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State Legislation Affecting Hospitals & Health Care Providers
Legislation affecting Missouri's hospitals and
health care providers is listed below in the following categories.
Each item contains the bill number, bill description and sponsor.
For more information on these measures or other state legislative
issues, please contact David Hale.
Joint
Bill Tracking System for the Missouri House of Representatives and
Senate
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1339 |
removes state policy liability protections for abortion providers |
Muschany |
| HB 1472 |
requires an obstetric ultrasound to be peformed and shown to a pregnant woman before a nonemergency abortion |
Cunningham |
| HB 1520 |
requires an obstetric ultrasound to be performed and shown to a pregnant woman before a nonemergency abortion |
Hodges |
| HB 1831 |
requires that abortions cannot be performed or induced without the voluntary, informed and uncoerced consent of the patient at least 24 hours before the abortion |
Onder |
| HB 1922 |
modifies the requirements for the reports required for abortions performed or induced in Missouri |
Harris, B. |
| HB 1984 |
changes the requirements for reporting abortions and makes the violation of the confidentiality of certain records a class D felony |
Sander |
| SB 780 |
modifies provisions on human sexuality and sexually transmitted disease education by eliminating teaching on abstinence and the restriction on abortion providers furnishing course materials |
Smith |
| SB 1058 |
requires that abortions cannot be performed or induced without the voluntary, informed and uncoerced consent of the patient at least 24 hours before the abortion |
Mayer |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1558 |
establishes universal health insurance for Missouri residents |
Hughes |
| HB 1833 |
establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a publicly financed, statewide insurance program for all state residents |
Bland |
| SB 1101 |
establishes a single-payer health system based on the Canadian model |
Bray |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1806 |
repeals certificate of need requirement for a new hospital or equipment in excess of $1 million |
Schaaf |
| HB 2192 |
allows the owner of any long-term care facility or bed to relocate licensed beds within six miles or replace an existing facility within 15 miles without being subject to a CON review |
Sutherland |
| HB 2355 |
replaces the legislative members of the CON committee with gubernatorial appointees; requires that any testimony and other evidence presented to the committee be made under oath; requires the committee to develop procedural rules for its hearings; bans ex parte communications about an application or hearing between committee members and any interested party or witness, with the prohibition applying before, during and after a hearing; allows committee to subpoena witnesses and records; applies state conflict of interest restrictions to the committee's activities; changes legal standards used in awarding CONs to include a rebuttable presumption that the proposed capital development is needed; requires those opposing a CON application to show by "clear and convincing evidence" that a proposed project was not needed or would cause a substantial and continuing loss of medical services in a community |
Flook |
| HB 2398 |
establishes the Insure Missouir Plan to provide insurance coverage to low-income working adults below 225 percent of the federal poverty level; allows participants earning more than 85 percent of the federal poverty level to purchase insurance with health care savings accounts; includes CON reform languagen from HB 2355; changes the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee |
Schaaf |
| SB 1173 |
provides for transfer of long-term care beds to certain new health care facilities without requiring a CON approval |
Stouffer |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1361 |
creates the Children's Product Safety Act for regulating products designed for children under the age of 9 |
Donnelly |
| HB 1468 |
modifies the standards for prosecuting the crime of child endangerment involving illicit drug use |
Pratt |
| HB 1530 |
allows criminal prosecution for any harm caused to an unborn child as a result of the mother's intentional ingestion or use of illegal drugs |
Smith, Joe |
| HB 1550 |
expands the jurisdiction of juvenile courts to include individuals who are older than 17 but under 18 for the sole purpose of status offenses by redefining the terms "child," "adult" and "status offense" |
Stevenson |
| HB 1561 |
modifies the mandatory child abuse reporting requirements to include household witnesses of child abuse and neglect in the list of persons required to report child abuse |
LeVota |
| HB 1611 |
establishes a children's bill of courtroom rights that applies to all children testifying in court |
Dixon |
| HB 1640 |
disallows court-ordered adoption decrees or an adoptive parents' or adoptee's request for a new birth certificate to change the name of a birth parent in an adoption |
Schoeller |
| HB 1657 |
adds as a factor in determining child custody whether a parent is co-habitating or has overnight stays with an adult person who is not a spouse, adult child or relative of the parent |
Nance |
| HB 1752 |
requires the development of a voluntary quality rating system for child care facilities and early childhood programs |
Lampe |
| HB 1795 |
