Executive Budget Quick Links The DeWine Administration's FY 20-21 Executive Budget website: budget.ohio.gov Office of Budget and Management: obm.ohio.gov/Budget/operating/fy20-21 Legislative Service Commission Redbooks are posted to the website as they become available. Medicaid’s can be found here. The Department of Medicaid’s whitepapers can be found here. The document related to the hospital franchise fee proposal is available here.
Health Care and the State Budget During state budget negotiations, there are many interest groups competing for financial resources. How these resources are allocated to fund health care programs, particularly Ohio Medicaid, is a top priority for OHA and many other advocacy groups representing patients and providers. To achieve our goal of strengthening and healing Ohio communities, OHA will continue to advocate for state budget solutions that provide sufficient reimbursement for hospitals while protecting access to health care.
2020-2021 State Budget Priorities OHA's Advocacy efforts for spring 2019 are focused on assuring the following hospital priorities are reflected in the biennial 2020-2021 state operating budget: Maintaining Medicaid coverage Reforming the hospital franchise fee methodology Enhancing Medicaid managed care accountability Maintaining financial stability and predictability for hospitals
Substitute Budget Bill The Ohio House Finance Committee on May 2 proposed a substitute budget bill, Sub. HB 166.
Timeline The 2020-2021 state budget process began with state agencies submitting their budget requests to Ohio’s Office of Budget and Management in fall 2018. Taking into consideration these budget requests, Gov. Mike DeWine will propose the executive budget, which will be presented to the Ohio General Assembly on or around March 15, 2019. Following the legislative process, the Ohio General Assembly passes Ohio’s biennial state budget, and the bill heads back to the governor for final approval. The governor may exercise his veto power to disapprove of a specific item or items in the bill without vetoing the entire legislation. The line-item veto authority is limited to spending bills and only allows a governor to remove items from a bill, but not to add any items or language. Unlike the federal budget, Ohio’s Constitution requires the state to have a balanced budget. This prevents the state from deficit spending. Ohio’s biennial state budget typically is enacted by July 1 of every odd-numbered year. For example, Ohio’s 2018-2019 biennial state budget was enacted June 30, 2017 and runs from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019.