Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB1952: Requires insurance coverage for childbirth education classes
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 1952 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BOSLEY. 4857H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal sections 208.152 and 208.662, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to health insurance coverage for childbirth education. Section A. Sections 208.152 and 208.662, RSMo, are repealed and three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 208.152, 208.662, and 376.1213, to read as follows: 208.152. 1.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 …
Sponsors
- Lakeysha Bosley (D, 079) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Read First Time (H)
- : Prefiled (H)
Common questions
- What is HB1952?
- HB1952 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Requires insurance coverage for childbirth education classes.
- What is the status of HB1952?
- In committee as of May 15, 2026. Latest action: Referred: Emerging Issues(H) (May 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1952?
- Lakeysha Bosley (D, 079).
- Where is the official record for HB1952?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB1952&year=2026&code=R
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