Missouri Statutes

§ 208.163 — Direct payment on request by authorized providers of services.

Missouri § 208.163

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XIIPUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Ch. 208Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 208.163 (2026).

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The state treasurer, in making benefit payments for medical assistance on behalf of eligible needy persons as authorized in section 208.151 , may, at the request of the hospital, nursing home, or other provider of services authorized to receive such payments, disregard the provisions in section 30.180 and section 208.160 requiring the treasurer to convert the warrant requesting payment into a check or draft, and may wire transfer the amount directly to the hospital, nursing home, or other provider of services authorized to receive such payment.

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The state treasurer, in making benefit payments for medical assistance on behalf of eligible needy persons as authorized in section 208.151 , may, at the request of the hospital, nursing home, or other provider of services authorized to receive such payments, disregard the provisions in section 30.180 and section 208.160 requiring the treasurer to convert the warrant requesting payment into a check or draft, and may wire transfer the amount directly to the hospital, nursing home, or other provider of services authorized to receive such payment.

Legislative History

(L. 1980 H.B. 1840)

Nearby Sections

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§ 208.001

Citation of law — MO HealthNet created — division created — rulemaking authority.

§ 208.009

Illegal aliens prohibited from receiving any state or local public benefit — proof of lawful residence required — temporary benefits permitted, when — exceptions for nonprofit organizations.

§ 208.010

Eligibility for public assistance, how determined — ineligibility for benefits, when — allowable exclusions — prevention of spousal impoverishments, division of assets, community spouse defined — burial lots defined — diversion of institutionalized spouse's income.

§ 208.012

Payments from Agent Orange funds not to be considered income in determining eligibility.

§ 208.013

Restitution payments to victims of National Socialist (Nazi) persecution not income in determining eligibility.

§ 208.015

Persons not eligible for general relief — exception — specified relative, defined — unemployable persons — relief limitation.

§ 208.016

Personal needs allowance to be deducted from resident's income — increase in allowance, when.

§ 208.018

Farmers' markets, SNAP participants, pilot program to purchase fresh food — requirements — sunset provision.

§ 208.020

Eligibility not affected by involuntary conversion of real into personal property for year — receipt defined.

§ 208.022

TANF electronic benefit cards to include photograph of recipient.

§ 208.024

TANF benefits, prohibited purchases, where — definitions — EBT benefit account suspended temporarily, when.

§ 208.026

Citation of law — work activities defined — TANF recipients required to engage in work activity — rulemaking authority.

§ 208.027

TANF recipients, screening for illegal use of controlled substances, test to be used — positive test or refusal to be tested, administrative proceeding — reporting requirements — other household members to continue to receive benefits, when — rulemaking authority.

§ 208.030

Supplemental welfare assistance, eligibility for — amount, how determined — reduction of supplemental payment prohibited, when.

§ 208.035

Transitional benefits program, TANF and SNAP — amount of benefits — rulemaking authority.

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