Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2009)
Bills Indexed by Subject
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
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 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 203 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn
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 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 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 303 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Wildberger, Edward
Prohibits health insurers from discriminating against any willing provider in the geographic region of the health benefit plan HB 344 --- Sponsor: Nolte, Jerry --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn
Prohibits the use or possession of an alcohol beverage vaporizer HB 398 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.
Changes the requirements for the admissibility of evidence regarding the value of medical treatment provided HB 401 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne
Changes the laws regarding hospital patient safety 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 458 --- Sponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P. --- CoSponsor: Rucker, Martin T.
Establishes regulations regarding pharmacy benefit managers HB 476 --- Sponsor: Talboy, Mike
Repeals the provision allowing certain individuals with ministerial or tocological certification to provide midwifery services in this state 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 516 --- Sponsor: Hummel, Jacob --- CoSponsor: Carter, Chris
Removes health care providers from the mandatory exclusion from jury duty and allows the court to excuse a health care provider from jury service at the court's discretion 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 569 --- Sponsor: Molendorp, Chris --- CoSponsor: Wilson, Kevin
Changes the laws regarding the processing of health insurance claims and requires group health insurers to offer coverage for autism spectrum disorder 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 607 --- Sponsor: Ervin, Doug
Establishes the Missouri Patient Privacy Act which limits the disclosure of patient medical information 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 697 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Schaaf, Robert
Adds state and political subdivision employees to the term "volunteer" as it relates to persons who can dispense medications for the Department of Health and Senior Services during emergencies HB 708 --- Sponsor: Tracy, Clint
Exempts MO HealthNet Program reimbursements received by doctors, dentists, and nurses from state income tax 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 728 --- Sponsor: LeVota, Paul --- CoSponsor: Lampe, Sara
Requires a person who has reasonable cause to believe that a pharmacist's or health care professional's conduct is illegal or could cause serious injury to make a report to specified authorities HB 750 --- Sponsor: Faith, Sally A. --- CoSponsor: Dixon, Bob
Establishes requirements for the licensure of naturopathic physicians 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 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 811 --- Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
Requires an applicant for licensure as a dietitian to have a current registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration 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 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 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 920 --- Sponsor: Parson, Michael L.
Requires a health insurance carrier to reimburse a licensed athletic trainer for services covered by a health benefit plan in the same manner as any other provider is reimbursed HB 926 --- Sponsor: Bruns, Mark J. --- CoSponsor: Nance, Bob
Changes the laws regarding protections for vulnerable adults and children and transfers the Division of Aging to the Department of Health and Senior Services 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 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 999 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth --- CoSponsor: McClanahan, Rebecca
Changes the laws regarding sexual education, sexually transmitted infection therapies, and pregnancy prevention HB 1063 --- Sponsor: Guest, Jim
Establishes the Clinical Laboratory Science Practice Act to regulate and license clinical laboratory science personnel 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 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 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 1142 --- Sponsor: Loehner, Tom --- CoSponsor: Schad, Rodney
Authorizes a tax credit for milk, swine, and cattle producers and a state and local sales and use tax exemption for certain medical equipment, supplies, and devices 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 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 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
SB 87 --- Sponsor: Crowell, Jason
Exempts MO HealthNet expense reimbursements received by doctors, dentists, and nurses from state income tax
SB 170 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee
SB 197 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
Prescribes requirments as to billing for anatomic pathology services not personally rendered
SB 203 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
Relates to the duty of pharmacies to fill prescriptions
SB 308 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Establishes the implementation of a health care quality report card
SB 329 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Enacts the Preventions First Act
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 410 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
Modifies various laws governing medical malpractice insurance
SB 415 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
Modifies several provisions of laws relating to health insurance
SB 425 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
Requires health insurance policies to cover dental care services for pregnant women
SB 463 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
Requires health carriers to provide coverage for the treatment and diagnosis of eating disorders
SB 478 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
Forbids health carriers from requiring providers to disclose their reimbursement rates with other carriers as a condition to contract
SB 487 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
Revises provisions relating to the renamed Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council
SB 531 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
Eliminates certain restrictions on dental advertising
SB 547 --- Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
Modifies several provisions of law relating to health insurance

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