173-45-09 Fees.

 

 

 

173-45-09                    Facility fees.

 

 

 

(A)The department of aging shall collect an annual consumer guide fee of four hundred dollars from each nursing facility, and three hundred dollars from each residential care facility in Ohio.

 

(B)One time every year, the department shall provide each facility with a billing statement requesting payment of the consumer guide fee. The department shall include the following in each billing statement:

 

(1)A description of the time period covered by the billing statement;

 

(2) A deadline for receipt of the payment;

 

(3)A statement indicating that payment must be made to the department within thirty days of the date on which the billing statement was mailed by the department;

 

(4)A statement indicating that payment should be made in the form of a check or money order payable to the long-term care consumer guide fund;

 

(5) The address where the payment must be sent;

 

(6)A statement indicating that the department may certify to the office of the attorney general for collection any fee that is not paid in a timely manner.

 

(C)Each facility must make full payment of the consumer guide fee to the department within thirty days of the date on which the billing statement was mailed to the facility.

 

(D)The department shall certify to the Ohio attorney general the amount of any payment not received by the department within forty-five days after payment becomes due.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

173-45-09                                                                                                                              2

Effective:                                                     09/07/2006

R.C. 119.032 review dates:                         10/15/2010

CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Certification

08/28/2006

Date

Promulgated Under:                           119.03

Statutory Authority:                           RC 173.02, 173.49

Rule Amplifies:                                  RC 173.46, 173.47