Planned Parenthood Missouri Bill Summary

Bill Number

HB1266

Sponsor

Rep. Lichtenegger

District

Cape Girardeau (R-146)

Anti-Reproductive Health Bills

Title

Abortion Ban

Summary Bans abortion after 22 weeks of pregnancy and substitutes politicians' opinions for a doctor's medical judgment. HB 1266 imposes new reporting requirements for physicians and lays out potential civil penalties including forfeiture of licenses for failure to comply. Doctors, including the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), oppose these laws because they prevent them from giving their patients the best health care possible in every situation. Similar to SB 632. Extends through 2024 and expands from $2.5 to $3.5 million dollars the tax credits available in return for donations to faithbased anti-abortion counseling centers. These centers are on record providing false and misleading information, and are not required to provide factually or medically accurate information.

Diverting Tax Dollars to Farmington Any entity working with pregnant people should provide factual, medically Faith-Based Anti-Abortion (R-116) accurate, and complete information about all legal options. The state Counseling Centers should not incentivize organizations that withhold critical medical information and mislead pregnant people. Several tax credits for donations to benevolent organizations such as a children’s fund, food pantries and for renovations to accommodate people with disabilities were added to this bill making it a much larger, complex tax credit bill. Bans abortion in all cases except to save the life of the pregnant person. This bill deems anyone who provides or attempts to provide an abortion — except to save the life of the pregnant person — guilty of a class B felony.

HB1288

Rep. Engler

HB1333

Rep. Pietzman

Troy (R-41)

Abortion Ban

HB1372

Rep. Moon

Ash Grove (R-157)

Abortion Ban & Rejection of U.S. Constitutional Protections for Pregnant People

Last Action

4/17/2018 Public Hearing Held (S)

4/23/2018 Placed on Informal Calendar

2/21/2018 Referred:

This extreme and unconstitutional measure criminalizes abortion, a Children and common medical procedure with a greater than 99% safety record. HB Families(H) 1333 contradicts more than 40 years of U.S. Supreme Court precedent that affirms a pregnant person's right to safe, legal abortion. Banning abortion will not end abortion; it will only restrict access to safe and legal abortion and endanger patients' health and safety. Changes the legislative preamble established in 1986 that defines life as beginning at conception. The original preamble language made clear that Missouri laws related to reproductive health are subject to the U.S. Constitution as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. HB 1372 removes 1/4/2018 the language stating that Missouri intends to follow the U.S. Constitution Read Second when it comes to the rights of pregnant people and would ban all Time (H) abortions, including for victims of rape and incest, and when a pregnant person's health is in danger. It could also restrict access to emergency contraception and commonly used forms of contraception, like the pill and IUDs. Requires two-parent notice prior to an abortion in addition to the existing requirement that a patient under the age of 18 obtain written informed consent of one parent or guardian prior to an abortion. 4/5/2018

Teen Endangerment: Executive Lake Ozark Parents rightfully want to be involved in their teenagers' lives, and the Session Held Two-Parent Notice Prior to (R-124) good news is that most young people do go to their parents when faced (S) - Voted an Abortion with an unintended pregnancy. However, in the real world, no law can do pass mandate good family communication - especially for young people facing dangerous abuse and neglect. Adding more obstacles can force a teen to take matters into her own hands. Bans abortion entirely by deeming anyone who "performs, procures, or attempts to perform an abortion" guilty of first-degree murder.

HB1383

Rep. Miller

HB1751

Rep. Pogue

Salem (R-143)

HB1752

Rep. Pogue

Salem (R-143)

This extreme and unconstitutional measure criminalizes both the 1/4/2018 Read Second physician who provides abortion and the pregnant person who chooses Time (H) an abortion. HB 1751 contradicts more than 40 years of U.S. Supreme Court precedent that affirms a pregnant person's right to safe, legal abortion. Banning abortion will not end abortion; it will only restrict access to safe and legal abortion and endanger patients' health and safety. Bars pharmacies from providing emergency contraception over the counter. Emergency contraception, also known as the morning-after pill, is a safe and effective way to prevent pregnancy up to 5 days after unprotected sex. The FDA has approved multiple brands of emergency contraception to be sold over the counter — which means no prescription 1/4/2018 Restricting Access to Birth Read Second or identification is needed to purchase it. Control Time (H) Abortion Ban

Access to safe, reliable contraception is an essential part of basic health care. A woman should have all the tools she needs to stay healthy and plan for her future and her family — including access to emergency contraception.

Planned Parenthood Missouri Bill Summary

Bill Number

Sponsor

District

Anti-Reproductive Health Bills

Title

Summary

Last Action

Similar to HB 1875. Current Missouri law views substance abuse during pregnancy as a disease and focuses on getting the individual into a system of care. HB 1762 criminalizes a pregnant person who gives birth before they are able to overcome their drug problem.

Rep. Pogue

Salem (R-143)

HB1856

Rep. Trent

Springfield (R-133)

HB1867

Rep. Dogan

Ballwin (R-98)

HB1762

Criminalizing Pregnant People

Laws that punish pregnant people or open them up to government investigation will have the exact opposite of the desired effect because 1/4/2018 they will deter people from entering the health care system and getting the Referred: care they need. A pregnant person may avoid seeking prenatal or other Judiciary(H) medical care for fear that their physician's knowledge of any substance use could result in a government investigation rather than proper medical treatment. This is why proposals like HB 1762 are opposed by leading medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the March of Dimes, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and the National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators. Restricts access to MO HealthNet, Missouri's Medicaid program, by imposing a work requirement on recipients aged 18-63.

3/15/2018 The goal of MO HealthNet is to provide health care coverage to Referred: Restricting Access to MO Missourians with low incomes. HB 1856 does not further that goal. Rules HealthNet Coverage Research shows that work requirements do not move people out of Legislative poverty or eliminate their need for health coverage. Missouri already has Oversight(H) some of the nation's most restrictive eligibility criteria for Medicaid. Adding new restrictions like those in HB 1856 means even fewer Missourians who need health care will be able to access it. Identical to SB 724. Bans abortion in cases of a diagnosis or potential diagnosis of Down syndrome, and in cases of race or gender selection. Abortion bans like HB 1867 force the government into the doctor-patient relationship, turning patients into suspects and doctors into investigators. 4/11/2018 Abortion is a deeply personal and often complex decision best made by a Referred: woman and her doctor — not politicians. Rules Abortion Ban Legislative

Opponents of abortion continue to seek different ways to intervene in Oversight(H) personal and private decisions by playing politics with women’s health — and HB 1867 is just another means to that end. This bill co-opts concerns about disability discrimination, racism, and sexism and uses them to undermine access to safe, legal abortion. Similar to HB 1762. Current Missouri law views substance abuse during pregnancy as a disease and focuses on getting the individual into a system of care. HB 1875 criminalizes a pregnant person who gives birth before she is able to overcome her drug problem.

HB1875

Rep. Taylor

Nixa (R-139)

Criminalizing Pregnant People

HB1946

Rep. Anderson

Springfield (R-131)

Expanding Misinformed Consent Across State Lines

Laws that punish pregnant people or open them up to government 2/19/2018 investigation will have the exact opposite of the desired effect because Public they will deter people from entering the health care system and getting the Hearing care they need. A pregnant person may avoid seeking prenatal or other Completed medical care for fear that their physician's knowledge of any substance (H) use could result in a government investigation rather than proper medical treatment. This is why proposals like HB 1875 are opposed by leading medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the March of Dimes, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and the National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators. Requires any woman inquiring about an abortion outside of Missouri to be 1/11/2018 Referred: given the state-scripted informed consent materials that include medically Children and inaccurate information designed to shame her and change her mind. Families(H) Denies patients access to family planning care, including birth control and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment, at family planning and women's health care providers, including Planned Parenthood.

