Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 633
Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities
←633.015
Section 633.020.1
633.025→
August 28, 2015
Advisory council on developmental disabilities--members, number, terms, qualifications, appointment--organization, meetings--duties.
633.020. 1. The "Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council",
consisting of up to twenty-five members, the number to be determined under
the council bylaws, is hereby created to advise the division and the
division director.
2. The members of the Missouri planning council for developmental
disabilities, created by executive order of the governor on October 26,
1979, for the remainder of their appointed terms, and up to five persons to
be appointed by the director, for staggered terms of three years each,
shall act as such advisory body. At the expiration of the term of each
member, the director shall appoint an individual who shall hold office for
a term of three years. At least one-half of the members shall be
consumers. Other members shall have professional, research or personal
interest in intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities. At
least one member shall be a manager of or a member of the board of
directors of a sheltered workshop as defined in section 178.900. No more
than one-fourth of the members shall be vendors or members of boards of
directors, employees or officers of vendors, or any of their spouses, if
such vendors receive more than fifteen hundred dollars under contract with
the department; except that members of boards of directors of
not-for-profit corporations shall not be considered members of board of
directors of vendors under this subsection.
3. Meetings shall be held at least every ninety days or at the call
of the division director or the council chairman, who shall be elected by
the council.
4. Each member shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary
expenses, including travel expenses, pursuant to department travel
regulations, actually incurred in the performance of his official duties.
5. The council may be divided into subcouncils in accordance with its
bylaws.
6. The council shall collaborate with the department in developing
and administering a state plan for intellectual disabilities and
developmental disabilities services.
7. No member of a state advisory council may participate in or seek
to influence a decision or vote of the council if the member would be
directly involved with the matter or if he would derive income from it. A
violation of the prohibition contained herein shall be grounds for a person
to be removed as a member of the council by the director.
8. The council shall be advisory and shall:
(1) Promote meetings and programs for the discussion of reducing the
debilitating effects of intellectual disabilities and developmental
disabilities and disseminate information in cooperation with any other
department, agency or entity on the prevention, evaluation, care, treatment
and habilitation for persons affected by intellectual disabilities and
developmental disabilities;
(2) Study and review current prevention, evaluation, care, treatment
and rehabilitation technologies and recommend appropriate preparation,
training, retraining and distribution of manpower and resources in the
provision of services to persons with an intellectual disability or a
developmental disability through private and public residential facilities,
day programs and other specialized services;
(3) Recommend what specific methods, means and procedures should be
adopted to improve and upgrade the department's intellectual disabilities
and developmental disabilities service delivery system for citizens of this
state;
(4) Participate in developing and disseminating criteria and
standards to qualify intellectual disability or developmental disability
residential facilities, day programs and other specialized services in this
state for funding or licensing, or both, by the department.
(L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1565, A.L. 1990 S.B. 527, A.L. 2011
H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 648, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1064)
2011
1991
2011
633.020. 1. The "Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council",
consisting of up to twenty-five members, the number to be determined under
the council bylaws, is hereby created to advise the division and the
division director.
2. The members of the Missouri planning council for developmental
disabilities, created by executive order of the governor on October 26,
1979, for the remainder of their appointed terms, and up to five persons to
be appointed by the director, for staggered terms of three years each,
shall act as such advisory body. At the expiration of the term of each
member, the director shall appoint an individual who shall hold office for
a term of three years. At least one-half of the members shall be
consumers. Other members shall have professional, research or personal
interest in intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities. At
least one member shall be a manager of or a member of the board of
directors of a sheltered workshop as defined in section 178.900. No more
than one-fourth of the members shall be vendors or members of boards of
directors, employees or officers of vendors, or any of their spouses, if
such vendors receive more than fifteen hundred dollars under contract with
the department; except that members of boards of directors of
not-for-profit corporations shall not be considered members of board of
directors of vendors under this subsection.
3. Meetings shall be held at least every ninety days or at the call
of the division director or the council chairman, who shall be elected by
the council.
