PURPOSE: This rule establishes a supplemental fee which shall be collected by all certified Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Programs as required by state statute.

1. (1) Supplemental Fee. All Substance Abuse Traffic Offenders Programs shall collect from all applicants entering the program a sixty dollar ($60)-supplemental fee which shall be in addition to any other costs which may be charged by the program. The supplemental fee shall be collected no more than one (1) time from any individual who has entered SATOP, whether for assessment or for an educational program.

2. (2) Remittance of Supplemental Fees. On or before the fifteenth day of each month program directors shall remit the total of all supplemental fees collected during the prior calendar month, less two percent (2%) which, by law, may be retained by the program to offset collection and remittance costs.

   1. (A) Remittance shall be mailed to: Mental Health Earnings Fund, Controller, Department of Mental Health, 1706 East Elm Street, PO Box 596, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
   2. (B) Transfer of supplemental fees from the program to the Mental Health Earnings Fund shall be in the form of a single check made payable to the Mental Health Earnings Fund.
   3. (C) Program remittance checks shall be accompanied by a Supplemental Fee Remittance Form 9314 (to be provided by the Department of Mental Health at no cost to the program) which shall list the name and Social Security number of persons paying each supplemental fee being remitted.
3. (3) Documentation of Supplemental Fee Transactions. Each program shall maintain, at its principal administrative center, a single record of all supplemental fee transactions, which is separate from all other program records. This separate record will facilitate audits which may from time-to-time be conducted by the department or the state auditor’s office. A separate program record of supplemental fee transactions shall include copies of monthly remittance forms and copies of checks forwarded to the Mental Health Earnings Fund.
4. (4) Acceptance of Supplemental Fees. The department shall accept supplemental fee remittances only from certified programs. Supplemental fee remittances, if received by the department from any agency not certified, will be returned to that agency. If an agency’s certification has been revoked, the department will only accept supplemental fee remittances that were collected prior to the date the agency’s certification was revoked. Remittances collected by the agency from clients after the date of the revocation shall not be accepted by the department. In such case, the supplemental fee must be returned to the client by the agency.
5. (5) Notice Posted. Programs shall post, in places readily accessible to persons served, one (1) or more copies of a Student Notice Poster which shall be provided by the department at no cost to the program. Posters shall explain the statutory requirement for the supplemental fees, disposition of supplemental fees, and the means by which programs collect and remit supplemental fees.
6. (6) Compliance. Failure to adhere to the stipulations, conditions and requirements set forth in this rule shall be considered cause for revocation of program certification.
7. (7) Form number MO 650-1017 is included herein. AUTHORITY: sections 302.540, 577.001, 577.049, 577.520, 577.525, 630.050, 630.053, 630.655 and 631.010, RSMo 2000.* This rule was originally filed as 9 CSR 30-3.790. Original rule filed Sept. 1, 1993, effective Jan. 31, 1994. Amended: Filed April 29, 1998, effective Oct. 30, 1998. Moved to 9 CSR 30-3.208 and amended: Filed Feb. 28, 2001, effective Oct. 30, 2001. *Original authority: 302.540, RSMo 1983, amended 1984, 1993, 1996; 577.001, RSMo 1982, amended 1986, 1996; 577.049, RSMo 1982, amended 1993, 1996; 577.520, RSMo 1987, amended 1991, 1996; 630.050, RSMo 1980, amended 1993, 1995; 630.655, RSMo 1980; and 631.010, RSMo 1980.