(A) As used in this chapter:

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(1) “Addiction” means the chronic and habitual use of alcoholic beverages, the use of a drug of abuse as defined in section 3719.011 of the Revised Code, or the use of gambling by an individual to the extent that the individual no longer can control the individual’s use of alcohol, the individual becomes physically or psychologically dependent on the drug, the individual’s use of alcohol or drugs endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the individual or others, or the individual’s gambling causes psychological, financial, emotional, marital, legal, or other difficulties endangering the health, safety, or welfare of the individual or others.

(2) “Addiction services” means services, including intervention, for the treatment of persons with alcohol, drug, or gambling addictions, and for the prevention of such addictions.

(3) “Alcohol and drug addiction services” means services, including intervention, for the treatment of persons with alcohol use disorder or persons who abuse drugs of abuse and for the prevention of alcohol use disorder and drug addiction.

(4) “Alcohol use disorder” means a medical condition characterized by an individual’s impaired ability to stop or control the individual’s alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences. An alcohol use disorder may be classified as mild, moderate, or severe.

(5) “Certifiable services and supports” means all of the following:

(a) Alcohol and drug addiction services;

(b) Mental health services;

(c) The types of recovery supports that are specified in rules adopted under section 5119.36 of the Revised Code as requiring certification under that section.

(6) “Community addiction services provider” means an agency, association, corporation or other legal entity, individual, or program that provides one or more of the following:

(a) Alcohol and drug addiction services that are certified by the director of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.36 of the Revised Code;

(b) Gambling addiction services;

(c) Recovery supports that are related to alcohol and drug addiction services or gambling addiction services and paid for with federal, state, or local funds administered by the department of mental health and addiction services or a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services.

(7) “Community mental health services provider” means an agency, association, corporation, individual, or program that provides either of the following:

(a) Mental health services that are certified by the director of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.36 of the Revised Code;

(b) Recovery supports that are related to mental health services and paid for with federal, state, or local funds administered by the department of mental health and addiction services or a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services.

(8) “Drug addiction” means the use of a drug of abuse, as defined in section 3719.011 of the Revised Code, by an individual to the extent that the individual becomes physically or psychologically dependent on the drug or endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the individual or others.

(9) “Gambling addiction” means the use of gambling by an individual to the extent that it causes psychological, financial, emotional, marital, legal, or other difficulties endangering the health, safety, or welfare of the individual or others.

(10) “Gambling addiction services” means services for the treatment of persons who have a gambling addiction and for the prevention of gambling addiction.

(11) “Hospital” means a hospital or inpatient unit licensed by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.33 of the Revised Code, and any institution, hospital, or other place established, controlled, or supervised by the department under this chapter.

(12) “Included opioid and co-occurring drug addiction services and recovery supports” means the addiction services and recovery supports that, pursuant to section 340.033 of the Revised Code, are included in the array of services and recovery supports for all levels of opioid and co-occurring drug addiction required to be included in the community-based continuum of care established under section 340.032 of the Revised Code.

(13) “Medication-assisted treatment” has the same meaning as in section 340.01 of the Revised Code.

(14) “Mental illness” means a substantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life.

(15) “Mental health services” means services for the assessment, care, or treatment of persons who have a mental illness and for the prevention of mental illness.

(16) “Opioid treatment program” has the same meaning as in 42 C.F.R. § 8.2.

(17) “Recovery housing residence” means a residence for individuals recovering from alcohol use disorder or drug addiction that provides an alcohol-free and drug-free living environment, peer support, assistance with obtaining alcohol and drug addiction services, and other recovery assistance for alcohol use disorder and drug addiction.

(18) “Recovery supports” means assistance that is intended to help an individual with alcohol use disorder, drug addiction, or mental illness, or a member of such an individual’s family, initiate and sustain the individual’s recovery from alcohol use disorder, drug addiction, or mental illness. “Recovery supports” does not mean alcohol and drug addiction services or mental health services.

(19)(a) “Residence,” except when referring to a recovery housing residence or the meaning of “residence” in section 5119.90 of the Revised Code, means a person‘s physical presence in a county with intent to remain there, except in either of the following circumstances:

(i) If a person is receiving a mental health treatment service at a facility that includes nighttime sleeping accommodations, “residence” means that county in which the person maintained the person’s primary place of residence at the time the person entered the facility;

(ii) If a person is committed pursuant to section 2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code, “residence” means the county where the criminal charges were filed.

(b) When the residence of a person is disputed, the matter of residence shall be referred to the department of mental health and addiction services for investigation and determination. Residence shall not be a basis for a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services to deny services to any person present in the board’s service district, and the board shall provide services for a person whose residence is in dispute while residence is being determined and for a person in an emergency situation.

(B) Any reference in this chapter to a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services also refers to an alcohol and drug addiction services board or a community mental health board in a service district in which an alcohol and drug addiction services board or a community mental health board has been established under section 340.021 or former section 340.02 of the Revised Code.