OH SB271

Applies to jails confining inmates for 120 hours or more and requires the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to adopt rules establishing protocols for identifying, monitoring, and treating inmates at risk of withdrawal from benzodiazepines, alcohol, and other addictive drugs

Mandates training requirements for health-trained personnel on symptoms, consequences, and treatment options for drug and alcohol withdrawal, and requires medical, dental, and mental health screening on each inmate upon arrival with specific inquiry into substance use history

Requires health-trained personnel to record screening findings and make them available during jail inspections

When an inmate is identified as at risk of benzodiazepine withdrawal and a jail physician determines discontinuation is necessary, the benzodiazepine must be tapered off in a clinically appropriate manner using less addictive medication

Requires the inmate to be seen by a psychiatrist within 48 hours of admission to the jail if benzodiazepine tapering occurs