Ohio § 2151.428 Children's advocacy center - interagency agreement

Ohio Statutes

§ 2151.428 — Children's advocacy center - interagency agreement

Ohio § 2151.428

Title 21Courts-Probate-Juvenile

Ch. 2151Juvenile Court

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2151.428 (2026).

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(A)If a children's advocacy center is established under section2151.426of the Revised Code, in addition to the memorandum of understanding executed under that section, each public children services agency that participates in the execution of the memorandum of understanding, the children's advocacy center, and the children's advocacy center's multidisciplinary team assembled under section2151.427of the Revised Code shall enter into an interagency agreement that stipulates all of the following regarding reports received under section2151.421of the Revised Code of alleged sexual abuse of a child and reports of allegations of another type of abuse of a child that is specified in the memorandum of understanding that creates the center as being within the center's jurisdiction:

(1)The protoc

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(A) If a children's advocacy center is established under section2151.426of the Revised Code, in addition to the memorandum of understanding executed under that section, each public children services agency that participates in the execution of the memorandum of understanding, the children's advocacy center, and the children's advocacy center's multidisciplinary team assembled under section2151.427of the Revised Code shall enter into an interagency agreement that stipulates all of the following regarding reports received under section2151.421of the Revised Code of alleged sexual abuse of a child and reports of allegations of another type of abuse of a child that is specified in the memorandum of understanding that creates the center as being within the center's jurisdiction:

(1) The protocol and procedures for any and all referrals and investigations of the reports;

(2) Any and all coordinating activities between the parties that enter into the agreement;

(3) The authority or responsibility for performing any and all functions and activities, and providing any and all services, regarding the reports and the children who are the subjects of the reports.

(B) The parties that enter into an interagency agreement under division (A) of this section shall comply with the agreement in referring the reports, investigating the reports, coordinating the activities between the parties, and performing and providing the functions, activities, and services relative to the reports and the children who are the subjects of the reports.

(C) Nothing in this section, section2151.421, or sections2151.425to2151.427of the Revised Code pertaining to the operation of a children's advocacy center shall relieve any public official or agency from any legal obligation or responsibility.