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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri bill authorizes Department of Health to contract with public health affiliate and submit annual reports
Last action · January 15, 2026: Second Read and Referred S Families, Seniors and Health CommitteeSponsor: Doug Beck
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What This Bill Would Do
The Department of Health and Senior Services is authorized to contract with a designated Missouri affiliate of the to assist in delivering health services and administering grants. The department and the affiliate must submit an annual report and financial accounting to the General Assembly within sixty days after the end of each .
Changes how public health programs and grant funds may be administered by allowing an external public health affiliate to assist state operations, with mandatory annual reporting required on all received and expended funds.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Health and Senior Services
The department gains authorization to contract with external public health affiliates and assumes a mandatory annual reporting requirement.
Missouri residents
State health service delivery and grant administration programs may be altered or supported through contracted external affiliates.
General Assembly
Receives annual reports and accountings of appropriations and grant funds expended by the designated affiliate.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Jan 15, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S Families, Seniors and Health Committee
- Jan 7, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
- Dec 1, 2025SenatePrefiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. The text on record is the 4152S.01I - Introduced version. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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0–100- Significance40How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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