SECONDREGULARSESSION
[TRULYAGREEDTOANDFINALLYPASSED]
HOUSEBILLNO.1495
102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
3565H.01T 2024
ANACT
Toamendchapter42,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtotheMissouri
veteranscommission.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter42,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection42.022,toreadasfollows:
42.022.1.Inadditiontoanyotherdutiesimposedunderthischapter,the
2commissionshallreviewtheprovisionsoftheCommanderJohnScottHannonVeterans
3MentalHealthCareImprovementActof2019,enactedbythe116thUnitedStates
4Congress(Pub.L.116-171),asamended,andanyregulationsrelatedthereto.After
5review,thecommission,incollaborationwiththedepartmentofmentalhealth,shall
6providerecommendationsandmakeeffortstoadoptprocedures,programs,treatment
7options,additionalaid,andanyotherassistancedeemednecessarybythecommissionto
8assistintheeffortstopreventveteransuicide,subjecttoappropriation.
9 2.BeforeJuly1,2025,andbeforeeveryJulyfirstthereafterthecommission
10shallfileareportwiththedepartmentofpublicsafetyandthegeneralassemblyonthe
11recommendations,implementation,andeffectivenessoftheeffortsbythecommissionto
12preventveteransuicide.
13 3.Thedepartmentofpublicsafetymaypromulgateallnecessaryrulesand
14regulationsfortheadministrationofthissection.Anyruleorportionofarule,asthat
15termisdefinedinsection536.010,thatiscreatedundertheauthoritydelegatedinthis
16sectionshallbecomeeffectiveonlyifitcomplieswithandissubjecttoallofthe
17provisionsofchapter536and,ifapplicable,section536.028.Thissectionandchapter
18536arenonseverableandifanyofthepowersvestedwiththegeneralassembly
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 19pursuanttochapter536toreview,todelaytheeffectivedate,ortodisapproveandannul
20arulearesubsequentlyheldunconstitutional,thenthegrantofrulemakingauthority
21andanyruleproposedoradoptedafterAugust28,2024,shallbeinvalidandvoid.
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