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2013 Bill(s)
* HB 72 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H Health Care Policy Description: Prohibit a person under the age of six from using a tanning device.
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* HB 73 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: IN HCS HB 309 Description: Authorize creation of special courts for veterans to provide an alternative for veterans with substance abuse or mental illness.
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HB 121 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H Judiciary Description: Make appointment of a guardian ad litem for a juvenile discretionary by the court rather than mandatory in some child abuse and neglect hearings.
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* HB 200 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H Elections Description: Allow state government merit system workers to run for partisan office and work for political campaigns.
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HB 232 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H 2nd Read Description: Require election officials to maintain a computerized voter registration list with photos of voters who do not have photo IDs.
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HB 280 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H Judiciary Description: Remove the deadline for prosecuting a rape case. Revoke the real estate license of a person convicted of rape. Impose a deadline for prosecuting a non-rape sex offense to within 30 years after the victim reaches adulthood. Also several technical renaming changes.
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* HB 281 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H Judiciary Description: Several provisions expanding victim rights in domestic violence cases. Allow private court hearings by a court handling a protection petition. Provide confidentiality of name changes of a victim. Expand to minors subject to domestic violence the right to seek a court protection order.
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* HB 327 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H 2nd Read Description: Impose requirements on local government to make public information about financial guarantees including investment losses, bankruptcy and other such information. Filed in response to bankruptcy of an plant funded by bonds issued by Moberly, but not backed by Moberly.
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HCS HB 470 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H 3rd Read Description: Let a student enroll in a virtual school course given by a school in district other than the student's.
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HB 535 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H Children Description: Increase some sex offense sentences. Require consecutive senses for rape.
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HB 620 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H Government Oversight Description: Add another program for providing businesses tax breaks for creating jobs.
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* HCS HB 700 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H Rules Description: Restructure Medicaid. Cut some benefits. Require recipients be U.S. citizens and have a Social Security number. Increase Medicaid eligibility to 133 percent of federal poverity in some cases.
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HB 801 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H Government Oversight Description: Require persons convicted of drug crimes to enroll in drug treatment programs to continue to receive Medicaid.
See: Official legislative description and status* HB 985 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H Government Oversight Description: Extend the Ticket to Work Medicaid coverage from August 28, 2013 to August 28, 2019. Ticket to Work provides coverage for persons who have gotten low-paying jobs.
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* SCS HCS HB 986 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED Description: Create a task force to report on changing Medicaid. SA 2 prohibits health information organizations charging fees for exchanging clinical summaries for patients. The SCS contains a provision to fund First Steps for disabled that was to be funded by a bill vetoed by the governor. The HCS also extends the termination date of "Ticket to Work" that provides Medicaid for lower-income disabled workers and extends Medicaid for some orphans. Only Medicaid bill alive in the closing weeks of the legislative session. The SCS makes it a joint legislative committee on Medicaid.
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* HB 987 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H Government Oversight Description: Various expansions in Medicaid eligibility include women with incomes under 185 percent of federal poverity without health insurance. Several other expansions.
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HB 988 Sponsor:Barnes, Jay Status: H Government Oversight Description: Expand Medicaid eligibility to children are in foster care or had been in foster care and under Medicaid up to age 26 years.
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Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.
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