In addition to such other duties as may be lawfully imposed, the executive director of a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services shall:

(A) Serve as executive officer of the board and, subject to the prior approval of the board for each contract, except contracts, if any, to which division (F) of section 340.03 of the Revised Code applies, execute contracts on its behalf;

(B) Supervise addiction services, mental health services, recovery supports, and facilities provided, operated, contracted, or supported by the board to the extent of determining that services, supports, and facilities are being administered in conformity with this chapter and rules of the director of mental health and addiction services;

(C) Provide consultation to community addiction services providers and community mental health services providers;

(D) Recommend to the board the changes necessary to increase the effectiveness of addiction services, mental health services, and recovery supports and other matters necessary or desirable to carry out this chapter;

(E) Employ and remove from office such employees and consultants in the classified civil service and, subject to the approval of the board, employ and remove from office such other employees and consultants as may be necessary for the work of the board, and fix their compensation and reimbursement within the limits set by the salary schedule and the budget approved by the board;

(F) Encourage the development and expansion of preventive, treatment, and consultative services, as well as recovery supports, in the fields of addiction services and mental health services with emphasis on continuity of care;

(G) Prepare for board approval an annual report of the addiction services, mental health services, recovery supports, and facilities under the jurisdiction of the board, including a fiscal accounting of all services and supports;

(H) Conduct such studies as may be necessary and practicable for the promotion of mental health, promotion of addiction services, and the prevention of mental illness, emotional disorders, and addiction;

(I) Authorize the county auditor, or in a joint-county district the county auditor designated as the auditor for the district, to issue warrants for the payment of board obligations approved by the board, provided that all payments from funds distributed to the board by the department of mental health and addiction services are in accordance with the budget submitted pursuant to section 340.08 of the Revised Code, as approved by the department of mental health and addiction services.

Amended by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 71, §1, eff. 3/23/2018.

Renumbered from § 340.04 and amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 319, §1, eff. 7/1/2017.

Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2015.

Amended by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013.

Effective Date: 10-10-1989 .