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MO Rev Stat § 208.865 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief|Section 208.865 - Definitions.

Effective - 04 Nov 2008   208.865. Definitions. —  Definitions. As used in sections 208.850 to 208.871:  (1) "Consumer" means a person receiving personal care assistance services from a personal care attendant as defined in subdivision (4) of this section;   (2) "Council" means the Missouri quality home care council;  (3) "Department" means the Missouri department of health and senior services;  (4) "Personal care attendant" means a person, other than a consumer's spouse, providing consumer-directed personal care assistance services as defined in subdivisions (2) and (5) of section 208.900 under sections 208.900 to 208.927, similar consumer-directed personal care assistance services under section 208.930, and similar consumer-directed personal care assistance services through a program operated pursuant to a waiver obtained under Section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act or similar consumer-directed services under the successor to any of said programs;   (5) "Vendor" is defined in subdivision (10) of section 208.900 and in subsection 2 of section 208.862.  ­­-------- (L. 2008 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, § 6, November 4, 2008)  Revisor's note: References to statute or section numbers have been changed in accordance with section 3.060.
MO Rev Stat § 208.868 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief|Section 208.868 - Federal approval and funding.

Effective - 04 Nov 2008   208.868. Federal approval and funding. —  Federal approval and funding. The council and the state of Missouri shall take all actions reasonably necessary to obtain any approval from the United States needed to implement any part of sections 208.850 to 208.871 and to ensure* continued federal funding of any program governed by sections 208.850 to 208.871. ­­-------- (L. 2008 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, § 7, November 4, 2008)  *Word "insure" appears in original rolls of Section 7 of Proposition B adopted November 4, 2008.
MO Rev Stat § 208.871 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief|Section 208.871 - Severability clause.

Effective - 04 Nov 2008   208.871. Severability clause. —  Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, or clause of sections 208.850 to 208.871 is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect any remaining portion, section, or part thereof which can be given effect without the invalid provision. ­­-------- (L. 2008 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, § 8, November 4, 2008)
MO Rev Stat § 208.900 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief|Section 208.900 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   208.900. Definitions. — As used in sections 208.900 to 208.927, the following terms mean:  (1) "Consumer", a physically disabled person determined by the department to be eligible to receive personal care assistance services. "Consumer" does not include any individual with a legal limitation of his or her ability to make decisions, including the appointment of a guardian or conservator, or who has an effective power of attorney that authorizes another person to act as the agent or on behalf of the individual for any of the duties required by the consumer-directed program;  (2) "Consumer-directed", the hiring, training, supervising, and directing of the personal care attendant by the consumer;  (3) "Department", the department of health and senior services;  (4) "Live independently", to reside and perform routine tasks in a noninstitutional or unsupervised residential setting;  (5) "Personal care assistance services", those routine tasks provided to meet the unmet needs required by the consumer to enable him or her to live independently;  (6) "Personal care attendant", a person, other than the consumer's spouse, who performs personal care assistance services for the consumer;  (7) "Physically disabled", loss of, or loss of use of, all or part of the neurological, muscular, or skeletal functions of the body to the extent that a person requires the assistance of another person to accomplish routine tasks;  (8) "Routine tasks":  (a) Bowel and bladder elimination;  (b) Dressing and undressing;  (c) Moving into and out of bed;  (d) Preparation and consumption of food and drink;  (e) Bathing and grooming;  (f) Use of prostheses, aids, equipment, and other similar devices; or  (g) Ambulation, housekeeping, and other functions of daily living;  (9) "Unmet needs", those routine tasks which are allowable by the Medicaid state plan but which cannot reasonably be met by the members of the consumer's household or other current support systems;  (10) "Vendor", any organization having a written agreement with the department to provide services including monitoring and oversight of the personal care attendant, orientation, and training of the consumer, and fiscal conduit services necessary for delivery of personal care assistance services to consumers. ­­-------- (L. 2005 S.B. 539 § 660.661)  (2009) Section excluding from personal care assistance program individuals with a mental disability requiring appointment of a guardian violates federal law. Bechtel v. State Department of Social Services, 274. S.W.3d 464 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 208.903 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief|Section 208.903 - Financial assistance for personal care, eligibility requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   208.903. Financial assistance for personal care, eligibility requirements. — 1. Subject to appropriations, the department shall provide financial assistance for consumer-directed personal care assistance services through eligible vendors to each person determined eligible to participate under guidelines established by the Medicaid state plan and who:  (1) Is capable of living independently with personal care assistance services;  (2) Is physically disabled;  (3) Is eighteen years of age or older;  (4) Is able to direct his or her own care;  (5) Is able to document proof of Medicaid eligibility under Title XIX of the Social Security Act under federal and state laws and regulations;  (6) Requires at least a nursing home level of care under regulations established by the department;  (7) Participates in an assessment or evaluation, or both, by the department; and  (8) Can have their unmet needs safely met at a cost that shall not exceed the average monthly Medicaid cost of nursing facility care as determined by the department of social services.  2. Upon certification of the employment of a personal care attendant chosen by the consumer in accordance with sections 208.900 to 208.927, the vendor shall perform the payroll and fringe benefit accounting functions for the consumer. The vendor shall be responsible for filing claims with the Missouri Medicaid program. Statutorily required fringe benefit costs shall be paid from the personal care assistant appropriation. The department shall establish the statewide rate for personal care attendant services. For purposes of this section, the personal care attendant is considered the employee of the consumer only for the period of time subsidized by personal care assistant funds. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that the attendant is the employee of the vendor, the department, or the state of Missouri. ­­-------- (L. 2005 S.B. 539 § 660.664)
MO Rev Stat § 208.921 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief|Section 208.921 - Denial of eligibility, applicant entitled to hearing.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   208.921. Denial of eligibility, applicant entitled to hearing. — 1. Applicants for personal care assistance services and consumers receiving such services are entitled to a hearing with the department of social services if eligibility for personal care assistance services is denied, if the type or amount of services is set at a level less than the consumer believes is necessary, if disputes arise after preparation of the personal care assistance services plan concerning the provision of such services, or if services are discontinued as provided in section 208.924.  2. A request for a hearing shall be made to the department of social services in writing in the form prescribed by the department of social services within ninety days after the mailing or delivery of the written decision of the department of health and senior services. The procedures for such requests and for the hearings shall be as set forth in section 208.080. ­­-------- (L. 2005 S.B. 539 § 660.681)
MO Rev Stat § 208.924 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief|Section 208.924 - Discontinuation of services, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories   208.924. Discontinuation of services, when. — 1. A consumer's personal care assistance services may be discontinued under circumstances such as the following:  (1) The department learns of circumstances that require closure of a consumer's case, including one or more of the following: death, admission into a long-term care facility, no longer needing service, or inability of the consumer to consumer-direct personal care assistance service;  (2) The consumer has falsified records; provided false information of his or her condition, functional capacity, or level of care needs; or committed fraud;  (3) The consumer is noncompliant with the plan of care. Noncompliance requires persistent actions by the consumer which negate the services provided in the plan of care;  (4) The consumer or member of the consumer's household threatens or abuses the personal care attendant or vendor to the point where their welfare is in jeopardy and corrective action has failed;  (5) The maintenance needs of a consumer are unable to continue to be met because the plan of care hours exceed availability; and  (6) The personal care attendant is not providing services as set forth in the personal care assistance services plan and attempts to remedy the situation have been unsuccessful.  2. The personal care attendant shall report to the department if he or she witnesses significant deterioration of the health of the consumer or if he or she has a belief that the consumer is no longer capable of self-directed care. ­­-------- (L. 2005 S.B. 539 § 660.684, A.L. 2020 H.B. 1682)
MO Rev Stat § 208.927 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief|Section 208.927 - Rulemaking authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   208.927. Rulemaking authority. — The department may promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of sections 208.900 to 208.927. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. Any provisions of the existing rules regarding the personal care assistance program promulgated by the department of elementary and secondary education in title 5, code of state regulations, division 90, chapter 7, which are inconsistent with the provisions of sections 208.900 to 208.927 are void and of no force and effect. ­­-------- (L. 2005 S.B. 539 § 660.687)
