2019 Legislative Updates
2019 Legislative Session will begin on January 9, 2019.
Below is a list of some of the bills tracked by DMH during the regular session.
DMH Legislative Briefing 2019
Additional information on legislation as well as members of the General Assembly can be found on the House and Senate websites:
Senate
House
Below is a list of some of the bills tracked by DMH during the regular session.
DMH Legislative Briefing 2019
Additional information on legislation as well as members of the General Assembly can be found on the House and Senate websites:
Senate
House
2019
| Bill Number | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SB 29 | Hegeman | Extends the sunset on certain healthcare provider reimbursement allowances and modifies the managed care organization reimbursement allowance. |
| SB 155 | Luetkemeyer | Establishes the Narcotics Control Act. |
| SB 204 | Riddle | Modifies provisions relating to psychologist licensees. |
| SB 230 | Crawford | Modifies provisions relating to venue in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. |
| SB 237 | White | Modifies postconviction treatment programs. |
| SB 263 | Schupp | Provides for postpartum depression screening and treatment for certain mothers. |
| SB 351 | Williams | Requires that all state-funded teacher-training institutions provide courses on the concepts of trauma-informed approach and trauma-specific interventions. |
| SB 390 | Wallingford | Requires hospitals to adopt workplace violence prevention plans. |
| SB 426 | Williams | Modifies provisions of the ABLE Act. |
| SB 428 | Hough | Prohibits a law enforcement officer from releasing a person from custody during or immediately preceding medical or psychiatric care in a hospital unless certain conditions are met. |
| SB 451 | Riddle | Modifies provisions relating to prisoner complaints against a psychologist's license. |
| SB 479 | Onder | Modifies various provisions relating to criminal offenses. |
| SB 507 | Hough | Establishes provisions relating to health coverage for substance abuse and mental health treatment. |
| Bill Number | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 33 | Stacy | Creates a new funding mechanism for Bryce’s Law. |
| HB 108 | Sommer | Designates May as “Mental Health Awareness Month” in Missouri. |
| HB 113 | Smith | Allows the court to depart from minimum sentencing revisions in certain circumstances. |
| HB 166 | McCreery | Changes the laws regarding unlawful actions by persons knowingly infected with communicable diseases. |
| HB 167 | Rehder | Changes the laws regarding unlawful actions by persons knowingly infected with communicable diseases. |
| HB 171 | Washington | Designates July as Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. |
| HB 188 | Rehder | Establishes the Narcotics Control Act. |
| HB 219 | Wood | Changes the sunset on the Ticket to Work Health Assurance Program. |
| HB 240 | Schroer | Establishes the Joint Committee on Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment. |
| HB 310 | Walker | Requires teacher-training institutions in this state receiving state funds to require students to demonstrate proficiency on the concepts of trauma-informed approach and trauma-specific interventions. |
| HB 324 | Henderson | Creates the offense of unlawful use of unmanned aircraft near a correctional center. |
| HB 345 | McGirl | Designates August 31 of each year as "Random Act of Kindness Day" in Missouri. |
| HB 354 | Plocher | Changes the law regarding the financial protection of vulnerable populations. |
| HB 441 | Fitzwater | Modifies provisions relating to prisoner complaints made against a psychologist license. |
| HB 466 | Wood | Allows structured family care giving as a covered service under MO HealthNet, subject to the approval of federal waivers. |
| HB 476 | Bailey | Creates a new funding mechanism for Bryce’s Law. |
| HB 497 | Wood | Establishes May 14th's "Apraxia of Speech Awareness Day in Missouri." |
| HB 516 | McCreery | Prohibits mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy or sexual orientation change efforts with minors. |
| HB 517 | Unsicker | Requires state agencies to support competitive integrated employment for persons with disabilities. |
| HB 547 | Griffith | Requires each judicial circuit to establish a veterans' treatment court. |
| HB 553 | Stevens | Establishes a needle and syringe exchange pilot program. |
| HB 609 | Kelly | 100th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session. |
| HB 653 | Neely | Changes provisions relating to mental health insurance coverage. |
| HB 659 | Shields | Requires the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Social Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver program. |
| HB 678 | Patterson | Changes provisions relating to the Missouri ABLE program. |
| HB 706 | Houx | Modifies provisions relating to school safety. |
| HB 710 | Morris | Modifies provisions relating to assistant physicians. |
| HB 729 | Roberts | Establishes procedures for a violent offender registry, which will include any person on probation or parole for first or second degree murder. |
| HB 735 | Riggs | Establishes the "21st Century Missouri Patient Education Task Force." |
| HB 818 | Knight | Modifies provisions relating to venue in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. |
| HB 840 | Helms | Changes provisions in relation to collaborative practice agreements. |
| HB 867 | Gregory | Modifies provisions for access to antipsychotic drugs by MO HealthNet users. |
| HB 901 | Walker | Adds provisions relating to hospital workplace violence prevention plans. |
| HB 904 | Patterson | Establishes the "Ensuring Access to High Quality Care for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Act." |
| HB 932 | Rehder | Establishes multidisciplinary adult protection teams. |
| HB 947 | Walker | Reestablishes the Trauma-Informed care for Children and Families Task Force. |
| HB 987 | Wright | Prohibits law enforcement officers from releasing persons from custody during or immediately preceding the delivery of medical care or psychiatric care in a hospital where the person is receiving treatment unless certain conditions are met. |
| HB 1035 | Quade | Modifies provisions relating to a minor's ability to contract for certain purposes. |
| HB 1053 | Smith | Extends the expiration date on various federal reimbursement allowances. |
| HB 1089 | Houx | Establishes a behavioral health crisis hotline. |
| HB 1141 | Black | Specifies that the fees charged for the Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program may be paid by the offender in installments. |
| HB 1153 | Shawan | Adds provisions relating to preventing drug overdoses. |
| HB 1212 | Stacy | Modifies provisions relating to Bryce’s Law. |