96th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Bills Indexed by Subject
HEALTH CARE


BillSponsor Bill StringDate/Last Action
 Bill Information
HB31Sater, David HB 312/24/2011 Referred: Insurance Policy (H)
  0067L.01I - Establishes the Senior Services Growth and Development Program to provide additional funding for senior services in the state by imposing a surcharge on certain health insurance premiums
HB57Brown, Michael HB 574/13/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  0400L.01I - Establishes the Missouri Commission on Prevention and Management of Obesity
HB59Brown, Michael HB 593/31/2011 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
  0401L.01I - Requires the State Board of Education to establish a coordinated health program board to develop a program on the prevention of student obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type II diabetes
HB67Scharnhorst, Dwight HB 673/31/2011 Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
  0464L.01I - Establishes provisions regarding the licensure of tanning facilities by the Department of Health and Senior Services
HB146Schoeller, Shane HB 1463/15/2011 Voted Do Pass (H)
  0234L.01I - Requires licensed chiropractors to be reimbursed under the MO HealthNet Program for providing services currently covered and within the scope of chiropractic practice
HB196Jones, Tishaura HB 1962/22/2011 Referred: Rules - Pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f) (H)
  0571L.01I - Extends the expiration date on the provisions regarding the Missouri Rx Plan from August 28, 2011, to August 28, 2016
HB280Frederick, Keith HB 2802/8/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  0745L.01I - Prohibits a health carrier or benefit plan from denying reimbursement for providing diagnostic imaging services based solely on the licensed physician's specialty or professional board certification
HB295Hinson, Dave HB 2952/23/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  0966L.03I - Specifies that any infectious disease which causes a condition of impaired health resulting in a disability or death of certain fire fighters will be presumed to have been incurred in the line of duty
HB301Talboy, Mike HB 3012/16/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  0716L.01I - Changes the laws regarding midwifery
HB312Gatschenberger, Chuck HB 3123/10/2011 Voted Do Pass (H)
  1098L.01I - Authorizes a claim clearinghouse to process and verify a request for an offset of an income tax refund and lottery winnings to satisfy an outstanding debt for ambulance services an individual received
HB334Barnes, Jay HB 3343/9/2011 HCS Reported Do Pass by Consent (H)
  0983L.02I - Requires the development and implementation of an interscholastic athletic head injury safety training program by the 2012-2013 school year
HB350Newman, Stacey HB 3502/15/2011 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
  0898L.01I - Changes the laws regarding sex education in schools, establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act and the Birth Control Protection Act, and requires a women's health care program
HB362Scharnhorst, Dwight HB 3622/23/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  0944L.01I - Establishes Bryce's Law which authorizes a tax credit for a person donating to a scholarship-granting organization for special needs students if it is not claimed on his or her federal income tax return
HB370Carter, Chris HB 3704/12/2011 Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
  0485L.01I - Establishes two prostate cancer pilot programs to fund prostate cancer screening and treatment services and to provide education to men residing in the state
HB374Barnes, Jay HB 3743/9/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  1146L.01I - Establishes the Missouri False Claims Act
HB387Wyatt, Zachary HB 3873/9/2011 HCS Reported Do Pass by Consent (H)
  0751L.01I - Establishes the Youth Athlete Brain Injury Prevention Act
HB390Holsman, Jason HB 3904/12/2011 Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
  0309L.01I - Establishes the KidCare Co-op Program, a public option, nonprofit health insurance cooperative, to provide affordable health insurance to children through 18 years of age
HB391Holsman, Jason HB 3914/12/2011 Referred: Health Insurance (H)
  0304L.01I - Adds home nursing visits for newborn infants including follow-up care as needed for certain at-risk newborns to the list of covered services under the MO HealthNet Program
HB392White, Bill HB 3923/16/2011 HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
