2006 Ohio Revised Code - 5112.03. Effective until 10-16-07.

§ 5112.03. Rules for administration.
 

(A)  The director of job and family services shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the purpose of administering sections 5112.01 to 5112.21 of the Revised Code, including rules that do all of the following: 

(1) Define as a "disproportionate share hospital" any hospital included under subsection (b) of section 1923 of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 1396r-4(b), as amended, and any other hospital the director determines appropriate; 

(2) Prescribe the form for submission of cost reports under section 5112.04 of the Revised Code; 

(3) Establish, in accordance with division (A) of section 5112.06 of the Revised Code, the assessment rate or rates to be applied to hospitals under that section; 

(4) Establish schedules for hospitals to pay installments on their assessments under section 5112.06 of the Revised Code and for governmental hospitals to pay installments on their intergovernmental transfers under section 5112.07 of the Revised Code; 

(5) Establish procedures to notify hospitals of adjustments made under division (B)(2)(b) of section 5112.06 of the Revised Code in the amount of installments on their assessment; 

(6) Establish procedures to notify hospitals of adjustments made under division (D) of section 5112.09 of the Revised Code in the total amount of their assessment and to adjust for the remainder of the program year the amount of the installments on the assessments; 

(7) Establish, in accordance with section 5112.08 of the Revised Code, the methodology for paying hospitals under that section. 

The director shall consult with hospitals when adopting the rules required by divisions (A)(4) and (5) of this section in order to minimize hospitals' cash flow difficulties. 

(B)  Rules adopted under this section may provide that "total facility costs" excludes costs associated with any of the following: 

(1) Recipients of the medical assistance program; 

(2) Recipients of disability assistance medical assistance provided under Chapter 5115. of the Revised Code; 

(3) Recipients of the program for medically handicapped children established under section 3701.023 [3701.02.3] of the Revised Code; 

(4) Recipients of the medicare program established under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended; 

(5) Recipients of Title V of the "Social Security Act"; 

(6) Any other category of costs deemed appropriate by the director in accordance with Title XIX of the "Social Security Act" and the rules adopted under that title. 
 

HISTORY: 146 v H 117 (Eff 7-1-95); 148 v H 283 (Eff 6-30-99); 148 v H 471. Eff 7-1-2000.
 

The effective date is set by section 179 of H.B. 95 (150 v  - ). 

The provisions of § 212 of H.B. 95 (150 v  - ) read as follows: 

SECTION 212. The amendment by this act of sections 5112.03 and 5112.08 of the Revised Code is not intended to supersede the earlier repeal, with delayed effective date, of those sections. 

Analogous to former RC § 5112.03 (RC § 3702.02, 142 v H 738; RC § 5112.03, 144 v H 298; 144 v H 870; 145 v H 152; 145 v H 715; 145 v S 301), repealed 145 v H 391, § 3, eff 6-30-95.

See Repeal provisions, § 153(A) of 146 v H 117, as amended by §§ 147, 148 of 149 v H 94, § 137.09 of 150 v H 95, and § 403.17 of 151 v H 66, following RC § 5112.01. 

 

Effect of Amendments

H.B. 95, Acts 2003, effective September 26, 2003, inserted (B)(2) and redesignated the remaining subdivisions accordingly; and deleted "disability assistance" preceding "medical" in present (B)(3).