As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

S. B. No. 101

Senator Burke 

Cosponsors: Senators Widener, Gardner, Hughes, Uecker, Hite 

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A BILL

To enact sections 5101.274 and 5902.021 of the

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Revised Code to establish a process for

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identifying individuals who are medical assistance

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recipients that may be eligible to receive federal

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military-related health care benefits.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That sections 5101.274 and 5902.021 of the Revised	6
Code be enacted to read as follows:	7

Sec. 5101.274. (A) As used in this section:

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(1) "Public assistance reporting information system" means	9
the system the department of job and family services is required	10
to join and participate in under section 5101.273 of the Revised	11
Code.	12

(2) "Federal military-related health care benefits" means any	13
of the health care benefits provided by the United States	14
department of defense or the United States department of veterans	15
affairs to current or former service members and their eligible	16
dependents, including the benefits provided through the programs	17
known as tricare and champva.	18

(B)(1) The department of job and family services shall review	19
information in the public assistance reporting information system	20
to determine whether an individual who is a medical assistance	21
recipient may be eligible for federal military-related health care	22
benefits. If the department determines that the individual may be	23
eligible for federal military-related health care benefits, it	24
shall notify the individual of the potential eligibility and	25
encourage the individual to contact the veterans service	26
commission in the county in which the individual resides for	27
assistance in applying for the benefits. The department shall	28
provide the appropriate contact information to the individual.	29

(2) Not less than monthly, the department of job and family	30
services shall provide a list of individuals referred under this	31
section to the department of veterans services.	32

Sec. 5902.021.  The director of veterans services shall	33
develop, institute, and monitor a program under which the	34
department of veterans services assists individuals, identified by	35
the department of job and family services under section 5101.274	36
of the Revised Code as medical assistance recipients, to obtain	37
federal military-related health care benefits. As used in this	38
section, "federal military-related health care benefits" has the	39
meaning defined in section 5101.274 of the Revised Code.	40