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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.060 - Applications for benefits, how and where filed.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
208.060. Applications for benefits, how and where filed. —
Application for any benefits under any law of this state administered by the family support division acting as a state agency shall be filed in the county office. Application for aid to dependent children shall be made by the person with whom the child will live while receiving aid. All applications shall be in writing, or reduced to writing, upon blank forms furnished by the family support division, and shall contain such information as may be required by the family support division or by any federal authority under the Social Security law and amendments thereto. The term
"benefits"
as used herein or in this law shall be construed to mean:
(1) Aid to dependent children;
(2) Aid or public relief to individuals in cases of public calamity;
(3) Money or services available for child welfare services;
(4) Any other grant, aid, pension or assistance administered by the family support division.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9409, A.L. 1973 S.B. 325, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.065 - Verification of eligibility for public assistance, contract for.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 2016
208.065. Verification of eligibility for public assistance, contract for. —
1. No later than January 1, 2017, the department of social services shall procure and enter into a competitively bid contract with a contractor to provide verification of initial and ongoing eligibility data for assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP); temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program; child care assistance program; and MO HealthNet program. The contractor shall conduct data matches using the name, date of birth, address, and Social Security number of each applicant and recipient, and additional data provided by the applicant or recipient relevant to eligibility against public records and other data sources to verify eligibility data.
2. The contractor shall evaluate the income, resources, and assets of each applicant and recipient no less than quarterly. In addition to quarterly eligibility data verification, the contractor shall identify on a monthly basis any program participants who have died, moved out of state, or have been incarcerated longer than ninety days.
3. The contractor, upon completing an eligibility data verification of an applicant or recipient, shall notify the department of the results; except that, the contractor shall not verify the eligibility data of persons residing in long-term care facilities or persons receiving home- and community-based services whose income and resources were at or below the applicable financial eligibility standards at the time of their last review. Within twenty business days of such notification, the department shall make an eligibility determination. The department shall retain final authority over eligibility determinations. The contractor shall keep a record of all eligibility data verifications communicated to the department. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect any obligation or requirement under state or federal law or regulation that the department verify the eligibility data of persons residing in long-term care facilities or persons receiving home- and community-based services.
4. Within thirty days of the end of each calendar year, the department and contractor shall file a joint report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president pro tempore of the senate. The report shall include, but shall not be limited to, the number of applicants and recipients determined ineligible for assistance programs based on the eligibility data verification by the contractor and the stated reasons for the determination of ineligibility by the department.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 607)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.066 - SNAP and TANF, one-page application form — eligibility review form, how submitted — rulemaking authority.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 2023
208.066. SNAP and TANF, one-page application form — eligibility review form, how submitted — rulemaking authority. —
1. Upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Food and Nutrition Services within the United
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States Department of Agriculture, or any other relevant federal agency, the department of social services shall limit any initial application for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF), the child care assistance program, or MO HealthNet to a one-page form that is easily accessible on the department of social services' website.
2. Persons who are participants in a program listed in subsection 1 of this section who are required to complete a periodic eligibility review form may submit such form as an attachment to their Missouri state individual income tax return if the person's eligibility review form is due before or at the same time that he or she files such state tax return. The department of social services shall limit periodic eligibility review forms associated with the programs listed in subsection 1 of this section to a one-page form that is easily accessible on both the department of social services' website and the department of revenue's website.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 32.057 to the contrary, the department of revenue shall share any eligibility form submitted under this section with the department of social services.
4. The department of revenue may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the administration of this section. 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. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2023, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 45 & 90 merged with S.B. 106)
*Word "Unites" appears in original rolls of S.B. 106, 2023.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.067 - TANF set-aside minimums for certain programs.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
• Effective - 28 Aug 2015
*208.067. TANF set-aside minimums for certain programs. —
1. Of the moneys received by the state under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant during each fiscal year, the department of social services shall, consistent with federal law and subject to appropriation, set aside a minimum of:
(1) Two percent of such moneys to fund the alternatives to abortion services program under section 188.325 and the alternatives to abortion public awareness program under section 188.335. The department shall give preference to contracting with not-for-profit entities that promote one or more of the four purposes established by Congress under 42 U.S.C. Section 601 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; and
(2) Two percent of such moneys to fund healthy marriage promotion activities and activities promoting responsible fatherhood, as defined in 42 U.S.C. Section 603 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The department shall give preference to contracting with not-for-profit entities that promote one or more of the four purposes established by Congress under 42 U.S.C. Section 601 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
2. It is the intent of the general assembly that funding authorized under this section shall be used to supplement, not supplant, other sources of revenue heretofore or hereafter used for the purposes of this section.