MO Rev Stat § 208.935 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief|Section 208.935 - Assessment tool, home and community-based services.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   208.935. Assessment tool, home and community-based services. — Subject to appropriations, the department of health and senior services shall develop or contract with a state agency or third party to develop an interactive assessment tool, which may include mobile as well as centralized functionality, for utilization when implementing the assessment and authorization process for MO HealthNet home and community-based services authorized by the division of senior and disability services. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1682)
MO Rev Stat § 208.951 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief|Section 208.951 - Request for proposals.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   208.951. Request for proposals. — For purposes of a request for proposal for health improvement plans, there shall be a request for proposal for at least six regions in the state, however in no case shall there be a single statewide contract. Counties with a risk-bearing care coordination plan as of July 1, 2007, shall continue as risk-bearing care coordination plans for the categories of aid in such program as of July 1, 2007. Nothing in sections 208.950 and 208.955 shall be construed to void a chronic care improvement plan contract existing on August 28, 2007. ­­-------- (L. 2007 S.B. 577 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 208.1050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief|Section 208.1050 - Fund created, use of moneys.

Effective - 08 Jul 2013   208.1050. Fund created, use of moneys. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Missouri Senior Services Protection Fund", which shall consist of money collected under subsection 2 of this section. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and, upon appropriation, money in the fund shall be used solely for the administration of subsection 2 of this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund.  2. The state treasurer shall deposit from moneys that otherwise would have been deposited into the general revenue fund an amount equal to fifty-five million one hundred thousand dollars into the Missouri senior services protection fund. At least one-quarter of such amount shall be deposited on or before July 15, 2013, an additional one-quarter by October 15, 2013, and an additional one-quarter by January 15, 2014. The remaining amount shall be deposited by March 15, 2014. Moneys in the fund shall be allocated for services for low-income seniors and people with disabilities. ­­-------- (L. 2013 H.B. 116 merged with H.B. 986)  Effective 7-08-13 (H.B. 986); 7-12-13 (H.B. 116)
MO Rev Stat § 208.1060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief|Section 208.1060 - Food banks, state plan to be submitted for federal project.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021   208.1060. Food banks, state plan to be submitted for federal project. — The department of social services shall submit a state plan to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a Farm to Food Bank Project under 7 CFR 251.10(j) and shall contract with any qualified food bank, as defined in 7 CFR 251.3(f), for the purpose of operating the project. ­­-------- (L. 2021 H.B. 432)
MO Rev Stat § 208.1070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief|Section 208.1070 - LARC prescriptions, transfer of, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018   208.1070. LARC prescriptions, transfer of, when. — 1. For purposes of this section, the term "long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC)" shall include, but not be limited to, intrauterine devices (IUDs) and birth control implants.  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any LARC that is prescribed to and obtained for a MO HealthNet participant may be transferred to another MO HealthNet participant if the LARC was not delivered to, implanted in, or used on the original MO HealthNet participant to whom the LARC was prescribed. In order to be transferred to another MO HealthNet participant under the provisions of this section, the LARC shall:  (1) Be in the original, unopened package;  (2) Have been in the possession of the health care provider for at least twelve weeks. The provisions of this subdivision may be waived upon the written consent of the original MO HealthNet participant to whom the LARC was prescribed;  (3) Not have left the possession of the health care provider who originally prescribed the LARC; and  (4) Be medically appropriate and not contraindicated for the MO HealthNet participant to whom the LARC is being transferred. ­­-------- (L. 2018 S.B. 826)
