Title XII — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

205.982. Joint cooperation authorized — submission of budget requests — withdrawal from cooperative effort. — 1. Governing bodies of counties within a service area may enter into contractual agreements with each other to accomplish any of the following purposes: (1) The joint pro…

205.983. Joint financing, procedure — treasurer to be bonded. — 1. Any participating county may provide for the financing of its share or portion of the costs or expenses of the joint agreements entered into pursuant to section 205.982 in a manner and by the same procedures for t…

205.984. Board of trustees established — number — nomination — qualifications — appointment — terms. — 1. There shall be established a board of trustees of not less than nine members appointed by the county or participating counties in a service area. The regional advisory counci…

205.985. Existing facilities may be utilized. — 1. Sections 205.975 to 205.990 shall not affect the validity of community mental health centers and other providers of any comprehensive mental health services as designated by the department and governing boards of such centers and…

205.986. Powers and duties of board of trustees. — The board of trustees appointed by a county or participating counties shall have the following powers and responsibilities to administratively control and manage the community mental health fund to accomplish the purposes as set …

205.987. Duties of department as to standards — to be met, when. — 1. In consultation with the state advisory council for comprehensive psychiatric services and existing public or private entities providing any comprehensive community mental health services, the department shall …

205.988. Additional duties of department. — In addition to duties and powers elsewhere provided in sections 205.975 to 205.990, the department shall do the following: (1) Develop and establish arrangements and procedures for the effective coordination and integration of departmen…

205.989. Payment for services — services not to be denied for inability to pay. — 1. No person because of inability to pay shall be denied the services of a community mental health center, mental health clinic, or other public facility or not-for-profit corporation in which a cou…

205.990. Nonparticipating counties to pay for residents, when, basis — determination of residence. — 1. If a community mental health center, mental health clinic, or any comprehensive mental health service is supported by some participating counties, but not by all the counties w…

206.010. District created, how — territory included — name — powers. — 1. A hospital district may be created, incorporated and managed as provided in this chapter and may exercise the powers herein granted or necessarily implied. A hospital district may include municipalities or …

206.020. Petition of voters for district, where filed, contents. — Whenever the creation of a hospital district is desired, a number of voters residing in the proposed district equal to ten percent of the vote cast in the proposed district in the next preceding general election m…

206.030. Notice of hearing on petition — costs of notice. — 1. Upon the filing of the petition with the county clerk, he shall present it to the commissioners of the county commission who shall thereupon set the petition for hearing within not less than thirty nor more than forty…

206.040. Procedure where several petitions filed — amendments. — If two or more petitions covering in part the same territory are filed prior to the public hearing upon the petition which is first filed, the petitions shall be consolidated for public hearing, and hearing thereon …

206.050. If petition sufficient county commission to order election. — If the territory, petition and proceedings meet the requirements of this chapter, the commissioners of the county commission shall in and by the order finding and determining the sufficiency of the petition an…

206.060. Notice of election — tax levy, maximum tax rate — publication of board's plans required, when. — 1. Each notice shall state briefly the purpose of the election, setting forth the question to be voted upon, form of ballot to be used and a description of the territory. The…

206.070. Form of ballot. — The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall there be organized in the counties of ______, state of Missouri, a hospital district for the establishment and operation of a hospital to be located at* ______ in ______ County, …

206.080. Results of election to be entered in county records. — The county commissioners shall cause the order determining and declaring results of the election to be entered upon the records of the commission and a certified copy thereof shall be filed with the county clerk of e…

206.090. Election districts — election of directors — terms, qualifications, vacancies, declaration of candidacy — no election, when — abolishing election districts, procedure — election of directors at large. — 1. After the hospital district has been declared organized, the decl…

206.100. Powers of board of directors — first meeting — officers — bylaws — time for meetings. — 1. The board of directors of a district shall possess and exercise all of its legislative and executive powers. Within thirty days after the election of the initial directors, the boa…

206.105. Bylaws of board of trustees, contents — applications to practice, contents. — 1. The board of hospital trustees shall include in its bylaws that every physician, a podiatrist and dentist requesting permission to practice in its hospital shall submit an application for st…

206.110. Powers of hospital district. — 1. A hospital district, both within and outside such district, except in counties of the third or fourth classification (other than within the district boundaries) where there already exists a hospital organized pursuant to chapters 96, 205…

206.120. Indebtedness for hospital — election — form of ballot — defeat of proposal, effect — limits — annual tax. — 1. For the purpose of purchasing hospital sites, erecting hospitals and related facilities and furnishing the same, building additions to and repairing old buildin…

206.122. Revenue bonds authorized, when. — As an alternative to the authorization for an indebtedness provided by section 206.120, for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition, construction, erection, equipment and furnishing of hospitals and related facilities, includi…

206.124. Revenue bonds not an indebtedness of the issuing authority. — Any bonds issued under and pursuant to sections 206.122 to 206.128 shall not be deemed to be an indebtedness of the state of Missouri, or of any city or of the board of directors, or of the individual members …

