Specifies that the department of health and senior services shall not deny trauma center status to a hospital based on its distance from another trauma center

Summary

The bill rewrites the rules for designating trauma, heart‑attack (STEMI) and stroke centers, telling the Department of Health and Senior Services to base decisions on clinical criteria, not on how far a hospital is from existing centers. It requires hospitals to apply and meet evidence‑based standards, allows automatic designation if a hospital already has national certification, and sets up regular site reviews. The change would affect any Missouri hospital seeking these designations and the state agency that approves them.

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