MO Rev Stat § 209.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.010 - Division to aid blind persons.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   209.010. Division to aid blind persons. — The duties of the family support division shall be to prepare and maintain a complete register of the blind persons within this state and to collate information concerning their physical condition, cause of blindness and such additional information as may be useful to the division in the performance of its other duties as herein enumerated, and to investigate and report to the general assembly from time to time the condition of the blind within this state, with its recommendations concerning the best method of relief for the blind; to adopt such measures as the division may deem expedient for the prevention and cure of blindness; to establish and maintain at such places within this state as the division may deem expedient shops and workrooms for the employment of blind persons capable of useful labor, and to provide superintendence and other assistance therefor and instruction therein; to compensate the persons so employed in the manner and to the extent that the division shall deem proper; to provide such means for the sale of the products of the blind as the division shall deem expedient; to act as a bureau of information for the purpose of securing employment for the blind of this state elsewhere than in the shops and workrooms of the division and to this end the division is authorized to procure and furnish materials and tools and to furnish aid and assistance to blind persons engaged in home industries and to buy and sell the products of the blind wherever and however produced within this state; to provide for the temporary cost of the food, raiment and shelter of deserving blind persons engaged in useful labor; to ameliorate the condition of the blind by such means consistent with the provisions of sections 209.010 to 209.160 as the division may deem expedient; provided, however, that no part of the funds appropriated by the state shall be used for solely charitable purposes; the object and purpose of sections 209.010 to 209.160 being to encourage capable blind persons in the pursuit of useful labor and to provide for the prevention and cure of blindness. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9447, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8889; 1919 § 12361  CROSS REFERENCES:  Family support division to administer aid or pension to blind persons, 207.010  Readers for blind persons attending college in this state, 178.160 to 178.180
MO Rev Stat § 209.015 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.015 - Blindness education, screening and treatment program fund — uses of fund — rulemaking.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   209.015. Blindness education, screening and treatment program fund — uses of fund — rulemaking. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Blindness Education, Screening and Treatment Program Fund". The fund shall consist of moneys donated pursuant to subsection 7 of section 301.020 and subsection 3 of section 302.171. Unexpended balances in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not be transferred to the general revenue fund or any other fund, the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding.  2. Subject to the availability of funds in the blindness education, screening and treatment program fund, the department of social services shall develop a blindness education, screening and treatment program to provide blindness prevention education and to provide screening and treatment for persons who do not have adequate coverage for such services under a health benefit plan.  3. The program shall provide for:  (1) Public education about blindness and other eye conditions;  (2) Screenings and eye examinations to identify conditions that may cause blindness; and  (3) Treatment procedures necessary to prevent blindness.  4. The department may contract for program development with any department-approved nonprofit organization dealing with regional and community blindness education, eye donor and vision treatment services.  5. The department may adopt rules to prescribe eligibility requirements for the program.  6. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536. ­­-------- (L. 2000 S.B. 721 § 192.936, A.L. 2007 S.B. 16, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision, A.L. 2018 S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision)  Transferred 2014; formerly 192.935
MO Rev Stat § 209.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.020 - Division may receive and expend donations and bequests.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   209.020. Division may receive and expend donations and bequests. — The family support division is authorized to receive and use for the purposes herein enumerated, or any of them, donations and bequests, and is authorized to expend such donations and bequests in such manner as it may deem proper within the limitations imposed by the donors thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9448, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8890; 1919 § 12362
MO Rev Stat § 209.035 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.035 - Proceeds from involuntary conversion, how treated — receipt defined.

Effective - 28 Aug 1972   209.035. Proceeds from involuntary conversion, how treated — receipt defined. — 1. Any proceeds from involuntary conversion of real property into personal property (such as forced transfer under condemnation, eminent domain, and fire, flood or other act of God) received by a recipient while eligible to receive blind pension benefits under existing laws shall be considered real property for a period of one year from the time of their receipt.  2. For the purposes of this section the word "receipt" means actual receipt of the proceeds or the payment into court of the proceeds, except that in condemnation cases where the initial exception to the commissioner's award is filed by the condemning authority, the word "receipt" means receipt of an award under a final judgment. ­­-------- (L. 1972 S.B. 483)