Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB2514: Creates provisions relating to medical documentation
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
To amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto six new sections relating to medical documentation, with penalty provisions. Section A. Chapter 191, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto six new sections, to be known as sections 191.1870, 191.1873, 191.1876, 191.1879, 191.1882, and 191.1885, to read as follows: 191.1870. 1. Sections 191.1870 to 191.1885 shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Medical Documentation and Patient Recording Accountability Act". 2. As used in sections 191.1870 to 191.1885, the following terms mean: (1) "Advocate": (a) For a patient eighteen years of age or older.
From the introduced text:
To amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto six new sections relating to medical documentation, with penalty provisions. Section A. Chapter 191, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto six new sections, to be known as sections 191.1870, 191.1873, 191.1876, 191.1879, 191.1882, and 191.1885, to read as follows: 191.1870. 1. Sections 191.1870 to 191.1885 shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Medical Documentation and Patient Recording Accountability Act". 2. As used in sections 191.1870 to 191.1885, the following terms mean: (1) "Advocate": (a) For a patient eighteen years of age or older, any individual designated by the patient to assist in communication or oversight of the patient's care; or (b) For a minor patient under eighteen years of age, any parent, guardian, or other person having control or custody of the minor patient; (2) "Auto-purge", the deletion of a record by an automated technological system without intervention by the user; (3) "Clinical communication", any oral, written, electronic, or other act of communication relating to the diagnosis, symptoms, assessment, treatment, discharge, psychiatric attribution, or plan of care for a patient; (4) "Health care facility", any facility, as the term "facility" is defined in section 376.1350; EXPLANATION -- Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. …