(A) As used in this section, "AMVETS" means the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS), Department of Ohio.

(B) The directors of veterans services and mental health and addiction services shall establish a pilot program to make transcranial magnetic stimulation available for veterans with substance use disorders or mental illness, and shall operate the program for three years. The program shall be operated in conjunction with a supplier selected under this section.

(C) The directors by mutual agreement shall enter into a contract for the purchase of services related to the pilot program. The contract shall include provisions requiring the supplier to create, implement, operate, and evaluate outcomes of the pilot program, to choose a location for the pilot program, to expend payments received from the state as needed for purposes of the program, and to report quarterly regarding the pilot program to the president of the senate and to the standing committee of the senate that generally considers legislation regarding veterans affairs.

(D) There is the transcranial magnetic stimulation fund in the state treasury. It shall consist of moneys appropriated to it by the general assembly. The directors, with the approval of controlling board, may authorize a disbursement from the fund for services rendered under the contract.

(E) One or both of the directors shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to administer this section, including a rule requiring that clinical protocols and outcomes are collected and reported quarterly in a report provided by the supplier. The report shall also include a thorough accounting of the use and expenditure of all funds received from the state under this section.

(F) Contracts entered into under this section are subject to section 9.231 and Chapter 125. of the Revised Code.

Added by 133rd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 166, §101.01, eff. 10/17/2019.