expands the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree and creates the crime of endangering the welfare of an unborn child; also allows for physician referral and documentation to be used in criminal prosecutions |
Pollock |
| HB 1826 |
creates the crime of impersonating a minor or someone else via the Internet, telecommunications or electronic device |
Komo |
| HB 1855 |
increases the penalty for endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree when shaking a child younger than 5 to a minimum of 15 years in prison |
Harris |
| HB 1962 |
revises the crime of murder in the first degree to include knowingly causing the death of a child younger than 18 when a heinous element is involved in the commission of the crime |
LeVota |
| HB 1989 |
changes the laws on terminating parental rights, specifying that a putative father of a child will have no legal relationship unless he has acknowledged the child on his own by affirmatively asserting his paternity |
Baker |
| HB 2123 |
changes the requirements for providing notice of the relocation of a child |
Aull |
| HB 2143 |
changes the laws on releasing investigation reports of child abuse and neglect; decreases the amount of time an alleged perpetrator has to seek a reversal or a review |
Schad |
| HB 2168 |
increases punishment for the sale of tobacco products to minors |
Grill |
| HB 2323 |
creates the Child Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence Commission and Section to coordinate services for victims |
Hubbard |
| HB 2334 |
gives the Office of Child Advocate authority to file findings or reports to the juvenile court |
Cunningham |
| HB 2371 |
establishes the Child Predation Prevention Act of 2008 on the sexual exploitation of a child and model curriculum for educating children about Internet safety |
Harris, J. |
| HB 2389 |
allows counties to establish a "Neutral Site Child Custody Exchange Fund" for the purpose of awarding grants to nonprofit organizations to operate a neutral site child custody exchange program |
Roorda |
| SB 745 |
authorizes a court to appoint a standby guardian for a minor or an incapacited adult |
Days |
| SB 766 |
criminalizes prenatal drug or alcohol use and requires the juvenile officer to take the child victim (unborn child) into protective custody |
Goodman |
| SB 818 |
modifies various provisions relating to stalking and harassment, including creating the crimes of cyber harassment and cyber stalking |
Rupp |
| SB 849 |
gives the Office of the Child Advocate authority to file findings or reports to the juvenile court |
Shoemyer |
| SB 885 |
allows for the appointment of a board of directors before establishing a tax for a Community Children's Services Fund and allows for the board to engage in and contract for services or actions necessary to conduct the duties of the board once it is established. Current law requires the appointment of the board after the tax has been established. |
Graham |
| SB 1000 |
establishes educational rights for foster care students and requires a full day of education for certain children |
Justus |
| SB 1031 |
increases the pentalty for parental kidnapping when the child is taken for more than 60 days |
Koster |
| SB 1095 |
creates the crime of aggravated child kidnapping |
Loudon |
| SB 1106 |
modifies the laws on the child abuse and neglect registry; allows the court to presume that a false report of child abuse causes damage or injury to the reputation of the individual or institution accused in the report and that the falsely accused party may recover the costs of litigation; repeals the immunity for those who in bad faith intentionally provide false information in a report |
Scott |
| SB 1194 |
increases the punishment for forcible rape or sodomy of a child under 12 to be either death or life imprisonment without probation or parole |
Goodman |
| SB 1219 |
allows crimial prosecution of a mother for harm to an unborn child caused by intentional and unlawful use of controlled substances |
Lager |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1316 |
establishes that parents have the right to make all health care decisions for their minor children; also allows parents of privately educated or home schooled minor children to be reimbursed for that portion of property taxes paid and dedicated to the local school district |
Davis |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| SB 1015 |
allows the administration commissioner to deduct cafeteria plan administrative fees and any amount necessary for the participation in the cafeteria plan from a state employee's compensation warrant, unless the employee affirmatively elects not to participate in the plan |
Mayer |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1871 |
modifies laws on the final disposition of a dead human body |
Deeken |
| HB 1928 |
increases the salery levels of county coroners beginning Jan. 1, 2009 |
Cooper, S. |
| SB 1025 |
modifies laws on the final disposition of a dead human body |
Scott |
| SB 1061 |
requires county coroners and their assistants to register with the Missouri Coroners' and Medical Examiners' Association |
Barnitz |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1303 |
Allows nursing home residents receiving MO HealthNet benefits to retain as much as $50 a month for discretionary spending |
Whorton |
| HB 1414 |
expands eligibility for the Missouri Rx Plan to retired persons 65 or older and Medicare participants with incomes of a maximum of $25,000 for individuals and $50,000 for married couples |
Fallert |
| HB 1516 |
provides new protections for the elderly, disabled and children; transfers Division of Aging to Department of Health and Senior Services; makes several changes to the empolyee disqualification list; revamps standards for employee background checks and the reporting and prosecution of abuse and regulation in health care settings |
Bruns |
| HB 1642 |
expands protection for the elderly against financial exploitation; adds Zopiclone, its salts, isomers and isomer salts to the list of Schedule IV controlled substances; adds Pregabalin to the list of Schedule V controlled substances; specifies Amber alert system is to aid in the location of missing children rather than adults and defines "abducted child;" makes numerous other changes to criminal and victims law |
Lipke |
| HB 1656 |
authorizes a one-time transition grant of a maximum of $2,400 to MO HealthNet-eligible nursing home residents to spend on housing costs associated with moving senior citizens or disabled individuals from nursing homes back to residences within their communities; funding is administered by the DHSS Division of Senior and Disability Services; current fee of returning to home or community-based setting is $1,500; funding increase comes from a three-year federal grant with no effect on state funds in FY 2009, 2010 and 2011
|
Nance |
| HB 1662 |
requires audiologists and hearing instrument dealers to disclose the total price of products and information about magnetic coupling options |
Deeken |
| HB 2036 |
repeals the additional funding distribution requirement and allows the General Assembly to appropriate additional money for certain elderly services directly to programs that provide these services |
Nance |
| HB 2343 |
changes the laws on sprinkler systems in long-term care facilities; clarifies existing language on installing systems in long-term care facilities; allows facilities that have submitted a plan for compliance for the installation of a system to be eligible for a loan from the Department of Health and Senior Services; allows local fire protection districts or fire departments that are deemed qualified by the state fire marshal to conduct fire safety inspections of long-term care facilities for compliance |
Wilson, K. |
| SB 755 |
modifies the training and regulation of long-term care facility inspectors and surveyors |
Mayer |
| SB 990 |
allows nursing home residents under MO HealthNet to retain $50 per month discretionary spending |
Champion |
| SB 1051 |
creates "nonreviewable" project definition in CON statute for some assisted living facility beds |
Crowell |
| SB 1207 |
allows for facilities to apply for a loan to install a commercial sprinkler system approved by the National Fire Protection Association; currently, facilities taking a substantial step to install an approved residential sprinkler system in accordance with the NFPA standards may apply to the Department of Health and Senior Services for a loan to install such system |
Goodman |
| SB 1258 |
provides new protections for the elderly, disabled and children and transfers Division of Aging to the Department of Health and Senior Services; makes several changes to the empolyee disqualification list; revamps standards for employee background checks and the reporting and prosecution of abuse and regulation in health care settings |
Goodman |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1421 |
adds highway workers to the list including law enforcement officers, emergency personnel and probation and parol officers for crimes of involuntary manslaugher and assault against those on the list |
St. Onge |
| HB 1452 |
allows an employee of a fire protection or ambulance district to serve as a board member of a different fire protection or ambulance district if he or she is not employed by that district |
Roorda |
| HB 1457 |
requires all counties and fire protection districts to adopt and enforce the 2003 ICC International Fire Code |
Roorda |
| HB 1609 |
allows for temporary suspention of statutory and regulatory scope of practice restrictions during official state emergencies called by the Governor to be replaced with new emergency triage guidelines for care created by the newly established Emergency Triage Guidelines for Care Task Force |
Cooper, W. |
| HB 1790 |
changes the laws on hospital designation by the DHSS to include a “heart attack center” and a “stroke center” when meeting the department's applicable criteria for a heart attack or stroke center; specifies that patients who suffer from heart attacks or strokes to be transported to the nearest heart attack or stroke center; designation based on rules adopted as prescribed in EMS statutes (RSMO 190.185) |
Cooper, W. |
| HB 1839 |
establishes Christy's Law, which requires rape victims to be informed of their right to request a drug test for the presence of a date rape drug |
Low |
| HB 1936 |
allows members of an ambulance district board of directors to be subject to recall from office |
Smith, J. |
| HB 1949 |
provides funds for grants to local emergency personnel to purchase equipment for use in a disaster |
Komo |
| HB 2000 |
establishes minimum ambulance staffing requirements in the counties of Lafayette and Saline |
McGhee |
| HB 2150 |
authorizes counties to impose a sales tax for public safety purposes upon voter approval |
Baker |
| HB 2209 |
specifies that licensed ambulances shall not be treated as common or contract carriers |
Smith, Jason |
| HB 2324 |
