Effective: September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The department of mental health and addiction services shall maintain, operate, manage, and govern state institutions and other services for the care and treatment of mentally ill persons.
(B)(1) The department of mental health and addiction services may, with the approval of the governor, designate the name and purpose of any institutions under its jurisdiction and may change, with the approval of the governor, the designation and name when necessary.
(2) The department shall divide the state into districts for the purpose of designating the institution in which mentally ill persons are hospitalized and may change the districts.
(3) Subject to section 5139.08 and pursuant to Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code and on the agreement of the departments of mental health and addiction services and youth services, the department of mental health and addiction services may receive from the department of youth services for psychiatric observation, diagnosis, or treatment any person eighteen years of age or older in the custody of the department of youth services. The departments may enter into a written agreement specifying the procedures necessary to implement this division.
(C) The department of mental health and addiction services shall designate hospitals, facilities, and community mental health services providers for the custody, care, and special treatment of, and authorize payment for such custody, care, and special treatment provided to, persons who are charged with a crime and who are found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity.
(D) The department of mental health and addiction services may do any of the following:
(1) Require reports from the managing officer of any institution under the department's jurisdiction, relating to the admission, examination, comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any patient;
(2) Visit each institution regularly to review its operations and to investigate complaints made by any patient or by any person on behalf of a patient, provided these duties may be performed by a person designated by the director.
(E) The department of mental health and addiction services may provide or contract to provide addiction services for offenders incarcerated in the state prison system.
(F) In addition to the powers expressly conferred, the department of mental health and addiction services shall have all powers and authority necessary for the full and efficient exercise of the executive, administrative, and fiscal supervision over the state institutions described in this section.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 5119 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Section 5119.01 | Definitions.
Section 5119.011 | References to Department or Director.
Section 5119.04 | Compliance With Standards.
Section 5119.05 | Managing Officer; Duties.
Section 5119.051 | Books and Accounts; Form and Method.
Section 5119.07 | Businesses Located Near Institutions.
Section 5119.08 | Appointing Special Police Officers for Institutions.
Section 5119.09 | Physician Specialists.
Section 5119.091 | Attorney General Duties.
Section 5119.10 | Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Powers and Duties.
Section 5119.11 | Medical Director; Qualifications; Duties.
Section 5119.14 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Powers and Duties Generally.
Section 5119.141 | Authority of Department.
Section 5119.15 | Investigative Powers.
Section 5119.17 | Addicted Pregnant Women and Their Children.
Section 5119.18 | Classified and Unclassified Appointments.
Section 5119.181 | Certain Convictions Preclude Appointments.
Section 5119.182 | Fidelity Bond.
Section 5119.184 | Providing Educational Grants or Tuition Reimbursement for Employees.
Section 5119.185 | Clinician Recruitment Program.
Section 5119.186 | Conduct Collaborative Training Efforts for Students.
Section 5119.187 | Courses of Study for Instruction and Training of Persons in Institutions.
Section 5119.19 | Psychotropic Drug Reimbursement Program.
Section 5119.191 | Reimbursement for Substance Use Treatment Drugs in County Jails.
Section 5119.201 | Real or Personal Property Transactions.
Section 5119.22 | Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Duties.
Section 5119.221 | Waiver or Requirements; Authority of Director.
Section 5119.24 | Annual Report by Boards Specifying Use of Funds.
Section 5119.26 | Civil Rights and Liberties of Patients.
Section 5119.27 | Confidentiality of Records Pertaining to Identity, Diagnosis or Treatment.
Section 5119.30 | Program Providing Information and Services to Courts.
Section 5119.31 | Procedure for Purchase of Supplies.
Section 5119.311 | Examining Mental and Physical Condition of Confined Person.
Section 5119.32 | Utilizing Federal Block Grant Funds.
Section 5119.33 | Inspecting and Licensing of Hospitals for Mentally Ill Persons.
Section 5119.331 | Injunction.
Section 5119.332 | Payments and Reimbursements to Unlicensed Hospital.
Section 5119.333 | Prohibiting Keeping or Maintaining Unlicensed Hospital.
Section 5119.34 | Inspecting and Licensing of Residential Facilities.
Section 5119.341 | Operations as Permitted Use.
Section 5119.342 | Appointing Receiver for Residential Facility.
Section 5119.35 | Addiction Services Requiring Certification.
Section 5119.36 | Certifying Community Mental Health Services or Addiction Services Providers.
Section 5119.362 | Duties of Community Addiction Services Provider.
Section 5119.363 | Adoption of Rules for Community Addiction Services Providers.
Section 5119.364 | Publication of Reports.
Section 5119.365 | Rules Regarding Intake and Retention Procedures.
Section 5119.366 | Establishing Grievance Procedures.
Section 5119.368 | Telehealth Services.
Section 5119.37 | Requirements to Operate Opioid Addiction Treatment Programs.
Section 5119.371 | Location of Opioid Treatment Programs.
Section 5119.38 | Drivers' Intervention Program.
Section 5119.40 | Determination of Services Needed.
Section 5119.41 | Residential State Supplement Program.
Section 5119.42 | State Aid for Community Construction Programs.
Section 5119.421 | Replacement Facility Projects.
Section 5119.43 | Sale or Lease of Land or Facilities.
Section 5119.431 | Acquiring Real Estate.
Section 5119.44 | Providing Goods and Services to Certain Departments, Agencies and Institutions.
Section 5119.45 | Sale of Goods and Services Fund.
Section 5119.46 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Trust Fund.
Section 5119.47 | Problem Casino Gambling and Addictions Fund; Administration.
Section 5119.48 | All Roads Lead to Home Program.
Section 5119.51 | Services Fund for Individuals With Mental Illness.
Section 5119.52 | Industrial and Entertainment Fund; Commissary Fund.
Section 5119.56 | Money and Property of Patients.
Section 5119.60 | Annual Report.
Section 5119.61 | Statistics Concerning Care, Treatment and Rehabilitation.
Section 5119.70 | Interstate Compact on Mental Health.
Section 5119.71 | Duties of Compact Administrators.
Section 5119.72 | Supplementary Agreements.
Section 5119.73 | Financial Obligations.
Section 5119.90 | Definitions for Sections 5119.90 to 5119.98.
Section 5119.91 | Involuntary Treatment for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse.
Section 5119.92 | Criteria for Involuntary Treatment.
Section 5119.93 | Initiation of Proceedings; Petition.
Section 5119.94 | Examination of Petitioner; Hearing; Notification of Respondent; Disposition.
Section 5119.95 | Seventy-Two-Hour Emergency Involuntary Treatment.
Section 5119.96 | Issuance of Summons; Failure to Attend Examination; Transportation to Hospital.
Section 5119.97 | Lists of Qualified Hospitals and Treatment Providers.
Section 5119.98 | Applicability of Orc Sections 3793.12, 3793.13, and 3793.14.