HB 352 -- STATE PURCHASING AND PRINTING

This bill increases the current five-point bonus bidding
preference given by the Commissioner of the Office of
Administration to a 10-point bonus for products and services
manufactured, purchased, or assembled in qualified nonprofit
organizations for the blind and in sheltered workshops if the
nonprofit organization provides the greater of 2% or $5,000 of
the total contract amount for purchases not exceeding $10
million.

Currently, sheltered workshops receive $13 per standard work day
worked by a handicapped employee.  For Fiscal Year 2008, the
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will pay each
sheltered workshop $75 per standard work week worked by a
handicapped employee and $15 per standard work day for work
performed by handicapped employees in excess of the standard work
week.  For Fiscal Year 2009, the weekly per-worker amount is
increased to $85 and the daily per-worker amount to $17; for
Fiscal Year 2010, $90 per week and $18 per day; and for Fiscal
Year 2011 and thereafter, $95 per week and $19 per day.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:18 am