Bill Title: To increase the membership of county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-10 - To State & Local Government & Veterans Affairs
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As Introduced
| 128th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2009-2010 |
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A BILL
| To amend sections 5126.028 and 5126.029 of the | 1 |
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Revised Code to increase the membership of county | 2 |
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boards of mental retardation
and developmental | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That sections 5126.028 and 5126.029 of the Revised | 5 |
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Code be amended to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 5126.028. Each single county board of mental | 7 |
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retardation and developmental disabilities shall consist of nine | 8 |
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members. Each multicounty county board of mental retardation and | 9 |
developmental disabilities shall consist of seven members. In | 10 |
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the case of a single county board, the board of county | 11 |
commissioners of the county shall appoint fivesix members and the | 12 |
senior probate judge of the county shall appoint twothree | 13 |
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members. In the case of a multicounty board, the membership shall | 14 |
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be appointed as follows: | 15 |
| (A) If there are five member counties, the board of county | 16 |
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commissioners of each of the member counties shall each appoint | 17 |
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one member, and
the senior probate judges of the member counties | 18 |
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with the largest
and second largest population shall each
appoint | 19 |
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one member. | 20 |
| (B) If there are four member counties, the board of
county | 21 |
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commissioners of the member county with the
largest population | 22 |
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shall appoint two
members, the other three boards of county | 23 |
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commissioners shall
each appoint one member, and the senior | 24 |
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probate judges of the
member counties with the largest and second | 25 |
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largest population shall each appoint one member. | 26 |
| (C) If there are three member counties, the boards of county | 27 |
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commissioners of the member counties with the largest and second | 28 |
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largest populations shall each appoint two members, the other | 29 |
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board of county commissioners shall appoint one member, and the | 30 |
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senior probate judges of the member counties with the largest and | 31 |
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second largest population shall each appoint one member. | 32 |
| (D) If there are two member counties, the board of county | 33 |
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commissioners of the member county with the largest population | 34 |
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shall appoint three members, the board of county
commissioners of | 35 |
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the other county shall appoint two members,
and the senior | 36 |
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probate judge of each county shall each appoint one
member. | 37 |
| Sec. 5126.029. (A) When making appointments to a county | 38 |
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board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, an | 39 |
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appointing authority shall do all of the following: | 40 |
| (1) Appoint only individuals who are residents of the county | 41 |
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the appointing authority serves, citizens of the United States, | 42 |
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and interested and knowledgeable in the field of mental | 43 |
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retardation and other allied fields; | 44 |
| (2) If the appointing authority is a board of county | 45 |
commissioners, appoint, subject to division (B) of this section, | 46 |
at: | 47 |
| (a) One individual eligible to receive services provided by | 48 |
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the county board; | 49 |
| (b) At least two individuals who are immediate family members | 50 |
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of individuals eligible for services provided by the county board | 51 |
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and, whenever possible, ensure that one of those two members is an | 52 |
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immediate family member of an individual eligible for adult | 53 |
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services and the other is an immediate family member of an | 54 |
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individual eligible for early intervention services or services | 55 |
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for preschool or school-age children; | 56 |
| (3) If the appointing authority is a senior probate judge, | 57 |
appoint, subject to division (B) of this section, at: | 58 |
| (a) One individual eligible to receive services provided by | 59 |
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the county board; | 60 |
| (b) At least one individual who is an immediate family member | 61 |
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of an individual eligible for residential services or supported | 62 |
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living; | 63 |
| (4) Appoint, to the maximum extent possible, individuals who | 64 |
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have professional training and experience in business management, | 65 |
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finance, law, health care practice, personnel administration, or | 66 |
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government service; | 67 |
| (5) Provide for the county board's membership to reflect, as | 68 |
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nearly as possible, the composition of the county or counties that | 69 |
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the county board serves. | 70 |
| (B) The appointing authorities of a multicounty board shall | 71 |
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coordinate their appointments to the extent necessary to satisfy | 72 |
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the requirements of this section. The coordination may provide for | 73 |
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one of the boards of county commissioners making one of the two | 74 |
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appointments required by division (A)(2)(b) of this
section and | 75 |
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another board of county commissioners making the other appointment | 76 |
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required by that division. The coordination
shall ensure that at | 77 |
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least one of the senior probate judges
satisfies the requirement | 78 |
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of division (A)(3)(b) of this section. | 79 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 5126.028 and 5126.029 of | 80 |
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the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 81 |
| Section 3. The initial additional board members required by | 82 |
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this act shall be appointed not later than ninety days after the | 83 |
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effective date of this section. | 84 |
