2006 Ohio Revised Code - 5120.58. Health care benefits and preventive services.

§ 5120.58. Health care benefits and preventive services.
 

The department of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules under section 111.15 of the Revised Code to do both of the following: 

(A) Establish a schedule of health care benefits that are available to offenders who are in the custody or under the supervision of the department; 

(B) Establish a program to encourage the utilization of preventive health care services by offenders. 
 

HISTORY: 149 v H 170. Eff 9-6-2002.
 

The provisions of § 3 of HB 170 (149 v  - ) read as follows: 

SECTION 3. (A) The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shall examine the feasibility and desirability of purchasing insurance coverage to protect against unpredictable or catastrophic losses that may be incurred by the state in the provision of health care services to offenders who are in the custody or under the supervision of the Department. Not later than six months after the effective date of this act, the Department shall report its findings and any recommendations to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the chairs of the standing committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate that have primary jurisdiction over issues related to the Department. 

(B) The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shall develop specifications for a utilization review program under which the clinical necessity, appropriateness, efficacy, or efficiency of any outside health care service recommended for an offender may be evaluated by an external utilization review organization. The Department shall request proposals for the provision of services of that nature. The request for proposals shall adequately describe the specifications developed by the Department. Within six months after the effective date of this section, the Department shall report the responses to the request for proposals to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the chairs of the standing committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate that have primary jurisdiction over issues related to the Department. The Department is not required to enter into a contract for the provision of that nature unless money has been appropriated to the Department adequate to fund the provision of services of that nature.