Ohio Administrative Code
Title 5101:12 - Child Support
Chapter 5101:12-1 - Support enforcement
Section 5101:12-1-60.1 - Expenditures ineligible for federal financial participation reimbursement
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 5101:12-1-60.1
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) This rule describes expenditures for which a child support enforcement agency (CSEA) shall not request federal financial participation (FFP) reimbursement.
(B) CSEA expenditures for which FFP reimbursement is not available include but are not limited to:
(1) Support enforcement program
services provided in a non-IV-D case.
(2) Charges assessed to the CSEA by a court
or clerk of court that are not uniformly assessed to another agency or official
that uses the services of the court or clerk of court.
(3) Purchased IV-D services that are not
purchased in accordance with or do not meet the requirements of rules
5101:12-1-80
to 5101:12-1-80.4 of the Administrative Code.
(4) The following charges assessed to the
CSEA under a IV-D contract:
(a) Service of
process and court filing fees unless the court or law enforcement agency would
normally be required to pay the cost of such fees;
(b) Costs of compensation (salary and fringe
benefits) of judges;
(c) Costs of
travel and training related to the judicial determination process incurred by
judges;
(d) Office related costs,
such as space, equipment, furnishings and supplies, incurred by
judges;
(e) Compensation (salary
and fringe benefits), travel and training, and office related costs incurred by
administrative and support staffs of judges;
(f) Service of process fees unless the CSEA
obtains written verification from the sheriff that the sheriff charges other
agencies service of process fees;
(g) Sheriff's office personnel and equipment
costs unless the costs are necessary to complete service of process
activities;
(h) Costs that do not
meet the definition of "allowable cost," as defined in rule
5101:12-1-80
of the Administrative Code;
(i)
Costs that do not meet the definition of "reasonable cost," as defined in rule
5101:12-1-80
of the Administrative Code; and
(j)
Hearings, portions of hearings, or other activities related to:
(i) Visitation, custody, or change of
custody;
(ii) Establishment of
spousal support orders;
(iii)
Enforcement of spousal support orders if no child support order exists for the
same parties;
(iv) Property
settlements; and
(v) Civil
protection orders or domestic violence cases.
(5) Education and training programs and
educational services, except short-term training of CSEA staff.
(6) Activities related to administering the
following public programs:
(a) Ohio works
first (OWF);
(b) Medicaid and state
children's health insurance program;
(c) Social services that are provided
pursuant to section 5101.46 of the Revised Code;
and
(d) Old-age assistance, aid to
the blind, and aid to the permanently and totally disabled.
(7) Construction and major
renovations.
(8) Charges that have
been reimbursed by recovered fees.
(9) Functions performed by a caseworker who
is also determining eligibility for OWF or performing social services functions
pursuant to section 5101.46 of the Revised Code,
unless alternative arrangements as described in
45 C.F.R.
303.20(e) (
12/29/2010)
have been approved by the office of child support (OCS) in the Ohio department
of job and family services (ODJFS).
(10) Medical support enforcement activities
to pursue payments from a third party health insurer.
(11) Costs for the use of the federal parent
locator service in parental kidnapping, child custody, or visitation
cases.
(12) Costs for the
incarceration of parents.
(13)
Costs of counsel for indigent defendants.
(14) Costs of guardians ad litem.
(15) Services the CSEA is not authorized to
perform under the rules set forth in division 5101:12 of the Administrative
Code.
Effective:
8/1/2014
R.C.
119.032 review dates:
04/24/2014 and
08/01/2019
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 3125.25
Rule
Amplifies: 3125.03
Prior
Effective Dates: 4/1/92, 6/1/93, 6/1/95, 7/1/02, 9/1/07,
2/15/09
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