2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208 Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief
208.179. Receipt of medical assistance while receiving unemployment compensation, pilot project--scope of services--payment of premiums--rules, procedure.

208.179. 1. Subject to appropriations made for that purpose, a pilot project shall be created by the director of the division of medical services to provide up to one thousand residents of this state who become unemployed and receive unemployment compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 288, RSMo, with medical assistance during the period of time they continue to receive such unemployment compensation benefits.

2. The director of the division of medical services shall determine the amount and scope of benefits which are available under this section. The director may also establish utilization and cost limits for care delivered to the participants. Recipients qualifying for medical assistance under the provisions of this section shall be subject to cost-sharing requirements as determined by the director of the department of social services. Such cost-sharing requirements may include the payment of premiums, premium payment assistance, deductibles or coinsurance. The director shall specify these requirements in regulations.

3. The director of the division of medical services may elect to pay premiums for such eligible residents under continuation of benefit arrangements which may be available to such eligible residents through their former employer.

4. The director of the division of medical services shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this section. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024, RSMo.

(L. 1993 H.B. 564 § 20, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)