Ohio Code 5119.393 – Complaint reporting and investigations
(A) The department of mental health and addiction services shall establish a procedure to receive and investigate complaints from residents, staff, and the public regarding recovery housing residences. The department may contract with one or more of the organizations specified in section 5119.39 of the Revised Code to fulfill some or all of the functions associated with receiving and investigating complaints.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5119.393
- 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
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
(B) Any organization under contract with the department to receive and investigate complaints shall make reports to the department as follows:
(1) Not less than monthly, the contractor shall report the status of each pending investigation and shall report the outcome of each investigation that has been completed since the last report was made;
(2) As soon as practicable, but not later than ten days after making an adverse decision, if a contractor’s accreditation or its equivalent is accepted by the department for purposes of section 5119.39 of the Revised Code, the contractor shall report that decision to the department in a manner prescribed by the department.
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