Bills Assigned to Committee
SOCIAL SERVICES, MEDICAID AND THE ELDERLY

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HB1053 --- Sponsor: Ward, Dan --- CoSponsor: Selby, Harold R.
Excludes up to five thousand dollars of total cash value for life insurance policies from the definition of "resources" for purposes of Medicaid and Medicare eligibility.
HB1079 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R. --- CoSponsor: Selby, Harold R.
Expands eligibility for the Missouri Senior Rx Program to include seniors with catastrophic drug costs.
HB1156 --- Sponsor: Hosmer, Craig --- CoSponsor: Kreider, Jim
Enacts and modifies various provisions regarding protection of the elderly.
HB1157 --- Sponsor: Relford, Randall H. --- CoSponsor: Legan, Kenneth
Bases funding for the nutritional services programs of the Division of Aging on the actual number of meals served in each area the previous fiscal year.
HB1239 --- Sponsor: Hegeman, Daniel J.
Requires long-term care facilities and adult day care programs to employ a food services director.
HB1296 --- Sponsor: Troupe, Charles Quincy
Establishes a Medicaid Pharmacy Management Program in the Department of Social Services and a Joint Committee on Pharmacy Management.
HB1309 --- Sponsor: Boucher, Bill --- CoSponsor: Hollingsworth, Katherine
Requires the release of information regarding Class I standard violations by nursing homes to newspapers, radio stations, and television stations.
HB1360 --- Sponsor: Scheve, May
Changes the eligibility requirements for public assistance.
HB1362 --- Sponsor: Scheve, May
Makes various changes regarding Medicaid eligibility and nursing home requirements.
HB1374 --- Sponsor: Kelly, Glenda
Amends various provisions regarding the standards for nursing homes.
HB1384 --- Sponsor: Harlan, Tim --- CoSponsor: Carnahan, Russ
Establishes the Parental Child Support Responsibility Program in the Department of Social Services.
HB1410 --- Sponsor: Campbell, Marsha
Provides for a salary increase for certain state family workers who complete a family development credentialing program.
HB1469 --- Sponsor: Hosmer, Craig --- CoSponsor: Hilgemann, Robert
Creates parity between institutional and noninstitutional eligibility for Medicaid.
HB1479 --- Sponsor: Baker, Lana Ladd
Enacts the Emergency Preparedness Resource Act.
HB1485 --- Sponsor: Johnson, Rick
Modifies various provisions regarding the investigation of child abuse.
HB1586 --- Sponsor: Troupe, Charles Quincy --- CoSponsor: Reynolds, David L.
Repeals the Offices of Minority Health and Women's Health in the Department of Health and Senior Services and replaces them with the Division of Minority Health and the Division of Women's Health.
HB1654 --- Sponsor: Hosmer, Craig --- CoSponsor: Kreider, Jim
Enacts and modifies various provisions regarding protection of the elderly.
HB1719 --- Sponsor: Harlan, Tim --- CoSponsor: Barry, Joan
Establishes the Missouri Quality of Care Trust Fund to fund various long-term care initiatives and programs.
HB1781 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P. --- CoSponsor: Baker, Lana Ladd
Extends the expiration date on the nursing facility reimbursement allowance to September 30, 2005.
HB1887 --- Sponsor: Baker, Lana Ladd --- CoSponsor: Hosmer, Craig
Modifies the reporting of elder abuse and neglect and the provisions of in-home services to the elderly.
HB1898 --- Sponsor: Campbell, Marsha --- CoSponsor: Reinhart, Annie
Imposes a tax on retail pharmacies providing outpatient prescription drugs to provide additional funding for the Medicaid pharmacy program.
HB1939 --- Sponsor: Luetkemeyer, Blaine --- CoSponsor: Abel, Mark C.
Allows private-pay skilled nursing facilities to receive Medicaid reimbursement for residents who reside in the facility for more than one year without certificate of need review.
