If a county children services board appointed under section 5153.03 of the Revised Code is a public children services agency for a county, the board may appoint an advisory committee on children services. If an entity specified in division (B) or (C) of section 5153.02 of the Revised Code is a public children services agency for a county, the board of county commissioners may appoint an advisory committee on children services. If appointed, an advisory committee may do all of the following:
(A) Further cooperation between the public children services agency and other child-caring agencies in the county;
(B) Carry out studies of the effectiveness and need for particular services to children in the county;
(C) Advise the public children services agency on policies pertaining to the provision of services to children.
Effective Date: 10-01-1997.