HB 1228 - Currently, the Missouri Women's Council is required to prepare a state plan and gather annual reports from numerous state departments. This act eliminates these requirements as well as one of two duplicate provisions which authorize a special license plate bearing the council's emblem and the phrase "breast cancer awareness." The act modifies the council's mission by adding the following requirements: (1) initiate programs to support women making the transition from work to home, operating a home-based business, and working part-time from home; (2) conduct an inventory of existing federal, state, community, and private programs and facilities relating to the economic and employment needs of women and make this information available to Missouri women; and (3) determine which economic and employment problems exist in specific geographic areas of the state by developing a self-sufficiency standard. JASON ZAMKUS
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