FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 877
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HOSMER.
Read 1st time February 26, 2001, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 208, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the Medicaid home- and community-based waiver.
Section A. Chapter 208, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 208.805, to read as follows:
208.805. In determining Medicaid eligibility for and providing Medicaid benefits to persons eligible for
services through a home- and community-based waiver pursuant to Section 1915C of the federal Social
Security Act, the department of social services shall, subject to appropriations, use the same age
restrictions, division of assets and income allowances that are used in subsection 1 of section 208.152 when
determining Medicaid eligibility for and providing Medicaid benefits to persons eligible for institutional
care. The department shall apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for a
Medicaid waiver amendment to the home and community-based waiver if such amendment is necessary to
implement the provisions of this section.
Missouri House of Representatives