HB581 • 2026

Regards specified Medicaid disability, Ohio WorkAbility Programs

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Sponsor: Crystal Lett
Last action
Official status: As Introduced
Effective date: Not listed

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Regards specified Medicaid disability, Ohio WorkAbility Programs

To amend section 5163.093 of the Revised Code regarding eligibility for the Medicaid Buy-In For Workers With Disabilities Program and the Ohio WorkAbility Program.

What This Bill Does

To amend section 5163.093 of the Revised Code regarding eligibility for the Medicaid Buy-In For Workers With Disabilities Program and the Ohio WorkAbility Program.

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Bill History

Ohio Legislature
As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To amend section 5163.093 of the Revised Code regarding eligibility for the Medicaid Buy-In For Workers With Disabilities Program and the Ohio WorkAbility Program.

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 581

2025-2026

Representatives Lett, Odioso

To
amend
section

5163.093
of the Revised Code
regarding
eligibility for the Medicaid Buy-In For Workers With Disabilities
Program and the Ohio WorkAbility Program.

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

Section
1.
That

section

5163.093
of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec.
5163.093.
For
the purpose of determining whether an individual is within the income
eligibility limit for the medicaid buy-in for workers with
disabilities program, all of the following apply:

(A)
Twenty thousand dollars of the individual's earned income
,
unearned income, or a combination of both

shall be disregarded.

(B)
No amount that the individual's employer pays to obtain health
insurance for one or more members of the individual's family shall be
treated as the individual's income.

(C)
Any other amounts, if any, specified in rules authorized by section
5163.098 of the Revised Code shall be disregarded from the
individual's earned income, unearned income, or both.

Section
2.
That
existing
section

5163.093
of the Revised Code
is

hereby
repealed.