HB 560 -- Patient Education and Healthcare Cost Improvement Pilot
Program

Co-Sponsors:  Parker, Luetkemeyer, Morris, Page, Rupp, Ward

This bill requires the Department of Health and Senior Services,
in conjunction with the Department of Insurance and the
University of Missouri-Kansas City Hospitals and Clinics, to
establish the Comprehensive Patient Education and Healthcare Cost
Improvement Pilot Program.  The purpose of the program is to
improve the availability of patient information regarding risks
and complications associated with elective surgical procedures.

In its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Requires that the program incorporate effective patient
education programs into the pre-operative consultation and
informed consent processes;

(2)  Requires the program to be implemented no later than six
months after funding is made available.  The program will
terminate after three years of operation;

(3)  Specifies the components of the educational system used in
the program;

(4)  Requires the department to monitor the program and to submit
a report to the Director of the Department of Insurance and the
General Assembly; and

(5)  Contains the subject areas the report is required to
examine.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:12 am