Ohio Code 5126.047 – Information regarding residential services
(A) When an individual with a developmental disability or a person acting on such an individual’s behalf contacts a county board of developmental disabilities about residential services, the county board shall inform the individual or person about the different types of programs and services offered as residential services, including both ICF/IID services and home and community-based services. When informing the individual or person about ICF/IID services and home and community-based services, the county board at a minimum shall do both of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5126.047
- Developmental disability: includes intellectual disability. See Ohio Code 5126.01
- Internet: means the international computer network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks, including the graphical subnetwork known as the world wide web. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Residential services: includes program management, as described in section 5126. See Ohio Code 5126.01
(1) Provide the individual or person a copy of the written pamphlet developed by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5124.69 of the Revised Code;
(2) Assist the individual or person in accessing the searchable database of vacancies in licensed residential facilities that the department of developmental disabilities includes on its internet web site pursuant to section 5123.193 of the Revised Code.
(B) If an individual with a developmental disability or a person acting on such an individual’s behalf contacts a county board to express interest in ICF/IID services, the county board shall provide the individual or person contact information for all ICFs/IID located in the county that the county board serves and contiguous counties.