173.26 Payment of fee per bed to department of aging.
(A) Each of the following facilities shall annually pay to the department of aging six dollars for each bed maintained by the facility for use by a resident during any part of the previous year:
(1) Nursing homes, residential care facilities, and homes for the aging as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code;
(2) Facilities authorized to provide extended care services under Title XVIII of the “Social Security Act,” 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended;
(3) County homes and district homes operated pursuant to Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code;
(4) Adult care facilities as defined in section 3722.01 of the Revised Code;
(5) Facilities approved by the Veterans Administration under Section 104(a) of the “Veterans Health Care Amendments of 1983,” 97 Stat. 993, 38 U.S.C. 630, as amended, and used exclusively for the placement and care of veterans.
The department shall, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish deadlines for payments required by this section. A facility that fails, within ninety days after the established deadline, to pay a payment required by this section shall be assessed at two times the original invoiced payment.
(B) All money collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the office of the state long-term care ombudsperson program fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used solely to pay the costs of operating the regional long-term care ombudsperson programs.
(C) The state long-term care ombudsperson and the regional programs may solicit and receive contributions to support the operation of the office or a regional program, except that no contribution shall be solicited or accepted that would interfere with the independence or objectivity of the office or program.
173.26 Payment of fee per bed to department of aging.
(A) Each of the following facilities shall annually pay to the department of aging six dollars for each bed maintained by the facility for use by a resident during any part of the previous year:
(1) Nursing homes, residential care facilities, and homes for the aging as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code;
(2) Facilities authorized to provide extended care services under Title XVIII of the “Social Security Act,” 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended;
(3) County homes and district homes operated pursuant to Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code;
(4) Adult care facilities as defined in section 3722.01 of the Revised Code;
(5) Facilities approved by the Veterans Administration under Section 104(a) of the “Veterans Health Care Amendments of 1983,” 97 Stat. 993, 38 U.S.C. 630, as amended, and used exclusively for the placement and care of veterans.
The department shall, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish deadlines for payments required by this section. A facility that fails, within ninety days after the established deadline, to pay a payment required by this section shall be assessed at two times the original invoiced payment.
(B) All money collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the office of the state long-term care ombudsperson program fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used solely to pay the costs of operating the regional long-term care ombudsperson programs.
(C) The state long-term care ombudsperson and the regional programs may solicit and receive contributions to support the operation of the office or a regional program, except that no contribution shall be solicited or accepted that would interfere with the independence or objectivity of the office or program.
173.26 Payment of fee per bed to department of aging.
(A) Each of the following facilities shall annually pay to the department of aging six dollars for each bed maintained by the facility for use by a resident during any part of the previous year:
(1) Nursing homes, residential care facilities, and homes for the aging as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code;
(2) Facilities authorized to provide extended care services under Title XVIII of the “Social Security Act,” 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended;
(3) County homes and district homes operated pursuant to Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code;
(4) Adult care facilities as defined in section 3722.01 of the Revised Code;
(5) Facilities approved by the Veterans Administration under Section 104(a) of the “Veterans Health Care Amendments of 1983,” 97 Stat. 993, 38 U.S.C. 630, as amended, and used exclusively for the placement and care of veterans.
The department shall, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish deadlines for payments required by this section. A facility that fails, within ninety days after the established deadline, to pay a payment required by this section shall be assessed at two times the original invoiced payment.
(B) All money collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the office of the state long-term care ombudsperson program fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used solely to pay the costs of operating the regional long-term care ombudsperson programs.
(C) The state long-term care ombudsperson and the regional programs may solicit and receive contributions to support the operation of the office or a regional program, except that no contribution shall be solicited or accepted that would interfere with the independence or objectivity of the office or program.
