Title XL, ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

660.010. Department of social services created — divisions and agencies assigned to department — duties, powers — director's appointment. — 1. There is hereby created a "Department of Social Services" in charge of a director appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and c…

660.012. Department of social services administrative trust fund created — disbursements — reports — lapse prohibited, exception. — 1. The treasurer of the state shall establish in the state treasury a "Department of Social Services Administrative Trust Fund" which shall be funde…

660.015. Salary — expenses of the department. — The director of the department of social services shall receive as compensation for his or her services the salary provided by statute and additional reimbursement for necessary traveling expenses and other necessary expenditures in…

660.017. Rules, procedure. — The department of social services may adopt, appeal and amend rules necessary to carry out the duties assigned to it. All rules shall be promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this section and chapter 536. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated u…

660.023. In-home services providers, telephone tracking system required, use of — rulemaking authority. — 1. All in-home services provider agencies shall, by July 1, 2015, have, maintain, and use a telephone tracking system for the purpose of reporting and verifying the delivery …

660.025. Grants from department of social services, purposes — rulemaking procedure. — Subject to appropriation from general revenue, the director of social services shall offer grants, on a competitive basis, to programs which are engaged in the resettling of refugees and legal …

660.026. Funding for federally qualified health centers, uses — report to the director. — Subject to appropriation, the director of the department of social services, or the director's designee, may contract with and provide funding support to federally qualified health centers, …

660.075. Intermediate care facility for intellectually disabled — certificate of authorization needed for provider agreement — exception — certificates not to be issued, when — notice to department, when. — 1. The MO HealthNet division shall not issue a provider agreement to an i…

660.099. General assembly may make additional appropriations, purposes. — 1. The general assembly may appropriate funds in addition to the amount currently being provided per annum for nutrition services for the elderly. Funds so designated to provide nutrition services for the e…

660.100. Financial assistance for heating — definitions. — 1. The department of social services is directed to establish a plan for providing financial assistance to elderly households, disabled households and qualified individual households for the payment of charges for the pri…

660.105. Eligibility for assistance — income defined. — Every qualified individual household for which an application is made, and every applicant household in which the head of the household or spouse is elderly or disabled and the income for the prior calendar year does not exc…

660.110. Coordination and administration of heating and cooling assistance programs into the Utilicare program by department of social services. — The department of social services shall be responsible for coordination of all federal heating assistance programs into the utilicare…

660.115. Utilicare payment, procedure. — 1. For each eligible household, an amount not exceeding eight hundred dollars for each fiscal year may be paid from the utilicare stabilization fund to the primary or secondary heating source supplier, or both, including suppliers of heati…

660.122. Services disconnected or discontinued for failure to pay — eligibility for assistance (cold weather rule). — Funds appropriated under the authority of sections 660.100 to 660.136 may be used to pay the expenses of reconnecting or maintaining service to households that ha…

660.125. False claims. — Any false claim knowingly made in an application for * assistance under the utilicare program or any false claim knowingly made by the recipient of such assistance or by a supplier of the primary or secondary heating or cooling source or of heating fuel i…

660.130. Rules, regulations, forms — rule requirements. — The department of social services shall design the forms and issue rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 660.100 to 660.136. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of…

660.135. Expenditures — utilicare stabilization fund. — 1. The utilicare stabilization fund for any fiscal year shall be funded, subject to appropriations, by the general assembly. 2. The department of social services shall, in coordination with the department of economic develop…

660.136. Utilicare stabilization fund created — used for utilicare program. — 1. The "Utilicare Stabilization Fund" is hereby created in the state treasury to support the provisions of sections 660.100 to 660.136. Funds for the utilicare program may come from state, federal or ot…

660.137. Federal low income telephone assistance matching funds, compliance to obtain. — The public service commission, the department of social services, and participating providers of local exchange telecommunications service shall comply with all requirements expressly provide…

660.138. Definitions. — As used in sections 660.137 to 660.149, the following terms mean: (1) "Basic access line", a telephone line which provides switched voice residential communications service from the local exchange telecommunication company central office to the customer's …

660.139. Waiver of interstate line charges for companies providing economy rates — procedure — effect on economy rates. — Every local exchange telecommunications company which elects to provide economy rate telephone service shall apply to the Federal Communications Commission fo…

660.141. Economy rates, how established, applications — limited to one residence. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 392.220 to the contrary, the public service commission may designate one or more classes of economy rate telephone service for eligible subscribers pur…

660.143. Installation cost to be reduced, how determined — changes in service or disconnecting because no longer eligible, charges prohibited. — 1. When initial installation or connection of service for an eligible subscriber for economy rate telephone service occurs, the applica…

660.145. Rules and regulations by commission — economy rate telephone service fund established, purpose — fund not to lapse at end of fiscal year. — 1. The commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of sections 660.138 to 6…

660.147. Eligible persons, department's powers and duties. — The department of social services shall provide to the participating local exchange telecommunications companies information identifying persons who the department finds are eligible to receive economy rate telephone se…

