MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND PERSONNEL

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2006)
Bills Indexed by Subject
MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND PERSONNEL

: Prohibits the withholding or withdrawal of nutrition or hydration from a patient without a specific written power of attorney granting the authority

: Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery

: Creates the presumption that a minor younger than 14 years of age who is seeking an abortion is a victim of statutory rape in the first degree and must be reported by the abortion provider

: Allows licensed ambulance services, emergency medical response agencies, and not-for-profit organizations which contract for ambulance services to establish peer review committees

: Gives hospital medical staff the right of self-governance on certain issues

: Establishes criteria for hospital governing bodies granting staff privileges

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

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

: Establishes the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Services Program and the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Public Awareness Program

: Prohibits state funds from being used for somatic cell nuclear transfer or human embryonic stem cell research

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

: Establishes the Registered Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act

: Requires licensed long-term care facilities to maintain at least $500,000 in medical malpractice insurance as a condition of licensure

: Regulates the use of certain lasers and pulse light sources by cosmetologists

: Regulates the use of certain lasers and pulse light sources by cosmetologists

: Changes the requirements for eligibility under the State Legal Expense Fund

: Prohibits the use of public funds for health and social services programs to subsidize abortion services

: 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

: Requires physicians to report to the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts any collaborative practice agreements entered into and authorizes the board to conduct audits for compliance

: Establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies (CARE) Act and the Birth Control Protection Act and requires implementation of a women's health services program

: Establishes the Health Care Rights of Conscience Act which allows a health care professional to not participate in a health care service that violates his or her conscience

: Exempts research programs and experimental medical procedures for patients with life-threatening emergencies from the informed consent requirement under certain conditions

: Requires direct billing by licensed health care professionals for anatomic pathology services rendered

: Establishes the eligibility requirements of an employed disabled person requesting medical assistance under the federal Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999

: Establishes the Consumer Protection Act for Wheeled Mobility

: Provides that health care providers not charge fees greater than the usual and customary charges for treatment for a workers' compensation claim

: Prohibits human cloning and use of somatic cell nuclear transfer technology until the Human Cloning and Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology Commission issues its final report

: Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish and oversee hepatitis C testing for health care providers and first responders

: Repeals the provision requiring an employee to take paid leave, personal leave, or medical or sick leave when taking off for medical treatment, medical evaluations, or physical rehabilitation

: Requires health insurers to reimburse non-network emergency services in the same manner as network emergency services if the patient's medical condition prohibits transfer to a network provider

: Prohibits human cloning

: Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

: Establishes the Unborn Child Pain Prevention Act regarding the capacity of an unborn child to experience pain during an abortion

: Establishes the Women's Health Services Program within the Department of Health and Senior Services

: Removes the requirement that a nonalcoholic antiseptic be used to cleanse the skin prior to drawing blood for a chemical blood alcohol test

: Requires health insurers to provide coverage for human papillomavirus testing as a cervical cancer screening test

: Limits the liability of volunteer medical professionals to actual damages and provides additional insurance coverage for legal expenses and actual damages not covered under the Legal Expense Fund

: Establishes the Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Services Program to collect and provide researchers with umbilical cord blood for scientific research on human stem cells

: Provides health insurance coverage for Phase II clinical trials for cancer treatment

: Provides a tax credit for contributions to pregnancy resource centers

: Protects the conscience rights of pharmaceutical professionals

: Provides a tax credit for contributions to pregnancy resource centers

: Enacts provisions relating to emergency medical treatment

: Creates the healthcare technology fund.

: Creates the healthcare technology fund.

: Allows volunteer, out-of-state health care providers to be deployed during emergencies

: Establishes the "Prevention First Act"

: Modifies provisions regarding medical emergencies

: Amends the law relating to physician assistants

: Imposes a tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:53 am