Missouri Laws 630.220 – Court actions by department on behalf of institutions — interest on ..
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 630.220
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Department: the department of mental health of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Director: the director of the department of mental health, or his designee. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Patient: an individual under observation, care, treatment or rehabilitation by any hospital or other mental health facility or mental health program pursuant to the provisions of chapter 632. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Resident: a person receiving residential services from a facility, other than mental health facility, operated, funded or licensed by the department. See Missouri Laws 630.005
For all debts and demands whatsoever to any of the residential facilities or day programs subject to the control of the department, and for all damages for failure of contract, for trespass and other wrongs to a facility operated by the department, or any of its property thereof, real or personal, actions in any court of competent jurisdiction may be maintained in the name of the director. Interest shall be recovered on any and all sums due any facility or program operated or funded by the department on account of any patient or resident thereof, the account therefor, certified by the director or the director’s* designee shall be prima facie evidence of the amount due.