allows the executive officer of any public safety agency to enter into a mutual aid agreement for reciprocal emergency aid and specifies that the Department of Public Safety will administer the state mutual aid system; any employee responding to an emergency declared by the governor will not be liable for civil damages or administrative sanctions for the failure to exercise the skill and learning of an ordinarily careful public safety professional in similar circumstances but will be liable for damages caused by willful and wanton acts or omissions in rendering services |
Wildberger |
| HB 2331 |
allows the governor, during a state of emergency, to authorize the director of the Division of Finance within the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professioanl Registration to suspend laws and rules applicable to the division that are reasonable and necessary to preserve the safety and soundness of financial institutions, facilitate disaster response and recovery efforts to serve essential civil needs and protect the public interest, and coordinate emergency response with financial institutions and emergency responders |
Spreng |
| HB 2346 |
creates a federal reimbursement allowance assessment for ambulance services |
Schaaf |
| HB 2386 |
requires all basic life support ambulances and stretcher vans to be equipped with automated external defibrillators and be staffed by at least one individual trained in their use |
Roorda |
| HB 2390 |
requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish cord blood collection sites across the state for transportation to the Saint Louis Cord Blood Bank |
Roorda |
| SB 915 |
includes emergency medical practitioners and physical therapists under the state's peer review law |
Ridgeway |
| SB 951 |
allows the governor, in a state of emergency, to authorize the finance director to suspend laws and rules applicable to the division that are reasonable and necessary to safeguard the soundness of financial institutions and coordinate emergency response with financial institutions and emergency responders following prewritten waivers, suspensions, actions and directives in the director's office |
Scott |
| SB 1039 |
requires Christian County, upon voter approval of a county sales tax for central dispatching of emergency services, to appoint a board to administer the funds and oversee emergency services |
Clemens |
| SB 1044 |
modifies provisions on minimum ambulance staffing in fourth class counties |
Stouffer |
| SB 1215 |
requires hospitals to provide information on, and make available, emergency contraception to victims of rape; requires all pharmacies to dispense all forms of contraception when a valid prescription is presented; institutes several changes to sex education for elementary and secondary education |
Bray |
| SB 1233 |
changes the laws on hospital designation by the Department of Health and Senior Services to include a “heart attack center” and a “stroke center” if it meets the department's applicable level of heart attack or stroke center criteria; specifies that patients who suffer a heart attack or stroke will be transported to the nearest heart attack or stroke center; designation based on rules adopted as prescribed in EMS statutes (RSMO 190.185) |
Shields |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1597 |
assesses fee on certain entities that ship or transport radioactive waste within the state |
Robb |
| HB 2125 |
allows the Department of Natural Resources to implement a unified permit schedule process for applicants who need multiple permits for a similar activity or project |
Schad |
| SB 919 |
assesses fee on certain entities that ship or transport radioactive waste within the state |
Rupp |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 2066 |
allows the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish a schedule of fees for architectural plan reviews of construction documents for certain health facilities |
Wasson |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1331 |
establishes the Missouri Center for Health Information and the State Consumer Health Information Advisory Council to provide comprehensive health care cost-related information to Missouri consumers |
Sater |
| HB 2394 |
requires transparency for price and quality factors on health care services |
Ervin |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1375 |
specifies that any MO HealthNet physician who becomes a "health care home" for a MO HealthNet patient will receive 120 percent of the Medicare reimbursement rate for certain services when performed for such patient |
Portwood |
| HB 1626 |
prohibits certain illegal aliens from receiving public assistance benefits |
Emery |
| HB 1655 |
requires applicants for public assistance to prove citizenship, permanent residence or lawful presence to be eligible for benefits |
Nance |
| HB 1701 |
prohibits requiring the dispensing of immunosuppressive drugs under the MO HealthNet program for the purposes of organ transplants without the consent of the physician and MO HealthNet participant |
Wasson |
| HB 1868 |
reinstates the MO HealthNet (Medicaid) eligibility standards in effect Jan. 10, 2005, before cuts in eligibility of the federal poverty level were made by the Missouri General Assembly in the 2005 legislative session |
McClanahan |
| HB 1933 |
adds medically necessary home telemonitoring services to the list of services to be provided under the MO HealthNet program |
Schaaf |
| HB 1971 |
adds medically necessary chiropractic services to the list of covered services under the MO HealthNet Program |
Portwood |
| HB 2128 |
establishes the Missouri Health Policy Authority to develop and maintain a coordinated health policy agenda for the provision of health services |
Baker |
| HB 2193 |
creates the Pharmacy Rebates Fund, which will consist of all revenues received from pharmaceutical manufacturer rebates for use in the MO HealthNet Pharmacy Program |
Robb |
| HB 2313 |
increases the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Commission by adding two representatives of rural health clinics |
Hobbs |
| HB 2330 |
requires drug screening and testing for TANF applicants and recipients |
Brandom |
| HB 2354 |
changes the laws on medical assistance and provider reimbursement; establishes a medical assistance program for certain individuals with a temporary disability or the parent of a minor child who have a gross income of 250 percent or less of the federal poverty level; allows providers under the program to receive enhanced reimbursement for certain services at 120 percent of the federal Medicare reimbursement rate for new patients and 110 percent for established patients |
Portwood |
| HB 2398 |
establishes the Insure Missouir Plan to provide insurance coverage to low-income working adults below 225 percent of the federal poverty level; allows participants earning more than 85 percent of the federal poverty level to purchase insurance with health care savings accounts; includes CON reform languagen from HB 2355; changes the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee
|
Schaaf |
| HB 2413 |
authorizes a new “Insure Missouri” system of coverage for individuals ages 19 to 65 who have been uninsured for at least six months; coverage could be extended to those with incomes of as much as 225 percent of the federal poverty level if legislators appropriate the money to do so; coverage would be offered through individual insurance policies offered by commercial insurers; the state would pay the premiums for the Insure Missouri coverage
revamps the Missouri Health Insurance Plan; lowers the present caps on pool coverage premiums; caps the premium at the standard risk rate for those with incomes less than 300 percent of the federal poverty level;for those with higher incomes, premiums would increase with income to a cap of 125 percent of the standard risk rate |
Ervin |
| HB 2423 |
provides for MO HealthNet benefits to be paid for home nursing visits for newborn infants |
Holsman |
| HB 2424 |
expands the State Children's Health Insurance Program offer insurance coverage to all children residing in this state, regardless of income |
Holsman |
| SB 751 |
requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence or lawful presence to receive state or local public benefits |
Crowell |
| SB 821 |
changes MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by requiring one of the primary care physicians to be a doctor of osteopathy and changes the number of members from 18 to 19 by adding a representative from a rural health clinic |
Shoemyer |
| SB 855 |
adds counseling services under MO HealthNet |
Coleman |
| SB 858 |
makes several changes to the law regarding illegal immigrants, including requiring applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence or lawful presence to receive state or local public benefits |
Rupp |
| SB 918 |
disallows MO HealthNet program from requiring prior authorization, step therapy, generic substitution or quantity limits for immunosuppressive drugs without express written or oral notification and the documented consent of the health care professional and the patient |
Goodman |
| SB 923 |
changes MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by increasing the number of members from 18 to 19, adding one optometrist as a member |
Shoemyer |
| SB 972 |
adds comprehensive day rehabilitation services under MO HealthNet |
Stouffer |
| SB 987 |
modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding a licensed podiatrist and a licensed nurse |
Shoemyer |
| SB 990 |
allows nursing home residents under MO HealthNet to retain $50 per month discretionary spending |
Champion |
| SB 1068 |
establishes the Pharmacy Rebates Fund for use with the MO HealthNet program |
Mayer |
| SB 1186 |
requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence or lawful presence to receive state or local public benefits |
Engler |
| SB 1192 |
replaces several Medicaid references found in Chapter 376 with the term MO HealthNet |
Ridgeway |
| SB 1197 |
requires drug screening and testing for TANF applicants and recipients |
Crowell |
| SB 1255 |
makes several changes to the law on illegal immigrants, including requiring applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence or lawful presence ito receive state or local public benefits |
Purgason |
| SB 1283 |
makes several changes to health care policy, including the reporting of adverse events, nonpayment from MO HeatlhNet for preventable errors, expanding MO HealthNet coverage to the working poor, replacing the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee with a Health Policy Council, expanding telehealth, creating a tobacco cessation program |
Dempsey |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1424 |
reinstates federal standards for overtime wages |
St. Onge |
| HB 1439 |
reinstates federal standards for overtime wages |
LeVota |
| HB 1516 |
provides new protections for the elderly, disabled and children; transfers Division of Aging to Department of Health and Senior Services; makes several changes to the empolyee disqualification list; revamps standards for employee background checks and the reporting and prosecution of abuse and regulation in health care settings |