HB2010

Rep. Fitzpatrick

4/23/2018 Denying Patients’ Access SCS Shell Knob HB 2010 is the budget bill for the Dept. of Health and Senior Services, to Family Planning Care at Reported Do (R-158) which administers Missouri's state family planning program. It has a Planned Parenthood Pass (S) provision that aims to exclude patients who seek care at Planned Parenthood and other family planning and women's health providers from the program. HB 2010 would deny low-income patients the right to choose their own providers and leave many with nowhere to turn for family planning care, like birth control and STI testing and treatment.

Planned Parenthood Missouri Bill Summary

Bill Number

Sponsor

District

Anti-Reproductive Health Bills

Title

Summary

Last Action

Denies patients access to family planning care, including birth control and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment, at family planning and women's health care providers, including Planned Parenthood.

HB2011

Rep. Fitzpatrick

HB2159

Rep. Hurst

4/23/2018 Denying Patients’ Access SCS Shell Knob to Family Planning Care at HB 2011 is the budget bill for the Dept. of Social Services, which Reported Do (R-158) Planned Parenthood administers MO HealthNet, Missouri's Medicaid program. It has a Pass (S) provision that aims to exclude patients who seek care at Planned Parenthood from receiving preventive and lifesaving care provided through MO HealthNet. This violates federal Medicaid law by denying MO HealthNet patients the right to choose their own providers. Prohibits a pregnant teenager from riding with someone to another state to get an abortion. Parents rightfully want to be involved in their teenagers' lives, and the good news is that most teens do go to their parents when faced with an unintended pregnancy. However, in the real world, no law can mandate good family communication - especially for 4/18/2018 teens facing dangerous abuse and neglect at home.

Meta (R-62)

Teen Endangerment Across State Lines

HB2589

Rep. Rehder

Sikeston (R-148)

Restricting Local Control: Preempting Local Health Center Safety Laws

HB2592

Rep. Marshall

Parkville (R-13)

Teen Endangerment: Mandatory Judicial Consent for Abortion

This bill allows a parent or guardian who raped or trafficked a minor teenager to obtain a court order preventing her from having someone drive her to access abortion care in another state. Young people deserve the right to access the full range of health services they need. Research has shown that parental involvement laws often delay young people’s access to services, endangering their health and safety. HB 182 singles out teenagers. Adding administrative obstacles that are nearly insurmountable can force a teen to take matters into her own hands. Similar to SB 1053. Attempts to block a local St. Louis measure (BB 34) that establishes a reasonable buffer zone around entrances to protect patients, providers, and protesters at health centers. HB 2589 restricts local control by barring local communities from passing any laws affecting First Amendment rights unless expressly authorized by the state government. Puts pregnant teens' health and safety at risk by requiring permission from a judge to access safe, legal abortion. Missouri law already requires that a patient under the age of 18 obtain written informed consent of one parent prior to an abortion.

Reported Do Pass (H) AYES: 7 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0

4/18/2018 Reported Do Pass (H) AYES: 7 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 1

2/28/2018 Read Second Time (H)

Adding more obstacles can force a teen to take matters into her own hands. Identical to HB 2739. Recognizes embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as full legal persons. In disputes over the embryos, this bill instructs courts to award "custody" of the embryo to the party who "provides the best chance for the in vitro human embryo to develop and grow."

HB2658

Rep. Marshall

Parkville (R-13)

Personhood and Custody of Embryos Created Through In Vitro Fertilization

Leading medical and legal IVF organizations oppose this legislation 3/5/2018 including the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Resolve, and Read Second the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. Granting personhood to in Time (H) vitro embryos is an extreme measure with serious consequences. The bill could outlaw best practices for physicians who treat infertility, driving them out of the state and depriving Missourians who struggle with infertility of access to IVF treatment. Furthermore, this "personhood" bill could prevent a person with a life-threatening pregnancy from getting the care she needs, and criminalize everything from abortion to common forms of birth control such as the pill and the IUD. Identical to HB 2658. Recognizes embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as full legal persons. In disputes over the embryos, this bill instructs courts to award "custody" of the embryo to the party who "provides the best chance for the in vitro human embryo to develop and grow."

HB2739

Rep. Pogue

Salem (R-143)

Personhood and Custody of Embryos Created Through In Vitro Fertilization

Leading medical and legal IVF organizations oppose this legislation 3/5/2018 including the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Resolve, and Read Second the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. Granting personhood to in Time (H) vitro embryos is an extreme measure with serious consequences. The bill could outlaw best practices for physicians who treat infertility, driving them out of the state and depriving Missourians who struggle with infertility of access to IVF treatment. Furthermore, this "personhood" bill could prevent a person with a life-threatening pregnancy from getting the care she needs, and criminalize everything from abortion to common forms of birth control such as the pill and the IUD. Proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would deem fertilized eggs full legal persons.

HCR103

Rep. Marshall

Parkville (R-13)

U.S. Constitutional Amendment: Abortion Ban This extreme measure could have dangerous consequences, including & Fetal Personhood keeping an individual with a life-threatening pregnancy from getting the care they need. It could criminalize everything from abortion to common forms of birth control, such as the pill and the IUD.

3/5/2018 Read Second Time (H)

Planned Parenthood Missouri Bill Summary

Bill Number

Sponsor

District

Anti-Reproductive Health Bills

Title

Summary Amends the Missouri Constitution to assert that fertilized eggs are full legal persons.

HJR53

SB1053

Rep. Moon

Sen. Koenig

Missouri Constitutional Ash Grove Amendment: Abortion Ban This extreme measure could have dangerous consequences, including (R-157) & Fetal Personhood keeping an individual with a life-threatening pregnancy from getting the care they need. It could criminalize everything from abortion to common forms of birth control, such as the pill and the IUD. Similar to HB 2589. Attempts to block a local St. Louis measure (BB 34) that establishes a reasonable buffer zone around entrances to protect Restricting Local Control: patients, providers, and protesters at health centers. SB 1053 restricts St. Louis Preempting Local Health local control by barring local communities from passign any laws affecting (R-15) Center Safety Laws speech or religion in public places unless expressly authorized by the state government. Directs the Dept. of Social Services to seek a waiver from the federal government to make drastic changes to MO HealthNet, Missouri's Medicaid program for people with low incomes and people with disabilities. It would end Medicaid as we know it and leave the most vulnerable Missourians at risk of losing access to health care. Changing from the current federal-state matching partnership to a block grant would hurt Missourians' health and harm our state budget.

