HB 1329 -- Volunteer Health Services Act

Sponsor:  Sater

This bill establishes the Volunteer Health Services Act which
allows a licensed health care provider to render volunteer
professional health care services for a sponsoring organization.
Any person with a suspended or revoked license or who renders
services outside the scope of his or her license is not eligible
to provide services under the act.  Before a health care
professional can provide volunteer services, the sponsoring
organization must register with the Department of Health and
Senior Services and pay a $50 fee.  A sponsoring organization
must file a quarterly voluntary services report with the
department, keep its records of health care provider volunteers
up to date, and maintain the records for five years following the
service rendered by the health care provider volunteer.
Insurers providing professional liability coverage to health care
providers on or after August 28, 2010, cannot exclude coverage to
a health care provider who volunteers his or her health care
services if the sponsoring organization and the health care
provider comply with the provisions of the bill.

Health care providers volunteering their services will not be
liable for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting
from their service unless there was gross negligence or willful
misconduct.  Volunteers cannot receive any form of direct or
indirect compensation, benefits, or considerations for their
health care services and must perform acts within the scope of
their professional license and in compliance with all health care
regulations.

Any volunteer crisis response team member who participates in a
crisis intervention will not be liable in tort for any personal
injuries or emotional distress of any participant to the
intervention that is caused by the act or omission of the team
member during an intervention with certain specified exceptions.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:10 pm