Bruns |
| HB 1581 |
reinstates federal standards for overtime wages |
Pearce |
| HB 1632 |
makes it an unlawful employment practice to subject an employee to an abusive work environment or to retaliate against an employee who opposes that type of environment |
Wildberger |
| HB 1736 |
establishes the Missouri Illegal Immigration Relief Act; prohibits providing any federal, state or local benefit to a person who is unlawfully present in the United States; requires all employers to register with and use the federal E-Verify Program operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; authorizes all political subdivisions to enact laws prohibiting or restricting employment of unauthorized immigrants and the harboring of illegal immigrants |
Schneider |
| HB 1776 |
prohibits discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation |
Talboy |
| HB 1811 |
prohibits any person from being forced to join membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment or to pay dues to a labor organization; protects current collective bargaining agreements |
Hunter |
| HB 1840 |
requires business with 400 or more employees to provide four weeks of paid maternity or paternity leave for its employees |
Low |
| HB 1846 |
requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in patient care areas of each unit of the hospital |
Low |
| HB 1872 |
prohibits employers from deducting payments from employees' paychecks for political purposes without annual written permission from the employees |
Hunter |
| HB 1939 |
requires certain contractors and subcontractors to pay certain employees a living wage rate under certain state procurement contracts |
Bowman |
| HB 2151 |
implements an illegal and legal immigrant guest worker program in Missouri through the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations |
Guest |
| HB 2179 |
creates new penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants; creates a rebuttable presumption for employers who pariticipate in the federal status verification system |
Wildberger |
| HB 2183 |
requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in patient care areas of each unit of the hospital |
Low |
| HB 2185 |
establishes the Paid Sick Days Act, which requires employers to provide at least seven sick days with pay to full-time employees each 12-month period and some equivalent to part-time employees |
Low |
| HB 2349 |
requires the State Board of Mediation within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to investigate a petition filed by a labor organization alleging that a majority of employees in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining wish to be represented by that labor organization |
Darrough |
| SB 742 |
requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender and establishes a commission to study wage disparities |
Bray |
| SB 782 |
reinstates federal standards for overtime wages |
Loudon |
| SB 796 |
provides employees with the right to take a full day off work without pay on the day of an election for the purpose of working on an election |
Bray |
| SB 824 |
prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation; also specifies that discrimination includes cases where unfair treatment results from the guilty party's mere assumptions about the victim's characteristics of sexual orientation, race, religion, etc., whether or not such assumptions are true or false |
Justus |
| SB 837 |
creates the "Public Employee Due Process Act" |
Bray |
| SB 866 |
bars an employer from receiving favorable tax treatment or loans from the state for five years when 25 percent or more of the employer's workforce is paid under the federal poverty level as published yearly by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Shoemyer |
| SB 1007 |
reinstates the federal overtime standards in place before the passage of Proposition B (2006); prevents CPI indexing, which is currently in place, from exceeding the federal rate beginning Jan. 1, 2010; allows employers to pay tipped employees $2.13 per hour if their total compensation, including tips, equals the Missouri minimum wage. Currently, employers may pay tipped employees half of the Missouri minimum wage if their total compensation, including tips, equals the Missouri minimum wage |
Loudon |
| SB 1019 |
prohibits discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation |
Bray |
| SB 1046 |
codifies circumstances when a whistleblower cause of action is established for wrongful discharge under the "at-will employment doctrine" |
Mayer |
| SB 1103 |
removes the 2001 and 2002 employment dates for when all childcare, elder care and personal care workers are required to register with the Family Care Safety Registry and requires all such workers, regardless of when they began employment, to register; requires all employers regulated by, contracting with or who receive state or federal reimbursement services to ensure employees are registered; employment to include unpaid volunteers |
Gibbons |
| SB 1113 |
requires the posting of nurse staffing levels at hospitals |
Bray |
| SB 1126 |
exempts certain independent contractors from being licensed as private investigators |
Scott |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1385 |
creates the Consumer Report Security Freeze Act |
Cox |
| HB 1461 |
establishes the Uniform Debt-Management Services Act to regulate debt-management services |
Burnett |
| HB 1618 |
establishes the Missouri Consumer Report Security Freeze Act, which allows a consumer to place a freeze on his or her consumer report |
