State Legislation
Welcome! The Department of Social Service has identified the following major legislation as directly or indirectly impacting the department. Detailed information prepared by staff in the Missouri General Assembly is available on each individual bill by clicking on the Senate or House Bill #.
The Legislative session for this year ended May 16, 2008.
House Bills:
| Bill# | Bill Sponsor/Brief Summary |
|---|---|
| HB 1302 | Whorton, Medical Assistance Resource Limits |
| HB 1303 | Whorton, Personal Needs Allowance |
| HB 1305 | Day, Student test requirement exemptions |
| HB 1314 | Cunningham, School Protection Act |
| HB 1316 | Davis, Parental Rights and Property Tax Refunds For School Taxes |
| HB 1318 | Davis, Relates to employers and applicant info |
| HB 1325 | Sater, Relates to physical assistants |
| HB 1328 | Sater, Relates to prescriptive information |
| HB 1330 | Sater, Smoking Cessation Grants |
| HB 1331 | Sater, Missouri Center for Health Information |
| HB 1332 | Sater Changes the laws regarding pharmacies and pharmacy benefits |
| HB 1357 | Flook, Criminal Nonsupport and Gaming Boat Admission |
| HB 1358 | Flook, Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act |
| HB 1359 | Flook, Establishes the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act |
| HB 1360 | Flook, Relates to Interstate Family Support Act |
| HB 1375 | Portwood, Medicaid Physician |
| HB 1397 | Dusenberg, Sexual Offenders near Child Care Facilities |
| HB 1413 | Fallert, Sexual Offender Registry |
| HB 1414 | Fallert, Expands eligibility for Mo. Rx Plan to retired persons 65 years of age or older w/ incomes of up to $25,000 for individuals & $50,000 for married couples |
| HB 1427 | Kraus, Immunity For CA/N Reporters |
| HB 1440 | Roorda, Open Meetings Laws Training |
| HB 1451 | Roorda Allows a person to petition the circuit court for a trial de novo as an alternative to seeking judicial review of an agency decisions |
| HB 1454 | Roorda, Relates to peer review committees |
| HB 1468 | Pratt, Endangering The Welfare of A Child |
| HB 1476 | Cunningham Relates to assessments of teachers |
| HB 1487 | Fallert, Relates to sex offenders and state parks |
| HB 1515 | Bruns, Relates to sex offenders visitation rights |
| HB 1516 | Bruns, Relates to Division of Aging |
| HB 1524 | Franz, Rating system for child care facilities |
| HB 1535 | Deeken, Relates to state employee payroll deductions |
| HB 1550 | Stevenson, Relates to jurisdiction of juvenile courts |
| HB 1552 | Stevenson, Relates to traffic-related offenses |
| HB 1556 | Hughes, Relates to paternity of adopted children |
| HB 1558 | Hughes, Relates to health care services |
| HB 1560 | Kraus, Prohibits sex offenders from being coaches |
| HB 1561 | LeVota, Relates to child abuse reporting requirements |
| HB 1570 | Franz, Adds the services of guardian ad litems to the priority list when a family court is determining how to spend moneys in the county family services & justice fund |
| Franz, Defines "unknown father" as it relates to adoption, guardianship, & termination of parental rights & specifies that written consent is not required from an unknown father to terminate parental rights | |
| HB 1592 | Lipke, Establishes the Drug Monitoring Act which requires DHSS to develop a program to monitor prescribing & dispensing of certain controlled substances |
| HB 1604 | Bringer, Establishes tuition & fee waiver program for certain incoming Mo. resident college freshmen who have been in foster or residential care |
| HB 1611 | Dixon, Establishes children's bill of courtroom rights that applies to all children testifying in court |
| HB 1626 | Emery, Prohibits certain illegal aliens from receiving public assistance benefits |
| HB 1637 | Bruns, Expands the crime of furnishing pornographic material to minors by including engaging in lewd communication or conversation with a minor via the internet |
| HB 1638 | Bruns, Revises the crime of furnishing pornographic material to minors by increasing the penalty & clarifying that it is not a defense that the other person was a peace officer masquerading as a minor |
| HB 1640 | Schoeller, Provides for exceptions to the requirement of establishment of a new birth certificate following an adoption |
| HB 1654 | Nance, Requires certain detained juveniles to be reported to US Immigration & Custom Enf. if there is probable cause to believe that they are illegal aliens |
