This letter transmits amendments to the following rules due to recent form revisions and the passage of Sub. SB 163 of the 127th General Assembly. The revised rules will be effective on March 1, 2009.

The following is a summary of the rule revisions:

Rule 5101:2-13-05 License Fees and Notification Requirements for Licensed Type A Homes has been amended to change the revision date of the JFS 01210.

Rule 5101:2-13-06 Procedures for Renewal of a Type A Home License has been amended to change the revision date the JFS 01210.

Rule 5101:2-13-26 Statement of Non-Conviction and Criminal Records Check for Licensed Type A Homes has been amended to provide clarification on the requirements for BCII criminal records checks, and to include the requirement that residents eighteen years of age or older conduct criminal records checks and have results sent to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The rule also includes a requirement for the JFS 01328 "Statement of Nonconviction for Licensed Child Care Centers and Type A Homes" to be completed by all persons eighteen years of age and older who reside in the type A home.

The electronic version of the Child Care Type A Home Manual is located at: http://emanuals.jfs.ohio.gov. The manual contains all rules, transmittal letters and procedure letters that the department has issued to child care type A homes. A current version of this manual should be accessible and utilized by all providers in all licensed type A homes.

Please contact the Help Desk for the Office for Children and Families at 1-866-886-3537, option 4 if you have any questions.

INSTRUCTIONS: The following chart identifies the material that needs to be removed from and inserted into the Child Care Type A Home Manual (CCAM).