SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1248
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BROWN (16).
4501S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 190.245, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to peer
review committees.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 190.245, RSMo, is repeale d and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 190.245, 2
to read as follows:3
190.245. 1. Failure of a hospital to provide all 1
medical records and quality improvement documentation 2
necessary for the department to implement pr ovisions of 3
sections 190.241 to 190.245 shall result in the revocation 4
of the hospital's designation as a trauma center, STEMI 5
center, or stroke center. Any medical records obtained by 6
the department shall be used only for purposes of 7
implementing the provisions of sections 190.241 to 190.245 8
and the names of hospitals, physicians and patients shall 9
not be released by the department or members of review teams. 10
2. Any person licensed under sections 190.001 to 11
190.245 shall be considered a heal th care professional for 12
purposes of section 537.035, and any quality improvement or 13
quality assurance activity required under sections 190.001 14
to 190.245 shall be considered an activity of a peer review 15
committee for purposes of section 537.035. 16