H.B. 534 Summary

• Amends Ohio Revised Code sections 4121.44, 4121.441, and 4121.442 regarding workers' compensation medical management and health care provider identification.

• Prohibits using a provider's social security number as a means of identifying the provider, including incorporating the SSN into any identifying number generated by the administrator or plan administrator.

• Applies the social security number prohibition to both the health partnership program administered by the bureau and the qualified health plan system for workers' compensation.

• Repeals existing sections 4121.44, 4121.441, and 4121.442 of the Revised Code in their entirety and replaces them with amended versions.