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He does not know if it is something that would go through the legislature quickly, and he has not yet decided if he will file it.īlack can be contacted at his office in Jefferson City at 57 or. He explains if there is another pandemic, the legislation would require medical facilities to pick one or two individuals in a family who could stay with a patient, help advocate for him or her, and take care of the patient, if the family chose to do so.īlack thinks there could be value in No Patient Left Behind. Black is okay with that because, he says, sometimes taking two or three years, you get a better product than when you do it “right off the bat.” Once you pass something, it becomes law, and it is difficult to fix something after it has become law.īlack is also looking at legislation that deals with something called No Patient Left Behind. He comments it would be good if the legislation would pass in its first year, but that likely will not happen. He says he filed part of it before, but there will be a new piece he will file this year. He reports there is a piece of legislation he has carried for two years, and most of it is to clean up legislation.īlack comments he does not know if the legislation will pass this year, but he hopes it does.īlack has also worked with the Public School and Education Retirement Systems on some legislation dealing with the teacher retirement system.

He is on the Missouri State Employee Retirement System Board of Trustees. He says he has gotten into a niche with a group of people who work with him on legislation. Seventh District State Representative Rusty Black is finishing his fifth year in the legislature.

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