SB562

Sen. Sater

Barry (R-29)

SB632

Sen. Dixon

Greene (R-30)

SB714

Sen. Koenig

St. Louis (R-15)

Abortion Ban

SB724

Sen. Sater

Cassville (R-29)

Abortion Ban

Eviscerating Medicaid

Last Action 4/16/2018 Referred: Rules Legislative Oversight(H) 3/8/2018 Second Read and Referred S Local Government and Elections Committee

1/8/2018

Second Read Currently, when a patient seeks health care, the provider sends a bill to and Referred MO HealthNet. MO HealthNet then pays the provider with a mix of state S Seniors, and federal funds. The federal government does not have a cap on the Families and amount of money it will match, which means a person on Medicaid cannot Children be denied care because the money has "run out." SB 562 ends this Committee federal-state matching partnership and removes important federal protections for patients (like the right to see the provider of your choice). Instead, Missouri would seek a lump sum of federal money to spend for the year however it wants. If health care costs are unexpectedly high, the federal government will not chip in more money. The choice will be to fund that health care through Missouri's already-strained state budget or deny patients access to care. Similar to HB 1288. Extends through 2024 tax credits available in return for donations to faith-based anti-abortion counseling centers; allows any unredeemed dollars in tax credit pool to be rolled over to the following fiscal year. These centers are on record providing false and misleading information, and are not required to provide factually or medically accurate information. 4/9/2018

Diverting Tax Dollars to Hearing Faith-Based Anti-Abortion Any entity working with pregnant people should provide factual, medically Conducted H Ways and Counseling Centers accurate, and complete information about all legal options. The state Means should not incentivize organizations that withhold critical medical information and mislead pregnant people. Several tax credits for donations to benevolent causes such as a child advocacy, the surviving spouses of public safety officers and for renovations to accommodate people with disabilities were added to this bill making it a much larger, complex tax credit bill. Bans abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected and requires a 1/16/2018 physician to perform a fetal heartbeat test within 96 hours of providing an Second Read abortion. This bill also adds new criminal penalties for physicians. and Referred S Seniors,

SB 714 amounts to a total abortion ban, as a fetal heartbeat can be Families and detected as early as six weeks, before most people even know they are Children pregnant. Federal courts have struck down similar bills as Committee unconstitutional. Identical to HB 1867. Bans abortion in cases of a diagnosis or potential diagnosis of Down syndrome, and in cases of race or gender selection. Abortion bans like SB 724 force the government into the doctor-patient 1/31/2018 relationship, turning patients into suspects and doctors into investigators. Voted Do Abortion is a deeply personal and often complex decision best made by a Pass S woman and her doctor — not politicians. Opponents of abortion continue to seek different ways to intervene in personal and private decisions by playing politics with women’s health — and SB 724 is just another means to that end. This bill co-opts concerns about disability discrimination, racism, and sexism and uses them to undermine access to safe, legal abortion.

Seniors, Families and Children Committee

Planned Parenthood Missouri Bill Summary

Bill Number

Planned Parenthood Supported Bills

Sponsor

District

HB1240

Rep. Stacy

Blue Springs (R-31)

HB1246

Rep. Pike

Adrian (R-126)

Human Trafficking Awareness

HB1311

Rep. Quade

Springfield (D-132)

Affordable Child Care

HB1312

HB1317

Rep. Quade

Rep. Mitten

Title

Summary

Last Action

Creates the Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Assistance Expanding Access to Birth Fund to support Title X family planning agencies in providing low- or no1/4/2018 Control: Long-Acting Read Second cost LARC to women with low incomes. LARC refers to two types of Reversible Contraception Time (H) devices: the IUD and the implant. LARC is the most effective form of birth Assistance Fund control. Similar to SB 604. Requires certain establishments to hang a poster providing information regarding the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline. Reauthorizes the "Hand-Up" pilot program, which provides child care subsidies to Missourians with low incomes in Jackson and Greene counties.

3/5/2018 Delivered to Secretary of State (G) 4/9/2018 Reported Do Pass (H) AYES: 11 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

Similar to HB 1498. Expands access to birth control by allowing pharmacists to prescribe oral contraceptive pills. Individuals 18 years and older are not required to see a primary care provider or women's health provider prior to receiving a prescription. Individuals under 18 years of age must show proof of a prior birth control prescription from their primary 1/4/2018 Springfield Expanding Access to Birth care provider or women's health care provider. The prescription will be for Read Second (D-132) Control an initial three-month supply of birth control, with refills available in threeTime (H) month increments.

St. Louis (D-83)

Restoring Nondiscrimination Protections for Missourians

For individuals with health insurance, the birth control prescription will be provided without a copay and insurance companies must reimburse pharmacies for the cost of dispensing the prescription birth control. Similar to HB 2311. Restores nondiscrimination protections for Missourians in employment, housing, and public accommodations, which were weakened by 2017's SB 43. Among other provisions, HB 1317 restores a worker's right to sue when a coworker has discriminated against them. Similar to HBs 1602,1624,1884, and 1962 as well as SBs 713 and 731. Expands eligibility for Missouri's Medicaid program, MO HealthNet, to 138% of the federal poverty level in line with the Affordable Care Act.

1/4/2018 Read Second Time (H)

1/4/2018

HB1320

Rep. Roberts

St. Louis (D-77)

Medicaid Expansion

HB1337

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

Equal Pay Commission

HB1338

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

HB1357

Rep. Kelley

Lamar (R-127)

HB1360

Rep. Hannegan

St. Charles (R-65)

This would close the "Medicaid gap" and provide health insurance to Read Second those Missourians who currently make too much to qualify for Medicaid Time (H) but too little to qualify for federal subsidies to buy private health insurance in the Marketplace. Medicaid expansion would save 700 lives a year and cover nearly 300,000 Missourians, many of whom are working but lack employer-sponsored health insurance. Directs the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish an "Equal Pay Commission" to study the extent, causes, and 1/4/2018 Read Second consequences of gender and racial wage gaps. The Equal Pay Time (H) Commission is also responsible for proposing solutions to eliminate and prevent gender and racial wage gaps. Ensures that survivors of sexual assault who present at an emergency room are provided with medically accurate information about and access to emergency birth control. Emergency birth control methods, like Plan B, are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as contraception.

Compassionate 1/4/2018 Read Second Assistance for Rape Emergency contraception does not cause abortion; if the pregnancy is Time (H) Emergencies (CARE) Act already established, the medication does not work. Currently, emergency rooms can deny rape survivors information about and access to emergency contraception. Plan B is effective for up to five days after unprotected sex and is more effective the sooner it is taken. Delaying a rape survivor's access to emergency contraception reduces the likelihood it will be effective in preventing pregnancy. Similar to HB 1736 as well as SBs 615 and 939. Establishes a state earned income tax credit (EITC) for Missourians with low and moderate 2/19/2018 State Earned Income Tax Voted Do incomes. A state EITC benefits more than 500,000 working Missouri Credit Pass (H) families, helping them pay for child care and improving maternal and child health. Similar to HBs 1782 and 2100 as well as SB 753. Prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis of an individual's actual or perceived gender identity or sexual orientation. Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA)

1/4/2018

Under current Missouri law, an employer can fire someone just because Read Second they are gay. A landlord can evict a tenant just because they are Time (H) transgender. And a restaurant can refuse to serve a couple because they are lesbians. The Missouri Nondiscrimination Act adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes under the Missouri Human Rights Act.

Planned Parenthood Missouri Bill Summary

Bill Number

HB1467

Sponsor

Rep. Stevens

District

Columbia (D-46)

HB1468

Rep. Stevens

Columbia (D-46)

HB1498

Rep. Dogan

Ballwin (R-98)

Planned Parenthood Supported Bills

Title

Needle & Syringe Exchange Pilot Program

Summary Establishes a sterile needle and syringe exchange pilot program in each of Missouri's eighth congressional districts through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). In addition to providing clean needles and syringes for people who use intravenous drugs, the program will also provide educational materials, counseling, and testing.

