Title XII — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

199.001. Definitions. — As used in sections 199.001 to 199.055*, the following terms mean: (1) "Brain injury", includes brain injury and traumatic brain injury as defined in section 192.735; (2) "Department", the department of health and senior services' adult brain injury progra…

199.003. Injury prevention, brain injury rehabilitation and local health services, department responsible — powers — duties. — 1. The department shall have the responsibility, subject to appropriations, of ensuring that injury prevention and brain injury rehabilitation evaluation…

199.007. Brain injury advisory council, advisory body to department. — The Missouri brain injury advisory council, created by section 192.745, shall act as the advisory body to the department and department director. Any power or function of the department requiring planning acti…

199.009. Contracts with public or private vendors, allowed — brain injury, department to secure comprehensive program, contents. — 1. The department may provide injury prevention, and brain injury evaluation, care, treatment, rehabilitation and such related services directly or t…

199.010. Missouri rehabilitation center, University of Missouri to operate, duties for brain injury — department to provide rehabilitation and tuberculosis treatment. — The curators of the University of Missouri shall provide for the care of persons needing brain injury and other…

199.020. Residence of officers — rent, how established — expiration thirty days after transfer of Missouri rehabilitation center to University of Missouri. — 1. The following officers and their families shall, with the permission of the department of health and senior services, r…

199.029. Rules and regulations, general operating rules, department to promulgate — procedure — exception. — 1. The department shall promulgate rules under the provisions of this section and chapter 536 as necessary to prescribe policies or standards which affect charging and fun…

199.031. Federal grants, department may receive, purposes — application. — 1. The department may receive federal grants and aids for injury prevention and for persons with brain injuries and brain injury rehabilitation under the terms of the grants and aids and administer or pay …

199.033. Records to be confidential — disclosure upon request, certain persons, when — disclosure to be documented. — 1. Information and records compiled, obtained, prepared or maintained by the rehabilitation facilities, residential facility or specialized program operated or fu…

199.037. Patient rights, rules and regulations, director to promulgate — exception. — The director of the department shall promulgate reasonable rules relative to the implementation of patient rights described in sections 199.001 to 199.051. These rules shall not apply to facilit…

199.039. Means test, determination of amount to charge for services, director to promulgate rules and regulations. — The director of the department shall promulgate rules setting forth a reasonable standard means test which shall be applied to all facilities, programs and service…

199.041. Probate court to notify department, when — estate subject to means test, when, procedure — appeal of decision of director. — 1. Any probate division of the circuit court having knowledge of the existence of an estate of a patient receiving services from residential facil…

199.043. Discrimination prohibited. — In accordance with state and federal law, no residential facility, day program or specialized service operated or funded by the department shall deny admission or other services to any person because of his race, sex, creed, marital status, n…

199.051. Inspections, department may conduct, when. — The department may inspect any facility or program at any time if a contract has been issued or an application for a contract has been filed. ­­-------- (L. 1991 H.B. 218 merged with S.B. 125 & 341, A.L. 2011 H.B. 464)

199.170. Definitions. — The following terms, as used in sections 199.170 to 199.350, mean: (1) "Active tuberculosis", tuberculosis disease caused by the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that is demonstrated to be contagious by clinical, bacteriological, or radiological evidence…

199.180. Local health agency may institute proceedings for commitment — emergency temporary commitment permitted, when. — 1. A person found to have tuberculosis shall follow the instructions of the local public health authority or the department, shall obtain the required treatme…

199.190. Patients not to be committed, when. — No potential transmitter who in his or her home or other place obeys the rules and regulations of the public health authority or the department of health and senior services, and the policies of the treating facility, for the control…

199.200. Procedure in circuit court — duties of local prosecuting officers — costs — emergency temporary commitment, procedures. — 1. Upon filing of the petition, the court shall set the matter down for a hearing either during term time or in vacation, which time shall be not les…

199.210. Rights of patient, witnesses — order of court — transportation costs — department may contract for care. — 1. Upon the hearing set in the order, the individual named in the order shall have a right to be represented by counsel, to confront and cross-examine witnesses aga…

199.220. Order appealable. — The order shall be subject to review at the instance of either party, as in other civil cases. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 518 § 5)

199.230. Confinement on order, duration. — Upon commitment, the patient shall be confined in a facility designated by the department of health and senior services until such time as the patient's discharge will not endanger public health. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 518 § 6, A.L. 1971…

199.240. Consent required for medical or surgical treatment. — No person committed to a facility designated by the department of health and senior services under sections 199.170 to 199.350 shall be required to submit to medical or surgical treatment without such person's consent…

199.250. Facilities, contracts with, costs, how paid. — 1. The department of health and senior services may contract for such facilities as are necessary to carry out the functions of sections 199.010 to 199.350. Such contracts shall be exempt from the competitive bidding require…

199.260. Apprehension and return of patient leaving rehabilitation center without discharge. — Any person committed under the provisions of sections 199.170 to 199.350 who leaves the facility designated by the department of health and senior services without having been discharge…

199.270. Proceedings for release of patient. — Any time after commitment, the patient or, if incapacitated, the patient's legal guardian, or if a minor, a parent or next of kin having reason to believe that such patient no longer has contagious tuberculosis or that his or her dis…

199.275. Active tuberculosis, infected persons, unlawful acts — violation, penalty. — 1. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly infected with active pulmonary or laryngeal tuberculosis to: (1) Act in a reckless manner by exposing another person to tuberculosis without the …

199.280. Department authority in response to outbreaks. — The department retains all powers granted under section 192.020 in responding to tuberculosis cases, outbreaks, and tuberculosis disease investigations. ­­-------- (L. 2013 S.B. 197)

199.290. Mandatory testing of health care facility workers — higher education, students and faculty, testing program required — rulemaking authority. — 1. All employees and volunteers of a health care facility shall receive a tuberculin skin test or interferon gamma release assay…

199.350. Nursing homes and correctional centers, authority to promulgate rules for testing. — The department shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations which require the preadmission testing for tuberculosis of all residents in nursing homes in the state and the…