Ohio Code 5162.35 – Contracts for administration of components
The department of medicaid may enter into contracts with one or more other state agencies or political subdivisions to have the state agency or political subdivision administer one or more components of the medicaid program, or one or more aspects of a component, under the department’s supervision. A state agency or political subdivision that enters into such a contract shall comply with the terms of the contract and any rules the medicaid director has adopted governing the component, or aspect of the component, that the state agency or political subdivision is to administer, including any rules establishing review, audit, and corrective action plan requirements. A contract with a state agency shall be in the form of an interagency agreement.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5162.35
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Political subdivision: means a municipal corporation, township, county, school district, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities only in a geographical area smaller than that of the state. See Ohio Code 5162.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- State agency: means every organized body, office, or agency, other than the department of medicaid, established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government. See Ohio Code 5162.01
A state agency or political subdivision that enters into a contract with the department under this section shall reimburse the department for the nonfederal share of the cost to the department of performing, or contracting for the performance of, a fiscal audit of the component of the medicaid program, or aspect of the component, that the state agency or political subdivision administers if rules governing the component, or aspect of the component, require that a fiscal audit be conducted.