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(L. 2015 S.B. 24)
*S.B. 24 was vetoed 4-30-15. The veto was overridden on 5-05-15.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.071 - Individualized assessment of applicant — rulemaking authority.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 1999
208.071. Individualized assessment of applicant — rulemaking authority. —
1. The department shall make an individualized assessment of the skills, prior work experience, and employability of each recipient of assistance under the program who:
(1) Has attained eighteen years of age; or
(2) Has not completed high school or obtained a certificate of high school equivalency, and is not attending secondary school.
2. No participant may be assigned to any education, training or employment component of the state's welfare-to-work programs prior to an individualized assessment. The assessment shall be consistent with the criteria listed in section 208.325.
3. The division may promulgate rules and regulations that are reasonable and necessary to accomplish the limited duties specifically provided by this section. 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.
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(L. 1999 S.B. 387, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.072 - Application for medical assistance, approval or denial, when — Medicaid payments to long-term care facilities, when.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 2023, 3 histories
208.072. Application for medical assistance, approval or denial, when — Medicaid payments to long-term care facilities, when. —
1. A completed application for medical assistance for services described in section 208.152 shall be approved or denied within thirty days from submission to the family support division or its successor.
2. The MO HealthNet division shall remit to a licensed nursing home operator the Medicaid payment for a newly admitted Medicaid resident in a licensed long-term care facility within forty-five days of the resident's date of admission.
3. In accordance with 42 CFR 435.907(a), as amended, if the applicant is a minor or incapacitated, the family support division or its successor shall accept an application from someone acting responsibly for the applicant.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 328 & 88 § 1, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision, A.L. 2023 S.B. 45 & 90)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.075 - Mental or physical examination may be required — evidence admissible at appeal hearing.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 2014
208.075. Mental or physical examination may be required — evidence admissible at appeal hearing. —
1. When an application is made for aid to dependent children or aid to the permanently and totally disabled benefits because of the physical or mental condition of a person the family support division shall require the person to be examined by competent medical or other appropriate authority designated by the family support division. If benefits are paid because of the physical or mental condition of a person the family support division may, as often as it deems necessary, require such person to be reexamined by competent medical or other appropriate authority designated by the family support division. Written reports of examinations and reexaminations shall be required and evaluated by the family support division in determining eligibility to receive benefits or to continue to receive benefits.
2. In any appeal hearing as provided for by section 208.080 and the question at issue involves the physical or mental incapacity of a person, regardless of whether assistance has been denied or a recipient has been removed from the assistance rolls, the written reports of the examination or reexamination made by competent medical or other appropriate authority designated by the family support division, and any written medical reports by other physicians or clinics submitted by claimant, are hereby declared to be competent evidence and admissible as such at the appeal hearing to be considered by the director with any other evidence submitted. Any written medical report purporting to be executed and signed by the medical or other appropriate authority, its agents, or employees shall be prima facie evidence of it being properly executed and signed without further proof of identification.
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(L. 1963 p. 380 § 208.052, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.090 - Reinstatement and payment of benefits to applicant.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 1981
208.090. Reinstatement and payment of benefits to applicant. —
If an application has been denied or if a recipient's benefits or services have been terminated or modified and the applicant or the recipient is found by the director upon the hearing of his appeal to be or to have been eligible, payment of benefits and providing of services shall be made only for those months during which the applicant or recipient was actually eligible and, if currently eligible, the applicant or recipient shall be placed on the rolls, reinstated on the rolls, or restored to the level of benefits and services for which he is eligible.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9411, A. 1949 S.B. 1063, A.L. 1951 p. 772, A.L. 1969 H.B. 804, A.L. 1981 S.B. 73)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.100 - Appeal to circuit court — procedure.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 2014
208.100. Appeal to circuit court — procedure. —
1. Any claimant aggrieved by the decision of the director of the family support division, children's division, or MO HealthNet division made under section 208.080 may appeal to the circuit court of the county in which such claimant resides within ninety days from the date of the action and decision appealed from.
