2024 LEGISLATION

Creates provisions relating to licensing centers for the treatment of sexually deviant behaviors

Creates provisions relating to health insurance reimbursement of doula services

Reduces the tax on diapers and feminine hygiene products

Changes the laws regarding the taxation of feminine hygiene products and diapers

Creates provisions relating to the cost of insulin

Allows certain medications in multidose containers used by a patient during a hospital stay to be sent with the patient at discharge

Requires insurance coverage for childbirth education classes

Establishes the Missouri Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act

Creates provisions relating to maternal care

Creates provisions relating to insurance coverage of drugs

Creates provisions relating to insurance coverage for fertility treatments

Establishes the "Missouri Hospital Patient Protection Act"

Creates provisions relating to dialectical behavior therapy

Creates provisions relating to mental health leave for employees

Modifies provisions relating to telehealth services

Enacts provisions relating to continuous insurance coverage of self-administered hormonal contraceptives

Modifies provisions relating to advanced practice registered nurses

Modifies provisions relating to expedited partner therapy

Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage for the treatment of obesity

Modifies provisions relating to certified registered nurse anesthetists

Establishes a dyadic therapy pilot program within the department of mental health

Modifies provisions relating to the health professional student loan repayment program

Creates the "Missouri Premium Security Plan"

Establishes the " Marilyn Teitelbaum Death with Dignity Act"

Creates provisions relating to perinatal care

Requires hospital employees and first responders to receive training on detecting and reporting human trafficking

Requires hearing screenings for students

Provides for MO HealthNet coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants

Authorizes a sales tax exemption for the purchase of diapers and feminine hygiene products

Requires public institutions of higher education to have opioid overdose rescue kits available for public use on campus

Exempts entities registered with the department of health and senior services that distribute hypodermic needles or syringes from the crime of unlawful delivery of drug paraphernalia

Establishes provisions relating to allergy prevention and responses in child care facilities

Establishes the "Respect People's Abortion Decisions Act"

Excludes from the definition of "abortion" the use of birth control with an intention of preventing a pregnancy or reasons other than to terminate a pregnancy

Requires organizations that provide pregnancy-related services to provide medically accurate information regarding reproductive health options in order to receive state funding

Establishes the "Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies (CARE) Act"

Modifies provisions regarding assisted reproduction under the "Uniform Parentage Act"

Modifies provisions for providing copies of medical records

Modifies provisions relating to the taxation of cigarettes and tobacco products

Modifies provisions for providing copies of medical records

Creates provisions relating to doula services

Creates provisions relating to the use of reproductive or sexual health application information

Creates provisions relating to insurance coverage for prescription insulin drugs

Prohibits certain mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy with minors

Establishes provisions relating to child support obligations for unborn children

Changes the laws regarding the dispensing of contraceptives

Prohibits certain mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy with minors

Requires the department of health and senior services to promulgate regulations consistent with CDC guidelines for prescribing opioids

Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage for in vitro fertilization

Establishes provisions relating to allergy prevention and responses in child care facilities

Repeals provisions relating to COVID-19 vaccination status with respect to organ transplant procedures

Prohibits providers of medical malpractice insurance from denying coverage to a health care professional solely because he or she provides or assists in the provision of abortions

Requires school districts to provide "period products" at no cost in charter schools and public middle and high schools

Modifies provisions relating to the legal age to purchase tobacco products

Extends the sunset provisions of the diaper bank tax credit

Requires health benefit plans to cover prostheses for hair loss due to chemotherapy

Enacts provisions relating to insurance coverage of genetic screenings for cancer risk

Creates the "Christian Taylor Ferguson Medical Alert System"

Requires school districts to provide "period products" at no cost in middle schools and high schools and charter schools and repeals provisions prohibiting abortion services providers from providing instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases

Prohibits public funding of pharmacy benefits managers

Creates provisions relating to pharmacy benefits managers

Creates provisions relating to pharmacists' authority to dispense chronic maintenance drugs

Increases the cigarette tax from $0.17 per pack of 20 cigarettes to $0.27 per pack to be used for public education and health care purposes, upon voter approval

Prohibits the manufacture or sale of certain food additives

Establishes the "Dietitian Licensure Compact"

Modifies the calculations of state aid for school districts

Creates the "Missouri Family and Medical Leave Act" relating to leave from employment

Modifies provisions relating to the health professional student loan repayment program

Implements joint labor-management health and safety committee requirements for certain health care facilities

Requires the department of mental health to apply for a federal grant to implement a statewide mobile mental health unit program

Proposes a constitutional amendment to establish a "Right to Abortion Care"

Proposes a constitutional amendment relating to the right to medical freedom