2006 Ohio Revised Code - 5101.26. 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 [149.01.1] 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 provided under a public assistance program" means medical assistance provided under the programs established under sections 5101.49, 5101.50 to 5101.503 [5101.50.3], and 5101.51 to 5101.5110 [5101.51.10], Chapters 5111. and 5115., or any other provision of the Revised Code.
(F) "Public assistance" means financial assistance, medical assistance, or social services 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., 5111., or 5115. of the Revised Code or an executive order issued under section 107.17 of the Revised Code.
(G) "Public assistance recipient" means an applicant for or recipient or former recipient of public assistance.
HISTORY: RC § 5101.20, 147 v S 52 (Eff 9-3-97); RC § 5101.26, 147 v H 408 (Eff 10-1-97); 147 v H 352 (Eff 10-1-97); 148 v H 471. Eff 7-1-2000; 150 v H 95, § 1, eff. 9-26-03.
The effective date is set by section 179 of H.B. 95 (150 v - ).
Not analogous to former RC § 5101.26 (GC § 1850; 102 v 211, § 18; 103 v 304, 330, 340; 106 v 143, 167, 176; 107 v 460, 490; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53), repealed 125 v 823(892), § 2, eff 7-1-54.
Effect of Amendments
H.B. 95, Acts 2003, effective September 26, 2003, redesignated (E) and (F) as present (F) and (G); and inserted present (E).
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