Ohio Revised Code Title LI. Public Welfare § 5168.21

(A) For the purposes specified in section 5168.25 of the Revised Code and subject to section 5168.28 of the Revised Code, there is hereby imposed an assessment on all hospitals each assessment program year. The amount of a hospital's assessment for an assessment program year shall equal the applicable assessment percentage of the hospital's total facility costs for the period of time specified in division (B) of this section. The amount of a hospital's total facility costs shall be derived from cost-reporting data for the hospital submitted to the department of medicaid for purposes of the hospital care assurance program. If a hospital has not submitted that cost-reporting data to the department, the amount of a hospital's total facility costs shall be derived from other financial statements that the hospital shall provide to the department as directed by the department. The cost-reporting data or financial statements used to determine a hospital's assessment is subject to the same type of adjustments made to the cost-reporting data under the hospital care assurance program.

(B) The period of time specified in this division is the hospital's cost reporting period that ends in the state fiscal year that ends in the federal fiscal year that precedes the federal fiscal year that precedes the assessment program year for which the assessment is imposed.

(C) The assessment imposed by this section on a hospital is in addition to the assessment imposed by section 5168.06 of the Revised Code.