PHYSICIANS

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2009)
Bills Indexed by Subject
PHYSICIANS

HB 36 --- Sponsor: Sater, David --- CoSponsor: Weter, Raymond 'Ray'

Authorizes a state and local sales and use tax exemption for over-the-counter or nonprescription drugs which are prescribed by a practitioner HB 37 --- Sponsor: Sater, David --- CoSponsor: Weter, Raymond 'Ray'

Adds medical practitioners providing free services at a summer camp to the list of health care providers for whom the State Legal Expense Fund is available for payment of certain claims against a provider HB 46 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L. --- CoSponsor: Cox, Stanley

Changes the laws regarding the consent requirements for obtaining an abortion and creates the crime of coercing an abortion 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 275 --- Sponsor: Sater, David --- CoSponsor: Sander, Therese

Allows physician assistants, when delegated through a physician supervision agreement, to prescribe Schedule III, IV, and V controlled substances HB 277 --- Sponsor: Meiners, Kate --- CoSponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria

Changes the laws regarding the classification of marijuana as a controlled substance and allows the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes under certain conditions HB 285 --- Sponsor: Storch, Rachel

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 370 --- Sponsor: Storch, Rachel

Changes the laws regarding hospital patient safety HB 434 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L. --- CoSponsor: Cox, Stanley

Changes the laws regarding the consent requirements for obtaining an abortion and creates the crime of coercing an abortion HB 458 --- Sponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P. --- CoSponsor: Rucker, Martin T.

Establishes regulations regarding pharmacy benefit managers HB 467 --- Sponsor: Zimmerman, Jake --- CoSponsor: Morris, James

Requires health carriers and health benefit plans to offer coverage for durable medical equipment prescribed by a physician HB 508 --- Sponsor: Kuessner, J. C. --- CoSponsor: Harris, Belinda

Requires medical malpractice insurers to establish premiums based on the average medical malpractice judgment awarded by county during the previous calendar year HB 512 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Dusenberg, Gary

Adds specialists, certain charitable health care referral networks, professional corporations of a physician, and other professionals for whom the State Legal Expense Fund is available for certain claims HB 563 --- Sponsor: McClanahan, Rebecca --- CoSponsor: Jones, Kenny

Changes the laws regarding physical therapy services 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 691 --- 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 HB 708 --- Sponsor: Tracy, Clint

Exempts MO HealthNet Program reimbursements received by doctors, dentists, and nurses from state income tax 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 750 --- Sponsor: Faith, Sally A. --- CoSponsor: Dixon, Bob

Establishes requirements for the licensure of naturopathic physicians 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 794 --- Sponsor: Guest, Jim

Prohibits the transfer, use, or sale of prescription information by certain persons HB 804 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin --- CoSponsor: Wasson, Jay

Requires health carriers to notify enrollees when health care providers change their network status HB 810 --- 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 HB 819 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Denison, Charles W. "Charlie"

Establishes the Public Access to Automated External Defibrillator Act HB 907 --- Sponsor: Fallert, Joseph Jr. --- CoSponsor: Komo, Sam

Allows an employee who is injured on the job to select his or her own health care provider to cure and relieve the effects of the injury at the expense of the employer HB 999 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth --- CoSponsor: McClanahan, Rebecca

Changes the laws regarding sexual education, sexually transmitted infection therapies, and pregnancy prevention HB 1087 --- Sponsor: Schoemehl, Sue --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn

Establishes requirements for the licensure of naturopathic physicians HB 1103 --- Sponsor: Hoskins, Denny

Requires the Department of Social Services to establish a rate of reimbursement, subject to appropriations, that provides the same reimbursement for similar services rendered by providers 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 1141 --- Sponsor: McNeil, Margo

Specifies that any provision of certain agreements between physicians containing a covenant not to compete to the extent it restricts the physician's right to practice upon termination will be void HB 1178 --- Sponsor: Dusenberg, Gary --- CoSponsor: Yates, Brian David

Changes the laws regarding the consent requirements for obtaining an abortion and creates the crime of coercing an abortion HB 1185 --- Sponsor: McClanahan, Rebecca --- CoSponsor: Kelly, Chris

Establishes the Office of Health Professions Workforce Planning to address the shortages and uneven distribution of health care professionals in this state HB 1193 --- Sponsor: Pratt, Bryan --- CoSponsor: Yates, Brian David

Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

SB 197 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Prescribes requirments as to billing for anatomic pathology services not personally rendered

SB 382 --- Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
: Requires hospitals to report adverse health events to a patient safety organization for review

SB 509 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
: Modifies provisions relating to review of advanced practice registered nurses by collaborating physicians

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Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:31 am