Last Action

1/4/2018 Read Second Time (H)

Needle and syringe exchanges are an important and effective way to prevent the spread of diseases, including many sexually transmitted infections (STIs), among people who use intravenous drugs. Expands health care coverage for new mothers with low incomes by 2/22/2018 Expanding Health Care making them eligible for MO HealthNet, Missouri's Medicaid program, for HCS Coverage for New Moms Reported Do one year after giving birth. Currently, these new mothers lose eligibility for with Low Incomes Pass (H) MO HealthNet just 60 days after giving birth. Similar to HB 1312. Expands access to contraceptives by allowing pharmacists to prescribe oral contraceptive pills. Individuals 18 years and older are not required to see a primary care provider or women's health provider prior to receiving a prescription. Individuals under 18 years must 1/24/2018 show proof of a prior birth control prescription from their primary care Referred: Health and Expanding Access to Birth provider or women's health care provider. The prescription will be for an Mental Control initial three-month supply of birth control, with refills available in 3-month Health Policy increments. (H)

For individuals with health insurance, the birth control prescription will be provided without a copay and insurance companies must reimburse pharmacies for the cost of dispensing the prescription birth control. 4/23/2018

HB1499

Rep. Dogan

Ballwin (R-98)

Public Similar to HB 1955. Expands access to long acting reversible Hearing contraception (LARC), like IUDs and implants. When a MO HealthNet Scheduled patient is prescribed a LARC but does not have it inserted, the LARC is Expanding Access to Birth (S) deemed "abandoned" and may not be used. HB 1499 allows a health care Control: Long-Acting Wednesday, provider to transfer the new, unused LARC to a different MO HealthNet April 25, Reversible Contraception patient, allowing for same-day insertion. This saves time and expense for 2018, 8: the patient and provider, and more than $220,000 annually in taxpayer 00am, dollars. Senate

HB1526

Rep. Walker

St. Louis (D-74)

Protecting Children from Sex Trafficking

HB1551

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

Sex Education

HB1558

Rep. Neely

Cameron (R-8)

Criminalizing "Revenge Porn"

HB1602

Rep. Merideth

St. Louis (D-80)

Medicaid Expansion

HB1603

Rep. Merideth

St. Louis (D-80)

HB1616

Rep. Walker

Ferguson (D - 74)

Identical to HB 1628. Protects minor children from being prosecuted for the crime of prostitution. HB 1526 increases the criminal penalty from a misdemeanor to a felony for an individual who patronizes a minor child for prostitution. It also requires an individual who patronizes a minor child for prostitution to register as a sex offender.

Lounge 1/24/2018 Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety(H)

Updates Missouri's sex education standards by defining "medically and 1/4/2018 factually accurate" as "verified or supported by the weight of medical Read Second research conducted in compliance with accepted scientific methods," or Time (H) affirmed by leading medical or governmental organizations. Similar to SB 1014. Creates the new class D felony offense of “nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images,” to address what 4/18/2018 often is termed “revenge porn.” HB 706 would criminalize the Public dissemination of sexual images of a person who did not consent to the Hearing Held sharing of the image(s). The bill also contains the element of the offense (S) that the sexual image was one that “a reasonable person” would know or understand was to remain private. Similar to HBs 1320, 1624,1884, and 1962 as well as SBs 713 and 731. Expands eligibility for Missouri's Medicaid program, MO HealthNet, to 138% of the federal poverty level in line with the Affordable Care Act. 1/4/2018

This would close the "Medicaid gap" and provide health insurance to Read Second those Missourians who currently make too much to qualify for Medicaid Time (H) but too little to qualify for federal subsidies to buy private health insurance in the Marketplace. Medicaid expansion would save 700 lives a year and cover nearly 300,000 Missourians, many of whom are working but lack employer-sponsored health insurance. Expands access to health care by creating the Missouri Care Plan within MO HealthNet, Missouri's Medicaid program for people with low incomes. HB 1603 allows individuals who do not qualify for MO HealthNet coverage to purchase the same coverage through the Missouri Care Plan. 1/4/2018

Expanding Access to Health Care: "Missouri Read Second Care Plan" Medicaid BuyTime (H) MO HealthNet has one of the lowest eligibility levels in the country; only In custodial parents with incomes below 19% of the federal poverty level and certain individuals with disabilities are able to access coverage. This leaves many Missourians with no access to health care coverage. Similar to HBs 2120 and 2280. Expands access to substance abuse Expanding Access to treatment for new moms with low incomes for one year after birth. 2/22/2018 Health Care: Substance Mothers who participate in the Show-Me Healthy Babies program, a HCS Reported Do Abuse Treatment for New component of Missouri's Medicaid program for people with low incomes, Pass (H) Moms with Low Incomes are currently eligible for pregnancy-related health care coverage during pregnancy through 60 days after birth.

Planned Parenthood Missouri Bill Summary

Bill Number

Sponsor

District

Planned Parenthood Supported Bills

Title

Summary

Last Action

Similar to HBs 1320, 1602, 1884, and 1962 as well as SBs 713 and 731. Expands eligibility for Missouri's Medicaid program, MO HealthNet, to 138% of the federal poverty level in line with the Affordable Care Act. 1/4/2018

HB1624

Rep. Mitten

St. Louis (D-83)

Medicaid Expansion

HB1627

Rep. Evans

Manchester (R-99)

Protecting Pregnant & Postpartum People in Prisons & Jails

The practice of shackling people during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum recovery is dangerous and degrading. The American Medical Association, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and American Public Health Association all oppose the practice of shackling people during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum recovery because it is "dangerous and unnecessary." Identical to HB 1526. Protects minor children from being prosecuted for the crime of prostitution. HB 1628 increases the criminal penalty from a misdemeanor to a felony for an individual who patronizes a minor child for prostitution. It also requires an individual who patronizes a minor child for prostitution to register as a sex offender.

HB1628

Rep. Evans

Manchester (R-99)

HB1630

Rep. Evans

Establishes a universal age floor of 17 for marriage in Missouri. HB 1630 Manchester Protecting Children from aims to address human trafficking in instances where teenage girls are (R-99) Sex Trafficking and Abuse brought to Missouri, legally “married” and then trafficked.

HB1736

Rep. Merideth

St. Louis (D-80)

HB1772

Rep. Morgan

Kansas City (D-24)

Protecting Children from Sex Trafficking

This would close the "Medicaid gap" and provide health insurance to Read Second those Missourians who currently make too much to qualify for Medicaid Time (H) but too little to qualify for federal subsidies to buy private health insurance in the Marketplace. Medicaid expansion would save 700 lives a year and cover nearly 300,000 Missourians, many of whom are working but lack employer-sponsored health insurance. Similar to SB 803. Establishes protections for the healthy and safety of incarcerated people during pregnancy and postpartum recovery at a state correctional center or county or city jail. House Bill 1627 prohibits shackling during the third trimester and the 48 hours after birth. Exceptions are permitted only when a corrections officer determines that shackling is needed to prevent the prisoner from escaping or seriously injuring themselves or others. Any time restraints are used, the corrections officer must document within 48 hours the reason why, the 2/8/2018 type of restraints used, and the reason they were the least restrictive Public Hearing under the circumstances. The bill also requires safe transportation and Completed health screenings for pregnant and postpartum people who are (H) incarcerated.

