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US SB2064

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lisa Rochester

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Requires Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program) to cover comprehensive tobacco cessation services, including diagnostic, therapy, counseling services, and both prescription and nonprescription FDA-approved cessation medications

  • Provides a temporary enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) of 90% for tobacco cessation services and related outreach campaigns for a 5-year period beginning upon enactment

  • Prohibits states from imposing cost-sharing requirements (deductibles, coinsurance, copays) on tobacco cessation services and related prescription drugs under Medicaid and CHIP

  • Eliminates prior authorization requirements for tobacco cessation drugs under both Medicaid and CHIP state plans

  • Mandates states monitor and promote tobacco cessation services through outreach campaigns targeting eligible individuals who use tobacco and the clinicians who serve them

Legislative Description

Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act

Health

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

6/12/2025

Committee Referrals

Finance6/12/2025

Full Bill Text

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