(A) Each lead agency, in consultation with the local workforce development board that serves the same county for which the lead agency has been designated to serve as lead agency, shall, in accordance with rules adopted under section 5116.06 of the Revised Code, do all of the following for the fiscal biennial period, or part thereof, for which it is so designated:

(1) Prepare and submit to the department of job and family services a plan containing standing procedures for determining and maintaining individuals' eligibility to participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program;

(2) Administer the program in the county for which it is designated to serve as lead agency;

(3) Partner with the other local participating agency and subcontractors to do both of the following:

(a) Actively coordinate activities regarding the program with the other local participating agency and any subcontractors;

(b) Help both local participating agencies and any subcontractors to use their expertise in administering the program.

(B) If a board of county commissioners redesignates the lead agency under division (B) of section 5116.22 of the Revised Code during a fiscal biennial period, the new lead agency shall prepare and submit to the department of job and family services a new plan under division (A)(1) of this section not later than sixty days after the redesignation takes effect.

(C) Each local workforce development board shall ensure that the plans prepared under division (A)(1) of this section by the lead agencies serving the same counties the board serves are included in the board's workforce development plan prepared under section 6301.07 of the Revised Code.

Added by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 49, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2017.