Senate Bill No. 1007 Summary

• Repeals and replaces sections governing Missouri's public assistance programs, including MO HealthNet eligibility requirements, tuberculosis treatment and commitment procedures, and in-home services provisions.

• Requires prospective MO HealthNet long-term care facility residents to be informed of available home and community-based services and have documentation that such services were declined before admission.

• Transfers responsibility for tuberculosis patient treatment and commitment from University of Missouri curators to the Department of Health and Senior Services.

• Establishes new requirements for in-home services providers including telephone tracking systems by July 1, 2015, for reporting and verifying service delivery, and requires vendors to maintain fiscal management standards and quality assurance processes.

• Imposes a tax on in-home services providers for MO HealthNet-funded services, expiring September 1, 2012, unless reimbursement rates fall below fiscal year 2010 levels or the reimbursement formula changes unfavorably.