3701.61 Help me grow program. - Ohio Statutes

3701.61 Help me grow program.

(A) The department of health shall establish the help me grow program for the purpose of encouraging early prenatal and well-baby care. The program shall include distributing subsidies to counties to provide the following services:

(1) Home-visiting services to newborn infants and their families;

(2) Services to infants and toddlers under three years of age who are at risk for, or who have, a developmental delay or disability and their families.

(B) The department shall not provide home-visiting services under the help me grow program unless requested in writing by a parent of the infant or toddler.

(C) Pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the department shall adopt rules that are necessary and proper to implement this section.

Effective Date: 08-25-1976