Motorcycle helmet bill parked in Mo. Senate

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Legislation allowing some motorcyclists to cruise Missouri’s highways without helmets has stalled in the state Senate.

The bill would relax Missouri’s current helmet requirement so that it would apply only to people younger than 21.

Senators defeated an amendment Monday by Sen. Rob Schaaf — a physician from St. Joseph — stating that anyone injured while not wearing a helmet would not be eligible for Missouri’s Medicaid program. But opponents continued to speak against the bill, and senators set it aside without voting.

They could return to the legislation at a later date.

In 2009, Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed a similar bill that would have lifted the helmet required for motorcycle riders age 21 and older.

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Motorcycle helmet bill is SB743.

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Senate: http://senate.mo.gov

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gofish 1 year, 2 months ago

Boy now that's irony! A physician that doesn't want to be paid! Next he'll want to cut off Medicaid for car accident victims that didn't wear a seat belt. The problem with "personal responsibility" laws like that is that the person will still need care, the hospitals and doctors will still provide the care and eat the bill, and myself and others who do carry private insurance will pay for those write-offs through higher medical bills and subsequently higher insurance premiums. Whew, there must be a huge black hole down at that capitol that evaporates all logic and common sense when you get near it. The EPA needs to declare the capitol house a superfund site, quick!