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| 2 | 2 | | FIRST REGULAR SESSION |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL NO. 311 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR FITZWATER. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1272S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To amend chapter 210, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the provision of |
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| 9 | 9 | | services to youth in the custody of the department of social services. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Section A. Chapter 210, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1 |
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| 13 | 13 | | one new section, to be known as section 210.119, to read as 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | follows:3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 210.119. 1. The department of social services shall 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | establish a program to provide a comprehensive system of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | service delivery, education, and residential care for youth 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | with severe behavioral challenges or severe developmental 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | disabilities. In order to be eligible for services under 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | this program, youth shall: 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) Be in the custody of the children's division; 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) Be under twenty-one years of age; and 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) Be determined by a team of specialized 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | professionals within the department to have needs that 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | cannot be met by existing state programs. Such 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | determination shall include any assessment necessary to 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | maximize resources for the youth. 13 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Youth under twenty-one years of age who are subject to a 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | voluntary placement agreement may access this program if 15 |
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| 30 | 30 | | they meet the qualifications of this subsection and 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | resources are available to provide services for suc h youth. 17 SB 311 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2. The department shall be authorized to enter into 18 |
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| 33 | 33 | | any contracts necessary to implement this program, including 19 |
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| 34 | 34 | | contracts for program operations with a qualified service 20 |
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| 35 | 35 | | provider or consortium of qualified service providers. 21 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Qualified service providers shall be licensed or accredited 22 |
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| 37 | 37 | | in their respective fields of service, based in this state, 23 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and not-for-profit entities with a record of success in the 24 |
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| 39 | 39 | | areas for which they shall provide services, as well as meet 25 |
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| 40 | 40 | | any additional requir ements set by the department designed 26 |
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| 41 | 41 | | to meet the best interests of the children they serve. 27 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 3. The department shall be authorized to enter into 28 |
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| 43 | 43 | | memoranda of understanding with any facility or campus under 29 |
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| 44 | 44 | | state ownership that is appropriate for t he program and the 30 |
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| 45 | 45 | | youth being served. Such facilities shall include, but 31 |
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| 46 | 46 | | shall not be limited to, facilities owned and operated by 32 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the division of youth services or the department of mental 33 |
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| 48 | 48 | | health. The division of youth services and the department 34 |
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| 49 | 49 | | of mental health shall make available such facilities to the 35 |
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| 50 | 50 | | department of social services when such facilities are 36 |
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| 51 | 51 | | appropriate, under-utilized, or vacant. 37 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 4. The provisions of section 210.114 shall apply to 38 |
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| 53 | 53 | | qualified service providers providing s ervices to youth 39 |
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| 54 | 54 | | under this section. 40 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 5. The department may promulgate such rules and 41 |
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| 56 | 56 | | regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of 42 |
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| 57 | 57 | | this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term 43 |
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| 58 | 58 | | is defined in section 536.010, that is cre ated under the 44 |
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| 59 | 59 | | authority delegated in this section shall become effective 45 |
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| 60 | 60 | | only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 46 |
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| 61 | 61 | | provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 47 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 48 |
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| 63 | 63 | | if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 49 SB 311 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 50 |
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| 65 | 65 | | date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 51 |
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| 66 | 66 | | held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 52 |
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| 67 | 67 | | authority and any rule proposed or adopt ed after August 28, 53 |
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| 68 | 68 | | 2025, shall be invalid and void. 54 |
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