Bill > SB498

This bill modifies Missouri's MO HealthNet (Medicaid) program by making several key changes. Specifically, the bill adds a new provision to provide home blood pressure monitoring devices to pregnant and postpartum women under both the MO HealthNet medical assistance program and private health benefit plans. The bill also explicitly prohibits payments for gender transition surgeries, cross-sex hormones, or puberty-blocking drugs. Additionally, the bill makes technical changes to the existing law, such as renumbering sections and adding new definitions. The bill aims to expand certain health coverage for pregnant women while also placing restrictions on specific medical treatments. The home blood pressure monitoring device provision is designed to help monitor potential health risks during and after pregnancy, and the new section requires health benefit plans to cover such devices for pregnant and postpartum women starting January 1, 2026. The gender transition treatment restriction represents a policy statement limiting state-funded medical interventions for gender transition purposes.

https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=288311