Issue 5 - February 2, 2007
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
SB 243 – Mayer (R)
Relating to compulsory school attendance age
Status: 1/18/07 Referred: Education; Issue 3
HB 29 – Cunningham (R)
Relating to terms of service for members of certain special school districts
Status:Status: 1/25/07 Referred Elementary & Secondary Education; Issue 1
HB 181 - Sanders (R)
Requires captioning of electronic video instructional material
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 265 – Cunningham (R)
Relatiing to due process hearings
Status: 2/1/07 Referred Elementary and Secondary Education; Issue 3
HB 415 – Cunningham (R)
Relating to First Steps Program
Eliminates all sunset provisions relating to early intervention services, known as the First Steps Program.
Status:1/17/07 Second Read; Issue 5
HB 418 – Cunningham (R)
Relating to the First Steps Program
Removes the special education enabling authority from a list of sections related to the First Steps Program scheduled for sunset by August 28, 2007.
Status: 2/1/07 Referred Elementary and Secondary Education; Issue 4
HB 449 – Schoemehl (D)
Relating to the First Steps Program
Eliminates all sunset provisions relating to early intervention services, known as the First Steps Program.
Status:1/18/07 Second Read; Issue 5
SB 16 – Scott (R)
Requires a comprehensive vision examination for each child enrolled in kindergarten or first grade
Status:Public Hearing scheduled 2/6/07; Issue 1
SB 36 – Days (D)
Relating to the First Steps Program
Status:1/16/07 Referred Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight; Issue 1
SB 112 – Rupp (R)
Removes the reference to sunset of the statute that provides authority for special education of age 3 to 21 population
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight; Issue 1
SB 131 – Rupp (R)
Relating to the sunset provision for the First Steps Program
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight; Issue 1
SB 133 – Rupp (R)
Alters provisions regarding due process hearings
Status: Public Hearing scheduled S 2/7/07; Issue 1
SB 140 – Rupp (R)
Relating to boards of education and due process hearings
Status: Public Hearing scheduled S 2/7/07; Issue 1
SB 141 – Nodler (R)
Removes reference to sunset of statute relating to special education of age 3 to 21 population
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight; Issue 1
SB 142 – Nodler (R)
Renders the MO Sunset Act not applicable with regard to the First Steps Program
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Education; Issue 1
SB 147 – Nodler (R)
Alters provisions regarding expedited due process hearings
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Education; Issue 1
SB 148 – Nodler (R)
Relating to boards of education and due process hearings
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Education; Issue 1
SB 374 – Rupp (R)
Relating to funding for First Steps Program and HMO's
Status:1/25/07 Referred Health & Mental Health; Issue 4
OTHER
HB 451 – Baker (D)
Requires school districts to incorporate social & emotional development programs into their educational programs
(See Mental Health/Services)
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT
HB 39 – Portwood (R)
Establishes eligibility requirements of an employed disabled person requesting medical assistance under the TWWIIA
Status:1/31/07 Referred: Rules pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H); Issue 1
SB 77 – Scott (R)
Creates graduated increase in payments for sheltered workshops
Status:1/30/07 Public Hearing held; Issue 1
FUNDING
OTHER
SB 208 – Gross (R)
Requires the balance of all state funds to be transferred and credited to the state General Revenue Fund if state revenue does not increase by two percent
Status: 1/8/07 Bill withdrawn; Issue 1
SB 222 – Gross (R)
Requires the balance of all state funds to be transferred and credited to the state General Revenue Fund if state revenue does not increase by two percent
Status: 1/18/07 Referred: Ways & Means; Issue 2
TAX RELIEF
HB 40 – Portwood (R)
Changes laws regarding long term care insurance tax deduction and Establishes MO Long Term Care Partnership Act
Status:Referred: 2/1/07 Special Committee on Ticket-to-Work (H); Issue 1
HB 104 – Meiners (D)
Relating to sales tax and modifications of a vehicle for a person with a disability
Specifies that the purchase price for calculating the sales tax of a motor vehicle excludes the cost to modify the vehicle for use by an individual with a disability.
