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.
Any person may offer comments on a Proposed Rule. The instructions for submitting comments, and the location and date of a hearing if one is scheduled, are located after the text of each rule. And, you may email comments on a Proposed Rule to Rules.Comment@DSS.mo.gov. Please note that the official text of a Proposed Rule is the version that appears in the Missouri Register, not the draft copy on this site. Refer to the official copy if you wish to submit comments.
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| Proposed Rule | Summary | Fiscal Note(s) |
Link to Missouri Register | Date Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 CSR 35-38.010 | This proposed amendment is to amend sections (1), (10) and (12) to bring the rule into compliance with changes to the law and methods of administration governing the subsidized childcare program and changes on how residential treatment services are approved and administered. | No | Missouri Register – July 15, 2024 Volume 49, Number 14 (Pages 1129-1134) | 07/15/24 |
| 13 CSR 40-100.020 | This proposed amendment implements Senate Bill 35 (2023) which amended Section 454.1005, RSMo by adding additional factors for consideration in an administrative hearing determining whether suspension of an obligor’s license is appropriate when an obligor fails to pay a child support obligation and an arrearage exists. This proposed amendment adds terminology and standardizes processes and procedures not otherwise addressed by Section 454.1005, RSMo, for administrative hearings conducted by the Family Support Division by designated hearing officers. Additional proposed changes outline processes and procedures, not otherwise addressed by statute, for all administrative hearings the Family Support Division conducts hearings before its designated hearing officers to resolve disputes between the division and persons from whom the division is seeking to establish or modify an obligation for support or collect an established obligation. This posed amendment includes changes for standardized procedures on starting times for hearings, admissions of hearing exhibits, conducting hearings by telephone or other electronic means, individuals following directions of the hearing officers, and requests for a continuance. | Yes | Missouri Register – July 15, 2024 Volume 49, Number 14 (Pages 1134-1139) | 07/15/24 |
| 13 CSR 70-1.010 | This amendment updates the MO HealthNet Division’s organization to include additional units within the division and to update the description of units. | No | Missouri Register – July 15, 2024 Volume 49, Number 14 (Pages 1140-1143) | 07/15/24 |
| 13 CSR 70-8.020 | This rule establishes a process of cooperation between the MO HealthNet Division (MHD) and Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) organizations and their providers to safeguard against unnecessary and inappropriate utilization of care and services provided to PACE participants. | No | Missouri Register – July 1, 2024 Volume 49, Number 13 (Page 989) | 07/01/24 |