On April 1, 2023, the Family Support Division (FSD) resumed annual renewals of eligibility for all MO HealthNet (Medicaid) participants, including those in Medicaid Managed Care health plans and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). You can help make participants aware that they have certain rights, especially if their annual renewal results in an adverse (unfavorable) action from FSD.
For more information click on the pdf brochure below.
What is a “Durable” Power of Attorney?
Many people are unaware that an ordinary power of attorney is revoked, and the agent’s power to act for the principal automatically stops, if the principal becomes incapacitated.
Under Missouri law, and the law of many other states, a power of attorney with proper wording may be made “durable.” This means that the power of the agent to act on the principal’s behalf continues despite the principal’s incapacity, whether or not a court decrees the principal to be incapacitated.