Jones, K. |
| HB 1635 |
increases restrictions on release of personal information to unauthorized persons; requires businesses to notify persons affected by a breach in computer systems that houses personal information; allows consumers to place a security freeze or alert on their credit reports |
Wildberger |
| HB 1809 |
establishes the Identity Theft Prevention Act and allows individuals to place a security freeze on their consumer credit report |
Ruzicka |
| HB 1964 |
establishes the Identity Theft Prevention Act and allows individuals to place a security freeze on their consumer credit report |
LeVota |
| HB 2161 |
establishes the Missouri Consumer Credit Report Freeze Act, which allows consumers to place a freeze on their consumer reports |
Grill |
| HB 2173 |
allows consumers to place security freezes on their credit reports |
Faith |
| HB 2263 |
creates the Consumer Report Securtity Freeze Act; allows consumers to place a freeze on their consumer credit report |
Frame |
| SB 882 |
allows consumers to request that a security freeze be placed on the issuance of their credit reports or credit scores by credit reporting agencies |
Green |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1318 |
creates presumption that employers who provide information about a current or former employee's job performance to prospective employers are acting in good faith and immune from civil liability |
Davis |
| HB 1383 |
establishes new standards for businesses' duties to ensure the safety of their customers and limits businesses' abilities to restrict firearms in motor vehicles |
Cox |
| HB 1398 |
adds specialists who provide health care services to the list of persons covered by the state legal expense fund |
Dusenberg |
| HB 1405 |
creates the crimes of possession of a restricted natural substance, defined as jimson weed, and unlawful distribution of a restricted natural substance |
Weter |
| HB 1427 |
gives third parties immunity from liability for reporting suspected child abuse to individuals in charge or designated agents of medical institutions, school facilities and public or private agencies |
Kraus |
| HB 1493 |
expands the crime of making a false declaration to include providing any verbal false statement about a person's identity which he or she knows not to be true with the purpose to mislead a public servant |
Bruns |
| HB 1599 |
adds coverage under the state legal expense fund for certain health care professionals providing uncompensated service at summer camps |
Sater |
| HB 1601 |
creates a rebuttal presumption that the person whose name appears in the controlled substance log book that pharmacies are required to keep and maintain is the person whose transaction is recorded |
Bringer |
| HB 1622 |
creates the crime of obstruction of justice |
Bringer |
| HB 1625 |
provides immunity from liability to pharmacies for refusal to perform, assist, recommend, refer to or participate in any act or service in connection with any drug or device that causes an abortion |
Emery |
| HB 1635 |
increases restrictions on release of personal information to unauthorized persons; requires businesses to notify persons affected by a breach in computer systems that houses personal information; allows consumers to place a security freeze or alert on their credit reports |
Wildberger |
| HB 1636 |
creates penalties for corporations, persons and public utilities violating any law, order, decision, decree, rule, direction, demand or requirement relating to federally mandated natural gas safety |
Jones, K. |
| HB 1728 |
directs the court to grant the motion to dismiss for any baseless civil lawsuit filed against an individual exercising a right to petition in a quasi-judicial proceeding before a governmental tribunal unless the responding party has produced clear and convincing evidence that the acts of the moving party are not immunized from liability. All conduct or speech made at a public meeting has a qualified privilege against liability for slander or libel when it is made to procure any governmental action, result or outcome. |
Bivins |
| HB 1776 |
prohibits discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation |
Talboy |
| HB 1787 |
repeals obsolete provisions on workplace safety and health, including sections on industrial inspection, health and safety of employees, health and safety of foundry employees and prevention of occupational diseases. |
Thomson |
| HB 1816 |
creates the Health Care Whislteblower Protection Act; creates protections for health care professionals from retaliatory actions by employers for reporting violations of the law |
LeVota |
| HB 1940 |
requires each hospital to establish a safe patient handling committee by Jan. 1, 2009, to design and recommend the process for implementing a safe patient handling program; establishes a 50 percent tax credit for hospitals to purchase mechanical lifting devices |
Page |
| HB 2162 |
requires any person or entity to disclose to individiuals any breach of security when their personal information was wrongfully acquired |
Grill |
| HB 2163 |
requires any business that conducts business or maintains personal information of Missouri residents to take all reasonable measures to protect against the unauthorized access to or use of the information in connection with or after its disposal |
Grill |
| HB 2210 |
makes several changes to Sunshine Law; revises the definition of "public governmental body" to include any organization, corporation or other body receiving at least 51 percent of its annual budget directly from public tax revenue of governmental bodies or from the United States or any agency or department that is a unit of a governmental body |
