Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                       HOUSE BILL NO. 1679
                              103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


                               INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SEITZ.

    4393H.01I                                                                    JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk


                                               AN ACT
    To amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to children's access
          to health care services.


    Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

           Section A. Chapter 191, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2   known as section 191.709, to read as follows:
           191.709. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2          (1) "Health care provider", the same meaning given to the term in section
3   376.1350;
4          (2) "Health care service", the same meaning given to the term in section
5   376.1350;
6          (3) "Vaccination status", a child's status with regard to whether the child has
7   received a vaccination against one or more diseases.
8          2. A health care provider shall not refuse, withhold from, or deny a minor child
9   any health care service based on the child's vaccination status.
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    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: 
Introduced (4393H.01): 191.709