SOCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Missouri House of Representatives
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SOCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
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: Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program.

: Adds the Camden County child assessment center to the list of centers funded by the Department of Social Services.

: Bases funding for the nutritional services programs of the Division of Aging on the actual number of meals served in each area the previous fiscal year.

: Creates the Missourians Helping Missourians Trust Fund.

: Requires the implementation of a state suicide prevention plan by the Department of Health and Senior Services.

: Allows a tax credit for donations to people with an income below the federal poverty level.

: Establishes a Medicaid Pharmacy Management Program in the Department of Social Services and a Joint Committee on Pharmacy Management.

: Modifies the income eligibility categories for the Children's Health Insurance Program.

: Changes the eligibility requirements for public assistance.

: Amends various provisions regarding the standards for nursing homes.

: Establishes the Parental Child Support Responsibility Program in the Department of Social Services.

: Provides for a salary increase for certain state family workers who complete a family development credentialing program.

: Modifies the exemptions from licensure required for foster homes, residential care facilities, and child placing agencies.

: Modifies health insurance and prohibits use of public funds for abortion or human cloning.

: Amends the notice provisions regarding liens on bank accounts for child support arrearages.

: Creates parity between institutional and noninstitutional eligibility for Medicaid.

: Enacts the Emergency Preparedness Resource Act.

: Delineates the rights and responsibilities of foster parents.

: Modifies the reporting of elder abuse and neglect and the provisions of in-home services to the elderly.

: Clarifies that the reimbursement of Department of Health and Senior Services advisory committees shall be subject to appropriations.

: Removes the time restriction on the income disregard for receipt of temporary assistance for needy families.

: Amends various provisions regarding the reporting requirements for long-term care facilities.

: Allows programs for all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) projects an exemption from the certificate of authority requirements for health maintenance organizations.

: Adds the Clay-Platte Child Assessment Center to the list of regional assessment centers funded by the Department of Social Services.

: Funds the Utilicare stabilization program by transferring funds in the custody of circuit courts.

: Modifies various provisions regarding the disclosure of mental health information.

: Adds the Clay-Platte child assessment center to the list of regional assessment centers funded by the Department of Social Services.

: Allows a not-for-profit provider to operate multiple living units for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled without issuance of a certificate by the Division of Medical Services.

: Requires the Department of Social Services to conduct or contract for an advertising campaign for the recruitment of adoptive and foster care families.

: Disapproves and suspends 13 CSR 70-20.031(3) and 13 CSR 70-20.034(2) relating to the lists of excludable and nonexcludable drugs from prior authorization.

: Adds a regional child assessment center in Camden County.

: Allows a tax credit for persons who contribute to unplanned pregnancy resource centers.

: Makes a number of changes designed to protect the elderly.

: Increases the foster care reimbursement and adoption subsidy rates over a three-year period.

: Creates the Older Visually Impaired Missourians Fund.

: Requires certain facilities for children to show proof of accreditation or compliance with safety standards.

: Revises laws on foster care, child abuse, child labor, and medical records.

: Establishes the "Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program" to provide health care benefits to all Missouri citizens.

: Modifies the Grandparents as Foster Parents Program.

: Expands the Utilicare program. Changes eligibility for supplemental nursing care payments. Modifies the Energy Conservation Loan Program.

: Allows certain foster parents to receive a dependency exemption on their state income tax returns.

: Requires certain departments to notify the Attorney General's office before entering into certain contracts.

: Allows the Division of Family Services to request license-exempt foster care facilities for reasons for exemption.

: Makes rehabilitation services for the Division of Rehabilitation Services for the Blind.

: Revises laws on foster care, child abuse, child labor, and medical records.

: Dedicated additional revenue to the energy assistance program.

: Requires Medicaid eligibility and benefits for home- and community-based services to be equal to that of institutional care.

: Outlines minimum staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities.

: Extends the sunset for the Children's Health Insurance Program to July 1, 2007.

: Establishes the Parental Child Support Responsibility Program in the Department of Social Services to provide qualified children with the total amount of child support owed to them.

: Requires the Division of Medical Services to annually recalculate the Medicaid nursing home reimbursement amount.

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