HB 1300 --- Sponsor: Kuessner, J. C.

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

HB 1332 --- Sponsor: Sater, David --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Changes the laws regarding pharmacies and pharmacy benefits

HB 1339 --- Sponsor: Muschany, T. Scott

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

HB 1374 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R.

Requires certain school nurses to be paid on the same pay scale as teachers with equivalent work history and working hours in their district

HB 1375 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Threlkeld, Kevin

Changes the laws regarding health care

HB 1398 --- Sponsor: Dusenberg, Gary --- CoSponsor: Schaaf, Robert

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

HB 1472 --- Sponsor: Onder, Bob --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne

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

HB 1504 --- Sponsor: Walton, Juanita Head --- CoSponsor: Johnson, Connie "LaJoyce"

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

HB 1520 --- Sponsor: Hodges, Steve --- CoSponsor: Harris, Belinda

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

HB 1546 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert

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

HB 1600 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L.

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

HB 1634 --- Sponsor: Wildberger, Edward --- CoSponsor: Roorda, Jeff

Establishes the Registered Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act

HB 1643 --- Sponsor: Onder, Bob --- CoSponsor: Lipke, Scott A.

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

HB 1701 --- Sponsor: Wasson, Jay

Prohibits certain requirements for the dispensing of immunosuppressive drugs under the MO HealthNet Program without the consent of the physician and MO HealthNet participant

HB 1739 --- Sponsor: Moore, Danielle --- CoSponsor: Lampe, Sara

Authorizes the licensure of prescribing psychologists

HB 1750 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Talboy, Mike

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

HB 1790 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P.

Changes the laws regarding municipal health care facilities and hospital designations

HB 1806 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert

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

HB 1815 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R.

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

HB 1816 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Threlkeld, Kevin

Changes the laws regarding health care

HB 1830 --- Sponsor: Young, Terry --- CoSponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria

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

HB 1831 --- Sponsor: Onder, Bob --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne

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

HB 1846 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth

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

HB 1880 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert

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

HB 1940 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Threlkeld, Kevin

Changes the laws regarding health care

HB 1971 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Threlkeld, Kevin

Changes the laws regarding health care

HB 1990 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin --- CoSponsor: Grill, Jason

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

HB 2028 --- Sponsor: Denison, Charles W. "Charlie" --- CoSponsor: Franz, Ward

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

HB 2106 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P.

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

HB 2130 --- Sponsor: Talboy, Mike --- CoSponsor: Skaggs, Trent

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

HB 2183 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth --- CoSponsor: Norr, Charlie

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

HB 2185 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott

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

HB 2240 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Threlkeld, Kevin

Changes the laws regarding health care

HB 2241 --- Sponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P.

Changes the laws regarding merchandising practices, the requirements for maintaining an action for unlawful merchandising practices, and the qualifications of expert witnesses in civil actions

HB 2256 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Dougherty, Curt

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

HB 2267 --- Sponsor: LeVota, Paul --- CoSponsor: Darrough, Bruce

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

HB 2268 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R.

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

HB 2272 --- Sponsor: Wright-Jones, Robin --- CoSponsor: Hubbard, Rodney R.

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

HB 2275 --- Sponsor: Johnson, Connie "LaJoyce"

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

HB 2282 --- Sponsor: Ervin, Doug

Changes the laws regarding health insurance

HB 2343 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin

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

HB 2370 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R. --- CoSponsor: Davis, Cynthia L.

Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery

HB 2386 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Page, Sam

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

HB 2390 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Harris, Belinda

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

HB 2394 --- Sponsor: Ervin, Doug --- CoSponsor: Richard, Ron

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

HB 2419 --- Sponsor: Onder, Bob

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

HB 2423 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Threlkeld, Kevin

Changes the laws regarding health care

HB 2450 --- Sponsor: Page, Sam --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne

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

HB 2457 --- Sponsor: Jones, Kenny

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

HB 2486 --- Sponsor: Lipke, Scott A.

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

HB 2512 --- Sponsor: Baker, Judy --- CoSponsor: Wildberger, Edward

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

HB 2527 --- Sponsor: Sander, Therese --- CoSponsor: Harris, Belinda

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

HB 2540 --- Sponsor: Brandom, Ellen --- CoSponsor: Smith, Jason

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

HB 2549 --- Sponsor: Hubbard, Rodney R. --- CoSponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria

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

HB 2585 --- Sponsor: Donnelly, Margaret --- CoSponsor: Bringer, Rachel

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

SB 732 --- Sponsor: Champion, Norma

Establishes a drug monitoring program and modifies existing record keeping for controlled substances and pseudoephedrine products

SB 792 --- Sponsor: Champion, Norma

Provides immunity from liability for certain healthcare professionals assisting law enforcement or governmental agencies in certain planned activities

SB 817 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack

Prohibits health care professionals from billing for anatomic pathology services not personally rendered

SB 821 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes

Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee

SB 855 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida

Adds counseling services under MO HealthNet

SB 870 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John

Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery

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 923 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes

Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding a licensed optometrist

SB 948 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.

Clarifies the duty of pharmacies to fill prescriptions

SB 972 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill

Adds comprehensive day rehabilitation services under MO HealthNet

SB 987 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes

Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding a licensed podiatrist and a licensed nurse

SB 1021 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John

Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery

SB 1043 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann

Requires health carriers to provide coverage for out-of-network chiropractic services under certain circumstances

SB 1044 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill

Modifies provisions regarding minimum ambulance staffing for ambulances staffed with volunteers

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 1109 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert

Modifies the scope of practice for licensed professional counselors

SB 1162 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan

Licenses clinical laboratory science personnel

SB 1177 --- Sponsor: Barnitz, Frank A.

Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances

SB 1203 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.

Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri local government employees' retirement system

SB 1210 --- Sponsor: Callahan, Victor E.

Adds professional corporations of eligible physicians to coverage under the state legal expense fund

SB 1215 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan

Enacts the Prevention First Act

SB 1216 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan

Establishes the implementation of a health care quality report card

SB 1264 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan

Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to report adverse health events

SB 1272 --- Sponsor: Kennedy, Harry

Governs the treatment of quality of care data between health carriers and health care providers

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