Bills Assigned to Committee
HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION
| Description | Committee Members |
HB78 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara --- CoSponsor: Burnett, John P.

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

HB78 -- (LR# 0479L.01I)

Referred: Healthcare Transformation (H) HB95 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn

Changes the laws regarding co-payments for prescription drugs and establishes regulations regarding pharmacy benefit managers

HB95 -- (LR# 0461L.01I)

Referred: Fiscal Review (H) HB286 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Sander, Therese

Requires every hospital licensed in the state to establish a methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) control program

HB286 -- (LR# 0460L.01I)

Senate Committee: SENATE HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, SENIORS, AND FAMILIES

Executive Session Held (S)

VOTED DO PASS

HB293 --- Sponsor: Nance, Bob --- CoSponsor: Nolte, Jerry

Requires the Department of Social Services to provide all public school districts information on the state's health insurance program for uninsured children to be distributed at school enrollment

HB293 -- (LR# 0900L.01I)

Voted Do Pass (H) HB303 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Wildberger, Edward

Prohibits health insurers from discriminating against any willing provider in the geographic region of the health benefit plan

HB303 -- (LR# 0462L.01I)

House Committee: HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION

Motion to Do Pass Failed (H) HB327 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Ervin, Doug

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee for the Certificate of Need Program

HB327 -- (LR# 0457L.01I)

Referred: Healthcare Transformation (H) HB372 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne

Requires the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration to establish uniform insurance application forms for most group health insurance policies

HB372 -- (LR# 0458L.02I)

Rules - Reported Do Pass (H) HB459 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne

Creates a federal reimbursement allowance for ground ambulance services

HB459 -- (LR# 1223L.01I)

Senate Committee: SENATE HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, SENIORS, AND FAMILIES

Executive Session Held (S)

SCS VOTED DO PASS

HB529 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Schaaf, Robert

Increases the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding one licensed mental health professional who cares for participants

HB529 -- (LR# 1100L.01I)

Referred: Healthcare Transformation (H) HB530 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Storch, Rachel

Adds comprehensive day rehabilitation services beginning soon after trauma for individuals with disabling impairments to the list of services covered under the MO HealthNet Program

HB530 -- (LR# 1220L.01I)

Referred: Healthcare Transformation (H) HB614 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim

Prohibits health insurers from imposing any co-payment or co-insurance, or combination thereof, that exceeds 50% of the total cost of providing the health care service to an enrollee

HB614 -- (LR# 1666L.01I)

HCS Voted Do Pass (H) HB634 --- Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R. --- CoSponsor: Storch, Rachel

Adds home nursing visits and follow-up care as needed for certain at-risk newborns to the list of covered services under the MO HealthNet Program

HB634 -- (LR# 0675L.01I)

HCS Voted Do Pass (H) HB663 --- Sponsor: Allen, Sue --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.

Increases the income disregarded under the Ticket to Work Health Assurance Program for Social Security Disability Income from $50 to $250

HB663 -- (LR# 1792L.01I)

Voted Do Pass (H) HB691 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert

Authorizes the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts to establish an impaired physician program for physicians who may be impaired due to illness, substance abuse, or mental condition

HB691 -- (LR# 1869L.01I)

Referred: Rules - Pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f) (H) HB810 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Kingery, Gayle

Limits the number of embryos a physician can implant in a human to the current number recommended by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

HB810 -- (LR# 2027L.01I)

HCS Voted Do Pass (H) HB839 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert

Establishes the standard of care for persons with bleeding disorders

HB839 -- (LR# 2073L.01I)

HCS Voted Do Pass (H) HB849 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott

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

HB849 -- (LR# 0617L.01I)

Referred: Healthcare Transformation (H) HB891 --- Sponsor: Smith, Joe --- CoSponsor: Roorda, Jeff

Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to implement strategies to raise public awareness regarding food allergens

HB891 -- (LR# 2098L.01I)

Voted Do Pass (H) HB919 --- Sponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn --- CoSponsor: Lipke, Scott A.

Allows associations to provide group health insurance policies to sole proprietors and self-employed individuals

HB919 -- (LR# 1158L.01T)

Approved by Governor (G)

Delivered to Secretary of State (G) HB953 --- Sponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn --- CoSponsor: Allen, Sue

Adds providers of certain targeted case management services to the list of providers recognized by the Department of Mental Health as administrative entities

HB953 -- (LR# 2296L.01I)

Referred: Rules - Pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f) (H) HB986 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert

Prohibits a health carrier or health benefit plan from denying reimbursement for diagnostic imaging services based solely on a licensed physician's specialty or professional board certification

HB986 -- (LR# 2367L.01I)

Referred: Rules - Pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f) (H) HB987 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert

Requires the Family Support Division to implement a step reduction method to more efficiently transition recipients off of child day care services benefits

HB987 -- (LR# 2360L.01I)

House Committee: HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION

Public Hearing Completed (H) HB1183 --- Sponsor: Silvey, Ryan --- CoSponsor: Parkinson, Mark A.

Creates the MO HealthNet Trust Fund and authorizes a checkoff box on the Missouri individual and corporate tax income forms for donations to the fund

HB1183 -- (LR# 0684L.02I)

Referred: Healthcare Transformation (H) HCR28 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert

Urges rescission of federal law 42 CFR, Part 435.1008, which prohibits Missouri from utilizing the current acute care mental hospital in Columbia for purposes of Medicaid participation funds

HCR28 -- (LR# 1943L.01I)

Referred: Rules - Pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f) (H) SB307 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom

Imposes a gross receipts tax on certain ambulance service providers

SB307 -- (LR# 1446S.01I)

Approved by Governor (G)

Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

THIS BILL BECOMES EFFECTIVE AUGUST 28, 2009,

EXCEPT FOR SECTION 633.402 WHICH HAS A JUNE 26,

2009 EFFECTIVE DATE

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