HEALTH CARE

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2008)
Bills Indexed by Subject
HEALTH CARE

: Requires insurers providing medical malpractice insurance to health care providers to establish premiums based on the average judgment in medical malpractice cases by county during the previous calendar year

: Increases the resource limit for eligibility for medical assistance

: Allows nursing home residents receiving MO HealthNet Program benefits to retain up to $50 per month for discretionary spending

: Authorizes a physician assistant or an advanced practice nurse to prescribe a Schedule V controlled substance under a collaborative practice agreement

: Requires, subject to appropriations, the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish an access to healthy food pilot program

: Prohibits the use, sale, transfer, or licensing of certain prescriptive information by certain entities for commercial purposes

: Requires the State of Missouri to match any grant moneys received by the state for smoking cessation up to a $2 million cap

: Establishes the Missouri Center for Health Information and the State Consumer Health Information Advisory Committee to provide health care cost-related information

: Changes the laws regarding pharmacies and pharmacy benefits

: Changes the laws regarding medical malpractice by revising the definitions of "health care provider" and "health care services"

: Requires health insurance coverage for infertility treatments

: Changes the laws regarding health care

: Changes the laws regarding the requirements for a larger board of trustees for certain municipal health care facilities

: Requires health screenings for public school students in the second and eighth grades

: 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

: 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

: Changes the laws regarding the consent requirements for obtaining an abortion and creates the crime of coercing an abortion

: 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

: Changes the laws regarding protections for vulnerable adults and children and transfers the Division of Aging from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Health and Senior Services

: Adds additional criteria to meet the informed consent requirements prior to a doctor performing an abortion

: 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

: Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Insurance Act to provide comprehensive and necessary health care services for Missouri residents

: Changes the laws regarding the payment for forensic examinations and medical treatment of victims of sexual offenses

: Specifies that a person performing midwifery services is not engaging in the practice of medicine, osteopathy, nursing, nurse-midwifery, or any other medical practice and does not have to be licensed

: Requires the establishment of emergency triage guidelines for care and the Emergency Triage Guidelines for Care Task Force

: Establishes the Prostate Cancer Pilot Program to provide screening and treatment for prostate cancer for certain uninsured or economically challenged men

: 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

: Repeals the provision allowing a person holding a ministerial or tocological certification to provide services related to pregnancy

: Changes the laws regarding the assistance provided to nursing home residents who are transitioning back into their communities

: 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

: Requires pharmacies to dispense all valid, lawful prescriptions for contraceptives without delay

: Establishes the Safe Staffing and Quality Care Accountability Act for Veterans Homes and the Safe Staffing and Quality Care Accountability Act for Mental Health Facilities

: Authorizes the licensure of prescribing psychologists

: Prohibits the transfer of a mental health patient from one facility to another without the consent of the patient or the patient's parent, legal guardian, or nearest known relative

: Requires health benefit plans to include coverage for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders

: Changes the laws regarding municipal health care facilities and hospital designations

: 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

: Creates the crime of endangering the welfare of an unborn child and allows any healthcare provider to make a report to the appropriate law enforcement agency of suspected drug use by a pregnant woman

: Limits the Certificate of Need Program to long-term care facilities

: Clarifies the fees for copying patient care medical records and establishes the maximum amount for the combination of the notary and certification fee

: Changes the laws regarding health care

: Changes the laws regarding the classification of marijuana as a controlled substance and legalizes the use of marijuana for medical purposes

: Changes the laws regarding the consent requirements for obtaining an abortion and creates the crime of coercing an abortion

: Establishes the Missouri Commission on Prevention and Management of Obesity

: Requires the State Board of Education to establish a coordinated health program to prevent student obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type II diabetes

: Requires health insurers to provide coverage for human papillomavirus screenings for cervical cancer

: Changes the laws regarding protections for children and abuse victims

: Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in patient care areas of each unit of the hospital

: Requires the eligibility criteria for certain health care benefits to be no more restrictive than those in effect on January 10, 2005

: Prohibits any agreement between a health insurance carrier and a licensed health care provider from containing provisions which place certain restrictions on the provider

: Changes the laws regarding mental health care providers and services

: Establishes guidelines and specific educational requirements for surgical technologists

: Changes the laws regarding health care

: Exempts all sales of eyeglasses from state and local sales and use tax

: Changes the laws regarding health care

: Changes the requirements for reporting abortions and creates a civil remedy for violation of the confidentiality of certain records

: Changes the laws regarding anatomic pathology services and health carrier notification requirements

: Prohibits insurers from acting in concert on certain insurance issues

: 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

: Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish a schedule of fees for architectural plan reviews of construction documents for certain health facilities

: Changes the laws regarding the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act and promotes uniformity of the law among states

: Prohibits health carriers from designating chiropractic care as specialty care or chiropractic physicians as specialists unless they are certified as specialists by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners

: Requires health care providers to notify a patient when the patient's confidential medical information is improperly shared with a third party

: Requires the licensure of clinical laboratory science personnel and establishes licensing classifications for these individuals

: Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in patient care areas of each unit of the hospital

: Establishes the Paid Sick Days Act which requires employers to provide sick days with pay to employees

: Transfers the administration of the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan from the board of trustees to the Office of Administration

: Requires immunizations for certain school children for the human papillomavirus at the option of the child's parent or guardian

: Changes the laws regarding health care

: 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

: Renames the Intractable Pain Treatment Act to the Pain Treatment Act and removes the term "intractable pain" from its provisions

: Changes the laws regarding the reporting of information related to medical malpractice insurance

: Requires a person who has reasonable cause to believe that a pharmacist's or other health care professional's conduct is illegal or could cause serious injury to make a report to specific authorities

: Allows Christian Science nurses to provide religious, nonmedical services to any person who chooses to rely upon healing by spiritual means alone

: Requires employers of certain public safety employees to pay the entire health benefit plan premiums for the spouses and dependent children of employees injured or killed in the line of duty

: Changes the laws regarding sexual education, abortions, and pregnancy prevention

: Changes the laws regarding forensic examinations on victims of alleged sexual offenses

: Changes the laws regarding health insurance

: Creates an income tax checkoff for contributions by individuals and corporations to the Breast Cancer Awareness Trust Fund on the annual filing form

: Establishes the Restroom Access Act which requires certain retail establishments to allow customers with eligible medical conditions to use employee toilet facilities not available to the public

: Changes the laws regarding sprinkler systems in long-term care facilities

: Requires the development of caseload standards by the departments of Health and Senior Services and Mental Health

: Requires health carriers and health benefit plans to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders under certain conditions

: Changes the laws regarding health care benefits and medical assistance

: Changes the laws regarding the health care market in Missouri and establishes the Insure Missouri Program to provide health insurance to certain low-income adults

: Requires health carriers to notify enrollees when health care providers change their network status

: Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery

: Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and education of children with autism spectrum disorder

: 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

: 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

: Changes the laws regarding the health care market in Missouri and establishes the Insure Missouri Program to provide health insurance to certain low-income adults

: Changes the laws regarding the health care market in Missouri and establishes the Insure Missouri Program to provide health insurance to certain low-income adults

: Changes the laws regarding the health care market in Missouri and establishes the Insure Missouri Program to provide health insurance to certain low-income adults

: Establishes the standards for use of quality of care data by health care providers and health carriers

: Specifies that vaccination against the human papillomavirus will not be required of children attending public, private, parochial, or parish schools

: Changes the laws regarding health care

: Expands the State Children's Health Insurance Program to offer insurance coverage to all children residing in this state regardless of income

: Creates the Youth Smoking Prevention Trust Fund for deposit of moneys received from the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement and establishes the Commission for Youth Smoking Prevention

: Changes the laws regarding health care

: Establishes the Prostate Cancer Pilot Program to provide screening and treatment for prostate cancer for certain uninsured or economically challenged men

: Requires each licensed hospital to create a nursing advisory board to establish and implement a standardized acuity-based patient classification system for each direct-care unit

: Exempts from the Certificate of Need Program review process certain skilled nursing and assisted living facilities that arrange the transfer of existing beds to a new licensed facility

: Establishes the Evan de Mello Reimbursement Program to provide financial assistance for the cost of transportation and ancillary services associated with the medical treatment of an eligible child

: Establishes the Office of Health Professions Workforce Planning to address the shortages and uneven distribution of health care professionals in this state

: Allows for the "Choose Life" special license plate, creates the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Services Support Fund, and establishes the Choose Life Commission

: Establishes the requirements for health care providers to seek a surrogate to make health care decisions for a patient who is incapacitated

: 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

: Establishes the Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education (PRIME) Act to expand and intensify research to develop innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection

: 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

: Requires any person who holds himself or herself out as a radiologist assistant or radiology practiitioner assistant to be licensed by the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts

: Establishes the Healthy Families, Healthy Communities Act which requires all employers to provide sick leave for employees

: Establishes a pilot project in the Department of Health and Senior Services to allow relative caregivers to provide personal care services for disabled adults who are unable to self-direct their care

: Establishes the Joint Committee on Health Care Policy and Planning

: Prohibits a health carrier from refusing to issue or renew a health benefit plan based solely on an individual's prior donation of a kidney

: Urgently requests the United States Congress to pass assured funding for veterans' health care

: Requires the Missouri General Assembly to improve women's access to FDA-approved contraceptives

: Supports the establishment of the Missouri Fibromyalgia Awareness Initiative Program within the Department of Health and Senior Services

: Urges Congress to enact the National Health Insurance Act

SB 746 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
: Mandates health insurance coverage for morbid obesity

SB 817 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Prohibits health care professionals from billing for anatomic pathology services not personally rendered

SB 855 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida
: Adds counseling services under MO HealthNet

SB 880 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
: Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled

SB 915 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
: Authorizes peer review committees for certain emergency medical services

SB 916 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Requires hospitals to report adverse health events to a patient safety organization for review

SB 917 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Creates licensing requirements for prescribing psychologists

SB 918 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Prohibits certain requirements for immunosuppresive drugs under the MO HealthNet Program without the consent of the physician and patient

SB 921 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Adds coverage under the state legal expense fund for certain heath care professionals providing uncompensated service at summer camps

SB 972 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
: Adds comprehensive day rehabilitation services under MO HealthNet

SB 1021 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John
: Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery

SB 1050 --- Sponsor: Crowell, Jason
: Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

SB 1094 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John
: Prescribes requirements for the interchange of anti-epileptic drugs

SB 1101 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program

SB 1109 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
: Modifies the scope of practice for licensed professional counselors

SB 1120 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John
: Provides that the Department shall not require by rule any vaccinations that are not specified under current law

SB 1162 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
: Licenses clinical laboratory science personnel

SB 1166 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
: Provides for cost of living increases for Department of Mental Health contracted community providers

SB 1215 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Enacts the Prevention First Act

SB 1258 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Modifies provisions relating to protections for senior citizens, disabled persons, and children

SB 1283 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
: Creates the Missouri Health Transformation Act

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated May 27, 2008 at 4:57 pm