Ohio § 5119.221 Waiver or requirements; authority of director

Ohio Statutes

§ 5119.221 — Waiver or requirements; authority of director

Ohio § 5119.221

Title 51Public Welfare

Ch. 5119Department of Behavioral Health

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5119.221 (2026).

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(A)The director of behavioral health, in accordance with procedures established under division (G)(5) of section5119.22of the Revised Code, may issue to a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services a time-limited waiver of the requirement of section340.033of the Revised Code that ambulatory detoxification and medication-assisted treatment be made available within the borders of the board's service district if the director determines that both of the following apply:

(1)The board seeking the waiver has made reasonable efforts to make ambulatory detoxification and medication-assisted treatment available within the borders of the board's service district;

(2)Ambulatory detoxification and medication-assisted treatment can be made available through one or more contracts b

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(A) The director of behavioral health, in accordance with procedures established under division (G)(5) of section5119.22of the Revised Code, may issue to a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services a time-limited waiver of the requirement of section340.033of the Revised Code that ambulatory detoxification and medication-assisted treatment be made available within the borders of the board's service district if the director determines that both of the following apply:

(1) The board seeking the waiver has made reasonable efforts to make ambulatory detoxification and medication-assisted treatment available within the borders of the board's service district;

(2) Ambulatory detoxification and medication-assisted treatment can be made available through one or more contracts between the board seeking the waiver and community addiction services providers that are located not more than thirty miles beyond the borders of the board's service district.

(B) Each waiver issued under this section shall specify the amount of time for which it is in effect and whether it applies to ambulatory detoxification, medication-assisted treatment, or both.

The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated inR.C. 1.52(B)that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.

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