HEALTH CARE POLICY

Bills Assigned to Committee
HEALTH CARE POLICY
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: Prohibits the withholding or withdrawal of nutrition or hydration from a patient without a specific written power of attorney granting the authority; HB973 -- (LR# 3342L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Provides insurance coverage for phase II clinical trials for cancer treatment; HB1089 -- (LR# 3696L.01I); Rules - Reported do pass (H)

HB1099 --- Sponsor:Schaaf, RobertChanges the laws regarding ventilator-associated pneumonia that can originate or occur in a hospital or hospital-like setting

HB1099 -- (LR# 3922L.01I)

Senate Committee: SENATE AGING, FAMILIES, MENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Executive Session held (S)

VOTED DO PASS

: Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to implement an acuity-based patient classification system; HB1106 -- (LR# 3253L.03I); Voted do pass (H)

: Establishes the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Services Program and the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Public Awareness Program; HB1112 -- (LR# 3569L.01I); HCS voted do pass (H)

: Requires manufacturers of certain toxic household products to add an aversion agent to the product as a poison prevention measure and establishes the Poison Prevention Task Force to provide oversight; HB1125 -- (LR# 3492L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Increases the excise tax on intoxicating beverages and creates the Fund for the Reduction of Alcohol-Related Problems and Underage Drinking; HB1162 -- (LR# 3527L.02I); Rules - Reported do pass (H)

: Authorizes the appointment of special deputy coroners or medical examiners in the event of a natural disaster, mass casualties, or other emergency; HB1222 -- (LR# 3961L.01T); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Requires health insurance coverage for certain chiropractic care services; HB1226 -- (LR# 3880L.01I); HCS voted do pass (H)

: Allows school nurses to keep on hand and administer prefilled syringes of epinephrine to any student who the nurse believes is having an anaphylactic reaction; HB1245 -- (LR# 4043L.01T); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Prohibits an insurer from changing the coding that a health care provider submitted for services without the permission of the health care provider; HB1259 -- (LR# 3881L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Establishes the Missouri State Diabetes Commission to develop a state strategy for the prevention, treatment, and control of diabetes; HB1307 -- (LR# 3841L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Prohibits health insurers from discriminating against any willing provider in the geographic region of the health benefit plan; HB1327 -- (LR# 3701L.01I); Rules - Reported do pass (H)

: Establishes the Office of the Missouri Surgeon General within the Department of Health and Senior Services; HB1332 -- (LR# 3400L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

HB1358 --- Sponsor:Portwood, Dr. Charles R.--- CoSponsor:Lembke, JimRequires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation designating May 10 as "Hepatitis C Awareness Day"

HB1358 -- (LR# 4197L.01I)

Senate Committee: SENATE AGING, FAMILIES, MENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Executive Session held (S)

VOTED DO PASS

: Establishes a priority among family members for the release of any information, records, or documents regarding a person who has died; HB1399 -- (LR# 4234L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Makes it a crime for a patient, or the patient's parents or legal guardian if a minor, to fail to disclose to a health care professional that he or she is infected with human immunodeficiency virus; HB1404 -- (LR# 4089L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Changes the laws regarding the regulation of state and private mental health facilities; HB1420 -- (LR# 3886L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Dissolves the Advisory Committee on Poison Control and transfers its powers and certain duties to the Department of Health and Senior Services and dissolves the Committee on Radiation Control; HB1437 -- (LR# 4502L.01I); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Prohibits the use of public funds for health and social services programs to subsidize abortion services; HB1444 -- (LR# 3509L.01I); House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY; Public hearing completed (H)

HB1477 --- Sponsor:Schaaf, RobertAllows the Department of Health and Senior Services to disclose certain test results and personal information to a health care provider providing treatment without the individual's consent

HB1477 -- (LR# 4677L.01P)

Senate Committee: SENATE AGING, FAMILIES, MENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Executive Session held (S)

