SECOND REGULAR SESSION

[PERFECTED]

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 1233

92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

                  Reported from the Committee on Financial Services March 15, 2004, with recommendation that the House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1233 Do Pass by Consent.

                  Perfected March 30, 2004.

                                                                                                                                                                         STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 376, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to subrogation rights of public entities.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 376, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 376.433, to read as follows:

            376.433. 1. Any public entity which provides, furnishes, or pays for hospital, medical, surgical, or other health care services under a plan of self-insurance to an employee or to any other person covered under the public entity's plan of self-insurance shall have the same rights and obligations, and be subject to the same remedies, as the department of social services has with Medicaid, as provided in section 208.215, RSMo.

            2. As used in this section, the term "public entity" shall have the same meaning ascribed to it in section 107.170, RSMo.

            3. This section shall not apply to limited benefit supplemental health insurance policies paid for entirely by an employee of the public entity.