HB 1061 -- Assistive Technology Loan Program

Sponsor:  Ladd Stokan

This bill authorizes the Missouri Assistive Technology Advisory
Council to establish an assistive technology loan program for
the purchase of assistive technology devices and services.
After July 1, 2000, appropriations for the loan program and
matching grant moneys received by the state as specified by the
federal Assistive Technology Act of 1998 will be regulated and
dispersed according to the provisions of the bill.

The bill authorizes the establishment of the Assistive
Technology Loan Revolving Fund which will be administered by the
Missouri Assistive Technology Advisory Council and the State
Treasurer.  The council can approve the receipt of federal,
state, public and private moneys or loans to finance the fund.
The moneys and appropriations will be used to maintain the
revolving fund and will not revert to the general revenue fund
at the end of the biennium.