341.192 Payment of outside medical provider for necessary care. - Ohio Statutes

341.192 Payment of outside medical provider for necessary care.

(A) As used in this section:

(1) “Medical assistance program” has the same meaning as in section 2913.40 of the Revised Code.

(2) “Medical provider” means a physician, hospital, laboratory, pharmacy, or other health care provider that is not employed by or under contract to a county, the department of youth services, or the department of rehabilitation and correction to provide medical services to persons confined in the county jail or a state correctional institution.

(3) “Necessary care” means medical care of a nonelective nature that cannot be postponed until after the period of confinement of a person who is confined in a county jail or a state correctional institution or is in the custody of a law enforcement officer without endangering the life or health of the person.

(B) If a physician employed by or under contract to a county, the department of youth services, or the department of rehabilitation and correction to provide medical services to persons confined in the county jail or state correctional institution determines that a person who is confined in the county jail or a state correctional institution or who is in the custody of a law enforcement officer prior to the person’s confinement in the county jail or a state correctional institution requires necessary care that the physician cannot provide, the necessary care shall be provided by a medical provider. The county, the department of youth services, or the department of rehabilitation and correction shall pay a medical provider for necessary care an amount not exceeding the authorized reimbursement rate for the same service established by the department of job and family services under the medical assistance program.

Effective Date: 09-29-2005; 2008 HB130 04-07-2009