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Ohio Rev. Code § 2947.20 (2026)

Health insurance claims of inmates confined in city workhouse

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Effective:
October 16, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 163 - 121st General Assembly
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(A) For each person who is confined in a city workhouse as provided in section 2947.19 of the Revised Code, the county or the city, as the case may be, may make a determination as to whether the person is covered under a health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan and, if the person has such coverage, what terms and conditions are imposed by it for the filing and payment of claims.

(B) If, pursuant to division (A) of this section, it is determined that the person is covered under a policy, contract, or plan and, while that coverage is in force, the workhouse renders or arranges for the rendering of health care services to the person in accordance with the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, then the person, county, city, or provider of the health care services, as appropriate under the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or plan, shall promptly submit a claim for payment for the health care services to the appropriate third-party payer and shall designate, or make any other arrangement necessary to ensure, that payment of any amount due on the claim be made to the county, city, or provider, as the case may be.

(C) Any payment made to the county or the city pursuant to division (B) of this section shall be paid into the treasury of the governmental entity that incurred the expenses.

(D) This section also applies to any person who is under the custody of a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, prior to the person's confinement in the workhouse.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1968–1997 · leading case: Strattman v. Studt, 253 N.E.2d 749 (Ohio 1969).
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Strattman v. Studt, 253 N.E.2d 749 (Ohio 1969). · cites it 40× “With respect to the fine, the questions to be decided are whether Section 2947.20, Revised Code, which permits incarceration for nonpayment, denies an indigent equal protection of the laws; and whether there is an abuse of discretion where a trial court imposes a fine which, in…”
State v. Johnson, 669 N.E.2d 483 (Ohio Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “Corrigan wrote: “Thus, in my view, the commitment under Section 2947.20, Revised Code, of a person to jail or workhouse until he pays or serves out his fine and costs, where the person has already served the maximum substantive sentence of days provided by the ordinance under…”
State v. Meyer, 706 N.E.2d 378 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997). “Though burdensome, such a requirement would be palatable were it constitutionally required. However, as Johnson points out, no such hearing requirement is mandated by either the federal or the Ohio Constitution.”
State v. James, 666 N.E.2d 1185 (Ohio Ct. App. 1995). “14 and its predecessor, R.C. 2947.20, were enacted to provide the courts with a mechanism for collecting fines from offenders who refuse to pay.”
Karr v. Blay, 413 F. Supp. 579 (N.D. Ohio 1976). “14 and § 2947.20 of the Ohio Rev. Code declared unconstitutional in that they authorized defendants to incarcerate plaintiff for failure to pay a fine imposed as a sentence without judicial inquiry into plaintiff’s ability to pay the fine.”
City of All. v. Kelly, 548 N.E.2d 952 (Ohio Ct. App. 1988). “1 R.C. 2947.20 was repealed, and R.C. 2947.”
State v. Glasscock, 632 N.E.2d 1328 (Ohio Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 5× “With regard to appellant’s equal protection argument, we note that in Stmttman the court held that the version of R.C. 2947.20 then in effect violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
In Re Cole, 245 N.E.2d 384 (Ohio Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 2× “However, since he has been unable to pay the fine, he is being held in the county workhouse while it is being reduced at the rate of $3 a day as provided by Section 2947.20, Revised Code. *208 With his habeas petition, petitioner has filed an affidavit of indigency.”
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