by admin | Feb 18, 2010 | Health / Medicine
Health insurers regulated by the state would have to cover treatment for autism under a bill that has passed the House and moved to the Senate. Rep. Dwight Scharnhorst (R-Manchester) said during his opening remarks on the House floor that his bill would mandate the...
by admin | Feb 16, 2010 | Health / Medicine
A controversial bill a year ago gets new life in the House, which has given tentative approval to a requirement that health insurers cover autism. A year ago, concerns about the impact on health insurance premiums kept the bill from coming to the House floor for...
by admin | Feb 11, 2010 | News
Use drugs, lose assistance from the state, the gist of a bill passing the House and moving to the Senate. Critics assailed the plan to strip Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, known as TANF, from anyone testing positive for drug use, still it passed Thursday on...
by admin | Feb 4, 2010 | News
A bill that would kick Missourians off a welfare program if they test positive for drugs has advanced in the House. Do drugs; lose Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) money under HCS HB 1377 that advances in the House on a 113-to-40 vote. The bill would...
by admin | Dec 2, 2009 | Crime / Courts
Just how far the state can go to keep convicted sex offenders from contact with children is at the heart of a State Supreme Court case on a state law that greatly restricts activities on Halloween. State law requires registered sex offenders to stay in their homes...
