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Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)

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HB 1300 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE - Kuessner, J. C.

Requires insurers providing medical malpractice insurance to health care providers to establish premiums based on the average judgment in medical malpractice cases by county during the previous calendar year
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - Read Second Time (H)

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HB 1302 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY - Whorton, James

Increases the resource limit for eligibility for medical assistance
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - Read Second Time (H)

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HB 1303 - MO HEALTHNET PROGRAM BENEFITS - Whorton, James

Allows nursing home residents receiving MO HealthNet Program benefits to retain up to $50 per month for discretionary spending
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - Read Second Time (H)

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HB 1325 - PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY - Sater, David

Authorizes a physician assistant or an advanced practice nurse to prescribe a Schedule V controlled substance under a collaborative practice agreement
Latest Action: 01/17/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H)

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HB 1327 - HEALTHY FOOD PILOT PROGRAM - Sater, David

Requires, subject to appropriations, the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish an access to healthy food pilot program
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

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HB 1328 - PRESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION - Sater, David

Prohibits the use, sale, transfer, or licensing of certain prescriptive information by certain entities for commercial purposes
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

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HB 1330 - SMOKING CESSATION - Sater, David

Requires the State of Missouri to match any grant moneys received by the state for smoking cessation up to a $2 million cap
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H)

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HB 1331 - HEALTH INFORMATION - Sater, David

Establishes the Missouri Center for Health Information and the State Consumer Health Information Advisory Committee to provide health care cost-related information
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - S Formal Calendar H Bills for Third Reading--HCS for HB 1332, with SCS (Goodman)

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HB 1332 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACY BENEFITS - Sater, David

Changes the laws regarding pharmacies and pharmacy benefits
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Rules - Executive Session Completed (H)

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HB 1339 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - Muschany, T. Scott

Changes the laws regarding medical malpractice by revising the definitions of "health care provider" and "health care services"

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Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)

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HB 2585 - KIDNEY DONATION - Donnelly, Margaret

Prohibits a health carrier from refusing to issue or renew a health benefit plan based solely on an individual's prior donation of a kidney
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Senior Citizen Advocacy (H)

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HB 2568 - PERSONAL CARE FOR DISABLED ADULTS - Funderburk, Doug

Establishes a pilot project in the Department of Health and Senior Services to allow relative caregivers to provide personal care services for disabled adults who are unable to self-direct their care
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

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HB 2581 - HEALTH CARE POLICY AND PLANNING - Page, Sam

Establishes the Joint Committee on Health Care Policy and Planning
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)

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HB 2565 - HEALTHY FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACT - Frame, Michael

Establishes the Healthy Families, Healthy Communities Act which requires all employers to provide sick leave for employees
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

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HB 2559 - MO HEALTHNET SERVICES - McGhee, Mike

Requires the MO HealthNet Division to apply for a federal waiver to provide in-home services to certain adults with mental retardation or developmental disabilities
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)

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HB 2561 - LICENSURE OF RADIOLOGY ASSISTANTS - Page, Sam

Requires any person who holds himself or herself out as a radiologist assistant or radiology practiitioner assistant to be licensed by the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

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HB 2540 - SURROGATE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS - Brandom, Ellen

Establishes the requirements for health care providers to seek a surrogate to make health care decisions for a patient who is incapacitated
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

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HB 2548 - PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR THE ELDERLY - Hubbard, Rodney R.

Requires the Missouri Rx Plan to provide prescription drug benefits to close the gap in coverage created by the federal Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003
Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H)

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HB 2549 - PROSTATE CANCER IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES - Hubbard, Rodney R.

Establishes the Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education (PRIME) Act to expand and intensify research to develop innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)

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HB 2527 - ALTERNATIVES TO ABORTION - Sander, Therese

Allows for the "Choose Life" special license plate, creates the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Services Support Fund, and establishes the Choose Life Commission