Bill Commons

MO SB 1606

died on adjournment

SB 1606 - This act requires health benefit plans that are delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2027 to provide coverage for the treatment of obesity and severe obesity for persons between the ages of two and twenty years old, and the diseases and ailments caused by obesity and severe obesity. Health care services required by this act shall not be subject to any greater deductible or co-payment than any other health care service provided by the health benefit plan. Provisions of this act shall not apply to a supplemental insurance policy as determined by the director of the Department of Commerce and Insurance. This act is substantially similar to HB 292 (2023). TAYLOR MIDDLETON

Missouri · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

SB 1606 - This act requires health benefit plans that are delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2027 to provide coverage for the treatment of obesity and severe obesity for persons between the ages of two and twenty years old, and the diseases and ailments caused by obesity and severe obesity. Health care services required by this act shall not be subject to any greater deductible or co-payment than any other health care service provided by the health benefit plan. Provisions of this act shall not apply to a supplemental insurance policy as determined by the director of the Department of Commerce and Insurance. This act is substantially similar to HB 292 (2023). TAYLOR MIDDLETON

Introduced
—
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-02-12 — Second Read and Referred S Insurance and Banking Committee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Lewis, Pattyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-12

    Second Read and Referred S Insurance and Banking Committee

    reading-2,referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-29

    S First Read

    reading-1

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.senate.mo.gov/BillTracking/Bills/BillInformation?year=2026&billid=2589607

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:25:15.077812Z

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=MO&identifier=SB 1606. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.