HB 400, a bill that would ban telemedicine abortions in Missouri, will be heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. If the bill is voted out, it could pass the Senate and get to the Governor for his consideration this session. HB 400 would, in its practical effect, ban web-cam abortions. The bill has [...]
This week the Missouri Senate made it official – Missouri will not be expanding its Medicaid program this year. The body defeated an amendment offered by Senator Jolie Justus that would have allowed the state of Missouri to draw down $890,474,624 in federal funds for the Medicaid expansion. Click here for the Senate vote. If [...]
This week the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a House bill that provides conscience protections for healthcare providers. HB 457, sponsored by House Speaker Tim Jones (R-Eureka), would allow healthcare workers to opt out of performing abortion, sterilization, contraception and assisted reproduction procedures, as well as allow medical researchers to opt out of engaging in research [...]
Around 1500 people came to the Capitol Tuesday to urge legislators to expand Medicaid, but the issue is dead for the session declared the House sponsor of HCS HB 700. State Representative Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) has tried for months to convince his colleagues in both the House and Senate that Medicaid could be reformed [...]
HB 400, a bill that would ban telemedicine abortions in Missouri, is on the Missouri House calendar and will be considered soon. HB 400 is intended to prevent Planned Parenthood from setting up telemedicine clinics in remote portions of Missouri to perform abortions using Internet videophone technology. According to testimony offered by a former Planned [...]
Signs are mounting that the general assembly may fail to act on legislation to reform and expand Medicaid this session. While State Representative Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) has worked diligently to explain his Medicaid reform bill (HCS HB 700) to both House Republicans and Democrats, no similar bipartisan effort has taken place in the Missouri [...]
HCS HB 700 picked up bipartisan support from both Republicans and Democrats, but one Republican and one Democrat opposed the bill. If the legislation reaches the full House for consideration, it will need strong bipartisan support. Success will require legislators to work across party lines. Stay tuned for more.
HCS HB 700 will now be reviewed by the powerful Rules Committee. The Rules Committee must give the bill its OK before it can be considered by the full House of Representatives. The MCC has sent an alert to all network members who have legislators serving on the Rules Committee. Even if you don’t have [...]
The Missouri Catholic Conference submitted comments this week asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to further revise the regulations governing their mandate that all health plans include coverage for sterilization, contraception, and abortion drugs. The latest proposed regulation, issued in February, still does not exempt all Catholic hospitals, schools, universities or charity [...]
The House Healthcare Policy Committee heard testimony this week on a bill that would prevent abortions being performed by telemedicine. HB 400, sponsored by Representative Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane), would prohibit any nurse or other healthcare provider besides a physician from providing a patient with medication to terminate a pregnancy. The bill was supported by testimony [...]