Bill Text: MO HB1855 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits hospitals from requiring physicians to agree to make patient referrals as a condition of receiving medical staff membership or privileges

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-14 - Referred: Healthcare Transformation (H) [HB1855 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2010-HB1855-Introduced.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1855

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHAAF (Sponsor), MEINERS, ATKINS AND SANDER (Co sponsors).

4726L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 197, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to hospitals.

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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 known as section 197.710, to read as follows:

            197.710. 1. No hospital shall require a physician to agree to make referrals to that hospital or any hospital-affiliated facility as a condition of receiving medical staff membership or medical staff privileges.

            2. No hospital shall refuse to grant medical staff membership or privileges, condition or otherwise limit medical staff membership or privileges, or limit a physician's medical staff participation because the physician, or a partner, associate, employee, or family member of the physician, provides medical or health care services at, or has an ownership interest in, or occupies a leadership position on the medical staff of another hospital, hospital system, or health care facility.

            3. No hospital or hospital system shall refuse to grant a physician, or a partner, associate, employee, or family member of the physician, participatory status in a hospital or hospital system health plan because the physician, or a partner, associate, employee, or family member of the physician, provides medical or health care services at, or has an ownership interest in, or occupies a leadership position on the medical staff of another hospital, hospital system, or health care facility.

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