SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1939
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES LUETKEMEYER AND ABEL (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time February 14, 2002, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 198, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to Medicaid reimbursement for private-pay residents who reside in skilled nursing facilities in excess of one year prior to becoming Medicaid eligible.
Section A. Chapter 198, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 198.046, to read as follows:
198.046. If a skilled nursing facility has a private-pay resident who has resided in the facility for a period in excess
of one year prior to becoming eligible for Medicaid reimbursement, the facility may receive Medicaid
reimbursement on behalf of such resident without meeting the need in section 197.327, RSMo.
Missouri House of Representatives