DISABILITIES

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2006)
Bills Indexed by Subject
DISABILITIES

: Allows a physician assistant or an advanced practice nurse to issue a physician's statement for disabled license plates and placards under the collaborative practice agreement

: 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

: Requires all new signs erected after August 28, 2006, to contain the words "Accessible Parking" instead of "Handicap Parking"

: Requires captioning of electronic video instructional material

: 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

: Specifies that the sales tax exemption for converting a vehicle to handicapped accessible includes vehicles modified before purchase

: Allows Missouri residents to deduct from their taxable income 100% of all non-reimbursed amounts paid for long-term care insurance premiums

: Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Uniform Trust Code

: Expands protection for the elderly against financial exploitation and codifies a presumption of undue influence in any transfer of real property

: Authorizes a tax credit for certain elderly and disabled individuals for real property taxes paid

: Increases the property tax relief for the senior citizens' program known as circuit breaker

: Changes the bidding preference requirements for sheltered workshops from a 5-point to a 25-point bonus when the work generates over $5,000 annually

: Changes the laws regarding the special needs adoption tax credit

: Allows for a special license plate for members of the Disabled American Veterans

: Changes the laws regarding criminal securities fraud and sets a minimum penalty when committed against the elderly or disabled

: Prohibits any transfer of moneys in the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Fund to the General Revenue Fund

: Authorizes an income tax credit for contributions made to qualified pregnancy resource centers and children in crisis centers

: Increases the penalty for identity theft

: Requires the Department of Social Services to determine the eligibility of an employed disabled person requesting medical assistance

: Requires group health insurance policies which cover dependents to continue coverage for a dependent child with a chronic illness or condition until the child attains the age of 25 or marries

: Changes the laws regarding assisted living facilities

: Excludes sheltered workshop employment income as income when determining eligibility for permanent and total disability benefits

: Establishes the eligibility requirements of an employed disabled person requesting medical assistance under the federal Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999

: Requires every child attending a public elementary school to receive instruction in a foreign language

: Establishes the Consumer Protection Act for Wheeled Mobility

: Exempts a person who presents proof of permanent disability from the United States Veterans Administration from the four-year certification requirement for renewal of disabled license plates

: Makes the necessary statutory changes based on the transfer of the Division of Aging from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Health and Senior Services

: Changes the eligibility criteria for adoption or foster care subsidies

: Requires certain television stations to provide real-time captioning of local news, weather, and sports broadcasts for the deaf and hearing-impaired

: Requires private mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled to meet the same requirements as state-operated facilities

: Authorizes a tax credit for hiring disabled workers

: Changes the requirements for financial assistance for personal care services

: Requires all Missouri Medicaid Program recipients whose eligibility is based on disability other than total disability to be referred for vocational rehabilitation services to remain eligible for benefits

: Changes the minimum rate of interest that can be charged on delinquent real property taxes in the City of St. Louis and removes the prime rate limitation and authorizes a tax credit for the elderly

: Limits the increase in assessed valuation of residential property by the percentage of increase in Social Security benefits for the elderly and disabled who own and live in their principal residence

: Requires health insurers to offer optional coverage for recognized treatments for morbid obesity

: Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

: Changes the laws regarding several economic development programs

: Removes permanent partial disability as a condition which makes an employee eligible to receive compensation from the Second Injury Fund

: Extends the expiration date of the financial assistance for the Consumer-directed Personal Care Services Program until June 30, 2008

: Expands the Vietnam Veterans Survivor Grant Program to include Vietnam veterans who are 100% disabled

: Establishes pilot projects to study the feasibility of a cooperative effort among public and private transportation providers

: Changes the laws regarding relocation assistance

: Allows the Division of Medical Services to reimburse medical assistance recipients for ancillary medical services based on division policy and subject to appropriations

: Creates a graduated increase in payments to sheltered workshops

: Fully reimburses certain school districts for costs associated with offering certain special education services

: Provides that sheltered workshop employment income shall not be considered income for Medicaid-eligibility purposes

: Alters various provisions of the state's special education policy

: Provides for mandatory minimum punishment for securities fraud crimes against the elderly or disabled

: Modifies provisions in various health care and social services programs

: Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person

: Modifies provisions on the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Fund

: Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for high-quality early childhood education

: Provides for Medicaid coverage for personal care services for persons in residential care facilities

: Extends date for the Department of Mental Health to complete mental health services plans for persons on waitlists

: Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled

: Alters the "special education threshold" for any school district with a higher-than-average student population with elevated blood lead levels

: Establishes the "Disabled Employee's Health Assistance Program (DEHAP)"

: Allows videotaped depositions of mentally retarded persons to be admissible in certain criminal proceedings

: Modifies provisions on personal care assistance services

: Directs the Department of Social Services to establish Coordinated Care and Administrative Service Organization pilot programs

: Modifies provisions on senior citizens and the disabled

: Provides that teacher training programs shall include instruction in main streaming children with special needs as well as instruction regarding the IEP process

: Requires all new signs erected after August 28, 2006, relating to disabled parking to contain the words "Accessible Parking" instead of "Handicap Parking"

: Raises the Medicaid-eligibility level for old age assistance and permanently disabled recipients

: Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:53 am