Mo. Rev. Stat. § 660.015: Salary — expenses of the department.

The director of the department of social services shall receive as compensation for his or her services the salary provided by statute and additional reimbursement for necessary traveling expenses and other necessary expenditures incurred in the performance of official duties. Compensation for the director and employees of the department of social services and funds for other expenses incident to the performance of their duties prescribed by authority of this and other laws shall be payable from appropriations made in the same manner as for other departments.