5101:6-50-01. Chapter 119 hearings: definitions and scope of applicability

(A) The following definitions apply to rules 5101:6-50-01 to 5101:6-50-09 of the Administrative Code.

(1) "Affected party" means a person whose interests are subject to an adjudication by ODJFS, including providers and licensees.

(2) "Appellant" means an affected party who has requested an adjudication hearing pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

(3) "Contract" means any agreement through which ODJFS purchases goods or services from a vendor.

(4) "Department" means the Ohio department of job and family services.

(5) "Depository agent" means the office of legal and acquisition services of ODJFS and its official mailing address for the purpose of receiving correspondence or filings for any hearing held under authority of Chapter 5101:6-50 of the Administrative Code.

(6) "Director" means the director of ODJFS or the director's designee.

(7) "Grant" means an award of funds by ODJFS to a public agency or private nonprofit corporation that does not include the purchase or lease of services, materials, or supplies for ODJFS.

(8) "Hearing" means a hearing held by ODJFS in compliance with sections 119.06 to 119.13 of the Revised Code.

(9) "Last known address" means the most recent mailing address reported to ODJFS by the person in compliance with requirements to provide the person's address.

(10) "License" means any license, permit, certificate, commission, or charter issued by ODJFS. License does not include any arrangement whereby a person, institution, or entity furnishes medicaid services under a provider agreement with ODJFS.

(11) "Licensee" means any person, institution, or entity, governmental or nongovernmental, that furnishes services under a license issued by ODJFS pursuant to statute.

(12) "ODJFS" means the Ohio department of job and family services.

(13) "Order" means any final adjudication of facts, issues, or amounts in controversy in any hearing conducted under the authority of Chapter 5101:6-50 of the Administrative Code before ODJFS and any final disposition or directive of the director regarding the rights, duties, privileges, benefits, legal relationships, jurisdictional status, or standing of any affected party or appellant.

(14) "Person" means an individual, a firm, a corporation, an association, an institution, a partnership, or an entity.

(B) Application of procedures contained in Chapter 5101:6-50 of the Administrative Code

Chapter 5101:6-50 of the Administrative Code prescribes the procedures to be followed in all hearings held before ODJFS pursuant to sections 119.06 to 119.13, 5103.03, 5103.12 and 5104.04 of the Revised Code. The provisions of Chapter 5101:6-50 of the Administrative Code are to be interpreted and construed to achieve their general purpose of providing orderly and fair procedures for conducting hearings before ODJFS. Section 1.14 of the Revised Code controls the computing of time deadlines referenced in Chapter 5101:6-50 of the Administrative Code.

(C) Actions that do not provide hearing rights under this chapter

Unless otherwise noted, Chapter 5101:6-50 of the Administrative Code does not apply to circumstances that include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Acts of the director or other officers of ODJFS that are ministerial in nature.

(2) Actions of ODJFS that are subject to hearings under an administrative review procedure other than the review provided by Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

(3) Actions involving in-home aides pursuant to Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code.

(4) Hearings, authorized by section 5101.35 of the Revised Code and rules in Chapters 5101:6-1 to 5101:6-9 of the Administrative Code, provided to applicants for, or recipients of, benefits under Ohio works first; prevention, retention or contingency program; temporary assistance for needy families; food assistance; medicaid; social services; adoptions; disability financial assistance; residential state supplement payments; Titles IV-A, IV-B, IV-D, IV-E, XIX, XX, or XXI of the Social Security Act (as in effect on 10/1/2018), 49 Stat. 620 or other assistance programs; who are aggrieved because of the actions of ODJFS, other state agencies, or of a county department of job and family services, child support enforcement agency, public children services agency, or other county agencies.

(5) Except as provided in paragraph (D) of this rule, disputes involving a Title XX social services contract entered into between ODJFS or a county department of job and family services, public children services agency, or child support enforcement agency and a contractor of services.

(6) Personnel action appeals of employees of ODJFS or of a county department of job and family services, public children services agency, or child support enforcement agency.

(7) Disputes involving the issuance, denial, or termination of a contract, a grant, or an interagency agreement issued by ODJFS or a protest filed with regard to a request for proposals issued by ODJFS.

(8) Administrative actions taken by ODJFS that involve program administration and funding affecting county departments of job and family services, public children services agencies, or child support enforcement agencies.

(9) Appeals and disputes arising out of any actions under section 5101.20, 5101.201, 5101.21, 5101.213, 5101.216, 5101.22, 5101.221, 5101.24, 5101.241, or 5101.242 of the Revised Code.

(10) Actions and disputes involving the use or access to funds administered under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 112 Stat. 936, 239 U.S.C.A. 2801, the Wagner-Peyser Act, 48 Stat. 113 (1933), 29 U.S.C.A. 49, and Chapters 4141. and 6301. of the Revised Code, or any other funds for which the United States department of labor is responsible for direct or indirect oversight.

(D) Actions that provide hearing rights under this chapter

Except as provided in paragraph (C) of this rule, those actions of ODJFS that afford the right to a hearing pursuant to ODJFS authority provided in Chapter 119. of the Revised Code include the proposal of the director to do the following:

(1) Refuse to issue a license, unless a hearing was held before the refusal to issue such license.

(2) Suspend or revoke a license.

(3) Require a person to obtain a license when the person claims that the law does not impose such a requirement, except when ODJFS pursues injunctive relief through division (H) of section 5104.04 of the Revised Code.

(4) Terminate, refuse to enter into, or refuse to renew an agreement with a public children services agency or private child placing agency under section 5103.12 of the Revised Code.

Effective: 1/1/2019
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 10/3/2018 and 01/01/2024
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 5161.02, 5101.02
Rule Amplifies: 119.06, 119.07, 119.09, 5101.24, 5103.03, 5103.12, 5104.03, 5104.04, 5164.02
Prior Effective Dates: 01/01/1983, 01/10/1987, 10/01/1987, 12/01/1987 (Emer.), 02/16/1988, 02/01/1999, 04/01/2004, 10/01/2008, 02/28/2014