2015 Legislative Updates
The 2015 Legislative Session began January 7. Below are some of the bills of interest to DMH.
Additional information on legislation as well as members of the General Assembly can be found on the House and Senate web sites:
Senate
House
Additional information on legislation as well as members of the General Assembly can be found on the House and Senate web sites:
Senate
House
2015
| Bill Number | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SB 9 | Schaaf | Modifies the duties and powers of the Joint Committee on MO HealthNet. |
| SB 16 | Dixon | Prohibits gubernatorial appointees from serving more than sixty days after the expiration of their term of office. |
| SCR 18 | Schupp | Expresses the support of the General Assembly for the practice of Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong. |
| SB 21 | Chappelle-Nadal | Modifies and enacts provisions relating to law enforcement officers. |
| SB 35 | Wallingford | Requires the Department of Social Services to terminate MO HealthNet services when it receives information that a MO HealthNet recipient resides out of state. |
| SB 51 | Onder | Modifies Missouri's Health Care Freedom Act by prohibiting the state from implementing a health insurance exchange, prohibiting insurers from accepting remuneration, and prescribing duties of the Attorney General for enforcement of the act. |
| SB 58 | Dixon | Modifies and repeals a number of existing, expired or obsolete committees. |
| SB 63 | Sater | Establishes a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. |
| SB 90 | LeVota | Provides for the expansion of MO HealthNet services beginning on January 1, 2016. |
| SB 102 | LeVota | Modifies the time period for, and contents of, fiscal notes on proposed legislation. |
| SB 111 | Schaefer | Modifies the appointment and employment authority of the University of Missouri Board of Curators. |
| SB 118 | Brown | Requires Mo HealthNet participants to pay an eight dollar copay for the use of emergency room services for the treatment of a nonemergency condition. |
| SB 145 | Pearce | Requires health benefit plans cover diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders. |
| SB 167 | Schaaf | Extends the sunset on certain healthcare provider reimbursement allowance taxes. |
| SB 174 | Schmitt | Establishes the Missouri Achieving a Better Life Experience Program. |
| SB 210 | Schaefer | Extends the sunset on certain healthcare provider reimbursement allowance taxes. |
| SB 230 | Romine | Modifies provisions relating to the MO HealthNet program. |
| SB 260 | Schaefer | Extends the sunset on hospital reimbursement allowance tax to September 30, 2016. |
| SB 265 | Schaefer | Extends the sunset on the intermediate care facility for the intellectually disable reimbursement allowance tax to September 30, 2016. |
| SB 281 | Silvey | Provides reimbursement for behavior assessment and intervention. |
| SB 287 | Silvey | Allows veterans and their spouses and dependent children, as well as spouses and dependent children of deceased veterans, to be eligible for MO HealthNet benefits. |
| SB 294 | Schaaf | Extends the sunset on certain healthcare provider reimbursement allowance taxes and prohibits enforcement of any contractual provision that prevents disclosure of the contractual payment amount for health care services. |
| SB 295 | Schaaf | Raises the Mo HealthNet eligibility income limits for elderly and disabled persons. |
| SB 301 | Silvey | Modifies provisions relating to public assistance and MO HealthNet. |
| SB 328 | Schupp | Requires school districts to adopt a policy on youth suicide awareness and prevention and allows licensed educators to complete annual training. |
| SB 348 | Schaefer | Requires the transfer of excess fund balances to the state general revenue fund. |
| SB 363 | Parson | Creates the Board of Administrative Appeals and provides that a person is entitled a hearing before the Board following a proceeding before a governmental agency. |
| SB 369 | Pearce | Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties. |
| SB 380 | Wieland | Establishes a committee to assess the continuation of the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program. |
| SB 426 | Parson | Allows community mental health liaisons to access specified confidential records maintained by specified institutions. |
| Bill Number | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 10 | Flanigan | Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, Board of Public Buildings, and Department of Health and Senior Services. |
| HJR 15 | Ellington | Proposes a constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana use for persons 21 years of age or older. |
| HCR 31 | Kirkton | Calls on the United States government to condemn the persecution against Falun Gong and the crime of harvesting organs from practitioners. |
| HB 40 | Pace | Requires peace officers to undergo a psychological evaluation every three years. |
| HJR 40 | LaFaver | Proposes a constitutional amendment relating to the expansion of the MO HealthNet program. |
| HB 51 | Walton Gray | Establishes the Community Relations Training Program for Peace Officers. |
| HB 58 | Walton Gray | Allows community service in lieu of a fine for certain traffic offenses. |
| HB 90 | Berry | Changes the membership of the Mental Health Commission. |
| HB 108 | McCaherty | Establishes a two-year statute of limitations for actions against a mental health professional for malpractice, negligence, error, or mistake. |
| HB 130 | Rehder | Establishes the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Act. |
| HB 153 | Gardner | Changes the laws regarding eligibility for MO HealthNet benefits. |
| HB 180 | Cookson | Increases the penalty for knowingly allowing a minors to drink or possess alcohol or failing to stop a minor from drinking or possessing alcohol. |
| HB 262 | Frederick | Requires health benefit plans cover diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders. |
| HB 343 | Lair | Establishes a committee to assess the continuation of the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program in order to help disabled or aging individuals transition from nursing facilities to community settings. |
| HB 364 | Solon | Authorizes certain licensed social workers and counselors to provide behavioral health services in the MO HealthNet program. |
| HB 405 | Gannon | Modifies provisions relating to high school equivalency examinations. |
| HB 474 | Webber | Changes the laws regarding eligibility for MO HealthNet benefits. |
| HB 519 | Vescovo | Requires state employers to suspend pay or charge annual or sick leave if employees are placed on administrative leave for more than fifteen days. |
| HB 604 | Pierson | Revises the definition of "consumer" as it relates to personal care assistance services. |
| HB 631 | Green | Changes the laws regarding notice requirements for when a patient is admitted to a mental health facility. |
| HB 636 | Barnes | Creates the Senior Savings Protection Act. |
| HB 638 | Kelley | Changes the laws regarding probate actions involving guardians. |
| HB 645 | Parkinson | Creates the Senior Savings Protection Act. |
| HB 663 | McNeil | Requires the Governor to maintain and regularly update a list of each state board, commission, committee, or council that contains members appointed by the Governor. |
| HB 681 | Allen | Transfers and restructures the duties and powers of the Department of Health and Senior Services into the Department of Social Services, Department of Mental Health and Health, and the newly-established Department of MO HealthNet. |
| HB 684 | Koenig | Establishes the Supporting and Strengthening Families Act. |
| HB 760 | Flanigan | Extends the expiration date on various federal reimbursement allowances for three years. |
| HB 867 | Frederick | Establishes an online survey for the screening of medical students for risk of depression and the reporting of the prevalence of at-risk medical students using nonidentifying aggregate totals. |
| HB 922 | Wood | Specifies that certain mental health records may be disclosed to individuals designated by the Department of Mental Health as Community Mental Health Liaisons. |