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MO Rev Stat § 209.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.200 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories   209.200. Definitions. — As used in sections 209.150 to 209.204, not to exceed the provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act, the following terms shall mean:  (1) "Disability", as defined in section 213.010 including diabetes;  (2) "Service dog", a dog that is being or has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Service dog includes but is not limited to:  (a) "Guide dog", a dog that is being or has been specially trained to assist a particular blind or visually impaired person;  (b) "Hearing dog", a dog that is being or has been specially trained to assist a particular deaf or hearing-impaired person;  (c) "Medical alert or response dog", a dog that is being or has been trained to alert a person with a disability that a particular medical event is about to occur or to respond to a medical event that has occurred;  (d) "Mental health service dog" or "psychiatric service dog", a dog individually trained for its owner who is diagnosed with a psychiatric disability, medical condition, or developmental disability recognized in the most recently published Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) to perform tasks that mitigate or assist with difficulties directly related to the owner's psychiatric disability, medical condition, or developmental disability;  (e) "Mobility dog", a dog that is being or has been specially trained to assist a person with a disability caused by physical impairments;  (f) "Professional therapy dog", a dog which is selected, trained, and tested to provide specific physical therapeutic functions, under the direction and control of a qualified handler who works with the dog as a team as a part of the handler's occupation or profession. Such dogs, with their handlers, perform such functions in institutional settings, community-based group settings, or when providing services to specific persons who have disabilities. Professional therapy dogs do not include dogs, certified or not, which are used by volunteers in visitation therapy;  (g) "Search and rescue dog", a dog that is being or has been trained to search for or prevent a person with a mental disability, including but not limited to verbal and nonverbal autism, from becoming lost;  (3) "Service dog team", a team consisting of a trained service dog, a disabled person or child, and a person who is an adult and who has been trained to handle the service dog. ­­-------- (L. 2005 H.B. 116, A.L. 2013 S.B. 33, A.L. 2020 S.B. 644 merged with S.B. 656)
MO Rev Stat § 209.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.240 - Amount of pension — need, how determined.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories   209.240. Amount of pension — need, how determined. — 1. The family support division shall, for the purpose of obtaining federal financial participation in aid to the blind payments, prepare a budget taking into consideration the necessary expenses in accordance with standards developed by the family support division and the income and resources of the individual claiming aid to the blind. In preparing such budget the family support division shall disregard the first eighty-five dollars per month of earned income plus one-half of earned income in excess of eighty-five dollars per month and for a period not in excess of twelve months, such additional amounts of other income and resources, in the case of an individual who has a plan for achieving self-support approved by the family support division, as may be necessary for the fulfillment of such plan. Every person passing the vision test and having the other qualifications provided in this law shall be entitled to receive aid to the blind in the amount of one hundred ten dollars monthly. Any person disqualified to receive aid to the blind may apply for pension to the blind as provided in sections 209.010 to 209.160.  2. If the funds at the disposal or which may be obtained by the family support division for the payment of benefits under this section shall at any time become insufficient to pay the full amount of benefits to each person entitled thereto, the amount of benefits of each one of such persons shall be reduced pro rata in proportion to such deficiency in the total amount available or to become available for such purpose.  3. Medical assistance for aid to the blind recipients shall be payable as provided in sections 208.151 to 208.158 without regard to any durational residence requirement for eligibility. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 764 § 5, A.L. 1953 p. 635, A.L. 1955 p. 694, A.L. 1959 H.B. 74, A.L. 1961 p. 536, A.L. 1963 p. 387, A.L. 1965 p. 357, A.L. 1967 p. 330, A.L. 1969 p. 347, A.L. 1971 H.B. 287, Repealed 1973 S.B. 325, A.L. 1973 H.B. 157, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
MO Rev Stat § 209.255 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.255 - Rate established to recover costs of programs — surcharge, limitations, collection — exemption from taxes.

