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This bill modifies various provisions relating to health care in Missouri. Key provisions include: This bill establishes a Health Professional Loan Repayment Program to provide forgivable loans to repay existing loans for health care, mental health, and public health professionals who agree to serve in areas of defined need. It also creates a medical residency grant program to fund new general primary care and psychiatry residency positions in the state. The bill designates October as Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder Awareness Month and March as Rare Kidney Disease Awareness Month in Missouri. It allows qualified first responders to administer naloxone or other opioid overdose reversal drugs. The bill also modifies provisions related to the "Outside the Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Act" and requires the Office of Administration to report on the state's "Missouri as a Model Employer" initiative for hiring individuals with disabilities. Additionally, the bill makes changes to the Nursing Education Incentive Program, the Nursing Student Loan Repayment Program, and the practice of pharmacy and vaccine administration by pharmacists. The bill contains emergency clauses for certain provisions.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs, Health and Social Services, Justice

https://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=44414