191.335. Hemophilia program established--state assistance, when. - Missouri Statutes

Hemophilia program established--state assistance, when.

191.335. 1. The department of health and senior services hereafterreferred to as the department shall establish a program for the care andtreatment of persons suffering from hemophilia. This program shall assistpersons who require continuing treatment with blood and blood derivatives toavoid crippling, extensive hospitalization and other effects associated withthis critical chronic bleeding condition, but who are unable to pay for theentire cost of such services on a continuing basis after payment of claimsfrom various types of hospital and medical insurance coverages, Medicare,Medicaid, and other government assistance programs in existence now or in thefuture, and private charitable assistance programs.

2. State assistance pursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall beavailable to an applicant only after he has shown that he has exhausted allbenefits from insurance coverage, Medicare, Medicaid, and other governmentassistance programs, and private and charitable assistance programs.

(L. 1979 H.B. 182 § 2)