Ohio Code § 2743.15

§ 2743.15.

(A) The director or other administrative chief, or the governing body, of any department,

board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality of the state: (1) With the approval of the attorney general and the court of claims, may settle or

compromise any civil action against the state insofar as the department, board, office,

commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality is named as a defendant; (2) Shall notify the office of risk management in the department of administrative services

of any settlement or compromise to allow for the proper reservation of funds. (B) The acceptance by the claimant of any such compromise or settlement shall be final

and conclusive on the claimant and is a complete release of the civil action against

the state insofar as the particular department, board, office, commission, agency,

institution, or other instrumentality is named, or could be named, as a defendant.  A compromise or settlement that requires the payment of money by the state may be

implemented and enforced, insofar as the payment of money is concerned, only through

the procedure specified in section 2743.19 of the Revised Code , which shall be commenced by the attorney general forwarding a clerk's certified

copy of the settlement instrument to the director of budget and management.  A copy of the settlement instrument of actions involving the office of risk management

in the department of administrative services shall be forwarded to the office of risk

management for payment via the risk management reserve fund created in section 9.823 of the Revised Code . No interest of any kind, including any kind set forth in sections 2743.18 and 2743.19 of the Revised Code , is allowed on any compromise or settlement of any civil action against the state

under this section. The authority of the department of administrative services to compromise claims does

not extend to other statutory and agency programs with direct settlement authority,

including activities by the department of transportation, inmate property actions

described in division (H) of section 2743.02 of the Revised Code , and wrongful imprisonment actions provided for in section 2743.48 of the Revised Code .