Who it affects
- Medicaid enrollees who use tobacco
- CHIP enrollees who use tobacco
- State Medicaid and CHIP programs
In committeeHealth careTobacco
Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act
S. 2064 · Senate bill · Introduced June 12, 2025
The Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act would provide Medicaid and CHIP coverage for certain services and medicines to quit tobacco, without patient cost-sharing.
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How South Carolina voted
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What it would do
- Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) would cover certain services and medicines to quit tobacco.
- Coverage would include diagnostic services, therapy, counseling, and prescription and nonprescription medicines.
- Patients would not pay a share of these costs.
- Services and medicines must be provided under medical supervision and follow specified guidelines.
- The federal government would pay 90% of these costs for five years.
Written with AI from the official summary by Congress's research office.
How South Carolina voted
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- A bill to amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services under such titles, and for other purposes.
- Sponsor
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa (D-DE)
- Introduced
- June 12, 2025
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Committees
- Senate Finance Committee
- Latest action
- June 12, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Official summary from the Congressional Research Service
Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act This bill provides for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of certain tobacco cessation services. Specifically, the bill provides for coverage, without cost-sharing, of diagnostic, therapy, and counseling services and pharmacotherapy, including prescription and nonprescription tobacco cessation agents, that are provided under medical supervision and in accordance with specified guidelines. It also applies a 90% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for such items and services for five years.
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