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MO SB122

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/7/2015

Primary Sponsor

Gina Walsh

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Department of Health and Senior Services must contract with a third party to establish a secure online "Advance Health Care Directive Registry" where adults can store living wills, powers of attorney for health care, do-not-resuscitate orders, and anatomical gift declarations

  • Documents must be submitted electronically through licensed health care providers or attorneys, signed with a unique identifier (social security number, driver's license, or government-issued ID), with a filing fee not exceeding $10

  • Registry data remains confidential and exempt from Missouri's open records law (Chapter 610), with access limited to physicians, licensed health care providers, the declarant, and their legal representative or designee

  • Contracting third party must annually remind registry users which documents they have registered

  • Failure to register a document or notify the registry of a revocation does not affect the legal validity of the directive or revocation

Legislative Description

Establishes a Health Care Directives Registry

Last Action

Hearing Conducted H Health and Mental Health Policy Committee

4/21/2015

Committee Referrals

Health and Mental Health3/31/2015
Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight2/26/2015
Veterans' Affairs and Health1/22/2015

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