Missouri governor signs wide-ranging bipartisan healthcare bill into law

By: Steph Quinn, Anna Spoerre

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: July 13, 2026

Words: 1,016

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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Pregnant women on Medicaid could see a doula more often and anyone using birth control could obtain a year’s supply of contraceptives under a bill that expands women’s and maternal health coverage signed into law Monday by Gov. Mike Kehoe.

The wide-ranging bill, which touches dozens of healthcare statutes and includes protections for nonprofit hospitals and children with severe allergies, was sponsored by Republican state Rep. Tara Peters of Rolla and state …

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