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...In the absence of fraud or bad faith, the state medical board, a current or former board member, an agent of the board, a person formally requested by the board to be the board's representative, or an employee of the board shall not be held liable in damages to any person as the result of any act, omission, proceeding, conduct, or decision related to official duties undertaken or performed pursuant to this chap...

...The state medical board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Whoever violates division (A)(1) or (2) of section 4774.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. (B)(1) Whoever violates division (B)(1), (C)(1), (C)(2), (D), or (E) of section 4774.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offe...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Dual eligible individual" has the same meaning as in the "Social Security Act," section 1915(h)(2)(B), 42 U.S.C. 1396n(h)(2)(B). A dual eligible individual is a medicare-medicaid enrollee (MME). (B) "Exchange" has the same meaning as in 45 C.F.R. 155.20. (C) "Federal financial participation" means the federal government's share of expenditures made by an entity in implementing a medic...

...References to the department or director of public welfare, department or director of human services, department or director of job and family services, department or director of children and youth, office of medical assistance, or medical assistance director in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document is deemed to refer to the department of medicaid or medicaid director, as the case may be, to the exten...

...The medicaid director shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.

...(A) When the medicaid director is authorized by a statute to adopt a rule, the director shall adopt the rule in accordance with the following: (1) Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if either of the following applies: (a) The statute authorizing the rule requires that the rule be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (b) Unless division (A)(2)(b) of this section applies, the statute auth...

...The medicaid director is the executive head of the department of medicaid. All duties conferred on the department by law or order of the director are under the director's control and shall be performed in accordance with rules the director adopts.

...The medicaid director shall appoint one assistant director for the department of medicaid. The assistant director shall exercise powers, and perform duties, as ordered by the medicaid director. The assistant director shall act as the medicaid director in the medicaid director's absence or disability and when the position of medicaid director is vacant.

...The medicaid director may appoint such employees as are necessary for the efficient operation of the department of medicaid. The director may prescribe the title and duties of the employees.

...If the medicaid director determines that a position with the department of medicaid can best be filled in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 124.30 of the Revised Code or without regard to a residency requirement established by a rule adopted by the director of administrative services, the medicaid director shall provide the director of administrative services certification of the determination.

...The department of medicaid shall collaborate with the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to develop procedures and formats necessary to produce the notices described in division (D) of section 109.5721 of the Revised Code in a format that is acceptable for use by the department. The medicaid director may adopt rules under section 5160.02 of the Revised Code necessary for such co...

...The medicaid director may require any of the employees of the department of medicaid who may be charged with custody or control of any public money or property or who is required to give bond, to give a bond, properly conditioned, in a sum to be fixed by the director which when approved by the director, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The cost of such bonds, when approved by the director...

...The medicaid director may expend funds appropriated or available to the department of medicaid from persons and government entities. For purposes of this section, the director may enter into contracts or agreements with persons and government entities and make grants to persons and government entities. To the extent permitted by federal law, the director may advance funds to a grantee when necessary for the gra...

...The state health care grants fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Money the department of medicaid receives from private foundations in support of pilot projects that promote exemplary programs that enhance programs the department administers shall be credited to the fund. The department may expend the money on such projects, may use the money, to the extent allowable, to match federal financial parti...

...(A) As used in this section, "entity" includes an agency, board, commission, or department of the state or a political subdivision of the state; a private, nonprofit entity; a school district; a private school; or a public or private institution of higher education. (B) This section does not apply to contracts entered into under section 5162.32 or 5162.35 of the Revised Code. (C) At the request of any public ...

...The department of medicaid may enter into contracts with private entities to maximize federal revenue without the expenditure of state money. In selecting private entities with which to contract, the department shall engage in a request for proposals process. The department, subject to the approval of the controlling board, may also directly enter into contracts with public entities providing revenue maximizati...

...The department of medicaid may appoint and commission any competent person to serve as a special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a designated duty for and on behalf of the department. Specific credentials shall be given by the department to each person so designated, and each credential shall state the following: (A) The person's name; (B) The agency with which the person is connected; (C) ...

...(A) The department of medicaid may conduct any audits or investigations that are necessary in the performance of the department's duties, and to that end, the department has the same power as a judge of a county court to administer oaths and to enforce the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books or papers. The department shall keep a record of the department's audits and investigatio...

...On the request of the medicaid director, the auditor of state may conduct an audit of any medical assistance recipient. If the auditor decides to conduct an audit under this section, the auditor shall enter into an interagency agreement with the department of medicaid that specifies that the auditor agrees to comply with section 5160.45 of the Revised Code with respect to any information the auditor receives pu...

...(A) The auditor of state and attorney general, or their designees, may examine any records, whether in computer or printed format, in the possession of the medicaid director or any county director of job and family services, regarding medical assistance programs. The auditor of state and attorney general shall do both of the following regarding the records: (1) Provide safeguards that restrict access to the re...

...(A) As part of the process of determining an individual's eligibility for a medical assistance program, at least all of the following information about the individual shall be verified: (1) Identity; (2) Citizenship and alien eligibility; (3) Social security number; (4) State residency status; (5) Disability status; (6) Gross nonexempt income; (7) Household status ; (8) Medical expenses; (9) Enrollm...

...(A)(1) As information described in division (A) of section 5160.29 of the Revised Code is received by the department of medicaid or an entity with which the department has entered into an agreement under section 5160.30 of the Revised Code, the department or entity shall do both of the following on at least a quarterly basis and in accordance with federal regulations: (a) Review the information to determine whet...

...If a violation of section 2913.401 of the Revised Code or a similar offense is suspected in the process of determining or redetermining a medical assistance recipient's eligibility, the case shall be referred for investigation to the county prosecutor of the county in which the medical assistance recipient resides, referred for an administrative disqualification hearing, or both.

...Nothing in sections 5160.29 to 5160.292 of the Revised Code prevents the department of medicaid or any entity with which the department has entered into an agreement under section 5160.30 of the Revised Code from doing either of the following: (A) Receiving or reviewing information related to individuals' eligibility for a medical assistance program beyond the information specified in division (A) of section 5160....