| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.467 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEDOLL. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1587H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter167,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtohearing |
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| 8 | 8 | | screeningsinschools. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter167,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection167.192,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 167.192.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 (1)"Parent",astudent'sparent,guardian,orotherpersonhavingcontrolor |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3custodyofthestudent; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4 (2)"Student",achildwhoisenrolledforthefirsttimeineitherkindergartenor |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5gradeone. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 2.Forthe2026-27schoolyearandallsubsequentschoolyears,eachpublic, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7private,parochial,orparishschoolshallconductahearingscreeningforeachstudentas |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8providedinthissection. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 3.(1)BeforeAugustfirstoftheschoolyearinwhichastudentisrequiredto |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10receiveahearingscreeningunderthissection,theschoolboardshallprovidethe |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11student'sparentwithinformationabouttheschooldistrict'shearingscreeningprogram. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12 (2)ThehearingscreeningshalloccurbeforeNovemberfirstoftheschoolyearin |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13whichthehearingscreeningisrequiredtooccurunderthissection. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 (3)Theschoolboardmay: |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15 (a)Conductanyelementofthehearingscreeningprogram; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 (b)Contractwithanyindividualorgovernmentalentitytoprovideanyelement |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17ofthehearingscreeningprogram; |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (c)Requestthestudent'sparenttoobtainanyelementofthehearingscreening |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19programfromaproviderselectedbytheparent;or |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 (d)Providethehearingscreeningbyanycombinationofthemethodsdescribed |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21inparagraphs(a)to(c)ofthissubdivision. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 (4)Iftheboarditselfconductsthehearingscreeningorcontractsforthehearing |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23screening,thehearingscreeningshallbeconductedasrequiredunderstatelaw. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 (5)(a)Iftheschoolboardchoosestorequestthestudent'sparenttoobtainany |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25elementofthehearingscreeningprogram,theschoolboardshallprovidealistof |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26providerstothestudent'sparentwithinformationabouthearingscreeningservices |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27availableinthecommunitytoparentswhocannotaffordsuchservices. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28 (b)Aparentrequestedtoobtainanyelementofthehearingscreeningprogram |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29maysignawrittenstatementindicatingthattheparentdeclinesthehearingscreening |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30fortheparent'sstudent.Uponreceivingthewrittenrequest,theschoolboardshall |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31refrainfromconductingthehearingscreeningonthestudent. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32 4.Iftheresultsofthehearingscreeningrevealapossibleneedforspecial |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33educationalservices,theschoolboardshallconductfurtherassessmentasrequired |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34understatelaw. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35 5.Astudentshallbeexemptfromthehearingscreeningrequiredunderthis |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36sectionifthestudent'sparentpresentstotheschoolboardacertificateorsimilar |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37writtennoticethatthestudenthasbeenexaminedbyaregularlylicensedphysician |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38duringthetwelvemonthsimmediatelyprecedingthedateofthehearingscreening |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39requiredunderthissection. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40 6.Thedepartmentofelementaryandsecondaryeducation,inconsultationwith |
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| 53 | 53 | | 41thedepartmentofhealthandseniorservices,shalldevelopamodelhearingscreening |
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| 54 | 54 | | 42programthatsatisfiesallrequirementsofthissection.Aschooldistrictmayadoptor |
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| 55 | 55 | | 43adaptsuchmodelpolicytoconductthehearingscreeningsrequiredunderthissection. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 44 7.Thedepartmentofelementaryandsecondaryeducation,inconsultationwith |
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| 57 | 57 | | 45thedepartmentofhealthandseniorservices,maypromulgateallnecessaryrulesand |
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| 58 | 58 | | 46regulationsfortheadministrationofthissection.Anyruleorportionofarule,asthat |
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| 59 | 59 | | 47termisdefinedinsection536.010,thatiscreatedundertheauthoritydelegatedinthis |
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| 60 | 60 | | 48sectionshallbecomeeffectiveonlyifitcomplieswithandissubjecttoallofthe |
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| 61 | 61 | | 49provisionsofchapter536and,ifapplicable,section536.028.Thissectionandchapter |
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| 62 | 62 | | 50536arenonseverableandifanyofthepowersvestedwiththegeneralassembly |
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| 63 | 63 | | 51pursuanttochapter536toreview,todelaytheeffectivedate,ortodisapproveandannul |
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| 64 | 64 | | 52arulearesubsequentlyheldunconstitutional,thenthegrantofrulemakingauthority |
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| 65 | 65 | | HB467 2 53andanyruleproposedoradoptedaftertheeffectivedateofthissectionshallbeinvalid |
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| 66 | 66 | | 54andvoid. |
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| 67 | 67 | | âś” |
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| 68 | 68 | | HB467 3 |
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