| HB 1655 | Nance, Requires applicants for public benefits to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence to be eligible for benefits |
| HB 1656 | Nance, Allows for nursing home transition grants for long-term care residents receiving MO HealthNet |
| HB 1657 | Nance, Includes cohabitation by a parent or engaging in overnight stays with another person as a factor for the court to consider when making a child custody decision |
| HB 1671 | Schaaf, Requires the director of Dept. of Ins., Financial Institutions & Prof. Reg. to establish by rule uniform insurance application forms |
| HB 1692 | Zweifel, Establishes the Mo. Preschool Plus grant program |
| HB 1701 | Wasson, Prohibits certain requirements for immunosuppressive drugs under MO HealthNet Program without the consent of the physician & patient |
| HB 1709 | Sater, Creates the Tobacco Use Prevention, Cessation & Enforcement fund to fund a comprehensive tobacco control program |
| HB 1722 | Wallace, Modifies various provisions relating to liability of school employees & volunteers |
| HB 1724 | Davis, Requires registered sexual offenders to register all of their electronic mail addresses |
| HB 1736 | Schneider, Establishes the Mo. Illegal Immigration Relief Act |
| HB 1752 | Lampe, Requires the development of a quality rating system for child care facilities & early childhood programs |
| HB 1758 | Davis, Allows adopted adults who are 21 years of age or older to receive identifying information & streamlines the release of adoption information process |
| HB 1795 | Pollock, Creates the crime of endangering the welfare of an unborn child & allows any healthcare provider to make a report to the appropriate law enforcement agency of suspected drug use by a pregnant woman |
| HB 1820 | Roorda, Allows an employee of the state or any of its political subdivisions to petition the circuit court for a trial de novo as an alternative to seeking judicial review of an agency decision on employment |
| HB 1839 | Low, Changes the laws regarding protections for children and abuse victims |
| HB 1843 | Low, Requires payday loan lenders to conspicuously display in the lobby a brochure detailing the eligibility requirements for the Mo. Food Stamp Program |
| HB 1857 | Schaaf,Prohibits health insurers from discriminating against any willing provider in the geographic region of the health benefit plan |
| HB 1868 | McClanahan, Requires the criteria for certain health care benefits be no more restrictive than those in effect on Jan. 10, 2005 |
| HB 1880 | Schaaf, Places certain restsrictions on provider contracts by a health carrier |
| HB 1883 | Nance, Prohibits employers from terminating an employee for being activated for a national disaster response by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or for being absent or late to work due to his or her services |
| HB 1900 | Harris, Changes the laws regarding the relocation of a child by a custodial parent |
| HB 1921 | Harris, Permits a temporary division of marital debts pending a final decree of dissolution of marriage |
| HB 1933 | Schaaf, Adds medically necessary home telemonitoring services to the list of services to be provided under the MO HealthNet program |
| HB 1944 | Harris, Modifies the requirements for use & disclosure of Social Security numbers contained in certain documents related to marriage & dissolution of marriage |
| HB 1945 | Franz, Requires employers w/25 or more employees to transfer any child support payments withheld from employees to the family support payment center by electronic transfer |
| HB 1946 | Franz, Modifies the requirements regarding the granting of adoption subsidy |
| HB 1971 | Portwood, Allows for the provision of prescribed medically necessary choropractic services under theh MO HealthNet program |
| HB 1989 | Baker, Modifies various provisions regarding the termination of parental rights |
| HB 1998 | Johnson, Provides a mechanism for adopted persons to obtain a copy of their original birth certificate |
| HB 2011 | Icet, Appropriates money for the expenses, grants & distributions of DSS |
| HB 2014 | Icet, Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for several departments, offices of state government, for purchase of equipment, payment of various claims for refunds, for persons, firms & corporations |
| HB 2015 | Icet, Appropriates money for supplement purposes for DSS |
