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Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.051 (2026)

Mentally ill and persons with intellectual disabilities who are incarcerated

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April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
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The department of rehabilitation and correction shall provide for the needs of persons with mental illnesses and persons with intellectual disabilities who are incarcerated in state correctional institutions. The department may designate an institution or a unit within an institution for the custody, care, special training, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons with mental illnesses or persons with intellectual disabilities.

Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:52 PM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2024–2025 · leading case: Woods v. Rumer, No. 2:23-cv-04089 (S.D. Ohio Sept. 8, 2025).
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Woods v. Rumer, No. 2:23-cv-04089 (S.D. Ohio Sept. 8, 2025). · cites it 10× “O.R.C. § 5120.051 The Undersigned recommends that the Court dismiss Plaintiff’s claim pursuant to O.”
Woods v. Rumer, No. 2:23-cv-04089 (S.D. Ohio Dec. 4, 2024). “) Plaintiff generally alleges that Defendants Rumer and Gill violated Plaintiff’s constitutional rights and Ohio Revised Code § 5120.051 by failing to provide Plaintiff with hormone replacement therapy and sex reassignment surgery to treat Plaintiff’s condition of gender…”
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