The Speaker appointed the following to act as Honorary Pages for the Day, to serve without compensation: Alison Rains, Colton Gerke, Jacob Roberts, Kiley Williams, Kristen Elizabeth Kimble, Nicholas Aaron Kimble, Joe Strehl and Sean Strehl.

Georgia Headrick and Martha Dawson, twin granddaughters of former Representative William Job, were introduced by Representative Thomson and presented a resolution commemorating their 90^th birthday.

HCS HBs 636, 308 & 173, relating to a credit for military retirement, was taken up by Representative Kraus.

Representative Yates raised a point of order that House Amendment No. 1 goes beyond the scope of the underlying bill.

AMEND House Committee Substitute for House Bill Nos. 636, 308 & 173, Section 135.631, Page 1, Line 11, by deleting the words, "is claimed. The" and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "is claimed. If the"; and

Further amend said bill, Section 135.631, Pages 1 to 2, Lines 12 to 15, by deleting all of said lines, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words, "amount of the tax credit exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's state tax liability for the tax year for which the credit is claimed, the difference shall be refunded to the taxpayer. No tax credit granted under this section shall be transferred, sold, or assigned."; and

Further amend said bill by amending the title, enacting clause, and intersectional references accordingly.

Representative Yates offered House Substitute Amendment No. 1 for House Amendment No. 2.

Further amend said bill, Section 135.631, Pages 1 to 2, Lines 12 to 15, by deleting all of said lines, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words, "amount of the tax credit exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's state tax liability for the tax year for which the credit is claimed, the difference shall be refunded to taxpayers with an income not exceeding 100% of the federal poverty level. No tax credit granted under this section shall be transferred, sold, or assigned."; and

Further amend said bill by amending the title, enacting clause, and intersectional references accordingly.

Representative Cox offered House Amendment No. 1 to House Substitute Amendment No. 1 for House Amendment No. 2.

AMEND House Substitute Amendment No. 1 for House Amendment No. 2 to House Committee Substitute for House Bill Nos. 636, 308 & 173, Section 135.631, Page 1, Line 8, by deleting the word, "100%" and inserting in lieu thereof the word, "150%"; and

Further amend said bill by amending the title, enacting clause, and intersectional references accordingly.

On motion of Representative Cox, House Amendment No. 1 to House Substitute Amendment No. 1 for House Amendment No. 2 was adopted.

On motion of Representative Yates, House Substitute Amendment No. 1 for House Amendment No. 2, as amended, was adopted.

On motion of Representative Kraus, HCS HBs 636, 308 & 173, as amended, was adopted.

On motion of Representative Kraus, HCS HBs 636, 308 & 173, as amended, was ordered perfected and printed.

HJR 7, relating to the language of official proceedings, was taken up by Representative Nieves.

On motion of Representative Nieves, HJR 7 was read the third time and passed by the following vote:

AYES: 124

Aull	Baker 123	Bearden	Bivins	Brandom
Bringer	Bruns	Casey	Cooper 120	Cooper 155
Cooper 158	Cox	Cunningham 145	Cunningham 86	Davis
Day	Deeken	Dempsey	Denison	Dethrow
Dixon	Donnelly	Dusenberg	Emery	Ervin
Faith	Fallert	Fisher	Frame	Franz
Funderburk	Grill	Grisamore	Guest	Harris 23
Harris 110	Hobbs	Hodges	Holsman	Hunter
Icet	Jones 89	Jones 117	Kelly	Kingery
Komo	Kratky	Kraus	Kuessner	Lampe
Lembke	Liese	Lipke	Loehner	Marsh
May	McClanahan	McGhee	Meadows	Meiners
Moore	Munzlinger	Muschany	Nance	Nieves
Nolte	Norr	Onder	Page	Parson
Pearce	Pollock	Portwood	Pratt	Quinn 7
Quinn 9	Robb	Robinson	Roorda	Rucker
Ruestman	Ruzicka	Salva	Sander	Sater
Scavuzzo	Schaaf	Schad	Scharnhorst	Schieffer
Schlottach	Schneider	Schoeller	Self	Shively
Silvey	Skaggs	Smith 14	Smith 150	Spreng
St. Onge	Storch	Stream	Sutherland	Swinger
Thomson	Threlkeld	Tilley	Todd	Viebrock
Wallace	Walton	Wasson	Wells	Weter
Wildberger	Wilson 119	Wilson 130	Witte	Wood
Wright 159	Yates	Zweifel	Mr Speaker

NOES: 028

Burnett	Chappelle-Nadal	Corcoran	Darrough	Daus
El-Amin	Fares	Flook	George	Haywood
Hoskins	Hubbard	Hughes	Johnson	LeVota
Low 39	Lowe 44	Oxford	Schoemehl	Talboy
Villa	Vogt	Walsh	Whorton	Wright-Jones
Yaeger	Young	Zimmerman

PRESENT: 001

Nasheed

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 010

Avery	Baker 25	Bland	Bowman	Brown 30
Brown 50	Curls	Dougherty	Richard	Stevenson

HCS HB 620, relating to teacher certification and mentoring, was taken up by Representative Muschany.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Agriculture Policy, to which was referred HB 693, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Immigration, to which was referred HB 851, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Immigration, to which was referred HB 889, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on State Parks and Waterways, to which was referred HB 75, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Veterans, to which was referred HB 111, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HR 65, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