Status: 2/1/07 Referred Ways & Means; Issue 1
HB 116 – Denison (R)
Allows MO residents to deduct from taxable income 100% of non-reimbursed amounts paid for long-term care insurance
Status: 2/1/07 Referred Committee on Ticket-to-Work; Issue 1
HB 149 – Salva (D)
Authorizes a tax deduction for health insurance premiums
Status:1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 4
HB 168 – Hoskins (D)
Relating to an income tax credit for certain taxpayers age 65 and over
Status:1/25/07 Referred Ways & Means; Issue 1
HB 307 – Fares (R)
Authorizes a tax credit for elderly and disabled for real property taxes
Status:2/1/07 Referred Special Committee on Senior Citizen Advocacy; Issue 3
HB 383 – Wildberger (D)
Relating to tax deductions for long term care insurance premiums
Status: 1/16/07 Second Read; Issue 3
HB 359 – Frame (D)
Exempts residential property owned by those 62 and over from increases in assessed valuation
Status: 1/25/07 Referred Ways & Means; Issue 4
HB 364 – Ervin (R)
Authorizes tax deduction for personally funded health insurance premiums
Status :2/1/07 Public Hearing held; Issue 4
HB 367 – Dethrow (R)
Authorizes tax deduction for non-reimbursed amounts paid for long term care insurance
Status: 2/1/07 Referred Special Committee on Ticket-to-Work; Issue 4
HB 455 – Kraus (R)
Exempts real property owned by certain individuals age 65 and over from increases in assessed valuation
Status:1/25/07 Referred Ways and Means; Issue 4
HB 456– Kraus (R)
Limits increases in assessed valuation on real property owned by certain individuals age 65 or older
Status:1/18/07 Second Read; Issue 4
HB 457 – Sutherland (R)
Increases amount of credit allowed under Circuit Breaker program and re-names the program
Status: 2/1/07 Public Hearing Scheduled; Issue 4
HB 506 – Bivins (R)
Authorizes a homestead exemption for elderly and disabled in St. Louis County
Status: 1/25/07 Referred Ways & Means; Issue 4
HB 516 – Portwood (R)
Changes the laws regarding the MO Homestead Preservation Act
Status: 2/1/07 Public Hearing held; Issue 4
SB 07 – Loudon (R)
Creates an income tax deduction for medical expenses
Status: 1/16/07 Referred: Ways & Means; Issue 1
SB 08 – Kennedy (D)
Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person
Status:1/29/07 Public Hearing Scheduled; Issue 1
SB 32 – Bray (D)
Allows senior citizens to defer property tax payment
Status: 1/16/07 Referred: Ways & Means; Issue 1
SB 324 – Loudon (R)
Modifies provisions of the Special Needs Adoption Tax Credit Program
Status:1/22/07 Referred Ways & Means; Issue 4
HEALTH CARE & PERSONAL ASSISTANCE
INSURANCE
HB 39 – Portwood (R)
Establishes eligibility requirements of an employed disabled person requesting medical assistance under the TWWIIA
(See Employment)
HB 40 – Portwood (R)
Changes laws regarding long term care insurance tax deduction and Establishes MO Long Term Care Partnership Act
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
HB 72 – Baker (D)
Increases the resource limit for eligibility for medical assistance
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 95 – Sater (R)
Relating to reforms for the MO Medicaid Program and purchase of health insurance for uninsured
Status: 2/1/07 Referred Special Committee on Health Insurance; Issue 1
HB 116 – Denison (R)
Allows MO residents to deduct from taxable income 100% of non-reimbursed amounts paid for long-term care insurance
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
HB 149 – Salva (D)
Authorizes a tax deduction for health insurance premiums
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
HB 364 – Ervin (R)
Authorizes tax deduction for personally funded health insurance premiums
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
HB 367 – Dethrow (R)
Authorizes tax deduction for non-reimbursed amounts paid for long term care insurance
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
HB 383 – Wildberger (D)
