HB 511 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes a dementia services coordinator as a full-time position within the department of health and senior services

HB 511 creates a full-time dementia services coordinator position within the Department of Health and Senior Services. This position will directly implement grant strategies under the federal Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act (Pub. L. 115-406). The bill establishes a dedicated staff role to manage and apply for federal funding related to dementia care services. The bill passed committee with unanimous support and is now pending further legislative action.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Dec 11, 2024 Last action Apr 24, 2025

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Introduced → House Committee Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to rename the responsible division from 'community and public health' to 'senior and disability services' and expanded the dementia services coordinator's duties from a single paragraph to eight specific responsibilities. These changes clarify the coordinator's role in evaluating services, coordinating resources, training staff, and collecting data to better support Missourians with dementia and their caregivers.

Scope change

The bill's scope was modified to assign the new position to a different department division and significantly expanded the scope of duties assigned to the dementia services coordinator.

REQUIREMENT

The division responsible for establishing the dementia services coordinator was changed from 'division of community and public health' to 'division of senior and disability services' within the Department of Health and Senior Services.

The coordinator's duties were expanded from a single paragraph about implementing federal grants to eight specific responsibilities including evaluating services, coordinating resources, supporting staff training, recommending strategies, streamlining services, identifying duplications, promoting awareness, and collecting data.

New requirements were added for the coordinator to establish relationships with other agencies to prevent service duplication and to collect and monitor data on dementia's impact in Missouri.

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Committee

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Committee

Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 14 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Committee

Referred: Health and Mental Health(H)

lower

Dec 11, 2024

Introduced

Prefiled (H)

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors