(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised Code, a board of county commissioners of a county that has enacted a tax levy under section 5705.191 of the Revised Code, in addition to exercising the other powers granted to a board of county commissioners, may enter into a contract with any corporation or association, whether the corporation or association is for profit or nonprofit, for that corporation or association to provide the services described in this section and for the county to pay for those contracted services with the proceeds of that tax levy, if the proceeds from that tax levy are used only for the purpose or purposes for which the tax was levied. Services for which a contract may be entered into under this section are any or all health and human services or social services provided to the residents of the county.

(B) Before entering into a contract as provided in division (A) of this section, the board of county commissioners first shall notify, in writing, the particular county agency, board, department, or other entity that is required to provide, oversee, or acquire related mandated or essential services, as appropriate for the services to be provided under the contract, of the board of county commissioner's intention to enter into a contract with a corporation or association to provide the health and human services or social services to the residents of the county. The notice shall identify the particular services to be so provided, identify the corporation or association with which the board proposes to contract, and indicate the amount proposed to be paid to the corporation or association for performing those services. The notified agency, board, department, or other entity has thirty days in which to inform the board of county commissioners of its intention to provide the services itself or authorize the board of county commissioners to contract with the proposed corporation or association to provide the services. If the board of county commissioners receives no response from a notified agency, board, department, or other entity within the thirty-day period, the notified agency, board, department, or other entity shall be deemed to have authorized the proposed contract. Once the contract is authorized by each notified agency, board, department, or other entity, the board of county commissioners may enter into a contract with the corporation or association, as proposed.

(C) In addition to any other terms that the board of county commissioners finds appropriate, any agreement entered into under division (A) of this section shall provide all the following:

(1) That the corporation or association shall keep current and accurate accounts of its use of the moneys it receives from the county;

(2) That the corporation or association, at least annually, shall have an audit performed in accordance with rules adopted by the auditor of state under section 117.20 of the Revised Code, of any services it has performed with county moneys. A copy of the fiscal audit report shall be provided to the board of county commissioners, the county auditor, and the auditor of state.

(3) That the corporation or association is liable to repay to the county any county moneys it receives that are improperly used;

(4) That the corporation or association shall repay to the board of county commissioners all county moneys remaining unused at the end of the fiscal year or other accounting period for which the board paid the moneys, except that, when the recipient is to receive county moneys in the next succeeding fiscal year or other accounting period following the fiscal year or other accounting period for which the board paid the moneys, the recipient need not repay the county moneys remaining unused;

(5) That the corporation or association shall provide the board of county commissioners annually a summary of the service activities it has performed with county moneys.

Effective Date: 09-29-1999.