5115.10 Disability assistance medical assistance program.

(A) The director of job and family services shall establish a disability medical assistance program.

(B) Subject to all other eligibility requirements established by this chapter and the rules adopted under it for the disability medical assistance program, a person may be eligible for disability medical assistance only if the person is medication dependent, as determined by the department of job and family services.

(C) The director shall adopt rules under section 111.15 of the Revised Code for purposes of implementing division (B) of this section. The rules may specify or establish any or all of the following:

(1) Standards for determining whether a person is medication dependent, including standards under which a person may qualify as being medication dependent only if it is determined that both of the following are the case:

(a) The person is receiving ongoing treatment for a chronic medical condition that requires continuous prescription medication for an indefinite, long-term period of time;

(b) Loss of the medication would result in a significant risk of medical emergency and loss of employability lasting at least nine months.

(2) A requirement that a person’s medical condition be certified by an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery;

(3) Limitations on the chronic medical conditions and prescription medications that may qualify a person as being medication dependent.

Effective Date: 06-26-2003