5123.38 Effect of transfer from supported services to commitment to intermediate care facility. - Ohio Statutes

5123.38 Effect of transfer from supported services to commitment to intermediate care facility.

(A) Except as provided in division (B) and (C) of this section, if an individual receiving supported living or home and community-based services funded by a county board of developmental disabilities is committed to a state-operated intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded pursuant to sections 5123.71 to 5123.76 of the Revised Code, the department of developmental disabilities shall use the funds otherwise allocated to the county board as the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures for the individual’s care in the state-operated facility.

(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply if the county board, not later than ninety days after the date of the commitment of a person receiving supported services, commences funding of supported living for an individual who resides in a state-operated intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded on the date of the commitment or another eligible individual designated by the department.

(C) Division (A) of this section does not apply if the county board, not later than ninety days after the date of the commitment of a person receiving home and community-based services, commences funding of home and community-based services for an individual who resides in a state-operated intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded on the date of the commitment or another eligible individual designated by the department.

Amended by 128th General Assembly ch. 7, SB 79, § 1, eff. 10/6/2009.

Effective Date: 06-26-2003; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007