Rep. Caddy McKeown

Establishes Task Force on Rural Fire Protection District Community Development to study and develop recommendations for developing, enhancing or expanding ability of rural fire protection districts to facilitate community development efforts following natural disaster. Requires task force to report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2020. Sunsets task force December 31, 2020. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Expands potential recipients of levee project grants to include any public body. Includes flood control embankments and flood control facilities as subjects of levee projects. Specifies certain financial conditions for levee project grants. Includes construction or capital improvement projects in definition of "levee project."

Creates income tax credit for rural nurse faculty members. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2026. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs Department of Human Services to study and develop two-year and five-year plans for department to provide comprehensive funding for child welfare services, ensure adequate in-state services for children's therapeutic care and request sufficient funding for high level staff. Requires department to submit draft plans by September 15, 2019, and final plans by September 15, 2020, to interim committee of Legislative Assembly. Directs department to study state law relating to investigations of abuse of children in care and make recommendations for legislation necessary to permit department to adopt, by rule, certain child in care abuse investigation framework. Directs department, beginning January 1, 2020, to provide investigation assistance to child abuse investigators. Directs department to report annually to Legislative Assembly on implementation of investigation assistance and recommendations to further minimize trauma to child victims and child abuse investigators. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Exempts transfer of firearm to museum from criminal background check requirement for private firearm transfers.

Directs Department of Education to provide reimbursements for vision screenings of students to person that provided vision screening. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for deposit in Vision Health Account to make reimbursements for vision screenings. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.

Requires Department of Human Services to study workforce needs for long term care facilities in 2030. Requires department to report findings and recommendations to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health no later than September 15, 2020.

Requires Department of Human Services to adopt by rule program that provides financial assistance to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance for purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from participating farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets. Requires program match amounts that recipient spends on certain eligible foods. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department to implement program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Provides that fixed percentage of certain forecasted video lottery revenues , adjusted for certain allocations to Regional Solutions Program, ] be transferred to counties for economic development. Provides that disbursals to counties from video lottery revenues be adjusted to compensate for differentials between previous ] biennium's forecasted revenues and actual revenues. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires Department of Human Services to adopt by rule ] contract with nonprofit organization to implement and administer program that provides financial assistance ] to assist recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance for ] in purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from participating ] farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets that participate in program . Requires program match amounts that recipient spends on certain eligible foods. ] Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department to be distributed to nonprofit organization that has contracted with department to implement and administer program and match amounts that recipient spends on certain eligible foods . Sunsets January 2, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.