HB 1228 -- Missouri Women's Council Sponsor: Ruestman Currently, the Missouri Women's Council is required to prepare a state plan and gather annual reports from numerous state departments. This bill eliminates these requirements as well as provisions which authorize a special license plate bearing the council's emblem and the phrase "breast cancer awareness." The bill also modifies the council's mission by adding requirements: (1) To initiate programs to support women making the transition from work to home, operating a home-based business, and working part-time from home; (2) To conduct an inventory of existing federal, state, community, and private programs and facilities relating to the economic and employment needs of women and make this information available to Missouri women; and (3) To determine which economic and employment problems exist in specific geographic areas of the state by developing a self-sufficiency standard.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives