Ohio skilled home health bonds.
$500 flat.
Ohio conditions a skilled home health services license on a $50,000 surety bond payable to the State, filed with the Ohio Department of Health under ORC Chapter 3740. Ours is $500 flat, set by our carrier’s rate book. One soft credit pull that never affects your score; the bond is issued when you pay.
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How much does an Ohio skilled home health bond cost?
$500 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to licensed.
Your home-health license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Agency details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the Department of Health
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your skilled home health services license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Ohio licenses home health agencies through the Ohio Department of Health under ORC Chapter 3740. Agencies that were not providing direct care before the licensure program took effect must file a surety bond payable to the State — $50,000 for skilled home health services (and $20,000 for non-medical services).
The bond is a consumer-and-state protection guarantee. It stands behind the agency’s compliance with home-health licensure law and protects clients and the State against losses from the agency’s failure to comply or from fraudulent conduct.
It is not insurance for the agency — if the surety pays a claim, the agency repays the surety. The bond must stay active for the life of the license, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $50,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
E-sign & file with the Department of Health. Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your skilled home health services license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $500 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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$500 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.