Missouri House of Representatives
Bills Indexed by Subject
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

HB 1052
--- Sponsor:
Ward, Dan
- Allows the Division of Family Services to provide financial
assistance to not-for-profit food pantries operating throughout the
state.
HB 1053
--- Sponsor:
Ward, Dan
--- CoSponsor:
Selby, Harold R.
- Excludes up to five thousand dollars of total cash value for life
insurance policies from the definition of "resources" for purposes of
Medicaid and Medicare eligibility.
HB 1079
--- Sponsor:
Portwood, Dr. Charles R.
--- CoSponsor:
Selby, Harold R.
- Expands eligibility for the Missouri Senior Rx Program to include
seniors with catastrophic drug costs.
HB 1146
--- Sponsor:
Coleman, Maida J.
- Authorizes an income tax credit for parents providing child care for
their or a spouse's child if they receive no public assistance.
HB 1157
--- Sponsor:
Relford, Randall H.
--- CoSponsor:
Legan, Kenneth
- 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.
HB 1170
--- Sponsor:
Crowell, Jason
--- CoSponsor:
Hendrickson, Carl
- Creates the Missourians Helping Missourians Trust Fund.
HB 1360
--- Sponsor:
Scheve, May
- Changes the eligibility requirements for public assistance.
HB 1362
--- Sponsor:
Scheve, May
- Makes various changes regarding Medicaid eligibility and nursing home
requirements.
HB 1384
--- Sponsor:
Harlan, Tim
--- CoSponsor:
Carnahan, Russ
- Establishes the Parental Child Support Responsibility Program in the
Department of Social Services.
HB 1621
--- Sponsor:
Clayton, Robert
--- CoSponsor:
Richardson, Mark L.
- Establishes the Basic Civil Legal Services Fund and authorizes
additional filing fees in civil and criminal cases to be credited to
the fund.
HB 1983
--- Sponsor:
Baker, Lana Ladd
- Removes the time restriction on the income disregard for receipt of
temporary assistance for needy families.
HB 2030
--- Sponsor:
Whorton, James
--- CoSponsor:
Wilson, Vicky Riback
- Allows a public assistance income disregard for automobile liability
insurance premiums.
HCR 13
--- Sponsor:
Bowman, John L.
- Urges Congress to pass the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
reauthorization legislation.
SB 640
--- Sponsor:
Russell, John T.
- Adds a regional child assessment center in Camden County.
SB 732
--- Sponsor:
Bland, Mary
- Requires the Division of Family Services to provide an annual report
on the status of welfare reform in Missouri.
SB 782
--- Sponsor:
Bland, Mary
- Authorizes an appropriation to the Missouri Housing Development
Commission for grants to local housing development groups.
SB 785
--- Sponsor:
Goode, P. Wayne
- Allows additional counties to establish homeless programs and
increases fees on recorded instruments to $5.
SB 790
--- Sponsor:
Bland, Mary
- Establishes the General Assembly Scholarship Program funded by a
nonresident earnings tax.
SB 810
--- Sponsor:
Dougherty, Patrick
- Expands the Utilicare program. Changes eligibility for supplemental
nursing care payments. Modifies the Energy Conservation Loan Program.
SB 924
--- Sponsor:
Sims, Betty
- Regulates not-for-profit corporations providing dental services.
SB 1042
--- Sponsor:
Bland, Mary
- Dedicated additional revenue to the energy assistance program.
SB 1069
--- Sponsor:
Sims, Betty
- Requires Medicaid eligibility and benefits for home- and
community-based services to be equal to that of institutional care.
SB 1111
--- Sponsor:
Quick, Edward E.
- Extends the sunset for the Children's Health Insurance Program to
July 1, 2007.
SB 1116
--- Sponsor:
Dougherty, Patrick
- Allows the Public Service Commission to consider ability to pay as a
factor in setting utility rates.
SB 1149
--- Sponsor:
Singleton, Marvin
- Adds a tax on the sale of certain tobacco products and creates the
"Fund for Lifelong Health".
SB 1259
--- Sponsor:
Loudon, John
- Creates a food recovery program to provide food to needy persons.
SCR 46
--- Sponsor:
Dougherty, Patrick
- Urges Congress to pass the reauthorization legislation for the
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:08 am