval of costs assessed to Uniform Accounting Network Fund .................................... 57 Cost recovery for audits of local public offices ............................................................................ 57  OFFICE OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT (OBM) ................................................................. 57 Transfers to and funding sources of the OAKS Support Organization Fund .............................. 59 Transfers of cash between non-GRF funds ................................................................................ 59 State agency spending plans and spending reduction plans ...................................................... 60 Public services provided by private, local, or regional entities .................................................... 60

Contract details ....................................................................................................................... 60 Proposal selection process ..................................................................................................... 61

Public notice ........................................................................................................................ 61 Qualification evaluation ........................................................................................................ 61 Proposal evaluation and selection ....................................................................................... 61 Rejection of qualification or proposal ................................................................................... 63

Exemption from prevailing wage and collective bargaining laws ............................................ 63 Director of Transportation to represent Ohio Turnpike Commission ....................................... 63 Controlling Board approval...................................................................................................... 63 Tax exemption ........................................................................................................................ 63 Contract for consulting services .............................................................................................. 64

Federal money made available to the state for fiscal stabilization and recovery purposes ........ 64 Reports monitoring the effectiveness of federal stimulus funds .................................................. 64

Semi-annual reports ................................................................................................................ 64 Quarterly reports ..................................................................................................................... 65

 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (COM) ................................................................................... 65 Consent to service of process in connection with Regulation D exemption notice filings ........... 67 Waiver of certain license, renewal, and notice filing fees regarding securities investment ......... 68 Increase in annual fee for credit union share guaranty corporations .......................................... 68 The Prevailing Wage Law ........................................................................................................... 68

Works subject to the Prevailing Wage Law ............................................................................. 68 Prohibited prevailing wage work ............................................................................................. 69 Interested parties' recourse for violations of the Prevailing Wage Law ................................... 70 Prevailing wage funds ............................................................................................................. 70

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Liquor Control Fund .................................................................................................................... 70 Transfer of spirituous liquor distribution system to JobsOhio ..................................................... 71

Overview ................................................................................................................................. 71 Transfer of system .................................................................................................................. 71 Proceeds of transfer ................................................................................................................ 73 Other provisions ...................................................................................................................... 73

 COUNSELOR, SOCIAL WORKER, AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST BOARD (CSW) ...................................................................................................... 75 Fees charged by the Board ......................................................................................................... 75  DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT (DEV) .............................................................................. 75 Payment of prevailing wage on economic development projects ............................................... 76 Department of Development funding to minority business enterprises and others ..................... 77 Biomedical Research and Technology Transfer award administration ....................................... 77 Loan guarantees for historic rehabilitation projects .................................................................... 77  DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (DMR) ................................................ 78 Separate appropriation item – funds to fulfill Martin v. Strickland consent order ........................ 80 Age limit for intensive behavioral needs programs ..................................................................... 80 Additional purposes for using ODODD funds ............................................................................. 81 Interagency Workgroup on Autism .............................................................................................. 81 Purchase of Service Program ..................................................................................................... 82 ODODD's residential services contracts ..................................................................................... 82 ODODD innovative pilot projects ................................................................................................ 82 Repeal of obsolete residential facility licensure law .................................................................... 83 Residential services for former ODODD institution residents and unserved individuals ............. 83 County DD boards' waiting lists .................................................................................................. 84 Elimination of certain ODODD rule-making requirements .......................................................... 84 County DD boards' average daily membership reports .............................................................. 84 Formula for distributing Family Support Services funds ............................................................. 85 Tax equity payments ................................................................................................................... 85

Overview ................................................................................................................................. 85 Use of payments ..................................................................................................................... 86 Eligibility for payments ............................................................................................................ 86 Certification of the taxable value of property ........................................................................... 87 General formula for allocating payments ................................................................................ 87

Exceptions to the general formula ....................................................................................... 87 No payments to regional councils ........................................................................................... 88 Audits ...................................................................................................................................... 88

 COMMISSION ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION & CONFLICT MANAGEMENT (CDR) ................ 89 Repeal of Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management Law .................................................... 89

Abolition of Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management ........................... 89 Abolition of Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management Commission Gifts, Grants, and Reimbursements Fund ........................................................................................ 90 Termination of Commission's Executive Director and other personnel positions ................... 90 Definitions under existing law.................................................................................................. 90

 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (EDU) .................................................................................... 91 Repeal of the Evidence-Based Model and related funding provisions ........................................ 98

