5101:2-14-01 Definitions for licensed type B home providers and certified in-homes aides.

 

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES

 

 

DATE:              April 3, 2013

TIME:               10:00 a.m.

LOCATION:                Room 3110B, Rhodes State Office Tower 30 East Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43215

 

 

Pursuant to Chapters 5104. and 119. of the Ohio Revised Code, the director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services gives notice of the department's intent to consider the amendment of the rules as identified below and of a public hearing thereon. These rules are being proposed for amendment as a result of a five year rule review for the rules outlining requirements for certified type B child care providers and in-home aides.

 

5101:2-14-01 "Definitions for Certification of Type B Home Providers and In-

Home Aides" is being filed to meet the five-year review and to remove the definition of an absent day, this definition appears in another rule, 5101:2-16-01 of the Administrative Code, to add the definition of Department, to remove the definition of medically fragile foster care since this definition is covered in the specialized foster care definition, and to revise the definitions of medication and publicly funded child care for consistency with other rules.

 

5101:2-14-02 "Application for Certification as a Professional Type B Home Provider or In-Home Aide" is being filed to meet the five-year review and to revise language Regarding the requirement for a provider to enter information for the provider agreement into the online portal; to add language regarding the Ohio electronic child care (Ohio ECC) and to clarify language.

 

5101:2-14-04 "Issuance and Renewal of Professional Certification as a Type B Home Provider or In-Home Aide" is being filed to meet the five-year review and to add the restriction that only one certificate shall be issued per address (previously two people certified at the same address before August 14, 2008 could retain dual certification; this provision is being removed from the rule). New language is being added to require providers to obtain a new certificate if they move and to clarify language.

 

5101:2-14-05 "Provider Qualifications for Professional Certification as a Type B Home Provider or In-Home Aide" is being filed to meet the five-year review and to remove the requirement for a repeated medical every three years, to remove the requirement of three references and to clarify language requiring the provider to give caretaker(s) the provider's tax identification number at the time of enrollment.

 

5101:2-14-13 "Training Requirements for Certification as a Professional Type B Home Provider or In-Home Aide" is being filed to meet the five-year review and to revise the hours for the health and safety training from six to eight, to allow electronic media as approved by ODJFS for first aid, communicable disease and child abuse recognition training, and to clarify language. The rule is also being amended to update the revision date of the JFS 01750 "Health and Safety in Family Child Care Homes," which will be released in a separate letter.

 

 

 

 

 

5101:2-14-14 "Emergency and Substitute Caregiver for Type B Home Professional Providers or In-Home Aides" is being filed to meet the five-year review and to update the revision date of the JFS 01750.

5101:2-14-36 "Crib and Playpen Requirements for Professional Certification as a Type B Home Provider or In-Home Aide" is being filed to meet the five-year review and to revise language to comply with new crib standards from the Consumer Product Safety Commission and to clarify language.

5101:2-14-56 "Issuance and Renewal of a Certificate for Limited Certification as a Type B Home Provider or In-Home Aide" is being filed to meet the five-year review and to add the restriction that only one certificate shall be issued per address (previously two people certified at the same address before August 14, 2008 could retain dual certification; this provision is being removed from the rule) and to clarify language.

5101:2-14-58 "Provider Qualifications and Responsibilities for Limited Certification as a Type B Home Provider or In-Home Aide" is being filed to meet the five-year review and update the revision date of the JFS 01750.

5101:2-14-61 "County Department of Job and Family Services Certification Responsibilities for Certified Type B Providers and In-Home Aides" is being filed to meet the five-year review and update the revision dates of the JFS 01750 and JFS 02827 "Public Assistance Quarterly Financial Statement".

A copy of the proposed rules is available, without charge, to any person affected by the rules at the address listed below. The rules are also available on the internet at  http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/. A public hearing on the proposed rules will be held at the date, time, and location listed at the top of this notice. Either written or oral testimony will be taken at the public hearing. Additionally, written comments submitted or postmarked no later than the date of the public hearing will be treated as testimony.

Requests for a copy of the proposed rules or comments on the rules should be submitted by mail to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Legal and Acquisition Services, 30 East Broad Street, 31st Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215-3414, by fax at [phone], or by e-mail at [e-mail].