1. Each nursing facility reimbursement allowance determination shall be final after receipt of written notice from the department of social services, unless the nursing facility files a protest with the director of the department of social services setting forth the grounds on which the protest is based, within thirty days from the date of receipt of written notice from the department of social services to the nursing facility.

2. If a timely protest is filed, the director of the department of social services shall reconsider the determination and, if the nursing facility has so requested, the director or the director’s designee shall grant the nursing facility a hearing to be held within forty-five days after the protest is filed, unless extended by agreement between the nursing facility and the director. The director shall issue a final decision within forty-five days of the completion of the hearing. After reconsideration of the reimbursement allowance determination and a final decision by the director of the department of social services, a nursing home’s appeal of the director’s final decision shall be to the administrative hearing commission in accordance with sections 208.156 and 621.055.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 198.412

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
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