Missouri HB 2668: Establishes the 21st-Century Missouri Social Services Gap Analysis Task Force

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2668
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE RIGGS.
4831H.02I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the 21st-century
Missouri social services gap analysis task force.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 191, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 191.1161, to read as follows:
191.1161. 1. There is hereby established the "21st-Century Missouri Social
2 Services Gap Analysis Task Force".
3 2. The task force shall consist of the following members:
4 (1) Six members of the house of representatives, with three members to be
5 appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one member to be the chair of
6 thehousebudgetcommitteeorhisorherdesignee,andtwomemberstobeappointedby
7 the minority leader of the house of representatives;
8 (2) Three members of the senate, with two members to be appointed by the
9 president pro tempore of the senate and one member to be appointed by the minority
10 leader of the senate;
11 (3) Seventeen members to be appointed by the speaker of the house of
12 representatives, composed of the following:
13 (a) One member who is an expert in the field of geospatial intelligence;
14 (b) One member who is a forensic accountant; and
15 (c) A representative from each of the following:
16 a. The University of Missouri extension system;
17 b. An area agency on aging;
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

18 c. A statewide association or alliance of community foundations;
19 d. A community health clinic;
20 e. A rural transportation service provider;
21 f. A regional housing services provider;
22 g. A prisoner reentry program;
23 h. The faith-based community;
24 i. A statewide foundation promoting health;
25 j. A statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to the health of rural residents;
26 k. A food bank, as defined in section 208.600;
27 l. A statewide nonprofit membership association of hospitals;
28 m. A statewide nonprofit membership association of physicians;
29 n. A statewide nonprofit organization involved in children's issues; and
30 o. A statewide nonprofit organization involved in disability issues;
31 (4) The chief information officer of the state;
32 (5) The director of the MO HealthNet division of the department of social
33 services or the director's designee;
34 (6) The directorof the department of health and senior services or the director's
35 designee;
36 (7) The director of the department of social services or the director's designee;
37 and
38 (8) The director of the department of mental health or the director's designee.
39 3. The speaker of the house of representatives shall designate the chair of the
40 task force, and the president pro tempore of the senate shall designate the vice chair of
41 the task force.
42 4. Staff members of house research, house drafting, senate research, and the
43 joint committee on legislative research shall provide such legal, research, clerical,
44 technical, and bill drafting services as the task force may require in the performance of
45 its duties.
46 5. Membersofthetaskforce shallservewithout compensation,but themembers
47 and any staff assigned to the task force shall receive reimbursement for actual and
48 necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the task force or any
49 subcommittee thereof. All task force members shall be subject to the same conflict of
50 interestprovisionsinchapter105thatareenforcedbytheMissouriethicscommissionin
51 the same manner that elected or appointed officials and employees are subject to such
52 provisions.
53 6. Thetaskforceshallholditsfirstmeetingwithintwomonthsfromtheeffective
54 date of this section.
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55 7. The mission of the task force shall be to:
56 (1) Evaluate the condition of the state's social services system, defined as the
57 publicly funded system of services intended to meet the needs of vulnerable residents
58 including, but not limited to, services providing health and mental health care, housing,
59 and employment supports;
60 (2) Study successful social services systems in other states in order to identify
61 highly effective models;
62 (3) Evaluate current funding for the state's social services system;
63 (4) Identify any gaps in the state's social services system;
64 (5) Evaluate whethercurrent funding is sufficient to not only maintain thesocial
65 services system in its current state but also to ensure that it serves the needs of
66 Missouri's vulnerable residents moving forward into the twenty-first century;
67 (6) Make recommendations regarding the condition of the social services system
68 and funding of the social services system; and
69 (7) Make recommendations on how