Children, Families, and Persons With Disabilities

MO - Representative Jeff Grisamore (R)

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Chair

MO - Representative Kurt Bahr (R)

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Vice Chair

MO - Representative Rick Brattin (R)

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Member

MO - Representative Elaine Gannon (R)

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Member

MO - Representative Elijah Haahr (R)

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Member

MO - Representative Andrew Koenig (R)

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Member

MO - Representative Sue Meredith (D)

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Member

MO - Representative Genise Montecillo (D)

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Member

MO - Representative Jim Neely (R)

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MO - Representative Stacey Newman (D)

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MO - Representative Tim Remole (R)

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MO - Representative Jill Schupp (D)

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MO - HB571 Establishes Nathan's Law that changes the laws regarding licensing requirements for child-care facilities

MO - HB797 Authorizes a community children's services fund to expend funds to provide preventative services for children

MO - HB156 Specifies that a recipient of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits who makes an electronic benefit transaction at any casino or gaming establishment will be ineligible for benefits for three years

MO - HB248 Increases, from no later than 15 days to no later than 60 days, the time after a child's birth that the father has to file an action to establish paternity prior to an adoption or to file a notice with the Putative Father Registry

MO - HB343 Changes the laws regarding public assistance benefits

MO - HB251 Increases, from $2 to $4, the surcharge imposed upon the filing of a civil action that is to be used to provide financial asistance to domestic violence shelters

MO - HB252 Changes the laws regarding adoptions

MO - HB279 Specifies that a recipient of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits who makes an electronic benefit transaction at any casino or gaming establishment will be ineligible for benefits for three years

MO - HB288 Repeals the provision allowing an individual to assign, transfer, sell or otherwise convey the pregnancy resource center tax credit and removes the sunset for the pregnancy resource center and food pantry tax credits

MO - HB68 Designates the month of November as "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month" and the last week in October as "Respiratory Syncytial Virus Awareness Week" in Missouri

MO - HB87 Changes the laws regarding certain benevolent tax credits

MO - HB360 Prohibits the denial of mental health care and treatment for children who are alleged victims of abuse and neglect and requires guardians ad litem to have training in child abuse and neglect or in mental health

MO - HB101 Changes the laws regarding child abuse investigations.

MO - HB513 Specifies that parental liberty regarding the upbringing, education, and care of his or her children is a fundamental right which cannot be infringed on without demonstrating a governmental interest of the highest order

MO - HB368 Changes the laws regarding certain benevolent tax credits

MO - HB515 Requires all children over 15 years of age in foster care or in the Division of Youth Services to receive a visit to a state university or community or technical college in the child's area

MO - HB516 Requires an applicant for a marital and family therapist license to show a master's or doctoral degree from a Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy accredited program

MO - HB107 Changes the laws regarding adoption by reducing the required time period before a person can voluntary relinquish a child and the required time period of a child's placement before his or her adoption can be finalized

MO - HB402 Establishes family intervention orders for the treatment of persons who abuse chemical substances

MO - HB557 Requires all substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect in the central registry to be classified based on risk of future harm to the child

MO - HB517 Adds an individual with mental disabilities to the list of people who must be afforded the same rights as those without disabilities in public places and the right to be accompanied by a service dog

MO - HB529 Allows certain felons to be eligible for food stamp program benefits

MO - HB535 Changes the laws regarding sexual offenses against a child

MO - HB834 Revises the definition of "service dog" to include animals that provide support or therapeutic functions for individuals with psychiatric or mental disabilities

MO - HB699 Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a work group to access available resources needed for effective work experiences for youth with disabilities

MO - HB707 Changes the laws regarding the crime of causing injury to or the death of a service dog

MO - HB708 Changes the requirements for a person to be placed on the mental health employee disqualification list

MO - HB709 Establishes the Missourians with Disabilities Jobs Act of 2013, which requires 3% of the goods and services purchased by state departments and political subdivisions to be from persons having significant mental or physical disabilities

MO - HB572 Revises the definintion of "child-care worker" as it relates to the Family Care Safety Act and requires child-care workers to submit to fingerprinting for comparison by the Federal Bureau of Investigation

MO - HB838 Specifies that certain felons must be eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits

MO - HB668 Changes the laws regarding the Safe Place for Newborns Act of 2002

MO - HB710 Requires each polling place for a federal, state, local, or school district election to have at least one accessible voting system that conforms to federal regulations for disabled voters

MO - HB711 Requires at least one accessible parking space to be lift accessible for new parking lots and parking lots being restriped that contain 25 or more parking spaces

MO - HB842 Requires a county recorder of deeds to make informative literature regarding cystic fibrosis available to marriage license applicants if the literature has been supplied by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

MO - HB712 Adds, subject to appropriations, comprehensive day rehabilitation services beginning soon after trauma for individuals with disabling impairments to the list of services covered under MO HealthNet

MO - HB713 Adds, subject to appropriations, prescribed, medically necessary hearing aids to the list of services covered under MO HealthNet

MO - HB903 Requires marriage license applicants less than 25 years of age to obtain at least three hours of premarital counseling in order to obtain a marriage license

MO - HB714 This proposal modifies the definition of employment as it relates to employment security law

MO - HB716 Establishes the Show-Me Healthy Babies Program as a separate children's health insurance program for low-income unborn children

MO - HB717 Increases the age limit for a youth to reenter foster care from 18 to 21 years of age

MO - HB718 Extends foster care to the age of 21 for certain children

MO - HB719 Changes the laws regarding the notice of the relocation of a child by the custodial parent

MO - HB996 Exempts permanently disabled persons from the requirement that a physician's statement be provided each time a disabled license plate or windshield placard is renewed.

MO - HB911 Changes the eligibility requirements for supplemental nutrition assistance as it relates to an ineligible immigrant

MO - HB720 Authorizes an income tax dependency exemption deduction for a stillborn child for the taxable year in which the child was born

MO - HB721 Requires all children older than 15 years of age who are in the foster care system or the Division of Youth Services Program to receive a visit to a state university or community or technical college in Missouri

MO - HB913 Requires the Children's Division within the Department of Social Services to verify on a monthly basis the employment status of any person eligible to receive transitional child day care services based on employment

MO - HB723 Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to seek a waiver from the federal government to allow moneys from the Brain Injury Fund to be used for brain injury services under the MO HealthNet program

MO - HB727 Changes the laws regarding services for individuals with disabilities

MO - HB939 Changes the laws regarding public assistance benefits

MO - HB968 Revises the definition of "relative" for purposes of the guardianship subsidy to include fictive kin

MO - HB973 Changes the laws regarding the granting of grandparent visitation

MO - HB31 Specifies that the constitutions and laws of the United States and Missouri must protect the rights of an alternatives-to-abortion agency and its officers to freely engage in activities without interference

MO - HB493 Changes the laws regarding the licensure of certain child-care facilities