HB944 • 2026

Require juvenile facility develop health care, education policies

Children Education

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Rachel B. Baker
Last action
Official status: As Introduced
Effective date: Not listed

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Require juvenile facility develop health care, education policies

To enact section 5139.15 of the Revised Code to require juvenile facilities to develop health care and education policies and make those policies available to the public on the facility's web site.

What This Bill Does

To enact section 5139.15 of the Revised Code to require juvenile facilities to develop health care and education policies and make those policies available to the public on the facility's web site.

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Bill History

Ohio Legislature
As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 5139.15 of the Revised Code to require juvenile facilities to develop health care and education policies and make those policies available to the public on the facility's web site.

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 944

2025-2026

Representative Baker

To
enact section 5139.15 of the Revised Code
to
require juvenile facilities to develop health care and education
policies and make those policies available to the public on the
facility's web site.

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

Section
1.
That
section 5139.15 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5139.15.
A
facility operated by or contracted by the department of youth
services, a secure facility, a detention center, a community
corrections facility, a juvenile correctional facility, or a
community residential program shall do all of the following:

(A)
Develop and maintain policies on health care and education, including
minimum standards for access to health care and education;

(B)
Review and update the policies on health care and education
regularly;

(C)
Make the policies on health care and education available to the
public on the facility's, center's, or program's web site;

(D)
Upon request, make a paper copy of the policies on health care and
education available to a member of the public.