SECREST, BARNETT, OSTMANN, HARLAN, BERKSTRESSER, SUMMERS, CHRISMER, KASTEN,
REINHART AND SALLEE.
Pre-filed January 4, 2000, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 178.900, RSMo 1994, relating to sheltered workshops, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 178.900, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 178.900, to read as follows:
178.900. For the purposes of sections 178.900 to 178.970 the following words mean:
(1) "Department", the department of elementary and secondary education;
(2) "Handicapped persons", a lower range educable or upper range trainable mentally retarded or other handicapped person sixteen years of age or over who has had school training and has a productive work capacity in a sheltered environment adapted to the abilities of the mentally retarded but whose limited capabilities make [him nonemployable] the person unemployable in competitive business and industry and unsuited for vocational rehabilitation training;
(3) "Sheltered workshop", an occupation-oriented facility operated by a not for profit corporation, which[, except for its staff,] employs [only] handicapped persons and has a minimum enrollment of at least fifteen employable handicapped persons;
(4) "Staff", employees of a sheltered workshop engaged in management, work procurement, production, purchasing,
supervision, sales, bookkeeping, and secretarial and clerical functions.
Missouri House of Representatives