Sec. 2967.14. (A) The adult parole authority may require a | 19 |
parolee or releasee to reside in a halfway house or other suitable | 20 |
community residential center that has been licensed by the | 21 |
division of parole and community services pursuant to division (C) | 22 |
of this section during a part or for the entire period of the | 23 |
parolee's conditional release or of the releasee's term of | 24 |
post-release control. The court of common pleas that placed an | 25 |
offender under a sanction consisting of a term in a halfway house | 26 |
or in an alternative residential sanction may require the offender | 27 |
to reside in a halfway house or other suitable community | 28 |
residential center that is designated by the court and that has | 29 |
been licensed by the division pursuant to division (C) of this | 30 |
section during a part or for the entire period of the offender's | 31 |
residential sanction.
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(B) The division of parole and community services may | 33 |
negotiate and enter into agreements with any public or private | 34 |
agency or a department or political subdivision of the state that | 35 |
operates a halfway house or community residential center that has | 36 |
been licensed by the division pursuant to division (C) of this | 37 |
section. An agreement under this division shall provide for the | 38 |
purchase of beds, shall set limits of supervision and levels of | 39 |
occupancy, and shall determine the scope of services for all | 40 |
eligible offenders, including those subject to a residential | 41 |
sanction, as defined in rules adopted by the director of | 42 |
rehabilitation and correction in accordance with Chapter 119. of | 43 |
the Revised Code. The payments for beds and services shall be | 44 |
equal to the halfway house's or community residential center's | 45 |
average daily per capita costs with its facility at full | 46 |
occupancy. The payments for beds and services shall not exceed the | 47 |
total operating costs of the halfway house or community | 48 |
residential center during the term of an agreement. The director | 49 |
of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules in accordance | 50 |
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for determining includable | 51 |
and excludable costs and income to be used in computing the | 52 |
agency's average daily per capita costs with its facility at full | 53 |
occupancy.
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The department of rehabilitation and correction may use no | 55 |
more than ten per cent of the amount appropriated to the | 56 |
department each fiscal year for the halfway house and community | 57 |
residential center program to pay for contracts for nonresidential | 58 |
services for offenders under the supervision of the adult parole | 59 |
authority. The nonresidential services may include, but are not | 60 |
limited to, treatment for substance abuse, mental health | 61 |
counseling, and counseling for sex offenders.
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(C) The division of parole and community services shall adopt | 63 |
in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code standards for | 64 |
the licensure of halfway houses and community residential centers. | 65 |
The division shall annually review the standards. The division may | 66 |
license a halfway house or community residential center as a | 67 |
suitable facility for the care and treatment of adult offenders, | 68 |
including offenders sentenced under section 2929.16 or 2929.26 of | 69 |
the Revised Code, only if the halfway house or community | 70 |
residential center complies with the standards that the division | 71 |
adopts in accordance with
Chapter 119. of the Revised Codethis | 72 |
division for the licensure of halfway houses and community | 73 |
residential centers. The division shall annually inspect each | 74 |
licensed halfway house and licensed community residential center | 75 |
to determine if it is in compliance with the licensure standards.
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(3) If a resident of a licensed halfway house or community | 98 |
residential center who is under the supervisory authority of the | 99 |
adult parole authority does not return to the facility at the time | 100 |
required from a scheduled appointment or work assignment, the | 101 |
operator or staff members of the halfway house or community | 102 |
residential center immediately shall attempt to determine the | 103 |
whereabouts of the resident. If the resident cannot be located and | 104 |
division (D)(1) of this section does not apply, the operator shall | 105 |
notify the adult parole authority of that fact by whichever of the | 106 |
following times is applicable: | 107 |
(4) If a resident of a licensed halfway house or community | 117 |
residential center who is under the supervisory authority of the | 118 |
adult parole authority leaves the facility without permission, | 119 |
cannot be located, or does not return to the facility at the time | 120 |
required from a scheduled appointment or work assignment, the | 121 |
operator of the facility shall complete an incident report that | 122 |
documents all attempts to locate the resident and, if division | 123 |
(D)(1), (2), or (3) of this section requires notification to the | 124 |
adult parole authority, that indicates the date and time when the | 125 |
adult parole authority was notified of the resident's absence. The | 126 |
operator of the facility shall send a copy of the completed | 127 |
incident report to the adult parole authority. Upon receipt of the | 128 |
completed incident report, the adult parole authority shall send a | 129 |
copy of the report to the bureau of community sanctions of the | 130 |
department of rehabilitation and correction. | 131 |