2011 Legislative Update
The 2011 Legislative Session ended May 13. Below are some of the bills that the department tracked.
Additional information on legislation as well as members of the General Assembly can be found at the House and Senate web sites:
| Bill Number | Sponsor and Bill Description |
|---|---|
| SB 5 | Stouffer - Requires drug testing for work eligible TANF applicants and recipients based upon reasonable suspicion. |
| SB 7 | Goodman - Requires drug testing for work eligible TANF applicants and recipients based upon reasonable suspicion. |
| SB 40 | Wright-Jones - Allows certain medical consultants who contract with the Department of Social Services and Department of Mental Health to be covered by the State Legal Expense Fund. |
| SB 56 | Rupp- Requires DMH to contract for plan to serve habilitation center residents in the community and implement plan by 2018 |
| SB 57 | Callahan - Requires courts to transfer certain cases upon the request of the public administrator |
| SB 70 | Schaefer - Modifies laws relating to the Midwest Special Needs Trust |
| SB 74 | Kraus - Requires drug testing for work eligible TANF applicants and recipients based upon reasonable suspicion |
| SB 80 | Justus - Extends the expiration date on the provisions regarding the Missouri Rx Plan from August 28, 2011, to August 28, 2016 |
| SB 96 | Engler - Conveys state property in Farmington |
| SB 97 | Engler - Conveys state property in Farmington |
| SB 177 | Brown - Updates statute about Department of Mental Health investigative reports before the Administrative Hearing Commission |
| SB 192 | Pearce - Requires the Department of Mental Health to develop a continuing professional education curriculum relating to eating disorders |
| SB 229 | Pearce - Requires insurance coverage for eating disorders |
| SB 213 | Schaefer - Changes the laws regarding guardianship an incapacitated person |
| SB 235 | Schaefer - Extends sunset for various programs |
| SB 322 | Schaefer - Extends sunset for various programs |
| SB 333 | Schaaf - Requires DMH and other agencies to verify healthcare information on website |
| SB 352 | Engler - Authorizes DOC to establish mental health assessment pilot program |
| SB 358 | Wasson - Specifies that Licensed Professional Counseling includes diagnosis of mental illness |
| SB 388 | Wasson - Eliminate, combines and revises certain state boards, commissions, committees |
| SB 393 | Goodman -Makes changes to Family Care Safety Registry. |
| SB 428 | Ridgeway - County sheriffs may receive reimbursement for transporting persons to and from a mental health facility. |
| Bill Number | Sponsor and Bill Description |
|---|---|
| HB 29 | Sater - Establishes the Volunteer Health Services Act which allows a licensed health care provider to render volunteer professional health care services for a sponsoring organization |
| HB 40 | Lampe - Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and education of children with autism spectrum disorder |
| HB 47 | Cookson - Requires certain recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits to be tested for the illegal use of controlled substances. |
| HB 73 | Brandom - Requires certain recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to be tested for the illegal use of controlled substances. |
| HB 88 | Gatschenberger - Requires courts to transfer certain cases upon the request of the public administrator |
| HB 106 | Sater - Establishes limitation on the amount of money that may be held in reserve by sheltered workshops |
| HB 130 | Barnes - Changes law regarding guardianship of incapacitated person |
| HB 154 | Black - Includes DOC DMH 120 day mental health assessment pilot project |
| HB 196 | T Jones - Extends the expiration date on the provisions regarding the Missouri Rx Plan from August 28, 2011, to August 28, 2016 |
| HB 236 | Kelly - Extends the sunset date of various federal reimbursement allowances from 2011 to 2016 |
| HB 302 | Black - Authorizes the Director of the Department of Corrections to establish, as a three-year pilot program, a mental health assessment process |
| HB 392 | White - Establishes the Adult Health Care Consent Act which provides for a priority of persons who can make health care decisions for an individual who is unable to consent to his or her own health care |
| HB 411 | Wyatt - Requires the Department of Mental Health to develop a transition plan for services of residents of state developmental disabilities facilities to the most appropriate setting |
| HB 420 | Stream - Requires all health insurance carriers or health benefit plans to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders |
| HB 421 | Stream - Requires the Department of Mental Health to develop a transition plan for services of residents of state developmental disabilities facilities to the most appropriate setting |
| HB 464 | McNary - Eliminates, combines, and revises certain state boards, commissions, committees, and councils |
| HB 469 | Franz - Makes changes to the Midwest Special Needs Trust |
| HB 508 | Carter - Requires the development of caseload standards by the departments of Health and Senior Services and Mental Health |
| HB 555 | Grissamore -Omnibus Disability Services Committee bill - Most Vulnerable Persons bill. |
| HB 557 | Grissamore -Allows proceeds from sale of Mental Health First Aid manuals to go to Mental Health Earning Fund |
| HB 586 | Stream - Requires DMH to develop professional trainign curriculum for Eating Disorders |
| HB 609 | Molendorp - Show-Me Health Insurance Exchange Act |
| HB 631 | Grisamore - Creates income tax refund designation for developmental disabilities |
| HB 648 | Montecillo - Removes term mental retardation from certain statutes |
| HB 733 | Walton Gray - Allows certain inmates who become physically or mentally disabled, infirm, incompetent, or incapacitated to be released on parole if they are eligible for specified federal medical or financial benefits |
| HB 775 | Wyatt - Allows county sheriffs to charge for cost of transporting persons to and from mental health facility |
Dates of Interest, 2011 Session
January 5 - Session Begins at Noon
January 17 - Martin Luther King Holiday NO SESSION
March 17 - Spring Break begins upon adjournment
March 28 - Spring Break ends Session convenes at 4 p.m.
April 25 - Easter Break NO SESSION
April 26 - Session convenes at 4 p.m.
May 13 - Session Ends at 6 p.m.