Bill Text: OH HB172 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

Ohio House Bill 172 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: To expand the authority of a county facilities review board to include any facility where a ward of the probate court resides or where such ward receives services among the institutions subject to its review.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-05 - To Local Government/Public Administration [HB172 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-HB172-Introduced.html

As Introduced

128th General Assembly

Regular Session

2009-2010

H. B. No. 172

Representative Letson

Cosponsors: Representatives Phillips, Yuko, Hagan, Domenick, Harwood, Brown

A BILL

To amend sections 331.01, 331.02, 331.03, and 331.04

of the Revised Code to expand the authority of a

county facilities review board to include any

facility where a ward of the probate court resides

or where such ward receives services among the

institutions subject to its review.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That sections 331.01, 331.02, 331.03, and 331.04	7
of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:	8

Sec. 331.01. In each county there may be a county facilities	9
review board. Each such board shall consist of six persons, not	10
more than three of whom shall have the same political	11
affiliations, appointed for the inspection of all charitable and	12
correctional institutions supported in whole or in part from	13
county or municipal corporation funds and for the inspection of	14
any facility where an adult ward of the probate court resides or	15
receives services that are approved and authorized by the probate	16
court, regardless of whether that facility is funded with private	17
funds or is funded in whole or in part with state or local funds.	18
Three of such appointees shall be women. If the judge of the	19
probate court chooses to appoint a county facilities review	20
board, hethe judge shall initially appoint six persons, two of	21
whom shall be appointed for terms of three years, two for terms	22
of two years, and two for terms of one year. The terms of office	23
shall commence on the first day of May. Thereafter, within thirty	24
days prior to the first day of May of each year, the judge shall	25
appoint two persons for a term of three years, beginning upon the	26
first day of May. The judge of the probate court may terminate or	27
reconstitute the county facilities review board by an appropriate	28
journal entry.	29

All vacancies in the board shall be filled in the manner	30
provided by the original appointment, for the unexpired term only.	31

Sec. 331.02. A certificate of appointment to the county	32
facilities review board shall be issued to the persons appointed	33
under section 331.01 of the Revised Code, and a copy, giving full	34
names and addresses, shall be sent to the central office of the	35
department of job and family services. No person shall be	36
qualified to serve on the board who is in any manner officially	37
connected with any charitable or correctional institution within	38
the county supported wholly or partly at public expense or with	39
any facility in which an adult ward of the probate court resides	40
or receives services that are approved and authorized by the	41
probate court.	42

Sec. 331.03. The county facilities review board shall serve	43
without compensation, but actual expenses incurred in the	44
discharge of its duties, including the costs of printing its	45
annual report required by division (A) of section 331.06 of the	46
Revised Code, and actual necessary expense incurred by any member,	47
to be selected by such board, in visiting any ~~other~~ charitable or	48
correctional institution or any facility where an adult ward of	49
the probate court resides or receives services that are approved	50
and authorized by the probate court for the purpose of	51
information, and in attendance upon any convention or meeting	52
held within this state in the interest of and to deliberate upon	53
charitable or correctional methods and work, to an amount not to	54
exceed one thousand dollars in any year, shall be allowed by the	55
board of county commissioners. The county auditor shall issue a	56
warrant for such expense which shall be paid by the county	57
treasurer, provided the judge of the probate court has issued a	58
certificate that the members of the county facilities review	59
board have satisfactorily performed their duties, as provided in	60
sections 331.04 to 331.06 of the Revised Code.	61

Sec. 331.04. The county facilities review board, by personal	62
visitation or otherwise, shall keep fully advised of the condition	63
and management of all charitable or correctional institutions	64
supported in whole or in part by county or municipal taxation, or	65
which are under county or municipal control, and especially the	66
county home, county jail, municipal prisons, and children's home.	67
The county facilities review board, by personal visitation or	68
otherwise, shall keep fully advised of the condition and	69
management of any facility where an adult ward of the probate	70
court resides or receives services that are approved and	71
authorized by the probate court. From time to time the county	72
facilities review board shall recommend to the board of county	73
commissioners and to any other officials or persons responsible	74
for such institutions or facilities, such changes and additional	75
provisions as the county facilities review board considers	76
essential for the economical and efficient administration of the	77
institutions or facilities. At least once in every three months	78
each of such institutions or facilities shall be visited by the	79
county facilities review board or a committee of its members.	80
Failure in the performance of these duties on the part of any	81
member of the county facilities review board for one year shall	82
be sufficient cause for ~~his~~the member's removal by the judge of	83
the probate court.	84