Title XII — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

208.819. Transition grants created, eligibility, amount — information and training developed — rulemaking authority. — 1. Subject to appropriations, persons institutionalized in nursing homes who are MO HealthNet-eligible and who wish to move back into the community shall be elig…

208.850. Title. — Title. Sections 208.850 to 208.871 shall be known as and may be cited as "The Quality Home Care Act". ­­-------- (L. 2008 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, § 1, November 4, 2008)

208.853. Findings and purpose. — Findings and purposes. The people of the state of Missouri find as follows: (1) Thousands of Missouri senior citizens and people with disabilities continue to live independently in their own homes and avoid placement in institutions such as nursin…

The Missouri Quality Home Care Council. 1. Effective January 31, 2009, the Missouri quality home care council is hereby created to ensure* the availability and improve the quality of home care services by recruiting, training and stabilizing the personal care attendant workforce.…

208.859. Powers and duties of the council. — The powers and duties of the council. The council shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Assess the size, quality and stability of the home care workforce in Missouri and the ability of the existing workforce to meet the growi…

*208.862. Consumer rights and employment relations. — 1. Consumers shall retain the right to hire, fire, supervise, and train personal care attendants. 2. Vendors shall continue to perform the functions provided in sections 208.900 to 208.930. In addition to having a philosophy t…

208.865. Definitions. — Definitions. As used in sections 208.850 to 208.871: (1) "Consumer" means a person receiving personal care assistance services from a personal care attendant as defined in subdivision (4) of this section; (2) "Council" means the Missouri quality home care …

208.868. Federal approval and funding. — Federal approval and funding. The council and the state of Missouri shall take all actions reasonably necessary to obtain any approval from the United States needed to implement any part of sections 208.850 to 208.871 and to ensure* contin…

208.871. Severability clause. — Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, or clause of sections 208.850 to 208.871 is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect any remaining portion, section, or part thereof which can…

208.895. Referral for services, department duties — assessments and care plans, requirements — definitions — report. — 1. Upon the receipt of a properly completed referral for service for MO HealthNet-funded home- and community-based care or a physician's order, the department of…

208.896. Structured family caregiving, department to apply for federal waiver — requirements — rulemaking authority. — 1. To ensure the availability of comprehensive and cost-effective choices for MO HealthNet participants who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's or related disor…

208.900. Definitions. — As used in sections 208.900 to 208.927, the following terms mean: (1) "Consumer", a physically disabled person determined by the department to be eligible to receive personal care assistance services. "Consumer" does not include any individual with a legal…

208.903. Financial assistance for personal care, eligibility requirements. — 1. Subject to appropriations, the department shall provide financial assistance for consumer-directed personal care assistance services through eligible vendors to each person determined eligible to part…

208.906. Determination of eligibility — personal care service plan to be developed — reevaluation required. — 1. The department shall initiate the determination of an applicant's eligibility for personal care assistance services as follows: (1) For all persons who had been receiv…

208.909. Responsibilities of recipients and vendors. — 1. Consumers receiving personal care assistance services shall be responsible for: (1) Supervising their personal care attendant; (2) Verifying wages to be paid to the personal care attendant; (3) Preparing and submitting tim…

208.912. Abuse and neglect reporting — investigation procedures — content of reports — employee disqualification list maintained. — 1. When any adult day care worker; chiropractor, Christian Science practitioner, coroner, dentist, embalmer, employee of the departments of social s…

208.915. Misappropriation of consumer's property or funds, report to the department — content of report — investigation procedures — employee disqualification list maintained. — 1. Any person having reasonable cause to believe that a misappropriation of a consumer's property or f…

208.918. Vendor requirements, philosophy and services. — 1. In order to qualify for an agreement with the department, the vendor shall have a philosophy that promotes the consumer's ability to live independently in the most integrated setting or the maximum community inclusion of…

208.921. Denial of eligibility, applicant entitled to hearing. — 1. Applicants for personal care assistance services and consumers receiving such services are entitled to a hearing with the department of social services if eligibility for personal care assistance services is deni…

208.924. Discontinuation of services, when. — 1. A consumer's personal care assistance services may be discontinued under circumstances such as the following: (1) The department learns of circumstances that require closure of a consumer's case, including one or more of the follow…

208.927. Rulemaking authority. — The department may promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of sections 208.900 to 208.927. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this sectio…

208.930. Consumer-directed personal care assistance services, reimbursement for through eligible vendors — eligibility requirements — documentation — service plan required — premiums, amount — annual reevaluation — denial of benefits, procedure — expiration date. — 1. As used in …

208.935. Assessment tool, home and community-based services. — Subject to appropriations, the department of health and senior services shall develop or contract with a state agency or third party to develop an interactive assessment tool, which may include mobile as well as centr…

208.950. Plans required — participant enrollment — survey to assess health and wellness outcomes — health risk assessments required. — 1. The department of social services shall, with the advice and approval of the Mo HealthNet oversight committee established under section 208.95…

208.951. Request for proposals. — For purposes of a request for proposal for health improvement plans, there shall be a request for proposal for at least six regions in the state, however in no case shall there be a single statewide contract. Counties with a risk-bearing care coo…

*208.952. Committee established, members, duties. — 1. There is hereby established a permanent "Joint Committee on Public Assistance". The committee shall have the following purposes: (1) Studying, monitoring, and reviewing the efficacy of the public assistance programs within th…

208.955. Committee established, members, duties — issuance of findings. — 1. There is hereby established in the department of social services the "MO HealthNet Oversight Committee", which shall be appointed by January 1, 2008, and shall consist of nineteen members as follows: (1)…

208.990. MO HealthNet eligibility requirements. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, to be eligible for MO HealthNet coverage individuals shall meet the eligibility criteria set forth in 42 CFR 435, including but not limited to the requirements that: …

208.991. Definitions — persons eligible for MO HealthNet — rulemaking authority. — 1. For purposes of this section and section 208.990, the following terms mean: (1) "Child" or "children", a person or persons who are under nineteen years of age; (2) "CHIP-eligible children", chil…