| HB 2016 | Icet, Appropriates money for capital improvement and other purposes for several departments of state government |
| HB 2020 | Icet, Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for several departments & offices of state government for the purchase of equipment, planning, expenses for the fiscal period ending 5/30/08 |
| HB 2023 | Icet, Appropriates money for planning, expenses and for capital improvements |
| HB 2043 | Cooper, Revises gaming laws regarding the use of licensed gaming revenues, creates and education allowance, and removes the loss limit |
| HB 2074 | Grisamore, Allows grant money distributed by Dept. of Public Safety to investigate internet sex crimes against children to be used to fund training for prosecuting & circuit attorneys |
| HB 2105 | Cooper, Establishes the Uniform Adult Guardianship & Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act to resolve interstate jurisdiction problems in guardianship & conservatorship proceedings |
| HB 2118 | Yaeger, Provides for the appointment of a parenting coordinator upon the dissolution of marriage to assist the parties in resolving parenting disputes |
| HB 2123 | Aull, Changes the requirements for providing notice of the relocation of a child |
| HB 2128 | Baker, Establishes the Mo. Health Policy Authority to develop & maintain a coordinated health policy agenda for the provision of health services in this state |
| HB 2132 | Smith, Allows law enforcement agencies to share certain information on juveniles from their records w/ other law enforcement agencies |
| HB 2142 | Schad, Modifies the requirements upon termination of a child support obligation |
| HB 2143 | Schad, Modifies the requirements for the handling of reports of child abuse & neglect |
| HB 2144 | Whorton, Authorizes FSD to assist certain elderly individuals who qualify for the federal Food Stamp Program in obtaining supplemental food stamps |
| HB 2147 | Skaggs, Increases from $5 million to $10 million the amount that the General Assembly can appropriate each fiscal year to the Utilicare Stabilization Fund |
| HB 2193 | Robb, Creates the Pharmacy Rebates Fund which will consist of all revenues |
| HB 2198 | Lipke, Makes persons who have exhausted their total lifetime benefits eligible for coverage under the Mo. Health Insurance Pool |
| HB 2217 | Threlkeld, Establishes the Mo. Pharmacy Benefits Managers' Fair Trade Practice Act which specifies guidelines for pharmacies |
| HB 2256 | Schaaf, Modifies various requirements for medical malpractice insurance |
| HB 2264 | Grisamore, Modifies the requirement for payment of child care subsidy benefits |
| HB 2265 | Grisamore, Requires health benefit plans to include coverage for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders |
| HB 2313 | Hobbs, Increases the membership on the MO HealthNet Oversight Commission by adding two representatives of rural health clinics |
| HB 2322 | Hubbard, Allows for the setting aside of a paternity judgement in the interest of justice based on certain grounds |
| HB 2323 | Hubbard, Creates the Child Abuse, Rape & Domestic Violence Commission & Section to coordinate services for victims |
| HB 2327 | Bivins, Redistributes proceeds from admission fees paid to the gaming commission fund from excursion gambling boats which began operating on or after 12/1/07 |
| HB 2330 | Brandom, Requires drug screening & testing for TANF applicants & recipients |
| HB 2334 | Cunningham, Gives the Office of the Child Advocate authority to file findings or reports to the juvenile court |
| HB 2342 | Wilson, Requires random drug testing of members of the General Assembly & TANF recipients |
| HB 2344 | Viebrock, Changes the amount of child support arrearages that result in the imposition of a lien |
| HB 2353 | Walsh, Requires child care facilities to maintain the required local licenses & permits for the operation of a child care facility in order to have a state license to operate a child care facility |
| HB 2354 | Portwood Creates a medical assistance program for certain low-income workers |
| HB 2355 | Flook, Makes various changes to the Mo. Health Facilities Review Committee for the certificate of need program |
| HB 2371 | Harris, Establishes the Child Predation Prevention Act of 2008 regarding sex crimes involving children |
| HB 2389 | Roorda, Allows counties to establish a "Neutral Site Child Custody Exchange Fund" for the purpose of awarding grants to nonprofit organizations to operate a neutral site child custody exchange program |
