HOUSE BILL NO. 1372 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMISON.
2872H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To amend chapter 198, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to liability insurance for long-term care facilities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 198, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be 2 known as section 198.019, to read as follows: 198.019. 1. As used in this section, the term "long-term care facility" means any 2 facility licensed under this chapter. 3 2. Each long-term care facility shall maintain liability insurance covering death 4 and personal injury of residents and guests resulting from the negligent acts or 5 omissions of the long-term facility or its employees in a minimum amount of one million 6 dollars per occurrence and three million dollars in the total annual aggregate. ✔
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
Statutes affected: