2006 Ohio Revised Code - 5126.19. Temporary funding from trust fund; distribution of trust fund.

§ 5126.19. Temporary funding from trust fund; distribution of trust fund.
 

(A)  The director of mental retardation and developmental disabilities may grant temporary funding from the community mental retardation and developmental disabilities trust fund based on allocations to county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities. The director may distribute all or part of the funding directly to a county board, the persons who provide the services for which the funding is granted, or persons with mental retardation or developmental disabilities who are to receive those services. 

(B)  Funding granted under division (A) of this section shall be granted according to the availability of moneys in the fund and priorities established by the director. Funding may be granted for any of the following purposes: 

(1) Behavioral or short-term interventions for persons with mental retardation or developmental disabilities that assist them in remaining in the community by preventing institutionalization; 

(2) Emergency respite care services, as defined in section 5126.11 of the Revised Code; 

(3) Family support services provided under section 5126.11 of the Revised Code; 

(4) Supported living, as defined in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code; 

(5) Staff training for county board employees, employees of providers of residential services as defined in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code, and other personnel under contract with a county board, to provide the staff with necessary training in serving mentally retarded or developmentally disabled persons in the community; 

(6) Short-term provision of early childhood services provided under section 5126.05, adult services provided under sections 5126.05 and 5126.051 [5126.05.1], and service and support administration provided under section 5126.15 of the Revised Code, when local moneys are insufficient to meet the need for such services due to the successive failure within a two-year period of three or more proposed levies for the services; 

(7) Contracts with providers of residential services to maintain persons with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in their programs and avoid institutionalization. 

(C)  If the trust fund contains more than ten million dollars on the first day of July the director shall use one million dollars for payments under section 5126.12 of the Revised Code, one million dollars for payments under section 5126.18 of the Revised Code, and two million dollars for payments under section 5126.44 of the Revised Code. Distributions of funds under this division shall be made prior to August 31 of the state fiscal year in which the funds are available. The funds shall be allocated to a county board in an amount equal to the same percentage of the total amount allocated to the county board the immediately preceding state fiscal year. 

(D)  In addition to making grants under division (A) of this section, the director may use money available in the trust fund for the same purposes that rules adopted under section 5123.0413 [5123.04.13] of the Revised Code provide for money in the state MR/DD risk fund and the state insurance against MR/DD risk fund, both created under that section, to be used. 
 

HISTORY: 145 v S 21 (Eff 10-29-93); 145 v H 694 (Eff 11-11-94); 146 v H 117 (Eff 6-30-95); 149 v H 94 (Eff 6-6-2001); 149 v H 405. Eff 12-13-2001.