HB 1447 -- Caseload Standards for Certain State Agencies

Sponsor:  Carter

This bill requires the development of caseload standards by the
departments of Health and Senior Services and Mental Health.  In
its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Requires each director to develop caseload standards for his
or her department based on the actual duties of employees,
existing professional caseload standards, and standards developed
by other states for workers in similar positions;

(2)  Requires each director to use the standards as the basis of
the department's personnel budget request to the Governor;

(3)  Requires each director to convene at least annually a
caseload standards committee within his or her department to
review caseload standards and recommend minimum and maximum
caseloads for each category of workers employed by the
department;

(4)  Requires each director to submit an annual report to the
General Assembly on the established caseload standards, actual
caseloads of the employees, a description of the methodology used
to compute caseloads, and whether the statewide average caseload
exceeds the established caseload standards and to post the report
on the department's web site;

(5)  Specifies that employees are required to make a good faith
effort to complete all their assignments even if they are in
excess of the specified caseload standards and those efforts are
to be considered in an employee's performance evaluation.  Any
failure to complete assignments that are in excess of the
specified caseload standards cannot be a factor in determining an
employee's eligibility for a pay increase; and

(6)  Requires the departments, subject to appropriations, to use
the standards to assign caseloads to individual employees.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:10 pm