Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB2371: Requires MO HealthNet and health benefit plans providing for maternity benefits to cover a home blood pressure monitoring device for pregnant and postpartum women
Status: In committee, March 26, 2026
What the bill says
From the amended text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2371 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY 6040H.02C JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal section 208.152, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to insurance coverage of home blood pressure monitoring. Section A. Section 208.152, RSMo, is repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 208.152 and 376.1960, to read as follows: 208.152. 1. MO HealthNet payments shall be made on behalf of those eligible needy persons as described in section 208.151 who are unable to provide for it in whole or in part, with any payments to be made on the basis of the reasonable cost of the care or reasonable charge for the services as defined and determined by the MO HealthNet division, unless otherwise hereinafter provided, for the following: (1) Inpatient hospital services, except to persons in an institution for mental diseases who are under the age of sixty-five years and over the age of twenty-one years; provided that the MO HealthNet division shall provide through rule and regulation an exception process for coverage of inpatient costs in those cases requiring treatment beyond the seventy-fifth percentile professional activities study (PAS) or the MO HealthNet children's diagnosis length-of-stay schedule; and provided further that the MO HealthNet division shall take into account …
Sponsors
- Tara Peters (R, 122) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 16 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
- : HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
- : Executive Session Completed (H)
- : Public Hearing Completed (H)
- : Referred: Health and Mental Health(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Read First Time (H)
- : Prefiled (H)
Votes
- HCS Reported Do Pass (H) (March 26, 2026): 16 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB2371?
- HB2371 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Requires MO HealthNet and health benefit plans providing for maternity benefits to cover a home blood pressure monitoring device for pregnant and postpartum women.
- What is the status of HB2371?
- In committee as of March 26, 2026. Latest action: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 16 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (March 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2371?
- Tara Peters (R, 122).
- Where is the official record for HB2371?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB2371&year=2026&code=R
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