2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [51] LI PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 5111: MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
5111.94 Health care services administration fund.

(A) As used in this section, “vendor offset” means a reduction of a medicaid payment to a medicaid provider to correct a previous, incorrect medicaid payment to that provider.

(B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the health care services administration fund. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, all the following shall be deposited into the fund:

(1) Amounts deposited into the fund pursuant to sections 5111.92 and 5111.93 of the Revised Code;

(2) The amount of the state share of all money the department of job and family services, in fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter, recovers pursuant to a tort action under the department’s right of recovery under section 5101.58 of the Revised Code that exceeds the state share of all money the department, in fiscal year 2002, recovers pursuant to a tort action under that right of recovery;

(3) Subject to division (D) of this section, the amount of the state share of all money the department of job and family services, in fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter, recovers through audits of medicaid providers that exceeds the state share of all money the department, in fiscal year 2002, recovers through such audits;

(4) Amounts from assessments on hospitals under section 5112.06 of the Revised Code and intergovernmental transfers by governmental hospitals under section 5112.07 of the Revised Code that are deposited into the fund in accordance with the law;

(5) Amounts that the department of education pays to the department of job and family services, if any, pursuant to an interagency agreement entered into under section 5111.713 of the Revised Code;

(6) The application fees charged to providers under section 5111.063 of the Revised Code;

(7) The fines collected under section 5111.271 of the Revised Code.

(C) No funds shall be deposited into the health care services administration fund in violation of federal statutes or regulations.

(D) In determining under division (B)(3) of this section the amount of money the department, in a fiscal year, recovers through audits of medicaid providers, the amount recovered in the form of vendor offset shall be excluded.

(E) The director of job and family services shall use funds available in the health care services administration fund to pay for costs associated with the administration of the medicaid program.

Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 28, HB 153, § 101.01, eff. 9/29/2011.

Effective Date: 09-26-2003; 2008 HB562 06-24-2008