Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 211

Juvenile Courts

←211.151

Section 211.156.1

211.161→

August 28, 2015

Care and detention of certain children by county, contribution by state, when.

211.156. 1. Whenever a county shall own or operate an institution as a

home for neglected and delinquent children, the state of Missouri shall pay

to the county toward the care and maintenance of each of these children, upon

an order or voucher submitted to the state by the circuit court fourteen to

thirty-seven dollars per day, subject to appropriations.



2. Whenever a child is detained as provided in section 211.151, the

state shall pay to the county governing body toward the care and maintenance

of each such child upon a voucher or order submitted to the state by the

circuit court the amount specified in this subsection. When submitting the

voucher or order to the state, the circuit court shall certify that the child

was detained only in a manner as provided by section 211.151. The amount to

be paid to the county governing body is fourteen to thirty-seven dollars per

day, subject to appropriations.



(L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 1989 S.B. 163, A.L. 1998 H.B. 971)







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