  0934L.02I - Establishes the Adult Health Care Consent Act which provides for a priority of persons who can make health care decisions for an individual who is unable to consent to his or her own health care
HB398Diehl, John HB 3984/4/2011 HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
  0558L.02I - Changes the laws regarding powers of attorney, the Missouri Uniform Trust Code, and the Uniform Principal and Income Act
HB418Walton Gray, Rochelle HB 4183/16/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  0360L.01I - Establishes the Sickle Cell Disease Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the impact of sickle cell disease on urban communities, examine existing services, and address any needs
HB426Sifton, Scott HB 4262/15/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  0536L.01I - Prohibits an insurer from requiring any waiting period for health insurance coverage for maternity benefits and requires coverage to begin immediately from the effective date of the policy or plan
HB439Nolte, Jerry HB 4394/12/2011 Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
  1297L.01I - Allows an individual to have an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order documented with a symbol placed on his or her driver's license to indicate the existence of the order
HB452Hodges, Steve HB 4524/12/2011 Referred: Health Insurance (H)
  0342L.01I - Requires health insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility
HB558Grisamore, Jeff HB 5583/14/2011 HCS Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)
  0623L.01I - Adds comprehensive day rehabilitation services beginning soon after trauma for individuals with disabling impairments to the list of services covered under MO HealthNet benefits
HB563Grisamore, Jeff HB 5633/9/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  0622L.01I - Adds prescribed, medically necessary hearing aids to the list of services covered under MO HealthNet
HB583Oxford, Jeanette Mott HB 5832/24/2011 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
  0861L.02I - Changes the laws regarding quality early childhood care
HB588Cookson, Steve HB 5884/7/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  1305L.01I - Requires a statewide athletic organization that has a public school district as a member to publish an annual report regarding the impact of concussions and head injuries on student athletes
HB607Franz, Ward HB 6072/24/2011 Referred: Health Insurance (H)
  1560L.01I - Specifies that health plans providing services for conditions within the scope of practice of athletic trainers may not deny reimbursement to a licensed athletic trainer if reimbursable to another provider
HB636Oxford, Jeanette Mott HB 6363/9/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  0863L.01I - Establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies (CARE) Act which requires hospitals and health care facilities to provide emergency contraception to sexual assault victims
HB666Bernskoetter, Mike HB 6663/15/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  1112L.02I - Requires the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan Board of Trustees to develop a cost-neutral or cost-positive plan to provide bariatric coverage for individuals under the plan
HB690Bahr, Kurt HB 6903/30/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  1109L.01I - Changes the laws regarding immunizations for children
HB698Colona, Mike HB 6983/3/2011 Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
  1564L.01I - Changes the laws regarding the classification of marijuana as a controlled substance and allows its use for medicinal purposes under certain conditions
HB701Colona, Mike HB 7013/14/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  1460L.01I - 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
HB717Zerr, Anne HB 7173/10/2011 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
  1720L.01I - Changes the laws regarding automated external defibrillators
HB728McManus, Kevin HB 7283/16/2011 Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
  1680L.01I - Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of certain products and containers having certain levels of bisphenol-A
HB733Walton Gray, Rochelle HB 7333/10/2011 Referred: Corrections (H)
  0357L.01I - Allows certain inmates who become physically or mentally disabled, infirm, incompetent, or incapacitated to be released on parole if they are eligible for specified federal medical or financial benefits
