(A) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code governing the disability financial assistance program. The rules may establish or specify any or all of the following:
(1) Maximum payment amounts under the disability financial assistance program, based on state appropriations for the program;
(2) Limits on the length of time an individual may receive disability financial assistance;
(3) Limits on the total number of individuals in the state who may receive disability financial assistance;
(4) Income, resource, citizenship, age, residence, living arrangement, and other eligibility requirements for disability financial assistance;
(5) Procedures for disregarding amounts of earned and unearned income for the purpose of determining eligibility for disability financial assistance and the amount of assistance to be provided;
(6) Procedures for including the income and resources, or a certain amount of the income and resources, of a member of an individual’s family when determining eligibility for disability financial assistance and the amount of assistance to be provided.
(B) In establishing or specifying eligibility requirements for disability financial assistance, the director shall exclude the value of any tuition payment contract entered into under section 3334.09 of the Revised Code or any scholarship awarded under section 3334.18 of the Revised Code and the amount of payments made by the Ohio tuition trust authority under section 3334.09 of the Revised Code pursuant to the contract or scholarship. The director shall not require any individual to terminate a tuition payment contract entered into under Chapter 3334. of the Revised Code as a condition of eligibility for disability financial assistance. The director shall consider as income any refund paid under section 3334.10 of the Revised Code.
(C) Notwithstanding section 3109.01 of the Revised Code, when a disability financial assistance applicant or recipient who is at least eighteen but under twenty-two years of age resides with the applicant’s or recipient’s parents, the income of the parents shall be taken into account in determining the applicant’s or recipient’s financial eligibility. In the rules adopted under this section, the director shall specify procedures for determining the amount of income to be attributed to applicants and recipients in this age category.
(D) For purposes of limiting the cost of the disability financial assistance program, the director may do either or both of the following:
(1) Adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code that revise the program’s eligibility requirements, the maximum payment amounts, or any other requirement or standard established or specified in the rules adopted by the director;
(2) Suspend acceptance of applications for disability financial assistance. While a suspension is in effect, no person shall receive a determination or redetermination of eligibility for disability financial assistance unless the person was receiving the assistance during the month immediately preceding the suspension’s effective date or the person submitted an application prior to the suspension’s effective date and receives a determination of eligibility based on that application. The director may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code establishing requirements and specifying procedures applicable to the suspension of acceptance of applications.
(A) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code governing the disability financial assistance program. The rules may establish or specify any or all of the following:
(1) Maximum payment amounts under the disability financial assistance program, based on state appropriations for the program;
(2) Limits on the length of time an individual may receive disability financial assistance;
(3) Limits on the total number of individuals in the state who may receive disability financial assistance;
(4) Income, resource, citizenship, age, residence, living arrangement, and other eligibility requirements for disability financial assistance;
(5) Procedures for disregarding amounts of earned and unearned income for the purpose of determining eligibility for disability financial assistance and the amount of assistance to be provided;
(6) Procedures for including the income and resources, or a certain amount of the income and resources, of a member of an individual’s family when determining eligibility for disability financial assistance and the amount of assistance to be provided.
(B) In establishing or specifying eligibility requirements for disability financial assistance, the director shall exclude the value of any tuition payment contract entered into under section 3334.09 of the Revised Code or any scholarship awarded under section 3334.18 of the Revised Code and the amount of payments made by the Ohio tuition trust authority under section 3334.09 of the Revised Code pursuant to the contract or scholarship. The director shall not require any individual to terminate a tuition payment contract entered into under Chapter 3334. of the Revised Code as a condition of eligibility for disability financial assistance. The director shall consider as income any refund paid under section 3334.10 of the Revised Code.
(C) Notwithstanding section 3109.01 of the Revised Code, when a disability financial assistance applicant or recipient who is at least eighteen but under twenty-two years of age resides with the applicant’s or recipient’s parents, the income of the parents shall be taken into account in determining the applicant’s or recipient’s financial eligibility. In the rules adopted under this section, the director shall specify procedures for determining the amount of income to be attributed to applicants and recipients in this age category.
(D) For purposes of limiting the cost of the disability financial assistance program, the director may do either or both of the following:
(1) Adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code that revise the program’s eligibility requirements, the maximum payment amounts, or any other requirement or standard established or specified in the rules adopted by the director;
(2) Suspend acceptance of applications for disability financial assistance. While a suspension is in effect, no person shall receive a determination or redetermination of eligibility for disability financial assistance unless the person was receiving the assistance during the month immediately preceding the suspension’s effective date or the person submitted an application prior to the suspension’s effective date and receives a determination of eligibility based on that application. The director may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code establishing requirements and specifying procedures applicable to the suspension of acceptance of applications.
(A) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code governing the disability financial assistance program. The rules may establish or specify any or all of the following:
(1) Maximum payment amounts under the disability financial assistance program, based on state appropriations for the program;
(2) Limits on the length of time an individual may receive disability financial assistance;
(3) Limits on the total number of individuals in the state who may receive disability financial assistance;
(4) Income, resource, citizenship, age, residence, living arrangement, and other eligibility requirements for disability financial assistance;
(5) Procedures for disregarding amounts of earned and unearned income for the purpose of determining eligibility for disability financial assistance and the amount of assistance to be provided;
(6) Procedures for including the income and resources, or a certain amount of the income and resources, of a member of an individual’s family when determining eligibility for disability financial assistance and the amount of assistance to be provided.
(B) In establishing or specifying eligibility requirements for disability financial assistance, the director shall exclude the value of any tuition payment contract entered into under section 3334.09 of the Revised Code or any scholarship awarded under section 3334.18 of the Revised Code and the amount of payments made by the Ohio tuition trust authority under section 3334.09 of the Revised Code pursuant to the contract or scholarship. The director shall not require any individual to terminate a tuition payment contract entered into under Chapter 3334. of the Revised Code as a condition of eligibility for disability financial assistance. The director shall consider as income any refund paid under section 3334.10 of the Revised Code.
(C) Notwithstanding section 3109.01 of the Revised Code, when a disability financial assistance applicant or recipient who is at least eighteen but under twenty-two years of age resides with the applicant’s or recipient’s parents, the income of the parents shall be taken into account in determining the applicant’s or recipient’s financial eligibility. In the rules adopted under this section, the director shall specify procedures for determining the amount of income to be attributed to applicants and recipients in this age category.
(D) For purposes of limiting the cost of the disability financial assistance program, the director may do either or both of the following:
(1) Adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code that revise the program’s eligibility requirements, the maximum payment amounts, or any other requirement or standard established or specified in the rules adopted by the director;
(2) Suspend acceptance of applications for disability financial assistance. While a suspension is in effect, no person shall receive a determination or redetermination of eligibility for disability financial assistance unless the person was receiving the assistance during the month immediately preceding the suspension’s effective date or the person submitted an application prior to the suspension’s effective date and receives a determination of eligibility based on that application. The director may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code establishing requirements and specifying procedures applicable to the suspension of acceptance of applications.
