Effective - 28 Aug 2009
190.821. Tax period — failure to pay, delinquency, enforcement procedures. — 1. An ambulance service reimbursement allowance tax period as provided in sections 190.800 to 190.836 shall be from the first day of October to the thirtieth day of September. The department shall notify each ambulance service with a balance due on the thirtieth day of September of each year the amount of such balance due. If any ambulance service fails to pay its ambulance service reimbursement allowance tax within thirty days of such notice, the reimbursement allowance shall be delinquent. The reimbursement allowance tax may remain unpaid during an appeal as provided in section 190.812.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if any reimbursement allowance tax imposed under section 190.800 is unpaid and delinquent, the department of social services may proceed to enforce the state's lien against the property of the ambulance service and to compel the payment of such reimbursement allowance tax in the circuit court having jurisdiction in the county where the ambulance service 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 MO HealthNet participation agreement to any ambulance service which fails to pay such delinquent reimbursement allowance tax required by section 190.800 unless under appeal as allowed in section 190.812.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this section, failure to pay a delinquent reimbursement allowance tax imposed under section 190.800 shall be grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of a license granted under this chapter. The director of the department of social services may notify the department of health and senior services to deny, suspend, or revoke the license of any ambulance service which fails to pay a delinquent reimbursement allowance tax unless under appeal as provided in section 190.812.
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(L. 2009 S.B. 307)
Expires 9-30-24