Health and Mental Health Thursday, Feb 19, 2026

House Committee on Health and Mental Health · February 19, 2026

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Call to order and roll call; quorum

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Chair calls the committee to order and asks the clerk to call the roll; quorum confirmed with 12 present and 6 absent. Chair announces move into executive session following roll call.

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The Missouri House Health and Mental Health Committee held sequential hearings on multiple bills: HB2309 (do-pass vote), HB1881 (xylazine scheduling), HB1855 (alpha-gal reporting), HB2355 (food-as-medicine Medicaid waiver), and HB3010 (prior-authorization reform). Lawmakers heard testimony from sponsors, medical experts, industry groups, patients and insurers and debated public-health surveillance, veterinary carve-outs, fiscal notes and a controversial 90% "gold card" prior-authorization threshold.

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