HB755Leach, Melissa HB 7553/16/2011 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  1600L.01I - Specifies that any moneys generated by the Spinal Cord Injury Fund or granted by the University of Missouri Board of Curators for research programs not be used for abortion or human cloning research
HB762Schad, Rodney HB 7623/16/2011 Referred: Health Insurance (H)
  1795L.01I - Requires a health benefit plan to establish equal out-of-pocket requirements for an orally administered anti-cancer medication and an intravenously administered or injected cancer medication
HB821Bernskoetter, Mike HB 8215/9/2011 Voted Do Pass (H)
  1948L.01I - Changes the laws regarding the electronic transmission of prescriptions and pharmacy benefit managers
HB838Brattin, Rick HB 8384/6/2011 Voted Do Pass (H)
  1991L.01I - Establishes Chloe's Law which, subject to appropriations, requires the newborn screening requirements to include pulse oximetry screenings
HB851Cross, Gary L. HB 8514/6/2011 Voted Do Pass (H)
  1968L.01I - Requires the parent or guardian of any person younger than 18 years of age prior to the minor using a tanning device in a tanning facility to appear in person giving consent to the minor's use of the facility
HB862Brown, Michael HB 8623/31/2011 Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
  1905L.01I - Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a publicly financed, statewide insurance program for all residents of this state
HB880Atkins, Bert HB 8804/13/2011 HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
  0386L.01I - Authorizes a state and local sales and use tax exemption for certain drugs which are prescribed by a practitioner; certain medical equipment, supplies, and devices; and eyeglasses
HB887Frederick, Keith HB 8874/12/2011 Referred: Professional Registration and Licensing (H)
  2008L.01I - Changes the laws regarding midwifery and establishes registration requirements for midwives
HB903Stream, Rick HB 9034/7/2011 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
  2051L.01I - Requires schools to provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator and makes the instruction part of the high school graduation requirements
HB914Grisamore, Jeff HB 9144/7/2011 Referred: Special Standing Committee on Disability Services
  2062L.01I - Requires a licensed audiologist or a person fitting a hearing instrument to provide a customer with a purchase agreement verifying that the customer has been informed about certain information
HB982Jones, Caleb HB 9824/12/2011 Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
  2081L.01I - Restricts the authority of radiology benefit managers to deny diagnostic testing ordered and recommended by a licensed physician
HB992May, Karla HB 9924/7/2011 Referred: Tourism and Natural Resources
  2124L.01I - Designates June of each year as "Bone Marrow Awareness Month"
HB1010Bahr, Kurt HB 10105/2/2011 Referred: General Laws (H)
  2098L.02I - Declares the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as unauthorized by the United States Constitution and creates criminal penalties for persons enforcing or attempting to enforce the act
HB1020Barnes, Jay HB 10204/12/2011 Referred: Health Insurance (H)
  2035L.01I - Requires the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan Board of Trustees to develop a cost-neutral or cost-positive plan to provide coverage for temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) for plan participants
HB1027Grisamore, Jeff HB 10274/7/2011 Referred: Special Standing Committee on Disability Services
  2153L.01I - Adds prescribed, medically necessary hearing aids to the list of services covered under MO HealthNet
HCR30Frederick, Keith HCR 304/11/2011 Referred: Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics (S)
  1402L.01I - Urges the Governor and Attorney General to send a letter to the President of the United States expressing the urgency of resolving the constitutionality of the federal health care reform act
HCR43Smith, Clem HCR 434/4/2011 Voted Do Pass (H)
  0394L.01I - 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
HCR51Oxford, Jeanette Mott HCR 514/12/2011 Referred: Health Insurance (H)
  1917L.01I - Urges the United States Congress to enact the Improved and Expanded Medicare for All Act
HJR26Curtman, Paul HJR 263/15/2011 Voted Do Pass (H)
  1427L.01I - Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting state government from recognizing, enforcing, or acting in furtherance of certain actions of the federal government
SB6Goodman, Jack SB 62/15/2011 Public Hearing Held (S)
  0133S.01I - Enacts provisions relating to faith-based community health centers
SB42Chappelle-Nadal, Maria SB 421/12/2011 Second Read and Referred: Health, Mental Health, Seniors, and Families (S)
