ELDERLY

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2007)
Bills Indexed by Subject
ELDERLY

: Increases the resource limit for eligibility for medical assistance

: Authorizes each area agency on aging to establish a volunteer program for the transportation of the elderly to scheduled, health care-related appointments

: Allows a full $6,000 pension deduction from state income tax for taxpayers when they reach the age of 65 regardless of income

: Authorizes an income tax credit for resident taxpayers who are 65 years of age or older with an adjusted gross income of $9,570 or less

: Imposes a minimum term of imprisonment for offenders who have pled guilty or been found guilty of a crime of violence against a child or an elderly person

: Authorizes an income tax deduction for Social Security and nonprivate retirement benefits received by the elderly, subject to income limits, and for qualified health insurance premiums

: Changes the laws regarding sales and transient guest taxes; the expiration date of theTourism Supplemental Revenue Fund; and the establishment of theater, cultural arts, and entertainment districts

: Authorizes an income tax deduction for Social Security and nonprivate retirement benefits received by the elderly, subject to income limits, and for qualified health insurance premiums

: Authorizes Perry County to impose a sales tax for senior services and youth programs

: Authorizes an income tax deduction for Social Security and nonprivate retirement benefits received by the elderly, subject to income limits, and for qualified health insurance premiums

: Authorizes an income tax deduction for Social Security and nonprivate retirement benefits received by the elderly, subject to income limits, and for qualified health insurance premiums

: Authorizes a tax credit for certain elderly and disabled individuals for real property taxes paid

: Exempts residential property owned by individuals 62 years of age or older from certain increases in assessed valuation

: Authorizes an income tax deduction for Social Security and nonprivate retirement benefits received by the elderly, subject to income limits, and for qualified health insurance premiums

: Creates the crime of abuse of a vulnerable person in the first, second, and third degrees

: Authorizes an income tax deduction for Social Security and nonprivate retirement benefits received by the elderly, subject to income limits, and for qualified health insurance premiums

: Authorizes the Family Support Division to assist certain elderly individuals who qualify for the federal Food Stamp Program in obtaining supplemental food stamps

: Exempts real property owned by individuals 65 years of age and older with certain levels of income from increases in assessed valuation

: Limits increases in assessed valuation on real property owned by individuals 65 years of age and older with certain levels of income to the percentage of increases in Social Security benefits

: Increases the amount of credit allowed under the senior citizen/ disabled person property tax credit program known as circuit breaker and renames it the Senior Citizens' Homestead Tax Relief Act

: Limits the Certificate of Need Program to long-term care facilities

: Authorizes a homestead exemption for the elderly and disabled in St. Louis County

: Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act

: Changes the laws regarding criminal securities fraud and sets a minimum penalty when committed against the elderly or disabled

: Prohibits unsolicited commercial mail to individuals older than 65 years of age who register with the Office of the Attorney General

: Authorizes an income tax deduction for Social Security and retirement benefits for the elderly

: Provides protections for vulnerable adults and children and transfers the Division of Aging from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Health and Senior Services

: Provides protections for vulnerable adults and children and transfers the Division of Aging from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Health and Senior Services

: Exempts any permanently disabled person 65 years of age or older from the physician's statement requirement when renewing disabled license plates or placards

: Changes the laws regarding the circuit breaker tax credit, provides a tax credit for earned income, and exempts Social Security benefits from taxation for certain senior citizens

: Allows any registered voter who is 70 years of age or older to vote by absentee ballot

: Exempts residential property owned by taxpayers 62 years of age or older from certain increases in assessed valuation

: Requires a signature on all documents for a long-term care facility license application to ensure that the document is true and correct

: Requires the Missouri Public Service Commission to implement an energy assurance program pilot project to provide heat-related utility services to low-income individuals

: Increases resource limits for medical assistance eligibility and requires the Department of Social Services to apply for an amendment to the home and community-based waiver to extend eligibility

: Requires the allocation of funds from a county's senior citizens' services tax fund to be used on operational and capital needs expenditures of senior centers

: Changes the taxation laws regarding nexus determination, sales tax, income tax, and tax credits

: Allows senior citizens, 62 years of age or older, to delay paying property taxes on their residences under certain conditions

: Expands eligibility for the Missouri Rx Plan to retired persons 65 years of age or older with incomes of up to $25,000 for individuals and $50,000 for married couples

: Allows written notification by a nursing home of failure to pay for nursing home expenses to be evidence of misappropriating funds and failing to pay for the care of an elderly person, a class D felony

: Establishes the procedures for distributing funds to each agency of the Area Agencies on Aging

: Limits the increase in assessed valuation of residential property by the percentage of increase in Social Security benefits for the elderly and disabled who own and live in their principal residence

SB 11 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida
: Creates a hot weather rule for maintenance of utility service

SB 14 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
: Authorizes volunteer transportation services for the elderly

SB 15 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
: Establishes a long-term care insurance public-private partnership program

SB 59 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
: Exempts 25 percent of the amount of social security benefits included in senior citizen taxpayers' federal adjusted gross income

SB 174 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
: Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled

SB 177 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
: Provides for mandatory minimum punishment for securities fraud crimes against the elderly or disabled

SB 233 --- Sponsor: Crowell, Jason
: Authorizes a sales tax to fund certain services

SB 248 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
: Establishes a long-term care insurance public-private partnership program

SB 397 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
: Modifies provisions relating to applications for long-term care facilities

SB 418 --- Sponsor: Champion, Norma
: Increases the monthly personal needs payment under the Supplemental Nursing Care Program

SB 446 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Modifies provisions relating to fire safety standards in long-term care facilities

SB 490 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Modifies provisions relating to citizens most at risk for exploitation

SB 530 --- Sponsor: Gibbons, Michael R.
: Modifies provisions relating to the Alzheimer's Demonstration Project

SB 615 --- Sponsor: Callahan, Victor E.
: Modifies provisions of the Homestead Preservation Exemption Tax Credit Program

SB 675 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Modifies the offense of misappropriations of funds of elderly nursing home residents

SCR 8 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
: Urges the Departments of Health and Senior Services and Mental Health to implement its recommendations to the Governor regarding fire safety regulations for residential care facilities

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 23, 2007 at 9:16 am