Payment For Treatment — Financial Ability Of Patients

TITLE 39 HEALTH AND SAFETY CHAPTER 3 ALCOHOLISM AND INTOXICATION TREATMENT ACT 39-309. Payment for treatment — Financial ability of patients. (1) An individual receiving substance use disorder services through the department shall be responsible for paying for the services received. The financial responsibility for each service shall be based on the individual’s ability to pay as determined by the department. (2)  If treatment is provided by the department and the patient has not paid the charge for the treatment, the department is entitled to any income or payment received by the patient or to which he may be entitled for the services rendered, and to any payment from any public or private source available to the department because of the treatment provided to the patient. (3)  A patient in an approved treatment facility, or the estate of the patient, or a person obligated to provide for the cost of treatment and having sufficient financial ability, is liable to the department for the cost of transportation, maintenance and treatment of the patient therein in accordance with rates established by the department. [(4) may]