Family Support Division
Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
State Rehab Council Bylaws
Article X -- Committees
The Council shall appoint standing committees to review, analyze and recommend to the full membership of the Council those matters within their area of concentration. The Council Chairperson will appoint a chairperson, vice-chairperson and members for each of the committees listed below. The committees appointed will serve in the following areas:
- Planning Committee: Responsible for reviewing, analyzing and recommending to the Council on RSB State and Strategic Plans, as well as any planning process undertaken by the Council either separately or in conjunction with RSB or other State agencies.
- Evaluation Committee: Responsible for reviewing, analyzing and recommending to the Council those matters pertaining to:
- Efforts to determine the extent, scope and effectiveness of services
- Consumer satisfaction with services
- Ongoing statewide studies of rehabilitation needs
- Satisfaction with/effectiveness of functions that other agencies provide for RSB consumers
- The Council Annual Report
- Efforts to determine the extent, scope and effectiveness of services
- Program/Policy Committee: Responsible for reviewing, analyzing and recommending to the Council those matters pertaining to:
- RSB staffing needs
- Eligibility for RSB services
- Applications for service
- Changes to RSB policy, rule or process
- RSB staffing needs
- Governmental Affairs Committee: Responsible for reviewing, analyzing and recommending to the Council those matters pertaining to:
- Legislation proposed/pending in the Missouri Legislature
- Legislation proposed/pending in the U.S. Congress
- Development of legislative materials/positions
- Legislation proposed/pending in the Missouri Legislature
The Council Chairperson shall select ad-hoc committee members so as to form a well-balanced group of persons with differing philosophies. The ad-hoc committee chairperson shall seek assistance, as needed, from non-voting consultants with expertise in areas under ad-hoc committee consideration. These consultants may be both blind consumers/professionals and knowledgeable persons from the community-at-large. The final draft of the ad-hoc committee's work must be presented to each member at least two (2) weeks before its presentation to the Council. The ad-hoc committee's work is finished upon Council acceptance of final report.
08/16/05
