SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[PERFECTED]
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Reported from the Special Committee on Senior Citizen Advocacy March 13, 2008 with recommendation that House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 2036 Do Pass by Consent. Referred to the Committee on Rules pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f).
Reported from the Committee on Rules March 25, 2008 with recommendation that House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 2036 Do Pass by Consent with no time limit for debate.
Perfected by Consent April 1, 2008.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 660.099, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to appropriation of funds for certain services for the elderly.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 660.099, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 660.099, to read as follows:
660.099. 1. The general assembly may appropriate funds in addition to the amount currently being provided per annum for nutrition services for the elderly. Funds so designated to provide nutrition services for the elderly shall be allocated to the Missouri [division of aging] department of health and senior services to be [placed on the formula basis and] equitably distributed to each area agency on aging throughout the state of Missouri based upon formulas promulgated by the department of health and senior services.
2. The general assembly may appropriate funds in addition to the amount currently being provided per annum through the Missouri elderly and handicapped transportation program. Funds so designated to provide transportation for the elderly and developmentally disabled shall be allocated to the Missouri [division of aging] department of health and senior services to be [placed on the formula basis and] equitably distributed to each area agency on aging throughout the state of Missouri based upon formulas promulgated by the department of health and senior services.
3. The general assembly may appropriate funds in addition to the amount currently being provided per annum for home-delivered meals for the elderly. Such additional funds shall be allocated to the Missouri [division of aging] department of health and senior services to be [placed on the formula basis and] equitably distributed to each area agency on aging throughout the state of Missouri based upon formulas promulgated by the department of health and senior services.
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