OH HB440

Director of Job and Family Services must apply to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services within 180 days for a federal waiver to establish an alcohol and controlled substance testing and treatment component of the Medicaid program.

All Medicaid recipients ages 18 and older, except those qualifying based on being aged, blind, or disabled, must undergo random chemical tests to determine alcohol or controlled substance problems using standards established in Ohio vehicle code section 4511.19.

Recipients determined to have alcohol or controlled substance problems must complete ordered treatment programs; individuals using controlled substances pursuant to valid prescriptions and following directions are exempt from being classified as having a problem.

Medicaid eligibility terminates for six months if a recipient fails to cooperate with testing, fails to complete an ordered treatment program, or tests positive a second or subsequent time after initial determination.