INSURANCE - MEDICAL

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2005)
Bills Indexed by Subject
INSURANCE - MEDICAL

: Provides insurance coverage for phase I and phase II clinical trials for cancer treatment

: Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a publicly financed, statewide insurance program for all residents of this state

: Requires health insurers to offer optional coverage for recognized treatments for morbid obesity

: Allows enrollees to pay the lower of the copayment assigned by the health maintenance organization or health insurer or the usual and customary retail price of the prescription drug

: Limits the amount of mercury that immunizations administered to children under the age of three and pregnant women can contain

: Requires health carriers to reimburse out-of-network chiropractors the same as other out-of-network providers

: Allows Missouri residents to deduct from their taxable income 100% of all non-reimbursed amounts paid for long-term care insurance premiums

: Modifies the formula used for determining health insurance premium costs for state employees in the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan

: Requires health insurance carriers to include certain durable medical equipment providers in their service provider networks

: Prohibits hospitals from owning or having a financial interest in a health carrier

: Establishes requirements for the provision of health care services at public institutions of higher education

: Changes the laws regarding health care liens

: Changes the laws affecting claims for damages and their payment and establishes venue in all tort actions

: Prohibits health carriers from requiring applicants to submit tax forms that disclose certain information to obtain insurance coverage

: Prohibits the disclosure of nonpublic personal health information under certain circumstances

: Changes the laws regarding medical malpractice liability

: Authorizes an income tax deduction, beginning in tax year 2006, for the cost of personally funded health insurance premiums

: Allows employers to provide or contract for health insurance at reduced rates for employees who do not use tobacco products

: Prohibits health insurers from discriminating against any willing provider in the geographic region of the health benefit plan

: Allows certain health insurance plans to be available as a state-qualified health coverage option for purposes of the federal health coverage tax credit

: Requires insurers providing medical malpractice insurance to health care providers in third and fourth classification counties to establish rates based on claims history in these counties

: Prohibits health insurers from discriminating against any willing optometrist or ophthalmologist in the geographic region of the health benefit plan

: Allows health carriers to offer as an option one or more health benefit plans which contain deductibles, co-insurance, co-insurance differentials, or variable copayments

: Changes the laws regarding the requirements for health insurance coverage for PKU and other inherited diseases of amino and organic acids

: Prohibits an insurer from changing the coding that a health care provider submitted for services without the permission of the health care provider

: Allows physicians to jointly negotiate with certain health insurance carriers

: Requires certain group health insurance companies to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility

: Establishes the Missouri Health Care Stabilization Fund to provide excess medical malpractice coverage to health care providers

: Requires health insurers and the Missouri Medicaid Program to provide coverage for services under the First Steps Program

: Requires certification of trade associations for the purpose of providing health insurance to their members

: Requires all health benefit plans to provide coverage for diagnostic testing and healthcare services for individuals with chronic kidney disease

: Allows employers with group health insurance to request a statement of their claims history from their health carrier

: Establishes the Missouri Medical Malpractice Insurance Company Act for the purpose of creating a company to provide rural health care providers with medical malpractice insurance coverage

: Requires health insurance coverage for the cost of human papillomavirus testing as a cervical cancer screening test

: Allows young adults to participate in the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan

: Requires health carriers to offer insurance coverage to persons who become ineligible for state medical assistance

: Requires certification of trade associations for the purposes of providing health insurance

: Modifies language regarding anti-kickback penalties and certain pharmaceutical companies and establishes the "Well-Being committee" to aid pharmacies

: Creates new provisions with respect to the Department of Health and Senior Services

: Requires insurance companies to provide coverage for computerized prosthetic devices

: Creates new provisions with respect to the Department of Health and Senior Services

: Requires applicants for Medicaid and CHIPS to identify the proposed beneficiary's employer

: Requires state employees health care plan premiums to be based on the employee's salary

: Prohibits state seniors and representatives from receiving state health insurance

: Requires reporting by employers as to how many of its employees receive publically funded health care benefits

: Provides health insurance coverage for phase I and phase II clinical trials for cancer treatment

: Requires health carriers to reimburse out-of-network chiropractors the same as other out-of-network providers

: Prohibits health carriers from requiring applicants to submit tax information to obtain insurance coverage

: Creates certain requirements for the operation of the Missouri health insurance plan

: Allows small employers to obtain medical coverage through the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan

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

: Provides health insurance coverage for phase I and phase II clinical trials for cancer treatment

: Mandates inpatient insurance coverage for mastectomies and reconstructive surgeries

: Allows health carriers to offer one or more health plans which contain deductibles, coinsurance, or other options

: Prohibits health insurers from refusing to contract with willing optometrists and ophtalmologists

: Creates a tax deduction for small businesses and farmers that provide health insurance for employees.

: Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:25 pm