Any taxpayer, as well as the Attorney General, shall have standing to bring a cause of action in any court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction to enforce these provisions, as described in the act.

This act modifies existing statutory language permitting any MO HealthNet participant to obtain MO HealthNet services from any provider of such services in a MO HealthNet provider agreement with the state by requiring such provider to not be disqualified or excluded from serving as a MO HealthNet provider.

Additionally, this act requires the Department to suspend, revoke, or cancel any contract or provider agreement or refuse to enter into a new contract or provider agreement with any provider when it is determined that the provider is not qualified to perform the required services because such provider has committed certain offenses specified in the act, including being found guilty of a pattern of intentional discrimination in the delivery or non-delivery of health care services or if the provider is an abortion facility or an affiliate thereof.

Finally, this act prohibits reimbursement to abortion facilities, or affiliates thereof, under the "Uninsured Women's Heath Program".

This act is substantially similar to SS/SCS/SBs 1168 & 810 (2024) and similar to provisions in SB 916 (2024), SB 160 (2023), SS/SB 667 (2022), SB 637 (2022), and HB 2 (1st Extraordinary Session (2021)).

SARAH HASKINS