Ohio Code § 5101.244

§ 5101.244.

(A) If the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth

determines that a grant awarded to a county grantee in a grant agreement entered into

under section 5101.21 of the Revised Code , an allocation, advance, or reimbursement the department makes to a county family

services agency, or a cash draw a county family services agency makes exceeds the

allowable amount for the grant, allocation, advance, reimbursement, or cash draw,

the department may take one or more of the following actions to recover the excess

amount: (1) The department may adjust, offset, withhold, or reduce an allocation, cash draw,

advance, reimbursement, or other financial assistance to the county grantee or county

family services agency as necessary to recover the excess amount. (2) The department may enter into an agreement with the county grantee or county family

services agency for repayment of the excess amount by the grantee or agency.  The department may require that the repayment include interest on the excess amount,

calculated from the day that the excess occurred at a rate not exceeding the rate

per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code . (3) The department may certify a claim to the attorney general under section 131.02 of the Revised Code for the attorney general to take action under that section against the county grantee

or county family services agency to recover the excess amount. (B) In taking an action authorized under this section, the department is not required

to take the action in accordance with section 5101.24 of the Revised Code . (C) The director of job and family services and the director of children and youth may

adopt rules under section 111.15 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section.  The directors shall adopt the rules as if they were internal management rules.