Ohio Revised Code Title XXXVII. Health Safety Morals § 3701.601

There is hereby created in the state treasury the breast and cervical cancer project income tax contribution fund, which shall consist of money contributed to it under section 5747.113 of the Revised Code and of contributions made directly to it. Any person may contribute directly to the fund in addition to or independently of the income tax refund contribution system established in section 5747.113 of the Revised Code.

The director of health shall distribute the contributed funds to the Ohio breast and cervical cancer project administered under section 3701.144 of the Revised Code. The contributed funds shall be used specifically for the provision of breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnostic, and outreach services to uninsured and under-insured women who meet the eligibility requirements specified in that section. The breast and cervical cancer project, through its regional agencies, shall use the contributed funds to pay for services provided directly by personnel of health facilities operated by boards of health, free clinics as defined in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code, mammography services providers, radiology services providers, federally qualified health centers as defined by section 3701.047 of the Revised Code, rural health centers, or other community health centers.