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HB3203 • 2026

Requires long-term care facilities to maintain liability insurance

Requires long-term care facilities to maintain liability insurance

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Jamison, Ken (015)
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
05/15/2026 - Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires long-term care facilities to maintain liability insurance

Requires long-term care facilities to maintain liability insurance

What This Bill Does

  • Requires long-term care facilities to maintain liability insurance

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

  2. 2026-02-05 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read Second Time (H)

  3. 2026-02-04 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Official Summary Text

Requires long-term care facilities to maintain liability insurance

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3203
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE JAMISON.
6883H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 198, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to liability
insurance for long-term care facilities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 198, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 198.019, to read as follows:
198.019. 1. As used in this section, the term "long-term car e facility" means any
2 facility licensed under this chapter .
3 2. Each long-term care facility shall maintain liability insurance covering death
4 and personal injury of res idents and guests res ulting fr om the negligent acts or
5 omissions of the long-term facility or its employees in a minimum amount of one million
6 dollars per occurr ence and thr ee million dollars in the total annual aggr egate.
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EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.