Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs
Section 205.770 - Social welfare board created — powers — second class county changing class status — may keep board.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989
205.770. Social welfare board created — powers — second class county changing class status — may keep board. — 1. In any county of the second class in this state there may be created and established by order of the county commission of any such county a board which shall be styled "The Social Welfare Board of the County of ______".
2. All powers and duties connected with and incident to the betterment of social and physical causes of dependency, the relief and care of the indigent, and the care of sick dependents, with the exception of the mentally ill and those suffering with contagious, infectious and transmissible diseases shall be exclusively invested in and exercised by the board.
3. The board shall have power to receive and expend donations for social welfare purposes and shall have exclusive control over the distribution and expenditure of any public funds set aside and appropriated by such counties and by any city located in any such county for the relief of the temporarily dependent. The board shall have power to promote the general welfare of the poor within the limits of such counties by social and sanitary reforms, by industrial instruction, by the inculcation of habits of providence and self-dependence, and by the establishment and maintenance of any activities to these ends. The board shall have power to sue and be sued, complain and defend in all courts, to assume the care of or take, by gift, grant, devise, bequest or otherwise, any money, real estate, personal property, right of property, or other valuable things, and may use, enjoy, control, sell or convey the same for charitable purposes, to have and to use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure.
4. The board may make bylaws for its own guidance, rules and regulations for the government of its agents, servants and employees, and for the distribution of the funds under its control.
5. If any second class county which has established a social welfare board pursuant to the provisions of this section, subsequently becomes a first class or a third class county, such county may retain its social welfare board and continue to function pursuant to the provisions of sections 205.770 to 205.840.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9578, A.L. 1945 p. 1754, A.L. 1989 H.B. 452)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12938; 1919 § 12187; 1909 § 1322

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XII - Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs

Section 205.010 - Petition of voters — maximum tax rate — submission of question.

Section 205.020 - Form of ballot — vote necessary to adopt.

Section 205.031 - Trustees, qualifications — appointment, election, terms — certain fourth class city, officers to be elected for four years (Raytown).

Section 205.041 - Trustees, election, ballot — vacancies, how filled.

Section 205.042 - Trustees — organization — powers and duties — expenses.

Section 205.050 - Purpose of health center.

Section 205.060 - Limitations on use of facilities.

Section 205.070 - Center may accept gifts.

Section 205.080 - Building plans — bids.

Section 205.090 - Report to county commission — estimated budget.

Section 205.100 - Director of public health center — appointment.

Section 205.110 - Qualifications of employees.

Section 205.115 - Retirement and insurance plans to be provided for administrators and employees of county health center — costs, how paid — duties of board of trustees.

Section 205.120 - No discrimination in healing methods.

Section 205.141 - Tax levy noncharter first class counties, exception.

Section 205.150 - Determination of tax levy (first class counties).

Section 205.160 - Establishment and maintenance of hospitals — bonds.

Section 205.161 - County commission may issue revenue bonds — purpose — how payable.

Section 205.162 - Bonds, rate, denomination, maturity — negotiable.

Section 205.165 - Investment of moneys in an investment company, when.

Section 205.169 - Bonds, form and covenants to be made by county commission — rights of holders — provisions not exclusive.

Section 205.170 - Board of trustees — tenure — vacancies.

Section 205.180 - Election of trustees, when required — ballot.

Section 205.190 - Organization of board of trustees — regulations — duties — operation or leasing of hospital, powers — day care centers for employees' children, may establish.

Section 205.192 - Retirement, health, life and employment insurance may be part of compensation, when.

Section 205.195 - Bylaws of board of trustees, contents — applications to practice, contents.

Section 205.200 - Funds from special tax levy or from operation of hospital may be used for hospital construction, maintenance and additions — publication of board's plans required, when.

Section 205.202 - Certain districts may impose sales tax instead of property tax — vote required — fund created, use of moneys — repeal of tax — dissolution of district, effect of (Ripley County).

Section 205.205 - Hospital district sales tax authorized (Iron and Madison counties) — approval by voters — fund created, use of moneys — repeal of tax, procedure.

Section 205.210 - Hospital tax levy (first class charter counties).

Section 205.220 - Determination of tax levy (first class counties).

Section 205.230 - Appropriation of general fund, when.

Section 205.240 - Property condemned, when.

Section 205.250 - Specifications — bids — notice.

Section 205.260 - Jurisdiction of towns.

Section 205.270 - Beneficiaries of hospital.

Section 205.280 - Board to prescribe rules.

Section 205.290 - Title to donations.

Section 205.300 - Equal privileges to practitioners — rights of patient.

Section 205.310 - Training school for nurses.

Section 205.320 - Board to provide detention room.

Section 205.330 - Board to determine charity patients.

Section 205.340 - Tuberculous residents, how cared for.

Section 205.350 - County commission may purchase land for county hospitals — issuance of bonds.

Section 205.354 - Sale of county hospitals, certain second class counties — election procedure — ballot form (Boone County).

Section 205.360 - County poor to be kept in county hospital.

Section 205.370 - County commission to make rules and regulations — expenses, how paid.

Section 205.371 - Revenue bonds authorized, when — not an indebtedness of the issuing authority.

Section 205.372 - Revenue bonds, form of, interest rate, maximum maturity date — to be negotiable instruments.