  0182S.01I - Increases resource limits for medical assistance eligibility
SB76Schaaf, Rob SB 761/20/2011 Second Read and Referred: Health, Mental Health, Seniors, and Families (S)
  0581L.01I - Prohibits insurers from denying reimbursement for providing diagnostic imaging services based solely on the speciality or professional board certification of a licensed physician
SB136Schaaf, Rob SB 1363/1/2011 Public Hearing Held (S)
  1006S.01I - Prohibits hospitals from requiring physicians to agree to make patient referrals as a condition of receiving medical staff privileges
SB149Schaaf, Rob SB 1491/27/2011 Second Read and Referred: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence (S)
  1002S.02I - Modifies the laws regarding the testimony of physicians as expert witnesses in lawsuits against physicians for improper health care
SB214Schaaf, Rob SB 2142/10/2011 Second Read and Referred: Health, Mental Health, Seniors, and Families (S)
  1369S.01I - Prohibits restrictive physician employment contracts
SB235Schaefer, Kurt SB 2353/10/2011 Voted Do Pass (S)
  1172S.01I - Extends the sunsets on certain provider taxes
SB236Schaefer, Kurt SB 2363/15/2011 SCS Voted Do Pass (S)
  1364S.02I - Establishes provisions regarding pharmacy services
SB244Green, Tim SB 2443/15/2011 Voted Do Pass (S)
  1133S.01I - Revises provisions relating to the renamed Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council
SB245Lembke, Jim SB 2452/10/2011 Second Read and Referred: Health, Mental Health, Seniors, and Families (S)
  0319S.01I - Provides that physician services currently covered under MO HealthNet include services provided by chiropractors in accordance with the chiropractic practice act
SB261Goodman, Jack SB 2614/18/2011 Voted Do Pass (S)
  1453S.02I - Removes the element of good cause from the crime of nonsupport
SB319Dixon, Bob SB 3192/24/2011 Second Read and Referred: Health, Mental Health, Seniors, and Families (S)
  1673S.01I - Allows debts owed to ambulance service providers to be collected from income tax refunds and lottery winnings of patients
SB322Kelly, Chris HCS SB 3225/9/2011 House Conference Committee Appointed (H)
  1743L.04C - Extends the sunsets on certain provider taxes
SB333Schaaf, Rob SB 3333/3/2011 Second Read and Referred: Health, Mental Health, Seniors, and Families (S)
  1755S.01I - Requires certain state agencies to update and verify the accuracy of the information on the respective websites, as the websites pertain to health care
SB334Schaaf, Rob SB 3343/3/2011 Second Read and Referred: Health, Mental Health, Seniors, and Families (S)
  1751S.01I - Requires MO HealthNet managed care organizations to provide to the MO HealthNet Division all utilization, access, and spending data for the cost of care per covered participant
SB339Rupp, Scott SB 3393/3/2011 Second Read and Referred: Health, Mental Health, Seniors, and Families (S)
  1778S.01I - Establishes "Sam Pratt's Law" and "Nathan's Law" and modifies provisions relating to child care providers
SB344Wright-Jones, Robin SB 3444/21/2011 Public Hearing Held (S)
  1385S.01I - Requires health insurance policies to cover ultrasound screenings where mammograms demonstrate dense breast tissue
SB346Wright-Jones, Robin SB 3463/3/2011 Second Read and Referred: Health, Mental Health, Seniors, and Families (S)
  1264S.02I - Creates the Medical Harm Disclosure Act
SB348Wright-Jones, Robin SB 3483/3/2011 Second Read and Referred: Health, Mental Health, Seniors, and Families (S)
  0970S.01I - Enacts the Prevention First Act
SB367Nieves, Brian SB 3673/3/2011 Second Read and Referred: Health, Mental Health, Seniors, and Families (S)
  1791S.01I - Enacts the interstate Health Care Compact in which member states pledge to improve health care policy by returning the authority to regulate health care to the states
SB382Chappelle-Nadal, Maria SB 3823/14/2011 Public Hearing Held (S)
  1705S.01I - Licenses clinical laboratory personnel
SB388Wasson, Jay SB 3884/5/2011 Public Hearing Held (S)
  1588S.01I - Eliminates, combines, and revises certain state boards, commissions, committees, and councils
SCR12Higdon, Galen SCR 125/12/2011 Adopted (H)
  2015S.01I - Urges the MO HealthNet Division to pursue the feasibility of implementing a program to assess chronic disease management of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
SJR15Nieves, Brian SJR 154/19/2011 Placed on Informal Calendar
  1183S.01I - Prohibits Missouri state government from recognizing, enforcing, or acting in furtherance of certain actions of the federal government