2012 Ohio Revised Code
Title [51] LI PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 5101 - DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES- GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 5101.26 - Disclosure of information definitions.

As used in this section and in sections 5101.27 to 5101.30 of the Revised Code:

(A) "County agency" means a county department of job and family services or a public children services agency.

(B) "Fugitive felon" means an individual who is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, under the laws of the place from which the individual is fleeing, for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime that is a felony under the laws of the place from which the individual is fleeing or, in the case of New Jersey, a high misdemeanor, regardless of whether the individual has departed from the individual's usual place of residence.

(C) "Information" means records as defined in section 149.011 of the Revised Code, any other documents in any format, and data derived from records and documents that are generated, acquired, or maintained by the department of job and family services, a county agency, or an entity performing duties on behalf of the department or a county agency.

(D) "Law enforcement agency" means the state highway patrol, an agency that employs peace officers as defined in section 109.71 of the Revised Code, the adult parole authority, a county department of probation, a prosecuting attorney, the attorney general, similar agencies of other states, federal law enforcement agencies, and postal inspectors. "Law enforcement agency" includes the peace officers and other law enforcement officers employed by the agency.

(E) "Medical assistance " means medical assistance provided pursuant to, or under programs established by, section 5101.49, sections 5101.50 to 5101.529, Chapter 5111., or any other provision of the Revised Code.

(F) "Medical assistance recipient" means an applicant for or recipient or former recipient of medical assistance.

(G) "Public assistance" means financial assistance or social services that are not medical assistance provided under a program administered by the department of job and family services or a county agency pursuant to Chapter 329., 5101., 5104., 5107., 5108., or 5115. of the Revised Code or an executive order issued under section 107.17 of the Revised Code.

(H) "Public assistance recipient" means an applicant for or recipient or former recipient of public assistance.

Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28,HB 153, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2011 and 10/1/2011.

Amended by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9,HB 1, §101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.

Effective Date: 09-26-2003; 2007 HB119 09-29-2007; 2008 HB562 09-22-2008

Related Legislative Provision: See 129th General AssemblyFile No.28,HB 153, §812.40.