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Missouri House Bill 2413 Modifies Regulations and Licensing Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities

Original title: LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES

Last action · May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H)Sponsor: Dean Van Schoiack

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What This Bill Would Do

Missouri House Bill 2413 updates operating and licensing rules for residential care and assisted living facilities, including admission criteria, resident assessment requirements, disaster plans, and staff qualifications. It also specifies permissions for trained aides administering medications in licensed long-term care facilities.

Why it matters

Residents of long-term care facilities, facility operators, and nursing personnel face updated standards regarding resident admissions, safety plans, assessments, and permitted medication administration practices.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Residential care facility residents

Admission standards, temporary incapacity allowances, and retention criteria are modified for residential care facilities.

Directly affected

Assisted living facility operators

Operators must comply with updated operational, assessment, disaster planning, staffing, and advertising requirements.

Directly affected

Nurses' aides and technicians

The scope of permitted medication administration tasks within licensed long-term care facilities is clarified.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What criteria must a resident meet to be admitted to a residential care facility?
A residential care facility shall admit or retain only those persons who are capable mentally and physically of negotiating a normal path to safety using assistive devices when necessary, who may need assisted personal care, and who do not require hospitalization or skilled nursing care.
Are nurses' aides allowed to administer medications in long-term care facilities under the bill?
Yes, trained nurses' aides in licensed long-term care facilities may administer medication, excluding injectable routes other than insulin and prescribed subcutaneous injectable medications.

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Where This Stands

Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.

Procedural history

4 actions
  1. May 15, 2026HouseCommittee
    Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
  2. Jan 8, 2026HouseFloor
    Read Second Time (H)
  3. Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroduced
    Read First Time (H)
  4. Dec 15, 2025HouseIntroduced
    Prefiled (H)

Version history

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Lobbying Activity

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Connected Entities

General Assembly, Dean Van Schoiack, Social Security Administration
OrganizationGeneral Assembly“Legislative body enacting the bill”Map →
PersonDean Van Schoiack“Representative introducing House Bill No. 2413”Map →
OrganizationSocial Security Administration“Source of residents' cost-of-living benefit increases”Map →

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  • Controversy25
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