LIABILITY

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2006)
Bills Indexed by Subject
LIABILITY

: Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery

: Denies driving privileges for failure to comply with the motor vehicle financial responsibility laws and requires all persons younger than 18 years of age to complete a formal driver's education course

: Limits the liability of recipients of consumer loans made through unsolicited checks, convenience checks, or other negotiable instruments

: Requires insurers providing medical malpractice insurance to health care providers to establish premiums based on the average judgment in medical malpractice cases by county

: Changes the laws regarding health care liens

: Creates notice and reporting requirements, public market rates, and presumptions for the Department of Insurance and entities providing medical malpractice and professional negligence insurance

: Requires motor vehicle inspection stations to have liability insurance to cover damages to a vehicle during an inspection

: Changes the laws regarding defensive use of force

: Expands liability protection for school employees and volunteers

: Allows for the deployment of health care professionals licensed, registered, or certified in this or any adjoining state in an emergency and provides them immunity from civil damages

: Establishes the Uninsured Motorist Stipulation of Benefits Act of 2006 which limits the recovery for noneconomic losses by uninsured motorists

: Allows a parent, legal guardian, or other person with custodial rights to petition a court to extend his or her child's age of majority to 18 for all purposes under state law

: Specifies that officers and employees of state agencies and other political subdivisions will not be held personally liable for acts performed in connection with their official duties

: Exempts landlords from liablility for damage to personal property that results from enforcement of a judgment granting possession and gives landlords the right to dispose of the property

: Creates new civil actions for victims of identity theft

: Requires licensed long-term care facilities to maintain at least $500,000 in medical malpractice insurance as a condition of licensure

: Changes the laws regarding actions for damages for conduct or speech at public hearings or meetings by including actions that cause money damages, including attorney fees and other costs

: Changes the restrictions regarding the liability of a landowner who invites or permits persons to use the land for recreational purposes to include state-administered recreational access programs

: Establishes the Missouri Public-Private Partnerships Transportation Act to allow a private partner to finance, develop, and/or operate a toll bridge between Illinois and Missouri in St. Louis

: Changes the requirements for eligibility under the State Legal Expense Fund

: Provides whistle-blower protections for persons reporting Medicaid fraud

: Limits the liability of the state regarding tort claims involving motor vehicles and dangerous conditions

: Establishes the Large Carnivore Act which regulates the ownership, possession, and breeding of large carnivores

: Changes the laws regarding defensive use of force

: Allows cell phone and Internet service provider records to be searched for child support enforcement purposes

: Removes the 100-gallon requirement for vendors to claim a motor fuel tax refund on behalf of a certified farmer

: Adds grocery and convenience stores to the list of donors that can donate food to a charity or nonprofit organization for distribution without being liable for damages resulting from the food's condition

: Allows automobile dealers to provide disclaimers and disclosures by referencing a web page and toll-free telephone number when advertising by means of a broadcast media

: Limits the liability of an emergency vehicle involved in an accident when the other driver failed to yield the right-of-way

: Changes the restrictions regarding the liability of a landowner who invites or permits persons to use the land for recreational purposes to include state-administered recreational access programs

: Creates the crime of knowingly obtaining, receiving, or selling a land-line or cellular telephone record without the customer's consent and authorizes civil action for damages

: Creates a cause of action for injury to emergency personnel caused by the wrongful actions of another person

: Modifies the requirements for the continuation of child support for children enrolled in higher education

: Imposes a surcharge on moving traffic violations and creates the School Bus Safety Assistance Fund to assist schools in obtaining buses with seat belts

: Requires the filing of an affidavit from a similarly licensed professional in certain actions for damages against certain licensed professionals rendering or failing to render professional services

: Changes the laws regarding insurance pooling by political subdivisions

: Establishes the Missouri Uniform Residential Mortgage Satisfaction Act

: Requires school districts to grant authorization to students for the possession and self-administration of medications for the treatment of asthma and anaphylaxis

: Lowers the individual income tax rates

: Requires all new school buses purchased after January 1, 2007, to be equipped with lap-shoulder safety belts

: Removes the basis of negligence for liability under anatomical gift provisions

: Prohibits the prescribing or dispensing of contraceptive drugs or devices to minors younger than 16 years of age without parental consent

: Gives pharmacies immunity from liability for refusal to perform, assist, recommend, refer to, or participate in any act or service in connection with any drug or device that causes an abortion

: Requires private mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled to meet the same requirements as state-operated facilities

: Requires any private entity licensed to operate a hydroelectric project at the Lake Ozarks that charges a boat dock fee based on square footage to subtract the square footage of the slips of the dock

: Makes the child support obligation for a child older than 18 years of age who is enrolled in and attends a post-secondary school program permissive rather than mandatory

: Creates the Missouri Health Care Stabilization Fund to provide excess medical malpractice coverage to participating health care providers

: Changes the laws regarding medical malpractice insurance

: Exempts owners of anhydrous ammonia from certain cleanup costs when caused by illegal tampering

: Changes the laws regarding liability for negligent damage or destruction of field crop products and exempts owners of anhydrous ammonia from cleanup costs caused by illegal tampering

: Creates qualifying standards for expert witnesses in certain cases, allows temporary licensing of out-of-state experts, makes some expert testimony inadmissible, and makes certain conduct unprofessional

: Makes title insurers liable for defalcation, conversion, and misappropriation of funds held in trust

: Creates the Personal Property Tax Relief Fund and phases out the personal property tax on motor vehicles if taxes were paid timely and funds are appropriated from the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund

: Requires title insurers to conduct annual onsite reivews of any title insurance agency or agent with whom they have a contract and makes insurers liable for the misappropriation of funds held in trust

: Prohibits a municipality from requiring an owner of a premises to pay delinquent utility bills for his or her occupants

: Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

: Adds members of the General Assembly and the staff of the Governor's Office and Mansion as persons who abandoned newborns can be delivered safely to under the Safe Place for Newborns Act of 2002

: Creates a civil penalty for violating any Missouri Public Service Commission rule relating to federal natural gas safety standards

: Changes the laws regarding the investigation of fraud and abuse in Missouri's Medicaid Program

: Limits the liability of volunteer medical professionals to actual damages and provides additional insurance coverage for legal expenses and actual damages not covered under the Legal Expense Fund

: Removes references to male and female employees and requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender

: Provides that public administrators will not be financially responsible for debts of wards or protectees

: Modifies various provisions relating to the state legal expense fund

: Exempts ski area operators from liability for inherent risks related to skiing

: Modifies provisions regarding medical emergencies

: Creates a time limit for claims made for damages to underground facilities in the event that such damage was incurred during excavation as well as a time limit for payment of such claims

: Includes physical therapists in the definition of health practitioner for the purposes of liens

: Modifies liability for negligent damage or destruction of field crops

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Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:52 am