Bills Assigned to Committee
HEALTH CARE POLICY

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HB55 --- Sponsor: Sater, David
Creates the Healthcare Technology Fund and the Missouri Healthcare Technology Commission
HB55 -- (LR# 0078L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB72 --- Sponsor: Baker, Judy --- CoSponsor: Page, Sam
Increases the resource limit for eligibility for medical assistance
HB72 -- (LR# 0076L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB94 --- Sponsor: Sater, David --- CoSponsor: Weter, Raymond 'Ray'
Prohibits the use, sale, transfer, or licensing of certain prescriptive information by certain entities for commercial purposes
HB94 -- (LR# 0275L.01I)
House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB149 --- Sponsor: Salva, Ray --- CoSponsor: Wildberger, Edward
Authorizes an income tax deduction for health insurance premiums not already deducted on the taxpayer's state or federal tax returns
HB149 -- (LR# 0381L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB156 --- Sponsor: Talboy, Mike
Requires pharmacies to dispense all valid, lawful prescriptions for contraceptives without delay
HB156 -- (LR# 0646L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB182 --- Sponsor: Bruns, Mark J. --- CoSponsor: Sater, David
Establishes the Outside the Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Act to permit the execution of do-not-resuscitate orders for use by emergency medical providers for patients receiving treatment outside a hospital
HB182 -- (LR# 0578L.01I)
Approved by Governor (G)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB203 --- Sponsor: Deeken, Bill --- CoSponsor: Dusenberg, Gary
Modifies the eligibility requirements for the Metabolic Formula Distribution Program
HB203 -- (LR# 0958L.01I)
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB204 --- Sponsor: Whorton, James --- CoSponsor: Johnson, Connie "LaJoyce"
Allows any resident of a nursing home who receives Missouri Medicaid Program benefits to retain not less than $50 per month for discretionary spending
HB204 -- (LR# 0621L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB212 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Page, Sam
Allows enrollees to pay the lower of the copayment assigned by the health maintenance organization or health insurer or the usual and customary retail price of the prescription drug
HB212 -- (LR# 0851L.01I)
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB242 --- Sponsor: Bruns, Mark J. --- CoSponsor: Fisher, Barney Joe
Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation declaring April as "Autism Awareness Month" and April 27 as "Autism Awareness Day" in Missouri
HB242 -- (LR# 0898L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB321 --- Sponsor: Baker, Judy --- CoSponsor: Low, Beth
Establishes the Office of the Missouri Surgeon General within the Department of Health and Senior Services
HB321 -- (LR# 1051L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB330 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert
Prohibits a person denied federal disability benefits based on a lack of disability from receiving any state benefits based on a disability
HB330 -- (LR# 1300L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB434 --- Sponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P. --- CoSponsor: Sander, Therese
Establishes the Health Care Rights of Conscience Act which allows a health care professional not to participate in a health care service that violates his or her conscience
HB434 -- (LR# 0154L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB435 --- Sponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P. --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard
Creates the crime of abuse of a vulnerable person in the first, second, and third degrees
HB435 -- (LR# 1307L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB446 --- Sponsor: Deeken, Bill --- CoSponsor: McGhee, Michael
Creates the Fund for the Reduction of Alcohol-Related Problems and Underage Drinking to be used for prevention, treatment, and recovery of alcohol-related problems and alcohol-related traffic safety
HB446 -- (LR# 1112L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB447 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Denison, Charles
Requires that Missouri Medicaid Program benefit payments be of a sufficient amount to cover the reasonable cost of the services provided
HB447 -- (LR# 1085L.01I)
House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB463 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne
Requires the use of ethical vaccines unless no alternative is available for a specific disease or condition
HB463 -- (LR# 1298L.01I)
House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB554 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Schaaf, Robert
Prohibits state and local entities from discriminating between licensed professional counselors
HB554 -- (LR# 0970L.01T)
Approved by Governor (G)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB555 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Schaaf, Robert
Revises the complaint procedure and document retention requirements when an inmate files a complaint against a licensed professional counselor or a licensed clinical social worker
HB555 -- (LR# 0967L.01I)
Approved by Governor (G)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB568 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R. --- CoSponsor: Lembke, Jim
Authorizes an income tax credit for preparing the bodies of organ donors for cremation or burial
HB568 -- (LR# 1275L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB582 --- Sponsor: Storch, Rachel
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Family Trust
HB582 -- (LR# 1483L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB618 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne
Changes the laws regarding Missouri's Good Samaritan Law by granting civil immunity to a person providing services at a free health clinic if they are within the provider's medical field
HB618 -- (LR# 1765L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB668 --- Sponsor: Bringer, Rachel L.
Creates a rebuttable presumption that the person whose name appears in the controlled substance log book which pharmacies are required to keep and maintain is the person whose transaction is recorded
HB668 -- (LR# 1505L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB682 --- Sponsor: Pratt, Bryan
Establishes the Physical Fitness Facility Emergency Medical Services AED Act which requires physical fitness facilities to implement and maintain a plan for responding to medical emergencies
HB682 -- (LR# 1448L.03I)
House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB705 --- Sponsor: Loehner, Tom
Establishes a priority among family members for the release of any information, records, or documents regarding a person who has died
HB705 -- (LR# 1730L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB723 --- Sponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P. --- CoSponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R.
Changes the laws regarding the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
HB723 -- (LR# 1444L.01I)
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB745 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia
Transfers the Blindness Education, Screening and Treatment Program Fund from the Department of Health and Senior Services to the Department of Social Services
HB745 -- (LR# 1998L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB767 --- Sponsor: Aull, Joe --- CoSponsor: Walsh, Regina
Requires private mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled to meet the same requirements as state-operated facilities
HB767 -- (LR# 1545L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB786 --- Sponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott --- CoSponsor: McClanahan, Rebecca Payne
Requires the development of caseload standards for the Department of Health and Senior Services and the Department of Mental Health
HB786 -- (LR# 1390L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB788 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn
Changes the laws regarding public health emergency preparedness
HB788 -- (LR# 1823L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB799 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth --- CoSponsor: Wildberger, Edward
Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in patient care areas of each unit of the hospital
HB799 -- (LR# 0577L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB803 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R. --- CoSponsor: Threlkeld, Kevin
Authorizes an income tax credit for donations to the Missouri Court Appointed Special Advocates Association
HB803 -- (LR# 1852L.01I)
House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB878 --- Sponsor: Hobbs, Steve --- CoSponsor: Munzlinger, Brian
Creates the Missouri Healthcare Access Fund to provide a funding source for designated areas with healthcare shortages
HB878 -- (LR# 1851L.02I)
House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB897 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda --- CoSponsor: Harris, Jeff
Allows either the county commission or the county health center boards to establish health rules and the fees to implement the rules
HB897 -- (LR# 1459L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB948 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert
Changes the laws regarding newborn screenings and the Metabolic Formula Distribution Program
HB948 -- (LR# 2393L.01I)
Approved by Governor (G)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB956 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Bruns, Mark J.
Allows certain persons to dispense medications in a declared state of emergency
HB956 -- (LR# 2303L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB957 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne
Renames the Missouri Head Injury Advisory Council to the Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council and transfers it to the Department of Health and Senior Services from the Office of Administration
HB957 -- (LR# 1822L.02I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB964 --- Sponsor: Donnelly, Margaret --- CoSponsor: Baker, Judy
Establishes a pilot project within the Department of Mental Health to form four assertive community treatment teams to provide comprehensive, community-based psychiatric treatment
HB964 -- (LR# 2205L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB976 --- Sponsor: Silvey, Ryan --- CoSponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R.
