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2020 Missouri Amendment 2, also known as the Medicaid Expansion Initiative, was a ballot measure to amend the Constitution of Missouri to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The initiative was on the August 4, 2020, primary ballot and passed with 53.27% of the vote. [ 1 ]
The Missouri House gave final approval to a bill renewing key taxes necessary for funding the state’s Medicaid program. This bill ensures that a $4.5 billion hole isn’t blown in the state ...
The Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) is a state agency of Missouri. It has its headquarters in the Broadway State Office Building in Jefferson City . [ 1 ] The department operates the state's social services.
The Department of Health and Senior Services is responsible for managing and promoting all public health programs to improve life and wellness for Missourians. [1] They are responsible for maintaining programs to control and prevent disease; regulation and licensure of health and child care facilities; and programs designed to create safeguards and health resources for seniors and the state's ...
The law, signed by Gov. Mike Parson in May, aims to make it illegal for Missouri’s Medicaid program to reimburse Planned Parenthood for health care services to low-income patients, such as pap ...
Missouri House of Representatives Budget Chairman Cody Smith sponsored a bill to deny Planned Parenthood and other abortion-affiliated entities from receiving Medicaid funds.
Missouri bans abortion in nearly all circumstances under a 2019 law that went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal right to the procedure in 2022.
2024 Missouri Constitutional Amendment 3, also known as the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative, was a constitutional amendment that appeared on the ballot on November 5, 2024. The initiative amended the Constitution of Missouri to legalize abortion in Missouri until fetal viability . [ 1 ]