Effort to Boost Missouri Adoptions Awaits Governor’s Decision
June 15, 2023 6:32AM CDT
FILE – In this Jan. 27, 2021 file photo, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson delivers the State of the State address in Jefferson City, Mo. Federal officials are pushing back after Parson said he doesn’t want government employees going door-to-door to urge people to get vaccinated. Missouri asked for help last week from nearly formed federal “surge response” teams as it combats an influx of cases that’s overwhelming some hospitals. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
(MISSOURINET) – Missouri has more than two-thousand children awaiting adoption and a bill passed this year aims to help more of them find their forever home. The state legislature passed a bill this year that would make Missouri’s adoption tax credit refundable. Representative Hannah Kelly, a Republican from southern Missouri’s Mountain Grove, is proposing the current per-child tax credit limit of up to 10 thousand dollars be adjusted with inflation.
The governor has until July 14 to make a decision on the bill, or else it will become law all on its own.
