HB 572 -- SHELTERED WORKSHOPS

CO-SPONSORS:  Pryor, Chrismer, Crawford, Bennett, Reinhart,
Ostmann, Berkstresser, Luetkemeyer, Naeger, Secrest, Robirds

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Critical
Issues by a vote of 20 to 0.

This bill allows staff of sheltered workshops to do production
work.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that this bill is necessary to
authorize staff of sheltered workshops to do production work.
This flexibility is needed at times for workshops to meet
contract deliverables when some of their disabled employees have
taken other employment.  The statute currently allows staff to
manage a number of activities but fails to specify production
work.  Consequently, the current statute implies that staff may
not do production work.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Pryor; Lake Area
Industries; Central Missouri Sheltered Enterprises; and Missouri
Association of Sheltered Workshops Managers.

OPPONENTS:  Those who oppose the bill say that this bill will
open the door for sheltered workshops to employ nondisabled
persons.

Testifying against the bill was the Association of Retarded
Citizens of Missouri.

Katharine Hickel Barondeau, Legislative Analyst

HB 572 -- Sheltered Workshops

Sponsor:  Pryor

This bill allows staff of sheltered workshops to do production
work.