Bill Text: MO HB1840 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires any person certified and providing midwifery services to present each client proof of malpractice insurance coverage in an amount of at least $1 million prior to providing services
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-25 - Public Hearing Completed (H) [HB1840 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2012-HB1840-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES (117).
5827L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 376.1753, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to midwifery, with a penalty provision.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 376.1753, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 376.1753, to read as follows:
376.1753. 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person who holds current ministerial or tocological certification by an organization accredited by the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA) may provide services as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1396 r-6(b)(4)(E)(ii)(I).
2. Any person certified and providing services described in subsection 1 of this section shall, prior to the provision of such services, furnish to all individuals for whom such services will be provided satisfactory evidence that such person has obtained and maintains a midwifery malpractice insurance policy with coverage of at least one million dollars. Any person who fails, prior to the provision of such services, to present proof of such malpractice insurance coverage to an individual for whom such services will be provided is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
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