Section 198.409

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Chapter 198

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   

  198.409.  Determination of amount due — notification, payments — offset allowed. — 1.  The director of the department of social services shall make a determination as to the amount of nursing facility reimbursement allowance due from each nursing facility.

  2.  The director of the department of social services shall notify each nursing facility of the annual amount of its reimbursement allowance on or before the first day of October each year.  Such amount may be paid in monthly^* increments over the balance of the reimbursement allowance period.

  3.  The department of social services may offset the nursing facility reimbursement allowance owed by the nursing facility against any payment due that nursing facility only if the nursing facility requests such an offset.  The amounts to be offset shall result, so far as practicable, in withholding from the nursing facility an amount substantially equivalent to the reimbursement allowance owed by the nursing facility.  The office of administration and state treasurer may make any fund transfers necessary to execute the offset.

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(L. 1994 H.B. 1362 § 4)

Expires 9-30-29; see § 198.439

*Word "month" appears in original rolls.