HEALTH CARE POLICY

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HEALTH CARE POLICY
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: Increases the resource limit for eligibility for medical assistance; HB1302 -- (LR# 3461L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Allows nursing home residents receiving MO HealthNet Program benefits to retain up to $50 per month for discretionary spending; HB1303 -- (LR# 3459L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Prohibits the use, sale, transfer, or licensing of certain prescriptive information by certain entities for commercial purposes; HB1328 -- (LR# 3165L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires the State of Missouri to match any grant moneys received by the state for smoking cessation up to a $2 million cap; HB1330 -- (LR# 3097L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Adds specialists to the list of health care providers for whom the State Legal Expense Fund is available for payment of certain claims filed against a provider; HB1398 -- (LR# 3199L.01I); Voted Do Pass (H)

: Creates the Fund for the Reduction of Alcohol-Related Problems and Underage Drinking to be used for prevention, treatment, and recovery of alcohol-related problems and alcohol-related traffic safety; HB1408 -- (LR# 3678L.01I); House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY; Motion to Do Pass Failed (H)

: Expands eligibility for the Missouri Rx Plan to retired persons 65 years of age or older with incomes of up to $25,000 for individuals and $50,000 for married couples; HB1414 -- (LR# 3430L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Changes the laws regarding the consent requirements for obtaining an abortion and creates the crime of coercing an abortion; HB1472 -- (LR# 3711L.02I); Placed on Informal Calendar (S)

: Allows physicians to use expedited partner therapy by dispensing and prescribing medications for partners of persons with certain sexually transmitted diseases who are not their patients; HB1504 -- (LR# 3404L.01I); Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)

: Adds additional criteria to meet the informed consent requirements prior to a doctor performing an abortion; HB1520 -- (LR# 3664L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Changes the laws regarding infection control and specifies when incidents of ventilator-associated pneumonia must be included by the Department of Health and Senior Services in its quarterly reports; HCS HB 1546 -- (LR# 4124L.04P); Placed on Informal Calendar (S)

: Changes the laws regarding the payment for forensic examinations and medical treatment of victims of sexual offenses; HB1565 -- (LR# 3228L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires the establishment of emergency triage guidelines for care and the Emergency Triage Guidelines for Care Task Force; HB1609 -- (LR# 3914L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Establishes the Prostate Cancer Pilot Program to provide screening and treatment for prostate cancer for certain uninsured or economically challenged men; HB1615 -- (LR# 4216L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Specifies that pharmacies will be immune from liability for refusal to perform, assist, recommend, refer to, or participate in any act or service in connection with any drug or device that causes an abortion; HB1625 -- (LR# 4128L.01I); House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY; Public Hearing Completed (H)

: Creates the Tobacco Use Prevention, Cessation, and Enforcement Trust Fund to be used by the Department of Health and Senior Services for a comprehensive tobacco control program; HB1709 -- (LR# 4234L.02I); Voted Do Pass (H)

: Requires pharmacies to dispense all valid, lawful prescriptions for contraceptives without delay; HB1720 -- (LR# 3168L.02I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Changes the laws regarding municipal health care facilities and hospital designations; HB1790 -- (LR# 4329L.01I); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Establishes the State Board of Health and Senior Services to advise the Department of Health and Senior Services and abolishes the State Board of Health and the State Board of Senior Services; HB1793 -- (LR# 4330L.01I); House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY; Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)

: Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Family Trust; HB1829 -- (LR# 3431L.01I); Voted Do Pass (H)

: Changes the laws regarding the consent requirements for obtaining an abortion and creates the crime of coercing an abortion; HCS HB 1831 & 1472 -- (LR# 4449L.06P); Placed on Informal Calendar (S)

: Prohibits pharmacists from substituting one version of an antiepileptic drug for another without prior notification and consent; HB1879 -- (LR# 4703L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Changes the laws regarding comprehensive psychiatric services; HB1890 -- (LR# 4626L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Changes the laws regarding mental health care providers and services; HB1914 -- (LR# 4541L.02I); HCS Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)

