HB 2505 -- Administration Tranfers between State Agencies

Sponsor:  Sutherland

This bill transfers the administration of certain state councils,
funds, and duties.

BRAIN INJURIES

The bill:

(1)  Changes the terms "head injury" and "traumatic head injury"
to "brain injury" and "traumatic brain injury" as they are used
in the provisions regarding head and spinal cord injuries within
Chapter 192, RSMo, and injury prevention, brain injury
rehabilitation, and local health services within Chapter 199;

(2)  Transfers administration of and appropriation for the
Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council, formerly the Missouri
Head Injury Advisory Council, from the Division of General
Services within the Office of Administration to the Department of
Health and Senior Services.  The number of members on the council
is decreased, through attrition, from 25 to 18, and the authority
to appoint its members is changed from the Governor to the
department director.  State agencies with services that impact
brain injury survivors and their families are required to appoint
representatives to participate on the council in an ex officio
nonvoting capacity; and

(3)  Transfers the responsibility, subject to appropriations, of
ensuring that brain injury prevention and rehabilitation
evaluation, service coordination, treatment, rehabilitation, and
community support services are accessible to injured participants
from the Division of Injury Prevention, Head Injury
Rehabilitation and Local Health Services to the Adult Head Injury
Program within the department.

BLINDNESS EDUCATION, SCREENING AND TREATMENT PROGRAM

The provisions regarding the Blindness Education, Screening and
Treatment Program are transferred from Section 192.935 to Section
209.015.

DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND LAND SURVEY

The bill revises the statutes to reflect the prior name change of
the Division of Geological Survey and Water Resources to the
Division of Geology and Land Survey within the Department of
Natural Resources.

SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

The purpose and definition of a "soil and water conservation
cost-share program" is expanded to include the protection of
water resources of the state to preserve the productive power of
Missouri agricultural land.

SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE

The bill:

(1)  Changes the method by which the Director of the Department
of Insurance, Financial Institutions, and Professional
Registration notifies surplus lines licensees that a surplus
lines insurer is ineligible from by mail to by any public
electronic format;

(2)  Requires the tax imposed upon insured or self-insurers who
purchase surplus lines insurance from someone other than a broker
to be remitted to the Department of Revenue who notifies the
Director of the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions,
and Professional Registration of the moneys collected from each
insured or self-insurer.  Currently, the tax is remitted to the
department director who transfers it to the Department of
Revenue;

(3)  Requires brokers to submit quarterly statements, in addition
to the currently required annual statements, to the department
director on the gross amounts charged for surplus lines insurance
and the net premiums received in the previous year; and

(4)  Requires the payments of taxes, penalties, and interest
levied regarding surplus lines insurance laws to be remitted to
the Department of Revenue who notifies the Director of the
Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions, and Professional
Registration of the moneys collected from each surplus lines
licensee.  Currently, these payments are sent to the department
director who transfers them to the Department of Revenue.

CRIME VICTIMS' COMPENSATION FUND

The administration of the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund,
including the determination and award of compensation, is
transferred from the Division of Workers' Compensation within the
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Department of
Public Safety.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm