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2	2	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
3	3	SENATE BILL NO. 628
4	4	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
5	5	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WEBBER.
6	6	2512S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	To amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to victims of sexual
9	9	assault.
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11	11	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
12	12	Section A. Chapter 191, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
13	13	one new section, to be known as section 191.713, to read as 2
14	14	follows:3
15	15	191.713. 1. This section shall be known and may be 1
16	16	cited as the "Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies 2
17	17	(CARE) Act". 3
18	18	2. As used in this section, unless the context clearl y 4
19	19	indicates otherwise, the following terms mean: 5
20	20	(1) "Emergency care to sexual assault victims", 6
21	21	medical examinations, procedures, or services provided at a 7
22	22	hospital or health care facility to a sexual assault victim 8
23	23	following an alleged sexual a ssault; 9
24	24	(2) "Emergency contraception", any drug or device 10
25	25	approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that 11
26	26	prevents pregnancy after sexual intercourse; 12
27	27	(3) "Health care facility", any urgent care center or 13
28	28	facility that offers treatmen t for patients during normal - 14
29	29	business, after-business, or weekend hours and that is 15
30	30	affiliated with a licensed hospital; 16
31	31	(4) "Sexual assault", includes rape in the first 17
32	32	degree, as described in section 566.030; rape in the second 18 SB 628 2
33	33	degree, as described in section 566.031; statutory rape in 19
34	34	the first degree and attempt to commit statutory rape in the 20
35	35	first degree, as described in section 566.032; statutory 21
36	36	rape in the second degree, as described in section 566.034; 22
37	37	sodomy in the first degree, as described in section 566.060; 23
38	38	sodomy in the second degree, as described in section 24
39	39	566.061; statutory sodomy in the first degree and attempt to 25
40	40	commit statutory sodomy in the first degree, as described in 26
41	41	section 566.062; and statutory sodomy in the se cond degree, 27
42	42	as described in section 566.064; 28
43	43	(5) "Sexual assault victim", a person who is alleged 29
44	44	to have been sexually assaulted and is presented as a 30
45	45	patient. 31
46	46	3. It shall be the standard of care for any hospital 32
47	47	or any health care facili ty that provides emergency care to 33
48	48	sexual assault victims to: 34
49	49	(1) Orally inform each sexual assault victim of the 35
50	50	option to be provided emergency contraception at the 36
51	51	hospital or health care facility; 37
52	52	(2) Provide the complete regimen of emer gency 38
53	53	contraception immediately at the hospital or health care 39
54	54	facility to each sexual assault victim who requests it; and 40
55	55	(3) Provide sexually transmitted infection screening 41
56	56	and treatment to the sexual assault victim. 42
57	57	4. The department of health and senior services shall 43
58	58	promulgate all rules and regulations to implement the 44
59	59	provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, 45
60	60	as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created 46
61	61	under the authority delegated in this section shall become 47
62	62	effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of 48
63	63	the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 49
64	64	536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 50 SB 628 3
65	65	if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 51
66	66	pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 52
67	67	date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 53
68	68	held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 54
69	69	authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 55
70	70	2025, shall be invalid and voi d. 56
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