MO HB1007

Repeals and replaces section 36.390 of Missouri Revised Statutes relating to appeal procedures for state employees.

Removes the requirement that nonmerit state agencies adopt dismissal procedures substantially similar to those for merit employees.

Eliminates the exception that allowed nonmerit agencies to adopt appeal provisions for dismissals, or alternatively implement comparable dismissal procedures.

Retains appeal procedures for regular merit employees dismissed, demoted, or suspended for more than five working days, allowing appeals to the administrative hearing commission within thirty days.

Maintains that hearings are treated as contested cases under chapter 536, with final decisions of the administrative hearing commission subject to circuit court review on the record.