: Prohibits a person from knowingly creating a mixed human-animal embryo, a class D felony; HB1953 -- (LR# 4052L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires health care and mental health professionals to eliminate any known physical illness that could be causing weight loss in a patient prior to making a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa; HB2028 -- (LR# 4678L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Renames the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Mental Health to the Division of Developmental Disabilities; HB2032 -- (LR# 4837L.02I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Establishes the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders; HB2075 -- (LR# 4716L.02I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires all language used in new legislation, resolutions, regulations, and other published materials to use respectful language when referring to persons with physical and mental disabilities; HB2083 -- (LR# 5006L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Changes the laws regarding the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act and promotes uniformity of the law among states; HB2106 -- (LR# 5035L.01I); Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)

: Establishes the Missouri Health Policy Authority to develop and maintain a coordinated health policy agenda for the provision of health services in this state; HB2128 -- (LR# 3409L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires health care providers to notify a patient when the patient's confidential medical information is improperly shared with a third party; HB2130 -- (LR# 4894L.02I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Creates the Pharmacy Rebates Fund which will consist of all revenues received from pharmaceutical manufacturer rebates for use by the MO HealthNet Pharmacy Program; HB2193 -- (LR# 4982L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Creates a civil penalty and a cause of action for damages for coerced subcutaneous implantation of an identification device; HB2242 -- (LR# 4569L.01I); House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY; Public Hearing Completed (H)

: Establishes the Missouri Fibromyalgia Awareness Initiative Program and allows a health care professional with prescriptive authority to override certain restrictions on medications for fibromyalgia patients; HB2243 -- (LR# 4978L.02I); House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY; Public Hearing Completed (H)

: Renames the Intractable Pain Treatment Act to the Pain Treatment Act and removes the term "intractable pain" from its provisions; HB2244 -- (LR# 5207L.01I); Voted Do Pass (H)

: Requires health benefit plans to include coverage for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders; HB2265 -- (LR# 3746L.01I); HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

: Creates an income tax checkoff for contributions by individuals and corporations to the Breast Cancer Awareness Trust Fund on the annual filing form; HB2293 -- (LR# 5231L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (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; HB2299 -- (LR# 5243L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires health carriers and health benefit plans to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders under certain conditions; HB2351 -- (LR# 5413L.01I); HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

: Requires all basic life support ambulances and stretcher vans to be equipped with an automated external defibrillator and be staffed by at least one individual trained in its use; HB2386 -- (LR# 5252L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish cord blood collection sites across the state for transportation to the Saint Louis Cord Blood Bank; HB2390 -- (LR# 3925L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Specifies that vaccination against the human papillomavirus will not be required of children attending public, private, parochial, or parish schools; HB2419 -- (LR# 4232L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Establishes the Prostate Cancer Pilot Program to provide screening and treatment for prostate cancer for certain uninsured or economically challenged men; HB2441 -- (LR# 5086L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Establishes the Office of Health Professions Workforce Planning to address the shortages and uneven distribution of health care professionals in this state; HB2512 -- (LR# 4661L.03I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Establishes the requirements for health care providers to seek a surrogate to make health care decisions for a patient who is incapacitated; HB2540 -- (LR# 5510L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires the Missouri Rx Plan to provide prescription drug benefits to close the gap in coverage created by the federal Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003; HB2548 -- (LR# 5549L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Requires the MO HealthNet Division to apply for a federal waiver to provide in-home services to certain adults with mental retardation or developmental disabilities; HB2559 -- (LR# 5610L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Establishes the Joint Committee on Health Care Policy and Planning; HB2581 -- (LR# 5541L.01I); Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

: Creates the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Office of Autism Services; SB768 -- (LR# 3524S.02I); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

: Provides information and the opportunity to be immunized for the human papilloma virus; SB778 -- (LR# 3119S.01I); House Committee: FISCAL REVIEW; Reported Do Pass (H)

: Establishes the Pharmacy Rebates Fund for use with the MO HealthNet program; SB1068 -- (LR# 4717L.01P); Approved by Governor (G); Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

SB1081 --- Sponsor:Nodler, GaryModifies provisions regarding quality assurance and safety in the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Community Programs

SB1081 -- (LR# 4634S.02I)

Approved by Governor (G)

Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

THIS BILL BECOMES EFFECTIVE AUGUST 28, 2008

EXCEPT FOR SECTION 633.401 WHICH HAS A JUNE 25,

2008 EFFECTIVE DATE

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