Section 5163.03. Medicaid coverage

(A) Subject to section 5163.05 of the Revised Code, the medicaid program shall cover all mandatory eligibility groups.

(B) The medicaid program shall cover all of the optional eligibility groups that state statutes require the medicaid program to cover.

(C) The medicaid program may cover any of the optional eligibility groups to which either of the following applies:

(1) State statutes expressly permit the medicaid program to cover the optional eligibility group.

(2) State statutes do not address whether the medicaid program may cover the optional eligibility group.

(D) The medicaid program shall not cover any eligibility group that state statutes prohibit the medicaid program from covering.

Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2015, (Vetoed).

Added by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01 (Vetoed Provisions), eff. 9/29/2013.