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Enacts provisions relating to prior authorization of health care services

Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.

MO SB 897 · Senate Bill · 2026

Stage
Committee hearing
Started in
Senate
Sponsor
Ben Brown
Latest action
Mar 3, 2026

What it does

SB 897 - This act provides that health care providers shall not be required to obtain prior authorization for a health care service unless the health carrier or utilization review entity determines that in the most recent evaluation period, as defined in the act, less than 90% of the prior authorization requests submitted by that provider for that health care service were approved or would have been approved.

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Current step)

    Committee hearing · Mar 3, 2026

  3. Floor (Not started)

  4. Law (Not started)

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