HB 177 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

Provides for MO HealthNet coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants

HB 177's title claims to provide MO HealthNet coverage for hearing aids and cochlear implants, but the provided bill text describes existing MO HealthNet coverage provisions (such as hospital services, nursing home care, and prescription drugs) rather than new hearing aid coverage. The text details current eligibility rules and payment structures under Section 208.152, including limitations on services like outpatient hospital care (capped at 80% of costs) and restrictions on abortion facility funding. No specific provisions for hearing aids or cochlear implants appear in the excerpted text. The bill's title and actual content appear inconsistent based on the provided context.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Dec 2, 2024 Last action May 5, 2025

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What changed between versions

House Committee Substitute → Perfected · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was marked as 'perfected' and the Chief Clerk's identifier was updated from 'H' to 'P', indicating procedural completion. A minor formatting correction was made to line 18, moving text from a deleted section to the active section. The substantive policy regarding drug coverage dates was removed, eliminating the January 1, 2006 cutoff for physician prescriptions.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; changes are procedural and a single date threshold was removed.

TECHNICAL

The Chief Clerk's identifier was updated from 'H' to 'P' to reflect the bill's perfected status.

TIMELINE

The specific date threshold of January 1, 2006, for physician prescriptions was removed, likely to align with updated statutory language or remove an outdated restriction.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Voted Do Pass (S)

upper

Apr 28, 2025

Committee

Referred: Fiscal Oversight(S)

upper

Apr 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass (S)

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Voted Do Pass (S)

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 8:00 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1 - 1st Floor

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Committee

Second read and referred: Families, Seniors and Health(S)

upper

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 148 NOES: 8 PRESENT: 0

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred: Fiscal Review(H)

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Adopted (H)

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred: Rules - Administrative(H)

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 17 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Committee

Referred: Health and Mental Health(H)

lower

Dec 2, 2024

Introduced

Prefiled (H)

lower

1 primary · 6 co-sponsors