§ 633.005 Definitions
§ 633.010 Responsibilities, powers, functions and duties of division
§ 633.015 Division director to be chief administrative officer
§ 633.020 Advisory council on developmental disabilities — members, number, terms, ..
§ 633.025 Services to be provided
§ 633.027 Developmentally disabled persons to be served
§ 633.029 Definition to determine status of eligibility
§ 633.030 Department to develop state plan, contents
§ 633.032 Mental health department to develop a plan for the needs of persons on ..
§ 633.033 Departments of mental health and social services to prepare plan for mental ..
§ 633.035 Department director to establish regions
§ 633.040 Department director may establish regional councils — division director to ..
§ 633.045 Duties of regional advisory councils — plans
§ 633.050 Regional councils to review, advise and recommend — duties
§ 633.100 Department to establish regional centers
§ 633.105 Regional centers to secure services
§ 633.110 What services may be provided — consent required, when
§ 633.115 Entities to be used by regional centers
§ 633.120 Referral for admission to facility, when — admission or rejection, appeal — ..
§ 633.125 Discharge from facility, when — may be denied, procedure thereafter — ..
§ 633.130 Evaluation of residents required — discharge thereafter
§ 633.135 Refusal of consent for placement or discharge, effect — procedure — ..
§ 633.140 Return of absentee, procedure
§ 633.145 Transfer of patient between facilities by department — notice, consent
§ 633.150 Transfer of patient to mental health facility by head of developmental ..
§ 633.155 Admission for respite care for limited time only
§ 633.160 Emergency admission may be made, duration, conditions
§ 633.170 Definitions
§ 633.175 Community awareness program — administration of family support program
§ 633.190 Promulgation of rules
§ 633.200 Commission established, meetings — autism roadmap for Missouri, content — ..
§ 633.210 Office of autism services established, duties — autism spectrum disorder ..
§ 633.220 Definitions — programs for persons with autism to be established — state to ..
§ 633.300 Group homes and facilities subject to federal and state law — workers ..
§ 633.303 Termination of workers on disqualification registry
§ 633.306 Comprehensive report required, contents — annual report to general ..
§ 633.309 No transfer to homes or facilities with noncompliance notices
§ 633.401 Definitions — assessment imposed, formula — rates of payment — fund ..
§ 633.420 Dyslexia defined — task force created, members, duties, recommendations — ..

Terms Used In Missouri Laws > Chapter 633 - Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Comprehensive evaluation: a study, including a sequence of observations and examinations, of an individual leading to conclusions and recommendations formulated jointly by an interdisciplinary team of persons with special training and experience in the diagnosis and habilitation of a person with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability. See Missouri Laws 633.005
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Developmental disability facility: a private or department facility, other than a regional center, which admits persons with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability for residential habilitation and other services and which is qualified or licensed as such by the department pursuant to chapter 630. See Missouri Laws 633.005
  • Division: the division of developmental disabilities of the department of mental health. See Missouri Laws 633.005
  • Division director: the director of the division of developmental disabilities of the department of mental health, or his designee. See Missouri Laws 633.005
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Group home: a residential facility serving nine or fewer residents, similar in appearance to a single-family dwelling and providing basic health supervision, habilitation training in skills of daily and independent living and community integration, and social support. See Missouri Laws 633.005
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Guardian: if used in a section in a context relating to property rights or obligations, means conservator of the estate as defined in chapter 475. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Guardianship: if used in a section in a context relating to rights and obligations other than property rights or obligations, means guardian of the person as defined in chapter 475. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Month: means a calendar month, and "year" means a calendar year unless otherwise expressed, and is equivalent to the words year of our Lord. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Regional center: an entity so designated by the department to provide, directly or indirectly, for comprehensive developmental disability services under this chapter in a particular region. See Missouri Laws 633.005
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Respite care: temporary and short-term residential care, sustenance and supervision of a person with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability who otherwise resides in a family home. See Missouri Laws 633.005
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State advisory council: the Missouri developmental disabilities council as created in section 633. See Missouri Laws 633.005
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020