MO HB1945

Adds veterinarians treating animals and entities providing veterinary services for animals to Missouri's medical malpractice statute of limitations (section 516.105)

Establishes a two-year statute of limitations from the date of the alleged negligent act for actions against veterinarians, matching the timeline for human health care providers

Extends the discovery rule to veterinary cases where foreign objects are negligently left in an animal's body, allowing suits within two years of discovery rather than the original act

Applies the discovery rule to veterinarians' negligent failure to inform animal owners of medical test results, with the same two-year discovery window and exceptions as human medicine

Preserves the ten-year absolute cap on veterinary malpractice actions and allows minors until age twenty to file suits