Ohio Revised Code|Section 173.60 | Nursing home quality initiative.

                                                
(A) As used in this section: 
(1) "Nursing home" has the same meaning as in section 3721.01  of the Revised Code.
(2) "Person-centered care" means a relationship-based  approach to care that honors and respects the opinions of  individuals receiving care and those working closely with them.
(B) The department of aging shall implement a nursing home  quality initiative to improve the provision of person-centered  care in nursing homes. The office of the state long-term care  ombudsman program shall assist the department with the initiative.  The initiative shall include quality improvement projects that  provide nursing homes with resources and on-site education  promoting person-centered care strategies and positive resident  outcomes, as well as other assistance designed to improve the  quality of nursing home services. The department may offer any of  the projects.
(C) The department shall make available a list of quality  improvement projects that may be used by nursing homes in meeting  the requirements of section 3721.072 of the Revised Code. In  addition to any of the projects offered by the department pursuant  to division (B) of this section, the list may include projects  offered by any of the following:
(1) Other state agencies;
(2) A quality improvement organization under contract with  the United States secretary of health and human services to carry  out in this state the functions described in the "Social Security  Act," section 1154, 42 U.S.C. 1320c-3;
(3) The Ohio person-centered care coalition;
(4) Any other academic, research, or health care entity  identified by the department.
(D) The director of aging may adopt rules in accordance with  Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this  section.