5111.012 Eligibility for medical assistance of persons living in county.

(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the county department of job and family services of each county shall establish the eligibility for medical assistance of persons living in the county, and shall notify the department of job and family services in the manner prescribed by the department. The county shall be reimbursed for administrative expenditures in accordance with sections 5101.16, 5101.161, and 5701.01 of the Revised Code. Expenditures for medical assistance shall be made from funds appropriated to the department of job and family services for public assistance subsidies. The program shall conform to the requirements of the “Social Security Act,” 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended.

(B) If the department of job and family services elects to enter into agreements with county departments of job and family services pursuant to division (B) of section 5101.47 of the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services shall establish eligibility for medical assistance only if authorized to do so under such an agreement.

Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 28, HB 153, § 101.01, eff. 9/29/2011.

Effective Date: 07-01-2000