2. The appropriate division shall furnish the claimant, upon request, with proper form of affidavit for appeal from the director of the appropriate division to the circuit court.
3. Upon the affidavit for appeal, duly executed by the claimant before an officer authorized to administer oaths, being filed with the appropriate division within ninety days from the date of the decision of the director of the appropriate division the entire record preserved in the case at the time of the claimant's hearing, together with the hearing decision and the affidavit for appeal, shall be certified by the director of the appropriate division to the circuit court and the case shall be docketed as other civil cases except that neither party shall be required to give bond or deposit any money for docket fee on appeal to the circuit court.
4. Such appeal shall be tried in the circuit court upon the record of the proceedings had before and certified by the director of the appropriate division, which shall in such case be certified and included in the return of said director to the court.
5. Upon the record so certified by the director of the appropriate division, the circuit court shall review the action and decision of the director in accordance with the provisions of section 536.140; and the court shall render judgment affirming, reversing, or modifying the director's decision, and may order the reconsideration of the case in the light of the court's opinion and judgment, and may order the director to take such further action as it may be proper to require.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9411, A. 1949 S.B. 1063, A.L. 1981 S.B. 73, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.110 - Appeals from circuit court.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
208.110. Appeals from circuit court. —
Appeals may be had by either party from the circuit court upon the record in the same manner as provided herein for appeals from the director to the circuit court, and all appeals to the circuit and appellate courts shall be advanced on the docket of the courts for immediate hearing and determination.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9411, A. 1949 S.B. 1063)
(1961) Finding that recipient of old age assistance had conveyed property to her children without receiving in return a value equal to the property conveyed held not supported by substantial evidence. Weidmaier v. State Department of Public Health and Welfare (A.), 343 S.W.2d 93.
(1962) Where referee, in the course of a hearing on an application for aid to dependent children based on the ground that the father of the child was unable to work, stated that the father appeared to be able to work and also that he appeared to be a normal person, the applicant for benefits did not receive a fair hearing and the decision of the division would be reversed. Jones v. State Department of Public Health and Welfare (A.), 354 S.W.2d 37.
(1962) It was error, on appeal from decision of director of welfare, for trial court to permit judgment of circuit court setting aside deed to be introduced in evidence at hearing and made a part of the transcript on appeal. Powers v. State Department of Public Health and Welfare (A.), 359 S.W.2d 23.
(1971) Appeals taken pursuant to § 208.110 are subject to the Rules of Civil Procedure including the requirement that the Department of Public Health and Welfare shall cause a transcript on appeal to be prepared, filed, served and approved in the form and manner specified by Civil Rule 82.14. Stacy v. Department of Public Health and Welfare (A.), 468 S.W.2d 651.
(1972) Adding of affidavit is a permissible amendment to the original notice of appeal and relates back to the filing of the original notice. Fraher v. Department of Public Health and Welfare (A.), 484 S.W.2d 663.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.120 - Records, when evidence, restrictions on disclosure — penalty.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
208.120. Records, when evidence, restrictions on disclosure — penalty. —
1. For the protection of applicants and recipients, all officers and employees of the state of Missouri are prohibited, except as hereinafter provided, from disclosing any information obtained by them in the discharge of their official duties relative to the identity of applicants for or recipients of benefits or the contents of any records, files, papers, and communications, except in proceedings or investigations where the eligibility of an applicant to receive benefits, or the amount received or to be received by any recipient, is called into question, or for the purposes directly connected with the administration of public assistance. In any judicial proceedings, except such proceedings as are directly concerned with the administration of these programs, such information obtained in the discharge of official duties relative to the identity of applicants for or recipients of benefits, and records, files, papers, communications and their contents shall be confidential and not admissible in evidence.
