SB 419 - Currently, reimbursable MO HealthNet services include hearing aids for eligible needy children, pregnant women, and blind persons. This act mandates MO HealthNet coverage of medically necessary cochlear implants and hearing instruments for all eligible participants.

This act is identical to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS#2/SB 79 (2025), HCS/SS/SB 7 (2025), SCS/HCS/HB 943 (2025), SCS/SB 317 (2025), SB 548 (2025), and HCS/HBs 2626 & 1918 (2024) and substantially similar to SB 1443 (2024).

SARAH HASKINS

Statutes affected:
Introduced (0358S.01): 208.152