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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 570.406

  • Public assistance benefits: anything of value, including money, food, EBT cards, food stamps, commodities, clothing, utilities, utilities payments, shelter, drugs and medicine, materials, goods, and any service including institutional care, medical care, dental care, child care, psychiatric and psychological service, rehabilitation instruction, training, transitional assistance, or counseling, received by or paid on behalf of any person under Missouri Laws 570.010

The face value of public assistance benefits or EBT cards stolen, possessed, transferred or converted from one scheme or course of conduct, whether from one or several rightful possessors, or at the same or different times shall constitute a single criminal episode and their face values may be aggregated in determining the grade of offense.