Missouri House of Representatives
Bills Indexed by Subject
DISABILITIES

HB 1211 --- Sponsor: Gross, Charles

Requires Director of Revenue to enter into recognition of disabled persons' license plates agreement with the federal government.

HB 1225 --- Sponsor: Schilling, Mike --- CoSponsor: Williams, Deleta

Prohibits sentencing a mentally retarded person to death, sets standard for evidentiary, use of interrogation of a mentally retarded person, and establishes a Commission on the Death Penalty.

HB 1281 --- Sponsor: Boucher, Bill

Mandates that Public Service Commission provide telecommunications equipment and access for the hearing and speech impaired; costs paid by customer.

HB 1318 --- Sponsor: Patek, Jewell

Allows local sheltered workshops to provide related services to handicapped individuals.

HB 1323 --- Sponsor: Pryor, Charles R.

Allows supervisors of sheltered workshops to perform production work.

HB 1350 --- Sponsor: Blunt, Matt

Adds caring for an incapacitated or disabled person to the list of reasons allowed for absentee voting.

HB 1354 --- Sponsor: Stokan, Lana Ladd

Expands the Shared Care Program in the division of aging to include persons caring for a disabled individual.

HB 1371 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan

Creates the Home Disability Tax Credit Program.

HB 1411 --- Sponsor: Dougherty, Patrick --- CoSponsor: Selby, Harold R.

Establishes or modifies programs on organ transplants, assistive technology, lead abatement, blindness education, and obesity awareness.

HB 1455 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan

Prohibits discrimination based on household status.

HB 1543 --- Sponsor: Smith, Philip --- CoSponsor: Abel, Mark C.

Authorizes the court to authorize or orders acts intended to protect a mentally disabled protectee's estate from reduction due to payment of unnecessary federal estate taxes.

HB 1561 --- Sponsor: Carter, Paula J. --- CoSponsor: Wilson, Vicky Riback

Makes various changes to the laws regarding sheltered workshops.

HB 1564 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Vicky Riback --- CoSponsor: Graham, Chuck

Changes the name of the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities to the Division of Developmental Disabilities.

HB 1565 --- Sponsor: Hartzler, Ed

Creates a homestead exemption for disabled veterans and their surviving spouses.

HB 1624 --- Sponsor: Wagner, Wes --- CoSponsor: Kreider, Jim

Requires the Missouri Assistive Technology Council to establish an assistive technology loan program and home access program.

HB 1682 --- Sponsor: Boucher, Bill

Establishes additional state purchasing preferences for products and services from the blind.

HB 1754 --- Sponsor: Dougherty, Patrick --- CoSponsor: Selby, Harold R.

Establishes or modifies programs on organ transplants, assistive technology, lead abatement, blindness education, and obesity awareness.

HB 1763 --- Sponsor: Burton, Gary L. --- CoSponsor: Murray, Dana L.

Makes various changes regarding sheltered workshops.

HB 2027 --- Sponsor: Patek, Jewell --- CoSponsor: Enz, Catherine S.

Requires the departments of Mental Health and Health to conduct a study on expanding the services provided to persons with brain injuries.

HB 2062 --- Sponsor: Lakin, Scott

Recognizes American Sign Language and requires it to be treated as any other foreign language in Missouri educational institutions.

HB 2063 --- Sponsor: Levin, David

Creates an income tax deduction for amounts paid for custodial care and durable medical equipment to the extent not reimbursed and to the extent not deducted or credited under federal tax law.

HB 2106 --- Sponsor: Gibbons, Michael R. --- CoSponsor: Graham, Chuck

Changes law on disabled license plates and windshield placards.

HB 2113 --- Sponsor: Foster, Bill I. --- CoSponsor: Schwab, David

Clarifies that certain school retirees on disability are considered as receiving normal retirement allowances.

HB 2148 --- Sponsor: Merideth III, Denny J.

Establishes an office of deaf education.

HB 2154 --- Sponsor: Hanaway, Catherine L

Allows for the creation of a discretionary trust for the benefit of a disabled beneficiary.

HCR 8 --- Sponsor: Patek, Jewell

Urges the U.S. Congress to enact legislation regarding the disciplinary provisions of IDEA.

HR 478 --- Sponsor: Graham, Chuck

Creates a House Interim Committee to recommend a comprehensive plan for the de-institutionalization of disabled persons.

HR 573 --- Sponsor: Graham, Chuck

Creates a House Interim Committee to study and make recommendations on a comprehensive de-institutionalization plan for persons with disabilities.

SB 530 --- Sponsor: Schneider, John D.

Requires the placement of all forensic clients in a Department of Corrections Facility but remaining in the custody of the Department of Mental Health.

SB 586 --- Sponsor: Sims, Betty

Provides a homestead exemption from property taxes for totally disabled veterans.

SB 622 --- Sponsor: Clay, Jr., William L.

Prohibits discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation.

SB 721 --- Sponsor: Caskey, Harold

Revises law on telecommunications for persons with disabilities.

SB 927 --- Sponsor: Bentley, Roseann

Establishes grant program for improving mathematics instructions.

SB 931 --- Sponsor: Kinder, Peter

Provides state aid to school districts educating certain disabled students.

SB 935 --- Sponsor: Caskey, Harold

Establishes assistive technology programs for disabled persons.

SB 957 --- Sponsor: Johnson, Sidney --- CoSponsor: Quick, Edward E.

Expands ability of boards to fund sheltered workshops, residence facilities, and other services or programs for persons with developmental disabilities.

SB 974 --- Sponsor: Bentley, Roseann

Allows the establishment of a donated dental services program for certain eligible persons.

SB 1010 --- Sponsor: Childers, Doyle --- CoSponsor: Caskey, Harold

Establishes a blindness education and awareness program and fund.

SB 1062 --- Sponsor: Howard, J T

Revises PSRS and NTRS disability benefits for Social Security purposes.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated September 11, 2000 at 2:53 pm