Section 660.725

Title XL ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

Chapter 660

Effective - 28 Aug 2007, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  660.725.  Transportation of elderly person's for health care-related services — program authorized in each area agency on aging — sunset provision. — 1. Each area agency on aging may establish a program that provides for volunteers to provide transportation within the geographic area of the agency to elderly persons to health care facilities for scheduled appointments or for other health care-related purposes.

  2. Such volunteers shall utilize their own vehicles and shall be reimbursed for miles driven to provide transportation for elderly persons under the program. The area agency on aging may pay each volunteer a mileage allowance or reimbursement at the same rate as for state employees under section 33.095.

  3. The area agency on aging may encourage passengers under the program to reimburse the agency for all or part of the cost of providing such transportation services.

  4. Any volunteer seeking a mileage allowance or reimbursement shall submit a monthly report to the agency detailing the transportation services provided, the dates of such services, and the miles driven. The agency may request further information from the volunteer on the monthly report.

  5. Subject to appropriations, each area agency on aging may request funding of up to one thousand dollars annually per county for each county within the agency's jurisdiction from the department of health and senior services to assist with the costs associated with administering this program.

  6. Pursuant to section 23.253 of the Missouri sunset act:

  (1) Any new program authorized under this section shall automatically sunset six years after August 28, 2007, unless reauthorized by an act of the general assembly; and

  (2) If such program is reauthorized, the program authorized under this section shall automatically sunset twelve years after the effective date of the reauthorization of this section; and

  (3) This section shall terminate on September first of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which a program authorized under this section is sunset.

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(L. 2007 H.B. 98)

Sunset date 8-28-13, unless reauthorized

Termination date 9-01-14, unless reauthorized