OH nonmedical home health bonds.
$200 flat.
Ohio licenses nonmedical home health services agencies through the Ohio Department of Health, and conditions certain licenses on a $20,000 surety bond. Ours is $200, set by our carrier’s rate book — and this license bond’s application has no credit section: most applications approve instantly, and if a check ever runs, it’s a soft pull that won’t touch your score.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Agency details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Department of Health
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your ODH home health license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Ohio licenses nonmedical home health services agencies — the people who provide help with daily living rather than skilled nursing — through the Ohio Department of Health under ORC Chapter 3740. The bond is a client-protection guarantee: it backs your compliance with the home health laws that protect the people in your care.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Ohio (the obligee), with your clients as the protected parties. If an agency mishandles a client’s money or violates the home health rules, the harmed client can recover against the bond.
The bond requirement applies to agencies that were not already operating before the September 30, 2021 cutoff in the licensure law. If your agency was providing direct care on or immediately before that date, you may be exempt — check your ODH application, and we’ll issue the bond if you need it.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application has no credit section, because this bond doesn't ask for one.
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$200, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.