HB 718 -- Catalog of Assistance Programs

Co-Sponsors:  Schaaf, Lipke (157), Kingery, May, Guest, St. Onge,
Shoemaker (8), Bruns, Hobbs, Deeken, Goodman, Stevenson, Wood,
Dixon, Cooper (155)

This bill requires the Secretary of State to develop a Missouri
Catalog of Assistance Programs to serve as the repository of
information for public assistance programs.  The catalog must be
available in a printed form and in an electronic form that is
accessible over the Internet.  A task team consisting of one
person from each state agency is established to facilitate
information gathering for the development of the catalog.  The
task team must submit a report to the Governor, members of the
General Assembly, and the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme
Court proposing a plan to standardize the application for state
assistance.  The catalog must be operational by June 30, 2004,
and it must provide a notice of funding availability.  The bill
specifies information that must be included in the catalog about
each program that is listed.  The bill also creates the Missouri
Catalog of Assistance Programs Resource Fund, to be administered
by the Secretary of State.  The fund consists of costs assessed
to state agencies based on the percentage of funds the agency
represents during each state fiscal year.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:12 am