2. The family support division shall in each county welfare office maintain monthly a report showing the name and address of all recipients certified by such county welfare office to receive public assistance benefits, together with the amount paid to each recipient during the preceding month, and each such report and information contained therein shall be open to public inspection at all times during the regular office hours of the county welfare office; provided, however, that all information regarding applicants or recipients other than names, addresses and amounts of grants shall be considered as confidential.
3. It shall be unlawful for any person, association, firm, corporation or other agency to solicit, disclose, receive, make use of or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce in the use of any name or lists of names for commercial or political purposes of any nature; or for any name or list of names of recipients secured from such report in the county welfare office to be published in any manner. Anyone willfully or knowingly violating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. If the violation is by other than an individual, the penalty may be adjudged against any officer, agent, employee, servant or other person of the association, firm, corporation or other agency who committed or participated in such violation and is found guilty thereof.
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(L. 1941 p. 646 § 9414a, A.L. 1951 p. 754, A.L. 1953 p. 636, A.L. 1973 S.B. 325, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.125 - Records may be destroyed, when.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 2014
208.125. Records may be destroyed, when. —
The director of the family support division is authorized to destroy all applications and records compiled by the family support division in connection with the investigation and payment of public assistance or blind pensions after five years have elapsed since the closing of a case or the rejection of an application.
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(L. 1951 p. 755, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.130 - Benefits granted may be reconsidered.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 2014
208.130. Benefits granted may be reconsidered. —
All benefits granted may be reconsidered by the director of the department of social services or the appropriate division as frequently as he or she may deem necessary. After such further investigation the amount of a benefit may be changed or entirely withdrawn.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9412, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.140 - Grants subject to any change of law.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
208.140. Grants subject to any change of law. —
Every grant, aid, pension or assistance under the provisions of this law shall be deemed to be granted and shall be held subject to the provisions of any amendment or repealing law that may hereafter be passed, and no recipient under this law shall have any claim for compensation or otherwise by reason of his assistance being changed, affected, or discontinued by such amending or repealing law or laws.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9418)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.141 - Donor human breast milk, hospital eligible for reimbursement, when — rulemaking authority.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 2014
208.141. Donor human breast milk, hospital eligible for reimbursement, when — rulemaking authority. —
1. The department of social services shall reimburse a hospital for prescribed medically necessary donor human breast milk provided to a MO HealthNet participant if:
(1) The participant is an infant under the age of three months;
(2) The participant is critically ill;
(3) The participant is in the neonatal intensive care unit of the hospital;
(4) A physician orders the milk for the participant;
(5) The department determines that the milk is medically necessary for the participant;
(6) The parent or guardian signs and dates an informed consent form indicating the risks and benefits of using banked donor human milk; and
(7) The milk is obtained from a donor human milk bank that meets the quality guidelines established by the department.
2. An electronic web-based prior authorization system using the best medical evidence and care and treatment guidelines consistent with national standards shall be used to verify medical need.
3. The department shall promulgate rules for the implementation of this section, including setting forth rules for the required documentation by the physician and the informed consent to be provided to and signed by the parent or guardian of the participant. 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. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable, and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly under chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2014, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2014 S.B. 680 merged with S.B. 754)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.142 - Nonemergency medical treatment, use of emergency department services for, co-payment imposed.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 14 Oct 2016, see footnote
*208.142. Nonemergency medical treatment, use of emergency department services for, co-payment imposed. —
1. Beginning October 1, 2016, a MO HealthNet participant who uses hospital emergency department services for the treatment of a medical condition that is not an emergency medical condition shall be required to pay a co-payment fee of eight dollars for such services. A participant shall be notified of the eight-dollar co-payment prior to services being rendered. A MO HealthNet participant's failure to pay the co-payment fee shall not in any way reduce or otherwise affect any MO HealthNet reimbursement to the health care provider for the services provided.
2. For purposes of this section, an
"emergency medical condition"
means a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, that a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine, could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in the following:
(1) Placing the health of the individual or, with respect to a pregnant woman, the health of the woman or her unborn child in serious jeopardy;
(2) Serious impairment to bodily functions; or
(3) Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.
3. The department of social services shall promulgate rules for the implementation of this section, including setting forth rules for the required documentation by the physician and the informed consent to be provided to and signed by the parent or guardian of the participant. 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. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly under chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2016, shall be invalid and void.
4. The department shall submit such state plan amendments and waivers to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the federal Department of Health and Human Services as the department determines are necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 608)
*Effective 10-14-16, see § 21.250. S.B. 608 was vetoed July 5, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.143 - Veterans medical services, division to determine if applicant for medical assistance is eligible.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 2006
208.143. Veterans medical services, division to determine if applicant for medical assistance is eligible. —
1. The family support division shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 208.215, determine whether persons applying for and/or receiving Medicaid benefits are eligible for medical services from the Missouri veterans commission. If an applicant or recipient is eligible for such VA medical services, the division shall urge and encourage the applicant or recipient to receive medical services as a person eligible for VA benefits. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring an applicant or recipient of medical assistance benefits to exhaust any VA benefits prior to receipt of any state medical assistance benefits.
2. The family support division shall consult with the Missouri veterans commission regarding a method of determining whether an applicant or recipient of state medical assistance benefits is eligible for VA benefits.
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(L. 2006 H.B. 1491)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.144 - Medicaid reimbursement for children participating in the Part C early intervention system (First Steps).

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
208.144. Medicaid reimbursement for children participating in the Part C early intervention system (First Steps). —
The department of social services shall recognize the Part C early intervention system established under sections 160.900 to 160.925 as an eligible program and shall pay all claims for reimbursement for Medicaid-eligible children to the Part C early intervention system. For those eligible children having other private insurance, the department of social services shall seek reimbursement as appropriate from the lead agency for payments made to the Part C early intervention system for covered benefits provided by health benefit plans under section 376.1218.
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(L. 2005 S.B. 500)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.145 - Medical assistance benefits, eligibility based on receipt of AFDC benefits, when.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
208.145. Medical assistance benefits, eligibility based on receipt of AFDC benefits, when. —
For the purposes of the application of section 208.151, individuals shall be deemed to be recipients of aid to families with dependent children and individuals shall be deemed eligible for such assistance if:
(1) The individual meets eligibility requirements which are no more restrictive than the July 16, 1996, eligibility requirements for aid to families with dependent children, as established by the family support division; or
(2) Each dependent child, and each relative with whom such a child is living including the spouse of such relative as described in 42 U.S.C. Section 606(b), as in effect on July 16, 1996, who ceases to meet the eligibility criteria set forth in subdivision (1) of this section as a result of the collection or increased collection of child or spousal support under part IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq., and who has received such aid in at least three of the six months immediately preceding the month in which ineligibility begins, shall be deemed eligible for an additional four calendar months beginning with the month in which such ineligibility begins.
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(L. 1998 S.B. 941, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.147 - Annual income and eligibility verification required for medical assistance recipients — documentation required.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
208.147. Annual income and eligibility verification required for medical assistance recipients — documentation required. —
1. The family support division shall conduct an annual income and eligibility verification review of each recipient of medical assistance. Such review shall be completed not later than twelve months after the recipient's last eligibility determination.
2. The annual eligibility review requirement may be satisfied by the completion of a periodic food stamp redetermination for the household.
3. The family support division shall annually send a reverification eligibility form letter to the recipient requiring the recipient to respond within ten days of receiving the letter and to provide income verification documentation described in subsection 4 of this section. If the division does not receive the recipient's response and documentation within the ten days, the division shall send a letter notifying the recipient that he or she has ten days to file an appeal or the case will be closed.
4. The family support division shall require recipients to provide documentation for income verification for purposes of eligibility review described in subsection 1 of this section. Such documentation may include, but not be limited to:
(1) Current wage stubs;
(2) A current W-2 form;
(3) Statements from the recipient's employer;
(4) A wage match with the division of employment security; and
(5) Bank statements.
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(L. 2005 S.B. 539)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.148 - Missed appointment fee, when--department to request state plan amendment and waiver request.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 14 Oct 2016, see footnote
*208.148. Missed appointment fee, when--department to request state plan amendment and waiver request. —
1. Except as required to satisfy laws pertaining to the termination of patient care without adequate notice or without making other arrangements for the continued care of the patient, fee-for-service MO HealthNet health care providers shall be permitted to prohibit a MO HealthNet participant who misses an appointment or fails to provide notice of cancellation within twenty-four hours prior to the appointment from scheduling another appointment until the participant has paid a missed appointment fee to the health care provider as follows:
(1) For the first missed appointment in a three-year period, no fee shall be charged but such missed appointment shall be documented in the patient's record;
(2) For the second missed appointment in a three-year period, a fee of no greater than five dollars;
(3) For the third missed appointment in a three-year period, a fee of no greater than ten dollars; and
(4) For the fourth and each subsequent missed appointment in a three-year period, a fee of no greater than twenty dollars.
­­Such health care providers shall waive the missed appointment fee in cases of inclement weather.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed in any way to limit MO HealthNet managed care organizations from developing and implementing any incentive program to encourage adherence to scheduled appointments.
3. The health care provider shall not charge to, nor shall the MO Healthnet participant be reimbursed by, the MO HealthNet program for the missed appointment fee.
4. The department of social services shall submit such state plan amendments and waivers to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the federal Department of Health and Human Services as the department determines are necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 608)
*Effective 10-14-16, see § 21.250. S.B. 608 was vetoed July 5, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.150 - Monthly benefits, how determined.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
208.150. Monthly benefits, how determined. —
The maximum amount of monthly public assistance money payment benefits payable to or on behalf of a needy person shall not exceed the following:
(1) Aid to families with a dependent child, or children, and needy eligible relatives caring for a dependent child, or children, in an amount to be computed as follows:
(a) Beginning July 1, 1993, and at least every three years thereafter, the family support division shall determine by regulation the average need for each such eligible person, which shall include the cost of basic needs required to maintain a child or children in the home at a reasonable and decent low-income standard of living, and shall pay, on a uniform basis, the highest percent of such need as shall be possible within the limits of funds appropriated for that purpose, less available income;
(b)
"Available income"
means the total income, before taxes or other deductions, of each person residing within the same household, except, to the extent allowed by federal law, the earnings of a student under nineteen years of age enrolled in a secondary school or at the equivalent level of vocational or technical training, plus or minus such credits or deductions as may be prescribed by the family support division by regulations for the sole purpose of complying with federal laws or regulations relating to this state's eligibility to receive federal funds for aid to families with dependent children payments, and such credits or deductions as may otherwise be prescribed by law;
(c) The available income shall be subtracted from the total amount which otherwise would be paid;
(d) If the determined need under this subdivision is of an amount less than ten dollars, no cash payment will be made;
(2) Aid or public relief to an unemployable person not to exceed one hundred dollars.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9413, A.L. 1945 p. 1743, A.L. 1951 p. 760, A.L. 1959 H.B. 1, A.L. 1963 pp. 381, 382, A.L. 1965 1st Ex. Sess. p. 807, A.L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 898, A.L. 1967 p. 325, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 902, A.L. 1969 pp. 337, 345, A.L. 1973 S.B. 325, H.B. 514, A.L. 1973 1st Ex. Sess. S.B. 3, A.L. 1975 H.B. 25, A.L. 1977 H.B. 601, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1290, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1462, A.L. 1985 H.B. 803, A.L. 1990 S.B. 556, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1547 & 961, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.154 - Insufficient funds, benefits to be paid pro rata.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
208.154. Insufficient funds, benefits to be paid pro rata. —
If the funds at the disposal or which may be obtained by the department of social services for the payment of public assistance money payment benefits or to or on behalf of any person for medical assistance benefits shall at any time become insufficient to pay the full amount thereof, the amount of any type of payment to or on behalf of each of such persons shall be reduced pro rata in proportion to such deficiency in the total amount available or to become available for such purpose.
