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...(A) "Person entitled to enforce" an instrument means any of the following persons: (1) The holder of the instrument; (2) A nonholder in possession of the instrument who has the rights of a holder; (3) A person not in possession of the instrument who is entitled to enforce the instrument pursuant to section 1303.38 or division (D) of section 1303.58 of the Revised Code. (B) A person may be a "person entitled to en...

...ue course with notice of the discharge. Public filing or recording of a document does not of itself constitute notice of a defense, claim in recoupment, or claim to the instrument. (C) Except to the extent a transferor or predecessor in interest has rights as a holder in due course, a person does not acquire rights of a holder in due course of an instrument taken under any of the following circumstances: (1) By leg...

...(A) An instrument is issued or transferred for value if any of the following apply: (1) The instrument is issued or transferred for a promise of performance, to the extent the promise has been performed. (2) The transferee acquires a security interest or other lien in the instrument other than a lien obtained by judicial proceeding. (3) The instrument is issued or transferred as payment of, or as security for, an ...

...(A) An instrument payable on demand becomes overdue at the earliest of the following times: (1) On the day after the day during which demand for payment is duly made; (2) If the instrument is a check, ninety days after its date; (3) If the instrument is not a check, when the instrument has been outstanding for a period of time after its date that is unreasonably long under the circumstances of the particular case ...

...(A) Except as otherwise stated in this section, the right to enforce the obligation of a party to pay an instrument is subject to all of the following: (1) A defense of the obligor based on any of the following: (a) Infancy of the obligor to the extent it is a defense to a simple contract; (b) Duress, lack of legal capacity, or illegality of the transaction that, under other law, nullifies the obligation of the ob...

...(A) Unless specifically denied in the pleadings, in an action with respect to an instrument, the authenticity of, and authority to make, each signature on an instrument is admitted. If the validity of a signature is denied in the pleadings, the burden of establishing validity is on the party claiming validity but the signature is presumed to be authentic and authorized unless the action is to enforce the liability of...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Fiduciary" means an agent, trustee, partner, corporate officer, corporate director, or other representative owing a fiduciary duty with respect to an instrument. (2) "Represented person" means the principal, beneficiary, partnership, corporation, or other person to whom the fiduciary duty with respect to an instrument referred to in division (A)(1) of this section is owed. (B) If ...

...(A) A person not in possession of an instrument is entitled to enforce the instrument if all of the following apply: (1) The person seeking to enforce the instrument was entitled to enforce the instrument when loss of possession occurred or has directly or indirectly acquired ownership of the instrument from a person who was entitled to enforce the instrument when loss of possession occurred. (2) The loss of posses...

...(A) Unless otherwise agreed, if a certified check, cashier's check, or teller's check is taken for an obligation, the obligation is discharged to the same extent discharge would result if an amount of money equal to the amount of the instrument were taken in payment of the obligation. The discharge of the obligation does not affect any liability that the obligor may have as an indorser of the instrument taken in paym...

...If a person against whom a claim is asserted proves that that person in good faith tendered an instrument to the claimant as full satisfaction of the claim, that the amount of the claim was unliquidated or subject to a bona fide dispute, and that the claimant obtained payment of the instrument, all the following apply: (A) Unless division (B) of this section applies, the claim is discharged if the person against who...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Check" means a cashier's check, teller's check, or certified check. (2) "Claimant" means a person who claims the right to receive the amount of a check that was lost, destroyed, or stolen. (3) "Declaration of loss" means a statement made in a record, under penalty of perjury, to the effect that all of the following are true: (a) The declarant lost possession of a check; (b) Th...

...(A) A person is not liable on an instrument unless the person signed the instrument or the person is represented by an agent or representative who signed the instrument and the signature is binding on the represented person pursuant to section 1303.42 of the Revised Code. (B) A signature may be made manually or by means of a device or machine and by the use of any name, including a trade or assumed name, or by a wor...

...(A) If a person acting, or purporting to act, as a representative signs an instrument by signing either the name of the represented person or the name of the signer, the represented person is bound by the signature to the same extent the represented person would be bound if the signature were on a simple contract. If the represented person is so bound, the signature of the representative is the "authorized signature ...

...(A) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or sections 1304.01 to 1304.40 of the Revised Code, an unauthorized signature is ineffective except as the signature of the unauthorized signer in favor of a person who in good faith pays the instrument or takes it for value. An unauthorized signature may be ratified for all purposes of this chapter. (B) If the signature of more than one person is required to constitute ...

...(A) If an impostor, by use of the mails or otherwise, induces the issuer of an instrument to issue the instrument to the impostor, or to a person acting in concert with the impostor, by impersonating the payee of the instrument or a person authorized to act for the payee, an indorsement of the instrument by any person in the name of the payee is effective as the indorsement of the payee in favor of a person who, in g...

