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HB 1033
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Allen |
Requires health
care providers to provide mammography patients with a copy of the
mammography report and information regarding the benefit of supplemental
screening for dense breast tissue patients. |
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HB 1072 |
Sater |
Establishes the Volunteer
Health Services Act to allow certain licensed health professionals to
provide services without additional licensure requirements. |
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HB 1075 |
Sater |
Prohibits pharmacies from
being required to carry or maintain in inventory any prescription or
nonprescription drug or device. |
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HB 1078 |
Sater |
Authorizes the MO HealthNet
Division to implement a statewide dental delivery system to ensure
recipient participation and access to providers of dental services under
MO HealthNet. |
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HB 1081 |
Wells |
Requires a health carrier that
provides coverage for prescription eye drops to provide coverage for a
refill of prescription eye drops under certain conditions. |
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HB 1082 |
Wells |
Specifies that licensed
professional counseling includes the diagnosis of mental, emotional, and
behavior disorders. |
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HB 1083 |
Wells |
Prohibits all drivers,
regardless of age, from text messaging while operating a moving vehicle
unless the device being used is equipped with technology allowing for
voice-recognition hands-free texting. |
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HB 1087 |
White |
Establishes the Adult Health
Care Consent Act which provides for a priority of person who can make
health care decisions for persons unable to consent. |
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HB 1102 |
Swinger |
Modifies
provisions of mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse. |
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HB 1148 |
Gatschenberger |
Prohibits anyone from using a
hand-held electronic wireless communications device while driving unless
the device is equipped for hands-free operation and is being used in
that manner. |
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HB 1180 |
Parkinson |
Changes the determination of a
defendant's liability in a tort action for damages by specifying that
the liability of each defendant for compensatory or punitive damages
must be several and cannot be joint. |
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HB 1188
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Allen |
Allows a school nurse to
administer asthma-related rescue medication to a student experiencing an
asthma attack. |
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HB 1199 |
Sifton |
Prohibits an insurer from
requiring any waiting period for health insurance coverage for maternity
benefits and requires coverage to begin immediately from the effective
date of the policy or plan. |
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HB 1262 |
Brown-50 |
Requires the State Board of
Education to establish a coordinated health program board to develop a
program on the prevention of student obesity, cardiovascular disease,
and type II diabetes. |
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HB 1298 |
Franz |
Changes the determination of a
defendant's liability in a tort action for damages by specifying that
the liability of each defendant for compensatory or punitive damages
must be several and cannot be joint. |
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HB 1335 |
Leara |
Changes the distribution of
certain local sales taxes. |
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HB 1342 |
Smith-150 |
Changes the laws regarding the
recovery of costs and attorney fees by the prevailing defendant in a
civil action. |
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HB 1405
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Brown-50 |
Establishes the Missouri
Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a publicly financed,
statewide insurance program for all residents of this state. |
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HB 1417
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Colona |
Allows an employee who is
injured on the job to select his or her own health care provider to cure
and relieve the effects of the injury at the expense of the employer. |
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HB 1478 |
Still |
Increases the tax on tobacco
products and the excise tax on cigarettes of $.17 per pack of 20
cigarettes to $.89 per pack for public education purposes. |
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HB 1486 |
Nasheed |
Increases the excise tax on
cigarettes from 17 cents to 33 cents per pack of 20 cigarettes to be
deposited, less a 3% collection fee, into the General Revenue Fund. |
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HB 1534
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Bahr |
Declares the federal Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act as unauthorized by the United States
Constitution and creates criminal penalties for persons enforcing or
attempting to enforce the act. |
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HB 1541 |
Jones-89 |
Establishes the conscience
rights of all individuals who provide health care services to not
participate in certain medical services. |
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HB 1546 |
Kirkton |
Requires all health carriers
to file their premium rates and classification of risks with the
Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional
Registration. |
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HB 1564
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Hummel |
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Specifies that any
personal identifying information that is utilized in a voluntary
registry of persons with health-related ailments to assist them
during a disaster is not considered a public record.
