Issue 4 - January 26, 2007
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
SB 243 – Mayer (R)
Relating to compulsory school attendance age
Current law requires children between the ages of seven and sixteen years to regularly attend public, private, parochial, or home school. Further, current law allows the St. Louis school district to raise their compulsory attendance age to seventeen under certain circumstances. This act removes the aforementioned provision for the St. Louis school district and elevates the compulsory school attendance age for all children in Missouri to seventeen years of age.
Status: 1/18/07 Referred: Education; Issue 3
HB 29 – Cunningham (R)
Relating to terms of service for members of certain special school districts
Status:Status: 1/25/07 Referred Elementary & Secondary Education; Issue 1
HB 181 - Sanders (R)
Requires captioning of electronic video instructional material
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 265 – Cunningham (R)
Relatiing to due process hearings
Currently, a special education due process hearing requires a five-business-day notice for the introduction of evidence unless the hearing is an expedited hearing. This bill removes the
exception for expedited hearings, making the five-day notice applicable to them.
Status: 1/9/07 Second Read; Issue 3
HB 418 – Cunningham (R)
Relating to the First Steps Program
Removes the special education enabling authority from a list of sections related to the First Steps Program scheduled for sunset by August 28, 2007.
Status: 1/17/07 Second Read; Issue 4
SB 16 – Scott (R)
Requires a comprehensive vision examination for each child enrolled in kindergarten or first grade
Status: 1/16/07 Referred: Seniors, Families & Public Health; Issue 1
SB 36 – Days (D)
Relating to the First Steps Program
Status:1/16/07 Referred Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight; Issue 1
SB 112 – Rupp (R)
Removes the reference to sunset of the statute that provides authority for special education of age 3 to 21 population
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight; Issue 1
SB 131 – Rupp (R)
Relating to the sunset provision for the First Steps Program
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight; Issue 1
SB 133 – Rupp (R)
Alters provisions regarding due process hearings
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Education; Issue 1
SB 140 – Rupp (R)
Relating to boards of education and due process hearings
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Education; Issue 1
SB 141 – Nodler (R)
Removes reference to sunset of statute relating to special education of age 3 to 21 population
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight; Issue 1
SB 142 – Nodler (R)
Renders the MO Sunset Act not applicable with regard to the First Steps Program
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Education; Issue 1
SB 147 – Nodler (R)
Alters provisions regarding expedited due process hearings
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Education; Issue 1
SB 148 – Nodler (R)
Relating to boards of education and due process hearings
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Education; Issue 1
SB 374 – Rupp (R)
Relating to funding for First Steps Program and HMO's
Status:1/25/07 Referred Health & Mental Health; Issue 4
OTHER
HB 451 – Baker (D)
Requires school districts to incorporate social & emotional development programs into their educational programs
(See Mental Health/Services)
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT
HB 39 – Portwood (R)
Establishes eligibility requirements of an employed disabled person requesting medical assistance under the TWWIIA
Status:1/24/07 Referred Special Committee on Ticket-to-Work; Issue 1
SB 77 – Scott (R)
Creates graduated increase in payments for sheltered workshops
Status:1/30/07 Public Hearing Scheduled; Issue 1
FUNDING
OTHER
SB 208 – Gross (R)
Requires the balance of all state funds to be transferred and credited to the state General Revenue Fund if state revenue does not increase by two percent
Status: 1/8/07 Bill withdrawn; Issue 1
SB 222 – Gross (R)
Requires the balance of all state funds to be transferred and credited to the state General Revenue Fund if state revenue does not increase by two percent
Status: 1/18/07 Referred: Ways & Means; Issue 2
TAX RELIEF
HB 40 – Portwood (R)
Changes laws regarding long term care insurance tax deduction and Establishes MO Long Term Care Partnership Act
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 104 – Meiners (D)
Relating to sales tax and modifications of a vehicle for a person with a disability
Specifies that the purchase price for calculating the sales tax of a motor vehicle excludes the cost to modify the vehicle for use by an individual with a disability.
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 116 – Denison (R)
Allows MO residents to deduct from taxable income 100% of non-reimbursed amounts paid for long-term care insurance
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 149 – Salva (D)
Authorizes a tax deduction for health insurance premiums
Status:1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 4
HB 168 – Hoskins (D)
Relating to an income tax credit for certain taxpayers age 65 and over
Status:1/25/07 Referred Ways & Means; Issue 1
HB 307 – Fares (R)
Authorizes a tax credit for elderly and disabled for real property taxes
Authorizes, beginning January 1, 2008, a 50% tax credit for the elderly or disabled who have lived in their home for at least 20 years and who have spent more than 10% of their household income on real property taxes. The tax credit is refundable; and taxpayers will not be able to claim this credit if they have filed a valid claim under Sections 135.030 or 137.106, RSMo, for the same tax year. The provisions of the bill will expire six years from the effective date.