Background on EBM ............................................................................................................... 99 Enforcement rules and sanctions under the EBM ............................................................. 100

Temporary formula .................................................................................................................... 101 Formula amount ........................................................................................................................ 101 Student count ............................................................................................................................ 102

Background – current law on student count .......................................................................... 102 Counting of kindergarten students ........................................................................................ 102

Special education categories and weights ................................................................................ 103 Background ........................................................................................................................... 103

Transportation formula .............................................................................................................. 104 Community school and STEM school payments ...................................................................... 105 Abolishment of the School Funding Advisory Council .............................................................. 105

Background ........................................................................................................................... 106 Miscellaneous funding provisions ............................................................................................. 107 Classroom expenditure data ..................................................................................................... 109

Expenditure standards .......................................................................................................... 109 Ranking of districts and schools based on classroom expenditure ....................................... 110

Data on student performance tied to expenditures ................................................................... 111 Elimination of moratoriums on opening new community schools ............................................. 112

"Brick and mortar" schools .................................................................................................... 112 E-schools .............................................................................................................................. 113 Other restrictions retained ..................................................................................................... 113 Repeal of outdated provisions .............................................................................................. 113

Restriction on sponsors and operators of underperforming schools ......................................... 114 E-school expenditures for instruction ........................................................................................ 115 Lease of school district property ............................................................................................... 115 Community school participation in joint educational programs ................................................. 116 Educational Choice scholarship ................................................................................................ 116

New eligibility ........................................................................................................................ 117 Deductions ............................................................................................................................ 118 Background ........................................................................................................................... 118

Autism Scholarship Program .................................................................................................... 119 Educational service center agreements .................................................................................... 120

Background ........................................................................................................................... 120 Required agreements ........................................................................................................... 120 Permissive agreements......................................................................................................... 121 Termination of agreements ................................................................................................... 121 Impact of "local" school district changes on an ESC's electoral territory .............................. 121 Repeal of law on "local" district severance from one ESC and annexation to another ......... 122

ESC payments .......................................................................................................................... 122 Background on ESC funding ................................................................................................. 123

Educational service center contracts with local entities ............................................................ 124 ESCs oversight of local school districts .................................................................................... 124

Textbook selection ................................................................................................................ 124 Age and schooling certificates .............................................................................................. 124

Teacher compensation ............................................................................................................. 125 Salaries for veteran teachers ................................................................................................ 126 Effect of collective bargaining agreements ........................................................................... 126 Applicability to county DD boards ......................................................................................... 126 Background – minimum salary schedule .............................................................................. 127

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Teacher and administrator termination ..................................................................................... 127 Background − current law ..................................................................................................... 128

Teacher reductions in force ...................................................................................................... 128 Annual ranking of districts and schools by performance index scores ..................................... 129 Retesting teachers .................................................................................................................... 130 Restructuring schools ............................................................................................................... 130 Parent petitions for school reforms ........................................................................................... 131

When implementation of reform is prohibited ........................................................................ 132 Petition validation .................................................................................................................. 132

Innovation schools and innovation school zones ...................................................................... 133 Applying for designation as an innovation school or innovation school zone ....................... 133 Review of applications by district .......................................................................................... 134 Designation as district of innovation...................................................................................... 135 Waiver of education laws and rules ...................................................................................... 136 Waiver of collective bargaining agreement ........................................................................... 137 Regular performance reviews ............................................................................................... 137 Annual report ........................................................................................................................ 138

School district operating standards ........................................................................................... 138 Governor's Effective and Efficient Schools Recognition program ............................................. 138 Teacher Incentive Payment Program ....................................................................................... 139 Alternative resident educator license ........................................................................................ 140 Licensure of out-of-state teachers ............................................................................................ 142

Establishing the list ............................................................................................................... 142 Licensure of teachers until list is approved ........................................................................... 143 Reciprocity agreements ........................................................................................................ 143

Criminal records checks of adult education instructors ............................................................. 143 Background − current law ..................................................................................................... 144

 BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS (ENG) ................................................................................................................ 144 Biennial registration for professional engineers and surveyors ................................................ 145  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) ............................................................... 145 Air Pollution Control Administration Fund ................................................................................. 149 Extension of E-Check ............................................................................................................... 149 Exemptions from infectious waste requirements ...................................................................... 149 Time period for solid waste facility permit application meeting ................................................. 150 Solid waste compost facility license fee .................................................................................... 150 Hazardous Waste Facility Management Fund .......................................................................... 151

