HB 134 -- Comprehensive Psychiatric Services

Sponsor:  Selby

This bill requires mental health hospitals or facilities to
submit a quarterly report to the Department of Mental Health if
such facilities and physicians (on an outpatient basis)
administer electroconvulsive therapy, psychosurgery, or other
specified therapies for the treatment of mental illness.  The
bill specifies the components which must be included in the
quarterly reports.

Mental hospitals, facilities, or physicians who violate
provisions of the bill commit a misdemeanor and are subject to a
fine of up to $10,000, confinement in jail for not more than 6
months, or both.  The penalties contained in the bill will apply
to violations committed on or after August 28, 2001.  For
violations committed before August 28, 2001, current law will
apply.

The department is required to use the information submitted for
the purposes of auditing, analyzing, and monitoring the use of
such therapies.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 26, 2001 at 11:42 am