HB 2414 -- State Boards and Commissions

Sponsor:  Hobbs

This bill eliminates, combines, and revises certain state boards,
commissions, committees, and councils.  In its main provisions,
the bill:

(1)  Eliminates the following boards, commissions, committees,
and councils:

(a)  The Workers Memorial Committee (Section 8.900, RSMo);

(b)  The Joint Committee on Wetlands (Section 21.475);

(c)  A joint legislative committee to review county salaries
(Section 21.780);

(d)  The Multistate Tax Compact Advisory Committee (Sections
32.250 and 32.260);

(e)  The Joint Committee on Urban Voluntary School Transfer
Programs (Section 162.1060);

(f)  The Missouri State Advisory Council on Pain and Symptom
Management (Sections 192.350 - 192.355);

(g)  An advisory committee in the Division of Family Services
within the Department of Social Services to provide professional
and technical consultation regarding medical care aspects for
public assistance recipients (Section 208.195);

(h)  The Commission on the Special Health, Psychological and
Social Needs of Minority Older Individuals (Sections 208.530 -
208.535);

(i)  The Thomas Hart Benton Homestead Memorial Commission
(Section 253.375);

(j)  The Joint Committee to Study Restructuring the Fees Paid by
Hazardous Waste Generators and Hazardous Waste Facilities
(Section 260.370);

(k)  The Motorcycle Safety Program Advisory Committee (Section
302.136);

(l)  Missouri Fire Education Trust Fund Board (Section 320.094);

(m)  The Transportation Development Commission (Sections 622.055
- 622.057);

(n)  The Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee (Sections 630.910
and 630.915); and

(o)  The Advisory Committee on Lead Poisoning (Section 701.302);

(2)  Transfers the Governor's Council on Disability from the
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Office of
Administration (Sections 37.735 - 37.745 and 286.200 - 286.210);

(3)  Renames the Missouri Head Injury Advisory Council to the
Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council, reduces the council
membership from 25 to 15, and eliminates the legislative members
from its membership.  The Department of Health and Senior
Services is authorized additional rule-making authority to
establish policies and standards which will be applied to all
programs and services funded by the department.  The Missouri
Head Injury Fund is renamed the Missouri Brain Injury Fund
(Sections 162.1000 and 304.028);

(4)  Reduces, from 10 to eight, the number of members of the
board of directors of the Missouri Access to Higher Education
Trust by eliminating the appointment of legislative members
(Section 166.203);

(5)  Reduces, from 29 to 25, the number of members of the
advisory committee on the Video Instructional Development and
Educational Opportunity Program by eliminating the appointments
of legislative members (Section 170.250);

(6)  Eliminates the Missouri Rx Plan Advisory Commission;
authorizes the Drug Utilization Review Board to provide advice on
guidelines, policies, and procedures of the Missouri Rx Plan; and
transfers the Drug Utilization Review Board from the Division of
Medical Services to the MO HealthNet Division within the
Department of Social Services (Sections 208.175 and 208.792);

(7)  Eliminates the appointment of legislative members to the
Coordinating Council on Special Transportation (Section 208.275);

(8)  Eliminates the subcommittee on the development of a
comprehensive entry point system for long-term care within the MO
HealthNet Oversight Committee and its requirement to submit an
annual report through 2013 to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
and the General Assembly on the progress of implementing the
comprehensive entry point system (Section 208.955);

(9)  Requires two physicians on the MO HealthNet Oversight
Committee to be familiar with the medical needs of low-income
population groups and with the resources available and required
for their care, eliminates the Medical Advisory Committee
appointed by the Director of the Division of Family Services
within the Department of Social Services, and requires the MO
HealthNet Oversight Committee to serve as the medical care
advisory committee under the federal Social Security Act to
advise the Medicaid agency director about health and medical care
services (Section 208.955);

(10)  Eliminates the Low-level Radioactive Waste Compact Advisory
Committee and authorizes the Hazardous Waste Management
Commission within the Department of Natural Resources to assume
the duties of the committee (Sections 260.372, 260.705, 260.720,
260.725, and 260.735);

(11)  Allows two members of the State Fair Commission to be
individuals who are active in the tourism industry and changes
the membership and selection of the chairperson.  The County Fair
Association is allowed to submit to the Governor a list of
nominees for appointment that includes current members or past
presidents of county fair boards.  Currently, they are required
to submit a list (Section 262.217);

(12)  Increases, from six to eight, the number of members of the
Missouri Fire Safety Advisory Board to include a firefighter
serving in a volunteer fire protection association and a chief of
a volunteer fire protection association.  The programs and
activities currently funded by the Fire Education Fund must be
approved by the board instead of by the Missouri Fire Education
Commission which is eliminated (Sections 320.094 and 320.205);

(13)  Reduces, from four to two, the number of members of the
Interior Design Council (Section 324.406);

(14)  Renames the Missouri Acupuncture Advisory Committee to the
Missouri Acupuncture Licensing Committee and reduces, from five
to three, the number of its members.  The Acupuncturist Fund, the
Chiropractic Board Fund, and the State Board of Chiropractic
Examiners Fund are renamed to the State Board of Chiropractic
Examiners and Acupuncturists' Fund (Sections 324.478, 324.481,
331.030, and 331.070);

(15)  Authorizes the Governor with the advice and consent of the
Senate, instead of the Director of the Department of Health and
Senior Services, to appoint the members of the Missouri Board of
Nursing Home Administrators (Section 344.060);

(16)  Combines the State Banking Board and the State Savings and
Loan Board into the State Banking and Savings and Loan Board and
eliminates the State Savings and Loan Commission (Sections
361.070, 361.092, 369.304, 369.309, and 369.319);

(17)  Transfers the Missouri Community Service Commission from
the Office of the Governor to the Department of Economic
Development and changes the number of voting members to 14
(Sections 26.600 - 26.614 and 620.580); and

(18)  Eliminates the Missouri Seed Capital Investment Board and
transfers its duties to the Missouri Technology Corporation
(Sections 620.638 and 620.641).

The bill specifies that any state board, commission, council,
committee, or joint committee created prior to March 17, 2010,
that has not met prior to March 17, 2010, will cease to exist on
August 28, 2010.

The provisions regarding the advisory committee for the Video
Instructional Development and Educational Opportunity Program and
the Coordinating Council on Special Transportation expire
December 31, 2013.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:13 pm