SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1962

90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES DOUGHERTY, TROUPE, BERKOWITZ, HOLAND,

REINHART, KELLEY (47), MURRAY (Co-sponsors), BOUCHER, CHRISMER, BARRY, CAMPBELL,

THOMPSON (72), GIBBONS, CIERPIOT, LADD STOKAN, BARTLE, DAVIS (63), WRIGHT,

HARTZLER (124), BLACK, GAMBARO, PURGASON, HILGEMANN, GUNN, McLUCKIE, DAYS,

MONACO, FRASER, HOLLINGSWORTH, HANAWAY, RIDGEWAY, MYERS, WILSON (42), WARD,

SELBY, McCLELLAND, BERKSTRESSER, HARTZLER (123), LEVIN,

PHILLIPS AND WILLIAMS (121).

Read 1st time February 8, 2000, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk

4220L.02I

AN ACT

To repeal section 210.536, RSMo 1994, relating to foster care reimbursement, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Section 210.536, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 210.536, to read as follows:

210.536. 1. The cost of foster care shall be paid by the division of family services pursuant to chapter 207, RSMo, except that the court shall evaluate the ability of parents to pay part or all of the cost for such care, and shall order such payment to the department of social services. Beginning in the 2002 fiscal year, the reimbursement rate for the cost of foster care shall be incrementally increased over a five-year period until such rate is no less than the minimum rate used for housing minimum security prisoners.

2. The court may effectuate such order against any asset of the parent for failure to provide part or all of the cost of foster care according to the court order; provided further, that any assignment, attachment, garnishment, or lien against such assets shall be served upon the person in possession of the assets or shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in the county in which the parent resides or in which the asset is located. The department of social services may contract on a contingency fee basis with private attorneys for the collection and enforcement of orders against such assets. Any such third party payment shall be paid directly to the department of social services.


Missouri House of Representatives