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MO Rev Stat § 198.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.240 - If petition sufficient county commission to order election.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   198.240. If petition sufficient county commission to order election. — If the territory, petition and proceedings meet the requirements of sections 198.200 to 198.350, the commissioners of the county commission shall in and by the order finding and determining the sufficiency of the petition and that the territory meets the requirements of sections 198.200 to 198.350 * order the question to be submitted to the voters of the proposed district. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 368 § 6, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  *Words "and shall" appear in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 198.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.250 - Notice of election, contents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   198.250. Notice of election, contents. — Each notice shall state briefly the purpose of the election, setting forth the proposition to be voted upon and a description of the territory. The notice shall further state that any district upon its establishment shall have the powers, objects and purposes provided by sections 198.200 to 198.350, and shall have the power to levy a property tax not to exceed thirty-five cents on the one hundred dollars valuation. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 368 § 7, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1985 S.B. 100)
MO Rev Stat § 198.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.260 - Form of ballot.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   198.260. Form of ballot. — The question of whether or not a nursing home shall be organized shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall there be organized in the counties of ______ , state of Missouri, a nursing home district for the establishment and operation of a nursing home to be located within the boundaries of the proposed district and having the power to impose a property tax not to exceed the annual rate of thirty-five cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation without voter approval, and such additional tax as may be approved hereafter by vote thereon, to be known as "______ Nursing Home District" as prayed for by petition filed with the county clerk of ______ County, Missouri, on the ______ day of ______, 20______? ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 368 § 8, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1985 S.B. 100)
MO Rev Stat § 198.263 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.263 - Increase in tax levy, procedure — ballot of submission, form.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   198.263. Increase in tax levy, procedure — ballot of submission, form. — Any district which has a lower tax levy than the maximum levy authorized by section 198.250 may increase its levy up to, but not in excess of, such maximum levy if a majority of the voters of the district who vote on the increase approve the increase. The ballot of submission for a tax increase under this section shall be in substantially the following form:   Shall the ______ Nursing Home District be authorized to increase the annual rate of property tax from ______ cents to ______ cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation?    ☐ YES   ☐ NO    (Place an "X" in the square opposite the answer for which you wish to vote.)   ­­If a majority of the qualified voters casting votes thereon are in favor of the increase, the board of directors of the district shall levy the annual rate of tax approved; but if a majority of the voters casting votes thereon are opposed to the increase, any annual tax rate in effect at the time of the election shall remain in effect; provided, however, that if the voters of the district have previously approved a levy and the levy has not been imposed, the board of directors may impose such previously approved levy or portion thereof, subject to other provisions of the law with respect to limitation on tax revenues. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 100)
MO Rev Stat § 198.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.270 - Results of election to be filed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   198.270. Results of election to be filed. — The order determining and declaring results of the election shall be entered upon the records of the commission and a certified copy thereof shall be filed with the county clerk of each other county in which the proposed district lies who shall cause the same to be spread upon the records of the county commission. If the order shows that the question to organize the district received a majority of the votes cast, the order shall declare the district organized. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 368 § 9, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 198.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.290 - Powers of board of directors — first meeting — officers — bylaws — time for meetings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   198.290. Powers of board of directors — first meeting — officers — bylaws — time for meetings. — 1. The board of directors of a district shall possess and exercise all of its legislative and executive powers. Within thirty days after the election of the initial directors, the board shall meet. The time and place of the first meeting of the board shall be designated by the county commission. At its first meeting the board shall elect a chairman from its members and select a secretary, treasurer and such officers or employees as it deems expedient or necessary for the accomplishment of its corporate objects. The secretary and treasurer need not be members of the board. At the meeting the board, by ordinance, shall define the first and subsequent fiscal years of the district, and shall adopt a corporate seal and bylaws, which shall determine the times for the annual election of officers and of other regular and special meetings of the board and shall contain the rules for the transaction of other business of the district and for amending the bylaws.  2. Each director of any district shall devote such time to the duties of the office as the faithful discharge thereof may require and shall serve without compensation. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 368 § 11)