Status: 1/10/07 Second Read; Issue 3
HB 383 – Wildberger (D)
Relating to tax deductions for long term care insurance premiums
Authorizes 100% of the amount paid for non-reimbursed qualified long-term care insurance premiums to be deducted from a taxpayer's Missouri taxable income to the extent the amount is not already included in the taxpayer's itemized deductions.
Status: 1/16/07 Second Read; Issue 3
HB 359 – Frame (D)
Exempts residential property owned by those 62 and over from increases in assessed valuation
Status: 1/25/07 Referred Ways & Means; Issue 4
HB 364 – Ervin (R)
Authorizes tax deduction for personally funded health insurance premiums
Status:1/24/07 Referred Ways & Means; Issue 4
HB 367 – Dethrow (R)
Authorizes tax deduction for non-reimbursed amounts paid for long term care insurance
Status:1/16/07 Second Read; Issue 4
HB 455 – Kraus (R)
Exempts real property owned by certain individuals age 65 and over from increases in assessed valuation
Status:1/25/07 Referred Ways and Means; Issue 4
HB 456– Kraus (R)
Limits increases in assessed valuation on real property owned by certain individuals age 65 or older
Status:1/18/07 Second Read; Issue 4
HB 457 – Sutherland (R)
Increases amount of credit allowed under Circuit Breaker program and re-names the program
Status:1/25/07 Referred Ways & Means; Issue 4
HB 506 – Bivins (R)
Authorizes a homestead exemption for elderly and disabled in St. Louis County
Status: 1/25/07 Referred Ways & Means; Issue 4
HB 516 – Portwood (R)
Changes the laws regarding the MO Homestead Preservation Act
Status:1/25/07 Referred Ways & Means; Issue 4
SB 07 – Loudon (R)
Creates an income tax deduction for medical expenses
Status: 1/16/07 Referred: Ways & Means; Issue 1
SB 08 – Kennedy (D)
Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person
Status:1/29/07 Public Hearing Scheduled; Issue 1
SB 32 – Bray (D)
Allows senior citizens to defer property tax payment
Status: 1/16/07 Referred: Ways & Means; Issue 1
SB 324 – Loudon (R)
Modifies provisions of the Special Needs Adoption Tax Credit Program
Status:1/22/07 Referred Ways & Means; Issue 4
HEALTH CARE & PERSONAL ASSISTANCE
INSURANCE
HB 39 – Portwood (R)
Establishes eligibility requirements of an employed disabled person requesting medical assistance under the TWWIIA
(See Employment)
HB 40 – Portwood (R)
Changes laws regarding long term care insurance tax deduction and Establishes MO Long Term Care Partnership Act
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
HB 72 – Baker (D)
Increases the resource limit for eligibility for medical assistance
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 95 – Sater (R)
Relating to reforms for the MO Medicaid Program and purchase of health insurance for uninsured
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 116 – Denison (R)
Allows MO residents to deduct from taxable income 100% of non-reimbursed amounts paid for long-term care insurance
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
HB 149 – Salva (D)
Authorizes a tax deduction for health insurance premiums
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
HB 364 – Ervin (R)
Authorizes tax deduction for personally funded health insurance premiums
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
HB 367 – Dethrow (R)
Authorizes tax deduction for non-reimbursed amounts paid for long term care insurance
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
HB 383 – Wildberger (D)
Relating to tax deductions for long term care insurance premiums
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
HB 424 – Whorton (D)
Increases resource limit for eligibility for medical assistance
Status: 1/17/07 Second Read; Issue 4
HB 484 – Hughes (D)
Establishes the MO Universal Health Insurance Act
Status:1/22/07 Second Read; Issue 4
SB 15 – Scott (R)
Establishes a long term care insurance public-private partnership program
Status: 1/30/07 Public Hearing Scheduled; Issue 1
SB 95 – Bray (D)
Requires applicants for Medicaid and the CHIP to identify proposed beneficiary’s employer
Status:1/23/07 Public Hearing Held; Issue 1
SB 113 – Shoemyer (D)
Requires health carriers to include DME providers within their service provider networks
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations; Issue 1
SB 118 – Griesheimer (R)
Requires insurance companies to provide coverage for computerized prosthetic devices
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations; Issue 1
SB 122 – Bray (D)
Establishes the MO Universal Health Assurance Program
Status:1/30/07 Public Hearing Scheduled; Issue 1
SB 179 – Green (D)
Requires any applicant for health care benefits under a public assistance program to identify their employer
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Health & Mental Health; Issue 1
SB 248 – Days (D)
Establishes a long-term care insurance public-private partnership program
Status: 1/18/07 Referred: Health & Mental Health; Issue 3
OTHER
HB 55 – Slater (R)
Establishes the Healthcare Technology Fund and the MO Healthcare Technology Commission
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 182 – Bruns (R)
Establishes the Outside the Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Act
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 203 – Deeken (R)
Modifies eligibility requirements for the Netabolic Formula Distribution Program
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 2
HB 204 – Whorton (D)
Relating to MO Medicaid benefits
Allows any resident of a nursing home who receives
Missouri Medicaid Program benefits to retain not less than $50 per month for discretionary spending.