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(L. 1967 p. 325, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.155 - Records concerning applicants and recipients of medical assistance confidential.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
208.155. Records concerning applicants and recipients of medical assistance confidential. —
All information concerning applicants and recipients of medical assistance shall be confidential, and any disclosure of such information shall be restricted to purposes directly connected with the administration of the medical assistance program.
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(L. 1967 p. 325)
(2000) Confidentiality provision does not preclude introduction of Department of Social Services records in probate proceeding to recover Medicaid expenditures from decedent's estate. Estate of West v. Moffatt, 32 S.W.3d 648 (Mo.App.W.D.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.157 - Discrimination prohibited — payment refused to provider of medical assistance who discriminates because of race, color or national origin.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
208.157. Discrimination prohibited — payment refused to provider of medical assistance who discriminates because of race, color or national origin. —
The department of social services shall comply with the provisions of Title VI, Public Law 88-352, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, and shall not in any manner deny any aid, care, services or other benefits to nor discriminate against any person on the ground of race, color or national origin; and no payment shall be made on behalf of any eligible needy person to any provider of medical assistance, care or services who refuses to comply with the Act, or who engages in any practices contrary thereto.
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(L. 1967 p. 325, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.158 - Payments to be made only when federal grants-in-aid are provided.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
208.158. Payments to be made only when federal grants-in-aid are provided. —
Payments of medical assistance in federally aided programs shall be made only during such times as grants-in-aid are provided or made available to the state on the basis of the state plan approved by the federal government for medical assistance pursuant to provisions of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended.
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(L. 1967 p. 325)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.159 - Payments for nursing home services, how administered — rules.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
208.159. Payments for nursing home services, how administered — rules. —
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 207.010, 208.152, and 208.153, the department of social services shall administer payments for nursing home services authorized in sections 208.151, et seq., which govern medical assistance under Title XIX, Public Law 89-97, 1965 amendments to the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), as amended, and shall administer vendor payments for the aged and direct adult services for the aged under Title XX, Public Law 93-647, 1974 amendments to the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.), as amended. The department shall, pursuant to chapter 536, promulgate rules and regulations for the purpose of administering such payments, including rules to define the reasonable costs, manner, extent, quality, charges and fees or
*
payments for nursing home services.
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(L. 1979 S.B. 328, et al.)
*Word "of" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.160 - Payment rolls, how prepared — checks and warrants, how issued.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
208.160. Payment rolls, how prepared — checks and warrants, how issued. —
The department of social services or its divisions shall prepare separate rolls of persons entitled to benefits or compensation for:
(1) Supplemental payments;
(2) Aid to dependent children;
(3) Aid or public relief;
(4) Administrative personnel services and expenses;
(5) Any other grant, aid, pension, assistance or welfare services administered by the department of social services or its divisions.
­­From the rolls, the department of social services or its divisions shall prepare warrants in the form required by section 33.160 which shall be certified by the commissioner of administration to the state treasurer for certification as required by section 30.180. As authorized by section 30.205 or sections 105.273 to 105.278, the commissioner or the state treasurer may authorize the department of social services to place their signature on the warrant to create a negotiable check or draft or may authorize the electronic transfer of funds in place of a check or draft.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9414, A.L. 1949 p. 600, A.L. 1973 S.B. 325, A.L. 1993 H.B. 732)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 208 - Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief › Section 208.161 - Inpatient psychiatric hospital services, individuals under age twenty-one — nursing home service, any age, exception.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208
Effective - 26 Mar 1981, see footnote
208.161. Inpatient psychiatric hospital services, individuals under age twenty-one — nursing home service, any age, exception. —
1. In addition to benefit payments for medical assistance which may be made on behalf of those eligible needy persons under this chapter, benefit payments may be made for inpatient psychiatric hospital services for individuals under age twenty-one, as defined in Title XIX of the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. section 1396d) as amended, to the extent and in the manner provided for other types of medical assistance under this chapter.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter for benefit payments for medical assistance which may be made for nursing home services to recipients eighteen years of age or older, benefit payments for medical assistance may be made for nursing home services for recipients of any age except as otherwise provided in Title XIX of the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. section 1396d) as amended.
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(L. 1981 H.B. 894)
Effective 3-26-81