| HB 2391 | Roorda, Requires the juvenile court to publish the time, date & location of certain juvenile court proceedings in a court docket and to post it where it is conspicuous & readily available to the public |
| HB 2394 | Ervin, Provides the transparency in the price & quality of care regarding the provision of health care services |
| HB 2398 | Schaaf, Establishes the Insure Mo. Plan to provide insurance coverage to low-income working adults |
| HB 2413 | Ervin, Establishes the Insure Mo. Program to provide health insurance coverage to eligible low-income working adults |
| HB 2423 | Holsman, Adds home nursing visits and follow-up care as needed for certain at-risk newborns to the list of covered services under the MO HealthNet Program |
| HB 2424 | Holsman, Expands the SCHIP to offer insurance coverage to all children residing in this state regardless of income |
| HB 2434 | Lembke, Changes the laws regarding child support orders and requires documentation to verify the income of parties for the initial order of child support and for any modification of the order |
| HB 2440 | Schoeller, Modifies various requirements for reports to the child abuse & neglect hotline |
| HB 2444 | Bland, Allows certain convicted felons to be eligible to receive federal Food Stamp Program benefits if they meet certain requirements |
| HB 2464 | Oxford, Modifies the requirements for child support |
| HB 2465 | Oxford, Establishes the Quality Early Childhood Act which provides various subsidies for early childhood programs |
| HB 2486 | Lipke, Establishes a program to provide transportation and ancillary services assistance for families of children with certain medical conditions or impairments |
| HB 2491 | Hunter, Mandates that the prevailing party in all civil actions shall recover his or her costs against the other party |
| HB 2501 | Franz, Modifies various statutory provisions relating to the protection of families and individuals |
| HB 2505 | Sutherland, Transfers the administration of certain state councils, funds and duties |
| HB 2552 | Muschany, Repeals various obsolete and ineffective provisions of law |
| HB 2559 | McGhee, Requires the MO HealthNet Division to apply for a federal waiver to provide in-home services to certain adults with mental retardation or development disabilities |
Senate Bills:
| Bill# | Bill Sponsor/Brief Summary |
|---|---|
| SB 714 | Loudon, Relating to child pornography |
| SB 717 | Kennedy, Accessible Home Tax Credit |
| SB 722 | Coleman, Tax exemption for school buses |
| SB 724 | Scott, Prescription Drugs and Advanced Practice Nurses |
| SB 726 | Shields, Child Care Quality Rating System |
| SB 732 | Champion, Establishes a drug monitoring program & modifies existing record keeping for controlled substances & pseudoephedrine products |
| SB 741 | Bray, Relating to small employers, state health care |
| SB 742 | Bray, Relating to equal employment practices |
| SB 745 | Days, Authorizes a court to appoint a standby guardian for a minor or an incapacitated adult |
| SB 746 | Days, Morbid Obesity Health Insurance |
| SB 751 | Crowell, Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits |
| SB 754 | Mayer, DNA Testing of Juvenile Offenders |
| SB 758 | Engler, Relating to sex offenders in state parks |
| SB 762 | Wilson, Modifies provisions relating to elementary & secondary education |
| SB 764 | Wilson, Food Stamp Eligibility |
| SB 766 | Goodman, Criminalizes prenatal drug or alcohol use |
| SB 768 | Rupp, Creates the Mo. Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders |
| SB 776 | Justus, Child Care Eligibility |
| SB 778 | Justus, Human Papilloma Virus |
| SB 779 | Smith, Expansion of Childcare Subsidies |
| SB 780 | Smith, Relates to sex & STD education courses |
| SB 782 | Loudon, Overtime Pay |
| SB 789 | Griesheimer, Computerized Prosthetic Devices |
| SB 794 | Bartle, DNA Testing of Juvenile Offenders |
| SB 799 | Days, Children's Psychiatric Services |
| SB 818 | Rupp, Relating to crimes of harassment |
| SB 821 | Shoemyer, MO HealthNet Oversight Committee Membership |
| SB 837 | Bray, Creates the Public Employee Due Process Act |
| SB 843 | Wilson, Relating to youth smoking |
| SB 849 | Shoemyer, Relating to the Office of Child Advocate |
| SB 855 | Coleman, Adds counseling services under MO HealthNet |
| SB 858 | Rupp, Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants |
| SB 859 | Rupp, Relates to issuance of high deductible health plans |
| SB 866 | Shoemyer, Relating to wage requirements for employers |
| SB 867 | Shoemyer, State official/employee compensation |
| SB 880 | Green, Relating to health facilities and group homes |
| SB 885 | Graham, Modifies provisions relating to the Community Children's Services Fund |
| SB 899 | Dempsey, Relating to sex offender information |
| SB 916 | Goodman, Relating to information about medical records |
| SB 917 | Goodman, Creates licensing requirements for prescribing psychologists |
| SB 918 | Goodman, Relating to immunosuppressive drugs |
| SB 923 | Shoemyer Modifies membership of MO HealthNet Oversight Comm. |
| SB 933 | Loudon, Modifications to crimes of sexual misconduct involving child & furnishing porn materials to a minor |
| SRB 961 | Goodman, Repeals existing provisions of law that have expired, sunset, terminated or become ineffective |
| SB 972 | Stouffer, Adds comprehensive day rehabilitation services under MO Health Net |
| SB 976 | Ridgeway, Modifies variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks and courts |
| SB 987 | Shoemyer, Modifies the membership of MO HealthNet Oversight Comm. by adding a licensed podiatrist & a licensed nurse |
| SB 990 | Champion, Allowing nursing home residents under MO HealthNet to retain $50 per month discretionary spending |
| SB 1000 | Justus, Establishes educational rights for foster care students & requires a full school day of education for certain children |
| SB 1006 | Koster, Modifies provisions on child care subsidies |
| SB 1019 | Bray, Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation |
| SB 1031 | Koster, Increases the penalty for parental kidnapping when the child is taken for certain periods of time |
| SB 1043 | Ridgeway, Requires health carriers to provide coverage for out-of-network chiropractic services under certain circumstances |
| SB 1052 | Rupp, Modifies provisions relating to the allocation & use of gaming revenues |
| SB 1054 | Dempsey, Modifies provisions relating to juvenile courts & juvenile court jurisdiction |
| SB 1068 | Mayer, Establishes the Pharmacy Rebates Fund for use with the MO HealthNet program |
| SB 1081 | Nodler, Modifies provisions regarding quality assurance and safety in the Div. of MRDD Community Programs |
| SB 1101 | Bray, Establishes the Universal Health Assurance Program |
| SB 1103 | Gibbons, Modifies provisions regarding the Family Care Safety Registry |
| SB 1106 | Scott, Modifies provisions relating to child abuse investigations |
| SB 1132 | Days, Allows adopted persons 18 & over to obtain copies of their original birth certificate under certain circumstances |
| SB 1147 | Koster, Modifies the law on establishment of paternity |
| SB 1192 | Ridgeway, Replaces several Medicaid references found in Chapter 376 with the term MO HealthNet |
| SB 1197 | Crowell, Requires drug screening & testing for TANF applicants & recipients |
| SB 1212 | Callahan, Creates the Amy Hestir Davis Student Protection Act |
| SB 1225 | Mayer, Modifies provisions relating to elementary & secondary education |
| SB 1242 | Barnitz, Modifies various provisions relating to foster care & adoption |
| SB 1249 | Wilson, Authorizes the court to appoint a parenting coordinator to assist with parental disputes regarding child custody or support |
| SB 1250 | Wilson, Enacts the Foster Care & Adoptive Parents Recruitment & Retention Fund |
| SB 1255 | Purgason, Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits |
| SB 1258 | Goodman, Modifies provisions relating to protections for senior citizens, disabled persons & children |
| SB 1259 | Bartle, Requires drug testing for TANF applicants & recipients based upon reasonable suspicion |
| SB 1272 | Kennedy, Governs the treatment of quality of care data between health carriers & health care providers |
| SB 1274 | Stouffer, Creates a tax credit for contributions to mentally retarded & developmental type disability care providers |
| SB 1283 | Dempsey, Creates the Mo. Health Transformation Act |
| SB 1287 | Scott, Requires the juvenile court to have concurrent jurisdiction with the probate court over guardianship actions for children who under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court |
| SJR 30 | Coleman, Relates to retrospective laws |
| SJR 35 | Shoemyer, Relating to local government |
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