Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5121 - Welfare Institutions - Generally

• Section 5121.01 - Cost For Support Of Patients In Hospitals And Residents.
  As used in sections 5121.01 to 5121.21 of the Revised Code: (A) "Resident" means a person admitted to an institution or other facility pursuant...
• Section 5121.02 - Traveling And Incidental Expenses.
  All individuals admitted to a state institution operated by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.03 of the Revised Code shall be maintained...
• Section 5121.03 - Judicial Commitment.
  When any person is committed to an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities pursuant to judicial proceedings, the judge ordering...
• Section 5121.04 - Investigating Financial Condition Of Patients Or Residents And Relatives.
  (A) The department of developmental disabilities shall investigate the financial condition of the residents in institutions, residents whose care or treatment is being paid...
• Section 5121.05 - Investigation Powers.
  The department of developmental disabilities may subpoena witnesses, take testimony under oath, and examine any public records relating to the income and other assets...
• Section 5121.051 - Cancelling Liability For Support.
  All outstanding liability of relatives for the support of any patient or resident in a benevolent institution under the control of the department of...
• Section 5121.06 - Persons Liable For Support.
  (A) The following persons other than the resident or the resident's estate are liable relatives and all the following persons are jointly and severally...
• Section 5121.061 - Modifying Support Charges.
  The authority of the department of developmental disabilities to modify support charges pursuant to section 5121.04 of the Revised Code shall not be exercised...
• Section 5121.07 - Petitioning For Release From Charges.
  Any person who has been charged with the payment of the support of a resident or for pre-admission care, after-care, day-care, or routine consultation...
• Section 5121.08 - Submission Of Financial Information To Department.
  The managing officers of the institutions under the control of the department of developmental disabilities and the committing court, if requested, shall submit to...
• Section 5121.09 - Appointment Of Guardian.
  In case the estate of any resident in an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities is sufficient for the resident's...
• Section 5121.10 - Claims Against Estate.
  Upon the death of a resident or former resident of any institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities, or upon the...
• Section 5121.11 - Burial Or Cremation Of Indigent Patient Or Resident.
  The state shall bear the expense of the burial or cremation of an indigent resident who dies in a state institution operated by the...
• Section 5121.12 - Collection And Payment For Support And Maintenance Of Patients And Residents.
  The support and maintenance of residents confined in state institutions operated by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.03 of the Revised Code,...
• Section 5121.13 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5119.42.
  Effective Date: 07-01-1980
• Section 5121.14 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1980
• Section 5121.15 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5119.14.
  Effective Date: 07-01-1980
• Section 5121.16 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-22-1974
• Section 5121.17 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5119.37.
  Effective Date: 07-01-1980
• Section 5121.18, 5121.19 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1980
• Section 5121.20 - Suits By The Institutions.
  Claims due a benevolent institution may be sued for in the name of the institution. Effective Date: 10-01-1953
• Section 5121.21 - Recovery Of Payments By Relatives.
  If payment of any amount due the state under the provisions of Chapter 5121. of the Revised Code is made on account of a...
• Section 5121.30 - Community Mental Health Services Definitions.
  As used in sections 5121.30 to 5121.56 of the Revised Code: (A) "Countable assets" means all of the following: (1) Cash; (2) Bank deposits;...
• Section 5121.31 - Community Mental Health Services Patients Maintained At State Expense.
  All patients shall be maintained at the expense of the state. The traveling and incidental expenses in conveying them to a hospital shall be...
• Section 5121.32 - Annual Determination Of Per Diem Charge And Rate Per Hospital.
  On an annual basis, the department of mental health and addiction services shall determine both of the following using generally accepted governmental accounting principles:...
• Section 5121.33 - Billing Cycle Charges To Patient Or Relative.
  Except as provided in sections 5121.35, 5121.43, 5121.46, 5121.47, 5121.49, and 5121.52 of the Revised Code, the department of mental health and addiction services...
• Section 5121.34 - Joint And Several Liability Of Patient, Estate, And Liable Relatives.
