MO-11-10

To implement Section 6035 the Deficit Reduction Act. This provision required that States have laws that mandate health insurers or other parties legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care item or service to provide the State with information that enables the State Medicaid agency to determine the existence of third party coverage for Medicaid recipients. These laws were passed in Missouri during the 2010 legislative session and became effective on August 28, 2010.