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Missouri Proposition B, Missouri Quality Home Care Council Initiative (2008)
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| Topic Administrative organization and Healthcare governance |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Missouri Proposition B was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Missouri on November 4, 2008. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the Missouri State Constitution to establish the Missouri Quality Homecare Council to ensure quality home care services for the elderly and individuals with disabilities under Medicaid by recruiting, training, and stabilizing the home care workforce. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the Missouri State Constitution to establish the Missouri Quality Homecare Council to ensure quality home care services for the elderly and individuals with disabilities under Medicaid by recruiting, training, and stabilizing the home care workforce. |
Election results
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Missouri Proposition B |
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2,077,831 | 75.26% | ||
| No | 683,137 | 24.74% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition B was as follows:
| “ | Official Ballot Title Proposition B Shall Missouri law be amended to enable the elderly and Missourians with disabilities to continue living independently in their homes by creating the Missouri Quality Homecare Council to ensure the availability of quality home care services under the Medicaid program by recruiting, training, and stabilizing the home care workforce? The exact cost of this proposal to state governmental entities is unknown, but is estimated to exceed $510,560 annually. Additional costs for training are possible. Matching federal funds, if available, could reduce state costs. It is estimated there would be no costs or savings to local governmental entities. | ” |
Path to the ballot
An initiated state statute is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends state statute. There are 21 states that allow citizens to initiate state statutes, including 14 that provide for direct initiatives and nine (9) that provide for indirect initiatives (two provide for both). An indirect initiated state statute goes to the legislature after a successful signature drive. The legislatures in these states have the option of approving the initiative itself, rather than the initiative appearing on the ballot.
In Missouri, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is based on the number of votes cast for governor in the state's most recent gubernatorial election. In two-thirds of Missouri's congressional districts, proponents must collect signatures equal to 5% of the gubernatorial vote for initiated constitutional amendments. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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Footnotes
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