Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB1976: Modifies provisions relating to the ordering and administration of vaccines by pharmacists
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 1976 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE COOK. 5194H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal section 338.010, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the ordering and administration of vaccines by pharmacists. Section A. Section 338.010, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 338.010, to read as follows: 338.010. 1. The "practice of pharmacy" includes: (1) The interpretation, implementation, and evaluation of medical prescription orders, including any legend drugs under 21 U.S.C. Section 353, and the receipt, transmission, or handling of such orders or facilitating the dispensing of such orders; (2) The designing, initiating, implementing, and monitoring of a medication therapeutic plan in accordance with the provisions of this section; (3) The compounding, dispensing, labeling, and administration of drugs and devices pursuant to medical prescription orders; (4) The ordering and administration of vaccines approved or authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, excluding vaccines for cholera, monkeypox, Japanese encephalitis, typhoid, rabies, yellow fever, tick-borne encephalitis, anthrax, tuberculosis, dengue, Hib, polio, rotavirus, smallpox, and any vaccine [approved after January 1, 2023] that is jointly excluded by joint rules promulgated by the board of pharmacy and the state board of registration for the healing arts, to persons at least seven years …
Sponsors
- Bennie Cook (R, 143) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Read First Time (H)
- : Prefiled (H)
Common questions
- What is HB1976?
- HB1976 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Modifies provisions relating to the ordering and administration of vaccines by pharmacists.
- What is the status of HB1976?
- In committee as of May 15, 2026. Latest action: Referred: Emerging Issues(H) (May 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1976?
- Bennie Cook (R, 143).
- Where is the official record for HB1976?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB1976&year=2026&code=R
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