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...Except for moneys deposited into the health care/medicaid support and recoveries fund created under section 5162.52 of the Revised Code, the department of medicaid shall not use money paid to the department under sections 5168.06 and 5168.07 of the Revised Code or money that the department pays to hospitals under section 5168.09 of the Revised Code to replace any funds appropriated by the general assembly for the med...

...(A) Except as provided in section 5162.52 of the Revised Code, all payments of assessments by hospitals under section 5168.06 of the Revised Code and all intergovernmental transfers under section 5168.07 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the hospital care assurance program fund, hereby created. All investment earnings of the hospital care assurance program fund shall be cre...

...Except as specifically required by sections 5168.01 to 5168.14 of the Revised Code, information filed under those sections shall not include any patient-identifying material. Information that includes patient-identifying material is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, and no patient-identifying material shall be released publicly by the department of medicaid or by any person under contract ...

...(A) Each hospital that receives funds distributed under sections 5168.01 to 5168.14 of the Revised Code shall provide, without charge to the individual, basic, medically necessary hospital-level services to individuals who are residents of this state, are not medicaid recipients, and whose income is at or below the federal poverty line. The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5168.02 of the Revised Code...

...As used in sections 5168.20 to 5168.28 of the Revised Code: (A) "Applicable assessment percentage" means the percentage specified in rules adopted under section 5168.26 of the Revised Code that is used in calculating a hospital's assessment under section 5168.21 of the Revised Code. (B) "Assessment program year" means the twelve-month period beginning the first day of October of a calendar year and ending the last ...

...(A) For the purposes specified in section 5168.25 of the Revised Code and subject to section 5168.28 of the Revised Code, there is hereby imposed an assessment on all hospitals each assessment program year. The amount of a hospital's assessment for an assessment program year shall equal the applicable assessment percentage of the hospital's total facility costs for the period of time specified in division (B) of this...

...(A) Before or during each assessment program year, the department of medicaid shall issue to each hospital the preliminary determination of the amount that the hospital is assessed under section 5168.21 of the Revised Code for the assessment program year. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the preliminary determination becomes the final determination for the assessment program year fifteen days after...

...Each hospital shall pay the amount it is assessed under section 5168.21 of the Revised Code in accordance with a payment schedule the department of medicaid shall establish for each assessment program year. The department shall consult with the Ohio hospital association before establishing the payment schedule for any assessment program year. The department shall include the payment schedule in each preliminary deter...

...The department of medicaid may audit a hospital to ensure that the hospital properly pays the amount it is assessed under section 5168.21 of the Revised Code. The department shall take action to recover from a hospital any amount the audit reveals that the hospital should have paid but did not pay.

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the hospital assessment fund. All installment payments made by hospitals under section 5168.23 of the Revised Code and all recoveries the department of medicaid makes under section 5168.24 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the fund. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The department shall use money in the fund to pay for the costs ...

...(A) The medicaid director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement sections 5168.20 to 5168.28 of the Revised Code, including rules that specify the percentage of hospitals' total facility costs to be used in calculating hospitals' assessments under section 5168.21 of the Revised Code. (B) The rules adopted under this section may do the following: (1) Provi...

...The medicaid director shall implement the assessment imposed by section 5168.21 of the Revised Code in a manner that does not cause a reduction in federal financial participation for the medicaid program under the "Social Security Act," section 1903(w), 42 U.S.C. 1396b(w).

...If the United States secretary of health and human services determines that the assessment imposed by section 5168.21 of the Revised Code is an impermissible health care-related tax under the "Social Security Act," section 1903(w), 42 U.S.C. 1396b(w), the medicaid director shall take all necessary actions to cease implementation of sections 5168.20 to 5168.27 of the Revised Code and shall promptly refund to each hosp...

...e of operator. (F) "Franchise permit fee rate" means the rate determined in accordance with section 5168.41 of the Revised Code. (G) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code. (H) "Hospital long-term care unit" means any distinct part of a hospital in which any of the following beds are located: (1) Beds registered pursuant to section 3701.07 of the Revised Code as skilled ...

...(A) The franchise permit fee rate shall be determined for each fiscal year as follows: (1) Determine the estimated total net patient revenues for all nursing homes and hospital long-term care units for the fiscal year; (2) Multiply the estimated total net patient revenues determined under division (A)(1) of this section by the lesser of the following: (a) The indirect guarantee percentage; (b) Six per cent....

..., determine an annual franchise permit fee on each nursing home in an amount equal to the franchise permit fee rate multiplied by the product of the following: (1) The number of beds licensed as nursing home beds, plus any other beds certified as skilled nursing facility beds under Title XVIII or nursing facility beds under Title XIX on the first day of May of the calendar year in which the fee is determined ...

...llowing regarding the franchise permit fee assessed under section 5168.42 of the Revised Code: (1) Reduce the franchise permit fee rate to zero dollars for each nursing home licensed under section 3721.02 or 3721.09 of the Revised Code to which either of the following applies: (a) The nursing home: (i) Is exempt from state taxation under section 140.08 of the Revised Code or is exempt from state taxation as ...

...for a reduction of its franchise permit fee rate under the waiver, reduce the franchise permit fee rate in accordance with the terms of the waiver. For purposes of the first fiscal year during which the waiver takes effect, the department shall determine the amount of the reduction not later than the effective date of the waiver and shall mail to each nursing home and hospital qualifying for the reduction notice of t...

...ollowing regarding the franchise permit fee assessed under section 5168.42 of the Revised Code: (1) Determine how much money the franchise permit fee would have raised in a fiscal year if not for the waiver; (2) For each nursing home and hospital subject to the franchise permit fee, other than a nursing home or hospital that has its franchise permit fee rate reduced under section 5168.44 of the Revised Code, unifor...

...The department of health shall do all of the following: (A) For the purpose of the determinations made under divisions (A) and (B) of section 5168.42 of the Revised Code and not later than the first day of each June, report to the department of medicaid the following: (1) For each nursing home, the number of beds in the nursing home licensed on the preceding first day of May under section 3721.02 or 3721.09 ...

...l determine the annual franchise permit fee for each nursing home and hospital in accordance with section 5168.42 of the Revised Code and any adjustments made in accordance with sections 5168.44 and 5168.45 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than the first day of October of each year, the department shall notify, electronically or by United States postal service, each nursing home and hospital of the amount of the f...

... home's and hospital's franchise permit fee if one or more bed surrenders occur during the period beginning on the first day of May of the preceding calendar year and ending on the first day of January of the calendar year in which the redetermination is made. (B) In redetermining nursing homes' and hospitals' franchise permit fees under this section, the department shall do both of the following: (1) Provide for t...

...ibility for paying the franchise permit fee that was determined for the nursing home or hospital under section 5168.47 of the Revised Code, or redetermined for the nursing home or hospital under section 5168.48 of the Revised Code, for that fiscal year shall be divided proportionally. The exiting operator shall be responsible for paying the amount of the fee that is for the part of the fiscal year that ends on the da...

... its residents for the franchise permit fee paid under section 5168.47 or 5168.48 of the Revised Code or otherwise directly pass the fee through to its residents.

... the full amount of a franchise permit fee installment when due, the department of medicaid may assess a five per cent penalty on the amount due for each month or fraction thereof the installment is overdue.