Bill > SB198

This bill modifies various provisions relating to vulnerable persons, including: - Expanding the definition of "missing child" to include children in foster care, emancipated minors, homeless youth, and unaccompanied minors. - Requiring agencies or placement providers who have custody of a missing child to file a report with law enforcement within 2 hours and provide information to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. - Exempting homeless children, youth, and unaccompanied minors from certain fees for motor vehicle services and non-driver's licenses. - Requiring residential care facilities and child placing agencies to conduct background checks on staff, volunteers, and owners. - Establishing a Parkinson's disease registry to collect data on the incidence of Parkinson's disease in Missouri. - Prohibiting health care providers from performing certain examinations on anesthetized or unconscious patients without consent. - Addressing the placement of "nonresident pupils" in residential care facilities and the funding for their education. - Requiring schools to maintain a student's special education records as a permanent record. - Expanding notification and search requirements for the placement of children in foster care. - Establishing procedures for reporting and responding to missing children in the custody of the children's division. - Allowing courts to issue warrants to take physical custody of a child if there is a credible risk of abduction.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs, Health and Social Services

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