Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2009)
Bills Indexed by Subject
HOSPITALS
HB 196
--- Sponsor:
Brandom, Ellen
--- CoSponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
Establishes the requirements for health care providers to seek a
surrogate to make health care decisions for a patient who is
incapacitated
HB 327
--- Sponsor:
Schaaf, Robert
--- CoSponsor:
Ervin, Doug
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Health Facilities Review
Committee for the Certificate of Need Program
HB 401
--- Sponsor:
Schaaf, Robert
--- CoSponsor:
Cooper, Robert Wayne
Changes the laws regarding hospital patient safety
HB 570
--- Sponsor:
Harris, Belinda
--- CoSponsor:
Sander, Therese
Changes the laws regarding abortions
HB 586
--- Sponsor:
Talboy, Mike
--- CoSponsor:
Hughes, Leonard
Requires health care providers to notify a patient when the patient's
confidential medical information has been improperly shared with a
third party
HB 651
--- Sponsor:
Meadows, Tim
--- CoSponsor:
Low, Beth
Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in
patient care areas of each unit of the hospital
HB 721
--- Sponsor:
LeVota, Paul
--- CoSponsor:
Meadows, Tim
Establishes the Health Care Whistleblower Protection Act to protect
health care professionals from retaliatory actions by employers for
reporting violations regarding improper patient care
HB 725
--- Sponsor:
LeVota, Paul
--- CoSponsor:
Pace, Sharon
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 761
--- Sponsor:
Grill, Jason
--- CoSponsor:
Atkins, Bert
Includes laboratory results as a part of a person's medical record
to be released upon the patient's written request
HB 780
--- Sponsor:
Hodges, Steve
--- CoSponsor:
Roorda, Jeff
Changes the laws regarding hospital patient safety
HB 849
--- 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
HB 999
--- Sponsor:
Low, Beth
--- CoSponsor:
McClanahan, Rebecca
Changes the laws regarding sexual education, sexually transmitted
infection therapies, and pregnancy prevention
HB 1113
--- Sponsor:
Low, Beth
--- CoSponsor:
Oxford, Jeanette Mott
Specifies that creditors will only be allowed to receive and courts
only allowed to grant judgments for interest up to a rate of 6% per
annum on past due invoices for medical services and treatment
HB 1117
--- Sponsor:
Davis, Cynthia L.
Requires hospitals and birthing centers to provide maternity patients
with informational leaflets regarding the annual percentages of
specified maternity-related procedures performed at the facility
HB 1171
--- Sponsor:
Burlison, Eric
--- CoSponsor:
Wilson, Kevin
Prohibits a licensed health care professional from charging, billing,
or soliciting payment for anatomic pathology services which were not
personally rendered
HB 1179
--- Sponsor:
Storch, Rachel
Changes the laws regarding the Safe Place for Newborns Act by
increasing from five to 30 days after birth the time a parent can
relinquish physical custody of a newborn without being prosecuted
HB 1181
--- Sponsor:
Dethrow, Mike
Authorizes certain hospital districts, upon voter approval, to abolish
the hospital district property tax and impose a retail sales tax of up
to 1% for funding the hospital district
- SB 229
--- Sponsor:
Bray, Joan
- Requires the posting of nurse staffing levels at hospitals
- SB 260
--- Sponsor:
Wright-Jones, Robin
- Establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act
- SB 308
--- Sponsor:
Bray, Joan
- Establishes the implementation of a health care quality report card
- SB 382
--- Sponsor:
Schaefer, Kurt
- Requires hospitals to report adverse health events to a patient
safety organization for review
- SB 414
--- Sponsor:
Dempsey, Tom
- Prohibits hospitals from billing for certain medical errors
- SB 517
--- Sponsor:
Lembke, Jim
- Enacts guidelines and criteria for transparency in quality of health
care services
Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:31 am