(A) It is the intent of this state and the general assembly that custody relinquishment for the sole purpose of gaining access to child-specific services for multi-system children and youth shall cease.
(B) The Ohio family and children first council established under section 121.37 of the Revised Code shall develop a comprehensive multi-system youth action plan that does the following:
(1) Defines and establishes shared responsibility between county and state child-serving systems for providing and funding multi-system youth services;
(2) Provides recommendations for flexible spending at the state level within the cabinet council;
(3) Defines the model and process by which the flexible spending may be accessed to pay for services for multi-system youth;
(4) Identifies strategies to assist with reducing custody relinquishment for the sole purpose of gaining access to services for multi-system children and youth;
(5) Implements the full final recommendations of the joint legislative committee for multi-system youth;
(6) Conducts an assessment of the legal and financial conditions that contribute to custody relinquishment for the purposes of receiving child-specific services.
(C) Not later than December 31, 2019, the cabinet council shall submit its final action plan to the general assembly.
Added by 133rd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 166, §101.01, eff. 10/17/2019.