MO HB269

Expands the definition of "public entity" to include not-for-profit organizations that provide or contract for ambulance services authorized by a city, county, town, or village, where a majority of the governing body consists of elected officials or appointees of local government officials.

Not-for-profit ambulance service organizations are granted sovereign or governmental tort immunity under the same limitations as other public entities under sections 537.600 to 537.650.

Establishes liability caps for motor vehicle operations: $2 million aggregate per accident and reduces total recovery when claims are brought against both the state/public entity and individual officers or employees for the same incident.

Establishes liability caps for dangerous property conditions: $2 million aggregate and $300,000 per person per accident, with similar reduction provisions when claims involve both entities and individual employees.

Prohibits punitive or exemplary damages in claims against public entities and requires annual adjustment of liability limits based on the Implicit Price Deflator for Personal Consumption Expenditures.