05/20/2026
🚨EXCITING NEWS🚨 Back in March, Mizzou MoreThan4 members traveled to Jefferson City to lobby for cancer legislation that would help cancer screening, prevention, and treatment. Thanks to , we were able to help secure full funding for the Show-Me Healthy Women Program. In addition, some of the to***co prevention and cessation funding was also restored.
Special shoutout to Senator McCreery, who spoke with Erin Drummond and Sofia Ortiz. Sen. McCreery added an amendment that would create Pediatric Cancer Awareness month to HB 2576 and HB 2372.
Finally, “June’s week” and “Rare Pediatric Disease” week was agreed on and passed in 3 bills (SB 1544, HB 2372, and HB 2576). The Pediatric Disease Task Force language was also agreed upon and passed in HB 2372.