Ohio Code 5119.23 – Allocations of funds for local mental health and addiction services continuums of care
(A) The department of mental health and addiction services shall establish a methodology for allocating to boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services the funds appropriated by the general assembly to the department for the purpose of the community-based continuum of care that each board establishes under section 340.032 of the Revised Code. The department shall establish the methodology after notifying and consulting with relevant constituencies as required by division (A)(10) of section 5119.21 of the Revised Code. The methodology may provide for the funds to be allocated to boards on a district or multi-district basis.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5119.23
- Addiction: means the chronic and habitual use of alcoholic beverages, the use of a drug of abuse as defined in section 3719. See Ohio Code 5119.01
- Addiction services: means services, including intervention, for the treatment of persons with alcohol, drug, or gambling addictions, and for the prevention of such addictions. See Ohio Code 5119.01
- Drug addiction: means the use of a drug of abuse, as defined in section 3719. See Ohio Code 5119.01
- 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. See Ohio Code 5119.01
- 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. See Ohio Code 5119.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) Subject to section 5119.25 of the Revised Code, and to required submissions and approvals under sections 340.08 and 5119.22 of the Revised Code, the department shall allocate the funds to the boards in a manner consistent with the methodology, this section, other state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
(C) In consultation with boards, community addiction services providers, community mental health services providers, and persons receiving addiction services, mental health services, and recovery supports, the department shall establish guidelines for the use of funds allocated under this section.