Deposit of fees into minority banks ....................................................................................... 151 Controlling Board approval of expenditures .......................................................................... 151 Uses of money ...................................................................................................................... 151 Reimbursements, payments, and sales ................................................................................ 152

Natural resource damage assessment costs ............................................................................ 152 Extension of solid waste transfer and disposal fees ................................................................. 153 Exemption from solid waste fees for coal wastes ..................................................................... 153 Contracts for storage, disposal, or processing of certain scrap tires ........................................ 154 Sale of tires fees ....................................................................................................................... 154 Extension of various air and water fees and related provisions ................................................ 154

Synthetic minor facility emissions fees .................................................................................. 154 Water pollution control fees and safe drinking water fees ..................................................... 155 Certification of operators of water supply systems or wastewater systems .......................... 156

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Application fees under Water Pollution Control Law and Safe Drinking Water Law ............. 157 Fee for household sewage treatment system general NPDES permit .................................. 157

Class C underground storage tank releases and voluntary actions .......................................... 158 Additional language changes ................................................................................................ 158

Federally Supported Cleanup and Response Fund .................................................................. 159 Surface Water Protection Fund ................................................................................................. 159  eTECH OHIO COMMISSION (ETC) ......................................................................................... 159 Information Technology Service Fund ...................................................................................... 159  ETHICS COMMISSION (ETH) .................................................................................................. 160 Court-ordered costs .................................................................................................................. 160  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) ........................................................................................ 160 BCMH rebate agreements for drugs and nutritional formulas ................................................... 161 Help Me Grow ........................................................................................................................... 162 Vital statistics fees – portion transferred to State Office of Vital Statistics ................................ 163  DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE (INS) ................................................................................... 163 Health Care Coverage and Quality Council .............................................................................. 163  DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES (JFS) ...................................................... 165 I. General ................................................................................................................................. 182 Audit authority and confidentiality of audit reports .................................................................... 182 ODJFS audit conferences ......................................................................................................... 183 Transfer of money from Public Assistance Fund to Children Services Fund ............................ 183 County share of public assistance expenditures ....................................................................... 183 Recovery of costs by county family service agencies ............................................................... 184 Recovering excess payments to counties ................................................................................. 184 Use of Title XX funds for respective local agency's administrative costs .................................. 185 II. Child Care ............................................................................................................................ 185 Payment for publicly funded child care ..................................................................................... 185

State contracts in place of county contracts.......................................................................... 185 Child care during pre-work activities; rates for special needs children ................................. 186

III. Child Support ...................................................................................................................... 187 Child Support Custodial Fund ................................................................................................... 187 IV. Child Welfare and Adoption ................................................................................................ 187 Case plan or family service plan for child receiving in-home services from a PCSA ................ 187 Journalization of case plan ....................................................................................................... 188 Use of the investigative assessment response and the family assessment response.............. 188 Investigations by a PCSA ......................................................................................................... 189 Cross-references ...................................................................................................................... 189 Children's Trust Fund rulemaking ............................................................................................. 189 Alternative Response pilot program .......................................................................................... 190 V. Health Programs (including Medicaid) ................................................................................. 190 Health Care Special Activities Fund .......................................................................................... 190 Eligibility determinations for Medicaid and CHIP ...................................................................... 191 Treatment of trusts for Medicaid eligibility determinations ........................................................ 191

When provision may be applied ............................................................................................ 191 Resources and income available under a trust ..................................................................... 192 Pooled trusts ......................................................................................................................... 193

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Compliance with federal maintenance of effort requirement ..................................................... 193 Reduction of complexity in Medicaid eligibility determination processes .................................. 194 Medicaid recipient audits .......................................................................................................... 194 Disclosure of information regarding medical assistance recipients .......................................... 195

When disclosure is prohibited versus permitted .................................................................... 195 Authorization form ................................................................................................................. 196 Sharing information regarding medical assistance recipients with law enforcement agencies ........................................................................................................... 197 Rules ..................................................................................................................................... 197

Medicaid right of recovery against liable third parties ............................................................... 198 Care coordination for families and children pending managed care enrollment ....................... 199

Development of proposal for coordinating medical assistance ............................................. 199 Help Me Grow targeted case management services ............................................................ 199