Relating to tax deductions for long term care insurance premiums
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
HB 424 – Whorton (D)
Increases resource limit for eligibility for medical assistance
Status: 2/1/07 Referred Special Committee on Health Insurance; Issue 4
HB 484 – Hughes (D)
Establishes the MO Universal Health Insurance Act
Status:1/22/07 Second Read; Issue 4
SB 15 – Scott (R)
Establishes a long term care insurance public-private partnership program
Status: 1/30/07 Public Hearing held; Issue 1
SB 95 – Bray (D)
Requires applicants for Medicaid and the CHIP to identify proposed beneficiary’s employer
Status:1/23/07 Public Hearing Held; Issue 1
SB 113 – Shoemyer (D)
Requires health carriers to include DME providers within their service provider networks
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations; Issue 1
SB 118 – Griesheimer (R)
Requires insurance companies to provide coverage for computerized prosthetic devices
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations; Issue 1
SB 122 – Bray (D)
Establishes the MO Universal Health Assurance Program
Status:1/30/07 Public Hearing held; Issue 1
SB 179 – Green (D)
Requires any applicant for health care benefits under a public assistance program to identify their employer
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Health & Mental Health; Issue 1
SB 248 – Days (D)
Establishes a long-term care insurance public-private partnership program
Status: 1/18/07 Referred: Health & Mental Health; Issue 3
OTHER
HB 55 – Slater (R)
Establishes the Healthcare Technology Fund and the MO Healthcare Technology Commission
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 182 – Bruns (R)
Establishes the Outside the Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Act
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 203 – Deeken (R)
Modifies eligibility requirements for the Netabolic Formula Distribution Program
Status: 2/1/07 Referred Health Care Policy; Issue 2
HB 204 – Whorton (D)
Relating to MO Medicaid benefits
Allows any resident of a nursing home who receives
Missouri Medicaid Program benefits to retain not less than $50 per month for discretionary spending.
Status :2/1/07 Referred Health Care Policy; Issue 2
HB 216 – Stevenson (R)
Establishes the Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Program
Status: 2/1/07 Referred Special Committee on Family Services; Issue 1
HB 569 – Portwood (R)
Increases fees for copying patient medical records
Increases the fee for copies of medical records to $18.49 plus four cents per page for supplies and labor.
Status: 1/25/07 Second Read; Issue 5
SB 07 – Loudon (R)
Creates an income tax deduction for medical expenses
(See Funding/Tax Relief)
SB 80 – Shields (R)
Modifies provisions of the Metabolic Formula Distribution Program
Status:1/30/07 SCS Voted Do Pass S; Issue 1
SB 274 – Shields (R)
Creates the "Healthcare Technology Fund"
Status: Public Hearing Scheduled 2/6/07; Issue 3
SJR 10 – Bartle (R)
Repeals the constitutional provisions regarding stem cell research
Status: 1/22/07 Referred Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence; Issue 2
PHARMACEUTICAL
HB 314 – Tilley (R)
Relating to the practice of pharmacy and establishing the Well-being Committee
Status: 1/30/07 Withdrawn; Issue 3
LEGAL RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES
OTHER
HB 528 – Donnelly (D)
Relating to criminal securities fraud against the elderly & disabled
Changes the laws regarding criminal securities fraud as it relates to the elderly and disabled. The bill: 1. Adds the minimum penalties of a fine of not less than $50,000 and imprisonment for not less than five years for persons convicted of criminal securities fraud against a person 60 years of age or older or a disabled person; and 2. Allows the Commissioner of Securities within the Office of
the Secretary of State to impose additional civil penalties and order restitution.
