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...The department of medicaid shall operate the hospital care assurance program established by sections 5168.01 to 5168.14 of the Revised Code on a program year basis. The department shall complete all program requirements on or before the thirtieth day of September each year.

...(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each hospital, on or before the first day of July of each year or at a later date approved by the medicaid director, shall submit to the department of medicaid a financial statement for the preceding calendar year that accurately reflects the income, expenses, assets, liabilities, and net worth of the hospital, and accompanying notes. A hospital that has a fisca...

...(A) For the purpose of distributing funds to hospitals under the medicaid program pursuant to sections 5168.01 to 5168.14 of the Revised Code and depositing funds into the health care/medicaid support and recoveries fund created under section 5162.52 of the Revised Code, there is hereby imposed an assessment on all hospitals. Each hospital's assessment shall be based on total facility costs. All hospitals shall be as...

...(A) The department of medicaid may require governmental hospitals to make intergovernmental transfers each program year for the purpose of distributing funds to hospitals under the medicaid program pursuant to sections 5168.01 to 5168.14 of the Revised Code and depositing funds into the health care/medicaid support and recoveries fund created under section 5162.52 of the Revised Code. The department shall not require...

...(A) Before or during each program year, the department of medicaid shall issue to each hospital the preliminary determination of the amount that the hospital is assessed under section 5168.06 of the Revised Code during the program year. The preliminary determination of a hospital's assessment shall be calculated for a cost-reporting period that is specified in rules adopted under section 5168.02 of the Revised Code. ...

...The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5168.02 of the Revised Code establishing a methodology to pay hospitals that is sufficient to expend all money in the indigent care pool. Under the rules: (A) The department of medicaid may classify similar hospitals into groups and allocate funds for distribution within each group. (B) The department shall establish a method of allocating funds to hospitals, ta...

...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...

...As used in sections 5168.40 to 5168.56 of the Revised Code: (A) "Bed surrender" means the following: (1) In the case of a nursing home, the removal of a bed from a nursing home's licensed capacity in a manner that reduces the total licensed capacity of all nursing homes and makes it impossible for the bed to ever be a part of any nursing home's licensed capacity; (2) In the case of a hospital, the removal of...

...(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....

...The department of medicaid shall do all of the following: (A) Subject to sections 5168.44, 5168.45, and 5168.48 of the Revised Code and divisions (C) and (D) of this section and for the purposes specified in section 5168.54 of the Revised Code, 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 ...

...(A) Not later than four months after July 17, 2009, the department of medicaid shall apply to the United States secretary of health and human services for a waiver under the "Social Security Act," section 1903(w)(3)(E), 42 U.S.C. 1396b(w)(3)(E), as necessary to do both of the following regarding the franchise permit fee assessed under section 5168.42 of the Revised Code: (1) Reduce the franchise permit fee ra...

...If the United States secretary of health and human services approves the waiver sought under section 5168.43 of the Revised Code, the department of medicaid shall, for each nursing home and hospital that qualifies 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 wai...

...(A) If the United States secretary of health and human services approves the waiver sought under section 5168.43 of the Revised Code, the department of medicaid may do both of the following 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...

...(A) A trustee who commits a breach of trust is liable to the beneficiaries affected for the greater of the following: (1) The amount required to restore the value of the trust property and trust distributions to what they would have been had the breach not occurred; (2) The profit the trustee made by reason of the breach. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, if more than one trustee is liable to the ...

...(A) Absent a breach of trust, a trustee is not accountable to a beneficiary for any profit made by the trustee arising from the administration of the trust. (B) Absent a breach of trust, a trustee is not liable to a beneficiary for a loss or depreciation in the value of trust property or for not having made a profit.

...ts, expenses, and reasonable attorney's fees to any party, to be paid by another party, from the trust that is the subject of the controversy, or from a party's interest in the trust that is the subject of the controversy.

...ay not commence a proceeding against a trustee for breach of trust more than two years after the date the beneficiary, a representative of the beneficiary, or a beneficiary surrogate is sent a report that adequately discloses the existence of a potential claim for breach of trust and informs the beneficiary, the representative of the beneficiary, or the beneficiary surrogate of the time allowed for commencing ...

...A trustee who acts in reasonable reliance on the terms of the trust as expressed in the trust instrument is not liable to a beneficiary for a breach of trust to the extent the breach resulted from the reliance.

...the administration or distribution of a trust, a trustee who has exercised reasonable care to ascertain the happening of the event is not liable for a loss resulting from the trustee's lack of knowledge.

...A term of a trust relieving a trustee of liability for breach of trust is unenforceable to the extent that it relieves the trustee of liability for breach of trust committed in bad faith or with reckless indifference to the purposes of the trust or the interests of the beneficiaries or was inserted as the result of an abuse by the trustee of a fiduciary or confidential relationship to the settlor.

...A trustee is not liable to a beneficiary for breach of trust if the beneficiary or the beneficiary's representative under the representation provisions of Chapter 5803. of the Revised Code consented to the conduct constituting the breach, released the trustee from liability for the breach, or ratified the transaction constituting the breach, unless the consent, release, or ratification of the beneficiary or re...