...A check or other draft does not of itself operate as an assignment of any funds in the hands of the drawee available for its payment, and the drawee is not liable on the instrument until he accepts it.

...(A) "Acceptance" means the drawee's signed agreement to pay the draft as presented. It must be written on the draft, and may consist of his signature alone. Acceptance may be made at any time and becomes effective when notification is given pursuant to instructions or the accepted draft is delivered for the purpose of giving rights on the acceptance to any person. (B) A draft may be accepted although it has not bee...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Employee" includes an independent contractor and an employee of an independent contractor retained by the employer. (2) "Fraudulent indorsement" means either of the following: (a) In the case of an instrument payable to the employer, a forged indorsement purporting to be that of the employer; (b) In the case of an instrument with respect to which the employer is the issuer, a for...

...(A) If the terms of a drawee's acceptance vary from the terms of the draft as presented, the holder may refuse the acceptance and treat the draft as dishonored in which case the drawee is entitled to cancel his acceptance. (B) The terms of the draft are not varied by an acceptance to pay at any particular bank or place in the United States, unless the acceptance states that the draft is to be paid only at such bank ...

...(A) A person whose failure to exercise ordinary care substantially contributes to an alteration of an instrument or to the making of a forged signature on an instrument is precluded from asserting the alteration or the forgery against a person who, in good faith, pays the instrument or takes it for value or for collection. (B) Under division (A) of this section, if the person asserting the preclusion fails to exerci...

...(A) "Alteration" means either of the following: (1) An unauthorized change in an instrument that purports to modify in any respect the obligation of a party. (2) An unauthorized addition of words or numbers or other change to an incomplete instrument relating to the obligation of a party. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, an alteration fraudulently made discharges a party whose obligation is ...

...(A) As used in this section, "obligated bank" means the acceptor of a certified check or the issuer of a cashier's check or teller's check bought from the issuer. (B) If the obligated bank wrongfully refuses to pay a cashier's check or certified check, wrongfully stops payment of a teller's check, or wrongfully refuses to pay a dishonored teller's check, the person asserting the right to enforce the check is entitle...

...The issuer of a notice or cashier's check or other draft drawn on the drawer is obliged to pay the instrument in accordance with either of the following: (A) According to its terms at the time it was issued or, if not issued, at the time it first came into possession of a holder; (B) If the issuer signed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed in accordance with sections 1303.11 and 13...

...(A) The acceptor of a draft is obliged to pay the draft in accordance with one of the following: (1) According to its terms at the time it was accepted, even though the acceptance states that the draft is payable "as originally drawn" or equivalent terms; (2) If the acceptance varies the terms of the draft, according to the terms of the draft as varied; (3) If the acceptance is of a draft that is an incomplete ins...

...(A) This section does not apply to cashier's checks or other drafts drawn on the drawer. (B) If an unaccepted draft is dishonored, the drawer is obliged to pay the draft in accordance with either of the following: (1) According to its terms at the time it was issued or, if not issued, at the time it first came into possession of a holder; (2) If the drawer signed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms wh...

...The medicaid director shall implement within the medicaid program systems that do both of the following: (A) Improve the health of medicaid recipients through the use of population health measures; (B) Reduce health disparities, including, but not limited to, those within racial and ethnic populations.

...The medicaid director shall implement within the medicaid program strategies that address social determinants of health, including employment, housing, transportation, food, interpersonal safety, and toxic stress.

...(A) The Department of Medicaid may establish and administer a program to provide dental services to pregnant Medicaid recipients. If the program is established, all of the following shall apply: (1) Medicaid recipients who are members of the group described in section 5163.06 of the Revised Code shall be eligible to receive two dental cleanings per year. (2) The Department shall give priority to those Medicaid r...

...The medicaid director shall provide, to a veteran who has submitted an application for the medicaid program, information about the county veterans service office that can assist with investigating and applying for benefits through the United States department of veterans affairs. As used in this section, "veteran" has the same meaning as in section 5901.01 of the Revised Code.

...(A) A provider of medical services licensed, accredited, or certified under Chapter 3721., 3727., 4715., 4725., 4731., 4732., 4734., 4747., 4753., 4755., 4757., or 4779. of the Revised Code shall provide in writing, before products, services, or procedures are provided, a reasonable, good-faith estimate of all of the following for the provider's non-emergency products, services, or procedures: (1) The amount the pro...

...Before making any payment rate increases greater than ten per cent under the medicaid program, the medicaid director shall notify the joint medicaid oversight committee of the increase and be available to testify before the joint medicaid oversight committee regarding the increase.

