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Tobacco Medicaid Recovery Act of 1996
Introduced: July 10, 1996
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 16, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jul 10, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 10, 1996
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Tobacco Medicaid Recovery Act of 1996 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reward States that recover by lawsuit from manufacturers of tobacco products Federal and State health care costs incurred under Medicaid for the treatment of individuals with diseases attributable to the use of tobacco products. Provides for: (1) attributing a portion of such recovered costs to the non-Federal share of expenditures under the Medicaid programs of such States; and (2) paying another portion to the National Institutes of Health for disease research.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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