...ered into on or after March 22, 1984, a trustee is not personally liable on a contract properly entered into in the trustee's fiduciary capacity in the course of administering the trust if the trustee in the contract disclosed the fiduciary capacity. The words "trustee," "as trustee," "fiduciary," or "as fiduciary," or other words that indicate one's trustee capacity, following the name or signature of a trustee are ...

...iability is imposed in the contract, a trustee who holds an interest as a general partner in a general or limited partnership is not personally liable on a contract entered into by the partnership after the trust's acquisition of the interest if the fiduciary capacity was disclosed. A partnership certificate that is filed pursuant to Chapter 1776. or 1777. or another chapter of the Revised Code and that indica...

...beneficiary who in good faith assists a trustee, or who in good faith and for value deals with a trustee, without knowledge that the trustee is exceeding or improperly exercising the trustee's powers is protected from liability as if the trustee properly exercised the power. (B) A person other than a beneficiary who in good faith deals with a trustee is not required to inquire into the extent of the trustee's powers...

...(A) Instead of furnishing a copy of the trust instrument to a person other than a beneficiary, the trustee may furnish to the person a certification of trust containing all of the following information: (1) A statement that the trust exists and the date the trust instrument was executed; (2) The identity of the settlor; (3) The identity and address of the currently acting trustee; (4) The powers of the trust...

...sonal property may be transferred to a trustee as authorized by section 5804.01 of the Revised Code by executing the necessary written instrument that identifies the personal property transferred and identifies the trustee by name followed by the designation "trustee." (B) The future transfer of personal property to a trustee as a designated beneficiary, including, but not limited to, a transfer on death desi...

...ers among states that enact the uniform trust code.

...The provisions of Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code governing the legal effect, validity, or enforceability of electronic records or electronic signatures and of contracts formed or performed with the use of electronic records or electronic signatures conform to the requirements of section 102 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. 7002, 114 Stat. 467, and supersede, mod...

... 5811. of the Revised Code apply to all trusts created before, on, or after their effective date. (2) Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code apply to all judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced on or after their effective date. (3) Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code apply to judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced before the effective date of those chapters unless the court finds tha...

...atee, and devisee and, in the case of a trust, an income beneficiary and a remainder beneficiary. (C) "Fiduciary" means a personal representative or a trustee. The term includes an executor, administrator, successor personal representative, special administrator, and a person performing substantially the same function. (D) "Income" means money or property that a fiduciary receives as current return from a principal...

...ly: (1) A fiduciary shall administer a trust or estate in accordance with the terms of the trust or the will, even if there is a different provision in sections 5812.01 to 5812.52 of the Revised Code. (2) A fiduciary may administer a trust or estate by the exercise of a discretionary power of administration given to the fiduciary by the terms of the trust or the will, even if the exercise of the power produces a re...

...(A) A trustee may adjust between principal and income to the extent the trustee considers necessary if the trustee invests and manages the trust assets as a prudent investor, the terms of the trust describe the amount that may or must be distributed to a beneficiary by referring to the trust's income, and the trustee determines, after applying division (A) of section 5812.02 of the Revised Code, that the trustee is u...

... in the fiduciary's discretion, fees of attorneys, accountants, and fiduciaries; court costs and other expenses of administration; and interest on death taxes. However, the fiduciary may pay those expenses from income of property passing to a trust for which the fiduciary claims an estate tax marital or charitable deduction only to the extent that the payment of those expenses from income will not cause the reduction...

...equired to pay pecuniary amounts not in trust. (3) The beneficiary's fractional interest in the undistributed principal assets must be calculated on the basis of the aggregate value of those assets as of the distribution date without reducing the value by any unpaid principal obligation. (4) The distribution date for purposes of this section may be the date as of which the fiduciary calculates the value of the asse...

... the date specified in the terms of the trust or, if no date is specified, on the date an asset becomes subject to a trust or successive income interest. (B) An asset becomes subject to a trust on any of the following dates: (1) The date it is transferred to the trust, in the case of an asset that is transferred to a trust during the transferor's life; (2) The date of a testator's death, in the case of an asset th...

...(A) A trustee shall allocate to principal an income receipt or disbursement other than one to which division (A) of section 5812.07 of the Revised Code applies, if its due date occurs before a decedent dies in the case of an estate or before an income interest begins in the case of a trust or successive income interest. (B) A trustee shall allocate an income receipt or disbursement to income if its due date occurs o...

...ded to principal under the terms of the trust. (B) When a mandatory income interest ends, the trustee shall pay to a mandatory income beneficiary that survives that date, or the estate of a deceased mandatory income beneficiary whose death causes the interest to end, the beneficiary's share of the undistributed income that is not disposed of under the terms of the trust, unless the beneficiary has an unqualified pow...

...estment company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund, or any other organization in which a trustee has an interest other than a trust or estate to which section 5812.19 of the Revised Code applies, a business or activity to which section 5812.20 of the Revised Code applies, or an asset-backed security to which section 5812.38 of the Revised Code applies. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...