Missouri Laws 630.335 – Canteens and commissaries authorized — operation
1. With the approval of the director, the head of any of the department‘s mental health or developmental disability facilities or regional centers may establish and operate a canteen or commissary for the use and benefit of patients, residents and employees.
2. Each facility or center shall keep revenues received from the canteen or commissary established and operated by the head of the facility in a separate account. The acquisition cost of goods sold and other expenses shall be paid from this account. A minimum amount of money necessary to meet cash flow needs and current operating expenses may be kept in this account. The remaining funds from sales of each commissary or canteen shall be deposited monthly in the state treasury to the credit of the mental health trust fund. The money in the fund shall be expended, upon appropriation, for the benefit of the patients in the improvement of the recreation, habilitation or treatment services or equipment of the facility or center from which derived. The provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, the money in the mental health trust fund shall be retained for the purposes specified in this section and shall not revert or be transferred to general revenue. The department of mental health shall keep accurate records of the source of money deposited in the mental health trust fund and shall allocate appropriations from the fund to the appropriate institution, facility or center.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 630.335
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Department: the department of mental health of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Developmental disability: a disability:
(a) Which is attributable to:
a. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Director: the director of the department of mental health, or his designee. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Habilitation: a process of treatment, training, care or specialized attention that seeks to enhance and maximize a person with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability to cope with the environment and to live as determined by the person as much as possible, as is appropriate for the person considering his or her physical and mental condition and financial means. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Head of the facility: the chief administrative officer, or his designee, of any residential facility. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020