The GOP chief executive stressed that there needed to be an agreement before he calls lawmakers back to Jefferson City to renew the tax that's critical in funding Missouri's Medicaid program.
Jefferson City high marks, though tempering that assessment by noting a few
hiccups.
pandemic-disrupted 2020 session.
of the Internet sales tax collection bill, the gas tax increase, and a
prescription drug monitoring program to combat opioid abuse.
“Having a more full session, having greater debate on the
floor and hearing the discussions fully and completely I think helped moved
some pieces of legislation along and others, we still struggled to get some
things passed,” Hegeman tells St. Joseph Post.
Disappointments, according to Hegeman, include failure to
extend the Federal Reimbursement Allowance and passing on a bill to act on
unregulated lottery terminals.
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Gov. Mike Parson talks to the media in Kansas City during a visit to Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church in April. Lawmakers have been asking Gov. Parson for special sessions on issues that didn t make this year s legislative session.
Gov. Mike Parson hasn t made a decision about special sessions yet, but the list of calls from Missouri lawmakers continue to grow.
Calls for Gov. Mike Parson to hold a special session are piling up following the recent adjournment of the Missouri legislative session.
A spokesperson for Parson said he has not made a decision yet to call any of the special sessions, leaving lawmakers questioning when they will return to Jefferson City and why.
Missouri Medicaid Chief Warns Of ‘Crippling’ Cuts Unless Tax Renewed
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
May 25 JEFFERSON CITY The acting head of Missouri s Medicaid program predicted disaster for his agency Tuesday if state lawmakers don t renew a special tax that pays for much of the $11 billion program.
Kirk Mathews, a former member of the Missouri House who is now serving as the interim director of the Mo HealthNet program, said the lack of the tax could result in a massive meltdown in services to low-income enrollees. The existence of the program will be threatened by the end of the year. I cannot overstate the impact, the importance of that, Mathews told members of a panel that oversees Medicaid services.