Ohio Administrative Code
Title 173 - Department of Aging
Chapter 173-6 - Golden Buckeye Card Program
Section 173-6-04 - Golden buckeye program: enrollment process for persons eighteen to fifty-nine years of age
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 173-6-04
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Enrollment:
(1) If an Ohio resident who is eighteen to
fifty-nine years of age who is also a person with a permanent and total
disability chooses to apply for the golden buckeye program, the person shall
apply
at a sign-up site .
Sign-up sites include most Ohio senior centers and libraries.
(2) To apply, the person shall do all of the
following:
(a) Obtain an application from a
sign-up site.
(b) Return the
signed, completed application to the sign-up site.
(c) Provide the sign-up site with
evidence the person is eighteen to fifty-nine
years of age and a resident of Ohio (e.g., driver's
license, state identification card).
(d) Provide the sign-up site with
evidence the person is a person with a disability
(e.g., declaration of total disability from the bureau of workers' compensation
or another state agency with authority to declare disabilities, medicare card,
or benefits verification letter from the social security administration,
benefits letter from the veterans' administration, or a similar award letter
from a public pension program).
(3) After a sign-up site receives an
application , it shall do
all of the following:
(a) The sign-up site shall verify the
application has been completed and signed.
(b) The sign-up site shall verify the person
is eighteen to fifty-nine years of age and a resident
of Ohio by
indicating the source of
evidence (e.g., driver's license, state identification
card) on the application.
(c) The
sign-up site shall verify the person is a person with a disability by
indicating the source of
evidence
(e.g., declaration of total disability from the bureau of workers' compensation
or another state agency with authority to declare disabilities, medicare card,
or benefits verification letter from the social security administration,
benefits letter from the veterans' administration, or a similar award letter
from a public pension program) on the application.
(d) The sign-up site shall identify itself on
the application.
(e) On the
application, the sign-up site shall write the initials of the staff person at
the site who processed the application.
(f) The sign-up site shall mail, email, or
fax the signed, completed application to the processing location identified on
the application less than one week after it receives the application.
(4) After ODA receives the
application from a sign-up site, it shall do the following:
(a) Verify the sign-up site complied with
paragraph (A)(3) of this rule.
(b)
Issue a golden buckeye card to the eligible person.
(B) Card validation:
(1) After ODA issues a
golden buckeye card to a person, the cardholder shall sign the card. No card is
valid until the cardholder signs it.
(2) After the cardholder signs his or her
golden buckeye card, the card remains valid for the remaining life of the
cardholder, unless ODA revokes the card due to a fraudulent application or
fraudulent use of the card, or the program is discontinued.
(C) Transferability: A cardholder shall not transfer a golden buckeye card to any other person.
(D) Replacement card: If a golden buckeye card is lost, stolen, or damaged, a cardholder who is eighteen to fifty-nine years who is also a person with a permanent and total disability may contact ODA for a replacement card.
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