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HB 1581 |
Hodges, Jr. |
Requires all health carriers
and health benefit plans providing prescription drug coverage to allow
insureds to fill mail order prescriptions at either participating mail
order pharmacies or retail. |
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HB 1603 |
Hough |
Prohibits health carriers from
denying reimbursement to licensed athletic trainers who provide covered
services within their scope of practice. |
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HB 1673 |
Ellinger |
Increases the excise tax on
cigarettes of 17 cents per pack of 20 cigarettes by 4 cents per pack per
year for four years until the excise tax on cigarettes reaches 33 cents
per pack. |
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HB 1684 |
Fallert, Jr. |
Exempts persons
permanently disabled from presenting a physician's statement when
renewing disabled license plates or windshield placards. |
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HB 1707 |
Jones-117 |
Adds certain licensed
emergency medical technicians to the list of individuals who can report
anyone diagnosed or assessed with a condition that may prevent the safe
operation of a motor vehicle. |
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HB 1783 |
Brown-50 |
Establishes the Missouri
Commission on Prevention and Management of Obesity. |
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HB 1837 |
Molendorp |
Requires employers using
medical needles in the routine course of business to use commercially
available engineered injury protection devices to reduce the risk of
needlestick injuries, with exceptions. |
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HB 1854 |
Grisamore |
Increases the surcharge
that is assessed in all criminal cases which is deposited in the Brain
Injury Fund and requires a federal waiver request to use moneys in the
fund for services under MO HealthNet. |
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HB 1890 |
Molendorp |
Requires an actuarial
analysis of the cost impact of certain health insurance mandates. |
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HB 1937 |
Cauthorn |
Requires every person
riding a bicycle on a state road or highway to wear a reflective vest. |
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HB 1951 |
Schoeller |
Removes the for gross
negligence exception from personal liability for members of the State
Board of Chiropractic Examiners for acts committed in the performance of
their official duties. |
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HB 1976 |
Mott Oxford |
Increases the tax on
cigarettes for tobacco use prevention and cessation purposes upon
approval by the voters. |
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HCR 25
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Allen |
Recognizes the important
services provided by professional school nurses and strongly urges
school districts to recognize their dedication and valuable role by
compensating them as like-degreed professionals. |
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HJR 64 |
Curtman |
Proposes a constitutional
amendment prohibiting any person, employer, or health care provider from
being compelled to participate in any health care system. |
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HJR 72 |
Bahr |
Proposes a
constitutional amendment relating to health care services and products. |
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SB 457 |
Schmitt |
Modifies provisions of
mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse. |
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SB 494 |
Wright-Jones |
Creates the Medical Harm
Disclosure Act. |
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SB 496 |
Wright-Jones |
Enacts the Prevention First
Act. |
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SB 500 |
Wright-Jones |
Modifies state legal expense
coverage of certain health professionals and modifies hospital patient
safety policies. |
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SB 507
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Wright-Jones |
Requires health insurance
policies to cover ultrasound screenings where mammograms demonstrate
dense breast tissue. |
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SB 567
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Wright-Jones |
Prohibits all drivers,
regardless of age, from text messaging while operating moving motor
vehicles on any highway in this state and prohibits anyone from being
stopped solely to determine compliance with the state text messaging
ban. |
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SB 609 |
Lembke |
Modifies comparative fault by
eliminating joint liability and allowing consideration of any nonparty's
fault. |
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SB 613 |
Kehoe |
Requires courts to award
prevailing defendants their costs and attorney's fees. |
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SB 614 |
Kehoe |
Requires courts to award costs
and attorneys fees to a party when a case has no basis in law or an
attorney acts in bad faith. |
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SB 638
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Lamping |
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Increases the tax on cigaretts by twenty-six
cents and modifies the tax rates for state income taxes.
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SB 657 |
Rupp |
Provides for the conscience
rights of all individuals who provide medical servicesrvices. |
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SB 682 |
Dempsey |
Mandates that injections
around the spine under certain guidance techniques be performed by
licensed physicians. |
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SB 810 |
Lamping |
Modifies current
provisions relating to tuberculosis treatment and prevention. |
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SB 909 |
Cunningham |
Modifies provisions of
evidence law relating to business records and hearsay. |