SB 118 – Requires Mo HealthNet participants to pay an eight dollar copay for the use of emergency room services for the treatment of a nonemergency condition

• Sponsor: Brown
• LR Number: 0323S.02I
• Committee: Veterans' Affairs and Health
• Last Action: 1/22/2015 - Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee
• Journal Page: S172
• Effective Date: August 28, 2015

Current Bill Summary

SB 118 - Beginning October 1, 2015, the Department of Social Services shall require MO HealthNet participants to pay an eight dollar copayment fee for use of a hospital emergency department for the treatment of a condition that is not an emergency medical condition. The Department shall promulgate rules for the implementation of this act.

This act is identical to HB 660 (2015).

JESSI BAKER