WHEREAS, the Missouri House of Representative has a long tradition of recognizing and honoring their staff and employees for the service they provide to the members of the Missouri House;

WHEREAS, the services of the staff and employees of the various joint committees of the Missouri General Assembly provided to the Missouri House of Representatives assist the members and compliment the services provided by House staff and employees; and

WHEREAS, while the staff and employees of the various joint committees of the Missouri General Assembly are not considered employees of the Missouri House, the House should recognize the contributions and achievements of the staff and employees of the joint committees of the Missouri General Assembly:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the members of the Missouri House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth General Assembly, hereby include the staff and employees of the various joint committees of the Missouri General Assembly when recognizing and honoring House staff and employees for their contributions and achievements.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HCR 16, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HCR 17, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HCR 25, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

WHEREAS, Truman Medical Centers is Western Missouri's safety net hospital system. The Truman Medical Center System is comprised of Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill, Truman Medical Center Lakewood, and Truman Medical Center Behavioral Health; and

WHEREAS, with three out of four of Truman Medical Center patients being uninsured or Medicaid-eligible, Truman Medical Center is the health care home for many of the underinsured in the Kansas City area; and

WHEREAS, Truman Medical Center is particularly concerned about proposed regulations from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that would narrow the definition of "public" so that many current public hospitals, including Truman Medical Center, would no longer qualify as public for purposes of providing the local match required to obtain federal Medicaid funds. Initial estimates of the impact to Truman Medical Center is that it would exceed $37 million in lost Medicaid funding; and

WHEREAS, Truman Medical Center's exclusion as a public institution would occur despite the fact that Truman Medical Center operates the hospitals of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and Jackson County, Missouri. Truman Medical Center continues to shoulder public duties such as indigent healthcare and jail clinics; and

WHEREAS, both Truman Medical Center hospitals serve as primary teaching institutions for the residents and undergraduate medical students of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; and

WHEREAS, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has previously explicitly recognized Truman Medical Center's governmental status; and

WHEREAS, the proposed rules would arbitrarily remove Truman Medical Center from its status as a government owned or operated hospital:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-fourth General Assembly, First Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby urge the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to withdraw the portion of the proposed rules that would change the status of Truman Medical Center as a government owned or operated hospital; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Assembly requests that the Missouri Congressional delegation ask the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to withdraw this rule and further requests the Missouri Congressional delegation to diligently work to assure that this rule does not take effect; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for Leslie V. Norwalk, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and each member of the Missouri Congressional delegation.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HCR 28, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HJR 21, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HCS HB 16, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HCS HB 135, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass by Consent.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HB 220, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HB 255, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HCS HB 405, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass by Consent.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HB 526, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HB 527, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HCS HB 608, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass by Consent.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HB 665, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HB 732, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass by Consent.

HB 992, introduced by Representatives Fallert, Harris (110), Komo, Roorda, Meadows, Casey and Frame, relating to the designation of a memorial highway.

HB 993, introduced by Representatives Pratt and Pearce, relating to computer spyware.

HB 994, introduced by Representative Nasheed, relating to transitional school districts.

HB 995, introduced by Representatives Hobbs, Pearce, Richard, Munzlinger, Wasson, Self, Dempsey, Kratky, Bruns, Quinn (7), Parson and Jones (117), relating to regional economic development initiatives.

HB 996, introduced by Representatives Hobbs, Richard, Pearce, Dempsey, Kratky and Bruns, relating to the Missouri training and employment council.

HB 997, introduced by Representatives Zimmerman, Wildberger, Whorton, Kuessner, Hughes, Corcoran, Burnett, Grill, Skaggs, Darrough, Swinger, Haywood, Norr and Frame, relating to telemarketing.

HB 998, introduced by Representative Yates, relating to the regulation of title insurance.

HB 999, introduced by Representatives Donnelly, Page, LeVota, Yaeger, Darrough, Bringer and Witte, relating to chemical blood alcohol tests.

HB 1000, introduced by Representative Storch, relating to an income tax exemption for corporations.

HB 1001, introduced by Representatives Bruns and Wildberger, relating to civil damages for injury to or death of law enforcement officers and firefighters.

HB 1002, introduced by Representative Fisher, relating to Missouri qualified biodiesel producers.

Pursuant to Chapters 105.452 to 105.461, RSMo, this letter is an official report that I have been appointed to the Board of Directors of Physicians Professional Indemnity Association (PPIA). This entity was formed under the authority of Chapter 383, RSMo, which includes statutes that may come before the Legislature for revision.

In order to comply with Chapters 105.452 to 105.461, please publish this report in the Journal of the House.

On motion of Representative Dempsey, the House adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 28, 2007.

Review Departments of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Conservation budgets. CANCELLED

Thursday, March 1, 2007, Hearing Room 1, forty-five (45) minutes following adjournment.

Final Committee discussion on budget presentations and requests from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Executive session will be held on: HB 182, HB 203, HB 212, HB 554, HB 555, HB 788