MO Rev Stat § 198.301 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.301 - Whistleblower protection for employees — availability of information on rights of persons retaliated against.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   198.301. Whistleblower protection for employees — availability of information on rights of persons retaliated against. — No employee of a nursing home district who directs or exercises any authority in a facility shall evict, harass, dismiss, or retaliate against a resident or employee because such resident or employee or any member of such resident's or employee's family has made a report of any violation or suspected violation of laws, ordinances, or regulations applying to the facility which the resident, the resident's family, or an employee has reasonable cause to believe has been committed or has occurred. Through the existing department information and referral telephone contact line, residents, their families, and employees of a facility shall be able to obtain information about their rights, protections, and options in cases of eviction, harassment, dismissal, or retaliation due to a report being made pursuant to this section. ­­-------- (L. 2003 S.B. 556 & 311)
MO Rev Stat § 198.305 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.305 - Unsuitable site, may be changed, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   198.305. Unsuitable site, may be changed, when. — 1. If, after acquiring a site for a nursing home or a nursing home, the board of the district by resolution determines that the site or nursing home acquired is unsuitable or unnecessary for the purpose, or it is in the best interest of the district, that the property should be sold, the board may sell and convey the property in the manner provided in subsection 2 of this section, provided that all outstanding bonds of the district constituting a lien on the property to be sold have been paid in full; or a sum sufficient to pay all such bonds, together with interest accrued or to accrue thereon, together with any other items of expense provided in such bonds, is deposited with the fiscal agent named in the bonds for the purpose of full payment; or consent in writing is obtained from all of the holders of the bonds.  2. Upon filing with the county clerk of the county in which the original petition to organize the district was filed of a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the board of directors of the district setting forth the reasons for selling the property and the manner in which the conditions of the provisions in subsection 1 of this section have been satisfied, the clerk shall present the resolution to the county commission. If the commission is satisfied that the statements in the resolution are true and valid, it shall by order entered of record approve the resolution. The board of directors of the district may then proceed to sell and convey the property. The deed shall be executed by the secretary of the board for and on behalf of the district, and shall convey to the purchaser all the right, title, interest, and estate which the nursing home district has in the property.  3. Any proceeds from the sale of the property remaining after the expenses of the sale of the property and the purchase price and costs of purchase of any new site or structure have been paid shall be placed in the treasury of the district and used to carry out the purposes for which the district was organized. ­­-------- (L. 1975 H.B. 382, A.L. 1991 H.B. 450)
MO Rev Stat § 198.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.310 - Indebtedness for nursing home — election — ballot — limits — tax to pay.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   198.310. Indebtedness for nursing home — election — ballot — limits — tax to pay. — 1. For the purpose of purchasing nursing home district sites, erecting nursing homes and related facilities and furnishing the same, building additions to and repairing old buildings, the board of directors may borrow money and issue bonds for the payment thereof in the manner provided herein. The question of the loan shall be submitted by an order of the board of directors of the district. Notice of the submission of the question, the amount and the purpose of the loan shall be given as provided in section 198.250.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall the ______ Nursing Home District borrow money in the amount of ______ dollars for the purpose of ______ and issue bonds in payment thereof?  3. If the constitutionally required percentage of the votes cast are for the loan, the board shall, subject to the restrictions of subsection 4, be vested with the power to borrow money in the name of the district, to the amount and for the purposes specified on the ballot, and issue the bonds of the district for the payment thereof.  4. The loans authorized by this section shall not be contracted for a period longer than twenty years, and the entire amount of the loan shall at no time exceed, including the existing indebtedness of the district, in the aggregate, ten percent of the value of taxable tangible property therein, as shown by the last completed assessment for state and county purposes, the rate of interest to be agreed upon by the parties, but in no case to exceed the highest legal rate allowed by contract; when effected, it shall be the duty of the directors to provide for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on the indebtedness as it falls due, and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof within the time the principal becomes due. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 368 § 13, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 2013 S.B. 89)
MO Rev Stat § 198.312 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.312 - Revenue bonds authorized, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   198.312. Revenue bonds authorized, when. — As an alternative to the authorization for an indebtedness provided by section 198.310, for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition, construction, erection, equipment and furnishing of nursing homes and related facilities, and for providing a site therefor, including offstreet parking space, and making from time to time enlargements or extensions thereof, the board of directors may issue and sell revenue bonds. The revenue bonds are payable, both as to principal and interest, solely and only out of the net income and revenues arising from the operation of the facility, after providing for the costs of operation and maintenance thereof, or from other funds made available to the facility from sources other than from proceeds of taxation. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1769)
MO Rev Stat § 198.314 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.314 - Revenue bonds not an indebtedness of the issuing authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   198.314. Revenue bonds not an indebtedness of the issuing authority. — Any bonds issued under and pursuant to sections 198.312 to 198.318 shall not be deemed to be an indebtedness of the state of Missouri, or of any city, or of the board of directors, or of the individual members of the board of directors, and shall not be deemed to be an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation upon the incurring of indebtedness. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1769)
MO Rev Stat § 198.316 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.316 - Revenue bonds, form of, interest rate — to be negotiable instruments.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   198.316. Revenue bonds, form of, interest rate — to be negotiable instruments. — 1. Revenue bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of section 198.312 shall be of such denomination, shall bear such rate of interest not to exceed the highest rate permitted by law, and shall mature at such times as determined by the board of directors. The bonds may be either serial bonds or term bonds and may be issued with or without reservation of the right to call them for payment or redemption in advance of their maturity, upon the giving of notice and with or without the covenant requiring the payment of a premium in the event of the call and redemption prior to maturity as the board determines.  2. The bonds when issued and sold shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of the law merchant and the negotiable instruments law and the interest thereon is exempt from income taxes under the laws of the state of Missouri. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1769)
MO Rev Stat § 198.318 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.318 - Board of directors to prescribe form, make necessary covenants, restrictions — bondholders, remedies of — revenue bonds, not to be exclusive method of financing.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   198.318. Board of directors to prescribe form, make necessary covenants, restrictions — bondholders, remedies of — revenue bonds, not to be exclusive method of financing. — 1. The board of directors, issuing bonds under the provisions of section 198.312, shall prescribe the form, details and incidents of the bonds, and the board of directors shall make such covenants as in their judgment are advisable or necessary properly to secure the payment thereof; but the form, details, incidents and covenants shall not be inconsistent with any of the provisions of sections 198.312 to 198.318.  2. The holder of any bonds issued hereunder or of any coupons representing interest accrued thereon may, by civil action either at law or in equity, compel the board of directors issuing such bonds to perform all duties imposed upon them by the provisions of sections 198.312 to 198.318, and also to enforce the performance of any and all other covenants made by such board of directors in the issuance of the bonds.  3. The provisions of sections 198.312 to 198.318 shall not be exclusive of other legal methods of financing the facilities therein described, but shall furnish an alternative method of finance. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1769)
MO Rev Stat § 198.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.320 - Annexation of territory to district — election.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   198.320. Annexation of territory to district — election. — 1. A petition for annexation of land to a nursing home district shall be signed by not less than ten percent or fifty voters, whichever is fewer, residing within the territory therein described proposed for annexation and shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the district or the greater portion thereof is situated, and shall be addressed to the commissioners of the county commission. A hearing shall be held thereon as nearly as possible as in the case of a formation petition. If, upon hearing, the commissioners of the county commission find that the petition is in compliance with sections 198.200 to 198.350, they shall order the submission of the question to the voters to decide whether or not the proposed annexation shall take place. The question shall be submitted within the territory by the county commission as is provided in section 198.250.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall (description of territory) be annexed to the ______ Nursing Home District?  