Ohio Revised Code Title LI. Public Welfare § 5163.063

The medicaid director shall adopt rules under section 5163.02 of the Revised Code as necessary to provide medicaid coverage for the optional eligibility group described in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII) of the “Social Security Act,” 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII).

By requiring the medicaid program to provide coverage to the optional eligibility group consisting of employed individuals with disabilities under division (C) of section 5163.06 of the Revised Code, it is the intent of the general assembly to establish medicaid coverage for employed individuals with disabilities who are sixty-five years of age or older in a manner that is consistent with the coverage provided to individuals participating in the medicaid buy-in for workers with disabilities program described in sections 5163.09 to 5163.098 of the Revised Code.