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H. B. No. 353 As IntroducedAs Introduced
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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A BILL
To enact section 5902.20 of the Revised Code to
create the Ohio Veterans Health Care System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 5902.20 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 5902.20. (A) As used in this section:
"Uniformed services" means the armed forces of the United
States, the army national guard and the air national guard when
engaged in active duty for training, inactive duty for training,
or full-time national guard duty, the commissioned corps of the
public health service, and any other category of persons
designated by the president in time of war or national emergency.
"Veteran" means a person who served in the uniformed services
or a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States,
and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions
other than dishonorable.
(B) There is the Ohio veterans health care system to provide
eligible veterans with comprehensive health care services,
including health, medical, hospital, dental, and surgical
benefits. The program is to provide veterans who are eligible for
health care benefits under the medicaid program, instead with
health care insurance through the Ohio veterans health care
system. When the Ohio veterans health care system becomes
operational, veterans receiving health care benefits under the
medicaid program instead shall be transferred to and enrolled in
the Ohio veterans health care system.
(C) The director of veterans services, in consultation with
the superintendent of insurance, the director of administrative
services, and the director of job and family services, shall
select the structure of the system from one of the following three
options:
(1) A state subsidized comprehensive health care plan
provided by an insurance company authorized to do business in this
state.
(2) A state subsidized high deductible health care plan
provided by an insurance company authorized to do business in this
state, to be provided in conjunction with an obligation for the
state to make periodic direct deposits into an individual health
savings account, established by the veteran, which qualifies under
section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(3) A voucher program that grants subsidies to eligible
veterans for purchasing private health insurance under the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat.
119, through its health insurance marketplace exchange to the
extent not otherwise subsidized under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act.
The director of veterans services, in consultation with the
director of administrative services and in accordance with the
competitive selection procedures of Chapter 125. of the Revised
Code, may contract with an insurance company or a health plan in
combination with an insurance company, authorized to do business
in this state, for the issuance of a policy or contract to cover
veterans under the Ohio veterans health care system.
(D) The director of veterans services in consultation with
the superintendent of insurance, the director of administrative
services, and the director of job and family services, shall adopt
rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that specify the
terms and conditions of the Ohio veterans health care system,
including, but not limited to:
(1) Eligibility requirements;
(2) Enrollment procedures;
(4) Covered prescriptions;
(5) Deductibles, copays, and maximum out-of-pocket expenses;
(6) Any other terms and conditions necessary to implement and
manage the system.
The rule specifying eligibility requirements shall include a
requirement that, in order to be eligible to receive benefits
through the Ohio veterans health care system, a person must be a
veteran, who is eligible to receive health care benefits under the
medicaid program, and who is a resident of this state.
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