Bill > HB2372

This bill modifies various provisions related to health care in Missouri. It establishes awareness weeks and months for Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD), Blood Donor Awareness, Pediatric Cancer, Brain Aneurysm, and Infertility. The bill also designates March 26th as Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)/Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS) Awareness Day and the first full week of September as "June's Week" and "Rare Pediatric Disease Week." It updates hospital investment rules, allows for community paramedic services, and establishes a Pediatric Disease Task Force. The bill also includes provisions related to Lyme disease, including reporting, research funding, and a task force, and clarifies rules for epinephrine delivery systems in schools and other entities. It also addresses medical standing orders for doula services and prenatal vitamins, modifies physician telemedicine requirements, and expands reporting for certain communicable diseases to include alpha-gal syndrome. The bill also makes changes to the Missouri Lyme Disease Eradication Act, revises the Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Board's composition and duties, and establishes a dementia services coordinator. It also updates definitions and procedures for adult protection teams, modifies rules for vital records, and adjusts limits on the sale of pseudoephedrine. The bill also includes provisions for pharmacists to administer certain vaccines and medical devices, allows pharmacists to dispense ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine without a prescription under specific conditions, and modifies licensing requirements for wholesale drug distributors. It also updates rules for the RX Cares for Missouri Program and revises requirements for licensed speech-language pathologists. The bill also modifies health insurance provisions, including coverage for certain breast examinations, self-administered hormonal contraceptives, and anesthesia services, and updates utilization review requirements for prior authorizations. It also addresses medical malpractice insurance availability and revises rules for the MO HealthNet program, including provisions for the "Ticket to Work Health Assurance Program," reimbursement for clinical pathology services, and the "Food is Medicine Act." Finally, the bill includes provisions for the "Show-Me Healthy Babies Program" and expands doula services coverage under MO HealthNet.