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...To the extent permissible under federal law, the department of medicaid shall redetermine the eligibility of members of the expansion eligibility group for medicaid benefits every six months.

...If a medicaid recipient is the beneficiary of a trust created pursuant to section 5815.28 of the Revised Code, then, notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter or of a rule adopted under section 5163.02 of the Revised Code, divisions (C) and (D) of that section shall apply in determining the assets or resources of the recipient, the recipient's estate, the settlor, or the settlor's estate and to cla...

...d supplant or replace medicaid or other public assistance; (b) A provision that prohibits the trustee from making payments that would impact or have an effect on the applicant's or recipient's right, ability, or opportunity to receive medicaid or other public assistance; (c) A provision that attempts to prevent the trust or its corpus or principal from being a resource available to the applicant or recipient. (4) ...

...(A) The general assembly hereby finds that the state has an insurable interest in medicaid recipients because of the state's statutory right to recover from the estate of a recipient state funds used to provide the recipient with medicaid services. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Beneficiary" means the person or entity designated in a life insurance policy to receive the proceeds of the policy on the death...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Assets" include all of an individual's income and resources and those of the individual's spouse, including any income or resources the individual or spouse is entitled to but does not receive because of action by any of the following: (a) The individual or spouse; (b) A person or government entity, including a court or administrative agency, with legal authority to act in place o...

...(A) Except as provided by division (A) of this section and for the purpose of determining whether an aged, blind, or disabled individual is eligible for nursing facility services, ICF/IID services, or other medicaid-funded long-term care services, the medicaid director may consider an aged, blind, or disabled individual's real property to not be the individual's homestead or principal place of residence once th...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided by this section, no individual shall qualify for nursing facility services or other medicaid-funded long-term care services if the individual's equity interest in the individual's home exceeds five hundred thousand dollars. The medicaid director shall increase this amount effective January 1, 2011, and the first day of each year thereafter, by the percentage increase in the cons...

...(A) In determining the amount of income that a medicaid recipient must apply monthly toward payment of the cost of care in a nursing facility or ICF/IID, a county department of job and family services shall deduct from the recipient's monthly income a monthly personal needs allowance in accordance with the "Social Security Act," section 1902(q), 42 U.S.C. 1396a(q). (B) In the case of a resident of a nursing facility...

...(c) Establishing abbreviated timeliness requirements to shorten the time between receipt of an application and the scheduling of an initial application interview; (d) Establishing a system for telephone scheduling of intake interviews for applicants; (e) Establishing procedures to minimize the time an applicant must spend in completing the application and eligibility determination process, including permitting...

...(A)(1) As used in this section, subject to division (A)(2) of this section, "state or local correctional facility" means any of the following: (a) A "state correctional institution," as defined in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code; (b) A "local correctional facility," as defined in section 2903.13 of the Revised Code; (c) A correctional facility that is privately operated and managed pursuant to section 9....

...(A) The department of medicaid shall issue one or more requests for information relating to medicaid eligibility data and operations to identify and assess systems and solutions that may be available to improve or augment the management, efficiency, frequency, and accuracy of medicaid eligibility determinations and processing. The requests for information shall include systems and data relating to all of the followin...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Adjudication" has the same meaning as in section 119.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Behavioral health redesign" means revisions to the medicaid program's coverage of community behavioral health services beginning July 1, 2017, including revisions that update medicaid billing codes and payment rates for community behavioral health services. (C) "Clean claim" has the same meaning as in...

...(A) The medicaid director shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The rules shall establish all of the following: (1) The amount, duration, and scope of the medicaid services covered by the medicaid program; (2) The medicaid payment rate for each medicaid service or, in lieu of the rate, the method by which the ra...

...(A) The medicaid program shall cover all mandatory services. (B) The medicaid program shall cover all of the optional services that state statutes require the medicaid program to cover. (C) The medicaid program may cover any of the optional services to which either of the following applies: (1) State statutes expressly permit the medicaid program to cover the optional service; (2) State statutes do not addr...

...The medicaid program shall cover occupational therapy services provided by an occupational therapist licensed under section 4755.08 of the Revised Code. Coverage shall not be limited to services provided in a hospital or nursing facility. Any licensed occupational therapist may enter into a provider agreement with the department of medicaid to provide occupational therapy services under the medicaid program.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Prescriber" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include a dentist, optometrist, or veterinarian. (2) "Prior authorization requirement" means any practice in which coverage of a health care service, device, or drug is dependent upon a recipient or health care practitioner obtaining approval from the medicaid program prior to the service, de...

...(A) The medicaid program shall include coverage of inpatient care and follow-up care for a mother and her newborn as follows: (1) The medicaid program shall cover a minimum of forty-eight hours of inpatient care following a normal vaginal delivery and a minimum of ninety-six hours of inpatient care following a cesarean delivery. Services covered as inpatient care shall include medical, educational, and any other ser...

...(A) As used in this section, "doula" has the same meaning as in section 4723.89 of the Revised Code. (B) The medicaid program shall cover doula services that are provided by a doula if the doula has a valid provider agreement and is certified under section 4723.89 of the Revised Code. Medicaid payments for doula services shall be determined on the basis of each pregnancy, regardless of whether multiple births occur...

...(A) As used in this section, "licensed health professional" means the following: (1) A physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; (2) An advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code that authorizes the practice of nursing as an advanced practice register...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Screening mammography" means a radiologic examination utilized to detect unsuspected breast cancer at an early stage in asymptomatic women and includes the x-ray examination of the breast using equipment that is dedicated specifically for mammography, including the x-ray tube, filter, compression device, screens, film, and cassettes, and that has an average radiation exposure deli...

...icaid shall not institute cost-sharing requirements under section 5162.20 of the Revised Code for prescribed, orally administered cancer medications that are greater than any cost-sharing requirements instituted under that section for intraveneously administered or injected cancer medications. (B) Division (A) of this section does not preclude the department from requiring a medicaid recipient to obtain prior...

...edicaid shall apply prior authorization requirements or other utilization review measures as conditions of providing coverage of an opioid analgesic prescribed for the treatment of chronic pain, except when the drug is prescribed under one of the following circumstances: (a) To an individual who is a hospice patient in a hospice care program; (b) To an individual who has been diagnosed with a terminal condition but...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the medicaid program shall cover remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal nonstress tests, utilizing established current procedural terminology codes (CPT codes) for those procedures for when the patient is in a residence or other off-site location from the patient's medicaid provider. (B) The coverage under division (A) of this section applies only unde...

... information it shall be subject to the requirements applicable to protected health information set forth in the "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996," 42 U.S.C. 1320d et seq., the "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009," 42 U.S.C. 17921 et seq., and any other applicable law regarding protected health information. (2) Genetic data generated from rapid who...

...ration recommended in the United States public health service clinical practice guidelines on treating tobacco use and dependence; (b) Services associated with more than two attempts to quit using tobacco within a twelve-month period. (C) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish standards and procedures for approving the forms of tobacco cessatio...