Effective: September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided by this section, no individual shall qualify for nursing facility services or other medicaid-funded long-term care services if the individual's equity interest in the individual's home exceeds five hundred thousand dollars. The medicaid director shall increase this amount effective January 1, 2011, and the first day of each year thereafter, by the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average), rounded to the nearest one thousand dollars.
(B) This section does not apply to an individual if either of the following applies:
(1) Either of the following lawfully reside in the individual's home:
(a) The individual's spouse;
(b) The individual's child if the child is under twenty-one years of age or, under the "Social Security Act," section 1614, 42 U.S.C. 1382c, considered blind or disabled.
(2) The individual qualifies, pursuant to the process established under division (C) of this section, for a waiver of this section due to a demonstrated hardship.
(C) The director shall establish a process by which individuals may obtain a waiver of this section due to a demonstrated hardship. The process shall be consistent with the process for such waivers established by the United States secretary of health and human services under the "Social Security Act," section 1917(f)(4), 42 U.S.C. 1396p(f)(4).
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing an individual from using a reverse mortgage or home equity loan to reduce the individual's total equity interest in the home.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 5163 | Medicaid Eligibility
Section 5163.01 | Definitions.
Section 5163.02 | Rules Establishing Eligibility Requirements for Medicaid.
Section 5163.03 | Medicaid Coverage.
Section 5163.05 | Eligibility Requirements for Aged, Blind, and Disabled.
Section 5163.06 | Optional Eligibility Groups.
Section 5163.061 | Income Eligibility Threshold for Pregnant Women.
Section 5163.07 | Income Eligibility Threshold for Parents and Caretaker Relatives.
Section 5163.09 | Medicaid Buy-in for Workers With Disabilities Program.
Section 5163.091 | Qualifications for Program.
Section 5163.092 | Resource Eligibility Limit - Annual Adjustment.
Section 5163.093 | Individual Income Eligibility Limit.
Section 5163.094 | Amount of Annual Individual Premium.
Section 5163.096 | Continued Participation Where Employment Ceases.
Section 5163.097 | Director to Make Federally Required Changes.
Section 5163.098 | Program Implementing Rules; Disregarded Income.
Section 5163.10 | Implementation of the Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Women Option.
Section 5163.101 | Implementation of the Presumptive Eligibility for Children Option.
Section 5163.20 | Beneficiary of Disability Trust.
Section 5163.21 | Eligibility Determinations for Cases Involving Medicaid Programs.
Section 5163.22 | Life Insurance Policies.
Section 5163.30 | Disposal of Assets Under Market Value After Look-Back Date.
Section 5163.31 | Real Property Not Homestead After 13-Month Institutional Residence.
Section 5163.32 | Equity Interest in Home Exceeds $500,000.
Section 5163.33 | Deducting Personal Needs Allowance From Recipient's Income.
Section 5163.40 | Healthy Start Component.
Section 5163.45 | Confinement of Medicaid Recipient in Correctional Facility.
Section 5163.52 | Eligibility Redetermination After Federal Limitation Removed.