  (A) A patient, patient's estate, and patient's liable relatives shall be jointly and severally liable for amounts charged by the department of mental health...
• Section 5121.35 - Discounted Charges Applied To Eligible Parties.
  The department of mental health and addiction services shall charge a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative an amount discounted from the amount the...
• Section 5121.36 - Application For Discount - Determination - Notice.
  (A) A patient, patient's estate, or liable relative may apply for a discount by completing an application form prescribed by the director of mental...
• Section 5121.37 - Financial Assessment Regarding Discount - Modification.
  After a patient's admittance to a hospital, the department of mental health and addiction services shall conduct a financial assessment to determine whether the...
• Section 5121.38 - Department Access To Income And Assets Information.
  The department of mental health and addiction services may subpoena witnesses, take testimony under oath, and examine any public records relating to the income...
• Section 5121.40 - Eligibility Criteria For Discounted Charge.
  (A) A patient, patient's estate, or liable relative may be eligible to be charged an amount discounted from the amount the department of mental...
• Section 5121.41 - Calculation Of Discount - Reduced Charges For Impoverished Patients.
  (A) If the assets of a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative do not exceed the countable asset limit in section 5121.40 of the...
• Section 5121.42 - Termination Of Eligibility Based On Asset Accumulation.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative shall cease to be eligible for a...
• Section 5121.43 - Insurance Covering Patient Expenses - Payment Over To Department.
  If a patient is covered by an insurance policy or other contract that provides for payment of expenses for care and treatment for mental...
• Section 5121.44 - Extended Payment Agreement - Security Interest In Residence Prohibited.
  The department of mental health and addiction services may enter into an extended payment agreement with a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative who...
• Section 5121.45 - Action To Enforce Collection Of Delinquent Payment.
  (A) For purposes of this section, "delinquent payment" means an amount owed by a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative to the department of...
• Section 5121.46 - Conditions For Exemption Of Liable Relatives.
  The department of mental health and addiction services shall not charge a liable relative under sections 5121.33 and 5121.35 of the Revised Code who...
• Section 5121.47 - Limitation On Charges To Liable Relatives For Multiple Patients.
  Irrespective of the number of patients for which the department of mental health and addiction services may charge a liable relative under sections 5121.33...
• Section 5121.48 - Acceptance Of Voluntary Payments Exceeding Discount.
  The department shall accept voluntary payments from a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative in excess of a discounted amount charged in accordance with...
• Section 5121.49 - Petition For Release, Modification, Or Cancellation Of Charge.
  (A) Any person who has been charged under section 5121.33 or 5121.35 of the Revised Code may petition the department of mental health and...
• Section 5121.50 - Procedure On Judicial Commitment Of Patient To Hospital.
  When a patient is committed to a hospital pursuant to judicial proceedings, the judge ordering the commitment shall: (A) Make a reliable report on...
• Section 5121.51 - Petition For Guardian Where Estate Sufficient For Support.
  In case the estate of any patient in a hospital is sufficient for the patient's support and no guardian has been appointed for such...
• Section 5121.52 - Waiver Of Claim For Support Against Decedent's Estate.
  On the death of a person who is a patient, or has been a patient in a hospital, or on the death of a...
• Section 5121.53 - State To Bear Burial Expense Of Indigent Patient.
  The state shall bear the expense of the burial or cremation of an indigent patient who dies in a hospital if the body is...
• Section 5121.54 - Recovery Of Payment By Liable Relative Against Patient.
  If payment of any amount due the state under the provisions of this chapter is made on account of a patient by any liable...
• Section 5121.55 - Department Guidelines For Cost Of Client Support.
  The cost for support of a client of state-operated community mental health services is an amount determined using guidelines the department of mental health...
• Section 5121.56 - Support Of Patients Transferred From Correctional Institutions.
  The support and maintenance of patients confined in state hospitals for the mentally ill, including persons transferred to them from state correctional institutions, and...

Last modified: October 10, 2016