Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB2456: Modifies provisions relating to infectious or communicable diseases
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
An act of unprofessional conduct as those terms are used in sections 330.160, 332.321, 334.100, and 335.066. 191.700. 1. [The current assessment by the Centers for Disease Control of the risk that infected health care professionals will transmit HIV or HBV to patients during invasive procedures does not justify mandatory testing to detect infection with those viruses. Health care professionals who perform invasive procedures are advised, however, to know their HIV antibody status and their hepatitis B antigen status. 2.] (1) The department of health and senior services shall establish and over.
From the introduced text:
an act of unprofessional conduct as those terms are used in sections 330.160, 332.321, 334.100, and 335.066. 191.700. 1. [The current assessment by the Centers for Disease Control of the risk that infected health care professionals will transmit HIV or HBV to patients during invasive procedures does not justify mandatory testing to detect infection with those viruses. Health care professionals who perform invasive procedures are advised, however, to know their HIV antibody status and their hepatitis B antigen status. 2.] (1) The department of health and senior services shall establish and oversee a voluntary evaluation process for health care professionals infected with [HIV or HBV] a HB 2456 serious infectious or communicable disease who perform invasive procedures. This evaluation process may be accessed directly by an infected health care professional, or by the director of a health care facility with the consent of the infected health care professional and after consultation with his or her private physician. (2) The confidential and individualized evaluation shall be conducted by an expert review panel appointed by the department of health and senior services. Each panel shall include at least such individuals (b) An infectious disease specialist with expertise in the epidemiology of [HIV and HBV] serious infectious or communicable disease transmission who is not involved in the care of the health care professional; …