Bill Text: OH HB47 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Regarding annual reports about certain employers of public assistance recipients.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-26 - To Health & Aging [HB47 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-HB47-Introduced.html
As Introduced

129th General Assembly
Regular Session
2011-2012
H. B. No. 47


Representative Hagan 

Cosponsors: Representatives Gerberry, Foley, Weddington, Patmon, Pillich, Murray, Yuko, Lundy, Boyd, Antonio 



A BILL
To enact section 5101.87 of the Revised Code 1
regarding annual reports about certain employers 2
of public assistance recipients.3


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1.  That section 5101.87 of the Revised Code be 4
enacted to read as follows:5

       Sec. 5101.87. (A) As used in this section:6

        (1) "Children's health insurance program" means the 7
children's health insurance program parts I, II, and III provided 8
for by sections 5101.50 to 5101.529 of the Revised Code.9

        (2) "Employer" means any individual, sole proprietorship, 10
partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or any other 11
entity that is doing business in this state. "Employer" also 12
includes all entities or persons that are controlled by or 13
affiliated with any such individual, sole proprietorship, 14
partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other 15
entity. Whether an entity or person is controlled by or affiliated 16
with another shall be determined by applying the principles set 17
forth on January 1, 1993, in subsections 414(b) and (c) of the 18
"Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 414, 19
except that a voting power of fifty-one per cent shall be applied 20
to the determination of control or affiliation.21

       (3) "Medicaid" means the program provided for by Chapter 22
5111. of the Revised Code.23

        (4) "Ohio works first" means the program provided for by 24
Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code.25

        (5) "Supplemental nutrition assistance program" means the 26
program provided for by the "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," 7 27
U.S.C. 2011 et seq. 28

       (B) The director of job and family services shall annually 29
complete a report that specifies all of the following:30

        (1) The name of each of the fifty employers that employed the 31
most employees who were either of the following while employed by 32
the employer in this state during the previous year:33

        (a) Recipients of the children's health insurance program, 34
medicaid, Ohio works first, or supplemental nutrition assistance 35
program;36

        (b) Individuals whose incomes were counted in determining 37
eligibility for the children's health insurance program, medicaid, 38
Ohio works first, or supplemental nutrition assistance program.39

        (2) The number of individuals described in divisions 40
(B)(1)(a) and (b) of this section who were employed in the 41
previous year by each employer specified in the report;42

        (3) The total cost to the state for the previous year of 43
providing benefits under the children's health insurance program, 44
medicaid, Ohio works first, or supplemental nutrition assistance 45
program to employees of each of the employers specified in the 46
report, specified separately for each employer.47

        (C) The annual reports are public records under section 48
149.43 of the Revised Code. The reports shall not include any 49
identifying information about any employee described in division 50
(B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section.51

        (D) The director of job and family services shall provide 52
copies of the annual reports to all of the following:53

       (1) Each member of the general assembly;54

       (2) The director of development;55

        (3) The director of budget and management or, if the director 56
designates an employee of the office of budget and management to 57
serve on the controlling board in the director's place, the 58
designated employee;59

       (4) Each member of the tax credit authority.60

        (E) The director of development, members of the controlling 61
board, and members of the tax credit authority shall consider the 62
information included in the most recent annual report available 63
when determining whether to grant an employer a contract, award, 64
subsidy, or incentive or to approve such a contract, award, 65
subsidy, or incentive. The director of development, controlling 66
board, and tax credit authority shall notify the director of job 67
and family services of the impact the report has on decisions 68
regarding contracts, awards, subsidies, and incentives. 69

       (F) Not later than one year after the effective date of this 70
section, the director of job and family services shall make the 71
annual reports available on a searchable internet web site. The 72
internet web site shall include information provided to the 73
director by the director of development, controlling board, and 74
tax credit authority regarding the impact the report has on 75
decisions regarding contracts, awards, subsidies, and incentives.76

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