Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly As used in sections 3304.11 to 3304.27 of the Revised Code: (A) “Eligible individual with a disability” means an individual who has a physical or mental impairment that constitutes or results in a substantial impediment to employment and who requires vocational rehabilitation […]
Effective: June 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 144 – 132nd General Assembly (A) There is hereby created a state rehabilitation services council to be known as the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities council. The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency shall provide administrative support to the council. The council shall consist of the following […]
Effective: June 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 144 – 132nd General Assembly The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities council shall hold its first meeting at the call of the governor. Regular meetings shall be held not less than four times a year. Special meetings may be held with the approval of the governor. Eight […]
Effective: June 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 144 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities council, in collaboration with the governor’s office of workforce transformation, shall do all of the following: (1) Examine all of the following related to the state vocational rehabilitation program: (a) The process for determining eligibility, […]
Effective: August 18, 2019 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 221 – 132nd General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency. The agency is the designated state unit authorized under the “Rehabilitation Act of 1973,” 87 Stat. 355, 29 U.S.C. 701, as amended, to provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly The executive director of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency shall establish administrative subdivisions as necessary or appropriate to carry out the agency’s functions and duties, but there shall be a bureau of services for the visually impaired and a bureau […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency shall provide vocational rehabilitation services to all eligible individuals with disabilities, including any eligible individual with a disability who is eligible under the terms of an agreement or arrangement with another state or with the […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “OhioMeansJobs web site” has the same meaning as in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Each eligible individual receiving vocational rehabilitation services provided under section 3304.17 of the Revised Code shall create an account with […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly The treasurer of state shall be the custodian of all moneys received from the federal government for vocational rehabilitation services programs and shall disburse the money upon the certification of the executive director of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency. If […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly If the total of all funds available from nonfederal sources to support the activities of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency does not comply with the expenditure requirements of 34 C.F.R. 361.60 and 361.62 for those activities or would cause the […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly Any agreement between the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency and a private or public entity providing funds under section 3304.181 of the Revised Code may permit the agency to receive a specified percentage of the funds, but the percentage shall be […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly Any maintenance provided under sections 3304.11 to 3304.27 of the Revised Code is not transferable or assignable at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable or rights existing under this chapter are subject to execution, levy, attachment, […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly Any eligible individual with a disability applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation services who is dissatisfied with regard to the furnishing or denial of vocational rehabilitation services, may file a request for an administrative review and redetermination of that action in accordance […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly No person shall, except for the purposes of sections 3304.11 to 3304.27 of the Revised Code, and in accordance with the rules established by the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency, solicit, disclose, receive, make use of, authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, […]
Effective: June 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 144 – 132nd General Assembly No officer or employee of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities council, the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency, or any person engaged in the administration of a vocational rehabilitation services program sponsored by or affiliated with the state shall use or […]
Effective: August 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 115 – 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Communication disability” means a human condition involving an impairment in the human’s ability to receive, send, process, or comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal, or graphic symbol systems that may result in a primary disability or […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly Each October during national disability employment awareness month, the governor shall present an award to employers who meet the criteria for having a workplace inclusive of individuals with disabilities. The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency shall determine the inclusive workplace criteria […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly All vocational rehabilitation services made available under sections 3304.11 to 3304.27 of the Revised Code, are made available subject to amendment or repeal of those sections, and no eligible individual with a disability shall have any claim by reason of the eligible […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly As used in sections 3304.28 to 3304.34 of the Revised Code: (A) “Suitable vending facility” means automatic vending machines, cafeterias, snack bars, cart service shelters, counters, and other appropriate auxiliary food service equipment determined to be necessary by the bureau of services […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly The bureau of services for the visually impaired shall: (A) Survey suitable vending facility concession opportunities for individuals who are blind on governmental property; (B) Obtain and make public, information concerning employment opportunities for individuals who are blind in suitable vending facilities; […]
