Bill Text: MO HB350 | 2013 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Prohibits the publication of any identifying information of firearm owners and prohibits health care professionals from being required to inquire, document, or disclose a patient's status as a firearm owner

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-24 - Rules - Reported Do Pass (H) [HB350 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2013-HB350-Comm_Sub.html

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FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 350

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1071L.02C                                                                                                                                                 D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 571, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to firearms owners, with a penalty provision.

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

            Section A. Chapter 571, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto two new sections, to be known as sections 571.011 and 571.012, to read as follows:

            571.011. 1. Any records of ownership of a firearm or applications for ownership, licensing, certification, permitting, or an endorsement that allows a person to own, acquire, possess, or carry a firearm shall not be open records under chapter 610 and shall not be open for inspection or their contents disclosed except by order of the court to persons having a legitimate interest therein.

            2. Any person or entity who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

            571.012. 1. No health care professional licensed in this state shall be required by law to:

            (1) Inquire as to whether a patient owns a firearm;

            (2) Document or maintain in a patient's medical records whether such patient owns a firearm; or

            (3) Notify any governmental entity of the identity of a patient based solely on the patient's status as an owner of a firearm.

            2. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting or otherwise restricting a health care professional from inquiring, documenting, or otherwise disclosing a patient's status as an owner of a firearm if such inquiry, documentation, or disclosure is necessitated or medically indicated by the health care professional's scope of practice and such inquiry, documentation, or disclosure does not violate any other state or federal law.

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