HEALTH, PUBLIC

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

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

: Revises the penalties relating to lead abatement

: Eliminates the requirement that course materials and instruction on human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases include discussion of contraception methods

: Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery

: Allows pharmacies located in Canada to be issued a license or permit by the Missouri State Board of Pharmacy

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

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

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

: Creates the Sickle Cell Anemia Fund and authorizes an income tax checkoff on income tax form

: Increases the excise tax on intoxicating beverages and creates the Fund for the Reduction of Alcohol-Related Problems and Underage Drinking

: Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish and oversee a voluntary hepatitis C testing program for health care providers

: Authorizes a sales tax exemption for certain fees and dues paid to health and fitness centers

: 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

: Changes the laws regarding suicide prevention

: Changes the laws regarding suicide prevention

: Establishes regulations for wholesale distributors of prescription drugs

: Changes the laws regarding lead abatement

: Changes the laws regarding the protection of children

: Establishes the Birth Control Protection Act and prohibits any governmental entity from interfering with the right to obtain or use contraceptives

: Prohibits persons from trespassing or obtaining certain images of a animal facility and adds a penalty for the release of a pathogen or disease in or near an animal facility

: Changes the laws regarding endangerment of individuals at a correctional facility and authorizes the Board of Probation and Parole to charge offenders under their supervision a monthly fee

: Changes the laws regarding immunization of children

: Establishes requirements for a tort action based on an asbestos claim

: Exempts certain food sales from food inspection laws

: Allows the Missouri Public Service Commission to order a capable public utility to acquire a smaller water or sewer corporation in certain situations

: Authorizes the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish a fee schedule for specific licenses for emergency personnel

: Changes the laws regarding newborn screenings

: Creates two funds for use by the Department of Health and Senior Services during a state of emergency and in return for certain goods and services provided

: Establishes the Model School Wellness Program to create pilot programs in school districts encouraging students to avoid tobacco use, balance their diets, and exercise

: Establishes the Office of Missouri Surgeon General within the Department of Health and Senior Services and changes the laws regarding health care providers

: Directs the Comprehensive Cancer Action Plan for Missouri, which is a nationwide model of effective cancer control strategies, be posted annually on the Missouri state website homepage.

: Modifies various provisions relating to lead poisoning

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

: Prohibits any governmental entity from interfering with the right to obtain or use contraceptives

: Creates a tax deduction for organ donation

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

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

: Exempts certain food sales from food inspection laws

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

: Allows the Cass County Commission to submit the question of establishing a health center after a majority vote

: Establishes the eligibility criteria for grants to umbilical cord blood banks

: Provides for price and performance comparisons of health care facilities to be posted on a state website

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

: Provides Medicaid benefits to all cancer patients

: Requires all health clubs to have at least one automated external defibrillator

: Requires pharmacists to fill prescriptions against religious beliefs unless an employer can accommodate a request not to do so.

: Requires hospitals to implement a nurse-to-patient ratio system.

: Grants courts power to appoint trustees to disburse funds for health care when a patient is in a persistent vegetative state

: Creates the Medicaid Reform Commission.

: Supports policies to ensure a healthy school environment.

: Supports a Comprehensive Cancer Action Plan to review data and patient information on cervical cancer.

: Expresses support for Taiwan to have an observer status in the World Health Organization

Missouri House of Representatives
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