SECOND REGULAR SESSION
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHAAF.
4534L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 208, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to illegal drug use reporting under public assistance programs.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 208, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 208.024, to read as follows:
208.024. 1. By September 30, 2010, the department of social services shall develop, distribute to its staff, implement, and begin enforcement of a policy that any department employee who fails to report the suspected illegal use of a controlled substance or the suspected fraudulent reporting of total household size or income under a public assistance program administered by the department, including but not limited to the temporary assistance for needy families program, by any recipient or potential recipient shall be subject to immediate termination of employment.
2. No department supervisor or individual with authority to hire or fire employees shall use or threaten to use his or her supervisory authority to knowingly discriminate against, dismiss, penalize, or in any way retaliate against or harass an employee because such employee in good faith reported or disclosed information under subsection 1 of this section, or in any way attempt to dissuade, prevent, or interfere with an employee who wishes to report or disclose such information.
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