1/24/2018 Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety(H) 4/23/2018 Placed on Informal Calendar

Similar to HB 1357 as SBs 615 and 939. Establishes a state earned income tax credit (EITC) for Missourians with low and moderate incomes. 1/4/2018 State Earned Income Tax Differs from other EITC bills listed by allowing refund to taxpayer if EITC Read Second exceeds tax liability. A state EITC benefits more than 500,000 working Credit Time (H) Missouri families, helping them pay for child care and improving maternal and child health. Respect Women's Abortion Decisions Act

Explicitly protects the right to abortion under Roe v. Wade.

1/4/2018 Read Second Time (H)

Similar to HBs 1360 and 2100 as well as SB 753. Prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis of an individual's actual or perceived gender identity or sexual orientation. Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA)

HB1782

Rep. Ellington

Kansas City (D-22)

HB1784

Rep. Ellington

Kansas City Economic Justice: Raising Similar to SB 637. Raises the statewide minimum wage from $7.85 an (D-22) the Minimum Wage hour to $15.00 an hour.

HB1807

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

HB1852

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

HB1853

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

1/4/2018

Under current Missouri law, an employer can fire someone just because Read Second they are gay. A landlord can evict a tenant just because they are Time (H) transgender. And a restaurant can refuse to serve a couple because they are lesbians. The Missouri Nondiscrimination Act adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes under the Missouri Human Rights Act. 1/4/2018 Read Second Time (H)

Establishes a "Women's Health Services Program" to help reduce 1/4/2018 Women's Health Services unintended pregnancies. The program will enable Missouri women to Read Second Program access women's health services including STI testing and treatment, Time (H) cancer screenings, birth control, and healthy relationship education. Similar to SB 671. Repeals the state-mandated delay for patients who Removing Barriers to Safe choose to have an abortion. Missouri's current 72-hour mandatory delay 1/4/2018 & Legal Abortion: is medically unnecessary and designed to shame pregnant people. It is a Read Second Repealing the Mandatory Time (H) targeted regulation of abortion providers (TRAP) law that Delay unconstitutionally restrict access to safe and legal abortion. Removing Barriers to Safe Removes many of the medically unnecessary restrictions to abortion & Legal Abortion: access, including requirements that are designed to shame patients who 1/4/2018 Repealing Medically Read Second choose abortion. Missouri has many targeted regulation of abortion Unnecessary Components Time (H) providers (TRAP) laws that restrict access to abortion without any benefit of the "Informed Consent" to patient health or safety. Process

Planned Parenthood Missouri Bill Summary

Bill Number

Sponsor

District

HB1854

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

HB1884

Rep. Stevens

Columbia (D-46)

HB1949

Rep. Merideth

St. Louis (D-80)

HB1950

Rep. Merideth

St. Louis (D-80)

HB1951

Rep. Merideth

St. Louis (D-80)

HB1955

Rep. McCreery

St. Louis (D-88)

HB1956

Rep. McCreery

St. Louis (D-88)

HB1962

Rep. Butler

St. Louis (D-79)

HB2083

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

HB2084

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

HB2085

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

HB2086

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

HB2093

Rep. Walker

Ferguson (D - 74)

Planned Parenthood Supported Bills

Title

Summary

Last Action

Repeals the requirement that physicians who provide abortion must have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. This requirement is medically Removing Barriers to Safe unnecessary. It is a targeted regulation of abortion providers (TRAP) law & Legal Abortion: 1/4/2018 that limits access to safe and legal abortion. Read Second Repealing Unnecessary Time (H) Admitting Privileges The U.S. Supreme Court stuck down a similar requirement in Whole Mandate Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt as unconstitutional because it restricts access to abortion without conveying any health benefit to the patient. Similar to HBs 1320, 1602, 1624, and 1962 as well as SBs 713 and 731. Expands eligibility for Missouri's Medicaid program, MO HealthNet, to 138% of the federal poverty level in line with the Affordable Care Act. This would close the "Medicaid gap" and provide health insurance to those 1/4/2018 Medicaid Expansion Missourians who currently make too much to qualify for Medicaid but too Read Second Time (H) little to qualify for federal subsidies to buy private health insurance in the Marketplace. Medicaid expansion would save 700 lives a year and cover nearly 300,000 Missourians, many of whom are working but lack employer-sponsored health insurance. 1/24/2018 Referred: Children and Families(H) Expands access to birth control by requiring health insurance plans to 1/8/2018 Expanding Access to Birth cover a prescription that allows up to 12-months' worth of birth control pills Read Second Control Time (H) to be dispensed at once. 1/8/2018 Expanding Access to Requires group health insurance plans covering more than 25 employees Read Second Fertility Treatment to cover four rounds of in vitro fertilization treatment. Time (H)

Protecting Workers who Breastfeed

Requires employers provide workers with unpaid breaks so they can express breast milk.

Similar to HB 1499. Expands access to long acting reversible contraception (LARC), like IUDs and implants. When a MO HealthNet patient is prescribed a LARC but does not have it inserted, the LARC is Expanding Access to Birth 1/9/2018 deemed "abandoned" and may not be used. HB 1499 allows a health care Read Second Control: Long-Acting provider to transfer the new, unused LARC to a different MO HealthNet Time (H) Reversible Contraception patient, allowing for same-day insertion. This saves time and expense for the patient and provider, and more than $220,000 annually in taxpayer dollars. Creates a referendum on the November 2018 ballot which would establish 1/9/2018 Missouri Earned Family Read Second the "Missouri Earned Family and Medical Leave Act" granting up to 6 and Medical Leave Act Time (H) weeks of paid family or medical leave at 100% of average weekly pay. Similar to HBs 1320, 1602,1624, and 1884, as well as SBs 713 and 731. Expands eligibility for Missouri's Medicaid program, MO HealthNet, to 138% of the federal poverty level in line with the Affordable Care Act. This would close the "Medicaid gap" and provide health insurance to those Missourians who currently make too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to qualify for federal subsidies to buy private health insurance in the Marketplace. Medicaid expansion would save 700 lives a year and cover nearly 300,000 Missourians, many of whom are working but lack employer-sponsored health insurance. Removes the statement in Missouri law that says: "It is the intention of the Removing Declaration of general assembly of the state of Missouri to grant the right to life to all Anti-Abortion Intent from humans, born and unborn, and to regulate abortion to the full extent Missouri Law permitted by the Constitution of the United States, decisions of the United States Supreme Court, and federal statutes." Expands access to birth control by requiring insurance to cover birth Expanding Access to Birth control without a deductible; mandates state reimbursement of birth Control control costs for uninsured Missourians and Missourians whose insurance plans do not cover birth control. Expanding Access to Expands access to health care by requiring all health insurance plans to Health Care: Coverage for cover postpartum care. For individuals who do not have insurance, the Postpartum Care state will reimburse the cost of postpartum services. Expands access to safe, legal abortion by repealing the ban on health insurance coverage for abortion. It also requires all insurance plans to Expanding Access to cover the cost of an abortion with no copay or deductible. For individuals Safe, Legal Abortion: who do not have health insurance or whose insurance plans do not cover Insurance Coverage abortion due to religious or moral objections, the state will reimburse the cost of abortion care. Medicaid Expansion

1/9/2018 Read Second Time (H)

1/11/2018 Read Second Time (H)

1/11/2018 Read Second Time (H) 1/11/2018 Read Second Time (H)

1/11/2018 Read Second Time (H) 1/16/2018

Expanding Access to Birth Expands access to birth control by authorizing tax credits to individuals for Read Second Control: Tax Credits up to $500 for the cost of any FDA-approved birth control. Time (H) Similar HBs 1360, HB 1782, and SB 724. Prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis of an individual's actual or perceived gender identity or sexual orientation.