Effective - 28 Aug 2000   209.255. Rate established to recover costs of programs — surcharge, limitations, collection — exemption from taxes. — 1. The commission shall establish a rate recovery mechanism to recover the costs of implementing and maintaining the programs provided for in section 209.253, which shall be applied to each basic telephone access line. Any surcharge established by such rate recovery mechanism shall not be imposed upon more than one hundred basic telephone access lines per subscriber per location. Any surcharge established by such rate recovery mechanism shall not be imposed on any telephone line used to provide pay telephone service. The surcharge may appear on the bill of each local exchange telephone subscriber identified separately as a deaf relay service and equipment distribution program fund surcharge. The commission shall not vary the amount of the surcharge between telephone companies nor between the class or grade of customers of any telephone company. The surcharge provided for in this section shall be exempt from the taxes provided for in chapter 144, and the surcharge shall not be construed as gross receipts or revenue of the company collecting such for the purpose of local taxation.  2. Each basic telephone access line subscriber is liable for the payment of any surcharge provided for in subsection 1 of this section. The local exchange telephone company shall not be liable for any uncollected surcharge, nor shall it have any obligation to initiate any action to enforce the collection of the surcharge. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1132 § 3 subsecs. 1, 2 merged with H.B. 1315 § 3 subsecs. 1, 2, A.L. 1993 S.B. 160, A.L. 1996 S.B. 525, A.L. 2000 S.B. 721)
MO Rev Stat § 209.257 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.257 - Telephone company to deduct percentage to cover cost — percentage determined by PSC — money collected, deposit — use of deaf relay service fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   209.257. Telephone company to deduct percentage to cover cost — percentage determined by PSC — money collected, deposit — use of deaf relay service fund. — The local exchange telephone company shall deduct and retain a percentage of the total surcharge amount collected each month to recover the billing, collecting, remitting and administrative costs attributed to the deaf relay service and equipment distribution program fund surcharge. The commission shall determine the appropriate percentage to be deducted and retained and shall include this percentage as part of its order establishing the deaf relay service and equipment distribution program fund surcharge. All remaining deaf relay service and equipment distribution program fund surcharge money collected by local exchange telephone companies shall be remitted to the commission, who shall use such money exclusively to fund the programs provided for in section 209.253. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1132 § 3 subsec. 3 merged with H.B. 1315 § 3 subsec. 3, A.L. 1996 S.B. 525)
MO Rev Stat § 209.258 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.258 - Deaf relay service fund established, purpose — deposit — unexpended balance not to be transferred to general revenue — commission and advisory assistive technology council to request appropriations from fund for service delivery.

Effective - 28 Aug 2000   209.258. Deaf relay service fund established, purpose — deposit — unexpended balance not to be transferred to general revenue — commission and advisory assistive technology council to request appropriations from fund for service delivery. — 1. All remaining deaf relay service and equipment distribution program fund surcharge money collected by local exchange telephone companies pursuant to section 209.257 shall be paid to the director of revenue in a manner prescribed by the public service commission. The director of revenue shall remit such payments to the state treasurer.  2. The state treasurer shall credit such payments to a special fund, which is hereby created, to be known as the "Deaf Relay Service and Equipment Distribution Program Fund" which fund shall be devoted solely to the payment of expenditures actually incurred in operation of the statewide dual-party relay service and equipment distribution program authorized by section 209.253, including expenses associated with the administration of the dual-party relay service and equipment distribution program or incurred by members of any advisory committee appointed by the commission or Missouri assistive technology advisory council to help in the administration of the statewide telecommunications equipment distribution program authorized by section 209.253.  3. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be exempt from the provisions of section 33.080 relating to the transfer of unexpended balances to the general revenue fund, but shall be applicable by appropriation of the general assembly to the payment of expenditures for the dual-party relay service and equipment distribution program in the succeeding fiscal year.  4. The commission shall annually request, through a separate budget line item, appropriations from the deaf relay service and equipment distribution program fund to deliver the dual-party relay service. The Missouri assistive technology advisory council shall annually request, through a separate budget line item of its departmental budget, appropriations from the deaf relay service and equipment distribution program fund to deliver the telecommunications equipment distribution program.  5. The current surcharge rate shall not increase for a period of two years after August 28, 2000, subject to change in federal requirements for deaf relay services. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 95, A.L. 1994 S.B. 552, A.L. 1996 S.B. 525, A.L. 2000 S.B. 721)
MO Rev Stat § 209.259 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.259 - Review of surcharge and deduction percentage — recommendation procedures — surcharge adjusted when — excess funds, effective.

