S 2730
108th Congress
Senate
Health
Ambulatory care
Block grants
Coinsurance
Drug abuse
Drug therapy
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health counseling
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Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medical fees
Medicare
Physical examinations
Physicians
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Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act of 2004
Introduced: July 22, 2004
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 22, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 22, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8709)
Jul 22, 2004
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of: (1) counseling for cessation of tobacco use; and (2) tobacco cessation pharmacotherapy.
Provides for similar benefits under SSA titles V (Maternal and Child Health Services) and XIX (Medicaid).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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