HB2100

Rep. Razer

Kansas City (D-25)

Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA)

1/16/2018

Under current Missouri law, an employer can fire someone just because Read Second they are gay. A landlord can evict a tenant just because they are Time (H) transgender. And a restaurant can refuse to serve a couple because they are lesbians. The Missouri Nondiscrimination Act adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes under the Missouri Human Rights Act.

Planned Parenthood Missouri Bill Summary

Bill Number

Planned Parenthood Supported Bills

Sponsor

District

Title

HB2120

Rep. Barnes

Jefferson City (R-60)

Expanding Access to Health Care: Substance Abuse Treatment for New Moms with Low Incomes

HB2173

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

Reproductive Health Nondiscrimination Act

HB2174

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act

HB2234

Rep. Rehder

Sikeston (R-148)

HB2236

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

HB2237

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

HB2266

Rep. Lavender

Kirkwood (D-90)

HB2280

Rep. Haefner

St. Louis (R-95)

HB2285

Rep. Quade

Springfield (D-132)

HB2296

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

Summary

Last Action

Similar to HBs 1616 and 2280. Expands access to substance abuse treatment for new moms with low incomes for two years after birth. 2/22/2018 HCS Mothers who participate in the Show-Me Healthy Babies program, a component of Missouri's Medicaid program for people with low incomes, Reported Do Pass (H) are currently eligible for pregnancy-related health care coverage during pregnancy through 60 days after birth. Prohibits employers from discriminating against an employee on the basis of the employee’s use of any drug, device, or medical service related to 1/18/2018 Read Second reproductive health. This bill also prohibits employers from requiring an Time (H) employee to waive the right to make his or her own reproductive health decisions. Requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for a pregnant worker with “known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions" if the worker requests them. 1/18/2018 Read Second

Time (H) The limitations must be documented by the worker’s health care provider. Some examples of accommodations are more bathroom breaks, allowing the worker to sit while working, or not having to lift heavy objects. Identical to HB 2285 and SB 788. Requires school districts that choose to 3/28/2018 provide sex education to include information on consent, sexual Sex Education: Teaching Reported Do harassment, and sexual violence. Students about Consent, Pass (H) AYES: 11 Sexual Harassment, & Comprehensive and medically accurate sex education that includes NOES: 0 Sexual Violence information on healthy relationships is key to ensuring Missouri students PRESENT: 0 can keep themselves safe and healthy. Similar to HB 2237. Ensures access to birth control and emergency contraception by requiring pharmacists to fill a lawful and valid prescription for contraceptive drugs or devices and emergency contraception. 1/24/2018 Women's Right to the Pill Read Second Act When pharmacists refuse to fill prescriptions for birth control and Time (H) emergency contraception, patients' access is delayed. For individuals in areas with few pharmacies, a pharmacist's refusal to fill a prescription for birth control or emergency contraception may amount to a denial of access altogether. Similar to HB 2236. Ensures access to birth control and emergency contraception by requiring pharmacists to fill a lawful and valid prescription for contraceptive drugs or devices and emergency 1/24/2018 Patient Protection at contraception. When pharmacists refuse to fill prescriptions for birth Read Second Pharmacies control and emergency contraception, patients' access is delayed. For Time (H) individuals in areas with few pharmacies, a pharmacist's refusal to fill a prescription for birth control or emergency contraception may amount to a denial of access altogether. Similar to HB 2296 and SB 670.

Protecting Support for Low-Income Families and Ending Diversion of Tax Dollars to Faith-Based Anti-Abortion Counseling Centers

Protects public funds, including temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), from being diverted away from low-income families and redirected to anti-abortion organizations.

1/29/2018 Read Second Time (H)

Missouri has the fastest growing rates of hunger in the nation, but a recent report found that millions of dollars intended to help low-income families are instead being diverted to anti-abortion groups that mislead pregnant women. SB 670 would stop these ideological groups from misusing public funds that are intended to help needy families. Similar to HBs 1616 and 2120. Expands access to substance abuse Expanding Access to treatment for new moms with low incomes for one year after birth. 4/17/2018 Health Care: Substance Mothers who participate in the Show-Me Healthy Babies program, a Public Hearing Held Abuse Treatment for New component of Missouri's Medicaid program for people with low incomes, (S) Moms with Low Incomes are currently eligible for pregnancy-related health care coverage during pregnancy through 60 days after birth. Identical to HB 2234 and SB 788. Requires school districts that choose to provide sex education to include information on consent, sexual Sex Education: Teaching 1/31/2018 harassment, and sexual violence. Students about Consent, Referred: Children and Sexual Harassment, & Comprehensive and medically accurate sex education that includes Families(H) Sexual Violence information on healthy relationships is key to ensuring Missouri students can keep themselves safe and healthy. Similar to HB 2266 and SB 670. Protecting Support for Low-Income Families and Ending Diversion of Tax Dollars to Faith-Based Anti-Abortion Counseling Centers

Protects public funds, including temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), from being diverted away from low-income families and redirected to anti-abortion organizations. Missouri has the fastest growing rates of hunger in the nation, but a recent report found that millions of dollars intended to help low-income families are instead being diverted to anti-abortion groups that mislead pregnant women. SB 670 would stop these ideological groups from misusing public funds that are intended to help needy families.

1/30/2018 Read Second Time (H)

Planned Parenthood Missouri Bill Summary

Bill Number

Planned Parenthood Supported Bills

Sponsor

District

Title

HB2297

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

Correcting Missouri's "Misinformed Consent" Process

HB2298

Rep. Newman

St. Louis (D-87)

Truth in Medicine Act

Summary

Currently, the informed consent process for abortion includes irrelevant and medically inaccurate information. It's more accurately described as a 1/30/2018 Read Second "misinformed consent" process. HB 2297 corrects this process by Time (H) removing irrelevant provisions and ensuring that patients receive medically accurate information before they can have an abortion. The "Truth in Medicine Act" requires faith-based anti-abortion counseling centers to provide medically accurate information in order to qualify for tax credits. Such entities cannot tell patients false claims about abortion. HB 2298 also requires faith-based anti-abortion counseling centers that do not have licensed health care professionals meet with patients to protect 1/30/2018 patient information and to post a notice informing people whether they Read Second provide or refer for contraception and abortion. Time (H)

Pregnant people deserve medically accurate information about their full range of pregnancy options. Faith-based anti-abortion counseling centers are on record misleading pregnant people and are not required to abide by HIPAA's patient privacy protections. Establishes a statewide Maternal Mortality Review Board to review 1/30/2018 Shrewsbury Maternal Mortality Review pregnancy-related deaths and recommend changes to improve maternal Read Second (D-91) Board Time (H) health outcomes. Similar to HB 1317. Restores nondiscrimination protections for Restoring Missourians in employment, housing, and public accommodations, which 1/31/2018 Nondiscrimination were weakened by 2017's SB 43. St. Louis Read Second Protections for (D-80) Time (H) Missourians Among other provisions, HB 2311 restores a worker's right to sue when a coworker has discriminated against them." Insurance Coverage of 2/7/2018 Cameron Requires health insurance plans to cover fertility treatment for cancer Read Second Fertility Treatment for (R-8) patients who are 18 years and older. Time (H) Cancer Patients Expands access to sex education by ensuring all students are taught a 2/22/2018 Kansas City Expanding Access to Sex Read Second curriculum that includes human sexuality and sexually transmitted (D-24) Education Time (H) infections (STIs) starting no later than eighth grade.

