SB 754 Summary

• Expands meningococcal vaccine requirements for college students residing in on-campus housing to require vaccination unless medical or religious exemption is on file, replacing previous waiver-based approach

• Establishes "Show-Me Healthy Babies Program" as a separate children's health insurance program (CHIP) for low-income unborn children up to 300% of federal poverty level with prenatal and postpartum coverage

• Creates assistant physician licensure category allowing medical school graduates to practice primary care in medically underserved rural and urban areas under physician collaborative practice arrangements

• Modifies hospital pharmacy regulation by establishing Class B hospital pharmacy permits and allowing pharmacists to provide medication therapy services and administer vaccines under physician protocols

• Establishes Joint Committee on Eating Disorders to review insurance regulation and other issues impacting individuals with eating disorders, with report due by December 31, 2014