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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: 03/12/2008 - Executive Session Completed (H)

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HB 1418 - BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS - Portwood, Dr. Charles R.

Removes the gross negligence exception from liability for members of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners for any acts committed in the performance of their official duties
Latest Action: 02/28/2009 - Executive Session Completed (H)

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HB 1419 - MASSAGE THERAPISTS - Portwood, Dr. Charles R.

Changes the laws regarding the licensing of massage therapists
Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee

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CCS/HCS/SCS/SB 724 - Currently, advanced practice registered nurses have the authority to administer, dispense and prescribe certain drugs while operating under a collaborative practice agreement. This act authorizes advanced practice registered nurses who hold a certificate of controlled substance prescriptive authority from the board of nursing to prescribe controlled substances in schedules III, IV, and V while operating under a collaborative practice agreement. Schedule III narcotic controlled substance prescriptions shall be limited to a 120 hour supply without refill. Certified registered nurse anesthetists do not have this authority. The act contains requirements that must be contained in all collaborative practice agreements including: • Names, addresses, and phone numbers of the collaborating individuals. • A list of offices where the collaborating physician has authorized the APRN to prescribe. • A requirement that notice shall be displayed at all offices where [...]

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Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

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SB 727 - This act criminalizes the act of committing residential mortgage fraud with the intent to defraud.

An individual commits the crime by engaging in the following practices:

• Knowingly making a misrepresentation or omission during the mortgage lending process.

• Knowingly using or facilitating the use of a misrepresentation or omission during the mortgage lending process.

• Reaping any benefit from the making, using, or facilitating the use of such misrepresentation or omission.

• Filing or causing to be filed any document in connection with a mortgage containing a deliberate misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission.

Those in violation are guilty of a class D felony. Those who engage in a pattern of this type of fraud are guilty of a class B felony.

This act is similar to SB 560 (2007).

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Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - Signed by House Speaker

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SCS/SB 788 - This act moves the Divisions of Finance, Credit Unions and Professional Registration, and the State Banking Board, to the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP) by type III transfer in keeping with Executive Order 06-04. The act further renames the Department of Insurance to the DIFP, and directs the Revisor of Statutes to change all statutory references to the department to DIFP. The act also removes all references of the divisions of finance, credit unions and professional registration as being "within the Department of Economic Development" and instead states that such divisions are within the DIFP. The act moves sections regarding the division of professional registration from Chapter 620 (Department of Economic Development) to Chapter 324 (Occupations and Professions General Provisions), and changes references in those sections to accurately reflect the statutory modifications. The act further defines "department" and "director" [...]

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Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee

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SCS/SB 850 - This act requires the Board of Optometry to give ten days' public notice of the time and place of its semiannual meetings. Additional meetings may be held without ten days notice when necessary, provided notice is given to the other board members and to the public in the same manner as required for public meetings of governmental bodies.

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Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - S Informal Calendar S Bills for Perfection--SB 917-Goodman, et al

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SB 917 - This act licenses prescribing psychologists and confers the authority to prescribe certain medications and test blood and urine to monitor treatment. Licensees shall not be allowed to order electro-convulsive therapy.

As a prerequisite to licensure a licensee must:

• Complete 400 hours of didactic educational instruction.

• Complete a 1 year supervised fellowship with a full-time caseload of patients and provide medication management, psychological evaluations, and therapeutic services.

• Pass a national exam.

• Maintain medical liability insurance.

Licensees shall prescribe under a collaborative practice agreement for the first year of licensure. After the first year of licensure the licensee shall maintain a referral agreement with a physician to provide for the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions.

This act is similar to HB 350 (2007), and SB 701 (2007).

CHRIS HOGERTY

Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)

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HB 1588 - EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS - Baker, Brian

Expands the membership of the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors by adding five consumer advocates
Latest Action: 02/28/2009 - Executive Session Completed (H)

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HB 1616 - REAL ESTATE BROKERS - Ruzicka, Don

Changes the laws regarding the licensing of real estate brokers

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Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)

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HB 2586 - MORTGAGE BROKERS - Donnelly, Margaret

Changes the laws regarding mortgage brokers
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: 04/10/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H)

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HB 2487 - REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS - Smith, Jason

Allows real estate brokers to affiliate with out-of-state real estate brokers or salespersons for transactions involving commercial real estate under certain circumstances
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)

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HB 2462 - HEALTH CARE INFORMATION COLLECTION - McClanahan, Rebecca

Specifies that certain information collected from health maintenance and community-based health maintenance organizations that does not contain identifiable information will be public information
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)

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HB 2454 - LICENSURE OF BAIL BOND AGENTS - Kraus, Will

Changes the laws regarding the licensure of bail bond and surety recovery agents
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)

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HB 2452 - LICENSURE OF CONTRACTORS - Yates, Brian David

Requires the licensure of contractors and prohibits any organization from engaging in the business of construction services without having a contractor's license
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)

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HB 2400 - LICENSURE OF ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS - Scharnhorst, Dwight

Establishes the Missouri Electrical Industry Licensing Board and statewide licensure requirements for electrical contractors
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Insurance Policy (H)

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HB 2383 - EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE - Stevenson, Bryan P.

Requires all insurers offering coverage on real property located in this state to include coverage for loss due to an earthquake
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Hearing Cancelled S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

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SB 1247 - This act modifies provisions relating to bail bond and surety recovery agents.SECTION 374.706; SECTIONS 374.700-374.789 Section 374.706, RSMo, establishes a "Professional Bail Bonds Board" to license, supervise, discipline, and educate all general bail bond agents, bail bond agents, and surety recovery agents in this state. The board shall consist of nine members, including four general bail bond agents, two bail bond agent, one law enforcement officer, one circuit court clerk, and one public member. All oversight of bail bond and surety recovery agents currently handled by the director of the department of insurance is transferred to the board. There shall be a ten dollar fee, paid by the defendant, on any bond written by a licensed agent in this state. Five dollars of such fee shall be deposited into the newly created "Professional Bail Bonds Board Fund", in order to pay the expenses incurred by the board to fulfill its duties. Such expenses may include employing staff.[...]

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Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee

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SB 1190 - This act authorizes the Division of Professional Registration to reduce licensure fees by emergency rule if the projected fund balance of any agency assigned to the division is reasonably expected to exceed an amount that would require transfer from that fund to the general revenue.

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