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...ident's estate are liable relatives and all the following persons are jointly and severally liable for the support of a resident in an institution under the control of the department of developmental disabilities: (1) The resident or the resident's estate; (2) The resident's spouse; (3) The father or mother, or both, of a minor resident under the age of eighteen years. (B) The department shall determ...

...hority of the department of developmental disabilities to modify support charges pursuant to section 5121.04 of the Revised Code shall not be exercised until the resident or liable relative has petitioned the department for modification as provided in section 5121.07 of the Revised Code and has offered to the department satisfactory proof of the resident's or liable relative's earnings and assets. The departm...

...trol of the department of developmental disabilities may petition the department for a release from, or modification of, such charge, and the department, after an investigation, may cancel or modify such former charge, or may cancel, compromise, or settle any accrued liability in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars. Amounts in excess thereof may be canceled, compromised, or settled as provided in ...

...control of the department of developmental disabilities and the committing court, if requested, shall submit to the department such information as they may obtain concerning the financial condition of any resident or of relatives liable for the resident's support.

...iction of the department of developmental disabilities is sufficient for the resident's support, without hardship to any others who may be dependent thereon, and no guardian has been appointed for such estate, the agent of the department shall petition the probate court of the proper county to appoint a guardian.

...tion of the department of developmental disabilities, or upon the death of a person responsible under section 5121.06 of the Revised Code for the support of a resident, the department may waive the presentation of any claim for support against the estate of such decedent, when in its judgment an otherwise dependent person will be directly benefited by the estate. Claims against an estate for support of a res...

...The state shall bear the expense of the burial or cremation of an indigent resident who dies in a state institution operated by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.03 of the Revised Code or in a state correctional institution if the body is not claimed for interment or cremation at the expense of friends or relatives or is not delivered for anatomical purposes or for the study of embalming...

...erated by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.03 of the Revised Code, including those transferred to them from state correctional institutions, and also including persons under indictment or conviction for crime, shall be collected and paid in accordance with sections 5121.01 to 5121.21 of the Revised Code.

...Claims due a benevolent institution may be sued for in the name of the institution.

...o event may such relative recover in total more than such relative has paid the state, and provided, that in no event is the person from whom recovery is sought obliged to pay at a rate of support higher than such person would have paid had the state proceeded directly against such person: (A) Any liable person may recover from the resident, the resident's guardian, or from the executor or administrator of the resi...

...d Code: (A) "Countable assets" means all of the following: (1) Cash; (2) Bank deposits; (3) Securities; (4) Individual retirement accounts; (5) Qualified employer plans, including 401(k) and Keogh plans; (6) Annuities; (7) Funds in a trust created under section 5815.28 of the Revised Code; (8) Investment property and income; (9) The cash surrender values of life insurance policies; (10) Assets ...

...All patients shall be maintained at the expense of the state. The traveling and incidental expenses in conveying them to a hospital shall be paid by the county of commitment. On admission, patients shall be neatly and comfortably clothed. Thereafter, the expense of necessary clothing shall be borne by the responsible relatives or guardian if they are financially able. If not furnished, the state shall bear the expens...

...On an annual basis, the department of mental health and addiction services shall determine both of the following using generally accepted governmental accounting principles: (A) The per diem charge for each hospital operated by the department; (B) The ancillary per diem rate for each hospital operated by the department. In determining a hospital's per diem charge and ancillary per diem rate, the department sha...

...the Revised Code, the department of mental health and addiction services shall, for each billing cycle, charge a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative the amount calculated under division (B) of this section for care and treatment the patient receives in a hospital operated by the department. (B) The amount to be charged under division (A) of this section shall be calculated by multiplying the hospital's pe...

...state, and patient's liable relatives shall be jointly and severally liable for amounts charged by the department of mental health and addiction services in accordance with section 5121.33 or 5121.35 of the Revised Code. In no case shall any of the foregoing persons be liable for more than one hundred per cent of the full amount charged under section 5121.33 of the Revised Code. (B) Collections of support payments...

...The department of mental health and addiction services shall charge a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative an amount discounted from the amount the department charges under section 5121.33 of the Revised Code if the department determines through the application process described in section 5121.36 of the Revised Code or through the financial assessment process described in section 5121.37 of the Revise...

... form prescribed by the director of mental health and addiction services. The department of mental health and addiction services may require a patient, estate, or relative to furnish any of the following with an application form: (1) A copy of the patient's, estate's, or liable relative's federal income tax return for the year preceding the date of application or, if that is not yet available, the preceding ye...

...After a patient's admittance to a hospital, the department of mental health and addiction services shall conduct a financial assessment to determine whether the patient, patient's estate, or liable relative will be charged an amount discounted from the amount the department charges under section 5121.33 of the Revised Code. The department shall make the determination in accordance with sections 5121.40 and 5121...

...The department of mental health and addiction services may subpoena witnesses, take testimony under oath, and examine any public records relating to the income and other assets of a patient or of a relative liable for such patient's support. All information, conclusions, and recommendations shall be submitted to the department by the investigating agent of the department.

... from the amount the department of mental health and addiction services charges under section 5121.33 of the Revised Code if the patient, estate, or relative has countable assets with a total value that is not greater than an amount equal to fifty per cent of the difference between the following: (1) The gross annual income that corresponds with a family size of two persons at one hundred per cent of the fede...

...5121.40 of the Revised Code and the annual income of the patient, estate, or relative does not exceed four hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, the patient, estate, or relative shall be charged an amount discounted from the amount the department charges under section 5121.33 of the Revised Code for the first thirty days the patient is admitted as an inpatient in a hospital and for which the patient is liabl...

... patient's estate, or liable relative shall cease to be eligible for a discount under section 5121.36 or 5121.37 of the Revised Code on accumulation of countable assets in excess of an amount equal to fifty per cent of the difference between the following: (1) The gross annual income that corresponds with a family size of two persons at one hundred per cent of the federal poverty level for the state; (2) The...

...expenses for care and treatment for mental illness at or from a hospital operated by the department of mental health and addiction services, all of the following apply with respect to the amount owed to the department for such care and treatment:(1) The insured, policy owner, or other person having an interest in the policy or other contract shall assign payment directly to the department of all assignable benefits u...

...The department of mental health and addiction services may enter into an extended payment agreement with a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative who has notified the department that the patient, estate, or relative cannot reasonably pay an amount the department has charged. In no case shall the department take a security interest, mortgage, or lien against the principal family residence of a patient or ...

...iable relative to the department of mental health and addiction services for which the person has failed to do either of the following not later than ninety days after the service associated with the charge was incurred: (1) Make payment in full; (2) Make a payment in accordance with the terms of an agreement entered into under section 5121.44 of the Revised Code. (B) An action to enforce the collection of a ...