Missouri Proposition B (2008)

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The Statutory Amendment to the Revised Statues of Missouri Relating to Home Care (2008-025) is an initiated state statute that would amend Missouri law to establish the Missouri Quality Homecare Council. The Quality Homecare Council would ensure the availability of home care services to the elderly under the Medicaid program by recruiting, training, and stabilizing the home care workforce. The annual cost of the program has been estimated at $510,560.

On August 5, the Missouri Secretary of State announced that the measure will appear on the state's November 4, 2008 ballot.^[1],^[2]

Status

This measure has qualified for the November ballot.

Supporters

The initiative is sponsored by Alphonso Mayfield and Missourians for Quality Home Care (MQHC).

These groups are backed by the Service Employees International Union. Part of the ballot measure would allow home-care workers to unionize, although it does ban strikes.^[3]

Kristina Wilfore of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, a national organization that advocates for liberal ballot measures, has written that "progressives should feel good" about the initiative.^[4]

Donors

Campaign consultants

Campaign consultants hired by MQHC include:

• CSI for collecting petition signatures: $543,717.^[5],
• Jobs with Justice, $15,000 for "petition support".^[6]

See also:

• Missouri 2008 ballot measures
• Missouri Initiative and Referendum Law
• Campaign finance requirements for Missouri ballot measures

External links

• Voter Guide: Initiative Petitions & Ballot Questions
• Campaign finance filing for Missouri Home Care
• Missouri Secretary of State, 2008 ballot measures

Additional Reading

• Petition for In-Home Health Care, Missouri.net, Jan. 20, 2008

References

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