MO HB388

Removes the requirement for the Department of Health and Senior Services to create and distribute a standardized written summary about breast implantation dangers and side effects to hospitals, clinics, and physicians' offices

Eliminates the specific compliance procedure that required physicians to provide patients with the department's standardized summary at least five days before surgery and obtain a signed acknowledgment

Retains the requirement that attending physicians must advise patients of the advantages, disadvantages, and risks (including cancer) associated with breast implants prior to surgery, but shifts full responsibility to the physician

Maintains existing health insurance coverage mandates for cancer screenings including pelvic exams, Pap smears, prostate exams, and colorectal cancer tests in accordance with American Cancer Society guidelines

Preserves the provision that nothing in the section alters or impairs existing legal claims, rights, or remedies