Effective: October 12, 2016
Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall charge each county board of developmental disabilities an annual fee equal to one and one-quarter per cent of the total value of all medicaid paid claims for home and community-based services provided during the year to an individual eligible for services from the county board, except that the department shall not charge the fee for home and community-based services provided under the medicaid waiver component known as the transitions developmental disabilities waiver. A county board shall not pass on to a provider of home and community-based services the cost of a fee charged to the county board under this section.
(B) The amounts collected from the fees charged under this section shall be deposited into the department of developmental disabilities administration and oversight fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The department shall use the money in the fund for both of the following purposes:
(1) Medicaid administrative costs, including administrative and oversight costs of medicaid case management services and home and community-based services. The administrative and oversight costs of medicaid case management services and home and community-based services shall include costs for staff, systems, and other resources the department needs and dedicates solely to the following duties associated with the services:
(a) Eligibility determinations;
(b) Training;
(c) Fiscal management;
(d) Claims processing;
(e) Quality assurance oversight;
(f) Other duties the department identifies.
(2) Providing technical support to county boards with respect to their medicaid local administrative authority under section 5126.055 of the Revised Code for the services.
(C) The department shall submit an annual report to the director of budget and management certifying how the department spent the money in the fund for the purposes specified in division (B) of this section.