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S. B. No. 101 As Introduced

As Introduced

130th General Assembly

Regular Session

2013-2014

S. B. No. 101

Senator Burke

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

A BILL

To enact sections 5101.274 and 5902.021 of the Revised Code to establish a process for identifying individuals who are medical assistance recipients that may be eligible to receive federal military-related health care benefits.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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