660.149. Exemption from sales and use taxes — gross receipt tax, exemption or reduction may be made by political subdivisions. — 1. In addition to the exemptions granted under the provisions of section 144.030, economy rate telephone service shall also be specifically exempted fr…

660.150. Plan to be established. — The department of social services is directed to devise and formulate a program of emergency financial assistance to needy families with children under twenty-one years of age which will qualify the state of Missouri for federal funds pursuant t…

660.155. Grants may be made, to whom. — The plan formulated by the department of social services under section 8* shall provide for one-time financial grants, which may be money payments or vendor payments or payments in kind, to qualified families during defined periods of emerg…

660.160. Department may define emergency situations. — For the purposes of this plan, individual family emergencies may be declared by the department of social services when any crisis situation exists with respect to a family which threatens the family and creates urgent needs w…

660.165. Limitation on periods of emergency — when assistance to be granted. — Subject to the sufficiency of funds appropriated for this program, emergency assistance grants may be authorized by the director of the department of social services, or his delegate, when a finding is…

660.170. Eligibility for assistance. — Eligibility for emergency assistance to needy families with children shall be as authorized in the state plan approved by the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 545, et al. § 13)

660.175. Department's duties — no reduction in other benefits. — The availability of emergency assistance shall not relieve the department of social services of any duty to cooperate with other agencies to reduce dependency nor its obligation to provide assistance in the form of …

660.180. Director to make regulations. — The director of the department of social services, or his delegate, is authorized, subject to the provisions of this act*, to promulgate regulations not inconsistent with this act* as necessary to qualify for maximum federal funds, subject…

660.185. Limitation on state participation — expiration of program. — Not more than one-half the cost of instituting or maintaining the services provided for in this act* shall be appropriated or paid from the general revenue fund of this state, and this act* shall terminate thir…

660.190. Limitation on expenditures. — Not more than three hundred thousand dollars from general revenue shall be appropriated by the general assembly for the support of the program established by this act* for the first fiscal year and not more than three percent of any funds ap…

660.195. Plan to terminate, when. — In the event that additional services in addition to those required by this act* are required by federal law, rule or court decision, the department of social services shall immediately cease to operate the plan and shall make no further emerge…

660.200. Rules, procedure. — No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of sections 660.150 to 660.200 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 545, et al. § 19, A.L. 1981 S.B. …

660.325. Definitions. — As used in sections 660.327 to 660.355, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) "Department", the Missouri department of social services or any division thereof; (2) "Entity" includes any bank, trust company, savings a…

660.327. Withdrawal and deposits by persons applying or receiving public assistance — information to be furnished, procedure. — Any entity shall, upon request by the department, inform the department of the amount deposited in the entity to the credit of any person named in such …

660.330. Delinquent support obligations with unsatisfied judgment, information to be furnished, procedure. — Any entity shall, upon request by the department, inform the department of the last known address of any person or of any moneys deposited on behalf of any person named in…

660.335. Requests by department for information, form — content. — Requests made by the department pursuant to sections 660.327 and 660.330 shall be in writing and shall include sufficient information to identify each person named in the request in a form that is compatible with …

660.340. Cost of record search. — The department shall reimburse any entity for the cost of computer time expended by the entity in making a search of its records as a result of a request made pursuant to sections 660.325 to 660.355, at a reasonable rate. If the request asks for …

660.343. Requested information to be provided, when — failure to provide, penalty — attorney general's powers and duties. — Any entity which has received a request from the department as provided by sections 660.327 and 660.330 shall provide the requested information within sixty…

660.345. Immunity from civil liability for providing requested information. — Any entity, officer, agent, or employee of such entities participating in good faith in providing the requested information under sections 660.327, 660.330 and this section shall be immune from civil li…

660.350. Disclosure of information, penalty. — The disclosure of any information provided to the entity by the department or the disclosure of any information regarding the identity of any applicant for or recipient of public assistance, by an officer or employee of any entity, o…

660.355. Application or receipt of public assistance to be deemed consent to request for information. — The application for or the receipt of public assistance shall be deemed consent by any such applicant or recipient for the department to request any information regarding such …

660.360. Welfare fraud telephone hot line, attorney general, duties. — The department of social services shall establish and maintain a statewide toll-free telephone service which shall be operated eight hours per day during the work week to receive complaints of suspected public…

660.370. Definitions. — As used in sections 660.370 to 660.374, unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and terms shall mean: (1) "Community action agency", a not-for-profit corporation which has authority under its charter and bylaws to receive funds to admini…

660.372. Board of directors — number — qualifications — powers — duties. — 1. Each community action agency shall have a board of directors, as provided by the bylaws of the corporations, of not less than twelve nor more than thirty-six members. One-third of the members of the boa…

660.374. Funding — agency's share of funds, how determined — use of state revenue. — 1. In the event that the Congress of the United States approves a block grant system to fund social programs, the state may, subject to appropriation, use such block grant funds or in-kind servic…