2021 Legislative Updates

2021 Legislative Session will begin on January 6, 2021.

Below is a list of some of the bills tracked by DMH during the regular session.

DMH Legislative Briefing 2021


Additional information on legislation as well as members of the General Assembly can be found on the House and Senate websites:

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2021

Senate Bills

Bill Number Sponsor Description
SB 9 Riddle Modifies provisions relating to prisoner complaints against a psychologist's license.
SB 13 Onder Establishes "Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month" in Missouri.
SB 27 Crawford Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions.
SB 53 Luetkemeyer Modifies provisions relating to the administration of justice.
SB 65 Rehder Modifies provisions relating to persons knowingly infected with communicable diseases.
SB 80 Raver Modifies provisions relating to insurance coverage for mental health conditions.
SB 96 Hoskins Establishes a minimum biodiesel fuel content mandate for diesel fuel sold or offered for sale in Missouri.
SB 122 White Modifies provisions relating to the discharge of certain committed persons.
SB 159 Crawford Modifies provisions relating to working animals.
SB 173 White Modifies provisions relating to antipsychotic drugs for MO HealthNet participants.
SB 207 Arthur Prohibits mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy with minors.
SB 380 Moon Creates provisions relating to a terrorist offender registry.
SB 412 Moon Creates provisions relating to working animals.
SB 461 Koenig Modifies provisions relating to tax credits for the care of certain children.
SB 521 Roberts Modifies provisions relating to medication-assisted treatment.
SB 523 White Establishes the "Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force" in the Department of Health and Senior Services.
SB 551 May Creates provisions relating to mental health programs for law enforcement officers.
SB 607 Williams Modifies the Ticket to Work Health Assurance Program.

House Bills

Bill Number Sponsor Description
HJR 4 Terry Reduces property tax assessments on senior citizens and disabled persons by fifty percent.
HCR 6 Stevens Designates September of each year as "Opioid and Heroin Awareness Month."
HB 59 Schnelting Establishes provisions to protect personal information of active and retired first responders.
HB 115 Walsh Moore Requires state agencies to support competitive integrated employment for persons with disabilities.
HB 118 Walsh Moore Modifies provisions relating to MO HealthNet eligibility.
HB 142 Pietzman Requires certain sexual offenders to be electronically monitored while relocating to a different county or city not within a county.
HB 170 Ellebracht Provides that a person may be charged with promoting a suicide attempt or voluntary manslaughter if such person is convicted of abusing certain persons and such conduct significantly contributed to the suicide or suicide attempt.
HB 200 Ellebracht Modifies provisions for providing copies of medical records.
HB 270 Quade Creates a grant program for behavior crisis care centers.
HB 273 Hannegan Modifies provisions relating to professional registration.
HB 278 Hannegan Modifies provisions relating to murder in the first degree.
HB 283 Bland Manlove Modifies provisions relating to the health professional student loan repayment program.
HB 304 Kelley Enacts requirements relating to suicide prevention education and information.
HB 319 Fitzwater Modifies provisions relating to complaints against a psychologist's license.
HB 361 Baker Modifies provisions relating to tax credits for the adoption of children.
HB 364 Gregory Modifies provisions relating to antipsychotic drugs.
HB 383 Kidd Modifies provisions relating to insurance coverage for mental health conditions.
HB 398 Wallingford Requires hospitals to adopt workplace violence prevention plans.
HB 422 Proudie Establishes provisions relating to civil actions for abuse, bullying, or neglect of certain persons with disabilities.
HB 427 Proudie Establishes definitions that relate to the issuance of protective orders.
HB 430 Kelly Modifies provisions relating to tax credits for the adoption of children.
HB 476 Grier Modifies provisions relating to occupational license reciprocity for military members.
HB 530 Evans Modifies provisions relating to criminal offenses.
HB 537 Kelley Modifies provisions relating to MO HealthNet coverage of mental health services.
HB 582 Riggs Establishes the "21st Century Missouri Patient Education Task Force."
HB 647 Pollitt Modifies provisions relating to working animals.
HB 673 Coleman Modifies and creates provisions relating to the protection of children.
HB 682 Chipman Prohibits public institutions of higher education from requiring students to live on campus, except for first-year freshmen who may be required to live in campus housing for their first year.
HB 751 Stephens Modifies provisions for step therapy.
HB 755 Christofanelli Modifies provisions regarding unlawful actions by persons knowingly infected with communicable diseases.
HB 837 Derges Modifies provisions relating to mental health care for minors.
HB 838 Lewis Creates provisions relating to COVID-19 vaccination.
HB 841 West Modifies provisions relating to working animals.
HB 851 Walsh Preempts the field of legislation regarding the classification of essential workers and states that all occupations qualify as essential workers.
HB 882 Anderson Authorizes the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act.
HB 889 Lewis Modifies provisions relating to insurance coverage for mental health conditions.
HB 937 Fogle Requires certain health care professionals to complete two hours of cultural competency training as a condition of licensure.
HB 941 Burton Authorizes the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act.
HB 978 Reedy Modifies provisions relating to powers and duties of a guardian of an incapacitated person.
HB 989 Mayhew Establishes the "Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force."
HB 1003 Evans Modifies provisions relating to individuals who are not required to submit background screenings if seeking appointments as guardians or conservators to certain persons.
HB 1011 Young Provides a state supplement for public schools to hire a school nurse and a mental health professional.
HB 1058 Morse Specifies that any contract with a person over sixty-five years of age or with a person who has certain incapacities must be in writing.
HB 1095 Deaton Modifies provisions relating to tax credits.
HB 1165 Riggs Establishes the 21st-Century Missouri Social Services Gap Analysis Task Force.
HB 1174 Toalson Reisch Authorizes a tax credit for donations made to certain organizations.
HB 1213 Sauls Enacts provisions relating to alternative treatment options for veterans.
HB 1244 Mayhew Creates provisions relating to counseling patients on potential suicidal thoughts when prescribing or dispensing certain medications.
HB 1258 Doll Modifies provisions relating to health care sharing ministries.
HB 1269 Fogle Prohibits mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy or sexual orientation change efforts with minors.
HB 1287 Reedy Modifies provisions relating to the salary schedule for public administrators.
HB 1335 Sauls Adds provisions allowing a child to reenter foster care if the child was discharged from foster care due to age while the state was under a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
HB 1380 Shields Modifies provisions relating to medication-assisted treatment.