Requires health benefit plans providing for maternity benefits to cover a home blood pressure monitoring device and associated services for pregnant and postpartum women

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires health benefit plans providing for maternity benefits to cover a home blood pressure monitoring device and associated services for pregnant and postpartum women

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1089 - This act provides that health benefit plans providing for maternity benefits shall provide coverage for a home blood pressure monitoring device and home blood pressure monitoring device services, as defined in the act, for pregnant and postpartum women.

What This Bill Does

• The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1089 - This act provides that health benefit plans providing for maternity benefits shall provide coverage for a home blood pressure monitoring device and home blood pressure monitoring device services, as defined in the act, for pregnant and postpartum women.
• This act contains provisions identical to provisions in SB 539 (2025), substantially similar to provisions in HCS/HB 2371 (2026), HB 842 (2025), and similar to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/HCS/HB 2372 (2026), the truly agreed to and finally passed HCS/SS/SCS/SB 878 (2026), and SB 498 (2025).
• TAYLOR MIDDLETON

Limits and Unknowns

• This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Official Summary Text

The following summaries of this bill are available:

Print All Summaries

Introduced

Print

SB 1089 - This act provides that health benefit plans providing for maternity benefits shall provide coverage for a home blood pressure monitoring device and home blood pressure monitoring device services, as defined in the act, for pregnant and postpartum women.

This act contains provisions identical to provisions in SB 539 (2025), substantially similar to provisions in HCS/HB 2371 (2026), HB 842 (2025), and similar to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/HCS/HB 2372 (2026), the truly agreed to and finally passed HCS/SS/SCS/SB 878 (2026), and SB 498 (2025).
TAYLOR MIDDLETON

Current Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1089
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR NURRENBERN.
3853S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 376, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to payments for home
blood pressure monitoring.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 376, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 376.1960, to read as 2
follows:3
376.1960. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms mean: 2
(1) "Health benefit plan", the same meaning given to 3
the term in section 376.1350; 4
(2) "Home blood pressure monitoring device", a mobile 5
device that can be used to measure blood pressure, and that 6
is validated for clinical accuracy and device calibration; 7
(3) "Home blood pressure monitoring device services", 8
patient education and training services on the setup and use 9
of a home blood pressure monitoring device, separate self- 10
measurement blood pressure readings, daily collection and 11
transmission of data reports by the patient or caregiver to 12
the health care provider in order to communicate blood 13
pressure readings, review of the reports by the health care 14
provider, and creation or modification of treatment plans 15
based on the reports. 16
SB 1089 2
2. Health benefit plans delivered, issued for 17
delivery, continued or renewed in this state on or after 18
January 1, 2026, and providing for maternity benefits, shall 19
provide coverage for a home blood pressure monitoring device 20
and home blood pressure monitoring device services for 21
pregnant and postpartum women. 22
✓