Lathrop Gage Consulting

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Our Successes

A health information management company, facing ongoing litigation concerning whether state statutes afford the ability to collect fees for health records searches, whether or not a record is found. We offered a legislative fix to several pending bills, and state law was modified in our client’s favor. Also, we helped pass a consumer price index adjustment to the allowable fee for records searches. The legislative changes potentially can save our client millions of dollars annually and significantly increase its revenue.

In legislation introduced to legalize the growing of hemp as an agricultural crop in Missouri, a client was troubled about possible “off-label use” lawsuits dealing with the use of agricultural chemicals the EPA had not approved on such crops. We drafted an amendment to the bill, creating liability protections for ag chemical retailers when growers used their products “off label” on hemp crops. Missouri is the first state to pass such a law, and the legislation is considered model language that may be introduced in other states where our client operates.

A healthcare real estate development company, constructing two senior living facilities in Missouri, made the decision to switch facility operators and change building timelines during mid-construction. We were hired to lobby the state’s Certificate of Need board so the projects could move forward. We facilitated approval, and our client was cleared to proceed with its development of the two sites.