Effective - 28 Aug 2000   209.259. Review of surcharge and deduction percentage — recommendation procedures — surcharge adjusted when — excess funds, effective. — 1. From the date of implementing the deaf relay service and equipment distribution fund surcharge, the commission shall review such surcharge no less frequently than every two years but no more than annually and shall order changes in the amount of the surcharge as necessary to assure available funds for the provision of the programs established in section 209.253.  2. The Missouri assistive technology advisory council shall annually provide the department with information on actual expenditures for the equipment distribution program along with projections for future need to assist in surcharge review. On August 28, 2000, the department shall make its initial recommendation to the commission regarding the amount of the surcharge established in section 209.255 necessary for funding of the equipment distribution program. Thereafter, the department may annually make a recommendation to the commission regarding the amount of the surcharge for that program. The commission shall, based on the department's recommendation, issue an order revising the surcharge established in section 209.255 as necessary to fund the equipment distribution program. The department's recommendation shall be based on the estimated number of access lines and anticipated budget for the coming fiscal year. The amount of the surcharge recommended by the department shall be sufficient to recover the annual costs of implementing and maintaining the equipment distribution program.  3. Concurrent with the review of the surcharge, the commission shall review the percentage deducted and retained by the local exchange telephone company provided in section 209.257 and if necessary shall order adjustments to the percentage to assure a just and reasonable compensation to the local exchange telephone company. Where the review of the surcharge determines that excess funds are available, the commission may order the suspension of the deaf relay service and equipment distribution program fund surcharge for a period which the commission deems appropriate. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1132 § 3 subsec. 4 merged with H.B. 1315 § 3 subsec. 4, A.L. 1996 S.B. 525, A.L. 2000 S.B. 721)
MO Rev Stat § 209.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.260 - Telecommunications companies responsibility for quality of services, individuals with disabilities.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996, 2 histories   209.260. Telecommunications companies responsibility for quality of services, individuals with disabilities. — Telecommunications companies shall ensure, if readily achievable as defined by federal law 42 U.S.C.A. section 12181(9), that high quality existing and new telecommunications services are available, accessible and usable by individuals with disabilities, unless making the services available, accessible or usable would result in an undue burden, including unreasonable costs or technical infeasibility, or would have an adverse competitive effect. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 525 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 209.261 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.261 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   209.261. Definitions. — As used in sections 209.261 to 209.265, the following terms mean:  (1) "Auxiliary aids and services", the device or service that the deaf person feels would best serve him which includes, but is not limited to, interpreters, notetakers, transcription services, written materials, assistive listening devices, assistive listening systems, closed caption decoders, open and closed captioning, videotext display or other effective method of making aurally delivered materials available to individuals with hearing loss;  (2) "Deaf person", any person who, because of a hearing loss, is not able to discriminate speech when spoken in a normal conversational tone regardless of the use of amplification devices;  (3) "Person with a speech impairment", any person who, because of a speech disability, is not able to speak clearly or understandably in a normal conversational tone regardless of the use of assistive devices;  (4) "Relay agent", a person employed to relay conversations for a person who is deaf or speech impaired over a dual-party telephone system. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 600 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 209.263 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.263 - Person relaying conversation not to disclose contents, exception — order to disclose — privilege.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   209.263. Person relaying conversation not to disclose contents, exception — order to disclose — privilege. — 1. A person who interprets, transliterates or relays a conversation between a person who can hear and a deaf person is deemed a conduit for the conversation and may not disclose, or be compelled to disclose by subpoena, the contents of the conversation which he facilitated without the prior consent of the person who received his professional services, except as provided in subsection 2 of this section.  2. A court may order disclosure of the contents of a conversation to provide evidence in proceedings related to criminal charges. However, all communications which are privileged by law shall be protected as privileged communications in the same manner as communications when an auxiliary aids and services provider or relay agent is used. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 600 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 209.265 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.265 - No disclosure of conversation without permission — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   209.265. No disclosure of conversation without permission — penalty. — 1. An auxiliary aids and services provider or relay agent who is employed to interpret, transliterate or relay a conversation between a person who can hear and a person who is deaf or speech impaired shall not disclose the contents of the conversation, unless the person for whom he interpreted, transliterated or relayed has given written permission for such disclosure.  2. Violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 600 § 3, A.L. 1995 H.B. 135)
