| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.470 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEDOLL. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1609H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter191,RSMo,byaddingtheretotwonewsectionsrelatingtoperinatalcare. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SectionA.Chapter191,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretotwonewsections,tobe |
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| 10 | 10 | | 2knownassections191.730and191.744,toreadasfollows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 191.730.1.Forpurposesofthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 2 (1)"Healthcareprofessional",thesamemeaninggiventotheterminsection |
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| 13 | 13 | | 3376.1350; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 4 (2)"Mentaldisorder",thesamemeaninggiventotheterminsection630.005; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 5 (3)"Mentalillness",thesamemeaninggiventotheterminsection630.005; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 6 (4)"Screeningtool",atoolortoolsdesignedtoscreenpregnantwomenfor |
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| 17 | 17 | | 7mentaldisordersandmentalillnesses. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 8 2.Thissectionappliesonlytohealthcareprofessionalswhoprovidematernity |
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| 19 | 19 | | 9healthcareservices. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 10 3.Eachhealthcareprofessionalshall,throughtheuseofavalidatedand |
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| 21 | 21 | | 11evidence-basedverbalscreeningtool,screenformentaldisordersandmentalillnessesin |
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| 22 | 22 | | 12allpregnantwomenwhoareseenbythehealthcareprofessionalasearlyaspossibleat |
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| 23 | 23 | | 13theonsetofprenatalcareandthroughoutthepregnancy,includingduringthefirst, |
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| 24 | 24 | | 14second,andthirdtrimesters. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 15 4.Thedepartmentofhealthandseniorservicesshallestablishguidelinesfor |
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| 26 | 26 | | 16healthcareprofessionalstreatingmentaldisordersandmentalillnessesinpregnancy. |
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| 27 | 27 | | 17Thedepartmentshallmaketheguidelinesavailableonitswebsite. |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 5.If,afterusingthescreeningtool,ahealthcareprofessionalidentifiesa |
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| 30 | 30 | | 19pregnantwomanwhohasamentaldisorderormentalillnessandisnotcurrently |
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| 31 | 31 | | 20receivingtreatmentforsuchdisorderorillness,thehealthcareprofessionalshall: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 21 (1)Providetreatmenttothepatient;or |
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| 33 | 33 | | 22 (2)Referthepatientfortreatment. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 23 6.Nothinginthissectionshallbeconstruedtoauthorizeviolationofthe |
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| 35 | 35 | | 24confidentialityrequirementsofanystateorfederallaw. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 191.744.Thedepartmentofhealthandseniorservicesshallestablishaperinatal |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2navigatorprogramforthepurposesofengagingpregnantwomeninearlyprenatalcare |
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| 38 | 38 | | 3andprovidingreferralstopregnantwomenforwraparoundservicesandhomevisiting |
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| 39 | 39 | | 4programsinthelocalcommunity. |
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| 40 | 40 | | âś” |
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| 41 | 41 | | HB470 2 |
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