Ohio § 2151.428

§ 2151.428.

(A) If a children's advocacy center is established under section 2151.426 of the Revised Code , in addition to the memorandum of understanding executed under that section, each

public children services agency that participates in the execution of the memorandum

of understanding, the children's advocacy center, and the children's advocacy center's

multidisciplinary team assembled under section 2151.427 of the Revised Code shall enter into an interagency agreement that stipulates all of the following regarding

reports received under section 2151.421 of the Revised Code of alleged sexual abuse of a child and reports of allegations of another type of

abuse of a child that is specified in the memorandum of understanding that creates

the center as being within the center's jurisdiction: (1) The protocol and procedures for any and all referrals and investigations of the reports; (2) Any and all coordinating activities between the parties that enter into the agreement; (3) The authority or responsibility for performing any and all functions and activities,

and providing any and all services, regarding the reports and the children who are

the subjects of the reports. (B) The parties that enter into an interagency agreement under division (A) of this section

shall comply with the agreement in referring the reports, investigating the reports,

coordinating the activities between the parties, and performing and providing the

functions, activities, and services relative to the reports and the children who are

the subjects of the reports. (C) Nothing in this section, section 2151.421 , or sections 2151.425 to 2151.427 of the Revised Code pertaining to the operation of a children's advocacy center shall relieve any public

official or agency from any legal obligation or responsibility.