5123.0412 ODDD and ODJFS administration and oversight funds.

5123.0412 ODDD and ODJFS administration and oversight funds.

(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall charge each county board of developmental disabilities an annual fee equal to one and one-half 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. No county board shall pass the cost of a fee charged to the county board under this section on to another provider of these services.

(B) The fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the ODDD administration and oversight fund and the ODJFS administration and oversight fund, both of which are hereby created in the state treasury. The portion of the fees to be deposited into the ODDD administration and oversight fund and the portion of the fees to be deposited into the ODJFS administration and oversight fund shall be the portion specified in an interagency agreement entered into under division (C) of this section. The department of developmental disabilities shall use the money in the ODDD administration and oversight fund and the department of job and family services shall use the money in the ODJFS administration and oversight 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 departments need and dedicate 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 departments identify.

(2) Providing technical support to county boards’ local administrative authority under section 5126.055 of the Revised Code for the services.

(C) The departments of developmental disabilities and job and family services shall enter into an interagency agreement to do both of the following:

(1) Specify which portion of the fees collected under this section is to be deposited into the ODDD administration and oversight fund and which portion is to be deposited into the ODJFS administration and oversight fund;

(2) Provide for the departments to coordinate the staff whose costs are paid for with money in the ODDD administration and oversight fund and the ODJFS administration and oversight fund.

(D) The departments shall submit an annual report to the director of budget and management certifying how the departments spent the money in the ODDD administration and oversight fund and the ODJFS administration and oversight fund for the purposes specified in division (B) of this section.

Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.

Amended by 128th General Assembly ch. 7, SB 79, § 1, eff. 10/6/2009.

Effective Date: 06-06-2001; 07-01-2005; 2008 HB562 09-22-2008