HB2303

Rep. Unsicker

HB2311

Rep. Merideth

HB2388

Rep. Neely

HB2534

Rep. Morgan

HCR56

Rep. Morgan

Kansas City Ratifying the Equal Rights Similar to SCR 41. Establishes Missouri's ratification of the Equal Rights (D-24) Amendment Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

HCR65

Rep. Morgan

Kansas City (D-24)

Abortion Rights Resolution

SB1014

Sen. Schupp

St. Louis (D-24)

Criminalizing "Revenge Porn"

SB604

Sen. Onder

St. Charles (R-2)

Human Trafficking Awareness

SB607

Sen. Schupp

St. Louis (D-24)

SB615

Sen. Rowden

Boone (R-19)

SB637

Sen. ChappelleNadal

Last Action

St. Louis (D-14)

1/4/2018 Read Second Time (H) Recognizes that abortion is an essential part of health care and commits 1/9/2018 Read Second the legislature to ensuring that abortion is a affordable and accessible Time (H) throughout the health care system across the state of Missouri. 2/22/2018 Similar to HB 1558. Creates the new class D felony offense of “nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images,” to address what Second Read and Referred often is termed “revenge porn.” HB 706 would criminalize the S Judiciary dissemination of sexual images of a person who did not consent to the and Civil and sharing of the image(s). The bill also contains the element of the offense Criminal that the sexual image was one that “a reasonable person” would know or Jurisprudenc understand was to remain private. e Committee 1/9/2018 Second Read and Referred Similar to HB 1246. Requires certain establishments to hang a poster S Judiciary providing information regarding the National Human Trafficking Resource and Civil and Center Hotline. Criminal Jurisprudenc e Committee

Establishes the Missouri Earned Family and Medical Leave Program, which provides workers with up to 30 days of full paid leave to care for 2/13/2018 oneself, or one's family. Workers must be employed for one year before Hearing becoming eligible for the program, and leave must be taken in Conducted S Missouri Earned Family Small concurrence with leave permitted under the federal Family and Medical and Medical Leave Act Leave Act. Similar to unemployment insurance, the program is funded by Business and Industry a tax of 0.25% of an employee's average daily pay. Employers may also Committee contribute to the fund. This bill also prohibits employers from discriminating against employees who use their family or medical leave. 1/23/2018 Similar to HBs 1357 and 1736 as well as SB 939. Establishes a state Hearing earned income tax credit (EITC) for Missourians with low and moderate State Earned Income Tax Conducted S incomes. A state EITC benefits more than 500,000 working Missouri Ways and Credit families, helping them pay for child care and improving maternal and child Means health. Committee

Economic Justice: Raising Similar to HB 1784. Raises the statewide minimum wage from $7.85 an the Minimum Wage hour to $15.00 an hour.

2/27/2018 Hearing Conducted S Small Business and Industry Committee

Planned Parenthood Missouri Bill Summary

Bill Number

Sponsor

District

Planned Parenthood Supported Bills

Title

Summary

Last Action

Similar to HBs 2266 and 2296.

SB670

Sen. Schupp

St. Louis (D-24)

SB671

Sen. Schupp

St. Louis (D-24)

SB699

Sen. Sifton

St. Louis (D-1)

SB713

SB731

Sen. Schupp

Sen. Sifton

St. Louis (D-24)

St. Louis (D-1)

Protecting Support for Low-Income Families and Ending Diversion of Tax Dollars to Faith-Based Anti-Abortion Counseling Centers

Protects public funds, including temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), from being diverted away from low-income families and redirected to anti-abortion organizations.

Missouri has the fastest growing rates of hunger in the nation, but a recent report found that millions of dollars intended to help low-income families are instead being diverted to anti-abortion groups that mislead pregnant women. SB 670 would stop these ideological groups from misusing public funds that are intended to help needy families. Similar to HB 1852. Repeals the state-mandated delay for patients who choose to have an abortion. Missouri's current 72-hour mandatory delay is a medically unnecessary targeted regulation of abortion providers Removing Barriers to Safe (TRAP) law that unconstitutionally restrict access to safe and legal & Legal Abortion: abortion. Repealing the Mandatory Delay In Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, the U.S. Supreme Court established a clear standard for evaluating abortion regulations: TRAP laws that limit access to abortion without improving patients' health and safety are unconstitutional. Many people with disabilities have substantial health care expenses. Missouri's Medicaid program, MO HealthNet, covers people with disabilities, but there is a limit on the amount of income a person can earn Expanding Access to and the amount of assets a person can hold. Income limits make it difficult Health Care: MO or impossible to find work without losing access to health care. Similarly, HealthNet Buy-in for asset limits function to keep people with disabilities and their families in Workers with Disabilities poverty. Senate Bill 699 raises the income and asset limits, making it easier for people with disabilities to find jobs, advance in their careers, and rise out of poverty. Similar to SB 731 and HBs 1320, 1602, 1624, 1884, and 1962. Expands eligibility for Missouri's Medicaid program, MO HealthNet, to 138% of the federal poverty level in line with the Affordable Care Act. This would close the "Medicaid gap" and provide health insurance to those Missourians Medicaid Expansion who currently make too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to qualify for federal subsidies to buy private health insurance in the Marketplace. Medicaid expansion would save 700 lives a year and cover nearly 300,000 Missourians, many of whom are working but lack employersponsored health insurance. Similar to SB 713 and HBs 1320, 1602, 1624, 1884 and 1962. Expands eligibility for Missouri's Medicaid program, MO HealthNet, to 138% of the federal poverty level in line with the Affordable Care Act. Medicaid Expansion

1/10/2018 Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Children Committee

1/10/2018 Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Children Committee

4/25/2018 Formal Calendar S Bills for Third Reading

1/16/2018 Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Children Committee

1/16/2018 Second Read and Referred This would close the "Medicaid gap" and provide health insurance to S Seniors, those Missourians who currently make too much to qualify for Medicaid Families and but too little to qualify for federal subsidies to buy private health insurance Children in the Marketplace. Medicaid expansion would save 700 lives a year and Committee

cover nearly 300,000 Missourians, many of whom are working but lack employer-sponsored health insurance. 2/21/2018

SB739

Sen. Schupp

St. Louis (D-24)

Hearing Creates a right to unpaid leave from work for victims of domestic violence, Unpaid Leave for Conducted S sexual assault, stalking and human trafficking. SB 739 allows victims to Survivors of Domestic Seniors, obtain services, medical care, legal assistance and to participate in court Families and Violence & Sexual Assault proceedings. Children Committee

Similar HBs 1360, HB 1782, and 2100. Prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis of an individual's actual or perceived gender identity or sexual orientation. SB753

SB788

Sen. Schupp

Sen. Nasheed

St. Louis (D-24)

St. Louis (D-5)

Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA)

1/16/2018 Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Under current Missouri law, an employer can fire someone just because and Civil and they are gay. A landlord can evict a tenant just because they are Criminal transgender. And a restaurant can refuse to serve a couple because they are lesbians. The Missouri Nondiscrimination Act adds sexual orientation Jurisprudenc e Committee and gender identity to the list of protected classes under the Missouri

Human Rights Act. Identical to HBs 2234 and 2285. Requires school districts that choose to provide sex education to include information on consent, sexual Sex Education: Teaching harassment, and sexual violence. Students about Consent, Sexual Harassment, & Comprehensive and medically accurate sex education that includes Sexual Violence information on healthy relationships is key to ensuring Missouri students can keep themselves safe and healthy.

