St. Thomas Hospital v. Schmidt

In their first proposition of law, appellants contend that, by virtue of R. C. 5113.09(F), a board of county commissioners is not liable for the cost of hospitalization of a poor relief recipient incurred during a period when no poor relief program was in operation in that county.1 We disagree.

R. C. Chapter 5113 is designed to place the primary responsibility for the administration of the poor relief program upon the counties. R. C. 5113.02 provides, in part, that “[i]n each county the county department of welfare* * * shall furnish poor relief to all persons who are eligible for such relief…