Medicaid health homes ............................................................................................................. 200 Enrollment of Medicaid recipients in group health plans ........................................................... 200 Medicaid managed care for the aged, blind, or disabled .......................................................... 201 Pediatric accountable care organizations ................................................................................. 201 Medicaid managed care reimbursement rate for non-contracting hospitals ............................. 203 Medicaid managed care coverage of prescription drugs .......................................................... 204 Medicaid managed care capital payments ................................................................................ 204 Medicaid Managed Care Performance Payment Program ....................................................... 204 Reduction of Medicaid expenditures for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 ........................................ 205 Beacon Quality Improvement Initiatives .................................................................................... 205 No Medicaid payments for provider-preventable conditions ..................................................... 206 Medicaid electronic health record incentive payment program ................................................. 206 Electronic claims submission process ...................................................................................... 206

Medicaid payments to organization on behalf of providers ................................................... 207 Application fees for Medicaid provider agreements .................................................................. 207 Automatic suspension of Medicaid provider agreements ......................................................... 208

Overview ............................................................................................................................... 208 Suspensions based on creditable allegations of fraud .......................................................... 209

Exceptions – when suspension does not occur ................................................................. 209 Duration of suspension ...................................................................................................... 209 Prohibition on owning or providing services to other Medicaid provider or risk contractor ................................................................................................................ 210 Termination of reimbursements ......................................................................................... 210 Notice ................................................................................................................................. 211 Reconsideration process ................................................................................................... 212

Rules ..................................................................................................................................... 213 Disciplinary actions based on other states' actions ............................................................... 213 Disciplinary actions for reasons specified by other federal provisions .................................. 213

Public notice of proposed changes to Medicaid rates ............................................................... 215 Maximum Medicaid reimbursement rate ................................................................................... 215 Medicaid rates for aide and nursing services ............................................................................ 216 Federal upper limit for drugs ..................................................................................................... 216 Medicaid dispensing fee for noncompounded drugs ................................................................ 217 Hospital Care Assurance Program ........................................................................................... 218 Hospital assessments ............................................................................................................... 218 Offsets of penalties under HCAP and hospital assessments .................................................... 219 Nursing home and hospital long-term care unit franchise permit fees ...................................... 219 Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing facilities .................................................................. 220

Direct care costs ................................................................................................................... 221

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Ancillary and support costs ................................................................................................... 221 Capital costs ......................................................................................................................... 221 Franchise permit fee costs .................................................................................................... 222 Quality incentive payments ................................................................................................... 222 FY 2012 and FY 2013 Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing facilities .......................... 223 Maximum payment for nursing facility services to dual eligible individuals ........................... 223 Centers of Excellence ........................................................................................................... 224 Report on nursing facility Medicaid-rate methodology .......................................................... 224

Nursing facility fiscal emergency ............................................................................................... 224 ODJFS's options ................................................................................................................... 224 Temporary fiscal emergency manager's authority and qualifications ................................... 225 Provider's liability for payments made by ODJFS ................................................................. 226 Final decision ........................................................................................................................ 226 Rules ..................................................................................................................................... 226 Residents Protection Fund .................................................................................................... 226

ICF/MR franchise permit fee ..................................................................................................... 227 Medicaid reimbursement rates for ICFs/MR ............................................................................. 228

Index used in calculating inflation factors in ICF/MR rates ................................................... 228 ICF/MR refund of excess depreciation .................................................................................. 228 FY 2012 Medicaid reimbursement rates for ICFs/MR ........................................................... 229 Contingent FY 2013 Medicaid reimbursement rates for ICFs/MR ........................................ 229 New Medicaid reimbursement formula for ICF/MR services ................................................. 230

Transfer of ICF/MR services to ODODD ................................................................................... 230 Medicaid payments to reserve beds in long-term care facilities ............................................... 231 Nursing facility and ICF/MR audits and fines ............................................................................ 232

Audit-related restriction on amending Medicaid cost report .................................................. 232 Determining whether to conduct an audit.............................................................................. 232 Requirements in ODJFS manual for field audits ................................................................... 232 Nursing facility fines for adverse findings in audits ............................................................... 233

Collection of long-term care facilities' Medicaid debts .............................................................. 234 Facility closure ...................................................................................................................... 234 Notices .................................................................................................................................. 234 Effective date of an entering operator's Medicaid provider agreement ................................. 235 Involuntary termination .......................................................................................................... 236

