SB 79 Missouri Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Modifies provisions relating to health care

The bill's official abstract states it "Modifies provisions relating to health care" but provides no specific details about which provisions, who is affected, or what concrete changes are proposed. Without additional information on the bill's actual content, mechanisms, or affected parties, a substantive summary cannot be created. The abstract alone does not describe any specific policy changes, key provisions, or direct impacts. A meaningful summary requires more detail than the provided abstract offers.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Governor

Introduced Dec 1, 2024 Last action May 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

House Committee Substitute → Perfected · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was significantly streamlined from repealing 15 old statutes and enacting 27 new ones to repealing only 6 statutes and enacting just 8 new sections. The focus shifted from broad hospital investment rules and ambulance district training to specific telehealth definitions and expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted infections.

Scope change

The bill's scope narrowed considerably, removing provisions related to hospital investment strategies, ambulance board training, and hospital facility expansion, while adding detailed definitions and protections for telehealth services and expedited partner therapy for STIs.

SCOPE

Removed provisions repealing and replacing 15 sections of state law with 27 new sections, reducing the bill from a comprehensive healthcare overhaul to a targeted update.

DEFINITION

Added new definitions for 'designated sexually transmitted infection', 'expedited partner therapy', and 'health care professional' to clarify STI treatment protocols.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirements for telehealth services, including definitions for 'distant site', 'originating site', and 'asynchronous store-and-forward transfer' to modernize healthcare delivery standards.

Removed requirements for ambulance district board member training and hospital investment restrictions that previously governed how hospitals could allocate funds and expand facilities.

ENFORCEMENT

Added civil liability immunity for physicians and health care professionals using expedited partner therapy, protecting them from lawsuits unless they act negligently or in bad faith.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

May 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

upper

May 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

upper

May 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

H Third Read and Passed

lower

May 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review

lower

May 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Committee

Referred H Fiscal Review Committee

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules - Legislative

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules - Legislative

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Committee

Re-referred H Rules - Legislative

lower

Apr 29, 2025

Committee

Referred H Rules - Administrative

lower

Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass H Health and Mental Health

lower

Apr 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass H Health and Mental Health

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Committee

Referred H Health and Mental Health

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

S Third Read and Passed

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from S Fiscal Oversight Committee

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Voted Do Pass S Fiscal Oversight Committee

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Committee

Referred S Fiscal Oversight Committee

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

SS#2 S offered & adopted (Gregory-21)--(0769S.09F)

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from S Insurance and Banking Committee

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Voted Do Pass S Insurance and Banking Committee

upper

Jan 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

Hearing Conducted S Insurance and Banking Committee

upper

Dec 1, 2024

Introduced

Prefiled

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors