SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 2935 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE CHRIST.

4218H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk

AN ACT To amend chapter 197, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to hospitals with emergency departments.

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

Section A. Chapter 197, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be 2 known as section 197.062, to read as follows: 197.062. A hospital with an emergency department shall have at least one 2 physician on site and on duty who is responsible for the emergency department at all 3 times the emergency department is open. ✔

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 (4218H.01): 197.062