MO Rev Stat § 209.287 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.287 - Board for certification of interpreters established — appointment, qualification, terms — expenses — meetings — chairman elected how — quorum — removal from office, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   209.287. Board for certification of interpreters established — appointment, qualification, terms — expenses — meetings — chairman elected how — quorum — removal from office, procedure. — 1. There is hereby established within the Missouri commission for the deaf and hard of hearing a board to be known as the "Board for Certification of Interpreters", which shall be composed of three members. The executive director of the Missouri commission for the deaf and hard of hearing or the director's designee shall be a nonvoting member of the board.  2. The members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate from a list of recommendations from the commission. The members shall be appointed for terms of three years. No member shall be eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms, except a person appointed to fill a vacancy for a partial term may serve two additional terms. One of the members appointed shall be deaf, one shall be a certified interpreter, and one shall be deaf or a certified interpreter. The members shall be fluent in American sign language, Pidgin Signed English, oral, tactile sign, or any specialized vocabulary used by deaf persons. The member shall have a background and knowledge of interpreting and evaluation.  3. The members shall receive no compensation for their services on the board, but the commission shall reimburse the members for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The board shall meet not less than two times per year. The board shall elect from its membership a chairperson and a secretary. A quorum of the board shall consist of two of its members.  4. Any member of the commission may petition the governor to remove a member from the board for the following reasons: misconduct, inefficiency, incompetence or neglect of his official duties. The governor may remove the member after giving the committee member written notice of the charges against him or her and an opportunity to be heard pursuant to administrative procedures in chapter 621. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 568 § 2, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1783, A.L. 2018 S.B. 843)
MO Rev Stat § 209.289 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.289 - Coordinator to be hired, qualifications, salary and expenses.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   209.289. Coordinator to be hired, qualifications, salary and expenses. — The executive director shall hire a coordinator, who shall serve as coordinator of the Missouri interpreters certification system. The coordinator shall have a background in interpreter testing and interpreting. The salary and office space for the coordinator shall be appropriated to and provided by the commission. The salary of the coordinator shall be paid out of general revenue funds. All other expenses for the administration of sections 209.287 to 209.318 shall be paid from the interpreters fund established in section 209.318. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 568 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 209.295 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 209 - Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities|Section 209.295 - Rules and regulations, authority to promulgate, duties of commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   209.295. Rules and regulations, authority to promulgate, duties of commission. — The commission may promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to, but not limited to:  (1) The form and content of certification applications and the procedures for filing an application for an initial certification and renewal certification in this state;  (2) Fees required for the operation of the certification system, including, but not limited to, application fees, evaluation fees, renewal fees, conversion fees or any other fees relating to the certification;  (3) The certifications recognized as qualifying credentials for initial or conversion certification;  (4) Establishment of policy and procedure for conversion with other states' certification systems;  (5) Guidelines for the use of interpreters according to their level of certification;  (6) Maintenance and upkeep of skills, also known as continuing education or professional development training;  (7) Minimum educational, training, experience and any necessary and appropriate certifications for interpreter trainers, as well as any necessary continuing education and training requirements for interpreter trainers;  (8) Any other necessary and proper rules, decision or policy in regard to evaluation, certification and maintaining a certification according to the procedures set forth in chapter 536. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 568 § 5)