Section 199.250 - Facilities, contracts with, costs, how paid1. The department of health and senior services may contract for such facilities as are necessary to carry out the functions of sections 199.010 to 199.350. Such contracts shall be exempt from the competitive bidding requirements of chapter 34.2. State payment shall be available for the treatment and care of individuals committed under section 199.210 only after benefits from all third-party payers have been exhausted.Amended by 2013 Mo. Laws, SB 197,s A, eff. 8/28/2013.L. 1961 p. 518 §§ 10, 11, A.L. 1971 H.B. 581, A.L. 1985 S.B. 19, A.L. 1991 H.B. 218 merged with S.B. 125 & 341, A.L. 1996 S.B. 540, A.L. 2010S.B. 1007.