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State Sen. Jill Carter, a Granby Republican, sponsored a bill that would create a program to improve access to communication services for Missourians who are deaf, deaf-blind or hard of hearing (Annelise Hanshaw\/Missouri Independent).<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A <\/span>bill<\/span><\/a> intended to connect Missourians in need with community resources passed the Missouri House Thursday, setting up a final vote in the state Senate that would send it to Gov. Mike Kehoe.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bill, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Jill Carter of Granby, would direct the Missouri Department of Social Services to set up the program. It would also create a program aimed at strengthening communication access services for deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing Missourians.<\/span><\/p>\n

The House passed the bill 125-9 with bipartisan support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Republican state Rep. Melissa Schmidt of Eldridge, the bill\u2019s handler in the House, said the legislation could \u201creduce placement of children in foster care and provide a pathway for stronger, more self-sufficient Missouri families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Schmidt said it could also decrease state spending on welfare programs, calling it \u201ca budget reduction proposal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The bill would direct the department to build a case management system to refer Missourians experiencing \u201cbarriers to self-sufficiency\u201d to participating faith-based groups and nonprofits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The House also removed a provision, added onto Carter\u2019s bill by Republican state Sen. Lincoln Hough of Springfield, that would have required the House and Senate budget chairs to approve any state contract worth $20 million or more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carter did not respond to a request for comment on the House amendment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Democratic state Rep. Keri Ingle of Lee\u2019s Summit, a former child abuse investigator for the Missouri Children\u2019s Division, said a similar <\/span>pilot program<\/span><\/a> in Jackson County helped families find the resources they needed to address concerns of neglect and keep kids from being placed with strangers.<\/span><\/p>\n

In many cases of reported neglect, Ingle said, \u201cthese were simply resources that the family did not have.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen [the child\u2019s] safety can\u2019t be ensured at home and we\u2019ve got a potential family member we can place them with instead of putting a child in foster care,\u201d Ingle said, \u201cwhat if they don\u2019t have enough beds? What if they don\u2019t have car seats or reliable transportation?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When people found out about these needs, Ingle said, they \u201creally leaped to that opportunity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Carter\u2019s bill is modeled on the \u201cHope Florida Foundation,\u201d launched by Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis in 2022. The initiative has been clouded by <\/span>allegations<\/span><\/a> uncovered by journalists that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted a $10 million Medicaid settlement payment through the foundation to fund political committees opposing abortion and recreational marijuana ballot measures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Democratic state Rep. Wick Thomas of Kansas City, who voted against the bill, said they were concerned Carter\u2019s bill could give rise to similar corruption.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI do hope that if it does go through, safeguards are put on it so that a situation like what happened in Florida can\u2019t happen in Missouri,\u201d Thomas said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bill would also establish a one-year task force of lawmakers to oversee the program \u2014 a provision Schmidt said is intended to \u201censure we ha[ve] solid guardrails in place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Services for deaf Missourians<\/h4>\n

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A provision added to Carter\u2019s bill by Democratic state Sen. Patty Lewis of Kansas City would create a program within the <\/span>Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing<\/span><\/a> to improve access to interpreters, translation services and open or closed captioning in businesses and state agencies. It would include a registry of communication access providers in the state and provide consultation and training to organizations working to improve their accessibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

The federal Americans with Disabilities Act requires businesses and public entities to provide free, timely communication services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But deaf and hard of hearing witnesses who testified during a House committee meeting in April said communication services are also absent. They said businesses often told them they couldn\u2019t afford to hire interpreters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking through an interpreter, Crystal Rush, an executive assistant at the commission, told lawmakers that when her father\u2019s hospice care provider learned that her family would need an interpreter, they were told they\u2019d have to wait a month for service.<\/span><\/p>\n

During that time, Rush said, her father\u2019s health rapidly declined.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t have any idea if he was suffering,\u201d Rush said. \u201cWe were left alone, and it wasn\u2019t because there wasn\u2019t help that existed. It was simply because there was no communication access available.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rush\u2019s father \u2014 the only member of her family who was hearing \u2014 died from dementia days before hospice providers were scheduled to arrive.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Rush and her family called 911, they struggled to communicate with emergency personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n

With an interpreter, Rush said, her family would\u2019ve been supported through their shock and grief.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCommunication,\u201d Rush said, \u201cis a human right.\u201d<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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