| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1308 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVESHIELDS. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2716H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsection161.412,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto |
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| 8 | 8 | | grantstodeaf-blindindividualsandfamilies. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Section161.412,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassection161.412,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 161.412.1.Subjecttoappropriations,theMissouricommissionforthedeafandhard |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2ofhearingshallprovidegrantsto: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 (1)Organizationsthatprovideservicesfordeaf-blindchildrenandtheirfamilies. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4Suchservicesmayincludeprovidingfamilysupportadvocatestoassistdeaf-blindchildrenin |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5participatingintheircommunitiesandfamilyeducationspecialiststoteachparentsand |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6siblingsskillstosupportthedeaf-blindchildrenintheirfamily; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 (2)Organizationsthatprovideservicesfordeaf-blindadults.Suchgrantsshallbe |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8usedtoprovideassistancetodeaf-blindadultswhoareworkingtowardsestablishingand |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9maintainingindependence;and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 (3)Organizationsthattrainsupportserviceproviders.Suchgrantsshallbeusedto |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11providetrainingthatwillleadtocertificationofsupportserviceprovidersinMissouri. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12 2.Thecommissionshallusearequest-for-proposalprocesstoawardthegrantsinthis |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13section.Organizationsthatreceivegrantsunderthissectionmayexpendthegrantforany |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14purposeauthorizedinthissection.[Thetotalamountofgrantsprovidedunderthissection |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15shallnotexceedthreehundredthousanddollarsannually.] |
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| 27 | 27 | | âś” |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. |
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