HEALTH, PUBLIC

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2004)
Bills Indexed by Subject
HEALTH, PUBLIC

: Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to offer a vaccination program for first responders deployed to disaster areas as a result of bioterrorism events.

: Prohibits immunizations and dental restorations containing mercury after April 1, 2006.

: Allows an additional exemption from immunizations for school children.

: Requires health insurers to offer coverage for the treatment of morbid obesity.

: Revises lead abatement statutes.

: Prohibits civil lawsuits against food manufacturers, packers, sellers, distributors, and marketers for claims arising out of weight gain, obesity, or health conditions associated with weight gain or obesity.

: Adds a penalty for the release of a pathogen or disease in or near an animal facility.

: Establishes the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance Act of 2004.

: Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to offer a vaccination program for first responders deployed to disaster areas as a result of bioterrorism events.

: Modifies lead testing requirements to include all children less than six years of age who reside in or spend more than 10 hours a week in a high-risk area.

: Distinguishes the practice of midwifery from the practice of medicine.

: Enacts the Missouri Hospital Infection Control Act of 2004.

: Enacts the Missouri Hospital Infection Control Act of 2004.

: Authorizes political subdivisions to recertify first responders in CPR.

: Authorizes the president of any public university in this state to present financial commitments on behalf of the university to fund an endowed life sciences research chair academic position.

: Establishes the Abstinence First Pregnancy Prevention Program.

: Designates October 15 as "Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day."

: Supports observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly held by the World Health Organization in May in Geneva, Switzerland.

: Modifies various provisions relating to lead abatement.

: Prohibits individuals from engaging in or using public funds and facilities for human cloning.

: Creates the Missouri Office of Pharmaceutical Reporting.

: Authorizes the Bureau of Communicable Diseases to monitor epidemiological studies for suspected bioterrorist agents.

: Creates the Invasive Species Council.

: Exempts health club services from sales tax.

: Establishes the "Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program" to provide health care benefits to all Missouri citizens.

: Allows the Department of Health to investigate complaints of air quality in public schools.

: Allows parents to refuse to vaccinate their children in certain circumstances.

: Exempts certain food sales from food inspection laws.

: Modifies provisions of Sunshine Law.

: Establishes the Missouri Commission on Prevention and Management of Obesity.

: Creates licensure requirements for end stage renal disease dialysis facilities.

: Requires organ procurement organizations to use their best efforts to find suitable recipients in Missouri.

: Establishes the "Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program" to provide health care benefits to all Missouri citizens.

: Modifies the age limitation for the testing for lead poisoning in children.

: Creates the Health Care for Missouri's People program for the uninsured and under-insured.

: Exempts health club services from sales tax.

: Creates the "Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council".

: Creates the "Women's Right To Know Act".

: Modifies provisions relating to homeless youth and qualified minors.

: Includes unborn children within the definition of "children" for eligibility in CHIPs.

: Regulates the prevention and screening of lead poisoning.

: Establishes the "Child Support Insurance Act".

: Establishes the Missouri Area Health Education Centers program.

: Provides that the Department shall not require by rule any immunizations that are not specified in section 167.181, RSMo.

: Improves access to vital records.

: Amends the offense of distributing a controlled substance near schools to include long-term and child care facilities.

: Modifies the law relating to pharmacists, pharmacies, pharmaceutical services and drug distributors.

: Urges the President to order the FDA to lift the ban on Canadian pharmaceuticals.

: Requests Governor to authorize by Executive Order the creation of the Division of Rehabilitation Services for the Blind.

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