Missouri Laws 205.989 – Payment for services — services not to be denied for inability to pay
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1. No person because of inability to pay shall be denied the services of a community mental health center, mental health clinic, or other public facility or not-for-profit corporation in which a county or participating counties have established services or provided funds pursuant to sections 205.975 to 205.990.
2. Based on their abilities to pay, persons receiving any comprehensive mental health services funded either in whole or in part in accordance with sections 205.975 to 205.990 shall be charged for the services. The amounts necessary to be charged for the services shall be related to the actual per capita inpatient costs or actual outpatient or examination or other service costs.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 205.989
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020