MO SB900

Repeals and replaces section 209.040, RSMo, relating to blind pension benefit eligibility requirements

Exempts persons deemed to have no usable vision by an eye care professional from the five-year re-examination requirement for pension continuation

Maintains minimum monthly pension of $340 but requires recipients to be ineligible for federal Supplemental Security Income and not receiving general relief assistance

Establishes automatic pension increase mechanism tied to 75 percent of annual blind pension fund growth divided among eligible recipients

Authorizes pro-rata reduction of benefits if department of social services lacks sufficient funds to pay full pension amounts to all eligible recipients