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SCS/SB 843 - This act modifies provisions relating to a number of state administrative boards, commissions, and councils. The act repeals the Missouri State Unemployment Council and requires the State Auditor to fulfill a duty of the Council regarding a study of the Missouri unemployment system. (Sections 29.415 and 288.475). The expiration date for the Foster Care and Adoptive Parents Recruitment and Retention Fund and a tax refund checkoff to such fund are removed and the administration of the Fund is changed from the Foster Care and Adoptive Parents Recruitment and Retention Fund Board, which is repealed by the act, to the Missouri State Foster Care and Adoption Board. (Section 143.1015 and 453.600). The composition of the Missouri Women's Council is modified. The Council is reduced from fifteen to thirteen members with nine, rather than eleven, members appointed by the Governor. Such members shall serve terms of four, rather than three, years and may be reappointed. The Council, rather than the Governor, shall annually elect a chair and vice-chair. (Section 186.007). The Missouri Area Health Education Centers Council is repealed and the Director of the Department of Health and Senior Services shall assume all duties of the Council. (Section 191.980). The State Board of Health and the State Board of Senior Services are consolidated into the newly created State Board of Health and Senior Services (Sections 91.640, 189.015 to 189.035, 191.400, 192.005 to 192.710, 192.2030, and 701.040). The Unmarked Human Burial Consultation Committee is repealed and the Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation shall assume all duties of the Committee. (Sections 194.400 to 194.409). The Life Sciences Research Trust Fund and the Life Sciences Research Board, as well as all duties of the Board, are repealed. Sections of law enacted by SB 7 (1st ex. sess. 2011), which was ruled unconstitutional, are repealed. (Sections 196.1100-196.1127, 196.1130, and 348.265). The State Board of Health and Senior Services, rather than the Life Sciences Research Board, shall be responsible for overseeing the umbilical cord blood bank grant program (Section 196.1129). A subcommittee on the development of a comprehensive entry point system for long-term care within the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee is repealed. (Section 208.955). The Professional Services Payment Committee is also repealed. (Section 208.197). The act reduces the membership of the Children's Trust Fund Board from twenty-one to seventeen members with eight, rather than twelve, public members appointed by the Governor. The representative categories of membership on the Board are modified. (Section 210.170). The act codifies the creation of the Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, which was originally created by executive order. The Council shall have authority to review and approve nominations to the National Register, reviewing completed state historic preservation plans, and providing guidance to the state historic preservation officer. (Sections 253.408 and 253.412). The duties of the Interior Design Council are transferred to the Division of Professional Registration. The Council's role shall be to advise, guide, and make recommendations to the Director of the Division. The Director of the Division, rather than the Governor, shall appoint members of the Council. (Sections 324.406 to 324.436). The composition of the Missouri Film Commission is changed by removing the General Assembly members from the Commission. (Section 620.1200). The Director of the Department of Mental Health, rather than the Governor, shall appoint certain members of the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and such members may be reappointed. (Section 633.200). The Missouri State Penitentiary Redevelopment Commission is repealed. (Sections 217.900 to 217.910). JIM ERTLE
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