Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                        HOUSE BILL NO. 1817
                               103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


                             INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE LAUBINGER.

     4784H.01I                                                                    JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk


                                                AN ACT
     To amend chapters 192 and 660, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to public
           assistance benefits.


     Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapters 192 and 660, RSMo, are amended by adding thereto two new
 2   sections, to be known as sections 192.023 and 660.080, to read as follows:
            192.023. 1. The department shall, on a monthly basis, make a report available
 2   on its website that lists for each public assistance program administered by the
 3   department including, but not limited to, for each city, town, or village or county with
 4   more than one thousand inhabitants:
 5          (1) The total number of households enrolled;
 6          (2) The total number of people served;
 7          (3) The average benefit in dollars received by each household; and
 8          (4) The number of households that became ineligible to receive benefits.
 9          2. Nothing in this section shall require the disclosure of personally identifiable
10   information. The department shall not report confidential information and use only
11   aggregate data.
            660.080. 1. The department shall, on a monthly basis, make a report available
 2   on its website that lists for each public assistance program administered by the
 3   department including, but not limited to, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
 4   Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and Women, Infants and Children,
 5   for each city, town, or village or county with more than one thousand inhabitants:
 6          (1) The total number of households enrolled;

     EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
     intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
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 7       (2) The total number of people served;
 8       (3) The average benefit in dollars received by each household; and
 9       (4) The number of households that became ineligible to receive benefits.
10       2. Nothing in this section shall require the disclosure of personally identifiable
11 information. The department shall not report confidential information and use only
12 aggregate data.
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Statutes affected: 
Introduced (4784H.01): 192.023, 660.080