Ohio Access Success Project ................................................................................................... 238 Eligibility assessment ............................................................................................................ 238 Benefits eligibility .................................................................................................................. 238

ODJFS and ODA Medicaid home and community-based services .......................................... 238 State-funded components of PASSPORT and Assisted Living ............................................ 239

PASSPORT ....................................................................................................................... 239 Assisted Living ................................................................................................................... 240 Rules .................................................................................................................................. 240 Home First processes ........................................................................................................ 240

Eligibility requirements for the Assisted Living program ........................................................ 240 Administration of the Assisted Living program ...................................................................... 241 ODA unified waiting list ......................................................................................................... 241 Home First processes ........................................................................................................... 241 Expansion and evaluation of PACE program ........................................................................ 242 Obsolete evaluation requirement repealed ........................................................................... 242 Ohio Home Care and Ohio Transitions II Aging Carve-Out programs codified ..................... 243 Rules for enrollment in Medicaid home and community-based waivers ............................... 243 Unified long-term services and support Medicaid waiver program ....................................... 243

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Pilot program for self-directed home and community-based care ......................................... 244 ODODD Medicaid home and community-based services ......................................................... 244

Reimbursement for services ................................................................................................. 244 Conversion of ICF/MR beds .................................................................................................. 245 Maximum number of slots ..................................................................................................... 247 Transfer of Transitions Developmental Disabilities Medicaid waiver program ...................... 247

Money Follows the Person Enhanced Reimbursement Fund ................................................... 247 Dual eligible integrated care demonstration project .................................................................. 248 Children's Buy-In Program ........................................................................................................ 249 VI. Unemployment Compensation ........................................................................................... 250 Unemployment Compensation Special Administrative Fund .................................................... 250  JUDICIARY, SUPREME COURT (JSC) ................................................................................... 251 Changes regarding court reporters; electronic recording; transcripts ....................................... 253

Designation of court "reporters" and "assistant reporters" .................................................... 253 Recording of court actions .................................................................................................... 253 Transcripts of proceedings; costs of transcripts .................................................................... 254 Electronic recording of grand jury testimony ......................................................................... 254 Electronic recording of certain administrative proceedings ................................................... 254

County coroner: expert testimony in civil cases; fee ................................................................ 255 Expert testimony ................................................................................................................... 255 Definitions ............................................................................................................................. 256

Felony Sentencing Law ............................................................................................................. 257 Evaluation of criminal defendant's competence to stand trial ................................................... 258 Commitment of a mentally ill defendant to the Department of Mental Health ........................... 259

Commitment to the Department of Mental Health: technical changes ................................. 260 Abeyance of charges during treatment ..................................................................................... 260 Restrictions on a mentally ill defendant's freedom of movement after commitment and placement alternatives for a developmentally disabled defendant .................................... 260 Reports to be filed by place of defendant's commitment .......................................................... 261 Development of plan to terminate a person's or defendant's commitment or a change in the conditions of the commitment ............................................................................. 262 Commitment to a "program" ...................................................................................................... 262 Indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund ..................................................................................... 262  LEGAL RIGHTS SERVICE (LRS) ............................................................................................ 264 Abolishment of OLRS, OLRS Commission, and Ombudsperson Section of OLRS; designation of nonprofit legal rights service entity .................................................................... 264

Eliminated provisions ............................................................................................................ 265 Continuing provisions ............................................................................................................ 266 Transition provisions ............................................................................................................. 267

 LOCAL GOVERNMENT (LOC) ................................................................................................ 267 Legal publication in a newspaper .............................................................................................. 270 Commercial advertising on state agency and political subdivision web sites ........................... 271 Political subdivision shared services ......................................................................................... 272 Ethics disclosure statements .................................................................................................... 273

Filing fees .............................................................................................................................. 273 Late fees ............................................................................................................................... 274

County, township, or municipal corporation fiscal emergencies ............................................... 274 Cost savings program ........................................................................................................... 274

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Modified work week schedule program ................................................................................. 275 County centralized services ...................................................................................................... 276 Remove judges from corrections commissions; formation of judicial advisory boards ............. 276 Medical care reimbursement rate for confined persons ............................................................ 277 Increase competitive bidding threshold for board of park trustees ........................................... 277 Board of health office space and utilities .................................................................................. 278