HB1942 --- Sponsor: Reynolds, David L. --- CoSponsor: Burton, Gary L.
Adds informed consent provisions prior to the performance of an abortion.
HB1983 --- Sponsor: Baker, Lana Ladd
Removes the time restriction on the income disregard for receipt of temporary assistance for needy families.
HB2003 --- Sponsor: Harlan, Tim --- CoSponsor: Baker, Lana Ladd
Amends various provisions regarding the reporting requirements for long-term care facilities.
HB2030 --- Sponsor: Whorton, James --- CoSponsor: Wilson, Vicky Riback
Allows a public assistance income disregard for automobile liability insurance premiums.
HB2049 --- Sponsor: Baker, Lana Ladd
Allows programs for all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) projects an exemption from the certificate of authority requirements for health maintenance organizations.
HB2083 --- Sponsor: Boucher, Bill --- CoSponsor: Moore, Danielle
Funds the Utilicare stabilization program by transferring funds in the custody of circuit courts.
HB2089 --- Sponsor: Troupe, Charles Quincy
Requires "medical necessity" to be determined solely by the treating licensed health care provider.
HB2096 --- Sponsor: Hollingsworth, Katherine
Requires the Department of Mental Health to develop and implement an equitable distribution system for funding for outpatient services.
HB2109 --- Sponsor: Lawson, Maurice --- CoSponsor: Shields, Charles W.
Modifies various provisions regarding the disclosure of mental health information.
HB2135 --- Sponsor: Luetkemeyer, Blaine
Allows private-pay residents in a nonMedicaid skilled nursing facility to receive Medicaid without the facility having to meet the requirements of section 197.327.
HB2161 --- Sponsor: Baker, Lana Ladd
Modifies the requirements for supplemental nursing payments.
HB2167 --- Sponsor: Burton, Gary L. --- CoSponsor: Shields, Charles W.
Allows a not-for-profit provider to operate multiple living units for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled without issuance of a certificate by the Division of Medical Services.
HB2170 --- Sponsor: Holand, Roy W. --- CoSponsor: Reinhart, Annie
Limits the number of regional centers for the provision of comprehensive mental retardation and developmental disabilities services to five centers.
HB2221 --- Sponsor: Naeger, Patrick A. --- CoSponsor: Hendrickson, Carl
Enacts the Pharmacy Benefit Management Regulation Act.
HCR9 --- Sponsor: Gratz, William (Bill)
Urges Congress to redesign the ambulance fee schedule for Medicare reimbursement.
HCR12 --- Sponsor: Campbell, Marsha --- CoSponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
Disapproves and suspends 13 CSR 70-20.031(3) and 13 CSR 70-20.034(2) relating to the lists of excludable and nonexcludable drugs from prior authorization.
HCR13 --- Sponsor: Bowman, John L.
Urges Congress to pass the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families reauthorization legislation.
HCR27 --- Sponsor: Reynolds, David L.
Urges Congress to pass legislation imposing price controls on the sale of prescription drugs in the United States.
HCR30 --- Sponsor: Boucher, Bill
Endorses and encourages the use of universal design in new home construction.
SB670 --- Sponsor: Sims, Betty
Makes a number of changes designed to protect the elderly.
SB702 --- Sponsor: Caskey, Harold
Creates the Older Visually Impaired Missourians Fund.
SB732 --- Sponsor: Bland, Mary
Requires the Division of Family Services to provide an annual report on the status of welfare reform in Missouri.
SB810 --- Sponsor: Dougherty, Patrick
Expands the Utilicare program. Changes eligibility for supplemental nursing care payments. Modifies the Energy Conservation Loan Program.
SB1094 --- Sponsor: Russell, John T.
Extends the expiration date for the nursing facility reimbursement allowance to September 30, 2005.
SCR35 --- Sponsor: Stoll, Steve
Federal Medicare Reimbursement Rates.
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