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Sub. S. B. No. 272 As Reported by the House Health Committee

As Reported by the House Health Committee

127th General Assembly

Regular Session

2007-2008

Sub. S. B. No. 272

Senator Stivers

Cosponsors: Senators Schuring, Miller, R., Padgett, Cafaro, Carey, Cates, Goodman, Grendell, Harris, Kearney, Morano, Roberts, Schaffer, Schuler, Seitz, Spada, Fedor, Mumper
Representatives Hagan, R., Boyd

A BILL

To enact section 173.501 of the Revised Code to specify areas the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is to serve.

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

Section 1. That section 173.501 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 173.501. (A) The PACE program shall be available to eligible residents of Cuyahoga and Hamilton counties and eligible residents of the parts of Butler, Clermont, and Warren counties in which the PACE program is available on the effective date of this section. Subject to available appropriations for the PACE program, the approval of the United States secretary of health and human services, and division (B) of this section:

(1) The department of aging shall make the PACE program available at the same time to eligible residents of an urban county and eligible residents of a rural county the department selects.

(2) The department may make the PACE program available to eligible residents of other counties or parts of counties selected by the department.

The other counties or parts of counties the department selects may include rural counties or parts of rural counties and the remaining parts of Butler, Clermont, and Warren counties.

(B) In making the PACE program available to eligible residents of a county or part of a county in which the PACE program is not available on the effective date of this section, the department of aging may not do either of the following:

(1) Decrease the number of eligible residents of Cuyahoga and Hamilton counties and parts of Butler, Clermont, and Warren counties who may participate in the PACE program below the number of eligible residents of such counties or parts of counties who may participate in the PACE program on the effective date of this section;

(2) Until six months after the effective date of this section, make the PACE program available to eligible residents of a county or part of a county in which the PACE program is not available on the effective date of this section if there are persons on a waiting list for the PACE program in Cuyahoga or Hamilton county or the parts of Butler, Clermont, or Warren county in which the PACE program is available on the effective date of this section.