Aging, Families & Mental Health
Assigned Bills

HB 1192 - (Harding) Allows not-for-profit organizations to finance child and adult day care facilities
HB 1443 - (Barry) Modifies provisions relating to child abandonment
HB 1548 - (Barry) Allows the continuation of a newborn hearing screening from a transferring facility to a receiving facility
HB 1654 - (Hosmer) Makes numerous changes designed to protect the elderly
HB 1781 - (Green) Extends the sunset on the nursing facility reimbursement allowance to September 30, 2005
HB 1783 - (Lowe) Modifies various provisions relating to the deaf and hard of hearing
HB 1812 - (Wilson) Expands the purpose of the Department of Health and Senior Services Fund
SB 0640 Russell - Adds a regional child assessment center in Camden county
SB 0653 Johnson - Expands ability of SB 40 Boards to fund other services for persons with developmental disabilities
SB 0670 Sims - Makes a number of changes designed to protect the elderly
SB 0684 Steelman - Modifies the reporting of elder abuse and neglect and the provision of in-home services to the elderly
SB 0687 Gibbons - Protects a parent from liability for relinquishing custody of a newborn to a hospital
SB 0693 Dougherty - Increases the foster care reimbursement and adoption subsidy rates over a three-year period
SB 0694 Dougherty - Does not require the court to make reasonable efforts if a child is abused by a person other than the parent
SB 0695 Dougherty - Expands the Children's Trust Fund Board from seventeen to twenty-one members
SB 0702 Caskey - Creates the Older Visually Impaired Missourians Fund
SB 0724 Bentley - Requires certain facilities for children to show proof of accreditation or compliance with safety standards
SB 0732 Bland - Requires the Division of Family Services to provide an annual report on the status of welfare reform in Missouri
SB 0736 Dougherty - Prohibits the refusal of residential treatment services to children with mental disorders or addiction
SB 0740 Wiggins - Creates the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
SB 0793 Bland - Modifies the Grandparents as Foster Parents Program
SB 0828 Dougherty - Details rights and responsibilities of foster parents
SB 0830 House - Allows adopted persons over age 50 to obtain their original birth certificate
SB 0835 Bland - Modifies the law relating to the rights of persons with service animals
SB 0876 Sims - Allows foster parents to be automatically registered with the Family Care Safety Registry at no additional cost
SB 0877 Sims - Moves the Missouri Board of Nursing Home Administrators to the Division of Professional Registration
SB 0878 Sims - Modifies law relating to the rights of persons with service animals
SB 0917 Dougherty - Allows the Division of Family Services to request license- exempt foster care facilities for reasons for exemption
SB 0923 Sims - Modifies various provisions relating to children and families
SB 1029 Sims - Modifies the certificate of need law
SB 1047 Kenney - Revises the moratorium on the certificate of need expenditure minimum for new beds
SB 1052 Sims - Defines and regulates assisted living facilities in the state
SB 1068 Dougherty - Requires Dept. of Health & Sr. Services to provide child care facilities with a list of unsafe children's products
SB 1069 Sims - Requires Medicaid eligibility & benefits for home- and community-based services to be equal to institutional care
SB 1082 Bland - Outlines minimum staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities
SB 1094 Russell - Extends the sunset on the nursing facility reimbursement allowance and exempts PACE projects from HMO requirements
SB 1146 Schneider - Defines and regulates assisted living facilities in the state
SB 1172 Yeckel - Modifies child abuse investigation procedures that involve a school or child care facility
SB 1190 Schneider - Exempts continuing care retirement communities from the certificate of need law
SB 1192 Gross - Modifies grandparent visitation provisions
SB 1224 Coleman - Establishes the Parental Child Support Responsibility Program
SB 1240 Steelman - Requires the division of medical services to annually recalculate the Medicaid nursing home reimbursement amount
SB 1244 Bland - Allows the continuation of a newborn hearing screening from a transferring facility to a receiving facility
SB 1258 Loudon - Limits the state's allowable fees for processing adoption documents to $100
SB 1259 Loudon - Creates a food recovery program to provide food to needy persons

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