SOCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2004)
Bills Indexed by Subject
SOCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

: Establishes the Missouri Rx Card Program to provide prescription drug discounts to certain Medicare-eligible and uninsured Missouri residents.

: Establishes a comprehensive children's mental health services system.

: Authorizes a tax credit for gifts of personal property to individuals with an income level below the federal poverty level.

: Authorizes a tax credit for contributions to pregnancy resource centers.

: Removes the cap on the special needs adoption tax credit and changes the administration of the tax credit to the Children's Division within the Department of Social Services.

: Establishes the Dental Carve-Out Act of 2004 to implement a process for providing dental benefits to public assistance recipients.

: Modifies the Senior Rx Program by requiring an annual adjustment of income eligibility limits based on the rate of change in the federal Consumer Price Index.

: Establishes a comprehensive children's mental health service system.

: Transfers the duties of the abolished Division of Child Support Enforcement to the Department of Public Safety.

: Creates a check-off on state income tax return forms for contributions to the Child Advocacy Center Fund.

: Revises various statutes relating to special needs child adoption tax credits, pregnancy resource centers, alternatives to abortions, and the Respect Life Commission.

: Modifies the calculation for the Medicaid per diem reimbursement rate for nursing homes.

: Enacts and modifies various provisions regarding the state foster care system.

: Revises the Adoption Awareness Law by allowing the establishment of an advertising campaign to recruit adoptive and foster parents.

: Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a single, publicly financed statewide insurance program for all residents of this state.

: Establishes a program in the Department of Health and Senior Services to provide preventative and primary health care services to low-income pregnant women, mothers, and children.

: Establishes the Child Support Insurance Act.

: Limits eligibility for certain medical assistance benefits to amounts appropriated for these benefits.

: Increases the tax deduction for long-term care insurance from 50% to 100% of premiums paid and requires certain state agencies to implement strategies to increase awareness of the tax deduction.

: Prohibits a state agency or child-placing agency from placing a child with a person who is in a sexual relationship with someone other than a spouse.

: Establishes the Abstinence First Pregnancy Prevention Program.

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

: Modifies various provisions regarding foster care and protective services for children.

: Modifies various provisions relating to lead abatement.

: Modifies various provisions relating to foster care and protective services for children.

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

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

: Directs the State Board of Education to assist and encourage school districts in adopting service-learning programs.

: Allows foster children to receive a tuition and fee waiver to state-funded colleges or universities.

: Modifies the law relating to license-exempt facilities for children.

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

: Creates a comprehensive children's mental health service system.

: Requires the Children's Division to arrange a team meeting before a child is placed in protective custody.

: Adds child pornography to the list of sexual abuse cases investigated by the State Technical Assistance Team.

: Requires applicants for Medicaid and CHIPs to identify the proposed beneficiary's employer.

: Gives the Children's Division the sole authority to license foster homes and residential facilities.

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

: Modifies laws related to Medicaid reimbursement for nursing homes.

: Requires entities that provide child, elder, and health care services to submit certain employment information to a database.

: Establishes the "Child Support Insurance Act".

: Concerns the sheltering of assets in medical assistance long-term care cases.

: Permits a mother to sign an identification of presumptive father form to state who she believes is the father of her child.

: Requests Governor to authorize by Executive Order the creation of the Division of Rehabilitation Services for the Blind.

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Last Updated October 7, 2004 at 11:09 am