Bill Text: MO HB1898 | 2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Establishes the Women's Heart Health Program to provide heart disease risk screenings to certain uninsured and underinsured women

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-06-25 - Delivered to Secretary of State (G) [HB1898 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2010-HB1898-Enrolled.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 1898

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

4679L.04T                                                            2010

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the women's heart health program.

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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 known as section 191.425, to read as follows:

            191.425. 1. Upon receipt of federal funding in accordance with subsection 4 of this section, there is hereby established within the department of health and senior services the "Women's Heart Health Program" to provide heart disease risk screening to uninsured and underinsured women.

            2. The following women shall be eligible for program services:

            (1) Women between the ages of 35 and 64 years;

            (2) Women who are receiving breast and cervical cancer screenings under the Missouri show me healthy women program;

            (3) Women who are uninsured or whose insurance does not provide coverage for heart disease risk screenings; and

            (4) Women with a gross family income at or below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level.

            3. The department shall contract with health care providers who are currently providing services under the Missouri show me healthy women program, to provide screening services under the women's heart health program. Screening shall include, but not be limited to height, weight, and body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, total cholesterol, HDL, and blood glucose. Any woman whose screening indicates an increased risk for heart disease shall be referred for appropriate follow-up health care services and be offered lifestyle education services to reduce her risk for heart disease.

            4. The women's heart health program shall be subject to receipt of federal funding which designates such funding for heart disease risk screening to uninsured and underinsured women. In the event that federal funds are not available for such program, the department shall not be required to establish or implement the program.

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