Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2009)
Bills Indexed by Subject
HEALTH CARE
HB 32 --- Sponsor: Sater, David --- CoSponsor: Weter, Raymond 'Ray'
Requires, subject to appropriations, the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish an access to healthy food pilot program HB 34 --- Sponsor: Sater, David --- CoSponsor: Weter, Raymond 'Ray'
Requires the State of Missouri to match any grant moneys received by the state for smoking cessation up to a $2 million cap HB 43 --- Sponsor: Sater, David --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.
Repeals certain provisions of law regarding access to psychotropic medications for recipients of public assistance benefits HB 50 --- Sponsor: Hodges, Steve --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim
Requires health insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility HB 52 --- Sponsor: Hodges, Steve --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim
Requires health insurance coverage to continue for any child or dependent of an enrollee with Down Syndrome after they reach 18 years of age HB 60 --- Sponsor: Lipke, Scott A.
Allows persons who have exhausted their total lifetime benefits to be eligible for coverage under the Missouri Health Insurance Pool HB 143 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard
Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Insurance Act to provide comprehensive and necessary health care services for Missouri residents HB 151 --- Sponsor: Yates, Brian David
Requires agents and brokers who sell or renew health insurance policies under the Missouri Health Insurance Pool to receive a 5% commission HB 193 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda --- CoSponsor: Roorda, Jeff
Authorizes Jefferson County, upon voter approval, to impose a retail sales tax to fund public health and safety projects and programs of the county public health center 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 223 --- Sponsor: Yates, Brian David
Authorizes sales tax exemptions and income tax deductions for amounts expended for fitness dues or fees and fitness equipment HB 226 --- Sponsor: Emery, Edgar G. H. --- CoSponsor: Bruns, Mark J.
Specifies that no pharmacy can be required to perform, assist, recommend, refer to, or participate in any act or service resulting in an abortion and it will be immune from liability for refusing to do so HB 231 --- Sponsor: Yates, Brian David
Requires group policies by a health carrier or plan to employers not covered by federal COBRA to provide the continuation coverage to a terminated employee in the same manner as by COBRA law HB 259 --- Sponsor: Tilley, Steven
Allows a health insurance carrier 45 processing days, instead of the current 45 calendar days, to pay a claim HB 272 --- Sponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria --- CoSponsor: McNeil, Margo
Establishes the Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force within the Department of Health and Senior Services to assess the impact of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia on residents of this state 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 293 --- 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 HB 296 --- Sponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott
Requires, subject to appropriations, an expansion of the variety of kosher foods approved under the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Special Supplemental Food Program HB 298 --- Sponsor: Scharnhorst, Dwight --- CoSponsor: Schoemehl, Sue
Requires health carriers issuing or renewing a health plan to provide individuals younger than 18 years of age insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders HB 313 --- Sponsor: Yates, Brian David --- CoSponsor: Grisamore, Jeff
Changes the laws regarding several economic development programs, establishes the Small Business and Entrepreneurial Growth Act, and authorizes business, education, science, and technology districts 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 342 --- Sponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin --- CoSponsor: Jones, Tishaura
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 352 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Weter, Raymond 'Ray'
Establishes provisions regarding the licensure of tanning facilities by the Department of Health and Senior Services HB 355 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L.
Allows the adult child born as a result of sperm or egg donation to obtain identifying information regarding the donor HB 357 --- Sponsor: Scharnhorst, Dwight --- CoSponsor: Schoemehl, Sue
Requires health carriers issuing or renewing a health plan to provide individuals younger than 18 years of age insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders HB 372 --- 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 HB 395 --- Sponsor: Nance, Bob --- CoSponsor: Nolte, Jerry
Changes the laws regarding long-term care facilities and residents and home and community-based care assessments HB 401 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne
Changes the laws regarding hospital patient safety HB 406 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth --- CoSponsor: Jones, Tishaura
Establishes the Paid Sick Days Act which requires employers to provide sick days with pay to employees HB 413 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth --- CoSponsor: Jones, Tishaura
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for human papillomavirus screenings for cervical cancer HB 430 --- Sponsor: Hoskins, Theodore
Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to develop and disseminate information regarding uterine fibroids to health care providers and the public 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 459 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne
Creates a federal reimbursement allowance for ground ambulance services HB 476 --- Sponsor: Talboy, Mike
Repeals the provision allowing certain individuals with ministerial or tocological certification to provide midwifery services in this state HB 497 --- Sponsor: Ervin, Doug --- CoSponsor: Cox, Stanley
Changes the laws regarding transparency of health care information, Missouri Health Insurance Pool, and patient privacy and safety HB 520 --- Sponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott --- CoSponsor: Brown, Steve
Establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies (CARE) Act which allows hospitals and health care facilities to provide emergency contraception to sexual assault victims HB 525 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn
Requires the Division of Developmental Disabilities to establish programs and services for individuals diagnosed with autism jointly with families, regional councils, and a newly established committee HB 530 --- 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 HB 570 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda --- CoSponsor: Sander, Therese
Changes the laws regarding abortions HB 610 --- Sponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott --- CoSponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
Provides outreach services, educational training for child care professionals, and subsidies for early childhood programs HB 621 --- Sponsor: Meiners, Kate --- CoSponsor: McClanahan, Rebecca
Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating November 16 as "Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Awareness Day" HB 634 --- 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 HB 635 --- Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R. --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott
Expands the State Children's Health Insurance Program to offer insurance coverage to all children residing in this state regardless of income 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 663 --- 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 HB 707 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin --- CoSponsor: Bruns, Mark J.
Changes the laws regarding public safety HB 716 --- Sponsor: Todd, Thomas --- CoSponsor: Casey, Ron
Changes the laws regarding newborn screening tests and premature infants 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 723 --- Sponsor: LeVota, Paul --- CoSponsor: Kander, Jason
Changes the laws regarding the payment of any charges for forensic examinations and the medical treatment of victims of sexual offenses 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 740 --- Sponsor: Icet, Allen
Extends the expiration date of various federal reimbursement allowances from 2009 to 2011 and authorizes a federal gross receipts tax for in-home services HB 748 --- Sponsor: Ervin, Doug --- CoSponsor: Flook, Tim
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri High Risk Health Insurance Pool HB 750 --- Sponsor: Faith, Sally A. --- CoSponsor: Dixon, Bob
Establishes requirements for the licensure of naturopathic physicians HB 755 --- Sponsor: Grill, Jason
Requires certain food service establishments to post the calorie content of food items on their menus or menu boards HB 757 --- Sponsor: Grill, Jason --- CoSponsor: Pace, Sharon
Authorizes each local school district to develop and implement a coordinated school health program under guidelines established by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education HB 758 --- Sponsor: Grill, Jason --- CoSponsor: Pace, Sharon
Establishes the Child Nutrition and Wellness Act of 2009, the Office of Child Nutrition and Wellness, and the Advisory Council on Child Nutrition and Wellness HB 759 --- Sponsor: Grill, Jason --- CoSponsor: Pace, Sharon
Establishes the Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement Act of 2009 to develop, implement, and promote a statewide effort to combat type 2 diabetes 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 766 --- Sponsor: Grill, Jason --- CoSponsor: Atkins, Bert
Requires all teeth-whitening formulations to be prescribed and dispensed by a licensed dentist HB 780 --- Sponsor: Hodges, Steve --- CoSponsor: Roorda, Jeff
Changes the laws regarding hospital patient safety HB 782 --- Sponsor: Frame, Michael --- CoSponsor: Schieffer, Ed
Establishes the Healthy Families, Healthy Communities Act which requires all employers to provide sick leave for employees HB 803 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin --- CoSponsor: Dethrow, Mike
Allows mandate-free health insurance policies and contracts to be offered in this state 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 831 --- Sponsor: Molendorp, Chris --- CoSponsor: Tilley, Steven
Prohibits health insurance carriers from discriminating between eye care providers when selecting their provider network, referring enrollees for health services, and reimbursing amounts for services HB 839 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert
Establishes the standard of care for persons with bleeding disorders HB 848 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth --- CoSponsor: Atkins, Bert
Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of certain products and containers containing certain levels of bisphenol-A 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 852 --- Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
Specifies that certain information collected from health maintenance and community-based health maintenance organizations that does not contain identifiable information will be public information HB 877 --- Sponsor: Parson, Michael L.
Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to develop information for distribution in school districts about meningococcal disease and the availability of a vaccine to prevent it HB 886 --- Sponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P.
Requires all health benefit plans to provide coverage for phase I clinical trials for cancer treatment and requires insurance companies to cover routine patient care costs for any phase of cancer trials HB 891 --- Sponsor: Smith, Joe --- CoSponsor: Roorda, Jeff
Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to implement strategies to raise public awareness regarding food allergens 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 935 --- Sponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria --- CoSponsor: Nance, Bob
Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to strongly encourage long-term care facilities to institute policies encouraging familial involvement in the well-being and support of its residents HB 941 --- Sponsor: Fallert, Joseph Jr. --- CoSponsor: LeVota, Paul
Expands eligibility for the Missouri Rx Plan to include retired Missouri residents 65 years of age or older with annual incomes of up to $25,000 for individuals and of up to $50,000 for married couples HB 953 --- 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 HB 966 --- Sponsor: Schoeller, Shane
Changes the laws regarding long-term care facilities HB 986 --- 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 HB 995 --- Sponsor: Zerr, Anne --- CoSponsor: Funderburk, Doug
Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish the Missouri Healthy Workplace Recognition Program to recognize certain employers for promoting health, wellness, and prevention HB 999 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth --- CoSponsor: McClanahan, Rebecca
Changes the laws regarding sexual education, sexually transmitted infection therapies, and pregnancy prevention HB 1038 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Allen, Sue
Adds prescribed, medically necessary hearing aids to the list of covered services under the MO HealthNet Program HB 1063 --- Sponsor: Guest, Jim
Establishes the Clinical Laboratory Science Practice Act to regulate and license clinical laboratory science personnel HB 1065 --- Sponsor: Morris, James --- CoSponsor: Swinger, Terry
Establishes the Prostate Cancer Pilot Program to fund screening and treatment services for prostate cancer for certain uninsured or economically challenged men HB 1087 --- Sponsor: Schoemehl, Sue --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn
Establishes requirements for the licensure of naturopathic physicians HB 1089 --- Sponsor: McClanahan, Rebecca --- CoSponsor: LeVota, Paul
Establishes the Missouri Health Policy Authority to develop and maintain a coordinated health policy agenda for the provision of health services in this state 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 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 1123 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne
Establishes the Controlled Substance Monitoring Act which requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of certain controlled substances HB 1129 --- Sponsor: Stream, Rick --- CoSponsor: Icet, Allen
Authorizes a federal reimbursement allowance for in-home services HB 1149 --- Sponsor: Deeken, Bill
Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage on equal terms for intravenous or injected cancer medications and orally administered anticancer medications as a pharmaceutical benefit HB 1152 --- Sponsor: Diehl, John
Changes the laws regarding the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement HB 1160 --- Sponsor: Curls, Shalonn --- CoSponsor: McClanahan, Rebecca
Establishes the Women's Heart Health Program to provide heart disease risk screening to uninsured and underinsured women HB 1162 --- Sponsor: Brown, Michael R.
Establishes the Missouri Commission on Prevention and Management of Obesity HB 1163 --- Sponsor: Brown, Michael R.
Requires the State Board of Education to establish the Coordinated Health Program Board to develop a program on the prevention of student obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type II diabetes HB 1164 --- Sponsor: Brown, Michael R.
Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a publicly financed, statewide insurance program for all residents of this state 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 1175 --- Sponsor: Nolte, Jerry --- CoSponsor: Pace, Sharon
Allows individuals to have an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order with a symbol placed on their driver's license to indicate the presence of the order HB 1177 --- Sponsor: Allen, Sue --- CoSponsor: Flanigan, Tom
Changes eiligiblity requirements regarding the non-Mo HealthNet eligible consumer-directed personal care services 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 1183 --- 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 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 HCR 18 --- Sponsor: Scavuzzo, Luke --- CoSponsor: Storch, Rachel
Recognizes October 2009 as "Hydrocephalus Awareness Month" in Missouri HCR 27 --- Sponsor: Curls, Shalonn
Urges the Department of Health and Senior Services to educate parents on the importance of adolescent health HCR 28 --- 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 HCR 30 --- Sponsor: Brown, Michael R. --- CoSponsor: Hughes, Leonard
Urges the United States Congress to enact a universal health care system in the United States HCR 35 --- Sponsor: Storch, Rachel --- CoSponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin
Urges Congress to address the pervasiveness of sickle cell trait and disease and the need to increase public awareness of the available programs and screenings HR 294 --- Sponsor: Dixon, Bob --- CoSponsor: Richard, Ron
Urges the United States Congress to summarily reject the enactment of the federal Freedom of Choice Act which classifies abortion as a fundamental right and prohibits any restrictions on abortions
SB 144 --- Sponsor: Wright-Jones, Robin
Establishes a prostate cancer pilot program to provide screening, referral services, treatment and outreach
SB 148 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
Provides a tax deduction for the premiums paid by a taxpayer for high deductible health plans used with a health savings account
SB 176 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
Establishes an Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force
SB 197 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
Prescribes requirments as to billing for anatomic pathology services not personally rendered
SB 236 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim
Modifies various provisions of the prompt pay statutes as they relate to the calculation of interest and penalties, the payment of attorney fees, and other ancillary matters
SB 283 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim
Prohibits health carriers from imposing co-insurance or co-payment amounts that exceeds 50% of the total cost of any single health care service
SB 306 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
Establishes the Show-Me Health Coverage plan to provide health care coverage through the private insurance market to low-income working individuals
SB 329 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Enacts the Preventions First Act
SB 352 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Establishes a Commission on the Reorganization of State Health Care
SB 365 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
Licenses clinical laboratory personnel
SB 369 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
Modifies provisions related to pharmacy
SB 375 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
Provides health insurance coverage for Phase I clinical trials for cancer treatment
SB 378 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary
Extends the sunsets on certain provider taxes
SB 382 --- Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
Requires hospitals to report adverse health events to a patient safety organization for review
SB 406 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
Authorizes physician assistants to prescribe controlled substances and modifies the review of advanced practice registered nurses prescribing controlled substances
SB 407 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
Requires a comprehensive study on how other states administer their state employee health care plans
SB 412 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
Establishes a grant for a feasibility study on creating a single comprehensive health care plan at the local level
SB 413 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
Provides for a one-time grant by the Department of Social Services for use by free health care clinics
SB 414 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
Prohibits hospitals from billing for certain medical errors
SB 418 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
Enacts provisions relating to faith-based community health centers
SB 487 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
Revises provisions relating to the renamed Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council
SB 509 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
Modifies provisions relating to review of advanced practice registered nurses by collaborating physicians
SB 517 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim
Enacts guidelines and criteria for transparency in quality of health care services
SB 548 --- Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
Allows for the establishment of health record banks
SB 548 --- Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
Allows for the establishment of health record banks
SB 553 --- Sponsor: Crowell, Jason
Reorganizes the state health care system
SB 570 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim
Modifies provisions regarding the non-MO HealthNet eligible consumer-directed personal care services program
SCR 22 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Urges the United States Congress to enact the United States Health Insurance Act sponsored by U.S. Representative John Conyers
SJR 17 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim
Prohibits public funds to be used for abortion services, human cloning, or prohibited human research

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