County responsibility for office space and utilities ................................................................. 278 Estimate of total cost ............................................................................................................. 278 Payment schedule ................................................................................................................ 280 Other methods to obtain office space and utilities ................................................................ 280 Board of health obtains own office space ............................................................................. 280 Donating or selling property, buildings, and furnishings to board of health ........................... 281

Licensing and inspection of manufactured home parks ............................................................ 281 Current law ............................................................................................................................ 282

Licensing and inspection of marinas ......................................................................................... 282 Current law ............................................................................................................................ 283

Licensing and inspection of agricultural labor camps ............................................................... 283 Current law ............................................................................................................................ 284

County quarterly spending plans .............................................................................................. 284  STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION (LOT) ................................................................................. 285 State Lottery Commission rule-making procedures .................................................................. 286 Lottery sales agent licenses ...................................................................................................... 286

Alternative to surety bonding ................................................................................................ 286 Application and renewal fees ................................................................................................ 287

 DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH (DMH) ........................................................................ 287 Medicaid elevation for community mental health services ........................................................ 291

ODMH allocations of state mental health subsidies .............................................................. 291 Community mental health plans ............................................................................................ 293 Payment for mental health services provided under Medicaid .............................................. 294 ADAMHS boards' duties regarding hospitalization of mentally ill persons ............................ 295

Qualified immunity of facilities and agencies ............................................................................ 297 Attorney General representing officers and employees ............................................................ 297 Restrictions on serving on and working for an ADAMHS board ............................................... 297 ADAMHS boards providing services ......................................................................................... 298 ADAMHS boards' investigations of complaints ......................................................................... 298 County withdrawal from multi-county ADAMHS district ............................................................ 299 ODMH's general authority ......................................................................................................... 299 ODMH's contracts with providers .............................................................................................. 299 Community support system ...................................................................................................... 299 ODMH's support of services ..................................................................................................... 300 State employee training on community mental health services ................................................ 300 ODMH's medical director .......................................................................................................... 300 Community mental health information system .......................................................................... 300 ODMH Trust Fund ..................................................................................................................... 301 Transfer of Residential State Supplement Program ................................................................. 302

RSS Home First .................................................................................................................... 303 Adult care facilities .................................................................................................................... 303

Inspections ............................................................................................................................ 304 Residents' rights .................................................................................................................... 304 Injunctions ............................................................................................................................. 305

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Authorization to enter facility ................................................................................................. 305 Records ................................................................................................................................. 306

Exchange of confidential health information by ODMH-licensed hospitals ............................... 306  DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR) .............................................................. 307 Natural Resources Publications and Promotional Materials Fund ............................................ 310 Division of Forestry personal service contracts ........................................................................ 310 Division of Geological Survey ................................................................................................... 310

Geological Mapping Fund ..................................................................................................... 310 Duties of the Division ............................................................................................................ 311 Fee schedules ....................................................................................................................... 311 Custom products as intellectual property .............................................................................. 312 Well logs and related reports ................................................................................................ 312 Use of temporary assistance................................................................................................. 313

Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management ..................................................................... 313 Abolishment of the Division of Natural Areas and Preserves and transfer of its duties ............ 313

Ohio Natural Heritage Database ........................................................................................... 314 Natural Areas and Preserves and State Parks Fund ............................................................ 315

Drilling on state park land ......................................................................................................... 315 Parks Mineral Royalties Trust Fund ...................................................................................... 315 Parks Mineral Royalties Fund ............................................................................................... 316

Sale of timber and forest products from state parks ................................................................. 316 Coal-Workers Pneumoconiosis and Mine Safety Funds ........................................................... 317 Conservation Program Delivery Task Force ............................................................................. 317  OPTICAL DISPENSERS BOARD (ODB) ................................................................................ 318 Fees charged by the Board ....................................................................................................... 318

Licensure application fee ...................................................................................................... 318 Reciprocity licensure fee ....................................................................................................... 319 Apprentice registration fee .................................................................................................... 319

 STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY (OPT) ............................................................................... 319 Fees for optometrists ................................................................................................................ 319  OHIO BOARD OF REGENTS (BOR) ....................................................................................... 320 Charter universities ................................................................................................................... 322

Initial recommendations; statement of legislative intent to take action ................................. 322 Development of the plan ....................................................................................................... 323 Contents of the plan .............................................................................................................. 323 Assistance to the Chancellor................................................................................................. 323