Section 205.373 - County commission or board to prescribe form, make necessary covenants, restrictions — bondholders, remedies of — revenue bonds not to be exclusive method of financing.

Section 205.374 - County hospital property, sale of, procedure for, receipts, how used.

Section 205.375 - Nursing homes, county or township may acquire and erect — issuance of bonds, exceptions — leasing of homes, to whom.

Section 205.376 - Nursing homes, county-owned, conveyance to nursing home district — procedure, consideration.

Section 205.378 - Inmates of public institutions to pay for care — exceptions — county may collect, how — first class counties.

Section 205.379 - Authority to employ counsel granted — counsel, how paid.

Section 205.460 - Tax for hospital purposes — petition for election.

Section 205.470 - County commission to appoint board of trustees.

Section 205.480 - Vacancies, how filled.

Section 205.490 - Members shall elect officers, adopt bylaws — quorum.

Section 205.500 - Treasurer to give bond.

Section 205.510 - Secretary — salary — duties — compensation of treasurer.

Section 205.520 - Board to control expenditures — employ help.

Section 205.530 - Meeting of board — report.

Section 205.540 - Bequests and donations accepted by trustees.

Section 205.550 - Special taxes for hospital collected as township taxes.

Section 205.560 - Discontinuance of tax, when — disposition of property.

Section 205.563 - Property tax for rural health clinic — ballot language — revenue, use of moneys (City of Centerview)

Section 205.565 - Grants for caring communities programs.

Section 205.765 - Health and welfare department authorized — certain counties excepted.

Section 205.766 - Commissioners of county commission to serve as commissioners of health and welfare — duties.

Section 205.767 - Director of health and welfare, appointment, compensation, assistants.

Section 205.769 - Health inspection of eating establishments — license — fee — exceptions to license requirement — operating without a license, penalty (St. Charles County).

Section 205.770 - Social welfare board created — powers — second class county changing class status — may keep board.

Section 205.780 - Additional powers of board — employees (second class counties).

Section 205.790 - Character of board — members — appointment — tenure — compensation — vacancies (second class counties).

Section 205.800 - Board, organization (second class counties).

Section 205.810 - Treasurer — bond — duties (second class counties).

Section 205.820 - Board — records — reports (second class counties).

Section 205.830 - Board to furnish relief — investigations — prosecutions (second class counties).

Section 205.840 - Board of police commissioners to aid social welfare board (second class counties).

Section 205.850 - County superintendent of public welfare — appointment — general powers (third and fourth class counties).

Section 205.860 - Compensation fixed by county commission (third and fourth class counties).

Section 205.870 - Administration of funds for outdoor relief and needy mothers (third and fourth class counties).

Section 205.880 - May be agent for department of social services (third and fourth class counties).

Section 205.890 - Special attention of county superintendent to whom (third and fourth class counties).

Section 205.910 - Cooperation with state employment bureaus (third and fourth class counties).

Section 205.920 - May be deputized by inspection section as agent — powers, authority (third and fourth class counties).

Section 205.930 - Investigation of poor, sick and delinquent (third and fourth class counties).

Section 205.940 - Records of cases kept (third and fourth class counties).

Section 205.950 - Report of work and proceedings (third and fourth class counties).

Section 205.960 - Food stamp plan authorized — payments to be made only when federal funds are available.

Section 205.961 - Family support division to regulate.

Section 205.962 - Division to contract with counties — counties not to participate without contract — expenses of program, how paid.

Section 205.963 - Food stamps not to be distributed unless county has program, exceptions.

Section 205.964 - Reimbursement to federal government, how made.

Section 205.965 - Federal regulations to be followed, inspections, audits — food stamp vendors to be approved and licensed, fees — actions to restrain violations, procedure — penalty — rulemaking procedure.

Section 205.967 - Public assistance benefits, defined — obtaining benefits unlawfully, penalty — actions to recover.

Section 205.968 - Facilities authorized — persons to be served, limitations, definitions.

Section 205.969 - Sheltered workshop program rules and regulations — board may provide residences or social centers.

Section 205.970 - Board of directors, appointment, qualifications, terms, officers, powers and duties — vacancies and removal from office, procedure.

Section 205.971 - Tax levy, approval, use.

Section 205.972 - Maximum tax — ballot form.

Section 205.973 - Employers of workshop participants not liable for city head tax.

Section 205.975 - Definitions.

Section 205.976 - Department to establish service areas.

Section 205.977 - Tax authorized.

Section 205.979 - Election — notice — ballot form — how conducted.

Section 205.980 - Tax to be levied and collected, when — rate — deposit of funds collected.

Section 205.981 - May contract for services — length of contract.

Section 205.982 - Joint cooperation authorized — submission of budget requests — withdrawal from cooperative effort.

Section 205.983 - Joint financing, procedure — treasurer to be bonded.

Section 205.984 - Board of trustees established — number — nomination — qualifications — appointment — terms.

Section 205.985 - Existing facilities may be utilized.

Section 205.986 - Powers and duties of board of trustees.

Section 205.987 - Duties of department as to standards — to be met, when.

Section 205.988 - Additional duties of department.

Section 205.989 - Payment for services — services not to be denied for inability to pay.

Section 205.990 - Nonparticipating counties to pay for residents, when, basis — determination of residence.