Ohio Code 5161.15 – Request for waiver to pay costs for certain individuals
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In accordance with federal law governing the children’s health insurance program, the medicaid director may submit a request for a federal waiver to the United States secretary of health and human services to pay, except as provided in section 5161.22 of the Revised Code, for part or all of the cost of health benefits coverage for individuals under nineteen years of age with family incomes above two hundred per cent of the federal poverty line but not exceeding three hundred per cent of the federal poverty line. If the director submits the waiver request, the director shall stipulate in the request that the payments will be available only while federal financial participation is available for them.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5161.15
- federal poverty line: means the official poverty line defined by the United States office of management and budget based on the most recent data available from the United States bureau of the census and revised by the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant to the "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981" section 673(2), 42 U. See Ohio Code 5161.01
- United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59