(A) Notwithstanding any other provision for determining when a child shall be released or discharged from the legal custody of the department of youth services, including jurisdictional provisions in section 2152.22 of the Revised Code, the release authority, for medical reasons, may release a child upon supervised release or discharge the child from the custody of the department when any of the following applies:

1. (1) The child is terminally ill or otherwise in imminent danger of death.
2. (2) The child is incapacitated due to injury, disease, illness, or other medical condition and is no longer a threat to public safety.
3. (3) The child appears to be a mentally ill person subject to court order, as defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code, or a person with an intellectual disability subject to institutionalization by court order, as defined in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code.

(D) The release authority shall submit annually to the director of youth services a report that includes all of the following information for the previous calendar year:

1. (1) The number of children the release authority considered for medical release or discharge;
2. (2) The nature of the injury, disease, illness, or other medical condition of each child considered for medical release or discharge;
3. (3) The decision made by the release authority for each child, including the reasons for denying medical release or discharge or for granting it;
4. (4) The number of children on medical release who were returned to a secure facility or whose supervised release was revoked.