Effective: September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
In accordance with federal law governing the children's health insurance program, the medicaid director may submit a state child health plan to the United States secretary of health and human services to pay, except as provided in section 5161.22 of the Revised Code, for part or all of the cost of health benefits coverage for uninsured individuals under nineteen years of age with family incomes above one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty line but not exceeding two hundred per cent of the federal poverty line. If the director submits the plan, the director shall stipulate in the plan that the payments will be available only while federal financial participation is available for them.