SCS VOTED DO PASS

: Establishes the Missouri Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment Act to assist emergency services personnel and health care providers in carrying out the treatment wishes of patients; HB1506 -- (LR# 4730L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Provides funding for umbilical cord blood banks and non-fetal human stem cell research; HB1534 -- (LR# 4428L.01I); Placed on Informal Calendar (S)

: Requires prompt processing of Missouri Medicaid Program subrogation claims and requires third-party payers to provide certain information to the Division of Medical Services; HB1567 -- (LR# 4827L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires the Department of Social Services to determine the eligibility of an employed disabled person requesting medical assistance; HB1568 -- (LR# 4497L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Exempts research programs and experimental medical procedures for patients with life-threatening emergencies from the informed consent requirement under certain conditions; HB1601 -- (LR# 4875L.01I); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Prohibits a health care professional from prescribing, dispensing, or administering a lethal dosage of any substance for the purpose of assisting in the death of an individual; HB1602 -- (LR# 4667L.02I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Allows unused or unaccepted drugs donated to the Prescription Drug Repository Program to be distributed to out-of-state charitable repositories; HB1687 -- (LR# 4826L.01T); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Establishes the Women's Preventive Health Services Program within the Department of Health and Senior Services; HB1691 -- (LR# 4774L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires school districts to grant authorization to students for the possession and self-administration of medications for the treatment of asthma and anaphylaxis; HB1732 -- (LR# 5023L.03T); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Changes the laws regarding the designation of next-of-kin for the disposition of a deceased person; HB1737 -- (LR# 4702L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Prohibits the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts from disciplining physicians who participate in whistleblower activities in their professional capacity as employees of the federal government; HB1819 -- (LR# 5213L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Removes the basis of negligence for liability under anatomical gift provisions; HB1821 -- (LR# 5135L.01I); HCS voted do pass (H)

: Changes the laws regarding the classification of marijuana as a controlled substance and legalizes the use of marijuana for medical purposes; HB1831 -- (LR# 5236L.01I); House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY; Public hearing completed (H)

: Requires private mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled to meet the same requirements as state-operated facilities; HB1848 -- (LR# 5144L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a publicly financed, statewide insurance program for all residents of this state; HB1851 -- (LR# 4718L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Establishes the Missouri Commission on Prevention and Management of Obesity; HB1856 -- (LR# 4714L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish a fee schedule for architectural plan review of new construction or alterations at certain health care facilities; HB1861 -- (LR# 4978L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish and oversee hepatitis C testing for health care providers and first responders; HB1874 -- (LR# 5183L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires health insurers to charge only one co-payment on a prescription if the required dosage is not available and a combination of dosage amounts must be dispensed to fill the prescription; HB1904 -- (LR# 5364L.01I); HCS voted do pass (H)

: Requires all Missouri Medicaid Program recipients whose eligibility is based on disability other than total disability to be referred for vocational rehabilitation services to remain eligible for benefits; HB1919 -- (LR# 4556L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Creates the Missouri Health Care Stabilization Fund to provide excess medical malpractice coverage to participating health care providers; HB1940 -- (LR# 5215L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Establishes the Health Care Whistleblower Protection Act to protect health care professionals from retaliatory actions by employers for reporting violations of law; HB1985 -- (LR# 5490L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires health insurers to offer optional coverage for recognized treatments for morbid obesity; HB1990 -- (LR# 5569L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Repeals the sunset provision to replace the current Missouri Medicaid Program set to expire on June 30, 2008; HB2002 -- (LR# 5363L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires the development of caseload standards for the departments of Health and Senior Services and Mental Health; HB2073 -- (LR# 5604L.01I); House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY; Public hearing completed (H)

: Establishes the Women's Health Services Program within the Department of Health and Senior Services; HB2079 -- (LR# 4997L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in patient care areas of each unit of the hospital; HB2082 -- (LR# 5582L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Creates the crime of procuring human oocytes by coercion, payment, or valuable consideration for use in research, treatment, or therapy; HB2087 -- (LR# 5692L.01I); HCS voted do pass (H)

