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HCS/HB 1576 - This act allows any state-licensed foster parent to purchase health insurance for himself or herself and his or her dependents from the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan at the total premium rate established for state employees at his or her own expense. The Department of Social Services shall provide an eligible foster parent with the appropriate documentation to qualify him or her to purchase the plan. Any licensed foster parent providing temporary foster care for children with a documented history of presenting behaviors or diagnoses that render the child unable to effectively function outside of a highly structured environment is eligible to purchase the state health insurance plan. A foster parent who is seeking to adopt a foster child or who is related to the foster child shall not be eligible to purchase the plan. ADRIANE CROUSE
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