1. The general assembly may appropriate moneys to any library which is designated by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, with the concurrence of the state librarian, as a regional or subregional library to furnish library service to eligible blind and physically handicapped citizens as defined in Public Law 89-522 (1966).

2. The state librarian shall administer the library service for the blind and physically handicapped, and request an annual operating budget for regional or subregional libraries providing services to the blind and physically handicapped as defined in Public Law 89-522 (1966), and shall monitor services and activities from any library in Missouri which may be designated by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, with the concurrence of the state librarian, as a subregional library for the blind and physically handicapped.