Missouri is close to expanding Medicaid healthcare coverage to the state’s low-income mothers and their babies. By a vote of 117-26, the Missouri House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan plan that would provide full government-funded healthcare coverage to...
Under current Missouri law, a person who adopts a child is eligible to receive a tax credit of up to $10,000 for nonrecurring expenses. State Rep. Hannah Kelly, R-Mountain Grove, is proposing to modify Missouri’s adoption tax credit. Kelly’s proposal states that, as...
If you have ever considered adoption, you understand the expense that can accompany it. One Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives wants to make that process a bit easier by removing the tax credit limit for adoption expenses. Rep. Hannah Kelly...
The Missouri Legislature is being asked to expand the state’s Do Not Resuscitate orders to include patients under 18-years-old. The bill would allow patients under 18 to have Do Not Resuscitate orders issued on their behalf by a parent or legal guardian. State...
State Representative Hannah Kelly, R-Mountain Grove, wants to ban some registered sex offenders from going within 500 feet of any Missouri Conservation Department nature or education center. The Missouri House Public Safety and Crime Prevention Committee is...