Ohio § 2151.3527

§ 2151.3527.

(A) The director of children and youth shall promulgate forms designed to gather pertinent

medical information concerning a deserted child and the child's parents.  The forms shall clearly and unambiguously state on each page that the information

requested is to facilitate medical care for the child, that the forms may be fully

or partially completed or left blank, that completing the forms or parts of the forms

is completely voluntary, and that no adverse legal consequence will result from failure

to complete any part of the forms. (B) The director shall promulgate written materials to be made available to the parents

of a child delivered pursuant to section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code .  The materials shall describe services available to assist parents and newborns and

shall include information directly relevant to situations that might cause parents

to desert a child and information on the procedures for a person to follow in order

to reunite with a child the person delivered under section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code , including notice that the person will be required to submit to a DNA test, at that

person's expense, to prove that the person is the parent of the child. (C) The director of children and youth shall distribute the medical information forms

and written materials promulgated pursuant to this section to all of the following: (1) Entities permitted to receive a deserted child as specified in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code ; (2) Public children services agencies; (3) Other public or private agencies that, in the discretion of the director, are best

able to disseminate the forms and materials to the persons who are most in need of

the forms and materials. (D) If the department determines that money in the putative father registry fund created

under section 2101.16 of the Revised Code is more than is needed for its duties related to the putative father registry, the

department may use surplus moneys in the fund for costs related to the development,

distribution, and publication of forms and materials promulgated pursuant to divisions

(A) and (B) of this section. (E) The department shall develop an educational plan, in collaboration with the Ohio

family and children first cabinet council, for informing at-risk populations who are

most likely to voluntarily deliver a child under section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code concerning the provisions of sections 2151.3515 to 2151.3533 of the Revised Code .