Effective - 28 Aug 2007
660.750. Liaisons for faith-based organizations to be designated, duties. — 1. This act shall be known as the "Faith-Based Organization Liaison Act".
2. The director of the department of social services shall designate existing regional department employees to serve as liaisons to faith-based organizations in their regions.
3. The director shall ensure that the primary function of each employee designated as a liaison under this section is to:
(1) Communicate with faith-based organizations regarding the need for private community services to benefit persons in need of assistance who otherwise would require financial or other assistance under public programs administered by the department;
(2) Promote the involvement of faith-based organizations in working to meet community needs for assistance;
(3) Coordinate the department's efforts to promote involvement of faith-based organizations in providing community services with similar efforts of other state agencies; and
(4) Provide clear guidance to faith-based organizations of all the rights and responsibilities afforded to them under federal law, including but not limited to federal equal treatment, charitable choice regulations, and the establishment clause of the United States Constitution.
4. No liaison shall discriminate against any faith-based organization in carrying out the provisions of this section.
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(L. 2007 S.B. 46)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XL - Additional Executive Departments
Chapter 660 - Department of Social Services
Section 660.015 - Salary — expenses of the department.
Section 660.017 - Rules, procedure.
Section 660.025 - Grants from department of social services, purposes — rulemaking procedure.
Section 660.026 - Funding for federally qualified health centers, uses — report to the director.
Section 660.099 - General assembly may make additional appropriations, purposes.
Section 660.100 - Financial assistance for heating — definitions.
Section 660.105 - Eligibility for assistance — income defined.
Section 660.115 - Utilicare payment, procedure.
Section 660.125 - False claims.
Section 660.130 - Rules, regulations, forms — rule requirements.
Section 660.135 - Expenditures — utilicare stabilization fund.
Section 660.136 - Utilicare stabilization fund created — used for utilicare program.
Section 660.137 - Federal low income telephone assistance matching funds, compliance to obtain.
Section 660.138 - Definitions.
Section 660.141 - Economy rates, how established, applications — limited to one residence.
Section 660.147 - Eligible persons, department's powers and duties.
Section 660.150 - Plan to be established.
Section 660.155 - Grants may be made, to whom.
Section 660.160 - Department may define emergency situations.
Section 660.165 - Limitation on periods of emergency — when assistance to be granted.
Section 660.170 - Eligibility for assistance.
Section 660.175 - Department's duties — no reduction in other benefits.
Section 660.180 - Director to make regulations.
Section 660.185 - Limitation on state participation — expiration of program.
Section 660.190 - Limitation on expenditures.
Section 660.195 - Plan to terminate, when.
Section 660.200 - Rules, procedure.
Section 660.325 - Definitions.
Section 660.335 - Requests by department for information, form — content.
Section 660.340 - Cost of record search.
Section 660.345 - Immunity from civil liability for providing requested information.
Section 660.350 - Disclosure of information, penalty.
Section 660.360 - Welfare fraud telephone hot line, attorney general, duties.
Section 660.370 - Definitions.
Section 660.372 - Board of directors — number — qualifications — powers — duties.
Section 660.374 - Funding — agency's share of funds, how determined — use of state revenue.
Section 660.376 - Rules and regulations — department of social services, authority.
Section 660.512 - Rulemaking under authority of chapter 210.
Section 660.525 - Treatment for child sexual abuse victims provided by division, when.
Section 660.526 - Child sexual abuse cases, annual training required by children's division.
Section 660.625 - Advocate to maintain confidentiality, exception.
Section 660.650 - Definitions.
Section 660.653 - Policy council or committee, members' qualifications, duties.
Section 660.750 - Liaisons for faith-based organizations to be designated, duties.