S 3206
110th Congress
Senate
Health
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Health counseling
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Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act of 2008
Introduced: June 26, 2008
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
Jun 26, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6291-6292)
Jun 26, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6290-6291)
Jun 26, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act of 2008- 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. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6291-6292)
Committees of jurisdiction
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