173-45-09. Long-term care consumer guide: fees, invoices, and penalties

(A) Fees: For the operation of the guide, ODA shall collect the following annual consumer guide fees from facilities:

(1) From nursing facilities, ODA shall collect six hundred fifty dollars.

(2) From residential care facilities, ODA shall collect three hundred fifty dollars.

(B) Invoices: Annually, ODA shall provide each facility described in paragraphs (A)(1)(a) and (A)(1)(b) of this rule with an invoice requesting payment of the consumer guide fee. The invoice shall include all the following information:

(1) The time period covered by the invoice.

(2) The deadline for receipt of payment, which shall be thirty days after the mailing date indicated on the invoice.

(3) The available methods of payment, including the invoice portal onwww.aging.gov.

(4) The consequences of late payment and non-payment.

(C) Penalties:

(1) Division (A)(3) of section 173.48 of the Revised Code requires a facility that fails, within ninety days after the deadline for receipt of payment, to pay the consumer guide fee to be assessed at two times the original invoiced amount.

(2) For purposes of section 131.02 of the Revised Code, ODA shall certify to the attorney general any payment not received by ODA within ninety days after the deadline for receipt of payment.

Effective: 11/16/2020
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 9/1/2020 and 11/14/2025
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 121.07, 173.01, 173.02, 173.48, 173.49 ; 42 U.S.C. 1396a
Rule Amplifies: 173.48; 42 U.S.C. 1396a
Prior Effective Dates: 01/12/2001, 09/07/2006, 08/30/2010, 09/29/2011, 12/01/2015, 08/01/2016, 06/01/2018