FIRST REGULAR SESSION

[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 14

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

0014L.04T 2001

AN ACT

To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, distributions, planning and for capital improvements including but not limited to major additions and renovations, new structures, and land improvements or acquisitions of the Department of Health, Department of Social Services, Department of Mental Health, Department of Public Safety, Department of Higher Education and institutions of higher education included therein, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Office of Administration, and the several divisions and programs thereof to be expended only as provided in Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of Missouri, and to transfer money among certain funds for the period beginning July 1, 2001 and ending June 30, 2002.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

There is appropriated out of the State Treasury, to be expended only as provided in Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of Missouri, for the purpose of funding each Department, Division, agency, and program enumerated in each section for the item or items stated, and for no other purpose whatsoever chargeable to the fund designated for the period beginning July 1, 2001 and ending June 30, 2002, as follows:



Section 14.005. For the purpose of funding programs to improve health care access and treatment

To the Department of Health

For the purpose of funding the Healthy Communities Program $1,713,676

Personal Service 65,508

Expense and Equipment 48,566

From Healthy Families Trust Fund - Health Care Account 1,827,750



To the Department of Health

For the purpose of funding the Healthy Community Workforce Program and related expenses

From Healthy Families Trust Fund - Health Care Account 243,700

From Donated Funds 1,000,000



To the Department of Social Services

For the purpose of funding grants to Federally Qualified Health Centers

From Healthy Families Trust Fund - Health Care Account 5,000,000



To the University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine

For the purpose of funding the telemedicine program

From Healthy Families Trust Fund - Health Care Account 3,400,000



To the Department of Health

For the purpose of funding childhood lead screenings

From Healthy Families Trust Fund-Health Care Account 1,340,350



To the Department of Social Services

For the purpose of funding one-time costs of the Safety Net ProgramFrom Healthy Families Trust Fund - Health Care Account 20,000,000

From Federal Funds 31,348,000



To the Department of Social Services

For the purpose of funding the Safety Net Program to include provider

sponsored and community-based clinics and grants to social welfare boards

From Healthy Families Trust Fund - Health Care Account 50,959,100

From Federal Funds 16,604,434



To the Department of Mental Health

For the purpose of funding the Safety Net Program

From Healthy Families Trust Fund - Health Care Account 5,091,900



To the Department of Social Services

For the purpose of funding safety net services for the Department of Mental Health

From Federal Funds 9,348,988



To the Department of Public Safety

For the Division of Fire Safety

For firefighter training contracted services

Expense and Equipment

From Healthy Families Trust Fund - Health Care Account 600,000



To the Office of Administration

For the Division of Design and Construction

For design and construction of a state health lab

From Healthy Families Trust Fund - Health Care Account 25,000,000

Total (Not to exceed 2.00 F.T.E.) $171,764,222



Section 14.010. For the purpose of funding programs to improve early childhood care and education

To the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

For the purpose of funding additional home visits for three- to five-year-olds

and at-risk services in the Parents as Teachers Program $6,092,500

For the purpose of improving accreditation resources 365,550



To the Department of Social Services

For community grants to improve early child care opportunities 901,690

For the purpose of funding improvement to the quality of early childhood and youth development care and education. It is designed to bridge the gap and calls for coordination with Head Start, Parents As Teachers, and Early Head Start and other such programs. These grants will be awarded to communities to target "at-risk" and minorities populations. A contracting relationship shall be established with a community based not-for-profit organization to help identify families in the 6-county area that have children ages three to five that need more intensive support. Said community based not-for-profit shall be exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, chartered by a national body, certified as an MBE corporation, and based in the target area served. Funding shall accurately reflect additional transportation costs involved in identifying targeted families for recruitment who live in sparsely populated

rural communities in the 6-county area being served 243,700

For the Early Head Start Program 1,584,050

For payments to child care providers 3,533,650

For a program and related expenses to coordinate early childhood programs 243,700



To the Department of Health

For home-visitation programs 852,950

For programs to improve the quality of child care 487,400

From Healthy Families Trust Fund - Early Child Care Account (0 F.T.E.) $14,305,190



Section 14.015. To the Office of Administration

For the purpose of funding life sciences grants and related expenses

From Healthy Families Trust Fund - Life Sciences Account (0 F.T.E.) $21,567,450



Section 14.020. To the Department of Health

For the purpose of funding a comprehensive tobacco use prevention program

Personal Service $514,392

For grants and other program expenditures 19,025,608



For the purpose of funding community based programs, provided that no

less than 80% of the funds shall be directed to Kansas City, St. Louis,

and the Bootheel area and these funds shall be directed toward at-risk

youth to prevent and reduce tobacco use. The remaining funds shall

be distributed to at-risk low socio-economic areas to prevent and reduce

tobacco use 2,636,700

From Healthy Families Trust Fund - Tobacco Prevention Account

(Not to exceed 13.00 F.T.E.) $22,176,700



Section 14.030. There is transferred out of the State Treasury, chargeable to the Healthy Families Trust Fund, Eighty-Nine Million, Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($89,300,000) to the General Revenue Fund

From Healthy Families Trust Fund $89,300,000



Section 14.035. There is transferred out of the State Treasury, chargeable to the Healthy Families Trust Fund, One Hundred Thirteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($113,500,000) to the Healthy Families Trust Fund - Health Care Account

From Healthy Families Trust Fund $113,500,000



Section 14.040. There is transferred out of the State Treasury, chargeable to the Healthy Families Trust Fund, Fourteen Million, Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($14,400,000) to the Healthy Families Trust Fund - Early Child Care Account

From Healthy Families Trust Fund $14,400,000



Section 14.045. There is transferred out of the State Treasury, chargeable to the Healthy Families Trust Fund, Twenty-One Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($21,600,000) to the Healthy Families Trust Fund - Life Sciences Account

From Healthy Families Trust Fund $21,600,000



Section 14.050. There is transferred out of the State Treasury, chargeable to the Healthy Families Trust Fund, Twenty-Two Million, Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($22,200,000) to the Healthy Families Trust Fund - Tobacco Prevention Account

From Healthy Families Trust Fund $22,200,000



Section 14.055. There is transferred out of the State Treasury, chargeable to the Healthy Families Trust Fund, Sixty-Three Million, Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($63,200,000) to the Healthy Families Trust Fund - Senior Prescription Account

From Healthy Families Trust Fund $63,200,000











Section 14.060. There is transferred out of the State Treasury, chargeable

to the Healthy Families Trust Fund, Fifty Million Dollars

($50,000,000) to the Fund for Missouri's Future

From Healthy Families Trust Fund $50,000,000





Bill Totals

General Revenue Fund $0

Federal Funds 57,301,422

Other Funds 172,512,140

Total $229,813,562





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Speaker of the House





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President Pro Tem of the Senate





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Governor



Missouri House of Representatives