MO SB1719

Requires hospitals, ambulance services, ambulatory surgical centers, and behavioral health crisis centers to establish workplace violence prevention committees and adopt written violence prevention plans that include annual training, incident investigation systems, and retaliation protections for employees who report violence

Mandates that facilities offer immediate post-incident services including acute medical treatment to health care workers involved in workplace violence incidents, and prohibits discouraging employees from filing reports with law enforcement

Expands advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) prescriptive authority to include Schedule II stimulants for behavioral health patients under collaborative practice arrangements with physicians

Eliminates the collaborative practice arrangement requirement for APRNs who have completed 2,000 documented hours of practice with a collaborating physician and whose license is in good standing, allowing independent practice

Allows APRNs applying for licensure by endorsement to demonstrate the 2,000 hours of practice to qualify for independent practice without entering a collaborative practice arrangement in Missouri