: Repeals the Required Educational Assessment and Community Treatment Program and abolishes the Correctional Substance Abuse Earnings Fund; HB2088 -- (LR# 5673L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Changes the laws regarding the investigation of fraud and abuse in Missouri's Medicaid Program; HB2098 -- (LR# 5623L.02I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Extends the expiration date of the financial assistance for the Consumer-directed Personal Care Services Program until June 30, 2008; HB2104 -- (LR# 5701L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Prohibits prescribing, dispensing, giving, or otherwise providing any contraceptive drug or device to an unemancipated minor without the consent of the minor's parent; HB2112 -- (LR# 5687L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Increases the resource limits for eligibility for medical assistance; HB2132 -- (LR# 4998L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Allows the Division of Medical Services to reimburse medical assistance recipients for ancillary medical services based on division policy and subject to appropriations; HB2142 -- (LR# 5655L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Recognizes April 27th of each year as "Autism Awareness Day" and the month of April each year as "Autism Awareness Month" in Missouri.; HCR4 -- (LR# 3882L.01I); Senate Committee: SENATE RULES, JOINT RULES, RESOLUTIONS AND ETHICS; Reported Do Pass (S)

: Supports the Attorney General's intent to file a constitutional complaint regarding the Medicare Part D "clawback provision" of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003.; HCR19 -- (LR# 4907L.03I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Urges the United States Congress to help protect adults, children, and animals by enacting legislation to require denatonium benzoate be added to antifreeze that contains ethylene glycol.; HCR20 -- (LR# 4963L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Allows health care professionals licensed in other states to provide health care services during the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk in Kansas City.; HCR27 -- (LR# 5307L.02I); Sec rd and referred: Rules,Joint Rules,Resolu. & Ethics (S)

: Urges the General Assembly to support the passage of follow-up legislation to Senate Bill No. 539 which made sweeping changes to the state Medicaid program.; HCR29 -- (LR# 5167L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Declares the month of March each year to be "Kidney Cancer Awareness Month" in Missouri.; HCR32 -- (LR# 5491L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Provides health insurance coverage for Phase II clinical trials for cancer treatment; HCS SCS SBs 567 & 792 -- (LR# 3385L.05T); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Relating to unused prescription drugs.; SCS SBs 575 & 714 -- (LR# 3583S.02P); House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY; Public hearing completed (H)

: Removes references to the Committee on Radiation Control from Chapter 192, RSMo; SB677 -- (LR# 3157S.01T); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Enacts provisions relating to emergency medical treatment; SB765 -- (LR# 3546S.01I); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Extends FRA, Pharmacy Tax, Nursing Facility reimbursement allowance, and Medicaid managed care reimbursement allowance sunsets; SB822 -- (LR# 4257S.01T); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Creates the healthcare technology fund.; SB858 -- (LR# 4455S.01I); Referred: Rules pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f) (H)

: Modifies provisions on the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Fund; SB900 -- (LR# 4461S.01T); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Establishes the "Joint Committee on Health"; SB901 -- (LR# 4451S.02P); Voted do pass (H)

: Modifies poison control provisions; SB965 -- (LR# 4762S.01P); Rules - Reported do pass - not Consent (H)

: Extends date for the Department of Mental Health to complete mental health services plans for persons on waitlists; SB974 -- (LR# 4630L.01T); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Prohibits health care professionals from billing for anatomic pathology services not personally rendered; SB1076 -- (LR# 5267S.01P); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Extends the sunset date for the Healthcare for Uninsured Children Program; SB1084 -- (LR# 5196S.01I); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Modifies provisions of the Missouri Rx Plan Advisory Commission; SB1117 -- (LR# 5379S.01I); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Enacts the "Affordable Prescription Drugs for All Missourians Act"; SB1239 -- (LR# 5476S.01I); House Committee: FISCAL REVIEW; Reported do pass (H)

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