Restraining Costs of Health Care

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Section
439B.010

Definitions.

Section
439B.030

"Billed charge" defined.

Section
439B.035

"Children’s Health Insurance Program" defined.

Section
439B.040

"Committee" defined.

Section
439B.050

"Department" defined.

Section
439B.060

"Director" defined.

Section
439B.070

"Discharge form" defined.

Section
439B.090

"Fiscal year" defined.

Section
439B.100

"Health facility" defined.

Section
439B.110

"Hospital" defined.

Section
439B.115

"Major hospital" defined.

Section
439B.120

"Medicaid" defined.

Section
439B.130

"Medicare" defined.

Section
439B.140

"Net revenue" defined.

Section
439B.150

"Practitioner" defined.

Section
439B.160

Purposes of chapter.

Section
439B.200

Creation; appointment of and restrictions on members; officers; terms of members; vacancies; annual reports.

Section
439B.210

Meetings; quorum; compensation.

Section
439B.220

Powers.

Section
439B.225

Committee to review certain regulations proposed or adopted by licensing boards; recommendations to Legislature. [Effective through December 31, 2019.]

Section
439B.225

Committee to review certain regulations proposed or adopted by licensing boards; recommendations to Legislature. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.227

Committee to review certain new provisions of law; recommendations to Legislature concerning mandated reporters.

Section
439B.260

Reduction of billed charges for certain patients and services; notice; resolution of disputes.

Section
439B.265

Collection of deductible or copayment from indigent patient covered by Medicare prohibited. [Effective upon confirmation by the Federal Government that the deductibles and copayments which a hospital is prohibited from collecting from a patient pursuant to this section are deemed uncollectible for the purposes of federal law.]

Section
439B.270

Foundation for hospital nursing practice: Establishment; governing body.

Section
439B.275

Program for provision of technical assistance to rural hospitals.

Section
439B.280

Educational program to promote wellness, physical fitness and prevention of disease, accidents and motor vehicle crashes.

Section
439B.300

Legislative findings and declarations; applicability.

Section
439B.310

"Indigent" defined.

Section
439B.320

Hospital required to provide care for proportionate share of indigent patients; duties of Department and board of county commissioners; reimbursement for care.

Section
439B.330

Eligibility of indigent for assistance; payment of hospital for serving disproportionately large share of patients; discharge forms; appeal from determination of county regarding indigent status.

Section
439B.340

Report on indigent patients treated; verification by Director; compensation for treatment provided in excess of obligation; assessment for failure to fulfill minimum obligation.

Section
439B.350

Department to establish; purpose.

Section
439B.360

Evaluation: Recommendations; report to Interim Finance Committee.

Section
439B.370

Director authorized to contract for certain services.

Section
439B.400

Hospital must maintain and use uniform list of billed charges; exception.

Section
439B.410

Hospital required to provide emergency services and care; unlawful acts of hospital or physician working in hospital emergency room; treating hospital may recover penalty from transferring hospital; exceptions; administrative investigations and sanctions.

Section
439B.420

Prohibited acts of hospitals and related entities; exceptions; submission of contracts to Director; civil penalty.

Section
439B.425

Prohibited referral of patients; exceptions; penalty.

Section
439B.430

Prohibited acts of hospitals; examination by Director; administrative fine; injunctive relief.

Section
439B.440

Director may require hospitals, health facilities and providers of health services to submit information; independent audit; examinations; penalty.

Section
439B.450

Powers and duties of Director.

Section
439B.460

Director authorized to delegate powers and duties.

Section
439B.500

Penalty for violation of provisions.

Section
439B.600

Definitions.

Section
439B.605

"Manufacturer" defined.

Section
439B.610

"Pharmacy" defined.

Section
439B.615

"Pharmacy benefit manager" defined.

Section
439B.620

"Wholesale acquisition cost" defined.

Section
439B.625

Organization representing interests of retail merchants to prepare and update list of most commonly prescribed drugs or generic equivalents.

Section
439B.630

Department to annually compile lists of certain prescription drugs essential for treating asthma and diabetes.

Section
439B.635

Manufacturer of certain essential asthma and diabetes drugs to prepare and submit annual report.

Section
439B.640

Manufacturer of essential asthma or diabetes drug that has undergone significant price increase to submit report.

Section
439B.645

Pharmacy benefit manager to submit annual report concerning essential asthma and diabetes drugs.

Section
439B.650

Department to compile report concerning price of essential asthma and diabetes drugs.

Section
439B.655

Pharmacies to provide to Department contact information, electronic mail address and address of Internet website; exceptions.

Section
439B.660

Manufacturer required to provide list of its pharmaceutical sales representatives; electronic access to list; prohibition against unlisted person marketing prescription drugs; reports.

Section
439B.665

Report by certain nonprofit organizations that receive items of value from manufacturer.

Section
439B.670

Department to place on Internet website certain information concerning pharmacies, nonprofit organizations and prescription drugs and certain reports by Department; additional or alternative procedures for obtaining information concerning pharmacies, nonprofit organizations and prescription drugs.

Section
439B.675

Manner of presentation of information.

Section
439B.680

Immunity from civil and criminal liability.

Section
439B.685

Regulations.

Section
439B.690

Suspension of components of program or duties of Department if sufficient money not available; acceptance of gifts and grants.

Section
439B.695

Penalty for failure to provide information to Department.

Section
439B.700

Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.703

"Covered person" defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.706

"Independent center for emergency medical care" defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.709

"In-network emergency facility" defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.712

"In-network provider" defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.715

"Medically necessary emergency services" defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.718

"Out-of-network emergency facility" defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.721

"Out-of-network provider" defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.724

"Provider contract" defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.727

"Provider of health care" defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.730

"Prudent person" defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.733

"Screen" defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.736

"Third party" defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.739

"To stabilize" and "stabilized" defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.742

Inapplicability of provisions to certain hospitals, persons and health care services. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.745

Limitation on amount out-of-network provider may collect from covered person; duties of out-of-network emergency facility upon providing services. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.748

Payment to out-of-network emergency facility by third party. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.751

Payment to out-of-network provider, other than emergency facility, by third party. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.754

Determination of amount owed when no recent contract exists between out-of-network provider and third party; arbitration to resolve dispute; no interest pending resolution of dispute; confidentiality of arbitration. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.757

Election by certain entities and organizations not otherwise covered to submit to provisions; regulations. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

Section
439B.760

Reports; confidentiality of information. [Effective January 1, 2020.]