Jones, T. |
| HB 2241 |
tort reform bill on class action claims; tightens the qualifications for expert witnesses in civil actions |
Stevenson |
| HB 2267 |
makes it a crime for failing to report the illegal conduct of a pharmacist or other health care professional that could cause death or serious physical injury and for an administrator to conceal the same |
LeVota |
| HB 2320 |
prohibits business entities and employers from employing, recruiting or hiring illegal immigrants to work in Missouri; requires participation in a federal work authorization program, which enables employers to electronically verify employment eligibility; violations result in suspension of business licenses |
Nolte |
| HB 2356 |
Currently, the cost of medical treatment is the dollar amount necessary to satisfy the financial obligation to the health care provider. This bill changes the measure of cost for medical treatment to be the value of the original amount charged for medical services provided by a health care provider, not the amount that was charged for the services, less any payments or reductions received from a collateral or third-party source. |
Flook |
| HB 2378 |
adds a charitable health care network to the list of health car eproviders for whom the State Legal Expense Fund is available for payment of certain claims filed against a provider |
Flook |
| SB 792 |
provides immunity from liability for certain health care professionals assisting law enforcement or government agencies in certain planned activities |
Champion |
| SB 866 |
bars an employer from receiving favorable tax treatment or loans from the state for five years when 25 percent or more of the employer's workforce is paid under the federal poverty level as published yearly by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Shoemyer |
| SB 870 |
repeals the controversial "midwife authorization" provision Loudon included in HB 818 in the 2007 session |
Loudon |
| SB 916 |
requires hospitals to report adverse events to a patient safety organization for review and disallows hospitals from charging for reportable incidents |
Goodman |
| SB 921 |
adds coverage under the state legal expense fund for certain health care professionals providing uncompensated service at summer camps |
Goodman |
| SB 929 |
bars employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors |
Green |
| SB 1030 |
repeals obsolete provisions on workplace safety and health, including sections on industrial inspection, health and safety of employees, health and safety of foundry employees and prevention of occupational diseases |
Rupp |
| SB 1077 |
expands the general prohibition against indemnity agreements to specifically prohibit agreements to hold harmless the negligence of the other person's officers, employees or agents; current law only specifically prohibits agreements that hold harmless another person from that person's own negligence |
Goodman |
| SB 1088 |
creates the crimes of possession of a restricted natural substance (defined as jimson weed) and unlawful distribution of a restricted natural substance |
Clemens |
| SB 1210 |
adds professional corporations of eligible physicians to coverage under the state legal expense fund |
Callahan |
| SB 1216 |
requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to implement a health care quality program for the purpose of making a health care quality report card available allow consumers for comparing and assessing the quality of health care services |
Bray |
| SB 1230 |
creates the Missouri Omnibus Immigration Act and requires every employer in the state to participate in a federal status verification system, bars illegal immigrants from attending all public universities in the state and from receiving any type of public assistance or benefit |
Koster |
| SB 1264 |
requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to report adverse health events |
Bray |
| SB 1286 |
establishes new standards for businesses' duties to ensure the safety of their customers and limits a business' ability to restrict firearms in motor vehicles |
Scott |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 2230 |
requires immunizations for certain school children for the human papilloma virus |
Page |
| HB 2419 |
excludes vaccination against the human papillomavirus from the list of required immunizations for school children |
Onder |
| SB 778 |
requires health insurers to provide coverage for human papilloma virus inoculations and requires, with parental option to decline, that female students be inoculated before enrolling in the sixth grade |
Justus |
| SB 1120 |
requires that the Department of Health and Senior Services shall not require by rule any vaccinations that are not specified under current law |
Loudon |
| SB 1169 |
establishes a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program |
Champion |
Bill |
Description |
Sponsor |
| HB 1546 |
requires all cases of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) and vancomycin- resistant enterococcus (VRE) to be reported to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services; specifies when ventilator-associated pneumonia should be included by the department in quarterly infection incidence rate reports; requires every hospital licensed in the state to develop an MRSA control program beginning Jan. 1, 2009 |
Schaaf |
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