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Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.02 (2026)

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January 1, 2025

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House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly

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The department of developmental disabilities shall do the following:

(A) Promote comprehensive statewide programs and services for persons with developmental disabilities and their families wherever they reside in the state. These programs shall include public awareness, prevention, assessment, treatment, training, and care.

(B) Provide administrative leadership for statewide services;

(C) Develop and maintain, to the extent feasible, data on all services and programs that governmental and private agencies provide for persons with developmental disabilities;

(D) Provide leadership to local authorities in planning and developing community-wide services for persons with developmental disabilities and their families;

(E) Promote programs of professional training and research in cooperation with other state departments, agencies, and institutions of higher learning.

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1982–2019 · leading case: In Re Parker, 453 N.E.2d 1285 (Ohio Ct. App. 1982).

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In Re Parker, 453 N.E.2d 1285 (Ohio Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 3× “” The trial court held that R.C. 5123.02 and R.C. 5123.351 particularly, required the ODMRDD to provide services to the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled citizens of the state of Ohio.”

Nicoletti v. Brown, 740 F. Supp. 1268 (N.D. Ohio 1987). “Inter alia, it establishes the Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities and defines the Department’s powers and duties (§ 5123.02); provides that the Department shall maintain, operate, manage and govern all state institutions for the care, treatment and…”

Cottrill v. Ohio Civil Serv. Employees Ass'n, 665 F. Supp. 525 (N.D. Ohio 1987). · cites it 2× “The State of Ohio created the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 5123.02 which operates Apple Creek.”

In re Avon Skilled Nursing & Rehab., 2019 Ohio 3790 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “61 and R.C. 5123.02, and section 751.10); and amended a statute requiring the director to adopt administrative rules defining and classifying hospitals and dispensaries and providing for the reporting of information by hospitals and dispensaries (section 101.”

Loper v. Help Me Grow of Cuyahoga Cnty., 2018 Ohio 2401 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “{¶29} The purpose behind Part C of the IDEA and Ohio’s Help Me Grow program is “to enhance the development of infants and toddlers with disabilities, to minimize their potential for developmental delay, and to recognize the significant brain development that occurs during a…”

Cottrill v. Ohio Civil Serv. Employees Ass'n, 665 F. Supp. 525 (N.D. Ohio 1987). · cites it 2× “The State of Ohio created the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 5123.02 which operates Apple Creek.”

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Loper v. Help Me Grow of Cuyahoga Cnty., 2018 Ohio 2401 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “{¶29} The purpose behind Part C of the IDEA and Ohio’s Help Me Grow program is “to enhance the development of infants and toddlers with disabilities, to minimize their potential for developmental delay, and to recognize the significant brain development that occurs during a…”

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