LEGISLATIVE WATCH LIST
HOUSE BILLS
For a copy of full bill text go to www.house.mo.gov/ - then click on bill information – click on Bill Tracking – click on Bill List – then scroll to number and click on it.
HB 1631 – Creates the crime of sexual contact with a patient when an employee of or a person assigned to work in any health care or long-term care facility has sexual or deviate sexual intercourse with a patient.
2/10/2010 – public Hearing Completed – Senior Citizen Advocacy Committee
HB 1521 – Expands the Amber Alert System to include missing endangered adults, specifies the criteria for being a missing endangered adult, and changes the system’s name to Amber Alert and Silver Alert System.
2/10/2010 – Public Hearing Completed – Senior Citizen Advocacy Committee.
HB 1509 –Prohibits unsecured loans of $500 or less, commonly known as payday loans, from being facilitated, encouraged, solicited, advertised, or provided on nursing home or residential care facility property.
1/7/2010 – read Second Time – Hearing not scheduled.
HB 1449 – Adds an advanced practice registered nurse to the list of approved health care providers who are authorized to write a prescription to refer a patient to a physical therapist.
1/7/2010 – Read Second Time – Hearing not scheduled.
HB 1418 –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.
1/7/2010 Second Read – Hearing not scheduled.
HB 1364 – Prohibits payment under the Mo HealthNet Program for drug prescribed to treat certain sexual conditions and allows payment for all dental services including dentures.
1/7/2010 – Read Second Time – Hearing Not scheduled.
HB 1358 – Requires DHSS to strongly encourage long-term care facilities to institute policies encouraging familial involvement in the well-being and support of its residents.
1/7/2010 – Read Second Time – Hearing not scheduled.
HB 1298 – Prohibits the transfer of a mental health patient from one facility to another without the consent of the patient’s parent, legal guardian, or nearest know relative.
1/7/2010 – Read Second Time – Hearing not scheduled.
H B 1302 – Expands the Amber Alert System to include missing endangered adults, specifies the criteria for being a missing endangered adult, and changes the system’s name to Amber Alert and Silver alert system.
2/10/2010 – Public hearing completed – Senior Citizen Advocacy
HB 1235 – Establishes additional health care directives for a health care provider who is withholding or withdrawing artificially supplied nutrition and hydration under a durable power of attorney.
1/7/2010 – Read Second Time – Hearing not scheduled.
SENATE BILLS
For a copy of the bill full text go to www.senate.mo.gov/ - click on search for a bill – put in number including SB
SB 927 – Requires certification for certain contractors who work on fire sprinkler systems
2/11/2010 – second read and referred senate committee on Financial and governmental Organizations and Elections.
SB 842 –Modifies provisions regarding Mo HealthNet’s authority to collect payment from third party payers.
2/16/201 – SCS Voted Do Pass (wil/SCS/SBs 842, 799, 809) S Small business, Insurance and Industry Committee..
SB 639 – Authorizes a state false claims act for Mo HealthNet (Medicaid) fraus
1/13/2010 – Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 606 – Adds comprehensive day services as a covered service under MO HealthNet
2/16/2010 – Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental health, Seniors and Families Committee