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SB1151 • 2026

Establishes the "End Hospital Institutionalization Act"

Establishes the "End Hospital Institutionalization Act"

Children Healthcare
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Burger, Jamie; House handler: N/A
Last action
2026-03-25
Official status
Hearing Conducted S Families, Seniors and Health Committee
Effective date
2026-08-28

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-25 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Hearing Conducted S Families, Seniors and Health Committee

  2. 2026-01-15 S189

    Second Read and Referred S Families, Seniors and Health Committee

  3. 2026-01-07 S65

    S First Read

  4. 2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Prefiled

Official Summary Text

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SB 1151 - This act establishes the "End Hospital Institutionalization Act". The juvenile court, upon notification from a hospital that a child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court is being boarded at a hospital when he or she is medically stable but unable to be discharged for reasons specified in the act, shall immediately intervene to ensure such child is placed in an appropriate setting and afforded proper treatment. For boarded children not under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the court shall immediately take custody of the child to ensure that the child is placed in an appropriate setting and afforded proper treatment. For boarded individuals diagnosed with a developmental disability, serious mental illness, or substance use disorder, the Department of Mental Health shall provide case management and treatment without delay and in the least restrictive environment possible.

The state shall reimburse the hospital the actual costs for boarding, or the hospital's full allowable costs under MO HealthNet, whichever is greater, for each day an individual is boarded after the juvenile court or the Department has been notified of the boarding of such individual.

This act is identical to SB 557 (2025) and SB 1494 (2024) and substantially similar to HB 2664 (2024).
SARAH HASKINS