Bylaws

The purpose of the Association shall be:

• To promote hospice and palliative care to patients and their families;
• To promote understanding among health care professionals of the needs and resources available to hospice or palliative care patients and their families;
• To promote communication among existing and developing hospice and palliative care programs within Missouri and at the regional and national levels of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization;
• To promote improved health care legislation and regulation of standards for hospice care and palliative care at all governmental levels;
• To advocate for appropriate reimbursement;
• To promote education for the general public about hospice and palliative care;
• To promote research in the fields of hospice and palliative care; and
• To engage in any other lawful business permitted under the law of the State of Missouri.

Read the entire Current Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association Bylaws.