Faculty workloads ..................................................................................................................... 323 Three-year baccalaureate degrees ........................................................................................... 324 College remediation .................................................................................................................. 326 Distance learning clearinghouse ............................................................................................... 326

Background ........................................................................................................................... 326 Relocation of clearinghouse to OSU College of Education ................................................... 327 Participation by primary and secondary schools ................................................................... 328 Distribution of information by the eTech Ohio Commission .................................................. 329 Guiding principles ................................................................................................................. 329 Rules for implementation of the clearinghouse ..................................................................... 330

The Ohio Digital Learning Task Force ...................................................................................... 330

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Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 331 Choose Ohio First scholarship to recruit STEMM teachers ...................................................... 332

Background ........................................................................................................................... 332 Financial interests in intellectual property ................................................................................. 333  DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTIONS (DRC) .................................... 333 Correctional facilities – private operation and transfer of state facilities to private owner ......... 337

Private operation of state or local correctional facilities ........................................................ 337 Authorization for sale of state facilities .................................................................................. 339

Laboratory services ................................................................................................................... 341 Definition of a Department "psychiatric hospital" ...................................................................... 341 Deposit into Ohio Penal Industries Manufacturing Fund ........................................................... 341 Institutional Services Fund ........................................................................................................ 342 Ohio Penal Industries Manufacturing Fund ............................................................................... 342 Threshold amount for increased penalties − theft-related and other crimes ............................. 343

Existing law ........................................................................................................................... 343 Operation of the bill ............................................................................................................... 344

Elements of vandalism and corrupt activity and penalties for vandalism .................................. 345 Vandalism ............................................................................................................................. 345

Existing law ........................................................................................................................ 345 Operation of the bill ............................................................................................................ 345

Corrupt activity ...................................................................................................................... 346 Existing law ........................................................................................................................ 346 Operation of the bill ............................................................................................................ 347

Nonsupport of dependents ........................................................................................................ 347 Existing law ........................................................................................................................... 347 Operation of the bill ............................................................................................................... 348

Ranges of possible prison terms for first and third degree felonies .......................................... 348 General community control requirement for nonviolent fourth and fifth degree felonies ........... 349 Risk reduction sentencing ......................................................................................................... 350 Sentencing to a community corrections program ...................................................................... 351 Sentencing to a community-based correctional facility ............................................................. 352 Earned credits for prisoners ...................................................................................................... 352 Release mechanism for certain prisoners who have served at least 85% of their prison term ........................................................................................................................ 354

Submission by Director of petition for release; adoption of rules .......................................... 354 Court action after the submission of a petition ...................................................................... 355 Offenders who are eligible .................................................................................................... 356 85% release mechanism definitions ...................................................................................... 357

Parole Board review of cases of elderly parole-eligible inmates ............................................... 358 Distinction between crack cocaine and powder cocaine in criminal penalties .......................... 358

Penalties for trafficking in cocaine and possession of cocaine ............................................. 358 Trafficking in cocaine ......................................................................................................... 359 Possession of cocaine ....................................................................................................... 359

Aggravated funding of drug trafficking .................................................................................. 360 Major drug offender definition ............................................................................................... 360 Other related changes .......................................................................................................... 361 Application of the changes .................................................................................................... 361

Penalties for trafficking in marihuana or hashish and for possession of marihuana or hashish ............................................................................................................... 361

Trafficking in marihuana or hashish ...................................................................................... 361 Possession of marihuana or hashish .................................................................................... 363

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Application of the changes .................................................................................................... 364 Prosecution of multiple theft, Medicaid fraud, workers' compensation fraud, and similar offenses .................................................................................................................. 364

Existing law ........................................................................................................................... 364 Operation of the bill ............................................................................................................... 365

Workers' compensation fraud as theft offense .......................................................................... 366 Department of Rehabilitation and Correction selection of single validated offender risk assessment tool ................................................................................................................. 367 Probation departments − chief probation officer appointment, probation officer training, and publication of probation supervision policies ........................................................ 368

Appointment of chief probation officer................................................................................... 368 Probation officer training ....................................................................................................... 369 Publication of probation supervision policies ........................................................................ 369

Supervision of concurrent supervision offenders by a single court ........................................... 370 Determination of supervising court........................................................................................ 370 Factors to be considered in maintaining or transferring authority ......................................... 371 Authority and duties of supervising court .............................................................................. 371 Definitions regarding concurrent supervision mechanism ..................................................... 372

