198.080. Assessment procedures developed--rulemaking authority.

Assessment procedures developed--rulemaking authority.

198.080. The division of aging shall develop flexible assessmentprocedures for individuals in long-term care and those considering long-termcare services which follow* the individual through the continuum of care,including periodic reassessment. By January 1, 2002, the division of agingshall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the new assessment systemand shall make a report to the appropriate house and senate committees of thegeneral assembly regarding the new assessment system. Any rule or portion ofa rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, that is createdunder the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only ifit complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo,and, if applicable, section 536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter 536,RSMo, are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the generalassembly pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective dateor to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, thenthe grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted afterAugust 28, 1999, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 1999 S.B. 326 § 3)

*Word "follows" appears in original rolls.

CROSS REFERENCE:

Rulemaking authority, RSMo 198.534