190.205. Insurers' duties. - Missouri Statutes

Insurers' duties.

190.205. 1. Health carriers and managed care plans shall paybenefits directly to ambulance services or emergency medical responseagencies.

2. Health carriers and managed care plans shall not prohibit ordiscourage the use of the 911 system when emergency services are needed asdefined in section 190.100.

3. If a request for emergency services is made to an ambulanceservice which is not the 911 provider or the recognized emergency providerin areas not covered by 911 ambulance services, then the 911 provider orthe recognized emergency provider shall be notified immediately by theambulance service receiving the request.

(L. 1998 S.B. 743)