206.126. Revenue bonds, form of, interest rate — to be negotiable instruments. — 1. Revenue bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of section 206.122 shall be of such denomination, shall bear such rate of interest not to exceed the highest rate permitted by law, and shall mature…

206.128. Board of directors to prescribe form, make necessary covenants, restrictions — bondholders, remedies of — revenue bonds not to be exclusive method of financing. — 1. The board of directors, issuing bonds under the provisions of section 206.122, shall prescribe the form, …

206.130. Annexation of territory to district — election — form of ballot. — 1. A petition for annexation of land to a hospital district shall be signed by not less than ten percent or fifty voters, whichever is fewer, residing within the territory therein described proposed for a…

206.140. Records of district — officers and employees to give bond. — 1. The board shall provide for the proper and safekeeping of its permanent records and for the recording of the corporate action of the district. It shall keep a true and accurate account of its receipts and an…

206.150. Board as trustee may accept and hold property donated — duties. — Any person desiring to donate property for the benefit of a hospital, constructed or to be constructed under this chapter, may vest title to the property so donated in the board of directors created under …

206.157. Excess property, sale of authorized — procedure — proceeds, how used. — 1. A hospital district may sell and convey property of the district, both real and personal, in the manner provided in subsection 2 of this section for real property and in the manner provided in sub…

206.160. Citation of law. — The chapter shall be known and may be referred to as "The Hospital District Law". ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 524 § 1)

207.010. Divisions of department, authority to carry out duties. — The children's division, family support division, MO HealthNet division, division of youth services, division of legal services, division of finance and administrative services, and the state technical support tea…

207.020. Powers of children's division. — 1. In addition to the powers, duties and functions vested in the children's division by other provisions of this chapter or by other laws of this state, the division shall have the power: (1) To sue and be sued; (2) To make contracts and …

207.021. Rules and regulations, procedure. — No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024. ­­-------- (L. 1981 H.B. 901 § B, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L.…

207.022. Powers of family support division. — 1. In addition to the powers, duties and functions vested in the family support division by other provisions of this chapter or by other laws of this state, the family support division shall have the power: (1) To sue and be sued; (2)…

207.030. Director of divisions — oath — bond — removal from office. — The directors of the family support division and children's division shall be persons qualified by education and experience to supervise the work of such divisions and shall be citizens and taxpayers of Missour…

207.060. County offices — director — agreements with subdivisions — other employees. — 1. The directors of the family support division and children's division shall jointly operate and maintain a county office in every county, which may be in the charge of a county welfare direct…

207.070. Department may elect to bring employees under workers' compensation — who deemed employee — rules. — 1. The department of social services is hereby authorized to elect, under the provisions of section 287.030, to come under the provisions of chapter 287, governing worker…

207.080. Law not to create liability or obligation. — The extension of chapter 287 to include employees of the department of social services shall not be construed as acknowledging or creating any liability in tort, or as incurring other obligations or duties except only the duty…

207.085. Division employee dismissal, when — mitigating factors. — 1. Any employee of the children's division, including supervisory personnel and private contractors with the division, who is involved with child protective services and purposely, knowingly, and willfully violate…

208.001. Citation of law — MO HealthNet created — division created — rulemaking authority. — 1. Sections 105.711, 135.096, 135.575*, 191.411, 191.900, 191.905, 191.907, 191.908, 191.909, 191.910, 191.914, 191.1050, 191.1053, 191.1056, 192.632**, 198.069, 198.097, 208.001, 208.146…

208.009. Illegal aliens prohibited from receiving any state or local public benefit — proof of lawful residence required — temporary benefits permitted, when — exceptions for nonprofit organizations. — 1. No alien unlawfully present in the United States shall receive any state or…

208.010. Eligibility for public assistance, how determined — ineligibility for benefits, when — allowable exclusions — prevention of spousal impoverishments, division of assets, community spouse defined — burial lots defined — diversion of institutionalized spouse's income. — 1. …

208.012. Payments from Agent Orange funds not to be considered income in determining eligibility. — Payments made from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other fund established pursuant to the settlement in the In Re Agent Orange product liability litigation, M.D.L. No. 381 …

[Repealed or reserved.]

208.015. Persons not eligible for general relief — exception — specified relative, defined — unemployable persons — relief limitation. — 1. The family support division shall grant general relief benefits to those persons determined to be eligible under this chapter and the applic…

208.016. Personal needs allowance to be deducted from resident's income — increase in allowance, when. — In determining the amount of an institutionalized MO HealthNet individual's income that is to be applied to payment for the costs of care in the institution, there shall be de…

208.018. Farmers' markets, SNAP participants, pilot program to purchase fresh food — requirements — sunset provision. — 1. Subject to federal approval, the department of social services shall establish a pilot program for the purpose of providing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…

208.020. Eligibility not affected by involuntary conversion of real into personal property for year — receipt defined. — 1. Any proceeds from involuntary conversion of real property into personal property (such as forced transfer under condemnation, eminent domain, and fire, floo…

208.022. TANF electronic benefit cards to include photograph of recipient. — All electronic benefits cards distributed to recipients of temporary assistance for needy families benefits shall have imprinted on the card a photograph of the recipient or protective payee authorized t…