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 2
HB 216 – Stevenson (R)
Establishes the Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Program
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
SB 07 – Loudon (R)
Creates an income tax deduction for medical expenses
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
SB 80 – Shields (R)
Modifies provisions of the Metabolic Formula Distribution Program
Status: 1/23/07 Public Hearing Held; Issue 1
SB 274 – Shields (R)
Creates the "Healthcare Technology Fund"
Status: 1/18/07 Referred: Heatlh & Mental Health; Issue 3
SJR 10 – Bartle (R)
Repeals the constitutional provisions regarding stem cell research
Status: 1/22/07 Referred Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence; Issue 2
PHARMACEUTICAL
HB 314 – Tilley (R)
Relating to the practice of pharmacy and establishing the Well-being Committee
Status: 1/25/07 Referred Special Committee on General Laws; Issue 3
LEGAL RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES
OTHER
SB 177 – Green (D)
Relating to crimes of security fraud against the elderly or disabled
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence; Issue 1
VOTING
HB 138 – Salva (D)
Relating to voting machines and paper ballots
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 349 – Skaggs (D)
Relating to requirements for distribution of voter registration applications
Status: 1/16/07 Second Read; Issue 3
MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES
HB 451 – Baker (D)
Requires school districts to incorporate social & emotional development programs into their educational programs
Status:1/18/07 Second Read; Issue 4
SB 03 – Gibbons (R)
Enacts provisions on mental health reform
Status: 1/16/07 Referred: Health & Mental Health; Issue 1
SB 174 – Green (D)
Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes
Status:1/30/07 Public Hearing Scheduled; Issue 1
SB 191 – Days (D)
Enacts provisions on children’s mental health
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Health & Mental Health; Issue 1
OLMSTEAD
OLMSTEAD
HB 466 – Schaaf (R)
Limits Certificate of Need Program to long-term care facilities
Status:1/22/07 Second Read; Issue 4
SB 15 – Scott (R)
Establishes a long term care insurance public-private partnership program
(See Health Care/ Insurance)
SB 248 – Scott (R)
Establishes a long-term care insurance public-private partnership program
(See Health Care/ Insurance)
PREVENTION
OTHER
HB 90 – St. Onge (R)
Requires all drivers and passengers in cars or trucks to wear seat belts
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 155 – Dusenberg (R)
Relating to the motorcycle helmet law
Status:1/24/07 Referred Special Committee on Homeland Security; Issue 1
HB 443 – Roorda (D)
Requires all drivers and passengers in cars or trucks to wear seat belts with certain exemptions
Status:1/18/07 Second Read; Issue 4
SB 252 – Ridgeway (R)
Relating to the motorcycle helmet law
Status: 1/18/07 Referred: Transportation; Issue 3
SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
SERVICES
HB 87 – Kraus (R)
Creates the Needy Persons Fund
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 98 – Parson (R)
Authorizes each Area Agency on Aging to establish a volunteer transportation program for the elderly
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 242 – Bruns (R)
Relating to Autism Awareness Month & Day
Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation declaring April as "Autism Awareness Month" and April 27 as "Autism Awareness Day" in Missouri.
Status: 1/8/07 Second Read; Issue 2
HB 242 – Tilley (R)
Relating to the practice of pharmacy and establishing the Well-being Committee
(See Health Care/Pharmaceutical)
HB 330 – Tilley (R)
Relating to the practice of pharmacy and establishing the Well-being Committee
(See Health Care/Pharmaceutical)
SB 11 – Coleman (D)
Creates a hot weather rule for maintenance of utility services
Status:1/16/07 Referred Commerce, Energy & the Environment; Issue 1
SB 14 – Scott (R)
Authorizes volunteer transportation services for the elderly
Status:1/16/07 Referred Seniors, Families & Public Health; Issue 1
SB 238 – Stoffer (R)
Relating to requirements for renewal of windshield placards
Status: 11/31/07 Public Hearing Scheduled;
Issue 3
SB 333 – Stouffer (R)
Revises provisions relating to the newly renamed MO Brain Injury Advisory Council
Status: 1/25/07 Referred Seniors, Families and Public Health; Issue 4
Last modified: 01.29.07
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