Bill > HB2801

This bill modifies provisions for blind pensions by changing the frequency of required vision reexaminations for recipients from every five years to every seven years, unless a medical professional recommends an earlier reexamination or the Department of Social Services has reason to believe a recipient is no longer eligible. It also exempts individuals with no usable vision from this regular reexamination requirement, though they can still be reexamined if the department has cause to believe they are no longer blind. The bill also clarifies that individuals deemed to have no usable vision after their initial test are exempt from the seven-year reexamination requirement. The definition of blindness for pension eligibility remains the same, requiring vision that cannot be corrected to better than 5/200 in the better eye or a visual field of 5 degrees or less, and the minimum monthly pension amount is set at $340, with payments contingent on ineligibility for federal Supplemental Security Income and not receiving general relief assistance.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB2801&year=2026&code=R