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SB319 • 2026

Regards adult protective services provided by county JFS

Regards adult protective services provided by county JFS

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Paula Hicks-Hudson
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
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Regards adult protective services provided by county JFS

To enact section 5101.72 of the Revised Code regarding adult protective services provided by county departments of job and family services.

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 5101.72 of the Revised Code regarding adult protective services provided by county departments of job and family services.

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 5101.72 of the Revised Code regarding adult protective services provided by county departments of job and family services.

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
S. B. No. 319

2025-2026

Senators Hicks-Hudson, Wilson

Cosponsors: Senators Ingram,
Weinstein, DeMora

To
enact section 5101.72 of the Revised Code
regarding
adult protective services provided by county departments of job and
family services.

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

Section
1.
That
section 5101.72 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5101.72.
(A)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Long-term care facility" has the same meaning as in
section 3721.21 of the Revised Code;

(2)
"Residential care facility" has the same meaning as in
section 3721.01 of the Revised Code.

(B)
In addition to the duties described in sections 5101.61 to 5101.71 of
the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services or
its designee has the authority to receive and investigate reports
alleging that an individual who is an adult as defined in section
5101.60 of the Revised Code, except that the individual does not
reside in an independent living arrangement, is being exploited by an
individual who is not used by the long-term care facility or
residential care facility in which the adult resides to provide
services to residents.

(C)
If an investigation undertaken under this section results in a
determination that the adult who is the subject of the investigation
is in need of protective services, the department or its designee
shall provide protective services to the adult in accordance with
sections 5101.61 to 5101.71 of the Revised Code.

(D)
The authority of the department described in this section is in
addition to the authority and duties of the long-term care ombudsman
program described in sections 173.15 to 173.28 of the Revised Code.