2/20/2018 Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

Planned Parenthood Missouri Bill Summary

Bill Number

SB792

SB795

SB803

Sponsor

Sen. Nasheed

Sen. Koenig

Sen. Nasheed

District

St. Louis (D-5)

St. Louis (R-15)

St. Louis (D-5)

Planned Parenthood Supported Bills

Title

Expunging Criminal Prostitution Convictions for Victims of Human Trafficking

Terminating Parental Rights of Rapists

Protecting Pregnant & Postpartum People in Prisons & Jails

Summary

2/19/2018 Creates a legal process to expunge the criminal records of people who SCS Voted have pled guilty to, or been convicted of, the offense of prostitution while Do Pass S “under the influence of an agent." Those who were under the control of another person when they were convicted of prostitution would be able to Judiciary and Civil and petition a court for an expungement hearing. SB 792 does not place any Criminal time requirements for an expungement petition and allows a convicted Jurisprudenc person to remain eligible for expungement despite additional subsequent e Committee arrests, convictions, or guilty pleas to prostitution offenses. (4546S.06C) 2/14/2018 SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Children With the mother's consent, the court may order the biological father to pay Committee reasonable expenses, including child support. (5384S.02C)

Allows for a court to terminate the parental rights of a biological father if a court finds that the child was conceived through rape and the termination of his parental rights is in the best interest of the child.

Similar to HB 1627. Establishes protections for the healthy and safety of incarcerated people during pregnancy and postpartum recovery at a state correctional center or county or city jail. Senate Bill 803 prohibits shackling during the third trimester and the 48 hours after birth. Exceptions are permitted only when a corrections officer determines that 2/15/2018 shackling is needed to prevent the prisoner from escaping or seriously SCS Voted injuring themselves or others. Any time restraints are used, the Do Pass S corrections officer must document within 48 hours the reason why, the Transportatio type of restraints used, and the reason they were the least restrictive n, under the circumstances. The bill also requires safe transportation and Infrastructure health screenings for pregnant and postpartum people who are and Public incarcerated. Safety The practice of shackling people during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum recovery is dangerous and degrading. The American Medical Association, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and American Public Health Association all oppose the practice of shackling people during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum recovery because it is "dangerous and unnecessary."

Health Insurance Enrollment Eligibility for Pregnancy

SB879

Sen. Wieland

Jefferson (R-22)

SB901

Sen. Hummel

St. Louis City (D-4)

Expanding Access to Cancer Treatment

St. Louis City (D-4)

Expanding Access to TANF Benefits for People with Low Incomes & Ending Diversion of TANF Funds to Faith-Based Anti-Abortion Counseling Centers

SB937

#N/A

Sen. Hummel

#N/A

St. Louis (D-1)

Last Action

Committee (4533S.06C)

2/27/2018 Voted Do Pass S Insurance and Banking Committee 1/25/2018 Second Read Renews the urban and rural "Prostate Cancer Pilot Programs" that and Referred provide prostate cancer screening, treatment, and education to uninsured S Health and Missourians with low incomes. Pensions Committee

Adds pregnancy to the list of events that trigger a special enrollment period, allowing otherwise ineligible pregnant individuals to enroll in a health insurance plan immediately.

1/25/2018

Expands access to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Second Read benefits for people with low incomes by raising the lifetime limit from 45 and Referred S Seniors, months to 60 months. SB 937 also protects TANF funds from being diverted to faith-based anti-abortion counseling centers that are on record Families and Children misleading pregnant people. Committee

2/19/2018 Hearing Conducted S Domestic Violence Fatality Allows county prosecuting attorneys to establish domestic violence fatality Judiciary and Civil and Review Panels review panels to investigate homicides involving domestic violence. Criminal Jurisprudenc e Committee

Planned Parenthood Missouri Bill Summary

Broader Legislation Opposed by Planned Parenthood

Bill Number

Sponsor

District

Title

HB1434

Rep. Berry

Kearney (R-38)

Undermining Marriage Equality

Summary Undermines marriage equality by removing the state entirely from marriage.

Last Action 1/4/2018 Read Second Time (H)

Requires all public restrooms, other than single-occupancy restrooms, to be segregated by gender. HB 1755 also prohibits cities from enacting ordinances to the contrary.

HB1755

Rep. Pogue

Salem (R-143)

Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill

HB1763

Rep. Pogue

Salem (R-143)

Undermining Marriage Equality

According to the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's (GLSEN) 2013 National School Climate Survey, Missouri schools were not safe for 1/4/2018 most lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) secondary Read Second school students. In addition, LGBTQ students in Missouri are not Time (H) protected by comprehensive anti-bullying and anti-harassment school policies. We oppose this measure because the American Academy of Pediatrics finds that, "excluding transgender youth from facilities consistent with their gender identity have detrimental effects on their physical and mental health, safety and well-being. No child deserves to feel this way, especially within the walls of their own school." Permits discrimination against LGBTQ couples by creating a right for judges to refuse to solemnize same-sex marriages.

1/4/2018 Read Second Time (H)

Prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis of an individual's actual or perceived sexual orientation, but intentionally excludes gender identity. HB2253

Rep. Stephens

Bolivar (R-128)

Leaving Trans Missourians Behind

HB2362

Rep. Franklin

Camdenton (R-123)

Restricting Access to Food Stamps

HB2737

Rep. Pogue

Salem (R-143)

Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill

HCR92

Rep. Pogue

Salem (R-143)

U.S. Constitutional Amendment: Ending Marriage Equality

SB610

Sen. Hoskins

Johnson (R-21)

Restricting Access to Food Stamps

2/27/2018 Withdrawn Under current Missouri law, an employer can fire someone just because (H) they are gay. A landlord can evict a tenant just because they are transgender. And a restaurant can refuse to serve a couple because they are lesbians. We must protect LGBTQ Missourians from discrimination, but not while leaving trans Missourians behind. Identical to SB 610. Prohibits a person from receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP — formerly known as food stamps) 2/27/2018 benefits if they are behind on child support payments. This is a punitive Public Hearing and counterproductive measure that doesn't help families. It will not help a Completed parent to pay child support. In fact, by taking away SNAP benefits, a (H) person would be forced to use other funds to purchase food, leaving less money for child support. Bars state funds if they would allow transgender students to use restroom, locker room, or shower that aligns with their gender identity.

According to the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's (GLSEN) 2013 National School Climate Survey, Missouri schools were not safe for most lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) secondary school students. In addition, LGBTQ students in Missouri are not protected by comprehensive anti-bullying and anti-harassment school policies. We oppose this measure because the American Academy of Pediatrics finds that, "excluding transgender youth from facilities consistent with their gender identity have detrimental effects on their physical and mental health, safety and well-being. No child deserves to feel this way, especially within the walls of their own school." Proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would eliminate marriage equality by defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Identical to HB 2362. Prohibits a person from receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP — formerly known as food stamps) benefits if they are behind on child support payments. This is a punitive and counterproductive measure that doesn't help families. It will not help a parent to pay child support. In fact, by taking away SNAP benefits, a person would be forced to use other funds to purchase food, leaving less money for child support.

3/5/2018 Read Second Time (H)

2/27/2018 Read Second Time (H) 1/17/2018 Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Children Committee