Ohio Rev. Code § 5166.40

Current with legislation from 2024 received as of August 15, 2024.
Section 5166.40 - Definitions
(A) As used in sections 5166.40 to 5166.409 of the Revised Code:
(1) "Adult" means an individual who is at least eighteen years of age.
(2) "Buckeye account" means a modified health savings account established under section 5166.402 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Contribution" means the amounts that an individual contributes to the individual's buckeye account and are contributed to the account on the individual's behalf under divisions (C) and (D) of section 5166.402 of the Revised Code. "Contribution" does not mean the portion of an individual's buckeye account that consists of medicaid funds deposited under division (B) of section 5166.402 of the Revised Code or section 5166.404 of the Revised Code.
(4) "Core portion" means the portion of a healthy Ohio program participant's buckeye account that consists of the following:
(a) The amount of contributions to the account;
(b) The amounts awarded to the account under divisions (C) and (D) of section 5166.404 of the Revised Code.
(5) "Eligible employer-sponsored health plan" has the same meaning as in section 5000A(f)(2) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986,"26 U.S.C. 5000A(f)(2).
(6) "Healthy Ohio program" means the medicaid waiver component established under sections 5166.40 to 5166.409 of the Revised Code under which medicaid recipients specified in division (B) of this section enroll in comprehensive health plans and contribute to buckeye accounts.
(7) "Healthy Ohio program debit swipe card" means a debit swipe card issued by a managed care organization to a healthy Ohio program participant under section 5166.403 of the Revised Code.
(8) "Not-for-profit organization" means an organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(a) and (c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986,"26 U.S.C. 501(a) and (c)(3).
(9) "Ward of the state" means an individual who is a ward, as defined in section 2111.01 of the Revised Code.
(10) "Workforce development activity" and "local board" have the same meanings as in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) The medicaid director shall establish a medicaid waiver component to be known as the healthy Ohio program. Each adult medicaid recipient, other than a ward of the state, determined to be eligible for medicaid on the basis of either of the following shall participate in the healthy Ohio program:
(1) On the basis of being included in the category identified by the department of medicaid as covered families and children;
(2) On the basis of being included in the expansion eligibility group.
(C) Except as provided in section 5166.406 of the Revised Code, a healthy Ohio program participant shall not receive medicaid services under the fee-for-service component of medicaid or participate in the care management system.

R.C. § 5166.40

Amended by 132nd General Assembly, HB 49,§101.01, eff. 9/29/2017 (Vetoed Provisions).
Added by 131st General Assembly, HB 64,§101.01, eff. 9/29/2015.