Missouri § 198.421 - Allowance period, notification by department, delinquent allowance — lien, enforcement, sanctions — effect upon license.
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§ 198.421. Allowance period, notification by department, delinquent allowance — lien, enforcement, sanctions — effect upon license.
1. A nursing facility reimbursement allowance period as provided in sections 198.401 to 198.436 shall be from the first day of October to the thirtieth day of September. The department shall notify each nursing facility with a balance due on the thirtieth day of September of each year the amount of such balance due. If any nursing home fails to pay its nursing facility reimbursement allowance within thirty days of such notice, the reimbursement allowance shall be delinquent. The reimbursement allowance may remain unpaid during an appeal or as allowed in section 198.412.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if any reimbursement allowance imposed under the provision of section 198.401 for a previous reimbursement allowance period is unpaid and delinquent, the department of social services may proceed to enforce the state's lien against the property of the nursing facility and to compel the payment of such reimbursement allowance in the circuit court having jurisdiction in the county where the nursing facility is located. In addition, the director of the department of social services or the director's designee may cancel or refuse to issue, extend or reinstate a Medicaid provider agreement to any nursing facility which fails to pay such delinquent reimbursement allowance required by section 198.401 unless under appeal as allowed in section 198.412.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this section, failure to pay a delinquent reimbursement allowance imposed under section 198.401 shall be grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of a license granted under this chapter. The director of the department of health and senior services may deny, suspend or revoke the license of any nursing facility which fails to pay a delinquent reimbursement allowance unless under appeal as allowed in section 198.412.
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(L. 1994 H.B. 1362 § 8, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
Expires 9-30-29; see § 198.439
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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