3. If a majority of the votes cast on the question in the district and in the territory described in the petition, respectively, are in favor of the annexation, the commissioners of the county commission shall by order declare the territory annexed and shall describe the altered boundaries of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 368 § 14, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 198.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.330 - Records of district — officers and employees to give bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   198.330. Records of district — officers and employees to give bond. — The board shall provide for the proper and safe keeping of its permanent records and for the recording of the corporate action of the district. It shall keep a true and accurate account of its receipts and an annual audit shall be made of its books, records and accounts. All officers and employees authorized to receive or retain the custody of money or to sign vouchers, checks, warrants or evidences of indebtedness binding upon the district shall furnish surety bond for the faithful performance of their duties and the faithful accounting for all moneys that may come into their hands in an amount to be fixed and in a form to be approved by the board. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 368 § 15)
MO Rev Stat § 198.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.340 - Board as trustee may accept and hold property donated — duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   198.340. Board as trustee may accept and hold property donated — duties. — Any person desiring to donate property for the benefit of a nursing home, constructed or to be constructed under sections 198.200 to 198.350, may vest title to the property so donated in the board of directors created under sections 198.200 to 198.350, and the board of directors shall hold and control the property so received and accepted according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest of the property, and shall be a trustee of the property, and shall take title to all property it may acquire in the name of the district and shall control the property for the purposes provided in sections 198.200 to 198.350. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 368 § 16)
MO Rev Stat § 198.345 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.345 - Apartments for seniors, districts may establish (counties of third and fourth classification).

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   198.345. Apartments for seniors, districts may establish (counties of third and fourth classification). — Nothing in sections 198.200 to 198.350 shall prohibit a nursing home district from establishing and maintaining apartments for seniors that provide at a minimum housing and food services in any county of the third or fourth classification within its corporate limits. Such nursing home districts shall not lease such apartments for less than fair market rent as reported by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. ­­-------- (L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23 merged with S.B. 89)
MO Rev Stat § 198.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.350 - Citation of law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   198.350. Citation of law. — Sections 198.200 to 198.350 shall be known and may be referred to as "The Nursing Home District Law". ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 368 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 198.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.360 - Dissolution of district.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   198.360. Dissolution of district. — In any nursing home district created under the provisions of sections 198.200 to 198.350 which is not operating a nursing home, and in which the voters of the district have on three separate occasions refused to approve a bond issue for the construction of a nursing home, or in which the voters of the district have not approved a bond issue for the construction of a nursing home within three years after the establishment of the district, the board of that district shall submit to the voters the proposition of the dissolution of the district. If a majority of the voters approve the dissolution, the district shall be dissolved and any tax money in the treasury shall be paid into the general revenue fund of the county or counties in which the district is located, in the same proportion as the proportion of the valuation of the district in each county is to the total valuation of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1969 p. 304 § 1, A.L. 1971 S.B. 158, A.L. 1973 H.B. 364, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1208)
MO Rev Stat § 198.401 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 198 - Nursing Homes and Facilities|Section 198.401 - Nursing facility reimbursement allowance, definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   198.401. Nursing facility reimbursement allowance, definitions. — 1. Each nursing facility, except for state-owned and -operated facilities, shall, in addition to all other fees and taxes now required or paid, pay a nursing facility reimbursement allowance for the privilege of engaging in the business of providing nursing facility services, other than services in an institution for mental diseases, in this state.  2. For the purpose of this section, the phrase "engaging in the business of providing nursing facility services, other than services in an institution for mental diseases, in this state" means accepting payment for such services.  3. For the purpose of this section, the term "nursing facility" shall be defined using the definition in section 1396r, Title 42 United States Code, as amended, and as such qualifies as a class of health care providers recognized in federal Public Law 102-234 Medicaid Voluntary Contribution and Provider Specific Tax Amendment of 1991. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1362 § 1)  Expires 9-30-24