FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 392
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES CAMPBELL, KELLEY (47), JOLLY AND FARES.
Read 1st time January 16, 2001, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 660, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to federally qualified health centers.
Section A. Chapter 660, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 660.026, to read as follows:
660.026.
Subject to
appropriation,
the director of
the department
of social
services, or the
director's
designee, may
contract with
and provide
funding
support to
federally
qualified
health centers,
as defined in 42
U.S.C. Section
1396d(1)(2)(B),
in this state.
Funds
appropriated
pursuant to
this section
shall be used to
assist such
centers in
ensuring that
health care,
including
dental care, is
available to
needy persons
in this state.
Such funds
may also be
used by centers
for capital
expansion,
infrastructure
redesign or
other similar
uses if federal
funding is not
available for
such
purposes.
Missouri House
of
Representatives