HB 1086 -- HIGHER EDUCATION SAVINGS PROGRAM

SPONSOR:  Harlan

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Education-Higher by a vote of 14 to 0.

This bill requires that personally identifiable information about
participants in and beneficiaries of Missouri higher education
savings program accounts be kept confidential and limits
disclosure to administrative purposes.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that there may be a loophole in the
privacy of the tuition-savings program records; the bill
clarifies that any personally identifiable information can only
be used for administrative purposes.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Harlan; and State
Treasurer's Office.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Becky DeNeve, Senior Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:00 am