Missouri Revised Statutes Title XII. Public Health and Welfare § 189.095. Hospitals which qualify for certain MO HealthNet funds are ineligible to receive certain payments--hospitals may elect to reject, when--MO HealthNet division to use funds which would have gone to hospital--division may issue rules and regulations

1. Hospitals eligible for payments pursuant to the provisions of sections 189.015 to 189.050, which also qualify as hospitals serving a disproportionate number of low income patients pursuant to subdivision (1) of section 208.152 and regulations issued thereunder, shall, because of such qualification, become ineligible to receive payments under sections 189.015 to 189.050 during the period of such qualification.

2. Moneys which, but for the provisions of this section, would have been paid to hospitals made ineligible by the provisions of this section shall be paid over to the MO HealthNet division of the department of social services and used, upon appropriation, by the MO HealthNet division for payments to hospitals.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any hospital determined to be ineligible for payments pursuant to the provisions of sections 189.015 to 189.050, solely because of its qualification pursuant to subdivision (1) of section 208.152, may elect to reject such qualification by July fifteenth of any year and accept its eligibility pursuant to sections 189.015 to 189.050.

4. The MO HealthNet division of the department of social services may issue rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.