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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2054
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE VERNETTI.
5439H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 630, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to jail
reimbursement.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 630, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 630.1200, to read as follows:
630.1200. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Department", the department of mental health;
3 (2) "Jail re imbursement", a daily rate paid by the state for the reim bursement of
4 time spent in custody .
5 2. Notwithstanding any other pr ovision of law to the contrary , whenever it is
6 determined that a person in the custody of a jail within a county or city not within a
7 county lacks capacity to understand the pr oceedings against him or her or to assist in his
8 or her own defense as a result of mental disease or defect, the department shall
9 r eimburse the county or city not within a county for the time the person spent in custody
10 at a rate of two hundred dollars per day , subject to appr opriation. Additionally , the
11 department shall reim burse the county or city not within a county for the cost of any
12 medication provi ded to such person while he or she was in custody . The jail
13 r eimbursement shall be subject to review and appr oval of the department.
14 3. The department shall pay the costs under subsection 2 of this section when a
15 person is determined to lack mental fitness to pro ceed in a trial or conviction under
16 section 552.020 and the person is in the custody of the sheriff.
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
17 4. It shall be the duty of the office of the sheriff or the chief executive officer of a
18 city not within a county to certify the total number of days any person who lacks mental
19 fitness to pro ceed in a trial or conviction under section 552.020 rem ained in the custody
20 of the sheriff in the jail and submit to the department the total number of days spent in
21 custody and the total cost of any medication pr ovided to the person while in custody .
22 The office of the sheriff or chief executive officer of a city not within a county shall
23 submit claims to the department no later than two years fr om the date the claim became
24 eligible for r eimbursement.
25 5. The department shall determine if the expenses are eligible pursuant to the
26 pr ovisions of this chapter and r emit any payment to the county or city not within a
27 county when the expenses are determined to be eligible. The department shall establish,
28 by rule, the pr ocess for submission of claims. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term
29 is defined in section 536.010, that is cr eated under the authority delegated in this section
30 shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provi sions of
31 chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are
32 nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to
33 chapter 536 to review , to delay the effective date, or to disappr ove and annul a rule ar e
34 subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule
35 pr oposed or adopted after August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void.
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