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Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - Signed by House Speaker(H) Bill Text
HB 1790 - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - Cooper, Robert Wayne
Changes the laws regarding municipal health care facilities and hospital designations
Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee Bill TextSCS/SB 1044 - Under current law, each ground ambulance is required to be staffed with at least two licensed individuals when transporting a patient, except for certain counties which are allowed to have only one licensed emergency medical technician, registered nurse or physician in attendance. This act amends current law to allow this exception for any ambulance licensed in the state staffed with volunteers. A volunteer is defined as an individual who performs hours of service without promise, expectation or receipt of compensation for services rendered, except for a nominal stipend per call to compensate for fuel, uniforms, and training. This act is identical to provisions in HCS/SCS/SB 1039 (2008)and to provisions in HCS/SB 845 (2008). ADRIANE CROUSE
Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee Bill TextSB 1177 - Licensed professional counselors are included in the definition of mental health professionals for the purposes of carrying out the services of the Division of Comprehensive Psychiatric Services and the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse under the Department of Health. This act is identical to HB 1791 (2008). CHRIS HOGERTY
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H) Bill Text
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: 05/16/2008 - S Formal Calendar H Bills for Third Reading--HCS for HB 1332, with SCS (Goodman) Bill Text
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) Bill Text
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"
Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Executive Session Completed (H) Bill Text
HB 1374 - SCHOOL NURSES - Portwood, Dr. Charles R.
Requires certain school nurses to be paid on the same pay scale as teachers with equivalent work history and working hours in their district
Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - HCS Reported Do Pass (H) Bill Text
HB 1375 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REIMBURSEMENT - Portwood, Dr. Charles R.
Specifies that under the MO HealthNet Program, the successor to the Missouri Medicaid Program, providers can receive enhanced reimbursement for certain services
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Executive Session Completed (H) Bill Text
HB 1398 - STATE LEGAL EXPENSE FUND - Dusenberg, Gary
Adds specialists to the list of health care providers for whom the State Legal Expense Fund is available for payment of certain claims filed against a provider
Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Executive Session Completed (H) Bill Text
HB 1472 - INFORMED CONSENT FOR ABORTION - Cunningham, Jane
Revises the definition of "abortion" and requires an obstetric ultrasound to be conducted prior to the 24-hour waiting period for an abortion
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Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H) Bill Text
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: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Health Care Policy (H) Bill Text
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: 04/30/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H) Bill Text
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) Bill Text
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
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Health Care Policy (H) Bill Text
HB 2512 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS WORKFORCE - Baker, Judy
Establishes the Office of Health Professions Workforce Planning to address the shortages and uneven distribution of health care professionals in this state
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H) Bill Text
HB 2486 - SERVICES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT - Lipke, Scott A.
Establishes the Evan de Mello Reimbursement Program to provide financial assistance for the cost of transportation and ancillary services associated with the medical treatment of an eligible child
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H) Bill Text
HB 2457 - CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM - Jones, Kenny
Exempts from the Certificate of Need Program review process certain skilled nursing and assisted living facilities that arrange the transfer of existing beds to a new licensed facility
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Healthcare Transformation Bill Text
HB 2450 - PATIENT SAFETY - Page, Sam
Requires each licensed hospital to create a nursing advisory board to establish and implement a standardized acuity-based patient classification system for each direct-care unit
Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - HCS Reported Do Pass (H) Bill Text
HB 2423 - MO HEALTHNET PROGRAM BENEFITS - Holsman, Jason R.
Adds home nursing visits and follow-up care as needed for certain at-risk newborns to the list of covered services under the MO HealthNet Program
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred: Health Care Policy (H) Bill Text
HB 2419 - IMMUNIZATIONS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN - Onder, Bob
Specifies that vaccination against the human papillomavirus will not be required of children attending public, private, parochial, or parish schools
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