205.989. Payment for services--services not to be denied for inability to pay. - Missouri Statutes

Payment for services--services not to be denied for inability to pay.

205.989. 1. No person because of inability to pay shall be denied theservices of a community mental health center, mental health clinic, or otherpublic facility or not-for-profit corporation in which a county orparticipating counties have established services or provided funds pursuant tosections 205.975 to 205.990.

2. Based on their abilities to pay, persons receiving any comprehensivemental health services funded either in whole or in part in accordance withsections 205.975 to 205.990 shall be charged for the services. The amountsnecessary to be charged for the services shall be related to the actual percapita inpatient costs or actual outpatient or examination or other servicecosts.

(L. 1978 S.B. 652)