...As used in this chapter: "Caretaker relative" has the same meaning as in 42 C.F.R. 435.4 as that regulation is amended effective January 1, 2014. "Expansion eligibility group" means the medicaid eligibility group described in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII). "Federal financial participation" has the same meaning as in section 5160.01 of the Revised C...

...The medicaid director shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter. The rules shall establish eligibility requirements for the medicaid program. The rules may establish requirements for applying for medicaid and determining and verifying eligibility for medicaid. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. ( Notwithstanding any provision of state law, includi...

...(A) Subject to section 5163.05 of the Revised Code, the medicaid program shall cover all mandatory eligibility groups. (B) The medicaid program shall cover all of the optional eligibility groups that state statutes require the medicaid program to cover. (C) The medicaid program may cover any of the optional eligibility groups to which either of the following applies: (1) State statutes expressly permit the medicai...

...The medicaid program's eligibility requirements for aged, blind, and disabled individuals may be more restrictive than the eligibility requirements for the supplemental security income program. Any such more restrictive eligibility requirements shall be consistent with the 209(b) option described in the "Social Security Act," section 1902(f), 42 U.S.C. 1396a(f).

...The medicaid program shall cover all of the following optional eligibility groups: (A) The group consisting of children placed with adoptive parents who are specified in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VIII) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VIII); (B) Subject to section 5163.061 of the Revised Code, the group consisting of women during pregnancy and the maximum postpartum period permitted ...

...The income eligibility threshold is two hundred per cent of the federal poverty line for women during pregnancy and the postpartum period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy who are covered by the medicaid program under division (B) of section 5163.06 of the Revised Code.

...The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5163.02 of the Revised Code as necessary to provide medicaid coverage for the optional eligibility group described in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII). By requiring the medicaid program to provide coverage to the optional eligibility group consisting of employed individuals with disabilities unde...

...The medicaid director shall implement the option authorized by the "Social Security Act," section 1931(b)(2)(C), 42 U.S.C. 1396u-1(b)(2)(C), to set the income eligibility threshold at ninety per cent of the federal poverty line for parents and caretaker relatives who are covered by the medicaid program under that section of the "Social Security Act."

...(A) As used in sections 5163.09 to 5163.098 of the Revised Code: "Applicant" means an individual who applies to participate in the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program. "Earned income" has the meaning established by rules authorized by section 5163.098 of the Revised Code. "Employed individual with a medically improved disability" has the same meaning as in the "Social Security Act," section ...

...Under the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program, an individual who does all of the following in accordance with rules authorized by section 5163.098 of the Revised Code qualifies for the medicaid program: (A) Applies for the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program; (B) Provides satisfactory evidence of all of the following: (1) That the individual is at least sixteen years of age...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the maximum value of resources, less amounts disregarded pursuant to rules authorized by section 5163.098 of the Revised Code, that an individual may have without the individual exceeding the resource eligibility limit for the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. (B) Each calendar year, the medicaid...

...For the purpose of determining whether an individual is within the income eligibility limit for the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program, all of the following apply: (A) Twenty thousand dollars of the individual's earned income shall be disregarded. (B) No amount that the individual's employer pays to obtain health insurance for one or more members of the individual's family, including any a...

...An individual whose income exceeds one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty line shall pay an annual premium as a condition of qualifying for the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program. The amount of the premium shall be determined as follows: (A) Subtract one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty line, as applicable for a family size equal to the size of the individual's famil...

...No individual shall be denied eligibility for the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program on the basis that the individual receives services under a home and community-based services medicaid waiver component.

...An individual participating in the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program may continue to participate in the program for up to six months even though the individual ceases to have earnings from employment or to be an employed individual with a medically improved disability due to ceasing to be employed if the individual continues to meet all other eligibility requirements for the program.

...If the United States secretary of health and human services requires that a provision of the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program be changed or removed in order for the secretary to approve the program or to avoid an extended delay in the secretary's approval, the medicaid director shall make the change or removal. The change or removal may cause the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilitie...

...(A) The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5163.02 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program. The rules shall do all of the following: (1) Specify assets, asset values, and amounts to be disregarded in determining asset and income eligibility limits for the program; (2) Establish meanings for the terms "earned income," "health insur...

...(A) As used in this section: ( 1) "Presumptive eligibility for pregnant women option" means the option available under section 1920 of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396r-1, to make ambulatory prenatal care available to pregnant women under the medicaid program during presumptive eligibility periods. ( 2) "Qualified provider" has the same meaning as in section 1920(b)(2) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U....

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Children's hospital" has the same meaning as in section 2151.86 of the Revised Code. (2) "Federally qualified health center" has the same meaning as in section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B). (3) "Federally qualified health center look-alike" has the same meaning as in section 3701.047 of the Revised Code. (4) "Presumptive eligibility for...