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This bill creates the Christian Taylor Ferguson (CTF) Medical Alert System, a statewide program designed to help locate missing endangered persons who require immediate medical care. The system defines an "endangered person" as an individual missing under unexplained, involuntary, or suspicious circumstances who needs urgent medical attention or medication. The Department of Public Safety will develop regional systems and coordinate with local law enforcement and media broadcasters to disseminate urgent information. The system will involve multiple state agencies, including the state highway patrol, departments of transportation and health, and the Missouri lottery, with participation being optional for local law enforcement and broadcasters. If a local agency does not establish a system and a missing endangered person report occurs, the department will notify local media. The bill includes a provision that anyone knowingly making a false report triggering an alert will be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. The Department of Public Safety will be responsible for administering the system and developing implementation rules, with the provision that these rules must comply with existing state administrative procedures. The bill is named after Christian Taylor Ferguson, though no additional details about this person are provided in the text.

Transportation and Infrastructure

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