Missouri Revised Statutes Title XII. Public Health and Welfare § 198.418. Remittance of amount--nursing facility reimbursement allowance fund, purpose, restrictions--nursing facility quality of care fund, purpose, restrictions

1. The nursing facility reimbursement allowance owed or, if an offset has been requested, the balance, if any, after such offset, shall be remitted by the nursing facility to the department of social services. The remittance shall be made payable to the director of the department of revenue. The amount remitted shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the “Nursing Facility Reimbursement Allowance Fund”, which is hereby created for the sole purposes of providing payment to nursing facilities and disbursing up to five percent of the federal funds deposited to the nursing facility reimbursement allowance fund each year, not to exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars, to the credit of the nursing facility quality of care fund, subject to appropriation. The “Nursing Facility Quality of Care Fund” is hereby created in the state treasury. All investment earnings of the nursing facility quality of care fund shall be credited to the nursing facility quality of care fund. The unexpended balance in the nursing facility quality of care fund at the end of the biennium is exempt from the provisions of section 33.080. The unexpended balance shall not revert to the general revenue fund, but shall accumulate in the nursing facility quality of care fund from year to year. All investment earnings of the nursing facility reimbursement allowance fund shall be credited to the nursing facility reimbursement allowance fund.

2. An offset as authorized by this section or a payment to the nursing facility reimbursement allowance fund shall be accepted as payment of the nursing facility's obligation imposed by section 198.401.

3. The state treasurer shall maintain records that show the amount of money in the nursing facility reimbursement allowance fund at any time and the amount of any investment earnings on that amount. The department of social services shall disclose such information to any interested party upon written request.

4. The unexpended balance in the nursing facility reimbursement allowance fund at the end of the biennium is exempt from the provisions of section 33.080. The unexpended balance shall not revert to the general revenue fund, but shall accumulate in the nursing facility reimbursement allowance fund from year to year.