Overview

STATE BUDGET

Missouri’s fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 of the following year. State agencies submit their budget requests to the governor by October 1. Agency hearings are held from January through April. Public hearings are held in January and February. The governor submits a proposed budget to the state legislature no later than 30 days after the legislature convenes. The legislature is required to adopt a budget by the first Friday after the first Monday in May. The governor is legally required to submit a balanced budget. The legislature is not required to pass a balanced budget, but the governor is required to sign one.

STATE LEGISLATURE

The Missouri General Assembly has a 34-member Senate, who are term limited to two four-year terms, and a 163-member House of Representatives, who are limited to four two-year terms. The Assembly convenes on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January and adjourns on May 30. Bills do not carry over from year-to-year.

KEY RESOURCES

2025 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

Missouri considered HB448, HB913 and SB383 which would have prohibited noncompete agreements for physicians with exceptions for clinical settings, and time and location limitations. The state also considered HB1240 and SB337 which would repeal certificate of need requirements, or exempt long term care beds and major medical equipment from CON requirements, respectively. All of these bills died.

Missouri Laws

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.1106. Registration with department required, fee, contents–quarterly reports–list of providers–recordkeeping requirements–rulemaking authority: Volunteer Health Services Act – Missouri
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Each sponsoring organization shall maintain a list of health care providers associated with its provision of voluntary health care services. For each such health care provider, the organization shall maintain a copy of a current […]
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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.1140. Treatment of chronic, common, and complex diseases, program authorized, purpose: Health and Welfare– Show-ME Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes – Missouri
Introduced: Status: Enacted
The program is designed to utilize current telehealth technology to disseminate knowledge of best practices for the treatment of chronic, common, and complex diseases from a multidisciplinary team of medical experts to local primary care […]
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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.231. Community-based integrated delivery system, qualification, powers–organization, board of directors, powers–plans: Health and Welfare – Missouri
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Statute lays out and governs the community-based integrated delivery system.
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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.325. Cost of services, how paid–free to persons financially unable to pay–residency requirement: Genetics and Metabolic Disease Programs (Cystic Fibrosis, Hemophilia, Sickle Cell Anemia) – Missouri
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Any person residing in the state of Missouri who is in need of genetic services and, as a person, can probably benefit from such services and who is otherwise financially unable to pay for such […]
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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.411. System of coordinated health care services–health access incentive fund created, purpose–enhanced Medicaid payments–rules–annual report: Health and Welfare– State Board of Health – Missouri
Introduced: Status: Enacted
The director of the department of health and senior services shall develop and implement a plan to define a system of coordinated health care services available and accessible to all persons, in accordance with the […]
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