Status: 1/24/07 Second Read; Issue 5
SB 177 – Green (D)
Relating to crimes of security fraud against the elderly or disabled
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence; Issue 1
VOTING
HB 138 – Salva (D)
Relating to voting machines and paper ballots
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 349 – Skaggs (D)
Relating to requirements for distribution of voter registration applications
Status: 1/16/07 Second Read; Issue 3
MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES
HB 435 – Stevenson (R)
Creates the crime of abuse of a vulnerable person in the first, second and third degrees
Creates the crime of abuse of a vulnerable person in the first, second, and third degrees. A "vulnerable person" is defined as a person with a physical or mental disability who is unable to protect his or her own interests. A person commits the crime of abuse of a vulnerable person in the first degree, a class A felony, if the person attempts to kill or knowingly causes or attempts to cause serious physical injury to any person receiving mental health services. A person commits the crime in the second degree, a class B felony, if the health care provider knowingly causes or attempts to cause physical injury to a vulnerable person by means of a deadly weapon or recklessly causes serious physical injury to a mental health patient. A health care provider commits the crime in the third degree, a class A misdemeanor, if the provider: 1. Knowingly causes or attempts to cause physical contact with a patient knowing that the patient will regard the contact as harmful or provocative; 2. Knowingly engages in conduct on more than one occasion that causes grave emotional distress to a patient; 3. Purposely or knowingly places a patient in apprehension of immediate physical injury; 4. Intentionally fails to provide care to a patient in a manner consistent with an acceptable course of treatment for the person; or 5. Knowingly acts or knowingly fails to act in a manner which results in a grave risk to the life or health of a patient. The bill also: 1. Requires that when abuse is suspected a written or verbal report should be made to the appropriate authorities. Failure to do so in a reasonable amount of time will be a class A misdemeanor and may be subject to a $500 fine; 2. Specifies that any residential facility, day program, or specialized service operated, funded, or licensed by the Department of Mental Health that prevents or discourages a person from reporting abuse or neglect is subject to a loss of license and civil fines up to $5,000; 3. Requires identifying information in investigative reports pertaining to abuse and neglect to remain confidential. The information may only be released to the parent or guardian; 4. Changes potential civil penalties for noncompliance with rules and standards for treatment of persons affected by mental disorders from $100 to $10,000; 5. Requires the department director to establish a panel to review the deaths of all adults in the care and custody of the department and to establish guidelines for the fatality review panel, coroners, medical examiners, hospitals, and physicians to identify suspicious deaths; 6. Specifies that no civil action may be taken against any employee who reports or discusses job performance that affects the safety of consumers; and 7. Requires a hospital, medical professional, mental health professional, or department facility to release all records of any client in the care and custody of the department to the review panel.
Status: 1/18/07 Second Read; Issue 5
HB 451 – Baker (D)
Requires school districts to incorporate social & emotional development programs into their educational programs
Status:1/18/07 Second Read; Issue 4
HB 534 – Walsh (D)
Establishes the Safe Staffing and Accountability Act for Mental Health Facilities
Establishes the Safe Staffing and Quality Care Accountability Act for Veterans Homes and the Safe Staffing and Quality Care Accountability Act for Mental Health Facilities. For mental health facilities the bill would: 1. Requires mental health facilities operated by the divisions of Comprehensive Psychiatric Services and Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Mental Health to adopt minimum staffing ratios to ensure client and worker safety.
Facilities operated by the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the department are excluded; 2. Requires mental health facilities to employ the direct care staff necessary to provide the active treatment as prescribed in a client's habilitation plan or individualized treatment plan; 3. Requires the department to adopt and maintain minimum staffing ratios for all department facilities; 4. Specifies limits for the assigned duties of direct care staff and requires that minimum staffing ratios apply to staff with direct care responsibilities; 5. Prohibits mandatory overtime from counting toward the minimum staffing ratios; 6. Prohibits the direct care staff of the department from being transferred to a general acute care hospital in the event that a client of a mental health facility is hospitalized in an acute care hospital; 7. Requires mental health facilities to document and submit to the department on a monthly basis specified staffing information per nursing unit, per shift, and day of the week; 8. Specifies the use of mandatory overtime for direct care staff; 9. Requires complaints of the staffing ratios to be filed on a form which will be distributed to facility supervisors and the department. The department director is required to investigate all complaints; 10. Specifies corrective measures instituted by the department in the event that violations are found in a mental health facility; 11. Establishes whistle-blower protections for direct care staff and a cause of action provision for staff who sustain a personal injury resulting from a violation of the bill; 12. Requires adequate direct care transport staff and drivers; and 13. Exempts direct care staff from responsibility for adverse events resulting from a violation of the bill. Management personnel of a mental health facility will be held responsible for harm to clients resulting from insufficient staffing.