4. Each member shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary
expenses, including travel expenses, pursuant to department travel
regulations, actually incurred in the performance of his official duties.
5. The council may be divided into subcouncils in accordance with its
bylaws.
6. The council shall collaborate with the department in developing
and administering a state plan for intellectual disabilities and
developmental disabilities services.
7. No member of a state advisory council may participate in or seek
to influence a decision or vote of the council if the member would be
directly involved with the matter or if he would derive income from it. A
violation of the prohibition contained herein shall be grounds for a person
to be removed as a member of the council by the director.
8. The council shall be advisory and shall:
(1) Promote meetings and programs for the discussion of reducing the
debilitating effects of intellectual disabilities and developmental
disabilities and disseminate information in cooperation with any other
department, agency or entity on the prevention, evaluation, care, treatment
and habilitation for persons affected by intellectual disabilities and
developmental disabilities;
(2) Study and review current prevention, evaluation, care, treatment
and rehabilitation technologies and recommend appropriate preparation,
training, retraining and distribution of manpower and resources in the
provision of services to persons with an intellectual disability or a
developmental disability through private and public residential facilities,
day programs and other specialized services;
(3) Recommend what specific methods, means and procedures should be
adopted to improve and upgrade the department's intellectual disabilities
and developmental disabilities service delivery system for citizens of this
state;
(4) Participate in developing and disseminating criteria and
standards to qualify mental retardation or developmental disability
residential facilities, day programs and other specialized services in this
state for funding or licensing, or both, by the department.
1991
633.020. 1. The "Missouri Advisory Council on Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities", consisting of up to twenty-five members, the
number to be determined under the council bylaws, is hereby created to advise
the division and the division director.
2. The members of the Missouri planning council for developmental
disabilities, created by executive order of the governor on October 26, 1979,
for the remainder of their appointed terms, and up to five persons to be
appointed by the director, for staggered terms of three years each, shall act
as such advisory body. At the expiration of the term of each member, the
director shall appoint an individual who shall hold office for a term of three
years. At least one-half of the members shall be consumers. Other members
shall have professional, research or personal interest in mental retardation
and developmental disabilities. At least one member shall be a manager of or
a member of the board of directors of a sheltered workshop as defined in
section 178.900. No more than one-fourth of the members shall be vendors or
members of boards of directors, employees or officers of vendors, or any of
their spouses, if such vendors receive more than fifteen hundred dollars
under contract with the department; except that members of boards of
directors of not-for-profit corporations shall not be considered members of
board of directors of vendors under this subsection.
3. Meetings shall be held at least every ninety days or at the call of
the division director or the council chairman, who shall be elected by the
council.
4. Each member shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary
expenses, including travel expenses, pursuant to department travel
regulations, actually incurred in the performance of his official duties.
5. The council may be divided into subcouncils in accordance with its
bylaws.
6. The council shall collaborate with the department in developing and
administering a state plan for mental retardation and developmental
disabilities services.
7. No member of a state advisory council may participate in or seek to
influence a decision or vote of the council if the member would be directly
involved with the matter or if he would derive income from it. A violation
of the prohibition contained herein shall be grounds for a person to be
removed as a member of the council by the director.
8. The council shall be advisory and shall:
(1) Promote meetings and programs for the discussion of reducing the
debilitating effects of mental retardation and developmental disabilities and
disseminate information in cooperation with any other department, agency or
entity on the prevention, evaluation, care, treatment and habilitation for
persons affected by mental retardation or developmental disabilities;
(2) Study and review current prevention, evaluation, care, treatment and
rehabilitation technologies and recommend appropriate preparation, training,
retraining and distribution of manpower and resources in the provision of
services to mentally retarded or developmentally disabled persons through
private and public residential facilities, day programs and other specialized
services;
(3) Recommend what specific methods, means and procedures should be
adopted to improve and upgrade the department's mental retardation and
developmental disabilities service delivery system for citizens of this state;
(4) Participate in developing and disseminating criteria and standards to
qualify mental retardation or developmental disability residential
facilities, day programs and other specialized services in this state for
funding or licensing, or both, by the department.
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