Notice of arrest and court appearance of community control sanction violator......................... 373 Community corrections programs and subsidies ...................................................................... 374

In general .............................................................................................................................. 374 Eligibility for subsidies ........................................................................................................... 374 Local corrections planning board and county comprehensive plan ...................................... 375 Sentencing to community corrections program ..................................................................... 376 DRC discontinuation of subsidy payments under community corrections subsidy ............... 376

Probation Improvement Grant and Probation Incentive Grant – establishment and operation by Department of Rehabilitation and Correction ................................................ 376

Probation Improvement Grant ............................................................................................... 377 Probation Incentive Grant ..................................................................................................... 377 Stipulations applicable to both Grants................................................................................... 377

 REHABILITATION SERVICES COMMISSION (RSC) ............................................................. 378 Ohio Family and Children First Cabinet Council membership .................................................. 378 ORSC third-party funding .......................................................................................................... 378  RETIREMENT (RET) ................................................................................................................ 379 Retirement system contribution rates ....................................................................................... 379  STATE BOARD OF SANITARIAN REGISTRATION (SAN) .................................................... 381 Fees for registered sanitarians and sanitarians-in-training ....................................................... 381  SCHOOL FACILITIES COMMISSION (SFC) ........................................................................... 381 Background to school facilities programs ................................................................................. 382 Lapse of project funding ............................................................................................................ 383 New estimates for renewal of lapsed projects .......................................................................... 383 Simultaneous spending of state and school district shares ...................................................... 384 Final close-out of projects ......................................................................................................... 384 Corrective Action Program ........................................................................................................ 385 Environmental contamination program ..................................................................................... 386 Energy conservation measures ................................................................................................ 387 Debarment of contractors on SFC projects ............................................................................... 387

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 SECRETARY OF STATE (SOS) .............................................................................................. 388 Election statistics and official rosters of federal, state, county, township, and municipal officers ............................................................................................................... 389 Filing fees for multiple agent changes ...................................................................................... 389 Information Systems Fund ........................................................................................................ 389 Help America Vote Act funds .................................................................................................... 389 Citizen Education Fund ............................................................................................................. 390 Electronic format and more flexible distribution requirements for session laws ........................ 390 Abolishment of the Secretary of State Business Technology Fund .......................................... 391 Notices sent by the Secretary of State ...................................................................................... 391 Filing fees for transactions of business and mergers or consolidations .................................... 391 Voting equipment testing fee .................................................................................................... 392  BOARD OF TAX APPEALS (BTA) .......................................................................................... 392 Board of Tax Appeals review .................................................................................................... 392  DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION (TAX) ..................................................................................... 393 Local Government Funds .......................................................................................................... 396

State funding of the Local Government Fund (LGF) ............................................................. 397 State funding of the Public Library Fund (PLF) ..................................................................... 397 LGF distributions to local governments ................................................................................. 398

Current law ........................................................................................................................ 398 Proposed law ..................................................................................................................... 398

PLF distributions to local governments ................................................................................. 399 Current law ........................................................................................................................ 399 Proposed law ..................................................................................................................... 399

Tax Commissioner estimates ................................................................................................ 399 Dealers in intangibles tax .......................................................................................................... 400

Background ........................................................................................................................... 400 Local taxing unit reimbursement for business personal property tax losses ............................. 400

Commercial activity tax revenue allocation ........................................................................... 401 TPP loss reimbursement phase-out ...................................................................................... 402

Fixed-rate levy loss reimbursement ................................................................................... 402 Total resources .................................................................................................................. 403 Fixed-sum and unvoted debt levy loss reimbursement ..................................................... 407 Appeal ................................................................................................................................ 408 Reimbursement payments ................................................................................................. 408

School district mergers and territory transfers ...................................................................... 409 Taxing unit mergers and annexations ................................................................................... 410

County administrative fee loss reimbursement ......................................................................... 410 Transfers to GRF for school districts' state aid ......................................................................... 411 Local taxing unit reimbursement for utility personal property tax losses ................................... 411

Kilowatt-hour tax and natural gas tax revenue allocation ...................................................... 412 TPP loss reimbursement phase-out ...................................................................................... 412

Fixed-rate levy loss reimbursement ................................................................................... 413 Fixed-rate levy loss reimbursement for certain taxing units ............................................... 414 Fixed-sum and unvoted debt levy loss reimbursement ..................................................... 415 Reimbursement payments − timing ...............................................................