Bill > HB2888

This bill establishes that there is no separate legal claim, or "standalone cause of action," for medical monitoring in Missouri, meaning that simply having an increased risk of a disease, even with physical changes, cannot be compensated on its own. Furthermore, in any lawsuit, a defendant cannot be forced to pay for a plaintiff's future medical monitoring, such as screening tests, unless the plaintiff proves, in addition to the usual requirements for their case, that the monitoring is directly needed because of a current, diagnosable physical illness or injury caused by the defendant's wrongdoing, that this monitoring is different from what would be recommended even without the exposure, and that the plaintiff's current condition was caused by the defendant's harmful actions. The bill clarifies that the mere presence of a toxic substance in someone's body does not count as a current, diagnosable physical illness or injury for the purposes of these requirements.

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https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB2888&year=2026&code=R