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As Introduced
136th
General Assembly
Regular
Session
H. B. No. 356
2025-2026
Representative Dovilla
To
require an audit and corrective action plan for the Aged, Blind, and
Disabled Medicaid eligibility group and to make an appropriation.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section
1.
(A)
The Department of Medicaid shall enter into a data sharing agreement
with the Auditor of State for the exchange of, and the provision of
access to, data and other enrollment and eligibility information
related to all Medicaid enrollees who are members of the aged, blind,
and disabled eligibility group.
(B)
Using the information received under division (A) of this section,
the Auditor of State shall conduct a full audit of the Medicaid
program to determine whether any individuals enrolled in the Medicaid
program on the basis of being a member of the aged, blind, and
disabled eligibility group are ineligible to participate in the
Medicaid program. The audit shall specifically examine whether
individuals who are members of the aged, blind, and disabled
eligibility group have countable assets that exceed the limits
specified in 42 C.F.R. 416.1205.
(C)
Upon the conclusion of the audit conducted under this section, the
Department of Medicaid shall initiate a corrective action plan,
designed to reduce spending in the Medicaid program for individuals
in the aged, blind, and disabled eligibility group by $2,400,000,000
during the biennium, that does all of the following:
(1)
Disenrolls individuals who are determined by the audit to be
ineligible for continued participation in the Medicaid program;
(2)
Establishes and implements an electronic asset verification system
for all applicants and enrollees in the aged, blind, and disabled
eligibility group;
(3)
Undertakes other initiatives designed to reduce spending in the
Medicaid program for individuals in the aged, blind, and disabled
eligibility group.
Section
2.
All
items in this act are hereby appropriated as designated out of any
moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the designated fund.
For all operating appropriations made in this act, those in the first
column are for fiscal year 2026 and those in the second column are
for fiscal year 2027. The operating appropriations made in this act
are in addition to any other operating appropriations made for these
fiscal years.
Section
3.
1
2
3
4
5
A
AUD
AUDITOR OF STATE
B
General
Revenue Fund
C
GRF
070401
Audit
Management and Services
$5,000,000
$0
D
General
Revenue Fund Total
$5,000,000
$0
E
TOTAL
ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS
$5,000,000
$0
AUDIT
MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES
The
foregoing appropriation item 070401, Audit Management and Services,
shall be used to conduct an audit in accordance with Section 1 of
this act.
Section
4.
Within
the limits set forth in this act, the Director of Budget and
Management shall establish accounts indicating the source and amount
of funds for each appropriation made in this act, and shall determine
the manner in which appropriation accounts shall be maintained.
Expenditures from operating appropriations contained in this act
shall be accounted for as though made in, and are subject to all
applicable provisions of, the main operating appropriations act of
the 136th General Assembly.