Missouri 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

HB 1880 — Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage for the treatment of obesity

Last action — Referred: Insurance Policy(H)

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

Read HB 1880 on the official Missouri source →

How this bill changes current law

1 change Share ↗

AI-generated reading aid from the bill's amendatory text — verify against the official bill.

This bill amends 1 section(s) of the Missouri Revised Statutes: Section 376.1295, RSMo.

  • Section 376.1295, RSMo

    benefit plan" shall have the same meanings given to the terms in section 376.1350. 2. Each health carrier or health benefit plan that offers or issues health benefit plans that are delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2025, shall provide coverage for the treatment of obesity and morbid obesity and the diseases and ailments caused by obesity and morbid obesity including, but not limited to, intensive family-based behavioral treatment, pharmacotherapy, and bariatric surgery. Any treatment required to be covered under this section shall be in accordance with standards set forth by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery or the American College of Surgeons. 3. Health care services required by this section shall not be subject to any greater deductible or co-payment than any other health care service provided by the health benefit plan. 4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a supplemental insurance policy, including a life care contract, accident-only policy, specified disease policy, hospital policy providing a fixed daily benefit only, Medicare supplement policy, long- term care policy, short-term major medical policy of six months' or less duration, or any bold-face other supplemental policy as determined by the director of the department of commerce and insurance.

    amended

Action History

  1. Referred: Insurance Policy(H)

  2. Read Second Time (H)

  3. Read First Time (H)

  4. Prefiled (H)

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 197 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (197)

197 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 197 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1880?
HB 1880 is sponsored by Jo Doll (Democratic) and Patty Lewis.
What is the current status of HB 1880?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 1880?
Track HB 1880 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on HB 1880

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Stay ahead of HB 1880

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →