SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 1094
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2002
4500L.02T
AN ACT
To repeal section 198.439, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to long-term care programs.
Section A.Section 198.439, RSMo, is repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 198.439 and 354.407 to read as follows:
198.439.Sections 198.401 to 198.436 shall expire on September 30, [2002] 2005.
354.407.Notwithstanding the provisions of section 354.405 to the contrary, a program for all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) project sponsored by a religious or charitable organization that is itself or is controlled by an entity organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which has had its application for the operation of a PACE program approved by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the federal Department of Health and Human Services and is operating under such approval shall not be deemed to be engaged in any business required to be licensed pursuant to section 354.405.Such exemption shall apply only to business conducted pursuant to the approved PACE contract and not to any other business that such organization may conduct.