3599.45 Candidates prohibited from accepting contributions from medicaid providers.
3599.45 Candidates prohibited from accepting contributions from medicaid providers.
(A) No candidate for the office of attorney general or county prosecutor or such a candidate’s campaign committee shall knowingly accept any contribution from a provider of services or goods under contract with the department of job and family services pursuant to the medicaid program of Title XIX of the “Social Security Act,” 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, or from any person having an ownership interest in the provider.
As used in this section “candidate,” “campaign committee,” and “contribution” have the same meaning as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Effective Date: 07-01-2000