HB 2149 Missouri House · 2026 Regular Session

Establishes a dementia services coordinator as a full-time position within the department of health and senior services

HB 2149 creates a full-time dementia services coordinator position within Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services. The coordinator will directly support Missourians living with dementia and their caregivers by improving how state services are coordinated, reducing duplication, and connecting people to resources. Key duties include analyzing dementia-related data, building partnerships with agencies, supporting staff training, identifying grant opportunities, and promoting public awareness. The bill aims to streamline care across residential, home-based, and community settings while collecting data on dementia impacts statewide. This is substantive policy, not procedural, so a 4-sentence summary is appropriate.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Dec 3, 2025 Last action Apr 28, 2026

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Introduced → House Committee Substitute · 8 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to streamline its focus on dementia services by removing specific administrative tasks like evaluating service coordination and identifying grant opportunities. The changes simplify the committee's duties to primarily monitoring data and promoting awareness, while also broadening the language to improve access to services rather than just evaluating them.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing detailed operational instructions for the committee, shifting the focus from a broad evaluation of existing services to a more streamlined role of monitoring data and promoting awareness.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement to evaluate the coordination of dementia services and coordinate information resources.

Deleted the specific instruction to use dementia-related data to improve public health outcomes.

Removed the duty to identify grant opportunities and apply for them.

Deleted the requirement to identify duplicated services.

Removed the instruction to complete duties relevant to supporting policy development and implementation.

Deleted the requirement to promote public and professional awareness and education.

Changed the language from improving the quality of care in various settings to improving access to dementia services.

Simplified the data collection duty from collecting and monitoring impact data to just monitoring data concerning the impact of dementia.

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Committee

Apr 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Apr 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Apr 8, 2026

Committee

Referred: Rules - Administrative(H)

lower

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 15 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Committee

Referred: Health and Mental Health(H)

lower

Dec 3, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled (H)

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor