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Legislative Update
MCHCP Legislative Update is published during the legislative session to inform members of governmental activities that affect MCHCP or its members. Check back often for the most up-to-date information.
| Bill/Text | Sponsor | Description | MCHCP Fiscal Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1260 | Komo | Allows small employers coverage through MCHCP | Minimum impact: $250,000 annually |
| HB 1305 | Hodges | Requires insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility | Maximum impact: $750,000 annually |
| HB 1311 | Scharnhorst | Requires insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders | Maximum impact: $1M annually |
| HB 1359 | Chappelle-Nadel | Allows for the establishment of health record banks | Minimum impact: $120,000 annually |
| HB 1435 | Denison | Changes the composition of the board of trustees of the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan by replacing the current six gubernatorial appointees with nine appointees from the Congressional districts | Maximum impact: $10,000 annually |
| HB 1498 | Jones | Modifies the requirements for payment of health insurance claims | Unknown |
| HB 1511 | Flook | Establishes the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act and the Missouri Science and Innovation Authority | Minimum impact: $9,652 annually |
| HB 1583 | Jones | Allows certain state employees to retire at a certain time and keep health insurance at the same rate as an active employee and changes provisions regarding the replacement of retiring employees | Maximum impact: $119.5M over 5 year incentive program period |
| HB 1620 | Molendorp | Prohibits health insurers from establishing a mandatory fee schedule for dental services not covered under the dental plan | Impacts MCHCP members |
| HB 1641 | Brown | Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a publicly financed, statewide insurance program for all residents of this state | Unknown |
| HB 1700 | Stevenson | Estabilishes regulations regarding pharmacy benefit managers | Maximum impact: $9M FY11 |
| HB 1713 | Sander | Requires all health insurance policies issued to Missouri residents after December 31, 2010, to include coverage for adopted children on the same basis as other dependents of the enrollee | None |
| HB 1715 | Parson | Discontinues state-sponsored health insurance benefits upon retirement for state employees employed as new hires after January 1, 2012 | Unknown |
| HB 1733 | Stream | Requires all health insurance carriers or health benefit plans to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders | None |
| HB 1734 | Storch | Requires all health insurance carriers or health benefit plans to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders | None |
| HB 1769 | Bivins | Requires all public governmental bodies to make and retain a verbatim audio recording of any closed meeting | Maximum impact: $10,000 FY11 |
| HB 1810 | Sander | Requires health insurers to provide coverage for habilitative services for children under 18 for disorders such as autism spectrum disorder and cerebral palsy | Unknown |
| HB 1935 | Low | Requires health insurers to provide coverage for human papillomavirus screenings for cervical cancer | None |
| HB 1971 | Bivins | Modifies various provisions of the prompt pay statutes as they relate to the calculation of interest and penalties, the payment of attorney fees, and other ancillary matters | Unknown |
| HB 2075 | Webber | Requires Missouri state employees to be compensated an amount equal to the difference between military compensation and their state salary when their military leave of absence exceeds 120 hours | Unknown |
| HB 2160 | Diehl | Restricts the sale, rental or giving of a health insurance contracting entity's right to a third party | Unknown |
| HB 2203 | Stevenson | Estabilishes a step therapy and prior authorization protocols Web site to facilitate the continuance of medications that do not cause negative side effects for patients | Unknown |
| HB 2308 | Burlison | Requires state employee health care plans to offer actuarially equivalent benefit products to Medicare eligible participants rather than such benefits | Minimum savings: $2-3M annually |
| Bill/Text | Sponsor | Description | MCHCP Fiscal Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJR 35 | Lager | Would limits general revenue appropriations and mandate state income tax rate reductions in certain situations | Unknown |
| SB 618 | Rupp | Requires insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders | Maximum impact: $1.7M annually |
| SB 636 | Lembke | Modifies provisions of prompt pay statutes | Unknown |
| SB 715 | Crowell | Reorganizes the state health care system | Unknown |
| SB 786 | Rupp | Requires health benefit plans to provide orally administered anticancer medications on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered anticancer medications | None |
| SB 894 | Dempsey | Requires state employee health care plan to offer actuarially equivalent benefit products to Medicare eligible participants rather than provide such benefits | Minimum savings: $2-3M annually |
| SB 895 | Dempsey | Estabilishes the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act | Minimum impact: $9,652 annually |
| SB 917 | Schaefer | Enacts provisions relating to health care data standardization and transparency | Unknown |
| SB 918 | Schaefer | Establishes provisions regarding pharmacy benefit managers | Maximum impact: $9M annually |
| SB 931 | Justus | Requires health insurance policies to cover dental services for pregnant women | Maximum impact: $250,000 annually |
| SB 950 | Bray | Allows small employers to obtain medical coverage through Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan | Minimum impact: $250,000 annually |