1. A federal reimbursement allowance period shall be from the first day of October until the thirtieth day of September of the following year. The department shall notify each hospital with a balance due on September thirtieth of each year the amount of such balance due. If any hospital fails to pay its federal reimbursement allowance within thirty days of such notice, the assessment shall be delinquent.

2. If any assessment imposed under the provisions of sections 208.453 to 208.480 for a previous assessment period is unpaid and delinquent, the department of social services may proceed to enforce the state‘s lien against the property of the hospital and to compel the payment of such assessment in the circuit court having jurisdiction in the county where the hospital 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 hospital which fails to pay the allowance required by section 208.453.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 208.467

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

3. Failure to pay an assessment imposed under sections 208.450* to 208.480 shall be grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of a license granted under chapter 197. The director of the department of social services may request that the director of the department of health and senior services deny, suspend or revoke the license of any hospital which fails to pay its assessment.