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§ 208.159 — Payments for nursing home services, how administered — rules.

Missouri § 208.159
JurisdictionMissouri
Title XIIPUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Ch. 208Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 208.159 (2026).

Text

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 207.010 , 208.152 , and 208.153 , the department of social services shall administer payments for nursing home services authorized in sections 208.151 , et seq., which govern medical assistance under Title XIX, Public Law 89-97, 1965 amendments to the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), as amended, and shall administer vendor payments for the aged and direct adult services for the aged under Title XX, Public Law 93-647, 1974 amendments to the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.), as amended.  The department shall, pursuant to chapter 536 , promulgate rules and regulations for the purpose of administering such payments, including rules to define the reasonable costs, manner, extent, quality, charges and fees or * pa

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Related

§ 301
42 U.S.C. § 301
§ 1397
42 U.S.C. § 1397

Legislative History

(L. 1979 S.B. 328, et al.) *Word "of" appears in original rolls.

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§ 208.001
Citation of law — MO HealthNet created — division created — rulemaking authority.
§ 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.
§ 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.
§ 208.012
Payments from Agent Orange funds not to be considered income in determining eligibility.
§ 208.013
Restitution payments to victims of National Socialist (Nazi) persecution not income in determining eligibility.
§ 208.015
Persons not eligible for general relief — exception — specified relative, defined — unemployable persons — relief limitation.
§ 208.016
Personal needs allowance to be deducted from resident's income — increase in allowance, when.
§ 208.018
Farmers' markets, SNAP participants, pilot program to purchase fresh food — requirements — sunset provision.
§ 208.020
Eligibility not affected by involuntary conversion of real into personal property for year — receipt defined.
§ 208.022
TANF electronic benefit cards to include photograph of recipient.
§ 208.024
TANF benefits, prohibited purchases, where — definitions — EBT benefit account suspended temporarily, when.
§ 208.026
Citation of law — work activities defined — TANF recipients required to engage in work activity — rulemaking authority.
§ 208.027
TANF recipients, screening for illegal use of controlled substances, test to be used — positive test or refusal to be tested, administrative proceeding — reporting requirements — other household members to continue to receive benefits, when — rulemaking authority.
§ 208.030
Supplemental welfare assistance, eligibility for — amount, how determined — reduction of supplemental payment prohibited, when.
§ 208.035
Transitional benefits program, TANF and SNAP — amount of benefits — rulemaking authority.
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