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H. B. No. 6 As Introduced
As Introduced
| 127th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2007-2008 |
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Representative Stewart, J.
A BILLTo amend section 5101.51 of the Revised Code to increase the income eligibility limit for the Children's Health Insurance Program Part II to three hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 5101.51 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: Sec. 5101.51. In accordance with federal law governing the
children's health insurance program, the director of job and
family services may
submit a state child health plan to the United States
secretary of health and human services to provide, except as provided in
section
5101.516 of the Revised Code, health assistance to
uninsured individuals under nineteen years of age with family incomes above
one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty
guidelines but not exceeding two three hundred per cent of the federal
poverty guidelines. If the director submits the plan, the
director shall include both of the following in the plan: (A) The health assistance will not begin before January
1, 2000. (B) The health assistance will be available only while federal
financial participation is available for it. Section 2. That existing section 5101.51 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed. |
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