Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director
Chapter 3701-45 - Ohio Hearing Aid Assistance Program
Section 3701-45-03 - Eligibility requirements for financial assistance through the Ohio hearing aid assistance program
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3701-45-03
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) The director, or program administrator, shall apply the requirements prescribed by this rule in determining whether a family and child are eligible for assistance in purchasing hearing aids through the program.
(B) A family is eligible to participate in the program if:
(1)
The family and
child are Ohio residents;
(2)
There is a child diagnosed with permanent hearing
loss;
(3)
The family's income is at or below four hundred per
cent of the federal poverty guidelines;
(4)
Without
assistance from the program, the family would be unable to obtain hearing aids
for the child with a permanent hearing loss; and
(5)
The family
agrees to pay to the audiologist or the hearing aid dealer and fitter the
co-payment amount, based on a sliding scale fee schedule, found at http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhprograms/cmh/hearaidasst/Hearing%20Aid%20Assistance%20Program as set forth by the director, if required, due to family
income level.
(C) In order to determine financial eligibility for the program, a family must do the following:
(1)
Complete the
prescribed application to be submitted on its behalf by the audiologist or
hearing aid dealer and fitter; and
(2)
Provide the
necessary documents, as set forth in the application to determine family
income.
(D) All decisions on family eligibility are final and are not subject to appeal under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
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