Status: 1/24/07 Second Read; Issue 5
SB 03 – Gibbons (R)
Enacts provisions on mental health reform
Status: Public Hearing Scheduled S 2/6/07; Issue 1
SB 174 – Green (D)
Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes
Status: 2/6/07 Public Hearing scheduled Issue 1
SB 191 – Days (D)
Enacts provisions on children’s mental health
Status: 1/17/07 Referred: Health & Mental Health; Issue 1
OLMSTEAD
OLMSTEAD
HB 466 – Schaaf (R)
Limits Certificate of Need Program to long-term care facilities
Status: 2/1/07 Referred Special Committee on Healthcare Facilities; Issue 4
SB 15 – Scott (R)
Establishes a long term care insurance public-private partnership program
(See Health Care/ Insurance)
SB 248 – Scott (R)
Establishes a long-term care insurance public-private partnership program
(See Health Care/ Insurance)
SB 397 – Stouffer (R)
Modifies provisions relating to applications for long term care facilities
Modifies provisions relating to applications for long-term care facilities by no longer requiring either affidavits under oath or certified copies of a specified document. This act requires that the applicant attest by signature that the statements in the specified documents are true and correct.
Status: 1/30/07 Referred Seniors, Families & Public Health; Issue 5
PREVENTION
OTHER
HB 90 – St. Onge (R)
Requires all drivers and passengers in cars or trucks to wear seat belts
Status: 2/1/07 Referred Transportation ; Issue 1
HB 155 – Dusenberg (R)
Relating to the motorcycle helmet law
Status:1/24/07 Referred Special Committee on Homeland Security; Issue 1
HB 443 – Roorda (D)
Requires all drivers and passengers in cars or trucks to wear seat belts with certain exemptions
Status:1/18/07 Second Read; Issue 4
SB 252 – Ridgeway (R)
Relating to the motorcycle helmet law
Status: 1/18/07 Referred: Transportation; Issue 3
SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
SERVICES
HB 87 – Kraus (R)
Creates the Needy Persons Fund
Status: 1/4/07 Second Read; Issue 1
HB 98 – Parson (R)
Authorizes each Area Agency on Aging to establish a volunteer transportation program for the elderly
Status:2/1/07 Referred Special Committee on Senior Citizen Advocacy; Issue 1
HB 242 – Bruns (R)
Relating to Autism Awareness Month & Day
Status: 1/8/07 Second Read; Issue 2
HB 314 – Tilley (R)
Relating to the practice of pharmacy and establishing the Well-being Committee
(See Health Care/Pharmaceutical)
HB 330 – Schaaf (R)
Relating to state disabilitity benefits
Status: 1/16/06 Second Read; Issue 4
HB 573 – St. Onge (R)
Relating to disabled windshield placards
Changes the renewal period for disabled windshield placards from two to four years.The bill becomes effective January 1, 2008.
Status: 1/25/07 Second Read; Issue 5
HB 582 – Storch (D)
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Family Trust
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Family Trust. Trusts which have been created from funds recovered from personal injury damages or personal assets must reimburse the state and any other state, if necessary, for medical assistance provided to the beneficiary after 25% of the principal balance has been distributed to the trust.
Status: 1/25/07 Second Read; Issue 5
HB 590 – Tilley (R)
Establishes the Well-being Committee to aid impaired pharmacists
Allows the Missouri State Board of Pharmacy to establish the Well-being Committee to aid pharmacists who suffer from illness, substance abuse, mental illness, or physical impairments. The board will enter into contractual agreements with nonprofit corporations for the purpose of creating,
supporting, and maintaining the committee. All communications involving the licensee and the committee are confidential and not considered public records. The committee may disclose information about an impaired licensee when it is necessary to further the intervention, treatment, or
rehabilitation of the licensee; the release is authorized by the licensee; the committee must make a report to the board; or the information is subject to a court order.
Status: 2/1/07 Referred Special Committee on General Laws; Issue 5
SB 11 – Coleman (D)
Creates a hot weather rule for maintenance of utility services
Status: 2/1/07 Hearing held S; Issue 1
SB 14 – Scott (R)
Authorizes volunteer transportation services for the elderly
Status: Public Hearing scheduled S 2/6/07; Issue 1
SB 238 – Stoffer (R)
Relating to requirements for renewal of windshield placards
Status: 1/31/07 Public Hearing held; Issue 3
SB 333 – Stouffer (R)
Revises provisions relating to the newly renamed MO Brain Injury Advisory Council
Status: 1/25/07 Referred Seniors, Families and Public Health; Issue 4
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