‘Rural speed limit’ increase, trucker English proficiency, 5-year registration option signed into law by Kehoe
The measure also expands Medicaid doula coverage and lets private insurance customers get a 12-month birth control supply.
- On Monday, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed six healthcare-related bills into law, including the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which extends legal protections to infants who survive abortion attempts.
- Under the new law, any healthcare provider who 'knowingly performs or attempts to perform an overt act that kills a child born alive' faces first-degree murder charges, a measure sponsors describe as a safeguard for exceedingly rare instances during failed abortions.
- Beyond abortion provisions, the package expands telehealth access, increases Medicaid-covered doula visits from six to 16, and mandates insurance coverage for blood pressure monitors for pregnant and postpartum mothers.
- Abortion Action Missouri director Maggie Olivia labeled the policy 'unconstitutional' and 'medically nonsensical,' while Republican state Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman argued it would 'distract from the pro-life work that needs to be done.'
- Missourians will vote on a proposed abortion rights amendment this November, as the state continues addressing maternal mortality through the Rural Health Transformation Program supported by the broader healthcare legislation.
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‘Rural speed limit’ increase, trucker English proficiency, 5-year registration option signed into law by Kehoe
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe on Monday signed a slew of bills into law, including one that can increase the speed limit on rural roads. Kehoe’s office announced in a Monday press release that the governor signed Senate Bill 1408. The bill allows the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission and the Missouri Department The post ‘Rural speed limit’ increase, trucker English proficiency, 5-year registration option signed in…
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe Signs Bill to Protect Babies Who Survive Abortions
Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill 999 into law Monday, enacting the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to protect babies born alive after attempted abortions by requiring immediate medical care and granting them full legal rights. The legislation declares that any infant born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion “shall have the same rights, privileges and immunities as any other person, citizen and resident in Missouri.” …
Missouri governor signs wide-ranging bipartisan healthcare bill into law
Gov. Mike Kehoe signs a bill on Thursday, April 23, 2026, in his office in Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).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 include…
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Missouri governor signs wide-ranging bi-partisan healthcare bill into law
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.…
Gov. Kehoe signs six health care bills into law - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KBSI) — Gov. Mike Kehoe signed six health care-related bills into law Monday, expanding telehealth access, strengthening protections for vulnerable Missourians and making changes to health care licensing and insurance practices. The legislation includes House Bills 2372 and 2974 and Senate Bills 878, 999, 1019 and 1233. “I was proud to sign six bills into law today that will improve health care services for Missourians acros…
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