Effective: September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) If a healthy Ohio program participant ceases to qualify for medicaid due to increased family countable income and purchases a health insurance policy or obtains health care coverage under an eligible employer-sponsored health plan, the amount remaining in the former participant's buckeye account shall be transferred to an account to be known as a bridge account. The amount so transferred may be used only to pay for the following:
(1) If the former participant has purchased a health insurance policy, the former participant's costs in purchasing the policy and paying for the former participant's out-of-pocket expenses under the policy for health care services and prescription drugs covered by the policy;
(2) If the former participant has obtained health care coverage under an eligible employer-sponsored health plan, the former participant's out-of-pocket expenses under the plan for health care services and prescription drugs covered by the plan.
(B) Only the amount remaining in a former healthy Ohio program participant's buckeye account at the time the former participant ceased to participate in the healthy Ohio program shall be deposited into the bridge account. The bridge account shall be closed once the amount transferred to it under division (A) of this section is exhausted.
(C) The medicaid director shall notify a former healthy Ohio program participant when a bridge account is established for the former participant under this section.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 5166 | Federal Medicaid Waiver Programs
Section 5166.01 | Definitions.
Section 5166.02 | Rules Governing Medicaid Waiver Components.
Section 5166.03 | Notice of Intent to Request Medicaid Waiver.
Section 5166.04 | Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waiver Components.
Section 5166.05 | Review of Plans of Care and Individual Service Plans.
Section 5166.06 | Agency Records of Costs of Medicaid Waiver Components.
Section 5166.07 | Agency Accountable for Medicaid Waiver Components Funds.
Section 5166.08 | Agency Contracting for Medicaid Waiver Components; Assurance of Compliance.
Section 5166.10 | Transfer of Enrollee in One Medicaid Waiver Component to Another.
Section 5166.12 | Determination Regarding Continuation of the Ohio Home Care Waiver Program.
Section 5166.121 | Home First Component for the Ohio Home Care Waiver Program.
Section 5166.14 | Unified Long-Term Services and Support Medicaid Waiver Component.
Section 5166.16 | Integrated Care Delivery System Medicaid Waiver.
Section 5166.161 | Home and Community-Based Services for Holocaust Survivors.
Section 5166.20 | Additional Medicaid Waiver Components for Home and Community-Based Services.
Section 5166.21 | Transitions Developmental Disabilities Waiver.
Section 5166.22 | Allocating Enrollment Numbers to County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
Section 5166.30 | Coverage of Home Care Attendant Services.
Section 5166.301 | Home Care Attendant Services Providers.
Section 5166.302 | Continuing Education Requirements for Home Care Attendants.
Section 5166.303 | Responsibilities of Home Care Attendants.
Section 5166.304 | Nursing Assistance by Home Care Attendants.
Section 5166.305 | Nursing Assistance by Home Care Attendants; Consent and Authorization.
Section 5166.306 | Nursing Assistance by Home Care Attendants; Written Statement Providing Consent.
Section 5166.307 | Nursing Assistance by Home Care Attendants; Written Statement of Authorization.
Section 5166.308 | Nursing Assistance by Home Care Attendants; Unauthorized Actions.
Section 5166.3010 | Authorized Representative.
Section 5166.32 | Medicaid Waiver for Individuals With Cystic Fibrosis.
Section 5166.40 | Definitions.
Section 5166.401 | Enrolllment for Healthy Ohio Program Participants.
Section 5166.402 | Buckeye Accounts for Participants.
Section 5166.403 | Debit Swipe Cards.
Section 5166.404 | Points Award System.
Section 5166.405 | Cessation of Participation.
Section 5166.406 | Exhaustion of Payout Limits.
Section 5166.407 | Disqualification for Medicaid; Disposition of Remainder in Buckeye Account.
Section 5166.408 | Referral to Workforce Development Agency.