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Sub. H. B. No. 331 As Reported by the House State Government CommitteeAs Reported by the House State Government Committee
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Yuko, Stewart, Foley, Ujvagi, Boyd, Domenick, Koziura, Skindell, Phillips, Brown, Harris, Murray, Gerberry, Belcher, Lundy, Mallory
A BILL
To enact section 5101.87 of the Revised Code
regarding annual reports about certain employers
of public assistance recipients.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 5101.87 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 5101.87. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Children's health insurance program" means the
children's health insurance program parts I, II, and III provided
for by sections 5101.50 to 5101.529 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Employer" means any individual, sole proprietorship,
partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or any other
entity that is doing business in this state. "Employer" also
includes all entities or persons that are controlled by or
affiliated with any such individual, sole proprietorship,
partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other
entity. Whether an entity or person is controlled by or affiliated
with another shall be determined by applying the principles set
forth on January 1, 1993, in subsections 414(b) and (c) of the
"Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 414,
except that a voting power
of fifty-one per cent shall be applied
to the determination of control or affiliation.
(3) "Medicaid" means the medical assistance program provided
for under Title XIX of the "Social Security Act of 1935," 42
U.S.C. 1396 et seq.
(4) "Ohio works first" means the program provided for by
Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code.
(5) "Supplemental nutrition assistance program" means the
program provided for by the "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,"
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.
(B) The director of job and family services shall annually
complete a report that specifies all of the following:
(1) The name of each of the fifty employers that employed the
most employees who were either of the following while employed by
the employer in this state during the previous year:
(a) Recipients of the children's health insurance program,
medicaid, Ohio works first, or supplemental nutrition assistance
program;
(b) Individuals whose incomes were counted in determining
eligibility for the children's health insurance program, medicaid,
Ohio works first, or supplemental nutrition assistance program.
(2) The number of individuals described in divisions
(B)(1)(a) and (b) of this section employed in the previous year by
each employer specified in the report;
(3) The total cost to the state for the previous year of
providing benefits under the children's health insurance program,
medicaid, Ohio works first, or supplemental nutrition assistance
program to employees of each of the employers specified in the
report, specified separately for each employer.
(C) The annual reports are a public record under section
149.43 of the Revised Code. The reports shall not include any
identifying information about any employee described in division
(B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section.
(D) The director of job and family services shall provide a
copy of the annual reports to all of the following:
(1) Each member of the general assembly;
(2) The director of development;
(3) The director of budget and management or, if the director
designates an employee of the office of budget and management to
serve on the controlling board in the director's place, the
designated employee;
(4) Each member of the tax credit authority.
The director of development, members of the controlling
board, and members of the tax credit authority shall consider the
information included in the report when determining whether to
grant an employer a contract, award, subsidy, or incentive or to
approve such a contract, award, subsidy, or incentive. The
director of development, controlling board, and tax credit
authority shall notify the director of job and family services of
the impact the report has on decisions regarding contracts,
awards, subsidies, and incentives.
(E) Not later than one year after the effective date of this
section, the director of job and family services shall make the
annual reports available on a searchable internet web site. The
internet web site shall include information provided to the
director by the director of development, controlling board, and
tax credit authority regarding the impact the report has on
decisions regarding contracts, awards, subsidies, and incentives.
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