Allows any Missouri resident to participate in the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan for an additional premium
HB976 -- (LR# 0298L.02I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1005 --- Sponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
Increases resource limits for medical assistance eligibility and requires the Department of Social Services to apply for an amendment to the home and community-based waiver to extend eligibility
HB1005 -- (LR# 2135L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1019 --- Sponsor: Baker, Judy --- CoSponsor: Fallert, Joe
Modifies the eligibility requirements for the Missouri Medicaid Program
HB1019 -- (LR# 2443L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1061 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Threlkeld, Kevin
Requires hospitals to report certain incidents involving patient safety to a patient safety organization for review
HB1061 -- (LR# 2364L.01I)
House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1067 --- Sponsor: Denison, Charles --- CoSponsor: Munzlinger, Brian
Specifies that owners and medical managers of automated external defibrillators will not be held liable for civil damages related to their use
HB1067 -- (LR# 2326L.01I)
House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1084 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne
Establishes the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force
HB1084 -- (LR# 2619L.01I)
House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1107 --- Sponsor: Fallert, Joe --- CoSponsor: Frame, Michael
Expands eligibility for the Missouri Rx Plan to retired persons 65 years of age or older with incomes of up to $25,000 for individuals and $50,000 for married couples
HB1107 -- (LR# 2239L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1114 --- Sponsor: Baker, Judy --- CoSponsor: Brown, Michael R.
Allows and strongly encourages the Missouri Medicaid Program, prisons, and schools that serve as Medicaid providers to use telehealth services where appropriate
HB1114 -- (LR# 2463L.02I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1189 --- Sponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin
Requires sodium bicarbonate, commonly known as baking soda, to be kept behind a pharmacy or check-out counter and requires any person selling it to keep a log of each transaction
HB1189 -- (LR# 2321L.02I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1240 --- Sponsor: Bland, Craig C. --- CoSponsor: Bowman, John L.
Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a publicly financed, statewide insurance program for all residents of this state
HB1240 -- (LR# 1312L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HCR6 --- Sponsor: Bruns, Mark J. --- CoSponsor: Fisher, Barney Joe
Recognizes April 27th each year as "Autism Awareness Day" and the month of April each year as "Autism Awareness Month" in Missouri
HCR6 -- (LR# 0897L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HCR23 --- Sponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott --- CoSponsor: Schieffer, Ed
Urges Congress to enact the United States National Health Insurance Act.
HCR23 -- (LR# 0263L.02I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HCR31 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jason
Urges Congress to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program to ensure funding for Missouri's MC+ for Kids program
HCR31 -- (LR# 2125L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HJR11 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim --- CoSponsor: Bearden, Carl
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting human cloning and authorizing the General Assembly to enact laws regarding health care research
HJR11 -- (LR# 0923L.02I)
Rules - Reported Do Not Pass (H)
HJR23 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting human cloning
HJR23 -- (LR# 2416L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
SB3 --- Sponsor: Gibbons, Michael R.
Enacts provisions on mental health reform
SB3 -- (LR# 0580S.01I)
Approved by Governor (G)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
SB4 --- Sponsor: Gross, Charles
Extends the FRA, Pharmacy Tax, Nursing Facility Reimbursement Allowance, and Medicaid Managed Care Reimbursement Allowance sunsets
SB4 -- (LR# 0545S.01I)
Approved by Governor (G)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
SB85 --- Sponsor: Champion, Norma
Establishes a drug monitoring program and modifies existing record keeping for controlled substances and pseudoephedrine products
SB85 -- (LR# 0496S.01I)
House Committee: FISCAL REVIEW
Reported Do Pass (H)
SB333 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
Revises provisions relating to the renamed Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council
SB333 -- (LR# 1511S.01I)
Reported to the Senate with... (S)
HCS#2 AS AMENDED
SB496 --- Sponsor: Chris Koster
Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
SB496 -- (LR# 1352S.02I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
SB530 --- Sponsor: Gibbons, Michael R.
Modifies provisions relating to the Alzheimer's Demonstration Project
SB530 -- (LR# 1527S.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
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