SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 2071

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE TROUPE.

Read 1st time February 27, 2002, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 217, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to alternative health care for persons committed to correctional centers.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 217, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 217.232, to read as follows:

217.232. Any person committed to the department of corrections for confinement in a correctional center shall be permitted to obtain alternative health care, including but not limited to massage therapy, naturopathy, herbs, vitamins, mineral supplements, and food supplements at the expense of the offender within such rules as may be convenient and necessary for the proper operation of the correctional center.


Missouri House of Representatives