Proposed Rules
The following are summaries and other information related to Proposed Rules that the Department of Social Services has submitted to the Secretary of State for Publication in the Missouri Register. These rules will not go into effect until the public has had an opportunity to submit written comments, and to attend a public hearing if one is scheduled.
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| Proposed Rule | Summary | Fiscal Note |
Link to Missouri Register | Date Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 CSR 35-34.080 | This rule is being rescinded because it is inconsistent with the amendments to section 210.560, RSMo, enacted into law in H.B. 737 (2025) and effective on August 28, 2025. The Children’s Division will be promulgating new regulations to implement the requirements of the aforementioned legislation. | No | Missouri Register – November 17, 2025 Volume 50, Number 20 (1655) Missouri Register |
11/17/2025 |
| 13 CSR 35-60.010 | This amendment brings the rule into alignment with changes to section 210.487 RSMo passed in SB71, which raised the minimum age of household members in prospective foster homes who are subject to fingerprinting and background screenings from seventeen (17) years old to eighteen (18) years old. | No | Missouri Register – November 17, 2025 Volume 50, Number 20 (1655-1656) Missouri Register |
11/17/2025 |
| 13 CSR 40-91.020 | This amendment clarifies certain conditions governing the receipt of employment and training assistance, establishes a procedure for evaluating exceptions to the rule, and removes language that is duplicative of federal regulations. | No | Missouri Register – November 17, 2025 Volume 50, Number 20 (1656-1662) Missouri Register |
11/17/2025 |