| 1 | 1 | | SECONDREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.2199 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 101STGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVECOOK. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 5027H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsection376.1575,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingtothe |
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| 8 | 8 | | credentialingofhealthcarepractitionersbyhealthcarriers. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Section376.1575,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassection376.1575,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 376.1575.Asusedinsections376.1575to376.1580,thefollowingtermsshallmean: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 (1)"Completedapplication",apractitioner'sapplicationtoahealthcarrierthatseeks |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3thehealthcarrier'sauthorizationforthepractitionertoprovidepatientcareservicesasa |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4memberofthehealthcarrier'snetworkanddoesnotomitanyinformationwhichisclearly |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5requiredbytheapplicationformandtheaccompanyinginstructions; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 (2)"Credentialing",ahealthcarrier'sprocessofassessingandvalidatingthe |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7qualificationsofapractitionertoprovidepatientcareservicesandactasamemberofthe |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8healthcarrier'sprovidernetwork; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 (3)"Healthcarrier",thesamemeaningassuchtermisdefinedinsection376.1350. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10Theterm"healthcarrier"shallalsoincludeanyentitydescribedinsubdivision(4)of |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11section354.700; |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12 (4)"Practitioner": |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13 (a)Aphysicianorphysicianassistanteligibletoprovidetreatmentservicesunder |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14chapter334; |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15 (b)Apharmacisteligibletoprovideservicesunderchapter338; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 (c)Adentisteligibletoprovideservicesunderchapter332; |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17 (d)Achiropractoreligibletoprovideservicesunderchapter331; |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (e)Anoptometristeligibletoprovideservicesunderchapter336; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 (f)Apodiatristeligibletoprovideservicesunderchapter330; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 (g)Apsychologistorlicensedclinicalsocialworkereligibletoprovideservices |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21underchapter337;or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 (h)Anadvancedpracticenurseeligibletoprovideservicesunderchapter335. |
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| 35 | 35 | | âś” |
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| 36 | 36 | | HB2199 2 |
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