Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2005)
Bills Indexed by Subject
DISABILITIES


HB 116 --- Sponsor: Deeken, Bill --- CoSponsor: Skaggs, Trent
Establishes the rights of persons who utilize service dogs
HB 148 --- Sponsor: Hunter, Steve --- CoSponsor: Wilson, Kevin
Changes the laws regarding workers' compensation
HB 229 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R. --- CoSponsor: Lembke, Jim
Changes the application procedures for the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act for the elderly and disabled
HB 258 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Repeals the requirement that school districts conduct an annual census of children with disabilities up to age 21 that reside in their school district
HB 276 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
Changes the laws regarding special education to comply with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
HB 280 --- Sponsor: Walsh, Regina --- CoSponsor: Johnson, Connie "LaJoyce"
Requires election judges to take voting ballots and equipment to physically disabled voters unable to enter polling places
HB 297 --- Sponsor: Pearce, David
Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
HB 321 --- Sponsor: Yates, Brian David
Creates the Assistive Technology Trust Fund and expands the duties of the Advisory Assistive Technology Council
HB 326 --- Sponsor: Hobbs, Steve --- CoSponsor: Yates, Brian David
Changes the bidding preference bonus points for products manufactured by the blind or in sheltered workshops
HB 397 --- Sponsor: Henke, Wayne J. --- CoSponsor: Kuessner, J. C.
Adds certified nurse practitioners to the list of health care providers authorized to issue a physician's statement for the purpose of obtaining a disabled license plate
HB 449 --- Sponsor: Meiners, Kate
Specifies that the sales tax exemption for converting a vehicle to handicapped accessible includes vehicles modified before purchase
HB 461 --- Sponsor: Sutherland, Mike --- CoSponsor: Smith, Todd
Changes the laws regarding property assessment
HB 530 --- Sponsor: Moore, Danielle --- CoSponsor: Page, Sam
Allows students taking courses in American Sign Language to receive foreign language academic credit
HB 544 --- Sponsor: Zweifel, Clint --- CoSponsor: Dougherty, Curt
Changes the laws regarding the senior citizen/disabled person property tax credit known as circuit breaker
HB 548 --- Sponsor: Fraser, Barbara --- CoSponsor: Young, Terry
Establishes the rights of persons who utilize service animals
HB 557 --- Sponsor: Baker, Judy --- CoSponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
Revises the procedures required in law enforcement investigations and establishes the Laboratory Oversight Committee
HB 589 --- Sponsor: Lowe, Jenee' M. --- CoSponsor: Moore, Danielle
Requires, by January 1, 2006, all television stations in Missouri with gross revenues in excess of $3 million a year to provide real-time captioning for certain broadcasts
HB 590 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Shannon
Requires the Commissioner of the Office of Administration to designate a specific parking lot and spaces on the Capitol grounds as parking for the disabled
HB 649 --- Sponsor: Fares, Kathlyn --- CoSponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R.
Authorizes a tax credit for certain elderly and disabled individuals for real property taxes paid
HB 671 --- Sponsor: Sutherland, Mike --- CoSponsor: Bruns, Mark J.
Changes the laws regarding the requirements for assisted living residences which replace residential care facilities
HB 696 --- Sponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P. --- CoSponsor: Wilson, Kevin
Allows a nonprofit provider to operate multiple living units for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled without issuance of a certificate by the Division of Medical Services
HB 751 --- Sponsor: Young, Terry --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott
Requires all new signs erected after August 28, 2005, to contain the words "Accessible Parking" instead of "Handicap Parking"
HB 759 --- Sponsor: Lager, Brad --- CoSponsor: Fares, Kathlyn
Requires health insurers and the Missouri Medicaid Program to provide coverage for services under the First Steps Program
HB 800 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
Changes the laws regarding early childhood special education
HB 827 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R. --- CoSponsor: Wright, Mark
Modifies the eligibility requirements of an employed disabled person requesting medical assistance under the federal Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
HB 897 --- Sponsor: Vogt, Michael
Changes the laws regarding benefits for circuit court judges, administrative law judges, and their employees
HB 905 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L. --- CoSponsor: Nieves, Brian D.
Prohibits the withholding or withdrawal of nutrition or hydration for a patient without a specific written power of attorney granting the authority
HB 952 --- Sponsor: Icet, Allen
Authorizes a state sales tax on personal care services
HCR 31 --- Sponsor: Bruns, Mark J.
Recognizes April 27, 2005, as "Autism Awareness Day" and the month of April 2005 as "Autism Awareness Month" in Missouri.
SB 15 --- Sponsor: Kennedy, Harry
Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person
SB 28 --- Sponsor: Dolan, Jonathan
Modifies language regarding anti-kickback penalties and certain pharmaceutical companies and establishes the "Well-Being committee" to aid pharmacies
SB 102 --- Sponsor: Bartle, Matt
Certain school districts shall be reimbursed fully for costs associated with offering certain special educational services
SB 173 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
Creates a graduated increase in payments to sheltered workshops and alters bidding preferences for products and services from sheltered workshops
SB 481 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
Alters policies regarding public school special education services
SB 500 --- Sponsor: Gibbons, Michael R.
Provides for family cost participation in the Part C early intervention system
SB 518 --- Sponsor: Kennedy, Harry
Creates the Assistive Technology Trust Fund for assistive technology.
SB 532 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
Creates the Medical Ownership Program, a medicaid coverage program dealing with managed health savings accounts.
SB 555 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
Provides financial assistance to physically disabled persons for personal care assistance services through eligible vendors.
SCR 9 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Urges the Missouri Congressional Delegation to oppose private social security accounts.

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Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:26 pm